the last bits of nyc

my last picture and my favourite which i saved for the last. This pic may not mean much to anyone else but this represents family to me and nothing, nothing is more impt than family (despite how sometimes they do get annoying like !@#$(#%&$#%#).

Face. hurts.

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never enough of SNSD. and how dope is their new song!

discipline

a month has passed. so far it was okay. there were busy periods and lull periods. i still have photos  which are due to be up here by not done... like the US photos and my mini projects photos. i plan to lug my camera around for cny to snap pictures of my adorable nieces and nephews. i feel that i dont see them enough. just once a year the extended family gathers and they change everytime. so maybe just this year, lets capture some of that love in photos.

i plan to have a more disciplined lifestyle as well:-
- to run 3 times a week
- to hit the gym once a week
- read more on my kindle: i was way done with divergent and insurgent and is waiting for the third book to be out. Started on Prince of Thorns which turned out to be a complete bore. Decided to read the First Confessor instead which is SO GOOD. As usual Terry Goodkind never disappoints #fangirlforever
 - to practice my calligraphy
- have more mini photo projects (anyone wants to volunteer to be my model???)

as for work wise, it is sad to see more people leaving. I am just glad that my close gang of girlies or not going anywhere. or rather not going anyway yet. i am sure everyone in life would at one point throw their pens down and go i am going to quit and walk right out of here. everyone has their bad days at work, including me. i am kind of torn between wanting to venture out to try or to stay on and move the ranks. Hai. I am guessing we will be seeing more movements after the july promotion / bonus. lets hope the good ones dont leave!

Was feeling abit down abt work recently. going to work feels like trudging to war.  just feeling so sick of looking at numbers and having to reply to ridiculous queries or face nasty clients. but then just the other day, i was reading something my SM wrote (i have previously passed her my draft to review) and there and then i suddenly felt that urge coming back. i can't explain it but it made me want to stay on and write and write and write till i am that good. in that instant, all my sian-ness just vanished and I just want to stay on and keep learning. that there is still so much to learn. not just the technicalities of tax but how to convey them to the client and in the correct tone which we want to sound when they are reading our letter. Perhaps i am not ready to go anywhr yet. i just feel that at my current state i probably wont blow any interviewers away.

anyway TGIF!

All e lucky charms there is

Nicky is seriously one lucky dog. The amount of kindness that strangers bestowed on him. Maybe thats why my 桃花运is terrible. Or maybe his is just a convenient scapegoat. Whatever it is, since he cant retaliate, lets push all e blame him... Hehehe.

Today the weather was completely shit. Raining non stop and the dog just had to pick this time for his escapade. And dud i mention i was just abt to leave e house for classes? Anyway my kindly neighbour actually helped to bring back e dog. He even enlisted his friend who coincidentally lives at the street whr nicky was happily cavorting about. So it was 2 guys a girl vs a dog who refuses to listen to my pleas/ death threats.

Capture was success and here i am on e bus, looking insanely haggard w messy hair and no makeup, decked in a t shirt shorts n $8 slippers from BKK. I hope the class has no dress code. And i did the amazing foot peel thingy which means my feet getting soaked by e rain is peeling like crazy. And the paper bag carrying e clothes for e bff was torn because of e rain. So picture dishevelled hair, MU less me looking like im heading to e wet market carrying a torn paper bag. Even my superchic Marc by Marc Jacobs bag cannot save me. And i am late!!! Arugh.

I wonder if i should take a pic of my peeling feet cuz it is so gross tt it is funny.

magenta haze

On the last day of the BKK trip, I did a quick photoshoot for the bff. We have briefly talked about doing a mini shoot in BKK but there wasn't any specifc theme or concept in mind. I think my only instruction was to bring heels for the extra oomph factor. Our departure flight was around 1pm, i.e. we had to be at the airport one and a half hours earlier. Which means our morning was essentially wasted as no shops would be open so early. So we woke up slightly earlier to get ready and wrapped up the shoot in less than an hour's time.

I am a super amateur photographer who barely knows all the technical jargon.  I only started to pick up shooting in manual mode last year and discovered the joy of being able to control the diff specs.  But I am not anywhere near any of those super talented photographers that I see online (and stalk obsessively).  I love taking pictures and will continue to do so, hoping to improve as I take more. And yes, I am one lucky girl who has gorgeous girlfriends who don't mind being my guinea pigs to model for me.  

These are my top few favourites. That lil shit (since she is the bff, it is legit to call her lil shit) refuses to let me upload some on fb for reasons unbeknownst to me (citing shy is what i call BS. HAHAHAHAHA).

Wrapped up another one today with F. Was a little worried that it will rain but thank god it didn't. Suffered mosquito bites but it was worth it for the pictures. In fact, I am done with the editing but the pics will be released another day.

And as I go along, will probably have a proper resolutions 2013 post. Cuz it keeps getting longer. FML.

Shine bright like a diamond

Had a rather interesting afternoon yesterday. I can't say we are exactly scammed because seriously using gods as pawns of a scam? I don't believe in messing around with such stuff for I believe in karma and I am pretty sure that will chalk up a hell load of bad karma points. Let's say we were paying for an experience. Which will never repeat!

That apart, calligraphy class is also settled *wooohoo* which commences next week (actually we alr missed 3 classes but if it were to delay any further, we will probably the momentum and not go for it).

So 2013, so far is interesting enough. My reading update!

Books completed:-
- Kafka on the Shore
- Divergent
- Insurgent
- Tuesdays with Morrie

Now I am starting on Prince of Thorns. Which so far is kind of meh. Like a paler version of Game of Thrones? I am still thinking if I should persist and finish it. I normally like to finish a book and not leave it partially read unless it is insanely boring (i.e. LOTR. i never got pass page 10. Just go watch the movies which are bloody awesome).

Crossing fingers for it to NOT rain. Will be back with more awesome (hopefully) pictures!

'The strength I'm looking for isn't the kind where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming from outside. What I want is the kind of strength to be able to absorb that outside power, to stand up to it. The strength to quietly endure things - unfairness, misfortune, sadness, mistakes, misunderstandings"

- kafka on the shore

"Love each other or perish"

 

 

how stupid can i get

i just ruined a new dress from bkk and a top because i mixed all with this with a pair of new denim shorts from bkk which ran color in the washing machine :( :( :( all the happiness from editing pictures wiped out by this silly mistake. Thank god i didn't wash other new stuff or i would have stabbed my eyes out. I just soaked the 2 pieces in tons of bleach overnight hoping that the color will at least come out a little bit. Now my fingers smell of bleach. Which i kind of like. erms. okay moving on, bkk was fun. Food, massage and shopping and of course tons of girly talk = sure win formula of f.u.n. The second night we revisted the massage parlour, i swear the masseuse was trying to murder me because the amount of strength he channeled into massaging my calves was as if i murdered his entire family and he is out for revenge. But i slept really the well that night considering both me n bff were sick and would randomly wake up in the middle of night hacking our lungs out.

AND PLS PLS PLS LET THE BLEACH WORK MAGIC.