bday.. blah blah

Dang, I was reading through my recent blogs and realized.. I have not updated (well almost haven't) about ANYTHING new at all since last year... minus the review or dupes.. but even dupes I didn't complete!

Ok so I haven't posted anything about my birthday this past March because.. umm.. I've been lazy!! HAHAHAHAHA!! So.. I have to dedicate a whole other entry to my bday story because shit happened but better things helped heal it.. and so on and so on. Anyways.. if you follow me on twitter and facebook you'll know what I got for my presents! My favorite out of them all?

My PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-LX3, I've been lemming and lemming and lemming and lemming and lemming since like.. fuck I don't know.. since I stumbled onto XiaXue's blog back in 2008, which was when it first came into production. It's absolutely hands down the most perfect point and shoot camera but with SLR quality, which again you'll be well aware of if you follow my twitter. I think I tweeted every month about wanting THAT or the DMC-z5. BUT.. at the time DMC-z5 wouldn't be out will April/May.. and my mother offered to get me a present early. I VERY JOKINGLY mentioned the camera of my daily-use dreams.. and SHE COMPLETELY WITHOUT HESITATION told me to get it and she'll pay. That being said, it's hard to find one that's brand new now, as they're actually very popular among photographers, being a great starter camera in general for anything.

I'll do an official review of THIS and my Canon ISO.. i forget which model I'll look it up later. When I went to Japan last year I got gel things and stuck each individual cherry blossom petal to my camera.. took me almost 40 minutes to finish but in the end I had a gorgeous not-like-yours camera! But.. something had always been off about it.. like.. picturewise it'd be more washed out blue. I tried reseting the settings but that wasn't the problem. I don't even know what was!

Now this camera is my baby. Panasonic is a kicked in the corner brand since many prefer Canon and Sony. Well.. there are it's ups and downs. Panasonic lacks GOOD zoom. Seriously, even the new ones, SUUUUCK. So if you're hoping to use it for far pictures, scenic pictures, concerts, parties.. nope. Get a Canon for that, Canon on the other hand has AMAZING zoom. Options are quite different too.. with Canon they have the isolating colors effect whereas Lumix does not. Canon takes WONDEROUS macro shots.. Lumix.. eh. Not with flash on anyway or near a reflective surface.

That being said, the Lumix is still my baby. I'm still trying to choose a crystal color to completely bling it out. I've drooled and dreamed about this brand/camera for almost 3 years and it's finally mine. I'm saving points on my American Express Gold Card (yes, i have a gold card, ppl usually wonder how since I'm so young) and I'm going to redeem them for something special~ you'll see when I get there! Might take a while though!

my long ass blog name is kind of irritating me. I'm thinking of just creating a different one.. maybe on wordpress instead of here. I don't know. We'll see.

@sarah I've filmed my intro video but completely hated it. I said UMMMM ... LIKE... UHHHHH.. UMMMMM... UMMMMMM.. UMMMMM too much. EFF IT! I'll keep practicing until I get better and more natural. Also need to find a webcam that's good and works with Mac's photobooth and imovie.. or just comes with it's own picture taking/video recording software.

I love how some people pretend to be so into technology by buying the newest this or that, or the most expensive this or that, but in the long run they don't know how to use it pass the basic functions or if something's wrong with it they don't even know where to start looking for the problem. It just makes it look like you're trying too hard to act as if you have money and knowledge.

It's 6:30AM.. I've been up since yesterday 8:30AM.. yup.. haven't slept except a nap i took yesterday from 5pm-6:30pm. LOLS

mom's bday plus mine!

Helloooo!

My long overdue family bday dinner pics have finally been sent to me by my darling little sister, plus the pictures from my mom's bday lunch!

I was originally going to make it one big massive post along with the stuff I recently bought.. but seeing as how the stuff might not get here until next week.. and I'm bored out of my mind right now, I decided why not just post what I have. LOL. If you're looking for makeup related stuff that's not in this entry and you can just skip this. :) This is going to be a family post with whatever stories I can remember so that I can go back to this post one day in the future and go.. OH YEA!!! LOL.. lame I know. Onwards silver bullet!

My 21st bday family dinner at Gyu Kaku.

One of the appetizers.. and probably the only food picture you'll get. We all got too excited because we were hungry.. so uhh.. what WAS pictured wasn't pretty. LMAO.


