Merry Christmas!

Photoshop is being such a bitch.

I hate the fact that my laptop's screen is small enough, let alone the laptop itself lagging every minute. Not much of an exaggeration here - My laptop likes to hang on me almost every 5 minutes, unless I'm blogging.

Blogger is my sanctuary for now.

Christmas wasn't a very happy occasion for me either. Apart from the fact that my family never got ourselves into the Christmas mood (except for the period of time our old neighbours gave us this plastic Christmas tree that could sit wonderfully on our side table. That tree is now in dustbin heaven after the "branches" decided not to stay on.. I think), I got into an argument with my dad over work a few days ago and have not been talking much to him since.

Like a spoilt brat, I refused to go out for dinner yesterday. The only temptation was chili crab, which my mom offered to eat with me. I was excitedly getting ready, wearing nicer clothes rather than just my usual of a teeshirt, shorts and slippers, even though I knew we were just going to a coffee shop nearby. (I dressed nicely cuz we were going to my uncle's place after that)

My mom just gave a shocked look when I came out of my room, "Wear until so nice for what?"

Ugh. These are just some of the days I sometimes wished she just kept quiet and didn't say anything. I sulked and went back into my room. Apparently the frustration built up over work for the past month suddenly burst out of me.

Not like I could help it, its a human thing, you know?

I locked myself in my room and told her I didn't feel like having dinner anymore. She made a huge fuss and said if I didn't go, she wouldn't either. I knew she'd do this, so I just didn't budge. In the end she left without me. I was rather happy - I would rather be alone when I'm in a grumpy mood than face my parents over the dinner table.

My beloved dish of chili crab just flew out the window. Sigh.

I attempted cooking my instant pasta over the stove instead of the microwave like I always do. Burnt my tongue while tasting the sauce and checking if the pasta is soft enough.

Lesson learnt.. Be a spoilt brat and heaven will punish you in one way or another.

Watched The Osbourne's Christmas Special on MTV while cooking and ate my pasta while watching my 9pm Chinese drama. It is true that meals you cook yourself will always be tastier, or so I learnt as I consumed my pasta in peace and quiet - something I will have to get used to when Aunty Tun leaves for her hometown for good this 31st.

Like what my friends say, "NO MORE AWESOME FOOD FROM YOUR MAID?! Aw, so sad.. so sad."

Anyway, photos to remind myself its Christmas:

What the Duck

Everything

Today, (or any day, infact) has not been a good one.

After receiving a call - which wasn't a good one - from my dad, everything seemed to begin going downhill. For starters, my dad's scolding lasted a good 5-7 minutes, which resulted in me just missing the bus, which also resulted in me losing a few Taiwanese customers who were at the Learning Centre before I was.

I guess I can't bargain for a day better than this, huh?


We had a movie marathon yesterday over at Kerrie's place! Thank you hun for inviting us over. Sadly, I took out my camera really late and therefore, the lack of photos.

Quin seems to be my favourite subject whenever I have a camera around..

And this will be my favourite shot of her.

Then we had the flea market over at St. James Power Station.

It was awesome, except for the fact that I didn't get to watch Tammy Tay's fashion show due to the fact I forgot my IC and misplaced my Ez-Link card.







Not to freak anyone out but can you see that weird skin-coloured-like shadow behind my hand that's holding on to the Sony strap? (Not the one holding the lens cover)

I scared myself silly, so much that I couldn't go back to sleep. I was sitting on my bed, no pillows around me so it couldn't be my pillows. (My pillows are orange and green)

Worse still, its translucent at the top and opaque at the bottom!

It was taken at prolly 2AM. Thank heavens its daytime now while I'm blogging.


As of now, I'm falling asleep. Om nom nom..

Flea

Was bored and decided to do what bored people would do: Questionnaires.

(Got this from Hito's tumblr.)

Here is a list of quirky personality traits! Bold what applies to you, strike what you can’t stand.

I always announce when I have to pee/use the bathroom.

I won’t eat my food if it touches a different food.

I will not blow my nose in front of other people.

I put my feet up on everything.

I say hello to everyone I see.

I have a tendency to make everything awkward.

My mind always wanders to the “sexual” side of things.

I always follow things up with “That’s what she said!”

I’m too embarassed to ask my friends/family for tampons.

I use chapstick/lip balm religiously.

I check my accounts online in order everytime I get on the computer.

If I get up from the computer, even for a second, I put an away message up.

I’m always leaving my phone in random places.

I always keep one earbud out, in case someone needs to talk to me.

I mark off every day on the calendar.

I have the same routine every time I take a shower.

I will not go out in public without makeup on.

Everything about my life is very neat. It has to be.

I make a to-do list every day, and I’m lost without it.

I always check my phone the second I wake up.

I have to pee before bed.

I laugh when I hear/see the number 69.

I yell “Burn!” when someone disses someone else

I take off my shoes when I get inside the house.

I can’t stand silence. Especially when I drive.

I have to listen to something or I can’t fall asleep.

I have to have the TV on or I can’t fall asleep.

I don’t use public bathrooms. Period.

I will NOT fart in front of anyone.

I will absolutely NOT fart in front of my boyfriend/girlfriend.

All my music on iTunes has to have album art.

Going a day without changing my underwear, NEVER, EVER happens.

I tend to skip showers frequently.

I count to 20 (seconds) when I wash my hands.

I’m always forgetting to take my pills.

I have panic attacks frequently.

The door(s) must be shut before I go to bed.

