Vegas post!! *pic heavy!*

*caution* picture REGURGITATION!!!!

:) I FINALLY HAVE ALL THE PICS!!

Umm.. story behind that is I misplaced my camera.. couldn't find it during the trip.. found it on the very last day when we were leaving. So yea. Guess where it was? In my luggage! -.-

These are a a mix of pics taken by both me and my lil sis who ain't so little no mo!!!! :) awww.

The Bellagio, eddy and dai stayed at Encore, second fam stayed at MGM, parents sis and boyfriends stayed here!


Our suite


way to parents room


way to our room


our room number


sis checkin herself out, me ruinin the pic!


:) even white people have to acknowledge the fact Chinese new year is BIG.
:) Yes i am racist.


me and the sis... plus her bf's head


huge ass pots holding fake incense


lanterns.. ahhh.. burned so many paper lanterns as a child. :) natural born pyro?


circular mirror near the elevators


me and bubby!! i look weird for some reason.. dunno why



giant crab legs, mussels, oysters, lobster tails, scallops.. I think it was $250 per bowl thing.


Bubby getting into one of our 2 limos


bubby, me, lil sis, her bf, eddy, dai


sisters at the lee hom wang concert!


:) i petted him


unexpected intro, his concert had a story line, which was unusual!
aka.. he has his own anime character, which he acts out


wussup hottie!! minus your big nose.


pretty!


he played the guitar, violin, piano, drums


lets go back to the chinese new years displays!
i uploaded the pics in the wrong order... woops.

year of the ox!


my smile looks so fake and big! :(


it was beautiful at night.. lots of accented lighting
spy the koi fish!


my sister and i!
i gained over 10 pounds and my mom says i look better but my sis said "don't promote anorexia!" (-.-) ......


panda sculptures!!


hehehe he's eating bamboo!


because we're embarassing photo whores, outside our vip entrance only elevators


scary...


we tried to jump.. didn't get any air. LOL.


fluffy bed


our view


that's vegas for ya.. never changes.


bubby's BUTT!


HAHAHAHA!!! i think it's funny where my sis's pony tail is.


ummm......... yeaaaaa....


i conquer lots of things. yes i am picking my nose. vegas air is dry yo!


puwahahaha his face expression is priceless


"pull me babe pull me!!!!"
"i'm trying!!!!!"


in for teh kill!


DON'T HIT ME!!!


i don't have a caption for this one..


..... i'd like to point out that my sis is eating a cookie


sup? :)


picture of the playboy!


:D he kissed my hand!!


i know, his eyes are scary


she bangs, she bangs!!


:) we love the bear!


kisses for my bubby!


you can't come in my house!!


i think we just like furry things in general


"smell me"
"scented t-shirts"


:) a some what artistic shot


it was out of order.. so i couldn't use it. :(


so do you come here often? ;)
my new boyfriend is so hot with no hair!


i got caught blinking... ummm... GOT RICE?
:) hey, you can see my makeup.


"the hilllllls are live.... with the sound of muuuuuusic!"


Katie, that's right son!! Where's YOUR cup?! HA!


me and bubby. Wow.. my eyes are light compared to his. No flash btw.


they were putting air in the tires, so i got bored in the back seat. When i get rich, i'm getting a honker job.


my sister!


leaving vegas


$1 hot dog and beer!?


:) my autographed lee hom wang cd, courtesy of my uncle.



OK YES, if you haven't noticed from the pictures above, me and my sis are one of those embarassing camera whoring people you probably hate! :) This is HALF of what we took.. i filtered out the useless ones.

God.. I should do a blog about me rating the hotels in vegas.. I swear, i even have pictures for the commentary. I've stayed in regular, suite, and penthouse at mirage, bellagio, venetian, paris, Caesar's Palace, mgm, only regular rooms at the Wynn, excalibur, circus circus, Harrahs, Treasure Island, Flamingo, Monte Carlo, and regular room plus suite at mandalay bay.

If any of you guys are planning a trip to vegas and money's no problem, ask me which which hotels to recommend! -.- trust me.. i know which hotels specialize in what.

FYI.. Encore rips you off like mad on food, more than the other hotels.

Ok, so if you came for pictures, there you go. Now here's my vegas story!!

