Too much awesome

"Inside Out" was so ridiculously awesome. Easily the best or 2nd best movie of the year (Mad Max's the current reigning champion) so everyone has to watch it. I enjoyed every single minute of it, even the opening short film "Lava", and I would actually watch it again if I have the chance to! That's how good it is. I've been raving about the movie to my friends since last Friday though so I don't have much left to say about it hahah except.. DON'T WAIT AND GO WATCH IT NOW! (shh actually I'm lazy to type because I need a nap now XD zz so go watch it and judge for yourself!)

Note to self: Draw my own imagination land! BINGBONGBINGBONG!

Night Festival 2015

 Glow in the dark art (after being shone with UV light)

Fun to play around with but not sure what message it was trying to send cos no write-up was in sight.

THIS! Le Desir Et La Menace!

Some swing installation made with tennis balls in the National Museum

(again, no idea what it stands for because didn't see any description of the installation)

Garden of Angels, aka what I missed

Some thoughts of mine after Night Festival..

When asked by a friend if I wanted ABC or not, I said I neither wanted him nor did I not want him. And it's true, really.

Even if I said I wanted him, I can't promise that I'll like him.
Even if I said I didn't want him, I can't promise that I'll not fall for him in the future.
Regardless of my answer, you and I can't be sure whether he'll like/not like me.
He is a person, not a thing. 
He isn't something you can just allocate or 'gift' to anyone.
People don't work that way,
Love, even less so.

We're friends now and I like how things are.
Simple, carefree and burdenless.
I won't make a move on him and I also won't stop you from doing so (fair competition, you say).
I'm Team Neutral and this the safest route I see.
We're all not sure what might happen in the future but can we just keep things simple for now?
No complications, no drama.

Boon Lay Family Day at Universal Studios Singapore

USS again in a long while!

We only had 4 tickets so mommy had a day off to rest and relax!

(anyway please ignore my fat face in the photo)

BAHAHAHAHAH (minions giggling away)

WE MEET AGAIN, MY FELLOW MINION FRIENDS!

Monkey see, Minion Do (chortles)

The main reason why my sister agreed to go to USS ._. 

Churros... hahahah (yes I'm laughing at you)

Anyway, first ride of the day! 

The last time I visited USS was before the Sesame Street rides were built so I was pretty excited about taking it this time! ^^ The visuals and audio were fantastic - totally a kid's dream come true - but those aside, it's really a kid's ride (laughs). Cute but very safe and tame. I think my dad found it a very lame ride hahaha

Just check out their blissful expressions from being hugged by me :P

The real Elmo and Cookie here

Me and my favourite Sesame Street character! (Baby) Big Bird! 

I used to love him so much when I was much younger teehee hugging him again brings back fond memories of the kiddy me :')

The Kingdom of Far Far Away

My dad loved and thoroughly enjoyed the 4D Shrek movie and that made us all very happy (:

 

Madagascar Carousel next where we finally met up with the cousin and co! 

The two babysitters had to accommodate little Kae's request to sit in the biggest animal seat/post(?) so they ended up in an immobile raft of some sort XD

Whereas I was busy galloping on Marty (Circus, Afro anyone?), even sharing the same ':O' expression as him hahahahah

  

Me attempting to carry little Kae - I can't get over how awkward a pose this is >< I don't know how to carry kids because they seem so soft and fragile but whenever I do give it a try, I never fail to come up with the weirdest poses ever (uncomfortable for them but extremely safe and "dropproof")

Family picture <3

Time spent with family is never time wasted. 

I love them all.

Social Etiquette

What I said: Hi XX, it was nice meeting you today and.. see you in 10 years' time (a very arbitrary figure I pulled out of thin air which made the boys go, "why 10 years??"), maybe! Bye!

What I actually meant: Hi XX, it was nice meeting you today and I don't think we'll be seeing each other again!

What I was thinking: Hi XX, it was nice - fine, it was just okayish - meeting you today and I still don't know much about you after tonight, apart from your school, vocation and how you look like.. but I'm totally fine with that because I'm not interested anyway hahah so have a good night and.. I'll be on my way! Doubt we'll be meeting again in future so no need for "see you again"s too ^^!

What I should have just said: Hi XX, it was really nice meeting you today. Goodbye!

