no BLOOD+ shoot!!!
sobbx.. was just told that they have too many photographers so i couldn't join them for their shoot on the 10th at old changi hospital.. i thought the location is sssoooo cool but haiz~ too many photographers.. let's hope some of the photographers cannot make it on that day and heh heh..
the good news is.. BLOOD+ MANGA IS FINALLY COMING TO SINGAPORE IN ENGLISH!!! muhahaha.. received the chuangyi newsletter yesterday.. was quite bored in the office and was leisurely scrolling through.. then, i saw BLOOD+!!! and i shouted.. lucky, i was in my mum's room so not that bad.. damn excited.. oh mianz.. it's finally here.. but it's still a few months wait before it is published.. i hope it has some colour splash pages despite it being in the English version.. hope it'll have a Chinese version too!! it's weird reading mangas in english.. plus chinese mangas are cheaper..
enough for the disappointment over the BLOOD+ shoot.. i still have my Vampire Knight team.. and i think i chose correctly coz their costumes are like whoa.. i dare say it's the nicest costumes of all cosplay teams..
anyway, the BLOOD+ shoot clashes with Cosplay for Charity.. i'm going as the photographer/helper.. hope i can meet kudan-chan too!! it's on 10th Feb in orchard area.. if you are free just drop by, be dazzled by the cosplayers and do your little bit for charity.. it's tin-can collection by the way.. school-going kids can even earn CIP hours by participating in this event.. why did i discover this way of earning CIP hours eariler?
COSPLAY 4 CHARITY
10th Feb 11am-7pm
Orchard Area
book recommendation
it's long since i've read a book.. as in a proper novel/story book not mangas.. i read hh's blog on sat and he had 3 books recommended by jq so i immediately went to the library to borrow them.. mangaged to get hold of 2.. and oh mianz.. they are good!!! it's like after i finish them last night (ya, my attention was momentarily focused on the book) i msg hh.. he felt the same way!!! the book is sooo good that (quotes hh) you would like to fall in love.. i shall review one of them..
-YOU ARE HERE by LOW KAY HWA-
i never thought males could make good romance novel authors but Low Kay Hwa changed my view.. soft toys, sweet nothings, silly promises.. whatever meg cabot can do he has it in his book.. only that the setting is in Singapore- with all your familiar hang-outs and slangs- and it's in a guy's point of view..
i never realised that a guy's love can also be soo strong.. all along i thought only girls are capable of doing foolish things all for the name of love.. i didn't know guys can realise how much a single action or word can mean to a girl..
it's interesting to view love from a guy's point of view.. no wonder hh and jq read these books..
but the main leads names were a bit corny- Zhou Jie Lun and Lara.. the author must have loved Shan Hu Hai.. but names don't matter.. it's the plot that counts..
it's just the typical boy meets girl story but with a twist.. they liked each other since 8.. in a twist of fate (actually, you'll realised fate was not sealed it was created), the guy encountered his first love, Lara.. when he realised the one he really loves is still her, she contracted a serious illness- her mindset shrinks one year younger every 2 weeks!! imagine a 22-year-old with the mindset of 17-year-old and younger!!
the way they started their relationship was cute.. she fell asleep on the bus.. he took the chance to hold her hand.. when she woke up he was still holding on to her hand.. then she lean on his shoulder and said a soft "thank you".. after that, she affectionally called him "dear dear" instead of "boy"..
i like the little childhood memory where he acted like a man and protected her.. i like the way they addressed each other "boy" and "girl".. i like the little rainbow theory he made-up.. i was touched by his gesture of cheering her up by throwing the soft toy over the rainbow..
"Rainbows are pathways to heaven."
"Try throwing something over there. Then next time, whoever gets to heaven first must go get that thing."
i don't like the ending.. i teared..
i teared.. when he read her diary.. (yesh, like typical romance stories, the girl keeps a diary) i realised how deep her love was for him.. and so did he..
he was a bastard in the middle of the story.. i was like "guys, they are such stupid creatures!!!" and cursed him.. he realised that he was an idiot at the end of the story but it was all too late....
aiyo, shalln't give so much spoilers.. read the book for yourself!!!
ok some quotes i like..
