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November 11th, 2009
lj_maintenance
[dwell]
 | 02:00 pm - Network Maintenance: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 04:00-06:00 UTC/GMT
On Saturday the 14th at 4AM UTC/GMT we will be upgrading the operating system of our network load balancers to a newer version, one that will allow us to use both CPUs! Nifty, because multiprocessing is nice.
Since we have 2 load balancers, the plan is to upgrade 1 at a time, and there really should be very little impact to our website. Hopefully you won't notice a thing and I'll get to go back to the hotel and watch some wonderful late night infomercials.
We've got a lot of exciting projects coming up for 2010 and we're hoping that we'll be able to deliver them all to you, that you will find it useful/cool/lovely and then you will use the site even more. Behind-the-scenes work like this will give us the capacity to handle the anticipated traffic, so expect a few more maintenance windows especially in the beginning of next year as we've got some neat ideas to improve performance around here! We had the recent 30-45 minute outage yesterday due to one of our logging databases filling up disk space -- not so great design coupled with my human error in handling the initial problem -- and it looks like we're going to finally have some resources to eliminate stuff like that. I can't wait!
As usual, I will be updating status.livejournal.org before and after, just in case you are not able to reach our main website during the work.
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w_iredblind
 | 11:55 pm - G-G-G-GAAAARETH?
I basically zombied through today. whoo SLS assignment was a horror, the question was incomprehensible, my answer was senseless and I cannot believe I sat at starbucks for 18 and a half hours.
 Yes, it was no wonder why they kept staring at me.
I sat at the same seat for 18 and a half hours and had 3 cups of coffee. WIN.
(I really don't feel like starbucking any time soon now :/)
On other news: I just realised Burger Shack forgot to add mushrooms to my burger just now O____O
What's the point of adding on the mushrooms to my order if they forget them?! (and yes.. it took me 3 hours to realize that my burger was incomplete, I clearly have issues...)
& SIGH 12 DAYS to torts exam :( and I haven't started. I shall start tomorrow, Torts and Contract... YOU CAN"T BRIINGG MEEE DOWWWNNN *sings to the tune of defying gravity from WIcked*
On other other news
1. extremely excited for Xiao Long Bao buffet with OG six tomorrow :D &;
2. Gareth, this is for you:
  THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO: GARETH & HIS HOT (TEXT) ABS
I CHALLENGE YOU TO 20 LONGS TOMORROW!
man, am i going to miss our random tutorial MSN madness
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November 10th, 2009
w_iredblind
 | 08:49 pm - SLS beckons, one last time.
when I'm stressed/frustrated I blog incessantly.
when all the world is against you, when sls is screwing your mind over, when you really don't feel like doing the paper (which constitutes 33.3% of your grade), you take comfort in..
1. the best $9.95 you've ever spent.
I lost my earphones and I've been subjected to the pain of having to listen in to retarded conversations between the people surrounding me at Starbucks all day. Despite scouring the whole of raffles city for reasonably priced earphones, the cheapest I found was 32 bucks and lets face it, I'd rather spend that on a new top. At 8.30pm I decided that sitting here was pointless and I took a little jog to Funan the IT mall and invested in the cheapest pair I found in the first IT shop I walked into.
& guess what? they're fantastic. they block out everything, they look normal and were manufactured by "ismat"... whatever strange company you are, thank you for being on offer.
who needs sennheiser when you've got ismat?
2. the strangest fettish ever
I was standing behind this dude to order my second cup of coffee for the day about 7 minutes ago and you know what I really liked? When he upsized his grande to a venti (he was using the starbucks passport) and when he passed the cashier the 50 cents extra he had to pay he said:
" and this is for you"
and I thought, wow, that was so very awesome and charming. Idk, I just liked it that 1. he knew his starbucks drinks well and 2. idk "this is for you" is so much more pleasant and charming than the usual "NAH!".
 Richard Gere, the most charming man alive, approves.
3. your venti iced vanilla latte.
So even if this is my second vanilla latte of the day, the fact that it's iced is proof that I endorse variation (the one i ordered just now was hot...). Yay coffee!
... as my parents wander through the night markets of Hong Kong tonight, I shall finish this damn assignment (once I start focussing) and revel in temporary freedom before the reality of contract tutorial and the upcoming exams haunt me.
My big ass is glued to this seat until I'm done dammit.
 an 18 hour hot date with 4 t-shirts, VK Rajah, Barak and Scalia. very very sexy.
