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Dear friends, I've yet again embarked on a "who has the most votes" contest on Facebook.

Please click on this link below and "like" the photo.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3611916&l=ed633509f2&id=599448268

The highest number of 'likes' win!! Do vote for me please!!

Here's the picture + caption:



Name of my art piece - Scar Of Beauty.

It depicts what really is underneath that layer of glittery beauty most of us put on. I want this art piece to remind all of us that outer beauty may be what most of us put our utmost importance in, but it does not last forever. Instead, it ages and peels away with time, eventually revealing what is underneath it. Underneath our superficial beauty is strong but plain metal which we are ashamed to show to the world, but it is what is inside us that really counts. I used metal as the element to depict our inner selves to remind everyone that despite what people think of us, we must remember that even though our youth and beauty may fade with time, it is what is inside us that counts, and that we are still strong in all aspects.
Beauty is not about what we put on for show, but what is really inside us.

Hope you guys are inspired by this.

Again, do vote for me by 'liking' it.

Thanks.

Love y'all!

VG.

"What fun is destruction if no precious lives are lost? "

- Final Fantasy 6, Kefka

I came across this video which caught my attention:

Which I think is kinda true.

I love video games, but at least I don't drown myself in them.

phone tech

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

~Ambrose Bierce

Sin Wei and I were discussing about what phone to buy when I suggested the Blackberry.

To which he replied,

i wonder will the Blackberry screen be too small
*hmm
*coz the qwerty "seems" occupied most of the space of phone?
*or my optical illusion?

Uhh...

But I thought it's a well-known fact that a phone's screen should be relatively smaller than it's keypad...

Right?

Is it just me, or am I too outdated to realize that phones' keypads are getting more and more non-existent nowadays?

Wait till people start saying "omg you're still using a phone with a keypad???"

P.S.: This gives me another criteria to my phone hunting - it's screen HAS to be larger than its keypad.

cny

New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.

-Mark Twain-

Little Grass had Chinese New Year reunion dinner last weekend!

Not that we haven't been 'united' before. In fact, we have been reuniting almost everyday at dinner time since Freshmen Orientation Camp 2008.

Anyway - it was loads of fun!!

Of course, it was partly because I won best dressed~~~~

=)

Ok la, I didn't technically win it, coz it was a draw between me and Theng but still~~~

*lalala I won best dressed*

Personally, I think it was a tough fight between Vincent and Theng; I was tearing myself into two, not knowing who to vote for.
aiya, should have voted for Vincent, then I don't have to draw with Theng anymore. Some more can get extra another $11. Ish. Lols kidding kidding~~

To whom it may concern: See!!!! I voted for you although technically you were my 'rival'! I'm sooooo honest!!!!

Here are the photos taken during CNY dinner at Xiao Dian Er:

Ethane and YY

Aww so sweet~~~

bodoh Zhi Vern take my ugly pic...

At the entrance of the restaurant

The pretty girls!

The dinner cost us over $200. But it was worth it coz all of us had a really great time.

Later that night, we had surprise birthday for Vincent!!!

Whee~~~

Okay, maybe I'm being a little hyped up today. Sorry.

Birthday boy!!

Family portrait

Yee Sang!!! *yum*

Last but not least...


Picture of the day...


*jeng jeng jeng*


*Drum rolls*


*anticipation*


Scroll below...














Lower...























Lower!!!




















Tadaaa!!!


In my defense, I have a reaction towards alcohol; my face gets red pretty fast. They thought it'd be funny to compare me to Guan Gong.

You.

A million things are running through my head right now.

*****************************************************************************

I have so many things to say but I don't know where to start.

I miss you.

emoing.

(ok i know you guys are gonna start gossiping about my sudden change of mood and stuff. i don't care. gossip all you want, as long as i don't know about it.)

anaesthetics. sometimes i'd rather not have them.

You know those freak accidents where explorers find themselves trapped in the jungle and the only way to save themselves is to amputate their own limbs?

Doctors say these survivors managed to amputate themselves without anaesthetics because apparently, the human body has an amazing ability to excrete natural anaesthetics at dire times.

I think it's kinda the same with our feelings.

You know those times when your heart aches so much that you don't even feel it?

Like the times when you found out that The One wasn't exactly who you thought he was?

I think it's my brain refusing to accept the fact that's hurting me, and thus forcing my heart not to feel anymore. Problem is, I'm not only not feeling the bad stuff, I literally don't feel...

...at all.

