Prom at the San Diego Zoo

Having the prom at the San Diego Zoo was a pretty intimidating idea at the beginning, because many of our class didn't know what to expect and didn't know whether it was going to be worth trying or not. It was definitely hard to imagine having a formal dance in the middle of a zoo and being okay with it not being at a fancy hotel or a ball room. But we eventually learned that the event wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. 

The venue where our prom took place was lighted up with beautiful web type hanging lights and there was heating on the top of several poles between the tables. The temperature was quite nice despite the fact that it was outside in the chilly night. 

We were provided with several services such as an animal show show during the first hour, which I missed; Sky Safari, tables, and table decorations. I think that these aspects contributed to make our prom night a pretty memorable, fun, and unique experience; apart from the typical photo booth, food, and dance, (that we too had) that every typical prom dance has. 

I am grateful that I got to have my prom at a venue that is not so much used or typically used for prom events because it made it ten times more special for my last year of high school. Of course, it wouldn't have meant anything if I hadn't gone with my group of friends, I mean that's the whole point of it. Just to enjoy a fancy last dance with friends that you've made during high school and have fun. 

How To Be Unique

Millions of people are doing the same things you always do. They are breathing, listening to the music you like, shopping at the same stores, chatting with friends, etc. So how could you ever feel any different from all of those people?

Well first of all you have to realize that it is nearly impossible to be the only one in the world to be doing something. But just because this is impossible, doesn't mean that you are like everybody else. There are many things that make you very unique such as your likes and dislikes, your friends, your way of talking and thinking, and especially your genes (lol). But if you feel as if you were falling into the doom of a cliche lifestyle, just read a little more and you will know how to become a little bit more unique than yesterday.

The easiest way to become a little bit more different than everybody else is to break out of your comfort zone and try new things! Here are some examples that I came up with:

1. Start a new hobby

-photography

-collect stuff

-cook

-sing and dance

2. Dress up like you want to dress up.

    Don't be shy, everyone has their inner weird fashion waiting to come out.

3. Make your own clothes

    For me, making my own clothes has been very fun and rewarding; I have created pieces that I love and have worn many times. This obviously takes time an practice to perfect, but it's totally worth it.

4. Play with different colors and shades of makeup

    Try: Limecrime.com, EyeCandyCosmetics.com, UrbanOutfitters.com, MacCosmetics.com

5. Dye Your Hair

    Red Hair: hereeee

    Green Hair Inspo: click here!

    Purple Hair Inspo: click here!

    Blue Hair Inspo: click heree

    Ombre: click here for inspiration

6. Learn a new language

7. Lick Your Elbow

   C'mon try it...

Okay so I ran out of ideas, but you get me, just try new things and don't be afraid to do so. Just be yourself and don't be scared to do what you want to do because you may end up regretting it. Just free yourself from... well yourself because sometimes we tend to be the only ones holding ourselves back from doing things. 

Hope you found this helpful and inspirational, please comment down below what you have done or plan to do to become more unique! Thank you for reading. Also if you have any blog post ideas that you would like me to write about, feel free to comment down below. Thank you!

Mayu Girl

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How to make a Layered Smoothie or Milkshake

This was my first attempt doing a layers smoothie, and it actually came out pretty good. I didn't use any recipe or anything, I just went with my instincts and hoped for the best. But I will list everything that I used and how I did it. 

Ingredients: 

1 cup of soymilk

1/2 cup of plain oats

1/2 banana 

4 strawberries

1 tbsp honey or sugar (optional)

Steps: 

1. Blend half a cup of milk, oats, and banana. (Pineapple is optional for color)

2. Pour everything in cup or jar. 

3. Blend the rest of the milk, oats, and strawberries. (Beet is optional for color)

4. Pour on top of banana milkshake. 

5. Decorate with a strawberry. 

Don't worry about how the milkshake will taste with the beet because you cannot even tanste it since you only need a small piece of it to give a lot of color (they are really pigmented and stain a lot!). 

I hope you enjoyed my original recipe for making a layered smoothie or milkshake. If you make one, please tag me and/or hashtag #mayugirl so that I can see how yours came out!

 Love, Mayu Girl

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Choose the Best Prom Dress For You!

1. COLOR

a) Compliment your skin tone:

• If you have light skin: go for silver, violet, ivory, aqua, or peach. 

• If you have medium skin: go for purple, pink, red, navy, or green. 

• If you have dark skin: go for turquoise, orange, blue, fuchsia, golden, or forest. 

b) It has to be different from your hair color (if you plan on having your hair down it will look too much of the same color) 

2. LENGTH

•If you are short: go for long dresses that will give the illusion of longer legs. 

