Street Rose

2011-06-07T21:17:00.008+08:00

I swear my blood pressure shoots up and a heart attack is just waiting round the corner every time I watch Supernatural.

Cute or what
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But after each episode ends, I find my fingers sneaking towards the keyboard and selecting the next episode.
Oh, the lengths I go for you, Winchesters.

2011-06-05T21:11:00.001+08:00

Graduation & UGA

I like how every time my lecturers ask the guys if they have found a job, they'd be like, "yeah!"

"Oh really? Who's your employer/What job?"
"Government service! For the next 2 years! "

Graduation ceremony on Friday was kinda hilarious. Sunglasses, doc martens/funky shoes planking on stage with hundreds of people watching, pulling out wands à la Harry Potter for a grad ceremony? You'll only get it at design school. :D

Photo courtesy of The Design Show

Stepping into the studio for the last time as a design student. D:

The only photo I had with Mom & Fiona and it was blurred. :(

Congrats to Jfat!

Temp work at the Uniformed Guides Adventure from Monday to Wednesday. It's like a race/camp thingy for sec 3 kids.
Had to wake up at 5 in the morning everyday but it's okay! I had fun. :)

Registration followed by a trip to Pulau Ubin.

Distributing eggs for the kids to cook their own meals!

Dunman High School for the next 2 days. Kids having fun at laser tag. Omg they were so cute. :D

Steamboat with some classmates at Bugis yesterday before heading to St James.

Powerhouse has gotta do something about their sound system man. My ears are still buzzing after an entire day. Sheesh.

2011-05-25T00:33:00.000+08:00

"If you can drive in Sri Lanka, you can drive anywhere"
Sri Lanka was awesome.

Arrived in Colombo at 4am to a huge storm. Checked in and promptly fell asleep. Jet lag (although it's only a 2 hour difference) is a bitch.
We spent the first day mostly taking in the sights.

Their temples are so beautiful and the carvings are so intricate.

Dad went for some business thingy the next day so Fiona and I checked out the MAS garment factory with Aunt Nimi's secretary. Back to the hotel then dinner with Dad.

Aunt Nimi & Nikita came to pick us up for lunch. :)

Salads everyday too. Healthy living ... if not for the fact that they are accompanied by really heavy main dishes. I'm not complaining. Okay maybe I am. :/

Checked out the next day, hopped onto Ruvinda's car and we were off to the mountains!

The way they serve scrambled eggs in Sri Lanka is so cute. In a mound on top of a piece of toast.

Bottle feeding the baby elephants. Well, it wasn't exactly a baby. Adolescent, maybe.

You will never see elephants trundling down the streets in Singapore. Or huge dollops of elephant poo

Pretty nervous here cos the elephants were sort of nudging me until the keeper commanded them to stay still. The keeper told me to turn around to take a photo and I was like 'whaaaat. I'm not taking my eyes off them.'

Wuss.

Up up here we go go.

Reached the Mackwoods tea factory at the Labookellie estates. Took a tour around the factory.

Having tea at the Tea Centre after a warm welcome from the manager, Mr Dulip. I don't really know how to spell his name. I'm just assuming.

Then to the resort (which Uncle Nissanka & Aunt Nimi kindly invited us to stay for the night) which was just next to the tea factory!

I love this place. I could stay there forever.

Dad & Fiona lounging in the backyard with the mist shrouding the mountains.

Had a game of pool with Ruvinda ( he trashed me. D: ) & it was dinner time.

One thing I do not like about the entire trip? As mentioned above, I was stuffed with food. (Glorious glorious food, anyhow.) Hahahaha. They served us 4-5 courses for almost every single meal. Don't get me started on the buffets. Our meals were provided at the beach resort and were all buffet style. I never want to see a buffet spread for the next 5 months.

Dawn. Fiona & I woke up at 5.30 to catch the sunrise but we realised that it was obstructed by another mountain. == It's still really nice to be up at dawn in the mountains with the chilly, refreshing air.

The chef was up early as well and immediately asked if we wanted coffee or tea when he saw us. Impeccable service. And very heartwarming.

Yes. I know.

My bath with a viewwwwwwww. How awesome is that :DDDDD Fiona had to keep a lookout for me though, in case the housekeeper or chef decided to take a stroll through the backyard. :p

The common room.

Having breakfast with Fiona, Ruvinda and Daddy.
I had fruit & cereal. Enough of the heavy meals.

Presenting the man who whipped up the our smashing dinner & breakfast! Taken by Ruvinda. Think it's a really nice photo!

With the chef. & Queen Elizabeth. Lol. Prince Phillip was on the other side.

Okay. Fail. Really like the clock though!

We left after a brief visit to the tea plantations.

Lovely Race Course road with the meadows and horses. Dad says he'd like to retire here. I would love to as well.

The road up from Kandy to the Tea Country was quite smooth but we took a different route down and let's just say I never want to go through that again.
Did I mention I have mild motion sickness ...?

Hindu temple on the mountains. With a troupe of monkeys.

After a 7 hour drive with a maniac driver aka Ruvinda (Hahahaha I kid), we got to the Taprospa Resorts and Spas!

The resort is by the beach. I love the beaaachhhhhh~

Vesak Day procession. Apparently, Vesak Day is huge there. They have processions with elephants, dancers, monks and free food & drinks are given out along the streets.

Dressed up elephant.

Thanks to Uncle Nissanka and family for the great trip, accommodation and for taking us around despite their busy schedule. :)

2011-05-16T01:23:00.003+08:00

I had a fantastic time but it's good to be home. :)

2011-05-14T00:57:00.003+08:00

Hello from Sri Lanka!

Finally managed to get internet connection after like 4 days. There was a problem with the set up in the first hotel we stayed in, and after that there just really wasn't time.

Sri Lanka has been great. The people too. I've been in the city, up in the mountains and am now at a beach resort! Some of the places, like the mountains, are breathtakingly beautiful. Missing Singapore though. My bed, actually. Hahaha.

I could be at a beach party now but Dad doesn't really approve. Ohhhhh well. :(

2 more days & I'll be back in SG!

2011-05-08T00:13:00.002+08:00

I'm still astounded by how people can cling on to blind faith without an actual basis of which they believe in, oblivious to what's happening around them while staunchly embedded in past glory.

Workers Party, People's Action Party, Singapore Democratic Party, National Solidarity Party...

Well, I just... Party.

Right, & Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there and especially to the one in the living room who is now flipping the channels between the elections and her Korean drama. Haha.

2011-04-28T10:11:00.003+08:00

It's 10 in the morning now. I came home at almost 7. Couldn't sleep. Watched Monsters Inside Me on Animal Planet.

HUGE MISTAKE.

I'm so frickin' squeamish now. Just saw how a guy had botfly larvae pulled out of his head. Oh gross. I swear to go to a doctor immediately if I ever, ever, ever have bumps on my skin which bleed and 'move'.

On a less disgusting note, I'll be heading to Sri Lanka with Dad and Fiona in about 10 days!

2011-04-18T23:55:00.006+08:00

This is it.

My graduation show was on last Friday and after this, I guess I won't be furthering my studies just yet. I'm totally not prepared for a life that does not comprise school after having been a student for more than a decade.
Gone are the days where the only weight that rested on my shoulders was the next submission. 3 years in an institution where despite the stress and crap, I've grown to adore. Not because of the school itself, mind you. Heh. More of the friends and the design spirit. ( Design students are snobby assholes who think we're better than all the other schools, by the way. That's why we go all out to annoy the heck out of them during camps which is completely illogical to anyone but ourselves. :))

After the designers walked the stage and when we were all backstage, some were cheering and some were tearing.I realised that this was it. The end of long hours in school (by long I mean 15 hours kind of long), daily trips to Cheers, running to the studios of other courses, long lunch breaks at the bbu, camps, all that and more, seem to have been like a dream in the way it has passed so quickly.

The memories of the first day I stepped in TDS for the orientation camp is still clearly etched in my head. Hell, I even remember what I wore. Year 1 was probably a breeze compared to the other 2 years. The latest I stayed in school was 7-8pm and we were going to town every other day.

Year 2 was crazy shit cos we were all starting to go in depth into our courses. I sucked at sewing ( Still suck at it now, just not as much) and ADP was hell.

Year 3 was relatively easier since we had gotten used to the pace of the course. Then there was SIP, and FYP.

I guess I really did muddle through most of the 3 years and voila, graduated. It's weird to hear myself called a graduate cos I still think of our seniors as the graduates.

But yeap, despite the complaining and all, I'll miss you TDS.