It's like I'm a zombie.

Please, not now. I still have to study. Please...

P.S. : Don't ask me. Just. Don't.

camwhore

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

-Bill Gates-

omg Microsoft's wireless mouse is seriously damn good.

Quality comes with a price I'm willing to pay.

Like seriously. If you want a wireless mouse, get Microsoft.

***

Dad just bought my bro a Canon 500D camera plus some extra lens (whatever it is lah, I'm not a camera pro so no cam jargons around here) which cost him like RM 3k which of course makes me eligible to get that new Sony Ericsson Satio which is only like $ 900.

My parents got my bro a new camera; of course I'm gonna get a new phone!!!
I washed my previous phone in the washing machine, remember?

Anyway, with me in my new dress, we played with my bro's new toy.

We took like 90+ pics; I picked out the top 5 nicest, unphotoshopped pictures:









Will photoshop away my fat calves and arms, and then will upload more on Facebook.

Sorry for the short post; CNY has a lazy effect on me.

Toodles.

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The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it.

~Author Unknown

I'm like super pissed right now coz I stupidly upgraded my iPod Touch to 3.1.3 and now my jail broken stuff are all gone.

G.O.N.E.

Then, I somehow stupidly made the situation worse by trying to jail break my iPod again, and it went cuckoo and now my device is "brand new".

As in, you know how you reformat your PC and then when you restart it, you feel like you're using a brand new computer?

Yeah, free of clutter and free of 3000++ collection of songs.

No words can describe how pissed I am right now; no use saying the f word now, is there?

I'm just too disappointed for words.

***

After procrastinating for about a month and a half, I finally put down my foot and stop the irritation in my back tooth once and for all.

(Yeah, betcha didn't know I had a tooth decay which hurt whenever I ate sweet stuff)

Spent $170. 80 for teeth cleaning and polishing, 70 for filling, and 20 for consultation fees.

knnccb.

The dentist said "The reason you're having tooth decay is because you're eating too many sweets."

omg I felt like a kid being lectured by her parent on how sweets can cause toothaches.

I always thought having toothaches because of over-consumation of candies would never occur to me; in my world, they only ever happened to naughty kids in fables who wouldn't share their sweets with their siblings.

You know, like how my kindergarten teacher used to say: "The naughty boy finally had a toothache because he was selfish and didn't want to share his sweets with his younger brother."

I will now have to cut down on carbohydrates intake. So the dentist says.

=(

I love eating today. Hint: tomorrow is Mondae.

"Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes. It makes people overjoyed, and puts them in your debt."

-Judith Olney

Sunday is here, tomorrow is doom.

I hate Mondaes.

Btw, they should spell the plural of each day of the week like that; kinda reminds me of sundaes. *yum*

I must say, I have been quite a good girl this semester, still (barely) keeping up with piling tutorials.

Can't say the same for lectures and tutorial classes, though.

In my first year, I felt REALLY guilty every time I missed a lecture, and I always made it a point to note down which lectures I'd missed so I could watch the recording at a later time.

Last Friday, I napped for 3 hours straight and goodness knows how many lectures I'd missed, and what subjects they were. The really bad (but kinda cool) thing about it is, I don't feel a tad guilty about it.

Oh gosh, what have I become?

Oh, right. A typical (at least that's what I'd like to think) second-year uni student.

***

I updated my iPod Touch and MY JAIL BREAK STUFF ARE ALL GONE!!!!! I HAVE TO JAIL BREAK MY IPOD TOUCH ALL OVER AGAIN!!!

$%#^4#@@!^#$!^%$* (Don't ask me; I was told that's what they use as replacements for coarse language)

FARKFARKFARKFARK...

***

Watched 14 Blades today. Nice movie.

8.5/10.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I don't do movie reviews. If you wanted that, go here.

***

Here's Ethane's birthday present!!!


Is that cool, or what?

I've been wanting so much to post this up. Couldn't do it till her birthday was over.

There's something I've been wanting to say...

At the expense of a risk...

Of having lots and lots of requests from friends after this, asking me to edit... you know, stuff.

Nah, it's a risk worth taking. I get to show off! Doesn't that beat it all?

*showing off* I Photoshopped it ALL BY MYSELF!!!

(As well as the blog heading picture of me in the hammock .)

***

I finally finished a piece of cross stitch. Will upload it here soon.

PS: I am so talented at photoshopping at cross stitching!! I should study Arts instead! Oh, how I flatter myself at times.

Online sales.

