''Don't be Afraid of the Dark'' - Movie night out with Tamie

As a hardcore horror fan, I was super excited about Guillermo del Toro latest horror movie ''Don't be Afraid of the Dark". There's no question about him being an amazing director/scrip writer, I also had high expectation since it's an adaption of a classic ABC tv show. Haunted houses is one of my top favorite genre as well XD

However not many of my friends are into the genre, the few that do dont want to spend on going to movie TT^TT so I usually ended up torrenting when the Dvd rip comes out (le gasp illegal). 

So, I was beyond happy that my new lolita/hime friend Tamie is one of my kind X3 (as in liking horror/creepy stuffs). Now I have a movie buddy yeah ~

Initially our plan was to see movie at 8:30 but dear me can never be on time, so we had to catch the next showtime >___<'' . 

Tamie took me to this French crepe place called ''La Bretagne Creperie'' . The interior is modern and cute, I love this corner that had this marine theme going on :D

                                

Of course camwhore is a must . Did I mention Tamie love picture taking just as much as me XD ???

The menus had quite a variety to choose from,  including sweet ,savory crepes as well as soup and salad. I got myself a Chef's Specialties ''Malouine'' which has Seafood, Leek Fondue and Wine Sauce.

First time having seafood crepe ever, it was definitely different from those at crepe stand. The crepe shell was made from organic wheat flour, and the wine sauce goes really well with the seafood filling. 

Tamie had Peche Melba - Peach, vanilla icecream, raspberry sauce and whipped cream

It was close to closing time so there was only us 2 in the cafe. The only employee there took notice of us trying to take pic of ourselves so he offered to snap a pic for us. He was friendly and wasn't at all annoyed by us taking our time there after finish eating

Good God horrible lighting, i tried my best fixing the shadow of doom on our faces =_=

Bonus picture of my favorite painting in the cafe

Crepe-making is serious business

The movie was at 10:30 so we had some time to walk around Downtown, I love the area at night time, it's so busy and livel

Saw these Angry Bird Chocolate covered apples at Rocky Mountain Chocolate, forever want <3

The theater was quite full for  a 10:30pm show, I couldnt get a centre theater seat >:[ *allmyrage*

Thoughts on the movie . WARNING CONTAIN SPOILER

• The opening credit is superb
• The atmosphere was great. I love the feel of old style horror and the use of classic horror music (one of the reason why I'm a fan of Toro)
• Great visual and camera angle work. The mansion used in the movie is wonderful
• First half of the movie was good, until they showed the creatures's real form . We all know that what's unseen is always scarier. 
• Ridiculous fights between characters and the creatures. I was like so frustrated watching those scenes, like omg can't they fucking use their head ??? The weakness of those creatures is LIGHT, which is well awared of by everyone in the movie. YET, no-one is smart enough to equip themselves with shitton of light supplies for defense =____=. 
• Dissapointing ending. The mains sold off the house without warning the new buyer. Selfish bastards feeding the house new victims.

It was a pity, I had such high hope for this movie ;(. Toro why you let me down QAQ ???

With the movie all done with, we went down to Twinkle cafe in Richmond for some late night snack. Around 12pm the only cafes still open are Taiwanese/Hongkong style ones.

My first impression of the place is it's very bright and clean, with cute twinkle stars deco and the cafe's own mascot figurines

Arent those figures cute?

And here's how I start gaining weight, late night deepfried snacks and dessertss TT___TT. 

Some deepfried dish with fish paste and cheese filling

Taiwanese crispy chicken - My love

Seafood pancake

I didnt quite like the 2 other dishes but the crispy chicken. 

 

The drink menu of this place is HUGE,  with a lot of original drinks, also including some with alcohol. I had a coconut milk tea with tofu pudding, I think it was around $6, quite expensive but it's worth a try

To conclude my entry, here's my co-ordination that day

Top: DreamV

Skirt: Offbrand

Shoes: DreamV

Until next time ;D

Green Lantern + The Adventure in Fairmont Hotel

I haven't seen Galina for so long, because she's always busy with school =_=. It was Tuesday and it can only means half off movie night at Cineplex 8D. There wasnt any good movie around that time (since i already seen all the good ones haha), so even though i know Green Lantern's poor rating we decided on that. Gotta show support for a Vancouver actor :P

Started off the day i went to meet with her at Lansdowne as Galina wanted to show me some sales. I dont really go to that mall since it's not that interesting to me, but I manages to get a cute Bunny Ring
 

   

Bunny = Me ; Cat = Galina

We then headed downtown to wander around before movie time. That day was the first time i've been to Vancouver Downtown after the Riot. Everything seems back to normal except for some shop's windows being boarded up. Poor Coach and LV stores :(

I dont really go into expensive brand stores normally, they dont suit my taste anyway but we had time to kill so we went inside Fairmont Hotel to check out some stores. For some dumb reasons we went inside the elevator (the door was opened ok D;) and didnt realize you need a card to use it, until a lady stepped in right after us and close the door before we could escape (uh oh).