Temasek Design School - The Design Show 2011 (Vivo City 08 April 2011)

Reached Vivo at 5 in the morning and did all the preparation work (putting up booths, steaming clothes etc)
Was at Gabby's place for the night watching Alice in Wonderland, painting our nails and sewing all the finishing on our garments.

Backstage at the amphitheatre before the show started.

With Belle & Gabs!

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

& the show begins!

Some photos friends of my course mates took cos we were all backstage

Gorgeous works from my coursemates.:)

Designers

Mine and Pris's boards

My group's (Chassis) booth at level 1.

HEE.

Retail and visual merchandiser Wenhui!

ADM girls with Jay one of our lecturers!

Evy:)

& "my first friend in ADM" JiaJia. Lol

Baby!

& the unexpected bunch of friends who stuck together after camp despite being in different courses. :)

2011-04-16T06:25:00.004+08:00

Graduated a week ago. I see a bleak future. Gonna fantasize about striking lottery/ marrying a rich guy / finding five million bucks in my account and travelling the world starting with Darwin, Australia so I can swim with my crocs.

Goodnight.

2011-03-28T23:59:00.000+08:00

I'm laughing so hard now my sides ache.
Cos of the 2 ~~retards~~ girls I adore so much.

I'm gonna miss our daily trips to Cheers.
Slacking sessions at the BBU.
Crazy nonsensical fun that only we understand.

Love y'all.

2011-03-24T17:33:00.005+08:00

I just sleeptweeted.
Dreamt of Fiona tweeting about her presentation at school only to hear her talking about it when she came home in the afternoon. I was like, "waaaaiiittt a minute. You didn't tweet about it, did you?" Heck, I don't even remember waking up to check my phone at all.

Had my final photoshoot last Saturday and it was a pretty good shoot. I can't wait to see the photos! :D

Was down at Cafe Del Mar yesterday with Belle & Qinying. The weather was kind to us for once. The weather's been insane lately but it was nice & hot yesterday. I got a tan! Got home, chilled for a while before heading to Phuture.

Today was a lazy day of sleeping at 7am, waking up at 2pm, tv watching and making excuses to convince myself that there's always tomorrow and next week to alter my garments for the runway. The Design Show starts on 8 April 2011 at Vivo City anyway! With the opening and fashion show starting at 7pm at the Amphitheatre Level 3!

Will be working at Forlino tomorrow evening for an event & watching all the happy party people streaming into Butter. :(

2011-03-14T23:59:00.000+08:00

If I'm buried in work at school, I wanna stay home and be a couch potato.
If I'm stuck at home cos it rains, I wanna go out. Or I feel like I should be doing something productive.
If I'm out, I wanna stay home and be a couch potato again. (Supernatural!)

What the heck do I want?

Was supposed to be out hunting for my photoshoot location again but I decided against it cos it was raining. Nice places in Singapore are hard to come by. Or they come with a price. :(
I got pretty restless throughout the day. Watched TV, did a couple of sketches, tried looking for possible locations online.

Looking for an artist's studio or just a plain warehouse. How hard can that get. ==
And my photoshoot is just days awayyyyy. Damn.

Oh, my dad's so absorbed in his Chinese cookbook now, it's funny. My Dad makes awesome Chinese cuisine. My Mom is great with Western dishes. Who says I can't have the best of both worlds? 8)

2011-03-10T23:59:00.000+08:00

Fuckyeah FYP's over.
Almost. Just the preparations for the dip show now. Reworking and shit. Oh, and my re-shoot.

Which is a total ~~excuse~~ cause for celebration!
Phuture yesterday night right after ee aka external examination/critique. Headed to the beach today with Belle but it HAD to rain. :( Had steamboat at Parkway's Crystal Jade and chilled at East Coast after.

Which thus explains how I nearly spent a week's allowance in say, 2 days. :c

Anywayz, I'm now totally hooked on Supernatural. I know I'm like years late since it started running since 2005 or something. But dayum, it's awesome shit. ♥

2011-03-01T00:27:00.004+08:00

HIRING

Elves who can magically sew up and attach the lining to my garments overnight.
No age limit.
No interview needed.

Payment: Loads of love, hugs and kisses. And Teh Ping from design school.

All the other people from other courses are submitting their FYP. Envious muchhhh. Submission's on Wed but our work doesn't end til the diploma show cos there's still model casting and reworking to be done. Having another shoot as well. Fmllllllllllllllllll.

On a brighter note, my lazy beach days are drawing nearer! :D

2011-02-22T22:34:00.002+08:00

Trip to Guangzhou = Money
Fabric = Money
Accessories = Money
Photoshoot (Model, photographer, mua) = Money
Printing = Money
Tailor = Money

FYP = LOADS OF MONEY = BIG BIG BIG HOLE IN MY WALLET

2011-02-17T23:34:00.002+08:00

I started making a schedule for fyp nearly 2 weeks ago. I am a highly disorganized person & I take things as they come, not really bothering to make plans or whatsoever. So I figured that making a list would help me focus and plan my time. I know it's a little too late since it's nearing the end of fyp but better late than never right? Especially when this is the last lap.

Making a list of things to do each day does help in a way, I guess. It deters me from slacking off because my goal would be to strike off every single task for that day. Gives a great sense of satisfaction. :)

I didn't complete all the tasks today but it's okay. I'll catch up tomorrow.

1 week to the submission deadline. Completion of garments, model casting, photo shoot, new illustrations.

Remember. to. breathe.

2011-02-03T19:45:00.000+08:00

Back from visiting.
Happy New Year

Cousin's girlfriend thought we were twins.

It's funny how distant we are from our cousins now when we used to go crazy playing catching together at my aunt's place. Awkward turtles now.

Somehow reunion dinners and the visiting seems to have lost their intent as the years pass. We eat, try to make small talk (with Fiona having to endure comments that artists will not survive), then focus my attention on whatever the tv happens to be playing at the time. It's like more of an obligation which revolves around the word 'tradition'. And of course, for the kids to get their red packets (Heh).

I'm not saying this is true for all families. There were a lot of jokes and chatter going on with my maternal family during our reunion dinner which is kinda ironic since I see a lot more of the paternal side of my family.

Just sayin'. Gonna enjoy the break from fyp! :)

2011-02-01T01:16:00.000+08:00

Hate the flu.

Went to Yum Cha on Saturday with friends and my taste buds refused to work. The little buggers went on strike which left me unable to enjoy all that good food I was putting in my mouth. D:

Headed to school to get stuff before meeting the rest of my primary school mates to go to Eugin's funeral. I was pretty awkward but seeing his mother made me want to cry myself.

" It was an accident. You should not feel sad. He was a good person and he will go to heaven. You can go and see him. He looks very peaceful."

The very fact that she was trying to console us despite being in grief was heartbreaking. The dead pass on but what about the living, left behind to mourn the loss of a loved one?

I saw Eugin in the coffin. She was right. He did look peaceful, like he could be sleeping.

We sat around the table, reminiscing the past, the jokes and fun we shared in primary school, the teachers and other classmates. But it felt a little weird, because one of us was lying, unknowing, just metres away.

2011-01-29T00:19:00.002+08:00

I never knew the last words we exchanged would be you wishing me a happy birthday on my wall.
This doesn't seem real. The name on the news seems like another unfortunate person. The text I got this afternoon feels like a practical joke and my mind still hasn't registered the fact that you're gone.

No doubt you've changed a lot but you'll always be the tubby adorable little boy to us. You will be missed. Rest In Peace, Eugin.

2011-01-26T00:06:00.003+08:00

Cramming for my test for cross cultural psychology now. It's been ages since I last studied for a test and it takes a little getting used to since design school doesn't have exams.

I wish I was a sponge. So I could absorb every damned word in the textbook. Or a cow.

Absorb. Digest. Regurgitate.

2011-01-23T22:00:00.000+08:00

I am such a wimp I cannot stand myself.
I had an inner battle yesterday night and obviously the wuss in me won.
Screw it.

2010-12-15T23:06:00.004+08:00

Just a random thought while I was on the long bus journey home from school.

