interesting thought. n a msg to someone..

Correct me if I'm wrong, but most guys seem to start having that bodily alarm to procreate when they're about to reach 30. I hear guys here (Aus) are like that. Well, at least they wouldn't consider it when they're younger. And guys back in SG too? At least those who are currently in the 28-32 age range.. I think?

Gege recently tweeted that her ex-classmate got married. That'd make him.. 22? 23 at most? Very young indeed. And i have a few 23-24 yo friends who are getting married/ are married, and some with kids! This is not the case for my older friends at 28-32.. I believe this is the cohort effect we learnt last semester in IDH (sth like psych)... every batch/ generational range/ cohort basically, will experience similar things, e.g. influence in tastes due to events that occur, stuff they were exposed to..etc. Obviously, this "batch" is not fixed in stone, where you fall into depends on your company and environment as well.

so anyways, back to my point. I think, from my own tiny sample grp and questionable observation skills, the late 70s - early80s babies seem to be the ones marrying late and hence having kids much later as well. the early-mid80s are bucking that trend and starting families early. Not sure about us late 80s yet, i think half-half? So when I thought from the kids' point of view, I realise that at every year, the parents of these kids would all be either really young or really old, with just a handful who lie between. If you asked around right now, most parents of your friends would probably be about the same age as your own, especially if you're the same ranking with ur siblings (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd..etc child.). So having this parental age gap, i'm pretty sure that'd also change how each kid experiences his/her childhood... also thus moulding different character and traits. (older parents may stay at home more, kids are less exposed to outdoors or less active or less social?) My dad said himself that having kids young is good cos you'll still have the energy to play with them, run around, bring them out and all that.  He was admittedly not THAT young when he had me, but good thing he was still pretty active..

Just thought it was interesting how the younger people (23-25yo) I know back home have seem to just surpassed their seniors (28-30) in terms of a stage in life, perhaps a lesson in maturity too? The young ones are the one who are already married, and are parents. They've got more responsibility now, but that means they'd not have to slog till such an old age. They've also been elevated to become an "older" batch, as parents of the 2000's kids. Whereas the older ones would be parents of 2010's kids. lol. Kinda weird to me.
How do the older ones feel looking at the young ones with families of their own? o.O shrugs!

All that blabbering done though, I don't know where I stand. My initial plans was to start a family young, having a small age gap with kids seem to mean being closer to them? Ehh... but I don't think that's gonna happen now lol ^^* What with me being here in Aus... when I eventually get back, I think eventually I'd be 30 within the blink of an eye and still single and no kids and shit. by then i'd be too "bahh" to be bothered to even "search" anymore. haha. life's choices and their effects. fun.

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Dear Boo,

I read the latest msg u left me, happy you're doing well and picking up from the start. I think that'd do you lots of good. Although it's almost time to make those big decisions, just wondering if you've made yours? No longer in a position to really probe, and I don't really want to.. sadly.

Anyway, I read the lyrics you helped co-wrote recently. They're nice, touching.. and true? Very nice display of linguistic prowess as well. I just gotta smile and think about the fond memories each time I hear from you, yet know truly that I don't feel the same anymore. I realise I just changed almost overnight. Yet another song I thought would suit what I feel..

No Surprise - Daughtry
I've practiced this for hours, gone round and round

And now I think that I've got it all down
And as I say it louder I love how it sounds
Cause I'm not taking the easy way out
Not wrapping this in ribbons
Shouldn't have to give a reason why

It's no surprise I won't be here tomorrow
I can't believe that I stayed till today
Yeah you and I will be a tough act to follow
But I know in time we'll find this was no surprise

It came out like a river once I let it out
When I thought that I wouldn't know how
Held onto it forever just pushing it down
Felt so good to let go of it now
Not wrapping this in ribbons
Shouldn't have to give a reason why

