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435 Tagged by Zoe!!

2011-11-17T16:00:00.002+08:00

RULES:
1. You must post these rules.
2. Each person must post 11 things about themselves in their journal.
3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create eleven new questions for the people you tag to answer.
4. You have to choose 11 people to tag and link them on the post
5. Go to their page and tell them you have tagged him/her.
6. No tag backs.
7. No “you are tagged if you are reading this.” You legitimately (AKA, really, truly, with all honesty) have to tag 11 people.

1. Apples or Oranges?
Apples!!

2. If you had to have a different name, what would it be?
Haha, I always liked the name Elyon (and I intend to name my daughter that if I have one) but I still love my current name! So maybe Isabella Elyon Mak? Hahahhaa!! :D

3. What is your hollywood name? (your first pets name and the name of the first street you lived on, eg. Pixie Sturm)
Uhm, it's gonna sound so weird... I can't even remember my first pet's name! ehhh... Fishyy Pasir Ris? EWWWWWWW

4. What’s one embarrassing thing you did as a toddler?
I'm not kidding, I don't remember anything I did as a toddler!

5. Stupidest website you’ve ever seen? Link to it!
No website is stupid. It's the same as saying nobody is stupid. People are the ones behind websites. And I don't judge people (:

6. If you had to dye your hair, what colour would it be?
DO I EVEN NEED TO TYPE THIS DOWN it's pretty obvious it's gonna be RAINBOWWWWWW!!!! :D

7. PC or Mac?
Mac :D

8. If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Just the way you are by Bruno Mars. It's probably the first song that speaks to every single girl out there to tell them that they are beautiful in every way.

9. If anything was possible, what form of renewable energy would you make?
Energy to memorise my lecture notes and do my homework.

10. Think of a movie or song that describes you.
Hmmm... I'm indescribable hahahaha. You can't describe me in just a song or a movie. I'M AWESOME LIKE THAT.

11. If you had a million dollars for a day, what would you do with it?
Buy a million nail polishes, make up, clothes, shoes, accessories, cameras AND A FREAKING HUGE HOUSE WITH A BUILT IN ICE CREAM MACHINE.

I'm not gonna tag people because everyone's tagged. I know it's in the rules but rules were made to be broken.

434 (:

2011-11-05T23:14:00.002+08:00

HEYYY GUYS!!!!! :D
Things are getting better on my side I guess! Now I'm preparing for an Oral Presentation exam on 15th November and after that I'll be back to full-force studying!! ):

I've already screwed up my study schedule (which was supposed to start this monday) and it's not a good sign, but it's alright! I need to make sure that I finish everything I need to study before I leave for my Hong Kong trip in mid dec!

I can't imagine, really!! All the nail polishes and beauty-related stuff I can get from Hong Kong at a really ridiculously-cheap price... ZOMG!!!!!! So by hook or by crook, I'm gonna have to finish studying before then, because I know for sure that after I'm back from my trip, I will NEVER have the mood to study.

Also, I'm aiming to study Finance/ Business at the National University of Singapore. Won't be easy. Or should I say, NOT EASY AT ALL. Need to work really hard now so I can probably try to grab an internship in some bank to boost my portfolio :/

Alright, that's all for now.

Hope you guys are doing alright!! Lots of people got marries today haha! And it's not even 11/11/11!

433 Impact after impact

2011-10-24T20:23:00.001+08:00

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Hey guys, I'm so sorry if my last few posts have been pretty down. Today, it was probably one of the most demoralising days of the year for me.

I had to meet the Vice-Principal of my school at 8.15am, and then go for a Promo feedback session (basically a feedback session on our end-of-year exams) and then had to meet my CCA teacher-in-charge. All of them regarding my results.

I'm starting to feel like everything is just not gonna work out. I feel demoralised, and I don't feel motivated at the slightest bit.

I'm in this huge, deep pit now and it's so dark down here. I can't see any light, any hope, any chances of getting out of this pit. This pit is being the bottom 20% in my school. My CCA teacher-in-charge said that some could get out of that pit, some just stayed in there for the 2 years they have been in college.

I just feel so lost. There's nothing anyone can do to help me, and I'm just stuck here and nobody knows. It's like the world forgot about me, like I just vanished from the face of the Earth. I'm trying so hard just to survive in school.

It's too late to say this, but it looks like I don't belong here.

432 A wish upon a star

2011-10-19T17:06:00.002+08:00

01. Red:

02. Orange

03. Pastel Pink

04. Hot Pink

05. Purple

06. Dark Purple

07. Pastel Purple

08. Silver

09. Pastel Blue

10. Blue

11. Turquoise

12. Green

These are the rings that I'm selling (:
I'll be selling them for S$7 each (about US$5), mailing to be advised again based on where you live.
I'm getting something special for my family with this money, so if you like any of them, please support me (:

When you buy more, you'll receive more discounts (:
Used to be on Etsy at US$8, but bringing it down because I really need the money but can't work a part-time job because I'm schooling!

If you aren't adventurous with fashion or your dressing but still want to bring a little OOMPH to your outfit, a ring is a perfect choice. It's not too loud and it still makes a statement.

These star rings are adjustable, so no matter how small your hand is (I have relatively large hands but they can fit me!) they'll fit you.

If you are interested, just email me at isabella_mak3103(at)hotmail.com!

Thank you (:

431 Teal and Orange

2011-10-16T20:41:00.002+08:00

Teal and Orange is one of my favourite colour combinations. I just felt the sudden urge to open up photoshop and collate some of the many, many images that I've saved into my desktop from visiting fashion and runway sites (:

I really can't wait till I graduate (which is in... around 1 more year?) so that I can dye my hair with streaks of orange, teal, pink, blue... OH MAN I FEEL SO EXCITED!!! :D

Anyway, I'm feeling much better now ever since my previous post. Life was shit that day.
I've since gotten back all my results and I didn't do as bad as I thought I would. I failed 3/5 of the subjects I took but I feel better because I improved in all my subjects.

So... Hope you guys have a great week ahead and no matter what happens, what happened or what is going to happen, face it with a smile, a laugh and a kickass attitude.

Love you guys!! (:

430 Heart-wrenching.

2011-09-30T20:51:00.002+08:00

Have you ever been lost in your life?

Have you been such a let down to your parents that, even though they don't express it or mean it, you just feel so hopeless, so useless and like there is no reason for you to continue living?

Have you ever felt so upset that your tears start to roll down your cheeks in the middle of the road, where everyone is looking, where people can clearly see you crying?

Have you felt so helpless that nothing anyone says, or your best friends say, or how much comfort food you eat, or how many of your favourite things you buy don't seem to make you feel better?

Hi. Welcome to my life as of today.

My parents seem to have lost hope in me.

I failed both my bio and chem promo papers.

I'm gonna need to explain why I didn't do well again.

And this time, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna cry in front of my teachers.

And the worst thing is,

I don't know what the freaking hell went wrong.

I don't want to live anymore.

I can't survive in my own school; and I can't take it.

Everyone's doing better than me. EVERYONE.

I've never been so afraid to go to school.

I just want to drop everything I have now and just stop all these.

Why are these happening?

Why am I such a failure?

Why can't I do anything right?

Why can't I be like those people who are born smart, born pretty, born lucky, born rich, born worry-free?

Why can't I...

My parents said that they are glad I'm not demoralised because I told them I know for sure I can be promoted to JC2.

Well, they are wrong.

And I'm not gonna tell them everything from now on.

Sometimes we need to tell white lies.

I've completely lost hope.

All hope.

I am the bane of my own existence.

I don't belong here.

429 a brand new start.

2011-09-25T17:28:00.004+08:00

Hey everyone (:
Long time no see. I've been off of the blogging scene for about half a year now, and with my end-of-year exams ticked off my to-do list, it's about time I returned to blogging. It's been a good few months; much has happened and much has changed. My hair's longer now; my laptop's dirtier; my stack of magazines are thicker and my list of worries are longer. But all is well at my side.

Let's start with a few significant changes that have happened in my life so far. Firstly, I'm now the President of my CCA (Co-curriculum activity). Ironic much. I can still remember when the handover video made by my ex-EXCO (executive committee) appeared on facebook, everyone messaged me to congratulate me. And one of my friends which I had attended the VJC open house last year with, Fathin, whom sadly isn't in VJ with me, messaged me about how she remembered me saying that I would NEVER join Strings ever again, but I turned out to be the President of Strings in the end :P

Secondly, I've not been doing well in school. It's really demoralising. After the mid-year exams, I've been marked the bottom 3% of my cohort. I'm not kidding. It's been a rough time, and it's been HELL. Talking to teachers, explaining what happened and why I didn't perform on par. And the worst was meeting the Vice Principal. She was friendly and she wasn't strict or scary or whatsoever, but the fact that I have to meet the Vice Principal of my school for the first time in 17 years... Oh gosh, am I a failure. I'm crossing my fingers that I'll do better this time but I can't deny, I've got no confidence in myself. I've never had hope in myself to begin with. It's weird that I'm so motivated towards my CCA, but not towards my studies. It's about time I bring a balance to both, but it's not gonna be easy. CCA problems are coming up, and studies are still pulling me down because the syllabus is getting harder. I don't see light. I really don't see any.

Anyway, I've decided that this will be turned into my personal blog, and along the way I'll be having some fashion stuff and beauty stuff. Probably no more graphic design stuff except for making my own layouts (which I feel is a must). So sorry to disappoint any of my readers who are looking forward to design stuff. At this point of my life, I look at the Photoshop icon and I ignore it. It's different now :/ VJ has changed me into someone I'm growing to hate.

This is mid-life crisis. I'm probably gonna live only till 34.

428 Life sucks.

2011-03-27T21:55:00.004+08:00

Hey everyone (: So sorry for the lack of posting/ activity/ updates for the past month. I've been running a race with time for the past month and it's taking a toll on me. I feel lethargic the minute I reach home because 90% of my energy has been spent in school. Of course I'm not the only one that's tired, but it's a really big change from my lifestyle a year ago and I'm having problems coping with my homework and assignments. That's why I can hardly find the time to blog, even though ironically, I'm online everyday. (Maybe I should find a mobile blogging app!)

A few updates. This week is gonna be one of my busiest weeks to date. I am going to sit for my Grade 8 ABRSM Piano Exam on the 30th, I'm turning 17 on the 31st (it's a really big deal for me) and I've got lots of assignments and projects due this week too. Strings is taking up quite a bit of my time because now we're having rehearsals 3 times a week. And most of the time, after strings I'll be too tired to do anything. The Strings SYF is on the 28th of April and guess what, we're to our disadvantage because we're performing right after Hwa Chong (which has a really good String Ensemble) and immediately before Raffles (which also has a really good String Ensemble). I wouldn't want to just say that we're 100% gonna achieve a silver award, because it's still too early to say anything. Miracles DO happen, and I believe that it's possible that VJSE can achieve a Gold award.

With my piano exam only 3 days away... The last thing that should happen is an accident. And guess what? IT HAPPENED. I accidentally cut my finger while I was using the penknife to cut a piece of paper this afternoon and luckily or not, I'd only cut off a piece of skin and there wasn't any bleeding at all. I can imagine it much more painful if there was any bleeding, but it's difficult to play the piano now because what I've injured is the tip of my left ring finger. I hope that playing the bass would not worsen it too much.

Also, I haven't had a good start to this week. Initially, I was supposed to be able to meet Jiale, Yee Cheng and Moi on Thursday (my birthday) but it seems that something cropped up for Jiale and so now there is no longer anything to look forward to for the week. Because of my piano exam, I'm missing a great opportunity for a talk about Fashion at Laselle (a fashion college in Singapore) and why it's a great opportunity is because out of everyone who placed Fashion@Laselle as their first choice in my class, I was the only one who got in. It's such a pity because I'm really interested in Fashion ): So all these aside, the only thing I can look forward to is the next weekend.

Sometimes, I feel strongly against the phrase "life sucks"; but today, the only thing I can think of is LIFE SUCKS.

Have a great week ahead, awesome (:

427 A Little Gift

2011-02-28T18:12:00.002+08:00

Heyyyy everyone! School's getting stressful but I thought that waiting for Seraphrarium's grand opening to offer you guys these Photoshop Actions was a little too late, so here you are! 4 Photoshop Action Sets and enjoy using them! (: I had lots of fun making them and coming up with new colorings so I hope you have fun using them too!
Love all of you!

Download!

Download!

Download!

Download!

426 A New Chapter

2011-02-16T20:16:00.002+08:00

Hey everyoneeee! (:

School's been really busy and fun and everything's going really well as for now! I love my class, I love my group of friends (there's the 7 of us, and we do everything together!) and I love my school. I've been appointed as the General Paper (GP) rep in my class too. Haha. I'm currently planning a class picnic with out class rep and I think this year's just gonna be awesome!

As for now, homework's piling up faster than I can finish them but that's not stopping me from all the fun I can have in school!

And about Seraphrarium... I really have no idea when I can actually find the time to open Sera. Well, we'll see!

Sorry that I won't reply comments/ haven't replied comments! I will as soon as I find the time (:

Love you guys!

Have a great week ahead!

PS. My brother's in New York for a Robotics Competition now! Anybody from New York here???? (:

425 Sick ):

2011-01-23T20:47:00.003+08:00

Hey everyone! How was your day? Mine was pretty okay, and I've got my inspiration back! Though I've finished the site layout, I'm not done with Sera's content so I shouldn't be opening Sera so soon. Plus, it's gonna be Chinese New Year in less than 2 weeks and school's gonna start on thursday. I went for my first rehearsal in my new String Ensemble group yesterday and I'm having a really hard time adapting. I could play everything, ok ALMOST everything (or should I say, I could SIGHT READ ALMOST everything) but the most depressing part of the rehearsal is that I didn't feel like I belong there. It was as if I was just this weirdo with a different shirt from everybody else trying to fit in. The conductor wasn't as bad as I imagined him to be; he remembered my name! However, I think I expected too much from the people there... My senior whom I've been texting since my audition wasn't as friendly as I thought... But I suppose that its because she needs to concentrate on the rehearsals or something. She didn't really talk to me, only when she was helping me carry my stand to the concourse (where we were gonna conduct our rehearsal). Well, I thought that since she was from the same secondary school as me, she might be more friendly or sociable... But well, it's the first time I met her. Maybe she wasn't sure of what to do. Instead, Nicholas (recap: Guy who helped me into the waiting room on the day of the audition) was really sociable and said Hi to me the moment he saw me outside the Strings room! He's the only guy in Strings too. Hmph. Well, at the end of the rehearsal this girl introduced me to the ensemble but I doubt anybody was listening. For all you know, none of them caught my name.

Anyway, that day was just so miserable for me. I was really tired and the moment I reached home I threw myself onto the bed and slept for like... 4 hours straight.

Also, I've fallen ill. And I have no idea how I fell ill. I was sniffing last night, and then this morning my throat was really itchy and then I started coughing and in less than an hour I've caught the flu. Now my nose is red because I've blown my nose so many times till the skin at the tip of my nose is irritated. And school's gonna start in a few days...

If I really need to go for Strings this wednesday, I'll not be looking forward to it. Seriously, there's nothing to look forward to, except for the Beethoven piece that we're playing (Egmont). Sigh. I'm feeling sick and dejected and I'm so worried that I'll feel so out of place in my new school. I've been asking myself since yesterday, why I actually wanted to get into VJ that much in the first place. I've plunged down into oblivion. All of a sudden I have no idea what my goal in life is. It's THAT bad. I am someone who is very socially active and I love to make new friends. And what happened on the first rehearsal... It just took me down sooo hard. In attempt to cheer myself up from being sick, dejected and disappointed, I made this:

Have a great day, everyone. I'm feeling drowsy from the medicine I took.

424 Long time no blog

2011-01-17T22:31:00.005+08:00

Hey everyone! Tons of things have happened over the time I wasn't blogging... So let's start in chronological order!

Firstly, the audition. I was quite nervous about it when I was waiting for my turn (there weren't a lot of people actually, about 4?) but the guy that brought me to the waiting room calmed me down a little. Just before we stepped into the audition room, he asked me if I was nervous. By then, I wasn't that nervous. After learning that the ensemble only has 18 people, and 3 double bassists, I kinda lost half of my confidence. For such a small string ensemble, 3 bassists is MORE THAN ENOUGH since in an orchestra, we talk a lot about proportion. For example, there must be 4x number of violins, 2x number of violas, x number of cellos and x number of double basses. (This is just an example, not true IRL) Compared to Mgstrings (the strings ensemble in my old school), there were a total of 50+ people and only 2 pathetic bassists (me included). I probably told myself that I'm gonna go in and save some face and pride for myself and play my very best since I'm already there. Ok. So it was pretty crappy. I didn't play my pieces as well as I did for my bass exam and the conductor asked me questions. He asked me to tell them (there were 3 people in the room listening to me. The conductor, some girl and the guy that helped me to the waiting room.) about myself, and if I was gonna continue learning the bass. I gave a politically wrong answer (I said that if I'm not in the Strings, I WOULDN'T learn the bass anymore since I don't intend to have a musical career. OMB. WHAT THE HECK WAS I THINKING?!?! I came out of the room with the guy that helped me to the waiting room (OK HE'S NAME IS NICHOLAS. Argh.) and I mumbled something like, "GREAT I'M GONNA DIE I'M GONNA DIE I FREAKING SCREWED UP." And then Nicholas told me that I played pretty okay, eg. good enough for their ensemble. And I thought to myself, dude, that didn't work. After that I talked to a girl my age (who entered the college earlier than me) who was in the string ensemble and she was a bassist too! It was actually quite obvious that I'm more experienced than her and that I could play better (even without hearing her play the bass). I just know. It's a bassist thing (:
After talking to her, the teacher-in-charge of the String Ensemble came over to brief my mum and I on the appeal process if I get through the audition. If I get through the audition, this teacher (Mr Wong) will call me by the next night. Then, my mum sensed that I was quite dejected (since I thought that it was impossible for me to get through the audition), so we went to Parkway Parade (a shopping centre) AND GAVE OURSELVES SOME RETAIL THERAPY. Ahhhhh. I bought 2 nail polishes from the brand O2. They were cheap and they looked soooooo good! I bought one that is blue with micro-glitter and holographic star bits and one that has a light pink base with heart bits. ♥

So... It was the next day and I was practically on TENTERHOOKS the entire day. I was so nervous (even more nervous than the day of the audition), I kept my phone in outdoor mode (WHICH IS SUPER RARE. I ALWAYS HAVE IT IN SILENT MODE. ALWAYS.) but even until 9pm, Mr Wong hadn't called. I told myself, he's not gonna call. He's not gonna call. Dejected, I went on to submit my JAE (application form that gives you choices of what colleges you want to study in that has to be submitted online). So I just kept my mind on the net, surfing aimlessly, just to distract myself and make me forget about the whole audition. I turned my phone back to silent mode and left it on the table. The next time I looked at my phone, I realised that I had a missed call and a text. Not expecting anything, thinking it was from one of my friends, Mr Wong's name flashed straight in front of my eyes. O. M. B. He called at 9.40pm. WTH?! Who calls so freaking late?! And then the text was sent by him, saying that I should call him the minute I see this text. Well, it was already 12am then. I only had to wait till the next morning to call him... (I couldn't sleep the entire night)

Ok, so to cut the entire story short, he called me in the morning and he asked me if they were going to offer me a place in the String Ensemble, will I take it? I was like duh. Haha. I wasn't really happy then, but then as I told my friends, family and seniors (who helped me with the audition), I started feeling SOOOOOO AWESOME. OMB VJC ACCEPTED ME. I HAVE A CONFIRMED PLACE IN VJC!!!!!