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w_iredblind
| 04:29 pm - oh am gee
right now, the folks are on a plane on their way to Hong Kong.
right now, I'm at Raffles City still attempting to comprehend my SLS question paper, 1 and a half hours after it was released. I'm about to experience the most painful 18 hours ever.
I can hardly understand the question.. answering it is going to be hell :(
wish me luck.
 "all i need in this life of sin, is me and my [giant cup of frozen yogurt with kit kat bits]" (& another jacket. Why is starbucks so cold today :( )
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November 9th, 2009
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 | 09:49 am - Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 11/9/09
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[ljspotlight]
| 09:46 am - Spotlights: Homepage Spotlight 11/9/09
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w_iredblind
| 11:47 pm - upsized
1. the parents are leaving for Hong Kong tomorrow for Mum's business convention
2. I'm going to spend tomorrow camping out at Raffles City 24 hours Starbucks and attempt to finish my SLS assignment by 3am.
3. I found photos of mummy in Indonesia,
 The lady in white is my awesome mother teaching kids how to make images and objects out of basic cut-out shapes  lady on the extreme right in a dull blue collared shirt with specs, I really admire you :)
my mother is amazing.
mummy, if you ever read my blog, you are my greatest inspiration.
at 57 years old, you spent 3 days in Indonesia, Padang. You had no clean water, you had to trek up the mountain to get to the villagers and you interacted with kids and villagers in a language you picked up only a week back.
You are amazing :)
4. I baked... again self-timer focus fail. so exhausted, so skrewed for sls, but so happy :)
& I'm extremely proud of today's batch.
It's the first time ever I've gone full out and made my own chocolate butter frosting and bothered to pipe it out into a pretty swirl :) (it's no joke really, tonnes of effort and lots of focus)
I'm extremely proud of myself & sometimes I wish this will all bring me somewhere one day.
5. I cross-stitched most of my day away. I'm addikted.
6. I didn't study much again today :(
7. I got totally owned by my contract misrepresentation tutorial
Contract 800 - Val 0
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scherzo_
 | 10:51 pm
( things will be okay )
Current Mood: relieved
Current Music: mcfly - that girl
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November 8th, 2009
w_iredblind
| 09:49 pm - CONTRACT-ed
& So i'm seated at Raffles CIty starbucks with a giant cup of coffee and too much work I've left untouched for the past 3 days.
I should really be doing my contract and not blogging, but today was a great day and I captured, as much as I could, of it in pictures.
SO here's a little snippet on the day :)
my amazing mother returned from Padang, Indonesia today. She went there on a mission trip to help out at a village, situated on top of a mountain (yes my mother tracked up!), which was affected by the recent typhoon.
My mother went through 3 days without clean water, comfortable amenities and gave away most of what she brought along, even her own personal items, to the people there. My mother is freaking amazing.
Alas, I fell asleep while waiting for her to return home in the afternoon and didn't have a chance to present it to her.
She found them at the doorstep though and came in to hug me while I was asleep and all i could mumble was:' hope you liked them i miss yo..." and woke up to an empty house much later in the evening as everyone went to church :(
& in the late afternoon.. instead of attempting at the giant stack of work again... I wound up making
 CINNAMON ROOOOLLLLLLSSSSS :)!!!!!! omagahd, these are my favourite rolls, like I can never get enough of them
& I found the perfect recipe online which didn't take very long, and produced about the yummiest buns alive.
the only issue I have with my baking adventure today?  I WISH I MADE MORE, THEY ARE SO DAMN GOOD. :D(okay hair looks like shit) & they are good even without icing! whoo that saved me a lot of time because I was too tired and lazy to make nice icing by the time they were done.
While I had a few problems with the recipe I found, I'm glad I managed to alter it and save the buns :D, looks like I'm getting better at the baking trade. My alterations used to be the downfall of my baked goods in the past ( I would reduce the sugar/ butter by too much etc etc) but this time round, I managed to salvage it and achieve the perfect texture while doing so.
*beams* even though my school work is suffering, my tummy clearly isn't!
[from here on, be prepared for a drastic drop in the quality of the pictures taken: they were taken with my phone camera T_T]
I also had an awesome awesome awesome breakfast.
