Although I get extremely pissed off whenever the taxi driver drives so slowly like a snail while im super late for work, im very afraid of fast cars too. Dont get it wrong, i dont have a phobia with speed. In fact, I love speed. I like playing rollercoasters and fast flying rides in amusement parks. But, all those are different from a speeding car on the road. At amusement parks, there are safety precautions that would make me feel at ease while enjoying the speed. Not for cars though. Even if you had your safety belt on, it doesn't 100% means you wont fly 50 metres away in an accident.

Last night on the way home from Orchard in a taxi, I was constantly grabbing the handle at my side of the door. My first scare from the taxi was when the taxi suddenly braked in the middle of a fast-paced wide road, because a bicycle came in from nowhere. Omg. what if there was a car behind us that couldn't brake in time?? After that, the taxi driver started bragging that he wouldn't be afraid of people with tattoos like the cyclist. He claimed he was from the CID lasttime, and he had knew alot of big Ah Bengs before.
At one point of the journey, the way he swerved in a curve almost made me thought my end was nearing. He was like driving into the fence, then he suddenly jerked left!! There was a major traffic jam when we were about to reach Eunos and the taxi driver would always stop just afew inches behind the butt of the car infront. We went pass the accident area and saw small bits of glasses on the road. Suddenly there was an uncomfortable feeling inside me. It seems like life is so fragile that one could leave this world without warning at anytime. Dying from illness isn't as bad as dying from accidents, because at least you get to write your will before you die on the sickbed. You wont get the chance to tell your loved ones how much you love them when you die in an accident. Sometimes, accidents could changed our whole destiny. Some ambitions might be dashed if the injury includes permanant loss of legs or hands. It's like, you were happily driving on the way to your girlfriend house, bringing her a bunch of flowers for a surprise, when suddenly... BANG. another car kicked the butt of your car and sent you flying to the other side of the road. Suddenly, a night that was supposed to be romantic turned out to be a disaster, hospitalized night. I get upset whenever i read from newspapers about sudden accidents like that. I dont like the way that people could lose things that are so important to them just so suddenly.

After the super long traffic jam, the taxi driver drived even faster, moving left and right inbetween other cars to overtake. It's a miracle how i managed to survive the ride and reach home safely.

I hope some scientist would invent bumper cars on the road soon. In that way, no major injuries would be incurred from car accidents in the future. Wheeee~

:)
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CNY photos!!
we should let the pictures do most of the talking, because im lazy :)


~Reunion Dinner! I love this tradition about CNY the most, because i get to eat loads of yummy food! haha. here's two of the ones i love. (lazy to edit the other food pictures, so you guys only get to drool at 2 dishes. haha. )


~DAY ONE:
seriously, i forgot what happened first during DayOne. Well, in summary, my little cute cousin came over to visit ME. wahahaha. i had planned to post up only one picture of him, but every picture of him seems too cute to be hidden away in my computer folder.

I totally love the dress i was wearing that day, and ended up taking too much photos of myself. haha.



I seldom take photos with daddy, so this one is precious.One Happy Family.

Joanne and Me :) We visited some relatives, and these are the two cute talkative boys. The one on the left is super duper cute, and the right side one drew me! haha. it's a pity i didn't take a photo of how 'well' he has drawn.

~DAY TWO.
I had actually planned to wear this as a top with tights at the bottom, but everyone says i look better if i let it be a short dress, so well. it became a dress on me. Hees.Early in the morning, my uncle,came to our house along with his japanese wife and daughter. I have not put on makeup in this photo. haha. Everyone looked...... worn out.

My Lovely Japanese Cousin!!!

