If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!!! *clap clap*

Nope, sorry, what i'm going to say has nothing to do with the title. Hur.

How to train your dragon. Very nice. Not spectacular, but very nice nonetheless. I take offence to the impression it gives kids: that it's ok to keep any kind of animal as a pet. No, it's not. Wildlife should remain that way.

Summer Wars, great movie. Good animation, very wacky concept. Beautiful.

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. So random, it defies belief. Though I'd imagine... the production team must have had lots of fun. Just look at all the food concepts.... insane stuff. Tempted to get the artbook now.

Men who stare at goats. After watching this, I was left with a huge void in my head. WTF was that all about... meh?

Quite likely to splurge on books. Artbooks, mostly. Up, How To Train Your Dragon. George Bridgman's Life Drawing books. Maybe Cloudy. Maybe Toy Story 3.

Planning for Japan trip begins in earnest. Money set aside.

Looking forward to Spanish dinner with the ladies. Looking forward to dim sum with another bunch of ladies. (though.. when is it really? LOL)

Hentai girl project with Isaac and Shahida. LOL.

Looks like my days at Mediafreaks are coming to an end. Other than the loss of income... I don't really care XD

Day of the Unicorn

End of a wretched week, when nothing, big small minor trivial, seemed to go right. But well, you know what they say... weather the storm, and you see the brilliant sunshine when the clouds clear (守得云开，见月明）. Sometimes all it takes to make your week, is some god awesome robot anime *laughs*

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"Do you have the confidence that the feelings you've followed here will not falter?

The burden she carries with her isn't light.... to walk alongside her, you must be prepared to shoulder the entire world... Do you still wish to go?"

"I have no confidence, nor am I prepared.... I just want her to need me."

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Its been a while, not since Macross Zero, since I've been so excited over an OVA release. The anticipation been building up for a while: since news was first released about its impending release, many fans have waited for the day. Sick of the new thrash series Gundams (yes SEED, Destiny and OO, I mean you, you and you.) Sunrise has been dishing out, hardcore Gundam fans have clamoured for a new UC series, back to the old school when the plot actually mattered. The announcement of several projects for Gundam's 30th anniversary brought up the hype: game releases like Gundam: Battlefield Records *again, awesome animated intro... could spring an OVA of its own really* were part of it. What got everyone buzzing was this.

Gundam Unicorn. A novel. Side story. Serialised. Some dismissed it as hearsay... many didn't believe Sunrise had the guts to go back to the UC for fear of alienating their new fans (the kids watching SEED and gabra). Yet the rumours persisted, until it was finally announced officially. Image after image.. leading up to the first teaser trailer. Gawd, that trailer was AWESOME. But hey, just a trailer. Don't get your hopes up too much; after all... OO did look very promising initially. The full official trailer.... well. Amazing doesn't quite do it justice.

So it was with a lot of anticipation that I finally watched it. *download lah.... spend 100 bucks on gundam merchandise to redeem ticket for limited screening? I wish I had the cash....* OMG. Beautiful soundtrack. Beautiful environments. Beautiful mecha designs. Gawd awesome animation. It made me weep. I hope, for myself and all the other fans weeping with me *LOL* that this isn't a one off, that we'll not be left high and dry by yet another promised-so-much-yet-deliver-so-little series. The signs are looking good though.

Trailer for Gundam Battlefield Record UC 0081.
Trailer for Gundam Unicorn

Can't wait for the next ep. Ahh......

You can (not) advance.

Yes. Evangelion 2.0. Awesome, mindblowing shit. Worth every penny of the movie ticket. Now the long wait for 3.0 begins. Hur Hur.

I bought Modern Warfare 2. This could be one of the biggest mistakes of my life... its just so addictively awesome. My life shall be wasted on this game. Lots of it. hur.

Slump

Yes, slump. So I shall post up random stuff instead.

Old Brown Shoe's quality has dropped. Pretty badly. Calamari tasted like dried rubber bands *and looked like that..*, the ladies weren't happy with the fish and chips, which looked a little too oily even by my standards. New chef? Maybe. Just didn't feel the same. Perhaps it just wasn't the right company.