It's no surprise I won't be here tomorrow
I can't believe that I stayed till today
There's nothing here in this heart left to borrow
There's nothing here in this soul left to say
Don't be surprised when we hate this tomorrow
God know we tried to find an easier way
Yeah you and I will be a tough act to follow
But I know in time we'll find this was no surprise

Our favorite place we used to go
The warm embrace that no one knows
The loving look that's left your eyes
That's why this comes as no, as no surprise

If I could see the future and how this plays out
I bet it's better than where we are now
But after going through this, it's easier to see the reason why

It's no surprise I won't be here tomorrow
I can't believe that I stayed till today
Yeah you and I will be a tough act to follow
But I know in time we'll find this was no surprise

The kiss goodnight, it comes with me
Both wrong and right, our memories
The whispering before we sleep, just one more thing that you can't keep
Our favorite place we used to go
The warm embrace that no one knows
The loving look that's left your eyes
But I know in time we'll find this was no surprise

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I always find the songs I choose to describe us now are quite.. cold. And i think this song is best, cos indeed it was surprising then. Maybe even a little for myself. But u know.. it wouldn't have lasted after all that happened.. But I have to admit, these songs never give you enough credit. Despite all the hurt at the end, we did have wonderful times. Perhaps you're also the only one who has ever loved me... You respected me too.. and cherished me.. at some point at least. I gotta thank you. I guess at least with you, I can say I've never felt like I'm being played...
Well, I guess if i'm really being played now, it's really my just desert? haha.
 
Wishing only the best for you...
daph

A smashing start to holidays.

And so the holidays started... Saturday was a smashing opening I suppose :P Me, Ana and Amanda went to the city to get our fix of Harajuku crepes. Yummy!! Then we shopped around and finally had dinner. Let's do the chronological thing!

Me on the bus..

Happy just listening to my music with my pretty earphones :P

Really in a mood to camwhore. These lenses are Geo Angel Blues (if anyone's curious..)

First stop, melbourne central... and it was almost straight to Harajuku crepes! We were soo hungry, haven't had our lunch. Their menu was so drool-worthy that we sat inside and had 2 each! It was also raining and freezing outside, so we hardly wanted to leave!! I had the chicken pizza crepe (savoury) and the Cold Custard and ice cream crepe (cold). Besides the savoury and cold crepes, there are also hot sweet ones and deluxe (think cheesecakes/brownies stuffed inside) ones!

Us happily having our crepes!

My chicken pizza crepe

Cold custard and ice cream crepe

After crepe lunch, we went off to shop around melbourne central. then went to little bourke to find a crumpler specialty shop, where Amanda bought a bag for her bro. I never really took to Crumplers, what with almost every other person donning one back home. But I saw this photo album sititng at the counter and flipped through it... some super cool designs there! The sales guy then told me they were custom made!! That really interested me, gee!! If i ever got a crumpler, I'd definitely get one that is unique to myself. Preferably designed by me too.. ooh yay! The guy gave us a tiny box of crumpler matches before we left, really really tiny! (length's about the diameter of 10c in SG and 5c in AUS) But they work, and we were warned not to burn ourselves lol. cute!

Continued wandering, walking.. and went into Target. We kinda went into a swimsuit frenzy, those at ripcurl, billabong and sea folly were too exp. Haha. The designs were not as nice, but more budget-friendly of course. And I really just wanted practical swimsuit for me to swim in.. figured I wanna swim too!(on top of gym) :D Got a tankini (like finally!) and swim shorts. The other 2 were way too picky so they didn't manage to get anything. We then headed off towards the restaurant that we thought had hotpot (our initial plans!) to meet with Jeri, Vanessa, Gen, Sharon. Alas, there wasn't hotpot there and we walked off to china town to find and nope, no luck. In the end, we just went into a Chinese restaurant selling Hunan(if i'm not wrong) dishes, it was pretty good :D

After dinner, went off to the Asian mart to do some shopping. Whee, happy!