After the visit, we went over to several relative's house. One of the relative has an apartment that is furnished like a condominium. The flat isn't very big but it's very classy. I know some friends who tell me they want a BIG BIG house in the future, with loads of space. Well, i used to think that way in the past too, but now i'd rather a smaller condominium with classy modern designs, than one BIG BIG apartment in an hdb estate, with not much renovations. I love beauty, and that's why i prefer my house to be visually attractive. I wouldn't enjoy living in a big but bland apartment. I dont need such a big house. I want a pretty car. ^^

4 pretty girls, in order of age. Hahahaha.
The thing i love most about Chinese New Year is the endless Bagua i get to eat. hees. it's okay to put on weight during the Chinese New Year season, because you know everyone else is putting on weight together with you! lol. Near nighttime, we went to chat under Weijun's house. The guys drank liquor.
I didn't drank the liquor, but i ate this liquor chocolate from Italy. Errr. I didn't faint because the alcohol percentage wasn't that high.
More Pictures!

~ DAY THREE
Meet the parents session. Shunlai came over to my house to BaiNian and have lunch. haha. it was the first time he talked to my parents and i feel that he's nervous. Afterwhich, he brought me to his house to Bainian too! This time it's less scary, because i've seen his family tons of times before.

Shunlai's gonna kill me when he see that i've uploaded this photo. lol. that should teach him a lesson not to make funny faces when im taking photos with him! ^^This is my favourite, although i look kinda wierd.
I like this picture too!
We went over to other relatives house too, and late at night we went back to my Japanese Cousin's house! Joanne says its the first time she saw me playing with kids on my own will. Haha. Reason is, I dont really fancy kids unless they are super cute and not naughty. I get irritated easily by noisy & rude kids. haha.

i seldom Love kids, but he's an exception. Raymous!! He listens to us most of the time, but he's super naughty too. Well, at least he isn't rude. haha. He must be the only kid that i've carried most and doted on most. He's very very cute once you see him in real life. He and his family came to visit us on the fourth day of new year, but i didnt had the chance to see him cause i was at work. *CRYS OUT LOUD*

Alright. the remaining photos have nothing to do with Chinese New Year, but since i've transferred them, why not just post everything up? haha.

Drawn by Nora and Coloured by Era.Esther and Joyce!
Me and Shunlai craved for Ice-Cream in the middle of the night, and ended up buying Cornettos.

Random.
I love my hair!! but im planning to use a lighter colour on my next hairdye.

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My Short, Blurred and Noisy Experience of the
Chingay 2007 After-Party




Fiona and I had fun squeezing through the crowd, and watching people hop around like japanese vampires. We wanted to kill the DJ though, whose voice was heard super loud through the speaker but nowhere to be seen. Haha.
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Remember DDR, the Dance Dance Revolution that was once very popular among the teenagers? Well, i didn't got around to even playing it once, because the dancing machines are always in the centre of arcades where everyone would see you dance. Knowing that im a woodblock in dancing, i've didn't want to embarrass myself infront of so many hunks. I love the game, but I just didn't have the courage to try. Well, actually i did try once. I played the game at Derick's home afew years ago using game controllers. haha. In that way, i just used my fingers instead of real dancing skills.

I stumbled upon this video, probably a very old video. This guy is super in DDR, and yea, i've never seen anyone playing that way before. Some of his dancing moves are really quick.


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I SPRAINED MY WRIST.
and i have no idea how it got sprained -.-

Haha. Anyway, i seem to have some problems with water recently. Two days ago, i threw the whole load of laundry from the pail into the washing machine without realising that there was a magazine inside. Well, in the end the magazine went swimming in the machine and got torn up into super small pieces, sticking to every piece of clothing inside. Now, it's my job to clear those little pieces of junk, and it's way frustrating. i'm thinking about sending it to the laundry cleaner to get them to clear away the mess for me, but...... i think most probably they wont know what to do either. haha.

The 2nd incident was yesterday. I thought i misplaced my wallet when i couldn't find it anywhere in my workplace storeroom. In the end, my colleague found it inside the pail of water, which was supposed to be water for mopping the floor! Yes, in the end my wallet was soaking wet with a nice detergent smell, including the money, namecards, bank transaction paper, coins, neoprints, memory movie tickets, heartshaped paper one from fiona and one from shunlai, and a card from one of my previous dates. In order to wipe away ALL the water, i even had to go to the washroom and pull alot of toilet paper, because it seems that only one of our four staffs had tissue paper with her.

