pOLAROID pALs

I was reading my friend Bea’s blog when i came across her doing an advertorial for a blogshop which sold the fujifilm instant camera. Polaroid stopped producing their films for instant cameras, but this japanese company is still producing their instax mini and films so we don’t face the permanent extinction of instant photos as yet.

While out with jared parrot and char, char was also looking for it, and also the all white one. Don’t think they have alot of that in shops, easier to find online. I want a fujifilm instax mini in white! But i saw a chocolate coloured one though. I know there is mini 55 and 7s, don’t know which is of better quality. Once i get the cam, i’d do a polaroid wall in my room.

Nice or not? Chronotech or Kenneth Cole?

On Saturday afternoon, Char, Jared and myself went for high tea at tcc. Char and I were carrying out our secret mission there too. So..after tht we went scouting for my watch for a short while. Jared suggested the one below. I was surfing my favourites on my laptop and I realized I bookmarked this picture when I came across it online. What a coincidence we both got exceptional taste. Hoohehe. But I like chronotech a bit better. He says it’s too flashy for work. Is it??! No need to look like old maid for work rite??

Thanksgiving day

Today, i felt like spending my day out, but i ended up staying in again. It is pretty disappointing. Well nevermind,the night is almost over even. =(

I found my Chronotech rose gold and black watch i’ve been eyeing at the bestes price i can ever find. It was at this watch shop at Peninsula Plaza called King Wah (i think). My colleague Raymond is really a lobang king, he brought me there and the shop actually has 40% off watch prices. They carry FCUK, Guess, EA, Chronotech and many others. Just imagine the savings. My budget for one watch is almost enough to buy me 2 watches there. I have some reservations though. I wanted a big faced rose gold and black with zirconias on the frames but this guy called Andy, who served me said it is the older model and they are not sure if it will be brought in. The smaller faced one looks almost the same just that it is not as cool as the large faced one which in my opinion has an androgenous feel because of its size. Should i get it?? Warranty 2 yrs, under FJ Bejamin. I’ve been thinking about getting it for 2 months now.

I’ve stuck a sheet of blings on my iphone back. Got it from Taiwan, and i’m thinking of blinging it again the next time when this sticker wears out. Maybe Purple diamantes against my black backing. It’s now in black and white, has pearls, white rectagular jewels and black and white plastic roses at the back. Looks very Anna Sui-ish.

Is this a bit too much? It’s pretty in an outrageous way huh? Hm see if i’ll grow out of this idea..

Anyone can buy it for me here:

http://www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Apartment/Decor/Rhinestones+for+My+iPhone+Case

Tuesday stay in

3409 jumps

215 cals

25 mins (1 hr)

 

Day one at Taipei

This is my itenary below, due to the mrt service ending at 12am, we couldn’t go to shihlin night market in time because we would have no train back.

12 Nov Thursday Day 1

 

1310-1740       Singapore to Taipei via Eva Air

1800-1815       Get YTC, change money & Look for Transport

1830-1930       Get on the Freego Bus! (Before 7pm!)

2000-2030       Check in at Neijiang/ Bathe

2030-2200       XiMenDing Dinner and Walkabout

2200-2230       Buy EasyCard at Ximen MRT, Travel to Jiantan Stn

2230 – 0100 Shihlin Eat Shop Eat Shop!

0200- xoxo       Sleep

It was a thursday and D had to rush some work till the wee morning at 5am. He slept till 9am and then started packing for the trip. Our flight was at 1.40 or so.

Shaun sent me to his place and i sort of hurriedly printed our travel insurance which D had applied for.

Left home at 1130 and had lunch at the T1 staff canteen. Didn’t eat too much as i was saving some space for the airplane meal.

It was our first time taking Eva Air so i was pretty looking forward to it. Alot of male friends gave me incessant feedback about how “teh” the stewardesses can be. The men in Singapore would know since army guys who were sent to taiwan for training always travelled by Eva Air. I wanted to see (no,hear) for myself.

Here comes the pictures. Dad lent me his D90 for this trip. It’s wasted on us both photography noobs but quality is better

The stewardesses were indeed service oriented but a little too typical taiwanese.

I reminded myself that i made a good choice to pay a little more for inflight entertainment, service and comfort on a non budget airline.

There was a slight glitch though. We indicated our seats during the online booking but the counter staff had us waiting for 15 minutes before issuing us new seats while we checked in. Apparently because we were one of the last few to check in and there were 50 passengers in excess of the original amount or something so we had to reshuffle. We ended up right in front just behind the cockpit.

I managed to watch UP on the plane. what a cute show. It was surprisingly good. Daryl slept while Cape No 7 was playing on his personal screen.

We took an older plane. For some reason, our screens were detachable and looks old school. Check out the top right picture.

If i go to Taipei again, i’d definitely go Eva, despite the glitch which put us off a little.

Foodwise, it was typical. Not delicious but passable.

Made me miss the Finnair food, which included a small tub of hagen daazs

It was a rainy day when we got up the plane, back at SG

We arrived 4 hours plus later at Taipei and there it was already dark and also rainy.

The droplets were far smaller.

Temperature was 20 Degrees.

