the random adventures of jojo

It’s 2.30am and I can’t sleep because I am having difficulty breathing as it is. If you haven’t heard from me or seen me in awhile, it’s because I am sick and down with a stupid flu that refuses to go away!

I haven’t been this sick in…… I don’t even know how long.
This week was the first week of school since the one week break, and I was in school for a grand total of one day. Sheesh.

I’ve gone to the doctor’s THREE times in five days. WTH!!!! Argh. No idea why this stupid flu is so bad.. I’m guessing the weather and the stupid haze. Ugh!

Going out to school on Thursday was a horrid idea cos it only made me feel worse x834948 times. Yech.

My dad took me to another doctor today, all the way in Bedok. Old people area, man. All the people waiting to see the doctor were elderly! Haha. But my dad swears by that doctor, even though he’s more ex. I walked in and saw that he doesn’t have a computer on his desk! I thought everyone gave up relying on those cards.. but nooooo. This clinic only used those memo cards to jot down patients’ particulars.

He was bloody expensive, though. The bright side is that after taking the meds he prescribed and taking a nap, I woke up feeling better! First time all week that has happened. Sigh. I’m hoping that when I do eventually manage to sleep, I wake up feeling better tomorrow cos I really need to head out and buy materials for a project due on Monday. Blerugh.. I can only pray that journey out doesn’t make me feel worse.

The whole week has been one big daze for me. Not sure where my days started and ended. And trying to get my lecturer to email me my work nearly killed me. Bah. Hate missing classes.. although I skip them from time to time. Haha.

In other news, I really really miss heading out and taking photos. Thinking of shooting on film for awhile these days… Maybe start with my LC-A, finish up the roll in my SLR and then try out a rangefinder. Awesome. If I get well soon, that is.

I don’t remember what it’s like to breathe normally anymore.

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Yes, I know this is late, AGAIN. Sorry! It’s been a maaaad week of school!

ANYWAYS!

As part of one of the projects we were doing for school, we got Daniel’s lil 3 year old cousin and his older brother to come by and be models for some photos.

Here’s Luca, the super duper cute lil boy!! *squee*

kidnap attempt…

And yes, I harboured intentions of kidnapping him the moment Daniel showed us photos of Luca the day before we met him. I suppose that could be why his dad came along for the shoot… dang!

My first black and white photo for Project 52 so far, partly because i adore black and white photographs and mostly because I couldn’t get the colour right for it. Haha!

I just have to end off by saying…. THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN WITH MY KIT LENS. Hahahahahahahahahaha.

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So.

Can I just say that the weekend that just passed was hellish? Pftt. Spent it shooting for D&AD, and rushing 2 major projects for submission today, and one for tomorrow.

I know my Project 52 photo for last week is late.. I’m getting to it! *sulk*

Friday feels like it was reaaallly long ago despite being just 3 days ago. I can’t remember much from it, except that Daniel, Yiboon and myself went abit mad after making giant ice creams. Haha.

Saturday existed from 7am – 9am. The. Next. Morning.

Seriously. Longest day I have had in AGES. Also horrible because I was going nuts getting work done, slowly because I didn’t want to make mistakes and have to redo stuff. Meh.

Dragged myself out of the house for my favourite annual Chinese New Year dinner on Sunday despite not having completed the work because I think if I had stayed home, I would have gone crazy. Hahaha. Dinner was awesome.. so yummy! Mmmm.

I was sitting around after dinner and my grandmother (whom I don’t really like, hahaha) was on the sofa next to me. She turned to me and asked for my name. I told her (after shrieking it a few times cos she couldn’t hear) and she proceeded to inform me that her granddaughter has the same name as me. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Spray painting my skateboard drove me nuts. Well, not the spray painting part itself because that was the fun part. It was the making of the stencils and pinning it down that drove me up the wall. Meh.

Went to catch Valentine’s Day with Boon and Yiyang today after class.. Not bad. It was quite nice. I still prefer Love Actually though.. but maybe because it left me with mixed feelings.