Fiona and Shunlai~!! Make me another Heartshaped Paper soon! i threw away the soaked one. haha. it's time to renew that old piece of paper.
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A college class was told they had to write a short story in as few words as possible. The instructions were:

The short story had to contain the following three things:
(1) Religion
(2) Sexuality
(3) Mystery

Below is the only A+ short story in the entire class:
" Dear God, I'm pregnant; I wonder who did it. "
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Joanne: Eat breakfast very important leh. Because if you dont eat, your body will not know what time you going to eat, so it will keep your fats.

Esther: (*surprised*) Really ah???

Joanne: Ya lor. That time my school there say der.

Esther: (*munching on KFC PopcornChicken*) then now i must keep eating every minute. when my body see food coming down the throat, it will throw away all the old fats. heehee. i would be throwing away fats every minute. (*smiles in glee*)

Joanne: -.-
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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

P.S. i didn't draw the picture lah. too busy eating BAGUAs to draw such a cute pig. haha.
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Alright, Fine.

I shall stick to my old kind of entries. Harmless, random ramblings. Here's a long one today. hee. Went on a major shopping spree with Mum after weeks of working, and bought 4 dresses, 1 top, 1 mini pants, 1 skirt, 1 bangle, 1 necklace, 1 earring, 1 hairband, 1 tights, and 1 belt. Mum sponsored! haha. i used to love two piece clothing, and didn't really fancy dresses. But ever since i started working in FashionLab, i grew to love dresses so much, that i was practically looking only at the dress section that day.

Here's some of the results of my retail therapy. I think they looked better in real life., because I can't seems to really catch a nicer angle in the photos.


Valentines Day Photos!
I spent part of the afternoon with Nick.

Me and Shunlai spent TWO valentines day! =) He dyed his hair red, blue, and some other colour. There was supposed to be Green, but goodness knows why he doesn't want it. I think green looks nice on guys. especially Green Eyes! Who cares if it's contact lenses. what matters is the outcome.


By the way, i redyed my hair! Now it's finally fully Copper Golden Blonde. Yay.
oh ya, i signed up for paypal already. i actually signed up for it because i MAY open an online shop. Maybe only. i might not have enough time to manage it anyway. So well, since the shop name isn't even thought of yet, donations are gratefully welcomed currently. haha. My paypal icon is at the sidebar, together with 2 other new sections. (omg. my sidebar is getting messier and messier.) hees.

I shed off 4kgs but after tonight's reunion dinner and 3 days of eating Bagua, titbits and sweets, i think my weight will bounce back. haha. I'll be uploading Chinese New Year photos after the 3 days. Lets wish i'll have time to touch the computer to at least update abit!
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Maybe it wasn't really appropriate, since my blog readers are mostly from a younger age range. This morning's sleepy brain says Sorry to all who have been affected. Some of the previous comments are either moderated or deleted.

:)
cheers.

lets hope i will wake up with a clearer brain tomorrow. haha.
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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Hugging my pillow was the first thing i did when i woke up. I love it. heee. Here's a simple video i made for my boy :)



I woke up early just to do this hor! *claps*
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TONY VS PAUL


hahaha. found this clever movie made up of only photos.
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i've registered my 12 choices of courses online, and in case you're curious, im listing them here :)

1 -
N67 MASS COMMUNICATION (NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC)

2 -
C93 MEDIA STUDIES & MANAGEMENT (NANYANG POLYTECHNIC)

3 -
C94 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (NANYANG POLYTECHNIC)

4 -
C63 VISUAL COMMUNICATION (NANYANG POLYTECHNIC)

5 -
C64 SPACE & INTERIOR DESIGN (NANYANG POLYTECHNIC)

6 -
N45 BUSINESS STUDIES (NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC)

7 -
S86 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION (SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC)

8 -
S71 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC)

9 -
T24 VISUAL COMMUNICATION (TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC)

10 -
T23 MOVING IMAGES (TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC)

11 -
T20 APPAREL DESIGN & MERCHANDISING (TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC)

12 -
T39 DIPLOMA IN RETAIL MANAGEMENT (TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC)


i can't believe that among the list of courses im eligible for is Mass Communications. It's supposed to be the most difficult course that i can enter, because even though my subject grades are eligible for it, my aggregate 22 is too far away from last year's cut off point, 10. haha. I know i wont get into it.

im wasting the first choice.
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MY O'LEVEL RESULTS.
now's the time for you people to laugh to yourself that you've got better results than mine. haha.