My haul! Vitasoy, Poifull jellybeans, Amond paste, bean biscuit sticks, Tao Kae Noi seaweed snack and Nissin Instant Ramen. w00t!!

Happy to find all these yummy food that i haven't had in a while. Hope the almond paste is any good.. haha. Bought the vitasoy for the days I can't be bothered to eat Glenn breakfast. Reminds me of the early days at IFP riverwalk where I'll grab vitasoy or milo to drink for breakfast everyday. heh. Also reminds me of gege :D

Oh yes, before I end the part on Saturday,gotta show u the crazy fashion I showed off in the city today. Wore my bambi tunic as seen in above photos with ... GOLD LEGGINGS!

Blingbling! Some Asian guys were like staring and pointing on the streets. how rude.

Lol, James saw my tights before I left and was like all "Those are AWESOME TIGHTS!! Never seen anyone wearing golden tights! Where'd u get them? They're golden!!!" Funny as. I thought they actually looked pretty good. So nayy to all u haters.

Yupyup, sunday was a break for me. A bunch of them went to Royal Melbourne show, it's really like a big fun fair with rides and also lots of animals on display.. Too bad I missed it ): What i REALLY missed tho, is the $10 croc deals!! WHAT ON EARTH?! Min bought a pair of crocs slippers(thongs) at just $10!! I rmb gf's croc slippers are so comfy, and I'd have definitely bought them if I saw them. but i didn't go...gah.

And then Monday.. I went to Footscray with Gen, Jerilyn, Rachel, Kerry, Sharon to do rock climbing! w00ts!! I don't have any photos, gotta grab some from the others when they finally upload it lol. (could take a while..) Happy cos I managed to reach one peak at least.  A lot of the walls were so hard! I get stuck halfway and don't know how to get up anymore haha. Managed to get up to certain heights at least. But there were so many walls there, it was fun (:  My forearm is seriously cramping now tho, not fun at all. And apparently I also banged my knees many many times. Resulting in this...

Horrid horrid bruised knees. gah. Check out the left one!

Well, living with the pain right now. Hope it all goes well soon, so i can resume my gym :S Ache ache ache! Also, climbing shoes are such bitches!! I chose to hire them cos they somehow make it easier to climb, compressing the feet and forcing ur toes to point. But it got so bad after climbing a few walls, I thought my 2nd toe on each foot was going to break. I remember thinking "What on earth is a podiatrist like me doing to my own feet?!" Pretty sure it's BAD... no, beyond BAD for the feet. And i was thinking we should totally extend our services to climbing gyms and climbers next time. -nods-

After hours of climbing, went to a Korean-Chinese restaurant on Victoria rd (Haan Guuk Guan). Bbq meat at half price on Mondays!! Super awesome. We ended up with a really cheap meal.. about $8 each for the rest? And $12 for me cos i shared a Dau Bhuk Gee (spicy rice cake) with ana and kerry. still cheap tho, for the amount of food we had. The waiter was seriously impressed, or should i say horrified by how much we could eat. Cos we finished what looked like an over-order. And we also grabbed lots and lots of side dishes (free refills), i won't be surprised if it was like 40+ plates of them.. he thought we wouldn't finish but we did!! he was mumbling "how did u finish?!?" when he collected the plates lol! amazing.. :P

Very satisfying meal, and we all had plans to return, but we're afraid we might be banned :S Ahhh. Korean food FTW! :D I shall leave my Japanese food urge to Singapore. cos i haven't found good ones here yet hah. Shall sign off now~ workworkwork time!

action-packed singapore. geee.

It's F1 Fever in Singapore.. and here I am starting a boooorrrrrinnggg week of hols in melbourne. LOL! I wasn't aware that many stars were in Sg for F1 too!

I knew Lindsay Lohan was gonna be in Singapore, hosting F1 concerts was it? That was thanks to Melv's tweets. And then, I went to look @ LiLo's tweets and realised that Gwen Stefani, Beyonce and Black Eyed Peas were there too!? That's quite a bunch of acts i'd like to catch.. did these things ever happen before I came here? haha. damn!!

