I really enjoy finding deals on eBay and have never had a bad experience with them until recently.  I’ve been using this Water Action BB Cream from Hanskin for a while now and really like it’s texture because it’s more watery and less thick/oily than normal BB creams, so I wanted to restock.  The Hanskin store in Hong Kong closed down, and the only place where I found this BB cream was on eBay, so I decided to order from the seller bestbuykorea without carefully reading their feedback.  I paid through paypal and was expecting my products to arrive in 7-14 days.  Lo and behold, the 14 days passed and I had received nothing in the mail and absolutely no replies to my messages to the seller!

I went and checked the seller’s feedback and found out that they have 4 negative feedback comments in the last month and 10 negative feedback comments in the past 6 months.  All related to poor communication with the seller and not receiving items ordered through eBay!  I immediately opened a case with eBay customer support and a week later, I got my full refund.  Thanks to eBay, I got my money back and I’m a happy camper again.  I left negative feedback for bestbuykorea, but then realized that the comments box has a 50-character limit, so there wasn’t even enough room for me to bitch about them!

(picture above not taken by me)

I was in LA during the days of June 18 – 22.  The trip was all about spending time with my god-grandmother so I mostly stayed in the house with a few random visits to the local areas.   Her house has a gorgeous view of the Pacific Ocean which I spent hours looking at.

I love getting gel nails.  I think it is a great invention and a great alternative to the conventional manicure because it lasts so long and does not chip for up to 3 weeks.  There is a nail spa that opened up about a year ago at the plaza by Woodbine Ave. and Major Mackenzie Dr.  I’ve always walked by there but never had a chance to go give it a try until last Friday.  Kathy’s Nails and Spa has great equipment and a nice setting.  There are also 3 locations for you to choose from in the Markham and Stouffville area, which are not all displayed on their website, but are listed on their store brochure.  This location has 6 pedicure massage and spa chairs along one wall and 6 manicure stations along the other side of the wall.  I was pretty excited when I saw the place.  Unfortunately, the manicurist did not have the skills to go with the tools.

I wonder how long they have been in the business of gel nails because not only did the manicurist not have any pre-made designs for me to choose from, she didn’t have a big selection of colour gel or sparkles available either.  I decided to pick a darker purple colour with gold sparkles, very simple design, and just wanted her to get it over with so I could get out of there.  It took her several tries to get the colour gel the way I wanted it.  All the different colours that I tried on were very transparent and didn’t turn out opaque even after 2 coats. When I thought that hurdle was out of the way, the manicurist surprises me with another amazing act of trying to apply sparkles to my nails by using the same paint brush that she used for the gel!  Obviously this didn’t work as the sparkles wouldn’t stay on my nails, so I asked her if she had another type of brush, and when that didn’t work, she decided to just dip my whole nail into the jar of sparkles!!  I couldn’t believe how bad this experience was and how this store could possibly provide gel nail services to customers when they are so amateur.

The finished product turned out to be alright, but as you can see there are sparkles spread all over the nails instead of just at the tips.

I know the song is getting really old now and that this post should of gone up months ago, but better late then never I guess:

From the Simpsons:

So it has been many months since I blogged, where did I go? Addicted to MMORPG’s of course! 

It first started with a FREE online game called Allods Online.  The game is basically like a free version of WoW… which kind of forces you buy their in game items once you reach the higher levels.  Still, for the $50 I put into the game, it provided me with countless hours of online fun which was totally worth it.

Water that reacts to your emotions?  Say it ain’t so!  It sounds very magical, but it is an interesting topic neverless.  While I do question some of the research presented in the documentary, I do think it’s possible to believe that water can have a “consciousness”.  Watch it yourself and tell me what you think.

As part of my New Year’s resolution to become more compassionate and not as selfish, the first act towards my goal was the donation of $25 to Canadian Red Cross to aid the Haiti earthquake victims.  Lets all try to help and donate!

One of the things I like to do in my free time is to dig up interesting documentaries to watch on youtube (especially scary ghost ones).  I found this interesting documentary (don’t worry, it’s not scary) regarding how the environment affects our genes which are then passed down to future generations.  The lesson of the story?  Take care of your genes, at least until you are finished making babies.

So this holiday’s Boxing Day was quite eventful to say the least.  Even though the deals weren’t as good as previous years (they seem to get worst and worst each year), there were still lineups all over the place.

The original plan was to first stop by Best Buy to enter the $500 draw and to buy a large TV, then stop by HMV to pick up the $10 ipod headphones and the $20 Modern Warfare 2 video game.

Hope everyone had a fun and enjoyable Christmas and New Years! I certainly had fun spending more money then I can afford, thank god for return policies!

CrazyC gave me a few “interesting” items this year, here’s all of them in one shot…