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Outfit galores!!

2011-09-30T23:02:00.000+10:00

So i've been real quiet here... haven't had much of time to update my blog... if anything, i'm always on twitter and facebook (: feel free to follow me on twitter at @daphattack21 i generally tweet a lot of "emo" tweets, just to put it out there first. But mostly i try to keep that down, and post photos of my outfits and food i eat when I get out and about Melbourne :D

having my mid semester break now, and weather was pretty awesome at the start of the week but has turned cold and wet and gloomy these few days again. That's melbourne weather for you! There's been quite a few sudden bouts of "summer days" though, and that's when i can get my dress on. haha ;) I have now run quite a backlog of photos of my outfits from the past weeks...(even months) so thought I might just put them on here for sharing (: if anyone has been on my facebook or twitter, you might have seen some of these pics... and for those who haven't, in my absence... i've changed my hair colour TWICE. i just noticed the last time i posted a pic of myself, i still had black hair. my my, that was eons ago!! Where have I been?! haha... well, i'll post some pics of my last two hair colours too just to keep this updated!

Me in black hair, this is how you should remember me from the last entries.. haha.

On a side note, how cute is that outfit?! :D I love the stockings.. you'll see the details below ;)

Me trying out hats... gotta love my black hair for all sorta hats!!

My polka-hearts stockings from before... so love!

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And so now comes the part where my hair gets dyed.. I was wanting a lighter, brighter colour and so was advised to bleach my hair... as I had dyed it black the last time, colours will tend not to show very well, so no choice, had to bleach!

This was after bleach, can you see the parts nearer to the roots are platinum blonde and the rest is still brown? The brown bits are the parts that have been dyed black months back. O_O Did not have enough money to spare to bleach it all a second time, so I settled to dyeing the top part of my head to match the brown that came from bleaching.. Also had some blonde highlights in...

Khai doing temporary curl ends for me after cut and dye..

That's Amanda and I on the way back after a satisfied salon experience! And then 2nd pic is of me with hair all straight again..

How I look on the 2nd day under the sun.. love the colour under sunlight.. it's got a pinkish tinge <3

Me rocking some temp curls and also impossible shades with the new look!! lol

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Some outfits I put together while I had this hairdo...

Same outfit worn on two different occasions, matched with different colours leggings and boots (:

Loving the ensemble (Valley Girl), I'd say it's for Fall/Winter :D

Ruche sleeve playsuit from Almost Famous! On hindsight, i was so brave to wear it considering it's quite tight and shows off tummy quite a bit especially after a meal! haha, but u gotta admit it's quite different. i believe it's still on sale at AF and in different colours too (: (R), just a summery, "resort" outfit on my way back from Genting Highlands, Malaysia

(1st 3 pics) Two pretty dresses from The Closet Lover. Love the bright blue and how the cutting accentuates shoulders! The navy/magenta tulip dress is their exclusive manufactured piece... loving the bold colour match! :D

Last piece: Pretty slit sleeve cream dress from Love, Bonito Wore it briefly for the Academic gala dinner.. can't wait till the next chance to wear it again!

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During this time, my hair was pinkish brown, but gradually fading to blonde-ish... at which time I was too frustrated and had to re-dye my hair. But before that, I rocked my hair at the podiatry ball! :D

After prep, in college...

Coats on and off with Qimin and Shruti (:

Beautiful dress from Almost Famous (AF), my absolute favourite online shop! They've the best service IMO!

Check out the hair... french braided all the way down on the right ending in a rosette bun, and curls streaming down on the left with a flower pin in!! Did it myself, hence the not-so-tight braids, but i'd say it's not bad for a home job if i might say so myself! ;)

Check out the surprise back of this dress. Such understated elegance and yet sexiness at the back!! Also very good quality material and hides all your flaws perfectly :D This photo was edited completely on the iphone4 believe it or not! Prettiness (:

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And so it's time... my hair's regrowth was getting obvious after about 4months or so? And it was fading.. to an almost-blonde shade!! I was aghast! :O Had a good experience at Sui the last time, so we went back and got Khai to help us both this time :D

Right before salon.

Us starting our full dye job... first we coat the roots... before the rest of the old hair.. anyone can guess what colour i'm going for now??

Me in my seat with a full length mirror in fronta me. I was getting treatment done.. alien bobblehead so I'd like to call myself. hahaha. Amanda's done meanwhile with her new colour and temporary curls too!

Blown and dried. all straight! Then Khai added curls... yes, i'm a redhead!! :P

Happy customers once again! haha :D

The Red is holding up alright right now.. some parts of my fringe have turned a bit blondish scarily fast! But the colour seems to fluctuate with days and weather too.. it's mighty strange since it's not my natural hair colour? haha. It's actually slightly faded to look a bit more orange-y now, meaning more ginger! me likey.

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Some more outfits since red hair!

Navy romper from AF, summery coral chiffon top was from HVV sale!

A very new outfit!! Not a usual hello kitty fan, but how cute is this sweater top?! :D Not to mention I love plaid, now that's one stylish kitty! Paired with a leatherette skirt. And high suede-ish black boots. preppy with a rebel edge. ALL from F21!

Lace back floral tank from Forever New!! First time wearing since i bought it a year back.. perfectly paired with the BC pink blazer when it got more chilly. But i think my fav of all was the super comfy and flowy navy Plume Palazzo pants from HVV!

Andddd the blazer appears again! Loving it these days. When it's not too cold, just a bit chilly in the evenings. Paired with a detailed cream halter. Both tops from the now-vintage Bonito Chico (now knwon as Love,Bonito). New button fly jeans from F21! Was so happy to receive it and find out I picked just the right size online!

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And to top it all off right now, I also attended the ISA ball this year! With a different crowd this year, but still very fun (:

Our table! (missing Kevin) Aron, me, Qimin, Amanda and Kakeru! Suave and resplendid looking ppl right?!

Here's me in my cut-out maxi dress for the night.. so many compliments, very touched :D and much thanks to Manda for helping me curl hair :D

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So excited to phase this blog into more of a photolog... so I can save on typing.. also, hopefully I put together more outfits to share here.. I've done quite some shopping recently. Much to my dismay since i see my $$ depleting ): but all those new clothes will hopefully be put to good use and will be on display here in the near future!

All comments are welcome, for example, what colour hair do you like most? Which outfit u like best? More information about these online shops that i linked... anything! Just leave a comment!

Just so you know, none of the linked shops paid me in any way to link them.. I just really thought they deserve a plug :D And also you girls can then check them out and perhaps find something you like there too!

AND. if anyone here goes to La Trobe Uni, you might wanna check out the Singapore Society's new spree pages! http://ltuss-spree.livejournal.com I'm running these sprees, and they're totally legit. If you are interested in shopping, it matters not that you're not part of the Singapore Society, just go ahead and join up as long as you are able to pick the items up yourself at uni... :D

Glee... NOT!

2011-04-22T23:36:00.001+10:00

Have you guys watched glee's latest episode??

HOW can Will Schuester still be in love with Emma.... WHY!!!

I mean, one moment Emma was so in love with Carl, and even MARRIED him... and then we found out they didn't consummate their marriage.. and now he's left... and she's all crazy again??

but wait, my point is... there was so many chances where she could have gone to Will before... but she chose to marry Carl... and they even did that Rocky Horror thing... i don't know.. but Glee has never been very you know, realistic.

Well, my true gripe is.. how can you choose Emma Pilsbury... when you have Holly Holiday in fronta you!!??

haha, so sue me for being Holly's fan... but she's just about the ideal woman for every man. she's all kinds of hot, she's fun.. and she is not high maintenance at all in terms of money OR time. i mean, she's just awesome!! (ok i just wanna see more of her in the show, yes...)

She's such a commitment phobe... but she decided to give that up, open her heart to being vulnerable... FOR Will... and i think that's a chance to die for if I was a guy.. and yet, he let her slip through his fingers... You can see it on Holly's face as she leaves, the sadness... she really did love him. She wasn't ready to leave him yet! She just didn't want to come between Emma and him.. I kept shouting "you fool!!" ahaha.

These chances don't come often... people don't cherish opportunities enough.. And then they ruin the opportunity for other people. it's sad..

Ok, incoherent post. cos i'm just rambling anything that pops into my head.. not much organisation there... whoops! also... have a bit of headache now.. soo.... thats it!

Spring/ Summer look!

2011-04-08T00:06:00.000+10:00

Photos were taken on my birthday on a very random mood (:

On Daphne,

tank top: forever21,

Smock skirt: forever21,

Cardigan: JayJays

Gladiator Sandals: Mitju

Short layer necklace: Forever21

Long layer necklace: Fayfey

Rings: Diva

On Amanda,

floral top: Forever New

Wedges and shorts: Model's own collection from Sg

Bow bracelet: Bangkok

Both models' hairclips from Forever21

Hehe. likey? Enjoy the nice warm weather while it lasts, Melbourne!

And welcome to warm weather, rest of the world :D

P.s. changed the layout of the page.. still a template design tho.. but it's pretty!

oooh so tired. but one quick update!

2011-03-28T01:09:00.000+11:00

Manda brought me along to Korean dinner in the city that was treated by the kind people at MOH Holdings on Saturday... not gonna be a full post. just some photos!

Manda's outfit, half styled by me. haha. nice??

and there's me... haha. if only my face was a bit more model-esque... my body positioning does look like a spread pose tho.. Loving them boots!

Haha... the rest of the photos of that night in a later blog post... i just wanted to blog cos i accomplished so much more work than i've ever done since I got back to Melb this time.. it's awesome! Also, I might be running for the LTU Singsoc after all.. media manager.. i'm always online anyway. Thinking of starting a blog for them too... w00ts.

I wanted to also mention that I'm so glad my mood has been slowly lifting... and i'm trying to rise above my previous feeling of inferiority and depression? Just in time for the birthday too! but i'm not expecting much this year... just some love please! :D

HAHA this is me trying to be as Japanese cutesy as I can.. i like it.. cos i look mad happy :P

And may you all be happy and blessed too (:

More shopping, photos and accessories!

2011-03-25T22:19:00.000+11:00

I forgot to add in my previous post that I bought this dress:

Super find at Valleygirl. On sale at $14.95!! :O

I was a bit skeptical at first when I took it to try... I suppose I just really wanted to know how I'd look in a bandage dress these days. Not really feeling up top about my size.. I'm not saying i'm fat! I'm just saying i've been gaining bulk.. PLUS this dress has horizontal stripes, so that tends to add bulk too.. Honestly, it is a very very tight fitting dress right now... like, if i gain any more fats at all, it'd explode! :P Glad it doesn't LOOK that bad though.. not to that extent at least.

I still bought it in the end cos it's a super good deal... and it's a good motivation for me to slim down (long and sloowww painful process to get me motivated to exercise T_T) Also, i thought it manages to sculpt my body to give me curves! Like, able to cinch my waist quite a bit.. and well.. enhance other areas. HAHA. Please provide honest feedback if you think i shouldn't wear that out. hahaa.

Yupyup. This was also the day where I later got the flaming garnet lips.. since i'm currently watching "burlesque" (the movie, like.. 3rd time!!), i'm re-excited about the look! hahaha. I took a few shots that day.. and here's two more. haha.

this photo makes my hair look so long!

the original photo before i instagram-ed it (vintage effect seen in last post)

For anyone interested, i used the "Lord Kelvin" effect. (: Instagram is my convenient way of posting photos on twitter. Also great cos i can add effects to it anytime i want.. and they can be super pretty and enhance the effect of the photos. However, Instagram is not actually my favourite photo app. There's a free app called "lomo lomo" as well... and i just love their lomo cams (they provide 2) and several lenses. so i love the "actionsampler" (where there r 4 pix in a 2x2 grid). Check out these random 2 films.

having om noms. haha. utterly casual n random.

this one's admittedly posed. hahaa. bits of my room n me being vain.

So as you can guess, yes yes... i've an iphone now! haha. it's really very easy to use actually. You'd think something so "high tech" would be idiot-unfriendly. But it is very 2nd-nature! I think it's actually more 2nd nature to d/l apps. play games...msg... EVERYTHING but CALLING. haha. i found the phonebook.. calling ppl... those are the most annoying features to use. which is ironic, cos a phone's basic function is well, for phone calls. haha. Having said that, it gets easier once you get used to the phone so it's not a major issue. So let's not distract.. having a good phone like this means i've a good camera on the ready anytime!! Iphone 4 cam quality below:

Back camera quality (5.0 megapixels)

Fashion note: Whee! Amanda dressed so nicely on a beautiful day.

Blazer and shorts go awesomely well, guys! And an inner top in a statement colour like that will NOT go wrong.. Nude wedges help elongate your legs ;)

Front camera quality.. it's poorer, but not obvious cos of effect and also images have been resized.

And yes, that effect is also found in instagram (:

What i wore that day.

I love my baggy batwing black top from Almost Famous. Had it for a while now, still trusty for casual yet dressy look! I wore dark colours to accentuate my red lips that night. Lipstick has faded in this photo tho.. And I LOVE my large faux pearl necklace from diva (: Paired with jeans.. and i'd say... heels! (i didn't cos i was afraid i couldn't handle it. settled for gladiators instead)

Sooo. coming to my main point of what made me wanna blog today.. I've been looking at reebonz.com for a few days now.. they have exclusive sales on branded goods for much cheaper. Balenciaga is on right now.. and if u notice, i have an Inspired balenciaga in the photo above. Haha. i like their weekender motorcycle design.. but inspired is all i can afford now :P In fact, i've been looking at miu miu (absolute fave!!).. prada, gucci (Also nice). I'm most excited about the vintage chanel and vintage LV events coming up next week.. the vintage stuff... soooo nice! i love the quilt stuff on chanel too. Quilt is nice! (thinking of the hearts quilt by Samantha Thavasa..) but the $$$s just makes me feel sad.. I don't think I can justify to myself for splurging like that! And i'd wanna take super good care of them.. so i'm not sure I could here.. :S

I want to get myself a present tho!! And I realise... although i've always been such a clothes freak, i wanna splurge on amazing shoes and a bag for myself :D ACCESSORIES! hee.. soooo... i don't know. i won't have time BEFORE my birthday.. but maybe i can give myself a month to feel less guilty for shopping big time hehe. SOOO. Personal goal for bag and shoes set! Expect photos sooonnn.. Also, if anyone wants to suggest shoes and bags online, please do!! I do not rule out online shopping, especially for bags. but a bit more iffy on shoes... hehe ok now i'm excited..

