the random adventures of jojo

After finally deciding a week ago that I definitely do want to sell my dslr and do an upgrade on the body for a number of reasons, I am still torn between a couple of choices.

Torn between being able to afford a particular model + a Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens + a bag, or a better model +…. nothing. HAHAHA.

Sigh, I’m torn for so many reasons, as a few people over the past week would have known. HAHA. Bleh..

Oh, and what lens should I bring to London?? The 17-50mm would be ideal but if I get the better model I won’t be able to afford it. Sighh..

Short term versus long term. Gah!

Oh well, I’m very hungry so I shall go find something to eat.

In other news, I am very very very bored because my sleeping pattern is whacked, and I have no plans everyday cos everyone is either working or having exams or not in this damn country. SULK!!!!!!!!

I need to go out.

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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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Seriously, I need to stop shopping! Although, I am a firm believer in retail therapy. Just look at me today – all smiles and excited because I’d bought stuff! Hehe.

Headed down to the Puma private sale this morning with Pinkie. He didn’t find anything he liked (he didn’t like the super comfy stripey guys jacket that I picked out! Sheesh, how can anyone not like stripes??), but I picked up my hot pink jacket! Loveeeee!! I love jackets and sweaters; it’s just that most of the time it’s too damn hot to wear them in Singapore.

How do you wear your jackets? Nice and snug or loose and flappy baggy?

I used to love super huge jackets because of how big the were – so comfy and you can hide all fat under all that excess cloth! Hehe. I think I might have grown a little out of that phase though, because I realised while trying on jackets today, I’m starting to prefer them to fit a little more snugly so that the jacket doesn’t look too baggy.

One major rule I have when picking out jackets is that the sleeves have to be longer than my arms! What bugs me the most about jackets is when my hands are freezing cold while the rest of me is warm. I like tucking my hands into the sleeves and erm, flapping around. Much to Pinkie’s amusement, this flapping business. Haha.

We left Puma after awhile and popped by the Royal Sporting House factory outlet store downstairs. Walked around the shop and Pinkie pointed out a hot pink Nike jacket to me. I KNOW RIGHT. Hot pink again?? O but don’t stone me, please. This cut’s different from all my other jackets – it’s a proper lady’s jacket cut that fits super snugly. Just nice, actually! Pinkie didn’t like the collar much but I gave in to pinkdom and picked it up anyway. 50% off! Heee.

Circled the store a few more times because he was waiting for his friend to get back to him on a pair of shoes he wanted. Whilst going round and round, I kinda accidentally chanced upon a pair of Lacoste red pumps. So cute! I thought they looked like strawberries! Hehehe. I just had to try them on, of course.

Pottered around looking for sizes in the boxes stacked under the shelves, when suddenly my superhero boyfriend accidentally found a pair in black! Which was awesomeeeee. And erm yes, I bought them too. *shame faced* O but they were at 50% discount too! AHAHAHA. I is teh rocks!

After seeing me spend money (which I really shouldn’t, but you know, I rationalise and figure that I need these things for school and they’d be useful to have, although I know I don’t need 2 hot pink jackets in a day but I didn’t like the other colour options you see! yes. rambling.) Pinkie decided that he wanted to shop around too, so we headed to Vivo.

Can I just say that having GPS on my phone is totally awesome?! Never mind that there are a thousand other reasons why I love my iPhone (which, in case you didn’t know, is also decked in hot pink!) but having GPS + data plan rocks! Being able to check the map, check gothere.sg, check the next bus arriving time, check bus routes… just rocks my socks. Heee.

We walked around Vivo just window shopping, and it was lovely. I love simple days like these when we’re just spending time together. Hehe.

He requested to have lunch at McDonald’s because…….. SHAKER FRIES ARE BACK!!!!!!!!! Shake shake shake! After the frenzy on Twitter yesterday morning when I woke up, I ordered McDees for my late lunch and happily informed him that I had seaweed shaker fries! Yummy! I wish the pepper one would come back though! Together with the black pepper burger, please. And twister fries too! Oooh.

Oh, and McWings make my day, despite the amount of fat and oil… Too damn nice!

