Isn't it damn gorgeous?!
Time has passed too fast. Too too fast. Within a time span of 1 year, I've experienced so many things. Let's do a little time travel, shall we? (:
Xiamen (March to April 2011) I remembered that around this period last year, I was about to go off to Xiamen. In Xiamen, got to know Michelle a little more, SY YT and Vandy as project mates. It was a very trying period for my identity and I did things I regretted. Perhaps this period of time helped me understood my imperfections and my shortcomings a little better. Got to know also Rebecca and Guanhui, and I was able to relate to them. It made me feel that at least there was people there for me at that period of time. It was fun stomping laundry with Michelle and breaking the hotel pole because our laundry got to heavy, when SY tied scorpio plaits for me, when YT and SY kept singing big bang and being obsessed over it, when we could try China food (trust me it is hella GOOOOOD! other than the generousity of oil), eating jjangmyeon there, drinking piping hot milk tea in cold weather. I'm really missing China and the hotel that we stayed in..! <3 Year 2 Sem 1 (April to September 2011) Felt so glad to be home after 1 month in China. I tried to reach really high. I wanted to boost more CCA points, and got too caught up in trying to be a better candidate for university, which was wrong. Was quite lonely back then. It was one of the lowest points of my life. Discovered and got hooked on movies @ lien ying chow library. Also discovered eric khoo's local movies which I warmed up my heart which was hardened at this period. Tried to join 2 ccas - Leo club and Aerobics club. Leo club started out well where I tried to get more involved and even wanted to thrive. But soon the passion died down. Aerobics - I've never liked aerobics. I joined to keep fit. I guess they werent exactly my passions from the start. Not as much as shopping, selling stuff, cooking, diy-ing stuff and all. Thus it didnt really last. :) Vietnam (September 2011) Decided to do something different. Became roommates with Elaine and Marielyn (whom were both year 1 while I was year 2), not knowing what to expect as we didnt know each other prior to the trip at all. But soon we grew close, especially to Elaine. Also grew close to Valerie, Vanessa, Alex Ng and his gf Xinyue. Nice bunch of people. I still remembered lepaking in the hotel rooms together, within 4 walls, sharing secrets and talking about our lives. Laughed at random shit such as Pocongs(inside joke), watched horror films and chillin' at Hotel room 101 Huong Vuong Hotel ! <3 And not to mention, Vietnamese coffeee is very nice ! :D Not to mention trying out Pho vietnamese noodles and daily breakfast @ the hotel ! Did construction work like cementing floors and plucking out weeds. Did teaching which i was very nervous about but as I looked back I'm glad I managed to be the lead teacher at least once. SweetConcoctions Blogshop Learnt how to tolerate customers and blogshop owners. Got many lovely stuff in return. Errr that's just about it.. Year 2 Sem 2 (October 2011 to February 2012) Managed to get into the same class as Wanning, Sinyee, Chris, GuoXiang - TA02. It felt like Year 1 Sem 2. Got to know more teachers and classmates also. Got flooded with projects and spent a bulk of the time in the library attempting to finish it and complaining about projects. At the very least, I think I do have responsible project mates who share the project burden tgt. And thoroughly, I emphasize thoroughly, enjoyed hijacking and booking rooms which I do not have a solid reason why I love it. Hahaha. Got to know Chris a bit more and basically talked a lot of nonsense in class. Got to know Sinyee a bit more too, as we conversate more, did projects more and ate dinner tgt. Like the Xiamen trip, got to see another side of me which I didnt know existed. However, I found a side of me that was very much giggly, more outspoken, and perhaps some people would say, unabashedly outrageous. It was neither good nor bad, to me though. Was more confident putting myself in front of the class. Comparing to Year 1 Sem 1, I've come a long way - in public speaking and controlling my nerves. I also learnt that some things are just not within my control, no matter how hard I try. Thus the best way is to let go - which was hard. And of course, there were some days were really draggy and very very long and there were several instances where I couldnt wait for the semester to be over, but more soon than ever, the semester ended. March to April 2012 (and beyond) My preloved blogshop, MDA job and maybe other temporary jobs, korean trip, 2nd year anniversary with Nerd, laptop bazaar, and finally the anticipation of yet another semester, this time harder though. There's still so much to live for, so much to be discovered. No one knows for sure what will happen next. As life slowly unfolds. (: And no, 13th is not a mistake number. Hahaha. Figure it out! ;) 
Mum, I love you.