I was feeling down for quite a bit the past few weeks.. but I don't know.. took the courage to do something today. Hoping it'll change the course of things.. it'll make a big impact on my life for sure.. but i have thrown the ball out. Hope it got caught well.. Waiting, oh waiting. But somehow... i feel so much better already. Cos I did something I really wanted to do, for myself... and i believe i fought hard w myself.. and it hasn't been for a while. I'm also excited of things to be... hopefully I'm not alone in feeling this (: xxo

random post... some self-loving. ;)

2011-03-20T20:39:00.000+11:00

Wow, that was a really looong hiatus.. I'm gonna try to get more motivation to update.. I actually feel like giving this place a facelift so that I'd feel much more inclined to upkeep the place and write more (:

I decided to break the silence by blogging about a satisfying shopping experience yesterday ^^ got some super cheap deals and well. they look awesome too! ;)

First stop. RUBI SHOES! I've been looking for some close toed flat shoe for some time now... Sports shoes don't go with everything and can be bulky. Everything else I have are boots (yes, i'm afraid of cold most of the time in Aus), a pair of sandals, thongs and clinic shoes.. (oh yes, and a stash of heels that I won't be able to handle except for balls and dinners :P) Usually, I lack confidence in RUBI cos their quality tends to be quite shabby and well, just uncomfortable..but!!! I found these... super casual and cute. also, when i slipped them on... feels amazing!! Soft.. but still supportive (: I hope it's not just first impressions. I hope it feels even better n better upon walking hee.

goes well with jeans eh? also with casual dresses i believe!!

i know you must be like "this is super common... what are you raving on about?!" well, it's $10!!! haha. try to find your size if it's still available.. they've other shoes on sale too. wedges at 15/20. some shoes.. 2 for 25, 2 for 30 (: yea, pardon my cheap thrill. I also bought a pair of pink plastic aviator sunnies (just for $5!!)

And then i went searching for makeup cos I recently watched some Michelle Phan videos and just got soooo excited abt makeup again! hahaah. The thing i'm really lacking is eyeshadow, so I bought these... if you're near Northland Shopping centre in Melbourne. u can go check out this booth that is near KMart, sells cosmetics at warehouse prices!

Rimmel's smoky purple palette and a blue-green palette from Sexy Eyes. both for just $10.

Way better deal than priceline, or chemists, or the super mart!

Haven't tried any of those tho, so no comments for now. I also bought a concealer, skin primer and a brush from Body Shop (: Ahhh.. here comes the exciting bit. I was also very inspired by Michelle Phan's Lancome video about every girl owning a RED lipstick! I always hated how I looked with lipstick, i just cannot phatom HOW ppl carry it off! I've long assumed I couldn't. not at least till I was possibly middle aged! I thought the super bright reds would only be beautiful on super pale skinned women, like Dita Von Teese, or like Marcia Cross from desperate housewives... oh! Or the look Xtina spotted in Burlesque! Yes exactly, it brings out contrast and an awesome burlesque look! This is what brings me to my next topic..

Soo... for people who know me, follow me everywhere, on twitter and facebook. You'd know that my latest obsession is a photo of myself! Now now, before you turn in disgust. Noo... it's not just a random camwhore pic of me... it's me. and a little something extra! To be fair, I didn't even really pose in this photo...

Here it is!!

I was trying to go for the Dita Von Teese look. She's so beautiful!!

Hehe. I felt like some vintage pinup girl it was amazing!

Although, obviously due to my skin colour n race... i turned out more like the below..

Which I think, still looks amazing.

I think it's actually more amazing how I have people who think I look like the Vintage White movie stars,while some others immediately thought of oriental movie stars! Either way, i'm loving the statement lipstick red cos the vintage beauty look is definitely one that I've always coveted, just never KNEW I could pull off! the lips pop so much, and apparently they make my eyes look huge too!

Sad thing though, I didn't actually BUY this stick, I merely just got this lovely lady at Body Shop to help me try it on.. I'm now itching to go get this colour though... expect my wardrobe to have additions just to match this new look! ahaha. Thoughts? (:

2010-10-21T18:25:00.000+11:00

Sorry for the long hiatus!! I realise at the end of my last post, i promised photos from the

So the ISA ball was pretty small but it was good cos we had good company. Great time where all the Glenn and Chisholm ppl got to meet up and party it up too!

Let's start with our table..

Canadians- Logan, Alex, Shirley. HK: Kenneth. SG: Me, Min, Amanda. China: Kerry!

Photo of us girls from ex-glenn yay!

There was more reason for us to go to ISA ball this year cos Ana's one of the organising members!

For the purpose of showing you my outfit, here's a photo (which I also love) of me and fellow Tan, Rachel :P It was my FB profile pic for quite some time hee.

And these are my accessories.. lilac/pink all the way!! :D Made those earrings myself.. but ring is bought from Diva.

Speaking of rings, kenneth managed to make this rose ring out of our napkins! SO PRETTY!

Ever pretty ring maker should get some credit. this is kenneth! haha

My 2 favourite girls here.. i like this photo of them! :D Manda and Kerry~

And one photo each with them below!

And hello alex, u made it to special ppl with special photo feature aha :P

(i doubt he reads this tho..)

Alrighty, enough about the ball, I was gonna write about ... Michelle Branch!! I can't believe how this all randomly played out, but Alex above has friends who are apparently all Michelle fans too. and well, I myself loovee her! So i started googling her recent work cos she has disappeared quite a while! I know from some time back that she was in a 2-pc band called "The wreckers" but they were SO low-profile that I had no idea what was going on there..

Soo.. as i was wiki-ing her. It seems, she is gonna release an album (possibly) next year, 2011! I'm excited for it and I hope it'll come through.. I've her "spirit room" and "hotel paper" album. both which i think are brilliant. Anyone knows where I can grab hold of her indie album "broken bracelet"?

But anyways, this is all really exciting, cos she's gone back to being a solo artiste, and I'd say that is when she's in her best element! We still have to wait for her work to be slowly released but in the meanwhile, i discovered this:

If you can't watch it, it's a collaboration between Michelle Branch and Timbaland. (view: http://youtu.be/MOqxFBKakD0) I guess many people might feel that Timbaland's beats just distract from her talent, but I kinda like the mix! AFter all, her music has always been a bit quirky.. and her melodies are always special (I don't know if i make sense if i say her songs are very "minor" and not "major" so it's all unpredictable!) So I don't think she could really go wrong.. besides, i'm pretty sure she wrote the lyrics for this song.. it was just produced by timbaland.. she was always a strong lyricist in my opinion!

I reckon this can totally tide me through till the next song I hear of Michelle's! :D

Btw, even though I consider my kinda music hip hop and r&b, i didn't really know much about timbaland. I do notice however, from his video "if we ever meet again" with Katy Perry, that he has a lot of quirky expression and is a screen-hogger. I suppose I see why some people would find that extremely annoying.. I would've! Except, i think he's kinda cute.. omg. WHY?!! am i crazy or do u agree... (oh no i can't handle the truth! lol)

2010-09-07T22:02:00.000+10:00

Hello all, so i know i said i'd upload more pics from pod ball. so here goes!

look at the details on the strap! love!

my dearest amanda n i posing aha

So coming up are photos at actual ball...

we attended the ball together again, 3 of us! Me, amanda and qimin.

Look at how skinny Min is now! and tall! (always has been lol)

We booked out tickets with Steph and Kat, and we knew we'd be put with randoms.. but guess who we ended up sitting with!

James 1! and...

James 2!

We sat at the same table last year so this was a delightful surprise (: And to top it off... Michael appeared midway into the night.. turns out he belonged to our table too.. but late!

Mike!

Met Simon..

and Peter.. one of the first dudes i knew in pod in 1st year. along with the James'es

Jess came to visit... and thats steph to the right (:

And there's Kat..

that's almost all of us at the table. pity we didn't have a full table shot!

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I'm just about to cut abruptly into another topic now.. :P I was thinking hard what to blog about... something that was hopefully informative as well as fun. Then I remembered, i haven't officially introduced my camera yet! My new baby!

Introducing... the Olympus Pen E-PL1 :D

It's a semi-pro with interchangeable lenses... promises quality of DSLRs (well.. u gotta cut it some slack of course) and the functionality and convenience of a compact auto-digital camera. If you're looking to take extremely high quality shots and know all your photography lingo and how to use all the settings to take a good photo, by all means.. get an actual DSLR.. but knowing myself.. i want a camera i can carry around.. and really, i'd admit it's for more frivolous use.. like, camwhoring for instance :P

It gives u good enough quality to take artsy and sharp photos of places u go and sights u see. (it has manual function, and u can also change the P, A, S settings) but it also has an iAuto mode that makes for good lazy, idiot-proof shooting.

Additionally, as some of the olympus cameras do, the e-pl1 also has art filters!! Namely, 1. Pop Art, 2. Soft Focus, 3. Grainy Film, 4.Pin Hole, 5. diorama, 6.gentle sepia

I'm gonna demonstrate to you how each of these filters look like with photos i took when i was first playing with this baby of mine..

1. Pop art accentuates every colour in the photo... I don't know the algorithms behind this, but it picks up every colour in the photo and seems to make it brighter and way more obvious.. TIP: this doesn't work well indoors and with people.. (i.e. Asians like me will have very yellow skin!! no matter how fair skinned u r. trust me!) i'd suggest on food or scenery (imagine the amazing green-ness of grass and trees!)

snacks in normal iAuto mode

Snacks in pop art filter. Very vivid colours, no?

The same flash is used in both photos.. so the difference is not attributed to flash OR lighting.

Another instance of instantaneously yummified food:

Assorted sushi and the "pheonix roll" at sushi tei in Singapore

It does seem a whole lot more appetising here doesn't it? Like those you see on menus.. except those required photoshop to work it to look like this. aha

2. Soft Focus gives you a white aura around your objects and everything looks misty and ethereal in your photos (: best used in natural lighting.. but there'll still be a misty look even when used with flash.. (: this one's one of my favourites..

with flash. (yes that's my old hair for those of you who've not seen it. :P)

it's a dreamy look, but has more defined features and shadows.

without flash, indoors. very dreamy and misty look. tends to lighten eyes..

3. Grainy Film is like its name suggests, grainy! it's really more than just black and white.. comes out with way higher contrast. and it's grainy (not plain monochrome with smooth texture). like from an old film!

yes i know i'm having fun with it :P

4. Pin Hole is also exactly what its name means. it changes the photo to a slight vintage-ish yellow tint(w/o flash), and comes with a little shadow outside of a ring of the image.. hard to describe. so let the photos do the talking.. i personally love it for almost anything! i think they make stuffed animals mighty cute for instance:

with flash. how cute!

This is Ted, everyone! :D (without flash)

see what i mean by a vintage feel.. i think it enhances the vintage look. i also love how it's focused on the center, so it has a very mild fisheye effect. or at least an illusion of it.

5. Diorama focuses on an object(most likely in the center) and blurs out everything else around.. if taken well, it can give a "zoomed in" effect.. unfortunately i haven't had much chance of playing with this filter.. so i don't have a good photo to show u guys!

6. Sepia is well, sepia. it gives a bronzish tinge to the entire photo... but it's really pretty. and just for the sake of it, i posed for a photo :P

Other than art filter, iAuto and the manual modes, there is also a video mode and "scn" (scene) mode.

Under "SCN" u'll most likely be able to find the usual point and shoot modes like "beach", "outdoors", "macro", "night mode"...etc. let me just highlight 2 modes that come under the SCN for the olympus epl1

The e-pl1 has an "e-portrait" mode. with one click of the shutter, it takes one shot and produces two photos for your perusal. the original, and the edited(smoothed) one. this is super useful for people who do not know/ are too lazy to photoshop their blemishes in photos. No matter how smooth your complexion already is, it still doesn't look perfect when taken on photos don't u agree? this camera does this nifty trick for you in a matter of seconds! of course, u can choose to look more natural and still pick the original, it gives u the option of both!

original. (i've coloured contacts on. that's not edited or any effect of camera :P)

Edited. the difference might not look too big on your screen, depending on your screen pixel quality. But also, these photos are a tad too small to see the fine details.. on the blown up pic, u can definitely tell they've smoothed my skin quite a bit!

I also found another mode called "DIS mode", it is meant to be anti-shake and sharpens motion. i've found this mode to be ultra useful with jump shots! Mostly cos it snaps the photo right at the moment u want it to. i haven't tried it on other moving objects. but i will soon. n maybe one of u could? (i know u can tweak these manually too.. but if ur not trained/ professional, this is a good mode to work with)

Now you can capture such moments without hassle! :D

Another recommendation would be to use the "high key" mode in dimly lit indoor places, u'll find that photos come out with great lighting and great colour even without the use of a flash. again, this can be tweaked manually, but i'm just saying! I also like that night modes come in two: night mode and night mode with portrait. many times, u try to take a photo outdoor at night and u either capture just the person with a completely black background or just the background with a really dark person whose features can't be seen. but the night mode + portrait just works beautifully! i tried tweaking it manually with aperture, but the effects don't turn out as good as this mode.. so u guys should try it out if u own one of these! Do note that these last 2 modes may require a firm grip and steady, level hands. u can use a tripod or just keep your arms close to ur body. alternatively, find something to lean your arm weight against!

If any of you own the same camera, please let me know! and share your experiences with me! I've been looking for a lens filter for my 14-42mm m.zuiko lens too...tell me more if u can! or if ur tempted, i'm pretty sure this can be found at Ted's (aus) for 700+ right now with their birthday celebration!!

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In another abrupt change of topic, i've another ball to attend this saturday!! so excited, cos i'll see more of my other international friends then.. and relive memories from last year (: as usual, i'll post photos then!! so excited cos i think i've decided which dress to wear!!

back. n oh what a surprise!

2010-08-27T01:29:00.001+10:00

wow folks. i know my last post has been really emo.. and i'm glad to say that's all finally over. :D i feel like i've just straightened out some thoughts and am really enjoying my life now. (: For those of you who already know me and have my facebook contact, you should be able to see my albums titled "singapore trip 2010" parts 1,2 and 3. it's mostly a photolog of almost everything i did in SG. it has been a really fruitful trip back this time.. felt like i achieved so much during my 5 weeks. :D Met my friends several times, who make me realise home is awesome! and their friendship is more precious than i had imagined. been to the new Marina Bay Sands, taken my basic theory test for driving and pulled out 2 wisdom teeth. phew~ busy busy.

I remember the sad state I left my blog in, hence i've not really revisited for a while. Today though, i found that i had 5 comments on my last post encouraging me.. and they were all strangers (: and some who empathise with me too. part of the reason i blog has been to get to know more people out there who may be like-minded or just enjoy what i read/post. So that was truly awesome.. thanks everyone! Because of this, i've decided to persevere with my blogging. And hopefully i can keep it alive amidst all this work i've been getting at uni this semester.

Anyway, so i've been thinking how to liven up this blog since the last i blogged. First of all, a tiny review of my extraction process.