RRRRTGIF (aka really, really, really, really too good it's Friday)

New air conditioners getting installed today!

I had to wake up real early (before they arrived) to shower though so.. I'm kinda sleepy now. A bit nauseous even. Not sure what's up but my stomach's been giving me trouble this week urgh. Breakfasts leave me bloated and when dinner time rolls around, I usually don't have an appetite anymore. Sian.

Oh and have I ever mentioned that I hate classes? (oh, mentioned it 1002838392 times before already ah oops) Sibei sian.

I still haven't got around to watching Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation - is it even still shoooowing - which means life still sucks haha. On the bright side, I'm watching Inside Out tonight (which has been getting awesome reviews) \o/ and going for night festival with the best bud so I guess the week hasn't been all too awful.

I'm so looking forward to all the light installations this year, especially Le Desir et la Menace (it's just three bird wire sculptures perched on a tree - why so kiamsiap - but I likey light wire sculptures)! Reminds me of starry nights <3 Then again, going for night festival means I'll miss the stargazing session again but oh well, we can't have the best of both worlds. The real stars will have to wait till next week!

Shall I go nap now?

FOCUS

힘!

Don't be confused and listen to your mind (not heart).

Focus on work, focus on life, focus on the self.

On a more positive note.. let's have a dose of happy SungGyu!


아우 귀엽다
Watching him perform on tv never fails to cheer me up!


SungGyu and his killer 눈웃음! ^^

And because I haven't been able to catch Season 6 of Teen Wolf..

Dylan, the cutest actor on the other side of the plane, says "HEY"

Anyway, I realise exercise has a great reenergising effect and that I should do it more often :D Hopefully, a biweekly walk at Macritchie/Hort Park/Botanic Gardens? It was crazy to have started off with a 10km walk at Macritchie yesterday (my poor feet are in pain right now hahahah I couldn't quite feel my toes by the end of the walk) but I really, really enjoyed the time spent out in nature (yippie) with goooood company. Plus I finally got to see the treetop walk! \o/ The downsides were the haze, unknown insect bites (I found this disgusting looking bugger clinging to my arm and squished it promptly but that was after it bit me ack) and scary monkeys who seemingly advanced on us with the intention of stealing our bags (we ran away)!! 'Twas a memorable experience, nonetheless.

Beautiful, isn't it

Three monkeys... :P

 

Walking through the forest.. (^_^)v

Few sightings of birds and animals though.. (disappointed)

We only saw one millipede, countless ants, one red-feathered bird, a few brown sparrows and one (possibly toxic) mushroom and many monkeys.

We made it out of the forest.. to a golf course! Hahah

Emelia brought a wide-angle lens thingum to facilitate photo taking!

The destination finally in sight!!!! 

HSBC Tree top walk! (it was like 5.6 km from where we started?!)

Alas, only a 250m stretch -.-

2.5 hours walk for a 5-10 min experience...! We can't even cross it back and forth repeatedly to admire the view or what not because it's unidirectional... hahah and after crossing the bridge, I realised.. the top of trees don't look that much different from the bottom/middle portions of trees HAHA same leaves, same branches and no animals/birds in sight (after my friend commented that we don't get to be above tree tops everyday, we took a long hard look and that was my conclusion aha)

BEM <3

Two of my favourite people in the world ^^

 

Hee :D

On a side note, I HATE THE HAZE (or more specifically, its smell). My entire house is filled with haze so I'm basically eating, sleeping and living with haze URGH.

Memories

Recap of some events over the past few weeks!

Exhibition on Lee Kuan Yew

I had to hold back tears as I browsed through the photographs and watched the video of his funeral procession.. It was very heartening to see the people of Singapore come together and mourn the loss as one people, one nation. It was a solemn affair but one filled with grace and gratitude.

A true giant of history, Mr. Lee and his legacy will never be forgotten.

Happy 50th Birthday, Singapore!

My One and Only Homeland!

SALADS! <3

Haha I have frequent cravings for salads but my wallet just can't afford it D:

Went back to school to meet the girls for dinner (._.'') and hey, it turned out that Vivace was going on! Looking at all these fresh and young kids with boundless energy makes me feel old already -.- but the atmosphere was good!

My card company at work again ^^ this time, I changed things up and made a Chinese card!