EY. I miss the rice burger at McDees, actually. I miss it, A LOT. Even though no one else really liked it. Not many of my friends, that is.. but I really really really liked it a lot. When it got taken off the menu, I was so sad! Never really know what to eat there anymore since then. Haha. They’re all second choices, bah.

Pinkie also convinced me to invest in a proper pair of shades with proper protection for my eyes against UV rays, and not get cheap shades. There goes money again… especially since I found a pair of Ray Ban’s that I likeeee. Have you any idea how difficult it is to find a pair of shades that actually fits my face?! OMG. Trying not to spend money!!! Boo.

I seem to be digressing a lot today, huh?

Anyway, today was an important day also because MY BROTHER BOOKED OUT FROM CAMP FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!!! *happy face* I’m not extremely close to my brother, but I really was rather sad that he was going into NS two weeks ago. During the two weeks, he’d call or sms me quite often to just chat. We’ve never really had that sort of close relationship, so it was really nice. Something good that NS brings, I suppose.

I wanted to take him to the secret Jappy place that Qwen introduced me too, but we didn’t make it in time for their last order. My tummy is sad, cos she really wanted the beef teriyaki set tonight! Boo. My second choice didn’t happen either, because they ran out of hot soup for their ramen. SHEESH.

Headed to Waraku instead. Joel was happy with dinner, so I guess that’s all that mattered. I’m so not used to seeing him with no hair on his head!! Hahahaha. He looks older without hair. Lol.

Ah well. It’s devotions with Pinkie tomorrow, and then Hillsong concert. Awesome.

Have we forgotten what true worship is?
God’s greatest and most important command in the bible is to Love one another. Worshipping God goes far and beyond the mere definition of the word itself, i/e praying and going to church etc etc. Worship is an act of your entire life.
As I’d noted in a post on Flippers & Paws, what use is it if you focus on praying etc if you neglect the felt needs of the ones you are watching over?? Sigh…

Dear God, please bring me back close to you. Thank you.
I pray in Jesus’ most precious name, Amen.

Alright, I need to get some sleep to recover from my 2 hour sleep nap last night and a long day out!! Grarrrrrr.

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After months and months of trying not to think of the gorgeous hot pink version of the lomo cam, Diana F+, I went into the Lomography Asia website again. Nooooooo!!

Introducing Mr Pink!!! (Yes, that really is the name of the camera lah! I didn’t name him!)

SO PRETTY RIGHT!!! *squee* I loveee lomography, and I’ve wanted a camera with more options than my Coloursplash has for a long time. Passed on the Holga, and then lusted after the LC-A for a bit but was still apprehensive. When I came across the Diana F+, I kinda accidentally fell in love.. especially since there’s such a lovely hot pink one!! *swoons*

It’s sitting pretty in my shopping cart on the Lomography Asia website already, complete with the backing accessory to enable me to take photos on 35mm film and not just 120, which is crazy expensive to keep developing! HOW NOW BROWN COW? I is poor.

Sigh, no income = no splurging! I need monehhhh. Mr Pink’s gonna cost about 200+ SGD, including the backing. *rapidly closes all browser tabs*

On top of Mr Pink, other more major stuff that I am saving for include the D90 and a trip next year. Both of which are going to cost me somewhere in the thousands.. *sad face*

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Aloha, sunshines!! How’s your Tuesday rolling along? Tuesdays have always been my favourite day of the week, for no apparent reason. I suspect it might have started in secondary school, because we were let out half an hour earlier on Tuesdays because the teachers had their weekly staff meeting.

My Tuesday was awesomeee! I woke up late though, at about 12noon because I couldn’t sleep last night until.. well, this morning. I fell asleep at 8am! WHAT THE. Crawled out of bed after repeated phone calls from Dawn, who I was supposed to meet for lunch. Heh heh.

We pushed back the meeting time to 1.30pm and amazingly enough, I made it in time! All because the bus that takes me to the MRT station arrived just as I reached the bus stop. Don’t you just love days like these! From then on, it took me less than half an hour to reach Orchard. Wonderful! Ahahaha!

I am so irritatingly chirpy today, huh?!

ANYWAY! Dawnie and I met up to go…… MAKEUP SHOPPING!!! *mad happy squeals* OMG, I loveeee shopping for makeup! She finally decided to listen to me (and possibly a few others too) to get her own foundation! I am so happy! Milestone! HAHAHA ok I will shut up now.