I extracted my wisdom teeth at National Dental Centre (singapore) under the clever hands of Dr. Rahul, if anyone is at all interested. So initially, I was meant to take out all 4 of my teeth under general anaesthesia. Truth be told, I was not as afraid of the pain or the extraction of my teeth/drilling/cutting into my gums or bones... I am, for some reason, mortally afraid of being put to sleep! I've NO past experience of sedation or GA, and i was scared as hell! Anyone with me on this??

Anyway, it turns out since i've been having quite a chronic cough.. they wouldn't allow me to undergo GA. My surgeon then came to talk to me about possibly doing it under local anaesthesia. Hey, if i knew that was an option, i'd have wanted that right away! I know many believe that they'd rather not be awake for such a scary experience. But trust me, i much prefer to be aware of what's going on! So yea, decided to take out 2 instead, under LA.

The most painful part would have to be the injections... 2 is required for each tooth extracted. one for cheek, and one for tongue. But both needles will be injected into gums and palate, not actual cheek n tongue! The palate one is really quite stinging, just to warn you.. but bear with it for a few moments.. cos the lack of sensation after will simply amaze you! (at least it amazed me, i guess im not really your average Jane). Funny story: I started shaking quite a bit after the LA, and the assistants got quite concerned. I had no idea I was feeling cold until the shaking stopped when they offered me a hot water bottle to hold. AWWW~ so lucky for me, it went on as per normal. Also lucky for me, my teeth were pretty much fuss- free extractions. Although they were both classified as surgery as cutting and some drilling were required.

So, if your teeth pretty much grow out straight.. and you have a skilled surgeon like mine, expect mild drilling (no feeling at all!!) and then a huge pressure (it feels more like he's pushing down really hard on your teeth, or the tooth ur extracting actually..) and before you know it, it'll be out. So don't worry about feeling it being yanked out. It really feels like pushing for some reason. And you literally won't KNOW it's out till you're told.
My advice is for everyone not to panic... if u do this calmly, it'll be much less scary and wayyy faster too. Plus a fast procedure = better recovery. It'll be good if u keep remembering to keep your mouth open wide. Makes things way easier!

Had a debrief by assistant after about care and allergies. Given gauze to bite on.. another tip... change your gauze every half hour for the next ... 2 hours? then stop. no point biting for the entire day.. even if there's still blood. There WILL BE BLOOD. might be less painful and better if u stop biting on the gauze.. also, swallow all your saliva even when u have the gauze in, this will stop the bleeding faster. a wet gauze will attract more bleeding to occur.. basically, try as best to ignore the gauze altogether.

I had my painkillers on the way home, I was afraid the pain will kick in soon. Recommended time was about 1 -2 h from ur operation? that's when LA might start wearing off.. after dinner, i realised i was allergic to the painkillers! T_T (given a mouthwash and antibiotics too.. but GP said it's the painkillers) so i depended on panadol alone. However, i did realise I wasn't really experiencing any pain either... so i stopped all pain medication on 2nd day.. and i was fine! yay! the swelling doesn't start until 2nd/3rd day though... and it'll continue to be rather swollen for a week n be better. You might experience some bruising, very normal.

Start brushing your teeth as per normal by day 3 (i know it feels scary, but trust me it's fine :D) normal food also can be taken then :D

let me show you some photos... some really unglam ones ahead!!

my teeth! some people tell me they're quite big..

First night.. swollen left eye=> allergic reaction.

Right cheek (where i extracted) appears surprisingly SMALLER than the other.

Day 3/4 possibly 4.. day 3 it felt a bit stiff.

oh yes, please feel free to chew on both sides, cos lack of use will lead to joint stiffness!

Now you can see bruising (yellow-green) on right cheek and it's significantly bigger.

Day 5. took off some stitches. mild mild bruising. still a tad bit swollen.

Can't really remember exactly when the swelling completely subsided. Bruising will persist for maybe another week though. If you're a bit tanned like me or even darker skinned than me, then the bruising will be less obvious. I hear for fair-skinned people, it is pretty obvious. Most people didn't notice mine till i pointed it out (:

Oookay. this is about all i have for tonight. let's give you a sneak of how i looked at the Pod Ball I attended last friday. (almost exactly a week ago now!) Credits to lovely photographer Alex :P Also, I got my dress from http://www.almostfamous.com.sg got soooo much compliments for it. i love how it's so unique too! AND they've amazing customer service, go check them out! (sadly this dress is now sold out!)

I'll have a few more photos up the next entry to show you the other side of the dress (pretty strap). it's a bandage dress, but it has batwing on one side, and amazing detail strap on the other, yet looks like a toga! mm yummy! and it's my first time kinda having a "photoshoot" and so impromptu too! i could totally get used to it though! :P would pick a better background next time for sure :D

2010-07-15T02:15:00.000+10:00

why do i do what i do?

i seem to be having these bouts of depression.. or whatever mental health problem this is. these few days, i rather stay in.. stay in my room all day. don't wanna talk to ppl. once i do, i snap at them. i go from super down to super high suddenly. WTF?!

i'm quite scared of myself. n annoyed. it got better yesterday.. but then now it's back again. the boys (gen n jia) r worried about me.. n they're making me (or gen was) go to gen's place tmr after all for the house hop thing. both wanna talk to me.. and ask me why i'm so emo. I DON'T KNOW. i really don't know... i just know i'm emo.. but i dunno y... n at first it was all bottled up. but crap. once i started blogging, all that pent up frustration is being released now in the form of tears.

i think i'm really scared of monday... i'm trying to be ok. and thinking of all the possible ways things might go wrong. or even if things don't go wrong, about the pain n frustration and unhappiness it may bring. i know i'm a terrible patient. i like to be left alone. but i'm in a house full of women who cannot leave ppl alone.. i'm gonna be a terrible patient for them.. i just know it.

n that also means i won't be able to see ppl for the last week or 2 that i'm here... i'll be an immobile thing on the bed. annoying as ever!! like i already am. i suspect due to stupid hormones too. wtf. yes. why is my body fucking up?! other parts of my body seem to be failing too.. n i just feel unwell. and it's making my mood SOO wonky it's not funny.

i don't know.. i've already met a lot of ppl i care for n miss in sg.. but some i haven't. and due to circumstance or whatever, we still haven't. n with monday rolling on along soon. i just feel like maybe i won't get to meet them after all. n sometimes things get so hard to organise (yes we're all so busy!) that i feel tired. i mean. why am i the one trying all the time huh?! WTF. if u dun wanna see me, then it's ok. i don't need ur fake efforts. n u dun even bother to have fake effort that's the problem.

so yar lor. i feel so GRR. unloved. and don't see the point of staying here. soo much drama and things i've to consider when i'm here. but in melb, i'm all responsible for just myself alone. it feeels somewhat better that way. so i missed melb for quite a bit. but when i look on fb and also think about it. it's not like anyone in melb misses me or that there's any pulling factor there too.. basically the world goes on without me. i don't belong to either place.

i could've chosen the path tonight. to escape to a place. to receive someone's warmth. to hide for a while, just because i can. but i chose not to. i don't even know WHY. FOR WHAT. SHIT, i feel like a damn fool.

Reebonz 99% Sale! and Reebonz FAQ

2010-06-04T18:28:00.000+10:00

Remember what I told you about Reebonz before? www.reebonz.com

They're based mainly in Singapore, but their site can be customised for: Singapore , Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and International.

Basically, ANYONE can join and gain from their amazing concept..

Reebonz holds events/ sales on various branded merchandise at discounted prices. All their items at point of sale are authentic and brand new! Think Prada, Gucci, Coach...etc. They make an effort to stock items for the gentleman too!

Now I haven't personally bought anything yet, but it's survived thus far, and I can see it going well. I am a member of their site, and also follow them on both twitter and facebook.

I saw this page: Reebonz 99% luxury sale

They'll give u more details as to how to get informed about when it's happening and all that. As of now, they've given 2 preview photos of what to expect at this sale..

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One for the boys, and one for the girls!! I know, so unbelievable right?! So... i think u better just click my links to check it out... and i'm assuming u've got to play the game of fastest fingers first with SUCH an OUTRAGEOUS sale..

But this is just one of their many great events, so I strongly suggest you join as their member to reap all the benefits! They'll update you constantly via email with their upcoming events... also join their facebook fan page... there was a 12 day xmas bag giveaway just last year. that was pretty amazing!

Click on the advert right below this post to join, and u might even win yourself a Kate Spade pouch! It's all that simple! i share good stuff (:

baccckkk short update!

2010-05-26T18:24:00.000+10:00

Been weeks or work after work, assignments and all that.. but finally last week we had a "rest" week.. well, at least no major tests or work due, so I joined our floor crawl... if anyone remembers, last year's floor crawl was AMAZING. fun hilarious whatnots. Soooo... i was gonna blog about that, but don't have so much time now.. but!! i've got previews..

That's most of my floormates this year in the TV room.

This is Ern, she's a junior from Sg also from my floor (: This year's floor theme is "around the world" so we were all assigned countries. She's obviously, from Italy! And I...

am from Mexico!! That's my team: Katrina, Hannah, Me and Jenna!

I'll be posting photos of great costumes and fun soon. so stay tuned!

Oh, and see that hot pink skirt i got on? It's from Forever21!! Been shopping online recently and pooled orders with the Glennies to ship in stuff from F21! Got lotsa loot to share with everyone. Speaking of online shopping, I also learnt more about an awesome new web hangout called Jipaban! Looks fun and will totally try it out when I finally get my urgent work done! Another awesome portal to go to for amazing online shopping would be Reebonz ! Their advert is gonna be placed on my blog starting today.. and right now if u join, u might stand to win stuff from Kate Spade! They endeavour to bring u great deals on famous brands... it's great if you're a big fan of MiuMiu like me.. cos they'll have miumiu events almost every month if i'm not wrong! No harm joining cos u never know when u can get a good deal! Cy'all soon!

Am I not pretty enough - Kasey Chambers

2010-04-01T00:17:00.000+11:00

Am I not pretty enough?
Is my heart too broken?
Do I cry too much?
Am I too outspoken?
Don’t I make you laugh?
Should I try it harder?
Why do you see right through me?

I live, I breathe, I let it rain on me,
I sleep, I wake, I try hard not to break,
I crave, I love, I’ve waited long enough,
I try as hard as I can.

Am I not pretty enough?
Is my heart too broken?
Do I cry too much?
Am I too outspoken?
Don’t I make you laugh?
Should I try it harder?
Why do you see right through me?

I laugh, I feel, I make believe it’s real,
I fall, I freeze, I pray down on my knees,
I hope, I stand, I take it like a man,
I try as hard as I can.

Am I not pretty enough?
Is my heart too broken?
Do I cry too much?
Am I too outspoken?
Don’t I make you laugh?
Should I try it harder?
Why do you see right through me?

Why do you see, why do you see, why do you see right through me?x3

I know, it's such an old song.. but I just thought of it yesterday, never felt more befitting!! Feels just like my experience against the world now, and some people in my life. I really want to clarify. talk it out. but never is there a good time.

OH, but don't be mistaken, i enjoyed my birthday this year... it was a blast!! THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE,PPL! And no thanks for the love any of you don't mean.

i'm 21! and it's not all fluffy.

2010-04-01T00:07:00.000+11:00

21. the passage into adulthood. wow. sounds all big and signifcant. but in fact, i don't feel very different.. although these few days have sparked the start of a new insight and a new discovery of me..

I felt mighty mighty loved this year... my early bday celebration.. then the one in Melbourne.. and all the FB msgs and wall posts. smses..etc. so much so much love!! my family... who skyped me and dearest bro who got me the most awesome gift that was put to good use at my party.. i felt like there were so many people who cared about me. And i really should not be sad anymore because i'll only let these people down..

On the other hand, there are new people in my life, and some from my past too, who are dead lousy. Why do I have to be the one that tries?? I've had enough of your nonsense, whether it's ur neglect, ur lack of attention, or maybe just racism. i'm targetting quite a few bunches of ppl here.. ridiculous!! WHY do i have to put up with this? Why am i always the meek one. shit! Why am i the one giving, trying. fuck, am i not worth it??

I'm usually silent in an argument. I tend to take the step back, be the one who compromises, suffering in silence. blah. i also accommodate others, i let them do what they want even tho sometimes i don't really like it. i'll feel guilty if i don't take time to consider others, while some ppl only think of themselves. i always get people telling me "you're too nice!" apparently, that's a weakness. and not a virtue. shit, who knew? if there were more ppl like me, the world'd be a better place, hello! but no... this place is evil and fraught with the realities of selfish shitty ppl.

I also often let these bullies get to me. Be it the neighbours, or the so-called friends.. or stupid ppl at uni. i get upset when they look at me a certain way, or just stare at u like ur specimens or idiots, or being insincere and taking ur niceness for granted, thinking u'll always be there, so they can treat others better over you. BULLSHIT. why should i be upset any longer? i'll cry at the extreme, and i just get myself so miserable. my poor friends who love me so will feel at a loss. and nobody likes to see me emo here, twitter or fb. yet, i don't like to pour my thoughts on others, just on volunteers who are concerned enough to read the blog, fb or tweets....lol. i can't let the ppl who love me down anymore...

At this moment, i really still need a shoulder to cry on... first time i feel like i need one so badly.. ):

I don't want what;s bad for me anymore... I need to get rid of the insincere people in my life, the shitty ppl, the selfish ppl who think they can bully me... especially emotionally. i need to get rid of my stupid belief that if ur nice to others, they'll always be nice back. i need to start fighting my own fights, stand up for myself. be more direct, not be afraid to hurt others. i need to love myself. believe in myself..

with that said, i think it'll be tough... i still fundamentally believe in the goodness of everyone ): but i'll try to be more critical. but regarding getting rid of certain ppl in my life... i'm definitely gonna try real hard. it should be worth it.. better be.

pms-y

2010-03-27T01:02:00.000+11:00

the days leading up to one's birthday.. is it supposed to go up and down like waves?? Cos i'm totally on this wavy pms-y line right now.. I'm smiling, happy and content one moment, and crying, depressed the next. WTF?!

I feel loved, yet unloved. i feel very alone.. i lack happiness in my own heart. ):

Still going on with celebration plans though... lovelove.

the case of daffney

2010-03-24T21:12:00.000+11:00

so apparently, Daphne is indeed a really rare name here! (a tad surprised since there are quite many greeks here, and it originates from Greece). When I called the clinic for an appt today, they accepted my name immediately when i said "Daphne".. a little surprised, but i thought "hey they know!"

I even filled a particulars form when i got there today.. apparently they probably don't even look at it. cos the doc asked me every question that was on the form all over again.. and when I came out with the prescription and looked, my name was freakin "Daffney Tan" OMGOMG. i wanted to burst out in laughter, but thought it quite rude to. But i dunno why i cared, considering i should be the one upset about my name being SO GROSSLY MISSPELLED!