*at this point, I've sort of forgotten what else I'd wanted to say.*

I'm dawdling with Saffron. Dawdling with Wraith. And Octopus Girl. And a lot of other things.

I'm starting to really hate Singtel.

Been having a screwed throat for the past 2 weeks. Started with flu, then a throat infection. Seen the doctor twice, to no avail. Each time it seems like its getting better, I go back to work and it gets worse. Its finally recovering, but hell, its taking a bloody long time. FFS, took me only 1 night to recover from a bloody fever, with no medication. Why's a throat infection taking so long?

My drawing table at home collapsed. Its now propped up with boxes and comics. LOL. Yes, like I did with my bed when that collapsed a while back. But heh, the bed's fixed permanently. I think?

*by now, you've probably realised that I'm just typing whatever comes to mind... no?*

Playing L4D again. Don't think I'll be getting part 2 though... looks too much like a rip off.

Had a good dinner at Liang Court Basement. The Japanese food court. Then went nuts at the Japanese supermarket. Bought a packet of Almond Rochas which... someone threw away with the trash. Ahem.

I'm in love with Miho Fukuhara. First heard her on FMA Brotherhood's latest ED, Let It Out. Went on imeem to search for her stuff and man... was I surprised. She's good. Linked playlist for those with an imeem acc.

And.. I still want to go for Brazillian meat buffet. And chocolate buffet. And sashimi. Yes... maybe I shall think about what I'd want to have for my last meal on earth.... random apocolyptic thought of the day.

Thank you Harkem, for giving me something to do. And a chance to make amends for disappearing, LOL.

Looking forward to OIC Portrait Day.

Artwork in the next post.

Oops?

The mad man in me just surfaced....

Was supposed to shop for birthday present. Spent 200+++... without getting the present. Heck, the money wasn't even spent on things I actually needed....

Is this what happens when you have too much pent up frustration, and you haven't had retail therapy for.... almost a yr? Ah well... at least now I can clear out a part of my wardrobe...

Still no cowboy hat though. Drats.

Self reminder..

List of stuff I have on hand.

Short term illustrations

- the rabbit
- sinyo, aka octopussy *laughs*
- Sugar
- beer hotel
- Wraith

Long term projects

- Sugar and Spice (conceptualise)
- Rose (gunblade girl) + sidekick
- the mecha race, including Wraith (leftover from the zoopid proj)
- mecha designs for Wing: The Last Tango *sniggers*
- redevelop the cast of Carnage (Wolfgang, Orion, Diva, etc.)
- my own "brand", including new banner, new "mascot"

Moar.

WIP. I have more WIPs. But I'll show these first.

Updates on life:

Pasta Inc + Old Brown Shoe dinner outing. Shiokness. Again, too much sin for one night.. the panna cotta I had for dessert was drop dead delicious. Again... who gives a damn for sin? I live to eat. LOL!

Flash Mob Vivo was awesome. Fun. Yes despite the poor organisation, despite the lack of spontaneity from Singaporeans ..... despite Nicci giggling non-stop beside me, despite Nani doing her taichi dance in front of me. Then again, that was part of the fun too. mwahahah!! Photos on facebook.

*and I still don't know what Nicci was doing beside me. What the hell was she giggling at man?*

Bond period is drawing to a close. Seriously looking at schools. Considering selling my soul. LOL. *what soul, you might say... ah well.* Portfolio ah... portfolio. Work work work.

Thrown my excercise regime out of the window, and its all coming back. The fat, that is. Time to restart. hoooo.... Wonder if October would be a good time to scuba. Again. Oh yes, our PADI certs are ready for collection. Reminder to self: buy the RDP when you go down to collect it.

Joined the ladies for swim for the first time. Sinyo and YY swim well; the other 2 are.. well. Still finding their way? Though Juls's a pretty fast learner. Maybe I'll join them again next week. Maybe I'll join CL for run. Ah, decisions decisions. In the meantime, I shall swim at lunch time again; been eating too much. LOL!

I'm looking forward to the sashimi dinner. And Barrage. Did I say I'm supposed to be on a diet?

Art. Spam. Weee!!