It was like a circumstantial sign, I was craving for some nice poached eggs with hollandaise sauce yesterday and today Mark and I found just that at Choupinette after mass ^^ (Y)
only one problem: the price is very special...so it shall have to be a place I can only occasionally visit..I shall have to start making my own poached eggs and sauce once the holidays start ( argh in the meanwhile, i'm going to flunk SLS, Torts and Contract spectacularly)
 I had mine on toast with spinach. only one musing: the egg yolks were a bit too runny :(  :) Rosehip and hibiscus tea. Yummy but I'll stick with peppermint/ fruit teas next time, it was a tad bit too sour.
uhmm... and regarding my shopaholic problem.. hmm
I contributed another $100 to the Topshop Empire today (can the government please give me a progress package for single-handedly holding up the economy? I should be given the model citizen award please.)
BUT today I had a valid excuse, I need a pair of boots to trudge up and down the wet and cold streets of London and the frozen streets/ meadows of Edinburgh & I had a 20% off voucher for Topshop =
CIRCUMSTANTIAL SIGN (maybe going through a portion of the Alpha course was a bad idea for me- it was meant to improve my spiritual well being, not drain me of my pockets T_T) whatever it is.. a pair of grey boots, 2 pairs of wooly knee high socks later and many disapproving stares from people sitting around me at starbucks...
I find myself guilty of being a Shopaholic.
( yes, i put them on the table to take a picture with photo booth. I'm an ugly Singaporean)
[BRING IT ON EDINBURGH WINTER, ME WITH MA WOOLY LONG SOCKS AND FURRY BOOTS ARE REEAAADDDYY]
[BRING I do have a very good excuse for this $100 though. Taking into account how my feet almost turned blue in Greece when I didn't have a pair of proper shoes/ boots to get me through the cold I don't see how I should even dare trying doing that during Winter in the UK.IT
According to: www.stayinedinburgh.net/weather.asp
" the chilliest months are December, January and February, with highest day temperatures characteristically around 5°C (41°F); and although at night it may fall to -4/5°C or lower, the temperature rarely stays below freezing during the day in wintertime." *stares hard at the bolded bit* I am NOT. NOT going through a highest day temp of 5 degrees celcius with the kind of lousy shoes I have, suited primarily for the kind of ridiculously warm and humid weather Singapore has.
Plus! I'll be traveling with the family to Taiwan from the 28th Dec to the 5th of Jan, I foresee that I can use them then as well!
PLUS PLUS! mummy's the same size as me and she and dad are going to Hokkaido in February next year (it's still cold I think?) so she can use them too! ah the many perks of my single purchase!
PLUS PLUS PLUS! High likelihood of me going back down to Melbourne in July next year! July = Winter in Melbourne = frozen feet without proper shoes.
[the many excuses I come up with to keep up my shopping habits is ridiculous and my bank account has revealed a drastic drop in numbers :(, think I should return the ATM card to mummy to keep and start living off a normal allowance]
& now, back to Misrepresentation. Hopefully I'll be done before midnight so that I can skip the midnight charges! ><
Current Location: Raffles City: Starbucks
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/square/y/confused.gif) pensive
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w_iredblind
| 12:35 am - have you ever just thought maybe?
& so while my darling mother has been out at Padang, Indonesia making the lives of the villagers, those affected by the recent natural catastrophes, better I've been stuck with my phone camera because I passed her my compact camera. On top of that, she's doing what I aimed to do earlier this year but never got down to doing - going on an overseas mission trip :/
anyway,
the past two days have been great
(besides me getting caught facebooking-zuji.coming during my last torts tutorial ever :X oops?)
okay, so here's a short update on the events:
1. I'M BOOKED ON SQ!!!!!! :) LONDON/ EDINBURGH ON MY OWN IN DECEMBER WHOOOOOOO
2.
Celebrated Lynette's birthday at The Wine Company
(the burger was pretty yummers :D - after I requested for the onions to be taken out of course!)
had a good laugh, got interrogated, got confused further and got rid of all the confusions later :)
Thanks Lynette, for being such an awesome and ridiculous senior :D
3.
Caught 'My Sister's Keeper' with Mark, Kang and Jamie and thought it was a pretty good show
& then... *gives a big grin*
I proceeded to purchase myself a cross-stitch set at Spotlight! ( yes a ridiculously expensive one at that) in a bid to pick up the skill I was once awesome at ( I used to knit and cross stitch like there was no tomorrow when I was 11?)
lol, because I'm extremely slow and it's terribly tiring on the eyes, i'm barely anywhere near the halfway mark & I've made 2 mistakes already! :( But I aim to finish it by christmas! :D *nods* YES I SHALL!
4.
Breakfast this morning at Cedele, Wheelock with the same group of people as yesterday was awesomee.
