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Hide From The Demoness Thursday, November 30, 2006

Went to hooper's house for a sleepover yesterday. Got there at like 2+ and the others(sy, qiang and benji) were already there. After playing monopoly and watching 'just my luck' on dvd(plus lots of slacking) we left for dinner at bk at ps. Then we went to the cathay for desert at ben&jerry's(WOO! i love chocolate chip cookie dough!)


ben, qiang and hoop formed an alliance and squashed me and sy.


the dice from this millenium edition are so cool la... not even cube


took this pic when the sun came in in the evening. I swear i didnt photoshop the rainbow in.


the B&J's was like a rockstar pad...

Then after we waited for hooper to talk to a friend we walked all the way from ps back to novena. Woo. It was nice. Chatting. Dashing across roads. Singing. When we got back we slacked, watched celebrity deathmatch(man that was gory) then went down to the pool. I didnt get fully into the water cause it was freezing but it was pretty nice discussing about really personal stuff that otherwise we would keep under wraps. Went back up at like 4 then popped corn and watched 'the cave' which was ok but the creatures were a bit too strong. Then slept on the couch at 6+ woke up at 9.30, accidentally stepped on hoop's head, slept again till 11. Ate feta and olives for breakfast then it was a slack fest till we went down to swim again at 3+ till almost 6. Showered, packed and left.

Being a penthouse, the place had a lot of balcony space so the views were really nice.




nice eh?

I am the person who doesn't win lucky draws... Tuesday, November 28, 2006

I went to Nokia at wheelock to go change Javon's defective LCD screen. But it was till out of stock. But there were still other software problems and i had the choice to rectify them immediately or skali do when i get the screen changed. I opted the 1st since i was already there and i was supposed to watch a movie with karim and matt so i could just collect it after that.

So while waiting for the kings of unpunctuality i saw a girl walk past. I thought... ooh she's so modelly with thise big shades, her hairsprayed, fine-curled black hair. Then i noticed her cheekbones and jaw. OMG, thats Jade. THE Jade. From ANTM. THat i envied other people for seeing. I so hate myself. I shouldnt have sent my phone in today. I SOO shouldnt have. Anways i took out the nokia form, turned it over, folded it then rushed up to her confident strides. "Hi, i'm such a big fan" and i shook her hand. she was like 'thank you' and i asked "can i have your autograph? and would you happen to have a pen?" So she digged throgh her sling bag and said "sorry, i dont. You wanna go inside and check?" So as we went into the isetan M.A.C, she asked, "so you watched the whole thing?". I said 'yeah' and she was all like 'its not really what it seems you know' or something to that effect. And though i was smirking inside i just said 'yeah i know' Got a pen from the M.A.C counter and she asked my name and scribbled it all down. At this point i realised she was shorter than i expected... shorter than me. And her chin is incredibly sharp. When she was done I said thank you and she was all 'yeah sure' and more to herself than me, "i think i'm gonna stay here look around" and i left the diva to go wait for those two idiots sumore.



I couldnt even keep the original la... cause nokia has to keep the form but the girl was nice enough to make a photocopy for me. And you know what the worst part is? I still cant put the photoshopped images into my phone(cause that was the main reason i sent it in for servicing, cause my N90 was able to). I feel like tying a rope to my ceiling fan and hanging from it. Haiz.

ANTM Jade's Covergirl Commercial

jade as usual

Matt and karim came an hour later than the proposed meeting time, with habeebur and some other indian guy with no fashion sense. We went up, got tix then lined up for popcorn. Then matt said "isnt that dora lee?" and at the counter was this pudgy woman with her very young daughter and a maid. When she turned to talk to the girl, it was unmistakable. So when she turned back, i was like "hi maam!" and as she walked past she went "Hi...Hi...Hi." slowly and deliberately, each 'hi' in a lower pitch. She asked wat movie we were watching and when i replied, she said "see you inside..." Ooh gave me the heeby jeebies. Happy feet was a good movie. Nice storyline and the latino penguins were just so hilarious. Ouh and the CGI landscapes were simply breathtaking.

I felt so crappy at the end of the day.

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5:36 PM

Throw On the Black Dress Saturday, November 25, 2006

There were a couple of things i forgot to mention in the previous post... it was late and i was drowsy.


Look! pepper's got no arms.


there was this band that played while the votes were tallied and they were pretty ok. There was a debate over whether the drummer was a guy or a girl... not that she was ugly but just had a rather pretty-boy kind of face. yes, we saw that it was a girl when she stood up and her torso wasnt covered by drums.

