tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76232506996002976452024-02-18T20:51:15.264-08:00PRETTY DESTRUCTIONashwiinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05067167621639171345noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623250699600297645.post-40759361662232444472018-10-21T06:36:00.000-07:002018-10-21T06:36:34.773-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hey loves! So I attended Irisa cosmetics private
launch party over this weekend at BlackBox Publika and here’s the BTS of the
brand itself. A Malaysian based cosmetic line created by young make-up enthusiasts,
Irisa & Iman! 2 sisters, 1 brand and an amazing revolution in the Malaysian
make-up industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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collection are vegan, paraben free, suitable for sensitive skin and all Asian
skin types! It’s great to see cosmetic brands like this stepping up their game
in making versatile yet glamorous products. The lipstick range ( Solo, Stigma, Valerie,
Moonlight, Dead roses) are all highly pigmented and long lasting which is what
most girls look out for when finding the perfect lipstick. Do check them out and support your local brands!!</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Calling all art lovers & enthusiasts from Klang
Valley cause this one’s specially for you. If yall haven’t heard of Cratze.Art
before, might wanna check out on their <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cratzeart/">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cratzeart/">Facebook</a> page! Here’s a
little behind the scenes of what goes on…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It’s a urban style art studio where they organize art
jamming sessions or private events for clients. It’s the best art therapy you
can find right here at Nova Saujana. They recently moved their studio from
Publika to Subang but still keeping their signature paint splash wall… If you
were never really into art in the first place, you might just even start buying
acrylic paints after coming to Cratze.Art because it’s really therapeutic. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Every Thursdays & Saturdays are their ‘learn to paint’
sessions where you’ll be given a subject to paint onto your own canvas. Check
out for their October sessions aka Halloween special!! More deets on their Instagram
page to see what you’ll be painting about. If you’re a fan of Van Gogh’s might wanna
check out 18<sup>th</sup> October special!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to try out their art jamming session & bringing home my first ever canvas
painting… whatta accomplishment! So, here’s what went down… </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On my recent adventure to Thailand, I discovered
something new yet absolutely disturbing… after finding out the truth behind the
scenes. Being an animal lover myself, I didn’t know how commercialized safaris
actually run the place until my boyfriend showed me a video about it. I was dumb
founded by the fact that I was literally paying to see animals in captivity
being abused. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By the time I found out about all this, we made all
the payments and it was too late to back out from safari tour. But when we got
there, it was an eye opener from the very beginning. Before I continue, the
place we went to is called ‘Island Safari’ in Phuket. (You could check it out
on tripadvisor and you’ll be shocked to see all those reviews.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Elephant Trekking is one of the most famous tourist
attractions especially in Thailand and other Asian countries as well. What I found
out was how they torture these elephants when they were little infants during ‘phajaan’
also known as ‘the crush’ that consist of several stages. It’s a traditional
Asian way of breaking the elephant’s spirit and making them submissive towards
humans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Throughout the phajaan, these elephants are kept in
small cages while being tied down and the trainers would beat and pierce them
using sharp objects like bull hooks. The elephant crushing usually lasts up to few
weeks and it changes the elephants completely, instilling fear in them. Elephants
in commercialized animal safaris, circus, riding, tricks, parades or even
temple work all go through some form of Phajaan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Of course, we don’t we see it actually happening in
front of us. But if you’ve watched a video on phajaan or something similar, you
will notice those little sharp objects that the workers use on these precious
animals while doing tricks or during trekking. Beatings can continue regularly
throughout the elephants' life to remind them of their place. Some of these abused
animals eventually snap from the strain of relentless torture, with 5% of
captive elephants killing people!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I was at ‘Island Safari’, I could easily notice
how the elephants had torn or holes on the ears or head area. During the
elephant show, I had a vivid sight of elephants being pierced with a small,
long, thin sharp object. The elephants were physically being controlled by the
humans and fear was all they knew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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purely an Asian crowd. They were clearly oblivious to the unawareness of the
animal abuse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There, we also saw a monkey show that was devastating,
you could obviously see how the monkeys were afraid of the workers and they
would beat the monkeys if they didn’t listen to commands. Worst of all, they
would ask the monkeys to beg for money at the end of show!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While I am still doing more research on this, I found
that there are still places which keep elephants safe without any form of
abuse, Elephant Sanctuaries that don’t provide elephant trekking or show
experience a better life. There, they are treated with love and care and are
much more ethical. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You would be able to bath the elephants instead, which from
what I’ve heard, it’s truly an amazing feeling! Sanctuaries like these don’t keep
