Sunday, December 31, 2006
bwain brain
Don't mind the title, Terminator 3 is currently showing on TV.
It seems like ever since I made my last layout (this one), I've lost all my inspiration. Now I open my photoshop and stare at it blankly. I have no new graphics and definitely no idea what I wanna make.
I was knitting before I sleep at 12 midnight yesterday (or today) and I woke up in the middle of the night with my shoulders aching terribly. Then I did some stretching and massaging and woke up this morning (or afternoon) feeling perfectly fine.
Now that's one absolutely meaningless post. But I'm BORED. And I'm still facing da dilemma of whether I should continue learning piano. It's such a pity to drop it, but piano is always such a burden to me. And not that I don't like piano, but I think I still prefer designing to music. Oh yes. It's still a pity to drop it no matter what. What should I do? Haix.
Nini @ 3:32 PM
Friday, December 29, 2006
Finally went shopping with Leng, at VivoCity. Was it fun? Can't really say that, since we walked until my feet were sore and at the end of the day I was so tired and hungry.
Didn't buy anything either; the prices of the things there were _____ *rolls eyes*. Wanted to eat ice cream too (wanted a bit), but it wasn't affordable at all. The only place we can afford was Daiso, that's right.
Recieved a xmas present from Jan. It's a very very cute mickey mouse handphone chain and a xmas tree cut from a green piece of cardboard with greetings written on it, together with my birthday card which expired 3 months ago. I almost forgot that there was this birthday card at all. XD Anyways, thank you thank you Jan!! Muacks!!!
Couldn't wait to go to school again, life is just beginning to get exciting. Cheerios...
Nini @ 6:53 PM
Thursday, December 28, 2006
ZOMG I simply LOVE this layout. The gorgeous illustration on the left is from IIIS in "The best illustrations of comicfans magazine collection". Found it in minitokyo.net; such a wonderful picture, gave me whole lot of inpriration.
This layout is definitely dedicated to Mr Suria, the handsome man who can do yoga and teaches physics. The title is Rishikesh (also spelled Hrishikesh), some word I found on some newspaper, which translates to mean - The land of the Rishis. Actually I don't really know what that means, but it says on the newspaper that Rishikesh is somewhere in India, and is the capital of yoga. I thought it suited this layout because the girl in the illustration has a very calm expression. Yes, so yoga it shall be. Since I won't be taking physics in jc, I shall dedicate this yoga-themed layout to ma dear Mr Suria. Cheerios.
This layout took me the whole day (maybe not, since I woke up at noon and slacked alot) to finish but it was worth it! Definitely! I was especially happy when I managed to 'fix' the background so that it doesn't scroll and finally do a proper tables coding. I'm happy and touched beyond words.
Going to go shopping with Leng tomorrow. So looking forward to it! Hopefully I would be able to buy the things I want.
Nini @ 9:37 PM
And the theme for today is... *drumrolls*
CHEESE!!!
Oh well, yes it's cheese. Cheese as in cheese. Erm doesn't make sense...
Anyway, I don't really know what's with me and cheese. When I saw this face of sanzo when I was watching saiyuki gunlock, an ingenious equation comes into ma mind.
sanzo = no cats = mouse = cheese
SanQ SanQ!! Ma maths is just too good.
Erm well, I just made these cheese-themed icons. Pictures are all from saiyuki gunlock. Done by me and ma great mind. Everyone loves cheese!
It was very nice working with your face, sanzo-sama. XD
Nini @ 2:45 PM
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
I've been having cramps for the whole of today. It hurts so badly this morning (or rather, afternoon) that I couldn't get out of bed, my body wouldn't coorperate. So I just laid there for god knows how long. It hurts so badly that even death seems blissful.
On second thoughts, NO. I rather be put to coma.
And I am very inspired today, especially after I found this very nice picture. It was soft and gentle, and I'm so inspired to make it into a layout. But my brain simply refuses to work, since it's so distracted by the pain. The pain oh the pain.
Then I decided that I'm in no good shape to do anything today so I let my precious inspiration go to waste. Haix.
Nini @ 7:55 PM
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Xmas was okay, I suppose; except that I had to wait one and half hour for ma parents to finish watching their movie. How nice.
Didn't recieve alot of presents, like every year, but loved the Xmas greeting from Manly *hugs* and the mooshie-mushie poem from Leng *licks*. Thanks all! Of course I made a Xmas card too, although it's last minute work. XD
Wanted to make a New Year greeting this week, but I wonder if it would be delayed like those photos I promised a long long time ago. Haix. I think I deserved a break after coding a disgustingly difficult piece of shit tables layout; although I decided in the end that I shall do a DIV one since I just couldn't figure out how it's gonna work.
Wanna go on a shopping spree, but since I promised presents for ma parents I don't think I would be able to buy alot of things for myself. I really want a new bag, and water bottle of course.
