Finally, after what seemed like eons, I finally splurged.

Actually, not much to be truthful. Took me ages before I settled on the two very important albums to buy. Madonna's Revolver (Remixes) Album, and GaGa's "Lady GaGa: Remixes" album. Super cool remixes, and at a seupr value price. Too irresistible to resist, but that only occurred to me after spending a good 45 minutes in HMV @ 313... 'Choice Disorder' in progress I guess.... Spent 25.90 SGD, to get those 2 'babies'... Maybe because they're remixes, that's why they appeal to me as such a steal. I even got a FREE GaGa's Poster upon payment. How cool is that~

Ahem, someone is even more befitting the term 'splurger'. Like as if spending 73.00 SGD (10.00 SGD Deposit for shipment from Japan) on a single Abingdon Boys School CD wasn't enough. And STILL has another newer, fresher receipt for 48.55 SGD. On SCANDAL's Album, ベスト★スキャンダル, and NIGHTMARE, The World Ruler. How splurging is it to be spending 121.55 SGD in a SINGLE WEEK on CDs...?

Anyway, cosplay screening is more scarier with Danny around. Quite nervous on my first walk in front of people, since it's been ages since I performed to huge crowds. They had no comments whatsoever, and I have this feeling that I sucked at my first attempt. EVen I feel that way man. Cause something about being hesitant (before I change poses) made me worse. Worse off, I have NOT YET completed gathering my barang barang cosplay costumes / weapons / props / wigs. WHAT THE HELL.
Ever the more stricter, and he commented that BLEACH cosplayers MIGHT need to think of another cosplay in mind. The 'MIGHT' somehow sounded more like a  'MUST' to me. Whatever, I don't care. Still Aizen-ing for Cosplay Arts Festival...

In summary, I feel better splurging after what seemed like ages. Huh. Welcome to my stack of proud, proud fandom,

40/100

Okay. Officially finished with 40% of FYP. It's starting to get so tiring everyday, going to school, doing minimal amount of work within 8 hours. It feels as though we are supposed to rot within that 8 hours. Hell yeah~

Then when it comes to last week, I'm both glad and disappointed. Glad that my weekend was arriveing, and disappointed that I wasted one out of 2 free days for nothing in school.

Friday was the bummer, when I thought I could practice (FOR THE FIRST TIME) cosplay walk. Turned out I was left emo-ing. What the... if you want to do that kind of things, please at least tell me beforehand, so that I can don't need to interrupt your sweet times. Why drag me down by leaving me alone doing nothing I felt like doing?


Anyway, to make up for that was Saturday. One helluva eventfully packed day. All the way from 12 noon till 10 in the night. Well, was hanging out with my TXY-imoto desu. To sum things up, I didn't have time / courage to do even a short cosplay walk, and I was awed by TXY when she did hers. Totally captivating, but one thing was she's too pitiful to look at. I mean how she strains herself unnaturally. Then was Brunch @ Plaza Sing, Lvl. 4 Food Court. My deal was fish soup, and hers was, I guess, fish soup as well. She didn't finish the last piece of fish, which she offered to me. Then we went to spam, spammed KOF, both did equally well as usual. But the only thing was the fact that we didn't play for a long time already, thus our fingers / palms were strained terribly. For no obvious reason. Well, jubeat seems a bit impossible, but we managed to pull i toff with  few scowls from TXY~~~ Oh, what else but the usual, about how insane my selected songd were. LOL. 
Then we went dinnering at Mos Burger, which she kindly paid for me first. It was at there, that e started talking about cosplay, and THEN REALIZE THAT WE BOUGHT SHORT-SLEEVED CAPTAIN HAORI WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LONG SLEEVED HAORI FOR AIZEN SAMA~~~ HELP ME!!!!! Now, our only option is to let XY's Momma see whether see can fix (which later she confirmed is okay, no big deal~) or else buy another one, or else do shinigami version. T-T How careless can two very otaku-ed bleach fangirls and one very insanely fanboy of Aizen sama NOT KNOW IT?!


