Since the day i submitted my FYP report, there have been not much progress in my project.
Total fail.
That Fri was shopping day 1.
Went IKEA with clara right after the submission.
Had a super heavy lunch or meatballs, chicken wings and fish & chips in chives sauce.
Shopped and bought 3 plushies for Tian You (though I considering keeping the carrot one for myself. HA.) and 2 metal racks for my FYP.
I'm broke. D=
Bought paper from Urban Write before tabao-ing bubble tea home.
Went for dinner at aunt's house.
Was supposed to go shopping with sis but I ended up visiting IKEA during lunch, so we ended up shopping after dinner.
Got my disposable camera's film to develop, shopped at Century Square.
Bought new undergarments, shorts and skirt.
Still deciding whether to buy a pair of flats from Mondo.

The very next day was shopping day 2.
Pretty extreme too. XD
The whole family drove down to IKEA for hotdog lunch (bravo, $7 family set)
Was there as one of the racks i bought on Fri was faulty.
I got a cash refund from IKEA.
So we went in for me to buy a new rack.
Ended up, mum bought CNY PLANTS x 4 and a kitchen rack.
And, I bought a new rack and a kids easel and paper for the easel.
Was targeting that kids easel since the day I saw it at IKEA.
As for why didn't I get it during my past IKEA trips:
1. Most of my trips to IKEA were by the shuttle bus. How to bring back?
2. Mum will bury me alive for bring such useless and huge stuff home.
3. No money. XDDDD
So, that day when mum was choosing her CNY plants, sis and I were waiting at the side with the trolley.
This easel was right next to us.
I was bored so I told my sis,
"If I can lift this up and place it into the trolley, we are buying it."
And so, it went in successfully.
But point #2 above worried me.
So I said,
"If mum can lift this off the trolley and put it back into the display boxes, we are not getting it."
In the end, dad and mum did not say anything about us getting it. =D
Grabbed a roll if the paper and TAH DAH~
MY EASEL FOR DOODLING!



It's black board at a side and white board on another. The paper drapes over the black board side.


The roll of paper hidden inside.


Was supposed to find my IKEA set of markers (won from some sec school contest) but ended up finding my set of Miffy crayons (won from some school contest agian).
Miffy!

Went Tampines Mall straight after the IKEA trip.
Sister was interested in getting a pair of sandals.
Went Tampines 1.
Uniqlo-ed.
I seriously think dad hates our every trip to Uniqlo.
It will ALWAYS end up to be a big bag of stuff home.
SO, mum, sis and I bought black turtlenecks (LETS HAVE A WINTER HOLIDAY), bought a long sleeve black v-neck for dad, sister bought a black tee, I bought a white tee and 2 black tees.
Hello big Uniqlo bag!
Hello long Uniqlo receipt (hundred plus).
Went Isetan next.
Failed to get anything so we went Cotton On.
Sis managed to get her plain tees.
By then, it was dinnertime.

Sunday was NOT shopping day.
Yeah.
Dad must be happy.
ROFL.
Was chionging my grandma's birthday present.
Her birthday dinner was on that very evening.


The presents (HK from my mum which she bought from Japan, beaded charm handmade by me) and card (POP UP card hand drawn and handmade by me). Spot the similarity in them. XD

And of cos, the feast that evening:


Highlights:

Crispy roasted pork.


Fried gyoza from Market Drive. YUM. We bought like 50 gyozas. XD


Sashimi. I was totally feasting on them.