If and when I die (hopefully not too soon cos there are a lot of things I've yet to do)

I want to be cremated. I don't want to decay in the ground. The ashes could be scattered in the sea. Which is really kinda cliche but I likey.
No wailing singers like the one at my grandmother's funeral. I would jump out of my coffin and chase her off. RnB please! Or at least Collin Raye.
I want loads and loads of flowers. No chrysanthemums though. They're only good for making chrysanthemum tea. Sunflowers are good. :)
Please shut the lid of the coffin. I don't want people to look at my pale lifeless face.
I want a pretty white coffin.
Don't burn the paper LV bags that are everywhere. LV is overrated. Maybe Dolce and Gabbana. Or Cavalli. :)))
I don't really want to lie at a void deck or out in the open for days where roaches can lay their grubby feelers on me.
People should wear nice clothes to the funeral. No baggy white T-shirts and even baggier blue cotton pants which are the norm for Chinese funerals.
There will be chocolates instead of melon seeds and peanuts on the tables because chocolates make people happy.
Stray cats are quite welcomed.

Dayum. I think fyp/the lack of sleep is really getting to me.

2010-11-21T23:27:00.001+08:00

Well, it's been an exhausting week. I've hardly had a break and even today I was at Ashley's place trying to sew up my skirt. Nobody ever told me getting a diploma cert was this hard. Everyone's wishing that this would be over soon. :(

I did have a day off on Wednesday because the studio wasn't opened and I went to Butter after school yesterday. But partying loses some of its fun when you have the burden of work weighing heavily on your mind.

I met Ashley and Xin Kai for dinner on Wednesday. MOF has nice food and a good ambience for talking with friends. We took a stroll along Marina Bay Sands afterward. I'm so in love with the place. The bridge thingy. With the breathtaking view. :))))

On another note, I watched Animal Planet today and it featured this guy with a lion he brought up. It kinda made me miss Kitty a lot and I wish she didn't run away. I miss the way I sometimes woke up to her snuggling against me or licking my face and how she liked to put her paw on my nose. I even miss her bites. Okay, maybe I don't. But still, I keep hoping she'd be outside waiting for me to open the door someday.

2010-11-09T12:25:00.000+08:00

'Wanted' at Attica

Spent Halloween at Clarke Quay. Got dressed up as a cavewoman!
The night would have been fun if it weren't so packed but I guess it can't be helped. Everyone wants a slice of the Halloween fun.

Marie & Qinying the Wa-loli girls. :D

Mad the cowgirl. :)

The cowgirl, the cave woman, the bunny girl & the muay thai boxer.

Wanted to take a picture with the chicken but the photographer failed & the chicken didn't wanna take another one. :(

Harry Potter & tribal chief!

With the chilli crab who invited us to take a bite out of his pincer.

Really good Willy Wonka who was totally into his role!

Maybe I should be the pepper crab next year. HAH.

2010-10-28T17:34:00.002+08:00

Okay so it's been almost a week since I was back from Guangzhou but I didn't really have time to update.

Guangzhou was great by the way ! Cheap stuff & good food! Was at the fabric market for 4 out of the 5 days cos it's so fucking huge you can't finish walking through even in 3 days. The weather was kinda nice in the last couple of days cos it started turning cold!

We go to China!
(w/ pics from isabelle, ashley, joey and sheena. :))

Gorgeous view of the sunrise! Our flight was 6.20 in the morning ya.

With Joey & Luvenia while on the plane. :)

We had Jap food in the hotel after checking in. This was some half cooked pigeon egg which nobody dared to touch.

While waiting for our lecturer.
We made such a mess at the Japanese restaurant where we held our consultation after dinner.

Fucking awesome street food ! Grilled squid & chicken. & with a pile of samples in hand.
Guangzhou's fabric market is great cos there are like rows and rows and samples for your taking whereas in Singapore the shopkeepers are really reluctant to even give you scraps.

Super cheap salmon sashimi which cost S$8 per plate.

Zhongda fabric market. Crazy shit market where nobody gives way and carts swerve all around you. It was like playing dodge ball. There could be 10 to 15 bicycles/carts loaded with fabric jammed in one area and everyone was screaming at each other to move on. And it happens really often. I was stuck in the jams like countless times.

We wanted to cross the road and our security guard led us to the fence. I got a shock when he totally jumped over the fence and expected us to follow suit. I am not as nimble okay. And I was wearing a skirt. We squeezed ourselves against the fence and walked next to the vehicles driving past. FUCKING SCARY.

Ah Wei, our security guard in blue. :))

More fooodddd. Sheena with some middle eastern pastry thing and grilled meat on skewers!

Dinner at some chinese eatery opposite the hotel.

This is like the best damn thing ever. Meat pastries 肉饼！

冰糖葫芦! Candied fruit. Found it in their 7-11. HEE.

Shopping trip! On the ride to the dim sum place for breakfast on the second last day.

With Ashley & Gabby.

Table full of glorious dim summmmm.

I always wanted to try this. Osmanthus cake aka gui hua gao.

A single pau.

Ashley & Joey!

HEHEHE.

Somewhere near the dimsum place at Shang Xia Jiu.

We were supposed to look for accessories for our models but we ended up buying stuff for ourselves.

A woman was selling this on the street. Omfg so cute!

Sheena eating this awesome durian puff thing. It has this thin layer of pastry skin with durian cream and cake inside.

Belle, Xin Kai and I walked down one of the alleyways with street food and more shops on the last night!

Dinner at some eatery. I thought 猪仔饼 (猪means pig) had pork in it but it turned out like this. Okay so I have atrocious mandarin.

Goodbye Guangzhou, with your cheap stuff and food. :(

Back to Singapore!

2010-10-18T00:26:00.002+08:00

Okay 6 more hours and I'm off to Guangzhou! Will be there to check out the fabric market with my coursemates. Back on Friday.

Been working and partying hard for the past week. Final year project proposals and everything. Wilson's birthday at butter on Wed. Butter iz awesomez. :)) Supper with Belle on Friday and Leslie's birthday at St James on Saturday.

Whyyyy can't they give us one more week of holidays?! I'm not ready to face the truckload of work waiting for me when I come back from China.

Bah okay. Gonna catch a few winks before heading to the airport later.

2010-10-08T01:21:00.004+08:00

There isn't really much point to this post except to say that

HELL YEAH INTERNSHIP IS OVER.

Okay, almost. I still have one final presentation to my boss tomorrow before it officially ends. That being said, I'm still kinda sad to leave the store cos the people there have been awesome. Thanks for showing us the ropes and being ever so patient with us. Love y'all. :)))))

FYP comes straight after this but who cares. I'll worry about it on Monday.

Okay bye. Back to my presentation.

2010-10-02T01:25:00.005+08:00

Ohmygod I wanna do this so frickin bad.

Image Source: http://www.crocosauruscove.com/cageofdeath

'Cage of Death'. Darwin City, Australia.

That croc is so huge it could chomp you in half.
So gonna do this. Maybe after graduation. Fuckyeah.

2010-09-21T22:09:00.000+08:00

Concept concept concept.

Every bloody god damned thing has a concept.

I have a concept.

But the way I look at it is so superficial.

I'm stuck.

Delve deeper. But HOW?

& I'm fuckin tired. Sewing the 4 garments is like a never ending chore. I go to school in the morning all bright and fresh and I come home stony faced. :(

2010-09-19T23:38:00.009+08:00

I confess.

I have a potty mouth. I've had one since I was Primary Five. Just that it was well kept under wraps when I came home.

Not that my mom cares now even when I let the occasional 'fuck' slip out of my mouth. I remember how she would stop us from even calling each other (Fiona & I) stupid cos 'we weren't that smart ourselves'.

I'm glad to have a Mom like mine. She's one of the most open minded mothers I know. There really isn't much I don't tell her. I could tell her I'm going clubbing for two days straight and she'd be like, "Okay." Provided that I don't have work/school early the next day, of course.

My mom iz coolz.

She said she'd rather allow us the freedom and know where we are going rather than have us lie to her. Which kinda makes sense.
"You would still go even if I said you couldn't, right?"

Tell me, which mum would ever tell you to "get a double bed (when we move in the near future) so that it's more practical when your boyfriend comes over at night?"

Or "I never expected you to be a virgin once you were over the age of 17/18. But if you ever do it, please use protection."

Or text "Have a good time tattoo-ing" to Fiona when she decided to get a tattoo on her ankle on her 19th birthday.

Or "I can't tell you not to smoke because I can't quit smoking either. Just limit yourself if you do, because it's not healthy."

Not many. Right? Right? Some might just tell their kids an outright no without further explanation. Which leads to the kid wanting to do it even more.

I cannot even imagine what my paternal aunt would do if she found out I party like hell. Probably give me the scolding of my life. Or call me everyday just to make sure I'm home by 8. (Yes, she does that sometimes. And I'm turning 19! ) Yeah, she's kinda traditional in that way.