My parents! And the grills we cooked on


First legal drink of the night.. lychee shoju


i look tired.. me and the bubby!


eddy, diana, debbie, sam (blocked by debbie)



OMG!!!! I don't know if I posted this story yet.. but if I did, skip this, if I didn't READ!! HEHEHEHE!! Ok so my cousins ordered a pitcher of beer.. because you know.. my alcoholic family can't resist ordering alcohol when it's time to celebrate.... ANYTHING.. but my cousin Eddy is allergic to alcohol and has ZERO tolerance for it. He drank like.... 1/4 of his mug before saying he had to go to the bathroom to pee. Ok, so he leaves, 15 minutes later.. he comes back, rubbing his eyes and looking very tired. We're all.. what happened did you take a crap or something? He said.. "no... I fell asleep on the toilet" HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! WOW....


bubby and I again!


let's skip to dessert.... complimentary smores! yess.. forrealllll. Jessica left hers on for too long so the marshmellow melted down onto the grill. You see the beer of the alcoholic family


My parents were FASCINATED by the smores.. they've seen them on tv and in movies but they didn't know how to actually make one or how they tasted. My mom was afraid to try it thinking it might be too sweet, but I taught them both how to make it and assembled it for them and forced my dad to take a bite. Guess what? He LOVED it and ate the whole thing. He made one for my mom and got her to eat it too! HAHAHAHHA!!!


jess and ross. L..M..A..O... matching marshmellow lipsticks.


my cake!! that I shared with my cousins.. booo.


Interesting bday cake flavor.. my sister was in charge of finding a cake and she picked a mocchi cake.. so it's basically white cake with a layer of mocchi in the middle.. I loved it because I love mocchi but my mom was all.. WHYYYY .. because she doesn't like sweets that much HAHHAHA!


Bday people. Me (real bday), debbie and eddy (in a few days), sam (passed a while ago) hmph!! I had to share my bday with other ppl.. boooo!!!!!


what's eddy doing?


I'll cut the cake while debbie stares at me, while eddy looks longingly at sam's breasts.


family plus bfs plus cousins plus friends... sigh... oh daddy (right) .... he can never take a normal pictures. LOL i guess I get it from him??


my sis got me a hamburger phone!!! HAHAHAHA!!! Cool you can see one of my boots that I rarely wear out.



mommy's 50th bday lunch!!

So for my mom's bday.. we were supposed to have brunch with my cousins and relatives at a dim sum place (yes.. we are very typical) but there was some last minute argueing so that was cancelled.. but then my sister called everyone and told them it was on again as a surprise for my mother.. only she FOUND OUT about it.. and didn't want it. Push came to shove and in the end, it was too late to make a reservation for a big room for us at the dim sum place so we decided to let mom decide where she wanted to eat. Her eyes like... LIT UP and she said Todai at Orange (although.. I have to say I prefer the brunch at Queen Mary more)

I know what you're thinking.. eww Todai.. I don't particularily like that buffet.. esp not the one in Puente, Newport, etc.. I've been to like 3 different branches and weren't very fond of them. The seafood had that strong taste to it and usually everything else was ok and not really worth all the money you pay for. But THIS branch.. I LOVED. It was very hygenic compared to the other ones I've been to and the seafood here did NOT have that nasty scent/taste. To my surprise they had Korean BBQ meat there as well, which was also delicious!

UMMM.. you know those families who are so embarassing when they go out together? The ones that carry a lot of cameras and have to take pictures of everything and are super loud and stuff? Yea that's my family :) As cousins, we know there's email, we use email, we know we can email each other pictures, but we all insist on using our own cameras for pictures.. so we end up staying in one pose for the duration of 4 cameras being used. LMAO!!!! Onto the pictures!


AWWWW!!! Isn't she cute?!?!! This is my fav picture of the birthday girl..... and my shoulder. lol!!



me, mommy, jessica


OH YEA!! I FORGOT TO MENTION!! My sister has virgin hair.. she's never dyed it in her whole LIFE. She finally decided to change it and got this bright auburn walnut color. I think her old dark her suits her more but hey that's just my opinion. My black hair has turned kind of brown.. as you can see.. blehhh.. I might go dye it even darker soon. Or not.. maybe lighter since summer is coming!

Ok so towards the end, we had the waiters do their embarassing song and jingle for my mom, revenge for previous bday embarassments I tell you!! So they came out with this plate that had a big glob of whipped cream in the middle with a candle sticking out. We were all trying to figure out if it was actually a CAKE or just... whipped cream.... lol!! So after the pic, I poked around it.. thought it was really whipped cream but finally in the dead center... lik the size of a block about one inch by one inch.. I found the white cake. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... cheapskates.

