Confessions

Dry weathers..

2009-12-23T22:28:00.000-08:00

I hate it when I go to countries that snow(okay I like the snow but HATE what dry climatic weathers do to my skin)... It totally sucks the moisture out of my largest organ and leave my cracked skin to suffer. x(

I just moved from Japan to HK (minus 10 degrees celsius to 18 degrees celsius)... My skin is dying. Wonder how its gonna survive when I go back to singapore. Tropical climate. x(

Anyway the trip has been awesome. Cant believe I spent S$70 on a T-SHIRT but it looked amazing so yeah. x)

I'll be back on the 27th, and on 28th-30th I'll be having CCA. School starts on the 4th of Jan so that's something I'm dreading and looking forward to at the same time.

Gonna watch youtube vids (got loadsa catching up to do) so bye!

Christmas treats

2009-12-09T00:59:00.000-08:00

Heya!! Wow I've been keeping this blog updated. Okay so now that Christmas is nearing some of you might be looking for Christmas treats recipes! I've spent the past few days baking my hands off and my fingers smell of butter, vanilla essence and flour most of the time. Anyway I've made Gingerbread cookies, Candycane cookies and Snowball cookies.

I know, yummm right? haha. I copied the recipes online so I don't have the links except for the snowball cookies. If you wanna make those simple cookies that take a couple of minutes to prepare, go for the snowball ones. They look lovely, smell lovely, and take barely an hour to finish baking!

Here's the link- http://www.christmas-cookies.com/recipes/recipe74.snowball-cookies.html

Christmas treats are awesome cos it brightens up your friend's, parent's, relative's, neighbor's day up and the process would take away some of those boring times in front of the telly watching a movie you don't even enjoy. So get your bums up and start baking! Like me. x)

signing off with butterfingers~

btw: A great place to look for simple recipes for beginners like yours truly, try allrecipes.com

they have a good variety.

Twilight saga

2009-12-06T02:44:00.000-08:00

Twilight. Twilight. Twilight.

So which team are you on? Jacob or Edward?

I've got dibs on Jacob!

I know they're just characters in a hit vampire series but I cant stop thinking about how terrible, utterly heartbreaking Jacob must have felt when Bella chose Edward over him. i shouldn't hate Edward, I mean he's the perfect guy ever but he has EVERYTHING. And he wasnt even imprinted on Bella! Sigh it's all his fualt that Bella fell in love with the wrong guy. oh wait, cross that out. Chose the wrong guy I meant.

I'm not those girls that craze over his abs- anyone can work out to gain 'em. But it's the character in the book.

Quote-

What do I look like? The wizard of oz? You need a brain? You need a heart? Go ahead. Take mine. Take everything I have

This was when bella left or something and poor jacob's heart was ripped to shreds. My heartstrings didn't just TUG they RIPPED OUT OF MY HEART AND TWISTED IN AGONY when Bella left with Edward and jacob, the guy/werewolf that sitched her up was left alone. The ending of eclipse (i think) was Jacob running away from his pack, wanting to be alone. Pushing Jacob black and his entire life behind him. :(

In the last book, at the part when bella lost her life giving birth to renesmee, Jacob went to find the baby, with a murderous thought but was imprinted on her instead. The way stephanie meyer described jacob's feeling was,, incredible. Really. I was.. crying. I think.

I guess practically every other teen in the world must feel the same way I do. I really hope I can meet SM one day and question her ability to describe the feelings so vividly. Perhaps she had personally experienced it before? Hm...

Anyhoos It'll take me awhile to get over this feeling. x(

signing off with a heavy heart-

Appeal results

2009-12-02T17:38:00.001-08:00

When a lil' birdie told me that the 2009 streaming (appeal) results came out I immediately when to edulearn and downloaded the document but....

My name wasnt even there! Like the document listed BOTH successful and unsuccessful aplicants- including that birdie's name but mine and a few other's name were missing!! That could only be 2 reasons

1. The school is a dmbass with lousy computer systems and lost my name in the proess of organised listing

2. I'm right at the border line so my name is in the "undetermined" box.

(hope it's the 2nd)

Sighhh... I feel so anxious. How am I supposed to enjoy my holidays? x(

My mom tried calling the school at around 9 but GUESS WHAT. It's closed. That's right. x( Gotta wait for those lazy people to unlock the gates and start answering phone calls.

signing off with a confused but determined heart~

F.M.L. moments

2009-11-30T05:29:00.001-08:00

Fuck My Life moments.

