IT FAIR WRAP UP

Baby, seasons change, but people don't.

Today is the last day of the IT fair, which is also equivilant to the last day of my temporary job at the IT fair (Now I'll wait for Haagen Dazs to call me) and also, I'll be flying to Australia tomorrow night (Spell H-E-L-L-Y-E-A-H!)

Working at the IT fair made me stereotype people. Argh, this is bad, and I don't wish to stereotype people, but, you know ... ... things happen. Well, I'm sure I got to know nice people as well, and the nice people are usually people working at the other booths, cause they know of our sufferings as well. LOL....

"Hey, you need a chair? I took the chair back cause some bugger bring the chair all over the hall and I had to chase them for it."

Even though the job was pretty though with really odd eating hours (Our 4pm lunch with no dinner) I felt reallyreally accomplished after the IT fair was over. It was as though my life was completed (Ok, exaggeration!)

Jiayi and Debbie made more friends from Citibank! Lol.

And here I am, sneezing like crap here and to think I'm flying tomorrow night. Got to get rid of the damn flu and slight fever before the flight. I don't want it to ruin my trip.

WORK TILL DEATH

Honestly, I like the feeling of working to death.

I'm seriously extremely tired right now, and my eye circles are worse than those I developed during my examination period. Not only that, I've also partially lost my voice as well.

... ... I do feel a great sense of satisfaction though. And anyway, I get paid :)
I just hope I don't lose my voice, since I'll be leaving for Australia on this coming Monday. I don't want a bad throat to ruin my entire holiday. Argh.

Oh hell yes, I need to write this down.
Ernest and his other friend is extremely nice as well. He got food for Jiayi, Debbie and me while that Martin kid decided not to get food for us. Selfish kid, or shall I say timid ... ... Anyway, many thanks to Ernest and his friend (Whatever his name is) for getting us so many sets of lunch / dinner.

Lastly, do come down to the Expo for the IT fair :)
(WTH IS AN MP5 BTW??)

OFF TO THE NEXT ONE

OFF TO THE NEXT ONE.

1) My back hurts for standing too long ... So I'm officially a senior citizen now ... and you better give up your priority seat when you see me on the train.
2) .... My back won't hurt at all even if I am shopping for 12 hours straight.
3) Jiayi made lots of friends from CitiBank. AHAHAHAHA!!!
4) "BROOKLYN! BROOKLYN!" and it's just because we don't know the name and anyway, the back of his shirt reads "Brooklyn"
5) I missed the "Ten Brothers" show! AHH!! (Hate to say it, but ... I'm addicted to it)
6) Goodie-bag packing was a total no-brainer! And it only made weird songs like "One of those girls" by Avril play in my head AGAIN AND AGAIN. (AHHHHH!!!!)
7) DINNER AT 9PM. ELIZ DIED OF HUNGER.
8) Jiayi made a little "Korean Dance" when she stepped out of the MRT. I laughed like mad.

Before you know it, she'll be gone. Off to the next one.

Imperfect system

Today I accompanied Shana (and Felicia) for their Typhoid injection as well as to collect their uniforms. Felicia was a coward who kept complaining that "It was really painful!!" while Shana was the brave kid who went like, "Now, I can pierce my whole ear!"


(... ...)

And after collecting their uniforms, we went to a Manga cafe beside the Häagen Dazs HR.




16, 000 comics, but some (Or maybe most) are in Japanese, and we don't understand them.



"That girl is crazy, man. When I ask her what's that guy's name, all she do is to keep saying 'who' over and over again. It's annoying, man!"

Met up with Jiayi at Lot 1 (And she finally returned my scissors!) ... ... ... ... ... I borrowed a book on how to draw Fashion Models.
Speaking of the library, it's clean and huge now. I like it :)

My brother is intending to paint his room SKY BLUE. Ahhhhh! ... And this is something which he found while clearing his trash.


AHHHHHHHHH, A VINTAGE SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR WHICH BELONGS TO MY UNCLE.

My house has so much vinatge crap (If you remember, I found a really old vintage gaming system!) "AHH, ITS MARIO!"

Cause it's spelled as e-f-f-i-c-i-e-n-t

It's been such a productive day!
I feel soooooooo ACCOMPLISHED!

Firstly, I cleaned out my whole room! I vacuumed it, changed the bedsheets, mopped it and threw away trash that I didn't know existed. And it only took me one morning to do all these.

