http://baviphat.com.sg---Is it a scam?

Ugh. So. I placed an order on May 10th on this website: http://baviphat.com.sg/ because it sounded like an amazingly good deal. Well if things SOUND too good to be true, they probably are. And I think I am starting to discover that. I ordered about $38 worth of stuff. I got about 15 or so items because their prices are SO cheap. On eBay $38 would maaaybe get me two items shipped to the USA and that's it. Ugh. So naturally I was like "wow what a good deal!" But of course, too good to be true.

At least they've been in contact with me. They told me it would take 2 WEEKS to get my items from Korea to their office in Singapore. Which is ridiculous IMHO but maybe that's really how long it takes.

But my REAL beef with them lies in the fact that no where on their sketchy-looking website does it mention that it is going to take over 2 weeks to get my stuff. I could understand that the international mail taking a while because I DID just order some Holika Holika bb cream from eBay and it was from a Korean seller and it DID take about 10 days to reach me which is barely even 1 week let alone 2.

I smell trouble.

I told "Celine" their e-mail rep to cancel my order and refund me all of my money via Paypal. I really hope she does. Because I am too stressed out to deal with this crap now. And I guess if they don't, and I still haven't received my items after 45 days, I am going to freak out and do a Paypal claim.

I mean, it would *have* to be legit otherwise Paypal wouldn't be a payment method, would it? Unless they scam people by making up fake tracking numbers? But I doubt it would fly. Seeing as someone tried that on me before and it failed pretty hard. (I'm looking at you, Artka shop on Artfire.com. lol.)

Well, anyway, if she refuses to cancel my order I will assume it's a scam. But even if she refunds my money, I am going to still feel that there is something fishy about it. Maybe I should have only ordered 1 cheap item instead of like 15 things to test the water .... yeeeah not my style apparently, gaah!


Well anyway, fingers crossed! I am loving my new bb creams so hopefully reviews soon. I work 8 hours a day though so by the time I get home, I am so exhausted. BAH! I thought this would be better than school, hehe.

Hard time for me.

Even though I just graduated, and I've been so happy, I just learned of something terrible.

My cousin committed suicide on May 2nd. My parents knew about it the entire time I was finishing school but they chose not to say anything about it to me because they were worried it would make me sad and my grades would drop when I needed them to be high at such a crucial time. Or at least passing. Well I passed and I got my diploma...but I can't shake this horrible feeling.

I wasn't super close with my cousin but we always wished each other happy birthday, merry christmas, and so forth. And now he's gone forever. I can't go back in time and tell him everything is going to be okay.

I'm sorry, readers. I know my blog is supposed to be happy and celebrating the fun things I enjoy in life, but this came as such a shock to me.

I still want to make some updates soon about new make-up reviews and so forth, maybe some webstore reviews, but I am not sure when I will do that. Maybe next weekend or sometime this week after work. My parents are still in town and they're leaving tomorrow.


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Finally Done with College!! + some game rambling

Whew, I am SO glad to be done.

I am a little sad that my professors haven't posted grades yet. Well only one did, and I got an A- in English which isn't bad! I just hope I passed circuits because that class was pretty much the baaane of my existence this semester. -___-;;

I start work full time next Monday. My graduation ceremony is tomorrow, and Saturday. My parents are flying in for the weekend, and I am going to take them to my favorite restaurants, hehe.

In the meantime I have been selling off my old textbooks. I just got $91 for a trade in on Amazon for one of them, and the other might sell for $105, but if it does, I will only get like $78. -___-; evil amazon! LOL.

I want to some of the money I get from textbooks to cross some videogames off my wishlist. I've been making money at work, so I got some clothes and stuff online. Some Korean cosmetics which I will be reviewing soonish (new bbcreams from eBay!) some eyeshadows from Fyrinnae (omg, SO excited!) and uh, other misc stuff.

The game I really want to buy is Atelier Totori!


It just looks sooo adorable and I love that the protagonist is female. ^__^;
I heard it involves a lot of synthesizing items together to complete jobs, as well as building your character's relationship with other characters. The storyline is really simple...a girl wanting to become an adventurer so she sets out on a journey.



I like that the premium edition comes with an artbook since that's what got me into the game in the first place--the gorgeous artwork. :3 I am such a sucker for visuals, what can I say? Maybe I will do a review of the game once I've tried it!!



Secondly, I want to get Rune Factory!


It's like Harvest Moon only more fantasy-ish! I haven't even tried Harvest Moon yet, so this should be fun/ :)

Lastly, I actually just bought Eternal Sonata a week or so ago on eBay! xD

It also looks really fun. ;___;


Can you tell I am on a JRPG kick? xD

Do you guys/gals have any favorite JRPGs you want to share with me? I have a PS3 as well as a Wii, and Gamecube. Oh and a PSX. I really want to get a PS2 and an XBOX360. (Technically I already have a PS2 but it's at my other home in FL...lol.)