I'm sure all of ya'll had those moments. I don't have many viewers so blogging is basically pointless but I feel better typing my frustrations.

Today my dad borrowed my com to "check his mail" (he couldve done so with his PHONE but oh no, he PREFERRED a wider screen. I was looking for hotels, prices, room rates, maps, transportation, JRP lines and stuff for our family trip to Japan as I felt like helping my mom out. I didn't save my open office document (that consisted of careful summarization of what I had found on hotel room rates, calculation of the deals, Transportation routes and maps that I took the entire afternoon and evening to type out) when i gave him the computer. He was checking his mail and seeing that no new message was received he closed a window. But NOT HIS. MINE. You know how when you open one open office document that it would already be maximized but when it comes to google chrome it would be in the smaller, minimized version. Apparently he was very CLEAR-SIGHTED and closed the red x" BEHIND his screen, thinking that his screen was maximized. How very clever of him so assume so. Sigh. So yes I lost the entire document. And GUESS WHAT HE SAID AFTER THAT.

"Well you shouldn't handed me the computer with such an important unsaved document."

FUCK. MY. LIFE.

Last episode

2009-11-29T04:29:00.000-08:00

We all know how dramas(esp korean) are gonna end. Yet we still rave over them and stuff. Sigh. I guess it's all thanks to the smart producers/directors.
Anyway SADLY your beautiful has ended. Finished watching the very very last episode of it just moments ago. Aww, who knew TK could be so sweet and nice? Love the character and all the other lovely actors. :) Hope they continue the fantastic drama with season two and they should shoot more of GMN(male). They only did twice. x(

I feel so like slacky. I have a friend and he goes to tuition like twice a week???!?!?! I haven't been to a tuition in ages and my brain is totally empty. :(

I MUST really pay attention to the teachers when school re-opens

signing off

Your beautiful

2009-11-27T02:05:00.000-08:00

Have you heard of the korean drama, You beautiful?

Okay if you don't, I'll introduce the cast.

The dude lying on the floor is manager ma, in-charge of band members AN.JELL, known for his vivid imagination.

Lady with moonface standing right most in midst the girl's group is uee, also known as fake fairy and is hated the most on the drama. Oh maybe the second most after Tae Kyung's mom(who is not that important thus her face isnt here). She appears to be korea's no. 1 female idol but is real nasty. When she knew GMN was a female (GMN was supposed to be a male you see- they are twins- GMN and Go Mi Nyu) she blackmailed TK into faking to be her boyfriend so as to keep the secret. And she has feelings for TK but gets _REJECTED_ everytime. Hehe.

Tae Kyung's the left most standing guy with his right hand on the top if the guitar. He's my favourite character but is really straightforward and snappish. He's sweet on the inside though. Really really deep inside.

Beside him is Go Mi Nam(pig rabbit- nickname given by TK) and she's really naive and ignorant. But cute. And thus make a very good match with mr cold king. Moving on.

Beside her is Jeremy, with a pair of drumsticks in his hand. Fun to be with, he's super cheerful and cheers Mi Nam everytime she feels down. Constantly changes his hairdo.

On the most right is Shin Woo, the soft hearted gentleman. Unbelievably romantic and when he looks and Mi Nam... you can totally see the one-way chemistry. Sigh. Of course Mi Nam only has eyes for TK and frequently breaks Shin Woo's heart.

Oddly, Jeremy likes her too.

Wow long description.

Anyway Yes I love this drama but sadly the next episode would be the last!!! You can watch it on mysoju.com it has english subtitles. Hope TK and GMN (female version) would be able to make it and Shin woo and Jeremy would find their partners one day. x)

signing off

Boring Holidays

2009-11-26T05:54:00.000-08:00

Do you walk around your house doing nothing all day? Or sit in front of the computer 24/7 in boredom? This is the disease of boredom on you. Boredom is most commonly found in teens during their holidays as since there is no school to occupy their time they have more free time. The advantages are that they can do what ever they like in that period of time without having to worry about it affecting their academic progress. It's the holidays afterall. The disadvantages are that after a month or so they would get bored of it. There you go. The symptoms of boredom are dull red eyes, frequent yawns. constant drifts around the house and The stationing on one's ass onto the same furniture for long periods of time, only getting up for food and the toilet. I bet most of you out there are suffering from this disease. I'm afraid the only thing you can do to counter it is make good use of your time. Like instead of using the computer or watching TV if the weather permits you to do so you could visit parks and exercise your stoned muscles or get out with a couple of your mates and have fun. I don't know. Anyways you guys overseas- LUCKY YOU! haha leaving for Japan/HK on the 12th dec- 26th dec so yay me. x)

signing off

p.s. i spent ages finding the perfect blog skin, cbox and music player. x)

