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Chasing your dreams

2012-02-05T20:02:00.004+08:00

Current weather : Dark

Current mood : Happy

Quote-of-the-post: Change your thoughts and you change your world. -Norman Vincent Peale

Hey peops!
I got pretty bored.. (yes, I did my studies already! Amazing huh? 'Cause it's a first for this year. Teehee)
... and I started editing photos. Credits for the photos are at the bottom of this post! I took all of these from WeHeartIt because honestly, it's really easy to find pretty pictures there. Everything is just a click away!~

I didn't do much, I'm no pro after all. But it's fun editing to suit my taste! If you're an experienced photo editor, you would most probably realise that I have a thing for 'cross process'. Haha, yes, I LOVE IT A LOT. (By the way, the 5th photo is the one I'm using on this blogskin, just scroll down all the way on this page, you'll see it.)

Oh, you're probably wondering why the photos are so small (350x175), it's because I got the banner size reference from thefadingnight. And they do great edits! :D

Okay, time to stop blabbering, so... I present you my edits!

Sources:
http://weheartit.com/entry/22473908
http://weheartit.com/entry/22473658
http://weheartit.com/entry/22474435
http://weheartit.com/entry/22413947
http://weheartit.com/entry/16360480
http://weheartit.com/entry/21154081
http://weheartit.com/entry/3568432

Don't call the world dirty just because you forgot to clean your glasses.

I need a time machine

2012-02-04T18:53:00.000+08:00

Current weather : Cloudy

Current mood : Famished

Quote-of-the-post: It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up. -Vince Lombardi

Yeap, I've changed my blogskin! I love it, so much! When I found it, I was thinking to myself, "OMG I'm so gonna use this blogskin!" Haha!

By aellyniq

The song playing is Time Machine by SNSD (a.k.a Girl's Generation). I'm addicted to it currently.

Right now, if I could ride a time machine and go to meet you, I wouldn't wish for anything else.

Before the memories become distant and fleeting... I need a time machine

The weekly CA is here, just kick started yesterday with Biology. A full paper, 2hours long and worth 100marks. But there were 50MCQs instead of the usual 30. My brains were practically sucked dry, I couldn't think straight halfway doing the MCQ. So I was "TIKAM LAH" (Tikam = choose randomly) The paper was quite tough, I just hope I won't need to drop the subject!

Now, there's a minimum of 2 class quizzes each week, and CA on Fridays. ARGHHHH. The school's MADDDD.

Here we go again ;)

2012-01-29T19:26:00.000+08:00

Current weather : Usual

Current mood : Lethargic

Quote-of-the-post: A woman is like a tea bag: you cannot tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. -Nancy Reagan

The yearly tradition of celebrating CNY at Ethel's house!

#nowplaying Simple Plan - Summer Paradise

First off, we met at Tampines MRT platform and headed for City Hall MRT station. Had our lunch at Mos Burger, yum yum! It's been awhile since I ate there. :) Window-shopped, tried out dresses, and bought a bracelet! It's purple and absolutely pretty! Sorry no photos of it! We headed back to Ethel's house at about 1plus in the afternoon.

There were already a bunch of people at Ethel's house. After about half an hour, we took two young girls to the playground! Gosh, it's been really long since I have played at the playground. /misses-childhood-terribly );

Photos of the kindergarten nearby :b

Every second is a chance to turn your life around.

Arghh, I lost money gambling! But it's less than $10, so alright. Hahaha. I didn't earn any money overall this year for Chinese New Year! Sighhhhhhh. As usual, SerKai won all of our money! We joked and said "when you get married, please understand our extremely thin angbaos." HAHAHA. And Ethel even asked him to treat us a buffet meal if he gets a girlfriend! Guess what, he was like "okay, IF I get one.." Woots, a free meal! -anticipates-

Stayed over at Ethel's house till 3am, watched videos and Ethel introduced me the quiet place project. Oh gosh, this site is just pure amazing. I'm not advertising or what-so-ever, I'm just saying it is AWESOME. Check it out, some of you might have heard of it, or maybe even go there everyday. It's a little ironic thou, how it says about the internet and the only way to view the site is using the internet. Haha! Oh well, we can't blame the internet, we can only blame ourselves right?