•If you are tall: go for high low dresses that will compliment your height.

3. DECOR

• Small back or shoulders: choose decor on the straps, back, or shoulders. 

• Wide back or shoulders: choose decor at the waist or bottom to give a proportionate look. 

• Small bust: Decor on top. 

• Large bust: Decor at waist or bottom. 

4. STRAPS!

If you ar planning on wearing a strapless dress, make shure that it doesnt slide down by jumping and walking around the dressing room. 

5. COMFORT

• Pick a dress that best suits your body, that you like, and that you feel most comfortable in because all these aspects will affect your confidence level. 

I hope that you find these tips helpful. The most important thing is that you enjoy youself and choose something that you really like, and feel beautiful and confident in!

Thank you for reading! With much live, MayuGirl

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Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you have a beautiful day today. It doesn't matter if you don't have a boyfriend or a girlfriend or even a crush. Celebrate this day with the people you love and appreciate; like your friends and family. I love exchanging little thoughtful presents with my friends; it just makes my day ten times better. 

Finally, Happy Valentine's Day!!❤️

Xoxo, Mayu Girl

Unique Foods in Japan!

Sweet Beans with Mochi

Rose Petal Sponge Cake

Last Soba of the year

 

I just wanted to share some of the things that I ate in Japan that are quite different from Western foods. Some of them I had already tried before but others I found quite new. One of the things that I liked the most was the Spaghetti with the Squid Ink Sauce. It was really really good! The one that I least enjoyed was the Vegetable Yakult because it gave me a horrible stomach ache right on New Year's Eve :'( That is the only reason I had to eat my "Last Soba of the Year" after New Year's... Oh well at least I started off the year with a fixed stomach (although I ended 2013 with a horrible stomach ache...)

 

 

 

I really enjoyed my trip to Japan and I can't wait to go back again.

With much love, Mayu

 

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Panera Bread For The First Time

Black Bean Soup in a Bread Bowl

Okay so I have to admit, this may not seem as the most appetizing meal, but honestly it was really good. And yes, this was the first time that I ate at  +panerabread  . And I have to say that I loved it.

 

I didn't know that Panera baked their own bread right there (I thought that was pretty cool). I think that it is a  nice place to chill out with friends and family and have a pretty nice lunch or brunch or whatever you want. 

So if you haven't been to Panera, you should definitely try it out because their bread is awesome and they have a lot of different varieties that you can order from: sandwiches, soups and salads. 

Thank you for reading! Hope you have a nice day. Xoxo

- MayuGirl 

 

 

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You Will Never Be Lovelier Than You Are Now

We all have those rough days where we feel that we want to give up and break apart. Why do we have to suffer so much? Why do we have to feel like everything is over for us? Why do we have to go through so much? 

We have those days to open our eyes, to wake us up from the thought that everything will last forever. To remind us that what we have; whatever makes us happy, isn't going to be there forever. They are there to remind us that we have to appreciate every second of our lives; including people, nature and ourselves. 

Sometimes people forget that this life is borrowed. We don't have the luxury to live forever. But we do have the luxury to treasure all those memories, smile and know that they will stay in your heart and know that you can be happy again. Because that's the point of living.

 

Seek to be happy each and every day, appreciate those little things, and know that you can be happy, because happiness is a choice after all.

 

"The gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again."

- Achilles from the movie Troy. 

 

 

Outfit:

Cardigan - Forever 21

Dress - Sheinside.com

Earrings - Ebay.com

Lipstick- Wet n Wild

 

Things to do on an Airplane

Outfit: Top&Shorts - Original by Mayu Girl

Two weeks ago, I sat on an airplane for thirteen hours! So here are some tips to helped me from dying of boredom and a flat butt.

The first thing that came to my mind was to socialize with this guy that was sitting two seats next to me. We were lucky because we had an empty seat between us so we had some extra space. We talked about a lot of different things. It was pretty fun to get out of my comfort zone and speak to strangers, lol. 

After that, I thought that I would watch a movie, but I discovered that for some reason the economy class had to purchase the earphones for two bucks. Unfortunately, I did not bring my own earphones and I did not want give up 2 bucks for some earphones that wouldn't even last me for a day. So I watched two tv shows and three movies without audio. That was pretty fun... 

Then during lunch, I ate as slow as I could to waste some time, I drank a lot of water, which made me go to the bathroom about five times.

After that, I think I just went to sleep. Oh wait no, I did some of my homework. But that doesn't count because it wasn't fun. 

That is it for today's story, I will be posting lookbooks in the future because I just got loads of clothes in my mail and I am pretty excited to show them to you, yay. 

