Updates~

I've fallen ill :( snacked on too many stroopwaffles from Mel and I woke up with a scratchy throat the next day which became sneezing fits... And now I have a leaky nose and a bit of a sore throat :/ 

Had a really busy week and I was out for dinner every single day, by choice of course but it was still so tiring.. Maybe that's why I fell sick :( I've been going to lab every single day including weekends.. Need a lot of preparations each time before I can start on the actual data generating experiments.. So time consuming haish

I watched hunter x hunter: the last mission movie on Wednesday!!! Managed to get the poster after asking the lady nicely if I could have one after the movie. The deal was 2 movie ticket to 1 poster.. Dunno why they were so kiam siap but my group of 5 ppl received 2 posters lol! I had to 'fight it out' among 2 other friends and I couldn't stand doing it the scissors paper stone way so I just went to ask for another XD fortunately the lady gave me a poster so by default that belongs to me ohohoho ^__^

          

I enjoyed the movie tremendously despite the questionable quality at the start and lame defeat of the bosses lolol so much feels whenever the ending song played in the movie ahhhhh.. It kinda reflects the current plot in the anime, with gon being so rash and worrying killua :X

Bought new shoes! 2 pairs for $36 and I love both pairs very much!! 

                          

So so happy~ :))) threw out my old pair wore the black pair today, it hurt my feet but all will be fine with some plasters! 

I also collected my Yang wig today! The previous wig I got was very pretty but too dense for the character and not curly enough. This one is just right, though I would like it to be thicker and less tangled haha oh wells. The ahoge is so cute!!!! Wore it together with the top which I got from auntie yesterday~

                                                

^.^ now I just need to make the skirt and finish up her arm props. And as usual try my best to lose the tan -__-

I might be happier without having to think about these

I've published this entry, reverted it to draft, tried to blog about something lighthearted, and now I'm posting part of the original entry again.

Holes on my arms

Every time I go for a blood test and the blood draw is unsuccessful, I always feel like I've lost a year off my life.. T________T

Doctor managed to find a nice fat vein on my right arm though he commented that it might slide around, making it hard for the syringe to enter. That was exactly what happened omg. I'm not faint when I see blood, though needles started to scare me a little after I pricked myself with one during one of my experiments last year.... I've had a very very bad experience drawing blood a few years ago and since then I've learnt a few more tricks to ensure a higher rate of drawing blood--- drink lots of water before going for it, point your fist down and rapidly clench and unclench the fist to make the veins pop.

Still, I felt my heart sink lower and lower as the doctor poked and poked around under the skin, he did it for a full minute and I was clenching my fist really tightly, and holding my breath as well cos he said to not move LOL. Didn't need to be so tensed, I was just scared I think. My muscles were starting to ache after the prolonged period of fist clenching and even after I got his approval to relax my arm, I could feel my head spinning X_______X I just knew it, that I was going to experience the loss of vision and ringing ears again -cries-

I politely gave indications that he should stop by going 'hmmmm' and 'aiyo..' so he took out the needle and loosened the arm band thingy. Slowly but surely my ears started ringing and vision was hazy. I can't quite remember what exactly happened but I was just sitting there with my head hanging down and trying to shake off the discomfort while he went to fetch another needle. He even patted me on the head LOL!! It didn't strike me as strange then but on hindsight I thought it was a very quirky but affectionate thing to do. Still,  sir I'm 23 years old and graduating in June this year please XD

He knew that I was feeling really bad and kept saying 'sorry, so sorry' as he felt for the vein and inserted the needle. At that point I didn't care anymore OTL I was feeling nauseous and looking for a dustbin in case I couldn't hold back my puke. Fortunately the blood started to flow hahaha I didn't even bother looking and just said 'that's great!' with as much enthusiasm as I could muster but I think it was around the level of a flopping half dead fish.

Again, can't remember what happened but I was really breaking out in cold sweat and so clammy that the plasters refused to stick to my skin. I just took them off but doc gave me a few to keep in my bag. He also asked multiple times if I wanted to lie down.. Tempting but I said no because if I moved from where I was sitting I might vomit lolol I must have sounded really pathetic when I said 'If you don't mind I'll just sit here for a while' at least twice because I was afraid  that I was disturbing him :(

Anyways the nausea passed after a while and I left the clinic and went back to lab.. sigh. Well it was memorable... the doctor patted me on the head :3

Happy Chinese New Year!