I want to travel round the world

#thatawkwardmomentwhen only you changed your 'pose' in burst mode

I'll try to update soon yeah!

Now it's getting unbelievable.

2012-01-20T22:26:00.002+08:00

Current weather : Dark

Current mood : Worn out

Quote-of-the-post: “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.” -J.K. Rowling

Hey guys, I'm back! I know it's been awhile since I've updated, but I've been getting busier day by day.

Honestly, having a Secondary 4 life ain't that nice. I wouldn't say it's THAT horrible, but it's pretty annoying. Test after test; homework after homework; lesson after lesson. My weekly Friday CA in coming up soon. I can't stand the thought of have tests EVERY SINGLE WEEK. Hello? Apparently I HAVE A LIFE. Urgh, this sucks totally!

Tuesday, 17th January 2012
It was a pretty long day. School till 3.30 in the afternoon, had a Biology quiz at about 3.50pm, and guides immediately after the quiz. Right after guides, had to rush back home to bathe and change into formal outfit for .... a Company Dinner! ;D For Pictureworks, the name of the company I worked for the November-December holidays.

I found it nice of them to invite us and all that, after all, we were just part-timers! :) All of the outlets in Singapore and even Malaysia went for the dinner (not exactly all of the people thou). The food there was AMAZING, extremely delicious! Enjoyed it absolutely. The diner was held in a function room at Singapore Flyer! Although it was pretty awkward for us, I mean, we didn't know most of the people there, other than those we worked with at 4D Matrix. We sang Taylor Swift's Love Story for the Karaoke session! Can you believe the whole bunch of us, about 15 of us on the small stage singing to 2 mikes? It was hilarious! Not to mention fun too. We got pretty high when we were singing. Heehee.

We left the place at about 10.15pm because there were lessons the following day. We intended to take the MRT but somehow we eventually took bus 518. We missed the bus and waited for the next one which was in 30mins. Can you believe it? HAHAHA. We waited half-an-hour for a bus when we could have just taken the MRT. But it was fun making jokes while waiting, so, it was all worth it. Teehee.

Most of us reached home at about 11.40pm. Had a great time!

Thursday, 19th January 2012

Went out with Ethel to buy my Chinese New Year shoes! Love what I had bought. We had dinner at Ajisen. (Yeah, it's been a long time since I've been to Ajisen!) Then I headed to Simei for tuition, she tagged along till my lesson started :)

Friday, 20th January 2012
Had CNY celebrations in school with performances by Wushu + Chinese Orchestra, Dance, Choir, etc. and our NAS traditional Mascots design competition! We started singing along with the music playing halfway. Hahaha.

Went to Swensen's for lunch with friends! And then we watched 'We Not Naughty' at Tampines GV.

All of us enjoyed this movie tremendously! It was hilarious, heart-warming and just epic. I cried at 3 parts of the movie, not gonna say them, cause I would be ruining the movie. Go watch it if you have not! I'm not movie critique but I think overall, the screenplay was a tad inconsistent. Not that it was that horrible, it's just you know.. But it's still worth the watch!!

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Chinese New Year is arriving really really soon! Looking forward to see my cousins (dad's side, it's been awhile since I've seen them) Okay, that's all peops! Cya sooooooooon

Heart attack

2012-01-06T22:21:00.000+08:00

Current weather : Dark

Current mood : Neutral

Quote-of-the-post: "Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is."

Whoopsy daisy. I've been getting real busy and plain lazier.
Lil' updates on the first week of school!

