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Oscars 2011 Red Carpet Faves

Published by Justine

I decided to make a post about the Oscar dresses this year because all of them took my heart.. Some a little more than the others in which I’m going to post here. I’m always on the lookout during Awards Season because I love seeing all the clothes and the dresses and it makes me so excited. My favorite red carpets are always the first and the last. The Golden Globes and The Academy Awards. So here are some of my Oscar favorites this season:

The Reds

I am a HUGE fan of long red dresses and gowns so I was especially happy when I saw a few of them in the red carpet. All these four worn by Sandra Bullock in Vera Wang, Jennifer Lawrence in Calvin Klein, Anne Hathaway in Valentino and Penelope Cruz in L’Wren Scott look great. My favorite out of the four would have to be Sandra’s. When I saw this dress I immediately decided that it was going to be my favorite of the night.

If there’s one designer (or even businesswoman) that I aspire to be, it would Monique Lhuiller. I have got to rep her because we come from the same hometown and studied in the same school. Not only that, her eye for taste and detail never ever disappoints. There is a big reason why she is one of the number one chosen people for wedding gowns. This gown by Mandy Moore is just absolutely beautiful and if I’m not mistaken is straight off the runway. No words, love it.

At first I was a little surprised that Mila went a little bit casual for the Oscars in Elie Saab, but she definitely stood out. The detail of this dress is just amazing and it fit her body so well.

I’m not very familiar with Kaufman Franco’s designs but I love this dress so much. It’s a fairytale princess dress in black. I can’t explain why but this was one of my favorites of the night and it wouldn’t have worked in any other color. Even though it’s black it still compliments her olive skin so well and it doesn’t drown her out despite it being a big dress. She managed to turn my head even thought she isn’t even really directly connected to the Oscars.

These were my favorites for the night. The rest were still great and some were just okay for me. Runners up would have to be Hailee Steinfeld in Marchesa, Michelle Williams in Chanel and Hilary Swank in Gucci Premier. Who were your favorites?

Happily Married.. Really?

Published by Justine

I shouldn’t be so surprised anymore when I catch up with old friends (hookups/whatnot) I haven’t seen in a long time and they tell me they’re married. This mindset of mine should be fixed that I’m not in high school anymore, I’m not even in uni anymore. I’m so close to entering the “mid-20s” stage and everyone around me is gradually tying the knot (and having kids). Not only friends but even the cousins I grew up with are building their own families and sometimes I ask myself where it leaves me, am I really that idle? Then again, if I’m happy with the way I live my life then it shouldn’t be a problem.

Speaking of weddings, one of my good friends from high school is getting married this weekend. They’re both only 21. I’m really happy they found each other but at the same time I can’t help but think about how young they are. Ever since I graduated a year ago I’ve already attended 2 weddings of uni friends and classmates but they were different because 1st wedding, the bride was already pregnant and the 2nd wedding, I didn’t know she was entering her late 20s already (I thought we were the same age since we were in some classes together).

My point is, my judgements can’t really be justified unless I get into it myself or feel it firsthand. The time will come, eventually.

Things I Love Thursday, #1

Published by Justine

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but I’ve never found the right Thursday to do it, so here I am about to start! I love reading people’s posts about the things that they love and how random it usually gets and it’s kind of weird to say that I’m excited to start this hopefully a series of posts like these, but I am!

BlackBerry 9780


I finally changed my phone! As soon as I got my first official paycheck in this company I blew it on this phone the very same day. I just couldn’t wait. I still love my Curve 8900 that I’ve had since 2009 but I’m passing it on my to little sister now. Time for a faster phone with a webkit browser and 3G internet connection, although the 5 megapixel camera is kind of freaking me out. I’ve never been the one to admit that I’m a crackberry addict.. but it’s kind of obvious if you know me in real life and how much I tweet. I may be without a laptop but I can’t ever be without my phone. It also doesn’t mean I don’t have phone etiquette. I know when to use it and I know when to keep it away.

