July photolog!

July's been a helluva long month, and it's NOT OVER YET!!

I bet all the readers coming to my blog tonight (those who haven't given up hope on my blogging haha thank you btw) will be like FINALLY this lazy ass bothered to blog!!! I've been stinking busy around the clock :(

My Mock 'O'-Level/End-of-Year exams are next month, so you'll be reading less and less of me anyway as my nose is mostly glued to textbook pages. I'm really REALLY sorry, I wish I could keep up blogging, I really do!!!

I truly enjoy getting to know all the new people I've met through Nuffnang and reading all your blogs and having a peek into the lives of different people from all walks of life! And of course reading and replying your kind comments :)

But if you're still interested in getting regular updates from me (psssh), you can always follow me on Twitter! :) @xxmarsarmygirl for the time being still.

Appreciate this post yo, specially put on a few kg's of makeup (shattap, girls will be girls. Or better yet, I will be me!) just to take these photos and as usual took MILLENIA editing them in Photoshop. Do you know how much WORK it takes to turn a greenish-grey photo into glowing peachiness?? Proud to say I didn't touch my face with any Liquify or Clone Stamp at all!!! Really keen to look into that Adobe Lightroom 3 that Victor recommended!

Say hello to my gorgeous pink Nokia 6120, the love of my life, the day my daddy gave away RM800 so I could bring it home. I simtiah-ed for 2 secs over the price (it WAS the last pink original 6120 on the island after all) cause it was my PMB reward and I deserved it. Oh boy did I deserve it!

Obviously long before I discovered colour editing... would you just look at how dull this pic is!! And before I discovered nail art too, my two fave polish colours were black and white -_-

And this is it NOW, 1 and a half years later!!! Accessorized to it's full chinky, bimbo potential! With matching blinged phone strap to match!!

Honestly, after 18 months of looking at the same object first thing in the morning when I feel it up to turn off my alarm and last thing every night before I roll over and fall asleep, plus lots more in between, I HAD to reinvent my phone to stop myself from getting so sick of it I'd wanna kill myself. Cause I still love it so much and can't imagine using another phone ever!!! (Hmm I might see a BB in my distant future though :P)

I dunno if it's still selling, but for the price it's going at now (very dirt cheap I presume) it's worth every penny! Faithful, reliable, does almost everything and will love you back unconditionally even when you've got bad morning breath!! *shifty eyes*

MUAKS!

After my more than pleasant experience with Jane Green's Jemima J, I decided to borrow Jia Yee's copy of Life Swap to read as well!

Didn't LOVE it, but definitely liked it a lot! Jemima J started off slow and dry too... is this some kind of a trend of Jane's?? Oh God who cares the only books I should be reading right now are TEXTbooks :(

I love the new clear bottle Bausch and Lomb Re-Nu packaging!

Makes it looks ultra cool and atas :D Downside: in the mornings when I wake up thirsty, it gives me the urge to drink it D:

Look what my mama brought back from my house in Penang!

Blurred out my address, unlike some silly people I've seen before. But anyway, I live in the Queensbay area, so HOLLA fellow QB-ers!!!

The free trial Freshlook Illuminate lenses I ordered last month! Thank you Ciba Vision!! Will save these eye-enlargers for prom ;)

My new Rexona Teens deodorant!! Omgosh it smells so good like vanilla I can't stop sniffing my armpits despite looking like a retard wtf. My old deodorant so massive the bottle I used for 2 years and there's still 1/4 quarter remaining. And chao seng already! -_-

And last but not least, my bronze Sports Day 2010 medal!

Not very proud of it, I think the Cornwallians deserved it more... but you know, better than nothing. 

And at least I'll have something to help me remember the effort I put into that day... :)

The Lit Fest, or Literature Festival, last Saturday was a SUCCESS!!! For me, it was the best Lit Fest I ever attended because it was seriously TOO COOL getting to be a part of it for once, instead of just a member of the audience like previous years. It was all my friends who were competing and performing! Kepo-ed backstage the entire time heheheh!

My Elocution certificate. I miss the days when the school used to give out trophies. I would've loved a shiny gold trophy in my last year :(

The topic I chose was "Beauty pageants are degrading to women and should be banned." Left it till 9 pm the night before the elocution and was rushing like heck! But all's well that end's well :)

That was also Judgement Day #2 for JAMS PP! Everybody seemed to LOVE it! I've never seen the school hall full of hundreds and hundreds of students be so attentive and enthusiastic ever before! Seriously a sight that struck me with awe.

WE had created a SUCCESS! I was surprised I didn't cry. I think I was just too excited. 4 months okay. 4 MONTHS. We held our first auditions in mid March.

A note written to us from the cast and crew, that moved Alisa to tears. And as requested by her, the pics are unwatermarked so she can reblog 'em (sorry it's so late!).

If any of you are reading this (lol I actually kinda hope not cause I'd feel weirded out! :P), know that the 4 of us are extremely proud of you. All of you exceeded our expectations in every way. You helped turn our little idea, hatched one afternoon in Coffee Bean, into complete reality, and we couldn't be more grateful.

JAMS PP has been one of the most amazing things I've ever had the honour of being a part of, and I'll never forget it. Go here for the full story, contributed by Alisa.

Oh. And guess what? I got chosen for National Service otherwise known as Program Latihan Khidmat Negara Siri 1/2011.