I want Sungie too. And ever since ma stupid internet connection went haywire (because ma dad messed with it), I couldn't download any of the videos from the shinhwa forum. I'm so shinhwa-deprived now. T.T
Gotta... find a way to... fix... that dumb thing... grr
Nini @ 4:42 PM
Sunday, December 24, 2006
I've finally registered my subject combination. Didn't really think about it alot, since I've already decided long ago. It just happened as I sat in front of my computer and opened the website. Finished the registraion in less than 5 minutes. Decided that I shall not put H1 Econs and Physics as 1st choice since H1 physics will not be very in depth. Put it as 2nd choice anyways; Econs should be more important. So sorry mr suria, you will have my eternal gratitude for your effort; I'll go learn yoga instead, maybe.
Now I just pray and hope that I can get at least a B3 for Biology; although I really have quite a bad feeling about it.
Really wanting a shopping spree.
Nini @ 4:07 PM
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Was a fruitful day, today was.
Went back to RV to get my testimonial and had a longwinded chat with the aunties from the drink store which included Caizhi. (I wonder how...) For a moment I thought they weren't intending to let us go.
Then Leng and I went to my house and made chocolate cornflakes. It all went well and the product tasted not bad, although I wasn't that fond of chocolate nowadays. (but I really loved the marshmellow)
When the chocoflakes (for short) were in the fridge we watched Harry Potter. After that Leng blamed me for forcing her to watch it, even though she didn't complain no bit throughout the process.
I have no idea whether it rained today because although the sky looked all gloomy and threatening of heavy rain, it didn't rain (or hasn't started to) while we were outdoors. But water collected on the leaves seem to suggest that it did rain.
Nini @ 7:22 PM
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
I know, I said I would work with the photos yesterday. Well, I didn't, obviously; and I'm not planning to do it today either.
I'm now crazy over this layout because it's just brilliant; brilliant use of colours and grunge.
So today I decided to attempt at grunges again; although the possibility of making something nice is near zero. T.T
Think I will explore the secret of grunge brushes today, so the photos will have to wait.
Nini @ 2:04 PM
Monday, December 18, 2006
Decided to change to this layout from Aethereality.net because I was so attracted to it when I saw it and I'm getting sick of looking at the purple everyday (it's a colour that I can get sick of easily) and I'm too lazy to make a new one.
This layout is really nice and I really like the little bit of hot pink here and there.
I think I should change the title to laziness too, haix.
Nini @ 1:50 PM
Haven't posted in days. Ma blog is getting more deserted each day. Can't help it. I'm lazy.
Haven't started working on the photos yet, even though I had wanted to since last week. Maybe I should start working on them today, hopefully I will.
Haven't touched photoshop in days; I've been drowning in Harry Potter books and youtube. Suddenly realised that the plot is interesting after all, although I'm thoroughly disgusted by the death of Dumb. Can't wait for the 7th book to come out.
Nini @ 11:22 AM
Thursday, December 14, 2006
It's the first time I've eaten breakfast this month. Because I had a
I remember waking up at about 6am, then falling back to sleep. Then I dreamt of getting in to NJC, which totally freaked me out. I could still remember how disappointed I was in the dream. Then when I woke up in fright, it was already past 8, I checked my PAE results.
Well, indeed it was, but instead I felt relieved and glad.
I had the urge to callLeng and wake her up when I was bathing. I was feeling really crazy at that time. Now after I had eaten I calmed down.
And a tiny bit.... at lost. Well... I keep on feeling that I can dream of the future. So if manly gets into hcjc then I'm definitely a 梦见. XD
Nini @ 9:18 AM
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
I tied up my hair, I'm watching saiyuki reload on youtube. I rot in my house everyday.
I should really go out and work, but I'm too lazy.
I know I really should post those pictures in Hokkaido on my blog. I've been dragging it for days, but I'm just too lazy to work with them. Can't blame me, I'm just getting no inspiration these days.
Nini @ 4:42 PM
Saturday, December 09, 2006
I had diarrhea today, nothing much.
Now I feel too weak to do anything. I had wanted to work on the photos taken in Hokkaido and post them here but now I'm completely drained. Guess I'll have to post them later.
I'm so hungry now but I don't dare to eat anything. Life is miserable without food.
What's worse, there is nothing to watch on tv on a boring Saturday afternoon. Hooray for life.
Nini @ 3:50 PM
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Life is becoming the more boring since I came back from Hokkaido. At this rate, I'm definitely gonna rot at home.
As such, I ended up watching Masak Mini, a malay cooking show shown on Suria. It started with this two women boiling some kind of vegetable, then my dad asked me to go and wash some vegetable. When I came back the soup was already made. And I don't even know the name of the soup.
