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What I talk about when I talk about my life (+ shitty photos)

[niqabisinparis]

little self care tips

- apply Vaseline to your eyes, lashes, brows, and lips before bed

- never brush curly hair while it’s dry

- on that note, applying products/oil to curly hair while dry is useless

- use a t shirt to dry hair to avoid frizz

- sleep without pants. trust me.

- avoid watery body lotions like Vaseline’s lotion. only dries you out

- avoid crystalline, jagged scrubs (sugar, coffee. St. Ives, etc.). Use round/gentle ones like oatmeal

- avoid coconut oil on face. if you apply it to your hair wash your face afterwards

- don’t put lemon on your face. it might seem like it’s helping but it weakens its protective layer in the long run. if you do use it, dilute it and avoid sun for a while.

- no toothpaste on pimples either it’s a myth

- why do u have a bra on at home. take that shit off and live a little.

- apply deodorant before getting dressed so it doesn’t rub off on your clothes defeating the purpose

- reapply sunscreen every 3-4 hours

- don’t text the fuckboy he don’t care about you

- wake up 30 minutes earlier to have a more relaxed morning and avoid rushing

- wash panties by themselves so you don’t get the gross dirt and germs from your other clothes mixed in. dry them in the sun to kill bacteria if possible.

- hand wash all hijabs they’ll last longer

- don’t use rose water with added fragrance. always check label

- eat at least one fruit or vegetable a day

- leave menial tasks for the end of the day. don’t drain yourself before getting to the important stuff

- before saying something mean or a nasty joke, take 5 seconds to think about it.

- apologizing first doesn’t make you weak

- being vulnerable doesn’t make you weak

- exfoliate after using foundation or powder

- clean phone screen with rubbing alcohol/sanitizer

might add more later or y'all can reblog with your own tips

[zelldas]

no other person on this planet was made for you, they were made for themselves. love is all about choices. no one is going to be perfect for you, and i think we need to stop raising everyone on the belief that someone out there, just one other person in the whole world, was “made for you” because it isn’t true. no one is made for you, besides you. other people belong to themselves. if you want to make it work with someone, it’s about hard work, understanding, compassion, communication, and choice

[sblomeli]

took me some time to learn this

[breastfrends]

For a person who originally decided to do nothing for her birthday but sleep and watch movies, I had a pretty swell fucking time at my birthday.

All of my closest friends were there, my family was there, my mum was getting wasted with my friends while I was getting stoned with my other friends. Wow, it was such a great night.

I am so thankful for all my franz

I am 22 days late in posting this hehehehhehe

bye now :)

[breastfrends]

So I passed one of my units on a GPA of 6.0!  I am very proud of myself. Especially because I fucked up so hard throughout the entire semester. I guess doing well on my 2 exams are what brought my marks up. tbh this is all because I am a chronic procrastinator and I never start my work until I’m about 2 days before the deadline and then I stress and I don’t sleep at all during that entire time. I need help.

After my uni friends and I handed in our last assignments, we all went ice skating because one of my friends had never gone before (she’s a farm girl) and so we taught her to ice skate! She picked it up really very fast, which was surprising and sad because we wanted to leave her in the middle of the ice rink by herself. 

Also, before I finished my assignments, my brother and I went on a spontaneous road trip to the coast and went paddle boarding???? It was the first time paddle boarding ever and it was the most fun, calming experience.  I’ve been having good, fun experiences lately and I’m so thankful :)

dassit

bye

[breastfrends]

My procrastination levels are so real right now

I am blogging and I have a 2000 word assignment due midnight. I’ve only written like 150 words :) :) :)

I am a chronic procrastinator and I accept this. Moving on.

This is really just a caption update because I haven’t posted in so long. Exams and all... let’s pretend I’m not lying. My favourite book store was having a sale on popular Penguin Classics! It was 3 for $20 so basically: “buy 2, get 1 free!” which is pretty fucking hectic. I nabbed One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Clockwork Orange, and Of Mice and Men!  There were sooooooooooo many more that I wanted but alas, I could only afford these ones :(

ALSO, I bought a poncho from my work place!! It is so cute and I love it so much. I just have to figure out how to wash it without shrinking it :S I’ve been wanting so many knits lately and I’m so sad just because all the knits I want are so bloody expensive. If you look at Asilio’s collection, you’ll want to die die after crying about not being able to afford anything. I mean it is all quite affordable... for a financially stable person. But for a uni student on struggle street, I’ll keep shopping on ASOS with my student discount, thank you very much. 