On Tuesday, we had form teacher's period which we just did admin stuff and laying out expectations and rules by our new form teacher, Mrs Tan (also my Social Studies teacher). Lessons resumed, unfortunately..
Day 1 of CA1 on Wednesday. I KNOW RIGHT, I have such a sad life.. Just the second day of a new school year and they do this ridiculous thing on us. Urgh, can't stand it. Oh well, we can't go against the school right? (oh wait, maybe we can.... #kidding)
English paper, Elementary Mathematics and Physics. All of them were pretty fine with a little exception in some parts of each paper.
Thursday -- day 2 of CA. Chinese, Chemistry and Additional Mathematics. I pretty much screwed up every paper. Let's not go into details yeah?
Today, FINAL day of CA. Just Social Studies paper! Woots, source-based-questions only so there wasn't any need to study much for it. Guides after school for CCA display preparations!

Yeap, that's about it folks!

New year; new hopes; new dreams

2012-01-01T00:30:00.000+08:00

Young and reckless.

2011-12-25T12:00:00.000+08:00

Current weather : Windy

Current mood : Overwhelmed

Quote-of-the-post: Be yourself and I promise people will enjoy it, and if they don't, forget them. -Mitchell Davis

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas my readers! Hope you peops can get awesome presents !

I've spend the whole day out with my cousins and brother yesterday to celebrate Christmas!

Had lunch at Bedok first before heading to SAFRA for bowling. Can you believe we played a total of 5 games?!? My first (and most probably last) time playing 5 games in a row! My thumb kinda hurts now thou.. Well, at least I don't have to feel say about not bowling for a LONG while.

We've spent at total of $80+ for the bowling. We're such amazing dudes and babes right?

“When someone is so sweet to you, don't expect that they will be like that all the time,

because even the sweetest chocolate expires”

After our epic bowling time, we went straight to my uncle's house, as usual for Christmas celebration. Started the chain of events with Wii. Yes, can you believe it, it was my first time playing the Wii. Heheh, had fun ^-^ It's quite cool. Our traditional buffet dinner with a little add-on -- there was Sushi!

The dudes played pool!

The effect's pretty cool, eh? Thou my nails couldn't be completely seen as red ):

A game of 5 lives

Willie with his hangover xD

Kester's bday cakes!

Group shot !

Coleen's awesome collection of her nail polish

Played our usual blind mice! We wanted to play ice and water but it was raining quite heavily outside, so our plans were kinda ruined. We played Monopoly Deal instead :b

Enjoyed my awesome Christmas, did you?

You're not worthy

2011-12-15T20:30:00.000+08:00

Current weather : Night

Current mood : Nothing spectacular

Quote-of-the-post: You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free. -Thich Nhat Hanh

Went out with Ethel Twinnie today! (like finally, we've been dragging our meetings forever)

Hmm, lunch-ed at Bedok Point's Kung Fu Paradise. We ordered:

Original French Toast
French Toast with Chicken Floss & Condensed Milk
Dry noodles with terayaki chicken (Lunch special @ $6.80, $5.80 for students)
Mango shaved ice dessert
Passion ice tea

It costed us about $28+, which was pretty alright, meaning each of us had to fork our about $14 only. And we ate till we were really bloated. Taste wise, I'll have to say it was pretty great. Enjoyed this meal.

We had no clue on where to go next, so when I just saw a poster advertising about Changi City Point shopping Mall, we just headed there. Guess what! I bought a hat (and socks) at Payless. The hat is the one I wore on the photos above ^^

We went on to Simei's East Point Mall. Shopped a little before my tuition started. Unfortunately I was all alone for tuition 'cause Vanessa fell sick! Hope she gets well asap!

"If people are alone when they're sad, they are crushed with pain,

but if there are people that support them in such times, they can become extremely strong."

Can't you see that look in my eyes?

2011-12-13T10:15:00.001+08:00

Current weather : Clear

Current mood : Half-awake

Quote-of-the-post: Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. -Albus Dumbledore

Heheheh, so, it's been awhile since I've posted anything, whoopsie daisy!
I left for London on the 31st of November till 9th December, which I reached back home at about 4 in the afternoon. I fell really really sick on the plane back. But fortunately I got well and recovered as soon as on Sunday. I'll post about the trip asap.