Besides making me feel extremely old... FMMLLLL MAXIMUS!!!!!!! T_____________T

I'm currently quite happy though. National Service is months and months away... maybe even years, so why worry right now? I realize it's kinda pointless and a waste of time.

Gonna focus on things that are happening sooner, like... this Saturday, my sister and le petit are coming back to Brunei!!! :D:D Can't wait, can't wait!! Just saw Ava last month but am missing her already ♥ I think she's the cutest baby in the world! Well, naturally ;)

Braids and blings.

Hectic, hectic, HECTIC schedule this past two weeks!! Been running from Science practicals to Inter-school Drama Festival play rehearsals (which are coming along well, btw!) to tuitions to Sports Day tryouts!

And trying to fit in meals, homework, blogging and whatever else, whenever else I can. The next thing that's coming up is the Inter-house Malay Debate Competition, otherwise known as Bahas.

And to add even more celebration to the party, Mid-Year Exams are coming up fast! Time and tide waits for no man, but I really wish it would wait for just this one girl here :(

When people say Form 5 is no ride in the park, they are not kidding! It is busy as hell. But I realized something just now, in the car on the way home from Add Maths tuition. I'm actually truly and completely happy. Everything I need is here right now :)

Things are finally going right in my (busy) life and I'm content. I'm not wishing for anything... unless you count more free time on my hands.

And maybe a new pair of shoes wouldn't hurt? :D

I shall try my best not to mess this up! Better knock on wood. Anyway, enough digressing!

I love hair braids (on your head, not anywhere else! Cause I think I've heard about braiding hair down there before -_-"), but they take practice to perfect and I'm just a lazy girl.

A few days ago after school while waiting for Biology practicals, JiaJia our resident cheesy cougar puffs, did this to my hair!

It's a hairband... literally!

I've wanted to try out a braided headband for so long but I couldn't do it with my curly hair, and my hair (although rebonded continuously since 2007) has never been frizz-free enough to do it.

It finally is, though! Thanks to a new Pantene hair product I'm using called the Pantene Hair Mask which performs miracles on my hair! I used to always despise cheap Pantene products but this one is a huge surprise.

It makes my hair unbelievably soft, smooth and straight with lots of weight and volume to boot. Before, I was using a Wella Professionals leave-in cream that cost like... 5 times more? It was like B$20 a tube!

But sadly, it wasn't working very well for me anymore and my hair was doubling in size and becoming tangled, rough and unmanageable. It even stuck out at my shoulders -_-" Looked like crap, basically.

But no more! I heart my natural-looking straight hair now!! From past experiences (wahseh, sound like expert!), I have an inkling feeling that the Pantene Hair Mask contains silicone, which does absolute wonders for hair! <3

I also finally did something I've been putting off for a few weeks. I blinged the whole back of my phone! :D

Woohoo, my phone is officially pimped out!

Left lubangs for the camera and flash.

It's such a glitter princess now! That sure took care of the fact that my phone had been starting to look plain and lack-luster. My phone's almost 1 and a half years old! But still works like a charm and I love it to death.

I haven't blinged the front yet though. I used the sticker-type blings that are easily removeable. I just cannot commit to applying crystals permanently with epoxy glue! I am non-commital. Fuck.

That would explain a lot about some of the decisions I've subconsciously made in my life :( My brain tells me yes, I want this! But my heart tells me no, I'd better not. (Or is it the other way around?) Grrr!

No no, happy place, go back to my happy place!! I am supposed to be extremely blissful, remember? Yes :)

P/S: Phew, now that this blogging thing's done, I can continue catching up with new episodes of Grey's Anatomy! PPStream is love. And that's a fact.

Brand-spanking new!

BRAND-SPANKING NEW.

Oww, my fingers are all cramped. Which is making typing this pretty damn hard. In case you were wondering (which you probably weren't), they're cramped from scrunching my moussed curly hair non-stop for what felt like an hour.

In reality, it was just 15 minutes.

Meh.

So, anyway, on to the real topic. I bought my new phone yesterday!! :D:D It's... so pretty, and so... perfect. God, I ♥ it! It's worth every penny. It freaking does practically everything! Except juggling tricks. And the best part? It's PINK!

Who knew a material object could make someone so happy? Yeah well, it's proven: it can. Watching ABL 2.0 in high definition on my phone was probably the highlight of my month.
Now, I just gotta decide what ringtone I'm gonna use. And I seem to have misplaced my 30 Seconds To Mars phone theme...

Anywho, some pictures!



My Nokia 6120 Classic box.


Inside the phone's box.


The front side of the phone. ;)


And the back of the phone.
Full unboxing photos at my Facebook photo album.

Moving on...

People keep telling me about Twilight this, and Twilight that. And then I realized, you know what? F*ck this. I'm not gonna conform; I'm not gonna watch the movie or read any of the books. You know why? 'Cause I just can't be bothered to do it. I'm washing my hands of this whole Twilight phenom.

I started watching My So-Called Life (1, 2, 3) on YouTube a few days ago. Honestly, it was just out of curiosity in the beginning, but I actually really like it. It's weird and awkward and funny and sad and sweet. It's... a lot like life.

Okay, randomness... a picture of my Tresemme curl defining mousse, the best thing ever.