I've almost forgotten abt this blog =P

Lots of things have happened since the last entry. Gone and survived scuba (I'm now a certified Open Water Diver), gone on holiday in the Cameron Highlands, and finally, finally... started using Painter. The above are all Painter. Still getting used to it, and my copy has a lot of bugs... (lost the work file of don.jpg... for no reason whatsover..) but anyway. Its a start. Muddy painting is still muddy, still suck at skin tones and everything else in general... Its a shame really, that the one i'm most satisfied with is the one I did first. Ah well *shrugs*

btw, first one is for company art dept art jam *yes! we have one of those! weekly! weee!!!*, second one's for donna, third one's for Sha. Sorry, borrowed your idea somwhat... LOL!

Now hooked on Gordon Ramsay. And hooked on Painter. Why didn't I do this earlier? Oh, fuck me =P

tuesday, 9th June 2009. Day of Sin.

Everyone needs food therapy. Some need it more than once in a while, some need it more than once a day. I belong in both categories. Sheesh XD

Pasta Inc, again. This time its our first ever.... MF WW Art Team lunch. OMG... *while i silently wonder how many more there'll be.. LOL*!!!


My oh so heavenly carbonara pasta. I tried to promote the Nero de Seppia to the others, but no one took the bait. Dammit. This was one hell of a carbonara though. So good...


3 of us ordered it. LOL!! Well actually it was a coincidence, only realised these Christina and Juline ordered the same thing when it was served. Talk about coincidences. On a side note.. Juline doesn't like being captured on camera, when she's not ready. Just look at the murderous aura.


The other dudes at the party. Chan Leen, the suave hunky dude in the white top, and David the... not so suave and hunky.

Good session overall. Food therapy is good for productivity!! *I know, I felt too happy to work after that LOL!!*

Enough for a day? Hell no. You can never do too much sin, or have too much good food in a day.

Next up: Old Brown Shoe!! Dinner!!


Weston's Vintage Cinder, ooo so sexay calamari, ooo so pretty picture on the newspaper wrapping.



And there's the sexier stuff. Oooo la la!! Don't be deceived... there's a mountain of chips underneath that huge plateau of fried fish.

Too much sin for a day? Maybe. *burps*

A little bit of pasta heaven. Inc.

reminder to self: sinful lunches might make you happy, but it also burns a huge hole in the wallet.
reminder to self v2: if it makes you happy, then the hole is worth burning.

Friday the 29th of May, last working day of the month. Frustrated as always, and having brought my swim gear home, I decided to walk out for lunch. I remembered this place, a short walking distance from my office, that I've been wanting to try for awhile but always changed my mind at the last minute. Budget lah. On this day, I decided, fuck it, I'm going in.

So I did. I was greeted by the manager Keith, and ushered inside without much fuss. Inside, there wasn't much fuss either: Nice crystal lightings, red on white curtains / table cloths, very cosy looking dining area. First impression: Hmm. Nice, but could do wiht a little renovation.

Service was really prompt and friendly. Ordered 3 course set lunch after looking through the menu (pastas on their own are between 13 - 19, + 3 dollars for soup and tiramisu... sounded too good to be true. there're also pizzas and baked rice on the menu).

Soup was served first, with a basket of sliced bread. Bread was ok; the soup was something else altogether. I've almost never had such rich tasting mushroom soup *zuchinni something, can't remember the actual name* with real, chewy mushroom bits. Flavourful. Great start to the meal.

Pasta was up next. Based on info from various foodblogs and sites, I found out that this place is reknowned for its squid ink pasta (nero di seppia), so I decided to try that. Black mess it looked like *first time trying, lah... always thought that the black stuff was a bit of a turn off*: spaghetti topped off with a couple of plump looking prawns, 1 mussel and several clams. Well, still didn't look particularly appetising.

But once you start eating, you realise something: This isn't just any black mess of spaghetti. It.was.awesome. *shall I try to say it like barney? nah....* Pasta was springy, chewy, full of zing. I think the correct term is al dente? Ah well, who cares. It was awesome. The seafood was fresh too; something we should expect, but still a nice touch. Sometimes, you feel the urge to just gobble everything down: not because the food is good, but because its just too yucky. None of that here, took quite a while to savour every last strand of spaghetti, in fact.