We went 313@Somerset, and walked to HMV, where the insane fangirl rushes to the Jap-Pop section, grabbing 2 CDs: Scandal Dolls and *blanks out*. Apparently, they had no more ABS album stocks, so she ordered it from Japan for 7 dollars cheaper. WTF???
Anyway, we had desserts @ The Heeren, B1. Mango Snow Ice and Black Sesame paste. Shared it as usual, and then talked so much crap. That's how I spent a meaningful Saturday.


Work on Sunday was pretty much the same, for I thought I was going to be super late, when it's just 11 minutes later. *Whew* I feel happier that day at work. At least Mashi-san was there, with Jen Yin Thet, and Jennifer, and Mabel, and Mean Shan, and Hwee Leng. All made my day. Apparently a day at work that was filled with jokes, talks, crap, and load more fun stuff.


When I came back on Monday (Today), I somehow felt stressed still. Poster still not done yet, and then the brain is still suffering from a sort of mental block or retardation. I managed to chiong finish the poster, hand it up, when Hui Wen returned me the CD and mentioned that we hand it with Kai Ling on Thursday. WTFBLOL~~~ SERIOUSLY?! What the hell.


Never mind, I'm gonna finish HPLC analysis and put it into my poster now, that I have more time. XD

What should I do.

See the title. You would know what I'm thinking of right now. Haha~


I am in a great dilemma... all because of my FYP... I am guessing that my next week is the climax of the stress levels, panic and all things else. Lucky this week I can settle the poster already. BUT, then again, I am still not done for sensory tests. OMFG why does she bother about so much for a simple-enough-to-understand sensory test? Okay, I can take the part about everything being random, but still, I feel that she's kinda ... ... ... overly detailed and LBL kind of person. I can't believe there is anyone (except parents) that can tolerate her kind of behaviour... just look at the below scenario, you'll know how I feel.


"Why you blahblahblah, then how about if blahblahblah, and what if this blahblahblah thing happen? I am very blahblahblah about this, and you can't expect so much blahblahblah! You need to consider blahblahblah, and then there is still the blahblahblah side to settle before you can blahblahblah."


Sombody PLEASE TAPE HER MOUTH, or at least just rip it off for me. XD

X-Fi 2!

I'm working in 2 hours' time. How reluctant I feel right now... but when I think about the income coming into my bank, I can't seem to stop working... I guess I feel better with more money in my bank, which in turn gets spent off.


Anyway, I am sad that I missed the Marwin farewell party. Saw Jen's Uploads, and was sure they had a fantastic night out... oooh. Anyway, if you happen to visit my blog Marwin, I guess I'll tell you here that I'll also miss your moments arguing / joking with Jennifer, Shi Yun and Mabel. Haha. Best regards then, I'm wishing you right here!


Anyway, I think by the time I get my first paycheck in July, I'll most probably splurge half of it on this:

Cause this is one of the good brands and technology at an affordable price for me right now. The Zen X-Fidelity 2 MP4 Player is superb. 

Sorry, but feels like advertising for it:

X-Fi = Xtreme Fidelity. A technology that reproduces audio back in the recording studio, without lost audio and post-processing damages. In short, the mechanism / chip reworks your songs to what artistes wants us to hear. Splendid. 

SGD 199.00 for Internal memory of 8GB, and priced at SGD 249.00 for double that, which is 16GB. Should I pay 50 more bucks for double the memory capacity? I'm tempted! But no mater what, this time, I'M SET ON BUYING IT. Take it as I'm buying to pamper myself, and to reward for being so frugal on my wants for such a long time. Talking about wants, I'm satill far from being satisfied. Still got a ton of clothings and things like hats, belts and shoes to buy. Yeah, I'm insecure in material sense. Can't believe so many people out there are furnished and dressed and living way off better than me right now. Thinking about that makes me feel sucky... Not to say about a handphone, but I'm reserving that until my NS days are over. 

Time to trash that Sony MP3 back into my belongings box. XD I must constantly remind myself of this...

Oh my gosh...

FYP is starting to creep past my security level, at an alarming speed. I am starting to feel worried about when it nears me everyday.

 I try to force myself to find all the things and information I need (and trust me, it's accumulated to a MOUNTAIN HEAP) while I am in the FYP Lab from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. I think I pumped all my energy into FB rather than my FYP. This is seriously getting into a sticky, f***ed up situation. I hope I don't actually worsen it. Damn. 

