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Baaah I feel sleepy as heck now.

The week passed awfully quick .____. Suddenly it's Friday and the weekend again. And it feels like just yesterday I was bored as hell and wanting to go shopping and all that. I will most probably have to hole up and work on assignments for yet another week because I am amazing and the thought of lengthy bus trips annoy me and I still want to go shopping but I just don't want to take the trouble to at the same time.

Some things are just...bleh. Whatever. I hate being so selfish, wallowing in self pity and stupid thoughts, but the mood hits me even before I am aware of feeling anything. I can't actually ignore something that's offered to me in my face. And one can't help comparing, now, can they?

I always feel guilty after doing that, though, no matter how sharp the pang of bitterness may be. I feel so bad for being so ungrateful and being discontented with what I already have.

I need to go out and be sunned, lol. But then I had two hours worth of fun walking in the sun yesterday, up to the point that I got a minor sun burn about the chest and shoulders. I did not quite expect my flip flops to last the journey but they did. Go ipanema! None of the croc-shmock for me anymore, not when my yellow ones failed me back in Sem 1 and I fell into that gleaming puddle of mud.

Argh. It's just one of those ridiculous emo moments of mine. 

Totowo help me pull my mood back up. I pray to you to help me pull it back up.

Midnight Shoe Post

Yeah, it's almost as if I've nothing better to do.

But, really, how many pairs of shoes does one girl really need? The answer is simple: a lot. Cause girls aren't like guys: there is no such thing as 'one-pair-fits-all'. As many outfits as one girls has, there should be a substantial amount of shoes to go with them. Haha.

As of now one of my more versatile pairs just got fugly beyond belief (pair of pretty pink flats that went well with almost anything, but they've been glued back together so many times they look more like glue sandwiches than anything else) and I want TWO NEW PAIRS 8D. Lol, I kid. But one pair would be nice! Something dressy yet casual and easy to slip into. And above all comfortable! The pair of turquoise loafers  I got are now a wee bit slippery and I find myself skidding about cement floors more often than not. I really hope I don't end up in another tragedy anytime soon, lol.

Anyway, I went a-google and look at what I found! Pretty shoes!

Office

 Look at the prettiness of this raffia shoe! The pattern on it reminds me of the pattern of my grandmother's needlebasket. It looks so unique and pretty. It just sucks like hell that the store does NOT ship to Malaysia. Argh =(.

Payless

This pretty baby has been on my wishlist for AGES T_T. I love the multicoloured glitter, compared to boring solid gold or silver or black.

Aaaand....

Topshop

Oh my good golly gosh, I cannot be the only one in love with this gorgeous coral colour!!! I've never actually had a pair of pointy-toed shoes, so I'm not quite sure of the shoes on top, but I love the sneaker-like bottom ones! It looks so light and easy breezy wheezy! They look like they'd be totally at home with shorts or skirts or even a casual summer dress ^O^. I wonder if Topshop in Malaysia has it. If they do, then prepared to see these babies on my feet soon, price willing :D. 

Okay, I think that's enough for one night, haha. Sleepy time! I shall dream of pretty footwear and swishy outfits till it's time to wake up for morning rituals. Good night everybody!

Rainbow Letters!

Cha-chang! It's me! In typographic form! =D. Yeah, this was assignment 1 for Typography class, and surprise surprise we had to make a self portrait of ourselves. Mine is more or less straightforward as hell, lol. As you can see I did not bother with multiple fancy fonts; the only one I used was Champagne and Limousines. Basically I am made out of words that I think represent or describe my personality/hobbies/interests. The fiddly part is when I converted each word into a brush and 'stamped' each word out, making sure that none touched the other and varying sizes. Tedious as crap, but the result was certainly satisfying. I don't really like how some typographic portraits have words just thrown about every which way so that you can't actually read anything. Not to say that it is bad, but it's a personal preference, yeah.

I like how the shading turned out though :D. The shading, now, was words jumbled up on top of each other to create depth and more solid form. Makes the otherwise plain portrait pretty darn spiffy, if I may say so myself. 

I'm happy with the result, I shall say that proudly. There're probably heaps others a lot nicer than mine, but I had the image of what I wanted to do in mind, and I'm glad the result came out almost like it, if not better. 

Stay tuned to more posts of my fancy shmancy assignments folks. I shall leave with this adorable Totoro gif in my wake:

via suzywire

Grin big all this week everybody! =D.

Love

Before you ask, no, this is not an April Fools' joke.

Have you ever had the urge to do something? Or buy something. Anything. Something that gets on your mind constantly, something you just can't seem to shake off when you're working on something else. It can be a pair of shoes you saw on sale. Or maybe bungee jumping. Or melting a whole packet of chocolate and filling a chocolate tube with it and topping it with marshmallows and strawberries and eating the whole lot of it without looking in the mirror.

But right before you actually blow your money on your feet or jump off a cliff or get fat, you get yanked back. As if you were held by a short leash. Metaphorically of course. It'd be awkward if you really had a short leash around your neck. 

Have you ever asked yourself, what really made you not do what you wanted most?