the animals on chains or tied down. <a href="http://www.elephantvalleys.com/">Elephant Valley Thailand</a>, <a href="http://www.blesele.org/">Boon Lott’sElephant Sanctuary</a> or <a href="https://www.kselephantsanctuary.org/">Kindred Spirit Elephant Sanctuary</a> are the places you
should go instead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Please do some research first before going on tours
like this and supporting commercialized safaris would only give them more
reasons to continue hurting these gentle giants. As I am still learning more
about this form of animal abuse that is happening widely, I feel it’s important
to share it with everyone if you haven’t heard about this yourself. As much as
I hate myself for going there, I feel like now I could do something to help
spread awareness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Find out more about protecting elephants or other
animals in the entertainment industry <a href="https://www.thailandelephants.org/">here!</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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animals in captivity that are being exploited physically and emotionally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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If you know me well enough, then you'd probably already know that i enjoy being
around animals more than with MOST humans, no offense but its true. Ever since
few years back, i felt the need to do something different, to make a change in
the conservation world. So, after months and months of searching through many
wildlife volunteer opportunities I finally got the guts to do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif";">Most volunteer
programs offered in South Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka are rather expensive
yet the experience would be priceless guaranteed! Most of them are non-profitable
organizations which often require loads of funds which partially come from the volunteer’s
pocket. It would really be a dream come true if i could participate in one of
those efforts one day. </span></div>
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itself you'd already figured out which species we're trying to save. Yes, this
is a Malaysia based organization located in the heart of Kg. Juara, Tioman. If
you do plan to volunteer here, which i hope YOU DO, everyone on the island
knows about <a href="http://www.juaraturtleproject.com/">Juara Turtle Project (JTP)</a>. From Tekek ferry station, you'd need to
take one of their local taxis aka jeeps to reach JTP which roughly takes about
30 mins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about 2 bunk beds and 2 bathrooms, expect to have few extra friends in the room
occasionally, if you know what i mean. There's also plenty of hammock around
JTP to take naps in, its really relaxing without a doubt. Most volunteers that
come here are usually Europeans so you'd definitely be making new friends from
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to get out of bed, i was excited to wake up every morning just to see the
sunrise, i mean how often do you get clear skies, front passes to a beautiful
ocean and a sky full of stars at night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a board meeting where everyone gathers around to decide who does what on the
next day. Daily chores include keeping the main area clean, ready for visitors,
beach patrols and boat patrols. The rest of the day you'd have time for
yourself & it's free and easy. For new volunteers that arrive at JTP, an
orientation talk would be given as you would soon give similar talks to
visitors, explaining about JTP's efforts in conservation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the most interesting parts throughout the program. Boat patrols where you get
to go to different islands nearby JTP itself to search for turtle tracks. As it
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turtle eggs, the sex of the baby turtles aren't determined yet as it is
affected by the surrounding temperatures. So, if its nested in a shady cool
temperature, then it'll be mostly male turtles produced and if it's warm, it
would be mostly female turtles. Kg. Juara is a turtle conservation area, so
people here don't eat turtle meat or its eggs. Mostly. But there are people who
indulge in them and each turtle egg would cost around RM5.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JTP does not keep live turtles, they would like the process of turtle
conservation to be as natural as possible. Once, we've found a turtle nest, we
would collect the eggs carefully, return back to JTP and nest them again in the
nesting area, safe from turtle egg sellers. After about 6-8 weeks of nesting,
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like to sponsor a nest, you could find out more <a href="http://www.juaraturtleproject.com/?page_id=108">here</a>! It cost RM600 per nest
but you could share one nest with 3 people, so that would only be RM200 per person. Once the nest you've sponsored
has hatch, you'd get pictures of your contribution to help save these baby
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JTP organizes beach clean ups at Juara's beach and other beaches around the
island. These were just one of the thousands of rubbish collected from just one
beach near Juara. It's crazy to see the amount of trash we have contributed and
after monsoon seasons it gets worse! Flip flops, styrofoam, plastic wrappers,
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insects. All the cats have been neutered as there was an over-flood of cat
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif";">This was such an amazing trip to be
finally able to contribute to the wildlife in Malaysia. 5 days in JTP passed by
quickly and i'd recommend staying there for atleast 1 week. Definitely more to
come in the future & only time will tell where it shall take me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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neighboring Cambodia and Thailand… Vietnam!!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">There's also a few great clubs at hotel rooftops which is also by the Tran Phu beach side. The entrance fee is much cheaper compared to in most countries plus how often do you get a view this like?</span><br />
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Vietnam is famous for their coffees and the wide spread of dried food. Bare in mind that they even eat snakes, crocodiles, seahorse. The past few days felt like I've eating grass so much because their food is mostly filled with raw greens and lemongrass. Much like a cow's diet hahaha. One of my favorite part was the PASSIONFRUIT. It was sooo good!</div>
