PhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucket
Showing posts with label diy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diy. Show all posts

Friday, April 6

Of Manis, Pedis and Matryoshka Dolls

Damn I hate getting back into blogging after being off it for more than a month or so! I miss the days when I was actually disciplined enough to do daily blogging! Perhaps I'll get back into that.

More recently than ever, I've been really getting into the spirit of frequent manicures (not so much of pedis - hello, you can't ever see them!) Here are the ones I did for the past month!

China Glaze's 'Papaya Punch' (Orange) from the Island Escape Collection and China Glaze's 'Kiwi Cool-ada' (Green)! The latter one left a matte finish. I love matte, really. Which was why I bought...
 A matte finisher by Essie!
 Essie's 'Matte About You' with China Glaze's 'Love Marilyn' from the Eye Candy Collection!
 I heart matte!

And I finally received my polishes I ordered nearly a month ago from Becks, when I got back from Perth, Australia! 

 Ordered it from a blogshop, Beauty So Fly! The prices are super affordable!
 China Glaze's Hunger Games Capitol Colours Collection (I blogged about this previously!) 
Left to Right: Riveting, Luxe & Lush, Stone Cold, Dress Me Up
 It was super difficult removing three layers of CG's Love Marilyn completely. All that glitter was an irritant!
 Started off with CG's Dress Me Up first.
 Then added CG's Luxe & Lush, the awesome flakie top coat!
 Final product! 
I was too lazy to scrape the glitter from the previous pedi off my big toes. Added CG's Riveting and Stone Cold to my small toes! Looks pretty weird, but who cares?

And while we're on the subject of The Hunger Games... I got into the newly released Facebook game, 'The Hunger Games Adventures' today! The graphics were pretty awesome, and it just mainly revolves around doing small chores (or quests) here and there, all while following a pretty interesting storyline that non-readers of The Hunger Games books or non-watchers of The Hunger Games movie will get.

 Nooo! Service maintenance! I hate that! I kept refreshing all the way waiting for the game to start up again...
Some screenshots of my progress in the game. Shown here: Forest Escape!
Shown here: The Justice Building, with some Peacekeepers, Katniss and Gale! (I originally thought I would be playing Katniss, so I dressed my character up like her. Bummer.)
Check out this awesome cartoon by Hilaritron! Its owner, Jason, has cleverly weaved TWENTY Hunger Games names into this cartoon. Readers of The Hunger Games trilogy, can you spot all of them?
(Double-click to view it a little better!)
JSYK, I was only able to find 16 of 'em...

On to Matryoshka/Babushka dolls! They are basically Russian nesting dolls (4 more are hidden inside this big wooden doll!). In fact, the dolls are considered to be a fertility symbol, to represent the future generations (Babushka means 'old women' in Russian!)

I saw it lying on the desk in my mother's office one day and I just took some snaps of it! Someone in her office apparently went to Moscow and got this along with some Russian vodka and chocolates!

 Bring on the next doll!
 ...And the next!

 The complete set!
34 Euros! That's pretty expensive...
 Tried one of the Russian chocolates! It was pretty good!

 An assortment of chocolates!
My mother brought me out to lunch one day and I had some real good pasta, clear soup and scones! Loved the pink whipped cream!

And below are some of the completed works for the office's events coming up in April... I had some part in designing then (and designing, and then again...), albeit multiple and countless times! They were all polished by a more professional designer, and then printed!



A painting in the office. Purrrrrdy!
Share

Friday, April 15

The Hunger Games Movie Update #1

While my mouth is getting a li'l R&R from the surgery on Monday and staying in bed for days afterwards, I caught up on reading The Hunger Games! It's srsly the best suspense and adventure novel I've read thus far! As of now, I've just completed the second book in the trilogy! I'll start on the final novel after I'm done with this blog post! Yipeekayay! And the best part is, there's a movie adaptation of it to be released in March 23, 2012! Can't wait (however unpleased I am with the cast)! I'll also post more updates in relation to the movie as soon as I get 'em, so check back for more!

I initially rooted for Malese Jow (Vampire Diaries) as Katniss EVerdeen. Too bad she didn't even get to audition! Apparently it was due to her age. She just turned 20, and the auditioners had to be between 15-20. I don't see what the problem is here. What a pity. She'd have made a fine Katniss! Conversely, read here for other celebs who either were considered or brought up by fans for the part!

And the chosen Katniss is...
...



...



...
 JENNIFER LAWRENCE (Winter's Bone)! I wasn't too delighted with this choice at first, but since the author of the books herself gave her stamp of approval, I guess she must have played Katniss spectacularly.

Peeta Melark and Gale have been cast too! Not too fond of their choice for Gale. I mean srsly, Miley's ex from Last Song
 Peeta Melark will be played by Josh Hutcherson. He's all right I s'pose.
...and Gale will be portrayed by Liam Hemsworth. Ugh (Of course, this is just me being biased - I have not watched The Last Song and I wouldn't know about his acting chops).

Anyway, all three actors look physically different from their characters they'll be playing in the book, so some talented fans have begun churning out photoshopped photos and fan art! Check 'em out below!
I love this. 
Since Katniss has dark hair, Jennifer would have to go through a major color change from her blond locks. The above cover looks legit enough!
Peeta has blond hair, Josh has dark hair. Do the math.
And switcheroo! Liam has blond hair (you can't really see it here), but has to go dark for the film!
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss (she actually suits the part now that I'm seeing this!) and Hunter Parrish (?) as Peeta. Again, this is just fan art! I love this one too though!
Take the quiz here! I actually survived it o_o Anyway, if you happen to have read the books before, answer the questions as you imagine yourself to do, and not what Katniss had done in the books! 

Alternatively, you can view more Hunger Games fan art on MockingJay.net here! They're all pretty amazing!
A mockingjay necklace! Sooo pretty. You can buy it here (it's currently out of stock, but you can see other related merch on the site)!

Check out the international covers of The Hunger Games below! Some of 'em actually look pretty cool.

 Japanese cover.


 Ummm... Arabic?


Chinese cover.
Share
Related Posts with Thumbnails