Wonderlust ♥

so i heard you missed me ?

Contrary to the previous post i am in significantly higher spirits hence it's contributing inspiration to me blogging about my all time favourite topics ;  art , fashion and hair .
(i bet you would look at this statement and think i am a hairdresser by occupation but nay i'm really not)

to start things off here is my new mini project i'm working on , tyranitar gijinka (OC) :D

maybe cuz i'm too hyped up for the release of pokemon x and y , it is less than 2 months away !

i virtually do not have any time to work on this blue haired baby though :(
i only give him a few hours for one to two days in a week but i'm hoping i will have more time for him the following week onwards . i'm trying to do more realistic looking hair this time around , it is extremely tedious having only my mouse cuz it limits the strokes i can pull off . but hey , if i never try i'll never grow . tediousness is not sucha big deal *determined* that being said i still can't wait to get my hands on my tablet .

upcoming IT fair is just around the corner and i'm hoping i'd be able to pick something up !
(doesnt have to be my tablet , camera or surface but that would be really neat too)

nothing much to elaborate about fashion lately , same old obsessions in the form of animal prints , muscle tees , shorts , bandage skirts , bodycon and maxi dresses . got a feeling that it's just gonna stay this way cuz i've already found my comfort zone in the clothes range department . got to say that i would like to own more of the above stated though , especially shorts .

i'm a sucker for badass shoes but mostly i lounge around in slippers . cuz they earn so much more points for comfort and i feel they perfectly compliment any outfit (k this may be just me and a handful of some others *shrugs*)

but anyway . showing some pictures on the rare occasion that i bring my shoes out for a spin:
(heather shoes from lowrys farm- really like their range)
(trusty crocs which must be my most worn shoes- remind me to drop by mango for this top)

there's still quite awhile to go but once my hair gets longer , i've decided to dye or dip dye it a burgundy shade ! i do like my current ash brown hair but to be honest , i super love mauve shades so i was thinking of trying it out . plus i've never had a mauve shade done before so i'm feeling quite excited about it :)

one of the downsides to having an office job would be that i can't be too adventurous with my hair so the trick is to be subtle and choose shades that are sitting on the fence if you know what i mean .

still , mauve shades fade pretty fast to dark brown :( 

so maybe i should choose ash brown still with highlights .l

will start looking at more pictures when the time nears , lemme know what you think !

till next time ~

everything that kills me makes me feel alive

oh hello .

been nursing an obsession with reading recently . nothing new since i seem to be always pointedly harboring some current blatant obsession with a certain something or other .
reading combined with other feelings sorts of makes me want to blog .
anyway , disclaimer here that this post is just gonna be a mess of musings and short (didcha miss it ?)

before that though , i think i'm reallly gonna blow a hole in my pocket cuz i have so many costly things i would like to own in terms of gadgets , namely a new camera (either olympus e-pl5 or lumix gf6) , tablet (creative bamboo- medium) , surface or ipad . plus i have yet to read up on them cuz i'm too lazy like so .

tough .

*reminder to self to get a couple of things sorted out before saturday*
 i'll never get it done otherwise , no more stalling . will blog about my gadgets if i do get them :)
(keeping my fingers crossed here)

dropping by to update again soon !


on certain occasions i want nothing more than to be left alone , but on others mostly i seek a sense of want .
i desire to feel a sense of need which tends to translate to me making unexplainable choices or bad decisions to get what i want , which i don't really reflect on nor feel as if it matters because i live my life for the moment and not for the future . i don't normally see things too far ahead . it may be a bad decision or a bad choice in general , but i can't exactly say the same for myself . i deliberately distance myself every single time although it doesn't help that i am charmed because it is normally you constantly reaching out for me and when i reach out you never turn away . it is whimsical ; something i want to keep , it is a constant , never changes and an anchor . things i can rely on are important , however i should know better if i don't want to keep it up forever . which i never intended to , but you never stopped trying , i got weaker and it just happened to flow into the pace of our lives . currently i am sated somewhat so i've stopped and this could be a good time for a half hearted attempt to let go . it's almost funny how i'm seemingly in love with anything dysfunctional .