And i was still thinking... wow. they're making me/my parents sound like Daffy Duck/ disney fan or sth. daffney. it looks funny! kiddish and weird. gah. I corrected them, and they updated their database, but i'm left with that name on the prescription..

Worse still, i brought it to the pharmacy, and they added an "i" -- Daffiney. which i just saw just now. Truly speechless!!

I will not entertain any comments that says "Hey, i thought daphne is pretty common!" It is NOT! it is rare and special, and truly rare to the point that the above can happen, here in Oz.. I know it seems pretty common in SG, but it wasn't when i was young.. (had it mispronounced in all sorts of ways by a whole host of ppl) I dunno how many ppl must've given themselves the name too! (i say. not counted!) haha. meh. Yea, i know i'm quite anal when i talk about my name.. :P

would u?

2010-03-22T00:27:00.000+11:00

i tweeted this.. haha. "to be honest, i miss being in a relationship.. a whole and fulfilling one. i'd love the r/s more than i'd love the guy tho.. lol."

kinda sad isn't it? i think i miss being... wanted. and needed. (not really concerned who the guy is. not entirely anyway) even tho my usual policy is love rather than to be loved. But loving and giving can get tiring... besides, I've made one realisation recently, and that is I don't think I can ever say I love someone the way i know i can love at my maximum. I know how much my love can go at its peak, and it's with my grandma.. it's really an unconditional kinda love, full of respect and admiration, fear of loss, and a test of patience lol!! loving her for everything... i doubt anyone can beat that. well, not yet for sure.

haha, so yea... i might've lost all strength to be the strong one with all the initiative. time i took a step back.. what if i say i want to be pampered, cared for by someone who can be there whenever i need him to be. yet be able to accept i may never love him as much as he does me? would there still be anyone left?? haha. DOUBT IT! AND what if it's not specifically to me, guys out there... will u ever give so much to a girl who might not love u as much?? where do those girls find these guys huh. anyway, i'll be picky too.. blah.

Which reminds me, Amie (a senior at glenn too) told me few days ago that she skypes her bf 5 hours everyday!!! EVERY-freaking-day! for 5 hours!! whatthe?! i'm impressed, but i don't think i could ever do that... and i don't think they just got into the r/s, in fact, their hours are lengthening, what on earth do they talk about? haha. they amaze me la... she's from brunei, he's from sg.. and now she's studying here, he's working and they still find time for each other..all the time. can kowtow already.

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on a completely separate note, my granny went to hospital again last night. but then she's ok now.. it was high BP. i think she was getting worried abt her BP, then lack sleep and got emotionally upset by my parents. ESP my dad!!! raised his voice at her again.. scolded him today for it. omg!!! those 2 (mum n dad) need to grow up!!! i gave them both a lesson cos they're both not patient to my granny at all. told them a buncha things which got my dad a bit speechless and my mum crying.. sth to the effect of always remembering what she has done for them, esp. with bringing me and bro up, and her living most of her life giving to us all. every person has a great story behind her, and i know she has always been a strong woman (went out to work and not stay home and be housewife kind ok!) so let her have her way now.. she's old already, won't want any regrets would we? i think it's an effective way to maintain our patience and love for granny. she's completely ADMIRABLE!! and she's a treasure not a nuisance!

So just now during skype, granny and i looked at each other. i told her i love her. and she immediately teared!! she said she loved me back, and we were both in tears. ohgosh. mutual unsaid words of "totally missing u!!!" were resounding in my head. anyway, my mum promised to be good to her. she better. she's her daughter! geez.

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ok. so... any takers for me?? HAHA.

my crazycool pressie from bro~

2010-03-21T00:19:00.000+11:00

I can't keep being the emokid. i've already promised not to be emo eh? So i must neutralise my previous post by being all happy here! :P So earlier this week i got this HUGE AS box in the mail.. so i got my notice to collect this parcel, they even indicated on that paper "Very large!" soo funny! i kinda knew what to expect by then as bro had kinda told me it'd arrive sometime soon. I got a huge shock the first time, like 1.5 weeks ago, when i received an acer monitor.. wondering hard why i was receiving it lol.

Anyway, when i got to the recept, they were like "this box is massive!! u gotta come in, i'll lend u a trolley" haha. yeaaa awesome! so i wheeled it back to my room with Kerry's help. yay!

Photos below to big reveal...

just to show u how massive it is! Bet you've never gotten such a huge box in the mail have u? :P

In that box, carried this! MY FAB 4!! lovelovelove.

this is the back. it's so big cos it's not just the game disc (duh!), it comes with the 'hofner guitar' and 'ludwig drumset'! There's like a printed autograph of Paul and Ringo in this photo too if u look hard enough.

Herehere! all assembled :D

oyes, the mic and micstand comes with it too! :D

Of course, i needed a console to play the game, hey? Here it is, unwrapped!

X360!

Couldn't play it with my laptop, so my bro also got me the monitor (previously mentioned). and a VGA cable for it too! he thought of everything i'm so blessed! cos i'm like a game idiot. and just bcos i wanna play the beatles rock band, he got me everything i needed! MAJOR LOVE! btw, all these are for my 21st bday... no one can beat him this year. FOR SURE. haha. (love bro~ soooo much. i know we're a lot closer than most other sibs i know. thankful for it. he makes me so proud too!)

the game disc is having a bit of problem at some points tho, only been able to play "quickplay" and not "story" which is what i'm dying to play. i wana track the progress of their career and they must have some conversations in there.. the animated them are not bad. really like them. altho not entirely the BEST graphics (in comparison to crazy good ones like in the recent FFs), but stillgreat!!

Already learnt some new songs. exciting! :D

And after this, will probably watch a DVD using my xbox! yay! apparently i can go on msn there too. but typing would be crap so why'd i do that lol. DVD is TKAM! to kill a mockingbird.. i wanted to watch for a while liao.. bought it since last year! teehee.

P.S. i'm totally snacking at night at the moment. crappp. but i'm hungry. and been craving sweets recently. what's up with that? i usually pick savoury over sweet ANY TIME!

P.P.S. some buncha possibly drunk ppl just came and were shouting and being annoying, and i heard them say "just break it! and then run!!" wtfwtf??! got me quite scared. and plus there was one loud bang on my window. dunno what happened. urgh. as long as my window is not smashed i'm not gonna look out man... not now.

emokid

2010-03-20T20:16:00.000+11:00

i was going to make this entry a really long one with happy pictures and all that. but it took an entire day to upload everything, and then just a second for my chrome to crash on me and now i gotta re-upload everything. which i gave up after it crashed a second time, barely uploaded 3 photos then. GAH.

not the best of moods once again. so sad. why can't i be more happy and chirpy. like some ppl.... they don't worry much. they do what they've to do and they're happy happy happy. no problems. they don't think abt what's not theirs to worry about. i envy that! how does one stop their brain from doing all these excessive thinking. sucks!!

anyway, i was just thinking... i was getting pretty content with the way things go.. and happy enough about myself. but last night it was like me caving in like some wall hit by an earthquake. i wish i was ignorant of some facts, maybe it wouldn't hurt me as much. haha. i would probably have brushed it off too. but now i can't, and it bugs me to no end.. i feel like a fool... he has called me naive, and not just once too. maybe i should've taken the hint. i really don't wanna be a fool, if i ever was one. i can't let myself go ahead and be stupid right?? so yea. altho i can defend him in my mind with a million things. i would rather not. don't wanna be so spineless. blah.

oh n it's not that i'm not happy with myself, but it's true that not every personality appeals to everyone anyway. oya she's SUCH a vince!! no kidding. just glowy all round. i'm like howard stuck in vince's body. so awkward. tsk. emokid.

i hope u'll feel it if and when i go. at least that counts for sth?

backback.

2010-03-14T00:48:00.000+11:00

hello! i'm back again. blogblog. i will be back for the long haul hopefully. and not be emo. hopefully. too.. hahaha. hopefully with more readers and my old readers and close frens can keep tabs on me.

so i was thinking, i need a new approach to life. living for the moment n enjoying every bit of it. when u focus on the present and experience everything fully... u'll find time doesn't actually pass as quickly as when u keep thinking ahead.. and u'll find life a lot more meaningful! ooh, enough of the motivational speech... but seriously.. i choose to live life this way, rather than finding that upon any potential immature death, i'm full of regret for being angry/sad at myself or others and wasting all this time not being happy!

I was gonna blog for about a week now.. but i kept wanting photos to be in it, and this whole big idea to revamp the blog and all, but never found the time n motivation to. at that rate, and knowing myself, i'd not get anything done!! so i thought. just get my arse down to blog sth small first. haha. while i sort out the photo thing.

anyways, this was meant to be a frivolous post! actually, a bit adult. might be a tad different from my previous posts? approach with caution i suppose. haha. so i'm on twitter, and was checking out @mikenumbnuts's tweets. He's Michael Braun, one half of Numbnuts (whose crazy dare vids can be found on http://clicknetwork.tv) u can follow @hutchnumbnuts too! who lately actually replied some of my tweets!

anyway, back to the topic. so mike retweeted one of the OMGfacts tweets. hahaha. http://ow.ly/1pT2ka clickclick on the link! it's like a persuasive little factoid paragraph telling us that sex is good for headaches, fevers and other random pains like migraines and arthritis.. wow? haha. technically not sex, more like orgasm. that is if u reach one. i think guys sure will la. haven't they heard also, that its a fact that not every woman can reach orgasm by penetrative sex alone? haha. so when women say they have headaches, it is still perfectly ALRIGHT for them to say NO! in fact, it makes even more sense for them to refuse, if sex doesn't cure them but frustrates them further when they don't get the high they want. tsk. thanks to the lousy guy who just gets high on his own. HAHA. ok. nvm. no more male bashing. haha. or awkward content for my frens to face.

haha. ohwait. there's more. cos i saw one comment saying "I know that's true, because orgasm can stop the pain from menstrual cramps in it's tracks. Not for long, granted... but then you can always do it again. =)"

i can only say.. wow. i'm impressed. i'm like classic example of person suffering from crazy cramps la. to the point of cold sweating and almost puking for no reason can (altho never did)! then some months i get just a mild attack. but none of those times as i recall, would make me feel up for an orgasm, whether induced by others or oneself. (readers: as i think can be imagined even if one has no experience. correct me if u feel otherwise or dont understand haha) i'm like about to die already, feel so queasy and disgusting and still got mood for that??!! k la. whatever floats ur boat. lol. or she's just lucky that it's mild and she has wonderful hormones that make her horny so that she can conveniently relieve pain.

HAHa. k. abrupt ending. another day! soon!

iPad

2010-01-29T18:45:00.000+11:00

oh and about the topic of ipads.. what's the big deal about the name? it's short and sweet just like iPod, iPhone..etc. (plus the word that comes after "i" is all "P"s.. brand pattern's good what) and iPad actually makes complete sense, does it not look and function just like a writing/drawing pad? except it does even more!!

the word "pad" has so many meanings and all ppl can think of is sanitary pads? seriously?! even for guys? wow. how about, "let's go chill at my pad" <-- pad here probably means some damn cool apartment or house

and haven't we grown up using notepads, writing pads, drawing pads...?!

In fact, the ipad looks pretty awesome to me.. don't tell me u wont get one because it's name is that? then what do u suggest?

PLUS. The freaking iPad doesn't even look like the pad that they are rattling on about. sheesh. grow up!

damn, i thought i can be non emo here.. but i'm still being angsty.

2010-01-29T18:38:00.000+11:00

wow. cried buckets just now. allowed myself to seriously cry like a baby. felt lots better... but tiring --" it's really so hard to take care of a stubborn patient, in this case it's grandma.. once again, i find it very tough to take care of someone who doesn't seem to put him/herself as the priority at this time..

i'm stuck at home taking care of her. i'm not complaining (but technically it sounds like i am) but why is it always an assumed job of me? everybody heads out as they wish, not come back as they wish. because i'll definitely be here to take care of her. seriously!! what happens when i'm not around ): i'm sick myself.. can't go near her.. and she just won't listen and i can't physically drag her to bed. it's tough. i can't ignore whatever she does cos i hear her every word and her every movement.. frustrates me! she's turning me so impatient and annoying.. and this time i really can't shout or scream anymore.. i can only let it out when i'm crying alone. good actually, to have a point of release at least. tried to nap yesterday but woke up at every sound i heard and somehow twitched many many times, waking myself up each time... the usual me sleeps really heavily, so it's really amazing how disturbed the sleeps were.

anyway, i've decided i've too many things to take care of now.. i don't have any more energy and time to even care about other things.. so i'll just pretend like i'm dead to this world now. until anyone of u dates me or calls me, i will just be a hermit. anyway, there's nothing else i can do but stay here.. won't let myself leave home even if i tried. sigh. which is why the only entertainment i get is on my lappy, fb, and online shopping. i was quite happy that i got some stuff from hvv yesterday. but that happiness didn't last very long.. i'm depressed again. but just cried it out to mum who came back surprisingly early.. feel a bit better again.

please let these things pass and all things be well again.. i wanna take care of myself... give me the time to do that at least, please!! i'm serious when i say my biggest wish is to not die before or at 21 thanks.

and i really feel alone.. too tired to beg anyway.

aiks im so emo.

2010-01-27T01:05:00.000+11:00

alright! granny's op will be early tmr morning.. brought her to another appointment today as well and i think i'm falling sick. also couldn't control myself n got impatient with her again.. i feel horrid cos i shld really be giving her all the love n patience now, especially now that is.

tmr's op will be a simple one i think... still it doesn't mean it's riskless. i'm not as afraid as i was a few months back, being away and not completely understanding the situation... but still nervous. she's a strong woman.. but u can't deny her age. and she HAS gotten weaker as the years went by.. she spent so much of the past 2 decades taking care of everyone at home, and watched me grow up.. my biggest fear is of losing her. especially when i'm away.. if anything happens, i'll just go crazy.

which reminds me of a few months back. i kept crying cos i didn't know what was going on and they hadn't confirmed any diagnosis.. seemed so serious! i was so stressed... i thought of one person i really wanted to hear from. yet had no courage to call. this time i also really wanna share this with the same person, but it seems that also won't happen anymore..

well. can only feel upbeat and hope that everything goes super smoothly tmr... after her health is all-clear.. it'll be time to worry about myself.. i seem to be getting signs of poor health.. probably put stuff off long enough now. time i found out for sure.. but i've been feeling so down lately.. i wish i can get some optimism and strength, but i'll need to somehow make some out of nothing from inside me.. cos there'll only be one other person who can easily help.. but probably won't. just because he doesn't really know..

i promise when everything;s clear, i'm gonna stop all this emo-ing. need to get over this part emo feeling about going back to melb too.. the aussie glennies are all so excited to head back. and i'm just totally "zzzz"... is life back home so bad for them? or is college life that attractive? why don't i feel either. ):

emotional fuckup.