The second dish they made was lamb chop. And while this guy was cooking the other woman was talking non stop. I don't know if she was explaining the food or just talking nonsense; I don't understand anyways, but it just sounded irritating. The lamb chop they made doesn't look appetizing at all. For one thing I don't like mutton, and the sauce they made looked gooey. Oh well, maybe they like it.
I couldn't believe I made 4 icons today; and it felt surprisingly satisfying. But slowly, my brain is rotting. Can't help it. XD
Nini @ 6:41 PM
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Nyanyanya what could be better than a trip to Hokkaido? (Well, unless it's a trip to Korea with Sungie... heh heh...) Ahem, anyway the last 7 days were the best times I spent this year. Woots. Had never felt happier. Snow, hot spring and food; love them all!
And it turned out that the best thing in Hokkaido was the snow. I thought it would be very cold, and it really was, but when there was sunlight and no wind the weather was perfect. The moment I made my first footprint in the snow was simply touching. My dad and I had a snowball fight and I got ambushed by our gay tour guide. He emptied a handful of snow into my jacket, and I strongly suspect that that was the cause of my terrible flu. It was also super fun rolling about in the snowy grounds and eating ice cream in the snow. The best part was that it was super cold and the ice cream doesn't melt at all. If there was no snow, going to Hokkaido would be meaningless. The other tour guide (I had 2 tour guides) said that snow came very early this year probably because of the typhoon in October. (was it typhoon? I couldn't quite remember.) Well, lucky me. XD Snow was such fun that I even forgotten about the fact that I looked like an exploding 罗汉鱼 in those ugly winter clothes. (As such I won't put any pictures with me in it after I uploaded the photos later, no no)
Going to the hot springs was the most extraodinary experience ever, especially when I had to go in naked. It just felt weird walking around naked and seeing so many naked women. I was extremely self-conscious the first day in the hot springs and I just stayed at one corner. Later a bunch of taiwanese women came in and there was this old woman who sat beside me. I almost freaked out because her skin was so deeply wrinkled and saggy, and I felt like an enormous bulldog was beside me. Those taiwanese women began yanking in top voices and I quickly escaped outside. It was extremely cold at first but it felt super when I dipped into the warm water and feel the snow fall on my face. It was really DA experience of a lifetime. In the later days going to the hot springs was not that awkward anymore.
The Japanese food (and seafood too) I ate during this trip is the most I've ever eaten in my life. It was such a treat, because there was buffet for breakfast and dinner everyday and there was crab for every buffet. Lovely. The crab was so fresh and it was taste of the ocean. For lunch I had different kinds of Japanese food everyday, like teppenyaki and miso pot. I was so happy because there was free flow of mushrooms and beef. Mushie mushie mushie! Yum. We went to a wet market one day and one store vender treated me to a piece of crab leg. It was cold but the taste was simply fabulous.
There was only one dinner which wasn't that good but there was this waiter who was sooooo (had to put more 'o's, couldn't resist) beautiful. I wasn't bothered about the food because I was looking at him the whole time. *drools* In Japan, putting the chopsticks back into the cover means to say that the food there is delicious. When he came to collect the dishes my dad did this and then he smiled. I almost died, gosh. My dad told me to ask him to take a picture. But I was so shy, kakakakaka, so I didn't. Haix, such a pity...
Honestly, there are so many pretty guys in Japan that you wouldn't feel that Lee Junki is that pretty anymore. (but Sungie is still the best! XD) And so I bought a keychain in that store. XD I'm crazy, but he is really beautiful, OMG.
Hokkaido was as cold as ever, but it was actually not that bad because we weren't outside very long. Most of the time we were just travelling in the tour bus. The 2 tour guides decided that they would go 断背 and this 娘娘腔 tour guide kept on saying '讨厌'. OMG. 变态的老男人. Throughout the trip he was just crapping non stop. He told us about some of the traditions and history in Japan but it was the only useful thing. The other things he said were simply nonsense and he really like to say jokes that are low-standard and p0rn. But nevermind, I just laughed along; what else could I do anyway? At least it was kinda humorous watching those two old men gay with themselves. Too gay, too gay. I get to watch brokeback mountain for free. Cheers.
The chocolate in Hokkaido was the best and I bought tons of them. The ojisan tending the store is so cute. The chocolate originally cost 315 yen. My mum said, "discount, discount", and he said, "ooh, disu-counto," and took out his calculator and pressed 275. In the end we bought 6 packets of that chocolate for 275 yen each. YAYS.
Now I'm at home typing this super long-winded report post of my trip to Japan and am already missing the place. Feels so sad to leave Japan even though I prefer to breath in moist, warm air.
I shall listen to Shinhwa's songs to console myself and go back to perving on Sungie. Heh heh.
But I still couldn't stop thinking of *gulp* that cute waiter. Aiishhh. *Bangs head on the screen*
(will post pictures on a later date. cheerios.)
Nini @ 7:30 PM