I mean, all these acts at once? o.O I'm afraid that perhaps I was just lazy and ill-informed when I WAS actually in Sg? haha. shrugs. I miss Sg.. and all the ppl. but somehow i'm not really in that much of a rush to go back.. Everybody's gonna be gone real soon. Most are leaving shortly after exams. Obviously, I will be delaying since I'm touring Gold coast before coming back... Will miss my Aus friends, my intl friends.. next year will be different yea? i think so.. definitely not the same floormates anymore. As for my intl friends.. hopefully it'll still feel the same when we see each other again.

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Speaking of floormates, my floor's got to be the most exciting ever. After the laundry saga... comes the toilet saga!! *surprise* this one's really EWWWW. and seriously, who the fuck did it?! One of the toilets.. the one closest to the wing entrance.. somebody actually shat (read: shit) on the floor?! like, right next to the toilet bowl in the first cubicle (only 2 cubicles). WTF?!!? yea i saw it. sheesh!! and then, Curt was being all creative and "sealed" the toilet with toilet paper (think a big X)and pasted a sign saying "warning: biohazard" and another saying "Do not enter unless you want to pick shit off the floor" LOL!!! It was further "sealed" entirely with newspapers, but that was torn off by his morning...

It's amazing what happens around here.. and we've been spamming messages on facebook trying to get the culprit to just remove it. but nope.. I just pity the cleaning lady. She must go crazy when she sees it!! Glad this toilet's actually the furthest from me! Phew~

being a fangirl/ holiday plans/ ISA ball/ Wet lab session

Are you a fan of Hugh Jackman? You should be! Haha. Random question, I know.. Min posted a video of Hugh and Daniel (Henney) on a Korean variety show (Gold Miss is coming). It was part 2 of a series of 4 videos, and I went to watch the entire clip, and found part 3 to be my favourite :P

NOT for the faint-hearted obviously, I argued it was crazy to put both Daniel and Hugh in one film, are they trying to make girls hyperventilate?? lol. Anyway, I love this vid because the Korean girl Bong Sun is such a funny character, I love how she dares to put herself out there and you gotta admit, those are some smoooooth dance moves!

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did lol. I also happened to watch Hugh Jackman's opening number when he hosted the Oscars, that was awesome too! How not to love him?! And to think I am now residing in his home country, I can't help but imagine how he must've grown up and the culture he was brought up in. Perhaps Syd and Melb are slightly different, but still, essentially Australian. I can't help but also look around to see if I've missed seeing any potential Hughs around me lol. *shrugs* i'll never know.

Adding to Hugh fangirl mode, I've also been having a bout of beatlemania in my room, watching two of their films "Hard Days Night" and "Help!". Geez. the boys are all really cute. I love Ringo!! Ahem. Their soundtracks are all provided by themselves of course, so I got to hear my songs. Still mostly love songs though, gonna venture into their later works which I read are darker. No surprise, since it should correspond with the dynamics and mood of the band as they matured, especially leading on to their breakup. 

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The draft exam timetable is out, 13th Nov is my last day. that's really early. And Jia's probably coming to visit me. Make that HE IS. unless he procrastinates and somehow is not coming anymore. lol. in which case, he'd get slaughtered by me when i get back to sg. (after all that researching on flights and accomodation in syd and gold coast!!) Yea, he'll probably come a few days after my exams end and we'll be going to Gold coast, sydney and also bring him around Melbourne before heading back home. Need time to pack too.. phew~ what a load of mess in my mind right now. Wanna settle this by tmr, including my flight tix for home and back. This travel snob (me) is gonna fly SQ again. I insist.