(from best to worst)
Chinese Oral- Distinction :]
English Lang- B3
Chinese- B3
Art&Design- B4
Combined Humanities- C6
Mathematics- C6
Principles Of Accounts- E8
Science (Physics,Chemistry)- E8
Additional Math- F9

ignore the bottom 3 scores. i expected F9 and didn't study much for them anyway. haha. i risked and placed my focus on only 5 subjects and luckily, they passed. *claps* Since i plan to enter Poly, my L1R4 is 22. It's beyond the cut-off point lah. My scores for revelant subjects are not even able to let me enter Engineering and Nursing courses, which are supposed to be the easiest to enter! haha. The courses that im eligible for are all related to Design/Media/Communications/Business Studies. *phew* at least they are courses that im interested in.

Now for the Bragging of my testimonial which the teacher gave..

Character Development:
Esther is an unassuming and polite pupil. Her warm and amiable personality has won her many friends. She is able to express her ideas eloquently in her essays which have often been held as model pieces of work for her classmates to emulate.

CCA/CIP involvement:
Besides displaying good attitude in her academic arena, Esther was also a committed member of the school's badmintion team. She is also a warm and caring person. She has been actively involved in her class CIP since 2003. She helped to raise funds for SANA and NKF. She also played a significant role in painting the schools badminton courts and badminton poles.

Activities and Contributions:
*loads of boring blahblahs*

Esther is an intelligent pupil who has the potential to succeed. I believe that, given the strong will that she possesses, she will be able to accomplish much in life.

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im very very satisfied with my testimonial =D
(especially the 'intelligent' part. hehs )

anyway, does anyone knows the minimum requirements to take up a course in NAFA? im considering it into my choices as well.
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Im gonna be looking at my Olevel result slip in afew hours time, and im still here listening to music and editing my photos. And while others are already getting nervous since last week, i was more focused on deciding what to wear.

Oh gosh. Am i abnormal or what? Haha. Nevertheless, i wish for the best when i receive my results later. I dont aim for distinctions, but at least let me pass 5 subjects. I need it to enter poly, even if it means taking up the lousiest course there.

i found this song on someone else's blog. I guess it's not new, but the singer has got such a great voice that i was tempted to share it.

HSM- When there was Me and You


Anyway, time for some clearing up, AGAIN. Friends thought i was photogenic, because my photos always appear much nicer than how i looked in real life. I started explaining to them that it was photoshop that made them look better. But now, it seems that it wasn't Photoshop anymore.

Look at this page from Youth.sg

It was a photo taken of me when i went to collect the Ipod Shuffle Prize. Your first reaction must be: "huh?? why look so different from her photos in her blog?!!"

Yes, that was my father's reaction too. It's a total case of faded-makeup and wrong angle. Even a photoshopped version couldn't save the picture. Haha. Im not naturally pretty, that's why I have to wear thick makeup when i go out. But because of some unknown reasons, my makeup drops off very quickly. When that happens, i would normally reapply makeup to my face, but not that day. There was no washrooms around to let me do that un-publicly.

However, Even with makeup, i look wierd from some angles. Yea, that was what i observed in 17 years of life. Ask my bestfriend, my boyfriend, and my past classmates. They've all seen me in all my ugliest angles possible. That cannot be solved because i can't possibly force them to always look at me from my prettiest angle right? haha.

That's my conclusion. My face look better in photos NOT because i photoshopped. It's because i know my better angles, and i use those angles in my self-portraits. Of course i dont deny that i did photoshop abit to touchup and cover those freckles which my makeup didn't fully cover.

