Guide to Life: Fighting Bullying

I decided, instead of writing another super vain post, I needed to talk about more important subjects. But I warn you, I give sucky advice. Back in 2010, I remember that I was stuck in a hotel room with a few girls (having truth or dare) during a school trip. The most rememberable line from that trip is "I've been there I've done that." Back then, I was fighting to find a sense of *me*. I lost all direction. I suffered from bullying, alcoholism, gambling, and heartbreaks. I never told anyone about this (well not to the full extent) but the word HAS to get out. I know that one of these days someone is going to warp everything I said here and paint into bad light. That's life. I will eventually have a sting of regret. But OH WELL, NO GOING BACK!

This first part is going to be about bullying and how to fight it.


I really don't remember a time, when I WASN'T bullied. It started when I was very young and still exists in my life. Two or three months ago, I even fell back into an emo phase but lucky I have friends to always pick me up...
 No one deserves to be bullied. It hurts and makes you feel less then human. I known the feeling for almost my entire life. I have a lisp. I didn't take much care to speech therapy when I was younger and I can only speak normally when I really think about each word I say. But that is SO DAMN ANNOYING to do. It gives people the first impression that I'm retarded. But hello? All honors student! I would have been all APs if it wasn't for my stupid guidance counselors! But that is not what people think. So if you have a lisp like me, make sure you always use big words so people don't think your retarded. Kids, you know can be the harshest little things in the world. No matter how much smarter was then them, I was still retarded, annoying, and ugly.

I mean wasn't the most cutest little girl but I was much much cuter then most of those assholes.

By the time middle school came I decided to get revenge on all these bullies. I beat the shit out of anyone who laid a hand on me and then I would cry my way out of trouble. I learned, as a girl, that crying got the douche bags in trouble.  That was a temporary fix. As people got older, bullying got less (because Columbine massacre was waying on everyone's mind).

But verbal bullying is always there. The easiest way I found to fight back, was become crafty with insults. "Suck my big left toe or going cry to your effing mommy. I don't give two shits about the crap that comes out your mouth." Rolls off with insults in creole lolol!

But don't go about it the way I do. It's true the bullying has stopped because people know better then mess with me but my method doesn't work with everyone.

How to Fight Bullies

1. Speak up. Bullies target the weak. When you speak up, they know they can't challenege you!
2. Do psychology on them. Make them feel so bad about themselves that they stop. I once told a bully that. "Now you what's the point of bothering me? Is your pimples so large that you must bother me?" That shut him up.... and made him very self-conscious lololol.
3. Tell someone! If you can't deal with it by yourself then talk to someone who can help you. 
4. Don't let them get to you! The biggest reasons bullies decide to pick on me was because I didn't have a strong resolve. I let them get to me. If I used my head more during middle school, I would probably been the most popular kid in the world.
5. Always stick with your friends. Your friends will always be your biggest advocates. And if you don't have friends, maybe you need re-evaluate yourself. Why is it, you don't have friends? Is it something you are doing or something you can't help. 

 If you see someone being bullied, DON'T JUST STAND THERE!

 I hope my advice help someone! Next time I'll talk about alcoholism and heartbreaks! 

How to Become Beautiful

So obviously you are ugly and need some guidance on to becoming pretty. If you think you are
 naturally pretty then you probably have some extremely low self-esteem or something. Or your probably a gyaru or ulzzang---> this is their type of makeup.  Either way you are in luck! You are looking at Angel 1st ever Guide to Life (yes I stole the title, so sue me).
 You want to have an awesome transformation?

Nearly unrecognizable right?

What you'll need:

Contacts
Double Eyelid Tape -->(if your monolid only)
Foundation
Loose Powder
Concealer
Neutral Eyeshadows
Pencil Eyeliner
Liquid Eyeliner
A GOOD mascara (I prefer Maybelline Falsies and Maybelline Stiletto)
Bronzer or a dark brown eyeshadow or concealer
False Lashes (you might not need it depending on what look you are going for)
Lipstick
Lip Gloss

Blogger Ling, is famous for how she is able to transform from a homely looking gal to a model looking hottie. It's amazing. This video will show you how to do the makeup.