We decided to get lunch first and had the most disgusting lunch I’ve had at Takashimaya. Ughh. Being on a budget (actually, my exact words were – save money on food, spend more on makeup!) we decided to eat at the Taka Food Court. She wanted Jap rice and I didn’t feel like eating Saba from the lovely stall behind the food court, and I decided that Yoshinoya sucks (she had a craving, oops) so we settled on the Japanese stall at the entrance of the food court.

Big mistake. Dawn went to order her food first, and then came back with a bowl of rice and beef, much like the Yoshinoya one. It looked alright so I got up to order a bowl of ramen. Thus began my miserable experience. Not knowing what the different types of ramen listed on their board meant, I asked the lady (auntie?) at the counter. MIGHT AS WELL DON’T ASK.

AUNTIE: Oh, they are just different soup bases.
ME: Yea, what’s the difference between the first 3?
AUNTIE: Errr, jiang you and… salt.
ME: Errr…. huh?
AUNTIE: Aiya, actually about the same. The difference very little.
ME: *confused* But what’s the difference?
AUNTIE: Soy sauce, and salt lor. Which one you want? There. It’s different. *points to menu* Can see? Different one.
ME: Ya, I can see. But I don’t understand, that’s why I’m asking?!

BAH! Ordered the Miso in the end, even though I’m not fond of it because the conversation was just going NOWHERE. It was a measly portion. How do I put this – it was $7.90, had ONE slice of fish cake, ONE slice of char siew and a tiny portion of noodles. Get this: I wasn’t hungry when I sat down, and when I was done with my noodles, I wasn’t full! WTH. She said she thinks Yoshinoya tastes better than the food she had. Omg.

Never mindddd. Off to look for foundation for Dawn and shoes for me! All my footwear seem to hurt because the comfortable ones are dying or have died. Need shoes for school! Heh heh.

Wandered around testing different brands of foundations for her. Also wandered into Schu where I was hopping around in excitement from the cute shoes and colours around! Hehehe. I got 2 pairs of pumps! The second pair that you buy goes at a 50% discount, soooo 2 colours for me! GUESS WHAT COLOURS I GOT. HAHA!

I got….. PINK! Stop rolling your eyes.
One pair in pale pink for easy matching, and the other in HOT PINK. I’m in love with my shoes! Initially stayed away from the hot pink even though the colour was lovely because I thought I’d look mad in it. Plus.. how to match! Couldn’t resist trying them on anyway.. and then didn’t want to take them off. I am incorrigible, I know.

Trotted off to Tangs where Dawn continued trying different foundations. The blush colours at Shu Uemera are lovelyyyy! But so expensive. Meep. I love looking at blush colours! All the wonderful shades of pink staring happily at me. *happy sigh*

Dawn finally settled on MAC’s Studio Fix foundation. $47, no refills. You just buy the whole compact each time you need to. Sounds pretty good to me! I asked to try my shade, just for fun.. And when I went to the mirror, I gasped. Not because it was hideous.. Nooooo but because!!! I couldn’t even tell where it was applied! It blended in with my skin tone soooo well. OH MANNNN. Why! Why you tempt me like this! I am a poor unemployed soon-to-be student, you know!!!

What’s worse is that I think I am supposed to use Studio Tech (?) which is extra moisturising, and has SPF. My skin flakes when I apply foundation, so I need the extra moisturising stuff. And this one is $72!!!! Pft. Only because it’s the case + refills. Refills are at $58. How now, brown cows?

I’m currently using Ettusais’ foundation and it’s served me well. Hesitating between switching brands because this is my first Ettusais foundation, i/e I haven’t even used enough to buy refills yet. Sheesh. Talk about fickle. Their refills are $48.

If I do switch to MAC, I’ll finish up whatever’s left I suppose. Oh well. We’ll see when the time comes.

At the MAC counter, I couldn’t resist getting something though. I got blusher!! *happy* Nice shade of natural pink.. It’s called Pinch o’ Peach! HOW ADORABLE. Ahahahaha.