Sushi. Only ate two from this plate as it was on the other end of the table. It's ok though. The sashimi was at my end. XD

Yesterday, I planned to do my project at aunt's house.
But as I had to wake up at 8+am, I was half awake the whole day.
Napped a little, get woken up by the baby's crying, napped a little again, baby cry again.
Brrr...
Tian You was sooooo noisy.
My achievement for the day was I managed to carry the baby and walk around the house.
The baby was not 'tied down' and was crying.
So to be exact, I was carrying a brawling baby who was moving like a boxer.
And I was VERY worried about dropping him.
As expected, Tian You calmed down after I cooed him.
He loves to be carried by people.
Attention seeker.
Bleh.
Also realised that he seems to have grown longer.
His mother was saying how he did not grow fatter but have grown longer/taller.
Awww...
He has long fingers and is going to be tall.
♥
XD
This is how he looks like when I 'forcefully' remove his 'silence device' from his mouth:


Anyway, went Tampines Mall after that.
HAHA.
Sister made up her mind and bought that pair of sandals.
Mum wanted to buy a pair of flats but they were hurting her just be wearing and they were out of bigger size.
CHARLES & KEITH FAIL.
Mum and I bought a belt too.
A belt.
We were 'fighting' to see the belt should belong to who.
Haha...

Ok, that's all.
I have blogged a long post to prove that I'm alive.

Tired.
Nights.

SCHOOL UPDATES
It is the final stage of FYP.
Final month.
2000 words report to be done.
Touching up to be done.
Display counter boxes to be done.
Plastics to be bought.
Papers to be bought.
Test printing to be done.
Actual printing to be done.

I want FYP to end asap.

I need freedom.

HAIR UPDATES
I went to get a haircut.
No surprise.
But the new hairstyle is kind of a pretty daring decision.
Did not get the result I want but thinks that it still looks pretty ok.
But the right side is really SHORT.

FAMILY UPDATES
My cousin-in-law gave birth to a baby boy on 7 Jan 2010.


My very first nephew.
1 week old now.
Very cute.
Very active.
Shits a lot.
Very noisy when he cries.

ENTERTAINMENT UPDATES
Addicted to The Mentalist recently.
So awesome.
♥

FRIENDS UPDATES
Jess gave up on Kame.
I'm still in a state of shock.
Really.
Like "WOW."

I love the works done by the illustration students.
Kind of made me feel a little demoralized.

MISC UPDATES
I gained weight. D:

I baked, drama-ed and blogged (is now) today.
Initially, I planned to bake the macarons from 8am to 11am.
However, the egg whites killed me (and my arm).
I'm supposed to whisk the egg whites till they are firm.
Everyone uses the electric beater.
Sadly for me, mum is not home so I have no idea where is it.
However, I do know where is my little whisk, so I beat it manually.
A job that is supposed to take 3mins (by electric beater), took me almost 2hours (manually) to complete.


Still too 'watery'.


Finally.

My right palm was damn red and numb when I was done with it.
So, by 10am, I was only done with the egg whites.
Brr.
Blended the powdered sugar, powdered almonds and cocoa and folded them into the egg whites.
Around 10.45am (at some point I was busy keeping my sugar as there were ants on my kitchen counter), I pour them into my pastry bag (aka my zip lock bag) and created a 'moat' for it (ANTS).

Washed the dishes and the kitchen sink's drainage choke, causing dirty water to sip out from the cabinet and spilling on the floor.
Total horror.
Grabbed the mop and cleaned up the mess.
Luckily, I had 30mins before my lunch date with Sharon.

-Lunch break @MOSBurger-

Went to NTUC to grab some containers.
Back home to continue baking.
Banged kitchen counters to shoo whatever possible lizards.


Yeah! My batter is still safe from ants!
Cut the tip of the bag and started piping them on the baking sheeting.
First time doing it so I totally sucks at drawing circles.


The first batch that goes into the oven.


And TAH DAH~ They are all not circular.


Burst!


At least, I managed to get the 'foot' formed at the base of the cookies.
Managed to get nicer circular cookies during the next few batches.
Made the filling while the cookies cooled down.


The filling is way too easy to make and I still have extras.
The only difficult part of it was grating chocolates.
While the filling cools down, I started working on the chocolate pudding.
Had to make them as I have leftover egg yolks.