Very chio right?  For all you girls out there,  no matter how ugly you are in the morning, you can always look gorgeous if you have good makeup and good hair.

 The More Natural Route:

Tips:

Contacts:

The right contacts speak out to people. If you have small eyes wear circle lens. If you darker skin don't try to wear too dark circle lens but don't wear too bright either. Try to find a medium color that doesn't make you look like a clown. I  don't think paler skin tones have that problem. If you large eyes, wear regular contacts. If you already have beautiful hues as your natural eye color---> you don't need color contacts!

Contouring: IT'S IMPORTANT. I think a rare few people have the perfectly shaped face and nose. I like my nose  but I hate it in pictures, I ALWAYS photoshop contouring and make the nose smaller. But I would never get a nose job at all. So I contour. Plus if you gain come weight (which happens to me ALOT) contouring slims your face down.

False Lashes vs Mascara: This all depends on you and your personal interest. I like falsies for special events. I depend on a LOT of mascara for a day to day basis. But that's because my lashes have a natural curl so it makes putting lashes on harder. If your lashes are really straight and short, I think you should wear false lashes daily.  I'm giving away free lashes btw.


Eyeshadow:
DON'T FOLLOW VIDEO TUTORIALS TO THE CORE!  They are guidelines! Choose colors that complement your skin tones.  Browns, blacks, golds, hues, and similar hues tend to be universal. White, peach, and other bright colors does NOT go with every skin tone!


That's all you need to know makeup wise.

Next time: Guide to Life: a Camwhore Queen.

MINI-Giveaway!

Hey Guys,

So I finally put back up the Followers bar. I'm not a big fan of the followers bar so you know something special is coming on. I even put up a facebook bar (which took me forever to get working because of stupid blogger) So you guys know special is going on!

This is going to be my blog 1st ever MINI-GIVEAWAY!!

I was going to do a full one. But since it is my first give-away. It's better to start small right?


I'll giving away, to one lucky person , this:

If you read Chaigyaru's blog you could already guess what these are! A 10 false lashes set! Perfect for any gyaru or ulzzang. These are more natural then the one Chaigyaru uses, but free lashes are free lashes!

Requirements for participation:
You must be a follower of my blog
OR
 Like my Facebook page.

Bonus if you:

5 extra entries if you reblog this
5 extra entries if you post about this on your blog
3 extra entries if you follow me on twitter


How to enter:
   SIMPLE

1. email skyangelko [at] aol.com 
2. subject line: Moonangelko's 1st Giveaway
3. Message Must Include:

•  a method of contact (for if you win)---> twitter or email
• your facebook url or your google connect name
• Links to your bonus entries (optional)

You may only submit yourself once!

Good luck!
Deadline is February 1st!
US ONLY!

FML

fml  FML 

My life is over. It's just over and done. You know why?

Ignore my ugly nails, that's another tragedy by itself. I was getting ready to take pictures in the snow when I decided I wanted to wear false lashes for these pictures. Circle lenses and false lashes are set to me. False lashes without circle lenses are a CANNOT, right?  I only had my pair Geo Nudy greys left and I knew my time with them was dwindling. 8 months were almost done and they started feeling increasingly  uncomfortable. I only have $16 in my PayPal so I decided I would buy from Secret Eyes, who having a super cheap sale (only $12). I love any circle lens that are colorful without large as hell black rings. So I was going to get the Geo Nudy Blues. I placed my order a WEEK ago and still no response. I'll blame it on Chinese new year and complain next week. I didn't expect my lenses to rip before I could get new ones though!

At least my breakfast tried to cheer me up lah

If you live across the world, you wouldn't know that New York had it's best warmest winter by far until that slut called mother nature decided to snow. The day of the snow fall was a little bit more than beautiful but the days after were just a lot of torture.  Now it's all icy and slippery and now you think you might die at any moment from walking these streets.