Ok. Secondly, I have started selling my creations online! Check my shop at Etsy here: tilltheendd. If you are interested in any (I will be uploading a few more over the next few days, one a day, so please remember to check back!), please email me at isabella_mak3103(at)hotmail.com (change the (at) to @) so that I know who you are. This way, you don't have to have an etsy account or a paypal account to pay. I'll also be able to discuss some stuff with you and that includes your address and any customisation that you'd like to make eg. you want to have a different colour. If you are interested in buying any, please mention that you are thatwinterrhapsody's reader/ affie and I'll give you a discount! Follow the instructions on the etsy page on the format for the email, please! (: Here's some pictures of my current items on sale:

So, I've been busy brainstorming of more unique designs. I'll be making more rings, and I'm still working on a mint green crochet beret. I'd be making necklaces, bracelets and more but I'm still unsure of what. Should I make handphone chains? Earrings? What else? Please suggest in the comment box if you are reading this. I know that those 2 rings don't really show all of my work, but I promise you, I have much nicer ones coming.

Ok, so that's it for now. Haven't touched on anything for Sera. Still can't get a proper layout for Sera. Sigh. AND I HAVE NO FREAKING IDEA HOW TO INTEGRATE WORDPRESS ONTO MY SITE. SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE.

Have a nice day everyone!

423 IN DESPERATION

2011-01-10T22:50:00.004+08:00

HEY EVERYONE! Yes, I got my results back and thankfully I didn't do as bad, just not good enough for my dream college. I'm missing 1 point!!!! But thank god and my awesome senior, Michelle Tan, I AM NOW GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO AUDITION FOR A PLACE IN MY DREAM COLLEGE'S STRING ENSEMBLE GROUP. Which means, if I get through the auditions, I WILL GET INTO MY DREAM COLLEGE.

Of course, this is easier said than done and I only have 1 day to practise my bass (I'm auditioning with my double bass) and I REALLY HOPE I CAN GIVE IT ALL MY BEST LIKE MY BASS EXAM (which I achieved a distinction).

So I will be very busy preparing for the audition for the next two days, so I would not be able to open SERAPHRARIUM tomorrow, 11/01/2011. This is sad, but hey, THE AUDITION IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW! Sorry to you guys.

Also, will reply comments when I'm free (eg. tomorrow night after practising my bass or after my auditions)

Thanks for reading!!!

422 In need of inspiration

2011-01-05T16:01:00.002+08:00

I will return comments tomorrow, I promise!!!
Anyway, I'm still trying to make seraphrarium's layout. I can't think of anything or visualise anything in my head. It's terrible when you don't have any inspiration. Sigh.

It's final; my results are going to be released on the 10th of January. That's dooms day. Just in case if I don't blog on that day, just know that I should be hiding in one corner crying to myself.

Also, I was thinking of opening Seraphrarium on 11/01/2011, but that's like 1 day after my results so I'm not sure if I can. I'm hoping I can figure out and finish all the html stuff by this weekend, prepare for the worst (for my results) and push myself to open Seraphrarium on 11th, because I've still got you guys!

I'm thinking of having a Web/ Graphic section, a beauty section and a fashion section all in one site. I'm crazy.

421 A new domain

2011-01-02T22:05:00.005+08:00

Hey everyone! This is a little late, but I have won a .info domain from E&E! I entered the giveaway for fun and I didn't expect to win anything, and now I've won a DOMAIN FOR MYSELF! (: I don't think any of you remember, but there was once (I think 2 years back) when I was supposed to win a .info domain from sourpopave.com (which is down now) and I didn't get it. I was quite disappointed and at that time I've already decided the name for my new site, and it was seraphrarium.net. I came across a site that had Seraphrarium as one of the words on their layout and at that instant, DANG! I knew that was it.

The reason why I've put up a poll is because I couldn't choose between seraphrarium (which was 2 years old) and pathetique (which is 1 year old), both are words that associate me with the design world. (FYI: Pathetique is my username on Blogskins.com) And guess what, I went with seraphrarium (though the poll showed otherwise) because I read the results wrongly and told Emily that I wanted seraphrarium. Haha. But I personally think that Seraphrarium suits me better; Pathetique is cool and it's a word coined by Beethoven, my favourite composer. But Pathetique might give some people an impression that I'm emo (which I'm not. I'm the exact opposite) or that I don't have a sense of originality (since it was coined by somebody else). And what's more, I googled 'Seraphrarium' and I only could find a link to my blog entry 2 years back (it's in 2008 actually, but Dec 2008) asking my readers which name I should choose for the domain I was going to win from sourpopave.com.

Well, I've already started planning out what I'm going to include in my site and I've started making some resources already! That shows how motivated I am to a new beginning with a new website, a new year and (soon) a new school. I'll be transferring some of the resources which I feel are worthy enough to the new site. But my new site probably wouldn't be up so soon. I had lots of trouble with FTP and CPanel the last time I had my subdomain (with sourpopave) and I really need to learn how to use them first. I guess I don't have to worry so much because I've got great affies that I can ask (:

Have a nice day, everyone! (:

420 Top 100 songs of 2010

2011-01-01T17:53:00.002+08:00

Right here in Singapore yesterday, one of our radio stations had a Top 100 countdown with the top 100 songs of 2010. Here is the list! I'm putting this here so that just in case if I need inspiration for a layout, I can use the lyrics from these songs and design as I listen to them! If you need serious inspiration, here you go!

100. *Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) - Shakira, Freshlyground
99. Careful - Paramore
98. Marching On - One Republic
97. Time For Miracles - Adam Lambert
96. Do You Remember - Jay Sean, Sean Paul, Lil' Jon
95. Shut It Down - Pitbull, Akon
94. Cry Me Out - Pixie Lott
93. *Beautiful Monster - Ne-Yo
92. If We Ever Meet Again - Timbaland, Katy Perry
91. 3 - Britney Spears
90. Russian Roluette - Rihanna
89. *Hard - Rihanna, Young Jeezy
88. Baby By Me - 50 Cent, Ne-Yo
87. Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't) - All Time Low
86. *Barbra Streisand - Duck Sauce
85. Giving Up The Gun - Vampire Weekend
84. A Year Without Rain - Selena Gomez and The Scene
83. My First Kiss - 3OH!3, Kesha
82. *Something About Love - David Archeluta
81. Closer To The Edge - 30 Seconds To Mars
80. Umbrella Beach - Owl City
79. Fearless - Taylor Swift
78. Oopsy Daisy - Chipmunk
77. I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) - Kevin Rudolf, Birdman, Jay Sean, Lil Wayne
76. Dance In The Dark - Lady Gaga
75. Rude Boy - Rihanna
74. Dirty Picture - Taio Cruz, Kesha
73. Fly - Sylvia Ratonel
72. Just A Dream - Nelly
71. Not Myself Tonight - Christina Aguilera
70. For The First Time - The Script
69. Something More - Secondhand Serenade
68. Brick By Boring Brick - Paramore
67. Radioactive - Kings Of Leon
66. We'll Be A Dream - We The Kings, Demi Lovato
65. Secrets - One Republic
64. Can't Be Tamed - Miley Cyrus
63. Woohoo - Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj
62. Today Was A Fairytale - Taylor Swift
61. Solo - Iyaz
60. Video Phone - Beyonce, Lady Gaga
59. Morning After Dark - Timberland, Soshy
58. Broken - Sezairi Sezali
57. Not Afraid - Eminem
56. Live Like We're Dying - Kris Allen
55. Perfect - Hedley
54. Please Don't Go - Mike Posner
53. Rhythm Of Love - Plain White T's
52. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart - Alicia Keys
51. *Never Say Never - Justin Bieber, Jayden Smith
50. Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
49. Misery - Maroon 5
48. Starstrukk - 3OH!3, Katy Perry
47. The Way It Goes - The Click Five
46. Forget You - Cee-Lo Green
45. One Less Lonely Girl - Justin Bieber
44. Your Love Is My Drug - Kesha
43. Parachute - Cheryl Cole
42. Body Language - Jesse McCartney, T-Pain
41. *Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
40. King Of Anything - Sara Bareilles
39. Alejandro - Lady Gaga
38. Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
37. All The Right Moves - One Republic
36. Eenie Meenie - Sean Kingston, Justin Bieber
35. Impossible - Shontelle
34. The Catalyst - Linkin Park
33. Let's Just Fall In Love Again - Jason Castro
32. Blah Blah Blah - Kesha, 3OH!3
31. Fifteen - Taylor Swift
30. U Smile - Justin Bieber
29. Magic - B.O.B, Rivers Cuomo
28. Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert
27. DJ Got Us Falling In Love - Usher, Pitbull
26. Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida, David Guetta
25. Hey, Soul Sister - Train
24. Vanilla Twilight - Owl City
23. Don't Stop Believin' - Glee Cast
22. Two Is Better Than One - Boys Like Girls, Taylor Swift
21. If I Had You - Adam Lambert
20. Pyramid - Charice, Iyaz
19. OMG - Usher
18. Love The Way You Lie - Eminem, Rihanna
17. Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z, Alicia Keys
16. Somebody To Love - Justin Bieber
15. The Only Exception - Paramore
14. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
13. Telephone - Lady Gaga, Beyonce
12. World Behind My Wall - Tokio Hotel
11. Nothing On You - B.O.B, Bruno Mars
10. Billionaire - Travie McCoy, Bruno Mars
9. Airplanes - B.O.B, Hayley Williams
8. For Your Entertainment - Adam Lambert
7. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
6. Mine - Taylor Swift
5. Dynamite - Taio Cruz
4. Tik Tok - Kesha
3. Baby - Justin Bieber
2. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
1. California Gurls - Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg

Are your favourite songs here? What is/are your favourite song(s)??

419 Twenty Eleven

2011-01-01T00:00:00.004+08:00

Just felt that making a handwritten message was a little different (:
Here's some awesome stuff to bring a refreshing start to the new year.

What's your new year resolution?
Mine:
1. Make wonderful friends in my new school.
2. Work harder in school.
3. Lose some freaking weight!!!
4. Improve Thatwinterrhapsody and add more useful resources to the site
5. Get more involved in fashion, start to practise on predicting trends.
6. Hopefully I can get a threadless submission up...
7. Get out of my comfort zone and start taking up leadership positions.
8. Watch more movies
9. BE NEATER. My room is just sooo messy!
10. Practise hard for my Piano Grade 8 Exam AND GET IT DONE AND OVER WITH.

This will be updated along the way...

zehn...
neun...
acht...
sieben...
sechs...
fünf...
vier...
drei...
zwei...
eins...
NULL!!!
Ein Frohes neues Jahr!

The Taiwan Experience

Taiwan Haul

2010-12-31T15:00:00.005+08:00

This entry is dedicated to ALL THE THINGS I'VE GOT FROM TAIWAN. It's quite a lot actually.

Note: Photos in this entry have not been edited (except for those that were worn during the trip).

NECKLACES

Worn during the trip (with my Liz Claiborne singlet):

This robot is sooooo cute right!!!
PS. I share the same birthday as Liz Claiborne!

Currently, I'm really into the vintage bronze necklaces.

More photos for this one because I wore it to a dinner after the trip. I love the key with the crown details. I really like crowns! ♔

My first clover-shaped necklace. (:

I have one very similar necklace but it's in the shape of a treble clef. DID YOU SEE THAT STAR!!! (I love stars too!) ♫

Worn during the trip (with my F21 hoodie):

IT'S A STARRRRRRR ★★★★★

Another star necklace, but this is a short necklace and it's so sweet :D

HAIR ACCESSORIES

A STAR★ HAIRBAND.

A CROWN♔ HAIRCLIP (Or is it a hair comb? I don't know). I don't think this is considered as a tiara? I want a tiara.

A treble clef hair clip.

A star hair clip!

SHOES

MY first pair of oxfords. Actually I already have a pair of oxfords, but those are with 4" heels. It's also the first time my brother said he liked what I bought. He said, "Unique colour. I like." ZOMG. FIRST TIME. My grandma also liked it. (: Well, initially I never thought of getting oxfords because I didn't really like how it looked in the photos I saw them in. AND THEN, BOOM. This pair (out of dozens) caught my eye and I was like, OMB. I NEED TO GET THIS. Thank god they had my size. I was SOO Happy.

Flip Flop #1. So pretty right! If I remembered correctly, the 3 pairs of flip flops I bought were around S$5 each.

Flip Flop #2. Love the details.

Flip Flop #3. So prettyyyyy. Plus it's in blue. D:

OTHERS

ZOMG AWESOME WALLET. I love the gold. I saw this for 1 second and bought it IMMEDIATELY. I needed a new wallet + it just gave out so much awesome sauce it attracted me to it like a magnet. Ok. I don't make sense.

A bangle. Looks nicer IRL. Still have no idea what to wear this with.

Ankle socks because my converse ankle socks have disappeared. Super cheap and they are of pretty good quality.

A scarf. I know, it looks like an octopus here. It's just sooo hard to photograph!

LOVE THE COLOUR OMB.

Yeyyy. That's all I got and that's A LOT! :D
It's New Year's Eve today in Singapore and I'm really hoping mum allows us to sleep later today so I can be awake when 2011 arrives... Seriously, I'm not looking forward to the new year. We're gonna get back out O-level results on January 10th, if I'm not wrong. I have no confidence that I'll do well. And I really don't have confidence that I'd be able to even qualify for my dream junior college. Well, it's to late to worry now. If I don't do well, I'm not sure if things would get a little ugly (like how others view us because I am the smartest amongst both my paternal and maternal family). A new year, a new school with new friends? Not for me, I'd say. I'm not an introvert, and I love making new friends, but the friends I'm going to leave behind when I start a new beginning in a new school? I'm gonna miss them sooo much!

Anyway, I'll be posting my new year resolutions when the clock turns 12 tonight! I've decided not to do the top 16 sites because there are just toooooo many sites that are so good. Sorry for those who were looking forward to it ):

The Taiwan Experience

Taiwan Days Four to Seven

2010-12-31T14:30:00.004+08:00

December 15th to December 17th: Tai Chung, Kaohsiung ✈ Singapore

I have no idea which photo is for which day of the trip. I got terribly messed up, so I thought I'd just post all at one shot (:

I have no idea where that brown highlight on my hair came from. I DID NOT highlight my hair or colour my hair, even though I really want to. I don't think the sun rays are that strong that day... Maybe it's just my brother's awesome photography skills.

This is another day. That day was FREEEZZZZINGGGGGGG. Literally! Of course it's nothing compared to Europe and US, but seriously! I only had 2 thin layers on. You know, it's ok if the temperature drops down low; IT'S THE FREAKING WIND! IT WAS SO WINDY THAT DAY IT FELT EVEN COLDER THAN IT WAS WHEN I WAS IN KOREA (where it was -13 Degrees Celsius, but not much wind and with thick clothes on). On this photo you can see the condensation on the bus window. BRRRRRRR. We also missed our boat tour out into the sea because of the weather. BOOOOooo.

Some temple. My mum took this. My brother, grandma and I didn't go down because it was tooooo colddddd.

MY MUM TOOK THIS.

We ate here for dinner. Love the chinese writings on the wall (which is a mirror).

This was the view from our hotel the next day (which is the last day). We were staying at like the 50++ floor. It's like this super super tall hotel. AWESOME.

These are details on a christmas tree at the airport.

And that's the end of the trip (: I think overall Taiwan is ok. It's average. If you intend to go to Taiwan, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT THE NIGHT MARKETS. Awesome place with super cheap and nice stuff.

The Taiwan Experience

418 Top 16 fonts of 2010

2010-12-30T21:19:00.005+08:00

Hey everyone! I'm taking a break from posting the Taiwan photos and I've prepared something for you guys! I am aware that I'm probably the site with the most terrible and unusable resources and I don't really have any motivation to do much about it because it's really lots of work. Of course I'm gonna do it. I'll do it next year (which is like in 2 days). Anyway, here's something I did.

I've compiled 16 free fonts in a folder. Why 16? Because I'm 16 this year. Haha. I think that these fonts are the 16 FUN fonts that everyone should have in their computers.
Please click HERE to download the folder.

I will be posting the Top 16 sites of 2010 too. If you have any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment! I will also post up my new year resolutions on New Years' Eve (which is like tomorrow, OMB)

Hope you guys will enjoy using the font!

PS. If you guys see OMB around, it stands for Oh My Bella. Haha. A friend of mine had tweeted that there was OME which stands for Oh My Edward, so since I share half of Isabella Swan's name (from Twilight) I shall be more awesome than everyone else and create my own swear word.

Taiwan Day Four

2010-12-29T19:06:00.005+08:00

14th December 2010, Taipei
THE AWESOME MOTEL IS: Wego Motel (Site is in Chinese, sorry!)
Here's how to navigate:
1. Click on the FIRST circle that has the words: 大直館
2. HURRAY! THERE'S ENGLISH! Click on 'Fun Room'
3. Then, you can either click on 'Wego Funtel' or 'Wego7'
4. The room I was staying in is under 'Wego7', the first link under 'Sunny fun'.
5. You can click on the buttons numbered '01, 02, 03, 04' at the bottom of the screen to view the whole room.
6. Check out the other rooms in 'Wego Funtel' and 'Wego7'! I like 'Black' under 'Wego7' the most. I'm definitely going to stay there again. AND NEXT TIME I WON'T BE THERE ONLY FOR A NIGHT. (We had to change hotels everyday for this trip)

PICTURESSSS:
We had a really good breakfast. There was this chocolate fondue fountain with marshmallows on a skew by the side! IT WAS SO AWESOME. Yummm...

This is the view from outside the breakfast cafe. It was going to rain, obvious (:

These were all the decorations in the lift lobby and entrance on our floor. How awesome right?! But it was dark, real dark!

This was our room. IT'S SOOO PRETTY. One disadvantage: The TV didn't have Discovery Channel or National Geographic Channel. Disney Channel and Cartoon Network were in Chinese. Damn. We watched Disney Channel and Cartoon Network in Chinese. They sound SOOOOOO weird.

This was INSIDE the lift. A SOFA IN THE LIFT?! Yes. Awesome much.

This was in the lobby entrance of the Motel.

These were outside the Motel. So pretty, right?

Then we went to this amusement park. I ate ice cream there AGAIN. But this time the ice cream is from some other country (can't remember which country) but it tasted good and the guy was so nice, he gave my grandma a free cone (which ended up with my brother).

We then went to this shop that baked stuff. I don't know how you call it. You can see them in the second last photo. Those were made by me (: We were being taught how to make them. Haha.

And then we went to another night market called Wu Fen Pu 五分埔. This night market sells mainly clothes. Didn't walk around much because it was SOO NARROW and VEHICLES HAD TO SQUEEZE IN WITH US. I don't understand why they would allow huge vehicles like TRUCKS in when it's already so narrow. Saw so many nice stuff but because my grandma was on the wheelchair and it was difficult to move with THE STUPID TRUCKS OBSTRUCTING OUR WALKING SPACE so we didn't go in ): We ended up going to a temple nearby and we prayed there. It's quite similar to the one I always go to in Singapore, but there were 5 STOREYS in that temple, compared to 3 in Singapore. By the time we reached the 5th floor (my grandma didn't go up), we were so tired we didn't really pray, but just bowed and stuck our joss sticks in. We then had dinner in another night market, which sold mainly food. Finally, we went back to a hotel that HAD Discovery Channel AND National Geographic Channel. We watch a few documentaries before we slept even though we were tired.