So yep, to the best damn Mom in the world, Happy belated birthday. :)))

We had dinner on her birthday at Vivo at White Dog Cafe which has like the best salad, awesome prawn bisque and lovely battered shrooms. :D The desserts looked so luscious but we were too full to have any. :(

On a completely different note,
I want to dye my hair a honey golden brown. Whoots. :)

2010-09-16T02:48:00.005+08:00

Just got back home not too long ago.

Met Mad and Belle at Orchard Central after doing work at school. We made an impromptu decision to hit the clubs. Had dinner at some Jap restaurant (Wantami ? Watami? Idk.) first. Good food makes me a happy girl. :) Tonight was kinda fun cos we clubhopped around Clarke Quay. :D

Arena, Attica, Rebel, Zirca.

All that despite me making a promise to myself to rest well tonight so that I can concentrate on sewing tomorrow. Sigh.

I don't even know why I like partying so much. I think I was born with it. My mommy said I danced on tables in restaurants when I was a kid. HAHAHAHA. Attention whore.

Oh by the way, it's not cos of my parents and stuff that I keep partying. I just like to have fun. Hell, I don't even know how that got into my Dad's head. Kinda amuses me. Frankly, I don't really give a damn any more. It's between them and I just wanna wash my hands off the matter. :/

Okay need to sleep. Goodnight. :)

2010-09-13T23:59:00.000+08:00

I'm torn between taking the easy way out and being obligated to do the right thing. Of course, it's best to do the right thing. But talk is cheap. Doing the right thing is fucking hard at times.

Anyway, I'm now busy with the garments that my boss asked me and Yah Hoon to produce. Will be stuck in school from day to night. It definitely beats having to stay in the store though.

Work is a good way to beat the blues cos it distracts you. I think having too much sleep makes you feel like crap cos that was exactly what I felt this morning. It probably also had something to do with the weird depressing dream I had.

Don't ask me what cos I don't remember. I just woke up gloomy. I had to drag myself to school and the thought of the shitload of stuff I had to do made me even more depressed. But hey, when I really threw myself into it, it wasn't that bad after all.

Work is good for you. I'm just gonna keep telling myself that. :)

2010-08-31T01:28:00.005+08:00

Today I learnt of the demise of an acquaintance I met at the start of the year. He passed away last month. I only met him once but it's still hard to picture him, so cheeky and vibrant, now gone from this world. It was just but months ago when I saw him so full of life. He was only 21. He was a funny guy and even as I look at his photos, I can still remember the way he laughed.

You will be missed. Rest In Peace.

2010-08-23T21:35:00.005+08:00

The stuff I do at work. This was fun! Fourskin Marina Square. :)

Today was one screwed day.

I went to print my report at Sunshine plaza. The shop advertised that they offered binding services. But after I printed they said I had to go to another one of their outlets so I had to hunt for it all over the place. I ran outta cash after printing so I had to look for an atm.

Ran to the fuckin atm but it was out of order so I ran back and told the auntie I'd pay her back another day since I was frickin late for my presentation at the office and the nearest atm was miles away. And along the way my bag strap broke.

Caught a cab down to Newton but the cab driver couldn't really understand me. I kept telling him Exit B of Newton mrt station where Yah Hoon was waiting but he kepting asking 'what b?' in Chinese. He sent me to Exit A. ==

That is a lot of fucked up things to happen in a time frame of 2 hours.

Thank god we made it in time for the presentation. Sheesh.

Went down to town to engrave the lighter Fiona & I got for Daddy for his birthday then went to OC to look for Belle. Walked around 313 to look for a new bag but I didn't find one. :(

Will be (almost) free the entire weekkkk! We don't have to go down to the store or office. Will be working at our own timeeeeee. :D Gonna meet Yah Hoon in town tomorrow for market research. :)

2010-08-19T00:52:00.004+08:00

I spent the day in the store stoning. Literally. No stock ordering, no top up of merchandise, no new displays. Very little customers.

I paced up and down for 11 goddamn hours, thinking of my FYP (but was unable to sketch anything down. Annoying ttm), thinking of my presentation to the boss which is due on Monday and god knows what. 3 more days, baby. 3 more days. 34 1/2 more hours. Oh fuck.

Met up with Mad & Belle whom I had not seen in weeks as well as Judith & Jacob for a night of funnnnnn. Home club then Supperclub.

Sometimes the world's just too small...?

2010-08-17T00:41:00.008+08:00

Often we are blind to the truth staring right back at us.
Or maybe we just refuse to see it, letting ourselves drown in denial.
Maybe we are even afraid of it. Because the truth can be harsh and we'd rather wrap ourselves up in the bliss of not knowing while we continue to live in delusion.

But hey, a dream is a dream and when we can no longer keep up the pretense, we just gotta pry open our eyes and wake up to reality.

So that's what I'm trying to do right now.

2010-08-10T23:42:00.000+08:00

Having ~~writer's~~ design student's block now.

I've been sketching for my FYP but all that I've managed to churn out have either similar shapes or silhouettes. Bah.

Off day today. Went to the Chinese gardens with Fiona cos she wanted some pictures of man made landscape for her assignment. It was so tranquil over there. Until we heard some young dudes blasting Sean Kingston, that is. Headed down to Dhoby Ghaut for dinner. Just Acia is awesome. Good food, affordable price and freeflowwwwwwww. :)

Started work at the fourskinstore at the Heeren yesterday. Ah well, familiarity is once again thrown out the window.

The merchandise and store layout are generally the same but yet somehow different. The people there are nice though. And there were some familiar faces so it was quite alright. :)

Work tomorrow again. But what I really wanna do is to huddle in some corner in Starbucks and sketch. Or read.

2010-08-06T23:59:00.005+08:00

I have really bad short term memory loss. Really. Really. Bad.

Like when I'm halfway through showering, I'd start wondering if I had shampoo-ed my hair. Or I'd walk out of the bathroom wondering if I brushed my teeth. (I usually end up brushing my teeth twice. ==) Or I'd place my stuff somewhere and minutes later I would be hunting high and low for it.

Yeap, that's how bad it is.

Partying before internship started. In Zouk's toilet with Isabelle. Mad was right beside us I think.

On those precious precious off days. :)

Sentosa with Fiona!

Ippudo with belle, Mad & Sijia. Then shopping around Plaza Singapura.

It was Fiona's birthday yesterday. Happy 21st sista! c:

Headed to town with Fiona in the afternoon and met up with my babes Ashley & Gabby in the evening. Okayz, one more day of work before it's off day again!

I seriously hope I'm not working on Monday. It's a public holiday! OH PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

2010-07-29T22:59:00.002+08:00

HELLO BITCHES.

Just came back from Sentosa. Yeap. Again. Went last Thursday too. :) Today was bright and sunny. Whoohoo. Nice weather.

Went to the Heeren to visit Yah Hoon! Then to the beach. Wavehouse at night. Their wipeout pizza is awesomesauce yaaaaa. Yummay. Happy.

I have survived the first week of internship and am halfway through the second. Will be stationed at the Heeren next week onwards. 3 more weeks of sales baby.

Urgh gonna sleep soon. Goodynights.

2010-07-20T11:53:00.000+08:00

Today was a lil better. Probably cos I'm getting used to it. But

I still miss school
I still miss my friends
I still miss the sewing studio
I still miss trips to Cheers
I still miss slacking

And I'm gonna miss my bed even more if I don't go to sleep now.
So goodnight people!

We didn't know when we were well off. Bah. :(

2010-07-19T11:59:00.001+08:00

First day of work. Stood for 10 hours + No dinner break = tired & hungry. I'm a real scatterbrain too. Can't seem to remember where all the stock is located in the store. Dayum.

People there were quite nice though.

But still, I can't wait for the 5 weeks of sales to be over. Somehow time seems to pass faster when I'm sewing at school than doing retail sales although both require the same length of time. Oh TDS, how I miss you so.

It was just last week when time wasn't enough for me. But right now, I just wish it would pass faster.

A good lesson for me, my mom says. Cos I'm such a pampered bitch. Sigh. :(

2010-07-18T23:46:00.003+08:00

Internship starts in approximately 11 hours.

I'm in a very hesitant mood right now. Yah Hoon was posted to the store in Heeren so I'll be all alone in Marina Square. Oh wells. Spot me at Fourskin there!

Partying on Saturday before internship starts. Zouk, Supperclub, Homeclub. Oh, and 'routine checks' by the police are really annoying. We started stoning on the couch when the music stopped.

I absolutely detest it when I wake up feeling like crap after a night of partying. It's like this emptiness which follows you around the whole day and you don't feel like doing anything. Even when you're reading or watching tv, you feel distracted. Bah.

