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 ;)

Green Pride for Macdougall!

Sports Day 2010 - The 4 houses, Student Council, Police Cadet and Red Crescent + Brunei and school flag.

We went, we fought our hearts out, but yet... we lost. It was so damn close. Yes, it's disheartening as fuck. If only we'd been faster, stronger, better...

But you know what? That's not the way to think! I have no regrets, we all tried our best and we lose as a team. This is nobody's fault. We're in this together. Just not our day, and the competition was too good.

Green as the grass!

Our gorgeous girl captain, Molly!

One thing I'm really, really happy about is our Macdougall march past presentation! WE ACTUALLY WON!!! And the dance... the dance PAID OFF! :') Effing hell, everyone (excluding me) learnt it in just 1 hour before the march.

Started with us girls doing our Waka Waka dance and singing along!

And then the guys with their aggressive err rugby Haka thingy.

And finally, everyone else holding up the cards to form our house flag!

So proud of all of those who came and marched, ran and tugged. TSAMINA MINA EH EH, WAKA WAKA EH EH, TSAMINA MINA ZANGALEWA, THIS TIME FOR MACDOUGALL!

If you're one of those who didn't come, well sucks for you cause you missed out on a really awesome team effort!

Ran the 100m relay with Molly, Sandy and Jaslyn. Came in 4th by a few feet, but because of Cornwall's disqualification (God granted us a miracle yet again! See here), I now have a bronze medal hanging in my room.

I love how once every year, everyone in Macdougall, especially the old ex-6G crowd, all come together as one and have us some good times! Can't believe this is gonna be my last SAS Sports Day :(

We might've finished last, but fuck that. We've got GREEN PRIDE!

Photo courtesy of Teo Wan Lu.

And I've got a red, sunburnt face D: Sunblock's useless against the ruthless Bruneian sun, I tell ya!

On Wednesday, I won the Senior Elocution competition for the Literature Festival!!! :D:D:D

I was really so shocked. I honestly didn't think I could win. It's not that I'm modest, it's that I underestimate myself ALL THE TIME. In a way, I use it as a shield against disappointments...

Patricia, a fellow Macdougall senior, got 3rd and Feddrick (nah, spelt it correctly! :P) also won for the Junior Elocution! So proud of them :)

SO GLAD I GET TO MAKE MOLLY HAPPY!!!! Honestly, I do all of these school things and put my heart and soul into them firstly for Macdougall and secondly for Molly. Never for myself.

Also really really proud of Jan, Patricia and Brian for winning the preliminary round of the Interhouse Debate for Lit Fest yesterday! That summary speech was definitely not cheesy. "We too have the choice. Reality television, or reality?" The stuff of legends!

Wednesday was also the judgement day of the Interschool Drama Festival (where has the time gone?!). Waving goodbye and good luck to the cast and crew who were leaving on the bus, me, Alisa and Maria actually cried... I think it was one of the best moments of my life. They were happy tears! :')

Then yesterday, we received the incredible news that our school actually got 2ND PLACE!!! Who would've ever thought?? A huge congratulations to all those Year 7 and 8's. So proud... They did it, they really did it. They were so overjoyed, their big smiles and happy shouts filled my heart.

I feel conflicted. I know I should be feeling sad, but lately I've been receiving so many things to be happy about! This doesn't happen often. And I truly feel guilty for being so happy.

BAM!

All photos taken by Munibah with her Canon EOS 1000D, unless stated otherwise.


P/S: Dear "Pity", next time you wanna take a stab at me, try using your real name and being a bit more clear on what the heck you're talking about. Because I sure don't hide behind anonymity. By the way, this magical tool called makeup was invented to improve the appearance of girls. We are given the chance to make ourselves look so much better without altering who we are and not taking advantage of it, THAT would be a pity. Sadly, looks do still play a large role in today's society and there's nothing we can do about it. Wanna be a feminist and go through your entire life without any makeup on? Good luck with that, I'd like to see you try. And I consider vanity a good thing, thank you. You have your opinion and I have mine.

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!!

Sports day.

Took my new mousse for a spin (or rather, a twirl) on Saturday! As promised, it's a lot lighter than the Tresemme it replaced and didn't weigh down my hair. It's also softer and less crunchy, but didn't compromise on hold at all. And it also smells nicer. After a whole afternoon of walking, running and sweating at Sports Day on Sunday, my ponytail was still curly, whereas with my Tresemme it would've fallen flat and straight already. It definitely put the spring back in my step curls, so I'm a happy camper! Loreal Paris, ladies and gentlemen.

Talking about Sports Day... it was the first one I attended since Primary 6. Danson won again (argh!) and Macdougall came in second, overtaking Cornwall. Hollisucks was, as usual, last. I have a theory that they're seriously cursed.

Took only a couple of photos since Sharlyn was playing the part of designated photographer with her awesome Sony Ericsson phone camera. Those Cybershots are a force to be reckoned with.



















































































You know, on second thought, my phone camera is actually not that bad. Buleh tahan lerh. In daylight, it's pretty damn good.

I was gonna start having a b*tchfit about Max Mosley and the FIA and stuff... but then I realized, what's the point? It's not like anybody besides Ya Wen is going to know what I'm talking about, and I've already told her all of it before. So yeah.

But I still think Max Mosley is the man who killed Formula 1 and I hope karma's a b*tch to him, preferably him dying very soon.



My ceremonial raceday pizza. I think I should stop eating it... really does seem like a jinx.
Kimi, continue like this and you'll become the Ice-cream Man, not Iceman. But as always, Forza Ferrari, now and forever. A few races ago we were so excited about a 6th place and now it's a disappointment. I want to see some podiums, people!

Oh, I've been meaning to post these for a while now. I'm finally doing it, hehe. God I hope the subjects of the drawings in question don't see this. They're sort-of caricatures. And they're pretty good! I bet you can even recognize who they are...






For their sake, artists shall remain anonymous!