0 Love is only a feeling ?

Love is not just for boyfriend girlfriend. Family, friends, enemies, etc... So what is love? Well, I'm no expert, but I will just tell you guys what I think what love is.

For me, love is not just a feeling. Love can be a desire. When you desire something or someone, you would LOVE to have that certain thing or person. Love can be disguised by hate. When you love someone so much it hurts, you hate that person for making you love him/her that much. 

We are all selfish creatures. We think or help others to satisfy ourselves. That's not a bad thing at all. People donate to help the less fortunate because it makes them feel good. Therefore, it satisfied them by making them feel like they have helped others. Other people don't like giving to others and we might call them selfish. Like I said, we are all selfish. We give to make us feel good, so we were not only thinking about how we can help others, but also how it would make us feel about it. 

Others don't give because it makes them feel good. If giving to others make them feel uncomfortable, they would definitely not do that. We think about ourselves before others. Some say that they think about others first, but unconsciously they thought about how thinking about others first make them feel so you thought how it would make you feel first before thinking about them. 

I know it might be very confusing for some to understand. It is very hard for me to actually write down my own "understanding" of what love is. Tell me what you think love is. Do you agree with me? Or do you think that it's the total opposite?

2 Bye Bye Acne Scars!

I want to tell you guys about the product that had helped my skin tremendously. This product is Dr Dennis Gross' Alpha Beta Peel. I saw this product on Sephora and decided to buy it since then , I had problems with acne and scars.

The one I bought was the extra strength one. I was pretty desperate at that time to fix my skin. Great choice for me. I chose the product that actually helps. It is pretty pricy but Im on my third purchase already. It's a two-step process. There al medicated pads so it's easy to use. I used to use it everyday but now only once in a while.

The product is very drying. It dried up my skin, acne, and scars as well. I saw results after two weeks of use. It helps fade my acne scars. Since it also dried up my active breakout, it cause more scars. I decided to go to see a doctor, she prescribed me retinol and acne was gone after a year of using it. Since I have no more problem with breakout but scars now I can use this Alpha Beta Peel to fade my scars in conjunction of my MBD masks.

I still get breakouts once in while, but nothing close to as before. This product says it's for anti-aging, which is true, but it also claims to fade acne scars and other spots. Check this product out if you guys have the chance to.

0 Japanese Food!

Japanese food is healthy and delicious. It is very popular around the world. One of the most famous Japanese food is sushi! Sushis are amazingly delicious and healthy.

Many people would think of raw fish when they hear sushi. Yes, there are raw fish and other raw stuffs, but it also have deliciously cooked eels. "Ew eels!" WTF?! Eels are delicious. Eel, cucumber is one of my favorite rolls of sushi.

Also eel with rice is another heavenly food. Sorry for the crappy photos. I took it with my ipod touch. It's half eaten before it occurred to me to take a picture lol

Another famous Japanese food is the ramen. Ramens are noodle. Ramen is Naruto's favorite food. He would eat many bowls every time. Don't ask me how I know that... -.-
If I ever have the chance to go to Japan, my first ever Japanese restaurant to visit would be a ramen one. I want to try out the different flavors they have.
They do have many ramen shops here in NYC but I'm pretty sure there are many more awesome flavors in Japan. With the Japan feel and all that.

I should definitely create a NYC food junkies club! lol I love to eat.

0 Don't Let Anyone Tell You Who You Are!

Be who you want to be. Ask yourself what YOU want and not what other people want of you. This is your life, you are the main character in your own story. You write your own story in this life.


Forget about the others. Take a moment and think about only yourself. If you were alone in this world, nobody left but you, what would you want to be? A model, a singer, a doctor? Or maybe just a simple girl. Don't complicate stuffs. Others don't go through what you will be going through so eff them. They have no right to tell you who you are.

You want to be beautiful, be beautiful. Think you are beautiful. Nobody knows you better than YOU! Don't let others tell you you are not beautiful. Don't let those ugly things get to you. You are beautiful and you are YOU!

0 Nude Nail Polish!

I'm really into the nude color nail polish lately. Neutral colors are my favorites for nails. Pastel colors are awesome too, but I like it more for the spring time. Today I painted my nails with Sephora by O.P.I.
I actually know the name of the color because it's a mini polish. I threw away the box that came with it and the bottle doesn't have the name of it.

Yeah, I'm no pro at painting my nails. I love the color though. I got the box of mini Sephora polish last year for Christmas. It came with more than 10 mini polishes. I like it a lot. You can try out new colors and not have to buy the whole size bottle till you know you like it. 

The tiny polishes last very long. I don't paint my nails often, but I do like to add a few coats to make the polish last and bring out more the color. I haven't emptied any of the polishes yet and I think some that I use more often are still a little above half way.

Here's a picture of the mini polish that I used. Cute!

TIP: one way to make nail polish dry faster is to deep your nails into a bowl of cold water for a minute or two. Don't wipe afterwards. Gently shake off the water.

0 Chinese Congee!

I grew up eating Chinese congee. Is a must-know recipe for chinese people. It is rice porridge. It can be eaten anytime. Awesome for sick days. It's like chicken soup in the states.

It is mostly eaten in the morning as breakfast to give your digestive system a good start of the day. It is like a rice broth so it's easy to digest. That's why many chinese grandmothers would give child congee when they are starting to eat solids.

You can add anything to it. Eggs, meat, scallions, ginger,etc...

You can even eat it plain without anything, not even salt. I've eaten more congee than any other things in my life. This morning my mom added some duck eggs and meat to the congee.

It was amazing!

I like to add some fresh scallion because it adds that extra flavor to it. Maybe I added a little bit too much. You pour the hot congee over the scallions and mix it. Some people add it on top of the congee but I like it when the hot congee covers it bringing out more of scallion's flavor.

For people who are not used to it, might look kinda weird, but trust me, it taste way better tan it looks. I don't think it looks bad anyway. Have a great day everybody and I hope you're craving some congee right now... haha

0 Sour Rocks!

Sour dried plums is my favorite childhood snack. Nothing beats it. I've been eating it since little and still like them very much. Now not as much as before though, but no other sour things can replace it.

They look like rocks and feels like a rock. Some brand has a tint of sweetness in them and some makes them extra salty which enhance the sourness of it. Right now they are making it less sour and not as good as before. Nothing beats the old days' snacks. Now they have too many brands and flavors. They add weird flavors to everything.

I say that I don't like it as much as before because the taste and feel is not the same. Nothing is the same as before. I tried to accept the new tastes, but it's just not as good. Some are too dry to even taste anything. *sigh* If I had a time machine, I would use it to go back to time and grab all the old school snacks that there is in China.