Back to school again the next day to return the commencement gown and meet a friend /o/ To show how much I missed school, I even wore the SMU shirt there hahahah Just kiddin'! I happened to like the shade of grey the shirt was in and the Chinese characters reminded me of Kanji so.. just bought one during graduation.

NEW SNEAKERS! Okay, new but also not that new.. (laughs)

I bought them in Chuncheon and sent them back to Singapore during exchange 1.5 years(!) ago but when I came back home, I couldn't find them at all! They just vanished into thin air..! Until 1 week ago when my mum cleared out all the shoe cabinets at home hahaha

The main purpose of the trip back to school HAHA

Sheldon = Happiness

Met mommy for dinner and ended up doing some shopping oooh (which is pretty rare for me haha)!

Teehee this is my happy stash of goodies! \(^~^)/ I got a new bag (that can finalllllly fit my laptop!), a journal (at 1/3 its original price!) and 11 sets of stickers (for my card company haha and my sister's wedding guestbook)! 10 for $10 - WHAT A STEAL! 有一点‘不买会对不起自己’的感觉 哈哈哈哈 I'm not a fan of extravagance but when it comes to books, stickers and family, the wallet's out even before I know it hahah

I finally jumped on the colouring book bandwagon (naww I wouldn't have done so if not for the storewide discount lol) but because I'm too cool for the oh-so-mainstream Enchanted Forest colouring book, I went for Secret Japan instead hahaha I mean, it's "colouring for mindfulness"! How zen please hahha :P Honestly, I don't think I have the time and patience to colour them but.. I was so drawn to the traditional architecture and costume colouring templates. *_* Then again, it's a good opportunity to practise my colouring/shading techniques and learn how to draw buildings and floral patterns so.. looking forward to a colouring session soon!

Nth Trip

Power trippity trip.

Electricians have been here for over an hour already and we're still trying to identify the source of the power trip. Switch on the air conditioner, trip. Switch on the toaster, trip. Lights out, fridge's warm (there goes the ice cream, milk and groceries) and we have a few unhappy, sweaty and grouchy people. Haha I think I'm the only one who isn't too affected by this state of affairs - I'm all like "let's go caveman style"! To be honest, it's the worst possible season for the air conditioning to spoil - it's the middle of summer and look at the choking haze out there - but I'm sure we'll manage one way or another! HAHA I'm crazily optimistic (or maybe delirious from the heat or lack of sleep haha) but we have to make do with what we have for now! Poor dad has been up since 5.30 because of a jaw ache and the lack of ventilation though D: Hope it'll be a windy and cool night tonight!

HEE :D

I've been in a very jolly mood since class ended and so, I decided to just screw work (as if! thankfully, I'm done preparing for tomorrow's class) and drawwwwww! Without realising it, I've drawn for 2 hours already whoops! Haha it's 'Reference Practice Day' today, which means I'll refer to my collection of other artists' drawings and either (1) copy the drawing or (2) imitate their drawing style - both of which will help me improve my drawing techniques! I wanted to try inking today but nope, that has to wait - don't really have anything good enough to ink this time! I only managed one page of sketches today - 2 hours is wayy too long, I know - but I've been working on reducing the sketching time so let's hope the next drawing session will be more productive!

(I like how Baby Doll turned out.. though her back of her head was too small oopsy doopsy)

Drawing is really therapeutic (smiles) and more importantly, it makes and keeps me happy!

Song for the day!

"Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol
Not a fan of the (overly simplistic) lyrics but I love the tune/melody <3 which seemingly has the ability to transport listeners to a different world with idyllic towns, endless green pastures and roaming sheep (ironically, no cars hahah).

One of the simplest ways to stay happy is letting go of the things that make you sad.

Smile, for it's a new day! ^~^

Remember.

"You wear different masks in different situations so you may have forgotten the real person underneath."

这也太准了吧 ?!

I was completely floored by a horoscope reading I came across online (it was accurate down to the exact date and type of event O.O) so I decided to go on a horoscope-researching spree to check how accurate and/or valid such predictions actually are. The results were nothing short of astonishing.

Here's what I got..

