Of Video Games

I have been longing to post this! I looove video games, especially Japanese RPGs (and I'm posting this in hope of finding people with same interest). I grew up watching my brothers playing games, it looked so fun and there was no way for me not to want to try out playing them myself. Video games have always been a huge part of my childhood! I often had dreams where I turned to be the protagonist of my favorite game titles from my childhood (spoiler : one of them is me as Suikoden IV's Prince, being chased around by a dog ghost), this usually made me pick up the game again and have another playthrough.

Now we have next-gen consoles, I sacrificed my pocket money to obtain some new titles that keep coming out. These are some of my favorite titles!

Left to right : Final Fantasy XIII, Star Ocean: The Last Hope International, Tales of Xillia, Tales of Graces F, Eternal Sonata, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Devil Survivor 2, Nintendogs + cats: Golden Retriever & Friends.

The winner, Star Ocean 4!! I purchased it as soon as it was released, even when my PS3 was still on its way to my house. My all-time favorite game is still Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time though.

Notice anything saddening (at least to me)? Well, my SO4 box is clearly ruined there! You can see the corner of the cover art ripped and it looks like it's soaked. Normally I store my games in my room, but one day I forgot, I left it in the living room and the next day I found it it was soaked and sticky like someone spilled tea on it. It made me really upset, I couldn't find the culprit to put the blame on either.

I still prefer SO3 to this game, but SO4 is such an eye-candy, the graphic is awesome, Katsumi Enami made lovely character designs, the dungeons and the bosses are crazy as always, but the poor character development and the stupid AIs disappoint me.

Noooow, this game.

Tales of Xillia Japanese version which I treasure, this game is a present from my friend. There is only one thing that I regret, I beat the game yet I didn't understand the whole story. I'm only capable of reading hiragana, katakana, and few basic kanji. They only let you read item names, shops, characters' name and stuff. I enjoyed playing but heck, I didn't even know what was going on all along.

I bought Theatrhythm Final Fantasy when I was at Montpellier. I was looking for it everywhere. When I found it, there was only one available and it was a great deal, second-handed in perfect condition! It had warranty for six months too! I love game stores in France.

Actually I'm not going to talk about the Nintendogs, I don't even know why I included it in the photo. Yeah.

Nintendogs has--adorable fluffy dogs! Overall, it's a boring game. Well, at least it was entertaining for my mom and my brother to see me yelling out commands at my virtual dog.

And the game I have been playing recently is----

Fire Emblem: Awakening!

I never picked the Fire Emblem series before Awakening, I have heard them but never actually played one. Not to mention that tactical thing is definitely not my forte. Awakening got me.

This guy got me too.

It's a must-play. I struggled to choose between this game and Animal Crossing when browsing in the shop at Montpellier, in the end I went with Animal Crossing because it was the hype at that time.

My kind friend is lending her FE:A copy to me and I'm borrowing my boyfriend's console (because mine is Europe region, curse stupid region lock). These past days I can be found snuggling in my bed, making gross expressions and fangirling noises before a 3DS screen, trying to marry off the cute boys.

Without doubt, this game goes to my list of favorite games. It's been a long time since last time I really got into a game.

After finishing FE:A, my next target is----

Bravely Default! Another must-play game. I'm saving up for this game, I know it's going to be worth-it.

Lastly, Danbo says have a good day! (Another present from my friend--God, they shower me with presents!)

Brb getting married.

Etude House Drawing Eyebrow AD

Why is there no 'review' in the post title? Because I planned to review it but before I could, it broke. Again.

Before I continue with my review, I would like to say HI HELLO HI HI how did your Valentine's Day go? I hope you all had a good time! I spent mine at my friend's place, we wanted to bake chocolate cheesecake but we were running out of milk. Eventually, we just looked for cute gift box printables and ta-dah!

Looks very nice, right? I was kind of disappointed that we couldn't make the chocolate cheesecake (I really wanted some for myself too! Well, it's cheesecake), but that's fine!

Now, about the product on the title!

The first time I purchased it, it broke because of my own fault, I twisted it the wrong way, so I made another purchase. And this time, I didn't even do anything but when I wanted to use it it just wouldn't budge as if I twisted it wrong again. But noooo, I haven't even done anything, I just removed the cap and twisted it--correctly (I have learned my lesson). No one borrowed my makeup so did it just--break on his own?

That's it, Etude House, I'm never going to buy any of your product again. Sure, Etude House's products are cute, adorable, affordable and all but I have always thought that the quality is so-so.

NOW I DON'T HAVE EYEBROWS.

I mean they are visible but not thick enough.

It's broken and I can't do swatch or anything but I'm going to do a short review anyway.

Etude House Drawing Eyebrow AD comes in six shades; #1 Dark Brown, #2 Grey Brown, 3# Brown, #4 Dark Grey, 5# Grey, and #6 Black. Mine is #5 Gray, because my hair color is black. Pick one shade lighter than your hair color for your eyebrows so it will not appear too harsh on you.

The pencil is replaceable, when you are running out of it you can buy a box of the refill. I can't find any seller that sells the refill box in my area though. The color itself is sheer and buildable, which is good because I don't want to overdo it. I just need my eyebrows to appear thick enough but not really obvious that I draw my eyebrows.

I hate sharpening and this one is an automatic pencil with triangle shape, also comes with a spoolie brush to comb the hair and soften your strokes. The spoolie is a huge help, I can just draw it messily and it will still turn out nice after being combed with the spoolie (I comb my eyebrows before and after), perfect for *cough* us students who often wake up late and do a little bit of makeup in a rush.

Unfortunately, it doesn't last long. Just few hours and it will disappear. This made me consider whether I should switch for other eyebrow pencil (it didn't wait long though, it broke on me).

Price :
Rp 36.000,- (around $3)

Where to buy :
I bought mine from Chic Princessa.

What I dislike :

• Doesn't last long.
• Breaks easily.

 What I like :

• Cheap.
• Automatic triangle-shaped pencil.
• Comes with a useful spoolie.

Repurchase? No.

I'm thinking of getting NYX Eyebrow Cake Powder, tell me if you have any (inexpensive) brow kit or bow pencil recommendation!