Houston, we have a problem

So, this mascara is like THE big thing mascara that Maybelline has been creating hype for.

They're so proud and confident about this mascara that they even have a "money back guarantee".

Well it could be fake confidence since most Malaysians would just say

"Aiya never mind la, have to go back to return waste time. Next time don't buy again can liao"

How many of you actually would go back for the money back?

Since their focus is on no clumping, I tested it out, and here's the answer.

After first coat

After second coat

It doesn't really clump if you apply 2 coats, but for the second coat, you'll see that the tip of the lashes are slightly bulkier and thicker, meaning if I went on with coat number 3, clumping will happen. 

The other eye shows lashes without mascara. 

My verdict: 

It's just an average mascara.

Does it lengthen my lashes?

Yes, but not very much.

Does it volumize?

It does what a mascara should do. Refer to pictures above and you be the judge. 

Does it smudge?

No. It stays in place all day long, unless you touch it or pull it. 

Is it waterproof?

Not at all. Once water drips on it, it just falls off. You can just pluck if off and it won't it hurt.

Is it worth the hype?

MEH

Even though this is a decent mascara, I don't get the hype. It's just... decent. It's not extra good, it's not bad. Priced at RM39.90 it's slightly more expensive than other mascara by Maybelline,

which I don't see why. 

I did get a free gift with purchase though. 

After 12 hours of applying. Still looking fresh. The only thing I love about this mascara.

Tell me what you think about it if you've tried it. 

That's what J_Fish has to say~ Au revoir~

Dat non-existing things called prooof-read*

Yes, irony.

If you don't know, I work both full time and freelance as a translator/ copywriter. #UnnecessaryConfession 

I sometimes have to check the work of other people and although I don't have perfect grammar, I do try my best to follow the rules, especially when it's work related. Even in my blog I try to make it as grammatically correct as possible.

I've been very annoyed recently because I have to endure the horror of correcting obvious grammatical mistakes, which are absolutely ridiculous.

I get it, people make mistakes, I wouldn't dare say that there are zero errors in my work, but the correction I have to do for others is incredibly stupid.

I think it's unacceptable that people who are paid to work could be so lazy in proof-reading.

I could understand when people make mistakes when speaking, because the brain might not be able to form a grammatically correct sentence on cue, but this is written work, the person is given enough time to check it, and yet I find sentences like:

Tradition industry are fishery

The florid of rose are love. As to express his endless love to his beloved, he frozen the rose and gave it to the girl. They live a happily life ever after.

The egg that made with golden symbolize harvest and prosperous, but only those who are rich enough will craft this mascot on purpose.

and one of the best 

In Greece mythology, Prometheus light a star anise out if the flame of sun car. He brings the fire and walk into human, Athena then blow a magic wind into it. When the flame was finally blow off, it turns into a crystal that able to bloom 7 different colour.

My brain hurts when I see sentences like these. And this is AFTER I rejected the work and asked the person to check. TWICE. 

I wonder if the people who wrote these sentences read and understood it. Somebody save me. 

I don't think there's an excuse for such terrible mistakes. If you apply for a job that involves and revolves around language and grammar, you should know your shit. If not, you should know you're shit. 

That's what J_Fish has to say~ Au Revoir~

p.s. I did think it through, you know, if it's unprofessional to talk about work, but I'm not talking about the people I work for, I'm just pointing out how lazy some people can be. And to be honest, if the people really did their job, this post wouldn't come up. So that's that. 

I hide no more

There's always a time when I suddenly feel like changing. And the biggest change I can do is my hair, that's why you keep seeing me with different hair styles/ colour.

I caught myself checking out too many short hair-dos, be it bob cut or boy cut. When I had short hair I wanted to have long hair because I can do a lot of things with it, but when I have long hair, meh. I barely even tie it up. I don't know how to tie a pony tail.

On a good day it takes me around 5 minutes to tie a pony tail, only to untie it and repeat, and ending with giving up. The only joy I have is when I curl my hair, but because I wash my hair in the morning and don't have enough time to curl it to go to work, that is my limited edition joy.

The limited changes I can do even with long hair.

As my hair grew longer and longer, I realize that my confidence kept dropping and dropping.

Maybe it's a psychological thing. 

I have something to hide behind. 

After 2 years of letting my hair grow, I went from 

to

Ok, it's not very obvious here. It's reaches my boobs. 

I went through all my pictures and realize that I didn't have a lot of full body shots.

None of the pictures show how long my hair is. 

And I forgot to take a pic before I did anything to it *sigh*

I went to the saloon near my office and I asked the stylist to curl my hair. I wanted change, but I didn't need to involve cutting. If curling was fine then I would be happy too. 

Unfortunately, after curling my hair, it became fragile and jelly-like.

The stylist said he had to cut the ends off and I was left with shoulder length hair. 

The curls wasn't even obvious and were really messy. 

After the curling and washing and cutting, it was really late already,

so I had to go back the next day.

I went home and realize that even after he cut off around 6 inches of my hair,

the remaining was still really coarse and messy.

The defeated look.

I went back the next day and made up my mind that I should just cut everything off.

I can't stand not being able to run my fingers through my hair. 

My hand was stuck among the head-bush and I don't know how much I will need to spend on hair treatment to get it back to normal again. 

Since my hair is already so dry, I can't do rebonding so I'll have to live with coarse and ugly hair. 