(I’ve just realised the amount of times I’ve used ‘so’ in this post. I’m SO sorry)

I guess that’s all for this update? I’ll update again very soon because I need to get all these posts out before I CAN POST ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!  It’ll start off very bittersweet but it ends well......... kind of. Until then :D

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[breastfrends]

I just spoke to the same person for 8 hours and 25 minutes

[breastfrends]

❤I know most of these photos look the same but let me explain

My brother and I went on a road trip to some country town 200km away from our city. Why? He had a 20 minute meeting with a client up there so he dragged me with him on the 2 hour car ride up there.  That’s 4 hours total spent in the car and 1 hour spent outside walking. 

Once you get out of the city though, I don’t know what it is but you get this feeling of intense freedom. It feels a little like all your responsibilities and problems lifting off your chest and I wish I could go out to the country more often. We drove past acres upon acres of farm land, bushes, and rainforests. 

It is so nice and quiet out there (but also a little creepy) though a little colder than I expected. 

We didn’t do much on the trip up there, I just took a dozen photos, sung very loudly to pop songs, yelled “COW!!!” or “SHEEP!!!” or “HORSE!!!” every time we spotted one (which was pretty fuckin often), stopped by a service station for food and wrote down the name of every town we drove through. 

On the way back though we stopped by a mountain range/national park and hiked up to the closest outlook. Mind you, he was in a suit because we had just come from his business meeting and I was in a dress and Toms. It was 4 degrees Celsius and my face was numb the entire time. 

I guess that’s it. Just enjoy my photos, I suppose 

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[breastfrends]

And here I am again another 2 weeks late :) I think I’m putting in too much effort to even be late in posting. Maybe I’ll just leave it until I actually have something to say. 

Maybe I won’t and maybe I’ll just babble on about my last week and how fucking cool my photos are.

or maybe I won’t recount a single thing and just let you all admire my photos

I think I’ll do that

I’ve been getting into the editing of my photos lately and if you look carefully you’ll notice that I usually only edit to cool tempuratures or use blue fadey type filters

I have no idea why but I love it

love it with me

embrace my new “skill”

another post coming up right after this one :)

[breastfrends]

Good evening :) another week late post right on schedule. This is becoming a really bad habit.

Last week on a Thursday I believe I received a call from a friend I hadn’t  talked to or seen in a while and though reluctant to answer because I was sure it was a butt dial, I picked up anyway. It turned out that it was no accident and he had intended to call me. First he asked if I was up to anything and after looking at my barely-complete assignment, I said “no, nothing.” He then proceeded to ask if I wanted to go to lunch which was like ?????? we never hang out ????? (also I should mention he was in the city and there was no way I was going to be bothered changing and making the hour-long trip into the city for lunch) so I said “no, I actually have an assignment” without remembering I has just told him I wasn’t doing anything 2 minutes ago. I’ve a fantastic memory.  I explained why and he just paused for a moment and said “well, I could come to your place?” and come on, a bagel delivery service??? I wasn’t going to say no so he hopped off to buy some food and tea and made his way to my place!

What did we do when he got here? We ate, he tuned and played my guitar for the first time in 3 years, we talked about yikyak and he asked if I would be the first guinea pig to his nail-painting experimentation. Of course because I wasn’t doing anything any time soon (assignments? please.) I said yes and he painted my nails. 4 times before being successful. Yes, he re-painted one hand 4 times because he kept messing up and not liking the design and messing up the paint with scotch tape. It was frustrating but look at the end result! Not bad for a first timer, right? Just don’t take into account the fact that the photo is heavily edited... 

*btw if you’re wondering why I’m typing so formally, it’s because I have done 0 of my assignment all day and I’m trying to convince myself that I’m being at least somewhat productive. This is working, I think.*

Sunday rolled around and it was time for a weird family-friend shopping trip ??? I don’t even know. I played tour guide to 3 non-English speaking Vietnamese people and I didn’t enjoy it one bit.  We went to eat at an Asian restaurant in one of the more run-down neighbourhoods, went shopping in the valley and city, ate at the worst yum-cha joint in my city and then made our way home.  I’m actually quite envious of the new shoes my mum bought for herself. She got herself a pair of Ugg Australia boots and they are the softest, comfiest, warmest shoes I’ve put on my feet. ever. 

well it’s 1:36am not and I need sleep. I’ll post again soon bc there are some really nice photos I took that I want to show y’all :---) (soon = 1-2 weeks from now)

BYE

[breastfrends]

Yep. I saw Sam Smith live.