What do you think about marrying your best friend? Or rather, should your spouse be your best friend too?
Heart still breaks thinking about it. Ha. Sigh. Oh well..

Oh and birthday weekend, with so few people around who I’d wanna spend it with. Why is everyone out of the country… damnit. Sucks!

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Sorry the photo for the 6th photo is late by a couple of days! It’s been a craaaazy weekend, what with the shitload of work we have to complete as well as Chinese New Year of course.

Although my family typically doesn’t do as much visiting doing Chinese New Year as most people I know, it still took up a couple of days over the extended weekend we had. I tried to find time in between to get work done, and thus totally didn’t have the time or energy to head out to shoot.

All weekend, I’ve been caught up in making gigantic ice cream scoops and cones, cutting and spraying and going a little insane. And oh, saying hi to relatives and collecting ang baos, and being particulary stunned and overwhelmed (and very very pleasantly surprised) by my visit to Pinkie’s mum. Haha.

And this… is typically what I face when I am stuck at home, at the dining table getting work done…

microscopic world view…

Haha, sadly enough, that has been my world view for awhile now. It is my cutting mat, and I just placed a bright bowl of happy paper clips on it to make me happier. Which reminds me, I need to buy more happy paper clips…

It’s back to school tomorrow, for the extended weekend ends today.

My birthday is in a little over a week, and………… I don’t feel like doing anything, mostly because most of the people I would want to spend it with won’t be in this damned country. Bah.

That, and that everything I want to do involves money which I do not have. And no, I am not going to use my ang bao money because that goes towards London Fund. MEH.

(Basically, all I wanna do is sit around in a nice air-conditioned place and BE PAMPERED… which then equates to a nice pedicure at the place I like at Holland V, followed by a nice dinner at Da Paolo’s.. *sulk*)

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After contemplating for ages between what little photos I have taken in the past week for the 5th Project 52 photo, I chose this one because it amuses me…

king raj..

Introducing my classmate, Daniel. Or King Raj. Haha!

He is also my YPBFFHWB. In other words, my Yak Pak BFF Homework Buddy. HAHAHAHA.

This photo was taken one day in school, whilst waiting for class to begin. He is insane and ridiculously funny. And also angsty and angry this semester because of the workload.. Hahaha!

We both love ABC chicken rice, and he is also king of the palace which serves the best Indian food around, as the photo below suggests…

AHAHAHAHA King Raj is nuts and awesome fun to have around in class!
And yes, he is part of the group of peeps involved in Project 52 with me! Check out his photos.

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http://project52.rumpledoodles.com/

Do check out the other photos by the people joining me on Project 52!
Alex
Pris
Daniel
Winnie
Zhan

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*#!*&^#*&@

OH MY GOD.

I finally finished redoing my stupid papercut poster thing for school because the first time I did it, it wasn’t cut very well..

AND THEN…. A PIECE OF MASKING TAPE RIPPED IT.

ARGH WHAT THE HELL LA. I am so pissed.

Hours of work wasted, and now I have to redo with time supposed to be spent on other pieces of work.

RAR!!!!!!!!!

Is this that hard to understand?!?!?!?! I don’t think it’s unreasonable to be upset over this, seeing as how it JUST happened. Whatever.

No patience to deal with everything else. ARGH.

Also, I slipped and fell at home today because the floor was wet, and now the ankle which I’d sprained badly before still hurts and feels wonky.

That was right after my mum MADE A FACE when I told her about my new upcoming project at school. I only told her because I was excited about it. THANKS MUM.

Sometimes I really don’t know why I bother with so many people and things in my life. ARGH. Days like this I just want to sit in my own corner of the world and not bother with anyone.

WHAT A GRUMPY SATURDAY. *sulk*

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If I were to be accused of one of the seven sins taking over my life, it’d either be gluttony…. Or sloth. Goodness knows that if I had my way, I’d sleep at 4am and wake up at 3pm the next day, have lunch and then proceed to nap.

Oh, who am I kidding? That happens every weekend, much to my undone homework’s dismay. Don’t know what’s up with this semester but everyone seems to be sluggish about getting work done. I think it’s the 2 month Christmas break. Haha.. That has got to be the only drawback of long breaks.