"The suffering is momentary; the love is everlasting.."
"Deal. Whoever backs out from the plan will be a turtle!"
"She had created fate and I had blamed fate."
"What the bananas are you doing?!" (lol.. ananab this is for you!)
"Seriously speaking, have you seen a guy with a Mercedez Benz robbing a guy who takes the MRT?"
"It will be a happy ending."
and the most touching thing was the song which Lara wrote in memory of her little childhood experience, and stuck all the way through the book.. the song was entitled "You Are Here"..
Once a upon a time..
a boy meets a girl..
boy falls in love with girl..
and they live happily ever after????
inspirations
i'm inspired by kegan's posts to write yet another entry.. his entries though, awlfully long (around 7-8 microsoft words pages) are inspirational, full of his thoughts about friends, family and life even with lit references!! (my lit is dying on me.. i can't remember what those metahopers, idioms and what-have-yous are called anymore) and he wrote in prefectly good english!!! for that i salute him.. well, what do you expect from our nan hua scholar who aced his O levels with 10A1s?!
i'm sorta inspired to write this entry with relatively good english.. (opps.. did i just use "sorta"?)
it is during your birthday that you realised how many friends you actually have coz you would have to go out with them separately.. my mum was commenting yestersay that i'm going out too much and pretty soon, i'll spend all my salary.. actually, i ain't got many groups of friends.. just 4.. namely the CCA and class gangs from both JC and nan hua.. haven't met up with shell and ham (probably next week) but i'm hoping i would meet up with ostaf and gang this sunday.. ostaf was stuck in the jungles as part of the long-term government sponspered chalet last week.. otherwise, we would have met up last week.. but it's not like we have not seen each other for ages.. with hw's ananab's and my birthdays so close together, we see each other for around 3-4 times in 3 weeks..
oh i have to credit 3 guys who called from their bunks before lights-out to wish me happy birthday- cw, zh and sherman.. it was really nice of them, though sherman's was belated but he apologised profusely that he had forgotten.. lol.. you are forgiven..
outta my 4 groups of friends, i have to say that i'm closer to the CCAs' groups.. being part of the exco means you spend lotsa time together planning projects and churning out proposals so it is no wonder that we bonded so strongly.. but i'm glad we turned out to friends rather than working partners that just talk about work and nothing else..
for class, though you can argue that we spend more time together, but most of the time, we just stared at either the lectuerer, our notes or simply into space.. of course there were some who i'm closer to.. but i honestly can't remember what we did in class..
now about my furture.. i did relatively lotsa checking up on overseas vet schools, called up scholarship provider, bank loans and local uni courses as compared to most of the A level graduatess who are either leaving it to fate (as in their results decide) or too busy making $$$ that they don't bother.. this is what i got from last week's open house..
-the vet tech diploma allows 2 years exemption from vet tech degree in queensland uni (if i go very well) but not vet sci/med, which means i would never become a vet
-a lucky girl was accepted into vet med overseas coz she did exceptionally well but still have to take the full course.. which means that i may be able to get into vet med but there's a possibility of me going bankrupt.. (local banks don't offer overseas study loans..)
-they have field studies to the truf club and zoo.. whee~~
-it's a lengthy one and a half hour ride from cck to tp..
so in conclusion, no matter the distance, i'm going for this course if i don't get the scholarship (most prob i won't get lahz..) mum was saying that i'm too blur to do examinations for animals.. i may end up killing them.. so i thought i would just do something close but related.. at least i'm passionate and it and i would be happy.. i'm sure i would be at an advantage since i took bio in jc and read about pet care and vet practices since sec 2.. bet you guys don't know who's james herriot..
at first, when i told my friends about this decision they were like O_o "are you crazy?! you wasted 2years!! i would not advise you to do so.." zx was like the only one who supported me from the start even without me telling her my reasons.. the rest eventually said something like "think carefully" "if it's you passion then do it.." well guys, i thought about it carefully and i have decided.. vet is the way to go!!
next about work.. tuition and teaching really pays alot but i seriously can't teach.. maybe becoz i can't commnicate well with people nor can i bring ideas clearly across.. another advise to job seekers.. refuse any job offers that got you in via personal ralations with the boss..