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Halloween Costume List

So I'm just going to list some of the best costumes I think there are for this Halloween. You can use this list if you are still not sure about what you are going to dress up as on Halloween. If you click on the name, I will have it linked to a webpage to show you how the costume looks. I've always wanted to create my own costume but I am still in the process on learning how to use my sewing machine so I guess this year won't be that year, lol.

1.  Monster's University Sulley for Women
2. Scaryy D:  > White Nun
3. Where's Wenda?
4. Grease Bad Sandy
5. Harley Quinn
6. My fave > Giggles Clown
7. Olive Oyl
8. Neytiri Avatar
9. Sassy Jasmine
10. Super Nova

Okay that's it for now. I wanted to list more but I have been very busy with school work and other stuff, but I hope this can help you decide what to wear on Halloween! I won't be able to post for two weeks from now. But when I get back I promise I'll post DIY's, Look books, and other fun stuff

Perfect Imperfections

 I was reading a magazine, I do not remember if it was either Glamour, In Style, or Vogue, but I read an article-slash-interview of the actress that's on that movie, you know... Okay I forgot her name, but I'll look it up later.

The point is that she said something that was really beautiful. She said that the thing that she loved most about people was their imperfections. I had never thought about it that way. I had always thought that you should accept people and love them despite of their imperfections; but she is saying that you should love what is unusual of a person, their so called imperfections. I think it is beautiful to think that you can love someones distinct characteristics. Say for example that you have a friend that is really clumsy, you could accept them the way they are, but it would be so much better if you loved their clumsy personality because he or she is fun to hang out with and laugh together.

I think that everyone should stop considering imperfections as a flaw, but rather a characteristic that will make you more lovable, perfect, and unforgettable. It is really important to realize that those little imperfections makes up the person that makes you laugh, makes you have a great time, and feel happy. So why not love that their little lovely scar.

"Flaws are my favorite part of people usually. There's nothing I love more than a good facial scar." Emma Stone (Glamour Magazine - October 2013)

Outfit:

 Top: Charlotte Russe

Skirt: Pacsun

Necklace: Shimmer

Earrings: Shimmer

Lipstick: Wet n Wild

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10 Commandments For This Fall

1. You shall get cutout boots.

2. No excuses, long sleeve denim shirts.

3.  Printed leggings as well.

4. Exercise for turkey time! (and pecan pies)

5. Start saving for fall/winter clothes.

6. You shall get fall scented moisturizers.

7. You must take your booties out of your closet.

8. Go shopping if you lack one of the above mentioned products.

9. Must watch:

    a) Insidious Chapter 2 (Terror) - September 14

    b) Prisoners (Thriller) - September 20
        My love Jake Gyllenhaal in in this movie <3

    c) Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Comedy)- September 27

    d) About Time (Romance) - November 1

    e) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Action)- November 22

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Reunited with my Bestie

I cannot recall the last time I saw this girl, but it feels like it's been soo long. We used to be together all the time; we used to be some craaaaay cray brats. I am so glad that we finally had the chance to get together and remember all those fun times. You'd think that we've changed a lot, but honestly, I felt that we were the same people as before. I love this girl to death, and I pray to the friendship gods to keep us in touch.

XOXO, Mayu Girl

My Outfit:
Dress: SheInside
Litas: Glaze
Necklace: Shimmer

Karla's Outfit:
Top: Zara
Shorts: TJ Maxx

Flats: Forever 21
Necklace: Local Boutique
Shades: Ray Ban

10 Things I'd do if I were a Guy

1. I would eat bacon all day, every day. 

2. I would try to be like Robert Downey Jr. 

3. I would comb my hair like John Travolta.  

4. I would become a professional sumo.

5. I would shave my hair on the sides and have the rest in the shape of a chameleon. 

6. I would wear pink snapbacks. 

7.  I would NEVER grow a three-hair-wannabe mustache/beard.

8. I would learn how to skateboard. 

9. I would teach my dog how to skateboard. 

10. I would name my dog Bacon.

My Back to School Essentials

 Just wanted to share some of the things I got for school. I've never been an organized person, to be honest, so when I got this little pencil holder, it was like the best thing I have ever purchased in my life. I've always had my pens and pencils lying around everywhere and most of them didn't even work. The amazing part of this is that that little basket was only a buck and it's pretty friggin amazing. 

I also covered my composition notebooks, and they came out pretty good. I used cut outs from Seventeen's June/May issue where Lucy Hale was in the cover. By the way, I am really mad at Seventeen Magazine because they sent me my last issue this past week and they said that I had to renew my subscription, but like a few months ago, I paid my subscription. So I emailed them and they were like 'oh we didn't receive your money, so if you don't renew your subscription you won't get next month's issue, sorry' And I'm like ... :'( So yeah I guess I'm never going to renew my subscription with Seventeen because I don't want to lose my money like that again :(  The good thing is that I'm subscripted to other magazines that are supposed to come at any time in the mail now... 