The Taiwan Experience

Taiwan Day Three

2010-12-28T22:28:00.004+08:00

13th December 2010, Taipei

Hotel view in the morning. The hotel we were staying in was in the mountains.

My brother HAD to challenge me on my Geography concepts. We were debating about the formation of Waterfalls. I won, but he hated to lose so he asked me about the formation of meanders. I lost, because meanders are jerks. Jerks as in they always appear for my Geog exam but I always cannot remember the specific details. I hated to lose too (that's why we're siblings) so I asked him which method was this waterfall formed (since there's two: by differential resistance and by faulting). HE LOST! HAHA.

The sun rays... So heavenly, eh? Here's more...

I love to take photos with the sun flare, if you noticed at all.

There you go. My awesome bro.

We were learning the traditional way to make mochi. Tasted good!

Then we headed for some huge garden with a chrysanthemum exhibition. My best photos are always featuring flowers, so enjoy :D

left to right: Me, Grandma, Bro. Was having bad hair day.

This was the last car of the last wife of some big name in Taipei. I wasn't listening; I was sleeping. I've told you how nice it is to sleep in the bus when our tour guide is talking!

ZOMG MOMENT: White leaves?!?!?!

This guy went for plastic surgery and the surgery failed.

Poor thing.

Such a cute dog right?? I'm not a dog person, but when I met this cute guy, my heart melted! This is the first time I think a dog is cute! Not kidding!

The watchdog of the garden knows how to pose for the camera. Really.

Then we went to Taipei 101. You should have heard of it. If not, it's this super tall building with 101 floors and lots of branded stuff in there. We didn't get to go all the way up at all. Disappointing.

This is some fengshui thing.

This is supposed to be a key (that can be found every few floors) that helps 'lock' the money earned from Taipei 101. I think.

Another thingy to lock money in. Sigh. I'm terrible at this. I'm not an audio learner, you see.

My brother and I with the awesomely beautiful christmas tree. I'm not short; I'm just not standing straight.

We had nothing to do so we went to the food court and got something to eat. I got a cup of ice cream from this stall. Cotton candy flavour with white chocs. AWESOME.

It was gonna be dark. Daylight saving during winter, you guys should know that better than I do. Here's Taipei 101 with lights.

Then that night, we stayed in this Motel that was like THE AWESOMEST ROOM I'VE EVER STAYED IN. How awesome? Not a single room in this Motel are the same. NONE. Every room is DIFFERENT! And what's to boot, the design is SOOOO AWESOME. I'll be posting up the photos tomorrow since this post is soooo long. I'm telling you, it's really that AWESOME.

PS. Do you guys like my new layout?? Also, I've started crochetting and I've finished my first project! It's supposed to be a star with 5 ends; it ended up as a flower with 6 ends... I have no idea how I did that. I'm too awesome.

PSS. My order from threadless has arrived after 4 torturing weeks!!! Expect photos soon!

The Taiwan Experience

Taiwan Day Two

2010-12-26T17:37:00.003+08:00

12th December, Taipei
Let the photos do the talking! (:

This is one of the locations we went on the second day. I forgot what we did after that. I only remember sleeping on the bus. Our tour guide said that my tour group is the group who sleeps the most because we always sleep when he's talking. I'm not gonna lie; it's super nice to sleep on the bus when he's talking! He digresses like crazy: he can talk about some mountain and drift off to how he cooks some Taiwanese dish. So out of context! I think it's the first time I've slept so long in a day.

The Taiwan Experience

Taiwan Day One

2010-12-25T14:33:00.006+08:00

December 11th: Singapore ✈ Taipei

Shi Lin Night Market 士林夜市

This is one of the most popular Night Markets in Taipei. In my opinion, the reason you should go to Taiwan at all, is for their night markets. ⚠EVERYTHING IS JUST SO CHEAP THERE. I'm not kidding. The night markets have food, drinks, games, clothes, accessories etc. Another reason why you should go to Taiwan is for their milk tea. I've been drinking milk tea in school with Yee Cheng (and always with Yee) and we've decided to go Taiwan together next time (after we've earned enough money to go for one) and drink milk tea together everyday till we're sick of it. I'm really looking forward to it! I tried the milk tea there and it was SOOOOO GOOD!!! After all, milk tea originated from Taiwan.

This one looks a bit like the one I drank. I was too busy drinking I didn't take a picture of it (: We ate dinner at Shi Lin night market and it was really awesome. Cheap AND delicious. We ate the infamous smelly beancurd 臭豆腐 too! We ate the fake one (that wasn't that smelly but still delicious) but when you walk past the stalls which sell the REAL ones, omg. It smells like a rubbish dump.

I bought lots of things there too. I'll be showing you in a separate entry and I'll link it to the bottom of each Taiwan entry so it's easier to navigate (:

Another reason to go to Taiwan is their crispy chicken. We have them in Singapore too, but it originated from Taiwan. We didn't try the most famous one in the night market because the queue was insane. We tried from this stall:

It tasted really good too!!!

Then I ate this candy-coated strawberry. IT'S SO SWEET but I always see it on TV so I wanted to try some (:

We then went to another night market that was near our hotel for the night: Ximending 西门町. It's basically like Singapore's Orchard Road.

This is the view from our hotel room in the morning the next day:

That was the end of the first day since we reached Taipei at around 3pm. Well, surprisingly awesome for the first day; I wasn't expecting much.

The Taiwan Experience

417 Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T00:00:00.005+08:00

English: Merry Christmas!
Chinese: 圣诞节快乐！
French: Joyeux Noel!
German: Frohe Weihnachten! (:
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras!
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie!
Malay: Selamat Hari Natal!
And...
Haha. Merry Christmas to you guys (:
If your mother tongue isn't here, PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME!
I'll feel so proud going around talking like a pro when people have no idea what I'm talking about (:

MERRY CHRISTMAS♥

PS. I've given ALL MY AWESOME AFFIES a Christmas present! (: It's just a simple banner, but I guess it's the thought that counts after all! I ♥ MY AFFIES!!!

PSS. What I was doing when the clock stricked 12am, 25th December 2010?
PLAYING MARIOKART AND BANGING THE WII CONTROLLER TILL MY THUMB WAS DISTORTED
Awesome much? (X

PSSS. I made my first mix CD today! I'll be playing it in about 18 hours' time for the Christmas Party at my house, then I'll probably upload it and allow you guys to download it! Yeyy or Nayy???

416 Vogue Covers of 2010

2010-12-22T23:53:00.002+08:00

shrubrub @fashin: VOGUE COVERS OF 2010 (all countries)
Australia

Brazil

China

Germany
-hyperventilating-

Greece

India

Italy

Korea

Mexico

Japan

Paris

Portugal

Russia

Spain

Taiwan
WTH?! There's Vogue Taiwan and there's no Vogue Singapore?!?!

Turkey

UK

US

And with all of these layered on top of each other...

So cool right?
As someone whose interested in both Graphic Design AND Fashion Design, I think this is AWESOME. Holy cow, why can't I be so awesome!
Which is your favourite? Mine's Vogue Deutsch (duh), Vogue Korea and Vogue Paris. Actually Vogue US looks good too...
ALL OF THEM LOOK GOOD.
I NEED these printed out for my inspiration board.

415 Unfold

2010-12-21T21:05:00.016+08:00

This is a little preview to the photos for the Taiwan trip! This is a tiara comb(?) that I got myself from Taiwan. It's really cheap! I got it for 49NT, so it's less than S$2.25! I wanted to get the other one with a nicer pattern, but that one had some missing jewels. My Photoshop has been having fits lately. Weird.

On a lighter note, I RECEIVED MY PRESENT FROM MY SECRET SANTA (via Vintaged.org)!!!!! And who's the awesome one?

RACHEL!!!

Her site
I was just soooo speechless when my dad brought me the huge package. I was like, ZOMG, IT'S FROM UK! She gave me this super adorable teddy wearing a blue hoodie with the word 'Scotland' on it AND IT'S SOOOOO CUTEEEEE!!! She totally hit the right spot! I have this thing for soft toys, and I still sleep with my soft toys beside me! I'm gonna name her SCOTTY! She's so cute! I've got teddies, but SCOTTY is cuter. Not joking. (: She also got me this super cool monster notebook with BLANK pages. She's super good at this man. I love notebooks with BLANK pages! Rachel, if you are reading this, I just wanna say that you are soooo AWESOME and I'm soooo gonna write back to you. I'm sorry I didn't wait till Christmas to open the present, because I opened the present before I read the letter :D

Well, I just sent out my secret santa package today to someone in the UK too. It's not gonna make it to him by Christmas, but I'm crossing my fingers that he'll get it before New Year. I'm so terrible. ): But I hope he's gonna like what I got for him. I find what I got him pretty cute (:

I wanna thank Faye @Vintaged for organising this Secret Santa. She's awesome! (:

Hopefully the Taiwan pictures will be done by Christmas. I've got a collaboration with Geng Hao @intersticed soon. Quite excited, but it's my first, so I have totally NO idea what to do. (:

Christmas is in 4 days. Sigh.

VOTE FOR ME AT GABI'S SOTM FOR DEC 2010!

414 Back from Taiwan

2010-12-18T11:34:00.005+08:00

Hey everyone! I'm back from Taiwan and I'm pretty shagged. I didn't manage to write reflections because I was too drawn in to the documentaries they had on Discovery Channel (in the hotel) so I totally didn't do reflections. Overall, I would say the trip wasn't fantastic, but wasn't THAT bad too. There's really nothing very special about Taiwan; the food is not very special, except for a few. The milk tea was good, but I only managed to drink it once ): The scenery was ok... Not like what everyone said to be. Nothing special. It was really tiring because we were changing hotels everyday too. There's a motel that we stayed in and it was REALLY REALLY AWESOME. I've got photos and I'll post them the minute I finish editing them. I think it would have been a much better trip if my grandma was not with us. I'm not supposed to say that but since this is MY blog, I'm gonna be truthful. It was really tiring and three-quarters of the time was just spent trying to get my grandma up and down the bus. However, the people in our tour group and the tour guide were really awesome. I think that's probably one of the reasons this trip wasn't THAT bad. If we had this group for our Korea trip last year (without our grandma) IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT.

Also, just something that I'll never forget from this trip: We went to this fengshui place and they were telling us about ourselves by looking at our chinese names and birth dates, and guess what? THEY TOLD ME I WILL MARRY A RICH HUSBAND. I'm gonna believe that because of some other reasons that I'll mention in the entry I'm gonna write on the trip.

Have a nice day, people! (: VOTE FOR ME UNDER BEST WEBSITE NAME and BEST WEBSITE! (: I have no idea why I entered BEST WEBSITE. Haha. Thanks for your vote!

413 Bookfest Haul

2010-12-10T22:48:00.006+08:00

Hey everyone! I went to the Popular Book fair today! It was at Suntec City's Convention Centre. If you ask me, I think that basically the book fair's the same every year. I just go to the book fair to get some books (which are at cheaper prices) to read and stock up on some stationery (MY HAPPY CANDIES!). What was fun about today was that I found a book that teaches you how to crochet! It's under the kids' section D: On the book, it reads: For children above 10 years. Crocheting is not only for children!!! I bought it also because they provided a yarn in my favourite colour, teal!

Other than the Crochet (Children's) Book, I got myself 2 fiction books from the Little Black Dress Collection (I LOVE ALL LBD BOOKS!), Water colours, Paintbrushes, Post-its, 2 empty notepads (with blank sheets), a notepad with lines that has a really cool black and white cover, and GUESS WHAT? A GERMAN PHRASEBOOK. SO AWESOME. When I saw it I couldn't stop smiling to myself as I tried to pronounce the german terms in the book. It's pocket-sized and it's from Collins. I'm SOOOOO excited to remember EVERYTHING in it. It's not VERY accurate with it's meanings, but the general, everyday phrases are pretty alright. But I got it anyway. WOOHOOO!!! (:

I think that's basically what I got. Also, I sent Style: Singapore an email today. I originally wanted to send an email because I saw how beautiful the Bebe bag that they were giving out (for the letter that captures their attention) was, but I ended up giving some critiques and I think in the end I just wrote a whole lot of nonsense. So when they read it they'll probably be like, this girl knows nothing and she's criticizing our mag! Actually, I sent 2 emails. The second one was on an error that I spotted without even thinking twice (: There's this image they used from the runways and it was CLEARLY from the Emilio Pucci F/W 2010 Collection, but they said it was from Balmain. Like dudes, Balmain NEVER uses those settings in his runways. And Emilio Pucci ALWAYS uses those settings in his runways. How careless. The picture I'm talking about is this image:

I mean, if it's Balmain, you can tell! It's pretty obvious actually, especially if you view runway photos pretty often. Anyway, nobody is perfect. Just quite happy I managed to spot the mistake the second I saw the photo. YEYEYYYY (:

I'll be leaving for Taiwan tomorrow morning and in less than 12 hours I'll be on the plane to Taiwan. I'll be taking a lot of pictures and writing reflections everyday so I can come back and blog about the trip.

MISS ME WHILE I'M GONE! (:

412 Just the way you are

2010-12-09T21:53:00.004+08:00

The heart is a muscle like any other
& the best exercise you can do for it
is called picking yourself up off the floor.

PS. Can you tell that this model is a guy?

Credits: x x x x x

Yesterday's shopping trip with Yvonne and Yee Cheng was fun but tiring. We didn't manage to get anything for Yvonne though. I got 3 nail lacquers and some vacuum packs from Daiso (awesome place that sells everything for S$2). S$2 for a nail polish is SUPER CHEAP, and we needed some vacuum packs to pack our clothes for the Taiwan trip.

We went to Plaza Singapura but couldn't find anything there, then Yee said that she had a $2 off voucher for Ben & Jerry's Banana Split, so we went to the nearest Ben & Jerry's outlet, which was at Raffles Place. It was AWESOME, but at first we couldn't locate the outlet and Yee was pretty angry because she was very certain she saw Ben & Jerry's there not too long ago (but it wasn't reflected on the Mall Directory). We managed to find the outlet with the help of my (awesome) handphone because I could connect to the internet. The ice cream was awesome but not very satisfying, for some reasons. So Yee suggested we eat Ice Kachang, a local dish that's made up of shaved ice stacked on top of red beans, sweet corn, lots of colored sugar syrup, some jelly and awesomeness. We went to the food court at Raffles Place and I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING SOOOOOO RIDICULOUS! THAT FOOD COURT DOES NOT HAVE ICE KACHANG! SINCE WHEN DID A FOOD COURT NOT HAVE ICE KACHANG?!?! Apparently there was a sign that read 'Coming Soon' at the stall. ZOMG I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ANGRY BEFORE. And I'm not the only one; Yee was angry too. Yvonne just kept thinking we're NUTS because NOBODY would eat Ice Kachang after eating ice cream. To think about it now, we're really nuts.

We then went to the (nearest) food court we could find, which we decided was at 313@Somerset. Well, it was pretty ok. I can't say it's awesome (because I've tasted better ones) but it was good (: Apparently Yvonne hasn't eaten Ice Kachang since she was Primary 1 (7 years old). You do the math (: After that we walked around but still couldn't find anything for Yvonne, so we went back home after that. By the way, there's this REALLY COOL restaurant at 313@Somerset! The seats are actually SWINGS! I didn't notice it at first, but Yee pointed it out to me and IT WAS SO COOL! The girl sitting on it kept swinging. I want to eat there~ It's on Level 1, for those who want to know. Beside Marvelous Cream. NOT MARCHE. you have to walk in the direction of the toilet. And by the way, MARCHE's awesome too.

As for today's piano lesson... I only have this to say: The only German I will ever hate will be J.S. Bach. Sorry to those Bach fans out there, but he's torturing me. I think I was so pissed off and tired of Bach, I totally read the bass clef and treble clef and vice versa when reading the last page of Fugue. My piano teacher then stopped me and said, "Ok you're tired." I'm so glad she knows.

We did the packing for Taiwan today. I'm not ecstatic about it, but I'm looking forward to the opportunity to relax and enjoy the chilling weather there. It's gonna be like 16 to 20 degrees. Finally I can wear all my hoodies and jackets without anybody staring at me to see if I've got heat stroke.

I'll be blogging again tomorrow. Till then, everybody! Thanks for reading!

PSS. I realised that I didn't finish my Europe and South Korea trip entries last year... Will be working on them after Taiwan!

411 Amanda Nørgaard

2010-12-08T00:14:00.006+08:00

Check out my new wallpaper, featuring Amanda Nørgaard. Cool eh?

I find Amanda Nørgaard pretty cool. She's got a really bubbly personality (like me) from what I read about her. She's walked Burberry for 2 consecutive seasons and has a Burberry eyewear campaign to boot! I love all things Burberry ♥

Here she is with Dorothea (another one of my favourites)
PS. I didn't know she smokes ):

Pretty skirt from Topshop.

AWESOMEST JACKET EVERRR.

Sigh. Today's piano lesson was pretty bad. I must admit: I didn't practise till about 2 hours before my lesson. BUT I ALWAYS DO THAT! So that shows that Fugue IS indeed harder than Prelude (like duh). FYI, I'm playing J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue No. 12 In F Minor, BWV 881. The first page was fine... but the second page was really tricky and because I didn't play as well as expected for my first page, I kind of freaked out and what I (if I actually did) practised 2 hours earlier just didn't show and everything was BWEHHH. Of course she (my piano teacher) didn't get angry or anything, but she did mention that I must practise harder and blah blah.

I bet if it was Beethoven I would have enjoyed it MUCH MORE even if it was 1000 times harder than my current Bach piece. I can't wait for the moment I finish my Grade 8 Piano Exam. I'LL BE FREE ONCE AGAIN! Or maybe I should re-phrase. I'LL BE FREE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS! (I started learning the piano at age 4)

On a lighter note, I'm hanging out with Yee Cheng and Yvonne tomorrow for Yvonne's shopping trip. We're super determined to get Yvonne a dress. I need to get some tights and scarves too. I'm quite happy after piano lesson today because after feeling so dejected, I went to Tampines 1 to get some HAPPY CANDY! HAPPY CANDIES cheer me up almost IMMEDIATELY. (HAPPY CANDIES are things that I really love, like stationery for example) I promised my grandma that I would get her the Walls Double Dutch Ice Cream after she said it looked good when the advertisement was showing on the TV. Also, I managed to get my darlings, the ZIG SILVER MARKER and GOLD MARKER. WOOT WOOT!!! I also got this fabric marker that has 2 ends: one end with a fine tip, and the other with a brush tip. I LOVE BRUSH TIPS! Maybe I should take up Calligraphy since I love brushes and my handwriting is AWESOME. I shall scan in my handwriting someday. I've probably got the most comments about my handwriting, and 99.9% of them say that I've got really nice handwriting, except for 2 people... tsk tsk.

Ahhh. Freedom till thursday, because that's when my next piano lesson is. I'm pretty sure I've never been so afraid of piano lessons before. Look, Bach. Look what you did to me.

Have a nice day and thanks for reading! (:

Remember:
Whoever comes are the right people.
Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
Whenever it starts is the right time.
When it’s over, it’s over.

410 Need some suggestions

2010-12-06T21:54:00.002+08:00

Hey everybody! I'm not sure if you guys actually realised, but my page was inaccessible for like since I woke up till about just now, like 5 minutes ago. Apparently there's something wrong with the .co.nr domain servers (I think) because I've attempted to view some other .co.nr sites and it was the same. I've tried for the hundredth time today before I finally got to see my page again. I never knew that my site was such a huge part of my holiday life, because I was basically idling around the web with nothing to do today.