Emo phase

2009-11-24T20:25:00.000-08:00

Since it is the holidays and 2009 is ending I plan to START ANEW from now onwards and (maybe it's too early for this, but) have some New Year's Resolutions. So. I'm going away from all that emo shit. It's just a coincidence I like black and you gotta admit, black goes with every colour and helps you appear to be thin. ;) Most teens would be going through this phase:

Teen Stereotype: ‘Emo’

This word is short for ‘emotional.’ In the eighties there were ‘punks’. This new ‘emo’ crowd is basically the new wave of punk. If you have ever curiously wandered by the store “Hot Topic”, you will understand their (hard!) core fashion statement. If not, it generally consists of black eyeliner, black corsets, black boots, black hair dye, and black pants beset with dozens of chains. The origin is somewhat unknown. To passersby at the mall, these emos just look like the ‘punks’. They typically enjoy listening to ‘screamo’ (a type of ‘music’ in which screaming is accompanied by whining guitars and teenage angst) and applying black eyeliner. If your child or friend considers themselves an emo, take caution… as many of these teens tend to purposefully injure themselves to ‘feel something at all’.

What is their problem? Cant they get over themselves? They whine on and on about their psycho parents, getting over their EXes and other stuff. If they opened their minds a lil more, they would realize that THEY might be the psycho ones or they could DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR LOVE LIFE by avoiding dating. Simple as that. With what I've said I'm gonna change my blog skin into something.. less emo. OH New Year's Resolutions in my next post.

signing off

Japanese Blood Type beliefs

2009-11-19T07:55:00.000-08:00

After watching korean romantic comedy "My boyfriend is type B" I searched up internet on it. Apparently, your blood type can determine your personality due to some scientific research. Interesting eh. For some point in time Japan hired people based on their blood types (weird huh) and all those with AB would find it hard to seek a job. Here are each blood type's personality.

Type A

People with blood type A have a deep-rooted strength that helps them stay calm in a crisis when everyone else is panicking. However, they tend to avoid confrontation, and feel very uncomfortable around people. A types are shy and sometimes withdrawn. They seek harmony and are very polite, but all the same feel that they never really fit in with others. A types are very responsible. If there is a job to be done, they prefer to take care of it themselves. These people crave success and are perfectionists. They are also very creative, and the most artistic of all the blood types, most likely because of their sensitivity. People with blood type A are also likely to be considered classic "type A's": stressed and conscientious.
Type B

People with blood type B are the most practical of the blood groups. They are specialists in what they do. When they start a project, they spend extra time understanding and trying to follow directions than others might. When they are doing something, all of their attention is focused on it. They tend to stick to a goal and follow it through to the end, even if it seems impossible. They tend to be less than cooperative, as they like to follow their own rules and their own ideas. They are individualists. B type people pay attention to their thoughts a little more than their feelings, and therefore can sometimes seem cold and serious. People with blood type B are often considered more relaxed, freewheeling, and unconventional than other types, although not necessarily to an unacceptable degrees.

Type O
People with blood type O people are outgoing, energetic and social. They are the most flexible of the blood types. They easily start up projects but often have trouble following through because they give up easily. They are flighty and not too dependable. O types always say what's on their mind. They value the opinion of others and like to be the center of attention. Also, people with O blood are extremely self-confident. Type O, the most "average" blood type, is considered the best type in Japan.