Yeap, I've changed my blogskin! I was actually ready but I just couldn't find time to update. I'm busy reading Ouran High School Host Club recently and done with watching Fate/stay night & Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works. Hee hee.

Well, apparently, I have this affinity with GREY backgrounds, for some reasons. So I decided not to do anything about it, unlike the previous blogskin. The song (youtube video to the left of the screen) is 'Music Sounds Better With U' by Big Time Rush.

Isn't James such a cutie ;)

BEST & EPIC-EST photo eva (from what I found) xD

Sunday, 11th December 2011

Headed off to Commonwealth for some Church's carnival? My cousins asked my bro and I along cause they had $200 worth of the coupons to spend there. Hahaha! Well, there weren't really any games, only 2 stalls worth? And the target audience of the game stalls are for smaller children, oh well~ Bought a lot of stuff, hey, it's $200 ! Food first, then the rest. (So typical xD)

Left at about 1pm, my bro had something on so he headed back to Tampines while my fellow 2 cousins and I went to Bugis! Shopped a little, managed to get a blouse then we went to Bugis Junction's BHG, for what? THE KIDDY ARCADE. Ahahah, can't believe I could have so much fun there. Laughed like mad thanks to them. We managed to get 120 tickets and bought some tidbits. After dinner at Tampines, we headed for my house and we played AEROPLANE ! One of the classics childhood games. By the way, I realised how much this game isn't meant for me, I SUCK AT IT so badly. Or more like I had no luck at all. Okay, let's not get there.

Stop searching forever, happiness is right next to you.

Us against the world

2011-11-19T16:57:00.001+08:00

Current weather : Just rained

Current mood : Overjoyed

Quote-of-the-post: Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is. -Maxim Gorky

Updates on my current affairs ! :b

A day of 2 crazy girls (14 Nov)
Gen came over my house in the morning after her Chemistry SPA to discuss about our guides script for next year's UG talk. We ended off watching videos and chit-chatting. But thankfully for some self-control, we managed to complete what was necessary and watched The Tourist. We had a hard time hearing the people in the movie for some god-damn reason, so we swapped and watched Friends with Benefits.

I'm pretty sure that it wasn't meant for our age, but let's keep that a little secret between us ;)
We skipped the sex scenes, relax dudes. I absolutely loved the comedy they had in the movie, and I enjoyed it. A 7.5/10 for it.

Left my house for E!Hub. Had waffle with ice cream at Buddy Hoagies. It was quite nice, and definitely filling. I guess it's because of the lunch I had at home before. It's $4.90 nett. The ambience was pretty great, retro-ish and quite cozy.

#nowplaying Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch - Ass back home

A bunch of crazy kids (16 Nov)
Coleen and Kester came over !
Had a hell of an awesome time with them. Played Monopoly Deal and Big 2~
Oh, and we watched Paranormal Activity 3, without watching the prequels 1 and 2. An hour and 18minutes wasted. All 4 of us were disappointed in the movie, I guessed we expected too much from it? Or maybe we were supposed to watch the first and second movie before watching the third.
Following that, we had an EPIC game of Monopoly City. HAHAH.

“The only real failure in life is the failure to try.”

Girl Guides Day Camp (17 & 18 Nov)
Day 1: 17th November
Well, we had a balloon sculpturing lesson which was pretty fun ! Did a dog, flower, sword and a machine gun. Hohoho, I was pretty afraid of it bursting in my hands as I twisted them in the beginning, but after awhile, I kind of gotten used to it and I was like "whatever, who cares if it bursts!" Yeah, LOL.

My cute lil' dog ;)

Headed off to Pasir Ris, White Sands Mall for lunch. I went to Burger King with Gen and Elysia. Yumyum, onion rings! Then we met with the rest of the guides for PRAWN FISHING. It was my first (and probably only) time fishing ! I've never fished before. And it was a great and fun experience for me ! Gen and I managed to catch one prawn! But apparently, the prawns are too smart for us and keep running away once I pulled the rod back up. Kinda hope I'll have another chance ! Heheh.