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The ISA ball went pretty alright! It was nice to have so many friends together at a ball. As usual, it was fun dressing up and helping others doll up too (: Altho that resulted in quite a mess, since my room was the centre of activity again. XP After loads of dress and shoes-swapping and fitting, we finally decided on our outfits. Helped a few girls with makeup and hair.

The food wasn't fantastic, but the company made up for it. And I managed to get quite a few good pics of myself, happy!

The menu

The best presented dish. Dessert: Chocolate mousse!

5 daph(c) masked ladies. (i.e. masks made by me lol)

Without mask. Rachel, Daphne, Qimin, Ling Chi, Amanda.

Unfortunately we do not have a full table photo.

Qimin and me.

Me and Mandy~

Right, Center, Left. :D Me, Sheng, Ana.

Gf and I~ One of my fav photos!! love!

For more glamorous and gorgeous ppl, please check out my photo album on facebook lol. the link is meant to be public, so tell me if it doesn't work for you.

Lastly, I just gotta be vain and post 2 more photos of myself :P

Towards end of night..

Love my nails and accessories! Like how I put it together? :D

The Anna Sui Rouge Ring is from Mag jie~

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Oh yea, had my first wet lab session yesterday. Meaning seeing cadavers, mostly cut to see the spinal cord. Was a little creepy obviously, it'd be quite scary finding it natural the first time... The smell was alright for me, just.. the idea and the first sight, got me a little wobbly in the legs. We took it slow though, so I did not get to see any heads, I think that'd reallly freak me out, not to mention completely destroying my appetite. In fact, my appetite was slightly disturbed yesterday. Just any form of meat seemed.. too familiar.

Thinking how these people agreed to donate their bodies for the sake of our study like that, that's really quite something. How many people would?! They get my respect, cos what do they get out of it anyway? Rather selfless.. and.. I just feel like we ought to always treat these preserved cadavers with dignity somehow. Alright, better not relive this memory too much before dinner again..

my recent masterpieces.

very proud to present to you all my latest pieces of artwork.. heh. hear hear!! :D

The story starts here... the international student association (ISA) in La Trobe is having a ball this Saturday at the eagle bar. 5-course meal and free flow drinks for $35. And a night of fun with all my international friends! (of course, we'll get to meet new ppl too) But yes, i expect it'll be fun! A whole bunch of us Glennies are going! So, lets take a close look at the ticket..

Doubt you can read the fine words well, but yes.. the last line sums it up, it's a tribal masquerade!! Well, it's not compulsory for tribal, but i think i'll take a stab at being tribal :D and obviously, we need a mask!!

Amanda and I ventured out to Northland 2 days ago to find our mask. But couldn't find one! Well, we found this shop that sold these really elaborate and beautiful masks but they were like.. $30?! It was pretty steep.. Earlier I'd also wanted to get this headband from diva that had feather features, but it was pricey and it dawned on me i could just get a plain headband and DIY myself :P So i said "i wonder if we can get feathers..." And amanda had a brilliant idea that there was a craft shop nearby. We hopped in and there were packs of turkey feathers lol. and lots of crafty stuff.. so we bought our materials..

All the materials used.

The plain mask, most important.

Coloured honeycomb mesh (suggested by Amanda, which was totally inspiring!) and tape.

Red, gold, silver round sequins and silver diamond sequins!

Turkey feathers in white, pen knife, scissors and craft glue.

I somehow could imagine what colours to use.. but no concrete plans. The colours and style is very me. a bit bling and glam lol :P I'm so happy with how they turned out, just let the creative juices flow... impressed! wahaha. Well, my virgin masquerade! Of course, u'd like to go in a big way :P So anyways, in the last 2 nights, i've churned out 4 masks! I went according to their outfits.. and there's one for me, amanda, qimin and rachel. One left to do, that's for ling gf.. gave one plain mask to ana to let her do her thing haha. since i got rachel and ling to go, and didn't tell them it's a masquerade, decided to do for them wahaha. i was also admittedly quite addicted and curious what else could come out of me.. whee~

My first creation! Qimin's. Super glam, assymetrical design.