The obvious solution would be to stop partying. Which is not possible. So it isn't really a solution at all. Right. Tsk.

Dragged myself out of the house today cos I had to get a pair of white shoes for work. Dress code is a white top, dark pants, white shoes. I have not owned a pair of white shoes since I threw out my school shoes. They require too much taking care of. Walked around Bugis for a bit then headed to Orchard to meet Xin Kai, Marie and Qinying.

Sigh. It's really kinda weird waking up to work instead of school for the next 3 months.

2010-07-10T00:27:00.003+08:00

Was going to pondok in the evening with mong, twt and fiona when we saw this.

It was kinda fading already when this picture was taken but it was breathtakingly beautiful.
There were 2 rainbows. The other one is behind this one.

And this is why TP is awesome.

2010-07-08T23:23:00.003+08:00

FLEASHLIGHTBATT3 FLEA MARKET

http://www.flashlightbatteriess.blogspot.com/

I'll be having a stall at Scape Youth Park this Saturday 10 July from 2pm to 9pm!
There will be over 300 stalls! So come on down and have fun shoppingggggggg! :D

Will be awfully busy on that day though. Flea market, home to change and stuff, then to Chijmes for Gaen's birthday and Supperclub at night! Can't wait for Saturday. :)

2010-07-06T00:02:00.001+08:00

I want to blog I want to blog
But I don't know what to blog But I don't know what to blog
Yet I still want to blog Yet I still want to blog.

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

GOODNIGHT. :)

2010-07-03T20:20:00.007+08:00

Just caught Project Runway S6. Whoohoo. Intense. I could never finish sewing in the length of time they're given I think. No- I know. Frickin slow at sewing. Which reminds me that my pants are still not complete. I need a damn industrial machine at home. Hoping to finish it by Monday if the studio is open. It better be or I'm so dead. It doesn't help that the level 4 studio is closed so early, my beloved school.

"Take a break." It's easy for you to say. Sigh.

Headed down to Rebel yesterday after an impromptu call from Mong. I used to love Rebel. Opinion has been revised. The music was okay I guess. There were some really weird people though.

I'm kinda longing to have a day at the beach again. Yeap, the sun, the sand, the water! With a cuppa, music and a good read. :)

Peekneek peektures!

Gabby's ready for take off! Fly Gabbby!

Our one day old kite having its short moment of glory.

Xinkai bullying me. As usual.

Gabbby!

Ashley came to meet us at Simpang Bedok. Saw Mongmong and her friends there. :)

2010-06-29T23:50:00.002+08:00

There are 2 ladies who have been showing up at my doorstep every few weeks to share about the bible and God.

My dears, please stop it. It's getting kinda creepy. I told you over and over again I'm Buddhist. Stop trying to preach to me.
No offence to the other Christians out there.

No, I do not want to know how the universe was created. It's too much for my tiny little brain. (Oh yeah, please get your facts right before coming to my doorstep. The universe was not created just because "2 atoms 'pom' together".)

No, I really wanna get back to preparing for school instead of standing at the door listening to you.

No, I'm really not interested.

Yes, both my parents are Buddhists. You don't have to sound like I was forced to become a Buddhist just because they are. That is just plain rude. I chose to remain so.

I'm sorry but I was itching to just slam the door in their faces. They've shown up at my place for three times and it's getting on my bloody nerves.

And for the first time I ever saw them, they knew my Chinese name. How freaky is that? Sheesh.

I respect both you and your religion. Honest. I do. But really, just leave me be. Please?

And just so we're clear, this is totally not targeted at said religion. :)

Oh yeah. Happy 19th Connie! :D

2010-06-26T23:59:00.001+08:00

Happy birthday Tree! :)))

Went out on a sassei/morga/log picnic today at Marina Barrage. Lol.
Kite flying is definitely not as easy as it looks. Not with a million other kites out there competing for space. Sheesh. The string of our kite tangled with two others, got cut and went tumbling into the water. Dang. It was hot as hell too.

Dinner at Simpang Bedok, hopped onto Weihon's truck for a ~~fucking~~ scary drive to och and then to changi beach for a romantic interlude. Okay, not a romantic interlude since there were like 7 of us. We just chilled and watched the planes fly pass overhead. Nice. :)

Peektures laterz. :)

2010-06-23T02:38:00.001+08:00

I can't get to sleep so here's another post. I'm so gonna regret this in the morning.

Was watching some HK drama and Bernice Liu was talking about facing death in a positive manner.

I've always wondered what the point of living was. We are born, we go to school, we fall in love, we go to work, we fall sick, we die. It's like this routine that everyone goes through. So no matter what achievements you attain in your life, you still have to die right. Right ?

My mom said, some people want to leave a legacy, some people want to do good in the world. Some want to have a meaningful life. Deep. But I'm not really into the leaving a legacy kinda thing. I can't bring it into the grave with me anyway. And I don't really see the point in people lauding me when I can't bask in the glory. (Lol superficial I know)

And yet, somehow I'm afraid to die. Sometimes, I can't help but wonder, what if I were to die tomorrow? Or maybe in the next hour. How would I die? Preferably not in a painful manner. There are so many things I've yet to do and see. The future's staring at me in the face, full of unexpected twists and turns, it kinda scares me.

It's rather contradictory, I know.

I seldom blog about stuff like that so I'm sorta surprising myself too. I think most of my posts contain stuff which float on the surface if you get what I mean.

Oh by the way, what would my last meal be?

Pumpkin, chilli crabs, durian and lava cake! Whoohoo. Oh, and my grandmama's fried chicken. Her fried chicken drumsticks are crazy awesome.

I really miss her cooking. :( I like rice the way she used to cook it; moist and sticky, with braised eggs and steamed pomfret. Beansprouts with dao gua (beancurd?) too. :(

2010-06-22T23:52:00.001+08:00

Father's day was on Sunday. Happy Daddy's Day to mine and all the fathers yea. :)

The week totally flew past and school has started. That was probably the last of my holidays as a student. Man. It's kinda sad if you think about it.

Partying with Priya, Pris, Joey and Indah on Wednesday night! Frickin funny night with four of the five of us on a high. Pris was the only one who remained sober.

Bitches yea.

Out with Ashley, Gabby and Xinkai on Thursday. Had a really belated hangover in the evening - I walked out of the house feeling okay but my head started spinning hours later. Starbucks at Suntec then walked around for a bit before heading to Clarke Quay.

Out with Ashley Xinkai, Gaen and Shijie on Friday to get Moses' present.

Was totally rushing from place to place on Saturday.
First to Bishan to pass Derrick his basketball, then to the Expo to catch some Shaolin performance thing with Mommy and Fiona, then headed to Moses's 21st party at his place and finally to Powerhouse for Mong's birthday. Whoohoo.

Like a kid playing with the Nerf we bought for his birthday.

Tradition. :D

Happy 21st! :)

Mong's birthday at powerhouse.

Hell yea jagerbombs.

I was walking from the restroom back to the dancefloor when I felt something warm on my leg. A drunk guy frickin puked on the floor and some landed on my leg.

C'mon dude, can't you like find somewhere else to throw up? Not on my goddamn leg. I'm still contemplating whether to throw my shoes away. :(

Right, I just found out that I've been accepted into Fourskin. Iz happppy. :)

2010-06-15T00:51:00.004+08:00

I had my first ever facial today. Yeah noobshit. All I can say is: Torture. Followed by awesome shoulder massage and nice cooling mask which smells like grapes.

Right. I was supposed to go for my interview at Fourskin today but it's been postponed til tomorrow. Wish me luck people !

More photos from the photoshoot. Thanks to Jiajia for great photography, Belle for enduring the ants and the rain -outdoor shoots can be a pain in the ass- and Ashley for my nitpicking. :)

Model: Ashley Phan

Favourite! I think the school building kinda ruined the background though.

Model: Isabelle Liew

Photography: Tan Jiajia
Styling/Design: Michelle Lee

Am gonna start the partying this week! I've been on a long hiatus for 2 months. Heh.

2010-06-11T15:58:00.002+08:00

Holidays are here. And it's only for one pathetic week. Will be taking tailoring after the holidays then SIP.

I am going to spend the week in quiet solitude. Or maybe not. Idk man.
Definitely gonna sleep like a log. Sleep deprivation stinks. I'm already sipping on my second cup of coffee for the day now.

My interview is due on Monday. Kinda excited, kinda nervous. :/

I could be home now but I'm in school waiting for 8pm to come. We're gonna play catching in school. I have not done this in years. This is gonna be awesome shit. Hahahahaha. Nice way to end school. :D

Okay gotta gt back to my preparing my portfolio. Editing photos on a touch pad is annoying.