Type AB
People with blood type AB are hard to categorize. They can have characteristics on both ends of the spectrum at the same time. For instance, they are both shy and outgoing. They easily switch from one opposite to another. AB people are trustworthy and responsible, but can't handle it when too much is asked of them. They don't mind doing favors or helping out, as long as its on their own conditions. People with this blood type are interested in art and metaphysics. AB is considered the worst blood type. In predictability-loving Japan, they're loose cannons. They also like to set their own conditions and reserve the right to drop out when things don't meet their expectations. They're known to be sensitive and considerate—at times—but it just isn't enough to balance out the flaws in this blood type. For a while, some companies tried dividing their employees into work groups based on blood type, and no one wanted to work with the AB group.
And in terms of compatibility...
A is most compatible with A and AB.
B is most compatible with B and AB.
AB is most compatible with AB, B, A, and O.
O is most compatible with O and AB.
Go cupid~

signing off

Holidays

2009-11-12T05:35:00.000-08:00

countdown to streaming results: 4 days (yikes)

Back from thailand. The Funeral was depressing. My first! But my grandmother was not very close to me so i guess i don't feel sad. But my mom was sniffing when they buried the coffin (i mean what can you expect when your MOM dies?!). Anyway don't feel like exaggerating on the details. You know how funerals are.

Mmm, currently trying to film a piano tutorial hopefully it'll turn out well!

signing off

Updates

2009-11-07T18:24:00.000-08:00

Woah i think this holds the highest record for not posting anything to this blog so far.

Leaving for Japan to ski with my dearest family members. Well the adults are probably gonna decide to sit out skiing and hang out in some cafe or something while my cousins and I are skiing/falling on our butts. I love snow. It just gives me that "mmmm" and warm shivers even though its cold, you know? Okay I doubt you don't but it feels like heaven. x)

My current obsession is GOSSIP GIRL!!!

It's soo additive. Special thanks to my brother whom lent me the disc xD

Stayed up till 4 for the past 2 nights just to finish the 1st season!!!!!

later

Transfers

2009-10-30T04:04:00.000-07:00

It really sucks when once you've gotten to know someone, he/she transfers away. There goes another friend. And it's really hard to keep in touch via technology! Some may say technology can help people keep in touch but in reality would you bother to send messages to over a hundred of your "friends" via email? No. Anyway there's nothing much to say really, except for the fact that i'm trying to convince the staff at my school to allow me to take art as an elective (extra) subject next year. Fingers crossed for that.

Life

2009-10-26T06:24:00.000-07:00

Okay I'm gonna sound like some emo kid in this post but it's just something that has been on my mind now. Hmm you know how when you're still young you're so innocent and ignorant about the harshness of life till it happens to you? Yeah. Well (i'm kinda quoting something from 500 days of summer now) in a movie i watched there was this couple and Summer was talking about her past relationships and her asked her,

"Did you even ever have a boyfriend?"

"Of course."

"What happened? Why didn't they work out?"

"What always happens. Life."

Yeah so if that never happened to you, it will. If it did, well, join the club. A good friend of mine said Enjoy life while you can. It's rather long, but short as well It's true. Life's too short to waste but when you have too much time on your hands it seems so so long. Loadsa people say live your life to it's fullest, make everyday count but what does it really mean? Am i the only one wondering what is the purpose of our existence? All we experience in life is pain, suffering and eternal confusion (that is, excluding the Buddha who had obtained enlightenment). Maybe that's just me. I'm not trying to say life sucks or I wanna end my life right now it's just a thought.

Last results + charcoal

2009-10-22T02:20:00.000-07:00

Torque:

HEY so sorry marcus!! Mistook you for a girl. Haha. Hey I don't think life sucks i just think that if it ended now, it would really suck. I don't plan on wasting my life away so hopefully i'd become as cheerful as ty.

Moving on, this are my results for today

mathematics- 66 or 67? Can't remember.

hcl- 43.25 (entire year's average would be 48)

total science (incl bio)- 59

My poor bio performance was all thanks to my forgetfulness. UGH. I didn't study those tough notes mdm vaili gave us on reproduction and birth defects so i wasted 15 marks out of 30. Failed it. Hope my year-round performance in science would be able to pull that up to at least a B or an A. Fingers crossed.

Tried charcoal sketching the other day and it was a lil rough. Learned that charcoal is good for our body as it absorbs toxin and harmful substances in our body (0r so my mom says) AND LOLLY LOVES IT. She was licking her chops after a couple of chucks the size of a 20 cent coin. Hmm. When i asked my mom why WE (humans) don't consume it. Easy. ITS DISGUSTING.

Look at it.

would you eat that??

wow this is called charcoal sketching. I wanna be able to do this! Envious!