Every Saturday, I’ve been forcing myself to sit at the dining table and get some work done, but I usually end up feeling guilty and pressed for time on Sunday. Haha!

I did manage to get some work done today, though! Still have another piece of work on today’s agenda so I suppose I’ll start on that soon.

School’s been alright, for those of you who’ve asked. It’s just a ton of work that I am new to, thus taking forever with each piece. Haha.

On a sidenote, my parents just got home and they forgot to buy me the dinner they said they’d get!!!! OMG WALAOEH I AM SUPER HUNGRY. I could have cooked noodles half an hour ago if they hadn’t said they would get dinner for me la!!! *EPIC SULK*

But they both were super nice and gave me money to get my CNY clothes so I shall just go and cook dinner nao. HAHAHA.

Before I disappear and ease the dizziness from hunger, I’ve overdue photos from when Zhan, Malcolm and I went out to shoot. We had brunch at my favourite place for brunch before that, and Felicia Chin was at the next table! SO CUTE. I have a crush on her, kthksbai. Hahahaha!

big bear paws!!! that’s an iPhone in his paws

poor tree…

malcolm has hair that is totally awesome to photograph!!! HAHAHA.

rarrrr!!!! hahahahaha

oh, shoo!

I don’t have proper photos from that outing because I hate the shots I took. Blerughhh. We didn’t go out to shoot this week either, so as of now I have no photo ready for Project 52. Ack. Shall see what’s around tomorrow.

Things have been a lil better at the home-front, albeit not knowing what is going to happen. Trying my best to leave everything to God, heh.

as with so many other things, i don’t expect you to understand. just keep the judgmental subtleties out of your tones.

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“It is futile to get empathy out of procrastinators when it comes to work.”

HAHAHA. True that.

In case you are wondering, I have 9 more images (out of the ten required for Monday’s class) to somehow spit out.

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New Year’s Eve snuck up on me.

Without warning or anticipation, I found it thrust upon me and with all the New Year wishes and posts on blogs and Twitter I keep seeing, thoughts of what has happened this past year was thrown at me.

To be honest, I couldn’t remember much of what happened at all! Haha. I paused for awhile to recall what has happened this past year but I drew a blank, unable to go past the past 2 months which has essentially been my break from school.

And then it occurred to me that this year has really just been one hugeass whirlwind.

• i am finally back in school!

it was a horrid and long journey to be back in school, because of finances and because of reasoning with myself and my parents. all in all, God has been awesome and an incredible source of provision in this area. the first semester of school was one hell of a ride, with much to get used to but i’m loving what i do!

• awesome summer break with pinkie

i’d quit my previous job to take a break before school started, and spent one awesome summer break with pinkie. it was an incredible time of growth and love for us, and i am still continually grateful for it because it’s helping to tide me over this period of time when he’s back in london.

• i stepped down as a leader

this was never mentioned here, and i think there are a lot of people who don’t know yet.. not officially, anyway. but yea, i stepped down as a leader late this year. it was to sort out a lot of issues between me and God + church, and i thought it was unfair to let it continue to affect them. it was one of the hardest decisions i made, and the journey it took to come to that decision was painful and still is from time to time. i’m still working on stuff and praying that this whole church thing works out too.

• got my first dSLR

it shocked me, but there were a bunch of people who were surprised that i didn’t own a dslr before this. i was blessed with one a few weeks ago, and i am beyond grateful. it’s made things a lot easier photography-wise and i’m hoping this opens up more doors for me. although i am still unsure of which paths to take (career vs dream vs combining both etc etc) i pray that things just fall into place, somehow. the amount of blessings that have taken place with regards to photography is nothing short of amazing for me – from people who offer to teach me various things, to lending me gear etc etc.. i’m just really thankful.

Just four points, but the biggest points in my life this year, I think. My mind’s close to a blank right now because of the lack of sleep.. and so I will be spending NYE at home, in the quiet of my room. I had planned to head down for church’s countdown but the aching back and the thought of dealing with a crowd is abit much tonight.