i was quite upset this morning by a wet umbrella at my desk.. it was placed there for drying without being aware that i do still occupy that cubicle despite being in my mum's room (ya, being the director, my mum has her own room) for 90% of the day.. ya i have nothing to do most of the time and i have to be in the boss office to wait for instructions or in the illegal sense, secretly use the internet like what i'm doing now..
i guess i'm still quite the innocent, happy-go-lucky girl who knows nothing about office politics.. it was quite interesting when py told me about it yesterday.. all that back-stabbing and nasty things ppl say and do.. i wonder if all that really happens beyond the doors of this isolated room..
something more cheery.. CNY!! yesh, it's in 1 mth time!! i should buy cards soon.. yesh, i still do send cards during festive seasons through snail mail though there is something more advance and free known as e-cards.. e-cards lack sincerity while conventional cards brings a feeling of warmth and that you are remembered.. but it's a diff policy applied to cards send between companies.. when your friends send you back a card in response to yours, the feeling's wonderful.. i always make it a point to at least fill up on page of the card instead of insincerely just writing "Happy Chinese New Year!!" on every card and mass send them.. isn't that equilavent to sending e-cards?
oh in case you guys don't know, i'm going vietnam for the new year.. ya, my mum doesn't like staying in spore for CNY.. my siblings are rather pissed by the choice of the location, saying that it's another history trip.. but for me, it's a photog trip!! bringing my beloved 400D and shoot shoot shoot!! shall give you guys a view of vietnan through my lenes.. (will be posting photos here)
taking about lenes, i regreted taking a peek into the canon lens workbook.. though i have yet to catch the L virus but i have pasted post-its on pages with lenes with prices ranging from $610-$1000.. ark!!! i think i should be getting either a wide angle (or ultra wide.. my EF-S 10-22mm!!! so chio lahz.. haven found out the price yet) or a flash.. ark! spending even before i earn my first $5000
ok side-tracked (too excited about lenes..) back to CNY..
i was hoping for a steamboat dinner with all my friends this year.. i think yuning is working on the class's one.. hope the turn-out would be good.. 4o1 having a bbq instead at ms wassan's hse on ren ri.. lao yu sheng!!! i've been missing out on lotsa 4o1 activities, i MUST go for this one.. hp said yesterday that most probably her house should be ok for the PS steamboat.. woots~ ostaf and gang still pending but don't think it'll be a problem as long as it's not hw's house..i always thought it's nice to eat around a steamboat but my mum prefers to have family reunion dinners in a resturant coz of the hassle of preparing and buying the food..
i think i spent 2hours writing this but trust me, it's nothing compared to kegan's entries.. lastly i would like to end off with something from kegan's blog.. copied and pasted..
"There are so many things in life where it is just touch and go and possibly the wisest way to just accept them. It is not difficult to see the many times in our lives we have tried to hold on to things tightly and face the sorrowful emptiness tht time leaves in its wake. You might have heard this before but I find it true tht such encounters are sand in your palm. Savour the smooth texture on your skin and remember it; attempt to grab hold of it and the sand starts falling away, and the more they fall, the tighter you hold. Until one day you open your palm and realize tht there is no more sand and all that is left are painful fingernail marks."
ocean waves will wash the painful ones away
REAP once again
tll.. tho it failed to spark an interest for research, ii did made a few good frenz..
went back to tll today as the emcee.. i din tell clement ong abt it.. and since AJC had so students attached to tll last yr he din turn up either.. phew~ guess wad last yr was e FIRST (and prob e last?! lol) yr tt tll had AJ students!! and 3 somemore.. AC n NJ always have students there every yr w/o fail.. guess tt's y i had so much stress last yr.. w/o clement ong i wld hav liked tll even more..