Speaking of votes, i had a very hard time choosing who to vote for. See like pepper ought to win but sy is my best friend. But like if i vote for sy and pepper loses by 1 vote then i would feel really bad. But 5 years of friendship trupms talent so i dropped my vote in the nearly empty box. And i was really happy that pepper won cause like i was relieved the best girl won and i had the chance to support my pal. And i know he would have done the same if he were in my position.

Anyways, have you seen how beautiful the skies have been lately? In the morning i mean... it rains in the afternoon every single day now. But the clear blue skies and the puffy white clouds are just so serene.


see wat i mean.


dreamy aint it?


now this was unusual cause there were no clouds at all on this one moment. This was not photoshopped in any way.

I would just love to lie down in the field and just look up at them for hours but a, its too bright and it would hurt my eyes and b, by the time i'm done i'd be burnt black. haha.

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7:19 PM

Narnian Witch

The TP talentquest finals were today and it was quite good. Jocelyn couldnt get in sho she sneaked in... very skillfully The 1st guy hit the high notes effortlessly but hit trasition from falsetto to normal was rough. Jared chose a bad song... or maybe he just doesnt sound that good on microphone.


Sy was good, if you covered his face i wouldnt have known it were him. Unfortunately it wasnt enough to make him stand out from the others.


Rozie. She looks like she's married with 5 children. Her singing was ok but her performance was awesome cause she was confident and really connected with the audience.


This guy was confident too. He sang an elvis song, but somehow his whole performance(singing and movements) was very broadway.


This guy sang a hindi song. Wow. Hahah. He had a good voice.

And of course, the winner of TP Talentquest 2006, drum roll please...



PEPPER SEE! She was amazing. It was very clear from her performance that she was going to win. Second was rozie and third was this duo group that had quite good teamwork, clear voices and practiced choreography. The others werent bad... as it they were pleasant but they just didnt stand out. And i was bored with the fact that 12 of the 20 songs were chinese.

Ok, darkroom is finally over. I'm both happy cause the work was kinda tedious and cost a lot of money and sad cause it was such a great time spent with all my quirky classmates. Thank God i didnt drop it if not i would have missed out on such a great experience. And the holidays are here, WOHOO! Time to relax, and catch up on some sleep, and perhaps make some money as well.

I cant believe i forgot to say that i cut my hair again. Real short. I'll just let the pic talk.


so far the only reaction i've gotten is "you cut your hair again!?" so i dunno if its nice o not.

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12:47 AM

Botulinum Toxin Friday, November 24, 2006

Ok here are 7 of the 19 photos for my final submission for darkroom process. Hope you like them.















end.

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1:12 AM

Izlaz Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Wohoo! C&E is over. I was up untill 4 last night(i'm still sleepy even tho i just had a nap before dinner) finishing up the final project, then met up with benji in sch to put it together and hand it up. Its seems like ours is one of the few that is hand drawn but hey, i'm useless otherwise. So now i have no homework to do. Yay. Tomoro i will be collecting my bound photo book and i'll put up some of the prints here.


me and ben at jupiter

Finally luqman faced some hostilities from me. See, while ben and i were workin on our project yesterday(sy was there too) luqman came along and asked like why we didnt ask him to be in our group. So i said like he keeps not comin and he didnt bother to ask me if there was anything to do. When he asked if he could just put his name in ours i like dodged it, saying that he would be able to finish it in one night cause the workload wasnt that heavy. So it was, luqman making excuses and me and ben tossing them away. Sy said he was glad to have been able to witness the drama... hahah. But it didnt end there. Later on when eating at jupiter i was showing sy my mini prints(ben had left by then) luqman was like criticizing them so i bitchily asked "What did you get for your basic photo again?"(he failed see) so he replied like 'ouh cause i didnt pass up and blabla. Better than those people who pass up and still fail..." Then i was like "and what about marketing?"(cause his group failed as well even tho they did all the work). He like sorta mumbled something but it was as good as shutting up. Later we were askin bout his bad attendance then he said he easily gets sick cause his resistance is low but me and sy were not believing it then i said "maybe its because you used to smoke" then he was all "i never smoke wat" then i gladly reminded him of how he told me and wen hao that he had quit and felt a whole lot fitter after that. That also sorta shut him up. Sy was so relieved when he was gone.

Anyways, after that we were to meet up with jon and jeremy to watch a movie at vivo. It was quite nice... gotta go back there one of these days. But lo and behold, the entire cinema was closed cause of some private event. Damn them.