I've checked out some forums specifically for .co.nr, and looks like I'm really not the only one who's facing this problem. I was quite worried because this is the first time this is happening to me in the 4 years I have used .co.nr. But according to some peeps at the forums, this is not the first time this has happened.

I was wondering if I should switch to a sub-domain. I'm not to sure with all those FTP stuff, or like Wordpress and FanUpdate etc. so I have no confidence in building a site from scratch. Of course I'm hoping this doesn't happen again, but you never know what may happen next time. So I hope you guys can give me some suggestions on what I should do? If I really do get a sub-domain, I'll need help to go through all those FTP or CPanel or whatever it is.

Hmph. Like I said, I was idling today, so not much updates. Thanks for reading!

PS. Michhyy is asking me to do a layout for ACCO (Angle-Chinese Chinese Orchestra). Hee.

409 The Show Goes On

2010-12-05T18:51:00.004+08:00

The tragedy starts from the very first spark,
losing your mind for the sake of your heart.

Another layout because I've got sudden inspiration from the song 'The Show Goes On' by Lupe Fiasco. I'm not really a Rap person, but I love the catchy melody for the chorus. It's like how I love Love the way you lie by Eminem ft. Rihanna; I love the catchy melody for the chorus (which Rihanna sings) but don't really fancy the rap portion by Eminem.

Sorry for not updating yesterday; I was really tired! I went shopping with my mum at 313@Somerset, Takashimaya and Tangs Plaza. I was looking for beanies and slouch berets like these which were found on the Forever 21 website.

I went to Forever 21 at 313@Somerset, but I could find those (I wanted the exact colors too), but managed to find and buy a black beanie and a purple-and-black beret. I was quite happy I actually managed to get a beanie and a beret, but when we walked over to Uniqlo, there were nicer beanies and berets! I got one more nude-colored beret and a mohair blended casquette. On top of that, I bought a blue-and-white-striped hoodie and a grey blazer from Forever 21!

To make the day even better, my mum had S$140 worth of Takashimaya vouchers and S$120 worth of Tangs Vouchers, so we bought a (branded) bag for my grandma from Takashimaya and a huge steamboat-cum-teppanyaki set from Tangs!

We then went to the Courts Megastore at Tampines, initially to shop for a Sofa but ended up getting a 40-inch LCD TV at S$688 instead! If you aren't sure, S$688 for a 40-inch LCD TV is practically a steal. The guy who was helping us with the TV purchase said that S$688 is below cost! It's super cheap, alright. However, we had to bring the TV back ourselves. Thank god we had a car that was big enough to accommodate the 4 of us and the TV.

To make the day even more awesome, Threadless sent an email to inform me that my order (of 4 cool tees) has been shipped.

I think this has been the best day of my holidays so far.

PS. I'm going to Taiwan on Saturday! I'll be gone till next Friday, so miss me when I'm gone! (:

408 thunderstorms

2010-12-03T22:08:00.005+08:00

I love thunderstorms.
Because sometimes nature can't handle the pressure.
Because sometimes the sky explodes.

Sorry that I didn't update yesterday! I have made a new layout today, and finally! It's fashion-related! Check it out!

Also, I'm really happy because my mum's back from Australia and she's brought back a whole lot of chocs with her! Not only that though, she bought some shorts from Target for me too. YEYYYY.

Also, if you have realised, I have set up a new rule in my blog. If you would like to leave a comment on my entries, the comment HAS TO BE RELATED TO THE ENTRY ITSELF. If you are merely replying my comments (on your site), please use the tagboard! Thanks!

I'm going out with my mum tomorrow for a shopping spree! So excited! (:

407 not by rule

2010-12-01T16:41:00.004+08:00

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
-Sam Butler

There you go, Mrs Chan.

I guess I'll start each entry with a quote from now on? rhetorical question.

So here goes:

Cool hair (:

Cool jacket!

Credits: x x x x x

406 into the fire

2010-12-01T00:28:00.004+08:00

I'm pretty happy today! Here's why:

1. My piano lesson went WELL. I can't say REALLY WELL, because it wasn't. But it was better than expected so YAY! (: I've always been really terrified about piano lessons because I've realised only recently that I'm terrified of my piano teacher. I have no idea why, but I guess that's some kind of phobia I need to overcome. Another reason is probably because I have never made my teacher proud before. I'm not sure if I have (or haven't), just that my teacher never said anything like, "Well Done!" or "Great Work!" or "Keep up the good work!" to me. I've never realised this, but it came to my mind only when Yee Cheng's Piano accompanist during the O Level Music(MEP) Exams mentioned that I played well during my Solo, and that my teacher would be proud of me. She's never said a single encouraging phrase to make me feel better over the last 12 years I've been learning to play the piano from her. By right, I should be feeling really close to her. Oh wells. Some things just aren't meant to be.

2. I've got myself 4 nail polishes from The Face Shop! Karen told me that the polishes from The Face Shop were cheap, and who doesn't like cheap stuff? I went to The Face Shop, and bought each polish at $2.90 each! (This is in Singapore Dollars) Really cheap eh? I bought white, pastel pink, pastel purple and a really pretty dark blue with blue and red shimmer in it. Really love the dark blue one. I wanted to get the pastel yellow and some others, but I can only limit myself to 4 because I've already got a lot of (cheap) nail polish! Heee (:

3. First time doing Online Shopping! Today, I found some really cool shirts at Threadless and they were still having their Black Hole Friday sales, so I quickly grabbed them and checked again and again that everything was right. My mum's in Australia now and I had to ask her for permission to buy the tees, AND SHE SAID YES! All in all, I bought 4 tees and spent US$50 (including shipping). Only if there was free shipping... Anyway, I keep mixing up USD and Euros for some weird reason... I knew there was this Sale going on a few days back and really wanted the tees, but somehow I thought that US$10 was S$20... So I thought it was expensive and didn't go ahead with the order. And then it was only today when I was talking to Yvonne that I realised that I've mistaken! I have no idea how I converted it to Euros. My tees are gonna arrive in a few weeks' time and when it arrives I'll show you the cool tees I got (:

I'll be doing a fashion-related post tomorrow and have a great day tomorrow everyone! (:

405 we're running with blood on our knees

2010-11-29T22:44:00.002+08:00

pathetique's BLOOD ON KNEES.

This is the layout I was talking about in the previous entry (: See, LIME GREEN and Barbara Palvin. She's so pretty. You guys probably realised that I always talk about models, hardly celebrities. Well, I have always found models much more interesting than celebrities, just like fashion designer Alexander Wang. I can name you my favourite models, but I can't name you my favourite celebrities. One reason is because I hardly ever watch anything. I hardly watch movies; I hardly watch TV; I hardly watch anything. I'm a loser, I agree.

Life's pretty fun now. I've forgotten studying I had to do just a month ago for the O Levels; I've forgotten all the stress and anxiety I felt when I stood outside the Exam Hall; I've forgotten all the late night studying and all the study timetables I had; I've forgotten the taste of that instant coffee that helps boost my ability to keep my eyes open; I've forgotten every single thing about the O Levels. It's normal right? I'm still not sure about whether I can score well, or let's say, good enough for my dream Junior College. Well, I guess it's okay. I'll worry when January comes.

A little update about what I'm doing for the holidays: I'm going for a dressmaking course! I don't remember mentioning this before, but I want to be a Fashion Designer when I grow up. Of course, that's my aspiration. It might not be my occupation in the future, but at least I have a goal to work towards (: I'm really excited about this course and I am pretty sure I can learn fast; faster than learning Math (which happens to be my forte). Finally, my sketches can be brought to life!

Have a nice day, everyone!

404 Line art

2010-11-28T17:02:00.005+08:00

Today I told myself that I shall play around with photoshop to make a layout that is worthy of a submission to Blogskins. I'm glad I did, because not only did I manage to produce a layout in my favourite colour (lime green), I managed to try something that I have never attempted before: Line art.

I drew a picture of Barbara Palvin in her Vogue Russia Editorial and scanned it into my Mac. I recently came across a photoshop tutorial on line art, and so decided that I should try it out! I'm really happy with the results, though it looks nothing like Barbara. Check it out!

Should you use this image, please do credit me! (:

Incidentally, the very same photo that this line art is based on is also used on the layout I have made today. Watch this space if you want to see it! I'll submit it to Blogskins soon.

On the side line, I have realised that Blogskins' standard has plunged drastically. Maybe not drastically, because I did not visit Blogskins for a whole year, but the change is scary! The Skin of the Day columns are predominantly made up of simple layouts that do not involve much designed images. I was very disappointed and I'm not sure if I want to continue contributing to Blogskins. Many talented designers have left, but that doesn't mean I have to too. Let's see if things change in a few months' time. By then, I'll decide.

403 colours

2010-11-28T01:49:00.004+08:00

Everyone's website has a layout, and every layout has colours.
What does the colour you have chosen for your layout reveal about you? Check it out HERE!

Anyway, I'm currently trying to sort out lots of stuff for Thatwinterrhapsody and working out the resources for this site. It's taking lots of time and I've got to literally redo everything (from css to the tutorials themselves, if need be). I love the new layout I have designed (which is the next layout for TWR!) and it's really colourful. Though it does make me happy, I'm literally going crazy from all the css. The extent of my craziness? Here:

On the side note, I think THAT (all the Barbies as part of the clothing) is cool. 'Nuff said.

PS. Went bowling again today! (:

402 Designer Collaborations I love

2010-11-26T14:03:00.005+08:00

Lanvin x H&M

Zac Posen for Target

Rodarte for Target

I love all things Rodarte so the Rodarte for Target collaboration is a must (:
These are one of the few collaborations that I really liked this year. Hoping there would be even better ones next year! I'm praying Rodarte does a collaboration with H&M, in time for the opening of H&M in Singapore. Hee, I love Rodarte (:

401 proenza schouler

2010-11-25T11:24:00.006+08:00

Joan Smalls wearing my dream Proenza Schouler x J Brand jeans.

PS. Have been checking up A LOT of beauty blogs and sites recently! I totally NEED a MAC Tricolour Lipglass.

Image Credit: Carolines Mode

And here's a quote to keep you going! (:

400 Walk with me in hell

2010-11-22T22:34:00.007+08:00

pathetique's WALK WITH ME.

I deleted the previous layout I submitted because I needed to work on it again. I'm still keeping my current layout (for my personal blog) because I'm too lazy to change it. I'm really tired today.

As I've mentioned in the previous entry, I went out with Yee Cheng, Yvonne and Jiale today to Marina Square. Firstly, I woke up later than expected and to worsen my start to the day, I forgot the time needed to reach City Hall Mrt and ended up being 15 minutes late. Sigh.

We then walked over to Marina Square. It was just 11.30am AND JIALE WAS HUNGRY. Like dude, I ate only 1 curry puff and I wasn't hungry at all. But we went to check out Times till about 12+ and went to Seoul Garden to eat. Seoul Garden was really fun! The food we ate was good, and I got to make my own Ice Kachang! Yee Cheng mentioned that when I was pouring the colored syrup onto the ice, this lady beside me kept staring at how I poured it because I looked so professional. She's looking at the right person, man. I'm so multi-talented (:

We ate for 2 hours. WOW. That's... Amazing. I've never eaten for 2 hours straight in my 16 years on Earth. But it was a really good lunch (:

We then went for some shopping and I really wanted to go back to The Little Things She Needs because I love their flats! It's so cheap ($29.90 for 2 pairs, excluding new arrivals) and comfortable (comfort varies though)! I bought 2 pairs, a pair of pointy white ones and a pair of lime green rounded ones. I LOVE LIME GREEN. My mum was especially happy with my purchase because she loved the lime green one (though it's too young for her). Well, her daughter's got taste, that's why.

We then checked out some gaming machines (you know those with the soft toys?). It was really fun because I learned some new tricks in predicting if the toys are win-able (hee, sorry for the bad english). However, we didn't manage to win any (:

THEN ON TO THE BOWLING ALLEY! It was really fun because in our first game, everyone's score was predominantly 0, except for Yvonne, which practised last friday with Karyn, Thasneem and Yuen Han. Well, I got the hang of it after a while (I do practise bowling; on Wii Sports!) and I remembered that I scored a strike, and the only strike for the day (: Our second game was better because all of us had gotten used to the slippery bowling balls (there wasn't any powder available) and I scored the highest for the second game! I scored second highest for the first. I mean, after all, my (awesome) dad was a bowler and had once received 2nd Runners' Up for a Bowling Competition, so more or less, I would have inherited his awesomeness. And I did! Very slight though, because I scored only an average of 71 for both games. Haha. I'm still learning! (:

And I really think that the shoes I was wearing (4 years old converse) was a little small for me because my foot hurt like crazy when I got home. During the whole time I was walking home from the Mrt, I was just telling myself to persevere because when I'm home the pain would be gone. Sigh. I want to get a pair from VANS. They look nice and comfy!

Today I was wearing the Liz Claiborne Yellow-and-white-stripes singlet with my Esprit windbreaker and my pair of New Look short jeans. I feel like getting a pair of cheap short jeans to try making cut-offs. That will look sooooo cool.

That's all for today! Thanks for reading! (:

PS. H&M IS COMING TO SINGAPORE IN AUTUMN 2011!!!!! I'm hyperventilating, literally!!!!! PROOF. OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG I need to start saving up now and pray hard they will still sell their previous designer collaborations (especially LANVIN x H&M). I can't emphasise how happy and ecstatic I am. Let me try.

ZOMG!

399 beyond the scars

2010-11-21T21:32:00.006+08:00

pathetique's WHAT ABOUT NOW

Inspired by the song What about now? by Daughtry. I think that Daughtry has such beautiful lyrics. Also, this layout (also my current layout) features Dorothea Barth Jörgensen. She's such a beautiful individual. Photographed by Eric Guillemain, I think even I can be half as beautiful as Dorothea. I love Eric Guillemain! You should check out his photography. Most are in grayscale though, but they really do speak to you; in the words of beauty, of course.

Hope that you like my new layout! My resources would not be available for download with this non-navigational layout, but I doubt anyone downloads them anyway (: Are the colours too light? I'm such a sucker for rainbows, so sorry for that.

Also, I'll be going out with Yee Cheng, Jiale and Yvonne tomorrow! We'll be going to Marina Square to eat lunch together and will be hitting the bowling alleys there too! Quite a good idea, eh? I came up with the bowling idea! So if you guys are drained out of your brain juices trying to think of what to do with your friends this holiday, hit the bowling alleys!

Sweet dreams, everyone! Thanks for reading!

398 a picturesque entry

2010-11-20T16:37:00.004+08:00

Pictures speak a thousand words. I shall do these kind of entries at least once a week from now on (:
This entry is on Models' Street Styles!

All images are credited to Altamira.

397 new skin subbed!

2010-11-19T16:30:00.010+08:00

Yes, it's Coco Rocha. Check out that pair of statement shades she's wearing!

(Original Image)

Tomorrow I shall post an entry with a few of my favourite photos!
BTW, Germans are SOOOOOOO cool. I love it when Germans speak English. Their accents melt my heart and make my facial muscles go hay-wire because I start smiling unconsciously when I hear a German speak English.
Shit, I need to get a German boyfriend.

396 beautyburg.com

2010-11-18T15:16:00.005+08:00

If you haven't known, my legs wobble and turn into jelly the second I see something rainbow-ish in view. I TOTALLY NEED THAT SET FROM SEPHORA by OPI! This giveaway ends November 25th, 11:59pm PST and if you haven't entered, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Click here to enter or just click on the image!

395 dailypolish.com

2010-11-18T14:56:00.002+08:00

WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT!!

Daily Polish is hosting a giveaway with, as you can see, MILLIONS OF POLISH! Daily Polish never fails to swatch a polish everyday, and that's very commendable because I can never post a blog entry everyday, don't even mention every week! For such a committed and passionate blogger, we should continue to support her all the way! Either click on the image, or click here to enter the giveaway which ends on November 19th!

394 i'm not perfect

2010-11-18T00:35:00.002+08:00

After (4sin3x+cos6x+30) years, i'm finally back.
Yes, and this time, for real. O Levels are over, and i've got my new Macbook.
Also, I've realised that I've changed quite a fair bit since my last post on TWR.
I'm not head over heels over Fashion, trends or street-style. Also, I have recently realised my growing interest in Nail Polish and the colour Lime Green.
People do change, eh?
I'll be downloading and updating myself with programs and softwares i will need in the future, so the first thing to look out for is a new blogskin!
Also, I've just made an account on Lookbook.nu (thank goodness it's no longer invite-only!) so hopefully i can upload something...
Anyway, I'm back for good (to reassure you) and I'm back for the better.
You can look out for more fashion-related entries in the next few weeks to come!

393 it messed me up

2010-01-23T06:21:00.005+08:00

i need to catch my breath.
when i read it,
my heart skipped a heart beat.
i stopped breathing.
tears stained my cheeks
i covered my mouth
and i screamed.
i hope my screams reached that person.

i miss you, 선배.

392 HEYYA 2010

2009-12-31T22:13:00.001+08:00

(wish there was a bigger one)
credits: weheartit

just to tell you that i'll still be staying on thatwinterrhapsody, and not moving to tilltheend because i won't be having a personal online blog anymore. I have been determined and courageous enough to get myself a diary that i actually write in, and i'm already writing in it.

As for now, 2010 seems portray a life like this for me:

credits: weheartit
HOW EXCITING!

it's the year of the O-Levels and whether i deny it or try to kill myself with it, it's gonna be a tough year this year. i can hardly see any breathing space ):
i've written down my new year resolutions in my diary, but i shall type out some of my wishes and hopes for the new year.
i hope that:
1. this year wouldn't be as hard as i think it would be
2. this year would be a happy year for me
3. this year i would be able to treasure my friends more
4. this year i would be able to celebrate my sweet 16 with my closed ones.
5. i would be able to make it through this year alive.

lastly,
HAPPYNEWYEAR! :D

should i not post for more than 2 weeks, it means i'll be going on a semi-hiatus.

MGSROCs Eastern Europe Day 1-2

2009-12-15T20:14:00.009+08:00

Warning: Photos posted here are not of the original colour because they have been photoshopped. You are highly encouraged to visit Europe yourself.

DAY 01
Reached Changi Airport at 9.15pm, we were supposed to meet at 9.30pm but my family and i got so excited with watching Phua Chu Kang on Channel 5 we only left the house at 9pm (:
My brother helped me carry my luggage, when everyone else had their parent carry their luggage for them. IMMA SUCH A LUCKY SISTER :D
the first person i saw was Jiale (duh) and Miss Tsien passed my passport and devotion booklet and instructed us to go and check in our luggages.
Jiale and I checked in at the same time, and was VERY disappointed to learn that the seats were already allocated so it's not according to when you check in. (damnyou)
My mum and Jiale's mum, as usual, talked non-stop. We then went through the custom after we had our family time. i hugged my mum, my dad and my brother. yeyy. also not to forget, Mrs Ong, our principal and Mrs Goh, our Vice Principal, came down to Changi Airport to wish us a safe journey ahead.
we were then given until 11.15pm to linger around the airport (it was 10 something then) and so I went with Jiale, Huixian, Xiaorui and Xingxing. Our Plane was taking off at 11.59pm. I SAW A JESSICA STAM ADVERTISEMENT! AND THERE WAS BURBERRY! i forgot the rest, but they were all names that i adored.
we then stopped by an orchard gallery (?) and took lots of pictures.

then i took some picture with TURTLEEEE, which i left back in Berlin (story will be explained later)

TURTLEEE, if only you could read this, you are the most special softtoy i've ever gotten in my 15 years on Earth, and i hope they are keeping you warm in that 3 star Berlin Hotel. I Miss You terribly. you were my christmas present from my mama back in 2006, and my brother loves you too. If i can just hug you one more time.

