Wonderlust ♥

M'kay .
i'm not sure if shopping is being extremely evil or kind with me these days .
keep managing to find something i fall in love with at first sight/try .
must now practice abstinenceee .
(for 5 more days ~sigh~)

went out with fathin today to clementi mall and we had blackball bbt (which i stupidly forgot to snap a photo of) but here are some photos sourced from fb

this is what she had- fresh milk with grass jelly

and i forgot to take a photo of our clothes and nails matching too . *grumbles*

so after our desserts/catching up session we went shopping !
fathin bought a black cardigan and i bought a black and blue cardigan .
it's no secret i'm into street clothes and i have no qualms about wearing guys clothes so yupp here it is

been searching like forever for a nice comfy one i can wear for work , nothing so far but this is casual perfect though i do suppose i can only wear it for fridays or saturdays ? :<

it's a good investment because i can see myself wearing it very often .
got a top too and a pair of new jeans recently but i'll save that for next time when my jeans are altered .

and because 2ne1's new mv- i love you is out , my bias !
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUrUPzLm5SI&feature=g-all-u

the oat biscuits w strawberries are part of merl's mega mini bar .
(i like it quite alot so will probably get it again after it's finished :D)
and my strawberry milk on the right ! i prefer it hot and it's a superrr calming beverage . i kid you not .
i'm still feeling calm after 2 hours or so of consuming it .

can't wait for AFA with merl tmr !

Wanted to congratulate myself today on lasting a day without meat .
then i remembered breakfast . damn .

i know i haven't been going for njd since forever , due to schedule and other activities but mostly i'm lazy . another quite valid reason is i'm super prone to injuries and my injuries take forever to heal ... like the muscle tear on my leg which really takes forever forever . i think its healed now but i worry it's a long term reoccurring matter . recently i've suddenly (idk how it happened) stretched my lower back and it hurts when i bend/sit/try to get up from bed . makes me feel old damnit .

swimming on sunday (with jacuzzi) and arcade bball/jubeat on monday wasnt tedious and i felt fine until monday night wtf . is it bad posture ? oh well . i hope my back heals soon because i have to kick football next week . and oh it'd be good if i don't have monthly inconvenience as well .

right . wonder if it's a good idea to sign up for dance classes if i'm so injury prone .

update: back is 80% better now . slight discomfort only . i managed to make a mess when painting my nails again today . dropped the bottle of nail polish on the floor luckily enough it was surprisingly easy to clean . i have cute pastel green nails ! (if you pardon the lousy paint job)

leave me to my own thoughts and after i sort them out i always feel like blogging . philosophically . at the moment though i prefer to sleep so maybe i'll type the musings next time .

& to give myself some inspiration for tmr (since i seldom spend time on him lately) :

this is totally my new wall <3

gracing this space with an entry since it's saturday :D

click on the links to take a better look at them . i chose the easy to wear ones so i won't go wrong :D
2 new tops and 2 new dresses in a few days time ! yaye .

merl seems to like/seems to be quite confident in both vivdoll and lavelle:
http://www.vividoll.com/
http://lavelle-fashion.com/
so i guess they should be good !

brain unable to function anymore right now so i can't type properly; but just like to add that i keep going for collared tops lately hence the collared obsession. (as seen above 3 of the 4 are with collars)

before i start this post , just want to complain that i think someone's been messing around with my facebook account . because i realized recently that i've been unfriended(?) /unfriended a couple of people . ok i admit , perhaps some people do want to unfriend me , but most of them have no reason to . and it's stupid to feel sad/bewildered/confused when it happens if it's not their intention . seriously this person messing around needs to get a life . i just added back one person (since i know definitely or at least 90% we are good) , who accepted , but for those that i'm a little apprehensive i've yet to send a friend request . 
well ... tbh actually i only figured another 2 but 1 of them is an irritating guy so it's just 1 . but i happen to know that my friends do sometimes decrease though not drastically .
i do know for sure that my old friendster account has been hacked before because some mean comments to one person were posted under my account which is certainly not my doing (this happened years ago btw and i found out years ago too) . seriously wtf this *%&#@ needs to get a life period . although you probably know me in real life but you are ridiculous -. - and i've had enough of ridiculous people . 
or if you just want to be manipulative or have a grudge , well you should get f***ed too cos no matter who you are to me you deserve it . 
it's unnerving enough as it is to not have absolute control over your own account . have alrd changed pw so hopefully i get rid of the idiot . (as curious as i am to know who it is though)


Ohai !

taken while sleepyhead merl is taking her time to wake/eat/shower and bring me out to eat .
stayed over on monday , and full day activity on tues ~
jubeat(ed) , bball(ed), collected our passports , harry potter exhibition .

