xoxo Arika ♥

xoxo Arika ♥

the NYE dress!!!!! xo

Rewind back to NYE, I wanted to recap on my vegas trip! I was so so excited for New Years 2010 mostly because of my fabulous outfit, and of course moving onto a brand new year! And…so far, 2010 has been phenomenal! My dress that I wore on NYE was designed by Tom Ruemmele and it was a white satin organza tutu dress. Here’s his facebook link if you want him to make you a dress. I loved it so much and I got so many compliments on it. Tom Ruemmele’s Facebook

We left LA on the 30th of December and got there at like 6am, most of my friends fell asleep but my two friends Vicky & Tokee decided they wanted to go out, so I put on a little makeup and we went out!

Pic from my Blackberry so so tireddddd!!

After a little bit of sleep I slipped on my White Satin Organza Tutu Dress designed by Tom Ruemmele and headed out to XS! xo

We went to XS to celebrate our NYE and here is the group photo with the girls! xo

Another group photo!

Met a cute girl named Erica, told me she recognized me. I was so stoked and she was so so sweet xo

yayyyy we are finally ready here!

The next night on January 1st 2010 we decided to check out the new club Vanity at the Hard Rock Hotel. The Hard Rock built a new tower and the club was built there.

The VIP host, the manager, the cocktail waitress, and everyone told us that we had to check out the bathroom, so we did and it was gorgeous! I guess the whole theme of "Vanity" is shown throughout the entire club, and especially the bathroom. The mirrors went all the way to the top of the high-vaulted ceilings and there were tons of vanity mirrors and little dressers for girls to get ready and touch up our makeup!

they had mini screens in there too, HUGE!

Vegas clubs are always so elaborate, loves it. My trip was amazinnnngggg! Can’t wait til I go back to vegas with the BFFs, will be updating very soon with that. We are going the weekend of January 29-31st. it’ll be amazing!!

xoxo Arika ♥

xoxo Arika ♥

So there were so many problems going on with BBM 5.0 for everyone, especially when it was at its BETA version. Photos sent via BBM had to be cropped and saved before it was sent out and BBMs weren’t being delivered immediately. Once the official BBM 5.0 was released photos didn’t need to be cropped and saved but photos needed to be downloaded onto the phone which took longer to transfer than the older BBM, so annoying for the BBM user because we need to see the picture, like NOW. The only thing really “different” about BBM 5.0 is the way it looks, the barcode, how you can register your e-mail and back-up your BBM friends, your default photo, and your emoticons or happy face symbols and emotions.
HUGE problem with BBM 5.0 Status updates which I realized recently is that if you have more than 99 friends, your status updates super late.
My friends on bbm kept saying,
“aww, you’re still sick?”
I responded with, “No, I’m not sick at all.”
He says “But your status says so!”
I thought I updated it a long time ago with “@the gym” or “shopping w my girlies” but BBM 5.0 doesn’t update your status if you have more than 100 friends. Super lame. No matter how much you upgrade your BBM 5.0 version to the latest version and update your software, it does not update. RIM needs to do something about this ASAP, because status updates is how you broadcast to your BBM pals where you are and what you’re doing. Blackberry dependent people would be so stoked if this was fixed. Thanks RIM!
xoxo Arika ♥

Help OC Kids! Gifts of Love 2008 Happiness Project! sign up now!

Every Thanksgiving I realize that I take many things for granted and I truly should be grateful for all of the amazing benefits that come in my life. Especially the people who have raised me, my mother, my father, my older brother, my extended family, my grandparents, and my friends which are also just like family to me.
It’s hard to always be appreciative to those who are immediately around me because “they are always there” but really, they may one day not be there.

Every year during high school, I would go to the L.A. Convention center on Thanksgiving to serve the homeless a Thanksgiving dinner. I haven’t gone lately but I remember they were so happy to have us give them a warm home cooked traditional Thanksgiving meal served by teenagers.