So a pic from the nicer days of this ugly snow.  Mother nature has been particularly a slut with New York. First she dumped her stupid slut, Irene, on us and Irene took away our power for weeks. Lucky that slut came in the summer. Then her dumbass snowstorm, came out of nowhere in OCTOBER, and destroyed a lot of property and took away our powers for more WEEKS! Then just as we thought she became nicer---> POW! A snow storm.... ON A SATURDAY. ...... thanks mother nature. You and your damn storms can go that way----------------->



BTW Soon I'll finally have balls to have my first giveaway! So go to the very top of my page and click that follow button and stay tune!

Why do I read so many Singaporean Blogs?

I read more in the Singaporean blogospere then the American blogosphere! I think Singaporean tend to have more interesting blogs. It just so happens to be like that.
When I was younger, I use to watch a lot of videos about hair and makeup. I wanted to learn how to put on false lashes so Xiaxue was the one recommended to learn from (it still took me forever to learn).
I learned photoshop from her and everything. So I use to watch her videos all the time. Then her videos came off of Youtube and I had to watch them on clicknetwork.tv website. It was about that time I realized she had a blog. I had no care for blogs at the time, so it was interesting to see such a thing. The American blogosphere is basically non-existent. Every online celebrity seems to be on youtube (and the ones I like seem to all be Asian! Why are Asians so good at everything?I hate them all!!!!................... I kid, I kid!)  so this was rather refreshing. And she is funny, so it keeps me reading.  I read through many of her posts from over the years, so I guess I know a lot about her. This is when I really learned what a "true" fan was. I guess I am one! Even though she hates me... I did do a post about it but I don't know how it got deleted. We got in a spat on twitter and I meant by what I was saying that she was beautiful the way she is--> plastic surgery and all<--- and I guess she misunderstood. Either way, I think I am blocked by her on Twitter ='(.

From reading a lot of Xiaxue's posts, I came to like Cheesie (who isn't Singaporean but oh well).  Cheesie is super nice and has a really cute fashion blog. But unlike other fashion bloggers. Her blog is worth reading and not just about the pictures.  I guess this why I hate American blogs. They only blog about their niche. Their blogs are all neatly laid out and business-like (not saying my blog is better then theirs! My blog is crap!) These two have been a major aspirations of mine. Not because they have an awesome job, but they do what they love without sacrificing themselves into business clothes and working in a little cubicle. I shutter at the thought of me working in a cubicle. But like  I said American blogosphere is not really there---> unless you count these people. 

Arianna Huffington -Huffington Post -News and opinion
Michael Harrington -Tech Crunch -Covering technology start-ups and web 2.0
Jason Kottke -Kottke -design, food, weblogs and New York City.
Heather Armstrong –  Dooce -Prime example for building a business. Read her personal bio at http://dooce.com/about
Perez Hilton -PerezHilton -Delivers celebrity news and gossip.
Nick Denton -Gawker -News and gossip covering entertainment, business and media
Peter Cashmore -Mashable -News covering social media.
Nick Denton -Gaping Void -weblog focused on original technology based cartoons.
Seth Godin -Sethgodin – He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and most of all, changing everything.
Brian Clark -CopyBlogger – Online Marketing advice about building authority with your online presence.
So the idea of me becoming a pro-blogger and not having to work in an office is non-existent.  I read Fourfeetnine too but she's not Singaporean! I'll make a post about them because they are suppose to be separate from these other bloggers! 

So a while ago Xiaxue  posted a link on twitter to Qiu Qiu's blog. I never paid much mind to Qiu Qiu because she talked about Singaporean shopping. One of her particular blog post was talking about this lady called Silver and was about 10,000 words. The post was compelling (even though I skimmed through a little in the end). I realized  that Qiu Qiu called this chick out and at the same time gave the nicest good-bye gift:  HUGE AS HELL PR. Funny thing is Silver isn't unpopular and isn't fat. She is just less famous than Qiu Qiu and of course Xiaxue.   But she could climb in popularity if her blog stood out. That's all she needed.  Qiu Qiu just gave her that opportunity.  Hopefully she re-emerges as a nicer person as well.  So this is where I start reading Qiu Qiu, who is actually a really good story teller and evidently a VERY nice person.  