I’m always saying chat lingo out loud (example: “L-O-L” or “W-T-F”)

I swear way too much for my own good.

I re-write (or type) all my notes.

Without thinking twice, I always correct spelling/grammar mistakes.

I go for weeks without checking my email.

I show up late to work all the time.

I number my surveys (in the title).

I number the questions on all my surveys.

Will blog more tomorrow. It has been a really tiring day, spent at the flea market held at St. James Power Station with Peckkhee, Alicia and Kerrie! Bought two bags from Cia, met Daomin and gang after not seeing her face for so long as she left me wondering where she has disappeared to.

I've gotta go to work tomorrow, so I shall see you tomorrow to continue this, Blogger!

'Twas the Night of Musicals

Here are the Musical Night photos, as said mentioned.

I didn't take much. By the time we managed to navigate our way through the massive buildings in an unfamiliar landscape, we were almost late for the musical. Thankfully, the moment we sat down, the musical started.

It was a good night/show, with the only regret being the fact that I didn't read the given booklet before the musical started. I sat there with my face in a frown, wondering what the particular scene was about - and that happened most of the time. Only by reading the plot thoroughly as soon as I got home did I understand what it was about.

Likiong's violin-playing was awesome - soothing to the ears. I hate it when guys like him and Winston are so good with instruments because I wish I could be more like them. I got quite a shock when I saw that Winston was the composer and pianist on the booklet. That's really impressive!

I thought Jiaqi looked cute in the dress ;)

There were two people taking at the same time using me and Ker's cameras, so they took it thrice since they never went: "1, 2, 3, SMILE!" and whatnot (to warn us beforehand).

I just realised that all the girls in the group shot are from 4E'09.
How awesome.

Sorry its so bright and blur, Manda and Cia!

Winteng asked me to take a few shots for her and to upload them here, so here they are as promised!

This would be Likiong - with his mad crazy grade 8 violin skills.

With Pam.

And Vanessa.
(Pam, Van.. Hey it rhymes!)

Wished Beanie was here though! Hope you're having fun at Germany/whatever place you're in now!

Musical Night

Musical Night photos will be up later tonight!

Watch this space cuz I'm working right now and Cam²'s not with me. Should've brought the memory cards to upload the photos hm.

Catching up with Nadya jiejie over MSN. As a kid, I really looked up to her. So you could only imagine how much I missed her when she left for Australia. Catching up with her never felt better. I do hope she comes back soon.

"You would not believe your eyes, if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep"

Non-Kpop fans should watch this too! I found it funny how they used SNSD's Gee dance for a Chinese folk song!

Its been a while since I updated myself with Kpop videos and all that smush since I'm currently into the likes of Justin Bieber, Pixie Lott and Taylor Lautner..


Hey, who could resist this dude?

I watched New Moon again for the second time yesterday with Bernice, and boy you should've heard the cinema go "OOooooooOOohhhhhhh~!", "AHHHHHH!", and "*Gasp* EEEEK HAHA OMG JACOB!" when the wigged version of Jacob took off his shirt to wipe Bella's blood. Basically, when he did that the girls in the cinema started giggling and wishing Taylor Lautner was theirs.

Well, Taylor Lautner is "Kinda beautiful", isn't he?

Bern was squeeeeealing in delight with the other girls that filled the cinema. I'll have to admit, so did I. I prolly giggled more than her at the sight of his sculpted and toned body. Suddenly, Bern exclaims, "Bella gets to hug both Jacob and Edward! When they're topless!"

Before the movie, we proceeded to doing a typical Singaporean thing - jalan jalan.

We stopped by this huge 'tree' made of Ferrero Rochers. It was a beautiful sight for the chocolate-lover which could be no one else but me. We decided: When we walk past this place again, we'll whip out my CamCam and snap a photo of each of us under this magnificent thing.

And we did.

I was rather embarassed. There was already a crowd of people posing by the tree, just like what we were about to do. The brave and I-don't-care-what-others-think Bernice stepped forward and asked a random guy to help us snap a photo.


We did some shopping at the new mall - 313 @ Somerset.

I have this thing against new malls. They are always overcrowded, rain or shine. It was pretty annoying, having to squeeze through the massive crowds of Singaporeans and Foreigners alike. We got to New Look - a new favourite shop of mine - and tried on some shoes for the fun of it.


If we could explain ourselves, we'd say, "The shoes around us are not ours!"

Which really is the truth, and nothing but the truth. A staff who was clearing the shoes asked if we wanted any pairs, thinking ALL the shoes belonged to us. We could only awkwardly (to me) tell her that infact, none of those were ours.


Someone created a Facebook group which had "If Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift got married, they'd BOTH be Taylor Lautner!" for a title. It'll prolly look something like this:

TAYLOR LAUTNER
+
TAYLOR SWIFT

= TAYLOR LAUTNER

Taylor Lautner's hosting SNL!

I heard his skit was funny. I wanna watch it soooo bad but sadly I don't think any of my channels have SNL. I feel like a little miserable kid right about now.



Kristen's reaction made me laugh. "You kinda remind me of my mom" is like a comment making fun of the older women who lust after Taylor Lautner.


By the way, I saw this video on underage-girl.blogspot.com's blog that I thought I should share:


IS IT FUNNY OR WHAT?!

It didn't probe my funny bone till the lizard ran across the water and I started laughing out loud. First time a documentary of an animal made me laugh so hard. I never knew animals could be this funny!


Shall end off with some photos I took of Natalie! :)