i rmb i had to rehearse my thank you speech in front of e class.. had to perfect it to his standard.. i even rmbed py saving me fr near tears.. but this year, being the emcee was much more fun than stressful.. there was a script written for me.. all i had to do was to write tt short self-intro.. and i took my own pace in memorising it.. tho there was a slight glitch, i think i did well.. at least i din go like a bullet train.. =)
they played the video i made last yr.. seeing all those pics bring back memories mianz.. SHERMAN LEE QIZHAN, WONG QIXUAN, where are u?!?! i know u are isolated on tt small little island serving our wonderful nation, but i miss u!!! sherman said he's coming out on fri!! yay!!
i was like e only one fr REAP 05.. there were others fr other yrs lohz.. so sherman n xuan, we go nx yr kkz? i met this gal who is fr NUS business.. n was attached to e same lab as i was in 2004.. she said e only A she got was A1 for GP (wth?!?! i can't even get close to B for GP) and hence cldn't go into sci.. and her fren who is talking NUS pharmacy, was saying that if you pursue a degree in sci, you come out you can only wash test tubes in a lab.. coz sci degree holders are sooo common!!! so, re-think abt e course u wanna take ba..
so wad if i take a degree in sth NEW.. like VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY!! i mean it can't hurt when singaporeans are having more pets than children and they pamper them more than they pamper themselves.. the pet/veterinary industry is growing!!!!.. rights?
anyway, i met this MOE official whom was quite impressed with my video n speech last yr tt he still rmbs me.. lol.. he was saying that our A lv results wld b EARLY this yr!!! O-O he said tho e results hav not flown back, the impt ppl hav flown over.. time for moderation ba.. means they have finished marking!!!!!
like the A levels still matters to me....
every moment that pssed today, i was relating it to what happened then..
tanjoubi omedetou!!!
celebrated my bdae with e class (not e whole class went lahz.. only yl, yuning, zx, marinah, shir n sq.. thanks for coming!!) yest and e ps exco last thurs.. yest was fun refer to yuning's blog for details.. lol..
thanks to those ppl who msg-ed me "happy birthday!" i wasn't able to reply coz i'm left like 15 msgs more 5more days.. xD
i love bishi bashi mianz.. esp e joystick ver de.. SO FUN!!! i'm cmi for the random hitting one.. played till i sweat so much.. aft defeating yuning in 2/3 games.. (wahahha.. heh heh heh) we went to play pool.. the uncle even doubt that i'm 16 when i'm like 19.. yesh one yr older le..
actually i feel guilty for the present lehz.. the whole ccs manga set.. aiyo y din u guys agrue for a discount?!?! i saw it at a discounted price the last time so tot it wld b ok for ard 8ppl to share.. budden w/o discount it's like so ex.. i feel so bad =S
anyway aft pool and table scoccer?? wadeva u call it.. me n zx went kino.. recently discovered kino is a haven for manga fans.. wahahha.. zx recommended me GOTH, which has a "Restricrted: For 18 and above only label on it".. guess it's sth i shld buy on my 19th bdae.. hahax.. initially, i doubt i can pass the counter w/o producing my i/c since the uncle at the pool counter olreadi doubt my age.. but i passed w/o having to produce anything other than my money.. e ppl just dun care..
den zx wanted to read it too tho she had read it b4 a few yrs back so we just sat at e seats near e escalator n read.. it was restricted coz of e brutal murders and a bit of nudity.. not as bad as efled lied.. besides elfed lied is an anime.. more action n thus much more gruesome ba.. nudity and violence aside, the plot and depth of the story is quite gd.. to e extend that it's actually beautiful for such a gruesome read.. overall, it's a gd bk.. the higher than average price is worth it.. GOTH is for sherman mianz.. he shld read it.. but it's in chi.. hmmx..
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tt's all for yest.. i shall blog on my 1st cosplayer shooting experience on sat.. meeting ppl u meet online is a risky thing.. thank god they are almost females n r students.. (i dun think they'll cheat my $$ ba.. ok they r all nice ppl.. so stop doubting them!!!)
i had a fun time shooting!!! it's like combining both my passion-anime/manga cum photography.. shoot till damn shuang.. esp e pose shots.. when u see ur photos n when other say they're nice, u feel a great sense of statisfation.. tt's photography..
shall post just 2 of my fav photos in case rukia-chan forbids me to post her posts on my blog.. for more, u can go: http://sgcafe.com/showthread.php?p=1678435#post1678435 still in the process of editing.. so i'm periodically adding some more..