"is that... a CAKE?"


she blew out the candles!!


mom, jess, me


family (oh yes my sister is naturally THAT tall.. LMAO!!!!!!)


danny and his new gf



Umm.. I don't really have an opinion on her.. as she was VERY quiet during the lunch. Me and my cousins would try to get her involved in our conversations and joke around with her but she pretty much refused to be SOCIAL. If we asked her a question.. it would take like.. 5 minutes to get a response.. if at all. I know she's probably scared due to the circumstances through which she's meeting us.. but we're trying to make the best out of everything and make her feel welcome.. but she kinda seems like she doesn't want to have anything to do with us.. sooo.. I don't know. Me and my other cousins were talking about it and we just agreed to keep trying to get her to open up to us. We're not even against their decision! We're all pretty much for the baby, except my mom, which is why we were trying to make her feel comfortable.


me and jess


funny pose! ppl at the restaurant were probably like.. wtf..


me, jess, mimi and david


TEEHEEEEE.. in about a week.. Mimi will decide whether or not she will have "good" news to tell us!!!! I really hope it works.. these two are such a cute couple.. and his family loves her to DEATH! They both really want to have kids.. but sadly.. she's had problems with her period ever since she was a kid.. and well.. basically.. she's unable to have a baby. They've recently took the leap and invested in invetro.. so cross your fingers girls!!!! I want to be an auntie... part 2!!!

me and my sister!


.... jessica's so evil she breathes out FIRE!


me, mimi, jessica (jackie's wife)


jess, me, mimi, jessica LOL


david, jackie, me, danny (bro), eddy, ting ting, jessica


So after lunch me, my mom, my lil sis, and her bf Ross drove to Azusa so my mom could meet up with her old friend Vicky at a cafe.. I have pictures of the cakes (and the nibbles from me) on my BB but I haven't uploaded them from there yet lol. They were discussing confidential business that involved her husband.. who's position I can't say.. because I wasn't paying attention but he has money coming out of his ass basically.. and from what I gathered later, she was afraid and needed advice because a person who her husband considers to be a close friend might harm him financially. This "friend" is the type of person who would do ANYTHING for personal gain.. if he needs to stab you in the back to do it, he will, without blinking or shedding a tear. Mom was being secretive and hush hush about it when she was telling me some of this.. and I shocked her pants off when I guessed who it was and got it right on the first try. LOL! Anyways..

Me, Jess, Ross went to get boba and shop around for a little bit.. and in the hills that were a few miles away from where we were.. a random fire appeared and was burning like a mother fucker. It was getting to be a pretty good size but the fire dept finally got there after a while and put it out. Later when my mom was done talking to her friend, we went to South Coast to shop until the mall closed. Nothing too exciting, just some mother daughter bonding I suppose.

OH OH OH!! I forgot to mention. Eddy, my cousin no the far right.. works at East West Bank in Chino Hills here in So Cal. Well.. last week, his bank got robbed by 3 men WHILE he was working. The men came in and one went straight up to the manager, who's also Eddy's friend named Olympic, and basically slugged him and beat him up until he blacked out. Then he grabbed the guy and forced him back to the vault to get the cash. One of the guys jumped over the counter where Eddy was and tried to punch him but eddy just moved aside and dodged it. Eddy says he didn't actually see any guns physically.. but they had their pockets pointed as if they had guns in there, you know what I mean? So everything basically happened in 15 minutes.. and when the robbers weren't looking eddy stepped on the alarm.. but it was too late, they just left. However.. one of the robbers had left his wallet!!!! Bad thing was.. it was a stolen wallet with a different person's ID. Some of the bankers were excited because they had seen the vehicle's license plate number! But then.. they reviewed some security tapes and saw that the robbers had driven the vehicle around the corner, ditched it, and hopped into another vehicle that had come to pick them up. So basically ... they knew what they were doing, knew who the staff was (who was manager, who was assist manager.. etc).. so eddy thinks they're not amateurs at all. God I'd be scared out of my mind.. and this is the second time in a year that this bank has been robbed.

*shudders*

Ok.. time to sleep.. I have class tmrw!

Nothing exciting right? Told you, all family post. :) My family is so weird when we get together.. man I want to type out some pieces of the conversations we had on here.. but when translated into english from chinese.. they aren't as funny.. gahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

HMM.. the other day I was eatting gummy worms and decided.. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! My babe likes to whip out his penis sometimes and chase me around with it.. or if I'm laying on the couch.. he'll sneak up from behind my head.. whip out his penis really fast and slap my forehead with it.. then run away laughing before I can slap his dick.