2010-01-15T19:24:00.000+11:00

my mind is filled constantly with images of the same person. it never ends. this feeling is familiar, it has happened before.. just different kind of feelings now.. they used to be filled with joy. and now it's.. numbing. and slows u down..

u push it aside, u know it's jogging right next to u.. so yea, it's a numbing sort of pain. dull. but there.

u question so much, but u can't speak. nobody to turn to.

finally u hear of some news.. he speaks. u couldn't breathe. u literally couldn't catch ur breath.. and ur tears well and fall all in that one instant. u let the dam break, the flood wash over everything.. u hate this wall u built, but u've no choice.. u try to let it bring u the calm u wanted.. and we keep trying... that's the only thing we can do now.

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2010-01-01T17:08:00.000+11:00

the year started off quite well, i had a good time with the girls.. then someone gets mad at me for sth i swear i didn't even do. FINE IGNORE ME.

and now my grandma.. she tells me she hasn't slept all night. and STILL she wants to go to her friend's wake. wth?! I mean, it can wait.. i'm being mean by sayig she's not even a close friend. But one has to know her limits right? She can't even walk downstairs without even complaining of all the aches and pains.. and now she's gonna venture out on her own without sleep?!!!? I told her to go sleep, and we'll think of a solution as to how to bring her there after. Not like we don't have a car?

Anyway, she tells me "ok..." but she sneaked out of the house anyway! I dunno.. similar situations have happened too many times. She promises one thing and then stubbornly does another. making everyone so worried about her. I don't know.. maybe it's just me being emotional, but when i ran downstairs to look for her (and it's really a wild goose chase cos i've no idea where the fuck she went) and obviously can't find her, I started breaking down la. WHY!!! she has made me worry soooo much, but she keeps doing things that annoy me. WHY DOES SHE MAKE IT SO HARD FOR ME TO LOVE HER!!! i can't love someone who doesn't love herself.. or someone who won't just accept that she can rest and relax when there's nothing to do, instead of worrying over everyone/thing. she can't go on thinking about others only.. making ppl who love her hurt like that.. i'm so mentally tired everytime.. once again, i feel like packing up and just flying back to aus.. slowly feeling like there's nothing here to hold me back anymore. ARGHH. i dunno. i just wanna escape for a while. (i miss u frens.. but.. the push factors are strong.. ppl i love who dunno or cannot appreciate me.)

RAHH, i'm so tired from this crying... why can't ppl take care of themselves for the sake of ppl who love them? they're wittingly or unwittingly being seriously selfish in thinking whatever happens to them is their consequence alone. and yes, this is a general statement.

more beatles~~

2009-12-24T03:37:00.000+11:00

Thanks to Jia, who gave me a copy of the whole collection of the remastered beatles music. he found out about my craze for beatles when he came to visit lol!! This is great, cos now i can truly learn more about all their music!! And not just be another blindly-crazed fangirl XP

I've only just added 4 albums into my current playlist tho, with songs that are more familiar to me.. from "Please please me", "Help!", "A Hard day's night" and "With the beatles".. they were made in the time roughly when they were in their 'boyband' stage.. the US visit, and the films.. yup. love!! so, i have already raved about "all my loving".. there are many more sweet songs.. and i feel like Paul's voice makes it more romantic.. strange? It's just his voice quality i think.. John's is a bit more hmm.. i've no clue how to describe it.. it's just more suitable for interesting songs, experimental and rockk.

Anyway, enough rambling.. another song!! not so happy one.

The Night Before

We said our goodbyes, ah, the night before.
Love was in your eyes, ah, the night before.
Now today I find you have changed your mind.
Treat me like you did the night before.

Were you telling lies, ah, the night before?
Was I so unwise, ah, the night before?
When I held you near you were so sincere.
Treat me like you did the night before.

Last night is a night I will remember you by.
When I think of things we did it makes me wanna cry.

We said our goodbye, ah, the night before.
Love was in your eyes, ah, the night before.
Now today I find you have changed your mind.
Treat me like you did the night before.

When I held you near you were so sincere.
Treat me like you did the night before.

Last night is a night I will remember you by.
When I think of things we did it makes me wanna cry.

Were you telling lies, ah, the night before?
Was I so unwise, ah, the night before?
When I held you near you were so sincere.
Treat me like you did the night before,
like the night before.

Really like it! it's... real? i'd say many girls, including myself, can relate to this song.. and maybe guys too.. i'm sure u've suffered from similar fates.. that someone who has grabbed ur heart, gave u hope, but changed their minds? and well, i guess we all think back longingly to "the night before".. when things were perfect (:

haha. been emo lately la, that much is obvious. no thanks to reading some blogs and also having friends confide in me..

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Was also watching gossip girl lol. up to season 2 ep...18? 19? Yea, well, when Blair and Nate got back together again.. seriously, Blair and nate... there are NO sparks!! just.. comfort and ease.. which is always good of course.. but is it really? Would u choose sparks? or an easier way out.. with less excitement?

I was reading Xiaxue's love story... she dated all the wrong guys ("bad guys") before Mike came along.. and Mike gave her more than she did. I'm not saying there are no sparks of course, sure seemed like fireworks. But, i guess what i mean to say is that... a guy comes along and for the first time, he is willing to give her all the loves he can, and perhaps more than she did. Worked out well for her (: I sat and wondered if that'd happen to me.. but then another part of me started asking "is that what u really want?"

Of course, anyone will be blessed to find someone who loves you so!! and there's nothing bad about it at all.. but I used to fervently believe that it's better to love than to be loved. I was always the one who gave more than the other party did. or willing to. so if one day, i find a person who can give me all that love, i might just question myself... "Am I giving up on my ideals? or is it just that this guy has a much firmer similar belief than I do?" I think i've confused all rather enough, I mean.. Will I one day "settle for easy"? Is that ME?

but like blair said.. "what's wrong with easy?"

gripe!!

2009-12-17T18:12:00.000+11:00

lol. i know i haven't been updating for a while. was gonna post some links to photos from gold coast and also joee's trip to singapore.. but facebook is not allowing me to upload the photos! GAH!!

totally made me lose interest in updating lol. but anyways, i've been out and about recently and realised that there're tons and tons of hair extension places nowadays!! i look into the stores and it's like tons of ppl with short hair suddenly endowed with half a head of hair. I was quite pissed off (LOL), just cos it makes my natural long hair seem so un-special and all the less precious. my hair's quite damaged from the swimming and dry weather in melbourne and i'd need to trim it, probably by a few inches ): so i'll end up with shorter hair than all those fake-haired ppl sigh. LOL

And i've decided i wanna do my hair sth like that:

or actually more accurately, like this:

i like the colour!! but i'm not sure if my hair can take anymore.. haha. but yes, i want mild voluminous waves haha. but i want alba's fringe, just cos my fringe is short now. :P

yupyup!

outrageous!!

2009-12-03T02:27:00.000+11:00

hello all.. sorry for the long hiatus. i assure u it was unintended and hence the lack of warning. I just have been busy and then I went travelling. and finally got some time now. Will update soon enough with more details, especially with gold coast stuff (: T'was a really good trip with my buddy Jia! :D

Anyway, I just had to exclaim.. where is an Xbox when I need one?! HAHAHA. found out just a few minutes ago that there is an xbox game by the name of "Beatles The Rock Band" which follows their career journey! DAMN! I sooo wanna play it. but can't. gah. ): And the box sets and all that.. boohoo. I'd recommend it as one of the 21st bday wishlist, but Jia did mention sth abt it being no longer on sale? not sure. but I don't want multiple of the same present, so.. hm.

Incidentally just watched the anthology up till part 6. it's now covering the time when unhappiness arose and all that. just couldn't keep me entertained anymore. but introduction of more experimental music, which is interesting.. definitely a detraction from the early teeny music that appealed to the likes of fangirls (can't deny i'm one tho. haha)

And yes, I feel like having a 21st celebration in Sg, before the actual day.. and then another in melb on actual day. not sure how it'll work out tho, cos i'm not sure exactly what i want yet.. will update. ^^

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2009-10-19T22:28:00.000+11:00

Too tired to do work, yet I am afraid to fall asleep. Just feel so tense all over when I hit the sack just now. Sigh..

Very worried for granny. Miss her, and love her so.. I wanna be there for her, but I can't. My worst fear has come true... and it doesn't help that I've been thinking so much lately. sigh. Anyway, just cried too much. Couldn't and wouldn't stop. Now i'm really just too tired for anything. Worse still, it seems to be making me sick too.. I feel soooo queasy it's not funny...

some food. n some clothes.

2009-10-16T23:28:00.000+11:00

A wave of noodle cravings hit me suddenly on Sunday evening. And I rmbed Ajisen Ramen on Bourke street, did a quick search on the net and found it to be open! yay! I like Ajisen enough back home, so I was rather excited for the Melbourne one. (there are not many great Jap food here..) Or rather, very curious to know if the ramen is the same across nations like it should be. Went with Amanda and Sheng~ (later joined by Jeri, Gen, Joee)

A different menu from Singapore's, with some differences in food selection. But the popular ramens are all present. (Cha Shu, Volcano..etc.) Although, they have limited choices for set lunches, and no set dinners.

The condiments. Garlic powder, pepper, chilli powder, chilli oil, soy sauce

Tori Karaage with salad. Nice salad, had a yummy dressing sauce, not sure what it was though. :S The Karaage was normal.

Kimchi and gyoza.

Could've sworn Sg's side dishes are smaller :P but maybe cheaper. The more generous serving size here is much welcomed though. Gyoza's filling was some kind of vege, no meat if I recall correctly. Nice though, although it wasn't an extremely deep impression it left on me.. And kimchi's not in sg menu yea? Kimchi here was normal, but please stick to Japanese food like you should! (i find restaurants lose their "credibility and authenticity" when they serve some dish that doesn't fit what they boast to sell.. Kimchi = not Jap food?)

Amanda's mushroom ramen~

(don't rmb seeing this in SG. the soup is rather plain, but not in a bad way cos then the mushroom flavour is made obvious. Mushroom lovers will like this obviously! Otherwise, don't take this. mostly vegetarian, and it's really bland if u don't appreciate mild flavours or the mushroom flavour.)

Sheng's seafood deluxe ramen

(Soup's got a very strong miso flavour.. i suppose generous servings of squid and prawns. not sure what else.. But i rmb in sg, the seafood would probably come in more variety.. including hokkaido clams yea?!DROOL!)

My Tom Yam Ramen

(stirred slightly i think, hence lack in presentation. But i'd say it's comparable to Sg's in terms of soup taste. altho, i do find Sg's slightly better.. like a very subtle difference. I feel Sg's got this... special milky twist to the tom yam soup..just slightly more than the one here.. And obviously the variety of seafood lacking, but it's their natural limitation here i guess.. All the same, I finished almost every drop of the soup along with all my noodles and ingredients. The girl has been deprived of good Asian soup noodles in a looong time!)

Stacks of coins. The kind of payment restaurants get when a buncha students visit. Splitting bills are the worst! :P

Gen, Jerilyn and Joee came midway and ordered a fried cuttlefish to share. And Joee had a beef ramen.. but I did not partake in those, I was saving space for dessert (which we had at singapore chom chom haha). So no comments there. Food was pretty cheap I think, reasonable at least.. A range of $5-6 for each of the side dishes we ordered.. and my ramen.. was.. somewhere around 10 +/- 2 I can't rmb! Sheng's deluxe ramen cost a bit more at $16. Missed another chance to try the famous durian gelato at lygon st. Must go on food hunt soon, hear?

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On the topic of food, gotta thank Manda for buying us these cupcakes last friday~

Cute bag!

And therein lies a cute box!

What lies in that box, is the CUPCAKES!! How cute are they?!

Had the heart one ^^ My fascination.

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Enough with food, now I'm gonna give a gallery of some shirts/sweaters I recently obtained/ wore.

A very tired looking me. After clinic observation.

(mannish too thanks to the very oversized uniform. that's a size 10. too big for me. but their smallest is only 8. still too big i imagine. oh well. Clinic was alright. Wasn't as bad as I thought, the seniors were pretty nice. Also caught up with some poddies: James and James haha. Heidi, Lin.. and saw Yang Ming too, and Rob Thorogood.. some ppl we know of but haven't talked to yet. But not very productive use of 3 hours, cos... not much to observe in the end.. just had one patient and pretty standard stuff. Will start on the reflective assignment soon..)

closeup.

A redeeming photo. in a free Glenn college polo tee!

Closeup. The crest of Glenn College is actually really majestic looking isn't it.

Front design of Glenn internationals hoodie sweater (not the best, but oh well!)

The southern cross at the back, and "Daph"! I love it just cos it's got my name on it. My FIRST ever personalised piece of clothing. How deprived. haha. yay!

That's all folks! 2 posts in a night to make up for the rather long absence.. :P

1st south Oscars and my own after party :P

2009-10-16T20:52:00.000+11:00

Think i've mentioned earlier that my floor had an Oscars night... basically it was really our own 1st south awards night and it was aweeesommee!! Made the right choice to attend, i do pick and choose my events unfortunately, not as party crazy as most floor mates. but i still love them so (:

There was a barbie before event started. Kudos to Ben and BFG for dinner :P

Best barbie had in Oz, with steak (and wings later) on top of the usual sausage, onions and meat patties.

Rob, before he left for Pursa for his bday thing.

Look at all those drinks! Ha. And a bucket of punch. (that was constantly refilled. thirsty anyone?)

Margi and Ben, our awesome RAs on stage, about to start off the Oscars event.

Most everyone got an award. Some are mighty apt and others hilarious to say the least!

Me receiving my "Queen bee- you invited" award. Ben explaining that I've got heaps of people in my room all the time, now that's true. lol. also telling the story about how he forgot to invite me to my own floor bday celebration XP (how tan do i look here!)

Ben, Joee, Me.

Me n margi~

Me and Alex, my next door neighbour~

Steph, she does podiatry too (:

Me and Jimmy~ (mr GHD was it?) Floor cutie. XP

Mr Cuddle me Elmo! BFG.

That's Paddy. There used to be so little guys on the floor! haha.

But now there's also Curt. 1 of 3 new additions! (Altho minus Jamie. sad.)

And when I got round to take pics with girls, they're almost all gone. waiting for Pursa. But here's Alanna!

Oh yes, can't forget the Lees!

Didn't go to Pursa, just did not feel up to actually getting out into the city, so decided to stay and then headed off to Eagle bar with our other friends (: Turned out to be a pretty good night.

The live band. Front man commented he liked my shoes! lol.

Said shoes.(which i was seriously wobbling in :P)

Ana, Joee, Min

Min, Jerilyn and Ana. with their (signature) poses. haha.

Sheng and Steve

The crowd grew. Danced till my feet could take it no longer :P

Left.. about 1am yea? Hung out with Jerilyn, Ana and Joee some more till late. was really tired and hungover that day after. which was blogged about so read that. haha.

blah.