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

-Fred Allen

What is it with young female adults (or, more precisely, as I'd like to call them, overly ambitious girls who are barely of their teenage years) and blogshops?

I mean, I was pretty amazed at how these young girls, in their early twenties, manage to start their own blogshop, and their ability to earn some extra pocket money.

But now, I'm just getting bored of it.

They're EVERYWHERE.

And, they all sell the same thing. Dresses and sexy clothing. And they all claim they sell the latest fashion.

Like yeah, you do.

Everyone else does.

Plus (and this is a real big plus that I'm annoyed about), about 99% of them have retarded English.

Like seriously.

Only serious buyer (buyerSSSS!!! With the S! omg ur so stupid) are welcome.
Prices are fix (fixED, you dumbass, FIXED. ED.), do not negotiate.
First come first serve (s-e-r-v-e-D!!!) basis.

OMG, who are they kidding with unchecked grammar?

Let's face the facts - you're NOT going to expand your business through a little blogshop, on an insignificant website out of millions of others all over the world. What's more, it's not even your own domain. I can see Blogspot's hosting your business for you, and I don't think that's very professional now, is it?

Speaking of professionalism, SPELL CHECK AND GRAMMAR CHECK YOUR SHITLOAD OF BROKEN ENGLISH.

I'm not saying I have a problem with people with bad English, but it annoys me that people who are trying to promote their business talk like that. I don't think that's gonna give customers much confidence. At least not me.

No, I'm not jealous coz I can't start my own business online. In fact, I wouldn't even dream of it.

Yes, I would start a business if I could, and yes, I would advertise it online, but it would definitely NOT be an online business.