        

Me: I'm not sure what to pair my top with

Mum: Where are your short skirts

Me: Uhh I was actually thinking of this knee length skirt -wears it-

Mum: Looks old, what happened to your short black skirt (The one I wore for Felicita)

Mum: You can bring a pair of shorts and change into it afterwards

Me: I'll just wear my black shorts then -_- 

Yea so this year I was really casual with my clothes and didn't even put on contacts. Loaded 3 episodes of Fruits basket at home to watch at my grandparent's house, tried to play my psp games but got too tired and took a long long nap instead hahaha

I said no more cosplay until graduation but 2 groups I'm in are holding photoshoots in February and March................................... Diabolik lovers is fine because I already have the costumes and all but I totally forgot about Yang............ Got really stressed over it yesterday. I'll need to make her hand weapon really soon. And her skirt. Hope the top will fit me well when I get it from auntie

Spring cleaning and some shoot photos!

Took almost everything off my table and wiped them down, also threw out my radio which has not been working for a year or so XD I'm ashamed to say that all my things were so dusty I didn't dare to breathe when carrying them to the kitchen.

My entire pile of eyelashes LOL maybe some girls have more but seeing them all put together is a grim reminder that I should not purchase more until I use the unopened ones.

Also found my 'blue print' for laguna's outfit!! Haha too fond of it to throw away this round.. maybe in the future it'll go into the bin.

Finally met up with the YYYYYs on friday for dinner and though yufei had to rush off we still laughed alot and had good food. I had braised duck and yum yum!! After Fei and Hy left, the rest of us had some emo talking session while eating mcflurry LOL then I shared a scary incident which happened in lab on the way home. Must meet again for the birthday treats!!!

Next we have some photo spams from the Kuroko no basket Midorima and Takao shoot last last week, because I'm a little shy to put them on fb ahaha. They'll go up eventually. All photos taken by Nic aka Maze and light editing done by me and Kiyo ^.^

I name this mini comic 'Towel Fling' :3 this never happened in the kuroko no basket manga but I think it's something Takao would have done to Midorima at least once XD

Among all my Takao solo shots, this one stood out ohohoho because of the basket ball. Actually someone was supporting it from the bottom HAHA but it really looks like I had a powerful grip on the ball ^____^ 帅吗？

Gardens by the bay performance

I had a band-ful week and visited Gardens by the bay for the second time!

Really really miss playing my saxophone, I koped my friend's instrument for a bit and just played some scales and tunes. Not sure if it was the lack of a strap or that particular instrument, but I had so little stamina and sounded weak :( OH WELLS

Took lots of photos of the flowers in the flower dome. Pity the band's entry didn't include the cloud forest, I would have loved to enter that beautiful place again.....

Lovely section mates performing (minus aaron and farhan)

Sho colourful! The flower dome was so cooling and the sun was not as strong as the first time I visited so it was really awesome.

Tuition has been cancelled these 2 weeks because tutee's staying at the ny boarding school. So I was able to attend the performance by an overseas band from gettysberg on a 2 weeks tour across the country. Abit OTL and ashamed of myself when they started off with a well executed Hands Across the Sea because we've played it last year and found it a horror LOL. Loved the well thought out encore they prepared for us-- Stand up for Singapore!

Midorima Takao shoot

My first shoot for the year and probably the last shoot until I graduate sniff sniff.. Takao Kazunari and Midorima Shintarou from Kuroko no Basket

Almost couldn't wake up this morning and for the first time, I concealed my brows totally and drew on completely new ones, not following my natural brow shape at all. Took me 3 tries to get them symmetrical and slanted at a good angle. Rest of the make up went on as usual, I was trying to elongate my eyes through the eye-lining but they still looked pretty generic to me. Oh wells. Try harder next time :) I also wore a pair of thin lashes bought from daiso (lololol yes i'm using daiso lashes again) because I wanted a bit of eyelash, but the good ones I have are all too dramatic so I picked out a simple pair last saturday when I was playing running man with CI. They work well for guys \^_^/

I left the house wearing my wig because it was black and wouldn't attract much attention. Of all days. Seriously of all days I had to meet my neighbour who was also leaving his house with his family at the same time. I WAS SO AWKWARD HELP T______T I exchanged a hi, smiled at the new born baby girl in the mum's arms and retreated straight back into my house, exclaiming rather loudly that I had forgotten to bring my keys. I hope my neighbours heard my excuse for running away so suddenly. I really couldn't bear entering the same lift and making small talk. Any other time I would have loved to ask about the baby and maybe even poke her a little but NOT TODAY PLEASE. Not with my wig, crazy lined blue eyes, super thin+low eyebrows and my bound chest.