2010-06-08T23:38:00.008+08:00

On the bus back home. Thank god for mobile modems. :)

Been kinda busy with submissions and all recently. And SIP. Still working on my portfolio. :/

Okay, so I've been assigned to Fourskin for my internship. You've probably seen its stores in Heeren and Marina Square if I'm not wrong. I really have no idea what to expect and I have yet to contact the company. Oh, and I have Yah Hoon with me! :)

Right. Portfolio. Some photos from the photoshoot on Saturday. Thanks to Aaron, Aloysius, Isabelle, Cassie and ShiJie for the help ya. :)

Saturday 5th June 2010

Design of satin&crepe shirt, purple drop crotch pants with twisted seams, cocktail dress, white embellished dress and safari inspired dress by Michelle Lee.

Photography: Aaron James Teo
Models: Aloysius Chong, Isabelle Liew Si Han
Styling: Michelle Lee
Special thanks: Huang Shi Jie, Cassie Ang

2010-06-04T00:22:00.003+08:00

It's only been two days since he's come home and the noise has started again.

Don't move out again okay, both of you. I will. Then you can fight all you want and I won't be there to hear it. I'm tired of this. Fuck.

2010-05-19T02:25:00.000+08:00

It's 2.17 now and I have to wake up at 7 later. I'm still doing the apa citations for my report. Oh screw apa citations. :(

Ashley & the rest came for drinking session/after block party on Friday night. All those drunk people. Hahahaha.

"I can fly"

Had lotsa fun though. Gotta do it again! 8D

Hi Darren if you're reading this, please take care and don't take it too hard. It sounds kinda cheesy but the grief will subside. And I hope what I said helped. :) Btw, good luck for elections aite.

2010-05-12T23:41:00.002+08:00

EH HELLO.

I have no pictures to post up - specifically speaking, those of the day out with my lovely rojak people. I don't know what to call them. Cos we come from all over the place. And I'm lazy to type out their names- cos my lousy card reader is not working and my lousy laptop, which dates back to the dinosaur age, has no bluetooth. Kuku.

School life is the same everyday. I go to school at 9, finish class at 12, then spend the rest of the day in the studio drafting and sewing. I slip out to slack occasionally. Sucks ballz.

I am working on a pair of mens pants now. Drop crotch seamless pants. Submission on Fridayyyyyy. And on the same day, my rojak peepoz are coming to my house for drinking session/stayoverrrrr. ;)

It has been a month since I last partied. I broke my own record. Hahahahaha.

2010-05-06T01:01:00.006+08:00

Is it me or do the days pass really fast.
Okay no, I think the days really do pass that fast.

I've been working on my men's shirt for the past couple of days. I hate how slowly I sew. Fuckdammit. Work faster Mich work faster !

-Sidetracking a bit. JAM N HOP ON MONDAY WAS SUPER AWESOME. Despite rushing for submission. Heh. I have been a good girl and not clubbed for 3 weeks. :) -

Today Ashley asked me what I want to do after graduation. I was kinda at a loss. Cos I really have no idea now. I came into ADM with every intention of being a stylist. But oh, designing is fun. :) Except for the endless hours of drafting and sewing and drafting and sewing AND drafting and sewing. It doesn't help that my sewing ain't fast and superb either. ==

Mommy has been pressing me about what I wanna do too. Of course there are many other options in the industry. I guess I'll wait until after SIP before I decide?

Directions directions directions.

Ohohoh, Carol informed us that our final year project involves sewing six sets of toile as well as the actual garments. And only 3 sets of the actual garments can be sent to the seamstress. All done 1 month before the fashion show. Dieeeeeeee.

And ohmygod, my foot still hurts 3 weeks after a woman stepped on it with her stiletto in the club. The bruise is still there. :( Thanks woman. You've left a mark on me. Literally.

2010-04-27T23:59:00.000+08:00

Monga

Caught Monga over the weekend. It's mostly about Taiwanese street gangs set in the late 1980s starring Ethan Juan, Mark Chao and the drool worthy Rhydian Vaughan!

Yeah I know it doesn't sound exactly thrilling and I wasn't really expecting much from the movie except for the eyecandy but it blew me away. And when Monk (Ethan Juan) was holding Dragon (Vaughan) in his arms, it was so sweeeeeettttt.

Not to mention gory. The hacking off of fingers, limbs and ears still give me the creeps. It was a good story overall though. Funny and touching and horrifying all rolled into one.

2nd week of school.

Was doing work in the studio with Gabby yesterday. Went off to get some stuff and when we came back, half the studio was filled with year 1s. So we just continued doing our work in a corner after asking Carol if we were disturbing her class - with like 10 pairs of eyes staring at us.

I know they're probably just curious about what we were doing or something (we were drafting some sleeves btw) but it still felt kinda weird. I guess our seniors felt this way when we stared at them 2 years ago. Lol.

And right then, the thought of being a senior hit me. Really hard. I told Carol how it seemed like it was just a few months ago when we took the exact same class and she agreed. Awwww man. :/

Oh yeah, went to the DOC Sentosa outing over the weekend. Had fun. :)

2010-04-22T23:59:00.001+08:00

School's out.

HIIIII.

It's been crazy fast the week went back. It's Thursday already!
And it was just DOC last week. Eeeeps.

3 weeks later, it'll be the end of the block.
In a couple of months, it'll be SIP.
THEN FYP.
THEN GRADUATION.

Ohmytian I don't even want to think about it.
I want to go back to being a freshie. I don't want to graduate. ==

I'm taking Apparel Production 3 now. It's a lot easier -for now- after the hell of ADP and Advanced Draping. Class from 9am-12pm onlyyyyyy. Whoohoo.

2010-04-18T19:23:00.000+08:00

Back from CAMP ODYSSEY on Friday night.

Best Spirited. We have won the war. :D

Volka, Volkyn. Loves. :)

I was damn shag and I had half my voice left. But what the heck.

And I missed mass games due to sip briefing. Wtf. :(
School tomorrow. I'd rather go for camp all over again than go back to the mundane school life. :(

But thank god I have no class tomorrow. Only genesis in the morningz.

Volkyn 8)

Don't y'all just love the Design spirit. :)

Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti, a baby shark!

2010-04-11T23:59:00.000+08:00

Evening out with Fiona. Sister time. :)
Headed to Dhoby Ghaut, Ion, dinner at the Soup Spoon then to Timbre before going home.

While waiting for the lift, there was a woman beside us who was on the phone.

"Okay. Meet me halfway. Yah I'm going .. blahblah."

We go into the lift and the woman does not follow.

The lift door closes.

5
.
.
4
.
.
3
.
.
2
.
.
1

(Simultaneously)
"Will you meet me halfway,
Right at the borderline
That's where I'm gonna wait, for you~ "

Cos we are retarded like that. :)

Design . Orientation . Training . Camp(s).

Camp Outbreak

Enza

Ehwoosa-ing

Camp Odyssey

Tp mass dance. :)

Volka

After mass games which involved lotsa paint.

And Design Orientation Camp Day Zero starts tomorrow. See you on Friday. :)

2010-04-08T13:44:00.006+08:00

24 March. Amelia's Birthday at Butter. :)

Happy 20th. 8)

Was supposed to meet May earlier for Amelia's surprise but I was kinda late -again-. I was looking for May when I heard Amelia's voice calling my name from behind.

"Oh shit"

Was having dinner with Mommy and Fiona yesterday and beside us, there was a Malay lady teaching a lil girl how to speak in Malay.

" Mango is manga (in Malay)"

"Manga"

"So what's mangosteen ?"

"Mangasteen"

So cute.
Cos that was the exact same thing I was thinking. Lol. 8D

2010-04-02T15:00:00.001+08:00

Will they never stop quarreling for god's sake.

Imma scoot out of the house now. Argh.

2010-03-31T22:02:00.001+08:00

Just came back from camp. I iz very very tiredz. I can't believe it's only been a day and a half since I've been away. Seems more like 2-3 days.

Performance night and bonfire last night. Got drenched today. Whoohoo. Mostly cos I got pelted by water bombs and a certain logger poured water over my head. x)

Ohh, and cos we were sitting in the rain while taking the camp photos. Coldddddd. Fun though. Waterrrrr.

That's all. I am gonna mask then sleep. :D

2010-03-30T12:50:00.000+08:00

When I get dead drunk ...