Young girls and their short-visioned business plans.

~~~

Good night.

sometimes lost items pop up in the least expected way.

“Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again.”

-Frances Rodman -

As you should know by now (I don't know - read my Facebook status or follow me on Twitter or something), my phone is currently conked out.

Here is what happened:

Awfully tired, sticky, and sleepy girl comes home at 11 p.m..

Strips her uncomfortable clothes off and pulls on an oversized t-shirt.

Rips off her contact lenses and make-up, pulls her hair back into a pony tail, puts on sexy librarian glasses (at least that's what I think) and morphs into a nerd.

Dumps her uncomfortable clothes into the washing machine.

Wonders where her phone is but gives up looking for it, thinking it'll eventually pop up.

Picks up her clothes from the washing machine an hour later.

Finds her phone at the bottom of the washing machine.

Is happy that her theory of "eventually popping up" is true. For a split second.

Screams inwardly.

***

Here is what was going on in the girl's head:

OMG I. AM. FARKING. TIRED. I. NEED. TO. SLEEP.

AHHH!! Comfy over-sized shirt! Goodbye, tight skirt and tank top.

Stupid pile of laundry's an eyesore. Urrgh. I'll just do a quick one and then I can go to bed.

Where is my phone, btw?

Oh, well. It'll find it's way back through this mess.

*one hour later*

Good! My laundry is done. Get my clothes and go to bed.

Ahh my phone!! Here it is...

......................

IN THE WASHING MACHINE!!!!!!!

*omgomgomgomg*

think think think

Maybe it's a good thing; I can finally give myself an excuse for a new phone!

Oh, how could you even think of such a thing?? You'll pray for the best and hope it survives.

But it would be nice to get a new phone...

NO!!! You MUST hope your old phone survives so that you don't have to waste unnecessary money buying a new one!

Well, but IF hypothetically speaking, my phone really were beyond repair, I can get a new one, right? I have ALWAYS wanted a pda or a smart phone. You know, like HTC or something. A touch screen one, at that!

Okay, but for now, you have to always hope for the best. You MUST hope your phone recovers. SAY IT!

"I hope my phone recovers so that I don't have to buy a new one. I hope my phone recovers so that I don't have to buy a new one. I hope my phone recovers so that I don't have to buy a new one."

Good.

Atta boy.



Sigh.

My mind loves contradicting itself, plus I'm currently phone-less.

FML.

Tech retard

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

-Daniel Boorstin-

Just opened a packet of Mamee, and I was just thinking how one packet of seasoning was never enough.

"I should buy some Mamee seasoning add-ons," said the retarded girl to nobody in particular.

Guess I've been a tad too obsessed with downloading apps and add-on apps onto my newly jailbroken iPod Touch lately.

Kinda reminds me of how there was this one time I was drawing a picture with a pencil, I made a mistake and found myself searching for the Ctrl+Z button.

Sent - o - sa

To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance.

-- Philip Andrew Adams

Second week of semester has passed, and I think I'm doing better this time.

At least I'm not that left behind in tutorials.

I think I'm taking up a new hobby: Sewing.

Yes, really. When I was younger, my grandmother sewed a lot, and I'd watch her and learn. She didn't teach me much, I mostly learned solely by watching. Of course, there were times when I'd mess up and then she'd help me out a bit.

I used to like to sew a lot; I'd sew clothes for my stuffed animals, tried (in vain) to patch up any ruined clothes, sewed myself a skirt and bag (those were school projects, though; not sure if it counts), did cross stitching, even patched up the holes in my school shoes.

Along the way, the fun side of a teenager's life began to dominate and sewing became, well, boring.

I've recently taken a liking to sewing again, and would you know, my skills aren't that bad after all.

Here's my hand made Ipod pouch:

Yep, it's jailbroken. =)

Backview.

I even added this extra strap behind to attach my earphones to it!

Am currently embarking on a cross stitch project, will upload it when I'm done.

Yesterday, Kevin and I were just wondering where to go on a beautiful Saturday, when we decided to go to Sentosa.

Hey, why not? It's not everyday we make impromptu decisions like that. I think it's kinda adventurous to make unplanned trips sometimes.

We took some pictures:

Kevin promoting his Nutri Tea drink.

Me promoting apple juice.

Should have photoshopped my legs before uploading, but it's 1.30 a.m., and I have a 8.30 a.m. class tomorrow.

Guy model.

Girl model.

Auu...

Believe it or not, the entire trip to Sentosa only cost $3. That's the entrace fee + train service to and fro from the island.

We didn't go for the rides, but we did have lots of fun just walking around exploring, plus, I learned that seaweed isn't a Plantae, it's Protista.

Also learned that there's this weird spider which looks like the red dangerous Kerengga ant, except that it's got 8 legs instead of 6; that way, it's predators might mistake it for a dangerous ant and the spider won't get eaten that easily.

See, it was a fun + educational + almost free trip.

Of course, after sweating a lot, feeding blood to 9 mosquitoes, itching all over, and getting awfully tired from walking under the very hot sun, I think I'd rather go back to good ol' shopping.

P.S.: Gahhhh I can't un-italicize this!!!!!!!!! What the heck is wrong????

Fairy tale

we were both young when i first saw you
i close my eyes
and the flashback starts
im standing there
on a balcony of summer air

see the lights,
see the party the ball gowns
i see you make your way through the crowd
and say hello
little did i know

that you were romeo you were throwing pebbles
and my daddy said stay away from juliet
and i was crying on the staircase
begging you please don’t go, and i said

romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
i’ll be waiting all there's left to do is run
you’ll be the prince and i’ll be the princess
its a love story baby just say yes

so i sneak out to the garden to see you
we keep quiet because we’re dead if they knew
so close your eyes
escape this town for a little while
cause you were romeo i was a scarlet letter
and my daddy said stay away from juliet
but you were everything to me
