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Baby bunnies

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 by Kiyu



One of the many baby bunnies that I stalk on campus… Because I want to share with you how adorable my babies are! And also how awesome UEA is. I’m actually going back soon, I’ve missed my bunnies! They will have grown into adults by now and be even more shy and faster than ever…


Also, I am now seriously dark and jump whenever I see my own reflection in mirrors and windows. I know my natural hair colour is the darkest of dark, but that knowledge alone doesn’t prevent me from not recognizing myself with my new superdark ash hue. I also think darker hair (especially rich, brown tones) exudes a more sexy and alluring air than lighter shades, but light colours are more casual and innocent which is what I prefer. I don’t get why “hot babes” always opt for blonde hues, they should go dark to optimize their sex appeal!

And lastly some better quality shots:

Tags: Ash, baby, brown, bunnies, bunny, campus, color, colour, Hair styling, hairdresser, UEA
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Post card

Saturday, August 14th, 2010 by Kiyu


I got a post card yesterday! From Thailand! I’ve been told there are more to come from some other overseas friends of mine and I simply cannot wait! I love getting stuff in the mail, it’s so nice! I’ve also taken a liking to pulling my hair up in a bun because it makes me look more intelligent/smart/intellectual/you know the drill and less like a brainless chick. Hehe. Well, I have to scoot off and get ready for my pre-birthday meal with the girls now, laters!

Tags: birthday, card, meal, post
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The novel that’s never gonna finish

Friday, August 13th, 2010 by Kiyu

Remember the preface of a story I wrote a year ago? Well, I never got past that with more than 2 pages. I’m not sure why. I like to think it was because I didnt have time to write, but to be utterly and completely honest I think it was more because my creativity failed me. Haha. I just didn’t know how to tell her story! Perhaps I should just stick to poetry. I think if I ever want to pick this up again I will have to map out the whole story and the characters on paper first. Anyway, since the likelyhood of that happening in the near future is rather miniscule, I might as well let the bird fly. Also, I have a feeling this is just the kind of thing Hui would like to see.

Warning; involves magical creatures, rather cheesy, full of charming errors that I can’t be bothered to correct and badly written. Enjoy.

HERE YOU GO

Tags: novel, preface, Rualyn, Story, unfinished
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Sometimes I wonder if I’m the only one on this planet who isn’t madly obsessed with anything vampire

Monday, August 9th, 2010 by Kiyu

I can understand it, appreciate it even, the insane obsessiveness of the combination fangs + hot guys that is vampires. Being a fan of the fantasy genre myself, I am genuinely happy that this wave of undead heroes has brought more supernatural and out-of-this-world literature to the spot light. However, that’s also where my appreciation start to diminish.

I would classify myself as fairly open-minded when it comes to literature — as a child I would read anything I could get my hands on, I always preferred reading a book over playing with other children (my parents feared I had no social antenna) and my close friends usually like to tease me with reminding me that I’ve probably read half of the local library — but I can’t help but frown whenever I stand in front of the top 10 shelves in book shops. About half of the space is occupied by a variation of paranormal romance, and being the romantic sucker myself I should rightfully be thrilled; but I’m not. Picking up a title with anything suggesting vampires makes me feel slightly uncomfortable as I’ve never been a big fan of paranormal creatures such as vampires and werevolves. Don’t get me wrong though, I won’t disregard the books just because of that dislike. Like I said, I’m fairly open-minded so I will still bring the books over to the counter and dish out the cash.

There are a few vampire series that I think are fabulous such as The Morganville Vampires and the Darren Shan saga, and I used to be such a big fan of Twilight as well. With that said I believe it was the well-developed characters that got me sucked into the story (alright, no more bad puns) and not the fact that there were vampires present. I’m pretty sure that had you replaced the vampires with some other badasses it would still have been great.

Don’t worry though, I’m working on it. For now I will feel uncomfortable whenever there’s a vampire title in my hands, but I will still give it a try.

On a different note; I know I’ve been rather absent from this blog and perhaps too lively on facebook, but that’s only because I use facebook as my update space of what’s going on in my life while KIYU-SHII.NET is reserved for thoughts on different subjects. Of course I will occassionally sprinkle it up with some casual updates about my life because some of my friends from Norway don’t have facebook, but in general I like to think of this blog as my quality space ;)

Tags: books, Fantasy, paranormal, Romance, uncomfortable, vampire, vampires
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Hong Kong in retrospective

Friday, August 6th, 2010 by Kiyu

Right, so this post is long over due but better late than never at all! I have seen so much, done so much, eaten so much and travelled so much within the 3 weeks I spent in HK. It was a memorable trip, but unless you want to read pages up and down I think I better let the photos speak for themselves! (There’s actually more photos to come) However, there are a few things I would like to point out:

…I have never in my life seen so many couples in one place and at the same time before! HK is literally a couples mecca! There were couples everywhere!

…all the girls there are freakishly skinny and pretty. I was never one to talk about losing fat because my metabolism works crazily fast, but now I understand why HK girls at UEA always talk about how they need to become skinnier. They grew up in a society where they were taught that being THIS skinny and THIS girly and THIS dolled up is what’s normal, while I was brought up in an environment where being as skinny as me was just scrawny and putting on a dress and heels was too much for a normal day. I wasn’t a HK citizen, but I could sense how it was almost a crime not to be skinny and gorgeous if you were a girl! Whew, we got it so much easier in the western world! Also I want to stab my male HK friends for being such sexists. Jesus. Who said I can’t do this and that just because I’m a girl?

…Disneyland is A.W.E.S.O.M.E. and I want to go back.

…I never got used to the insane heat (even after 3 weeks).

…it took too long for me to understand the mtr (which is like the London tube, only better).

…HK people are RICH. OHMYGOODNESS. They have pretty high living standard. Food and transport is pretty cheap, but if you want to buy stuff and you don’t go to markets, don’t expect to be wowed by the prices. They’re pretty much standard.

…HK is gorgeous during the night when the whole city is lit up by all the lights from the buildings. There’s a special atmosphere to big cities during nighttime. It’s just gorgeous… and believe it or not; very romantic.

Anyway, here’s a whole album for ya! But of course, some sneak peaks below!


Had no idea dim sum was lunch menu until we started having it for lunch almost every day. Haha.


From the Sky Terrace at The Peak.


HK people love sea food.


Arcades are really popular among HK teens (and couples).


Wishing tree.


Avenue of stars. That’s Andy Lau’s hand prints I’m fitting my hands in there!


Disneyland!


Macau and all their casinos


Green screen (How To Train Your Dragon) at Ocean park!


I found some vikings there haha

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This season’s favourites

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 by Kiyu

Treasures from Hong Kong. Each piece is unique and handcrafted by unknown but talented Hong Kong designer Timbee Lo.

Tags: design, designer, fork, handcrafted, HK, Hong Kong, jewelry, Lo, necklace, ring, Timbee, unique
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