Going The Distance

Watched this movie 2 days ago and loved it! I didn’t expect much because I read it didn’t do too well? I was pleasantly surprised and really entertained. Justin Long and Drew Barrymore are great onscreen (duh, off-screen)! The movie had me laughing almost every 5 or 10 minutes and it was so enjoyable. I’ve never believed in long distance relationships but this movie made me give a little bit more faith in it. This movie will definitely go into my “favorite light movies to repeat” list.

2NUL Instax Album


I finally have a place for my Instax photos! 2NUL DESIGN has some really awesome things, I wish I could buy them all in one go. I had my friend order this album for me from eBay around mid-December and got it a little bit after the New Year. I love it! How do Koreans do design so well? It’s a simple album but made with really good material and attention to detail. I’m more than halfway again and when it fills up I think I’m going to buy another one, or look for more Korean/Japanese albums on eBay to buy. Yes, that is my Azkals polaroid collection.

K-pop February Releases

January was sort of a k-pop slump for me. Aside from the DBSK releases, I didn’t really follow anything Korean. Seungri’s album was okay and there was only one track I liked and MBLAQ wasn’t really doing anything for me. When it comes to girl groups I only usually follow the ones from The Big Three so there was nothing else for me.

February however, is full of good releases. After School’s Kahi who’s only like, my kpop wife released a great mini album and one of the groups on my list Dalmatian also released a great mini album. Of course, the much anticipated comeback of Big Bang this 24th, even though I wasn’t really a big Big Bang (lol) fan it’s still going to be on my radar. I won’t go into much detail but I do have a fangirl blog that I update once in a while when I want to spazz over anything k-pop.

Macklemore (and Ryan Lewis)

I was on 8tracks one day happily listening to all the mixtapes people had to offer and came across a Macklemore song named Vipassana. I’m a huge fan of rap, mostly Lupe, J. Cole (MY LOVE), Mos Def, Kanye and the likes.. and I thought this track by Macklemore was so good I bought songs from their bandcamp page and downloaded Macklemore’s The Unplanned Mixtape and I love love love it. It’s been on repeat ever since while I wait for Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers to drop on the 8th of March.

That concludes my Things I Love Thursday for this week! I’m scared if I write them all now then I won’t have anything to write anymore.. but that’s impossible coz I basically find something to love any time of the day =P

Good Wolf vs Bad Wolf

Published by Justine

I just watched the latest 90210 yesterday (srsly, the only reason why I still watch that show is coz of Matt Lanter–who am I kidding? I love shallow shows) and it was the episode when the girls went away for a yoga retreat. There was a scene where they were all in the sauna where they poured out all their problems and fears.

When Naomi (played by AnnaLynne McCord) poured out her story about the rape incident the guru told her to choose between the two wolves inside of her. One wolf was good and full of joy and love the other one was bad and basically had all the negative qualities. So the question was, which wolf was going to win? The answer was fairly simple, but it wasn’t something I expected. The writer of this episode definitely hit a nerve with this one. The yoga guru said, “The one you feed.”

I’m going on a deep note here because I need to get this out that’s why here I am at 2 in the morning typing away from my phone under the covers. Something about that line really made me think. Have I been feeding the bad wolves that’s inside of me? Why do I seem to have many fears and negative thoughts? I get so easily worried about a lot of things and I haven’t even given them a chance to happen yet. I’ve developed a bad habit of thinking about worse case scenarios before there even is a scenario to begin with. I used to think that when they say people change, it wouldn’t happen to me. It clearly has, and I’m working on it, I really am.

Felt the need to get this out before it clogs up in my brain drafts and the difference between brain drafts and blog drafts, there’s a lesser chance of brain drafts to be published because my mind forgets them so easily.

Coz Baby You’re A Firework

Published by Justine

Fireworks began to fill the area the minute the clock struck 12am. Lunar New Year is considered a national holiday here and the best part is, work decided to make Friday a holiday as well, thus my 4-day weekend has officially started.

While I was watching the beautiful fireworks from the window it took me a while to notice how great it would look in photos and as the whole thing was about to slow down that’s when I realized that the SLR was right beside me. It was such a facepalm moment, I quickly ran out of the house and took photos of the remaining fireworks that were still sky high. I didn’t even have time to adjust camera settings and just clicked away. As usual, being my favorite nosy bitch, Sushi followed me outside watching me snap photos as a result of my fail realization. =P