Answering all tags

2009-10-21T05:45:00.000-07:00

This is a pretty short post dedicated to replying all the tags

Torque:

Hmm I will think about it, thanks loads. You're lapat aren't you? xD

Nic:

I understand that but it's just weird ya know? It's hard to umm... express my feelings? Yeah I'm doing pretty fine i suppose just pretty confused. I guess you can say that my life is pretty UNDETERMINED right now. My mom doesn't really check my phone it's just when she borrows my phone (to call overseas) she'd read the INcoming messages and occasionally my inbox. Sorry for the confusion.

Speed:

Words of wisdom, thank you grand consultant! I guess i should pull myself together and get on with life now eh? See ya! x)

Elvina's BBQ

2009-10-21T05:30:00.000-07:00

It was okay in the beginning, with everyone hustling about while ty and I stood away from the bustle and observed. Everyone seemed to be playing their part in unpacking the foodstuffs, getting the pit ready, all except us and the birthday girl. Well anyway it was pretty fun the entire time. The food. The GLORIOUS CAKE. The games. The giggles. Awesome time. The crazy bunch (excl ty and i) incl some other of our classmates went to sentosa the next day and got awfully sunburnt!! Seriously. You could see the hot red smears of burnt cells across their faces and arms. Jewel's one was really bad. Back to the party. We took hell lot of pictures (for memories!) and chatted the night away. Sadly it was ended with an abrupt goodbye from ty and I at around 10.20 x(

The cake looked a lil like this one

OH and we got a lil musical box that played "happy birthday" for her. x)

Got almost all of my results back today so here goes

English- 73

HCL- 53

History- 81

Geography- 75

Literature- 58 WTH

Science (phy/chem)- 67

Art- 95 yay!!

Home economics- 79

Regrets

2009-10-19T08:20:00.000-07:00

I strongly believe that if I were to die now, i'd die with regrets. There are so many things that i regret doing but I do not have the power to go back in time to change my past actions that i've regretted. It's so strange how time changes things. A few months ago i was in HK missing him. Now i'm not even with him anymore. We hardly keep in touch. It really sucks. Time makes you realise things too. Things you would not have realised before. I don't feel like typing much cos my spacing button has stopped working thus using the onscreen keyboard thingy is such a bother. Please leave comments in the cbox- perhaps mention things that time did to you. Its just a 'lil something to think about for now.

bye

I agree that it's impossible to be treat your ex the same as a friend after a breakup that's why i'm wishing we'd meet each other and fall in love again - what's wrong with me? Sometimes i miss you and sometimes i don't

Sorry

2009-10-15T08:13:00.000-07:00

SO SORRY i haven't been updating in FOREVER. Mainly due to exams and last minute mugging. Its the last paper tomorrow! (art) YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!! xD

The papers were fairly easy, of no challenging status exp for bio perhaps? The fantabulous (please note sacarsm) teacher of ours gave us this set of notes on reproduction including birth defects and DNA shit that was not even found in the textbook! I totally forgot about those notes and since bio was only 30% of the science paper I focused on physics/chemistry. Damn. 9 marks got blown away by my forgetfulness. DANG. I have high expectations of my art tomorrow hopfully I'd be able to accomplish it and not dampen my mood.

I don't mean to gossip, but this is really starting to get on my nerves. A bestsie of mine "dao-ed" (sorry i cant seem to find a synonym for this word) me and ty AGAIN!! 3 of us were supposed to go out and catch a movie in fete of the end of exams, but she pulled out a day before! Dx She always seems to avoid going out. All these excuses and whatnots. Oh whatever I don't even feel like talking about this.

signing off

Biased Maid

2009-10-03T23:34:00.000-07:00

Okay so our parents are overseas and left Aunty Vergie to take care of my brother (16 yrs old) and I.

Unfair treatement

When we were supposed to go to our grandma's house, she kept bugging me and asking me who was going to fetch us there. I told her my brother was supposed to be the one informed and asked her to ask him. But she kept asking me and i was like, wth, cant she ask him i already said i didn't know!
On sunday my brother wanted food from mc donalds so he asked her to ask me to order for him cos apparently, he was TOO TIRED. I told her to just ask him to call himself and why it was always me (THE YOUNGER ONE) whom had to do all the shit. She was angry and asked me to CALL THE HOTLINE TO ORDER FOR BROTHER DEAREST. I was buzy at that moment doing math so i told him that since he was the one whom wanted it, he should order it himself. She said in an irritated voice, "Goh Qian ah, You brother wants this. Aiyah, gimme the number! You go order yourself i'm not going to order for you." What in the world did I do? Reject going around ordering for my brother like a freakin SLAVE?! AND GOT SCOLDED BY HER? Maybe i'm too pissed off to find faults in my actions. please tell me who was wrong here in the cbox.