It's already week 9, for f***'s sake. 9 out of 12 weeks gone, with as much as only 45% done for my FYP. Yet I am still waiting for my HPLC analysis of the chocolates I experimented. The only reassuring word to add here is that my FYP only requires to hit a best formulation, evaluate for antioxidant content (viable), and then find tons of research on related subjects. That's pretty much the gist of my FYP, to tell you the truth. But it's not easy at the same time. cause you never know what they are gonna expect!

I am praying every inch to wish myself well for FYP. HAHAHA.

Okay, I'm not forgetting that I need to finish my cosplay as Aizen sama, but well, I'm leaving it to fate, whether I'm fated to cosplay as him. 

HAHAHA. See if money and chance really go along with my desires. Hmmmm.

1 + 2 = 3!

I have a lot to upload. Hahaha, especially the photos of 3 very important occasions. Let me just speed through what happened during the previous week.












About FYP
It was still a very fruitless week for my FYP. Developing functional chocolates is not as easy as it sounds like making normal chocolates. But despite that, I was 'shot' dead in front of a lift before, and I have awakened thanks to 'her'. So now, as far as up till today, I have made several prototypes, as 'she' expected me to do.

Although the pictures look nevertheless wonderfully chocolate, it's more than just that allure of appearance... (=3=)
Initial trial chocolate tasted quite okay, despite what seemed like 6.0g of green tea polyphenol being added into the chocolate mix. It was the second trial that maybe killed most of my classmates' tastebuds. There was this damn, damn, damn weird aftertaste that does not match the chocolates at all. I regrettedadding in nearly 8.0g of green tea polyphenol at that point in time. That lingering, unearthly aftertaste is definitely not matching with chocolate. OMG, how to salvage it? Third trial was less severe than the second, as I added only around 3.5g green tea polyphenol. Still, I can't forget that 'disaster' till now :P
I'm hoping for a brighter week ahead of me. I'm aiming to finish all the trials and development by at least next week, if not this week if things are going to be THAT smoothly. I'm determined to finalize a final concentration by this week, then do duplicates.


Sadly speaking, my FYP supervisor is leaving soon. :( What a pity. Ms. Lim (Deborah) was such a nice, attentive and good teacher. We are like, hitting it off as good friends la. She said she was kinda sick and tired of Food Science. (=,=) She said she wants to try out a new area: Finance. F***. I kinda already dislike the word already. Then she was like, although she creeps me out by her stares / expressions / look, she never fails to be that friendly and communicable. Sad! I will be missing a good lecturer soon. Oh goodness.


Well, talking about this issue, my class personal mentor, Ms. Marlene, is also going as the same date with Ms. Lim. Hell yeah. So not just missing one, but two of the greatest, frienliest and best lecturers in N5.


About the rest...
I have loads here to upload. 3 parts, all very, very meaningful and exciting to be read.


23rd April Dinner Outing
I was anticipating this one, and I think Kai Ling also thinks likewise , right? It was still alright, despite the 'event' that happened at ASTONS ^^
We met up at Suntec, finally saw Bi Xue. She's the ONLY earliest of the 3 persons coming from IAP. We found ASTONS, to our relief... 
BUT there was one more problem: Some of our friends have yet to turn up. We were already queuing, and ASTONS has this inflexible rule of getting your tables according to how many people were queuing at that time. We were already at the frontline, so no choice, must abandon ship for now. we were stressed out, thus we got the tables for those here first. Imagine la, the number of people waiting behind of us, yet we are stalling unintentionally. But oh well, we managed to settle it for now. We had no freaking idea that Wan Wen was not eating with us!!! OMFG at that time most of our faces were like >:O 
Jasmine the most stressed one out of us. Like as usual! We ordered, and ate. We ordered YT's food, but she hasn't arrived yet. So sad, she ate cold pasta and cold mushroom soup. I must admit that ASTONS knows how to fill up your stomach... ... with the disadvantage of the point of sick & tired of the rest of your meal. I should have not ordered so much, but well, first time experience. Can't be blamed right?
We got our presents with slight surprise. I told you guys I was anticipating liao... HAHAHA!