It was very embarrassing, there's obviously no stairs down, so the floor staffs had to activate the elevator to let us down the lobby QAQ. NEVER AGAIN

Downstair of Fairmont there're some service stores, such as this shoe repair service. At first i thought it was part of their display - this antique looking chair- but it was a real service, however the person working there is on break. 

Dress: Liz Lisa
Shoes: DreamV

And there's this wedding service store, the display is gorgeous ;w; I want my house to look like this 

Chandelier ;w;

Afterward we bought our movie tix, then wander aimlessly to get late lunch.I absolutely love the outside display of the Cupcake Shop. This one is Marie Antoinette theme <3<3

Cupcake hair >w< <3

 They also used the famous Marie's quote let them eat cake at the front door LOL

First time eating from this place, its a trailer bus (?) that apparently quite popular. We both got the same Chicken Sandwich. It was funny i think the guys who work there acted nicer toward us girls - offer to wrap up the food, showed us where to get topping and stuffs - while to other guys they just gave them their food

It was some good sandwich, packed with lotsa meat and mushroom <3

We also went to a Japanese super market to get drink. Bought Aloe Vera drink to match ''Green Lantern'' ;D

                                                        

The movie itself was very MEH but i already knew so didnt expect anything. Good visual effect though

To end of the day we stopped at English Bay to get half off at Marble Slab using our movie tix as coupon YAY . First time eating there , i quite like it :D

Mine = Rasberry Cheese Cake on Dark Chocolate  cone, Galina's =  Macha Coconut

End entry with beautiful English Bay :D

A day out and Tangled

I supposed to be up early to go with my mom (+her class) and my sis, Sharon, to the Ginger Bread House display at Hijack hotel , but ended up meeting up with them late since i wanted to try out something new with my hair. Also just got my hair lightened a few days before that 8D. No more ugly gradient yea ~
There arent that many gyaru/hime hair tutorials on youtube, but i found and got recommended some good ones, after much replayed and experiments, i think my result that day is quite a success.

Sharon's hair and makeup. Sometimes i really hate how her skin is super smooth and almost flawless >''>. Whyyy we are sister why dont i get the good genes too DX *shot*

I swear everytime when the camera snaps my little sis's expression changes, its so hard to capture her smile, she looks much cuter smilling

 Full body shot showing our matching outfit ^^.

Funny story, when i was standing a bit away from Sharon to take my mom's photos, a guy apparently  walked by saw me, and passed my sister, stop, walked back to stare at me then stare at Sharon LOL.  Double checked to confirm he wasnt seeing thing i suppose, though we did had different hairdo

Im quite used to being stared at by people, even sometimes rude comments, but none as irritating as this one. 2 white guys, walked by me and Sharon, one of them went" Ugh gross" to my face and as he kept on walking away sometimes he would turn back at us and make yuke sounds. I was so pissed i yelled after him "F*CK YOU". I dont usually swear in public, and not loudly either, but that guy deserved it. I mean, we dressed very proper and cover up, sure the style isnt that common here so attracting attention is normal, and not everyone is open to different look, but it sure isnt that disgusting to be insulted like that.


After wandering around Pacific Centre for a while just window shopping, we parted with our mother and little sis to go to Metro town. Goal was to watch ''Tangled'', i wasnt super interested in it but it was half price Tuesday anyway.While waiting for Jose, Sharon's bf to come join us, we went around Metro to take pic with Christmas decoration there, and also to the usual purikura booth to camwhore XD. Nothing beat the lighting in there :3

We also saw the  Ferrero  Christmas tree , if only it was made out of the real chocolates 8'(. But looking good anyway, gold is my favorite color <3

''Tangled'' was an ok movie imo, its funny at parts, i like the horse , would like one to be my bodyguard XD. Still, being a Disney movie i still get the feeling its a movie for kids/young teen, so wasnt my thing. I would rather have seen ''Saw'', no matter how suck it is , just because it in 3D and my past experience with Final Destination 3D had been AWESOME. 3D gore OMG *__*