I nearly burped out loud, and there's still the tiramisu to come! And this, is one of the better tiramisu I've had. *ok, i've not had a lot of it, but you get my point.* Melt-in-your-mouth, rum-infused cake layer, coming together in a little plate of sinful gastronomic sin. Wow. It was good.

Good stress relief. Good food makes a happy man out of this grouchy pot bellied weirdo. I'll be back here soon enough, me thinks. And next time, I shall remember to take some peektures.

Pasta Inc. A little bit of pasta heaven. Do a search for it on hungrygowhere if you're interested =)

I confess.

A long time ago. At East Coast Park. On a crowded, weekend afternoon. A certain someone was cycling. Well, learning how to cycle anyway, since he's pretty noob at it. This certain someone had a few problems: firstly, his sense of balance is as good as that of a walking water bed. secondly, there were alot of people, cycling, walking, running, throwing sand at each other yadda yadda... near and around the tracks he was trying to learn to cycle. A noob cyclist, a lot of screaming kids running around. Sounds like a perfect recipe for disaster? You bet, and it nearly was. While cycling at full speed *since, in his noob cyclist state, he couldn't really balance unless he was speeding*, a little kid suddenly appeared out of nowhere, across his path. Holy mother fuck!he screamed in his mind!as he panicked and tried to maneuver out of the kid's way. the irony of it all? He managed to prevent the kid's death-by-rampaging-noob-cyclist, but failed to avoid the black metal lamppost. Yes, you'd think the moving target would be harder to dodge... the poor cyclist left East Coast Park with a long gash on his shin, a severely bruised ego, and a hugely painful pump on his head. Plus the memory of a traumatising event, which goes like... *100 stares frm curious onlookers wondering what the fuck just happened, a few laughing friends at the side, and a very shell shocked kiddo who happened to walk acroos his path.*

That cyclist was me. And today, that cyclist went back to Pulau Ubin for another shot at the *Learn how to cycle or forever be a noob* challenge.

I'm back at home now, relatively unscathed. Save for very sore forearms, very tired legs.

So, this time, I won. Without falling over even once. Nearly did a couple of times, but well.. I'm proud of myself. *smirks*

Plus. Today, someone told me something very interesting. I also saw alot of interesting things happening. Yes, its gotten me interested. *laughs*

ps> I really love having the wind in my face. Whether its on a boat, soaked in sea spray, or down a dirt track on a speeding bicycle.

After a week of swimming and running...

I feel like crap. I think.. its a case of too much, too soon. Lunchtime swim, night time run. Repeat. Though its only a 10 lap leisure swim, and a short / slow jog of approx. 3km at night, + 50 push ups daily, 25 in the morning, 25 at night. My body feels wasted. I guess.. its a transition period. Body's getting used to this new excercise regime. I shall persevere, and up the tempo when I feel up for it.

On the plus side, I'm starting to see results.. so hang in there. I shall be tall, dark, handsome.. and healthy, soon enough. LOL!

Work? Nah. I shall not talk about work here. Personal work, maybe. I'll need to list out all the things I wanted to do, for a start.

A little update on life v0.004

Uploaded kelong photos on facebook. Its long overdue, I know.

Heck, everything is long overdue. Long list of artwork that I've supposed to have done long long long long long long time ago.

Excercise routine begins. Run, swim, run, swim... lah. I'm getting my old tan back. Hopefully the belly and flabby ass will go away soon enough.

Diet, diet, diet.

Thought of buying a watch.

Might have to get spectacles sooner than I thought.

Snapped at work today: Stormed out of the office after yet another power trip. Sent out a really nasty email after that. I was childish, out of control, in need of anger management. Blahz.

Backup, reboot, reformat. beeeeeep.

I need the booze at OBS real soon. Where are my drinking buddies yo!!!

Reality. I have returned. Bye Bye Kelong.

Back frm kelong trip. 2.5 days of.. chill. Not the cold type of chill, but the relax, recharge kind of chill.

Some things I discovered over the course of this trip.

1. Fishing while dipping your feet in the water is really therapeutic. Actually, the motions involved in casting ur fishing line is, in itself, really therapeutic. First time I fished since my uncle brought me to Tuas like... 20 yrs ago? hur hur.