So that's it for my back to school essentials. I know it may be a little early for some people, but I start school next week that's why I'm posting this. I hope you liked it, and have a nice summer! xoxo 

I'm not really excited to go back to school.

My Weekend at the Adoption Center

This weekend I had an orientation and training at an adoption center. It was very sad to see all those animals caged because they were probably abandoned or given up by their owners. I don't know if this sounds ridiculous or not but I felt like crying once I saw all those dogs barking, wanting to get out and play so desperately. It is unfair that just because their owners are irresponsible, they'll have to get caged, scared, and stressed because they don't know what's happening. 

So if you want a dog or a cat, you should definitely consider adopting. Just because they were once abandoned doesn't mean they are bad dogs. If they were bad, they wouldn't be in adoption in the first place. It is more likely that the owner was not responsible enough to commit to take care of their pet. So yeah, adopt and be committed because those animals don't have the fault of anything and they are there to be loved and cared for. 

Check this website:
http://www.petfinder.com/

Just Keep Swimming

Talia Joy is such a strong girl, and a great role model for so many people going through tough situations. I admire her so much because she is such a strong girl living positively everyday making videos and other things that make her happy; she inspires so many people to live and enjoy life. I think that sometimes people don't realize that there is so much more to life than just problems. Life is full of beautiful things; the purpose of life is to seek for those little things that make you happy, learn from all of your mistakes, grow, and 'just keep swimming'.

Life Decisions - Choosing Wisely

Every once in awhile, we have to deal with really tough decisions. Such as, choosing a college, a place to live, whom to live with, or whether or not to give everything you have to someone special.

Recently I have bumped into a similar case where I had to choose between two things that were not easy to give up. I wanted them both badly, it was like choosing between chocolate and marshmallows, or shoes and clothes... It seemed impossible for me to come to a decision. So I thought that talking to someone would help me out; and it did. I discovered that I was scared that people would get mad at me, or that I would be pressured by people to do what they wanted me to do. But truth was that I needed to care more about what made me happy and what made me feel more fulfilled. I understood that I was grabbing onto one option because of the fact that I was scared about people's reaction, and I was letting loose the one that I honestly wanted because I thought that if i let go of it, people would support me more. Once I figured this out, I chose the option that truly made me happy. 

Sometimes when you have to make decisions, you may get scared about whether or not it will be a good decision, or if you will regret it. But when it comes to deciding between things that will both make you happy, either way, there is never a wrong path or incorrect decision. If you are confused because you are scared or insecure, speak it out. It helps to figure out why you feel like this. Sometimes you really need to blurt out what you have inside and figure out what it is that is stopping you from making a decision. Also remind yourself that you will always receive support from people who truly matter and care for you and your happiness. Don't mind about those who don't matter. 
"Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
(Bernard Baruch)

So remember, if you bump into a really tough decision:
1. Talk to someone about it.
2. Put yourself first.
3. Figure out which decision will make YOU happier.

Extra tip: Imagine yourself taking one or the other and see which one you picture yourself happiest and without regrets.

Love, Mayu

Love youself

Every person is beautiful in their own unique way. No matter size, ethnicity, looks, or any other characteristic; you are perfect and no one but you can decide if you will feel beautiful, attractive, or satisfied about youself. 

from the movie "Little Miss Sunshine"

I think that the most important thing is to love yourself, mainly because you are going to have to deal with yourself your whole life. Honestly, if you think you are not enough or if you feel that you are not something that you would want to be, you are just making your life harder because instead of showing off your qualities, you are making yourself believe that your imperfections are bigger than what they are. 

Enjoy youself, be you, don't let your insecurities tear you down because God gave you a perfect mind and body. Work with it and shine from within, because beauty cannot be shown if you don't believe you are beautiful. 

XOXO, Mayu

Your room represents your life.

I have been told so many times that depending on the cleanliness of my bedroom is how much order there is to my life. I haven't really cared about this, since forever, but today I finished tiding up my bedroom, organizing my stuff, and throwing away things I don't really need. After I finished today, I realized that the main reason I wanted to do this is because I felt the need to change. Change my habits; start being more productive, more happy about life. And this definitely gave me a head starter. Now that I go in my room I feel so much more relaxed and happy because it looks better and it makes me feel calm and at ease because I can now relax knowing that I have everything organized and cleaned out. My room may not directly represent my life, but it definitely affects my mood. I hope I can keep my room like this for a while because I am really enjoying it x)!