Blond Amsterdam!

I love my latest Google Chrome theme! It brightens my day the moment I start up my Chrome browser :D

Cute widdle chewwies.

Download Google Chrome here, and get yourself colourful Chrome themes here! Lol I'm such a fanatic Google Chrome evangelist. But it's the only browser that's fast and doesn't hang on my poor laggy computer so... much choice, I do not have.

Using my helpful friend Google to find a way to download Facebook videos so I can upload the videos Jesnie took at Nick's house into my next blog post. I'm so thankful to her for recording videos, now I'll have visual memories of Nick for life!

I dunno what's happening to me, but I've hopped on the Facebook bandwagon again. Gotten back up on the Facebook horse. This is weird, I'd abandoned Facebook for so long. Is it good to be back? I'll probably be gone again in a few days hahah.

Exam results were not bad :) I got 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6... this is assuming I credited Add Maths la. I know I shouldn't assume (y'know, ass of u and me and stuff like that), but it makes my grades sound so much cuter!

No A's <=( Now I really wish I'd been less careless in my Physics practical cause I missed out on an A in Physics by just 1 mark! But overall it's a HUGE improvement over last year's Mid-Year Exam and I'm a happy camper.

Nick's departure.

Nick Chiew went back to the Philippines yesterday. I'm not as sad as I thought I'd be, because I had loads of fun with him while he was here (I'll blog about that some other time once I get the photos and videos).

I picked up Mun from her house at 6 pm and went to see off Nick at the airport! Got stuck in a so many traffic jams on the way there and was worried I wasn't gonna make it in time! Plus, he kept bluffing and saying "I'm boarding now, boarding now!!" Typical Nick hahahah.

It's the last time I'm ever gonna see him, so I think it was a good decision. I think this is the first time I've had to say goodbye for good to an actual real friend :( I can't imagine having to leave almost every single one of my closest friends at the end of the year.

Mychonny was there!!! And in a McDougall shirt too, what turf? Okay, his name's actually Chok, not Mychonny, but... details, shmetails! I felt kinda bad for Nick, how come no one else was there to see him off?? :(

Nick, Mun and me, take one.

Nick, Mun and me, take two!

Me and Nick trying to act cute ^^Y

Nick thought that by puffing out his cheeks, he would make Mun look thinner in comparison. How sweet!

Mychonny, me and Nick. I'm wearing Mychonny's chio PINK specs! :D Nick, you happy now? I think this is actual real proof that you're taller than me! And I was even in heels.

Mun: Omg, I feel short! *Nick and Mychonny automatically bend down*

Nick and Mychonny. Equally weird and crazy and funny, and they read each others' minds. They even look alike!!

Actually... Nick LOOKS like Mychonny and Chok SOUNDS like Mychonny. Or maybe it's the other way around... LOL! I guess they make a good pair then.

Are you going "WTF, who the heck is Mychonny?!" yet? Maybe you don't watch YouTube videos too much, so I'll introduce you to Mychonny:

Hey angel, you duh sexy!

I'll miss you, Short Nick with the Smaller Thingy, the Michael Phelps of Peeing!

There's always a first time... to run a 400m race!

Just for the sake of reviving my blog after exam hiatus and appeasing some faithful readers (<3 you guys!)... here's a random post not really worth reading. But read it anyway lol!

Top 3 signs someone is running their first 400m race ever:
1.) The moment they cross the finish line, they collapse half-dead onto the track,
2.) Their legs hurt like a bitch the next day,
3.) They are overjoyed to just FINISH the darn race, who cares in what place!

You can definitely tick all 3 boxes for me please! Because it's my last year at school, I really wanted to take part in Sports Day for once... I think the last time I did was in those kiddy races in Primary 3! (We won gold, by the way hahah.)

I tried out for 100m sprints, and to my total surprise, Molly put me in for 4x400m relays. FOUR HUNDRED METRES!!! T___T I know some pro people are like "Psssh, 400m ONLY mah!" But I've practically never run before in my life, and I was scared to death.

So were my equally inexperienced teammates, Sharlyn and Hong Shien, except for Li Jie, who was probably the only one who knew what the heck she was doing! But to be honest, I'm so proud of the whole team :)

The odds were against us, we obviously could win against our stiff competition... but all of us made it across the finish line, no batons were dropped, and that's good enough for me!