2. Its not the catching the fish that really matters. I "caught" 2 fish. The first one, wasn't sure if it was a catch, just felt something pulling at my line. So i reeled it in, and omg! there was a fish. Smallish little creature, threshing abt wildly. Good for it that it did, cause.. the fish, small as it was, managed to snap my hook just as i was abt to reel it out of the water. *shrugs*. The second one.. wow. Felt a very strong tug, which I thought was the current, or something getting caught in my hook. Reeled it in anyway, that was then I realised I had a catch, since the tugging continued. Seemed like it was a patterned tug. Like.. tug tug tug, pause, tug. Pause... TUG. woo, heavy heavy. I started reeling in faster (juline says i look bo chap then... LOL?), getting more excited with anticipation, till finally I could see the little punk I baited. OMG. A. PUFFER. FISH. Yellow and black spots, puffed up, and looking pretty pissed. LOL! Reeled the dude out of the water (reel actually got stuck at this point. I think I spaced out for a while and reeled the wrong direction. whichever.) while it was still doing its tug tug pause routine. When it was finally out of the water, it stopped, seemingly resigned to its fate. Man! for its size, that punk is heavy.. could feel its weight through the line. I looked at the fish, now motionless except for the puffing of its gills, when suddenly, the fella decided to go for it one last time. Violently convulsing from side to side...side to side.... PIAK. My line broke. Amidst screams of OMG!, from juline, and the I just got kicked in the nuts look frm me, the fish sped off into the murky depths, tail sweeping frm side to side as if it was doing a butt shaking taunt action. Ah well, good luck to you puffer. Next time, don't bite on anything that moves: Not everyday u'll encounter a fisher as noob and sway as me.

So it was, a grand total of 2 *so near yet so far* fish.

3. I miss canoeing. We went, though this time it was much shorter than any of my previous trips. Little less than an hour. Not enough, lah... no shiok burning sensation in my arms. You know, that kind of.. arm-shack-until-cannot-lift, finger-weak-until-cannot-open-drink-can kind of burning sensation? Yeah, you got it.

4. Fireflies are very fragile. Beautiful they are, exactly why they should be left in their natural habitats. So they can strut the butts and light their arses. Happily. With all their other happily lighting up brothers and sisters.

5. Mahjong.is.damn.cheem. Too much for my puny x486 vegetable brain.

6. Seafood makes you fat. 2 days of seafood makes you rotund. Good stingray, fresh juicy fish...fingah leeking goood, but still, it makes you rotund. Bad bad.

I feel recharged, relaxed. Good. Calm. Yes, good. Lets see how long this feel good effect lasts.

*edit, add on. Grandfather passed away last night. Not particularly close to him, but yeah...

A little update on life v0.003

1st draft of the Wacom competition piece. 3 other ideas I have in mind, sketch all out before I decide which one to finalise. Over the next few days, they'll come.

Farm visit on 19 Apr. Unexpected guest appearance frm... Jess. *gasp* We should go out and walk walk more often. Just... dont eat so much next time. hahaha.

Feeling things I shouldn't be feeling. Stick with the decision you've made, idiot; don't falter now.

Agreement with Shahida. Countdown now stands at 358 days. Fighting!!! RAWR!!!

I wonder if I should bitch about work here. Ah well, nope.

April Fooled... long nostalgic walk

By SGH. The appointment system decided to make fun of me. What happened this morning:

Put down my appointment card at the reception, the nurse picked up my card, looks extremely puzzled, and asks me: "You're seeing Dr Tan. today?" "Yah, missed my last appointment and rescheduled it to today." "But she's been on leave the past week, she'll only be back tomorrow!"

Blahz. Wasted half day of my leave.