 Resorting to my handphone's camera, the apple cinnamon pancakes were reaaaallllyyyy gooooood. I think I'm going to marry the pan which produced these awesome pancakes 
I loveee scrambled eggs and cedele does them really well :)
Now, if I could find a place in Singapore with good poached eggs, I might stay in that cafe for the rest of my life.
5.
Major highlight of the week:
DINNER WITH COW AND AL :)
we went to Sapore Italiano and I have to say, it was better than I expected!  
My Virgin Mojito was really yummy and I was half tempted to order another one ( and I'm not the biggest fan of mocktails- so go figure!)
& the side nibbles were extremely yummy too *beams*
I have to say though, the place is really not suited for meaty-people who don't like vegetables.
I do however fully intend to return to try their pizza because I noticed that some of them didn't have cheese on them *beams* purr-fect!
we proceeded to a restaurant downstairs after that and boy were the desserts good.
fyi that apple pie and vanilla bean ice cream dollop were so good I was amazed and thrown off guard.
because the two of them are so awesomely and brutally honest, the interrogation with them really sorted out my mind and reminded me that I've got to start factoring in considerations I've forgotten all along
Thanks you two :)
 
I had a great time and I can't wait for us to catch up again soon :)
& to include a "fun" part to this entry, let's play a game of who said what:
"I'm going to be single for the rest of my life!!!!!"
"If I were African, I'd slap her face if I see her."
"My hair is so long, it gets in the way when I clasp my bra."
Tbh, I think what I said was the most reasonable one. the other 2 are so ridiculous only cow and al could say it.
whoo. I"M THE MOST SENSIBLE ONE AMONG THE THREE OF US!
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November 7th, 2009
scherzo_
| 10:27 pm - graduation (:
i used to question how much we were actually helping the kids and whether our efforts amounted to anything. but these doubts vanished today when my student voluntarily put choc eclairs into my mouth, introduced me to her mom, and when her mom thanked me for being her mentor. for her it was never about her academic ability, but her unwillingness to interact with people..so that was instant gratification. (:
i hope from this day on that you grow into a mature young lady, someone who knows to tell what's right from wrong, someone unafraid to believe in herself or in others, who displays great passion for life, and a person your mum will be proud of.
haha an effort to make his face look smaller
and thanks also to junhong for being such a wonderful coordinator throughout the whole of this year!! it's really really been great working with him hahaha 28 and getting married alr but still so youthfulll :D
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: relient k - faking my own suicide
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November 5th, 2009
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November 6th, 2009
w_iredblind
| 01:04 am - what i've been looking for
Today, was an amazing day.
Yeah, so maybe I wasted away my torts lecture ichatting with Al and doing the most ridiculous of things in the process- but I haven't laughed so hard in ages and I really enjoyed myself.
 we were uhm Pinky and the brain. & I was Brainy Winehouse. :D [ yes i laughed so hard all through our Ichat session that I'm certain David Tan realised I wasn't listening :P]  moustache and being judged > lecture on vicarious liability ( CLICKFORMADNESS )Thanks Al for making today's lecture especially entertaining :D  
 I feel so very fortunate to have such an awesome LAWR TG and OG :)
Then again...how can anything ever be terribly bad when it's with...
LAWR TG 16? :)
ARE YOU READY FOR OUR MADNESS?
QUESTION IS: CAN YOU EVER BE READY FOR US? "NHHHOOOOOOOOO!"
MINI JORDANS FTW!
 
our winning "done" smile
What happens after you finish your VIVA...
About the most awesome tutorial group alive, i cannot imagine Monday and Thursday evenings without you guys, its going to feel so empty and so strange.
You guys are just amazing, I never imagined that I would be so lucky as to ever be posted to a class like this. I can never get enough of LAWR tutorials, I for that matter wouldn't mind LAWR lessons all through the next few weeks, just so I can thrive off the amazing thrills and laughter I get from every lesson
 After I finished my VIVA :D
I'm so glad we hung out at Serene Centre Macs until midnight after that with too much ice cream and junk food- I could do that all over again :)
  Our future C.J. looking like a total AHPEK!  Banana and Black Forest Ice cream :) bought by our awesome tutor..  JORDAN! :) (who is btw being judged by Aaron as he attempts to slice the Blackforest ice cream like how you would with a birthday cake. LOL)
Today (yesterday) was one of those unimaginable amazing days. When everything seemed to fall in place ( well almost) and when I just couldn't get enough of it.