Soooo.. he was sitting on the couch and I ran up to the couch, jumped up on it, held a gummy worm to my crouch and flicked it around in his face. He claims that's not how his penis looks when he's doing that but I swearrrrr, it is. :) He started chocking because he was laughing so hard.

I know, I'm immature sometimes.

Time to sleep!

Katie

HAPPY BIRRR-DAY TO MY MAMA!

warning: ... another colossal post.. oi vey.. wasn't supposed to turn out like this. LOL!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPY one-hour-before-my-momma's BDAY!


(I was bending my knees in this pic and she's wearing 3.5 inch wedges, momma ain't that tall yo!)

lol.... I could've waited an hour to put this up so then it's REALLY her birthday but no, I'd probably be too lazy to blog in an hour. :) I really can't tell you guys how old my mom is turning because I honestly do not know. Everytime I ask her, she changes her age.... as the years go by.. the number decreases... mother.. it does not work that way. LOL!!

Soooo.. mom always gets mad at me and my sis whenever we splurge and buy her something expensive for her birthday.. like.. REALLY mad.. and it's like, the things we CAN afford to get her, it's not to her liking because she has uhh.. really.... REALLY expensive tastes.. so things we get her usually go back to the store, usually one of her fav stores, and turns back into credit which she then uses to buy something quadruple the cost but to her liking, which is really our plan since it's better to just help her buy something she wants and at least try rather than flat out give her a gift card. So this year, me and my sister decided to NOT splurge since I don't work anymore and she... spends all she earns every week.. lol.. and decided to both chip in for a gift certificate so that my mom can get a manicure and a pedicure at Star Nails, which she looooooves going to like.. whenever she can. This way, we ARE trying, we did think about it, and she WILL end up using it! Bad thing is, Jessica is on a school field trip and won't be back until Sunday, mom's bday is on Saturday.. oh well, one day late then! However.. Jessica called me this week and we're planning to get our cousins together to throw a surprise birthday brunch for mom on Sunday.. it was originally NOT a surprise but mom got mad at my cousins for reasons.... I might go into next time when I feel like blogging more about the chaos that IS my family.. and she called off the brunch basically saying I don't want to celebrate my birthday with people who are selfish! But then Jessica is saying how my mom's been feeling like people don't care lately.. and this made me feel HORRIBLE.. since I only get to see my parents for a day and a half every week.. I usually spend my day back with my mom, doing errands with her, gossiping with her, grocery shopping with her, etc etc.. but I felt worse this week because Jessica wasn't going to be home to cover the whole children-celebrating-their-parents-birthday thing on Saturday since she's on her field trip and my dad is...... kind of insensitive to these things and never remembers ANYONE'S birthday and we usually force the memory into his head and sometimes go as far as to buy her a present FOR him, wrap it FOR him, and get him to sign it. Oh dad.. when will you learn. Anyways.. to cheer up a bummed out mother, I decided to surprise her withhhhhh...


A bouquet of flowers!! Fruit flowers!! Ordered it last night, had it arranged to be delivered to her work place!! I figured it's the best way to cheer up a work-a-holic mother! ...... but ..... GODDAMN IT MY PLANS WERE FOILED!!

Mom decided not to work the friday before her birthday.. so she never showed up to receive them!! NOOOOO!!! I even had a note that said..

"Dear Mommy,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I'm sending this to you one day early so I can REALLY surprise you! I love you!!!
Love,
Katie"

I called my mom's store in the afternoon and found out she was never there but my dad was and that he was going to bring it home to her at 5 PM. My mom's assistant, Augustina was the one who picked up the phone and she was raving about how beautiful the bouqet was and was amazed I thought of doing something like that ... lol? Since mom wasn't there to receive it, she never saw the van, so she doesn't know WHERE this came from and when I called her earlier, she sounded SOOOOOOO happy when she was talking about it!! She asked me where I got "such a thing" from and I said I wasn't telling her. LOL!! She asked me previously during our text messaging too.

me: I meant today! Surprise is coming today! I don't know when
mom: I got it right now, thanks very much. I love you. (she didn't physically have it, dad told her about it... doi...)
me: :) Are you surprised? Do you like it?
mom: I like that very much, where you got the gift from?
me: :) I'm not telling you! Secret!
mom: bad girl.