i actually like this photo with the hand tho qing xiang commented that it distracts.. well i did a landscape crop too.. click on the link above u can see it.. wad is ur preference?
poor rukia-chan has to wear 3 layers of clothing under the sunny singapore weather..
yea, we noe each other by our online nick.. well, it doesn't matter right? it's just a name.. so it's ok to join them for their chalet b4 the june cosfest right?
and ya ppl are staring at us and then wisphering to their frenz when we walk past them.. but e attention was gd coz the vk uniform was sooo gd that i told Rukia-chan that if she ever wanna sell it sell it to me ^-^
i hope they'll still use me as for their future shoots mianz.. hope it's not tt noob-ish.. >.<
ヴァンパイア騎士
decisions..decisions..
i might go to a poly..
u might think it's dumb of me to get a dipolma only after i've finished my A levels.. but this course is new and is only available in 2007!!! why am i not born 2 years later?!
it would not allow me to become a vet.. just an assistant in clinics and maybe in veterinary industries.. but it's the closest thing to my dreams..
and guess wad? this dipolma is offered in Temasek Poly.. like the other end of this tiny island..
why must the road i thread one be filled with sooo many difficulties..?
the most ideal is of coz to get a scholarship.. but there is only ONE scholarship providing this course and it's offering TWO places.. darn.. how am i gonna stand out in that sea of 4As and 2 S paper dist?
i will definitely apply for the scholarship.. but while waiting for the scholarship results, the poly might have accepted me.. i would be at the crossroads again..
should i just be statisfied with a dipolma after going so far in JC?! i jolly well know i can't persue a degree in vet sci overseas coz i dun have the $$$$.. if i can really get the scholarship, that wld solve everything.. but the prob of that happening is 0.00000001.. there's another route tho.. do a degree on sth i've no interest in in a local uni and be stuck with a boring job for the rest of my life.. if that's e case, i rather be stuck with a diploma, get a humble pay and enjoy my job..
haiz~ wadeva it is, i hafda go for TP's open hse on sat to check it out.. but i shall b the typical kiasu singaporean n apply for everything 1st..
make my wildest dream come true..
BFF
if u hav read last thur's urban u wld noe wad BFF is- Best Female Friend.. wow.. such thing exists.. do you have one? wld such friendship really last?
it is reported that between females you are able to bitch about guys, jewerllery, clothes and cosmetics but between male friends, you needa have sth common.. such as soccer or some other hobby.. but the hidden truth that there is more jealousy and backstabbing between females.. i think i wrote sometime ago that guys are more innocent and they don't think that much abt betrayal etc, hence there are less incidents of backstabbing.. den wad abt platonic boy-gal friendship?
the report says that females must always be wary that wrong signals might be sent when they are with a guy-fren.. ya true.. in this kinda friendship, i must admit that at some point in time, they will fall for each another.. but bcoz both fear that their friendship would be altered aft confession, neither confessed.. gradually e feeling's diluted, both become friend forever.. isn't that beautiful? watched show's hao peng you's mv aft reading a fren's blog.. reminded me of this platonic friendship thing.. well, it does exists..
"17岁，我想让你幸福。27岁，我只能祝你幸福"
i guess you noe the direction i'm heading.. mayb it's bcoz i was hurt by a grp of "BFFs" (then, i had believed so..) when i was in pri sch, i had been wary.. when i met ostaf n gang, i cfm that boy-gal platonic friendship is better.. but 2 yrs spent in a almost all-gals class sorta changed my view.. not all of them are the same..