Right eye.

Left eye ++

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Cool Blue theme for Amanda.

Closeup.

Feather feature.

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Mine! Really hard to work with the feathers.

Lots of obtrusive stalks to hide. haha.

Mine's like the plainest, but very feathery.

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Did this last night. Went with red but not overly so, since Rachel'll be wearing my red dress. Minimised on the mesh. (:

Yep, that's it! Comments please? :D Waiting for Ling to decide what to wear, then i'll do hers. can't wait! Gonna trademark all my masks. wahaha.

all my loving to keep u occupied

Sorry guys, i've not updated for a while.. been real busy trying to catch up and all that. Readership has been dwindling.. ): ha. but apparently my zitch-that blog has attracted quite a variety of readers. i'll update that one soon.

I've got something planned to blog about, but i've gotta work on my biosciences project now... soooo. i'll just leave everyone with this song i discovered today.

I simply love it! somehow the boys all look so innocent and charming. guess i might be one of those screaming girls if i was there in that time.. paul mccartney was actually a really really cute dude. (much to my surprise, altho he really looks the same!!) And i think ringo starr is also cute lol. (James DiMascolo looks like him!! lol there u go james, a compliment. if ur reading this.) This video was taken of The Beatles in younger and more joyous times, playing and enjoying each others' companies while on their first trip to the U.S. This one's just their live performance on the Ed Sullivan show of "All my loving", which i fell in love with.

Hope you guys enjoy this as much as i did, i'll be back soon. precious video of the phenomenal boys in more carefree times. i've been doing a fair bit of research on them the entire day. kinda sad or rather, disappointed with what i read abt their breakup and what happened to them thereafter and now. but still, i'm gonna first ignore that, and find more of their music so i can comment further. :D cya later tonight, if i can finish my stuff quickly..otherwise, soon enough!

The week.

It's been a "blah" week. I haven't really done much, skipped some lessons :S Just felt so unmotivated. Had a "wake-up" instant yesterday and decide this weekend is all about catching up and all that. I must do well this sem, not slack off. Shall not be distracted too, cos things can be settled when they have to, not now. Wanna do well, hopefully even better. Or I try.. Sigh. Failed my HBB enquiry. GAH! But we'll meet Aaron monday (our facilitator) and hopefully we'll sort things out and just pull up the rest of our grades in the remaining time. I gotta ensure i keep up with HBB so bad!! So yea, and i'm also tryng to keep fit, exercise will keep me healthy and in a better state of mind to study. not to mention, lose weight! alright. must be chiong!! (super motivated and "all the way!")

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So this Tuesday, our floor had a Laser tag outing! Mighty fun! Virgin experience, and it was so cool!  I wish each session was longer tho, and that we could watch the "live feed" after. haha. It'd have been nice if there were also less ppl per session? *shrugs* wasn't v possible, but still. 

The floor was all ninja power! There were headbands and facepaint. Not enough headbands going around, so i just ended up with facepaint. 

RAWR!!

Our cluster on the train. I was being quite antisocial actually. sorry guys!

(As I said, i was feeling really "blah" but lasertag lifted my spirits after (: )

The gang while walking towards Crowne from train station. Ninja pose!

No photos of the game in progress or anything..

Us waiting for the train after.

We had a very evenful train/bus trip back. Let's just say we met a very unique stranger who couldn't seem to get enough of us. nor could she resist spilling the details of her life which we didn't exactly wanna know. Meanwhile, BFG comes sitting next to me. And we had some photo taking fun with joee's iphone.

Me and BFG

Joee and I. in case u didn't know how we look originally.

Cos that's how we look, swapped! My body feels insulted, what an ugly girl! But Joee complains my face is so square. Yea, his features work better on his own face shape. HAHA. But i'm so handsome with his face shape?! What can I say. w00t!