Last year, I was a part of Orange County’s Gifts of Love 2008: The Happiness Project which is a non-profit organization who helps homeless kids in orange county. I helped make crafts, ride the carousel, took pictures with Santa, and gave the children Christmas gifts! This year it is on Friday Dec 4th, so if you want to sign up you can here. Gifts of Love 2009

It was such a great feeling to make all of these underprivileged people smile and enjoy their holidays.

Sometimes we get angry, upset, want to blame other factors in life on why our life isn’t “perfect” but if you take a step away from the situation, we are just putting negativity upon ourselves, when we should be thankful of what we already have. Our health, food, shelter, our families and all the wonderful loving people around you who love you and would do anything for you – anyone would die to have that! Every individual has a negative side to them, and we battle with it everyday. I know it’s hard, but if you are truly grateful for all of your benefits and amazing things that are in your life, you will always side with the positive and lead a positive life. Look into yourself, be thankful you are alive and what you could offer to the world, because you are amazing and gifted and are capable of absolutely anything! Ok I totally went off tangent trying to talk about Thanksgiving and went on some motivational speech. But seriously, if you are reading this blog, have internet access or reading it from your smartphone or iphone, you got it good! Face it, you’re life is fabulous. I know its annoying, but be thankful for what you have, and you’ll be happier than ever. Be good to those around you, especially those who you don’t thank enough!
Love you guys!

Yes, his performance was definitely a controversial one. From an entertainment perspective, it was really hot, scandalous, and definitely represented “Glambert’s” brand and attracted massive media attention (but that’s the point). However, for Middle-America I’m sure it was extreme. But really, its 2009. The old school conservative days are over. Tweens these days talk about being “DTF” because that’s just what they say to each other. Yes, sometimes I wish we can be a bit more tame but the media exposure have changed our realities. I believe that it was definitely a performance where Adam blatantly showed his sexual orientation. However, every entertainer shows exaggeration, and working with him for an entire 15 hour day at a shoot, there is a huge team behind adam, fixing his hair, picking his Rock-star outfits and blinging him out. It is more of an image that his team has created and a brand. Sure, it’s him, but it is also something he has to do as an entertainer. But I love that he is proud to do it.

here’s his video since it came out today!!

find meee, i wore a bird on my head hahahaha
xoxo Arika ♥

Paris & I at her Celebrity Styler & Ultimate Brush Launch Party November 17th, 2009 @ Thompson Hotel Rooftop xo

Last night was the launch party of Paris Hilton and Hair Tech’s Celebrity Styler which is an amazing curler, flat-iron, brush-in-one, and also the launch of her Ultimate Brush. Nicole White and I attended the event together along with Stephen Hampton, Onch Movement, and Kaitlin Cassidy from BFF and we all got to walk the pink carpet with Paris. The event took place at the rooftop of the Thompson Hotel so I was so glad I was well prepared and brought my fur jacket! And for all of you guys who are against real fur, it was a faux fur jacket, I’d never be a sponsor in killing an animal. So don’t freak out!!! We were each allowed to bring a plus 1 but I decided not to bring anyone this time because it was a more of an intimate get together, not a party where you rage and bring randoms. The party was beautifully decorated by Christina of Hair Tech, who was such a sweetheart and I am so glad I met her. Her twitter handle is @ProductsbyParis, so follow her! There were banners with Paris’s products and ads, and the bar had Paris’ pictures on them, which were amazing. I loved the lily pads in the pool and the cabanas each had huge screens in them and there was one huge theatre size movie screen so everyone got to see her commercial! Best of all, Paris flew out 3 of her huge fans that entered the Celebrity Styler contest. One huge Paris Hilton fan, Kassidy who is 17 was so sweet too! He had sent Paris a video of how much he loves her and he got flown out from Arizona with his family! I had talked to him on twitter before so I was so glad I met him in real life! Right before we left, we all got swag bags of Paris’ products, and I definitely can’t wait to try them out! party was HUGE!

Afterwards Nicole & I went to MI-6 in West Hollywood to do a little after-partying, and we danced on tables! That’s about it! TTYS

all of us!

Nicole Marie & I on Pink Carpet for Paris' Celebrity Styler Event

Jesse from Life Rolls On =) xoxo

xoxo Arika ♥