I'm especially proud of Sharlyn who ran the entire 400m without stopping, even though she thought she couldn't do it! Although she did spend 45 minutes lying on the field afterwards...

But we made it to the end, tired but alive and relieved. We survived our first (and last for me) 400m race!

I haven't really been part of a team before, and in a team, you have to trust your teammates. Mine didn't let me down, and at least we'll have a bronze medal to show for our effort and not... giving... up!

Now I can call myself a "runner"! LOL! Or at least, I can say I've run a 400m relay race before, took part in Sports Day, and at least helped out McDougall a tiny bit.

We had help from a miracle though! Cornwall withdraw beforehand so we had 3rd place in the bag anyway, phew! Or else... :S

Fingers crossed we'll emerge 3rd overall! Wo pu yao last place!!! :( And I know it would break our captains' hearts. So yeah, jia you McDougall!!

Lost Party!!

                 Made with help from this awesome site!

Found Mix Tape

                             Terrible.

Well, this makes 150 or so - and not bored yet.

New Batch featuring "Airplane Safety" magnets coincides nicely with the "Lost" Finale, doesn't it?

Fun with Barbara

Unflattering Pictures of Barbara Mandrell

"Getting Rid of Bradley" - Jennifer Crusie - 1994

Not Quite Black Friday

         That damn movie!  I honestly get a little scared when it rains this hard in May!

Some Favorites

Bottle Cap Magnets - Round 2

Presents!

Source Material

"Betty Crocker's Cook Book for Boys and Girls" 1957
"Foolish and Wise"  1964

Glitter Mess

             Finally an excuse for more glitter!!!

Bottle Cap Magnets - Ready to Go!

Up-cycled bottle cap magnets with images from "The Golden Book Encyclopedia" which was published in a set of 16 volumes in 1959.  I purchased my set last summer at a yard sale for $3.

"Remarkable Creatures" - Tracy Chevalier - 2010

I've read all of Tracy Chevalier's novels, beginning with her most famous novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring" which was made into a beautiful looking film starring my favorite Darcy, Colin Firth.  My favorite Chevalier novel still remains, despite several novels following, "The Virgin Blue" - it's tragic family lingers with me - and it flips between a contemporary and historical setting so you're constantly attentive to the characters.
   Her books focus on actual historical figures, William Blake in "Burning Bright," fossil hunter Mary Anning in the newest novel, "Remarkable Creatures" and of course, Johannes Vermeer,  but sometimes an object: a painting, tapestry or a cemetery headstone inspires the story. I'm not sure if the author found Mary Anning or her dinosaurs more interesting.  One thing is for sure, without the fossils, Miss Anning would have been another poor girl forgotten to history. And at the same time it's pretty amazing a poor girls' hard work was recognized by the leading scientific figures of her day.  The author's other main character, Elizabeth Philpot also a real person, known for her fossil fish collection and lived in the same town as Mary, but as far as I understand, due primarily to class differences, their friendship is most likely entirely fiction. 

I enjoyed the biographical aspects of the story, learning more about the early days of fossil finding in Lyme Regis, England.  Which just so happens to be the setting of the "French Lieutenant's Woman," Mary Anning's shop is mentioned in fact, so it was nice to revisit and learn more of the landscape.
As for the novel itself, the story moves slowly, the author's afterword actually talks about the limits of a reader's patience.  It reads more like a biography, and the problem lies in forgetting this is a work of historical fiction.  I love Chevalier's writing, but this story lacks something found in her earlier novels.  Some element of mystery, I suppose, despite tides and landslips it felt that the ladies reputations were in greater danger than their lives.  I could have used a bit more of a love story as well, even if the only choice was to end in heartache.   The book was good and interesting, but average, missing that special something that resonates with you after the book is closed.  

$1 - "The Doll" Cover

Super Saturated Magnets

It's Officially Yard Sale Season!

Geistown - End of April.  It was raining, so I bartered.  Asking $4 took $3 (she had two).  
I eyed this puppy up before I even realized what its purpose was!  How could I refuse when it's made to hold acrylic paint.  I have a ton - and now it looks pretty and organized instead of stuck in a box where you have to dig for the colors you want - and a bonus color spectrum for the studio.

Check This Out!

             Includes paints and iron-on transfers
            of butterflies, mushrooms, and more! 

                            Thank You, Dan! 

Resoulutions April

Bottle Cap Magnets (in progress)