the past few posts have all been rushed and hurried , so to make it up i will invest writing this one . also sorry about all the narcissism you see in the posts recently due to the abundance of selfies taken and the apparent lack of time which also leads to the apparent lack of updates *blows dust off this space*

before that , how have you been doing lately ?

we are halfway through the long weekends so here is a virtual push to get doing the things you want to get done ! i should speak for myself becuz i have yet to start clearing any items off my list of 'to-do' things , but as you know , i am more inspired and productive whenever i put it in writing .

although half of the weekends were anything but productive , i had fun shopping with merlyn on thursday .

merlyn is the best shopping and foodie buddy i have eva ♥
somehow when we shop together we manage to find more things we like (bad point is we end up being more spendthrift than usual) and eat more things we like (which also translate to us being gluttons) but we do have a lot of fun :D

probably one of the reasons why we are such good shopping buddies is because we have no qualms worrying about each other getting impatient while the other tries things and we never lose enthusiasm when waiting or scurrying around the place . in fact we get more hyped up the more we walk around , and we always encounter interesting things which really gives us a major boost .


(the food you see here; udon , scallop sushi , premium prawn sushi , salmon sushi , tuna sushi and hamachi , is only half of what we actually ordered . the oyako don , chawamushi , crabstick sushi , smoked salmon sushi , lobster salad sushi and black sesame ice cream are missing in the picture)

d'you see what i mean about our eating regimen ? :B

sushi and udon cravings are fulfilled for at least a week ♥
we had this dinner at genki sushi located in orchad central btw , which you really must try if you haven't .

my shopping haul lately consists of 2 tops from everlast and my first romper from mds:


and this is the minion i have completed sketching and colouring this month ;

also used in mass card production:
yeah , it's rather hurried to the lines are not so clean , but it sits fine with me .
after the second last batch of cards are given out tmr this picture is going on my IG and FB account ~

here's a sneak preview for the 2nd last batch:

i'm gonna be lacking sleep again tomorrow ;
but it's worth it if it makes the people i love a little bit happier :)

i always have this problem with cards cuz to complete them i need motivation to which the trigger is mostly time rather than inspiration *sulks*

nonetheless i really like how they turned out so i should stop complaining aite . i gotcha .

hope you found this post a better read than it's predecessors too !

will be hitting this space with more artworks the next time :)

i close my heart and question not what i do not wish to know the answers to 

Hello there !

i haven't been intentionally missing in action , in fact i did blog an entry last week .
look at this screenshot as evidence:


well , what happened to it was that i had a draft saved in my note 2 .
obviously i blog with my laptop so i went to further lengthen and post my entry on my laptop .
so the other day i decided to draft another something or other using my note 2 again , but that somehow caused my entry to disappear and to be replaced by only the draft i had previously .

now you know . and i'm lazy to re-do the entire entry so here is a new one .

if you are still interested , for summary's sake i talked about my new purchases -
i.e. crumpler bag and note 2 in titanium grey .

yup i super love them ; 

and here is the closeup of my crumpler: 


as for my note 2 , i'm liking it so far :)

only thing is , i prefer the camera quality for iphone .
some self shots with the front camera for you to compare with my previous selfies :p


lately i've been taking to a wearing sports bra every single day due to a certain reason ,
but i'm liking it and i'm not sure if it'll be a permanent thing or not . ironically it makes me feel liberated .