I headed off after that to meet CLARA!!!!!! OMG I haven’t seen my bestie in AGES AND AGES AND AGES. So happy we finally met up today. I love how we don’t meet for months on end because of our insane schedules, and yet when we meet there isn’t even a second of awkwardness. There’s no time wasted getting used to being around each other – love!

We went to get her a bible at Tecman. YES, MY BESTIE HAS ACCEPTED CHRIST!!!!! Praise God! I am so happy, hehehe! She got an awesome bible.. I also want!!! It’s black and has 3 nice big swirls of shimmer – hot pink (!!!) / turquoise / amber. Niceee. I also managed to pick up the next book that Pinkie & I are gonna use for our devotions! Haven’t managed to find those at TrumpetPraise, so YAY! Happy I found them. =)

Met up with Hammy for awhile because she happened to be in the area. OMG, I miss you so much, you know?!?! Even though it was only a short while, I was really really glad for it! We need a proper outing soon.. =(

After sitting around for awhile, Clara and I headed off to dinner. Went off to this tiny Jap place that Qwen told me about. I shall not tell you where it is! *smug face* Lovely, hidden away.. Tucked with good food and super affordable, especially for its quality! Heh heh. Downsides are the location + horrible grumpy aunties + menus with no pictures or descriptions. Hahaha.

I had the beef teriyaki set today, and it was AMAZING! The beef tasted of the grill, and was cooked just right. Oh so happy. Hee hee hee.

Speaking of food, I am hungry already!! Off for food.

My parents are heading off to Genting for a few days, and my mum came in and told me, “I bought enough snacks to last you!” We’ll see.. HAHAHAHAHA.

My brother just went into army last week, and I wasn’t able to send him in because of the H1N1 guidelines. Boo. 2 people were to send him in, instead of the previously mentioned 5. So sadddd. I miss having him around.. Meh. He texted me earlier, and said that the days are long and tiring and that he didn’t think he would wanna see his family so badly.

!!!

He can’t wait for the 24th, when he can come home after being in Tekong for 2 weeks. Shall bring him out to eat when he gets out!! I can’t believe I miss my smelly brother. Hahaha.

Ok, Imma head off to raid the supply of snacks that my Mum claims is enough to last me and see if she’s right!! Hee hee.

I CAN’T BELIEVE SCHOOL IS STARTING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, for the first time in 3 years. AHHHHHHHH!! *panics*

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Got up this morning to news that Pinkie is too sick to go out as planned and wanted to rest at home. I felt like heading out of the house today so I tried to find someone else who was free but everyone was busy! Pftt. So I headed next door and found my brother at home! YAYYY!

Also found Russell sleeping on his bed so I poked and squished Russell, which woke Joel up, muahaha. Plan accomplished! Asked him to head out for lunch with me if he was free so he got up. I hardly ever go out with my brother, cos we just don’t really hang out much. He’s going into NS in a couple of weeks though, and I’ll miss having him around a lot..

I’d planned to take him to the little ramen place I love behind Centrepoint, but when we got there (after braving the drizzle lol) it was closeddd! Damn, split shifts. Ohwell. We decided to head to Waraku (Jap food) at Starhub Centre cos it was just nearby and I had a mad craving for Japanese food.

Lunch turned out great, much to my delight and slight surprise! We both got this set which had sliced beef + egg on a hot plate/pot thingamajig. It came with rice and a mini bowl of hot udon or soba. It also came with a tiny side of potato salad which turned out to be one of my favourite things on the table. For 16 bucks, I thought it was rather worth the price, actually.

We also got a side of cold chasoba + zaru soba to share. Loveeeee!! Their soba set also came with a raw quail’s egg. We mixed it into the dipping sauce – is that what is supposed to happen? Hahaha. We just tried it, and it was lovely. It added a smoother texture to the sauce. Too bad I was fricking full by then.

I felt abit mad alternating between 3 staples with every mouthful, but damnnnn! It totally made me happy! Blogging about this is making me crave for the potato salad… Sob. I want more! Should head down to Meidi-ya soon. I loveeee Liang Court!!

Haven’t had dinner because I was so damn full from lunch + KOI cafe on the way home. Now I’m starving. Well done.