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Thursday night, I managed to find the urge to get out. Decided to go Eagle bar with Ana. Also brought Amanda along. Joee was supposed to follow but went ahead without us. grr. anyway, my main aim was to grab a drink, been wanting to drink all week. :S (yea stupid 'drown my sorrow' notions.) In the end, eagle bar was sooo quiet. And for about more than an hour, Max was like the solo act on the dance floor! And i didn't drink after all, cos i didn't know what to get besides beer, and i don't wanna drink beer.

We then headed back to Glenn, thinking we'd drink at Joee's, ended up at Beatrice's. It was not bad. Had red label (or was it black) with coke. played a few games. drinking and non. went back at a little after 1. thought it's time i turned up to friday workshop not-hungover. hah.

Anyways, my outfit and a little ad for OwnABag!

My "jap girl" outfit with floral leggings! That cute bag is "lil boxy" from http://ownabag.blogspot.com/ (:

I LOVEEEEE floral mesh leggings! Got it off Charlotte Russe end last year I believe. My first time wearing! How long I've waited...

That's just me being vain. I love my top, it's got Argyle print! (see below for more)

I tried to make the "radial" effect, and also to cover up my messy room lol! radial effect isn't as obvious as i wished, especially when minimised. For those of you who know what i'm talking about, Randy's was way way better. I gotta try again!!

A photo of pretty Ana before we left for bar.

Yea, thurs night was a mediocre night -nods-

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As i mentioned above, more on my obsession on Argyle print!

(will do a full on post on my zitchy blog soon)

DIY glued these nails on. Cool pink/black/white argyle tips!!

DIYed these nail art stickers as well.. :D

Got quite a bit of stuff lined up to blog about in my zitch-that blog. argyle, nails, online shopping label and a cute cute brand of cosmetics. I gotta find the time. After I straighten out my entire work schedule for the rest of this sem..

In one last note of random news, the weather has suddend really warm starting yesterday. Nobody warned that Spring was this warm?! But i'll give it a week to prove that this warm weather is actually here to stay. haha. xo!

blorb.

feeling mighty sian... (lazy, lethargic, unexcited)

Slept pretty late last night, feeling all crappy. gah! i did stay up for a while to avoid puffy eyelids. but didn't work completely lol! the warmth and comfort of my bed just kept me in all morning. i didn't wanna leave my little cocoon, where i can just rest and not think (or try not to). ha. so unmotivated. in the end, decided not to go for the movie screening. shall go for lecture later tho. just to see what went on today. Last week's tut made me realise how many ppl don't go for screening and tut! Geee. I feel like skipping tut today as well honestly. VERY SIAN.

And tonight's supposed to be lasertag with the floor. was pretty excited, but now also fucking sian. just feel so bah. today. (altho motivated enough to make myself instant noodle lunch.)

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Saw Mag jie's facebook album yesterday. She does handmade jewellery as well! And they're v nice too :D no wonder i can click with her, similar interests that we didn't even know about. Artsy crafty kinds. Was very impressed with her home. and the hand-drawn stuff she has on her walls. OMG! i'm super super impressed with both her and her hubby Dom! Mighty cool that they both share the artistic flair and interest.. not to mention i believe Dom is a super good hubby. (: Mag jieeee, u know ur the envy of many girls right! haha.

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Seriously must forget? but i remember so much, down to almost every last detail. and i'm so stubborn... argh! hate to think it's just "another lesson learnt".

less fragile, but still fragile. fuck it.

Qimin is watchin Love or Bread (some TW drama?), she answered affirmatively "bread!" when asked herself. DAMN! It seems I'm surrounded by all these practical girls. Or do more girls grow practical as they get older? Do romantics still exist in the "older" realms? haha. Maybe they are those left on the shelf. Or lucky enough to find the mythical "one". (but then mythical is unreal what. hmpf.)

Farewell Laura! (+ super long post!!)

