designer . dreamer . lover . daughter . friend

well, i believe we all love to travel, don’t we? to experience the different cultures out there.. to immense yourself in another way of life.. to SEE the world out there..

where would you like to go?

to let in on a tiny secret… i actually would LOVE to go to places like tibet or nepal anytime… or mongolia! hahaha i’m weird i know. but i would really love to.

someday. :) i want kakisssssssssssssssssss! i think i would need to convince esme to trade her shopping bags with these.. (but then again you just never know the girl, she said she enjoyed her trip to India)

Tibet:

OMG! Starbucks has arrived in Tibet. Noooooooooooooooooooo..

Commercialism from the west juxtaposed a land so vastly different in culture & history. Get your tickets before it’s too late!

All your base belong to Starbucks.

on hindsight, i had really good times with my varsity pals over the weekend. liwei was urging us to take part in stan chart run.. we were all okay with the 10km but he had 42km in mind. HELL NO! 42KM?! i would foam and die lor. eh maybe i’ll see sandy & yeelin there? hahaha

what else.. oh yea, i had my IC made 2 mths back (finally) and to console myself, i thought it was a good excuse to change my super disgusting IC pic (taken when i was 12, trust me, i looked like a BOY). i woke up to a brilliant saturday morning, hauled my ass down to SIR and headed straight to the instant photo-taking booth. wah the queue was super longgggggg. so people, please get your photos ready when you want to make your IC. it was finally my turn when..

Lady: miss, no fringe allowed.
Me: Hur? (thinking my fringe is not that long nor is it covering a major part of my face) but they’re quite short..?
Lady: no fringe allowed at all. else you might risk having to come back another day.
Me: (thinking HELL NOOOOOOO i don’t wanna requeue for everything again!) erh okay, but i have no hair band or whatsoever with me now..
Lady: there got pin. go take.

*looks at a small miserable red box and its accompanying nondescript pins*

so i hastily pinned my fringe and sat down to have my pic taken. i seriously didn’t like the idea of pinning my fringe (plus without mirror)

Lady: done. ok or not? or you want to retake? *sian sian look cos the queue is damn long and she is wondering when she can go to toilet or buy the muffin downstairs*

she was waiting for my answer and in that split second i had to make up my mind fast!

the devil: HAHA YOU KNOW YOU HATE the PIC!!! Retake retake! else you will have to tolerate it for a long looooooooooong time nehhhh! HEH HEH HEH. you don’t want to hate your IC pic again, do you? *takes his devil fork and poke poke*

the angel:

1) others are waiting, they must be tired from the queue too. look at the poor woman there and her uncooperative kid! you faster lah. chop chop curry pok leh.

the devil: you want to stop the kid from bawling. want to borrow my fork?

the angel: (thinking pui don’t interrupt me!)

2) your mood is already kinda dampened anyway
3) your fringe would still be hastily pinned up
4) your fringe would still be pinned up
5) who cares abt your IC pic at the end of the day?! hur hur hur?! you tell me?!

sigh.. so i let it go

i tell you, IC pics are cursed okay.

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anyway! Happy Birthday to totosan’s most treasured Yeelin! =D

decided to share some pics taken by her during our trek at kranji war memorial park :)

the birthday girl today:

my dog, heidi & i:

this jack russell is a feisty one. she kept bullying heidi and heidi, tho much bigger, was petrified of her. as you can see, she was hugging onto me for her dear life, burying her head into my arms (she didn’t dare to look at her tiny bully). i tell ya, she is one scaredy dog. haha

Weifeng looks like a real life version of Mashimaro, so here’s a personalised card for his birthday, signed off by all of us! Did it in between of alternating projects.. was a quick effort and there were obvious flaws that i didn’t have time to correct.. :( but i guess it was the thought that counts..

nevertheless i was glad when everyone could tell it was him skipping in the meadow field! :D

okay.. i’ve a really long day ahead… shall keep this post short and simple.

HAHAHA i have to add this in.. (zf i hope you don’t mind.. it really brought me laughter!)

sms from zeff: happy birthday catherine :) may all ur wishes come true – like buying me a car! Sound familiar or not. Haha. Enjoy your special day. :)

zf! I can’t believe you still remember that sentence!! LOL~ thanx so much! :D

btw, anyone running in Milk Run later?? if so, see you! i’ll just be running the 4km.. nothing too ambitious. been training with friends for the event and we’ve been to botanical gardens, toa payoh stadium, east coast park and i really love the fresh air and scenery at botanical gardens! :D shall just post some pixxies from today tho.. :)

just wanna thank everyone for the wishes, lovely gifts (big or small, it is really the thought that counts :)) and celebrations.. will post more pics when i have time. otherwise, just these with two of the closest people to my heart will suffice. :)

btw, i will return to write on a long overdue entry. some pics first:

details later! hee

P/S: anyone interested in wakeboarding?? i wanna try this next! autumn??

P/P/S: i like bumble bee in transformers!! hahahaha.. hmm i didn’t really like how it ended tho.. like hur, like that only ah? but still, i enjoyed it.. the 3D is dope! super love the scenes when they transform into cars and vice versa. who doesn’t? heh!

jeremy’s subnick on msn: the next person who tells me he/she can give me gatsby will get a punch in the face.

HAHAHAH!!! anyway, you have to admit that the commercial is damn successful in increasing its brand awareness.

i must be
i must be
i must be
i must be
i must be
i must be
i must be
i must be
i must be
i must be

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anyway, just to share a book with you guys. it will be an extremely useful book (plus beautiful typography), no matter what industry you’re in. bonus if you’re in the creative industry though:

get your very own copy from the nearest bookstore, or borrow from me, if you see me often. ;)

A little background on the book:

Paul Arden, also the author of the international bestseller “It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be”, is the former creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi and a legend of British advertising.

i hope this book will benefit each one of you, one way or another.

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hoooookay! i finally have the chance to post these pictures. they have been in my handphone for ages! was at the library one lazy sunday afternoon looking at graphic books and guess who had the same idea? you’ll find out soon.

have you ever walked around aimlessly in a departmental store with your friend and when chancing upon a certain piece of clothing, you go, “this one is so……*inserts person’s name*”. it only goes out to show how your brain has subconciously drawn up a blueprint of someone after being put in the same environment with them for a prolonged period. permanent brain damage. LOL!! following test was done in a small section @ Robinsons Raffles City. look at how many people we can identify with in this small section!

tell me who do you think of when you see the following clothing:

no cheating!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weili

next… keep guessing…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

still Weili. LOL

next…. go on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

come on, think..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weng Heng

next….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xian Hao

next….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alex

next….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darius

next….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry

next….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenneth

next….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Danny Koh

so we were going through all the guys (cos we happened to be in men’s section) and having fits of laughter when alex went, “jinwen? jinwen? he quite hard to find. erm.. you just go adidas or nike and grab one clothing can already.”

“hur… like that so general. not personalised/funny already.”

so we walked around in vain and were about to exit the departmental store when i spotted something.

“i know!” *turns it around*

Alex: hahHAhaha!! HAHAHAHAHA haHAHahhahahahaa…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jin Wen

tell me, are you nodding away to each of the pictures already?

Conclusion: You can get more at Robinsons! LOL.