fancy collar & golden buttons day :)

when she finally finishes waking/eating/showering :D
our passports :D
in the bus ~

♥
sorry i don't have much pictures because my phone was running on a 27% battery on tuesday .
maybe when merl posts the photos on facebook i'll return here to edit this space .

and somehow all the pictures taken are super exposed so my hair is super gold :p

half dragged myself to work on wed and my lips are cracking :(

ending with some random musings about my food regime !

i feel i make a better food artist then a food blogger . objective reasoning being that i can paint or draw any sort of aesthetic looking food (certainly not food like chicken/frog legs please) such as cakes , pastries , pasta and meat . and i would probably fail as a food blogger because of my consistency in food and impatience . my favourite meal will consist of (curry) rice/pasta with tea . with such choices that i attempt to woof down on any opportunity available , it's boring to blog about ! can you imagine me always talking about different types of rice/pasta/teas ? photo quality furthermore may not be up to standard since my priority is almost always on consuming the foods :D

(believe it or not curry fish (fillet) rice and teas which i super super like comes in abundance near my workplace . i am super grateful :D)

um . ok im done . enjoy .

Gonna blog about my new buys and getaway plans !

accompanied jamie shopping for formal wear on sun and merl clothes shopping thereafter . tried a heck load of clothes myself but didn't get any (although i was tempted by the too short adidas jacket, top and denim from dorothy perkins as well as dress from shana)

since our plan was to shop and then ddr , casual clothes day ~

i'm age/occupation conscious when i dress casually since i don't look my age . when i dress nicer i guess it helps a little so sometimes it's worrying for me if i meet customers face to face . i've since remedied this by dressing not too casually on saturdays but it's such a pain D:
(ok not so much but it limits my choice of clothes)

show you what i tried and also the reason why i didn't get them

i like them though so maybe next time .
and i would use this kind of combination for my everyday wear too if i have slim arms and legs :p
but i don't so too bad :(

 adidas jacket . black with gold stripes my fav !
but as you can see it's sort of too small D:

another mainnnn reason why i didn't get any of the above is because i need to limit my spendings .
because i got another item on my wishlist which is :
 ignore the weird face .
 so yup that's all about my new buys/kiv items .


about my getaway plans , i'm keen to go overseas this year cos i've gotta $500 budget to spend . spent my previous benefits on this laptop that i'm using right now , and it's sweet . i don't think i need anymore gadgets (since i can't use the benefit on a camera *sigh*)

and it's good to go overseas anyway i think . couple of reasons why i never travelled before is that:
i prefer to own things & money- (1) & (2) meaning that i rather spend what i have on things i can own , but this problem is taken care of cos i got a $500 subsidy .
worry- (3) strange as it sounds i don't worry about my parents so much (but still do) because they can take care of themselves . i mostly worry about my dog who is already rather old . i'm afraid that when i come back home he won't be there to greet me anymore , which incidentally is the one thing i look forward to the most when i come back home from camps/stayovers etc.
i can imagine myself feeling the same way in future so if you have intentions of bringing me overseas often , you better convince me i shouldn't keep a dog . or perhaps to keep a cat since cats seem more independent .
but yeah .

reasons why i feel going overseas is good:
i find going to beaches/hot springs relaxing and shopping/sightseeing exciting . but since i'm going , need to do some researching which is troublesome . my parents seem to think that going in a big group is safe and small is more dangerous . personally i think it's ok? depends on your luck i suppose .

overseas plans also don't seem to work out so well unless you are with people that are super eager . i believe  me , jamie , rini , alvin , jj , joel and chi shan have a phuket and taiwan trip somewhere in future (?) for my colleagues there is a taiwan trip and one day stayover at pula ubin sometime in future too . but most likely im going with merl on a 4d3n trip to a near country in aug . (although i think 3d2n sounds better but merl says it's not enough)

(since i'm not the super eager one , need to have a super eager one to make me agree)
 as it's still in progress i'll update you on that soon too .

resting today ! will be going out later . ciao ~

Ok , so i faintly remember saying this before: i've got a sweet tooth .

i'm a fan of all things sweet and nothing beats consuming sugary drinks when i'm cooped up at home working on something . today i even had bbt delivered to me yay ♥ but it's already finished fml .
not enough , so sipping ice lemon tea right now .


only his hair , face , googles and maroon part of the fur coat is fully done ;__;

because i have a somewhat short attention span/ low patience most of the time , i motivate myself in finishing my work by blogging/watching videos/surfing FB . and because of this , i've discovered some interesting videos !