Surprisingly easy to make and I have 6 pretty servings.
Not sure about the taste though as they are still chilling in the fridge.
Finally, I spread the fillings of the macarons and I'm done at around 4pm.
Cleaned everything up by 5pm (including watering my mum's plants).
Totally forgotten to shoot the macarons before freezing them in the freezer.
Argh.
Have no idea how they taste too, since they needed 1 day to let the flavour sink in.
Overall, quite successful I should say.
Might consider making them again in the future IF THEY TASTE GOOD.

ROFL.

THE END.

Nice CM with good looking men =D

Starting to like Tsumabuki Satoshi a lot recently.
He is seriously good looking. XD

I think my mum has awesome timing.

Wanted to wake up at 8.30am today to complete some work but ended up waking at 9.30am.

Mum was washing the toilet so I can't brush my teeth.

So I went back to zzz.

The next time I woke up, I think it was around 10am.

Mum was bathing in the toilet = I can't brush my teeth again.

So I went back to sleep.

In the end, I woke up at 10.30am and luckily, the toilet was available.


THE END. =D

I love flea market!

I feel random today.

I keep getting more and more worried as i attend those consultation sessions. The way he commented about my project is as though it will get rejected by the other lecturers during crit1. Seems like contacting STB is my only choice.

Thanks for all the concerns and ♥ in the tagbox. =D

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The twin tower of design books.

Borrowed 4 books from Tampines library and 8 books from TP library.
The other 27 books are part of my design books collection.
I dug them out as reference for FYP.

FYP kills braincells.
It is practically part of my life now.

Museum tour tomorrow!
Jiayou!

Emo post ahead. Shoo if this genre doesnt appeal to u. I somehow became an outcast hanging out with that usual group of friend and hardly talking or saying hi bye to the other schoolmates. When i have classes that my group of friends are not in, i will ended up sitting alone in a corner. Its not as if i want to be alone, its just that when the 'people' i know enter the class, they will sit away from me. I slowly got used to it as i progressed to year 3. Well, it allowed me to get to know new friend, eg, miss HR. Haha... Bullying. I hardly noticed it exist till 10min ago. I went to collect my packaging project when i realised the paperbag used to contain the stuff is missing. The bag was still around on monday. Someone had conveniently emptied e content of my paperbag into the big box (which holds everyone's works). Ok, fine. Maybe its just my luck that that person chose my paperbag. But whoever that bastard dumped my brand manual ON THE FLOOR. Thinking back, i realised it wasnt the first time such thing happened. It happened quite a few time since year1. Sigh... Seems like it has silently creeped up to me without me noticing. 算了。Only 6months left to graduation. So long these people dont destroy my FYP and let me graduate in peace, i will be happy.

Pissed. The day just started for me and im already in a bad mood due to mum, e nets card thingy and e train station staff. Argh.... Hope nothing goes wrong at work or i will burst my alone vessel. Anyway, im currently walking to work, cutting across shophouses at raffles. Realise there are 2 7-11 jus opposite each other. What was e management thinking. Lol.
Oh ya, wanted to blog on train but fell asleep while waiting for blogger to load. Was on e train to work and managed to get a seat. 2 ladies stood in front of me. The moment the train entered the tunnel, the 2 ladies started arranging/combing their hair. I wondered why, then i realise as e train is in e tunnel, e window will be black so ones reflection can be seen clearly on e window. I almost rofl at that thought. Haha... Alright, working time. Ciao.

Photoshopped.