2009-10-10T14:50:00.000+11:00

Blah. I was gonna blog. but then I can't open my pictures (any of them!!! on my computer!!!) I can't be bothered to restart my comp just to blog. So i'm gonna have to blog later. or maybe tmr. cos i probably would've lost all mood to blog for today waha.

off to do some work then.

Hungoverrrr but still able to emo.

2009-10-09T14:24:00.000+11:00

Sosoososososososo hungover and tired. goshhhhh.

We had our Oscars -1st South Style yesterday. That's like our private mini awards night for 1st south! Had the most awesome bbq ever in Aus. There was steak n wings too, on top of meat patties and sausages. Then proceeded to drink punch... which was a mix of a hell lot of different drinks, pretty sure there was juice, or was it cordial? and then just a whole variety of alcohol. all in one big tub. probably had 3 or 4 cups of that...

Then, Alana dragged me to her room and I had a glass of Bella, sparkling wine/champagne. Very nice.. Finished that pretty quickly even tho I was flaming red by that time. But then after a while, i got less red. and in fact, the high-ness seems to have worn off after that! So when we headed off to eagle bar, I drank some more. Just one "glass" of wine. wasn't too bad too. Then headed back, drank some more at Joee's.. Red Label + Sprite. Maybe 2 cups in total. not sure. drinking games, it was. Anyways, only got back at ... 430? That was bad. Was quite an absent-minded (literally faded in n out of genuine 'consciousness' haha) scribe. Writing on the poster, copying word for word, and i managed to miss quite a few words, miswrite some words.. and just.. ARGH. lol. i don't feel that hungover as compared to feeling just soooo tired. gah. Will blog about last night with photos later or tmr (:

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Read gege's blog abt her uncle's cancer.. sorry to hear about it gege. I really wish him all the best! Cancer.. it plagues more n more ppl nowadays, and I won't lie.. I have a fear of getting cancer myself. It's always at the back of my mind... cos I believe it might be genetic.. shrugs. But that's not my point. Point is, someone extremely dear to me had an episode of cancer.. and he's been alright for years now. But who's to say it's not coming back? *touch wood* I mean, i realise i've almost assumed it wouldn't... but obviously it might... Makes me wanna cherish this person even more.. I'll be no short of going hysterical/devastated if anything happens to him... Fuck, this is soooo bad. Thinking about death too much lately. And it scares the shit out of me.. I keep praying nothing majorly disruptive happens within these years i'm in Aus.. cos I get so much less time to be with my loved ones back home.. it's gonna haunt me all my life. deep breaths in. no crying ):

Well, i should get some sleep, and stop brooding over what i cannot control, and just try to make sure i do what's best i can, and not regret anything in the future. On that, i should learn to take care of myself too, for the ones i love.. cos i wish they'd do that for me too...

This week..thus far. (lots of photos!)

2009-10-07T21:37:00.000+11:00

Monday.. what an uneventful workshop we had at IPB. GOshh.. waste of time. And we weren't allowed to go until half an hour past so that "it wouldn't be a waste" of our trip there.. well, we spent half an hour doing nothing except chatting. so i dunno what's a greater waste! lol.. but twas fun with Tom and James ^^ Also handed in that report of ours, hopefully that was alright. We're left with that crazy 40% indiv essay and 10% quiz for IPB now.. nervous! (and the 10% one for discipline specific) Gotta start and try to finish asap!

After workshop, went with Amanda for her teeth extraction. I knew she had this immense fear of needles and pain, so I thought a friend would help. Indeed I'm glad I was there for her.. she's still recuperating now.. still sore and hard to eat stuff. :S Get better soon, girl!~

Anyways, we went northland that day.. and randoms. but i bought a bottle of mineral water..

Pink cap and pink elements on its label.

Supporting breast cancer foundation i believe.. I think it's amazing what a pink cap does to a bottle. lol. I told you... random!!

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Since it was a Monday, it meant half-price korean bbq at Haan Guuk Guan!! So that night I went out with the Lees for dinner!

Uncle and niece with their intl sweaters.

(waiting for bus)

We got off the bus and this is what we saw.. Joee says it's RMIT. wow. super nice!! I've only seen its modern building.. this one's just amazing though.

Us while I lead them.. both hiding, leaving me in foreground with a relativel bigger face. I somehow look fair in photos!

I got them there!! :D

Beef Bulgogi and Traditionally Marinated Pork + mushrooms!

Lettuce and cucumber to go with BBQ

Cooking the meat.. and shrooms.

Wrap up and eat! Tastes much healthier lol!

Side dishes.. that was unlimited refilling like most korean restaurants~

(I thought we could break the record, but we ended up ordering too many other stuff to have much of this..)

Sneak some photos before more food came..

Fish roe kimchi soup for me, some claypot squid on rice for Joee.

I LOVE MY SOUP! a bit fishy, but tastes so good after.

Dau Bhuk Gi (rice sticks) and noodle combination. noodles to satisfy qimin's craving.

A photo before food! Hair tied up, all ready to eat eat eat!

Aftermath!

VERY FULL AFTER. no kidding. couldn't walk very straightt too!

But the Lees did well, they still managed to take in one egg tart each from Chinatown. Had a try. BEST EGG TARTS EVER! haha. very eggy, and very filled with egg custard, less crust. Will get some next time :P (when i'm not keeling over from all that food in my stomach)

We also had chendol and cheng tng from Singapore Chom Chom (a restaurant).. i could stomach that for some reason! :P

us waiting for tram... joee looking like a seasoned camwhore. hahaha!

Took tram back.. and that's about the end..

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But not yet, cos it's time for me to camwhore. I always do that when I get back from outside lol!! Can't waste my eye makeup (which i put on to complement my grey eyes) lol. I seriously look funny with grey eyes and w/o makeup. so i couldn't help it! :P

Closeup of the lenses for those searching. These are Geo Ash Wings.

Had these lenses for a while now. Alway put them on and took them off cos I thought it looked weird. Finally wore it out for the first time now! Think I got used to them. These suit me wayy better than the Geo Tri-colour greys..

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In the last but most random news!!

See these tiny white balls in the grass patch? They're tiny hailstones!! Little iceballs, that can be best described as looking like sagos (if u know what they are)..

Although I'd like to alert all that it's spring right now.. and from common sense, i don't think hails should be normal at all. haha. albeit, it lasted only a few minutes. But still! Melbourne's weather tops itself all the time!

Mid Autumn Festival~

2009-10-07T19:37:00.000+11:00

Ah, the moon was round~ on a beautiful saturday night. haha.

Singsoc @ LTU organised a Mid Autumn Festival + Hari Raya Puasa celebration. We had some foreign friends (note: non-sg) join in.. so it started with some vids introducing both festivals.

Not much on Puasa, just some cookies. There were mooncakes which were of course, the highlight of many for MAF. Tried a few flavours like durian, white lotus, red bean...etc.

There were a few activities like taboo, quizzes on the videos and don't forget the lyrics singapore version, also we got to taste some foods and guess their ingredients.. all the while accumulating points in teams.

Min and Mandy

Joee and Sheng

Guess what....?

We won!! HA. that's us receiving our prize..

Faezah, Xuet Ying and our team. (2 members left earlier)

Our goodie bags + distributed prize of sugar crackers, mamee noodles and "Xiang Bings" (literally translated to fragrant biscuits)

Happy happy of course! Especially the Lees... speaking of them...

Min and Joee.. doing up our lanterns

Unglam to the max, but only one of me with lantern. :P

We had sparklers with our goodie bags!

The end of the night, we hung our lanterns on the tiny tree outside college. Whee~ Lantern tree.

Us with Amie and Beatrice.

Twas a pretty good night (:

Oh! The international sweaters are here.. they are actually pretty good.

A bunch of us taking photo together. very blurry tho. The sweater is custom-made to each of us...

has our names on it ^^ or nicknames. Shall post another photo of mine soon.

Down.. again.

2009-10-06T14:35:00.000+11:00

Booohoo! Today is the worst day to feel sick. Gahhh.

Not very surprising though. I had two nights (or mornings) that I slept at 4am.. last week. and I drank. Then, 2ams and 3ams with get togethers, work and heading out to eat. Not to mention, daylight savings is over (or now on, can't figure out which), and we lost an hour of sleep as a result... sleep debt is baddddd!

To my sg friends~ My time diff with u is now 3 hours, not 2. ): makes chatting a little harder. cos i need to stay up later to see some of u.. in fact, was really tired yesterday skyping with parents. I was also uber frustrated with the booking of my SG flight tickets and using my brains to research storage, book my jetstar flight..etc. arghhh. I just growled and turned everything off. went right off to bed, angry. :S (i also felt the onset of illness..)

True enough, I woke up to a not-so-healthy self. ):

Which is horrid cos I wanted to go gym for everyday of this week starting today. Now it seems like I shouldn't... rahh!! I do need to not waste my money and make full use of my last week.. not to mention, i've been eating lots the past week thanks to the hols! i even went out with joee and min yesterday for korean bbq --" and i thought i could work it off.. CRAP. my only hope is to get fully well soon!

Also sad cos i could've had a very interesting tutorial at my cinema class today. They watched "House of flying daggers" and I wanted to go watch the screening to see if it was in Mandarin, but alas. I couldn't get myself out of bed. Too tired mentally and physically to go to lecture and tut later too. sigh. I was looking forward to tut. wanted to see what the others had to say abt the movie. and i wanted back my first assignment.. will book an appt with Rolando this week hopefully..

That's it. I'm drinking up and heading to bed. zzzzzz

interesting thought. n a msg to someone..

2009-09-30T15:39:00.000+10:00

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.

2009-09-30T00:12:00.000+10:00

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.

2009-09-27T23:37:00.000+10:00

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

2009-09-24T18:18:00.000+10:00

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.

2009-09-16T13:02:00.000+10:00

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

2009-09-15T23:29:00.001+10:00

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.

2009-09-12T18:33:00.000+10:00

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.

2009-09-08T13:18:00.000+10:00

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!!)

2009-09-08T00:10:00.002+10:00

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~

Super funny vid!!

2009-09-07T14:58:00.002+10:00

Wahaha.. just had to share this vid cos it's awesomely funny. :P

It's part of a Japanese gameshow (apparently named Do not laugh Batsu!) where the contestants are not allowed to laugh at any point, otherwise they get ~~eliminated~~ whacked!! Ha, apparently they did something similar in the year before, and they're reunited this time in the hospital setting. Basically they're filmed for 24h, going through random activities, and they're not supposed to laugh or they'll get whacked. simple as that XP

And I had to add one more clip. it's mighty funny! and has english subtitles. This one's not only whacking for laughing but a test for "guts" haha. Please don't watch it if you can't afford to LOL at the moment :P

becoming a cynic...

2009-09-06T02:09:00.000+10:00

For some strange reason, I get very lonely at night. I just sit here alone, and think I shouldn't sleep that early and just end up feeling very lonely. Like there isn't someone I can really call upon to be here at any second, absolutely willing and able to comfort me simply by their presence. letting me lie on them, having them help me get to sleep. nope, nobody. Even if there are people whom I hope would do that, they can't be here right now or.. I am not sure would want to. shrugs.

My Ed Hardy "Love Kills slowly" poster just dropped today. It was actually pasted on my ceiling (and many said WHY?! cos there's like a skull on it and it's staring down at me everyday, altho it doesn't bother me at all. but that's besides the point), and right about this morning it came loose.

I woke up to it half-peeled off. So i pasted it back. It came off again at lunch, and i tried my hardest to stick it back cos i wasn't really tall enough for the job. Almost fell a few times. :S

Anyway, so I went out for Laura's farewell and when i got back the poster was on my bed.

First i wondered.. "Does this mean I should stop believing this now? Is it dropping cos perhaps someone's actually here to prove that that is not true? Like maybe love can be all happy, fulfilling and awesome?" (but this doesn't make sense. cos um, nobody new/ nothing new's happening. HAHA

Then i think "Or is it telling me to stop thinking, and reminding me HEY! Love kills slowly. so stop even thinking. If it dropped in the night, it'd have blanketed me. Enveloped me. geee!"

But what I really concluded... The Blu-tak and tape has just worn out after a few months.

Sigh, being a cynic is less painful. But so not me ): i'm scared.

Gotta love college life.

2009-09-03T23:24:00.002+10:00

Living right next to the laundry room has its perks. Obvious convenience and you can probably have advantage when fighting with 30 odd ppl for that one machine, just cos you can hear it when it's not running. But obviously also the downsides. Can't think of any? Let me help you. 1. The noise of machines 2. Possible stench 3.The noise of people walking in and out of there. 4. Bad scenery, you'll understand later. 5th. haha guess there isn't a 5th.

So anyways, I think I blogged before about someone putting up signs to tell others to collect their laundry and not leave a mess there. Well, I shall illustrate to you now. Why is that so?

View of left side of laundry room from entrance.

View of right side (sink) from entrance.

Appealing isn't it? The laundry piles have reached sky high today. It's probably the worst situation this laundry room has seen all year. Clothes are everywhere! In the sink, around the sink, in the pigeon holes, on the dryer, in the dryer, in the washer, outside the washer (in separate laundry baskets), on the ironing board. Oh yea, and it's all kinds of clothes - not yet washed, washed and still wet, washed and dryed yet still lingering around (for varied amount of time).

I wanted to iron a dress today if I'd gone to the bar (which i'm not), but couldn't cos obviously there is no space to. Ha. [the clothes on the board has been taken already haha] And I think.. I hope.. with the new sign (that will be revealed after this), that the mess will be cleared soon and I can peacefully do my laundry this weekend. w00ts! :D

BEFORE-

So this was the old sign I told you guys about..

Of course, that's been thrown into the bin already.

AFTER-

That's what's up right now XP

It just gets more amusing by the day. Whee~ I'm just glad it doesn't smell. I usually just, u know, leap through everything to get my laundry done and then i'm out of there. haha.

Yep just a bit of comic relief I thought I'd bring you :P

It's spring~

2009-09-03T17:47:00.000+10:00

Spring is in the air! Or was. haha. This morning I woke up to jolly people in shorts on the floor. haha myself included.

When I got out to get donuts with Amanda, the sun was up, cool breeze.. and lots of people laying out on the lawn! Nice nice. didn't bring my camera along tho, so no photos. Came back and had meetings for uni work. And it began pouring!! Thunder and the works too. Melbourne seriously has the strangest weather ever. But the rain was gone in a bit.. just that, it's still pretty cold right now. And I thought we could not worry so much about the cold tonight *if* we were going to the bar. Ah well. We'll see about that!

Anyways, I promised some photos of my uni the last post. I've got just 3 over here.. I didn't get one of the health sciences building tho. which are a bit further away from college.. but uni is small, definitely smaller than the unis back home. (NUS, NTU..) cos well, i suppose they have more unis here, so they don't have to be that big.

