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Or maybe I'm just dreaming out loud

Last few weeks have been rough. Changes again. Seems like my life will never be stable. I guess that's not weird at all, it's just I hate changes. I can't deal with them quite well. And I know I've said this a million times, but maybe if I keep blogging regularly, at least something will keep me in my pace. People getting out of sight after a couple of years is never easy I suppose. Don't mind me, I wasn't able to sleep until 8 am and woke up few hours after. 

Let's get the vibe here less grey! Did I mention I study and live in Utrecht now? (I tend to say things double to the same person) I think I did. I did have some good experiences too. Last week, someone approached me and asked me if she could take a picture of me for in a fashion page in a newspaper! I was so flattered! Too bad I didn't look that pretty in the photo, otherwise I would have post it here ;P. I also attended couple of concerts! For the third time I saw OneRepublic! I just love, love, love the band. I guess I grew up a little with them. But I also saw Maroon 5 and Franz Ferdinand. And oh god, Franz Ferdinand was so amazingly epic. The energy, vibe, music; everything was incredible. Definitely the best concert I've attended. Here's an Instarecap! (too bad I wasn't allowed to take my SLR with me)

Maroon 5 

OneRepublic

Franz Ferdinand

Review: Kiko cosmetics Unforgettable WP mascara

I never really used make up before, but lately I must confess I won't leave the door without any make up. (I guess I'm really growing up) And my dear friend knows so much about make up so everytime I need something or consult I ask her.

A few months ago she recommended Kiko Cosmetics. Quality make up for not too much money. And since they also ship to the Netherlands now (!!) I thought writing a review is maybe nice, since it's not that familiar in the Netherlands.

Because of my Asian roots, my lashes won't curl easily,but I am lucky with my lash length. Therefore I chose for the Unforgettable Waterproof mascara €7,20 (it rains a lot here).

This mascara promises:
"Long-lasting curling mascara with its special anatomical brush that follows the shape of the individual lashes, defines and separates them without weighing them down.

The waterproof formula guarantees long lasting hold without smudging, resistant to water, heat and rubbing."

It pretty does what it says. My lashes curl longer, that's for sure! The brush is fine too, not superb, but it will do. But if you don't ever had any problems with not curling lashes, I would recommend another mascara. However it does what the description says, it doesn't give a strong definition. If you want longer/more volume lashes you should skip this mascara. And if you want and curling and volume lashes, I would put on a layer of this mascara and another layer with a volume mascara. ( I use max factor false lashes, not waterproof)

I would give the mascara a 7. It's good if you want curly lashes, but not if you want more volume.

Do you think you want to try Kiko cosmetics?

So this was my first review. If you have any suggestions please let me know!

Hello from a grown up women.

Nou een beetje grown up dan. Ik ben alweer een halfjaar in mijn volgende levensfase gekomen. Sinds augustus woon ik met twee lieve vriendinnen "op kamers" (we delen een gezellig woonhuisje) en studeer ik natuurwetenschappen en innovatiemanagement aan de universiteit van Utrecht. Ja ja, klinkt dat niet volwassen?
En zie, weer een excuus waarom ik niet constant blog. Ook al vind ik dit weer een vrij geldige reden. Ik werk nu ook al een tijdje in Utrecht zelf, en heb het leukste baantje dat er is. Prepare yourself, ik werk bij Oodlz/Frozz FROZEN YOGHURT! Passend of niet soms?

Naast mijn baantje ben ik ook actief in mijn studievereniging en ook zeer actief in het studentenleven zelf. Daarbij heb ik besloten om clean eating dieet te volgen en sinds ik erg van koken houd, vind ik het een hele uitdaging. En instant noodlesoup, het studentenvoedsel, moet ik nu links laten liggen. Maar gelukkig heb ik Oodlz daarvoor. Heerlijke bamiesoep, helemaal natuurlijk en met lekker veel groentes.

Echt een aanrader! (hieronder heb ik: Ginger chicken, buckwheat noodles, tauge, spinazi, champignons. En om het af te maken chilivlokken, gebakken uitjes en echt ver-schrik-ke-lijk lekker erbij ananas!)

Een hele ommekeer in mijn normale leven dus. Niet dat het de eerste keer is, sinds ik ook een tijdje in België heb gewoond, zoals ik eerder heb geblogd. Maar die ervaring was niet zo positief. Hoewel ik nog steeds Roosendaal nog mis, bevalt mijn studentenleven tot nu toe wel. Zoveel activiteiten om te doen en zoveel leerwerk. Maar het is het allemaal waard.

Zo was ik gisteren naar een open podium geweest van mijn studievereniging. Behalve dat ik een geweldige tijd had met geweldige muziek, envyde ik ook alle talentvolle mensen die er waren. Maar achja, ik verkoop lekker frozen yoghurt, dat kunnen zij niet zeggen.

En zoals jullie wel gewend zijn van mij, een dosis foto's (van het open podium gisteren):

Dreams do come true.

I just visited Disney World Orlando! And it was sooo awesome!  I saw Maleficent almost taking over Disney world, flew over London with Peter Pan, sailed to the Carribean, visited Tortuga and even went outerspace! I love Disneyworld, and now I can stripe all those things off my to do list!

I've been in the US for more than a week now and really like it here! At first I didn't know exactly where to shop etc. But I think I figured somewhat everything out by now. I even used busses. Which I will never try again, haha.

That's it for now. I will write a shop guide of all the places I've been for other people who are going to Florida or another state, so stay tuned!

Here is a photospam, enjoy!

Miami, the real day 3

Okay so my title said yesterday that it was the 3th day already, but I'm still having a jet lag and I can't count to ten. My mistake. This is day 3. It was a lazy beach day, but lazy beach days are lovely too!