i was begging you please don’t go and i said

romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
i’ll be waiting all theres left to do is run
you be the prince and i’ll be the princess
its a love story baby just say yes

romeo save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel
this love is difficult, but its real
don’t be afraid we’ll make it out of this mess
its a love story baby just say yes,

Oh, oh

I got tired of waiting
wondering if you were ever coming around
my faith in you was fading
when i met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

romeo save me i’ve been feeling so alone
i keep waiting for you but you never come
is this in my head, i don’t know what to think
he knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring

marry me juliet you’ll never have to be alone
i love you and thats all I really know
i talked to your dad you’ll pick out the white dress
its a love story baby just say yes
oh, oh, yes

we were still young when i first saw you

-Taylor Swift-

I know it's stupid (I mean the entire song and what I'm about to say next), but whenever I listen to it and when it comes to the part "marry me Juliet", I get goosebumps for being overly happy for her and touched that her boyfriend would do that, and dreaming that it'd happen to me one day.

"Sorry, we don't have a size 6", the sales girl said.

Shopping is better than sex. If you're not satisfied after shopping you can make an exchange for something you really like.

-Adrienne Gusoff-

Today marks the first weekend of the first academic week!!!

*drum rolls and trumpets*

Had my very first visit to Ion Orchard today with Kevin.

Yes, yes, I know. Ion Orchard has been open eons and eons ago and I must be kidding you that this is the very first time I've been there, but it's true. Just because I'm a shopaholic doesn't mean I automatically have to visit every shopping mall in Singapore. I do have a life, you know. One that doesn't revolve solely around shopping.

Anyways, I went there, and I...

...Didn't buy anything.

Whatdya expect, it was Ion Orchard. Not Bugis Street.

However, we did manage to get three tiny miserable balls of chocolate from Sins, which cost $6.90, each ball of chocolate measuring 1.5 cm in diameter.

If you didn't get me, I'll say it again.

Three.

1.5-diameter balls of chocolate.

For SGD.

six.

ninety.

Anyways, we figured that since it wasn't everyday that you get to eat bloody 'spensive chocolates, we might as well give it a try.

Mind you, the process of eating wasn't easy - I think we suffered more in trying our very best to savor every second of it and trying to taste with every tastebud we could, rather than actually enjoying it.

Heck, our conscience didn't even allow us to pop entire balls of chocolate into our mouths! We had to take tiny nibbles.

Just in case you might consider buying those damned sinful chocolates, here's a guide how to eat 'spensive chocolate.

Guide to eating 'spensive chocolate.

I even added illustrations for better understanding. *applause*

Step 1: Purchase said chocolates.

Illustration 1: Purchasing.

Step 2: Quickly find a nice spot, one where you can sit comfortably and not have any distractions. Do this quickly, to avoid said chocolate from melting.

Illustration 2: A nice spot.

Step 3: Admire said chocolate's beauty. Allow yourself to hold it gently in your fingers for a little while, but not too long or else it'll melt.

Illustration 3: A chocolate's beauty.

Step 4: Bite gently into it and allow your tongue to savor it before gently giving it a few chews. Enjoy the taste of it and try not to swallow too fast, but try not to keep it too long in your mouth either, or else it's gonna be disgusting. This is a technique which with adequate practice, you'll master pretty well. For me, it came naturally, coz I'm too poor to be able to eat luxurious foods all the time. Ahah.

Illustration 4: Eating chocolate.

Step 5: Close your eyes and let your senses free.

Illustration 5: Kevin savoring the final bite of chocolate.

Poor people like us don't get to indulge in sinful (in the financial and health sense) chocolate everyday, so of course we snapped some pictures of said chocolates before eating them.

Three balls of chocolate in a bag.

First flavor: Orange Vodka.

Comparing the size of a chocolate ball to the size of an index finger.

Half eaten.

Mint alcoholic flavor.

Green tea alcoholic flavor.

My favourite was the Orange Vodka, it was HEAVENLY.

There's this thin orange crust (brittle and crunchy) on the outside which tastes a little sour, and then when you bite into it, you get the soft, smooth, and creamy inside which has an orangey-vodka-like taste.

The only regret I had was that while the Orange Vodka was still in my mouth, I flipped out my camera phone and started snapping at the half eaten Orange Vodka, which then caused me to not able to fully savor the taste and swallowing it a tad too quickly.

I was soooo tempted to buy another one.

I love, love, love Sins.

There was this box of chocolates I saw, it was selling for like $250++; there was like 50 balls of chocolates in it.

Oh, if only...



Next, Billabong shopping.

Bought a bag:$69.

I also spotted a very beautiful pair of shorts which initially cost $69 but it was on discount and it was ONLY $39!!!!

FREAKING CHEAP!!!

Very, very, very much to my disappointment, they didn't have a size 6.

I tried on size 8:

Sad case, I'm too thin.

Ahah I know I look so bimbotic here; don't laugh.

And yes, I'm going to admit that I'm uploading these photos coz I'm vain and I think I look kinda pretty in them.

Hey, at least I'm honest.

Feels like crying.

I WANT SIZE 6!!!

You have to agree, those shorts are GORGEOUS, right??? Why don't they have my size!!!!!!!

Just as I thought I had finally found a pair of beautiful yet decently priced pair of shorts.

*Sigh*

Anyways, to make myself feel better, I bought a tanktop, which was initially $39, but was discounted to $19!!!! Cheap, right?? Luckily they had my size!!

Altogether, shopping at Billabong was pretty satisfying as I finally got myself a new bag and a very cheap tank top.

Though I'm still pretty upset about that pair of shorts.

Tell me if you see a size 6 anywhere else.

Watched Spy Next Door with Little Grass. I really enjoyed the movie.


Random pics after the movie:

Last but not least, a random photo of me studying.


Sigh. Tutorials are piling up.