And today, after running at Commonwealth, I took a really long walk. Initial plan was to walk to clementi / buona vista and take train home frm there. But upon reaching Buona Vista, as I walked past that underpass from the station to the old housing estate, I stopped and stoned. For a good 10 minutes. Its been... 9 yrs? since the times when I walked through that same underpass everyday on my daily commute. The same underpass I walked.. sometimes alone, sometimes with others, sometimes with someone else. I carried on walking. Through Ghim Moh, past the hawker centre *most of the stalls were closed* while remembering all the good food there *johnson's duck rice, that stall with the crazily delicious chee cheong fun and yam cake, the sugarcane juice, the other stall with the orh jian...*. Past the ex-Mcdonalds where me and TKS used to order the 2 dollar breakfast and sit there all day with McCrispy chicken for lunch *you know, that was one of the few good items they had on the menu. Anyone remember that?* Carried on walking up Mt Sinai Rd, past the gates of the old RJC *slowed down a lot along that stretch... ah memories memories*, past the now totally revamped HPPS, out Holland Road. A good, long 1hr + walk in the night breeze. *Funny how the air was freaking stagnant during my run, yet it was so breezy during my walk. Weirdness.*

I wonder if I shall walk that route again next week. Could even stop by the XO beehoon stall. Hur hur.

meow?

I think I should be more, disciplined? Its been quite a while.

Brian McKnight was awesome. A friend had said: Aiyah, brian mcknight's concert.. listen to mp3 can liao lor. Well, I'm glad I stood my ground and went for it. He proved, without a doubt, that there're somethings that can never be replaced with a muttering stutter and jarring special effects. Or stage gimmicks. Or whatever. Nothing beats hearing the man belt it out live, in person. Step over, Jay Chou, the "listen to mp3 can liao" comment, I reserve it for you XD

It was beautiful. Everything from his voice *wasn't expecting less* to the crowd. I've not been to a better concert *then again, i've not been to alot of concerts? lol* and I hope he meant it when he said he loved Singapore, and would love to be back. If he does come back, I'll be there again, I know it. Weeks of skipping lunch to save on the lunch money was worth it. The only regret, if at all, was that he didn't perform the songs I wanted so much to hear. But yah, thats being really picky. Back at One, One Last Cry. Nearly did. Cry.

And thanks for going with me =)

Gone to Detroit Metal City. Came back in one piece, but found one broken supporting beam in my bed. And I thought my weight loss plan was going well, boo hoo.

Ah well.

First post for 2009. weee~~

On 4 Jan. 4 days into the new yr, and everything seems peaceful. Started cleaning my room, started planning meet-ups with friends, started doing some random sketching *in the process discovering that i've kind of lost it. meh*

Dont' knw about new year resolutions: I've never followed any of my past ones. Always seem to forget them after a while. So this time, instead of a resolution for an entire year, I'll have plans for phases: like, you know a quarterly report of sorts. So a couple of short term goals for the first quarter of 2009:

1. scuba licence. already planning for it with my jie mei.
2. daily sketch of anything. Just so I don't lose it. again.
3. monthly completed work (painting, drawing, whichever)
4. Restart running / workout routine.

Also have a few things I'm keeping in view:

1. work wise, to survive my last mth of probation.
2. and then start preparing/compiling work for portfolio again. Remember that contract runs out in Sept.
3. Keep education plans updated, look out for scholarships and stuff like that.
4. Continue savings plans. restrict spending to <$50 / week. Continue cutting expenses AMAP.
5. Be happy. When all else fails, I have my jie meis and buddies. When even that fails, I have my pet fish.
6. Lose weight. Keep the skin tone. Then I'll finally be tall, dark and handsome. weee~

Well, its a new year. As I said to those who got my new yr sms: Hope 2009 is less of a bitch than 2008. And maybe, just maybe, I may finally clean up my room.

ps: btw, the very interesting thing over at the zupids that I mentioned previously? its up. have a good laugh XD

Mental Sums...

Heads up, the end of the year is fast approaching and so... its time to start thinking of another resolution for the new year that I'll probably not follow anyway.