We were to meet at Gate E11. My seat was 39D, and our airlines was Lufthansa, most probably some German airlines. WHY CAN'T WE HAVE SQ?!
I was sitting beside Annabelle, which was a good thing, and behind Jiale. beside Annabelle (mine is aisle seat) was Jerusha and Glenda.
THE SEATS WERE SO UNCOMFORTABLE O: but it was a huge plane, so... this was how it looked like:

xxx - xxxx - xxx

key:
x = people
- = aisle

): i was seated at the bolded seat.
Despite all that, TAKING OFF WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!! Because Jiale hadn't taken a plane since 10,000 years ago i let her have turtle to squeeze. poor turtle ): if i had known you weren't gonna be with me anymore i wouldn't have let you suffered in Jiale's clutches! ):
i was trying to sleep, because we had the O-Level Chinese Paper early in the morning, I was doing a card for Yuan Gee after that and had hardly anytime to rest in the afternoon. I was far too excited. and so i was trying to sleep with all the lights still turned on and people talking and talking. We were following Europe's timing then, and since Europe was 7 hours behind Singapore time, it was supposed to be DINNER time and the air stewardess told me to wake up at 2AM just to eat. i told her to put it away :O
i was really tired, but it was totally impossible to fall asleep in such an uncomfortable chair and the noise. in the end, i was sleeping on/off and i probably only caught less than 3 hours of decent sleep.
the only good thing i like about Lufthansa Airlines is that they give us details on the outside temperature. I was starting to feel really, really cold, so i checked the television at it said it was -57°C OUTSIDE! NOT FAHRENHEIT OK! Immediately i put on my thermal wear (:
Breakfast was quite ok, and they were showing The Proposal. They probably knew nobody could ever fall asleep in their plane. The only thing i liked about breakfast was the Meiji Yoghurt (:
OK SO WE FINALLY REACHED FRANKFURT after 12 hours of flight and THE LANDING WAS TOTALLY AWESOMESAUCED! They should get better planes since they already have such awesome pilots!
The weather was chilling, and the wind was so soft on the skin!
However our experience at Frankfurt Airport was totally terrible.
1. The queue to the immigration was unbelievably long
2. There were (damned) Chinese people shoving us like crazy, and they were shoving Mrs Ng and Miss Yang. So I was right in front of them so i got shoved too.
3. the people doing the immigration stuff were soooooo slow!
4. IT WAS SUPER HOT IN THE AIRPORT! DAMN YOU HEATER!
5. Because our transit flight to Berlin was in less than an hour's time, and given all the delay in the immigration and checking of bags we had to have our 100m DASH! Our plane was departing Frankfurt at 7am, and we were still checking our bags at 7.10am. I was so thankful our gate wasn't the furthest, so the dash was quite alright. It was a total MIRACLE that the plane waited for us. the flight was delayed 20 minutes because of the loading of our luggages. Everyone was staring at us ):
I was seated at 22F. To add to my misery, i was seated next to 2 angmoh men. But since i had the window seat i had nothing much to complain about (:
i was still complaining though, because Jiale and I wanted to catch the sunrise on the plane, and now that the plane's delayed we wondered if we still had a chance to see our sunrise.
But one thing's for sure, though we were on another Lufthansa Plane, this plane was smaller and MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE!

xxx-xxx
key:
x = people
- = aisle

we managed to catch the sunrise and it was such a magnificent experience! (: the air pressure in the plane was very immense though. after taking the photos i slept until they mentioned that they were reaching Berlin in 5 minutes. and i was like, WHUT?! SO FAST?! i didn't even know the air stewardess was giving out water. :O
This time the landing was AWESOME too!
after such a nice flight everyone looked like they've just been given a drop of revival syrup. some still looked like zombies though.
we were to collect our luggage. i've got my luggage and quickly changed my socks because i was still wearing my converse ankle socks. just then all of a sudden the belt stopped moving. we were the only people left there and 16 of us (?) lost their luggage. the teachers went to get the airport staff while the rest of us went to the toilet nearby.
we went to the lost and found counter after the toilet to report the problem. we stayed there for really long so i decided to call my AHMA and PAPA. i couldn't call my MAMA because she was most likely on the plane to Shanghai for her business trip, so i smsed her instead. i smsed Yee Cheng and Moi too, since they were the only ones we said goodbye to before we boarded the plane. AND I DIDN'T KNOW FOR CALLS 1 MINUTES IS $2 CAN?! but i felt much better after hearing AHMA's voice so i guess it wouldn't matter.
so looks like those unlucky peeps who lost their luggage had their luggage unloaded accidentally at Frankfurt airport (remember the plane was delayed because of the loading and unloading of luggages). THOSE LUCKY PEEPS GOT TO HAVE THEIR LUGGAGE SENT STRAIGHT TO THE HOTEL! THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO CARRY IT AROUND! :O NOW WHO'S UNLUCKY!?!?!
So we wore our coat and our first stop was Brandenburg Gate. While on the bus we thought everything in Berlin looked so beautiful since it was the first thing we saw was trees, cars and random "normal" buildings, we took pictures of everything we saw. from random buildings that we didn't even know...

to trees and street lamps...

to railways and people riding bicycles...

and to random restaurants.

that's our guide for the day, the one with the blonde hair and the bicycle.
a random shot of the fruits on the bare trees.

now to our first destination, THE BRANDENBURG GATE.

Jiale and I got so excited we took more pictures with the amazingly tall street lamp then with the Brandenburg Gate.

Underground of Brandenburger Tor (German for Brandenburg Gate) : where all the trains appear

Then we went to the graveyard of the murdered Jews of Berlin. i personally really liked this idea of the irregular grey blocks. (a better overview was shown in the front few photos, where we first saw our tour guide)

i liked the floor too. TOTALLY COOL! even Jiale thought it was cool.

when you got to the middle of this graveyard, in the midst of all these over-towering grey tombs, i felt really lost. so lost. and alone, though i was with 3 other people.

totally digged Jiale's gloves and camera.

after that we were visiting the world famous BERLIN WALL!

then we had an outdoor museum, some topography thing, which i thought was pretty cool.
Mrs Ng told us to take photo of this picture because the history students had to recognise Himler.

This was the document that showed the number of Jews that were to be killed in Berlin : 11,000,000. NO JOKE.

while on the bus ride, we continued with our 'WOW EVERTHING I SEE SHOULD BE TAKEN' bus tour.
Our guide said that under the green dome, it is a library, but all the shelves in there are empty. forgot why.

AND LOOK! this field had a heart shape, but i wasn't lucky enough to take it ):

then we had lunch!

this place has got AWESOME ambience, AWESOME food, and an AWESOME toilet. or maybe i should say a toilet that was much cleaner then expected.
the tomato soup was REALLY GOOD, but the main course was too salty and the dessert was didn't really suit my taste buds. and the first thing i didn't really like about Europe: THEIR WATER ARE BITTERRRRR!!!! D:
(note: no more photos after this because i was too tired to take photos)
after lunch, we headed down to the STASI MUSEUM. the guide was really knowledgeable and he was therefore awesome. we learnt about alot of the STASI's domestic intelligence and how they had tremendous information; everything and ANYthing. it was said that all the information they had gathered of the people they were spying on measured to 160km LONG! (i have so much info because i was suppose to write reflections on the STASI museum) the STASI don't kill people, and we were told to remember this very important phrase in german:

FREIHEIT-FÜR
which means FREEDOM in english.
then we went for grocery shopping because we were gonna be having our breakfast in the train in 2 days and we wouldn't have time to buy any food because we had to get to the train station and stuff (elaborated to fuller details later). THE FUNNY THING ABOUT GROCERY SHOPPING:
since evryone was busy buying water, some of them didn't notice they took CARBONISED WATER instead of mineral water. one example: Jiaxuan and Karyn. They spent the rest of the day trying to shake the Carbon Dioxide out of the water after Ethel told them they could.
then we went to Checkpoint Charlie / Charlie Checkpoint. it was REALLY COOL, but REALLY scary and eerie at the same time.
We went for dinner and everyone was, duh, EXTREMELY TIRED due to the TERRIBLE JETLAG. we were like walking zombies, literally. Jiale felt nauseous, so she didn't eat much. the chinese-style vegetable soup was really peppery, and without fail, the main course was too salty but thankfully the dessert, which was yoghurt was TOTALLY YUMMY! everyone said it was FAR TOO SOUR but i thought it was sweet :O YUMYUM :D
AND FINALLY, we went to our hotel and our room was room 204. i wasn't very satisfied with the hotel because the room was too small, we couldn't ledge our door properly and the shower was not strong enough. but jiale said it was quite ok. maybe i was just tired and frustrated, that's all.
we slept at 11 plus even though the teachers told us to sleep early.
we were boiling tap water and i was writing my reflections.

at the end of the day, our conclusion:
WE LOVEEEEE SINGAPORE!!!
i fell asleep with TURTLEEE on my head, and that's how it all began...

END OF 2ND DAY! here's a preview for DAY 03:
1. We taught them chinese, singlish and lots of stuff!
2. AWWWWW THEY WERE JUST TOOO NICEE!!!
3. Goodbye TURTLEEEE.
4. I HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS J.S. BACH?!?!
5. Waiting for the police officer in our cabins was SCARY ):

links: (not yet functioning)
Day 01-02 | Day 03 | Day 04 | Day 05 | Day 06 | Day 07 | Day 08 | Day 09-10

391 Life would be much better as a donut

2009-12-14T22:49:00.006+08:00

i did this wallpaper today in 50 mins. i kinda like it. i was bored of my old one (below, ft. jessica stam) and i needed to get started on one of my entries for makeitlarger's challenge 18. this is going to be 1/3 of my wallpaper submissions.

did this yesterday. was madly in love with it until i made the one above.

i seriously want a POLAROID CAMERA for my christmas present.
i've never wanted something so much before. (i am lying)
so anyway, MLIA is consistently making my day down here on earth.
i wonder if the world's really gonna end in 2012.
i would have spent my entire life studying, shit.

390 MLIA

2009-12-14T11:15:00.001+08:00

Today I was walking on campus when I heard a weird noise above my head. I looked up and saw a squirrel attempting to carry a full peanut butter and jelly sandwich up a tree. 20 minutes went by and a crowd had gathered.. the squirrel finally got it to the top when the wind blew and it fell out of the tree. The entire crowd screamed fail, while the squirrel buried its head in its hands. MLIA

AWWWWWWWWW...

here's another good one!

Today I went to see New Moon. Every time Jacob Black took his shirt off (which was most of the time), everybody screamed their little teenage girl hearts out. The one time Edward took his shirt off, the theater was dead silent, except for one girl who said "EW." I laughed. MLIA.

389 IMMA VERSACE FREAK

2009-12-14T00:08:00.005+08:00

IMMA A VERSACE FREAK
IMMA A ANNA SUI FREAK
IMMA A HERMES FREAK
IMMA A MARC JACOBS FREAK

LET THIS LIST BE LONGER.
i'll probably never live to even touch a versace :(

388 no more fashion victims

2009-12-13T14:03:00.003+08:00

HOW DO YOU LIKE MY NEW LAYOUT?
i didn't edit my europe photos, or type out my europe reflections because i was doing this! i really like it actually.
i spent 1 hour on the image, and 5 hours on the coding :O
anyway, will be editing my europe photos now!

also, just wanted to tell you that this morning my family and i spent 3 hours spring cleaning my new room! now it looks SOOOOOO much better! i will be sleeping there tonight with a mattress. THIS IS SOOO COOL! :D
i can't wait for the 24th! they are gonna set up all the furniture on 24th :D
life is getting awesome-er and awesome-er with each day!

OK! OFF TO LEAD MY AWESOME LIFE! :D

387 sorry

2009-12-12T22:58:00.001+08:00

no updates on europe today, sorry.
was busy with a layout.
and now i'm stuck with the coding.
having lots of problems.
so sorry.
i don't know whether i'll actually solve the coding problem or not ):
bb.

386 ten feet off the ground

2009-12-11T23:08:00.002+08:00

GOOD NEWS!
i'll be starting on the Europe Trip reflections TOMORROW! :D
and it's gonna go day by day so you people don't scroll like crazy.
will give you a preview! :D

day 01 - day 02:

(:
the good photos have yet to come!
so long, bozzos :D

385 lace up your shoes

2009-12-11T09:02:00.006+08:00

SORRY FOR THE ACCIDENTAL HAITUS
my laptop crashed, literally. and this time it couldn't even start up. we sent my laptop of 3 years immediately to the service centre and we had to troubleshoot it. thank goodness my laptop is still under extended warranty, and the warranty (3 years) was ending in like 4 days. so let's just say my laptop crashed at the right time. thanks, lappie :D

anyway, now the service guy rebooted my laptop and everything is lost. photoshop's gone too. so i need to download it in again. so no layouts till then! :D

also, i'm making christmas cards for quite alot of people, ANYONE WANTS CHRISTMAS CARDS??

email me at isabella_mak3103[at]hotmail.com with your address and of course your name.

384 back from europe

2009-11-19T23:30:00.001+08:00

my day just got cut short by 7 hours ):
would be uploading photos of europe + captions and reflections hopefully by this weekend.
watch this space!
PS: i am Designer of the Month at http://pinkteardrops.starszz.com/

383 teh turtleee photoshoot

2009-11-09T18:17:00.003+08:00

TEH TURTLEEE PHOTOSHOOT.
09.11.2009
Isabellamak 2009
feat. My Kawai Piano

my models are all soft toys, i just realised.
credits: night-fate@deviantart for the wonderful photoshop action.

382 shouldn't linger for too long

2009-11-09T10:23:00.002+08:00

i'm gonna leave blogger really soon and move to tilltheend (TTE).
of course, my graphics will stay in thatwinter, thatsummer, thatspring and thatautumn rhapsody. i need to get spring and autumn's layout out soon. i will not leave blogger, until layouts for spring, autumn and TTE are done (:
moving my blog to TTE because i like cutenews over blogger.
i'm so excited! ONE MORE DAY!
but i'm a little worried for my O-Level Chinese paper too. not so much of the 2nd paper, but of the 1st. i hope i won't screw it up ):
I CAN ACTIVATE MY FACEBOOK ACCOUNT TOMORROW!!!
there are so many good things happening tomorrow! :D
looking at this year's holiday, things look pretty good, and there won't be strings! i better take this chance to study or i'll be dead next year ):
i better go find a nice nice coloring for my europe photos! :D
watch this space often! :D
i'll bring LOTS OF PRETTY PHOTOS FROM EUROPE and of course, all the information i'm going to learn.
i hope i have a nice trip! :D
toddles!

381 they can't trust

2009-11-07T07:18:00.005+08:00

CHECK CHECK CHECK IT OUT
CHECK CHECK CHECK IT OUT

check:
1 image used.
2 fonts used.
5 brushes used.
8 textures used.
countless effort used.

CHECK THIS OUT TOO!

check:
1 image used.
2 fonts used.
6 brushes used.
6 textures used.
AWESOMESAUCE used.

updates:
WENT FOR FLU JAB TODAY! it hurts ):
finished Europe Trip shopping and i've got everything i possibly need! just that i'm a little reluctant because i wouldn't be bringing my laptop and i won't be able to charge my iPod.
will most probably be staying back with Yee next tuesday after Os to do Yuangee's card. (:

BTW, i've decided to make a blogskin on Natalia Vodianova for Ernest's Starstrukk competition! :D

380 inspirational post (:

2009-11-07T04:59:00.003+08:00

AWESOMEEE!!!!! :D

we should totally get a topo map of this! :3

i miss my hair D:

for moi, BLUEE LEECHH THAT LOVES CHOCCS (:

....

I'M SO TOTALLY AWESOMESAUCED! :D

YEPPP (:

always apply for amath.

the secret to scoring for math.

(: YEPPPP (BIGGRIN)

AWWWWWWW O:

ZOMG

<3 src="http://i30.tinypic.com/i4mio6.jpg">

always applies to me (:

"take it easy!"

half full (: I'M OPTIMISTIC!

these made my day.

379 suppose that I reached out and caught your tears

2009-11-05T21:13:00.002+08:00

i've de-activated my facebook account for the time-being. i seriously need to study chinese! ): for the 2 points, for the fact i can stop studying chinese 2 years earlier, i have to do this. IT'S TOTALLY DRIVING ME CRAZY! that whole pile of chinese notes, that whole stack of chinese books to read; this feels even WORSE THAN EOYS! migraine acts up whenever i try to read; distraction gets me whenever i try to answer a question; doubts formulate in my mind when i get back my homework from laoshi.
can i do it?
will i make it through?
there was this passage about confidence, self-esteem and determination in our chinese homework. it seems so easy to be confident, yet easier to get defeated by doubts and low self-esteem.
with confidence, half the battle is won.
but the thing is, i've got no more confidence left.

i wish someone could reach out and catch my tears right now.

378 WOW

2009-10-31T22:58:00.002+08:00

ZOMG ANNA SUI SPRING 2009 READY TO WEAR COLLECTION IS SO PRETTYYYYYYY!!!!!!

377 through The Highs and The Lows

2009-10-29T21:10:00.002+08:00

she was someone i never thought i could count on.
she was just a normal classmate that i don't really talk to.
she was a classmate that sat at the exact opposite of the class for the first half of the year.
she was a classmate that i had a very vague memory of.
she was just a classmate.

only until first july, two thousand and nine.
who would have thought it was her?
why her?
WHY?
she's just a Malaysian scholar, here in Singapore to seek better education.
things shouldn't be how it is now.
she's got enough things to juggle, enough stress from school, enough pain from being away from her family, enough irritation from other people (preferred not to be mentioned), enough worries to worry about.
i should be easing the heavy load on her shoulders.
but i'm not.
i'm adding to it.
i hate myself for doing that.
i don't want to do that.
i should be erased completely from her memories.
i should be completely forgotten, for i am not worthy of being remembered.
she probably wouldn't care less about what i'm going to give her in the weeks to come, but hopefully she realises that that is the last letter or even message i'm going to write to her with my awesome handwriting.
it's hard.
but it's harder for her to have a friend like me, torturing her everyday.
i hope she realises.
she is definitely worthy of my tears and my worry every night.
but it's time to let her go, and to let her be happy.
i don't make assumptions.
you made me make them.
i'm doing a good deed, right?

376 I heard the reverberating footsteps

2009-10-27T21:39:00.002+08:00

PICKLEBALL IS SO FUN! :D
the 'anyhow-play' tactic seem to always work for me, but WHATEVER!
olson didn't win anything this time round ):
and miss su was pretty upset about it. she hasn't been touching Happy Farm these days too. maybe i should stop stealing from her for a while now :D
CCA checking was really good today! i have 23 points! so it's a sure thing i'll get my 2 points deducted in Os. it's a really good thing. i can quit strings already :D
but i have a feeling i'm gonna do terribly during Os, so 2 points IS A LOTTTTTT.
met Rachel Chua and Ze today while on the way to the bus stop (:
i can't wait for Europe, but for some really WEIRD and OUT-OF-THE-WORLD reasons, i'm a little reluctant about the concerts we are gonna watch there. it's gonna be so scary! everyone will be so formal and i wouldn't dare to clap. SHHHEEESSSHHHHH. i hate this feeling.
i hope jiaying and michhyyy is coping well with Os now.
I MISS THEMM ):
the remaining post-exam timetable isn't really exciting, except for tomorrow's bonding session for Europe and the briefing!
let's keep the short-lived happiness for now. i'm satisfied :D
(BIGGGIEEEE SMILIE!)