We got there at around 3 Am Sat.. obviously too late to do anything so we just checked in and fell asleep. I couldn't sleep until 6 AM.. and my lil sister got all hyper in the morning at 9 AM. My mom told her to be quiet to let me sleep but then i hear a "heheheheh..." sound.. and WABAMM!! My sister pushes the button that opens up the curtains and let in sun light!! EVIL!!! So we called the boyfriends up to our suite and ordered in room dining for breakfast. We had time to kill so we all went out to shop at Miracle Mile, which was right across the street. I had funny stories from that shopping trip to talk about but alas.. this post has been pushed back so long that i've forgotten my stories!! :) I did stop by Sephora though, picked up some MUFE bronzer because my mom was complaining that my dark hair made my skin look too pale. We went back to our room and started changing for dinner. We met up with my parents to eat at Prime, a very overpriced ok tasting food place. Some lady took a pic of our family so I'll scan that up later. I'm not fond of beef. I prefer pork or lamb, chicken is an on and off love of mine. Beef is not. Mother likes to order the best of the best when we go out.. and obviously the best in vegas is always going to be Kobe beef, which she ordered for us all. Ah well.. I'll live. I get mad at restaurants like this. The food has to be mind blowing for me to love it. This was NOT mind blowing.. except the dessert.. and the bill came to about $3200 for 11 people. I'm not too mad because this trip was completely complementary (everything = free) but still.. that's just utter BLASPHEMY. So after we get our grub on, we split off into 2 limos, one for the old people and one for us youngins, and off we go to see lee hom wang! Umm.. so we used 9 tickets... out of the VIP 20 tickets that I had. LOL. Why do I have so many tickets? Not sure. I told my mom I wanted to see the lee hom wang concert and she got enough for our relatives plus bfs.. but then more on accident i suppose. The concert was AMAZING!! Lee hom wang is sooooo talented!! I think he needs to drop his new rock image though.. it's so stupid. He should stick to his ballads. So after that, we go off to play in our rooms (under 21 remember?).

The next day, we pack up, clean up the room, then head down to eat dim sum buffet at Jasmine, yum yum, Uncle Robert's treat! Overpriced, but worth it. While we were eating, my mom started talking about the wonderful dinner they had the day we were supposed to get there but we got there late. Apparently it was AMAZING.. -.- and so was the bill i assumed (proven right, more than our Prime dinner bill).

Ok, let me talk about my dad's friend. He was staying in vegas the same time we were and he was the one who helped my mom get the lee hom wang tickets. This guy.. super high roller status. He slaps down thousands at a time gambling. He was playing cards and was winning a whopping 2 Million.. when he had to go pee, so he told his other friend to watch his cards and DO NOT TOUCH THEM.. so while he was gone, yes you guessed it, his friend plays, and when he gets back, he gets FURIOUS but still walks away with $100,000 profit. Ya.. I'd be mad at that friend too.

Now, let me tell you about this guy's lucky son. This guy took his private jet (same jet dad flew on a few posts back) and jetted in himself, his wife, his son, plus 20 of his son's close friends because it was close to his son's bday! His dad shut down a club so that his son could party it up with his friends even though he wasn't officially 21 yet! WTH! Underaged drinking!!! LOL JK jk!

Ok.. I forgot the rest of my stories and i think my bf wants to use my comp now. :) Im going to vegas again in maybe april or may.

:D

Ok that's all for today!!

I carved my initials into a carrot. I'll say why next time.

toodloo!!

Katie

:) 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

Product Review

Quick Blurb:

I used to use this back when I stole makeup remover off my mom but she stopped using this so I did too! I recently re-discovered this and OMG I can't remember why I didn't just go get it myself!!

COST:
$10, not bad not bad.

ITEM:
Victoria's Secret Total Makeup Remover

COLOR/Texture/Whatnots:
This is safe to take off makeup ALL over your face. There's makeup remover out there that only takes off your eye makeup and it'll break your face out if you try to take off your face makeup but not this one!! SUPER SAFE! SAFE FOR SENSITIVE EYES TOO!! I have very sensitive eyes and it doesn't sting or leave those oily residue shit that flies around in your eye making your vision cloudy. Kind of a plastic-y alcohol-ish smell to it, not too strong though. Don't worry, doesn't sting! NO OILY/ANY RESIDUE ON YOUR FACE AFTER USE!! Ok, it's one of those that you see there's oil in it, some white layer in the middle, and water I guess. You have to shake it before every use to get the full effect. It's weird that there's some glitter in the bottle.. but you don't get it on your face or on your cotton pad at all.. it's REALLY weird. Glitter doesn't effect the eyes either so I'm not sure WHERE the glitter goes.. unless there really isn't glitter in there and my eyes are playing tricks on me. They're really tiny though.

THOUGHTS/HOW?:
Better than Mandom. I liked Mandom but it never really took off my makeup THAT WELL. It never completely took off my waterproof eyeliner or I'd find I still had some foundation on even after carefully "removing" my makeup. I like the smell of mandom better but this one just takes things off wayyyyyyyyyyy better. I like how this one isn't a pump either! Easier for traveling!

PROS:
- cute bottle, good for traveling
- works!
- no break outs at all!!
- TAKES IT ALLLLLLL OFF

CONS:
- alcoholish smell
- availablity

UGHHh. Availablity. This shit is hard to get. Most VS stores will be SOLD OUT of this because it runs out FAST! Even the sales lady at the counter said it was a good idea that I was stocking up because they never know when they're getting more in and it always flies off the shelves.

:) Ok, time for me to do my weekly disappearing trick!

Much love!

Katie

I suck at titles

*sigh* Creative titles just never seem to come to me lately. Not that I've really tried to post much anyway. I'm borrowing my sis's computer while I'm staying at my house here in YL. :) Yay for holidays and no school tomorrow! BOO FOR SHITTY CAR RELATED CRAP. My 30,000 miles maintenance is due because my car is 300 miles away from touching 60,000 miles. That'll be a whopping $300 plus dollars. Plus all my tires are worn and pretty much verge on dying, so I have to get 4 new tires tomorrow, hello mr. new yokohamas! I have to fix my alignment too because driving in LA with all it's nasty potholes and uneven roads has thrown my car in whack mode. I just got an oil change a week ago tho! WOOHOO!