Thanks.

Because you live

2009-10-03T22:57:00.000-07:00

OhMyGosh.

I sooooooo love this song- because you live by jesse mccartney. Its an old song, so some of you might know it but i love it cos it just.. gives you this twinge in your heart. Like makes you feel all gooey and soft, like you're in love?Okay maybe that's just me. Here are the lyrics: (I'll highlight those parts that give you the 'feelin')

Staring out at the rain with a heavy heart
It's the end of the world in my mind
Then your voice pulls me back like a wake up call
I've been looking for the answer
Somewhere
I couldn't see that it was right there
But now I know what I didn't know

Because you live and breathe
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help
Because you live, girl
My world has twice as many stars in the sky

It's alright, I survived, I'm alive again
Cuz of you, made it through every storm
What is life, what's the use if you're killing time
I'm so glad I found an angel
Someone
Who was there when all my hopes fell
I wanna fly, looking in your eyes

Because you live and breathe
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help
Because you live, girl
My world has twice as many stars in the sky
Because you live, I live

Because you live there's a reason why
I carry on when I lose the fight
I want to give what you've given me always

Because you live and breathe
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help
Because you live, girl
My world has twice as many stars in the sky

Because you live and breathe
Because you make me believe in myself when nobody else can help
Because you live, girl
My world has everything I need to survive

Because you live, I live, I live

It's soo insanely sweet and romantic! Do go and listen to it. x)

another awesome song is catch me demi lovato

A few facts men DONT KNOW about women

2009-09-28T05:39:00.000-07:00

1. While on a date, the ladies hate it when men shrug their shoulders and let them decide on where to go, what movie to catch, etc. They like men who can take the control of the situation but listen to what they have to say too.

2. Women hate men who talk ONLY about THEMSELVES. (they don't like the spotlight either, they just want to be heard)

3. ALL WOMEN LOVE A GENTLEMAN ATTITUDE

4. Women hate it when men compare them to their ex. Even if its in the "you're better than her" category it still sucks because it shows that you still think about your ex thus compare her to the current woman you are out with

5. Women like it when men smell nice, especially when its natural (shampoo, light deodorant)

6. Women do not just judge a guy by his looks as long as he makes her laugh

This is based on personal experience please leave comments and correct me if i'm wrong in anyway!

toodles~~

Hilarious youtube users

2009-09-26T23:43:00.001-07:00

Okay so these are a few youtube channels i ALWAYS watch videos from-

shanedawsontv

shanedawsontv2

kevjumba

jumbafund

nigahiga

---many more.. Shanedawsontv and shanedawosntv2 are created by the same person, its just that each account focuses on different things. Kevjumba is this real funny asian guy living in the US (introduced by chels). He talks about EVERYTHING and is really good with the special techy effects. Jumbafund is his other youtube channel in which the amount of money raised based on the no. of viewers would go to a differnt charity each month. (e.g. invisible children, st jude children's hospital, world wildlife fund, etc). Youtube would pay you if you have large amount of viewers in each video. The more viewers, the more amount of $$$ you get. AND HE USES IT FOR A GOOD CAUSE! Nigahiga is another amusing channel with awesome insane ideas in every video (less vulgar as compared to shane dawson!)

Most of you are mugging like crazee for the finals now so watch them after your exams!

hahas laters then.

Sawadeeka

2009-09-25T20:41:00.000-07:00

As you can probably tell, I'M BACK!!!!!!!
Mmmm, I'm ignoring loadsa texts about my trip right now mainly cos i'm just too exhausted from the looooong flight and looooooong drive back home. It's like i can sleep anywhere, anytime. Literally. Anyways the trip was fine, we took taxis and mrts as main transportation to places like my grandmother's house and places we had our meals at. My grandmother is much weaker as compared to when i last saw her but otherwise as polite and smiley as ever. xD It's good to be around happy people. It makes you happy too. I think it's in the thai blood to smile? Suppose i didn't get those genes though. lol. There was one morning i was sitting on a couch in the lounge and saw a thick book seducing me. DON'T LAUGH. Thick books seduce me. Oddly enough. I grabbed it, obviously and started reading it. It had me gripping at almost every page and kept me awake throughout my meal (which is surprising, as i can harly stay awake while having breakfast most mornings). I borrowed it and managed to finish it within that day. IT WAS.. OMIGOSH THE BEST BOOK IVE EVER TOUCHED IN MY ENTIRE 14 YEARS OF LIFE.
here's the cover