375 you don't hate me.

2009-10-23T21:35:00.002+08:00

you hate sitting next to me.
you hate all my nonsense.
you hate the dresses i love.
you hate it when i assume.
you hate it when i hit your raw nerve.
you hate my handwriting.
you hate everything about me.
and you claim you don't hate me.

get your feelings right, bozzo.

374 I'm a desperate cry for help

2009-10-19T10:46:00.001+08:00

YEYYYY TWR VER 3.0 IS FINALLY UP!!!!!!
i finally had the motivation to make a skin (:
nnnnooowwww ii'mmm soooo happpyyyy yeyyyyyyyyyy
haha.

373 back

2009-09-11T10:14:00.003+08:00

WHAT'S WRONG WITH BLOGGER???
btw, i have decided on plenty of things!
thatwinterrhapsody - a place for my layouts
thatsummerrhapsody - a place for my graphics
thatspringrhapsody - a place for my photographs (personal ones on facebook)
thatautumnrhapsody - a place for my drawings/ sketches
tilltheend - my personal blog

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I MISS BLOGGING
but of course, this isn't the right time to blog.
EOYS ARE IN 3/4 WEEKS! EEEK!

372 hanging by a moment

2009-02-28T15:24:00.004+08:00

huge announcement:
HIATUS
and when i'm back, i'd be at tilltheend.

371 but you're pretty messed up too

2009-02-22T20:37:00.002+08:00

I'VE GOT HONORABLE MENTION FOR MY WALLPAPER ENTRY!!

it was my first wallpaper contest and i got honorable mention! :D
i'm so happy!
anyway,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHERSYN!!
(you are so old D:)
haha, i have to finish 3 more yue du fan si for the week, get 3R's blogskin up, study for the following common tests this week, and do the stupid english oral thingy. my god. i hate oral D:
also, TNJBC is opening for requests and i've updated with 55 icons, 10 banners and 3 friends-only banners. TNJBC is members-only. haha. i hope this week will be good!

370 I'm in love with my own sins

2009-02-18T21:02:00.002+08:00

"But I must confess:
I'm in love with my own sins."

i just learned that my brother need spectacles D:
it's pretty cool to wear spectacles only when you are 13, but it'll be a little frightening when he'll finally ask my mum about contact lenses. although I'm pretty sure he was freaked out about me landing into the hospital a year ago because of cornea ulcer, contact lenses are irresistible.

also, i just happen to see my brother's literature play script. my brother's playing this character called 'ah chye'.
some quotations from his speech:

I DON'T WANT TO DIE!!!!

and...

I'M TOO YOUNG AND HANDSOME TO DIE!!! I CAN'T DIE!!!

hell yeah.
and here his sister is telling the world 'I'M GOING TO DIE' everyday.

i'm a failure.

369 my life won't suck without you

2009-02-15T03:08:00.002+08:00

HAPPY VALENTINES! :D
haha, i had a really lovely time with my husband (kuchiki byakuya) and yeah. i'm not gonna tell you what actually happened. IT EH SECRET! :D
a little freaked out that mrs cheong actually knows bleach. AND MY HUSBAND. and she calls my darling husband 'bakwa' because they couldnt pronounce his name. (!!!!!) like whattttttttt. pretty upset but it's ok :D
everyone's got crushes and stuff, yeah? ok.
I'M GONNA ADMIT SOMETHING.
i have a crush on someone! :D in fact, i really really really think it's a crush. well, i'm not TWO-TIMING MY HUSBAND OK.
i have a crush on this guy, he was from tuition, but now we're not in the same tuition so i dont get to see him and stuff.
hell yeah, i miss him D:
oh wells, nevermind. i still have my husband <33

anyway, there's something that's really bugging me. but if i type it all out yee's gonna have to counsel me and some people will get hurt. so, i'll just post it in my private blog then.

and tilltheend is gonna be ready soon! :D
thanks regina!

368 with no one to trust in

2009-02-11T20:56:00.002+08:00

i finally understand how it feels to have the entire world defy and ignore you. and to some extend, not care about your health and well-being. so much so to the extend that even your best friends don't care if you feel sick or terrible or what-so-ever.
yuan gee got hospitalized. i'm gonna rush over to SGH immediately after mrs cheong and miss or say that we can go over. in the mean time, it's time to get some vday cards out. i'm not very sure if i want to make that many cards now, since my friends dont care about me anymore. my gastric problem is coming back and that isnt a really good sign. school's been hectic all the same; but i'm addicted to my laptop D:

367 I'm stuck in time I'm stuck on you

2009-02-07T17:46:00.003+08:00

some graduation photoshoot we have to take tomorrow at some place i've never heard of. ma's MBA graduation photoshoot. heck it. i hate photoshoots, not like i'm been to one before but come on, face it. what's there to wear? oh well.
've been looking around for textures and stock photos lately, and havent touched a single homework. and there's geog graded assignment, the ever-so-irritating-and-annoying yue du fan si, the few articles in lian he zao bao and all the shit. oh wait, response on the osama essay. DAMNIT. and what, there's MEP test next week. 2 some more. and what, 2 compres with summary to add to my misery. what's more. MGSTRINGS RESEARCH. hell yeah, joyce hasnt touched it at all. cursing and swearing doesnt help ease the load, but i'm still stuck with FTP. can't get my skin up for tilltheend. and what, it's just the beginning of the year. and so many things has happened. emotionally, physically and mentally. actually, in some way or another, i'm more emotionally affected. whatever.
haven't catched up on icon coloring tuts for a while now. and CIP hours are killing me. i HAVE to reach 100 hours quick man. had a little talk with michyy on bus 74 yesterday about CIP, but still, i need 100 hours. although i'm pretty sure SYF is gonna get me tons of points, gnehh. just have the insecurity lingering inside me. shit, i'm always getting so insecure.

and i just realised. i expect too much from my friends, especially really, really good ones. and when they dont be what i expect them to be, i'll go crazy and... yeah. you know what happened to some of my failed friendships (there's only 2). anyway, i finally understand why best friends can never be replaced. because in some way or another, it just doesnt work out if you try. really.

and i've decided. i'm getting all my online buddies a gift on valentine's day. and a gift for my close friends at school. haha, and it's BOSOM BUDDIES DAY. hee.

off to download more resources!

to all my online buddies and close friends: LA LOVES YOU! <3

366 half the time the world is ending

2009-02-05T18:25:00.010+08:00

"half the time the world is ending, truth is I am done pretending"
it's heart-breaking to look and notice someone at a corner and not dare to get near them. it's hard to show that you really care, when you tell yourself you shouldnt. it's terrible to keep it inside me, to know that i really care. however hard i try i just can't talk to her the way i did a year ago. in some way or another, something's telling me it's over. but the heart keeps defying the soul. never to talk and always to look when she isnt. i want her to know i still care, but i dont want her to think i'm desperate for hers. life is hard. life is harsh. all thanks to these things that mess with our heart. maybe i should be myself now. not to think to much, and to let go. half the time, the world is ending.
truth is I am done pretending.
it will never be the same again.

[edit]
to-complete-by-this-week list:
1. darrel's wallpaper request
2. new layout for twr
3. tilltheend.sourpopave.com up and working
4. finish all homework.
[/edit]

365 end of another week!

2009-01-30T23:49:00.005+08:00

ok anyway, it's the end of another school week!
highlights:
-ISABEL CAME BACK. on wednesday! she looked pretty different in her red cheeks but haha,it's really really nice to see her again. :D I MISS YOU ISABEL! :D

i think that's the only highlight.
oh and, karla's gonna get my subdomain by this weekend, so i can try on html and php includes and those stuff. i thought maybe a subdomain would be better than a domain; after all i have total zero knowledge about FTP, PHP, HTML and CUTENEWS. those things aside. i'm struggling with physics homework D:D:

and so anyway today's my mum's birthday.
i forgot.

364 HELL YEAH IT'S ICHIRUKI

2009-01-24T17:34:00.002+08:00

i finally found some of the many explanations for the existence of ichiruki. this entries' credit goes to syneiam @ bleachness.
here goes! DONT FAINT WITH YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN!

That's something that is striking; remember, back in ch270, Ichigo was told by Ulquiorra that Rukia was dead and he was an obstacle between him and Rukia. And now, Ulquiorra is not letting him protecting Inoue (ahem.. not sure about how Inoue would have been after his attack fired at her -___-"). So, the two situations can be compared quite easily ^^ And I'm adding a comparison with Nel's case with Nnoi to further my point :p [click on links to view manga page]

(rukia x ichigo)evidence1 evidence2 evidence3 evidence4 evidence5
VS.
(ichigo x inoue)evidence6 evidence7 evidence8
VS.
(ichigo x nell)evidence9

I think those pages speak for themselves XD
I put Ichigo's reaction for the kicks, because it does further my point. I think it's very clear that in both ch290 and 342, Ichigo shows anger; Ichigo is hotheaded, so he's someone who will get often angry for his friends' sake, it's not really a first for him. As NeoSapien noticed, the face he makes displays the same feelings: anger that someone threatens a friend dear to him.

However, it was different in ch270. I think it's one of the distinctive traits for IchiRuki; Ichigo never reacts the same way to Rukia as he reacts for other people around him. What Ichigo displays in ch270 is fear. For Ichigo, who's always cocky, hotheaded, who is often angry at his adversaries, fear is such a powerful feeling. And, since it's not often, it's always displaying a new light on his perspective. Here, in the first pages, Ichigo is crushed - he first doesn't want to believe that she's dead and the second after, he doesn't care anymore, he just needs to go by her side and save her all over again. Then, Ulq mentions Inoue, and he understands that Ulq will not let him go without fighting. However, he's in a hurry - of course, since Rukia's state is at stake. So, what does he do? He uses his mask - right away. He doesn't take a lot of time to think - it's more a oh this guy won't let me go to Rukia, I'm using full power to get rid of him

Whereas, in ch342 - I'm not comparing with ch290, because Ichigo was too tired back then - Ichigo still refuses to use his mask. Beside that, don't you think Ulq's words are very interesting? He doesn't point out that Ichigo wants to save Inoue, he states out that Ichigo wants to fight someone else. In ch270, Ulq never questioned his need to go back to Rukia and to save her - he told him it was useless, he tried to anger him with something else so that he'd fight and he managed to, but I think his reaction to Rukia's fall did startle him. Ulq obviously didn't think that Ichigo wouldn't let pass the chance to not fight, yet, for Rukia, here is Ichigo letting go of everything.

Also, for the lulz, since I wanted to do that a long time ago:

evidence01 evidence02 evidence03
VS.
evidence04 evidence05 evidence06

Does anyone else notice the difference between the two scenes? They represent exactly the same things though: Ichigo meeting up with the girl he needs to save for the second time... yet...

shooosh off, orihime inoue.

not updating about personal school life.

363 heck it

2009-01-18T22:55:00.005+08:00

i've got a whole lot of things to share, and so do i have a lot of homework to finish. if i remember i'm gonna post it up soon. after all, not posting about 1 week of school wouldnt be that bad. everyday of school is always good and exciting, especially when i've got my closest friends altogether. i had a dream that everyone was supposed to wear their primary school uniform to school and then i was wearing the chongzheng prefect tie and gold badge. it's a little creepy but cool at the same time, since i'm one of the few who's got a decent prefect tie :D but after all, it's just a dream. i dreamt about a war in school once and eunice and i were talking about homework (?) yeah. it's a dream. it must be due to too much stress from school. i freaking think emath is harder than amath. and that physics and bio is tougher than chem. at least i dont get a headache after chem lessons. mrs cheong (bio teach) is seriously driving me crazy with all that mitochondria, chloroplast, plasma membrane, nucleolus, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes etc. the worst thing was that i realised my brother's learning all that in sec 1 when i'm still trying to work out how to spell endoplasmic reticulum correctly (and i succeeded). it's freaky how fast my brother's school can get. AND THERE'S MG SELF-DECLARED HOLIDAY! mg didnt do as well as last year so everyone was like getting really disappointed when mrs ong came out to mention about some first batch of SBC shit and no holiday. but she did at the end of the week! YEE was smiling the entire day. and basketball is crazy. jiale's dad said that basketball would make our young, smooth maiden hands rough. and soon after i got my nails scratched from basketball. heck it.
and anyway, i still have a zuowen to rush.
in the mean time,
I'M ON SEMI-HIATUS TILL FURTHER NOTICE.
OOHHHHHH AND ME GOT MY BRACES!!!! IT'S DARK PURPLE :D
and it's eunice's birthday this saturday. i'm having a hard time trying to get something for her. especially when i want to get her something that she actually finds useful.

362 school

2009-01-06T21:22:00.003+08:00

school is really hectic, and i've returned my domain to karla. i can't figure anything out, and i have no time to update it. i dont want my domain to become an obstacle to my studies and yeah. so i'll stick with thatwinterrhapsody, since i love her so much :D i dont really like 3I. as in, really. the only thing that's really good about 3I is that i get to sit together with yee, jiale, yvonne, cher syn and aditi. that's it. i'm not very happy with 3I and all. but i'm stuck with 3I for 2 years so, either i immigrate to another country, or contact TJC and ask them if they still want me. oh wells, i hope life will be better from here. i'm not very happy with the class com too. well, at least our chair and vice chair are ok. the rest are like ~~shit~~
ok. i have to go now. compo test this friday.
~sian ah.

361 new year resolution

2009-01-03T21:20:00.004+08:00

yes, i know it's been a long time since i've posted. it seemed like ages D: but my mum just refuses to let me touch my laptop. all those 'school is starting so you can't play' shit. but i got some excuses for using the computer to whip up something for my amath notebook, so time is ticking! :P i've always wanted to post my new year resolution. haha. but let me give you some good news. wait, maybe i should say, REALLY GOOD NEWS :D
firstly, I'VE FOUND ALL MY FILES! though my laptop is still virus-stricken, I FOUND MY FILES! yayy! all the music files yee sent me, all the images i downloaded and the skins i made, all the 2E class photos, all the MG ROCs2 photos, all the stocks, all the zip files, EVERYTHING! :D i'm happy like a bird can.

secondly, I'VE GOT A DOMAIN FROM THE LOVELY KARLA! :D i'm still in the midst of trying to figure out what to do with ftp accounts, php includes and the cpanel shit. i've made a new email account! but i'm not sure how it's gonna work. so when everything's done, I'LL GO OVER TO SUGGALUST :D but i'll come back to thatwinterrhapsody in december 2009. thatwinterrhapsody will always be my baby.

thirdly, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS AWESOME! can you imagine, we have 9 (or is it 8?) FOREIGN SCHOLARS IN OUR CLASS! so it was like, when you see new peeps in 3I, you dont ask, "oh, what class are you from?" but instead, "hey dude, what country do you come from?" yeah. as usual, i was hyperventilating on the first day of school. i've got class mates from singapore(duh), JB (cher syn!), malacca, penang, indonesia, phillipines and korea! ... i'm not sure if there's anymore, but i was expecting japanese... D: (so i can get her to translate every single word in fade to black for me) but it's ok. miss or said that someone told her the canteen's gonna offer japanese/ korean food! but yeah, it wasnt there so she said she'll check it out with the person who told her that. the canteen got revamped but we knew it during the times we came back for strings so, not surprising. oh and, YEE BOUGHT US A DOLL EACH! my mum said it looks like me. thanks yee :D but you are still not forgiven (for not getting my bleach 2009 calendar. kidding!) and then our teachers were pretty nice too! our form is miss louisa or, and our co-form is catherine cheong. and jiale, yee and i are sitting together! :D so this was what happened...

isabella (to mrs cheong): i want to be physics rep!
jiale: i want to be chem rep!
isabella: yee, why dont you become bio rep? then three of us all sciences rep! :D
yee: dont want dont want dont want
jiale: (tries to persuade yee)
mrs cheong: aiya, two of you are already sciences rep, why not just make it three?
yee: -writes her name unwillingly on the paper-

10 minutes later...

yee: -curses and swears-
jiale: -looks guilty-
isabella: i didnt say anything yee. it's your fault you didnt see mrs elizabeth lee's name there. and you wrote your name down yourself. anyway, she's for SPA so it's like ok what.
yee: -curses and swear version 2-
jiale: i admit it's partially my fault.

(i didnt remember the actual conver but this should be around the same)

SO JIALE YEE AND I ARE THE SCIENCES REP! :D ms or said that we most likely would have to change place. like bleah, i'm gonna write her a report the next time she tries to do that again. the teachers teaching us this year seem to be pretty ok, so it should somehow be a good start to my school year. 3I wasn't as bad as i thought, and in fact, it was really good! yvonne's sitting right behind me (i forgot to tell you that the sitting arrangement was EXACTLY like during my p6 times!) and she's beside cher syn, who's beside aditi. that's so cool! and we're the third row from the front! :D we had recess with arina and leekhim too! yee's biscuits from japan were really good. too bad my stupid teeth was still a little painful, or i would have grabbed a lot more packets, then yee wouldnt have to go around asking people to take more xD then we had this talk. so we're the batch of 2010! i sound so old! D: but it's ok. haha. then miss kek came in to class after that to get some things started for amath. so we're supposed to introduce ourselves by saying what's our name, our class last year and what we like to do. here's mine:
name: isabella
class: 2E (OH YEAH!)
what i like to do: play with photoshop
upon hearing "photoshop" miss kek said, "woah, now i know who to look for to help me with my photoshop projects. good, good." then while sitting down i whispered a little "SHIT LAH". that's what you get for choosing the wrong things about you to say. ohohoh! i forgot about the introduction to 3I! so like always, our teachers would want us to introduce ourselves in front of our new class, so from our seat we were supposed to introduce ourselves. yee said something like (for the question what made 2008 a good year) oh uhm, the obama thing. so when i was up i said my piece and added "AND I SUPPORT OBAMA." everyone started laughing. ?gnehh what's so funny about that? but it's ok.
the rest of the first day of school was good. haha.

now, my new year resolution:
I. minus 20kg from my total weight.
II. study everyday
III. revise everyday
IV. be able to run my domain well
V. be able to have time to play with photoshop
VI. able to manage my time very wisely
VII. do lots of math questions
VIII. pay more attention during class.
IX. write faster
X. guide my brother and help him with homework
XI. hear no evil, see no evil, touch no evil and talk no much.
XII. stay in tune with karen, yvon and szeling.
XIII. contribute to TNJBC

the list goes on. will update from time to time. ok. gotta look through physics now! have to prepare for physics tuition afterwards. meeting SAM! :D oh and, amath tuition yesterday was great! i had simultaneous equations getting the best of me can, first half of the class i was a blur. second half of the class i was like, OH HELL YEAH! FUN LIKE SHIT! i was faster than the girl beside me you see :D alright.
HAVE A NICE DAY :D
may not be updating often.
suggalust.info would not be open so soon, sorry karla.
WISH ME A HAPPY(murderous) FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL!
oh and btw, dr cheng got me some metal thingies around my teeth. which is so obstructing, but thankfully not painful. haha. I PONNED MEP CONCERT LAST NIGHT! but actually not pon luh. i lost the ticket. not my fault right?

[edit] my brother got a crumpler bag that looks oh-so-cool on him. and i think he went crazy by putting our monkey softtoy in the freezer D:
OH AND RACHELLIM IS IN CAMPUS SUPERSTAR. OMG. JEREMY AND RACHEL IS IN CAMPUS SUPERSTAR. GOOD LUCK!!![/edit]

360 yay for lala!