You always put me first in every situation. Thinking of me always. Being there for me when I needed someone. Hai blog. <: Have been trying to adjust to a slower paced life. Looking back, I felt that Year 2 Semester 2 was personally very fast paced. On top of the usual homework that we were supposed to do and tests to study, there was just so many projects we had to clear (I figured it was around 10 projects that semester, some big ones like 20% of final score, and some 5%?). Anyway, I'm just glad that I managed to scrape through this sem.  Big Golden Juicy Pears (: So FINALLY when there's nothing to do right now, I'm feeling WEIRD. And bored. But I understand. Perhaps I wont feel this way since I've got a job and my blogshop to occupy me. Hahaha, oh well. Anyway, other than cooking that I've done (in my previous post), I have been watching many skincare tutorials and DIY-ing my own skincare products ! I've done Bubzbeauty's Green Tea Scrub, and also a youtubers' Green Tea Toner with the exception that I added some lemon juice for oil control. But one DIY skincare item that I'm gonna post on my blog today is... Michelle Phan's Cucumber Eye Pads. (: I admit that, initially I was very skeptical about these eye pads. I know they were from Michelle Phan thus I believed that it did have a certain level of standard, but I wasnt really expecting that it would be as good as those expensive eye products bought outside. I've tried collagen eye masks(which i got for less than a dollar each) from a blogshop, and garnier roll on stick(which I swapped with a blogshop owner around 2 years back). They felt cooling and I loved the collagen eye masks as it was really affordable. The garnier roll on stick was not bad as well, just that it was pricey if I were to buy it outside. So in summary, I was skeptical AT FIRST about these cucumber eyepads. I still decided to go ahead and try though ;) Items needed and prices I got 'em for: 1) 2 small cucumbers OR 1 large cucumber - $0.50 2) Small translucent plastic bags - $0.80 3) Cotton wool - $1.25 Total: $2.55, yielding 60 pairs of cucumber eyepads ! (Around ~4 cents per pair, where to find so cheap eye product!) Step 1: Blending Cucumber and Water in a Blender.  I made a silly mistake for cutting the cucumbers so thick as my blender couldnt blend. I thus went ahead to recut the cucumbers into smaller pieces before putting them back again to the blender, and they blended just fine :) Step 2: Sifting the cucumber juice so that you'll get cucumber water. Discard all the cucumber fibre or remains.  Step 3: Soak the cotton wool in batches of 10, or whatever you're comfortable with. You can even do it individually, but for me in batches of 10 seems more effective. Squeeze out all excess water. Step 4: Pack it into individual packages for a pair of cucumber eyepads.  Step 5: Freeze them, wait for them to freeze, and then you're ready to use ! (: 1 cucumber yields around 30 pairs of cucumber eyepads. I placed the packages of eyepads inside the fridge irregularly so that it would be easier to take them out as plastic tends to get stuck to each other :)  I've already tried 3 pairs and I have nothing but compliments for this DIY eyecare item. I'm not sure about reduction in puffiness of eyes and dark eyed circles. But being a heavy laptop user, this is a must to relax my eyes after hours of selling items online, watching youtube etc /: Gave mum one pair to try and she said it was amazing. Gave bf one pair to try and he said it makes him want to sleep ~_~ Hahahaa. So that's about it. Try the cucumber eyepads today! :) On the side note, I'll be starting work this friday!! :) Basically the job is from the MDA (Media Development Authority). It is to go to different primary schools and educate them on Cyber Wellness, and there's a manual that we need to follow and learn first before educating primary school students. $7/hour. Feeling privileged to get a meaningful job yet, mind my language, feeling super fked up because I need to locate ALL the primary schools which is a pain in the ass considering how I panick when I get lost. Guess I need to go there each time super early lest I get lost and be late. Whatever it is, I just gotta calm down and if I really get lost on that day, errrrr may the stars guide me to the primary school then.. =.