From Qiu Qiu, I learned about Yutaki. OMG he is SOOOO BISHIE... I who thought that real life bishies are just models from a far off universe unreachable to all normal people. But I read the beginning posts of his blog... Like all good readers do---> read from THE BEGINNING, you learn more about a person that way----> from reading my beginnings you learn that I AM A HUGE AS HELL IDIOT..... <----Not the point lah. His blog change view on photologs. Photologs tell a story a different type of way and his photologs are interesting. I love how he cherish his friends so much and he's your everyday guy. It's just the fact he is gorgeous and his pictures show a sense of humor. A true photographer right? 

From Yutaki I learned about Miyake Wong and Eric Lim. Miyake (whose name I may forever misspell =_=) Is SO DAMN GORGEOUS *girl crush*.  But I still have much to find out about her. I haven't really gotten a chance to read through her blog yet.  So still much to know about her. Her make-up style isn't same as mine (I prefer natural-ish falsies with a large variety of eyeshadow styles) but fashion-wise we think alike.  
Eric, I've seen on Xiaxue's blog once and I find him funny and probably be an awesome guy-friend, right?  I'm in process of reading his blog down, his blog is quite kay kay.  

I also read Dawn Yang (to learn how not to blog; she is so damn boring) and Ester Xie (cuz her pics are cute). I started reading Sophie Willocq but I have yet to get interested. Plus Kelly Konomi (her giveaway drove me there but her blog is quite cute as well.)




Sniff Sniff, I smell a series coming on and Yutaki inspired me to do a project called "Reintroduction" so you'll see it soon! 

In the end, Seo Companies are what you need

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A bit over a year ago, I started a little Facebook store that only sold circle lenses. It was a tough start. I was acting as the middle man in the trade. People were suppose to pre-order their contacts through me and then I would buy from a distributor at a drop-ship price. For the buyer, it was a bargain; for me, it was $5 profit per customer. But, I had entered the business at a bad time.  A few months prior my entry into the contacts business, a crackdown came to all sellers of circle lenses. A Chinese manufacturer had created a cheap and fake version of circle lenses that deprived the eyes of oxygen. Ebay was selling thousands of these fake copies.  Many people were bought into this scam and had to pay thousands of dollars for an eye surgeon.  Then, after these contacts went mainstream in the U.S,  the media painted circle lenses (and their sellers) in a bad light.

I came to realize that without a strong friend base online, I wouldn't have any customers. I had to find a way to advertise. So I made banners and became active in many forums. In 2 weeks only acquired five customers. I need 25-50 customers to fill out the order with the distributers. I had already promised my customers a 4 week waiting period before they would get their contacts. At that rate I would have to make refunds and lose all the money I had invested into my little shop. I would also lose the trust of the customers. I had to do something fast. 

I turn my trust over to a SEO company. I learned the hard way that Internet Marketing was not as easy as it seemed. Compare to TV broadcasting, Internet Marketing has a bigger audience, but, there are many scams on the internet and without the proper  PR representing you, there will be not much success in your business venture.

In the end, I had to give up on the store, to focus on more important things. The store however was successful for 3 months. Its sad to see more American circle lenses store, came crumbling down as well.


I am participating in a blogger campaign by Bucks2Blog  for an seo company
and was compensated. However, the views and opinions are my own.

Smoking

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I hate all people who smoke---> In addition to the fact I hate the world. But seriously---> How can you put something so disgusting into your mouth.  Just to look cool?  Do you understand that your breath is disgusting, your teeth are yellow, and you are slowly killing yourself?  Smoking is just plain nasty.

Did I mention that you are killing yourself! Lung cancer!!

And don't forget you put everyone around in danger too.

But I found a solution to smoking, or to at least to get off it.

VAPOR IS THE NEW SMOKE!

That's the motto of Blucigs.

Blucigs is the new cigarette. It's an electronic cigarette that lets you smoke water vapor. So: NO MORE SMELL, NO MORE SECOND HAND SMOKE, NO MORE ASH, NO MORE TOBACCO AND BEST OF ALL IT'S 50% CHEAPER THEN CIGARETTES.

I personally can't stand smokers (since every time I'm around one, I get cigarette burns) and this would make them all just a little bit more likeable. 

So get on blucigs or get in that: