30 Seconds To Mars at SingFest 2010!!!

I've waited for this day, longed for it, dreamed about it... for more than 3 whole years.

If that sounds weird to you, it's because you don't know the true meaning of devotion. 

Click for MTV Asia blog article about SingFest.

But of all places, they choose to play in Singapore. At a FESTIVAL. 

That's practically like the F word of the Echelon vocabulary, it's that disgusting.

The dates are August 3rd to 5th. My 'O'-Level mock exams start on August 12th.

Is it too much to ask, for a 30 Seconds To Mars concert in my OWN home country, NOT at some impossible time???

I am going to beg my parents like no one has ever begged before. 
Because I've never wanted anything so much in my life. 

KOTD: Just Juicy.

It's time for another very overdue Konadicure post! Imagine, I did this one during the holidays, a week and a half ago!

You can blame the procrastinator in me for being too lazy to edit the photos till now. Sowee. *runs and hides*

Continuing with my pink theme, I was inspired to do a Konadicure based on the iconic pink and dark brown colour scheme of Juicy Couture! I don't really like their stuff (shocked, are you?). It's just not my style, but I do ♥ the colour combination.

Juicy Couture baby pram, omg?

Juicy Couture pendrive and Xmas sock, omg?!

My nails were a tiny bit longer for this Konadicure cause it was towards the end of the holidays already, thank God. I cannot stress enough how much I really hate short nails!

Of the 2 Konadicures I did during the holidays, I definitely love this one a lot more. I just adored showing them off for a week! Yes, I can be an attention-whore sometimes, especially when it comes to my nails, my pride and joy.

In natural lighting.

A unfocused photo so you can see how sparkly the blings were. I've learnt that nails will always look better with blings! :D

The brown was actually a bit darker than it how it looks in the photos with natural light. More like a deep, rich chocolatey brown. Mmmm, chocolate... shit.

Congratulate me, I've resisted chocolate for only 4 days so far! 27 more days to go, fingers crossed. Okay, I'm digressing. Back to the nails!

With flash.

They were fast to do too, considering they look quite complicated. About 1 and a half hours maybe? When I told this to some people, they gasped in shock. What?! I've spent 2 and a half hours on some of my more elaborate Konadicures before!

Well, most of the time is wasted just waiting for the polish to dry anyway. Other nail afficionados (sp?) out there will know how bloody tedious it is to wait, wait and wait! But we do it for the thrill of painting and the satisfaction of the perfect end-product.

Yes, that's what you call dedication :D 

I used Silkygirl Ever Glossy - Sassy Raspberry for the base. I love this pink so much but it's finishing and turning a bit goopy :( I plan to buy a new bottle to replace it. Skin Food - BR610 Coffee Jelly for the diagonal tips, Elianto - #44 Twilight Zone for the Konad design and The Face Shop nail top coat.

Konad image plate m65.

Big thanks to Munibah! I used her Canon DSLR to take all the photos.

It feels so good to finally be reunited with my own digital camera now that my dad is back in Brunei again :) Guess what else has been reunited?

My This Is War CD! I haven't listened to it in 3 months since I accidentally left it in Penang, but I still remember all the lyrics. It feels so good to hear it again. I will always love 30 Seconds To Mars.

Until next time (which will probably be in June, my apologies!), happy Konad-ing!


Image sources: Oopshi, Craziest Gadgets, Polyvore, High Gloss Online, Jildor Shoes and iOffer.

Darn it, I KNEW I left something behind!

Last night, I glanced over at the tiny stack of my 2 Mars CDs on my desk and thought... hey, they look kinda lonely...

It was time for them to meet their 3rd sibling!

So I went and retrieved my This Is War from my suitcase (I'm lazy to unpack so my stuff more or less stays in there for months and months after I come back till I have use for them :/).

I grabbed all 3 CDs and began opening each one to line them up and admire (don't ask, I'm liddat).

Then I got the fucking rudest shock of my life.

My This Is War CD case was EMPTY!!! FUUUUUUUUCKITY FUUUUCKACCINOOOO SHIIIIITT!! Cb, I got so pissed I started pacing around my house, grabbing my hair and swearing. And it was like... 2 am or something!

Kanasai la, then it hit me that I'd left it in my Sony CD player in my bedroom in Penang T____T I used to leave the music on at night and fall asleep listening to it.

@#$%^!!!!! FML :(:(:( Now I can't bloody listen to the album till March (if I'm lucky)!

Completely lost any semangat to go catch up on Mars news articles/interviews. Argh! So pandai I remember to pack the CD case very nicely together with the plastic, but forget to PUT IN THE CD.

Very heartbroken nao.

Birthday wishes and the surprise Christmas gift.

Today, somebody special goes from being a teenager, to turning into an adult. She's fab, fierce and my significant other in the Mars world, through ups and downs, thick and thin and even when I'm seldom around.