We dropped our luggages and headed to ximending, which was a few traffic lights away. Had Ah Chung Mee Sua for dinner, standing up. It was alright, i didn’t find it fantastic.

We also did not find the stores at XMD fantastic! Sounds odd but that is a fact. Seriously there was nothing much there.

One of the things i want to look good in.

I’m having second thoughts about it now. Need to go try it on. . . . Always having things to spend on each month and end up not having enough to buy myself anything to reward myself with my pay. I’m such a poor girl. Eee.

It looks so awesome to me, I just want to buy this like really soon.

There might be very varied comments about my decision tho.

But it’s so cool!

so true.

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before, she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect – you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold on to her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break – her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.” –Bob Marley

gettin ripped off.

I had a little craving for frozen yoghurt, and since i’ve been in bed for pretty much the whole of today, and had only one meal of wanton noodles in the morning, i decided that indulgence was going to be the theme for my late dinner.

Besides a bit of oyster mee sua, braised pork rice, pudding milk tea and chicken popcorn things, all taiwanese fanfare… I tried Fruzen Yoguz, this frozen yoghurt place similar to that of Yami Yoghurt and Yoguru. It said 30 cents per 10gm. Sounded cheap so i decided to have my own dispense yourself cup of yoghurt. Ended up having the original flavour plus strawberry flavoured one.

It amounted to 7 bucks.

I was ripped off beyond belief and i swore i’d never step into that shop again.

Neither should you even if you haven’t been there.

Ah.. I”ve been watching requiem for a dream since 3pm

The freaking streaming site is so lousy,

It’s 1030 and i havent got thru 100 minutes of the entire movie.

F.M.S

floating bubbles, in the sky

I did a hair show last thursday for the launch of Loreal’s DIY hair dye from the Excellence Creme range . Was helping Jerraine out and also, we would be remunerated with 250 bucks worth of products, so it sounded like a pretty good deal. Here are snippets of the dyeing process.. The other two babes were Indonesians. One a current SQ girl, one retired to be a taitai.

me, van* and angela

so..

Recently, i’ve been wearing his watch to work. I like the fact that it’s huge. And it reminds me of him. Just feels good. But then, he takes care of his stuff so well while i’m pretty much very careless, so i always feel scared that i might dent it or knock it against something.. It happened but luckily there wasn’t any visible marks left on the watch.

My dogs have been fighting alot recently, and it is getting too frequent. Initially it was over food, now, they even fight over our attention. When i say fight, i really mean the violence is so terrible, it looks like they could end up getting killed during the struggle. Peb’s got blood and huge open wounds from Spi’s attack the previous time so we are always on our toes now, making sure to separate them before it happens. Once, it nearly happened again and i was in my room. When i heard the bark, i was so afraid to come out to check on them, because it sounded too scary. I don’t freak out easily so just imagine.

I’ve been feeling quite low these few days. Questioning myself every now and then but knowing that i have no answer to my questions. They belong with the wind, and i’ll go wherever it takes me. Close my eyes and maybe the good days will be back very soon.

monotone

I feel bad for having neglected my blog. I have an idea for a revamp but i’m just too busy to do it. Hardly have anytime for anything. I intend to make images a feature for my next blog layout. The background is going to be white. It’s tough when my  css/ps knowledge is almost zero. How to personalise like that?

Last saturday Lena Leeyin and Qingting went with me to Nike Human Race. D gave us a lift to the Flyer, starting point of the race was at the f1 pit. He was so sweet, cos we had to wake at 5 plus in order to reach there in time. I saw so many familiar faces there, and those were not all. I realised some friends went but i did not manage to see them. It’s understandable given that there were about 10000 people there participating in the run? Oh well, i managed to clock a little below 1.5hours. I know the timing is terrible but at least i shaved 15 minutes off from last year’s 10km run. Also, i walked like 2km.. *sheepish*

After the run, we went  looking for lunch. Talked alot and finally told them some stuff i been keeping to myself since like secondary school. I know they suspect and have an inkling since they’ve been my besties for like forever, but i couldn’t bring myself to let them in on it last time. Since it’s now just things of the past, why not let them know right? Who better to tell? =) we spoke about peer influence, how we hung out with the montfortians and eventually dated some of them.. mine was definitely 95% peer influence, kian wasn’t even my type of guy.. Don’t get me wrong, he’s really nice but just not on the same frequency. Well, he’s done well though, going on to higher education, deejaying and all. Even won some prestigous DJ comp here in local shores… All the stories of the past kind of colour our personalities a bit huh? We learnt some, we hurt a bit, become happier… But they all led to the present, so well, learn not to regret…

Went home by bus with Lena and then watched 3 episodes of gossip girl season 3, then napped for an hour before we got ready to meet again, with the same  peeps who went for the run plus everyone else in our clique at 15 minutes, this restaurant at Laselle for dinner and birthday celebration. Had alio oglio with prawns, serving was small.. Later went to buy cake and then to Marina Barrage for picnic in the night. Chatted till 2am and headed for home.. What a longggg day.. 

Ah i’m rambling.. Will try to finally get back to blogging regularly and include more pics..

I’m eyeing a watch. Char went to see it with me yesterday but i only found the small face one. I want to look for the large faced one. okay, ciaoo. be back for more.