all i can say is that.. choose wisely =)
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anyway on a lighter note, i made my 1st entry in the black sketchbook (it seriously looked like the deathnote.. e size aso abt there.. only that it's a pure black cover) jq bought me! the pages are good--cartiage paper! i outlined wif pen n my bro commented that it looked as if it was printed xD
enma ai
"你到底有没有想过我为什么从婚礼跑来找你呀？”
“你到底知不知道我喜欢你呀？"
"我喜欢你！"
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supposed to go sherman's hse aft work today but here i am blogging.. haiz~ he last min gotta go help out his father at his office.. lazy boy suddenly turn so hardworking.. =X yest asked him to meet at lakeside.. dun wan.. lazy dun wanna come out.. ello.. u live at jurong west.. lakeside not tt far ba.. so he asked me to go his hse n find him instead.. hahax.. shun bian i can see his whole blood+ collection.. budden in e end i'll see him n his botak head in 2wks time.. (he enlisting tmr) sorry yuning, still unable to get the blood+ manga n encyclopedia.. well give u more time to brush on on ur jap..
look at e contrast bet these 2 grps of frenz i have.. initially ostaf asked me to co-ordinate e meeting this wkend for MY bdae.. while zx dun even wan me to interfere in e kbox session (i dun wanna go de.. they dragged me there.. say they paying so wadeva lohz) on e actual day of my bdae itself.. ask hu going aso cannot.. till now i still dunno whether this wkend cfm anot.. i wonder if ananab's doing his job.. lol.. yesh aft i complained, ostaf asked ananab to do e job..
tmr's my last day at work.. n e agency haven called me on any job offer yet.. actually there's one but chinatown n reported at 7am n no transport lehz.. i said no.. adult fare sia.. dun play play.. haiz~ guess i wld b slacking at home nx wk.. any jobs to recommend me?
I vow, till the last day comes, i shall protect u.
LOOK AT THAT LOOK AT THAT!! IT'S BLOOD+ MANGA!!!! ARRGGHHHHHH..
i saw tt in kino but i bought jigoku shoujo (chi ver) instead.. i thought i wld need a new craze to get over BLOOD+ budden i'm still so obsessed.. i think i'm 80% of sherman's craziness level..
BLOOD+ manga's in jap.. haiz.. if only i cld read jap.. n only if yuning can read jap efficiently then she can read to me.. haiz.. yuning, u took jap for wad?!
BLOOD+ manga's $14.. so ex.. i can't blif sherman has every bk when he can't read them as well.. if i really buy then it'll be like place on e shelf n i'll flip thru them occasionally.. haiz.. how how how? yuning buy lahz.. best solution.. muhahaha..
i saw a DeRey Tsubasa eng ver today.. $25.90 mianz.. so $14 is not v ex rites? haiz..
i want it.. so badly..
BLOOD+ runs in my blood
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!all bcoz of glenn's company dinner we changed fr yest to today budden in e end glenn's sick din turn up today.. celebrated hw's belated 18th bdae n ananab's be-early 19th bdae.. hahax.. one yr apart sia..
met the BLOOD(+) deprived yuning at je.. she really willing to go the dist sia.. passed her e blood+ dvd.. finally can watch liao lohz.. den aft tt we took an mrt to tiong bahru to transfer to 195.. constantly reminding ourselves tt we r using adult fare today.. toopid ananab so damn smart.. use his sis de card.. %#*()*$
reach roberston walk to find tt e turkish resturant i wanna intro them is closed sia.. no choice hafda walk ard to find another eating place.. aft making a few rounds we decided on this thai resturant..
botak ostaf.. n botak hw soon.. lol
我肚子里的胃虫..
me ostaf n stitch!
hw n me
gay shot.. lol
ostaf told us sth v funny.. in e army, u hav these throwing genades drill n u r supposed to shout sth when u throw lahz.. guess wad this joker guy shouted.. "pikachu, i choose u!!" lol.. laugh till pengz..
aft lunch we decided to take a walk by the river..
by e river..
my powershot can zi pai de lohz.. the following 2 pics r zi pai de..
actually e guys wanna buy alcohol to celeb hw's 18th bdae but in e end still decided not to.. so we took 143 home as recommended by ananab.. 1hr++ actually ostaf plan to reach home at 4pm so he can prepare to book in budden coz e bus took so long i think he only reached home at 430pm.. lol.. ananab's fault!!
when we reached je n took e train, i was surprised i saw yuning again!! OMG so qiao lahz.. n guess wad i spent $5 today on transport.. it's not fun using adult fare!! cannot go all e way to changi n back again le..
pikachu, i choose u!!!