KIKI: I think it was a VERY pink optical mouse w/ HELLO KITTY prints on it. XD
ME: I got a very expensive, nice looking wallet that I liked, and wanted to buy from the last outing (X'Mas). I had no idea they remembered so well ^^ Oh I was speechless when I first unwrapped my present. Very... ... emotional at that time. Maybe you guys thought I was not appreciative at all at that time, but I tell you, I WAS TOO TOUCHED. Haha. I promise you guys / girls I will only use it when Semester 2 starts. :)


After that event, we sort of like, roamed the place till we were tired, and went home. Well, most of us. But only me and Wan Wen felt like going to play arcade at that time, so we walked there. Luckily she remembered her way, or else I think I will hammer her head till she equally tall as me :P 
We FINALLY REACHED BUGIS. We headed for arcade, played basketball, and I am surprised our total score (team up) was 500+ lor!!! In your face, Jasmine. Eh, my personal score is 300+ okay, not bad for first time. After that we went home.


NA-PHY-ZAH (2) @ Plaza Sing
For the second time, we met up, like that last time, with only the three of us, who had same views. Little shrek was like, missing Fizah for a while now, and she got her wish of meeting up via my belated B'Day celebration. We ate at Pastamania in the end, because we saw how long the queue would be. We ordered a main dish, as well as a pizza to share amongst the three of us. seriously, It's pure insane fun everytime Fizah and I teased and degraded little shrek. Wuahahaha~ Still thinking about those insame moments :D
Dinnering while chatting is sure a fun way to kill time and hunger. I was stuffed full of food and laughter, and also satisfaction. Something I had not done for a week already (F*** FYP)
They said they would get me a $20 buck B'Day present, but only at the end of the trip did I see my eyes on Ayumi's Rock 'n' Roll Circus Album, glistening in front of my eyes @ $21.95. They even got a free HQ acrylic poster at the counter. I am impressed. Am gonna dedicate to Ayumi sooner or later, for being so thoughtful. Or is it her manager, that planned it... I seriously have no clue?
We took photos finally, in the middle of the entrance of Takashimaya. With our proud merchandise.


FIZAH: Lee Min Ho Posters XD
NABILAH: T.O.P Posters
ME: Ayumi Hamasaki 11th Studio album: Rock 'n' ROll Circus

After that, we were just about to head home, when this fashion festival ended. It was directly in front of us, hidden in a LARGE, white tent I suppose. As we walked past the entrance to this hidden festival, we saw loads of people streaming out of it. All dressed up in black trench coats,  black cocktail dresses, beautiful, elegant black numbers, high end bling, black branded suits, fashionable, sleek formal hairstyles, hats, high end bags, and most significantly, the face that they wore. The face that was so different from the others walking down Orchard road. That air of exuding class and elegance. I felt it, and I kept "OMG-ing" till Fizah was annoyed at my reaction. I felt envious, that was definite. Envious at their ability to catch my attention totally. They were not doing anything obvious, but their outfits, behaviours and faces just diffused CLASS. To the extent that Fizah commented: "I seriously feel **** when they walked out suddenly. Like we're some cheapskates." I have to agree. Oh well, it sucks to be poor.


That said, and then we went home. Sadly, the 4 hours of fun ended. But I will look forward to the next, you bet.


Cathy's + Thinesh's + Havinesh's B'Day Mass Celebration
It was my first time going to Cathy's B'Day Mass celebration. It was memorably like the X'Mas party I attended during 2009. So similar, and enjoyably fun. It started with my mis-prediction of thinking I had work. When I didn't have. LOL. Then I went down to Cathy's House just in time to see her cooking her wonderfully delicious chicken wings + deep fried milkfish. Even the monks will be tantalized by the delicious aroma.
We started singing a bit of Karaoke, reminiscing the days of old-time classics. Then as night came nearer, Don came, followed by Cathy's fellow friends. We started having early dinner, delicious... I particularly love the sweet glutinous rice dessert. So my type of labelled "NICE". 