Even though I have torts tutorial in 7 hours, I'm still blogging shamelessly online because I miss you all already and all the wackiness.
kay, it's 1.45am, I've yet to wash up, i am extremely sleepy and not entirely done with my torts tutorial.
oh and I'm missing my TG mates more than ever.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/square/y/sleepy.gif) sleepy
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November 4th, 2009
w_iredblind
| 11:18 pm - & I'm on the bleachers
So this morning I woke up to a horrifying addition on Facebook: an image which resulted in a freak-out reaction, because not only do I hate talk, I hate people being so open about it.
I have however learnt to see the lighter and brighter side to all of this and even though I fully intend to murder Cheng for setting Mark up, it is quite funny how Mark managed to get out-witted and out-played by Cunzheng, Cheng and Jiankai.
but yes, thanks all for the likes on facebook, and those who are clueless (because I un-sportingly untagged myself):
yes, he was set up to it- his handwriting is nothing like that.
He wound up spending brunch explaining himself and having to admit that he was outwitted by Cheng and Cunzheng's innocent looking faces. LOL
well done Mark, well done! [btw be extremely honoured that you're being featured on my blog, besides you, only one guy I've dated so far has made it to a public post hahaha ] {Even though i really should be killing you for falling for this trick}
fyi, we had an awesome brunch at Caffe Beviamo
(for all the cheese lovers, the beef/cheese sandwich is apparently amazing) from me: the scrambled eggs and toast were good..
but what stole the show?
 THE STICKY DATE PUDDING
 fyi. the white chunk in the middle is a massive block of vanilla ice cream.
oh and because Mark refused to help me much with the gianormous dessert serving, I had to leave that bit behind even though it was so good.
I officially need to exercise. like pronto. the amount i'm eating is appalling! O_O
On a separate note, today was a pretty awesome day, except that my purchase today proved that I need to find a Singapore Shopaholics Anonymous group to join :/
I was doing my work at Torts tutorial at Starbucks at Tanglin Mall and I needed to go to the toilet...
I walked back from the toilet with...
 2 grendho jelly boxes
haha and no before you think I am fashion fail, I did not buy a pair of different coloured jelly sandals..
I bought TWO pairs! :D ahahaha
One sparkly/transparent and a red pair.
*beams* the transparent one is for days when I don't feel like wearing shoes. haha
TO MY CREDIT: it was one pair for $15 and two pairs for $20. Original price (for normal feet sizes): $21/ pair :D
The perks of having overly huge feet- which brings me to a question, I know I've been eating waaaay too much and exercising far too little of late- so I understand the gain in weight- that's reasonable of course but my problem:
HOW ON EARTH DID I GO A SIZE UP FOR MY FEET?!
I never knew one's feet grew bigger when one gained weight :/ like wth, it's as if my feet aren't big enough as it is. argh.
whatever it is, meant that I could purchase cute jelly sandals for a good price 
haha I was trying to take a photo of the sandals and buddy insisted on poking at me, so I decided to let him be part of the photo.
ta-daaa. I think I made a good buy, the red pair matches my nails and the transparent/silvery pair are nice and neutral :D
My choir people and Mark btw laughed at me and they all pretty much concluded that that was a very expensive trip to the toilet. HAHAHA
tbh, I think I've made more expensive toilet trips- I recall returning to my starbucks seat with a $69.90 jacket once. oops?
Yes Lianne, I know if you're reading this, I am PHAIl at being a shopaholic reform :(
& because I really need to go prepare/ practice for tomorrow's VIVA tomorrow ( I HAVE BTW FINISHED MY SLS READINGS *beams* so proud of myself)
OH && on an extremely funny note- i was practising the first half of my VIVA to myself as I was walking back home from the bus stop just now thinking that no one could hear me and I suddenly heard someone running behind me- only to find out that my mother had been in the bus behind and had been calling out to me since she got off (when I was walking up the overhead bridge) but my VIVA speech drowned out her calls. AHAHHA I WIN. tres embarrassing to be caught talking to yourself >:P
signing off,
the dog who refuses to leave me alone and the owner who's perpetually distracted :(
**cindy,eunice,mel,lisa:
thanks you guys so very very much, once again :)
I think I freaked out just now, but now that I've stopped overthinking and found more peace, I feel much better. less hesitant and I know it's all fear and I just need time.
I'm glad I went for choir practice today, sometimes the feeling that church emanates is irreplaceable.
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scherzo_
| 09:58 pm
double major or minor?
...why does nus not allow for double degrees within the same faculty ??