I get emotional
I try to walk and talk normally but I can't
I try to focus but I can't
I hurl more expletives than I normally do
I like to hug people
I feel like I'm walking on air
People stare
I lock myself in the toilet
Mad sends me home
I can still take the lift up and unlock my own gate
I die on my sofa

And I wake up feeling like shit.

This is so unhealthy.

2010-03-27T11:44:00.002+08:00

I f e e l l i k e c r a p.

2010-03-26T00:40:00.002+08:00

I woke up at 6 today.

In the evening.

Yeah, butter yesterday. Cos it was Amelia's birthday. Happy belated birthday my dear. :)))) It was kinda funny cos I was supposed to meet May first to give Amelia a lil surprise but I was walking halfway when I heard Amelia calling me. Oops. So yeah Amelia, now you know. x)

Had fun chilling and talking to her friends after clubbing. Awesome people. :) Then cabbed home and I knocked out till 6. Whoohoo. Am gonna wait for May to upload the photos. :)

I was supposed to deliver the orientation packages today but yeah. Slept throughout the day. But damn, it feels good. :D

3 days to camp. Eeeeps.

2010-03-23T23:49:00.000+08:00

The most fucking fantastic bubble tea ever. Okay, not exactly bubble tea. The one on the right is Lemon Cheese Crush and is totally orgasmic. Tastes like blended lemon biscuits. Whoohoo. The one on the left is good too. Chendol. 8)

The A1 bubble tea shop opposite TP rocks socks.

Alright then.

Boating with Shine, Silviu and Aurelian!
Aurelian came to pick me up from my place then cabbed down to Raffles Marina to meet Silviu and Shine.

Sunshine. :)

Babeeee.

Silviu

With Aurelian. It is super fun sitting at the bow of the boat with your feet dangling above the water. You can feel the water splashing. Whoohoo.

Rainbow ! Pretty !

Aurelian & Silviu.

Look at my hair ! Voom !

And that was before I lost my shades. :( I was climbing back to the cabin when the wind whipped my shades off my dress where it was hooked and it hurtled into the water. :(

The storm. I didn't even edit this picture. It really looks like this. Amazing.
I got roasted just 20 minutes earlier so I went into the cabin. I came out and it started raining. What the fuck. Crazy weather.

This was the end result.

Btw, Happy Birthday Nigel! :)

Had a simple but nice day out with Nigel and Sheena to celebrate Nigel's birthday today. Lunch, then shopping. Nigel had to go off at 4plus so Sheena and I went to play pool at Cineleisure followed by dinner at Waraku. :)

2010-03-22T20:48:00.008+08:00

Supperclub supperclub !

Shine my babe. :D

Mad looking cute with her lollipop!

Idk what we were doing but I like. :D

With Fauzi & Feng. :)

Saimun :)

Siuvil and Madddd.

I so love Mad's expression! Epic siol.

This was crazy funny. They were dancing together. Lol.

Went for supper (it's not a pun. Heh) after that with jj and the rest at some teochew porridge stall then homeeee.

I am a lobster now. I got cooked during the boat ride.
Burnt, baked, fried, boiled, grilled, roasted, whatever.

Slathered on loads of aloe vera gel straight from the fridge. It is omfg good for sunburns.

2010-03-21T05:46:00.000+08:00

I should be sleeping now. It's almost 6 and I have to wake up in two hours.

Just reached home from supperclub. Fun as usual.

Am going off on a boat later onnnn! FUNZZZZZZ. Am gonna spam photos. :D :D :D

AND I AM ON HOLIDAY.
Okay fine, when I complete that 1/4 of a dress to be submitted on Monday but what the heck.

I'm gonna have fun, party hard, hang out more and ... prepare my portfolio.

Sucks to be a design student.

2010-03-17T19:15:00.000+08:00

Why the fuck is it so difficult to drape the damn thinggggg. Omggggggg. And there's still 3 more drapes to go. GOOD LUCK TO ME.

Sososososo tired. :(

2010-03-16T16:30:00.010+08:00

www.asianpopcorn.com

Max Chang Min

EYECANDY. SO CUTE. 8D

www.buzzingkorea.com

Some dude from Comic boyz and Wongbin

He looks like the guy from Comic Boyz when he has long hair and Wongbin when he has short hair. They can be brothers. Hahahaha. The dude from Comic Boyz can be the youngest brother. Chang Min can be the middle brother and Wongbin can be the oldest brother. Lolol. I am wtf-ing at myself right now.

Countdown to holidays: 1 presentation and 1 dress

2010-03-16T14:05:00.006+08:00

Bimbo-fied hot pink nails.

In school now. Fabric shopping in the morning.

Mommy dropped me off at Outram and I decided to stop at Cityhall and walk to Arab St instead of stopping at Bugis since there was time left before the shops opened.
Walked past Chijmes & Supperclub. Lol. It's nice walking around that area in the cool morning air and when there's almost no one.
Then my nice walk ended and I had to start sourcing for my fabric. Bought gorgeous fabric though. Wheee.
The woman in the textile centre's YKK shop is weird. She stared at me throughout the time I was in the shop buying my zip. What's your problem, woman.

I should be printing my journal and starting to sew now. Byebye.

2010-03-14T12:41:00.005+08:00

I have been posting everyday, haven't I? Lol. Ohh but Break Out yesterday was good!
It's an extreme dance comedy featuring b-boys from Korea.

Dance moves and beatboxing were sick. Omggggg.
Freaking hilarious at the same time.

Is there a replay button somewhere?

Countdown to holidays :

1 consultation, 1 presentation & 1 dress to go.

2010-03-13T04:27:00.007+08:00

I just came back. I was hesitating whether to go or not. Decided to go and WHOA. SUPPERCLUB WAS GODDAMN AWESOME TODAY. Good music, good crowd, good friendssssss!
It's 4.27 am & I can't sleep. I'm sort of tired but I don't feel like sleeping. TOO MUCH RED BULL.

I thought I wasn't gonna drink much tonight. I had one jagerbomb and a few sips of the jug that John gave us. So I was like, okay not bad, not too much alcohol so I'm not binge drinking. Cos 4 drinks = binge drinking.

Then Albert fucking bought 2 jugs of red bull vodka.

I think I drank like 3/4 of the jug straight up.
Alcohol = empty calories. Fuckfuckfuck.

I am still feeling a little woozy now.

And Darren was thereeeeeeeee. What a coincidence. :D :D :D Sureli was there tooo. Wheeeee.

Okay since i'm not gonna sleep, I'm gonna upload photos.

This is so pixelated. :(

Darren Zeng. :)

Darren & Shine

Mad & Darren

My bitches.

Okay getting tired. Going to sleep. Gonna catch Break Out in action later. NICE. :D

2010-03-12T22:25:00.003+08:00

Fun in the sun. :D

HEADING TO SUPPERCLUB IN AN HOUR"S TIME.

I'm in a partying mood right now and there's still a week more before holidays start! Crap.
How am I gonna get myself to do work.

I wanna go shopping, hit the beach, go to the zoo, see my crocodiles, have fun, go blading, hang out & party harder. Whoohoo.

2010-03-11T17:26:00.002+08:00

WHY WHY WHY.

Why are my holidays not coming faster than I like.

1 1/2 dresses -already done half of the first dress -to complete before I can taste freedom.

I'm already in the holiday mood. Oh fine, I'm always in the holiday mood.

Fuckfuckfuckfuck.

Three production modules in a row is killing me.

Slacking is such sweet sorrow when you have stuff to do. Okay bye.

2010-03-09T21:36:00.000+08:00

Random photoz galore!

Supperclub & Phuture some time back.

Madmadmad. :)

Shineee.

Hopped to Phuture.

Fight about to happen. Lol.

Sentosa with Sheena & Nigel.

Nigel & his light sticks thingies. Whee.

Suppersupper. :)

Shineee

With Priya my babe who's working at Supperclub.

Flirting permitted here. :D

Idk what they're doing but I like. LOL.

With my babeeeez.

With the guys.

Holidays holidays holidays please please come faster okay. 1 week and 3 more days left. Hurry Hurry !

It is damn depressing to see all your friends from other schools on holiday while you are still stuck in school. Roar.

I want to play without feeling guilty about not doing my work.

Have to do AdDra journal.

2010-03-05T10:20:00.001+08:00

I can taste my eyedrops when I use it on my eyes. Eew.
I didn't believe Mad when she said that. But now I do.

I don 't feel like doing Ad Dra. I wanna do ComDA.
I wanna be a bum and watch tv the whole day.

I just realised that that the lines above rhyme. Hahahahahahaha.