WANG LEE HOM


I'm going to Vegas next week from Friday night Jan 23 till Sunday night Jan 25. HELLOOOOO WANG LEE HOM!! His concert is on Jan 24 at the MGM Grand. To you chinese music lovers, I know you're jealous. I got to go to Jay Chou's concert in 2007 and now Wang Lee Hom's concert?? EEP!! Am I going to vegas just for this concert? Yes I am. LOL. I'll be bringing the hubby along with me this time so he won't be all whiny about missing another good concert, even though his canto ass can't understand a lick of mandarin and taiwanese. :) It's ok baby, don't cry. At least you know how to say "give me money" in mandarin! LMAO!! I don't remember when I started this blog.. was it before or after the Jay Chou concert? I don't remember blogging about it.. perhaps I'll do that next time. Ok so after this, if I get to see JJ Lin live in concert anytime during my life time, I have officially lived the good life. *sigh* I love my mommy and her friends who want nothing more than to make me happy. OH.

SPEAKING OF FRIENDS. My dad played golf with the Rams. No, not the animal, the NFL football team. It was some kind of event that went on near Pechanga and my dad didn't even know who he was playing with until the awards dinner. At first, before he played, he looked around and was all.. "why are there so many black people?" .. then at the awards dinner, he was all "why are there so many cameras? I'm famous?" .. then he realized that those giant black people were really a famous football team and that his partner was a retired player who now runs a foundation for retired NFL players to raise money for certain causes. My dad wanted to get some autographs but he was too afraid to ask but his partner looked over at him and said "Hahaha I bet you want some autographs eh? I'll handle it!" So he grabbed these mini football things they had lying around and yelled over to his ex team mates and they all huddled to sign it for my dad. I'll take a pic of it when my dad isn't baby-ing it later.

Don't you love random stories!? How random can you get with those two above.


SHOPPING

Ok so I went to return what my mom got me for xmas because it was wayyy too small and i didn't like the horizontal stripe pattern.

This was $98 without tax


I got these!!

Colors look so much better in real life. $69


I couldn't resist another cute jacket!! $69


looks better in real life. On sale! $45
They only had a size too big left.. so I'm just going to get it adjusted by my super awesome tailor.


I can't wait for the concert!

Oh as promised, my new phone!! Blackberry Bold!! The king of my purse!! Mother got the Samsung BlackJack II in white/pink, and my sister got the iPhone 8 GB, my dad got the Motorola V9 razor looking thing.



Katie

i lied.

I'm SOOOO sorry!!

I totally lied in my last post. Well.. it couldn't be helped. My internet wouldn't work at my apartment all week and i was like.. wtf? Then I found out my cousin hadn't paid the internet/cable bill. So.... ya. Now that I'm on a comp, my camera is still in my apt.

:( Ok Angie, you'll get your package soon enough. I still haven't mailed it! LOL!!

Hmm.. I have a lot of those tiny sample sifter jars from all those foundation samples I've ordered in the past. I need to clean out that drawer and get rid of some stuff. Anyone want some pigment samples? That's a pretty good idea.. I'd go on with it but my site's not popular enough for anyone to really want anything so poo!!

:) I swear.. real post coming..... eventually. I just found out I have a mid term coming up already this coming friday!! EEEEP!!

:) Valentines is coming up, WOOHOOOO!!

Stila's Barbie collection too!!

God.. I love fruity pebbles with my frozen yogurt..

and staring at ppl working out in the gym is almost enough to motivate me.

ALMOSTTTTTTTTTTT.

:) Hostess.

Lots of love to those who still read this regularly!!

Katie

i have uncreative titles

:( My poor blog!! It's been neglected for so long!! I seriously blame this on school starting.. the bf.. the family.. everything that keeps me away from a computer! 

:) I swear an update is coming up. I have so much to talk about!! Sad thing is, no camera with me right now, it's up at my apartment. 

Oh what to talk about.. my NEW PHONE (YES!!), my old used-to-love makeup remover turned recent love again, my haul from the new Redhead Blonde Brunette Mac collection, ummm.. stuff and stuff and stuff. 

I'm guess-a-mating that the post will be up either Tues.. or weds! 

=P Sorry it's taking so long angie!! I'm shipping your package on tues! 

I have so many tangent stories that don't even relate to each other.. but I'm forgetting details! =O oh no! :( Sorry Sarah.. I fail at keeping you amused!

*sigh* this is what I get for spending so much free time with the bf and choosing classes that keep me at school from 9 AM till 6 PM.. -.- stupid textbooks and your god awful prices.

Till next time! 

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:( sorry for the lack of posting, I've been spending all 3 weeks with the family and the bf, plus there was some stuff going on here but it's all good! Lots to write about soon! :) Bear with me!

Katie