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w_iredblind
| 05:22 pm - the giant's eye
This post goes out to you because you deserve it, for being such an awesome tg/og-mate and friend
 Thanks Cindy ♥
& special mention to Mel and Eunice
I know I just need time and a little more faith
"We all become important when we realize our goal
Should be to figure out our role within the context of the whole"
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November 3rd, 2009
w_iredblind
| 09:49 pm - peanuts, groundnuts and brokeback ?
& so my middle name should really be procrastinator. Why?
Instead of preparing for my VIVA/doing my huge stack of work, I'm watching "So You Think You Can Dance" on AXN - about the most awesome show alive ( but masterchef/ project runway/How I met your mother definitely trump this show)
I btw should also be shot for the ridiculous amount of food I've been consuming.
i had about 3 dinners, 1 lunch, 2 breakfasts and sinfully awesome ice cream with plum crumble for tea. i WIN. I'm almost 100% certain that I won't be able to fit into all the clothings I've purchased over the past few days at the rate I'm eating. boo me.
SELF CONTROL FAIL :(
On to a more positive note, today was a pretty interesting/good day.
1. Torts lecture with David Tan was hilarious.
In 1 hour and 45 minutes he managed to incorporate brokeback, peanuts, milkmaids and an ugly shirt with an ill-fitting blazer into what appeared to be a rather productive/ effective lecture. surprise surprise... now if only I wasn't so distracted by his uber shiny belt buckle and hideous shirt.
2. I managed to ketchup with my LAWR TG mates :). Missing one Monday night LAWR lesson made me miss them more than ever.
I'd also like to report a fail moment:
 they were trying to act all cool about sharing the same birthdate (i.e. Dec 26) and they were total fail. SIX TWO does not equate to TWO SIX my dear grace and cindy. the 2 of you are so fail lol so cute...
& I btw also managed to catch up with the October 31st Birthday boy.
I felt so terrible for not having done anything for him (seeing that it was the day Stat Memo was due) that I specially iced a "H" on his cupcake:
my god. my hair is so limp. I need to do something about it. hairdresser soon please.
(yes I managed to get a photo of the texture of cupcake this morning when I had mine! :) )
One thing I really hate myself for: for using groundnut oil instead of purchasing soybean/ vegetable oil in my bid to make it healthier.
wound up with nutty tasting velvet cupcakes :(
the texture and level of moistness was almost near perfect, but completely ruined by that damn choice of oil- I'm sticking to butter next time. >:(
OH && on to a very expensive purchase not made by me!(surprise surprise) but by the man who is perpetually complaining about my spending habits [ and who also dragged me home just now in a bid to not prevent me from shopping - i requested to go to vivo city after following him to get the car, and he instead decided that I should be shipped home instead because of the $400 I spent over the last 2 days :D) boo.
but yes... UPGRADE!:
FROM...
 A champagne gold (ugliest colour on earth) Toyota Corolla Altis bought in 2005 to... A brand new MAZDA 3 Luxury model :)
It was a joy getting the car with dad and I'm glad he enjoyed my company :)
The car's awesome and the next thing my dad needs to do is GET ME MY DRIVING INSTRUCTOR SO THAT I CAN PROVE YOU WRONG (pass the first time round) AND FORCE YOU TO BUY ME MY OWN CAR!
haha & based on feedback, here's a little (super mini) tutorial on photographing shoes which are being worn:
note:  notice that the picture on the left is a lot more pleasing to the eye as compared to the one on the right. Why?
Things wrong with the picture on the right: When you cut off a person's legs midway the image looks unfinished and very badly cropped. The capturing of the the little bit of frill from my green dress in the image on the left kind of finishes the composition and doesn't make the ending of the subject matter look so abrupt.
It's like taking a photo with the person's face being the main subject matter of the composition.
Imagine taking the photo and cutting off the top bit of the person's head, it makes the top of the picture look very abrupt and unfinished:
like...
  lol, this was the most literal way i could describe it. haha KEVIN GET IT?! I'll bring my nikon d80 one day to school and we can have a day of photography k? :D we'll uhmm.. photograph slum-mit good. make inedible food look impossibly good!
EDIT/ 0034 hrs, 4th November:
Snickerdoodle Cinnamon Blondie anyone? :)
& so the ever restless me decided to bake while memorising the opening bit of my VIVA presentation.
I overbaked it slightly, but the texture is amazing, now the outside is slightly crispy and the inside of the blondie and is nice and soft.
& because I am the world's biggest fan of cinnamon, I emptied half a bottle of cinnamon sugar over the whole thing :D
 SEE NA MOON :)!
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