Zalora X Topshop & Topman Launch Party 2015

A few weeks ago, I was one of the few lucky Shoppr ambassadors invited to the Zalora / Topshop & Topman launch event. Safe to say that I am incredibly excited to know that one of my favourite brands is now available on Zalora, easier for me & my shopping needs. :3

Rushed home after work, I got myself ready to attend the event in APW, Bangsar where I met up with Becca & Nadia from Shopprapp. Already they looked dress to kill, so were the other girls that were attending the event with me.

After registration, each of us were given a goodie bag and inside are little surprises for us to take home. There was a Macaroon, a Rm50 gift card from Zalora & also a gift from Topshop/Topman which I guess is different in every bag. I spy some shopping time for me on Zalora some time soon, do you?

It was nice of them to provide drinks and canapes for all guests to nibble on while they mingled.

My choice of drink, Absolute Mango with Orange Juice.

With drink in hand, it was time for this hermit to wander around and mingle. Though truth be told, I was merely hanging around with Pearl, Madeleine & Abigail from Shoppr because they were the only ones I know there.

While we were exploring the space of the warehouse, there were waiters walking around with trays of food. Embarrassingly enough each tray caught my attention because I had not have time to eat dinner so I was rather hungry. The vainpot in me however constantly warned myself against eating anything because it's messy and it'll be a nightmare to stain my dress.

Still, I don't know if it was obvious on my face that I was hungry or something but the wait-staff kept walking towards us. Literally the same one would appear no more than five minutes after approaching us. Funny.

Tastes like fried char siew pao. But with beef? 

Little bites of macaroni taco and roasted potato stack.

The atmosphere as a whole was quite chilled with DJ HypeEmBeats spinning amazing tracks in the background.  

Wandering around, I spotted something in the back that caught my attention. Several pedestals were lined up together with headsets & these odd looking things

WHAT IS THIS SCI-FI LOOKING THING?

Quite interesting eh? 

Pic credit goes to Tim Chew.

Well it's a virtual reality that Zalora specially created just for this event. When you put this on, you get a 360 view of the entire venue before the glitz & glamour. All you need to do is put it on as demonstrated by my sister and then look around. What you will see is not a room filled with fashionable people but instead, a whole different atmosphere altogether. 

This is quite innovative of Zalora to create this specially for the collaboration with Topshop & Topman. 

With Madeleine, Pearl & Abigail. 

These girls are the few Shoppr ambassadors that I got to meet that night. They are literally the sweetest and most fashionable people that I've met in the longest time.

Also, I found out that night that Abigail is currently a student at MCKL. My old college! That brought back so many memories and there's even some that revolves around classes, specifically law & psychology. 

Squad goals. Teehehehe.

We even got to meet our very own Amber Chia and posed for a picture together. Initially each of us just wanted an individual photo with the supermodel, but she was approached by another photographer and invited us to be in the shot with her too. :3 She's so sweet and down to earth which honestly surprised me.   

Pic credit goes to Tim Chew.

I even got to catch up with my hot babe, Melissa. Whom I have not met in months since we're both busy with our own things. 

This means we need more dinner & girl time! xp

A dress by no one. Shoes from Aldo which I love to death, even with it's near neck-breaking height.

Ten points to whoever that got that 'dress by no one' reference. I officially dub you to be an amazing person. 

But no prize because.... Yeah. 

Gif made by me from the video by HelloGif photobooth.

Finally, gonna end the post by thanking Shoppr for the opportunity to attend this launch. It's been pretty amazing to be considered as one of the ambassadors among many other gorgeous girlies! Can't wait for more adventures with the team.

Plus this has also given me a chance to get to know incredibly sweet girls when I otherwise would not have. Cause ya know... A life of a social hermit. :3

So to join in on the fun, download the app now and share your gorgeous OOTDs with other girls because there's no reason it should go to waste. Download from the links below and follow me on amandalaurenlee, plus many other fashionable ladies.

Sign up here: https://bnc.lt/l/7tU1c2U9wK

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Well then, until next time lovelies!

     

Half empty.

So last night, I watched an update by Bubz and it got me thinking....  Am I really that negative of a person and is it bad for me?

Q & A | Retiring Youtube?

For those who know me very well would know that I adore Lindy to bits. It's kind of crazy to think that I've been watching her videos since way back in the day when she was still living in Northern Ireland, first introducing Tim as her boyfriend and sharing with us the day she was proposed to, getting married and now they've got little Isaac!

There is so many things about her that sets her apart from several other Youtube personas and the one thing I adore about her the most is how much she bonds with her subscribers. Plus she's always giving good advises on how to grow as a person in the best of ways - which I believe a lot of us struggle with, particularly myself.