Retail therapy today?
Kind of.
Worked till 4.30am, took a cab home and reached at 5am
Bathed and slept at 5.15am (i'm fast =D).
Had to go Bishan today, 11am for a meet up for my arashi 5x10 goods.
Couldnt keep my eyes open and was pissed with Paya Lebar for not opening their Circle line yet.
Luckily, dad offered to drive me down.
Was unconscious throughout the whole ride there.
Got the goods and walked around J8.
Bought Post it notes, a mini stapler and 4 pairs of socks.
Then dad drove me down to Bugis.
Went Iluma.
Comics connection was having a clearance sale.
Bought a Yatterman piggy figurine and a Nightmare before Xmas keychain.
Then went Play Imaginative.
Was expecting their stuff to be ex.
Saw the Tofu tote bag.
Fell in love with it.
And then realise that its not ex!
So i bought it.
HAHA.
My first purchase since the day i got my membership card.
Went kino to look around.
Bought CHIC mag.
Then met Sharon.
Made her buy Arashi AAA 06 photobook.
Evil me.
XD
Then went MOF for lunch.
Very late lunch.
Had a good chat.
Got my 5x10 album!
AWESOME.
Traveled back to Tampines by train with Sharon.
She showed me a Korean show 'We got married' with the HanaDan guy in it.
Stupidly funny.
Haha...
Then we went to Tampines Converse to see if they sell the tie-dye sango sneakers.
Sadly no (im thinking of painting a pair myself).
Said goodbyes and I went to Isetan.
Bought leggings!
$6 only!
Its the same one sold at Vanessa!
But it was a rather thin kind of leggings.
Not as thick as my Uniqlo one.
Oh wells.
Just flipped through my pamphlet.
LOVE IT TO BITS. =DDDD

Thats all.

BB.

working at a shopping magazine company makes me want to shop BADLY.
it makes me not want to spend on my fangirling stuff and spend on bags (which i did recently), flats, heels, dresses, jeans, tees, blazers, socks (ROFL), accessories (i want to buy wooden bangles!) blah blah.

though i did make a big purchase on fangirl stuff recently, i have not been buying jpop magazines for 2 months, or to be exact, i havent made any purchase from kino since my birthday (i bought my june magazines from japan. XD).
it's a freaking big improvement.
i'm saving up to SGD150.

however,

I WANT TO SHOP BADLY.

RAIN MONEY.

(so far it has been only the 3rd week of internship, my wedges died, my handbag died (i'm using sis' now), and i realised that my bunny flats are dying too.)
this is not good.

i'm in love with heels

and this is not good.

terrible.

MEME, COS I LACK A LIFE.

The Arashi Movie of my life:
Opening credits: Flashback (I think this suits as ending better. Haha...)
Morning time: Once Again (I like this song lah but dont fit morning well...)
Going to school / work: Natsu no Namae (Sweet.)
After school / work: All or Nothing (I think this suits going to work/school better. HAHA.)
Hanging out with friends: Niji no Kanata e (=DDDD)
Go out to a club: Beautiful Days (DEFINITELY DUN SUIT CAN?!)
Meet your first crush: Hoshi no Freeway (ROFL)
Dance with your first crush: Step and Go (Die. How to dance sia.)
Go to the same school / workplace as your crush!: Love Parade (sparkling~~~~~)
Fall in love: Subarashi Sekai (SUBARASHI~!)
First kiss: Yasei wo Shiritai (Hmmm...)
Marriage: Right Back to You (WTH. I DOING THIS AGAIN AS I BELIEVE I WILL REMARRY. ROFL.) PIKANCHI DOUBLE (I give up.)
First child: Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Iru (Jiayou my future child! =DD)
Death: Kaze (Please play this on my funeral... =D)
Funeral: Kiss Kara Hajimeyou (and not this song for my funeral. thx.)
Ending credits: Thank you for my days (thank you berry much)

Work.
Tiring.
Very tiring.
But makes me appreciate the hardwork designers and journalists and editors put in in creating every issue of a magazine.
Speaking of which, the 2nd issue of CHIC is out.
Go get a copy of it ok? Haha...


Waking up at 8.50am everyday and traveling a 40min ride down to Clarke Quay everyday makes me a tired girl.
Almost every morning, the 2 hours before lunchtime, I will doze off.
Not really doze off...Almost doze off.
I stuff myself with sweet to stay awake.
So far, I have eaten a box of lime mint mentos, a tube of fruity mentos, couple of mint tictacs and rock candy.
Unhealthy but bo bian.