I've known her for more than 2 years now (hard to believe how time flies), so much has happened, and she's a wonderful friend and partner in war.

To Jai/Elliz/I'm no longer sure what to call you anymore these days...

Happy 20th Birthday, hun!

With lots of love, Stella.

As if being a great friend isn't enough, look what arrived at my condo for me on Christmas Eve! I was innocently watching Dollhouse when my mom received a phonecall saying a PosLaju package had arrived. My This Is War CD from Jai.

Of course, I was delighted. I'd been waiting to hear 30 Seconds To Mars' new album since December 8th, but it's failed to be available in Penang. Speedy and Borders both drew blanks (bastards) and Tower Records had closed down (FML!).

And then Jai very kindly offered to help me buy This Is War in KL and post it to me.

Was very puzzled as to how to open it, so in the end I just snipped off the top of the brown paper.

Covered in more bubble wrap than you can imagine for safety.

When I finally opened the package (not an easy feat, mind you, thanks to all the bubble wrap!) and pulled out the CD, I literally squealed with happiness. There was a note stuck to the front.

The CD came from Rock Corner.

I'm now the happy owner of my very own This Is War!

The front cover, sans plastic.

The back of the CD case with the triangular logo and song list.

The spine.

The inside of the case.

Putting it into my computer's CD drive for the very first time.

Something so small brightened up my Christmas so much. Thank you a million times over, Jai!

Honestly, next time I'm gonna find something really fabulous for you and post it to you as a surprise :D Except that I'm always takde duit la :( But some day I'll repay you...

And last but not least, my dearest Elliz happens to share birthdays with a Mars boy. Happy birthday, Jared! You get younger every year, you son of a bitch. Come to Malaysia again, this time when I'm around, kthxbai. xD


P/S: Sneakpeeks of two of my new Konadicures! Individual blog posts with photos in the days to come.

Kings & Queens: The Ride.

30 Seconds To Mars premiered their brand new music video for Kings & Queens a few days ago. It just gives me the warmest fuzzies. I can't believe it's really real. We have a new video. It's been... almost 2 years since A Beautiful Lie.

For so long I felt like it was so far away in the distance, that the wait would be forever, and suddenly everything is happening so fast. It's still taking time to sink in that it's finally here. Mars is here.

Kings & Queens

30 Seconds to Mars | MySpace Video

Now to come up with an attack plan and think how to handle this as a collective. This Is War comes out December 7th. We'll be going on the awards show circuit again next year. All the voting and promoting is starting. Not to forget tours: they kick off the European leg tomorrow in Italy.

The fading away had been so gradual that I barely noticed it, but now I realize I've really missed being a part of the Mars world and the Echelon. Everything starts now. It's time to once again launch forth into the deep and stop at nothing.

I've been procrastinating and forgetting, but it's high time I bought Kings and Queens from the iTunes Store. It's only B$1.30 after all. Shall buy it this weekend! And I'm still wondering if I should pre-order This Is War online, because who knows when it'll start selling in Malaysia.

Provehito in Altum.

We were the KINGS AND QUEENS of promise.

I've been looking forward to this moment for as long as I can remember. And now it's here. 30 Seconds To Mars' new song, Kings and Queens premiered last night for the very first time on KROQ, a Californian radio station. I was at their website, listening to it stream live.

It's been years since I've heard any new Mars music and it was such a surreal experience, I couldn't believe it was really finally happening. I still don't know what to think of the song. The voice is familiar, but the music is so completely different.

For a moment, I was really thrown. But you know, I like it. I'm already going around humming the chorus. The chanting voices of the fans from the Summit at the end gives me goosebumps.

I'm familiarizing myself with the song that I'll be promoting shamelessly and endlessly, for the next God knows how many months. Then again, I'll have all the time in the world to listen to it over and over again once it comes out on iTunes, there's no rush.

The new album, This Is War, officially releases on December 8th and I feel like I'm about to piss my pants with anticipation. After hearing Kings and Queens, you just want more.

One of the future album covers, besides the Faces of Mars campaign where 2000 of the albums are going to have individual photos of fans and Echelon from around the world on the cover.

Imagine that, someone buying a 30 Seconds To Mars album with your face plastered on it. I don't think I'd ever be able to take a photo nice or worthy enough of that.

I took a closer look at the photos of the pervy lamp that I posted previously, and then I noticed something... on the table right next to the pervy lamp is a picture of Jesus and a cross! Sacrilegious max! Hahahaha!!

Thanks to a long discussion with Jia Yee about her birthday party next month during Physics practicals, I can't get it out of my head. I think I'll go pick potential outfits for it. Even though I already kinda know what I want to wear (so long in advance!). It's gonna be a pink fiasco, baby! :D

And I also have plans to watch me some new episodes of Dollhouse and Smallville tonight. Desperately trying to push all the nervous, worried and fearful thoughts about the fast-approaching exams out of my mind.

We got our exam timetables today. 'Nuff said.

I feel like changing my blog background. So tell me, are you bored of the pink and green yet?

♥ queen of babble

Fast forward.

FAST FORWARD.

Hello boys and girls, I'm back! After almost 6 months.
See, this was exactly what I was afraid of when I first started blogging again. That my lazy, procrastinating ass would just be too lazy to blog. Sorry for making you guys stare at the same layout, the same exact post and listen to the same annoying song for so many months. I swear on my Echelon wristband that it won't happen again. Empty promises.

I haven't worn that thing (my wristband) in quite a few months, actually. I've been totally neglecting anything even near Mars-related, and I feel bad about it. Jai, hunny, when you're done drooling over working out with Jillian Michaels, let's talk promo, okay? Just so I can feel a little bit better about myself.

Three words: I have broadband. Broadband. BROADBAND! Finally. No more using my phone as a modem. Freedom to blog (told ya), post at forums, upload photos, download songs and movies, watch videos, use Windows Live Messenger (I've been seriously deprived)!

The worst exams I've ever done in my life are over. Thank God. They gave me the most killer eyebags ever that I now have to recover from. I don't even want to think about what my marks will be like. I'll be glad for anything, even C's or D's, as long as I don't fail! I got back my Bio paper today. See for yourself.



I just managed an A2. Sad thing is, that's probably going to be the only A in my report book. This is bad.



Charlene's handiwork. If you can't see that, it says 'Mary Conception Callistus Tan Siunn Mann'. Go figure.

Mid-year exams are over which means half of Form 4 is over. It still feels like it's the beginning of the year to me, but somebody seems to have pressed the fast forward button on my life and suddenly it's almost June. And I just realized American Idol takes up almost half the year. It steals half of your year! Start watching in January and when you're done, blam! It's the end of May.

Talking about American Idol... KRIS WON. W00t! My parents were running around (not literally, they can't run anymore) singing Adam Lambert's praises while I harboured a secret notion that Kris Allen might just steal it from him. And I was right! Even though Amanda spoiled the results for me (sigh, this is the 2nd year in a row someone spoiled it for me), it was still the greatest finale I've seen.
Underdogs officially rule (sorry, Jai). Can I just say I absolutely loved Heartless and Ain't No Sunshine? He has this voice that just completely melts you. Simon Cowell's face when Ryan announced Kris' name was just so priceless.
Char, we'll give you a makeover so your hair won't look like his anymore. And your face won't look like Mr. Chang's/Aaron Sia's. You'll be forever grateful to us, you know it.

It's Saturday (way to go, Captain Obvious). And a Formula 1 race weekend. And you know what that means: qualifying. We're finally in Monaco, where the Indian juju on Raikkonen courtesy of Adrian Sutil/Force India first began last year. Me and Ya Wen are hoping that one year will break the curse. But if you know anything about what's going on in Formula 1 these days, Indian juju is the least of our worries. Forza Ferrari.

On a more general, random note, I wanna to watch Angels and Demons. I came dangerously close to accidentally reading spoilers of it on Ya Wen's blog. Thanks a lot, Ya Wen. And I'm strangely addicted to Britney Spears songs. Which explains the background music. Even if you don't know the song, the voice has gotta be familiar.


P/S: I'm gonna try and link all of you who have gotten blogs or relocated since January, asap :)

Shopping > Prozac.

SHOPPING > PROZAC.

So, yesterday I went shopping. Again. It was so much fun. I bought nail polish: flourescent pink and dark purple from The Face Shop! <33 I'm gonna go back and buy dark blue one too.


I also got a bunch of hair clips for my new hairstyle. A dark pink one, a black one, and a white one. I'm planning on going back and buying a blue one the same type as the dark pink one. All from Sinma.




And then, I also bought a silver belt! It is t3h coolest belt ever! And only RM20. And, just 'cause, I bought this yellow top. I don't own anything yellow until now, so I see it as a really good investment. And it was 50% off. Lulz.

And, and, oh! My dear, dear sister found and bought the S/T for me in Midvalley Megamall! So I finally have my very own S/T! It's awesome. Now my ABL has a friend. Lul.






Okay, er, what else? Oh yeah, so I was trying on nail polish like nuts in The Face Shop, on top of my poor, gorgeous French manicure. So, like... before and after. xD






Right now my nails are flourescent pink to ring in the new year! You know, all that retail therapy put me in a really good for the new year. I think I'm finally ready for it. 2009, I mean. Yeah, of course I still think time moves way too fast, but I really think I'm ready for it. I might even be looking forward to it...

Now, excuse me while I crank up my S/T. \m/