So we had to go all the way to cine and meet jeremy there... not before i had a scoop of cookie dough from ben&jerry's of course(i cant believe they have that, haagen daz and swensens on the same floor) We got the 9.25 show and ate at subway(sy's most hated food place on earth). The movie turned out better than i expected but i still dun like daniel craig as bond. The 1st chase scene was totally amazing. But it was pretty gross when he got hit in the balls over and over. Quite funny tho. And eva green looks just as pretty with and without make-up on. By the time the movie ended, it was like 12 and we cabbed back. Surprisingly it wasnt that ex even with midnight charge... 11 bucks to be divided among the 4 of us. I got nagged at for reaching home at about 1 a.m. cause i had schoolwork to do and an appointment the next morning(the blood test went smoothly this time tho)


if i did that, say 2 hours earlier, i would have gotten run over by a bus.

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10:46 PM

Cheekbones Saturday, November 18, 2006

This block is expensive. The paper and film has costed about $100. And now another 60+ bucks is going into the book that i have to put my prints in. See, we have to go bind it at some place at defu lane and that costs 50, the paper i bought was 11. Haiz. At least i'm all done printing. Tomoro i just have to stick it down and monday send it for binding. C&E sucks. The final assignment is 2 parts. One is about the biennale which i didnt take any notes on while i was there. And the second one is like coming up with a proposal thingie for the IR at sentosa. Even tho luqman was in our group in the previous one, he's not in it this time. Benji agrees.

I mean he barely comes to class and the percentage of times he actually hands up his work is even less. So no. And i'm kinda irritated with him nowadays. Its like before he was ok but after hanging out with him a lot, i see everything... except the gf he keeps talking about. Besides going over sometimes, he boasts. And like even if his work is so good(tho i've never seen it except for that one time he photoshopped some woman), what's the use if you dont actually do it? And he said like he was offered a job in dubai or something. Back then in the 1st block i actually believed him cause quite a few people are very accomplished already. Well, looks like you can add c&e to your list of failed modules.

Anyways, went out with my sec sch ppl after school last night- sy, sh, ivan and daniel. And wow, ivan is big now... as in taller than me and all muscly. Captain of the waterpolo team which awed me(he's come a long way). Daniel is now taller than sy and its weird seeing him without braces. Went to eat at pastamania with the protests of the latter 3(they wanted subway) cause sometimes sy can be stubborn. Jie rong met up with us after dinner then we went to play pool at paradiz. Everyone was pretty good. And with sh's instruction, sy did awesome too. Went back at like 11+ shagged.

Went to taka art friend to buy the paper and glue and i stopped by at the opera gallery. I saw this really, wonderfully amazing painting. I just stared at it for so long. It made me wanna try oil painting cause the effects were so awesome. The rocky parts were very texturised(mixed with clay from what i read) Hyperrealism according to the opera gallery website. I didnt take a photo cause i think its prohibited. I didnt wanna get thrown out or anything. So i found it online but its superly low res. well here it is, La Mauresque Boniface by Boussignac Patrick


Its way more beautiful and impactful in real life. Go see it.

Here are some others by Boussignac.

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11:40 PM

The Dark Politics Monday, November 13, 2006

There have been light confrontations and some behind-the-back bitching in the darkroom, mostly about enlargers and stuff. Thank god i'm not involved in any cause i borrowed the lens from the store so i can use the enlarger without hindrances.

Anyways, after developing my film today i went town to get clothes for Javod(handphone pouch) and i got this really nice corduroy one... For $14.90. I know thats steep but well, i'm gonna be using it for a really long time. Then i went to nokia care centre cause i noticed that when my screen was completely white, like when i on and off Javod, there is a yellow blotch near the top of the screen and the lady there told me its a defect. So i've to go exchange it at starhub tomoro. So mah fan. And i'll be wasting the money i spent for the screen protector. Darn. Looks like i have to make up for lost darkroom printing time on saturday.

Ok here are some photos.

This is me at the Biennale... quite a cool artpiece.

taken with luqman's phone so photo quality not that good

This is jayne with her 'hair extentions'

taken with lynne's phone so photo quality is also bad

This is like the 1st pic i've taken with my new phone... that i kept.

i tweaked the hue and levels in photoshop, enlarge to see better

I cant believe they're increasing the GST. Darn them.

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9:26 PM

Day Late Photo Sunday, November 12, 2006

Well, i just wanna report that i got my N73 today and its quite delightful. I think i shall name it Javon...son of Jadis. Hehe. Ouh and i forgot to say that i didnt get into the talentquest finals(as i expected) but i'll still be there to cheer sy and pepper on. Jia you guys!