Had OT everyday the whole week.
Wed was till 11.20pm which was the latest while Fri was till 11pm.
(up till here, the entry was typed on 2++am, then i fell asleep. woke up at 6am realising im asleep on my bed, with the light and computer on. I just off the ceiling light, dumped my lappie off the bed and plopped down back to lala land. So now, 1.49pm, I shall continue writing this entry.)>
I have been recording down the hours I have worked and OT.
I have got 35hours of OT to clear and this week, we have cleared 12 hours.
Yeah!
23 more hours to go!


The editor has 2 dogs.
And the 2 dogs do come to the office to play.
We knew that fact.
But as we have never met Raisin before, we didnt know Raisin is a really small dog.
Such dogs are a little... no scratch that. very fierce.
I was kind of worried that I might accidentally stepped on it.
Haha...
Muffin is cute though.
But when he/she running at full speed, its scary.
Their food and stuff are in the toilet.


Speaking of toilet, the office's ladies was leaking the day before and yesterday.
Didnt really notice it though.
But I know a cubicle was locked.
The photo above is the 'corridor' to the toilet.
I'm seated next to this 'corridor'.
There are glass panels rooms at the side if you noticed.
Those are the big guys' rooms.


As SL and I are seated right at the front of the office, we were often treated as the receptionists.
People will come in and ask us for 'this people' or 'pass this to this person'.
The problem?
We don't know the names of our colleagues.
Out of so many, we only know 5-6 of them.
Failed very badly on the first few days when we face these visitors but managed to guide a few later of the week.
There was this lady that came in and asked me how to get to the twelve floor.
My first thought was "Hmm... Where are the stairs in this building." so I replied "I don't really know..."
Then the second thought flew in and made me exclaimed out to her "Is there a twelve floor here?!"
Basically, my office is in one of those shophouses like building.
Only 5 floors~ =D


Our main task at work is to etch photos.
Have been etching the whole week.
Yesterday when I was trying to grab a nap on the train home, the moment i close my eyes, all i see are PATHS and ANCHOR POINTS.
My life.......


Have been wearing heels to work for the past 2 days as my $15 wedges died in just 4 days.
Conclusion?
Cheap wedges sucks.
Oh ya, im in love with these socks.
White lacey ankle socks.
They allow my wearing of heels to be plasters-free.
And they pretty and are just $2 a pair.
From Daiso!
I want to buy MORE!

Second day of internship.
Battled with 2 pearls necklace for 2 hours.
Time wasting!
Anyway, we finally did more than just etching. Haha...
We did 58 shopfront posters!
But it was very easy to do as there was already a template.
The only problem was that InDesign simply lags the computer.
Oh well...
Tml, we will be helping out with layout of the spreads.
Awesome.

Oh ya, we managed to have bak ku teh today.
Turn out to be rather ex. Haha...

Kopitiam tml~

Well, internship has finally started for SheaLi and me.
Its not exactly fun (seriously, who likes to be tore away from the usual freedom of surfing FB and watching dramas like nobody's business).
Work didnt start out well with OT on the very first day but I blame myself for working too slow.
Have to throw my perfectionist thingy away and seriously speed up.
Pearls are giving me headaches and I have continue the battle with them tml.
Our workstation is very exposed rather big, I would say, with this huge Apple screen and a puny keyboard and mouse, just like the ones we have in 6th floor Mac Labs.
The ladies is pretty amusing. There is the playpen and dog bowls on the floor and dog food on the wash area. Well, they have a dog. Met the dog once when I went to get my LOA signed. The dog wasnt in today and that was quite a relief to SheaLi.
Lunch we had a quick Long John Silver meal. Bravo to National day promo. $4.40 for a 3 piece chicken meal! We were unsure of how long the lunch time was so we just ate and left. Aiming for bak ku teh (which we failed to eat today as it was not opened) for tml lunch.
Hmm... What else to write...
Ah.
If OTs continue for the rest of the week, Im bringing snacks in to fill my tummy and keep me awake.
Oh ya. I need moisturizer. Air con. Brrr....