On the short bridge over the moat. That building is Glenn College. Where I stay.

That's just a tiny pond tucked in Simpson lawn.

This lawn is in front of Glenn (across the moat).

There are ducks, and sometimes swans.

That's the Agora, which is where all the eateries and shops are.

Just a quadrangle at the center of uni..

And that's all I have for you now haha. I can't grab good enough pictures to let you have a good idea of the entire place. Let me figure that out. Maybe I'll do a video clip (or a series) on a quiet weekend to show you a tour haha. Those photos were taken on Sunday, it was open house so it's so busy! Usually, it's dead quiet in the weekends and at night.

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So anyways, I went to remove my acrylic nails yesterday. This shop was pretty cheap. They did the soak off, and filed it with the burs (reminds me of dentistry really) and also shaped and buffed my nails. Then they applied a layer of nailtek for me to help strengthen it. All for $20. They're called ProfessioNAIL if you all wanna try it out- they recently had a price restructuring (cheaper). My only complaint is that the girl was in a rush and was a bit rough while shaping and cutting. :S And they should probably be more organised with their appointments/walk-in system. lol. i'm picky cos i've been at the other end of this service. ha.

After that I went to priceline and found some nailart stickers. Not quite like the ones I wanted (which are from Japan and duh that means uber pretty and good quality), but still you can't ask for much here. haha. and I got this edgy stick on nails with argyle printed tips. I LOVE ARGYLE PRINT. (which reminds me I should totally blog about argyles in my fashion blog. ha) When I do all those, I'll definitely upload some photos haha. Meanwhile, I did some "nail art" for amanda and myself on the toes. hehe. (I wish I had those nail art pens so i can DRAW as well?)

That's my toes. with flash. It's a powder pink base. I just put

sparkly studs and stars on it. Wanted it to be more punk-style tho. XP

That's Amanda's. More princessy. Snowflakes and stars on the big toe, with crowns at cuticles for the rest.

Personally, I hope I can do better next time. ha. But i'm glad Mandy liked it! :D

I bought some cool stuff from Body Shop as well, will probably blog that in Zitch-That instead. And then I found some really cheap yarn from Kmart!! Super super nice texture as well. And i'm really excited. Gonna knit some door handle covers. Cos I'm constantly suffering from mini electric shocks from the static build up somehow? When I touch the door knob/handle. it's like ARGH!! Ha. So I'll do a few, for all my lovely friends hehe. Also, I've been so inspired to get online to find knit patterns that I could possibly play around with and get started on a simple project on my own!! I've been knitting under the guidance of Emy (my knit teacher) so far.. and since she's not here, I gotta rely on myself. ha. Saw some pretty interesting stuff indeed! Quite exciting ;)

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A bunch of us had a mini outing to Maccas last night. I had a M&M's McFlurry and a Medium fries. I dunno what to say. CRrraaapp?! haha. that is on top of dinner, mind you. Sighh.. I'm gonna have to eat less. Force myself into an exercise regime. And NOT drink beer. (which I've stopped for a while now) I don't want a beer belly. NOoooo. And I gotta drink more water, sleep more. Keep my metabolism at its peak. HA!

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Lastly, Thanks to Kerry who alerted to me that today is.... DORAEMON'S BIRTHDAY! haha. Check out Google's Japan homepage. Their google logo features Doraemon. hhe. And I found this photo in tribute to him too.

Those are some mighty Doraemon fans!

Or actually, one might Doreamon fan with 3 cute (albeit 'tortured') kitties.

Photo credits to Eunice from http://travelerfolio.com/ (Cool travel photo blog)

Anyway, I believe it's Doraemon's.. 39th birthday? Correct me if i'm wrong. But HAPPY BIRTHDAY! To the wonder bot kitty with awesome gadgets that we wished were real! My guess is there'd be a big celebration on his 40th..

I feel happy and i need to catch up!

2009-09-01T23:21:00.000+10:00

Just to drop a note.. Finally finished my cinema essay and handed it in today.. Quite a few people asked for last-minute extensions today. And I think Rolando is kind enough to give it to them.. Thought it was rather unfair! They have extra time to do this thing that I had SOOOOO much trouble doing! And they're probably gonna do better than me just cos they probably do this as a core subject. ): The poor health science kid (ahem, me). Well, hopefully that means that people who hand in on time get like bonus brownie points. haha.

I just wanna watch more Angelina Jolie flicks (esp. girl, interrupted!) and definitely more Scorsese films.. I'm becoming such a huge Scorsese fan it's amazing! If I can, I'll watch ALL his shows :P

And with that out of the way, I finally caught up with some of my health science work. Still need one or two more days to completely catch up. Phew~~ (I managed to pack my room too!) Absolutely feel the motivation to be on top of everything this sem. It's moving along pretty fast and I wanna do better in the exams this time. (by not cramming!!) And also cos I've got quite a few events lined up. No, i'm not that busy. It just feels that way haha. I've not been this "on the ball" since forever it seems.

I took some photos of the school, its spring! Shall post it the next time. Tmr, if i have the time..

Oh yea, Check out my review on this neat little shop full of cute stuff! http://zitch-that.blogspot.com/ xo

Hot deal!

2009-08-30T20:08:00.001+10:00

I'm getting quite excited at the idea of being back in SG.. and i certainl wanna holiday outside of SG too. Dad asked me if i wanna go back to our hometown in China. Guess I don't mind, see where that goes... And I'll wanna fly to perhaps TW/HK. Dad thinks they are boring (yes, so dad..) SO, I can either 1. convince my dad to go, or 2. Fly there myself and meet up with friends to go along! :D Naturally TW and HK.. i've just the right ppl in mind. but i dunno if they're free.. doubt it. We'll see.

Anyway, there's also this deal.. for a very short trip. To Batam. Heard it from Amanda. It's one of those spa getaways deal. Purely for enjoyment and relaxation. Never been on one, but i suppose i'm feeling old enough to need to relax. lol. It was a pdf file, but i screen-shot it so that i can put it up here.. (shouldn't be illegal, it's promotional material right??)

(Click to enlarge.. it's a little cut off I know)

Sounds good yar? If it were me, I'd opt for an extension, cos 2 day 1 night is a little too rushed for me. I also have a good person in mind..

So...Wanna go with me?

on sleep and psycho kidnappers.

2009-08-30T01:47:00.000+10:00

Correct me if i'm wrong.

Sleeping late (think 2-3 am or later) is ALWAYS a bad idea and gives horrendous results regardless how many hours u actually get to sleep after?

Technically one should sleep at 11 latest. Apparently there's a prime period where your body optimally rests and repairs stuff (like your skin). Well, I slept a whole lot of hours this morning and still feel tragically beaten up, and i hypothesise it's cos i slept at 3? and at 4 the night(or morning) before. And now i'm actually a little sick, and i think i'm not the only one on my floor... ha.

I've been really bad to myself. I think you're probably all guilty of that too. Some more than others...-cough- Sleep more!! :D I'm going to bed real soon, about to collapse. Argh.

Oh yea, but not before sharing this...

Read them. They're a continuation of stories. Ridiculous! i just wonder... how's Jaycee Dugard now? She must still not be mentally much older than she was when she was kidnapped, that makes her little more than 11?! and she's in fact already 29. gosh. And what about the 11 and 15 year old girls she mothered? They've never known life outside of that backyard. Do they speak? I mean, seriously. And the nerve of that couple to plead innocent!

Red.Yellow.Green.

2009-08-28T23:45:00.000+10:00

Last night's eagle bar night was a traffic light theme. You know the drill. Green = Single and available. Yellow= Complicated? Red=Attached/Taken of course.

One can always do variations of their own and do their own interpretation of course. I was meant to be red, and I put on a blue half-cardi jacket to beat the cold. APPARENTLY, it looks green in the dark (i.e. at eagle bar) cos James (Di Mascolo) said I looked like i was celebrating Xmas. HAHA. I wouldn't do red/green like that. pfft. Anyway, our outfits below: They were really yellow. haha. Mandy went with us to the entrance but decided not to go in after knowing we had to pay entrance fees. I'm red cos, I don't want any drama please. NO. (yet some drama's always unavoidable argh.) Anyway, I won't say I'm available.. that's just not how i feel now.

Argh i think the daph collage is a bit too tall, I can't get it to full size, which is twice that. HAHA. That's alright. still visible I suppose. Makes it less um. extravagant too haha.

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Have u ever felt this way...?

You wished some people would confide in you.
You wish you could be the pillar of support for someone.
You wish someone would open their heart to you.
That you can be the first one to hear about their day and be there when they're down.

And there are probably times when you're down and feel like you really wanna share it with him/her, but something just holds you back. You wonder: Do they care enough? Are they interested? Are we burdening them? This probably means somehow not enough trust and concern has been shown/established that makes you confident that this somebody will really be able to be there for you. You wish you didn't have to feel so vexed and confused even as you're already depressed. On top of that, it makes you just feel more alone. Same goes for joy. You wanna share happy news! Something trivial maybe, but just so yay! But u duno if that person is just as excited. And u think "nahh.. that's just stupid."

Then you think, perhaps somebody out there feels this way about you. They want to share their joy and sadness with u but do not dare to. ):

Life always makes a sport of us.

I miss the initial excitement! The magical connection. The comfort and familiarity from the start... that made everything feel right yet special. haha and the fiery passion. Damn!! Haven't thought so much about this lately, but somehow someone managed to surface in my mind consistently last night.

What can i say? Study hard girl. Go do your assignments! (ha. we all need reality checks yea?)

Anti-glenn or racism?

2009-08-28T21:41:00.000+10:00

Just did my laundry today and there's a new sign put up. I do wonder who put them up. Some very humorous person. Well, I'm pretty sure they were not really meant to be funny, but they just turn out to be. I don't rmb the exact words of the last one, but sth like "Hey guys, this is NOT your extra wardrobe space, so please take your clothes!!" (ppl tend to wash their stuff and forget about them. dried or not. and they get stuffed into the shelves that we have here. the laundry room isn't v big too. maybe i shld post a pic some day..)

The one put up now says "Hey guys it's time now to remove your stuff our of the laundry again. It has gotten a bit full and smelly thanks." LOL. mind you, it IS smelly. I think it's like washed clothes that were forgotten and left to dry in a heap squashed into one of the shelf boxes. OR it could be that some people enjoy shoving shoes into the washer. rah. and my room is right outside the laundry room.. haha

There was one on the fridge last sem as well. Forgot if it's still there (runs to check), nope not there anymore. That was sth along the lines of "The deepest and darkest realm of hell is reserved for people who steal others' food, so don't fucking do it!" ha. the food was returned tho. i know that story. shan't elaborate here tho.

Alright enough with the signs. While waiting for my clothes to be washed, shall blog about the incident at dinner. So today as usual, the international students stayed on at the dining hall till pretty late. and we were pretty much the last ones left there. We usually take our time and stay to chat even after our meals..

So we sat pretty near the outside of glenn. And there are windows there. It's usually really dark at dinner time so u don't get to see stuff outside. While we were chatting away, suddenly there was a "clang" sound and when I turned I saw glass shards on the floor and a hole in the window. Qimin, who was just to my left, was the nearest and she said she felt a piece of glass gently scrape her leg. (she's thankful for thick skin, i quote) Well, nobody was hurt. And we didn't manage to find the stone (presumed to be one), guessed it bounced off while managing to crack the glass.. someone said they saw a person dressed in white make a run for it. *shrugs*

So there're a few theories. One. Racists. We're after all an entire table of 20-odd internationals... what better time to protest. but they must've really observed us cos.. I don't really think u can see us clearly from the outside.. but I could be wrong.

Two. Anti-glenn ppl from other colleges. Just for fun. Just being stupid. why not?

Three. Sabotage of open day that is to happen on Sunday. Ruin any property and whatever to just spoil the great facade they put up on sunday? i don't know.

Speaking of which, brunch will be 9-11am this sunday at the bistro instead of dining hall (and it used to go till 12?) because of the open day. And we're advised to keep our room doors closed at all times and look out for visitors wandering around on their own and get them into a grp. Just beware of ur stuff and surroundings (: The laundry room will be a sight to behold, I reckon. Cos i don't think that sign is gonna change very much. :P Not especially if the owners of those clothes are perhaps home for the weekends. oops.

i should be a panadol spokesperson.

2009-08-27T21:40:00.000+10:00

Once again plagued by my period cramps. ): T'was pretty bad today. And I tried to sleep it off, but I woke up barely half an hour into my sleep and had to consciously deal with it instead. Pulled myself up and decided to be more constructive. Made myself a late lunch (was really instant noodles). Then it got so painful that I decided I'll pop another panadol in.

Now in my recent trip back to Singapore, I bought a pack of panadol actifast. I remember staring at the rack of pills and thinking, now now which ones should I get? Panadol adult/ panadol cold is always available at home, and I never realised they were not really that cheap. In fact, I also never realised they had that many TYPES of panadol. What I recall now is Normal panadol, panadol cold, panadol EXTRA, panadol menstrual, panadol (cold sachets) for dissolving in liquids and panadol actifast. I thought long and hard, and decided that I should give actifast a try. Considering usually i feel the painkiller effect always takes place a little too late. (i.e. when i'm already rolling in cold sweat on my bed, or worst somewhere else), I thought maybe this would be the most effective. Oh yes, I've tried menstrual, extra and normal for it.. and my verdict is none works better than actifast.

Actifast comes a bit more expensive than the normal ranges as there are less pills per box as well. However, my feeling is, after consuming a few times, that the effect really comes much faster than the other varieties. Before, I had to anticipate the pain and pop pills before the pain even occurs, that usually resulted in many "false alarms" and me taking way too many panadols than i really should've. (which is by common sense, not good at all) So this is good, cos it worked pretty fast to stop the cramping today even though it'd already started. This is good since I got to be much more productive, way better than having to lie in bed all day.

Of course, it is NOT within my advice for everyone to start relying on painkilling products for all kinds of pain. Let me just say mine can be of the extreme sort, and I do try not to take pills unless necessary. But yes, I'm just more unlucky, and perhaps less healthy (?) to have this problem.. and somehow all other remedies seem to work on a very random basis. And i guess another disclaimer would be, I don't take painkillers for most other ailments. in fact, i don't recall having any other kinds of physical pain that require me to resort to pills. o.O But yea, I'm no stranger to panadol. And I think I should be some kinda amabassador to endorse their products lol!

If you have similar problems, u can share remedies or ask questions. Heating packs usually work too. And I take evening primrose oil..

short update turned this-and-thats

2009-08-25T22:12:00.004+10:00

Another short update. ha. [edit] it won't be as short as i expected lol [/edit] At least they're more frequent. Today I got visitors from Australia, Singapore, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines, US and Malaysia. Ooh~ Why hello there! Even though I still haven't quite figured out how they got here.. and nobody's doing my polls nor commenting. humph. haha.