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over-thinker<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "gabriola"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Okay. Am I overthinking? Why am I overthinking? Do other people overthink
like me? Why do I overthink so much these days? Why do I feel weak when I overthink?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">Everyone might have gone through this at one point of time or maybe
still is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each person overthinks in
their own ways & deals with it differently. I’ve had one too many days of
this… Some on good days where it never really bothered me much because I was in
a sunshine state of mind. Some on bad days, where everything feels like it’s
falling apart and there’s nothing I could do to save myself from this awful
feeling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">A feeling? Was it that overpowering to have ruin my day, my week? The
truth is no it wasn’t! All because my mind plotted some twisted story against
me when there was no problem to even begin with. There were different stages to
my overthinking habit, the trivial ones where I could quickly pull myself out
off. The muddle ones where I would curl up in bed with my hands on my head
begging for it to stop. The little things that scheme up big problems in my
head. Those are the ones that I have discovered myself experiencing especially
when I’m alone. Sometimes it takes so much from me to even fight this feeling
away. It’s so much easier to drown in negative thoughts than it is to bring
yourself up again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">I am a difficult person to deal with, no doubt about that. But so is
everyone else in their own ways. I’m sensitive, emotional, occasionally mean to
people who I love, often lash out when I’m stressed or angry, I cry for things
that maybe petty for others, I’m impatient and often misinterpret situations
that has caused me something much more valuable. definitely my biggest flaw
yet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">With all these negativity shuffling in my mind, it’s hard to
recollect all the promising traits of myself. Thats where things come spiraling
down in reality too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">But when my mind starts to unclogged that stage, my thoughts become
calmer & relax, and so do I. Many times i look up for ways to help ease the
overthinking in me. Watching Anna Akana who has significantly described every
detailed part of overthinking that I am experiencing was so helpful. One of the
many things that most youtubers say: Meditations, pen down your thoughts, take
up a hobby, talking to a friend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">d, or get busy. With all these tips, I found myself experimenting
with each of it slowly. Take meditation for an example, it was super hard to
focus in the beginning but once I found a track that suited me, it became much
easier to unwind my thoughts. Another tip would be Headspace (meditation app)
with a speaker. It both had a positive effect on me but it was temporary.
Self-healing takes practice and time, commit to it and persist. Lately I’ve
been jotting down my daily activity or things I’ve got to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is when I’m energetic enough, other days
I’m more laid back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">This is me, writing about how I’ve been feeling today. So, I’m still
learning about how to overcome being an over-thinkerJ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc";">Greetings and kon'nichiwa!! Here's how my trip to japan went:) Enjoy!!!</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 21.3333px;">Instead of travelling to the big cities, We decided to stay at Nara Prefecture which is such an underrated city in Japan but so full of culture. From the Osaka airport to Nara, the view included local industrial warehouses & factories by the ocean, skyscrapers and the quiet suburb town of Nara.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Japanese food is great! However eating bento and ramen for 6 days wasnt something i enjoyed. There were few great dishes that i really loved like Takoyaki( octopus stuffing balls), mochi, tempuras and their FRIED RICE!!! Tried warm sake too and i couldnt stop laughing for the next 20 mins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 21.3333px;">Another highlight in Nara was the deer park. One of my favorite throughout the whole trip because who doesnt like petting deers right. The deers would give u a bow when you come towards them as a sign of respect. LIKE SERIOUSLY, SO CUTE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 21.3333px;">I cant express how much i loved dressing up for this weather.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 21.3333px;">Because it was winter at that time, the sceneries were pretty dull as to compared during summer or autumn seasons. The long train rides gave us a good view on how agriculture is so important in Japan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 21.3333px;">Next few days were travelling to Namba Osaka where my cravings for clothes were satisfied. If anyone told you Bangkok was a shopaholics destination, they've not been to Namba Walk. From high end brands to local stores selling trendy clothes. The prices vary depending really where you shop but overall ending of winter season also means sale season. So, really just go all out and don't worry about spending alot here because brands like Nike, Forever21 and Uniqlo are all way cheaper than in Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">Traveled to Kyoto which is another popular city in Japan that really took my breath away. Upon reaching there, it was like we were back in the old days in Japan, the town in Kyoto was small but cozy. Visited the Kinkaku-ji temple which is covered by gold leaf, the bamboo forest and few other places.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 21.3333px;">Last day in Japan was back in Nara shopping for chocolates, souvenirs and eating their local delicacies. Their matcha ice creams and strawberry sorbet is a must try!!</span></div>
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