the random adventures of jojo

it’s 5am, I am fully aware. I also know that I should be asleep.. but I’m not. (duh)

can’t fall asleep. I suspect it has something to do with feeling immensely unsatisfied with the way the weekend has passed me by. it’s been unproductive, lousy and frustrating. or rather, that’s how I’m feeling at the end of the weekend.

I suppose I only have myself to blame, which is adding to the frustration in itself. sheesh.

anyhoo, because I couldn’t sleep, I got myself some new applications on my iPhone and I’m glad to say that my Tumblr account is active once more!!

hehe. it’s been neglected for ages because I just haven’t had the time to sit around and browse through the many brilliant entries there are on tumblr. I’ve gotten myself 2 applications that hopefully makes everything more convenient.

it should, really. I’m such a sucker for stuff that seem to approve wholly of my laziness. haha.

so I guess although the work on the school front hasn’t been as productive as it could have been, I’ve been rather productive in getting my Flickr account set up and running, as well as reviving my beloved Tumblr account.

drop by here: rumpledoodles.tumblr.com! =)

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This is amazing.

I have actually just uploaded slightly over a hundred photos online! Muahaha! If you know me in real life, this is HUGE! Owing to my laziness and constant procrastination, I take forever to get my photos online, if ever. Hehe.

But thanks to Flickr, I uploaded a whole bunch of my photos that have otherwise never seen the online world! I haven’t been using Flickr in years, especially when I got my own domain. Flickr used to be somewhere for me to upload my photos so that I can hotlink them to my blog posts. I’ve been procrastinating for ages because I just knew that I couldn’t get the username that I want in my url: rumpledoodles.

Also, Flickr is owned by Yahoo! which is slightly annoying because I have to tag my account to a Yahoo! account, and all the rumpledoodles ones were already taken up, either by myself or someone else. Yech. I didn’t want to delete my previous account either because the photos are still hotlinked in my older entries.

I finally got myself a brand new account today, mostly because I was trying to put off having to do actual work. Haha! It’s been awhile since I’ve used Flickr, and I must say I’m quite impressed! The Flickr uploader that I downloaded make it a hell lot easier to upload photos, and it even resizes them for me – I likey!

Going through my old photos and uploading them was rather nice; I kept stumbling on photos that I’d forgotten about. It also really made me miss having a dSLR to hold and shoot with. That, and holding Yiyang’s EOS for about 10 minutes last week. Sighh, I really want my own! =(

ANYWAY, so much talk and I haven’t told you where to find me on Flickr. Clicky!

Are you on Flickr too? Leave me a note or add me! Hehe.

I’m thinking of upgrading to a Pro account so that I can upload all my photos there in the future! I’m at my limit for the monthly uploads, and halfway to not having all my photos shown already. Sheesh. Perhaps I’ll wait a couple of days to see if the excitement wears off, but knowing myself, I’ll probably upgrade anyway.

Unless….. one of you is feeling nice and generous today?

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In the midst of everything that has happened, or is happening, I can’t seem to thank you enough for making me feel loved and taken care of.

These words barely scrape the surface of what I am trying to say, or what I really feel, and of course, don’t do justice to everything that you have done. I love you so so much, and I know that I am so incredibly blessed to have you by my side.

Thank you for refusing to give up on me, and on us, even though you were exhausted yourself. And for encouraging me to keep fighting and reaching out for God, even when it seems that He really isn’t there. Thank you so so much, for injecting hope into my head when everything else was screaming otherwise at me. Thank you for all the bear hugs that bring so much comfort in spite of everything. Thank you for holding me tight, and refusing to let go when I’m shaking from all the crying and hysteria. And for being there, in every sense of what that means. Thank you for believing in me when I wanted to give up on myself.

It’s about 3 weeks until you’ve to leave again, but it’s also 10 months before you’re home for good. Understatement of the year when I say that I cannot wait for that. We’ll keep fighting for this, and we’ll make it through as incredible testimonies for God – I know this! =)

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I could possibly attribute it to a ton of different reasons, but the crux of the matter is just that I feel so incredibly lost.

Whether it’s because of transitioning, screwing up, Pinkie leaving in a month, or not meeting my own expectations, I honestly am not too sure. All I know is that I am feeling overwhelmed with everything.

This morning was just a really, really bad morning at school.

I hate it when things are impersonal and cold, but perhaps that really is me screwing up.

Lessons have been rather fun, don’t get me wrong. I like that I am learning new things, and I still really do want to do this. It’s just that it sucks having to deal with expectations of myself.. and with how I am feeling when I don’t meet up to them.

Book-binding class this week was the most fun I had since lessons started a couple of weeks back. Hmm.

I wish things didn’t bother me as much as they do. I also wish I didn’t make stupid mistakes – I’m so annoyed and angry with myself, you wouldn’t know.