In the end, I cut and dyed it red. It was the first time ever I got the red that I wanted.

 First day, after cutting and dying, facing the sun. 

Ok so it looks purplish... But I swear it was red. 

And, voila. Short hair ftw. 

That's what J_Fish has to say~ Au Revoir~

p.s. Tell me what you think about my new hair. =D

Turning 25

The reason my blog is so dead recently is because I have nothing to write about

and when I do have something to write about, 

I'm lazy.

So, with the combination of 1 month of procrastination, boredom, and going through my pictures in my phone,

I've decided that it's time to write how I turned 25. 

For starters, I was born 25 years ago, so I turned 25 this year. Logic.

Now to the not so detailed details.

The Pre-Birthday Celebration

My birthday was on Sunday. My colleagues threw a small party for me in Secret Recipe near my office

and invited people that I hang out with in the office,

which is basically 2 other translators, the fiance or one of the translator, and another dude that everyone likes. LOL. Because I'm a snob and I don't interact much with my colleagues.

They didn't tell me it was for my birthday but I guessed it anyway,

because on Thursday my boss was quite concerned if I would just suddenly not show up on Friday.

She should not play anything that needs a poker face.

So my first cake(s)?

The strawberry one was super sour and no one liked it, so I finished it because, well it's my cake.

Saturday was another lazy day. I spent most of the day at home and at night, I went to this epic party.

My second time at "Where's The Party".

Basically as the name of the party suggests, we don't know where the party is. 

We get the gathering point, and we're supposed to be sent to the venue in a bus.

This year it was different because the meeting point IS the venue.

It was way better than the first one I went to,

which was the one in Carlsberg factory.

This time I knew more people there, and I had a hellova good time.

I drank too much and spend the end of the night feeling awful because

PUKE.

And I look stupid in all the pics because I was pulling all sorts of weird faces. 

The most decent picture of moi, but Iris looks funneh la. 

Picture by Jackie. 

Pictures from Yeeing's blog.

Luckily I went with Yat who made sure I was alright and sent me home.

7 July - L'anniversaire

I feel that I look older. I went for the "How I think a 25 year old should look" look.

I just curled my hair and part my hair to the side to look more mature. XD

After spending the entire morning hung-over, I finally got up and got ready for my awesome day of officially turning older. 

The dude Mr Yat brought me to Ficelle in Taman Desa. 

It's a patisserie but they have other food like spaghetti too. 

Taken with S4 LOL.

After that we went to Pavilion and just walked around. 

I went to Sephora LOT10 to claim my birthday present from them. 

Just show the email to the ladies at the counter and they'll happily give it to you with an extra "happy birthday". =D

I actually spent a lot of money there la, but... it was my birthday. =X

A good reason to spend a lot of money. 

Had dinner at Ichibanboshi in Pavilion.

All my favourite. The fish skin was oily and soggy, but the rest were OISHII!!!!

Wanted to get a Happy Birthday Sticky for myself but... I didn't know so many people shared my birthday...

I have my very own "driver". It was a good day. 

LOL

Post-birthday

After my enjoyable weekend, I didn't get to rest much for the rest of July weekends.

I had outing with friends from uni and my friend came from Penang. 

 The funny faces are nicer lol. 

My UM gang that spend a lot of time together for 3 years.

It wasn't a birthday celebration, but I was glad I hung out with them, because even though we meet around twice a year, we'll still have things to talk about every time we meet, and time is never enough.

I definitely more mature now, even though I still think I have a big room for improvement. 

That's what J_Fish has to say~ Au Revoir~

The Scynthian Hero

So, if you're one of the people I talk to very often, you'll know that I just finished a wonderful game called

I don't play a lot of games, but this one got me hooked. Despite some difficulties I face during the game, I continued and finished it. (by watching how people played on Youtube).

The game is about a Scynthian girl trying to save the world. (?) She has to defeat a monster which she awoken and to do that, she has to perform quite a number of (simple) tasks. While the tasks are simple, it takes some brain juice to get through.

The monster

This dude below is the "guide" in the game, though he doesn't help all the way. 

I like how this game asks you to take breaks between sessions.  

The game creators have a good sense of humour, and reading the dialogues between the characters in the game is fun and funny.

As you can see, the whole game has the pixel theme. You can also find hints given when you don't know what to do. ("Touch & hold")

The scenes are very artsy and beautiful. When you combine that with the sound track and sound effects, it gives a feeling of being transported to their world. It's a game that I would curl up in bed and explore for the whole day. Best when played on a rainy day. It adds mystery to it. 

Sadly, throughout my journey, it only rained when I was at work, so no curled up in bed to fully indulge.

A few screenshots of the game.

I would rate the game 8/10, for a non frequent adventure game player.

It's not perfect because there are some very minor problems,

problems which I didn't face when I played it for the first time.

(Yes, I played it again)

If I didn't play the game the second time, it would be 9/10

Still not perfect because there are times when I really have no idea what to do and have to result in randomly tapping the screen and see if I can find something that makes a "ding". 

So, that's my "game review" I guess.

Again, for a non adventure game player, this game is nice and addictive enough. 

It costs $4.99 in the apps store though.

I only got it because it was free for a limited period of time, and I happened to stumble upon it. 

Best download ever.

That's what J_Fish has to say~ Au Revoir~

p.s. The game has some interesting easter eggs. =)