Darkroom is such an exhausting module but people get so crazy in there that its not as bad anymore. My nickname there is now Ali, cause margaret and stacie got me to help them dry their prints and somehow they called me their maid and somehow, ali is a male maid's name. And a lot of ppl are like hanging towels on themselves... its becoming like a coffee shop or something. The people are just so fun la. And i like spent 8 full hours in there on friday and we started slotting paper strips into jayne's hair and she looked so ridiculous(i'll put up the photo as soon as i can) But, Its just very heartpain to use so much of that expensive paper. Haiz.

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3:36 PM

Shallow Wednesday, November 08, 2006

I think my life is deteriorating. I've been getting hit after hit and i dont think i can take it anymore. The bads are getting worse and the good's arent even that good anymore... or they just seem to not matter as much. Its like the pieces of my world are falling apart and i have some retard syndrome that prevents me from fitting the pieces back together. Its this stale decomposition that fills my breath with the stench of rotting flesh. I thought i got better and i would stay that way but i guess i'm just not cut out for happiness... only the dark shadows and robust hold of disappointment. I dont wanna go back to that old life i led where every day took so much effort it felt like breathing through a straightjacket around a corset. The only thing i can rely on now is my shell, painted with warm tones of rich in stunning surrealism like that of Dali. Thats what its supposed to be anyways though it probably looks like a drawing of an 8 year old. It keeps me in but the harsh external elements can always puncture a hole through the fragile membrane. I just hope it keeps fooling everyone like it did before.

I made it out of the last black hole. But i dunno if i'll bother to try getting out of this one. I'll just fall back in anyways.

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8:41 PM

The Cruel World Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Today was the saddest day since like sec 2. It would have been a completely enjoyable day except for one thing... i lost my N90. Its like i went to shit and well, the phone couldnt fit in my pocket wen it was bunched up so i put it on the toilet roll dispenser. And after i was done, the cleaning aunty came so i hurried out. Then when i reached the level below, i patted my pocket and realised it wasnt there so i ran back up and the cleaning lady wasnt there but her cart was. So i went in to check and it was gone. That overly made-up woman is my main suspect. She was all like... 'ayia cannot leave there one, sure gone' Hmph. she must have stowed it away during her absence... but i cant prove it.

So i rushed around trying to find someone i knew so i could use their phone to call mine. After about 20 mins, i spotted benji and fratically pleaded. Of course... my phone was turned off. So i called my dad and told him to cut the line. Ugh i hate myself very much. Of course i hate the person who stole it like a million times more. I want him/her to be struck by lightning, run over by a double decker bus and trampled by fat aunties at a 90% off sale. I would have cried, only it wasnt really a feeling of sadness but of emptiness and loss. Not only that,i also ruined any chance of getting the N93.

So that translated to a very crappy rest of the day. Cause we went for an excursion to tanglin camp to see the biennale and i found it so utterly crippling not to be able to take photos. And like it felt like a chunk of my thigh was cut out cause of the emptiness of my pocket and it felt like my 'disabled' leg would give way at any moment. Looks like i'll be incontactible for quite some time. E-mail me if its anything important.

There's some other stuff to say but i've no mood for anything else rite now.

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8:39 PM

00:44 Saturday, November 04, 2006

Benji arrowed me to do this

7 random things about myself :
1. I'm psycho about certain animals
2. My fingers are not ring-friendly
3. Cellphones are my obsession
4. I no longer need to use oil blotters
5. I had stitches on my chin
6. It feels like there's sand in my eyes
7. I photograph better on my right side

7 things that scare me :
1. Death
2. Heights
3. Losing my handphone
4. Violent people
5. Ghosts & Getting possesed
6. Cockroaches
7. People who jump out and go BOO!

7 random songs at the moment :
1. Falling again
2. Day Late Friend
3. Breathe Into Me
4. Sleep
5. Good Enough
6. Welcome to the Black Parade
7. Sweet Sacrifice

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12:48 AM

Chipped Nails Friday, November 03, 2006

This is a continuation of the previous post. I wanted to break it up so that they're more readable, bite sized pieced. Its still thursday

So after bathing and gulping down instant udon, i left for c&e. The lecturer, tho she has studied in and visited many western countries, speaks like an auntie. As in those type you see at the market with frizzy hair, satiny tiger striped tights and a tacky blouse, arguing with the fishmonger even if it is for a 20 cent reduction. No she does not look like that, but a lot of the time she sounds like it. She's nice tho... so far anyway. After watching a rather delightful vid abour facial expressions, my group went to do our project in the canteen. Our group meaning me, benji and, even tho i was apprehensive about it, luqman. I left them at about 6.50 to go meet pepper and sy to go for the tp talentquest auditions... which i didnt tell maja or my dad about cause they would freak out if i did. The queue had way more people than i expected... about 80. After registering, we went to the waiting room for over an hour then to a smaller waiting area.