Nah. Planning for the future is quite pointless right now. Instead, I shall look back on the past festive season and... do my maths. X-mas is over, and I'm not expecting *and not hoping for* any more surprises in the new yr. So, as it stands now, I've gotten the following as presents (x-mas, bdays, whatever):

1 very colourful PURPLE T-shirt *thanks you ladies and gentleman...*
1 very PINK t-shirt *to the same bunch of people...*
1 black with gold-printed GUYS NIGHT OUT t-shirt *company xmas exchange, don't knw what to say to this really...*
RHS vouchers *tks*
1 revoltech Gurren Lagann *loves it, thanks a lot =)*
1 handphone strap *well...*
1 copy of ImagineFX *omg... never thought I'd get something like this for gift exchange, awesome shit*
1 imitation Liverpool Jersey *oh well... lolz, tks I guess, haha*

Not too bad a haul, some pleasant surprises, some... pretty orz presents, la la.

I've way overspent again. Just did my sums for Oct - December. Including household expenses, I've spent a grand total of approx 4k in 3 mths. Horrible, horrible. I shall have to hibernate, scrimp and save for the next few mths, esp if I do go for the scuba licence.

And I've come to a decision, finally. Yep, enough is enough. Sometimes, hanging in there just makes you look like an even bigger loser. When all else fails, I have my sisters, my sister's mum (LOL, you know who you are), my friends. When even that fails..... I have despair.com to let me laugh it off.

Almost becoming a drama addict. So I guess, not much art update for the time being. There's a niggling suspicion that I might not survive my probation *probably another case of hypersensitive paranoia* but we'll tackle that if it happens. IF.

Lastly, some interesting stuff happening over at the zupids. Link on the right. Actually, we're expecting some interesting stuff to happen that is supposed to have happened already....

A little update on life v0.002

Test, test. Ok.

Its been about 2 weeks. 2 uneventful weeks. Wouldn't even have realised that 2 weeks had passed, if I didn't bother checking the dates. Anyway...

Collected my first paycheque frm current workplace. December hadn't started, and I've basically spent my December budget. Happy happy joy joy.

27th Nov. My birthday came and went. Got bday smses, facebook msgs, msn msgs. My current colleagues gave me a surprise birthday celebration in the office. Went through the motions. I wonder what their response would have been like if I had told them "I stopped celebrating my birthday 12 yrs ago." Maybe I'll try that next year.

Same day, dinner at NYNY @ AMK Hub. Got a pleasant surprise frm the bunch. I love the shirts (ok the pink one is a bit too big, and needs some getting used to I guess...) but yeah. Love it. Thanks for everything XD

29th Nov. Kbox session + bday celebration. Kind of. Kbox, followed by window shopping for a couple of hours, followed by lunch/dessert session at NYDC. The mudpie was awesome. Wush, pass me the photo of my mudpie please. I want to relive the taste of it. In the process of it all I quietly came to a decision. And, I'd like to say thanks to the organiser. Really appreciate the effort for everything =)

That was followed by my mum's bday celebration, which was utterly... spoilt. Utterly, totally spoilt only because some smart ass decided to ask his friends to come along for a drink and swearing session that was totally unwelcome, decided on all our behalfs to go to a restaurant no one really wants to go to *despite us making plans to go somewhere else*, and force beer down my throat when I wasn't in the mood to drink.

"Eh, you want to drink beer?"
"No..."
"Nevermind just serve him beer."

All the while my mum had this black face that he was totally oblivious to. Overall, a BAD day.

1 Dec. Had a much happier "celebration" at Brussels Sprouts with Donna, Len, Wush and... JIM. Yesh the phantom crawled out of her tomb! Wow, wasn't expecting her to turn up, honestly, but yeah, greatly appreciated. Donna, you look great, so forget the diet plan already. If any guy minds, just tell him to take it or fuck off. And to whom it may concern, we'll find you a nice boy, no worries abt it. Just... find me a nice girl in return. wahahahahah XD

4 Dec. WQ's long awaited wedding. It was really... a night to remember. Its amazing how long they've been together (3300++ days... omg) and even more amazing, how much they're still in love after so long. The wedding itself was beautiful: the lighting was perfect romantic, the food good; the company a blast. As Kenneth says, one of the best he's attended. I totally agree. Now we await the arrival of Audrey/WQ jr. Audrey's husband, get to work already.

I think I should paint something happy to brighten my life up a little. Oh yes, X mas is coming no? Then again, the painting mood has eluded me. Probably gonna take a while to get it back.

Now let me try to get into a festive mood, while I think of what presents to get for people. weee~