Missing in action...

I am home! Well I've been home for a good month now and so much has happened since I've been home. First, lets recap on my trip to Laos. Long story short, IT WAS FUN! Lets scratch out the parts where some people are still really traditional when it comes to marriage and they take things seriously and I got got married. I ran, literally ran for my life in the dark. Remember, I was in a country that I was not familiar with nor do I even know how to speak the language. How did I even survive? I HAVE NO IDEA! Anyway, I had fun meeting most of my relatives including my half brothers. Took lots of pictures (that I posted on my facebook), that I wanted to show my dad. I was super sad when leaving but also super excited to come back home. I missed my dad so much, you had no idea! More than my boyfriend, isn't that weird?! -No not really...

As soon as I got home, I woke up my dad and gave him a big bear hug!! Daddy's not-so-little girl is home from a long trip... I was really happy to see him and i'm sure he was happy to see me too...

...UNFORTUNATELY after our hug, he held my hand and said the worst things a daughter would want to hear... Death... And a few days later daddy pasted.. I miss him dearly but like the elders would say, "You may shed as many tears as you want but that person will not return". (Translate it into Hmong, it sounds so much better) I've learned to accept his death but everyday I wake up to an empty house. You look around and see everyone else sitting around but dad is no where to be found. Missing in action? I wish!!

May you rest in peace Daddy; Vang Meng Vue.

Kuv txiv, koj yog tug zoo tshaj, tsis muaj leej twg yuav lo pauv tau koj. Kuv yuav nco nthsoo koj tus txhiaj tshig mus tag ib txhiab ib txhis. Thov kom koj mus dawb mus huv, hma tsis dawm tes, hluab tsis dawm taw. Koj mus vaj ua tsev tos kuv niam peb, ib hnub twg peb mam li rov los nrog koj nyob ua koj me tub me nyuam. Kuv hlub koj. <3 <3 <3 Forever you'll be remembered.

-Mai Yia

OH-MY-YEAH!! I QUIT?!

How many times do you say "I quit!" before you really give up? Let me think about this one because I say it quite often but I haven't really given up just yet. (At least that's what I like to think) It all started (Kinda sorta) a couple days ago when my mom had decided to nag me about packing for our trip. BTW, I leave for Laos in about 3 days... Anyway, I packed my carry-on and OH-MY-YEAH!! I over packed therefore i unpacked everything. Took out a few items here and there, repacked and there you go, again, over packed. I literally went through this process for about 3 hours and finally shouted I QUIT! I really didn't though because if I did, I would not hear the end of it from my mother. Just so you know, I left everything in the luggage and walked away.

Today, about a couple days later, I decided to go back and pack since my trip is only three days away... (And fyi, my mother already has 6 FULLY PACKED luggage including her carry-on done) I packed and packed and went down my checklist.. Here comes the complicated part.
Every girl who loves make-up do not travel empty handed. AND you never travel out of the country without your pads/tampons, at least I don't. Lets get to the point here, I was being smart so I put my make-up in my make-up bag and my tampons along with pad liners in my zip-lock bag. I brought it downstairs and my other laughs at me. I am more then confused to why she bursts out laughing, look at myself and the stuff I'm holding and realize I needed to switch them around. My mother doesn't even know english but she knows what is suppose to go where and why it's there. So After all of this, I QUIT! Whether I brought enough clothes, make-up, or goodies I'm calling it quits. I'm leaving it at that. =]

Was that boring? I talk a lot, and I might've even talked in 3rd person, who knows right? Like you're even paying attention. Just kidding.


Goodnight world!
-Mai Yia

The miracle of 'Matte'

Fall is just around the corner, beauties do you have matte nail polishes in your collection? -I have NONE!

Last week I was thinking and I really wanted matte polishes but I didn't want to buy another set of so many polishes for who knows how much $$$... I was on my beautylish account and read the article about Matte nails and how they're in season, btw, it SAVED my butt-ox loads of money. MATTE TOP COAT! -It's my new best friend. I'm so into beauty and everything but where have I been 'cause I certainly didn't know about this until about 2 weeks ago.

A lot of nail polish brands are making their own Matte Top Coat (London Butter, China Glaze, Essie, Hardcandy & etc...) I ordered 2 from China Glaze (which is not here yet) . Yes, 2! Just because I know I'll be using it pretty often this fall/winter. I have so many colors I want to try out. I didn't know that Essie and Hardcandy made one until AFTER I ordered from China Glaze so I made a trip to my local Walmart and purchased Hard Candy Matte Top Coat, came home and immediately tried it out.