Day 2: 18th November

Started off with the usual morning roll call. We had formal ceremony, and I've finally got my Toymaker badge! I think my teacher forgot about me the previous time ): LOL. Okay, the rest of the guides played some bonding games while Gen and I sorted out the guides tee which arrived during the formal ceremony. Blah blah blah, went out for lunch. There was a course, learning about sign language prepared by our guiders. The trainer was a deaf person, so there was a translator to translate his sign language to the rest of the guides. I didn't attend it as I helped out with some other guides for the Open House Booth. Heard it was fun though :b

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That's pretty much what had happened this week! Seeya peops !~

Face the music

2011-11-03T17:02:00.003+08:00

Current weather : Clear

Current mood : Paranoid

Quote-of-the-post: "I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh, but I never knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry."- Unknown

1. INSIDIOUS
It was scary, alright. Although I've spent most of my time covering my eyes during the scary parts, I was still scared. O.O But I've gotta admit, the 'ghosts/deamons' weren't very scary looking, it's the sound and everything else -- the suspense. Watch it, and you'll get what I mean.

John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal explains "[w]hat makes a movie scary isn't what jumps out of the closet. It's what might jump out of the closet..." (Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insidious_(film) )

2. EASY A

Easy A was a awesome movie. I would give it a 4 out of 5 stars .
Synopsis
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing. (Written by Sony Pictures)

Emma Stone is one hell'a of an actress. I got to know her through Crazy Stupid Love, and while I was browsing through the movie listing for 2010, I came across this film. Watched the trailer, and decided to watch it. Who'd knew I would fall for it? Emma Stone's acting was absolutely amazing. ILOVEHER ;)

3. FROM ME TO YOU

From Me to You is a slow paced romance movie, based on the extremely popular manga-adapted-to-anime Kimi ni Todoke (I blogged about it before). It was nicely done. Just that, .. NO HUG OR KISS? HELLO OMG.

#nowplaying Paramore - The Only Exception

4. SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE

She's Out of My League was absolutely hilarious. A 3/5 stars. "Stainer", one of the male lead's close friend, is just EPIC FUNNY. You'll get it when you watch it. ;)

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Relax, I didn't watch it all in one night. And it's not ranked according to their score, it's arranged according to which movie I'd watched first. I watched Insidious on Saturday, 29 Oct '11, Easy A on 31 Oct '11, From Me to You 1 Oct '11 and lastly She's Out of My League today, 3 Nov '11.

Toodles !~

Say those 3 words, and I'm yours.

2011-10-28T20:30:00.000+08:00

Current weather : Night ~

Current mood : Nostalgia

Quote-of-the-post: "Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with."

I've just watched Crazy Little Thing Called Love

SYNOPSIS
This is a story about first grade of junior high school student, Nam. She is really ugly with her three best friend who is not far difference as her. She has crush to a first grade of senior high school guy named Shone. Shone is an idol in the school. Nam begins to do a lot of thing to reach him. She follow every step she read from a book. but unfortunately, Shone’s friend is the one fall for her once she becomes beautiful. How will Nam react to Top approach toward her? Will Shone love her in the end?

This is a must and so worth-it movie to be watch. You will not regret it, I promise.

(Credits: http://loveaddict.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/movie-crazy-little-thing-called-love/ )

"Every one of us has someone who is hidden in the bottom of our heart. And when we think of that person, we feel like there's always a little pain inside. But we still want to keep that person. Even though I don't know where he is today, what he is doing, I know that he is the one who taught me this. A crazy little thing called LOVE."

I couldn't help but fall for this particular romantic comedy film. Everything she does, her reaction when he knows her name, she walks pass his class just to see him, call him just to hear his voice, EVERYTHING, is just so freaking relatable to all of us.

