shoe lusting

dont ask me how or why, but i ended up on ebay looking at shoes.

and i just couldnt decide between these two:

the first pair is obviously more feminine but the other pair (i want white) is edgier.

and both are roughly the same price.

aiyaya

which would you choose?

oh and i just saw this video on my lil cousin's fb. its hilarious!

mascara n pictures

a while ago (im not sure how long, it could have been weeks or even months, because i occasionally join random competitions online.), i joined a competition hosted by loreal beauty confidential and answered some basic questions. amazingly, a package came for me today, announcing that i had won a mascara :D

actually when i first saw the package, i thought "hmm... i thought everything i bought on ebay alreayd arrived...". then i opened it and saw the full sized mascara and thought "wait a minute... im pretty sure i didnt buy this! i already have 4 opened mascaras!" then i read the letter it came with and realization dawned. then i felt ridiculously joyful... as would you if you won something out of the blue =p

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i have quite a backlog of pictures, so before i become too lazy busy (i have 4 assessments to go before term ends on the 26/3), i decided to post all my non-food related pictures up till the point i permed my hair. so its basically pictures of when i still had straight hair plus some random pictures of other stuff.

*warning* over 40 photos.
i havent posted so many pictures in a long time. nyahaha!


xmas eve dinner with jo and kean min at some horrible restaurant in queensway.


the only reason this picture is up, is for jo to nab.
so here u go jo! u can crop my oh-so-sexy face out. haha...


proper picture when i stopped fidgeting.


if im not mistaken, this was taken after a night out with min yuen.


some ppl look better when they smile without teeth.
attempt #1 fail.


this was taken the day after it snowed all night the night before.
it was the most snowfall we had in london so far.


snow angel! (fail coz the snow wasnt deep enough)




the sunset that day.
the lake was half frozen, but the swans were still swimming where they could.


im using this picture for my phone's wallpaper.
would've been perfect if not for the random plastic bag near the bottom of the picture.


cute candle


what i wore to dining one night.
looks damn matronly. haha...


all bundled up!


uh... excuse the tummy.


btw, most of these pictures are meant to be "outfit of the day" pictures.


loving layers


ready to go to the inn for another dining session


i really have to wear that vest more often.
i think this is only the 3rd time i've worn it since i bought it more than a year ago!
if the shape looks odd, its because i re-sewed the top button to make the vest tighter (lack of stuff to fill that area with. wtf).


cowboy in winter. wtf




coz im a wierdo like that.
a WARM wierdo. wtf


loving my "miss attitude" hoodie!


most of the photos are taken in the lift because its the only time that i have time to take photos when i leave the house to go somewhere (im always rushing coz im usually late).


hmmm... moving on...




this is me liking how smart i look because this is the first time i wore a white shirt inside.
my other shirts are blue, black, and grey, and i otherwise wear a dress inside the suit.
i shall wear a white shirt more often now :D


poser much?
eh, i used to pose and camwhore a whole lot more than this ok!


ok, brace yourselves for a few camwhore pictures.








i look so damn tired. but i was anyway.


my intended outfit for an upcoming clubbing event that im not not sure if im even attending.

old already la. the other day i didnt take anything other than a double shot of absinthe and i felt like crap already. le sigh.


because i wear specs, if im not careful, i tend to get the random hair sticking out near my ears. fml


this is the fourth jacket in the rotation.

one dogtooth, one denim trenchcoat, one brown fleece, and this white one.


my new top.
i had a sudden obsession for hoodies (it drizzles so damn much here!).


ripped sides.
and the sports bra inside is new too. i bought it because i intended to be sporty and do yoga or jog or something. but that has yet to happen. wtf









6 pictures with this top.
that should be enough. wtf


last picture of the set!

and thats all folks!

15 malaysia - chocolate

15 malaysia has been recommended to me by various friends, but i didnt actually watch them till tonight.

there will a few i liked ("meter", "one future", "slovak sling" and "halal"), but only one that made me replay it. "chocolate" (its in the title, duh!)by yasmin ahmad.

here's the video:


ok fine, i admit it, i thought the guy was cute ;)
his name is hon kah hoe and he acted in talentime too, so imma watch that when i can get my grubby fingers on it. coz im ham sap like that. wtf
[eh zheh, he somehow reminds me of our uncle, the one i/we think is good looking. not sure why. what do u think?][actually, he also reminds me of fei...]

anyway, besides the guy, i watched it again because it ended so abruptly. the other films were all about 5mins long, but this was 3:15mins. and in those 3 minutes, yasmin ahmad managed to convey her message.

but being the dimwit i am, i had to read the comments to get a clearer picture of her message, and so if you guys wanna know what her message is, its about how racism is not inborn, but rather, it is taught/drilled in. so now you can pretend to be all smart and cultured and that you thought of this yourself.

songs and memories

its amazing how a single song can bring back so strong a memory.

a dark room, lit only by the glow of a laptop. series marathon-ing. ice-cream. a dingy toilet without a shower head. late nights. all nighters. a first kiss.

and suddenly i am there again. sucked back into that time. everything is so clear, its like i just stepped back into the room, returning from getting ice-cream in the kitchen.