I asked myself that very same question today. And I found that the answer was none other than love. Yes. Pure, simple love. Love for another more that is a whole lot stronger than the love for myself. This love I hang around my own neck; it draws me up short when I get some seemingly crazy idea and I think there is no stopping me until I've executed it. 

It sounds pretty darn emo, but there you go. Love. And nothing other than love.

Because honest to god, had I not have that much love for my parents, right about now I would already have this:

Ice Yarns

-on my bed, and this:

reddefectSTOCK

- on my ear.

I don't understand the harm in either, neither can I fathom the reason of me not doing them. But I don't because my parents say no and because I love my parents I will hold myself back from doing so, though I really do want them. 

Happy April Fools' Day everybody. Hope you're doing the pranking and not being pranked. Safest bet is to stay at home and cut off all communications until the day is over, I believe. Haha. 

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Okay, you know something's up when there's three blog posts in one day. =P. But you probably know the answer by now.

Gaah I am boooored. If the saying being bored to tears is not a metaphor and a literal statement, I'd be sobbing by now. I'd go out if I was not being held back by assignments, seriously. Which is really odd since I am up to speed with all my assignments, nothing is not on schedule. I just know that if I leave them all to the last minute by gallivanting around, I would most definitely be sobbing later. 

A change of scene would be nice, however. Anything besides dirty hostel floors or black campus walls. Anything but those, please. 

It's being cooped up in the same environment for too long. I have not seen anything besides hostel and campus for two weeks. You see if you don't feel a tad bit restless seeing the same things for that long.

Maybe it's also because March is ending and I want to squeeze as many posts as possible before April just because I don't want March to end. Lol.

When I can find the time to free myself just a little from assignments, I shall go shopping. Or to the zoo. Or shopping. Or a food spree. I feel like spending recklessly on random shoes and accessories and books and markers and bags and foods and candies. Up to you to decide which of the aforementioned items I really mean, lol.

Speaking of accessories, I've realized that I hardly ever do wear accessories. The only kind I have on at all times are earrings, but even then I never change them to something else. I guess I'm just afraid of messing up the outfit or ending up looking like a Christmas tree. I do like looking at accessories though. I love the idea of stacked bracelets, sweeping earrings, chunky rings and a waterfall of bead necklaces. Maybe not all at once, haha. Or maybe some quirky necklace or charms! Or what about something like this?

Poketo Art

Aren't they cute? And you can actually draw with them too! Though they would probably be a bit of an inconvenience if you're wearing white and you happen to rub off on your clothes.

I did wear some accessories the other day in Melaka: a dreamcatcher necklace and some turquoise Indian bracelets.

Those bracelets have a bit of a history actually. Three friends all wanted the whole stack of 18 bracelets, but none wanted to give in. In the end, the bracelets were split between the three friends, like forever friends necklaces. When I first read Midnight by Jacqueline Wilson, when Violet and Jasmine go halves on bracelets, it reminds me exactly of what happened between the three friends.

I wonder where the other 12 bracelets are.

And that was rambling ol' me again. Happy April Fools' Day everybody! March was fun while it lasted.

End of March Lunch

 On today's menu: teriyaki salmon steak with seaweed and black sesame rice.

Yeah, it's the time of the month where I feast like a king. As the month progresses the meals will be frugal and you'll notice my posts about food become scarce.

I love sesame, by the way! I sprinkled sesame seeds into the rice while it cooked, with a drizzle of sesame oil and a pinch of salt. The result was soft, fluffy gray rice. Very fragrant and delicious :D. It's a  nice change from plain rice.

Back to inking! Farewell for now <3

Soothing Saturday

 Last day of March friends! And here I am peacefully alone for the day again. I love being able to have some time to myself during the weekend. Of course, too much of it will sour my mood and just turn me into an unfeeling crabby person, but it's nice while it lasts =).

I actually want to go out shopping, but I'd have to rush for assignments and cry later if I enjoy myself now. So I've decided to be a good girl and work on my assignments quietly. Here's a few shots of what I'm working on!

You'll probably see a new story in my other blog soon enough =D. Or should I just upload the completed 4 pages of comic up there as a short graphic novel? What do you think?

And here's the beginnings of my blog header! I'm also trying to design the little buttons and sidebar headers as well. Also (heroically) planned to try my hand at designing a font to be used! But maybe if it takes to long I'll do the header first then work on the whole font later XD. Right now I'm very eager to get this header completed and up! What should I have in the background? Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm starting to have far more simple tastes than I had in the past, so maybe just a solid colour with a light canvas/paper texture to it. 

The marker streaks at the bottom are not colour ideas, they were practise for Illustration class when I finally unearthed my magical Copics and decided to see if I still knew how to hold a marker XD. I'm not sure if I'd still want a pale pastel theme (told ya! =D) but I'm quite sure I still want turquoise somewhere.

I was reading a post on Oh, Hello Friend! and I was brought to this game called Kern me! It's a fun little game that trains your eye for kerning! If you're on your break from your fun Saturday, you might want to give this little game a shot =).

Have a good day, folks!