QUEEN OF TARTS

Beautiful day today! Its so sunny and perfect and a lot less windy! (major plus especially when you're living in Ireland). But of course, being the lazy bum that I always am, I decided to stay in with my toast and marmite, and my new favourite flamingo socks, and just..blog.

So yesterday was massive cheat day. Well not exactly for 'jaga badan' diet, but rather for 'jaga muka'.   Ever since my transition to Dublin, I've been having the absolute worst breakouts and it has really taken its toll on me. I mean, I've never had bad breakouts in my life, not even during my teenage years. Of course there were the usual 'that time of the month' kind of breakouts then, but now its just.. depressing. So Nadia and I came up with a set of rules we'll have to abide to for a month in hopes of seeing at least some form of improvement. They're basically the Dos and Don'ts for acne prone skin, from basics such as 8 glasses of water per day right up to changing pillow cases every week. Whoever breaks any of the rules 3 times, will owe the other a lipstick. Well, guys, its only been a couple of weeks and.. well.. we both owe each other a lipstick.

Back to my cheat day, one of the rules was to not take any fried foods and chocolates (of any form. sad I know). I went out for lunch with Fasiha yesterday and we had this popiah-like dish but with crab meat instead of 'taugeh'. So she calls it the Irish Popiah. It was sooooooo good!


Then we watched Need for Speed (3D)! Not a bad movie, honestly. But I wouldn't choose it over the Fast and Furious franchise. obviously
The both of us were still feeling so hungry, so we went to the famous Queen of Tarts café on Dame Street to have some cakes! And it was heavenly..
 

They even had chocolate scones!! I obviously wasn't supposed to have any, but for future reference, who knows, when it may be a matter of life and death. haha! Till then, xx

THE QUEEN

From listening to Destiny Child's Charlies Angels on those 90s mix CDs my parents played in the car, to singing along to their song on Disney Channel's Proud Family, to giggling to her Naughty Girl music video when I was 10, to our very own Beyoncé Night in college and now, finally to an actual concert where I got to see with my very own eyes, this amazing, flawless woman herself. And I kid you not, she was literally flawless. From her beautifully tanned smooth skin to her unbelievably long toned legs. It was a dream come true and I just could not believe I was actually. there.

The show opened with Run the World (Girls) and we shrieked like seagulls and I legit cried. The stage lights, Beyoncé's video montages throughout the show (with baby Blue Ivy too!), the unbelievably amazing dancers (personal favourite being Les Twins from France hehe), and the fact that all the musicians were ladies, just made the show even more out of this world than it already is with her alone. Seriously, I still hyperventilate from time to time just thinking about it. Major fangirl. Guilty. Sorry not sorry.

OH and one of my favourite moments of the show would have to be towards the end of it when suddenly the whole arena blacked out. And we could see nothing but this really (annoying at first) but strong beam of light shining towards the audience. And there she was, singing Dolly Parton's I will Always Love You. We could only see the silhouette of her body and let me tell you this, she sounded perfect. It was absolutely amazing, breathtaking, unbelievable.
Bless the show, bless the Queen B. Seriously, thank you for being a big part of my life growing up and I'm pretty sure till I grow old. I'll be singing Flawless in my death bed fo sho x)

XO