And as I promised, some pictures from the last few days.

Stay tuned!

Loves, Uyen/Theresa/Yoghurtized. Call me what you want ;P

Miami day 3

I l o v e it here. It is just alittle bit too hot, but awesomee! So I went shopping the other day and wanted tonshow you the result. But I dont have a laptop atm, so all you getnis a crappy instagram pic haha

I also went to the beach at night time. It is so crowded there amd super fun! I did take some pics but yeah, all I have to work with is an iPad atm. So pics will come soon!

Shops I went to: Forever21, a'gaci, urban planet, 5-7-9 outlet, charlotte russe

Arrived at destination.

So I've finaaaallyyy arrived at my destination. And I'm exhausted.
God, I hate traveling by airplane. It's awful. But totally worth it. It's 11pm here so I think I'll just go to sleep for now.

Goodnight allll!

PS: never go to a sushi bar at the airport. It is super duper expensive. Paid 9$ for 2 pieces sushi, oh god why..

I'M GOING TO MIAMI, BITCH!

Long long long time again. But now my life is somehow exciting again!
I just graduated and I'm soooo happy! But not there's moreee..

IM GOING TO MIAMI!

Tomorrow morning I'll get my suitcase and take a plane to Miami for 2 weeks!

It's going to be awesome!

And I am planning to blog about it too. So stay tuned!

PS: Suggestions are always welcome! If you know some cute address or thing to do in Miami pleaasee do tell!

One month later...

Hi there! So it's already a month later now. At least i'm progressing, right? I didn't feel like telling more about my London trip, I guess. But that's okay for me, since I didn't do a lot. Oh I did forget to mention I went to 'We Will Rock You'! It was awesome! Almost all the seats were taken by Dutch student, all singing along!

Anyways, I'm totally obsessed with something new: Film Photography.

In just 3 days I bought like 5 new analog cameras haha! I didn't have time though to take pictures, weather here is kinda shitty again. What I like about film photography is the lovely effects you can get. And especially, the double exposure photos. I´m working on that now. Just need to shoot my film full so I can shoot other pictures through them. And than I just need to go to the store, let them process and hope to get some decent results! 

Polaroid Land sx70, Nikon EM , 2 Minolta's: Marktplaats

Well, I am not that patient. So I tried some ´double exposure´ photos just by photo shopping them. I think they are okay. Need to practice more though..

Resource stock flowers: deviantart.com


So that's it for now. I did want to make an outfit post, but it's kinda hard 'cause my lens broke. I do have another lens, but that's a telephoto lens, so I just have to wait 'till my dad wants to buy a new one for me...


I can't promiss how soon I'll post again. I do have my exams now, so wish me luck!

Goodnight! xo

shame on me

It has already been five months again. But I didn't really had something interesting to say. Now I do. I just went to London for the first time of my life! And just as I thought, it was a-ma-zing. I LOVE Oxford street. I love being in a crowd running from shop to shop. And I LOVE the shops there! All my favorite stores in ONE street, I even didn't have enough spare time (I went with school) to see all the shops! So I kinda planned the next trip to London already. I will tell you more soon, I hope. Here are some pics just for a sneak peek!




this old man in a small cafe in Rye saw me walking with a camera and posed for me a little! I don't know why but I really like this picture, or maybe I just like to see old people on pictures :)

Opening Pull&Bear Rotterdam

So last week was (finally) the opening of pull&bear in Rotterdam! It's the flagship store, so it's the biggest Pull&Bear store on the whole world. Too bad it isn't that big at all. I guess the size is like the size of a regular H&M store... But well, it is very pretty and the opening was literally a party! We got some delicious cocktails & other food PLUS we got 20% discount on everything! And because I was one of the first customers (seriously, my friend and I were the only one waiting that early) I got a shopping canvas bag! Other customers also got a raincoat, which you can plant if you want to get rid of it, (haha isn't that awesome?) and a bracelet you can use later for some extra discount. :)

some pics of Rotterdam:

'ecolize-me' bag from Pull&Bear:

Also I bought this little wooden chest with a lovely flower print:


And last:
finally an outfit post haha.

High waist pants: River Island/Lace shirt: H&M/

-xo!

Antwerp+Amsterdam

I know I said I would blog more often. I guess I'm just a worse promise-keeper like Natalie Tran. (I still love her however)

I'm back in school again, back in my hometown! It was really weird to be back again, but I'm so glad that I'm not in Belgium anymore. I just really missed everything here; not that I hate Belgium, I mean I can't, they put chocolate waffles in their vending machines. No country can beat that.

But they don't have the lovely friends I have here, (I did meet some really nice people there ofcourse!) but it was different.

Enough talking about that.

I just had my autumn break, so I went to Antwerp and Amsterdam! For doing that I had to work a whole week with extra hours, but it was totally worth it. I bought some really lovely clothes there! Shame I didn't have enough time to take pictures of my outfit.

Antwerp wasn't that special to go to, since I've lived near there. But Amsterdam was just for the third time, and I still love it. Especially because Frozz is there! I still have an addiction for frozen yoghurt, so I guess I will go to Amsterdam more often, haha.

Oh and I forgot to mention!

i own a nikonD5100!

I have it since before my trip to Vietnam, but I totally forgot it. I just need a new objective, the standard one is OK, but I would love to experiment more. So I think in about 2 weeks I will buy a new one :)

Here are some pics:

high waist pants: River Island

shirt: New Yorker

Train station Amsterdam

Royal palace of Amsterdam

Frozz

the Meir, Antwerp

xo