2008-12-28T21:23:00.005+08:00

I'M GONNA GO FOR MY FIRST BRACES DENTAL APPOINTMENT TOMORROW!!!! AND WHAT'S TO BOOT, YEE'S BACK!(without my bleach 2009 calendar)
and the best one --- PIANO HAS BEEN CHANGED TO TUESDAY!
YOOHOO!
and you know, you people are damn evil eh. i updated TNJBC with a batch of 73 icons eh. and not a single comment luh!
hmph.
if i'm not wrong, the results of the appeal would be out tomorrow.
haha, who cares.
SO WHAT IF MY BROTHER CAN'T GET INTO VICTORIA? SO WHAT?
THAT DOESNT MEAN MY BROTHER CANT GET INTO VJIP!
(sorry, i'm listening to so what by pink)

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
i ~~luff~~hate myself.

359 lost

2008-12-26T23:35:00.001+08:00

well, no more free domain. yes, NO MORE. karla had some problems and stuff. you can check it out at the voting site itself. it's stated there really clear. well, i guess i have to start with subdomains first then. after all, even if i get a domain, i wouldnt know how to use it. (all the CPanel and FTP shit) so like, yeah. ok. that's actually a good outcome. oh yay. let's look on the brighter side. I'VE CHANGED MY LAYOUT! i know it's stated there 2009 version01. it's early, yes. but i'm reserving the last few days of the holidays to read the stupid ahma book and write zhouji. shit can, why the hell must we have holiday homework? it's like, not gonna help us in anyway. i've updated with 73 new icons. i havent submit them to TNJBC yet. haha. i wanted to today, but karen already subbed so i guess i'll subbed like tomorrow or the day after (to make sure that TNJBC is updated everyday). my plan to get more people to join our com has failed. D: but it's ok! we'll just work harder next time! i hope i'll be able to have time to submit stuff to TNJBC when school starts. ok. so like i'm gonna have my first braces appointment next monday. yeah. and i'm having piano on the same day. and tuition too. you know, the more i look at the stupid ahma book, the more afraid i am. IT JUST LOOKS TOTALLY BORING LIKE SHIT. HOW AM I GONNA READ IT?! yeah right. i'm off to play with photoshop again. have a good day tomorrow!

358 interview

2008-12-24T11:36:00.001+08:00

ME GOT INTERVIED AT BLOGSKINSPRESS: here. haha. crap. i've updated with lots of stuff. check out TNJBC yeah?

357 phucking awesome

2008-12-22T19:00:00.002+08:00

ZOMG TWILIGHT WAS PHUCKING AWESOME. can you imagine, EDWARD CALLED ME! EDWARD CALLED ME!!! MY GOD!
i'm going crazy. from now on, call me bella.
i freaking want to watch it again!!!

356 to let go

2008-12-21T01:38:00.003+08:00

to say it's fast, i'm not very sure if i can agree with you. after going to temasek myself, it was plain disappointment at first, butbeing able to realise how happy my brother is to be in temasek, i told myself i had to do it. if my brother could overcome the pain, the sadness and the disappointment of being rejected by victoria, why can't i? after all, my brother always liked his uniform to be white and blue, and not white and that yucky brown. looking at him in his new uniform, i just can't help but feel proud of my brother. look, he's all (actually not all) grown up now. he told me he wanted to join basketball so he could be taller than me. D: he's my height now. i can't deny that i'm short; you can't blame me because i've got short parents. the best thing that actually put me across was hyemin and shuling. my best friends from primary school :D they promised me to look out for my brother in school and make sure he doesn't hang out with the wrong company, otherwise, they'll tell me right away. it's really nice to have them around, and hyemin, being the old hyemin i miss, said that my brother would be the messenger for all the things she's gonna give to me. haha. my dear hyemin :D you never change, dont you? i'm a little worried about my brother going out with the wrong company, but my brother has TASTE, alright. he knows how to choose his friends. he'll choose to be best friends with the smartest in class, and really good friends with those who are willing to let him copy their homework, and ignore the useless ones. of course not really ignore, but he'll still be a gentleman and talk to them sometimes. that's my brother. oh yes that is :D the more i think about it, the more i think temasek is the school for him. look, even mrs khan said that temasek was a good school.
and i realised that out of the entire booklist for my brother i can only pass down my history textbook to him. and he said he didnt want mine because it'll be really messy with notes all over. in fact, my history textbook is as good as new, since history lessons were popularly known to be sleeping lessons. oh wells.
i didnt watch twilight yesterday, because mrs khan said there were no more seats left D: but it's ok. we have a very bullet-proof plan on monday for our cello-bass outing :D jiaying and michyy would be meeting at 9.30am to buy the tickets and the rest of the 6 of us would meet them at 10 to eat breakfast together before the movie starts at 11am! :D and jiale actually asked me to buy the crackers from the roadside indians. YOU CRAZY LUHH JIALE! I WOULD RATHER GO HUNGRY THEN BUY THOSE. (me not racist) anyway, today was grandpa's supposed 100th day. the actual day was 24th, but because grandpa had 4 sons, so it was brought forward by 4 days (? like that also can?) grandpa's tombstone was really beautifully built and all. and the worst thing was THERE WERE CENTIPEDES OR MILLIPEDES OR WHATEVER-PEDES ALL OVER THE CEMETERY!!! all of us totally freaked out. and trust my mum to ask if they bite. THEY ARE FREAKING POISONOUS CAN! ~~poor grandpa. he must have been tortured by the whatever-pedes. (touchwood)~~ oh and, i received the christmas card eunice sent me!uhm, i was really cute and nice. i loved it so much! :D it's this really cute teddy at the front saying happy christmas! (the contents are censored.) when my mum opened the letter box she was like, "ISABELLA MAK. ehh, you send to yourself one ah? this is like your handwriting eh!" and i was like, MY GOD! ~~MY HANDWRITING IS SO MUCH NICER THAN EUNICE'S HANDWRITING!~~ and then i said pretty desperately," NONONO NOT ME IS EUNICE SEND ONE EUNICE. REMEMBER EUNICE?" and my mum said," i think so." yeah. who cares whether she remembers eunice. i was busy trying to open the envelope after sending eunice a thankyou sms but the freaking envelope was like glued with super glue. it took my brother 10 minutes to finally get it out without tearing anything. my mum was telling my brother not to tear anything because it was a HALLMARK envelope. yeah. so i showed my mum and everything (my brother got pretty frustrated because he didnt had any) and my mum asked me if i would like to get one christmas card for eunice. of course, i said," oh, if i'm getting for eunice, i need to get for jiale, yeecheng, arina, huiqi, xiaorui and yvonne too!" yeah. she kinda looked freaked out. ok. i'm gonna admit this. I STARED AT THE CARD FOR 10 MINUTES STRAIGHT. can you imagine how much i missed eunice's handwriting? (i'm 100% not les) ok. it was uhm, nicer previously but who cares. SHE WROTE TO ME EH! she could have just heck it and wrote to the rest of her church friends and save the dont know how many dollars and glitter pen ink on my card alone ok. SHE WROTE TO ME! i'm going crazy.

355 no hope now

2008-12-19T00:55:00.006+08:00

3 digits. just 3 digits. just 3 digits to rip the smile off my face. like they always say, happiness is short-lived. THAT FCUKING 3 DIGITS!! struck me like ishida's bow, like sode no shirayuki, like zangetsu, like... like... LIKE SENBONZAKURA! just that this is in a mournful scenario. 3 digits.
1, 2, 3. just 3 digits.
2-4-7
.
2.
4.
7.
.
.
.
victoria's cut-off point for this year.
2.4.7
all hopes dashed. all hopes thwarted. all hopes gone with a sound of a butterfly wing.

how.
how is ian, going to appeal like that??
(goes to a dark secluded corner and grows mushroom like szeling)
heck it.
heck psle.
heck intelligence.
heck school.
heck everything.
and to think that i actually enjoyed psle.

i would rather be the one worrying about which school will accept me, rather than the one worrying about which schools to put for my 2nd choice onwards.

only now, have i realised how close i am to my brother. i think it started since we went to popfair@suntec city together. it started then. no. earlier. WAY earlier. the beginning of the year. when i said ACS(I) was good, my brother would think about it and head towards ACS(I). but when i said victoria was a mountain way better, he immediately said," OH JIE I'LL GO VICTORIA NOW." that was how close we are. so close i've been so used to making decisions for him; [the trust he has in me is clearly overpowering]. so close, that i would want to take the psle on his behalf, just that i had EOYs at the same time too. and what's more, grandpa's death must have shook him quite a bit. how i wish i could take his place and take all the hurt and sadness away.

i dont know.
i really dont know.
i kept clenching on to this hope that there would be a slight chance of even getting into victoria.
i wonder
i really wonder
when i'm gonna finally let it go and accept temasek.

i think i'm more worried about my brother's secondary school than my brother his.
ian.
is the one and only brother i would ever like to have.
ian.
is the best brother the world would ever dream of.
yeah.
the best.
and nothing less.

JIELOVESYOUDI!

going to temasek with mum and ian tomorrow to register and then to victoria to submit the appeal form. no principal. no talking. yeah. hope. WHERE'S HOPE WHEN I NEED HER??

PS. TNJBC is updated with new wallpapers and banners! :D

#354 thank god

2008-12-18T06:44:00.003+08:00

ZOMG MY BROTHER GOT INTO TEMASEK!!! NOW WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON APPEALING FOR VICTORIA. ZOMG.
thank god. my prayers, granny's prayers, mama's prayers, and supposedly ian's prayers got answered! zomg, now i know: when ahma say didi can get in, IT MEANS HE REALLY CAN GET IN.
i should have realised.
zomg. i'm so happy.
AHHHH! YEE PLEASE REMEMBER MY BLEACH 2009 CALENDAR OK!
zomg, i can't express how happy i am with words.
my god my god my god.

#353 quizz

2008-12-17T15:43:00.003+08:00

tagged by yvonne. i think she tagged me for only 1 quiz, but heck it, i am bored anyway.
Instructions:
Answer the questions in the quiz and insert your answers in the corresponding question numbers in the letter.

The letter:
Dear (the last person who text messaged you):
I don't really know how to tell you this, but (1). I think I realized it (2) (3) and I saw you (4) (5). I'm sure you're (6) enough to understand (7). I'm returning (8) to you, but I'll keep (9) as a memory. You should also know that I (10) (11).(12),
-Your name-

1. What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White - I'll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn't match
Grey - You're a pervert
Yellow - I'm selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You're a loser
Other - I'm in love with your sister

2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - When you put cuffs on me
July - When I threw up
August - When I saw the shrunken head
September - When we skinny dipped
October - When I quoted Santa
November - When your dog ran amok
December - When I changed tennis shoes

3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kabob - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women's clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
None of the above - With George Bush and his wife

4. What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insult
Black - Ignore
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the toupee off
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive out

5. What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflé
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My penpal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United's goalkeeper
None - My John F. Kennedy statue
Other - The crazy monk

6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - Man
O.C. -Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes - Frostbitten
Lost - High
House - Scarred
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Mongolic
Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
None of the above - Ashamed

7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I've felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn't exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we're cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Apathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I'm allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Overjoyous - That I'm open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks

8. What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader poster
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from LA
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your memories from the military service

9. The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your photo
C/D - The oil stocks
E/F - Your neighbour Martin
G/H - My virginity
I/J - The results of your blood-sample
K/L - Your left ear
M/N - Your suicide note
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X - David's tricot outfits
Y/Z - Your grades from college

10. The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Always will remember
C/D - Never will forget
E/F - Always wanted to break
G/H - Never openly mocked
I/J - Always have felt dirty before
K/L - Will tell the authorities about
M/N - Told in my confession today about
O/P - Was interviewed by the Times about
Q/R - Told my psychiatrist about
S/T - Get sick when I think of
U/V - Always will try to forget
W/X - Am better off without
Y/Z - Never liked

11. What do you prefer to drink?
Water- Our friendship
Beer - Senility
Soft drink - A new life as a clone
Soda - The incarnation as an eskimo
Milk - The apartment building
Wine - Cocaine abuse
Cider - A passionate interest for mice
Juice - Oprah Winfrey imitations
Mineral water - Embarrassing rash
Hot chocolate - Eggplant-fetishism
Whisky - To ruin the second world war
Other - To hate the Boston Celtics

12. To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand - Warm regards
USA - Best regards
England - Good luck on your short-term leave from jail
Spain - Go and drown yourself
China - Disgusting regards
Germany - With ease
Japan - Go burn (MY BLEACH 2009 CALENDAR!!!)
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
Australia - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt - F***off now
France - In pain

Dear Samantha:
I don't really know how to tell you this, but Your nostrils are insulting. I think I realized it when your dwarf bit me at the Mental Hospital and I saw you ignore Bill Clinton. I'm sure you're cowardly enough to understand that Santa doesn't exist. I'm returning The couch cushions to you, but I'll keep The results of your blood-sample as a memory. You should also know that I Told in my confession today about The apartment building.

Go burn,
Isabella.

haha. GNEHHHH!

this is TEH second quizzz!!!

1. The person who tagged you is?
Yvonne Goh
2. Your relationship with him/her?
Friends. nono, REALLY REALLY GOOD FRIENDS!! :D
3. Your 5 impression of him/her?

uber smart

really tall

really good squashie

freaking loves math (like me!)

dreams REALLY weird dreams

4. The most memorable thing he/she has done for you?
talking about her dream during recess.
5. The most memorable thing he/she had said to you?
uhm, i forgot D: which means, none D: i'm sure there would be in the years to come!
6. If he/she become your lover, you will?
heck myself.
7. If he/she becomes your lover, things he/she has to improve on will be?
heck herself.
8. If he/she becomes your enemy, you will?
heck the rest of my friends.
9. If he/she dies, you will?
heck my life and commit suicide. I STILL NEED HER TO EXPLAIN TOUGH MATH QUESTIONS TO ME!
10. What is it you want to tell he/she now?
YO YVONNE!
11. Your overall impression of he/she?
she's freaking smart, can.
12. How do you think people around you will feel?
ask yee, arina, yvonne, jiale, huiqi, xiaorui, michyy and jiaying.
13.The characters you love of yourself are?
I'M VERY CHEERFUL at times.
14.On the contrary, the characters you hate yourself are?
everything except for being cheerful.
15.The most ideal person you want to be is?
uhm...
16.For people that care and likes you, say something to them.
OOOOOOO HELLO! i like you too!
17.Pass this quiz to 10 people that you wish to know how they feel about you
01. KAREN!
02. yvon.
03. szeling.
04. jiale.
05. arina.
06. yeecheng.
07. jiaying.
08. michyy.
09. brenda.
10. and of course, ZIYING!
18.Who is no.6 {yeecheng} having a relationship with?
no idea.
19.Is no.9 {brenda} a male or a female?
she's not a male, she's not homosexual, so she's female.
20.If no7. {jiaying} and 10 {ziying} are together, will it be a good thing?
no.
21.What is no.2 {yvon} studying all about?
everything in Dunman high.
22.When was the last time you chatted with no.3 {szeling}?
in her blog's tagboard, CONKING KAREN!
23.What kind of music band does no.8 {michyy} likes?
no idea.
24.Does no.1 {karen} have any siblings?
dont think so.
25.Will you woo no.3 {szeling}?
OI! she's only p6! don't dirty her mind!
26.How bout 7 {jiaying}?
no.
27.Is no.4 {jiale} single?
No. she's dating beethoven. (i see a grand piano flying my way)
28.What is the surname of no.5 {arina}?
adom? arina adom right? oh shit, i dont know.
29.What is the hobby of no.10 {ziying}?
i'm not very sure, maybe STUDYING! haha. ziying's gonna kill me.
30.Does no.5 {arina} & 9 {brenda} get along?
they have no idea about the other.
31.Where is no.2 {Yvon} studying at?
Dunman High.
32.Talk about something for no.1 {Karen}?
I LUVVVVVV KARENNNNNNN!
33.Have you tried developing feelings with no.8 {michyy}?
i just realised this is another of those sick quizzes.
34.Where does no.9 live in {brenda}?
haha. in her house. DUH!
35.What colour does no.4 {Jiale} likes?
oh bloody shit. i forgot.
36.Are no.1 {Karen} and 5 {arina} bestfriends?
dont know each other.
37.Does no.1 {Karen} have any pets?
i'm not sure.
38.Is no.7 {jiaying} the sexiest person in the world?
...
39.What is no.10 {ziying} doing now?
she's flying in my head. haha, kidding!

yayy! and you know, i'm currently working on 200 icons so i can beat karen! everytime karen subs in the non-judging breakfast club, always 30, 40 plus icons! i must beat her and make 200 icons! haha. and btw, the non-judging breakfast club is oftenly updated with stuff. and for some reasons, i always update with tutorials :D haha, please go check the non-judging breakfast club out! i think i'm gonna work on my blogskins profile page. a christmas edition! maybe i should borrow the profile codes from someone. i'm a noobie in coding. oh and i forgot to tell you all:
I'M GONNA WATCH TWILIGHT TWICE THIS HOLIDAY!!!:D
once for tuition (this friday) and another during the cello&bass outing!
yayy.
i'm out of things to post.
maybe i'll get some stuff up the next post. like, AHHH! similarities and differences between ISABELLA MAK and ISABELLA SWAN. muahahah. eh wait, i dont think there are any similarities. gnehh heck it. haha. and i said maybe.
off to make my 200 icons!

352 ichiruki goodness is healthy

2008-12-15T00:22:00.007+08:00

i have very very very very good news for all ichiruki fans, and not to leave out, BLEACH FANS! it's about bleach movie 3: fade to black. i want to vent some anger on tonight's dinner, but nevermind, ichiruki goodness is very very healthy, it's driven away my anger :D

this is the so called 'HUG' scene in fade to black.
I WANT TO FAINT ALREADY CAN?!
you dont believe me, check it here then. and read the comments! MY GOD! EVEN IF I AM TO DIE NOW I'LL DIE WITH NO REGRETS!
i can't wait before bleach exile gets the subbed version out, because IT'S FREAKING OUT IN JAPAN ALREADY! I SHOULD HAVE STUDIED HARDER SO I CAN LEARN JAPANESE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HECK THEY ARE SAYING.
damn, my fault.
and you know, rukia's got a new suit! and it's so freaking similar to ichigo's! she's got the roughy, edgy kind of suit, just like ichigo! but it doesnt suit her. i was expecting something really snowy, fairy-like. GNEHHHH. but it's ok. the swords alone can make my day. one black, one white, both have something to do with the moon. ZOMG WHY CAN'T KUBO TITE JUST MAKE ICHIGO AND RUKIA LOVERS?!
i've been fiddling out new colorings with byakuya recently, and byakuya seems to be really please, even with blood on his face. haha. i still can't believe he cuts his hair with senbonzakura.
I ALSO WANT! D:

ok, off to make more new icons and get ready december week 3 goodie bag :D

351 BRACES!!!

2008-12-13T02:38:00.003+08:00

ZOMG I AM GETTING MY BRACES! I LOVE YOU MAMA! i only learnt of it in the night because i forgot to bring my handphone to granny's. ZOMG. but the first appointment is on the 29th, so it's like, just a few more days, school reopens. blehhh. AND I FINALLY GOT HOLD OF SCREEN CAPPING WITH KMPlayer! i screen capped the whole of bleach episode 41! (episode 41 because there are ichiruki moments.) i'm gonna do some bleach animated gif icons soon! zomg can. tomorrow we will be going down to orchard plaza to rejister for tuition. ian would be having sec1 math, while i'll be having physics on sundays! i'll have amath on saturdays and english on mondays! i'm a little worried about physics though. i'm not sure if there's still seats for me D: HOPEFULLY THERE IS! and this whole thing about having tuition on both weekends kinda freaks me out. that leaves me with no time to rest D: i hope 2009 would be as good as 2008, because 2E is seriously the best class ever. but, 3I just doesnt picture a happy class in my head. and what's more, i'm stuck with 3I for 2 years. i really, really hope it'll be good. i hope yee remembers to help me buy my bleach 2009 calendar. at least that might brighten up 2009 a bit.
i'm still trying and practising alot on animation, and i hope i'm improving D: sigh. i would be working on december week 3 goodie bag soon. i think i'll have some wallpapers now. i'm not sure.
and mum said about asking our relatives to our house for christmas again, just with the absense of the christmas tree since EVERYBODY is probably far too solemn for christmas (grandpa's 100th day is on the 20th) i'm not looking forward to christmas. unless if you are talking about my new domain, OH YES. talking about it, i havent finished reading up on php. BLOODY SHIT.