To add on, this film stars handsome Mario Maurer and pretty Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul !

Don't they look great together? *.*

HOT MAX O.O

GO WATCH GO WATCH ! :b

Credits: 1 2 3

Grateful

2011-10-24T18:34:00.000+08:00

Current weather : Sun setting

Current mood : Nonchalant

Quote-of-the-post: Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. -Henry Ward Beecher

Got back results today ! I'm pretty satisfied with them, especially my CHINESE!~ Plus Elective Geography and Chemistry :3 I've finally passed my main paper for Chinese.. And it wasn't a 'just pass' ! Hohoho, -does the dance-
Nevertheless, there were some disappointments -- Additional Mathematics, Biology and English. :/

BUT, considering the fact that I didn't study much, only the day before each paper, I think I did rather okay. Can't expect much anyway right?

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Had 2R6'10 chalet over the weekends ! (didn't take photos, sorry! I'll try grabbing some from others :B)

Friday, 21st October 2011
Day 1 of the chalet !
We had our lunch at White Sands Mall's Kopitiam, and met the rest at Ehub entrance.
Hmm, we played games in the chalet, nothing much thou :O
Caught Real Steel movie with JingWen, WeiXuan, XiuQing and Triston!

It's a freaking awesome movie to watch !
It just has everything, from romance, to family, to action. What's there to not enjoy? ;)

FURTHERMORE,

This boy, Dakota Goyo, is just too cute.

“I just want you to fight for me.

That’s all i ever wanted.”

— Max [real steel]

Saturday, 22nd October 2011
Bowled in the afternoon with Jingwen, Xiuqing, Malcolm and Triston !
Malcolm won the game, while Jingwen and I tied at second place with 75points ! It has been super long since I've last bowled, was it secondary 1 or Primary school? Gosh O.O Anyway, it's was undoubted fun, although we played one game only.. Pizza-ed for dinner ~
The teachers, Mr Huang, Miss Lee (soon-to-be Mrs Huang) and Miss Cheryl Tan came over at about 8pm. We played some games with them and asked how was Miss Tan proposed ! Her husband isn't a teacher, so we don't know him. Had fun and Miss Tan fetched some of us home! WOOH. Heehee. But obviously not exactly till our doorsteps..

Didn't go over on the third day, I mean like DUH, who goes on the third day? Most prolly they would be still sleeping till late morning then check-out from the chalet and go home. Ahahah.

Toodles peops !

Easy come, easy go

2011-10-19T21:30:00.000+08:00

Current weather : Night

Current mood : Indescribable

Quote-of-the-post: Never be totally dependent on anyone because even your own shadow leaves you when you’re in the dark. -Unknown

Headed to Temasek Polytechnic for a Life Science program.
Course Title - Proteins: Detection and Quantification

We were to be in groups of four to five.
This is the ROUGH idea of what we did, but I kinda forgot some stuff along the way, woops.

We had to slice a part of a pig's spleen. (ZhiYu did that, none of the girls wanted to, heheh)
Wash the spleen with some liquid (I forgotten what is it called )
Weigh the spleen with the liquid and record it down
Centrifuge the spleen
Collect the 'liquid' part with a micropipette (the solids at the bottoms are the 'impure' ones, we needed the liquid part only)
Centrifuge again to have a 'purer' substance
Collect the liquefied spleen with the micropipette
Add Bradford reagent into the liquefied spleen
-forgot- heehee
Use the spectrophotometer to find out the molarity of protein in the spleen.
ENDDD

Photos taken by Karwai ! ~

07. If you want something, you go get it. That’s all you can do, because everyday that you spend sitting and waiting is another day that the biggest change in your life could have happened. All you have to do is jump. But do it for yourself, not for anyone else. Inspire yourself to make a change and take a risk, because you have nothing to lose. Nothing is nothing, because even if it’s only a little change, at least you did something. At least you jumped. (Credits: x--quotesational)