I'll tell you a lil' about it. It goes all the way into the future, where the human race is almots extinct with only a bunch of them alive, hiding on earth from the wanderers and many other creatures that roam about earth. Wanderers take the body of humans. You can tell that they arent humans anymore by the unusual shiny grey eyes and the large long scar from their neck all the way down to their back where their soul was inserted in the body. The story is told by one certain wanderer that took a body of a women, Melanie. Love complications make the plot richer than it already is, with the wanderer meeting up with the only group of human race left on earth. It will totally change your perspective on love and life. It will make you yearn for love and remember the people in your life and everything. It's awesome. Truly. Do pick it up when you're at a bookstore. You won't regret it. I'm SOOO going to get that book. Somehow. It's so addictive! The ending made me tear up (i don't do that often so you can tell it must've been really touching!) even though my brother was laughing in the same room as me at some weird video or something. I didn't want it to end. But of course, it did. x(

I'm getting real tired now and i should probably start replying those texts. See ya soon! Comment if you love the book as much as i do xD

Art schools

2009-09-25T20:40:00.001-07:00

That is my DREAM SCHOOL. I so want to go there after my Os (which is in 2 years' time) I plan to study Fashion Design there. Ryan and I were talking about it during art club today. We both plan to take Tailoring courses during the holidays and get a cerificate so that when we apply for Lasalle it would boost us and raise the chance of being accepted. Even mrs goh was going through about where we plan to go after newtown. She went through certain JCs, Ngee ann poly and some others. IF i go jc i would choose to go either ACJC( 8 points), CJC( 10points) or SAJC( 11 points). I don't think i would want to go poly. A friend of mine in class wanted to go NAFA but mrs goh told her that Laselle was higher-class (which is true). She wants to study classical music (WOT) but if i had grade 5 theory like her i wouldn't waste my talent on some sleepy sounding music and would so choose to study on pop music. (don't you all agree?) God I've wanted to go there since a few years back.

But my mom told me that i should have alternate routes in case i don't get my dream (most parents don't support this dream as being a fashion designer you would not have stable jobs. In fashion, one minute you're in and the next, you're out- yes this is from project runway the best show of all on channel 16!-) so i should go to a proper jc and can study fashion in uni. But i countered her statement by saying by then i would be so old and would get farther away from my dream (i think that's what she wants) so i guess i could be a journalist. Or something closer to artsy stuff. Maybe interior design? I've got my heart, body and soul set on fashion designing. Hope i get there on day and manage to study abroad.

OH and to get into Lasalle I just have to pass 5 GCE O lvl subjects and create a portfolio including all my designs and go for interviews of course. That's the worst bit cos' i FREAK OUT at interviews! If i get rejected by Lasalle I'll try NAFA. But really really hope i get accepted into Lasalle. Sigh.

So very worried for my future.

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!
My mom was just telling me about The parsons( new york), a famous design school that my cousin went to! He studied as a lanscape something for a few years there. Before that, he was studying in an art university in Thailand for 4 years. That's what I plan to do. Finish secondary school, get into lasalle (it'll be like a stepping stone towards my dream career), study for 4 years and move to new york and study in The parsons.

link to their home page-
http://www.parsons.edu/departments/department.aspx?dID=73&sdID=96&pType=1

If any of you recognise it, it's from project runway. Project runway was FILMED THERE!!!! for a few years to gain some experience.
Omigosh I SO wanna go and study there! My plans after that i are to work in adidas as a designer as adidas is known for its shoes and not its clothes so I plan to make that company an all-rounder and start designing outfits that could make adidas a well-rounded famous brand internationally. I know i have big dreams but i really hope that they would work out for me! After that i'd probably join a larger company and work for them or start my own line.

wish me luck!