(oops sorry if reading that just made you uncomfortable .)

the last thing that i am posting about is my latest addiction to tower of saviors .

its sort of like an RPG and strategy game that i have been seriously into .
also it has to be the first ever smartphone game i spend so long playing .

simple analysis would tell you that it is cuz the game has my 2 favorite elements , namely RPG and monsters .

also i can spend the whole day fighting odin:
(technically cuz i am working and can only play during those in between periods)

i seem to be drawing the starvophore series:

and just managed to evolve my duncan the other day:

so hot at his final evolution :

currently i have the elements to evolve my flamisaur but i need to lvl him up to 50 first .
(flamisaur is currently at lvl 38)

the funny thing is most of those whom i recommended it to are now a higher lvl than me even though they started later *pulls sad face* so anyway , drop me a note if you decide to start playing/are currently playing so i can add you up :D

this upcoming week is going to be quite tiring for me , more so than the past few weeks , so just wait for it to be over and i can start blogging more . need to go churn up some drawings before going for wolverine (soo looking forward) later !

ciao ~

Howdy !

when you feel my heat , look into my eyes ,
it's where my demons hide ; it's where my demons hide .
it's woven in my soul , i got to let you go .

today i'm just going to be blogging about daily life , so read only if you are interested in err ... my life ?

presenting first a few selfies seeing as how they are occuring lesser these days .

(1st picture taken this month , 2nd a couple of months ago)


there are currently 2 pieces of clothing i really wish to have in my wardrobe , mmm .
(i obsess about them almost every other week)
first is the zara skort which you have probably seen around at least once ,
second is the kenzo tiger jumper .
while we are at this , throw in a baseball jacket as well .


i want the wrap skort mostly for my oversized sweaters/tees/hoodies , you name it .
it looks versatile and good for oversized tops ,
but since it's a pretty unique piece , i think you got to wear it to know whether it works for you .


here is the skort on one of my favourite fashion bloggers who blogs at http://www.paledivision.com/


from the sound of the second piece it's already no surprise ,
when you put tiger and jumper together ; that has to be like 2 of my greatest loves of all times ~
i want the kenzo tiger jumper in either black or grey ,
also i want it with me to japan so hopefully i manage to get it within these couple of months *wishful*


collage i put together from photos i sourced on google images .
so much want :x

i think you already know this , but mostly i try to blog an entry every week , because not only does it help me relax and help me put some things in order , i feel it prevents me from getting writers block and art block .
(you know when you really want to write something or draw something but no matter what you write or draw it's not good enough ?)

and of course the most important reason is for people who like to check out and read this space !

this week i have also been battling with weight issues . am putting on weight again which is of course not desirable so restrict me from being a glutton please , because i am so much of a glutton at times .
the only consolation i have is that my skin and hair have been really great ;
anddd a quick update on my hair is that i more or less want to keep it long again ,
then get it back to all black or dip dye the ends ;
though i must admit that with this weather i may be more prone to sudden impulses and chop it off again .

also i've been increasingly feeling like i need more time to myself and i absolutely cannot wait till october .

these weeks have been crazy packed cuz i head out almost everyday if not everyday ,
days where i don't it's spent working till late .


for this recent (maybe not so recent) period of time , i have been rather emotionally detached because :

i don't exactly feel like giving , and i'm not playing for keeps . 

sometimes i feel it could be due to routine that i gravitate towards this behavior/mentality and i should do something about it . others ,  i don't think there's anything i'm doing wrong and nothing needs fixing .

sorry , you know i am by nature , paradoxical .

i will sincerely try for a longer post next time . bye for now !

your eyes , they shine so bright , i want to save that light .

sometimes i feel like my mind is exceptionally active whereas my being is exceptionally lazy .

scratch that i think it's almost always .

i constantly churn out too many ideas ; topics for my blogposts but i'm only able to focus on a few of them ,
if not i'd risk the post being too lengthy with no head nor tail whatsover .
my mind is constantly working , meandering and pondering over useless and irrelevant details ,
but my person is too lazy to do much ; for example packing my room , packing my clothes and also encounters problems in focusing-
difficulty in starting on personal tasks set aside , such as doing research and drawings for naruto/kakashi (commission for juz) , one surprise birthday piece , commission for merlyn and my beloved sir crocodile .