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I just had to say that UP was bloody awesome, and I absolutely loved it. It may have been a short animation of a hundred and two minutes but it brought out different levels of meanings and life lessons that you can take away from it, on top of being an enjoyable and funny show.

It was funny, touching, sad, hopeful and meaningful all at once. It’s no surprise or wonder I was sobbing through about a quarter of the show! If you haven’t already watched it, please please do.

On a sidenote, I totally love the colour scheme of the huge mass of balloons that takes the house up! Could that be my wedding’s colour theme, pretty please? Hahaha!

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Happy National Day to you! Haha, okay I know I’m a tad late.. Oops.

Anyways, just a short note to say HOLA! I am still alive, just mightily caught up with the super long weekend I had! It started on Friday, like everyone else and ended today, like all LASALLE students because on top of Monday being a public holiday, the college was also closed today because it’s Founders’ Day. Muahaha! Happy!

My weekend was.. how do I put this…. AWESOME!! *hops about*

On Saturday, we attended Aileen & Collin’s wedding in the early afternoon! I love weddings! So full of joy and happiness, hehe. Pinkie came along, in his new *pink* Ralph Lauren shirt. Hehe, so cute. Pictures another time!!

After the church ceremony ended, I got a call from my mum and I picked up.

ME (on the phone with mum): OHMYGOD! Yes! I want! YAY!! How many? OMG! How did you get the tickets?! I want I want I want!!!!!!!
PINKIE (next to me, staring at me on the phone): NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA DO YOU KNOW WHYYYY?

*drumrolls*

Because………. MY MUM CALLED TO TELL ME SHE GOT NDP TICKETS FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! *squeal!!!!!!*
And Pinkie’s horrified reaction?? Because he hates being in the sun, and he hates crowds and I’D ALREADY DRAGGED HIM TO THE NDP LAST YEAR COS I GOT TICKETS THROUGH BALLOTING THEN! Hahahahahaha!!

He is, as he would say, SIBEI SUAY! HAHAHAHAHA! I was ecstatic, of course! I love being at the Parade live, mostly because of the fireworks! I *LOVE* fireworks!

I brought Pinkie and Dawnie along, and we realised that Zhi Xiong also had tickets to the same sector as me!!! Hehe.

More photos and a proper post another day! The parade this year was really, really awesome! Kudos to Ivan Heng and his team for amazing creative direction for the NDP. It was like a hugeass musical celebrating Singapore’s 44th birthday. So many things felt different about the parade this year because the usual way things were done went out the window! Of course, lovely to have so many double meanings in the show, heh heh.

It was very engaging, funny and heartwarming. Made me super happy!

The past 2 days have been awesomely laidback BROWNIE-PINKIE DAYS. These are days when we stay in, away from the unforgiving heat and sun, and just eat and watch shows in the comfort of home. And then there’s homecooked food by Pinkie’s mummy! YAY for homecooked yums!

I’m so totally being fattened up by both Pinkie and his mum! *frowns*

It’s back to school tomorrow for a couple of hours – make up class for today’s missed lesson. After that Pinkie’s coming down to school to meet me and then it’s a day of running errands, sorta. AND THEN WE’RE WATCHING UP!!! Totally can’t wait for it! Love Disney Pixar shows. =)

What did you guys do during the long weekend??

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YESSS, I am once again a student, after a 3 year absence from a school of any type.

I’m at LASALLE, if you didn’t already know. It was my second day of school today, and even though we haven’t begun lessons proper yet (induction the past 2 days) I’m really quite excited and happy to be back in school!

Still not used to it though, the whole deal with making new friends and having a whole new schedule and all that jazz.

Thank God, though, for lovely people like Sam and Van who dropped me text messages asking how school’s been, and blessing me in such simple ways! Totally makes my day, and makes me feel less lonely at being in a totally new environment where I don’t know anyone.

Thank God also for sending lovely classmates who’ve been incredibly nice and patient, explaining how things work and giving invaluable advice to doing well in school.. Always lovely to meet people who are driven with passion and want to do better than average. Makes me more stressed but in a really good way, because I suppose I need constant reminders around me like that! Yay!

ALSO, THANK GODDDDD because I have no school tomorrow!!!!! Heh heh, my lessons on Wednesdays begin in Week 4. AWESOMENESS! This also means that I don’t have school next Monday (National Day), Tuesday (Founder’s Day) and Wednesday!!! *hops around*

ME: OMG!! I DON’T HAVE SCHOOL TMW!! AND NEXT WED TOO! YAYYY!!
KELV: Ooh, so what are we doing on Wednesday?
ME: Feeling happy!!

Ahahaha! Yay! I miss the rush of being in school, rushing out stuff to meet deadlines and all the craziness that comes with that. Just taking awhile to get used to it, and also trying to deal with having to spend on SO many things. Boo.

Alright, off to enjoy the Krispy Kremes that Zhixiong very kindly brought back!!!! *happy face*

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