romeo&juliet, kafka

i went to watch romeo and juliet @ the royal opera house with jo this evening. it was jo's xmas present to me (super domo to jo!!! love u long long time!) :D

i have watched a few musicals (grease, chicago, beauty and the beast, les miserables) before, but never any ballets. and so i expected the theaters to be quite similar. but i was wrong. the royal opera house is so so much more grand and opulent than other theaters, some of which are rather run down.

the auditorium itself is so awe-inspiring. the dominant colour being red and the lights are golden toned. just being in the building itself makes one feel posh ;)

the ballet was obviously A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. the footwork was neat and polished. extremely powerful legs and gorgeous costumes. i especially loved juliet's costumes. the way they swirled when she twirled... *le sigh*

i'd definitely recommend ballet lovers to watch it ;)

btw, they had several ppl to play romeo and juliet for different scenes, so dont be surprised if u think juliet or romeo keeps coming out to bow when the show is over. lol.

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im not sure if i mentioned it before in my blog, but a few months ago, i read haruki murakami's norwegian wood. i've heard the name of this author come up several times before and it seemed like norwegian wood was a favourite of many readers, so when i came across that book in clearance in a bookstore that was closing down, i immediately bought it.

more recently, i've been itching to start reading again, so i looked up several of haruki murakami's other books. kafka on the shore seemed interesting, so i looked it up on ebay and got it cheap.

im now slightly more than half done with kafka and i think contrary to popular preference, i like kafka better. both books are slightly dark and disturbing, but kafka and its outlandish-ness appeals to me better. norweigian wood is more emo. but thats just my humble opinion.

my free perm and $5 haircut

so i'll let u guys judge for yourselves 1st, before i let u know whether i hate it or love it.

this is the most recent picture i took before i permed my hair and lopped off my locks:


right after the perm, i went and got a haircut, also at the same toni and guy academy.
then, at about 4.30pm (i'd been there since 9.30am!), i finally left the place and wolfed down some bimbimbap at a korean restaurant nearby.

i took this picture in the restaurant loo:



and i took this right after i got back from classes today. bear in mind i did not wash my hair since wednesday =p

oh btw, the picture quality sucks coz i took it with my laptop, then the colouring was off, so i tried to be clever and adjust it, but the adjustment didnt help much, so i gave up and it ended up like this =p

so what do u guys think?

personally, i love it! =p

snow and prawn bisque

as you probably already guessed from the title, it snowed today! ah joy!

i just realized yesterday that spring was supposed to begin next month, so the weather should be getting warmer. and i felt sad because i just bought a poofy winter jacket and boots during the boxing day sales and it would be quite wasted if i didnt get to wear them enough. so the snow this morning and afternoon (and even now!) really perked me up! imma wear my poofy jacket tomorrow!

also, on the way home, i bought some avocados and cherries. the cherries were delightfully sweet :D however, i didnt really know what to do with the avocadoes since i rarely ever buy them. i bought them because i know they are bursting with vitamins (remember the "try a new ingredient" thing i had going?).

i did know that the people here used avocados in cooking, so i researched some recipes and came across a really simple one of which i had most ingredients, and just adapted it to fit what i had stored.

super simple chicken and avocado prawn bisque:
1 can baxters chicken broth
1 avocado
small bowl of cooked prawns
some milk

1. puree the prawns and avocado together, adding milk so that the paste wont be too sticky.
2. heat up the chicken broth and mix the paste into the broth. it will produce a creamy soup. dont overboil.
3. serve and nom!

so easy right??? my first attempt at a bisque and it was delicious! err... ok la, kinda cheating coz i used canned soup also =p

close enough to serendipity

wikipedia: Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally stumbles upon something fortunate, especially while looking for something entirely unrelated.

recently i've been thinking of having a hair cut. im so bored with my same-length hair, i was thinking of getting layers to lighten the load and also create shape.

i mentioned before that i was looking up free haircuts online, and i did find some. however, none of those links were successful because none of them that i tried to contact got back to me.

then yesterday after class as i was walking towards the tube station, a woman approached me, introduced herself as a trainee hairstylist and asked if i wanted a free perm. i hesitated a moment because what i wanted was just a haircut, not a perm.

but then again, i do quite like big wavy curls, and i felt that my hair was long enough to pull it off, so i agreed to do it for her. i asked if i could do any perm i like and she said yes. also i asked if she could cut my hair (because i was still after a haircut. wtf.) and she said she could, but we would have to make another appointment after the perm.

so i agreed to let her perm my hair. i know how expensive perms are, having done it before myself, so i would kick myself silly if i refused a FREE perm. my only qualms are if she screws it up, so imma go for huge wavy curls halfway down the length of my hair because those kinda curls dont last long anyway. that way, if she screws up, i can either chop it off or wait till it straightens. *smug about smart thinking*

eh, so scary, she (the hairstylist) just called me while i was typing this post. she wanted to confirm if i was still in for it. haha... she sounded so so happy to have found a hair model. but i guess im the ideal candidate la. hair all one length, hair highlighted but that was nearly 2 years ago, so nearly all gone, rebonded but also nearly 2 years ago; so i have practically virgin hair! *perasan*

she's so excited, and so am i! hope i dont regret this. better take more "before" pictures. wtf