I can’t believe that I haven’t blogged in almost a month? What is wrong with me? 🙁 It makes me sad that the number of blog posts I’ve done over the past few years have been dwindling down. I love reading my old blog posts so I’ll be sure to make an effort to blog more! Ahhhgkjfgfh. I’ve lost my motivation to make videos and blot posts since I’ve moved home. My parents think that making videos is stupid and often say that I’m wasting my time so I haven’t had the determination to make content like I did when I was living at university. I’ll try harder though since there are some big things coming up!

So, here are some things that happened in the month of April.

1. Bleached my eyebrows. Now this wouldn’t be really take notable except this was my first time doing it. First mistake – BLEACHING MY EYEBROWS. Second mistake – DOING IT MYSELF. Ugh. I have a mild case of trichotillomania meaning I when I get stressed compulsive urge to pull at my eyebrow hairs. It started last year during first year exam season. I used to have really thick eyebrows but because of my trich, they thinned out dramatically.

I just wanted to dye them a medium brown to match my hair colour since my eyebrows are black and I felt like they were a little strong? Especially for my pale winter skin. My eyebrows grow out blonde and then turn black. Bleaching my already thinned out eyebrows turned the roots white. It turned out patchy SO I LEFT THE BLEACH ON LONGER AND MY EYEBROWS TURNED GINGER. It was terrible. I had to heavily pencil in my eyebrows so they looked somewhat less stupid.

I started using this Rimmel Lash Acceleration which has really helped my brows grow back to normal (Took about 2 weeks). It’s a great product – applies like a gel. Helped my poor eyebrows grow back thicker as well!

2. Finished my final projects for second year of university! I pushed all of my communications courses to my first semester meaning I had 6 courses… So this semester, I only had 4 courses! 😀 That meant I only had one exam, but three projects. I got really good marks, better than expected! Still waiting for the email back from Leeds though…. :’

3. DISCOVERED FIRE EMBLEM.
Ooooohhh myyy goddDDD THIS GAME. It’s amazing. Probably my new favourite game series ever! It’s a shipper’s paradise, since a great part of the game relies on establishing relationships with the other characters, marrying people off, and introducing their children characters into the game! I originally decided to try out the demo after seeing PJ post this picture on his instagram. I was like “Oh, I finished Layton a while ago and haven’t really been playing my 3DS… Let’s try a new game!” I think the demo is still available on 3DS, so if you have a 3DS, definitely try it!

I’m also planning to do a Fire Emblem cosplay! I’m currently working on my Sumia cosplay – progress photos will be up soon! 😀

4. Moved out of my student housing… I’m going to miss this place! 🙁 [old photo, disregard my old watermark] Still waiting to hear back from Leeds… I hope everything is okay, I’ve been building up my future British year abroad far too much to have them reject me now!! Uwwwaaahhh,

Anyway yey! Updates soon, I promise! <3

Wow, I can’t believe it’s already February! Time feels like it’s flying by so quickly…

I’ve seen a few instagram posts where people talk about their instagram photos, so I thought I would try my hand at that! I don’t have a point and shoot camera (my old fujifilm died on me) and I only take my DSLR out on special occasions… but I do always have my phone on me! So here are some pictures from the past month! 😀

L: I’m the VP of Finance at my school’s very first cooking club! One of my friends wanted to start one and asked me if I would like to help out. Of course! Our first event was really fun – we want to teach people how to make easy and healthy student meals. We made fajitas! They were so tasty. I was in charge of the meat station, so I taught people how to properly cook and season ground beef!
R: One of the microphones for my audio project. These are called binaural microphones – they have two mics and pick up sounds on both sides which can help create a ‘location’ for the sound – for example, if somebody whispered into one side, you would hear it in microphones as if they were whispering into that ear! We had to use these to make a soundscape. I think this kind of looks like ghost hunting equipment.