Steve + Nich

2009-09-25T20:39:00.000-07:00

I was recently introduced to this song- Dirty Funk (steve appleton) and IT ROCKS. He's so hot and can play like 5 instruments!! Go check out the mv here' the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYRu3JNkpU4

and here's how he looks like!

since i've nothing else to write about and was suggested to write about HIM, I will. xD

Okay his name's Nicholas lee I don't know his chinese name cos' I haven't bothered asking. He's currently studying mechanical engineering in singapore polytechnic, singapore. He's 185cm tall, unsure about his weight but maybe it's 80 something. He claims he has "zac efron" hairdo so those girls out there loving zac efron it's your lucky day. Lol.

I met him on facebook as we had 1 friend in common that was his classmate and my senior in band. I added him as a friend 1st and he accepted me of course. We started chatting from then onwards and have become great mates. He plays basketball and is currently training in sp's basketball team and aims to be in the first team. Has training till 10 on alternate days. (He's usually dead tired after 'em) He likes both old and new songs and we've the same taste in movies/ shows. xD More to the comedy, romance, sometimes thriller or action. (Yea, he still watches cartoons like THE SIMPSONS) He's those kind of happy-go-lucky guy and RARELY gets angry or agitated. He seems to be cheerful 23/7- always using :) in texts. He loves Australia and wants to study there too. Both of us have been to Perth (WA) before and it's amazing. Even though it can me 40++ degrees in summer use your common sense and go there during summer or winter. He has loads of pictures taken during his trip there. He's great at sociallizing and has no problem making friends even in the arctic regions or something. He's really really nice and is really thoughtful and gets all caring when he thinks he's disturbing you. Haha. He's the kinda guy that hangs out with his friends and just have a wave of time no matter what. He gets really serious and all when it comes to r/s. It's like he changes to the serious side of him. Oh and he has fought once before cos' a guy elbowed him during bball sometime back. I cant really think of anything else to say about him but he's really fab. x) Having him as a friend is an awesome experience.

Tips for mugging for exams

2009-09-25T20:36:00.000-07:00

Hey Hey Hey.

It's so amazing how I can just forgive people.. I'm not even angry now! WoW...
Okay so here are some tips to hopefully help you in the exams in future (EOYs).

1- When you study, off your phone, com, or any other electrical devices except for ones that play music like ipods, mp3s or radios.
This would help you concentrate on studies ONLY and not get distracted. Ipods, Mp3s or radios help me concentrate only during my revisal for maths and i suggest that you only play it while practicing maths. If you listen to them while doing languages, you're just wasting your time. The words in the song (unless it's classical then i suppose it's fine) would just distract you from the ones on paper.

2- To memorize, you have to figure out whether you can remember better by looking at diagrams or just by words.
You can do so by getting a paragraph of words to memorize, and see how long you take to memorize them. Then, summarize the words by drawing pictures to guide you and just remembering the keywords. It is easy to figure out which was the easier way to memorize. But please DO remember the keywords when memorizing stuff for science.

3- When you get tired after studying, EAT. Or not.
Eating helps me. I have no idea why. Perhaps i may have a soft spot for them. But if you're less of a food person just get up from your seat, blast out music and create a lil stress-relieving dance. It'll wake your mind. Rest for around half and hour then get back to your work. Don't spend too much time taking breaks.

4- To take notes, write out your own notes.
Your mind subconsciously remembers the notes you wrote and even if you don't memorize the notes that well, writing gives you the rough idea of what the notes are all about.

5- When taking notes, look online for sources of infomation.
You'd be surprised at the variety of information you can find online. Google is the best search engine there is. There's no harm in learning more, so read through the information, analyse it, then take it down by writing it down (point 4), even including the stuff you don't understand, then look up the words you don't get at dictionary.com (yes, there is such a website). This will widen your knowledge and your teacher would be impressed.

6- When you get stressed at the amount of stuff you have to memorize, take it out by going to your parents or whoever you feel very comfortable talking with.
They help relieve stress- just don't get carried away and get back to your revision

7- Lastly, during your exams, smuggle some sweets in.
Sweets do great things for you. Just don't get flavours you love, get strong ones like MINT(get dark secret mints- i forgot what brand it was but it comes in small plastic boxes. They are convenient and very refreshingly hot!). The cool effect it has in your mouth immediately refreshes you while doing you paper. Just don't let the teacher catch you. It is especially effective when doing a boring subject like maths or history.

aah yes here the sweets are