The year could have ended on a better note, but I’ve too much on my mind that I need to spend abit of time sorting out on my own.

Here’s my year, summed up in a much fancier and happier version:

How has your year been?

Here’s wishing you a wonderful 2010 ahead! Make use of it, spend time with the ones you love and please, let them know you love them. hug, kiss, love.

And that, by the way, is a shot glass full of maple syrup! Hahaha. I wanted to drink it but was forbidden by Zhan. Probably fearing for his life having to deal with me after a shot of sugary goodness.

I’m praying that 2010 will be a good year of love and growth, of stability and of passion.

There is much to look forward to in 2010, really. For me, it’s Pinkie’s arrival back home. For good. At least for awhile. It is so much of a big deal for me, you cannot imagine. Two and a half years of LDR. Half a year more to go. Go go go! iloveyou

And then, there is the great Europe Adventure to be shared with my favouritist pink bear in the whole wide world, once I have completed my first year of school and him, his last. *crosses fingers*

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I. AM. SO. BORED.

Not that I’m complaining though. Not much, at least. I’m still relishing this new found boredom and free time that have landed in my hands now that I’m officially on holiday! I love school holidays! Don’t you? Haha.

In the past 3 years when I was working, I used to get immensely jealous of all my friends when they had their long school breaks. Now it’s my turn! Heh heh. The awesome part is that I’m on a 2 month break.

In view of my boredom and too much time, I decided to post up a hell lot of photos that I kept procrastinating over. That, and trying to evade the inevitable task of cleaning up the dining table in my house. I made a huuuuge mess when I was rushing work throughout the semester.

Here’s proof:

When I left this mess, I thought it was bad.
This was just after my mockup for the pop up was done.


This was after the actual pop up was done.

Since then, the mess has multiplied a couple of times, taking over more than 3/4 of the entire dining table (which seats 6, by the way) AND an additional mahjong table. It’s no wonder my mum has been going insane at the mess. I’m supposed to have cleared this up by yesterday, sooo I suppose I will head downstairs to clean it up after this. *deep sigh*

In happier news, this stupid Jiao Bin is coming home in less than 2 weeks!!!

Yes, I am fully aware that none of you understand that. Hahahahaha.

Alsooooo……. another bear is coming home!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

YAY! I can’t wait for the two of you to get home! Then we (+ Dawnie/Stumpy/Deepa) can head out and go mad together! YAYYYYY. In air conditioned spaces, preferably. Hahah.

I miss doing stupid shit like that with you guys. Please hurry home! Meh!

For the past half year, school has been taking up most of my time of course. Aside from being stressful especially in Term 2, school’s been a blast! I love what I’m doing and I’m so glad that God has placed me here. It took a lot of getting used to but I think everything’s going fine.

Some photos from school + school work!

Barbs!


Daniel!


Kelly!


& me in Daniel’s hat! Haha.

School drives us all mad. Daniel is in his special Halloween costume – can you tell what it is? HAHA.

Our coursework consists of a ton of hands on work, where we make things.. something I don’t think you’d expect from a Design Comms / Graphic Design course, but after the initial struggle to adjust to it, I can see its benefits in the long run. It’s become quite fun, although it still drives me mad sometimes. Heh.

Collage! Quite like this even though I didn’t really know what I was doing in the midst of it. Haha.

These were taken just before Pinkie slipped off the swing and scraped his knees and feet soooo badly. =/
He was preparing to help me with a shot I needed to take. OMG I felt so bad!!!! After that I helped him clean his wounds with alcohol swabs and qing cao you which had him squirming so badly in pain. =(

My poor wounded bear!!!! It was much worse than it looks man…

On one random day out, we saw a fat cat.

And I also fell in love with Risotto!!! I WANT MORRREEEEE!!!!!
As well as Da Paolo’s, of course. A visit back is due soon!

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!


helloooo, skip!

I miss Skip! BOOHOO.


YO!

Introducing… BELLY!!!!
So cuteeee. *squee!*


See! Now claws! She looks incredibly huggable, like a marshmallow.
I wish I didn’t have to wait 7 more months before I can hug her!!