350 change of voting site

2008-12-11T12:44:00.005+08:00

there's a change of url for the voting thingy.http://hosting.sourpopave.com/vote.php oh and, you see the hitsugaya icon? HAHA. I DID IT MYSELF, DUDES. AND I'M NOT KIDDING. i have photoshop CS2!!! but for some reasons, it's hanging. gnehh. gonna try re-installing it. haha. yayy.
MY NEW PHOTOSHOP CS2 IS WORKING!!! ZOMG!

[edit]ZOMG JEREMY GOT INTO CAMPUS SUPERSTAR!!!
and btw, the non-judging breakfast club is now MEMBERS-ONLY.[/edit]
zomg. GO JEREMY!!!

349 fileden [the ultimate idiot]

2008-12-09T21:38:00.004+08:00

Listening to: Last Christmas by Ashley Tisdale
Feeling: pretty idiotic and fed up.

i am here to complain. DAMNIT CAN! i made at least 10 BRUSHES last time (about a year back i guess) and stored it in FILEDEN. then my stupid laptop restarted and for know stupid reason i lost ALL OF MY DOCUMENTS AND ALL MY BOOKMARKS. so i totally forgot where i stored my brushes. then just recently, i realised this FILEDEN thing somewhere, so i was like, eh how come it sounds so familiar! so i check it out and i remembered the layout! I STORED MY BRUSHES HERE! i was like freaking happy and when i logged in, i only found my brushes file TOTALLY EMPTY LIKE SHIT. then i read the FAQ just to realise that if i didnt login for 60 days, they will automatically delete my files away. GONE. ALL GONE. IT'S NOT MY FAULT I DIDNT LOGIN RIGHT?! MY STUPID LAPTOP FAILED ME! and now, all my 10 over brushes, all gone. all my hard work all washed down the drain. I SO FREAKING WANT TO MURDER THE FILEDEN OPERATOR CAN?! so, morale of the story is, DONT CHOOSE FILEDEN TO BE YOU FILE HOSTER. done.
now let's get onto the lighter spirit.
MY BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED!!!
and it was delivered at 8.42pm by some singapore post guy :D SO COOL! IT CAME IN A HUGE CARDBOARD BOX! i'm gonna ransack the box tomorrow after strings sectionals :D and i cleared off all my sec2 books! HOW'S THAT MAN! and the best part was that eunice was smsing me all along, haha, so i wasnt bored one bit! i turned on my phone's mp3 player at the loudest volume too. but tuned it down later on because i was afraid that i wouldnt be able to hear the door bell ring if my books were here (it was stated that it would arrive around 6pm to 9pm). HAHAHAHAHA. how long have i NOT talked to eunice like that? i think 6 months. WOW COOL. i've set a new record! :D heee. eunice isnt going for sectionals tomorrow because she needs to practise for her exam that's coming REAL soon. must be diploma. i'm so lucky to have 2 music prodigies in my life ehh? haha. i'm like shit. haha. oh and, i finally found inspiration for my next skin that i'm going to submit to blogskins! however, i'm not really sure if it would work out. well, it doesnt hurt to try! hopefully it works, because i'm sure that's gonna be one of the unique skins in blogskins! :D
(PS. i've got super glue on my hands D: just because i wanted to secure the diamond on my handphone strap so it wouldn't drop off again. AND OMG JIALE, I FOUND THE DIAMOND! THE ONE UNDERNEATH THE BUTTERFLY! IT DIDNT LAND UP IN SOME TOILET AFTER ALL, IT WAS ALL ALONG IN MY BAG! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!)
yayy.
and on thursday i'm gonna sacrifice my sleeping time and wake up early to go to school to help arina with her P1 picnic thingy for LTC! yayy! i'm such a nice friend arent i? not like jiale.

348 new wallet

2008-12-07T17:01:00.003+08:00

Listening to: Womanizer by Britney Spears
Feeling: bouncy!

I GOT A NEW WALLET!!! (and do you see, it's BYAKUYA in the icon! WHOOSSHHHHHHHH!) and i got an OZOZO GLAM wallet! and it's SNOWY WHITE! it's like, SO DAMN NICE! it's my christmas present from my mum. oh nevermind. my mum broke her record. my christmas presents have never been $20. gnehhh. i'm so happy. and what's more, i found out something new!

DID YOU SEE THAT?! that's so cool!
it's just right! 1 year FREE! and by the time my 1 year is used up, it would be time to study even harder for my O-LEVELS! heeee :D
goodie bags would be up soon, and i was thinking about having stock photos now. stock photos that I TOOK MYSELF. so it should be pretty ok.
yeah. i would be participating in the christmas icon competition ELITE BLOGGER is hosting. submitting 11 entries, but they said i needed to add some text D:
oh and by the way, EUNICE WOULD BE SENDING ME A CHRISTMAS CARD :D:D:D:D:D:D
something must be wrong.
along that line.
HEEEEEE, my mum still havent agreed to let me go sentosa and play volleyball with vanessa, weilin and ziying D:
talking about that, i havent inform ziying.
oh shit.

347 url suggestions

2008-12-05T12:19:00.004+08:00

Listening to: Wherever you will go by The Calling
Feeling: indecisive.

i'm trying to think of urls to name my site. i mean, i was thinking about a few, but i still have to think about my subdomain-ers yeah? i cant have like thatwinterrhapsody.info. then my subdomains would be like xxx.thatwinterrhapsody.info. that's like way too long. i can't be that inconsiderate. i was thinking about seraphrarium, i think that's a really nice one but i dont know what it means, i dont even know if there's such a word. i checked it up the dictionary but couldnt find anything, so, haha, i dont know.
so for now,

thatwinterrhapsody.info

seraphrarium.info

detoxinate.info

i dont know what else. suggestions please?
I HAVE THE COMMENT THINGY ON MY BLOG NOW SO PLEASE GIVE ME SOME SUGGESTIONS ALRIGHT :D
i was thinking of some elements... like plutonium! nono. someone already used plutonium. erm like, (shit i forgot all my elements) titanium and stuff. okok i'm gonna look up periodic table. hey! maybe detoxinate! there's no such word but it'll be cool right! haha.

346 photosss!!!

2008-12-04T23:35:00.002+08:00

Listening to: Out From Under by Britney Spears
Feeling: Fine.

yayyy! i promised pictures, so yes, HERE THEY ARE! actually, not only uncle's wedding pictures. i'll just dump in some other photos too so that i can free some extra space for more photos in my handphone :D

my all-time favourite photo. taken during mgEXPRESSIVO. ziying iLOVEyou!!:D
hopefully we can really get down to sentosa and play volleyball :D

i saw this while i was drying my hair on the morning we had our physics and math paper 1. so i took a picture of it! it was really nice, put i couldnt capture it, so, haha. i think this picture should take some credit for me getting first in class for physics gnehh?
taken on a monday on my way to english tuition. i think it's nice :D but of course, when this sight appears, it can only mean that I'M LATE.
on a wednesday when arina, yee, jiale, eunice and i stayed back to do the summer clothes sale advertisements. yee, jiale, eunice and i stayed back because we wanted to pon strings :D arina was with us because she's ALWAYS with yee, jiale and i. ): arina's not in 3I...
(*emos in one corner*) jiale copied my idea and took a photo of the board too. we had our planning all on the board and it was a masterpiece :D we purposely didnt erase it and the next morning when i reached school it was still there :D
bigger view.
:D
ARINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
i took this on my way back to granny's house. for some reasons, i really like this photo alot. maybe storing it in stock photos.
heee, i really dont know how i got this one. anybody recognise where this is? :D
STRINGS CAMP DAY 1! (of course it's day 1. i didnt go for day 2 and 3. *i can hear jiale screaming*) yayyy. before the concert!
i'm really, really excited about how the IR's gonna turn out. really really love it's architecture.
i went crazy.
the heck-the-spectacles photo with yee.
:D
uncle's wedding! the view from outside of the ballroom that's suppose to conduct my uncle's wedding dinner. oh btw, it's swiss hotel :D 5 star***** hotel ehhhh!!!
my brother. FOREVER with his DS. i love reflections :D
i found another similarity between my brother and i. both of us are not photogenic D:
i like this photo and hate it at the same time. HOW COME MY BROTHER IS TALLER THAN ME IN THIS PHOTO!?
gnehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. love this.
:D
haha, i was planning to photoshop this but hadnt really the mood to. love LOVE LOVE REFLECTIONS!
heeeee. can you see me?
i have no idea since when i have become such a camwhore. D: this is in the toilet.
TEDDY BEARS!
MY BROTHER LOOKS LIKE HE JUST GRADUATED FROM ACSI!!!! :D
yayyy :D
one day ago (from 22112008) i was right in one of the durian heads listening to the china winnie the pooh play his violin.
look! look! my 4th uncle and auntie!
I WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKING THEM KISSING >(
teh grand piano. i played old french song by tchaikovsky there! (because it's the only song i remember when i was there) the freaking piano didnt have a chair! and i have to stoop really low to get the pedal! !!@#$%^&*(&^%$#@! i hear jiale screaming.
my dad trying to play the piano. but he doesnt know how to :D my mum isnt musically-inclined, my dad isnt musically-inclined, my brother isnt musically-inclined and i have no idea why i can still play the piano. no wonder i'm so bad at it. i'm from the family of anti-musically-inclined-people.
night!
i've seen this somewhere before in some previous wedding. can't remember whose. but this is better :D want to know why?
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BECAUSE THEY COME WITH FREE GRAPES AND STRAWBERRIES!! yes, corny. i know.
inside! look at the candles!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. (stares in awe)
it's a fake cake, idiots.
:D
another grand piano that sucks because i couldnt play moonlight sonata on it. the keys got stuck D:
yayyyyy!!!!!!!!!!
the VIP table. I DONT GET OT SIT ON IT >( not even my mum because she's the daughter. gender inequality in practise here.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's one of the 2 gifts. A TEDDY BEARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :D so cute right! the other is a really really nice keychain. my uncle chose it, of course nice luhh! my uncle works in a advertising firm eh!
talk about refraction. MUAHAHHAHAHAHA physics :D
we( ian, jiong yang, wan ning and i) plucked the roses from the candle stands (Even though we were given some beforehand) and threw at my uncle and auntie. this was 1/4 of the mess we made. :D and it's only 1/4!!!
the first dish. (After) we were trying to get this before and after shots of our food but failed.
yayyyy! my family is on the right!
took this from my house on a gloomy morning. :D
after piano, on bus 28 back to granny's.
part of my room (and my brother's room)! spot the things!
1. flowers shuba gave me for EXPRESSIVO.
2. THE PACT by Jodi Picoult
3. THE CLICK FIVE HAND charlotte gave me when she went for the click five concert
4. insect repellant (that doesnt work)
5. self-made calendar
6. teddy bears from uncle's wedding hugging my favourite version of 2E's class photo.
7. my thumbdrive
8. MEP list of tracks we need to listen for 2008
9. kungfu panda figurine i won from mg rainbow carnival
10. MEP textbook :D
i seem to really love shots like this. on 970 yesterday on my way to school for strings sectionals.

yayy! photos up! feel so happy :D i hate holiday homework D:
i'm not sure when i would change my skin, but i really, really have no inspiration now.
haha.
AND I'M DEAD SET ON TAKING COMPOSITION FOR MEP. IF ONLY I CAN'T MANAGE IT WILL I CHANGE TO PERFORMANCE.
screw performance.

345 hatred.

2008-12-03T15:18:00.006+08:00

Listening to: Crush by David Archuleta
Feeling: terrible

my stomach hurts like god knows what can. regina has been tutoring me about domain stuffies and it's going pretty well (although i'm still trying to wreck my head over php). that's the thing about domains. i cant just whip up some blogger template and wheesh it in. you need all those headers, footers, FTP, Control Panel, php, html, css and i dont know what's more. i never knew getting a free domain still need to study first D: ohoh, and i got this from doughnutcrazy's blog.
HATE IS JUST A WORD FOR SOMEBODY YOU LOVE BUT NO LONGER BELIEVE IN.
it's really true though. haha. so if you hate me, i'm really sorry about that. i managed to forget all the hatred and am starting to accept 3I, yeah. so if you are willing to forget your hatred towards somebody, and managed to do so, please thank me by voting for me!

i'm sorry i have to put this thing up. i mean, it's really colourful and stuff. it'll colourise my dull blog. i kinda realise my recent skins are all dark and gloomy. even inkSPLASH said that it would be nicer if i added some colours to NONCHALENCE. you know, maybe being a psychologist isnt so bad after all. psychologists are doctors, so when crisis strikes (like SARS, dengue fever and all sorts of monetary crisis) i would continue to earn money :D that's what my mum said, after i got my posting results on uncle's wedding day. and my uncle said, "girl, i'm so proud of you. you never let me down (i went to mgs also partly because my uncle wanted me to go) and this time you even got into triple science! i will have to call you DOCTOR MAK SOON!"
*rolls eyes*
ok, so sectionals today. it was like, NOT SECTIONALS AT ALL CAN. out of 2 hours only 15 minutes spent practising. or may i correct myself, PLAYING THROUGH THE PIECES. we just played for fun in case rachel came in. but we already had a plan, like to say we are having a break when she comes in catching us lazing around :D we had bonding time for the rest of the 1 hour and 45 minutes! and we all started taking out all our phones (zehwee, jiaying and i have the same phone!) and sending tracks. i sent love story by taylor swift to jiaying and charlotte and kidnap by heart by the click five to jiaying. jiaying sent me womanizer by britney spears :D and then all of a sudden rachel opened the door (let me show you our sitting arrangement)

yeah, we were all with our phones so we were caught unaware. but with jiale and joyce blocking the door rachel couldnt come in any further even though she tried. i hid my phone under my lap, the others i dont know where, but claire immediately lied down on the floor to cover her phone :D it was really funny when rachel asked whether we would want the violins to come in on not and we all were like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO". haha. poor violin 2s. they have to practise until 12 all the way from 9.30! to make me look nice i told xiaorui her skin will be up next week. haha. (MY STOMACH HURTS D:)
ethrisha didnt come because she thought sectionals were on friday and was sleeping when micchy called her. the whole bunch of violas weren't here so we called zehwee, joyce and sarah over to have sectionals with us. i know that eunice didnt come because she didnt know there were sectionals and that she had tuition but the rest i dont know :D steph didnt come too D: AND MICCHY BROUGHT THE JELLY BEANS SHE BOUGHT FROM U.S! it was damn nice can! i tried to find strawberry cheesecake and finally found it. it seems that jiaying loves that flavor only! haha :D
also, WE ARE HAVING LOWER STRINGS OUTING ON 22ND DECEMBER!!! we will be watching twilight at some orchard cathay cinema. but claire cant come because she is going to korea. we were going crazy over twilight :D micchy (if i am not wrong) is going to book the tickets online and stuff. i'll send the email of all the details on jiaying's behalf (and ask people to vote for me at the same time) xD gnehhhh. yeah. it's quite a good thing to look forward to. haha.
i seriously hope i can get a free domain.
HEEE! and i should tell you that, I WONT BE DOING CLASS DEDICATIONS ANYMORE.
i stopped at maya and for some reasons could not write to andrea. so i stopped.
UNCLE'S WEDDING PHOTOS WILL BE UP TOMORROW. I PROMISE.
i'm currently working on december week 2 goodie bag :D

344 VOTE FOR ME PLEASE!

2008-12-02T10:47:00.005+08:00

Listening to: seventeen forever by Metrosport
Feeling: REALLY EXCITED AND HAPPY!

PLEASE VOTE FOR ME!!!!!
JUST 3 CLICKS TO LIGHT MY DAY!!!
a free domain was what i have always wanted. i was so elated, happy, shocked, surprised, crazy, insane, psychotic......(and the lists goes on) when this kind person, karla, gave me the chance to be one of the 7 websites to be chosen for the poll! all thanks to regina for telling me about this christmas special.

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you(the domain) for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you(the domain)

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
And I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree

I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day (but karla and YOU would if you vote for me!)

I just want you(the domain) for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you(the domain!!!)

I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow
And I, I just wanna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe

I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for St. Nick
I won't even stay awake
To hear those magic reindeer click

Cause I just want you(the domain) here tonight
Holding onto me so tight
What more can I do
Oh baby, all I want for Christmas is you(the domain)

All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of childrens'
Laughter fills the air

And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me
The one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby(the domain) to me, quickly

I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just wanna see my baby(the domain)
Standing right outside my door

I just want you(the domain) for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby, all I want for Christmas is you(the domain)

All I want for Christmas is you, baby
AND OF COURSE I WANT YOU DOMAIN!

in conclusion, 3 clicks to my happiness and my christmas present.
i promise 100 icon textures, 2 more skins, 20 textures, more tutorials, at least 2 brushes, and a new skin for my site, JUST IF YOU CAN SACRIFICE 2 MINUTES AND 3 CLICKS!

343 photoshop craz!!

2008-11-30T01:01:00.011+08:00

Listening to: Money Honey by State of Shock
Feeling: pretty fine, i guess.

ohohohohoh! there's like updates everyday now :D but i'll probably try not to hook up on my laptop too much since i realised i still have plenty of homework to do, ok let's say I HAVEN'T STARTED ON ANY.
TEH GOODIE BAG IS UP :D
i had quite a lot of fun making the goodie bag :D they're textures. ohhh YEAHHHHHHH :D ohh and, i've improved on editing pictures! i'm about to show you!
PS. you can clik on the images to get a larger view.
EDITED PICTURE 1

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i brightened up avril's face, gave her longer lashes, bigger pupils, changed her eye colour, highlighted her hair(like her current one), gave her some shimmery green eyeshadow, some blusher, made her nose slightly slightly slightly smaller and gave her some lip gloss! of course i did smooth out her face. you probably can't tell much difference because avril herself has PERFECT complexion. (jealous jealous)

EDIT PICTURE 2

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gave avril longer eyelashes (i just seem to have this thing about long eyelashes), highlighted her hair, darken her eye colour, smooth her face out, give her larger pupils, gave her shimmery grey eye shadow and brightened up her face.

yeah. i'm quite proud of myself. i edited another picture. but i'm afraid if i put it up i'll scare all my classmates, yee and jiale alike, away. i edited the photo that jiale and i took on mgROCS trip. yeah. in order to prevent you from having nightmares, NO. i'm not putting it up. i cant even believe that [the edited photo] is me. look, HOW WONDERFUL MY PHOTOSHOP SKILLS ARE NOW :D SO GOOD TO THE EXTENT THAT I CANT RECOGNISE MYSELF WHEN I EDIT MY PHOTO.
kidding. :D