And then, people who dont understand would ask: "why must you photoshop and choose angle? just natural lah."

IF im naturally a babe, i would not even have to install photoshop, duh. I know that im not super-gorgeous, and that's why i try to look the best i can. Who doesn't want people think that they look nice?

Even when i put up photos shooted from the better angles, critics have already stated that they want to puke. Imagine what would happen if i post up photos from all my bad angles. tsk.

I dont put nice photos in my blog to attract guys, for goodness sake. I dont need online suitors. I live in the real world, and i've known enough real people out there to keep me contented. So there.

Here's some random photos. it has been long since i last took pictures in the toilet, so pardon me. haha. im feeling too lazy to photoshop away the background. Look at my new coloured hair! I dyed it to Copper-Golden-Blonde. there has been some error in my dyeing technique though. the top part of my head is super light, while the bottom looks abit blackish like before. Still, I loved it better than the total black hair which has been on my head since i was born. hee. im gonna dye my hair again soon, and this time i hope my whole hair would turn Copper-Golden-Blonde like i want it to.

A case of Failed-Act-Cuteness.

Another photography + manipulation while waiting for my Boy that day.

This dress wasn't long. it looked long because i sat on other pink dresses. hehs.

They told me this dress looked nice on me, but...... i dont think so. haha.
Last of all, im craving for cheesecakes currently.
WISH ME GOODLUCK FOR MY O LEVEL RESULTS!!
:)

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Why You Shouldn't wear Mini Skirts.

..... because your bum will get burnt by bus-stop seats, just like mine did.

i'll continue wearing anyway. haha. I shall just stand instead of sitting on that dumb green burny seat.
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*regarding yesterday's post*

that was a just another lighthearted entry because i have nothing better to blog about and guess what? people come bombarding me with comments about how irritating some salesgirls can be. omg.

True. I dont like it too when smiling salesgirls follow me around in the shop because most of the time im just window-shopping. It's just awkward and it makes you feel like you are obliged to buy something.

That's the reason why i dont like following people around too, because i know how it feels like to be followed. But if i don't, my supervisor would start nagging at my ears about why i didn't serve the customer. After four to five times listening silently to her naggings, i started becoming thick-skinned and just serve everyone who comes in, no matter how fierce they look.

You guys can't blame salesgirls for following you around. it's just their job. just like me, they might not even want to follow you in the first place.

Anyway, most of the customers i served LIKED the kind of service we gave. they prefer it if the salesgirl introduce the clothing to them politely, rather than a silent frowning salesgirl behind the counter or gossipy lazy salesgirls.

Oh ya, i received a comment from 'A' regarding yesterday's entry. He/She wrote this:

"Yea, I so agree when salesgirl tell me that there is discount going on like I can't afford and that when there's paper saying new arrival and you tell me that.It's not like we can't see it."

"A", whoever you are, since when did i stated that there's a paper stating 'New Arrival'?? For your information, there wasn't. And why in the world would you think that discounts is only for people who can't afford boutique dresses? If you didn't know, BRANDED shops have discounts too.

About that girl i blogged about, I hereby state here that i DID NOT follow her around. that conversation took place afew seconds after she entered the shop. My purpose in that post is not to say that people who ignore salesgirls are rude. Im just saying that a pretty girl who's rude can look unpleasant.

Cheers to those who understanded my post completely yesterday. By the way, i dont place a BIG-GRIN on my face for no reason -.-
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Pretty Girl enters shop.