After that, most of the PL staff all started filling the room. Those who weren't working till closing came earlier. Then followed by the cakes. 2 cakes, 


The first one to arrive was the giant chocolate encrusted cake, with a gigantic chocolate tile with the names of the birthday stars of the night. Really cool, first time I've seen such a big and funky nameplate. I am instantly reminded of "tempering chocolate"... Anyway, the plate really got Jian Hao, Don and me interested. The cake was then wrapped (directly underneath the chocolate coat) with a layer of fondant-like caramelized coating made of sugar and butter. Mmmmmm~ Sugoi desuka, ne? I love the combo of the Ultra sweet chocolate + sugar layer, with the milder, blander taste of the chocolate cake. Nicest cake of the day. 4.5 out of 5 stars for the rating. Heeeheeee!

 The second one was deceiving by looks. A deliciously seductive yellow layer of thinly sliced mango wrapping the cake, with a generous amount of fruits (strawberry etc) that is seemingly glazed from head to toe. Now, is that a layer of agar jelly that is there? I don't really know. Nice, shiny, glossy cake that ... ... ... wasn't as good as it tastes like. The second I put a piece of the cake into my mouth, I was repulsing the cake gradually. In a single mouth, the sensation was like I was eating a very, very pungent cake, almost similar to the taste of vomit. All in a small mouthful, and in a few minutes was all it takes for me to be completely repulsed by Jian Hao's creations. I think he mentioned that he put too much gelatin into the cake, thus the resulting odor persisting inside every inch of the if not perfect mango fruit cake. So I finished only the Chocolate cake. :p Don't kill me for saying this out Jian Hao... ... HAHAHA~

This cake-ing was then followed by the black-jack session. Bankers changed depending on their limit. Poor Cathy... she lost so much on her first time being banker. All because of Guan Ming la, that lucky + unlucky guy. Ban-Ban on his first game, already won $6.00, yet still wants to have a bigger appetite, by splitting his deck. He earned another $6.00 for his successful split decks lor. OMG We were like damn shocked. Later that day, Cathy made a comeback, when Guan Ming's turn to be the banker. LOL He lost like, every penny in the wallet. Except his cards la... For me, I lost all the coins (around $2.00++) in my wallet; my $2.00 note flew out, flew in, flew out, and then finally back into the wallet. FUNNY!

I remember the early sleepers were Don, Anna and Mabel, cause they have work the next day. And also, Shi Yun and her beau and Jennifer and Elleen and the aunties went home early, cause I think they too have work.

A night spent at Cathy's home was not good with air con. I think I am not used to air conditioning as much as the others do. I was tossing and turning frequently, did not sleep peacefully. Anyway, We left at 1pm, nearly 8 hours of sleep for me. Went for Brunching at Hougang Mall, Kopitiam @ level 4. Herbal chicken the first thing in the day is simply awesome. Thanks to Jen lor. I slurped down hearty chunks of tenderly broiled chicken meat. Sipping and sluroing down warm and hot chicken infused herbal soup. NICE~

I saw some edgy gadgets along the way down. Some of them are the MIX STYLE headphones. The earphones ones @ $9.90 was uber cool. Like M&M's imprinted with a star on it. I bet It would catch loads of attention. The Headphones were @ $25.90. Hmmmm, I'd still go for the earphones. Not because it's cheaper, but because it's more compact. I also saw things like lego brick designs, as well as just designs on the piece of plastic on the earphone. Now, am I seeing imposter brands, or are they just at that price. I'm just trying my best to convince myself *must buy* 
But oh, GaGa's Heartbeats are equally rocking my heart. especially what people have been reviewing about the audiophilic quality. I hope I can try them out before I actually hope of buying them. Dr. Dre's collection of expensive speakers has finally moved me to try them out.
Ten there was this cool optical mouse shaped like a nearly circular pebble. It was said to have lights flashing at the scroller thingy. The best part is that the main effect of buying and using it is reducing palm stress, by just using your fingers to glide your mouse. Cool and ergonomic, as I say. Then I saw these cool, GaGa like speakers, featuring innovation that allows pictures and photos to be placed inside the plastic area. OMFG, this is beginning to feel insanely materialistic. How am I gonna get that load of money... 


BUT I WON'T forget that I am cosplaying. NEVER.