I couldn't believe how fast it dried and how fast it turned from gloss/shiny/shimmer to MATTE! I was literally jumping up and down. For those of you that don't know, they are just like any other top coat (apply on top of polish) except this ones dries really quick. But remember you can't use a fast drying serum for it or else the matte goes away; Defeats the purchase of having matter nails.

Anyways, go try it out and let me know how you like it! Even if you try out a didn't brand, I still want to know. (I'll update after I receive my other ones from CG. I might even have a favorite)

XOXO,
Mai Yia

GIVEAWAYS...

Don't you just love giveaways? I DO!! Always enter even if you don't think you'll win... Maybe luck just might be on your side and you'll get something nice! I've always entered but never got anything, doesn't hurt to try, right?? Want to enter one now?

Here's a giveaway happening RIGHT NOW until the end of August therefore hurry up and enter now. Here's the link for more information.

http://www.dgsbeauty.com/2011/07/dgsbeautys-summer-giveaway.html

ENJOY and lmk if you entered or won! (BTW, I'm entering as well)

XOXO,

Mai Yia

Do you have favorites?

Do you have favorites?? Favorite apple? Favorite Orange? Cherry? Melon? Make-up brand? Shoe? Etc... You know where I'm getting at.

Lately, I've been eating lots of fruits an veggies, which isn't a bad thing. I swear I overdosed on Vitamin C ahhaha (That explains why I have the many trips to the restroom throughout the day) LOL Ignore that. Oh and yes I do have favorites. ahha Matter of fact, yesterday at the grocery store a man had asked me, "What's your favorite apple?" Tough question right? NOT! I immediately answered, "Braeburn of course." He looked at me weird as if he was expecting me to say, "Idk?? Apples are apples" BUT NO! All apples have a different taste. My family loves and I mean LOVE Fuji apples but ehhh I'm not such a big fan. =] And I do have a favorite type of Cherry as well, I love Washington Cherries. They're the bigger ones that are yellow and red mixed. lol However you want to put that. I have favorites of a lot of stuff but I'm sure you don't want to read about that.

What have you been up to? Summer is coming to an end.... Well I never got a summer vacation like I wanted but hey! I'll be done with school on the 23rd of August so YIPPEEEEE!!! Oh and my instructed had asked if I'd like to do my externship at an Urgent Care. hrmm YEAH! I rather be there than sent to a chiropractor. lol

Until next time bloggers! --STAY HYDRATED AND SPEND THE REST OF YOUR SUMMER WISELY BUT HAVE LOADS OF FUN!

XOXO, Mai Yia

Are you an ULTIMATE fan?

I am! Of what you ask? HAWAII FIVE-0! I love the show and the cast! (Esp. Alex O'Loughlin)

If you don't already know, this is the show to watch!! =] In my opinion it's good because of the drama; it has action, drama and lots of love.. (Not lift you up on your feet romance, it's more of bro-mance and a family love type of thing) Either way, love still comes with many definitions and yours will be different from mine.

Anyhow, CBS is 'hosting' Hawaii Five-0 Ultimate Fan Contest. You can find out more about it on CBS.com. I am entering the contest with everything I can and we'll see if I get a trip to Hawaii to meet my favorite cast and crew! This is going to be loads of fun. Although I'm a bit confused, I'm sure it'll still be fun even if I don't get to go to Hawaii. =]

<--- I do not own this picture, I just took it off google.com.

BTW, Today someone told me that I looked like Portia de Rossi... Which isn't a bad thing but hrmm... I don't really see the resemblance. Do you?

Do doctors annoy you?

YES!!! Just one to be specific!! I've never been so annoyed in my life. (PERIOD)

Today, I had an appointment to meet with dad's nephrologist and you know what? HE DIDN'T SHOW! What the hellllllllll, how do you make an appt with your patient and not show up! Do doctors really get paid to just ignore their patients? Isn't that neglect? *ahemm The nurse paged him and he said he'll just have a phone conference with us at 10:30.. GUESS WHAT?! DIDN'T HAPPEN EITHER... I haven't been this frustrated in such a long time! Geeshh... I then called back and complained about how frustrated I was and if this darn doctor wasn't going to do anything about this temporary catheter, we'll go see a different doctor. The nurse then said that he just walked in and she'll have him call me. Of course, he didn't call me. He called my sister and had set another appt on August 2nd, lets see if he shows up. TO BE CONTINUED...