Pepper was 1st and she did a really good job with lady marmalade although she was fretting about it a lot later. Sy was even better and didnt sound like him. Waiting backstage, it felt like there werent only butterflies, but cobras in my stomach...hahah. Then it was my turn and i walked out to the middle of the stage. The judges asked my name and song title although my view of them was pretty hazy cause the spotlight shone right into my eyes. As i sang, my hands felt like cold ants were running all over them. I kinda overdid some parts. I missed a cue. I dont think i'm gonna make it to the finals. Wasted 10 bucks(the registration fee... we do get a t-shirt, but its very blah).

Then wen we came out, clare, vivien, sean paul, luqman and a girl whose name i forgot came out. I cant believe they waited so long for us. Aparently, they sneaked into the theatre and heard a lot of the contestants. A lot of them sang chinese. And tho they said i did well, i dont believe them... cause friends are supposed to say that.

Today i got my film developed and did 2 contact prints. They turned out a lot less nice than i expected. So i'm gonna have to shoot like 3 more rolls on sunday. I would have done it tomoro... only i dont think my cramped thigh can handle it.

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11:05 PM

Crimson Dew

fungi

On wednesday i was supposed to go take photos at mosquito land for darkroom process. I woke up at like 5.30 so that by the time i reach there, it would be sunrise. But lo and behold, my stupid camera couldnt function... and i couldnt shoot. So after getting it fixed up at the shop that day(the lady at the shop said sometimes the battery compartment oxidises a bit so must scratch it once in a while) i got up the next morning, also at 5.30.

When i got there, my 1st roll screwed up i dunno why, so i threw it out and put in a new one. At first there was no direct sunlight so i went round the drain to get some pics and when the sun finally came up, i was running here and there like a lunatic to try to get photos of nicely lit places before the time passed and the dramatic lighting faded. My socks were completely soggy by then(the grass was really wet, and tall at some places) and my pants damp. I tried catchin spiders for a while since i havent done that in a long time... managed to get to big wolf spiders and one giant crab spider. Its not actually giagantic... its just its name.

Took a few more 'morning light' pictures then proceeded to go deep into the forested area. When i was in there i heard this thumping noise that sounded like it came from this brick structure a few metres ahead and i ran out scared. But as i passed it on the outside, i realised it was the sound of construction work in the distance. Went back in and did what i could with my ancient camera.

The flies, midges and mosquitoes were swarming around me like bees to honey. The moment i stopped to focus and take a shot, they would settle on me and rob me of my blood. I was getting really itchy and annoyed. The worst part was when my film ran out and i had to change it... they were simply merciless. So i had to walk back and forth in a smace of 1 metre like a retard. In the end i gave up and exited before i could finish my 4th roll.

On the way out, something kinda startled me... only for a split second tho. A black spitting cobra at least 1 metre long... sunbathing i think. As it slithered away(luckily it didnt try to attack me), i fumbled to free my phone from my pocket and snap a photo before it disappeared into the bushes. This was wat i got.


click to enlarge

Anyways, i went to go fetch sy and dilys at the bus stop cause the latter needed to take photos of the grafitti in the tunnel. And guess wat, we saw another black spitting cobra... this time a baby. And it was obviously offended cause it had its hood flared. And contrary to sane bahaviour, i got down in front of it to take a good picture. At the height of my confidence i reached like within 15 inches of the serpent. I also took a video of it while agitating it with my bag. If it had spat in my eyes, i would have experienced temporary blindness and if it bit me, my nervous system would slowly shut down and i would probably be dead in 3-4 hours. To tell you the truth, i wasnt that frightened or nervous. Seriously, singing on stage is way scarier(tell you bout that in the next post) I was so hyped! Ok, here it is.


can you see its little tongue?

By the time i left, i was completely shagged, my feet were gray deformed prunes, i was itching all over and i had several small cuts and bruises on my arms and one on each ankle. Ouh and the back of my knee and now my right thigh are aching cause of all the big strides i had to take in the forrested area. Sitting down and standing up is a rather uncomfortable affair.

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9:20 PM