General horoscope reading
You love to explore new ideas, your very own adventures of the mind, and you are greatly assisted by today's astral energy. Your idealistic nature tempts you to focus on utopic dreams. (utopic sounds about right..! Come, astral energy, come infuse ma mind and soul! Give me strength!) You feel this energy as the essence of "possibility," and it will be a period of emotional optimism for you. Whatever you have doubted to be possible in your health or dietary regimen, now is the time to give it a try. It doesn't have to be a marathon. Start small, and you can make your dreams a reality! (Oh. My. God. How did they know I was dieting and having a problem keeping to it?!!)

By far the most generous of the zodiac, Leos make loyal and giving friends.When family is involved, the mighty Lion will do whatever it takes to defend loved ones. Loyalty for the Leo is for a lifetime. They pride themselves on being there for family through thick and thin. (okay.... this is getting scarily accurate hahahah)

Based on date of birth
Dynamic energy is your basic nature, but emotional issues may eat into your vitality if you don't take a little control of your sometimes overactive imagination. (Sigh.. overthinking again..)

Should your health and vitality be low - it's a safe bet that your somewhat morbid imagination is at the bottom of it. Don't resort to power plays as a way of overcoming your own emotional insecurities.

Based on date and time of birth (astrology.com.au)
You are compassionate and respect the feelings of others. You expect the same respect in return. You tend to keep track of offenses suffered. While you will forgive those who upset you, it is not likely you will forget. (Can I ever fully emphasise the significance of RESPECT?)

Oh how you hate routine! You need adventure and risk to keep your spirit charged. For you a world without challenges and wildcards would indeed be a desolate place. Your need for physical and emotional freedom makes having anything remotely resembling a normal home life difficult. (YESSS!!!)

You are a passive soul who does your best to avoid confrontation. Much of your cerebral life is devoted to your dreams and fantasies which provide you with shelter for reality's crueler moments. You have a sensitive side that is moved by the arts. (Escapism, anyone? And what better to escape into other than the literary arts?!)

The world's many mysteries enthrall you. Although deeply emotional, you are very good at keeping your feelings in check when events call for a cool head and clear thinking. (except that people call me zen when I'm one teeny step away from biting their heads off...)

You have a love of the arts and innate sense of style. Your creativity makes you a natural to pursue a career in the arts. Unlike many with a talent for the arts you do well in social settings. Your charm and sense of humor make you attractive to a wide variety of people. (Love for the arts, yes ^^ but not so much the 'do well in social settings' part haha)

You are a bit reserved when it comes to relationships. Being a bit self-conscious makes it difficult for you to "make your move". Your reticence stems from the fact that you don't realize how attractive you are to those around you. You're probably too much of a realist to ever experience the full force of a love that knows no bounds. Your need for friendship and intellectual stimulation from your partner is equal to, or may even outweigh your need for romantic love. You also have doubts about the validity of "true love." These misgivings lead you to set down rules of engagement that may be so unrealistic and oppressive they make potential partners flee. You might do well trying to see the good in those around you instead of keeping an inventory of their faults. (Don't flee hahah unfortunately, the reserved, bit self-conscious, realist parts are true sigh)

You are too serious to enjoy interactions like flirting and flings. (oh, how true.. I don't think I've ever flirted with anyone before. Not intentionally/consciously at least.) You don't do things for the fun of it. For you everything has a practical goal. (I would but remember, I'm too much of a realist) You are wary of relationships regardless of their form. (More like.. wary of human beings? Already jaded?) Much of your trepidation concerning relationships stems from a feeling of unworthiness. (quite true about the self-esteem portion though this seems contradictory to the ever-confident Leo prediction)

Material gain is not the only thing that motivates you to work. In fact, if a project strikes your fancy you may take it on for fun. (Realist but still one that knows how to enjoy and have fun okay haha)

You approach life and people with an open mind. Your inner world of fantasy and ideas is very rich, so it is likely you are not as concerned with material success as most. (Middle Earth! Hogwarts! Neverland!)

It is possible you feel a bit disenfranchised from humanity. (Blame the existential crisis moments) You look upon groups and society in general with a wary eye. (from time to time indeed..)

Your generation is noted for its efforts to reform the modern world's basic social structures. Being a logical and efficient lot makes your group perfect for reducing the amount of time and money governments and businesses waste on useless ventures and inefficient policies. (how cool is this?!)

My lucky numbers: 5, 14, 13, 32, 41, 50 (can strike TOTO?)

THIS IS AMAZING.