It was one of the best concerts I have ever attended. Hands own. Sam is just the most adorable, genuine person and it’s true what they say, he is better live than in the studio (which is saying something bc he is already amazing in the studio).

I love that Sam Smith fans are also sooooo chillllllll because for the first time ever, no one was shoving and groping me in the moshpit!! We all kinda just stand, sway, and live and let live. It’s beautiful.

If the opportunity to see Sam Smith every presents itself to you, TAKE IT. I PROMISE YOU WILL NOT BE LET DOWN.

[breastfrends]

Ok so it’s Sunday evening and I finally have time to sit down and blog properly. I apologise for the previous half-assed posts but lezbehonesthere, at least I posted, right? idk 

Last week I attended a friend’s 18th birthday party! I think there will be a lot more of these posts to come (I literally just went to Facebook to say happy 19th to another friend) because there will be plenty more parties to come! and hopefully I’m invited to plenty of them otherwise I’m just setting myself up for disappointment :|

Well the party started off quite slowly and awkwardly (for me) since majority of the attendees all knew each other from school and I was an almost-outsider (??) but my #squad arrived an hour after I did so that was a relief. We had a couple cruisers, accidentally annoyed some nerds and then got stoned. Just the usual party stuff. I also burnt my thumb, lighting a joint lmao.

I would like to start a rant though. I’m sorry but I just have to. Be thankful I warned you before I started it.  I have a friend that strongly disagrees with recreational drug use and it’s quite hilarious, though also annoying. After my friends and I came back from the weed-doing (idk man) all he did was stare us down and then avoid us the entire night. Look, I understand if you don’t condone it but to treat us like we’re less than you is not the correct approach. I appreciate that he didn’t speak up and tell us we should be ashamed of ourselves or something but ignoring us was on the cusp of that. I had another friend at the party who did not approve of it but all she really did was... well... nothing. She didn’t bring it up and she treated us like she always would.  I cannot stand self-righteous people (I may be contradicting myself here) or passive-aggressive people.

ok I left that post because I went to procrastinate but it’s Monday arvo and I’m back :) 

so anyway, because of this guy, I in turn, was fairly annoyed throughout the night especially because I knew I’d have to spend 10 minutes in a car with him at the end of the night. I don’t really feel what I was feeling when I started the rant so I guess I’ll just end it here hahaha

Anyway, my friends and I (7 ppl altogether) chipped in some money and got him a Daniel Wellington watch! This is definitely the year of expensive gifts, I mean first the Sass & Bide bag and now this! In addition to this watch, other people in my “friend group” also gifted him 2 Ralph Lauren polos!! What a spoilt boy, that one. He was very happy to have received the watch and shirts and I am so glad for it. 

Those last 2 photos are a weird story... do you remember my halloween post from 2014? I made a huge black cloak for my Raven costume and since then, the cloak has just been sitting in my room scaring me at night :) :) :) Lately though, my brother has discovered the fun of wearing a cloak around the house and in the cinema. That, combined with that fucking Saw mask scares the shit out of everybody. He runs around the house some times and sneaks up on me and other times he visits his mate’s cinema and runs into different theatres while patrons call in and complain about “a crazy man with a Saw mask.”

OK THIS POST LOOKS RLy LONG I END IT NOW

bye bye :)

[breastfrends]

Tbh you do annoy me sometimes but also you're the only person I enjoy talking to. Yep, the only one. It's cool that we can go 8 days without talking and then when one of us does happen to hit the other up, we could converse for 8 hours (could. Our longest streak today is 7 hours). Thank you for sharing fragments of your life with me (even if sometimes it's just the picture of your sky). 😊

[breastfrends]

HI QUICK CAPTION & PIC UPDATE!!

Last week, I stayed up for 50+ hours completing an assignment on 4 hits of caffeine, it fucked up my immune system, my sleeping pattern and my skin.

I don’t want to do this again.  I definitely do not recommend it :/ Krispy Kremes were the only thing that managed to get me through it so thank God for them. 