I haven't put make up on for the entire week cos of my stupid eye. Well, with the exception of Tuesday's shoot.
Oh, and that was kinda fun! :) I wanna see the production when it's doneeeee.
"Blouses Maxis Tanks & Camis"
"T-shirts, Jackets, Vests & Hoodies"

I talk like I have a lisp now. Cos my wisdom tooth's growing out. Meh.

I really should be getting to school now but I can't seem to get my ass off the chair.

Oh right. I have been cutting down on partying! Back to once a fortnight. :)

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At Heeren's subway with Ashley & Gabby nowwwwwww. They're gonna get their piercings laterrrrrr. Meeting Mad & Shine after that.

The waitress is funny. Her name is Shan. Lololol.

2010-03-04T10:09:00.001+08:00

A really short post before I go to school.

There.

BYEBYE. :)

2010-03-01T09:25:00.005+08:00

EYE INFECTION. Yay.

Contact's been troubling me since Saturday. I continued wearing them on Sunday. Well Done. Woke up this morning with a reddish and sore left eye. Looks a lil swollen. Die. Now I'm gonna look like shit for Mongyi's project thingy tomorrow. :(

They'll have to cover my eye or something. Lol.

Weird stuff's been happening these few weeks. First it was food poisoning. Now this. Must be me. Fuck.

2010-02-28T02:26:00.002+08:00

It's weird to chance upon friends' profiles - those that you've not seen and talked to for years- on facebook. It's like they've changed so much that you probably wouldn't even recognize them if they walked past you on the street. Hmmm ..

Supperclub yesterday and Sentosa today. Probably gonna hit Wavehouse again tomorrow. Probably. Lol.

OH. & diving's trip been postponed to September. Man. Slots for April were fully booked. My holiday's like another few months away. :(

Tired tired tired.

Camp's coming soon soon soon by the way! Training camp at end of March and DOC in mid of April. THEN, I'll be in Year 3. Omgggggggg. I wish I were still in Year 1 though. It was a lot more fun.

This post is full of ramblings. Shall go off to sleep. Goodnights! :D

2010-02-22T23:24:00.001+08:00

Start everything afresh ?

Just a few more months.

And maybe everything will be alright again.

2010-02-21T13:10:00.004+08:00

I'm clearing out my wardrobe now. Just dumped a whole mountain of clothes that I don't wear anymore. And found a few new clothes that I've never worn and never knew I had before. LOL. Hidden deep in the recesses of my wardrobe.

Will be cleaning up my desk next.

I shall be productive for the whole of next week. :)

2010-02-21T00:35:00.004+08:00

Drama in the house last night.
Wanted an escape but my Dad refused to let me out of the house.
I wanted to storm out -like what Fiona did. Left me alone behind. Bastard. Lol.-
But I didn't.

"Please. If you go out tonight after what happened, you know I won't be able to sleep for the whole night."

I really hate people making me feel guilty. Hate.

2010-02-19T07:22:00.001+08:00

MY FUCKING FABRIC FUCKING TORE AFTER A GODDAMN NIGHT OF SEWING.

2010-02-17T12:14:00.003+08:00

I got my lazy day by the beach! Although it wasn't with my green tea cream from Starbucks. Pure double chocolate from Coffee Bean! More days like this please. :)

5 days of holidays gone like that. Whyyyyyyyyyy. :(
Okay 3 more days of ADP.

And I'm freeeeeeee. :D

Then comes Advanced Draping. Geez.
Time to go to school.

Bye.

2010-02-16T11:49:00.001+08:00

2010-02-15T20:43:00.001+08:00

W h a t t h e f u c k

2010-02-14T01:01:00.002+08:00

I wanna go out but I can't.
Just rejected two invitations to hang out. Wtf. :(

Daddy might just kill me cos I went clubbing yesterday night.
Roar.

2010-02-12T02:17:00.004+08:00

No visiting.
No one's supposed to come to my place to visit.
No reunion dinner on paternal side of the family.

NO RED PACKETS.

Man.

That's my CNY for you. Cheers.

Yeap, & HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAD. :)

2010-02-11T10:47:00.003+08:00

Why the hell is Justin Bieber so cute.
Makes me feel like a fucking paedo though.

2010-02-11T00:52:00.003+08:00

Should I do my work or should I go to sleep?

Okay you know what, fuck it. I'm not in the mood to do it now.
I'm going to emo and sleep.
Then wake up early tomorrow.

Goodnight.

And before you know it, it's gone.

2010-02-07T02:12:00.000+08:00

I feel like going to the beach, around late afternoon and absorbing myself in a good book.
With a cup of green tea cream from starbucks. Or java chip.

Wahhhh fantasizing. :D

So gonna do that someday.

Btw, I only realised what xoxoxo means yesterday. Hahahahaha. Noob.

2010-02-07T01:29:00.003+08:00

I didn't go clubbing this week. Wanted to take a break.

Kinda glad somehow. Although there were temptations. Lol.

"Lollipops turn into cigarettes. The innocent ones turn into sluts. Homework goes in the trash. Mobile phones are being used in class. Detention becomes suspension. Soda becomes vodka. Bikes become cars. Kisses turn into sex. Remember when getting high meant swinging on the playground? When protection meant wearing a helmet? When the worst things you could get from boys were cooties? Dad’s shoulders were the highest place on earth and mum was your hero? Your worst enemies were your siblings. Race issues were about who ran the fastest. War was only a card game. And the only drug you knew was cough medicine. When wearing a skirt didn’t make you a slut. The most pain you felt was when you skinned your knees, and goodbyes only meant until tomorrow? And we couldn’t wait to grow up."

-velvetlush

Now I wish I didn't.

2010-02-05T00:07:00.007+08:00

http://www.duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk/

Why didn't my bedroom look like this when I was a kid?

Or this?

2010-02-04T22:36:00.008+08:00

Updatez!

Shine's Birthday, Saturday 30th January. :D

Supperclub!

Booked 2 beds for the night. And this came with it. So cute!

Shine my babe, with the tiara that the lovely people at Supperclub provided cos she's the birthday girl! And that's her friend over there. Kinda forgot his name though. :X

Super cute. :D

Shine & Mad. :D

With Shahmel!

Before my hair caught fire. Yes my hair fucking caught fire! LOL.
I was reaching to pour a drink and my hair touched the candle flame.
I was kinda tipsy then. Hahahaha.

Shineeee! Hope you had an awesome birthday babe! :D I had fun!

Popped over to Butter after that.

Oh man, I'm really really really in need of a holidayyyy!

I wanna go to Barcelona! Oh mannnn. :(

2010-02-02T12:01:00.004+08:00

I find myself wanting just one day to myself.

Not going out, not clubbing, not doing work, not going to school, not thinking about stuff.

Maybe just watch some tv, use the computer, sleep, read, eat, do something that I like.

:(

Happy Birthday Sheena. :)

2010-01-30T13:17:00.004+08:00

Ello !

My good mood is still ongoing. I hope this lasts. 8D

Had a good time talking about stuff & chilling & laughing last night. Came home around 5 in the morning so I gave Popeyes a miss because I still need to do my sketches. Will be joining Ashley & the rest later for the mooovee.

Andandandandand,

i n e e d t o s a v e m o n e y p r o n t o !

Where's all the money gone tooooo ?
Cabs, that's what. Me & my fucking bad late habits. :(

Right, & Happy Birthday to my babe Shine!

2010-01-28T23:30:00.002+08:00

Kinda got the blogging bug lately. :)

I've been in an unusually good mood today. Well ... most of the day, that is. For some random reason which I do not know of.
I got tired of being sick and down I guess. Hahahahahaha.

No school tomorrow. Iz goodz. I'm gonna sleep like a log then go fabric shopping with Ashleyyyyy.

On Saturday, Imma go have popeyes and catch a movie with Ashley, Gabs and the guys. And at night, I'll be off to Shine's birthday party at supper ! :D Par-tyyyyy !

Okay. 50 sketches, here I come!
Yeah, I'm even in the mood to do homework !

Oh by the way, I've been researching on Dai Fujiwara for my assignment recently as an inspiration. He's currently the creative director of Issey Miyake.

Issey Miyake Fall 2009 Ready-to-Wear

Love this. :)

Issey Miyake Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear

News Mix - A pell-mell mix of everything and ethic borrowings from all corners of the world, from Celtic motifs to Pakistani myths to Japanese artisanal dyeing techniques.
Tim Blanks - www.style.com

Images from www.style.com

Lovely lovely creations. :) I like the fall 2009 collection better though.