One of my favourite photos of Pinkie and me. Haha!
This was taken at the pool when we were at Tioman earlier this year.

Totally random, but I painted Russell’s paws with watercolour paint and stamped him around.
AHAHAH SO CUTE!

unedited shot of a Coke can. Love the colours!

Very happy after my purchases + first Christmas present! HEE HEE HEE!

I suppose it’s time to head downstairs to clear up the tables… Hope there’s news from the various places where I applied for a part time job soon. Decided that I need to make some money to save up, instead of bumming around. Bleh!

I LEAVE YOU WITH PHOTOS OF ME LEST YOU FORGET ME! HAHAHAHA.

<3

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SCHOOL’S OUT! *hops about*

After all the counting down for the past couple of weeks, I can’t quite believe assessment is over!!!! YAYY! I was so tired out yesterday after assessment that I didn’t even have energy to feel happy. WTH! I felt so cheated. Haha.

In a couple of days, I will find out if I need to go back for resubmission – i/e I was in danger of failing a module.. or something. *crosses fingers and toes*

Class barbecue tomorrow! When was the last time you heard that phrase – class barbecue? Haha! So cute.

Hellooooo, 2 month break!!! *waves*
Somehow, I’ve a feeling the 2 months will fly by me. So many things I want to do.. Hmmm.

I need a job. I also need sleep. How??
To be more specific, I need money. Zzz..

Much love to everyone who has encouraged me and checked on me over the past month when I was dying and buried under the mountain of work. And for being so understanding about me not being able to meet up with you.

And of course, most love to the best boyfriend in the world for being so patient with me when I was stretched to the max, grumpy and stressed.. I love you! *squish* Thanks for being around to accompany me, calling to say hi and making me laugh with your silliness.. and for putting Skip and Belly and Potatoe on Skype with me for 3 hours. I can’t wait til we’re in the same country again.. 7 more months!

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Photos from my lomography project for school here!

I used hands and feet to show emotion. Not entirely happy with them with respect to the theme, but quite happy with some of the photos. Photos in that gallery were all shot on various slide films and cross processed, with the LC-A or my Olympus XA1.

Sam very kindly lent me his LC-A for my project.. thank you!! And after using it for a few weeks, I found that I absolutely love it. It’s very different from the other (cheaper) lomo cams available, and is much sturdier. Photos turn out better too because of the light meter in the camera.

I’d wanted a Diana F+ (remember Mr Pink??) but after this, I decided to just spend that money on an LC-A instead. And then I guessed that Pinkie was thinking of getting me Mr Pink for Christmas!

I asked if my present was fun, pretty or useful. He said, ‘all 3′ and that could only mean a camera… no? Haha!

So yea, told him not to get it for me because I decided to get an LC-A instead. By then I’d already decided on the LC-A+ with Russian lens (and China body because they all have made in China bodies after Lomography stopped selling the original LC-A and relaunched it a few years back) and it’s about 400+ SGD.

I went on eBay on a whim one day and found one that I *really* wanted – the original Russian LC-A! *squeal*
Pinkie contributed to my bid for it and yesterday I won the bid!!!! Was an agonising two days, please. I got it for 100+ SGD.. happy!!! Besides having cool Russian words on it, it also has aperture control – something the new ones don’t have. Awesomeeee!

I’ll only get it in December though, because I had it sent from Poland to Pinkie in London cos it’s cheaper. His brother is bringing it back for me in December!

OH OH, aaaand!! Pip and Skip have a sister!!!!!!! AHAHAHA her name is Belly! LOL. She’s Pinkie’s Christmas present and she arrived a couple of days ago. She is damn fricking cuuuute! Hehe. Oh, and she has no claws. Looks like a marshmallow. So huggable! I’ll post up a photo next time.. I’ll only get to see her in June though.. cos she’s gonna be staying in London. :-((

My left foot has gone to sleep, and so should I. Goodnight geeks.
I had my fill of my weekly comedies last night – happy! How I Met Your Mother / Big Bang Theory / Accidentally In Love.

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