The dad had already seen my machine gun for Laguna when it was in the early stages of spray painting, I left it outside to dry and through my peephole I saw him staring at it.... Now without doubt he knows that it belongs to me. I'm not ashamed of my hobby, I just wish I had a better way of breaking the news to my neighbours..... I should have handled the situation better although it totally caught me by surprise. What would you guys have done D:  

Anyways Nic, our photog was late so Kiyo and I were at macs and I was helping her draw her eyebrows while Oli helped with the contouring. They both gasped after knowing that I was wearing the lens inside out. LOL before that they were complimenting my contacts and asking where I bought them.

It's a dangerous move I know, but I didn't want the black rim which would enlarge my eyes too much so I flipped and wore them the other way round. I won't do it again, sorry :( and to anyone reading this, please don't try it. Especially for colored lens because the printing will be in direct contact with your eyes and that's very very risky. So much for being resourceful...

First shot of the day taken in the toilet. In my hurry to leave the house I forgot my entire bag of make up and brushes. Used some of Kiyo's stuff to touch up. I also forgot my bra so I had my chest bound for the whole time even after the shoot when we went to eat OTL never again am I wrapping the bandage so tightly. I used a photo editing app recommended by Kiyo and the face slimming function is awesome. Haha I admit I slimmed my face here, my chubby cheeks were borderline unbearable in the original photo. The app even has a smile function where you can adjust the curve of the mouths they detect. I tried tweaking it but there was no difference so yea guys these are our real smiles :)

Btw it might not be obvious in photos but while snipping off some loose hair in the toilet, I actually snipped off by mistake, almost half of my right antenna. OMG I wanted to lie down on the cold toilet floor when the scissors went snip and I saw what had been cut. My first thought was that I had ruined the wig (which I probably have) but the only saving part was that I had already gel-ed them together so they didn't fall out immediately. One side is like thinner than the other and I probably have to grab new hair from the side and merge the strands in the future if I cos Takao again.

             

Nic got me this from Japan!!!!!!!!! The Hunter X Hunter Last Mission movie tumbler from J World!! I don't know whether he originally intended to give it to me but I'm really ecstatic and grateful to have received it :'D It's actually my 3rd time shooting with Nic, he was the very first photog I've worked with properly, during the nus cosplayers photoshoot which was also my first photoshoot. He also took shots of my diabolik team during an event at scape. My photos during the reshoot for final fantasy was also taken by him. Hahaha I just find that Nic is a really nice person to work with, time and again I have felt this way. Really really thankful that he was free and willing to come take photos of us today :))

All the indoor courts were full but we chose to go to the badminton court instead of the basketball court because the atmosphere was really heavy in the basketball court @___@ would have felt really uncomfortable taking photos there. Unfortunately the chairs in the badminton courts are orange, matched our uniform so perfectly machiam camouflage sia. The photos looked ok though we re-took some of them after moving to the basketball court later in the afternoon when it was less crowded. Still felt very self conscious with all the other real basketball players squeaking with their shoes while running around and handling the ball like a pro. I was there struggling to make my pose look authentic and do a low dribble without bursting out into laughter.

I was very happy with the shots and can't wait to see them! Nic only does basic editing I think so I'll be expecting to get the photos from him for more processing.

I'm gomen for looking so fierce with my new brows. It's not such a good idea to draw them so low I realised.. I looked kinda squinty in some of the photos taken. Next time will draw them higher up but still slanted. Oli is so pretty!! I've always her found her a beauty ahaha and today we both discovered that she's 2 years younger than I am??! I've always thought I was younger hahaha 

Oh yea final semester starts tomorrow. Makes no difference since I never took much of a break from school after lab started :/