And here is the rest of it.

Holika Holika Korean Makeup Brand

OMG. I couldn't not blog about this!!

http://www.makeupstash.com/2011/05/holika-holika-in-singapore.html
It's as if the anime Soul Eater came out with make-up. No, really! Haha.

Why am I such a sucker for cute product packaging?!



I want to try their products now...unnnnff. *temporary eBay retail therapy inbetween exam studying*

xD






Holy crap! @___@;;

Quinoa and Crabmeat Salad

I know I haven't talked about food or done a food post in aaages but today I concocted something random I wanted to share. I've been trying to eat healthier as of late (not having much success with not drinking alcohol anymore, though, lol) so I stopped by Trader Joe's a few nights ago to pick up some goodies.

What I used:
1/4 cup tricolor quinoa 1 cube of chicken bullion (can use veggie broth instead to make it vegan/veg)
I microwaved the quinoa with the bullion cube and about 1/2 cup water mixed together for 4 mins on high + 2 mins additional time and then I let sit for 1 minute.
Crabmeat
Lemon Juice (about a teaspoon and a half or so)

Coconut oil (about 1/2 tablespoon, for flavor and health)

Fresh chopped chives

Assorted spices (peppercorn grinder, seafood seasoning grinder, salt)

I was actually planning to serve this (to myself, lol) in half of an avocado but my avocado wasn't ripe when I cut it so I had to pitch it. ;____;
So to give it more kick I added some thin sliced almonds on top, and some strawberries as a side dish. I had orange juice to drink. Mmmm!
Nutrition wise there's about 160 calories in 1/4 cup of quinoa but it also has 6g of protein! It's super good for you. Quinoa is a seed oddly enough, a pseudo cereal, and because of it's high nutritional value, NASA is considering it for long-duration mission foods.





I love fish, fruit, and nuts together. It's such a good combo. I like to imagine myself in the forest eating this where it's peaceful and quiet, and not the annoying loud noises of the city just out my window.

Not my photo but I adore it! From tumblr. <3

Been busy busy busy!

Ack. This whole new blog editer thing is crampin' my style. @___@;; If I ever need to make some changes to my banner and such it's going to make my head explode having to re-learn where everything is, LOL. Annoying! I wish they would have left it the way it was although maybe it's now supposedly better, who knows? I might discover the changes later... But yeah. Graduation is only a couple of weeks away. I'm starting to freak out, hehe! Last night I had a charity fundraiser event to support Child's Play Charity. I didn't really advertise it on my blog since I don't know anyone on here who lives near me. But yeah... It was fun! We raised over $750 for the charity which donates videogames to childrens hospitals. So nice. ^__^ We had a photographer there for a little while and he took a few photos. I didn't like the way I looked in most all of them though, sadly. Meh. I have 1 paper, 1 project, 1 test, and 1 final exam before I can graduate. Wish me luuuck! *kisses blogger goodbye for a few weeks* LOL. I love the composition of this photo but I feel like it made me look bigger than I am.... >___<;; Oh that's Sean standing next to me, my BF...he helped me plan the event!

Anime St. Louis

Nothing like my bi-yearly anime con visit!

I wore gyaru in the fashion show and I also cosplayed as Baby Doll from Sucker Punch and Silk Spectre from Watchmen!

BTW Mi amiga, Jax, dressed up a friend, Aura, in Cocolulu and omg, it rocked my world! It prompted me to make a Cocolulu wishlist here:
http://pinterest.com/theflyingace/cocolulu-wishlist/


Me and Aura

I really wanna try Co&Lu style. My BF hates it though, gaaah. I think he prefers Liz Lisa but oh well whatever. ~___~;

hehehe! I had a good time, and it was fun seeing my friends!



Jax wore Kuroanba. I think I said that right. Man, she's brave. It's wayyyy too flashy for me to try, I think I'd be too shy to do it, hehe!


But she rocks it. xD

Moni was super cute in B-gal:


Lisha looked fierce and sexy in Rock Gal!


Jax dressed Aura up in Cocolulu Ameri-kaji style:

She was super cute! Good job, Jax! xD

Nami looked sexy and lovely in onee-gyaru:


Now for some non-gal:


Kayla in Gothic Loli and Yuka in Fairy Kei!


Czessie looked sooo cute in sweet loli! :)


Jax and Sage. Sage was extra cute in her sweet x classic loli coord. :D Love Innocent World!


Annnnd....It wouldn't be complete w/o a picture of me and Yuka! :D


She was wearing fairy-kei! :)