BEFORE :

TRASH-MASTER

Secondly, I WASHED THE TOILET! SO GODDAMNIT PRODUCTIVE!!
And now, I think help my grandmother alter a dress into a skirt. That, or I'll go touch up on the clique-tee design.
... No, wait. I feel like re-designing it.

And my mother is coming back from Hong Kong tomorrow! YAY!

Anyway, life's been pretty trashy (Except for today) Rotting, shopping, eating, sleeping.
I need new songs.

UNIFORM

WE'RE ONLY GOOD FOR THE LATEST TREND

My arm still feels sore after the injection, but I kind of like the feeling of it (Not that I'm a pervert, but even Jiayi feels this way too.) Today, while waiting for the clinic to open at 2.30 pm / waiting for the manager to be free for interview at 3pm, Shana, Jiayi, Felicia and I loitered around Orcahrd Road for a few hours.

So, Jiayi and I went for our injection + collect our uniforms while Shana and Felicia went for their interview.


Jiayi and Me. LOL, Jiayi ah, ah lian ah!
AHH, SO THIS PICTURE IS SO TYPICAL OF TEMPORARY WORKERS WHO'S OVEREXCITED ABOUT THEIR JOBS.

I need to buy white shoes.

Baroque party, anyone?

So wear me like a locket around your throat, I'll weigh you down, I'll watch you choke.
You look so good in blue, you look so good in blue.

I think Shana and Jiayi are planning to hold a party for both of their birthdays. Shana suggested something about holding it at Jiayi's porch and we can bbq there, though Jiayi said that her bbq pit is "really small". Gosh, I hope its an themed party and no more bbq please, cause theme parties don't go too well with bbq (It's far too hot in costumes!) Anyway, I hope their theme would be something more daring, like maybe ... Baroque? Cyber-goth?

Digressing : I love Baroque and I think it's because of Angelspit. Angelspit had this "Cyber Baroque Ball" which is something like a mini-concert, and I thought that the combination between Cyber Goth and Baroque was really cool :)

But the only thing about giving the party a Baroque theme is that we'll be spending an amount of money on renting these costumes for the party, and girls will have difficulties playing games in these huge gowns.
(AND GUYS WOULD PROBABLY LOOK LIKE SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES! HAHAHA!)


Argh, so damn cool.

My crazy phone can't receive smses sometimes!! CRAZY PHONE.

"I could tell that you could tell that I was taking my time"

Tweety bird voice

I thought I heard a squeak.
... Maybe I'm half-deaf, but hmmm, whatever.

I hate it when some girls have this high-pitched voice. Honestly, I'm not sure if they're born with it or that they do it on purpose, because things can get seriously annoying when I listen to them for too long. It makes my ear drums burst, i think. And is it me, or did I just notice that this kind of people are more commonly seen in the Taiwan entertainment scene? ... Not saying that all of the girls from Taiwan possess this skill kind of voice, and anyway, I've heard quite a number of girls from Singapore with voices like this as well.

"It brings out the girlyness, doesn't it?"
Yeah, maaaaayyyybbbbeeee. But it definitely brings out the "Woah, that's f***ing act cute!" in a person as well. And yes-yes-yes, some people would probably go like "But what if she's born with it? She has no choice right?" Well, I'll tell you a secret : There's voice training lessons.

... Thank god I'm not born with a voice like that cause I think I'd rather have ZooG's voice ... At least he has a cute Australian accent. (And thank god none of my friends speak like that!)

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HAHA, THIS IS CUTE ISN'T IT!!

Designing clothes for a living is so cool.

"Gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more"
I dont know why the more I listen to that phrase, the more it sounds like Hokkien. Haha!

FELICIA SWEET 16

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FELICIA!!!
Happy sweet 16 :)


I saw you dancing and I couldn't get you off my mind
Went to meet Felicia and Shana at West Mall at around 11.30 and we bought stuff for her bbq party. After that, Alex the coolie came over to bring the stuff back to Felicia's condo.
Before the bbq, everyone else was crowding around the television playing Wii.


IT WAS DAMN RETARDED!


"YOUR FRIEND ATE ONE WEIRD MUFFIN!"
Felicia's brother exclaimed, pointing to Alex.
Btw, the muffins are wet, and it's more of like diluted chocolate water.


SOMEONE WITH PINK NAILS TRIED TO DO AN OPERATION ON THE BEAR!