other than the usual music videos i watch so often , today i watched a few piercing and hair tutorial vids . i know you must be thinking piercing videos are a weird choice of vids but i may be interested to do piercings someday , so i'm taking a look see . 


and i'm going to talk about hair tutorial videos in this entry~ 


i've given up on makeup videos and/or tutorials because i suck at makeup like how i suck at manicure (and in cosmetics in general) . if my gut feeling is correct , makeup may be like a trial and error sort of thing so it may have to be done a few times to get it right . and i'm too lazy to wear or remove any slattered on make up more than once a day so nope . not for me .


but after watching hair tutorial vids , i realized that it's useful so i'm sharing it here :D
for me i like a volume kind of look and i've always been able to style and cut my hair . i use little effort in styling nowadays because i dont keep spikes anymore . (in fact i don't even comb my hair sometimes)




the videos for getting puffy hair are a little extreme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=esiNkRRpKiY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=BSRG5bGFvMU

nice but not suitable for everyday wear especially in sg , but you can just use the concept and do it mildly to create a voluminous effect .

it's really like art , use a large glob of paint , then slowly spread and even out based on your preference .
for hair , its use hairspray , run the comb through the other way then slowly comb the right way , how much depending on your preference .


may try it out sometime .


scene hairstyle/haircut videos are soooo interesting . wished i discovered it earlier , but even though i didnt , my fringe style and the way i cut my fringe is quite similar actually .


 if i do try for more puffy hair , i'll post pictures of it here for y'all to see ~


but i'm fine with my hair the way it is really :D

just good to have more styles at hand . ok boring post and im going to slp now . bai ♥ 

Because blogging about things i like never gets old .

to me at least , and when typing the line above i was half thinking about saving it for the next time when i blog about big bang hahaha . but . you can choose to read it or not .

back to the post i posted 3 months ago- 04/03/2012
http://coolzoro.blogspot.sg/2012_03_01_archive.html

it's back to the subject of the 3 people that i want to do portraits of ! 
(ok 4 since T.O.P's one will be with GD)
if you don't already know , i've done Adam Lambert and Donnie Yen , and other non celebrities .

but these are all pencil sketches i've done so far and i've been thinking about actually colouring these portraits (yes im going to kill myself with all this photoshopping) cuz if you never you'll try never know .
pencil is my strongest element so i'm not confident with paint , and i'd probably have to watch/find a few hair/shading tutorials so yes very time consuming . motivation is coming at the wrong time though , seeing that my kidd is only like what 30% done ?

while checking out yet more photos , found that quite a few artist did a good job of Minzy:


realized that 2 are the same artist judging from the signature , so i did some research and found the artist who has lots of other nice works too ! (including TOP) hehe . go here: http://mimikumo.deviantart.com/
left credits :D

and omg look at this TOP from her gallery !

so talented .
i can totally see me photoshopping myself to death if i try .

anywayy minzy is one of the 4 that i want to do , and she's my bias in 2ne1 

 personally i find her really cute and she's my all time fav <3

 lesee . i like her chrome coloured (purple/above pic with the furry brown headgear) hair and lavender tinted one .

 watch this mv too :

(1:39 to 1:54)- ♥
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7_lSP8Vc3o
for your convenience:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60azh_K_obQ

Starships were meant to fly ~


basically gorged on food today and took some passport photos for my new passport .
passport photos are soooo nerdy :(

but since im blogging about this , i'll show you some attempts :

(1)
i like this but obviously can't pass cos it doesn't have the whole head

(2)
... nah .

(3)
wrong angle , face is too chubby !!
(even if i didn't mind so much , left eyebrow kinda covered , a little risky)

(4)
 compared to the rest , this is normal so just going to settle for this .

hahaha . although it's not particularly nice , i'm too lazy to try anymore =. =
passport photos are fail but it's okay (i don't use it so often)


its a 3 step process per photo:
- take photo with iphone cam
- resize photo with ICA online photo editor
- photoshop away the lines in my bg so that its completely white/adjust lighting


applying online is cheaper , $70 .
plus i have more faith in my own photography skills so it's a win win situation for me ~


in the process of application , dug out my vv old passport . primary sch photo super cute can :x
why do i look so grumpy anyway .
...
but it's cute , so maybe the trick for me is to cut bangs before taking passport photos .


T_T though initial plan was to photoshop loads today ,  haven't really had time to do kidd .
sob sob . not much progress .

to make up for all the passport photos , ending with an old normal photo !

i want my bob shorter at the back , so if anyone is going for a haircut soon lemme know so i can tag along 'k <3
off to eat dumplings and kidd , byebye ~


p.s. hope i get the confirmation letter for my passport soon so i can go with merl to collect coming tues !