LMAO!!!!!!! I told you guys before I taught my mom how to text right? LOL!! Her texts are the funniest but also the sweetest things sometimes!! Anyway, money well spent I say!

ANYWHOOTERS, I was cruisin around my usual makeup forums as usual, getting my daily dose of other members' FOTDs (inspirations!) and reading up on new releases.. when I came across this particular FOTD!!!!



IS THIS NOT ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PURPLE BLENDS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN???? It's.. breathtaking.. I HAD TO COPY IT. Well.. tried.. and failed. You'll see. The base I used didn't bring out the vibrant purple, plus flash washes out my shadows but I can't just use regular room lighting.. it was late and my bedroom + bathroom lighting SUCKS! And unlike my makeup from yesterday.. I didn't blend as much this time. You can totally say I got L-A-Z-Y but nonetheless, I still like it. I'm gonna keep working on improving this in the future though. I have yet to discover my perfect purple combo. Once again, since it was just an experiment so I didn't wear this out and basically took it off after these pics.. I didn't use my usual foundation. My Dior is too precious to waste!! :) I always get compliments when I wear Dior.. I suppose since it's more natural looking compared to other brands like MAC.... which is too light in these pics but who cares. I'm taking it off soon. Here comes the cam whoring!

poorly angled, cut off my head. LOL. ...... hmm.. almost cross eyed.


my bangs were pinned up


incomplete blending


brows look weird from this angle.. oh well. :) My small hands!


Face
Mac Studio Sculpt in NC25
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dual applicator concealer in Medium
Maybelline Dream Matte powder in Medium 0-1
Mac Nuance blush
Mac Emote blush (contour)

Eyes
Mac Painterly Paintpot
Mac Beige-ing shadestick
Mac e.s. in Creme de violet, Trax (over creme de violet.. changed my midn about creme de violet.. lol), parfait amour, Fig 1, Contrast, Modest Tone, Beauty Marked
Mac Spiked brow crayon
Revlon Colorstay liquid liner in Black

Lips
Mac l.s. in 3n
Lorac Lotsalip Plumping in Babie

Umm.. when I do these types of experimental looks, I usually try to use all the L.E. shit I accummulate over the years.. the Lorac gloss is something I bought, used 3 times.. and is now among the few million glosses I have stored in my closet. I decided to dust some stuff off today! YAY FOR ME! Umm.. as far as plumping goes, I do NOT need anything to make my lips bigger.. they're pretty thick and full if I say so myself. What I like about this one from Lorac is that it doesn't actually PLUMP.. it doesn't sting or feel tingly.. it just gives the appearance of fuller lips, I think partly due to the shimmer and the way it makes your lips look. I can see how it'd make your lips LOOK fuller.. but upon closer inspection, my lips have not changed in size at all. If you really want thicker lips, then I'd look elsewhere, this gloss won't do it!

Now.... other news..................



Yes that is my brother Danny and I. Why am I posting up a picture of my brother? Oh.. you know.. to say CONGRADU-FUCKING-LATIONS!!!!!! Ladies, I am going to be an auntie. EXCITING!!!! My brother is 10 years older than I, so he's 31 now. Although this is a happy thing, the story is.. slightly messed up. Haaaa.. Ok I'll tell you girls, it's not really a secret anyway, plus he's thrilled the baby's coming so I don't see why this story shouldn't be told.

Last week I found out someone was expecting a baby... from my mother. She basically said to me, "I'm going to be a grandmother!" .... I thought... wth? JESSICA?? She said NOOOO.. then I found out that Danny was expecting a baby. This was kind of a surprise because I thought he had broken up with his girlfriend of 3-4 years, Michelle, in February. Mother said that it wasn't Michelle. HUH? Apparently it was some girl he had met recently and had gotten her pregnant. Although we haven't heard much about this girl, we just know that Danny wants to keep the baby. I personally think it's because he knows he's not getting any younger and wants to raise a mini-danny. LOL! When I found out I asked my sister he she knew and she told me a little story about how my mom had told my dad that she was going to be a grandmother. My dad had freaked out and the first thing he said was "KATIE?????" .......... WHY IS MY NAME THE FIRST ONE OUT OF HIS MOUTH?!?!?!?!?! Mom said no, then his eyes got even bigger and he said "JESSICA???" Then she said no, Danny. Then my dad went back to eatting his fruit.

lol... that's so daddy. Anyways, I called Danny to say congradulations and kept gloating about how I was going to be an auntie!! He seemed REALLY happy to talk about it and told me that I would officially become an auntie this December.. meaning his new girl is 2 months along. When I hung up and called Jessica to make fun of the fact she's going to have to share her birthday month with the new baby.. we were like.. wait. 2 months along? We counted the actual days backwards.. and found out that around the time of Danny and Michelle's breakup.. that girl was already pregnant. Which meanssssssss.................