Nice expressions, everyone! *Thumbs up*






Those 4E3 things

DIDN'T MANAGE TO GET PICTURES OF HANZI, RACHEL AND SHERYL!!! Nooo.

"People who went, not people who didn't go"

I changed to a turquoise skin

I CHANGED SKIN!
It's to complement my Vector Tutorial in case some people will start wondering why I don't use Vectors since I wrote a tutorial on it.
More tips on Vectoring :)
#1 NAME YOUR LAYERS.
#2 Make sure you vector has many layers of shades!
#3 I like to have a little points as possible, so I often delete the extra points and use "Convert Point Tool" instead (I feel that lesser points = Smoother vectors)

"My name is Dill. I can read"
"I'm Eliz. I can sew"
"Hi, I'm Jiayi. My hair is fake"

.... I think I'm still full from the Sakae buffet I had 2 days ago. Bad. I think I'm suffering from indigestion. And my tooth hurts, gosh, I must be eating too much Chocolate Nougat <3 my grandmother bought from Aussie. BAAAADDDD. I need to do something!

And Christmas is arriving soon! All I want for Christmas is a brand new sewing machine (HOHOHO)
Now that I have nothing to do at home (yet) I think I'll continue sewing my skirt, and anyway, it's already half done :)

Vec Tut

Today I went for job interview with Miss Ho. The guy told us to go a jab on Monday. I wonder if we got the job. (This is not meant to be sarcastic of showy, but it was our first interview and we really don't know if we have the job)
I hope I get the job :)


This is gorgeous!!!

Tutorial 2 - The Vector Tutorial





I'm going to use this picture of Bill. The original picture is much bigger, and I only resized this picture for the entry.
*** Make sure you choose a larger picture and a picture which you really like***
(Well, you don't want to stare at poop or something for 5 hours, right?)

Ok, then I duplicated the picture twice (Ctrl + J) and the topmost layer, go to Image > Adjustments > Posterize > 10.

Now create a blank layer (Ctrl + Shift + N)



Now click on your freeform pen tool and draw a rough outline outside the first layer you want to vector (I recommend you start with the face first)


Ha, told you my image is huge.

Ok, anyway now you cant see this gray lines which you have just outlined. So now, click on the "Add Anchor Point Tool"



Now, drag your points around with the "Add anchor point tool"
Usually you will have problems here, but play around the points and if you have excessive points at a place, you can remove some of them with the "Delete Anchor Point Tool"

*** Since its only the first layer, you do no need to be so precise and end nicely and the outlines of his face. Put your vector alittle bigger (It doesnt matter if your layer now covers his hair, cause later the hair layer will be on top of the face layer anyway) ***

Do something like this ... ...

Now choose colour :

Or you can use eyedropper tool to choose the colour. I used #f6cdb8

Actually I have a "Skin Scheme" and I would follow it. Haha.


Now slowly vector out the different shades on the face.
***TAKE NOTE THAT WHERE THE LAYERS ARE PUT AT IS VERY IMPORTANT***

And to see how your vector is coming along, you can ... ...


For the other consecutive layers, please be more precise :)
(And pleeeeease! There are points to be dragged around and you can 'bend' it and make it curve, so please, play around with this cause this will prevent your vectors from becoming too stiff)

***It will be good to name your layer too. E/g : Hair, Right-Nostril, Left-eye-eyeliner etc***

Gothic HSM

MY GRANDMOTHER IS COMING BACK TODAY!

Anyway, I remember posting an entry long ago, about not wanting to cut my hair. OK, I take that back alright? Cause I can't wait to cut my hair right now!!! It's like a makeover and I can't wait to get rid of this stupid hippie hair.
Why I should seriously get rid of this hippie hair once and for all :

1) I was eating out at Pizza Hut today and my hair kept going into my mouth! STUPID HIPPIE HAIR!
2) IT MAKES MY FACE ITCHY.
3) I look like a tramp.
4) I saw this really cool short crop cut. I really should cut my hair.

*** *** *** ***
And everyone's talking about High School Musical. Lol, actually, I'd never be caught dead watching the movie, unless they have it in a gothic version.


Nah, Vanessa will never ever be caught dead with pink dreadlocks, please!