=''' My working partners for this job are Yusheng and Wayne as stated in the roster. I'm not quite sure who they are - I hope they would be nice colleagues. Anyw, thanks for reading. Smell ya all around later ! <3 I will continue to blog, even if no one reads. I guess sometimes people who owns a blog, like myself, get too caught up in the readers rather than themselves. And sometimes, because of this, they start to lose the reason why they started blogging of not much meaning anymore. But I'll continue to blog, even if no one reads, so long I've an inspiration to do it (: Anyway, so what can I say? Exams are officially OVERRRRRRR. Muahahahaha. Okay that was news from 2 days ago! But still. Have been doing a hella lot of stuff over the past 2 days. Going for job interviews and searching for jobs, cooking, setting up my blogshop(which is already up, LINK) Still, I feel abit uneasy, cos all of a sudden there's no material to study. I guess it's yet another transition, very common. This weird feeling will happen again once I go back to school. /: So here's a few pictures that I captured for the past few days: Cooking the oh so famous Korean dish, Jajangmyeon :DDD On the 22nd Feb 2012. Since secondary school, I am often in awe when the korean dramas that I've watched often involve koreans stuffing the black noodles into their faces ~_~  So I was rlly pleased to make this. ^^ End result:    UPDATED THIS BLOGPOST: 26/2/2012 It was pretty good I would say. (Not trying to praise my own cooking here hahaha), though I gotta admit that the one at China was much nicer(THE ONE AT CHINA WAS SIMPLY THE BOMB!). Picture of me with Ja jiang mian at China~  So anyways, let's continue on ^^ 23rd February 2012. Made creamy potato salad, with cripsy ham bits(that looked like bacon). The picture below didnt capture quite well. I personally thought it was not too bad, and it makes you feel like what comfort food will make you feel ~_~  BUTTTT. I do prefer light potato salad, rather than a creamy variation like this. Firstly, it tastes better to me. Secondly, there is lesser calories. 24th February 2012. Cooked Bibimbap on the 24/2 :)  Cant help but blog :) Hahahas. Today was AUDIT paper. Thought it was manageable. After school went Makan Place with Sinyee and Wanning to eat lunch :) After that homed and was on the computer for 5 hours and slept for god knows how long gosh. Didnt study at all, gonna start revision tmrw. So now I'm uploading The Boyfriend Tag video, cos I was really tempted to after months of seeing vloggers uploading their random fun videos online. >_< It's a video that I've been contemplating to upload, so I finally decided to. The uploads' taking freaking long btw. Now 8% only fml =.= Anyw before I end this post, I would like to say sth really random: Everyone has freedom to do what they want, so long as it does not 1) hurt anyone or 2) hurt themselves. This includes being able to explore, to be who they want to be. Who cares what people think, whether you're... Loud? Quirky? Dorky? Hyper? Anything really? . . . . . . . . . I'm missing you a hella lot. Abit too much.  My 14th Feb outfit >_< Exactly one week and exams will be over .
It's gonna be a HIATUS ! Bye ~~ Just a thought passed through my mind.