L: The winter here has been pretty strange so far. Unlike what people normally seem to think about Canada, Toronto hasn’t had a proper snowy winter in years! Mostly light – medium amounts of snow if we’re lucky. I We’re close to Lake Ontario which probably contributes to the slightly warmer weather, compared to places that get foot loads of snow like Barrie / Cambridge! Nothing better than snuggling under blankets though~
R: I am in love with this lotion! I recently subscribed to Ipsy (a monthly subscription makeup/skincare bag, created by Michelle Phan) I don’t normally like citrus scented products but I fell in love with this! The lotion is also super moisturising which is fantastic, especially in these summer months.

L: Made my own ringlight! My dad was taking down the christmas decorations when I realized that this could work as a sort of ring light. Lighting isn’t very good in my room, so this really helps out. And it gives my eyes a nice starry reflection!
R: Had to buy professional studio headphones for my audio class. They are circumaural, closed back headphones and I love them! These are the Sony MDR 7506 and cost about $135 before taxes.

L: Received my white mesh contacts for my Hinata cosplay! I’ll post a review of these soon. They basically cover your eye and create a white-out effect! You are still able to see quite well, but it’s like looking through thick fog. And the less light there is, the better you can see.
R: My cute mug~ I’m addicted to tea now! I usually have two cups a day – one for breakfast and one before I go to bed.

Sorry for the lack of posts, I’m putting more effort into my youtube channel! I’m about to hit 20k subscribers which is insane. I still can’t believe it! 😀 I’ll be sure to have some more posts (mainly reviews) up soon, so please stay tuned!

I’m supposed to be studying for my public relations midterm tomorrow but I’m too distracted at the moment, therefore blog post!

I really hate the fact that I haven’t been able to blog very often, but the workload of second year is probably double the amount of first year! So many assignments due, and the sucky thing is that they are usually due in clusters. (5 assignments due within one week, with almost nothing due for a week, then another cluster, etc.)

In two weeks, Moetron and I will be attending Youmacon! This will be our second American convention. I’ll be leaving on the Thursday for Sami’s dorm (she’s currently located in downtown Toronto for school, so I’m sleeping over since it’s closer to the bus terminal.) We’ll be taking the bus early in the morning and we’ll be arriving sometime in the afternoon. Hooray for 6 hour bus rides! At least this one won’t be as bad as the ride to Otakon (11 hours ughhhh.)

Genie will be selling artwork as usual, but Sami and I will be playing reporters that weekend! We’ll be getting media passes on behalf of Crunchyroll, so we’re hoping to do a….casual? documentary style con report type of video. Interviewing cosplayers, tour of the building, exploring artist alley, talking to special guests etc. I’m really looking forward to it! It’ll be a different, but relaxing change of pace since we won’t be wearing intense cosplays. My costume lineup consists of Listen! Mio, Matryoshka Meiko, and probably my cat kigurumi to derp around in.

I’m hoping to blog some more! I want to sort out my layout and change it up a bit, but I haven’t had the time. Would somebody like to make a blog layout for me? Wehh ;__;

Hope you guys are having a great day!

Hi guys!

I upadated my blog layout (again)! What do you think? I’ m not all too sure on the background yet, might change that to something softer!

Anyway, sorry for not updating very often! I’m quite behind on the reviews I’m supposed to write haha…
I’m busy buying all the stuff I need for university (moving out in two weeks, yippee!) as well as scrambling to finish my cosplay stuff for Fan Expo. As a matter of fact, I’m going to Sami’s house tomorrow to help sweatshop her STRength cosplay! We’ve got only a few days left as Fan Expo is next weekend!

I hope you guys can understand! I’ll make sure to finish all my cosplay stuff by Tuesday so I can spend Wednesday writing up scheduled blog posts and making some videos for my youtube channel!

Oh, I also got my sexy new laptop ;D Will be spamming pics as well.

Finally I’m able to play games on my laptop without the crazy lag like on my dad’s desktop or mom’s laptop! If anybody has a Steam account, add me! I’m Cherrriim ! So if you guys are ever up for playing some Team Fortress 2 or L4D 2, msg me on there 😉

So yeah, see you guys in a a bit! 😀