Anyways, I'm happy enough for visitors. Thanks also to Yietze for her plug in one of her latest post about sesame street inspired accessories. I baked some cookie monster cupcakes a few months back.

In quite a chirpy mood now 'cos I have finally printed the final copy of my team's Bio enquiry. Glad to have been of good help and it felt really satisfying compiling everything (: It helps too, of course, when I have helpful teammates who are always available to help me. Makes the work so much easier!

Also watched another Scorsese film: Taxi Driver. (you can find it on youtube.) It's a very slow-paced movie, rather psychotic as well. But that's its charm. Robert Deniro was still so young then, and I think he actually looked a bit like Milo Ventimiglia at certain angles. Deniro proves to be such a crazy good actor.. Scorsese himself appears in this film, and in a scene which I find quite poignant as he was acting and yet still "directing" DeNiro, or his character to be more exact. I can start on my essay real soon!

And what i wanted to blog about initially. which would have made this truly a short update... we had floor dinner today! I don't really have grp pictures. just me in my outfit. XP The photos of ppl and food are on someone else's cam. Will do that update another time.

I'm looking quite chubby in the face here. haha. n my boots were cut, but they weren't really fabulous anyway :P That bag is a black "lil boxy" purchased from http://ownabag.blogspot.com/ Min liked it (: Had another coat on when we got out cos the winds are real strong today and it was cold! We had emails from the school warning us about the Victorian winds today and asking people to be safe and try to stay indoors. So instead of taking the trams, we had people drive us out in groups. Luckily we had enough cars and drivers to go around our floor. :D Thanks Ben! There were also warnings on electricity disturbances, but that didn't happen here. I'm thinking the internet connection got a bit choppy just before this though..

Oh! Got my two "parcels" today, one expected (bought stuff for someone's surprise haha) and another that I didn't expect... why? Cos it's about.. 4 months late! My dad sent me this security suite CD in April and we thought it was lost to the world somehow, somewhere.. and I got it.. today?! ahaha.

The stamps involved. It's normal mail.
"21 APR 2009" wow.

Just stamps from my other parcel. What a plethora. Got it registered after thinking I'd lost that CD forever. Recommend registering all parcels to Australia if u want it to be reasonably fast.. (even then, within a week or slightly longer maybe?)

that's it. xo

just to share~

2009-08-25T00:51:00.003+10:00

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29789031 And a short post just for u guys to check out my latest creation uploaded! :P

See my entire shop here: http://dsparkle.etsy.com/ (:

Vanity vanity.

2009-08-24T23:53:00.006+10:00

I've been checking my nuffnang analytics religiously cos I'm always curious who reads my blog. Most of my readers come from Singapore, and then some from Australia. Once in a while, I'd get UK readers or US readers, which I can kinda understand since I do have friends that could possibly be reading from these places. The last 2 days tho, I've got visitors from Canada, U.A.E, Philippines and Colombia! I wonder how and why. I'm thinking it's cos i blogged abt Miss Universe a few posts back? But there were no keywords or referrals logged to suggest how they got here. But anyway, it's interesting (: Hello all!

So last thurs, I went to Eagle bar despite swearing not to the previous week. Ana somehow manages to work her charm on me every thursday night! Haha.. I bought a Marilyn Monroe poster that day and Amanda and i were just looking at the poster then I mentioned I brought a pair of falsies from SG that are longer at the ends, so they look like Monroe's lashes!

She got all excited (and so did I) and so we decided to finally put them to work! haha. So yea, Amanda came along to the bar cos I painstakingly helped her with her lashes and she just loves the dolly eyes. Qimin did the preliminary makeup, then I did the gluing and then touching up plus more lining of the eye and the works! Unfortunately her lids seem to fold unevenly and so one side looked more curly than the other, but still it looked great (: I put the Marilyn pair on, but perhaps my lids did not take to the glue so well, it came off in no time. Annoyed. haha. Beatrice tells me of "Duo" and in black. Well, hopefully that'd work on me. ha. If not I've a good mind to pass these on to Amanda cos her falsies stayed on all night! They love her! haha. Ana insists she's jealous but we say, Shush girl! You've naturally long and curly lashes! haha.

A closeup of her curly lashes. Me and Mandy before heading out. (not v obvious)
Camwhored even in the loo @ bar. Look at the colour difference! As amanda would point out... In enlarged form, the lashes are pretty darn obvious.
Us 3 again. Love~
See Mandy. Best Angle to capture those lashies.

Jialin and I.. grey and purple eyes.

Dance circle: Eugene, Ana, me, manda and Beatrice

Glennies!

So last saturday, I went with Mandy to have pancake parlour lunch @ Northland. (might have photos soon) Initial plan was to grocery-shop. But that kinda failed cos we were lured into nail shops --" We got so caught up with the idea of acryllic nails (just curious. have u done those before??) I really wanted to do those with 3d nail art, with all the ribbons, lace, crystals and fluff. But mainly on the thumb cos it's a bit extreme for uni lol. But sadly, it's not the trend here so I couldn't do that haha.

Mandy got to do her Acrylic french with silver lining. I like hers. really classic and nice. I left my design largely to the guy.. but i chose transclucent tips.. which um.. turns out, reveals my natural nails underneath. HAHA. but Mandy likes mine. and so did the other customers next to me. they were like stealing glances. or actually blatantly staring and one of them even asked to take a closer look. The guy doing my nails seemed impressed with himself too lol.

W/o flash and with flash.

Mandy's classic and lovely nails.

Verdict after.. 3 days? First of all, I obviously wondered how I was gonna take out my lenses that day. I managed to, after a fair bit of effort. But I'm not putting on my lenses for this week I think... just cos of these nails. And the length is also impeding my using of the touch screen phone as well as this keyboard on my lappie. But ur "nails" are much stronger so I suppose u can um, use them for more tasks? Altho they can be a bit too big/thick for other more detailed tasks u could do before that u now cannot. I guess a good thing is the pattern doesn't get scratched off as the acrylic and gel is layered on top of the nail art paint.

I wouldn't continue having them tho, I plan to soak them off soon enough. When I feel they've lived their worth haha. And I won't do them again in the near future cos i think i'd rather have healthy natural nails. BUT, I'd do acrylic/gel again if I get to do all those fancy 3D designs popularised by jPop stars like Ayumi haha. possibly back in sg.. or maybe HK?? :P Feel like travelling.. maybe before going back SG? or just during SG trip home..

Managed to scramble for some items at Safeway before taking the bus back. Didn't finish my shopping list. But I managed to get my facial tissues, mints, and ...

Chewable Vitamin C! haha. didn't realise it said "cold relief" on it, but i think it just means that is one of its benefits. which is good since i've such a sensitive nose and all..

Still in want of my kimchi noodles and the yummy maggi cup noodles in "Mushroom and peppered steak" flavour. Maggi has proven its worth to me once again after that many years. I want more fruits but I've no fridge to keep them.. yet I'm not eating them vehemently cos I'm testing out the hypothesis that having fruits after a meal or in close proximity to a meal will cause bloating and like un-smooth digestion. I seem to bloat less. But this requires further experimentation haha. Anyway, Mandy is free tmr and agreed to go shop groceries for me, hooray!

Joee's birthday

2009-08-20T13:42:00.005+10:00

Joee just entered my room (the last stop) for his treasure hunt.
We put up "Happy 21st Birthday" banner for him (:
Him reading his card, and his cake is on the table..

He and all his pressies! Mini bball hoop, belt, playing cards, manga undies, card, wokka n spaghetti, 24 bottles of carlton draught, personal service vouchers from us. (not pictured: glowy dom-doms. go figure. lol. n a CD with video..)

it's carlton draught! his fav. beer.

Marble choc cake from cheesecake factory (:

We're all digging in!! (the cake melted a little, unable to cut slices well hehe)

Lingchi gf feeding the bday boy.

Grp photo in his v crowded room. The 9 organisers + amid and steve. Sheryl and Kerry came later too..

Everyone then took indiv photos with him. just gonna show a silly one here now. haha.

The floor gave him a surprise as well. Todd distracted him by asking him out for a smoke. We were then waiting for him in the TV room..

Cutting cake..

The two (half-eaten) cakes he got on his birthday.

The cake he got 2 days later from his friends. it was yums.

Look how adorable this cake is!!! From his other friends too. He got it a day after his bday. We were all like "awwwwwww"

I'll upload a full album soon. (:

I'm through with love...

2009-08-20T00:22:00.002+10:00

I'm through with love
I'll never fall again
Said adieu to love
Don't ever call again
For I must love you or no one
And so I'm through with love
I've locked my heart
I'll keep my feelings there
I've stocked my heart
With icy,frigid air
And I mean to care for no one
Because I'm through with love
Why did you lead me
To think you could care?
You didn't need me
For you had your share
Of slaves around you
To hound you and swear
With deep emotion and devotion to you
Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me
It can never bring the thing that used to be
For I must have you or no one
And so I'm through with love
I'm through with love
Baby I'm through with love

~Marilyn Monroe

Loved this song, it's in "Some like it hot".. loved the film (: Mostly cos she's so hot? Super voluptuous. and their fashion then.. is ridiculously hot (or overly so). Vid below! Scenes from some like it hot.

And before that, when she first fell in love in the movie, there was a starkly contrasting song.. "I wanna be loved by you" This dress is i think even more ridiculous haha. cos of the nudeness of the colour i believe.

twitter n photos

2009-08-16T22:00:00.005+10:00

i'm on twitter!! Finally. Cos gege told me to follow her on twitter, and well, everyone is on it! Not saying i'm a jumping on e bandwagon kinda person, but just wanted to check it out anyways.

So, while looking for a username. my favourite "daph21" has been taken up. then i tried "daphattack", to my horror that's taken up too!! WTH?! haha. it's some Daphne Eggledon person's account. oh well. But let me just say how annoyed i was when i realised that "daph21" is completely empty and hasn't sent out any tweets or whatever, so... if ur not using it, can u kindly free up that username?? ARGH. Anyways, i'm now on at http://twitter.com/daphattack21 (: still not really knowing the full potentials of twitter. but we'll see..

Sooo.. get ready for a whole buncha photos..

Jeri, Me, Joee and Ana. 2 Thursdays back while queuing for eagle bar.

Me, Gen and Jerilyn! Free beer from Joee ;P

Gen, Jerilyn, Me ad Qimin (doing her pout) on the dancefloor!

Me, Ana and Min (with her pout in full glorious view haha) Check out the defined cheekbones in them man!

Webcamming before eaglebar Aug13. wearing pink dress again! but baggy one. Loves it! From Supre~ I'll try to find a photo with full length ha. from jeri maybe...

Threw on the bow hairband I got back in Sg's diva. Proved to be quite an attractive combination... was a messy night. Lotsa drama there haha. No details XP This is after bar.

After bar was at Beatrice's instead of Joee's. Camwhored while the rest played drinking games. Took only one photo cos i felt paiseh (embarrassed?) after :P

My latest MSN Display photo. LOVE IT! i love how my hair looks here.

After watching GI Joe. Jeri and me @ Hoyts Melb Central

Jeri, Me, Amid, Sheng.

Sheryl, Kerry, Jeri and Gen

Shared Wagyu Beef and Pork Belly BBQ with Sheng, Kerry and Sheryl. @ a korean restaurant on Victoria St.. Prefer Oriental Spoon tho!! (but OS doesn't have BBq..)

Sheng and I shared this Beef and Mushroom hotpot. Lotsa mushroom variety ha. Not that yums after a while tho.

Sheryl and Kerry's spicy rice cakes.

That kinda concluded our big Saturday outing to the city. A weekend ticket is $18!! and $15.50 for students. omg. Thankfully there was Lee Byung-Hun in GI Joe haha. and hot rachel nichols. wahaha.

And it's really time i went to bed. My tummy's churning or feels really queasy. so i've been popping random food objects in. but it's only getting worse. better sleep. and i'm gonna turn off that dryer now. it's really annoying... and hello ppl. it's 12am! u might've fallen asleep n forgotten abt it. cos u can't hear it. but I freaking can!!!

NUFFNANG! make some $$!

2009-08-16T21:41:00.004+10:00

HTTP://www.NUFFNANG.COM.AU

clickclickclick ppl! (if ur in aus)

Alright, So maybe i should first expand on my arguments as to WHY you should be doing that.

A bit about nuffnang

Nuffnang was originally started in Singapore (claps!!) and has since expanded to several other countries as well, including Australia. Where we are right now (assuming ur my aussie readers).. :D Basically what nuffnang does is to let bloggers network with each other, and also get linked up to advertisers. As some of you might know, when you serve advertisements on your blog, you get paid for it. (everytime they click, or per number of views) This will obviously rock much if you have a ton of readers following your blog.

So really, if ur about the money-making, and truly love the blogosphere (they have events too for bloggers to meet up!)... You should join Nuffnang today! They have staff that are always on the search for new advertising clients, and matching your readership/contents to the advertisers available. This ensures a higher compatibility of ads to your site and hence likelihood that your readers will click on your ads, and hence u get the $$$! (kaching!)

Currently, there are 800 Nuffies(what nuffnang bloggers are called), and Nuffnang is determined to up that number to 1000!!! So, they're hosting a competition right now for existing Nuffies to be the top referrer to Nuffnang!! it's called... Challenge 1000!

What you should do!
Now you might think, it only benefits me, if u sign up. But oh ur so wrong! Considering I don't think I've enough viewership to even get one referral :S But i feel this is a worthy cause to promote! Not many aussie frens i know blog. And i'm thinking why not? And they're also missing out on this stuff Nuffnang does, and so I shall open your eyes!!

Ok, here's the bit you wanna hear! Every blogger that I refer to sign up will also receive a Nuffnang Welcome pack! This has been made possible by the fabulous sponsors Coles Group & Myer Gift Cards, Redken, John West, Leggo’s, and Spring Valley!

Now i've heard, and i'm not kidding, that these are some superb stuff u get in the welcome pack. just look at the name of those sponsors! SOOOO.. if any of you BLOG, and reside in Australia right now, do sign up for Nuffnang now!! And if you don't blog, START NOW! Blog about anything!! Come on!! Basically what you have to do is just fill up the form to join Nuffnang, and please quote my url: http://daphattack.blogspot.com/ when they ask if you've been referred alright? You'll be doing me a favour and for yourself too, NO DOUBT! :D After signing up, just gotta fill in a survey about your blog, and then paste the ad code in ur blog.. (any trouble, you can ask me! ;) ) and then wait for a suitable client to start running an ad campaign on ur blog! It could be a wait.. but just keep writing and your opportunities will come! :D Meanwhile, enjoy your goodie bag! (if you sign up now)

Here's the link again to sign up! http://nuffnang.com.au/! and don't forget to quote my url! <3