I found my Arthur George socks I received from a friend a couple birthdays back! (yes, that is the Rob Kardashian sock line) (so what? no shame) ^__^

I’m starting to pour the milk into my tea ever so slowly and it does this really cool thing there it doesn’t break the surface unless you tamper with it. I guess because milk is a lot thicker than water (???).  I broke tea. 

ok it’s late and I need to at least attempt to get my sleeping schedule back on track. Thought I’d just post a quick update first :) I’ve just been sick and feeling shitty lately. I’ll post again soon Good night ❤️️

[breastfrends]

“Everyone should watch this at least once. Commencement speech to Kenyon College class of 2005 written by David Foster Wallace.”

[breastfrends]

First of all, I’m going to start this post off by linking you guys to every sticker on my laptop in case you were wondering how to find them :) ***because they are all on Redbubble, please be wary that artists are constantly deleting artwork/designs (or being suspended for copyright) so these stickers may not be there forever! Get them while you can!!*** This might be a long list...

Visible stickers

Music:  Kendrick Good Kid, Drake 6 God, Childish Gambino, Chet Faker, #IDFWU, Arctic Monkeys AM, The XX Coexist

Shows: Catbug, Bee and Puppycat, Over The Garden Wall: Greg & Wirt, Bob’s Burgers, Community, Crystal Gems

Hidden stickers

Music: Bed Peace, The Neighbourhood, Glass Animals

Shows (& author):  Misfits, Haruki Murakami, Poo Monster

alrighty now that that’s done, let me try and get into this weeks post... The other night I went to dinner with my sister, her fiancé and my little brother at an all-you-can-eat ribs restaurant before going to see Fast and Furious 7. I think we ordered 5 serves of ribs all together, 1 serve of buffalo wings, 2 serves of New York fries, 4 serves of onion rings, 1 serve of carbonara, 1 garden salad, 1 pizza, and drinks. Surprisingly, we managed to finish everything and still have room for popcorn.

Ok so this may be an unpopular opinion but I don’t think Fast 7 was that great of a movie. Sure, it was action packed but in terms of dialogue... Paul Walker’s corpse could've written a better script (too soon?) (I’m not heartless, I swear it). There were so many clichés and unnecessary one-liners i.e. “it’s time to release the beast.” I laughed throughout the movie because there were so many stupid lines and scenes that made me want to roll my eyes to the back of my head and call it a day. I think people probably took this movie too seriously solely because it was Paul Walker’s last movie and the final 3 minutes were completely heart-wrenching. I know this because whenever I laughed at a “serious” scene, people would turn to stare at me like I was the one who killed JFK. Please go into this movie with lower expectations but be prepared for the ending.

What surprised me though was that I didn’t shed a single tear when it ended (I won’t go into what happened in the end because idk how many of y’all have seen it) (see, I’m nice) because I was expecting to walk out of the cinema absolutely drenched in my own tears. I think I was too ready for the ending after hearing everyone tell me how sad it was and how the song just punches a hole through your heart. Probably because I listened to and replayed See You Again before I even saw the movie and got my feels out watching the music video. All in all, it was a pretty solid movie, the scenes with Paul’s body double were seamless, the ending was beautiful and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

yeah, I’m not going to go into that Facebook conversation. It was pretty weird. I think I’ll just leave it at that...

See you again :)

[breastfrends]

... a man condemned to death saying or thinking, an hour before his death, that if he had to live somewhere high up on a cliff-side, on a ledge so narrow that there was room only for his two feet--and with the abyss, the ocean, eternal darkness, eternal solitude, eternal storm all around him--and had to stay like that, on a square foot of space, an entire lifetime, a thousand years, an eternity--it would be better to live so than to die right now! Only to live, to live, to live! To live, no matter how--only to live!

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment (158)

[breastfrends]

Because I haven't read in such a long time, I decided to sit down for 3 hours and get some reading time, finally. I can tell you that it's gone quite well and I'm really into the book again. If you compare me to Brian who has read 400 pages of his next book... I'm a sloth but if both of us are compared to Readbyzoe (who read 84 books last year) we are both idiots. I did buy a new book recently also! I should just write up an entire post dedicated to books I want to read and the books I am currently in possession of. Also, the 6-ish books to be read. I think I'll do that. Maybe you'd like to see that, maybe you wouldn't. Either way, it's kind of a post for me... about me... That's this entire blog tho tbh. Just wanted to share with you!!!!! My little brother is on a camping trip and he sends me photos of all the Kangaroos he spots and would you look at them!! They are so adorable ❤️❤️ I also have a video I'd like all of you to watch because I think it's very very important that it is brought to everyone's attention. Ok well that's all for this post. Just a quick little update yakno Have a great day!!