but i'll deal with that one step at a time . for now let's get on with this blog post !
didcha miss me during my longer than usual , albeit not by much absence ? hah .

this week i've been taking life at a slow and lazy pace just how i like it , comfortable .
*really feel like some fat and contended animal , i'm serious*
especially since i always consume tons of milk in various forms .

first things first ,  

if you read my bio (which most people don't) , i hope to become a freelance illustrator someday .
something that follows my interest in art , preferably and especially in anime/manga form .
it's just that i've yet to seriously contemplate whether i should strive to be a manga artist or sell merchandise .

baby steps , but do follow me on the below platforms if you like my designs: 
http://shadow611.deviantart.com
http://pixiv.me/shadow611
http://instagram.com/shadow611#

well i'd be good to have a base if i'd like to sell . 
 so thanks for your support in advance :)

here is my completed perona piece:

y'think ?

second thing ,  

i am really really hyped up for october !
2 big things are gonna be happening , trip to japan and release of pokemon x and y .
i'll share with you more about japan when the itinerary is done .

right now i just want to nag to you about XY .
i have watched some fan made vids and following the official sites for any updates here:
http://www.pokemonxy.com/ 
(i'm only slightly an otaku and mostly i want to know who i can pick for my team of 6)

to tell you the truth i have really mixed feelings !
i like it that xy are going to bring in pokemon from gen 1 , 2 etc . and houndour , really ?
i'm thinking that my team will have fennekin , tyranitar and houndoom .
and i've been thinking of doing a tyranitar gijinka to commemorate (already in progress)
but well some 3d games make me giddy so i can't spend too long .

we'll see of course and i'll give you my reviews when i get my hands on it :D
12th October or so !

best thing is that merlyn has gotten her 3ds as well so we can head down and get it together ~
(still perpetually confused on whether to get X or Y but most likely it will be X)


third thing ,

random tidbits about my daily life .

the lights on my corridor leading to my house are spoilt -
in the sense it gives me disco lights every time i come home .
normally i wouldn't complain but after work i'm usually half dead ;
so the disco lights make me feel like i'm going to have an episode and faint  -. -

i really want to go to the new shopping mall jem at jurong east !

i finally got the feline meow shirt that i have been eying on for a very long time on blogs .
mine is the black one with white letters of course .
got it from bugis street 
i'd be super elated if i could find a sweater/hoodie version out in stores though .

ok , that is all .

long post with more pictures next time okai . :)

love me today , don't leave me tomorrow

Due to piling up work as usual ,
i've been especially charmed by the idea of having a stay cation and doing all sorts of relaxing stuff .
stay cation will hopefully be next year because i'm going to japan from 27th October till 7th November . granted that both me and jamie are quite busy , we haven't exactly finalized our japan plans yet and only our tickets are booked .

although it's only approximately 4 more months to go till japan ! *glee*

found my partner for stay cation and i'm super looking forward to that too .
let me share with you why ; different people have different ideas about what they would like to do for a holiday , some may prefer thrilling ones with lots of theme parks (like jamie) ,
but for me what i like is a lazy holiday .
the best kind of getaway would be at a beach resort ,
visit some scenic places and perhaps go for stargazing at night .

 beach resort like this:

haha , cuz i'm boring like that :p
but you have to admit it looks exciting and gorgeous no ?

so stay cations appeal to me because it is a lazy getaway and i can chill at the beach/pool !
probably visit some attractions that i have yet to go to yet- like gardens by the bay .

and because i'm fixated on the idea of a comfortable holiday , when i go overseas i always want to stay at a hotel that has bathtub(s) and hopefully visit pools/beaches- at japan we are hitting the onsens .
luckily my current and to be travel partners always seem more than willing to indulge my quirks :D
(perhaps they secretly like bathtubs and beaches too)

for now that's enough about getaways and holidays .

recently it somewhat feels like Christmas .

why , because many people have been giving me things (mostly food):

let me introduce my new food from left to right , in order of received date and time .