Anyway, I completely digressed. But the point of me writing this is after watching the newest video on BubzVlogz, it got me thinking about how I view things in my life and that is affecting how I view the world. It is almost completely unrelated to the Youtube video as a whole. LOLOL.

Somewhere in the Q&A session, Bubz talked about how she deals with heartache and disappointment. Honestly I feel like she's such a strong person to be able to still be so optimistic in the midst of so much crap. I'm sure there are lots of things that she is going through but do not show us and that's fine, it is her prerogative to do so. Yet she still manages to look pass all of that and find ways to grow stronger rather than dwell on the negatives.

Which made me realize that I am quite the negative person.

Then I remembered that at some time in the early of this year, I decided to try something new. It was a challenge for myself to complain about my life a whole lot less, or at all really, to stop being so negative about every single thing that is happening whether big or small and start being grateful. Sounds pretty easy eh?

Seeing as I am such a negative potato head I thought maybe this will change my perspective in life. So, determined to complete this self-challenge, I told myself to give it a go since I have anything to lose from doing so anyway.

Fast becoming one of my favourite mottos in life. Plus look at the fluffy ears & tail - super cute. 

The challenge for myself is to go at least a month with an optimistic outlook on life and.... Let's just say I barely lasted a week before I was a giant ball of frustration.

Initially I was kind of pumped up about this little soul searching challenge, hoping that in some small way it will turn a lot of things around and make me see the world in a more beautiful way. Going by something Bubz always tells us is that 'there is a treasure in every trial, there is always a reason to laugh, love and learn'. This is my attempt at being a more cheerful and grateful person.

Though a week later when everything just felt like the bad things kind of snowballed from meh to a freaking hurricane, I lost track of my own little challenge. I started looking at things in a negative light, blaming small little mishaps on everything around me and ultimately I just felt angry at literally everything. And also everyone.

Ultimately, after a ramble, I realized that I can almost never be that way. Not without really trying my damnedest to think of all the good things. It's just not in my nature to be all 'I LOVE THE WORLD #POSITIVEVIBES' or 'THINK POSITIVE AND THE WORLD WILL BE FULL OF RAINBOWS AND BUTTERFLIES' especially not when I am feeling down in the dumps.

I just... I, physically and mentally, cannot. It makes me cringe whenever I try and even at some odd times when I do feel that way, I even get annoyed with myself. HAHAH.

Honestly what I would really need is just a moment for myself to sulk, cry, vent or anything that will let me get whatever that's frustrating me off my chest. Then after I would just confront the problems head on and then see where things goes from there. If some time to myself doesn't work then there's always violent thriller movies or games to try as a last resort.

I know it makes me sound like such an angry person. But weirdly enough, I am not too sorry being the grump that I am and also mad happy that my friends still love me in spite of that.

It's just the way my brain is wired and I'm sick of people telling me 'Look on the bright side! Think positive and you will automatically feel that way!'. Somehow it really doesn't help me feel any better at all and I don't know why, it has more of an opposite effect.

Motivational stuff doesn't work on me ohkay, so don't try and force it because this ship ain't sailing. Don't even guilt-trip me over this too because... No. At the end of the day, you know what I say to all of that load of bull crap?

FUCK YOU, POSITIVELY. :3

Originally from tumblr

Ohkay, sorry about the random profanity.

What I meant to say is that it's very clear that I am a 'glass is half empty' kind of person and honestly, that's fine with me. I mean, I do believe in seeing the silver lining and despite my negative outlook on life, I definitely know that there is a treasure/lesson in every trial.

So I'd have to go through the crappy things and learn from it after persevering, rather than brushing the problem under the carpet with the pretense of 'think positive and it will go away' mindset. Plus there's no reason to pretend to be all happy and all when deep down I know that I am not.

Though to be fair I am trying to be a more grateful person in general rather than dwell on just the bad things that have happened. But this is a learning curve for me and changing completely is obviously not going to yield the best results.

Anyways, TL;DR, after a failed attempt at being a permanent positive sunflower and also some soul searching, I finally discovered the main reason why I am such a pessimist.

Ready for it?
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Are you ready for the ultimate revelation?
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Truth is........... 

I am........ 

EEYORE~

Originally from tumblr. 

No, that doesn't mean that I am an ass. I guess occasionally I can be one but that's besides the point and I am not literally one if you get my drift. But you gotta admit, especially those select few that understands me really well, the resemblance is definitely there. Most of the time.

Plus I've been wanting to use this line for a while now. It's no wonder why this character, out of all the other ones in the Winnie the Pooh stories, is I was most attached to. Though, if you've actually paid attention to the things that Eeyore says, he is actually the smartest of them all because he's a realist.

And that ends my random thought for today. Let me go bury my nose in the new book and MAYBE be hardworking enough to edit pictures from the other day's launch party before writing a mini blog post.

Until next time lovelies! Bye!