Me: Hi, Welcome. There's 20 percent off if you get at least two items. *puts on a Nice Smile*

Girl *ignores*
Girl *looks at a piece of dress*

Me: That's a new arrival. *still smiling*

Girl: I can see that. *Rudely*

Pretty Girl isn't pretty anymore.
# the End #

Conclusion- I Dont Like Rude Girls.
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Little things make me a happy person.


hehs. without the votes you guys gave faithfully everyday, the name up there would not be me already. thanks alot! Now, click the image below to help vote for February again! =D

I stumbled upon these two pictures that day while random clicking. I find this one really funny but i can't figure out what's the point of this picture. haha.
(and if you people are going to start grumbling about me showing a bad example to smaller kids, im gonna tell them that the big silver packet is actually the seasoning we put inside maggi noodles -.- )

The second picture is this. Hahaha. It's a fish trying to protect itself with a shark's fin but I think it's actually bringing danger to itself. As far as im concern, im much more interested in SharkFin soup than a mini wriggly goldfish and i know more than half the population reading this would agree about this. haha.

I also came upon this website and played around with face-making. And..... i made this guy from scratch! =D
I think he looks cute although abit wierd. hees. I rushed through it so it isn't actually perfect. Go try making too! Give me the link to your screenshot through the commentbox :)

And.... I love this image that Biying drew. Simple yet so sweet. Oh ya, why they dont have legs one ah??


boy, sometimes the things you do really makes me doubt about what i am to you. Sometimes you hold me tight, but sometimes you try to turn away. Or maybe, I shouldn't really be asking for more than what you've already gave. Thanks alot though. Im really fortunate to be the one holding your hands.
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Wooooh. It has been such a long time since i did some serious updating with loads and loads of photos. haha. Finally i've gathered some photos from the past week which should be able to stretch this post into a long one which i promised :)

i collected the ipod shuffle which i won because of my blog. Daddy now agrees with me that blogging is not useless afterall. hahaha. I gave the ipod shuffle to daddy in exchange that he will buy a new earpiece for me.

Not i stupid hor. It's just that i need a new earpiece more than the ipod.

Today's the first day of February 2007, and O level results are coming out around next week. Omg. Time is running fast isn't it? Two months ago i was looking forward to poly but after a stupid nightmare, i've changed my mind.

The nightmare was kind of wierd. People around me are almost all malay, and they seems to know magic. Not those entertaining kind of magic, but those evil goosebumby magic. My 'best-friend-to-be' in poly was sometimes there sometimes not, and the school grounds seems eerie. Yuck. It really scared me so much that it was about half-an-hour later after waking up before i realised it was only a dream. Phew. i do hope Fiona and me would get into the same poly if not the same course. At least i would be able to hide behind someone if eerie things happen. But before i can actually hide behind her without being seen, i have to really really slim down alot! haha. I have not contacted her for quite awhile though. it seems that we are all too busy around our own lives and friends that i dont even know which guy she's dating currently. That's way ridiculous because for the past years, i've always been the first to know!! grr.

It has been long since i last went shopping- outside orchard. I want buy lots of new clothes!! Given my tight budget, i could not afford to spend on dresses in my working place, since an average dress there cost about $79. The most i could do? Try some of the nicer designs in the fitting room when the supervisor is in a good mood, and comfort myself that at least i've worn expensive dresses before. haha.


I like this. it's actually originally just a plain dress but i think it looks better with that black belt which was actually part of another dress. haha.


This is a new arrival but it doesn't suits me.


I like this tube top and the minishorts! now i just need to wait for some kind people to volunteer buying them for me :D


When i dont take photos of myself, i dont take at all.
If i do, the result would be many many many at one go. haha.


Obviously turned upside down because it doesn't look nice upstraight. LOL.


Get some smiles out! it has been long since i last smiled for the camera with my teeth showing. haha.

Ignore the captions. I just find it suitable for this super stuck-up pose.

I like this photo below but Joanne's first reaction to this photo was: "not nice la!"
:(

I dont look like my photos. It's almost all heavily photoshopped.
this is SUPER-HEAVILY photoshopped. i dont like this picture much anyway. it's tooooooo decent and so unlike me. The three outstanding eyelashes is FAKE! i drew them using photoshop la! haha. im not crazy to draw like that on my real face la. heee. I like this photo though.
i just realised that i've been blammering on and on about random things which are so boring that i wouldn't even want to read my own post.

oh well, nevermind. at least this post is as longish as i promised. haha. just pray hard that i'll have better things to blog about after today!

:)
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