BAD DANNY!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL OK I don't know this for a fact but OHHHH FOR SHAMMMMEEEEE!! Ahh well.. I'm not surprised. Danny has never been one to settle down, but maybe he is now? Either way, I wish him the best of luck and I can't wait to play with my little nephew/niece!

:) Ok...... there Sarah, I remembered to blog about the baby!

Oh.. funny story today. I was leaving my comm 151 class today and this guy who sometimes sits next to me (cuz he's always late and I put my backpack on the chair next to me, hence free seat)..... who's name I do not remember since I'm pretty bad with names, caught up to me and asked if we had another midterm (just had one last monday from that class) next week. I thought about it and didn't know, he said in the syllabus it said we had another one in class 19... today was class 15....... OH FREAK, it's next next monday!! I have a midterm from my comm 129 class this coming Thurs.. ahh.. I guess it's better this way. Midterms spaced out as weeks compared to all in one week. I had one last week, this week, now this coming week and next next week. LOL.. yay.. woo...hoo.

BF just looked over at my entry and said "what? More pictures of yourself?"

;( what are you implying?!?!?!?!?!?!

Ok this is long enough.

:) OOO sarah I like that one earring I saw on your site! I forgot which one. :(

Ok time to let the bf use my lappie!

Toodloo!!

Katie

ps- awwwwww I still have readers!!!! Thank you all for the compliments in the last post!

:) BIZZZACKKKKK!!!!

Ok, I have a loooong post planned that'll cover this hectic past few days. I had some bad luck this friday (wth!) and of course I'm going to talk about my vegas trip! YES many many pics to come!!!! Ok but before I leave, some pics from my cell. Did any of you guys watch Pick Up Artist 2? Anyone remember that asian guy named Brian? We met him while shopping in Vegas!!

BF and Brian


Ok.. there's a story to this picture. Bf spotted Brian first when he was walking towards H&M. He chased him down and acted like a kid who saw candy for the first time. He tapped Brian on the shoulder and was all "Hey! Weren't you on Pick Up Artist?"

Brian was all YEAAAA.. and then Christian said "ahhh.. ohh.. I'm sorry dude.. I forgot your name!!" HAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Brian laughed and said he was Brian. Then Christian asked if he could take a pic with him and I fumbled around for my camera but realized I didn't bring it so we used our cell phones instead!

My room key. (i'll talk about bellagio later and why it's never been likable to me, but then again, I don't like the Wynn either.)


My 21st bday gift..... WAY EARLY!! Flash from my cell phone.


If it were set as a ring.





0.71 Carats, single VS1 diamond, platinum setting, 18kt White gold chain.
Customized by my mom's jeweler (mom's hobby is customizing jewelry and shiny crap).

Story behind THIS one is that I was running errands with my mom last weekend and she forgot to pick up her latest "creation" that she and her jeweler forged. I was bored and you know me and shiny objects.. let's all remember the firecracker story.. wait.. did I post that? I don't remember! sarah knows! Anyway.. I was playing with some necklaces and jewels when I saw this single 0.71 carat that was completely set and chained in Platinum but it was a class E diamond.. so those who know jewels can bet your damn asses that tiny thing is worth around 6 thousand smacks. I didn't like the setting though but I was hypnotized by how shiny it was. My mom noticed and asked if I liked it. I said yes but I told her how I would set it and what type of chain it SHOULD have been to be pretty and more simple. I like simpler and cleaner looking things. The jeweler came over and took out the VS1 Diamond (slightly lower class than class E) and showed me the settings and chains. Now remember I was just PLAYING AROUND like usual. The final result is what you see above. My mom asked how much it would cost to make it, thought about it, and said here's your first "close to big, actually expensive, start off" diamond. I thought she was kidding and we left to go eat dinner with my relatives. Then she disappears from the dinner and comes back after 15 minutes and hands me a little bag. OMFG SHE WASN'T KIDDING!!!!!! This thing is close to being 1 carat!! WOOOOO!!!

:) Thank you mommy.. I know you don't read this.. and you can't understand english very well.. and you walk around in your underwear in a very embarassing way when you shouldn't.. and you pick your nose in the car.. I LOVE YOU!!

:) Happy chinese new years everyone!

Katie