Whether unintentional or intentional, never let anyone manipulate you, make you feel unwanted or guilty just cos (1) He/she wants YOU to do something which you aint wanna do. (2) He/she wants to pull you down and lower your self esteem. Cos no one should make us feel inadequate. I know we've all been there before, whether culprit or victim. But that doesnt make it RIGHT. The more I think about it, the more I find you manipulative, through actions and words. Though Im trying to empathize with you, like what they always say, friends come and go. 2 resolutions I made with myself: 1) I shouldnt care about you so much already 2) We could have a healthier friendship in future, just not so much of now. I know, you might be hurting or trying to find answers yourself. Whatever it is, I wont let you make me feel guilty or hurt - anymore. Period. :) So have been busy preparing for exams lately 5 more days to exams. It's temporary, so hang on there. It shouldnt be too bad. /: Anyway, here's a blog post to destress and post about random stuff once again. Heh. In late January, bought 2 hello kitty etude house perfumes from a Korean seller. They are authentic perfumes :) Got them at a discount at only $5.60 each. Received 'em after 1 week and was HAPPY upon receiving it :) Anyway before continuing, I would have to say this: Not really a fan of hello kitty, but they were from etude house and had good reviews on the lovely scents, so I bought it ^^ Here are the pictures: It came in a mini parcel, in a box like this.  ...carefully bubble wrapped by the seller to prevent damage :)  PLUS 6 free samples were given. From BB cream to eye cream, & from hair treatment to lip gloss samples :)  And so here's the whole complete set ! <3 The blue and red hello kitty perfume bought to complete my set of 3 :)  Reviewing the perfumes: 1) BLUE (Tender Powder Perfume) : It doesnt smell too pleasant when you smell it straight from the bottle. However when you apply it and let it settle for a while, it smells like baby powder. Not my most favourite perfume though. 2) RED (Sweet Fresh Perfume): Basically, it has a floral scent to it. If you let the perfume settle for a while, it smells really LOVELY! Like one of the loveliest perfumes I've ever smelled. :) 3) YELLOW (Cutie Tropical): I've had this perfume for about a month or so now. To describe the smell, it would be that it's passionfruity/lychee. I especially love fruity perfumes over floral ones, cos it just makes someone smell so yummy. Lol. Anyway, I love this perfume too. :)  All the perfumes in my opinion werent too strong, which is a good thing somehow. Similarly to the packaging of the perfume bottles and the box, I felt that these perfumes were meant to target teenagers :) The only downside is that the perfume bottles are really petite. Around half the size of my palm. My yellow perfume bottle, having used more than 1 month, is already halfway to finishing :( Though the size was sorta acceptable since it was just $5.60. it would be good that they could sell in bigger bottles so they could last longer! ^^ Rating: The scents are unique and original. So overall I would give this series a fantabulous 8 out of 10 ! ---------------------------------END OF REVIEW----------------------------------- That's it for today. Will blog if I'm really bored. But probably not. Most likely it will be after exams. xx. Illness has gotten better. Begun to eat more food, though got nauseatic when I ate a few spoonfuls of horfun with gravy. /: GAHH. Then did some revision~ Exams are draggy. But there's always things to look out for after the exams. Or that's what I try to tell myself at least. Like more snoozy and lazy afternoons, watching dramas, getting money from part time jobs, reopening my blogshop (and maybe some university bazaars if I can be given an opportunity to). Basically a nice break and a slower pace of life. V tempted to do a Gmarket Haul video after exams also. :X But it just feels so nerve wrecking to put yourself up on youtube.. Gah. Oh, and I'm increasingly a fan of Adele. Her songs rlly shows a HELL lot of emotion and the melodies are rlly nice, though i admit her accent comes off strong at times. Not to forget, the lyrics are simply so poetic and beautiful. She just has got so much talent. And she's a UK 14-16. Which is really inspiring because thick people CAN succeed and thrive too - even in the media/music industry where the emphasis is on model figure girls who have to look a certain way to be successful. It's meant to be a compliment btw ! I let it fall - my heart As it fell you rose to claim it | thelittleAUTHOR
theMILESTONES ^^
✓ Survive school for one semester ! Jiayou =D
(After one semester is a break, therefore I will just think it as one semester) ✓ Year 1 Sem 1 ✓ Year 1 Sem 2 ✓ Xiamen trip (March to April 2011) ✓ Year 2 Sem 1 ✓ Vietnam Serve Trip (Sep 2011, Confirmed) ✓ TCP university preparation camp ✓ Aerobics Camp ✓ Wrap everything up in my blogshop by 10th October. Last meetup 15 October ✓ Cooking w Maangchi ✓ Year 2 Sem 2 ✓ Reopen my blogshop :) ✓ Find a job (~3 week job) ✓ Audit Express Workshop ✓ TCP Effective Communicator ✓ TCP Effective Learner Workshop ✓ MDA job ✓ Korea Trip (30 Mar- 6 April) - Year 3 Sem 1 - Year 3 Sem 2 (Intern @ PWC) - GRADUATE from Poly !! =DD - Get into a Uni Course maiWISHLIST
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