Oh, and I bought new shampoo and conditioner! YAYYY! Surely there is something wrong with me? I’m addicted to nice shampoo smells. I was waiting for the bus home and I was fighting off an urge to take the bottle, open it and INHALEEEEE.

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Pinkie and I have the oddest conversations. Not complaining obviously, because I hate it when things around me get boring and normal.

Last night when I got home from congre meeting, I wanted to talk so I dropped him a text asking him if he was still playing his game. He replied and told me he’d stopped with Gunbound (YEA I KNOW RIGHT? Hahahaha but okay, he’s abit unreasonably good at it) but was now playing Winning Eleven, soccer game on his PS3:

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Victoria Secrets is having one of their countless sales.. again! I constantly get emails from them which I delete without reading because it’s too much of a temptation. Somehow, just before I clicked the delete button last night, I glanced at the subject and saw that they’re having their insane swim suit sale again!!! GAH!

There’s a further 30% off the already discounted 40-60% swim suits, and lasts til this Sunday. Oh, how I pine.

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*bimbotic mode*

I finally got down to getting myself a pot of gel eyeliner to try out and see what the fuss is about! Tested a few brands at various counters and settled for Maybelline’s. Most gel eyeliners only come in black or brown, and I couldn’t find one that was in between. I can’t do jet black for my eyeliner because I end up looking scary – my poor MAC pencil liner has been sitting around feeling useless.

I never did like liquid eyeliners because I couldn’t control it. Also didn’t quite like the look of it. When I heard about the gel eyeliners, I figured I’d give it a go.

Settled for Maybelline’s liner in black because it wasn’t as dark as the other brands, which I liked. I know a lot of people don’t like that though. They also have it in a brown that’s really quite nice, nicer than the other browns I’ve seen so far.

I just tried applying it for fun, and my verdict? It’s INSANELY easy to apply! The liner just glides on smoothly, and it’s really easy to control with the brush. I just used the free brush that came with the Maybelline one, and it works fine. I was surprised when I first applied it on my eyes actually – feels very different from liquid application. It also looks a little more natural than liquid liners.

My eyes are usually lined with pencil – Anna Sui’s in brown, mixed with Shu Uemura in gray. I only line the lower lid, which is again, different from almost everyone I know. I don’t line the top usually because despite having single eyelids, my top lid is stupidly “deep set” so you can’t see the liner anyway.

Although I adore the application of the gel eyeliner, I doubt I’ll be going out of the house in it anytime soon. Not until I get enough practice anyway. I’m totally not used to the way it looks and the effect it achieves. Very happy with my purchase today though! Yay! I think I will head back and get the brown pot too!

Now, I really should get some sleep. Can you believe this – I’m actually sleepy!! At 330am! That’s a whole 3 hours earlier than what’s been the norm this past week! Haha. I had a great day, and I’m looking forward to another awesome day tomorrow! I’ll be meeting my ex-colleagues from Spoon and going to have brunch!!!!!!! *bounces around*

On that note, I couldn’t get a dress I tried on today because of the weight I put on. Totally unflattering in the pretty dress. *sigh* HOW IS THIS FUNNY??? My boyfriend couldn’t stop laughing when I told him about this! Pftttt!!

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I’ve been lying in bed all day, and normally I love that more than a lot of things but not today. I’ve been having bad cramps since last night when I got my stupid period, and this morning I woke up feeling faint.

Faint! What the hell. This is retarded. It sounds like a damn stupid excuse for just about anything, this feeling faint because of your period business. Pshhh.

Moping around the house with nothing to eat save for instant noodles suck when you’re feeling like shit.

“smelly brown and sqaushed in the rectum?”
– Zhan’s reaction to me feeling like shit.

Sheesh.

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• red heels
• cute backpack (hedgehogs? hee hee)
• handbag
• wallet (omg for the longest time! pft!)
• pretty dresses *points to above* (yes, although I just got 10)
• a new ghost knife fishy =X
• holiday (which I’m possibly getting) to someplace faraway (which I’m not getting)
• nice meals (been deprived of nice food of late, sadness)
• a wholeee range of lovely acrylic paints and brushes ($$$$$$!!!!)
• accessories! earrings / necklaces / bracelets (omg, I want chunky bracelets)
• AND RIGHT NOW, I want chee cheong fun

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