#1- cookies baked by http://instagram.com/iamsaifulbahri/#
#3- spot the non food item
tiger plush , sweets , chocolate and truffles given to me by merlyn as a souvenir from australia !
merlyn has the same tiger plush in white . thank you very much for the gifts :D

ok ,

here comes my favourite present .

it's also something bought for me by merlyn during her australia trip .
if you follow me on instagram you would have already seen it by now ;

dubbed not enough of a cat :p
it's a leopard print scarf/headgear/hand warmer ~

the scarf is really long and it ends nicely before the end of my skirt like so:
it's made to be long cuz the ends function as a hand warmer:
yup the end of my dress has leopard prints that matches the scarf !
overload of wildlife elements .

the underside of the scarf is black and the underside of the hand warmers have paw prints :3
i am very much in love with it ♥

thank you for always spoiling me XD
if i were a cat , i'd be really fat and contended cuz i'm so well looked after .

right , ending this post here cuz i'm heading out soon to relax ~
be seeing y'all next week , ciao ♥

here are some pictures of the cycling trip i had on one of the days:

Ohai ohai ~

this is specially for those who keep a lookout on this space for weekly updates .
you know i try my best but sometimes i'm just too busy or lazy .
since i have quite abit of free time today , i'm squeezing out this entry for you ! :)

if the previous post is anything to go by ,
you guys are probably quite sick of my philosophical nonsense by now ; so it will be saved for the next post .
for this one , here are some pictures to sum up my day yesterday :


told ya i have zero interest in taking pictures of food (nor movie tickets) .
but i do have a pension for taking pictures of beverages especially pretty ones like my himalayan tea latte above .

also made full use of my time at F21 cuz on days that i feel too lazy to try clothes , i window shop .
happened to see quite alot of pieces i liked in F21 when window shopping the other day .
so yesterday i picked a total of 4 pieces ,
which is the maximum number of items able to be brought in , and tried all 4 ~

these few months are favoring me as the fashion that hits the stores are what i fancy :3

recently i'm big on muscle tees(t-shirt style without sleeves) and sweaters(as usual) .
hoodies are good too but it's not very often that shops stock up with good looking ones with appropriate thickness .

for me i dig casual clothes that are street chic or grunge style and avoid girly styles like a plague .
(girly meaning pink , frills , etc .)
as for work clothes i deviate towards bodycon dresses and maxi dresses .
(so i have to constantly work hard to maintain my weight)
although i lean towards the tomboyish style more ,
i dislike wearing pants cuz they are not comfy and i need to think what to match them with .

oh casual days are spent in shorts of course .

army prints sweater and olive studded shorts , both F21:
tiger sweater and olive shorts , likewise both F21:
charcoal cross muscle tee with studded collar:


(denim shorts are actually also from F21 but was from previous previous season's so i'm not sure if they still have stocks)

i bought both the army print sweater and cross top .

been searching for an army print sweater since forever as i don't exactly like to shop online .
(which is probably also a bad habit which i shouldn't pick up :p)

cross top is to give me variation and add on to my collection of muscle tees ! (currently at 4)

any opinions on whether i should get the olive shorts ?

also the tiger sweater closeup:
i need size s for this .
all the sizes were either m or l .
if you know of any outlets with size s in stocks please drop me a note

that marks the end of my shopping !

yesterday's company and genki sushi was great as always .
movie was entertaining . :)

here's what i bought for merl to welcome her back from auzzie come mon:
left clear calcite gemstone bracelet is for her .
mine is the blue goldstone on the right .

posted it on instagram ~

anyhoo , i've been rather active on instagram lately !
follow me here: http://instagram.com/shadow611

art update goes there too . *throws incentive*

all the best for your upcoming week ahead !