*** *** *** ***
Fate : The ultimate force that supposedly predetermines the course of events.
Cause you can't defy it.

I'm a 16 year old granny

I'm feeling damn granny-like today
I finished cutting up the fabric and now I just need to wait patiently for my grandmother to come back on Sunday, so she can teach me how to use the sewing machine.
Lol, I remember Hanzi asking if anyone knows how to knit.
... I'd never be caught dead knitting. Its an extremely granny thing to do, and I already thought that sewing was already granny enough.
But I can't wait to see the finish product of my skirt though :)


Lol, I used stuff like the curve ruler and a compass to draw.
... Drawing a huge circle on fabric was physically and mentally draining.

And hell yeah, my mother bought me goth shoes :)

"Shut up and eat"
Take a moment to reflect.
And don't worry about anyone forgetting you.

I don't want to grow up.

Shopping + Musical

The shopping trip with the clique was extremely fun and I'm lucky my mother didn't scold me when I told her I was going out with my friends at the last minute. Jiayi, Hanzi and Felicia all got extensions, Shana had a haircut (I didn't see how it looked like) and I bought a stupid tartan suspenders for Felicia's birthday party next Friday (The theme is ... geek / fashion disaster) And I'm obviously going as a geek, cause it's much easier.


This is how Hanzi looked like with her blonde. (Didn't manage to get her silver one)
Felicia (Mafia) posted lots of pictures of her blue hair on her blog anyway.

And after that, I met up with my primary school friends at Choa Chu Kang. Apparently, everyone was shocked when we saw Clare cause it seemed as though she had an extreme makeover. (And I think Christine laughed at me for putting a picture of Bill in my wallet?)
The De La Salle Aladdin Jr. Musical was extremely cute, with all the little kids strutting around the stage, singing and dancing (Especially love the Genie) and when Aladdin and Jasmine started singing "A Whole New World" I couldn't help but get reminded of Desmond and Alex's stupid duet.


Wy Lin, Liyuan, Christine, Me, Clare, Mindy and Diane.


Lol, me and Christine.


Wy Lin, Mindy and Clare.


Wy Lin and Mindy, somewhere in between the "I WAS HERE"

I'm so tired now. I need to get some more sleep.
**My mother has agreed to buy me the goth shoes!**

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EILEEN KHOO WAN TING
Its now 15th November, 12:05 AM
I owe you a present (And I think I owe alot of people presents. Oops.)

Prom night

Today was freaking tiring, and now I can't wait for tomorrow.
Anyway, before that, Shana and Jiayi came over to my house and then Shana's dad sent us to the place (Help me say thanks to your dad again, Shana!)
*** Shana lost her camera, so anyone who found it please kindly return it to her, cause she's feeling really guilty about it now, because the camera belongs to the family ***
And so, Graduation Dinner is all compact into this .... ...

"My lipstick is all naturally fruit flavoured, no artificial flavourings!"
"Shana! Look!! Gangsta!!!!"
"Oh-my-gosh, that guy looks like Jay-Z"
"WOOOOHOOOOO *Massive clapping*"

Two classmates left the ballroom and (almost) the whole class stood up from their own table and stalked them ... Gosh, EVEN THE BELLBOY SAID WE ARE SPOTLIGHTS?!?!?!

Jiayi : (SUDDENLY) Eh, incest.
Elizabeth : What?!

Then Jiayi's mum came to picked us up (Help me thank your mum again, Jiayi!)
And I guess I wouldn't be able to see Felicia in a dress again. She looked so sweet :)






Gosh, Shana looks like she's posing with a zombie.


Sorry, too many calefeh





I need to sleep now, and yay, going shopping tomorrow :D

K-box exp

Everyone dies in the MV. Boring.
K-Box is extremely fun thought extremely overpriced as well. Everyone has this thing for singing old chinese songs. Hell yeah, it's the older chinese bands that makes the mark, unlike the newer 'bands' nowadays. Tsk, and they call themselves girl bands and boy bands. Do they even know what does a 'band' means?
... Started selecting lots of radio-friendly songs as well, and Shana had fun singing "Cookie Jar" by Gym Class Heros and made this really unexpected comment which goes something along the lines of : Don't you think Travis is cute?
Shock and horror ... ... But the part about GuaiShou being hot is another thing though. He IS hot.


Yes, we were really fascinated by ShiTou.









This picture makes my eys hurt. I think it's too bright.

Going home is another funny incident too. Jiayi was holding a bunch of Felicia's hair, probably checking out the frizzy stuff in her hair, and suddenly the MRT jerked ... ... ... ... ... Well, you know, the usual.