A poddie friend is going off to France to teach! She's flying off on Thursday and spending 4 days in Singapore before flying to Europe. She'll be back in a year to continue her studies. So Michael was being a dear and organised this surprise farewell for her! (: So off we went to the city last Saturday.. (Met up with Victor from shoppingnspree too to collect my new lenses. lol. I couldn't resist their August promo, so sue me!! Bought a new pair of brown lenses cos my honey wings seem to be annoying my eyes.. and I bought Angel blues too. hehe)

So we reached Melbourne Central earlier since I was meeting Victor. After that, we went to Harajuku crepes! YUMMYstuff! I heard Mandy and Min raving about it for so long, and now i've been there! Mandy had ham, cheese and mushroom crepe and min had curry chicken crepe. I took a sweet one: Strawberry Cheesecake Crepe!

Strawberry, Blueberry Jam, Cream, and a slice of cheesecake. All wrapped up. Yummo?

We tried to look for pants and shoes for our clinical observations.. to no avail! Seriously, Big W doesn't carry clothes in my size at all. First time I feel discriminated lol! And the shoes were not cheap, yet ugly, and poor quality ): Sooo. might just end up looking at Kmart or Target..

Then after at 7, we met up with Michael.. Majority of us arrived before Laura so that was good (: She was truly surprised! Heh. Met new ppl there, like Thuan from physio. Talked to Jason and his gf. Mitch and Joseph came again, altho we didn't really talk. Also Wendy and Kate (Laura's friends whom we met on separate occasions) Then we trotted to Oriental Spoon! My fav korean restaurant seriously!! haha. Michael had cake refrigerated there already. Sweet!

Michael, Laura, Kate!

The O sam bulgogi I had (Pork belly, beef?, squid "bbq" with tofu, veggies and kimchi sauce!) Shared with Thuan. (:

Min and Mandy shared this beef hotpot thing. Sweett soup. v nice!

Green tea in a very unique "goblet"

yummy cake! (Jason n Pat came for this I hear. lol!)

Then off to Lion Pub we went. The bunch had a couple of beer jugs. Didn't really drink. Decided I shld swear off beer for a bit.. beer belly NOOOO!  Haha.

A quaint little place.

Then we went to Match, which was pretty crowded.

The view from the outdoors area. Melbourne Central.

The state library.

The girls!

The La Trobies! :P

We were supposed to head off to a strip club after, but it was getting a little late. Just thinking abt the safety of going home, imposing on Wendy if she brought us home. And the entrance fees.. Hmm, nah i'm not that curious really! It's probably just u know. naked girls. Not like I get to see something extremely speciall..

Hyak. Im not sure if they did go to the strip club after all. I saw photos of tequila shots and cigar chewing tho! Oh yeaa. haha Laura's really going wild before France-ing eh? :P Have a good trip babe!

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I think I mentioned the static problems we're having and how we get mini electric shocks with the door handles. I created these! And have ENDEARINGLY named them door condoms.lol!

Mandy's blue condom. I kid u not! it looks like one right?

Qimin's "slytherin" condom. Messy Yarn to work wth. Varying thickness and with silver threads.

My very own! :D

In other knitty stories, I learnt how to do cable pattern!! i learnt on youtube. WHEE~ I think I rock! I'm now doing a long strip, hoping to do a tote bag ;) yayness!

awesomee!! tell me ur impressed. lol.

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Camwhore beware!

So, my fringe has been growing real long.. i've trimmed it once. but it's getting long yet again! and the rebonded area of my hair is slowly growing out quickly. so it's getting poofy and odd.

): (don't burst out laughing! esp u! gege.)

So now i've resorted to pinning my hair with my ribbon hairpin indoors haha.

So the hair's slowly going to a side parting route..

Yep, but I hope it's interchangeable. That's really the best case scenario :P

Ok! enough of me XP

Check out my new review of a Japanese apparel brand (: http://zitch-that.blogspot.com/

night~