skins series 4: freffy

so i recently watched the freddy episode on skins: series 4. i don't want to spoil things for the people who has not seen it yet. so i will just post that photo above and this quote below. it's from a song by mika called i see you. i first heard it on gossip girl. not sure which episode it was but it's a nice song. have a listen and tell me what you think.

ps. the giveaway is nearly towards the end NOW CLOSED. i will announce the winner very very soon!

current thoughts in my head

i've just recently changed to the updated version of blogger's post editor. and i'm not quite sure if it is better than the old one. or whether or not it has improved. maybe i'm just not used to it yet. but the whole uploading the photos function is quite annoying. just because of the fact that i'm used to manually re-sizing my photos in the old editor. and in the new one, they have sizes options instead.

anyways, i have two current uncertain situations which i hate. just because i have no idea how it'll turn out to be. one involves my school/career while the other is not as important but still is a dilemma in a way. hopefully it will all sort out by itself.. eventually.

sweet-toothed weekend

i have been getting pretty sweet-toothed lately. always having cakes and pastries whenever i go out. i guess it's a good thing. we all need our sugar intake :)

below is cappuccino cake with an empty cup of cappuccino. do you see my love of cappuccino? in this paragraph alone, i have written it three times. it's just that.. i don't like milk very much. i'm not a milk person. so cappuccino is a good choice for me. not much milk but just the right amount of coffee.

do you have your favorite cakes or pastries? this is just the beginning of mine. i'm afraid the blog might be spammed with cake and pastries photos in the coming week. but i promise to limit them down as much as possible. or maybe just space them out a little :p

i hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

also, if you want to join the giveaway.. you still have time. leave a comment on the post here.

-edit- changed my background again. i was getting really bored of the pink pattern wallpaper. so now it's just a plain color with a little bit of paper texture that kinda reminds me of cappuccino :p the color, not the paper texture that is.

as promised..

here's my new bottle of opi nail polish and it's called my private jet. it kinda made me feel happy knowing about the name. actually, i am quite biased in that way. i tend to look at the color first but pay more attention when it comes to the name. if i don't like the name, i always put the bottle down straight away.. am i the only one who do this?

just so you know, the color is much darker in real life. and it's more purple than brown. but i guess it all depends on your skin color. i'm pale.. so maybe that's why the purple comes out more. because i've seen the nail polish on other people through the web, and it looks super dark brown on them.

anyways, the giveaway is still open right now. you can still enter by leaving a comment on the post. the feedback has been great and i can't wait to announce the winner in a couple of days!!

and the doodle below is what i've been feeling lately. letting go of any aspect of your life, in a way that you are not obsessively attached to it, is a good thing. i'm not saying that you should give up on your life and just aim carelessly. what i'm saying is.. letting go of things in your life will allow you to be able to survive with or without it. i hope i'm making sense. i'm just writing from the heart. that's all.

first giveaway ever!!

here it is!! i finally managed to take a photo on photobooth to accompany this post. i am wearing my t-shirt from dressing on the side which i doodled for them.

so here's the deal, leave a comment on this post telling me which t-shirt you like best from dots' etsy, please provide the link as well. and i will use a random generator to pick the lucky winner. it doesn't matter which part of the world you're in, you can participate in this giveaway.

the closing date will be the 1st of march 2010.. so you still have plenty of time to browse dots' etsy and get back here to leave a comment :)

please be sure to state your name and link of the t-shirt in your comment.

EDIT: dressing on the side is now offering a $5 discount/refund back to paypal if you use the code word "doodles" when you check out.

THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING :)

a belated post

so i came up with this idea where i would write a quote daily in a tiny little daily diary which i bought at the end of 2009. and i realize something, whenever i plan these things out.. i never end up doing it. so it's pretty safe to say that now the tiny diary with quotes is a failure. because i have not touched it ever since i took the photo below.

i guess for me, whatever i make or create that you see on this blog.. it's never a routine. it's not something that i have to do daily. but when the mood comes up, i can seriously stay up late and just keep on creating like there's no tomorrow.

i wish i had more time in the day to do things, though. it seems like everything is so rushed ever since the start of 2010. and i can't even believe that we are stepping into march soon!! it's craaaazy. in a good way i guess.

i hope to post my first giveaway some time this week. maybe at the end of the week when i'll have more time. i don't know if you can feel it.. but the posts lately are quite rushed :( and it will be this way until quite a while. i really hope you guys can understand because i'm trying my very best to at least post once a day.

a somewhat good advice

i have always thought that it's good to let your emotions out, when you need to. it's not that i am encouraging you to cry all the time. but i think when you do need to, you should. don't hold back. and no, i am not encouraging you to cry in front of others either.. maybe just someone who you are comfortable with.

and i've always thought that it's kind of a burden to show someone when you are crying. they will feel bad for you, especially when they don't know how to console you or make you feel better. so for me personally, i like to cry to myself :p

and to be honest, i have not done so in the longest time. which is a good sign!! i have been quite happy. busy but happy.

on a different note, i bought two new opi nail polishes today. i'll be sure to post about them and maybe give a review like i usually do. maybe when i have the time to paint my nails. currently, i have tickle my france-y on and it's really nude on me which i am super crazy about!! it's like i have mannequin hands :)

ALSO, i have my first ever giveaway coming up!! be sure to stay tune on that!!

hello, weekend..

it has been a while since i posted a food photo here on the blog. here's my recent consumption. apple crumble with a glass of cappuccino. it was heavenly. probably a little too sweet for my taste but it was good nonetheless. what are your recent consumptions?

ps. the letter above is for all of you out there who's reading my blog. i do heart you guys, just so you know. i was supposed to post it on valentine's day. that was the whole purpose of it.. but oh well. it's better late than never right..?

lusting over & an update

have you guys seen the new polaroid that is supposed to be coming out this year? it looks pretty awesome. but i kinda hate the fact that it won't be able to fold and be compact! actually i'm not entirely sure if the pictures below are indeed the actual product that's coming out to the market or just a prototype. you can read about it here.

anyways, this is what i've been up to lately: i bought myself a new blackberry onyx but broke it three days later cause of a stupid careless mistake. i really hope it can get fixed soon or else i will be one very angry/depressed girl. and i've also finally watched valentine's day which i enjoyed quite a lot.. what's not to love about having many eye candies in one movie?

so, what have you been up to lately? hopefully, all is smooth on your end, unlike my misfortune with my new phone. wish me luck! cause i sure do need them.. :(

such an easy thing to say

but not an easy thing to do. i want to get out of my comfort zone. but it's not as easy as it may be. sometimes you're just so used to the same things over and over again, that it makes you comfortable. i know that change is good. but change is also hard, sometimes.

on a different note. this is what i've learnt from my previous posts' comments: one. there are a couple of guys/men/boys who read my blog and are straight which is an interesting fact to know. two. not everyone likes friends, the tv show. i've always thought everyone likes friends but i guess not.

see, this is the interesting part about blogging. you get to hear other people's thoughts about your thoughts. it's kind of like having a conversation in real life but in a more interesting way? and sometimes, in real life's conversations.. you might just be nodding away what other people are saying cause maybe you're not brave enough to speak up or feel bad to be expressing your thoughts. but with blogging, you are free to type away your thoughts and response to what other people are saying.

i don't know where i am getting at. but i just think it's quite fascinating.. the whole blogging situation.

proud to be a "she"

i realized that 90% of bloggers are mostly females. actually i think i must have read it somewhere, a statistic that states the particular fact. i found it to be quite true.. because most blogs that i read are by females.

there are some males in the whole blogging community but i think most are gay.. and there's nothing wrong with that. i guess straight guys would find it weird typing away in a box and publishing his thoughts to the world wide web.

so yes, this post is all about the females :) from all over the world, all ages, all shapes and sizes. i'm proud to be a female, and i hope you are too!

ps. if you are a guy and you are reading this, please leave a comment! anonymously, if you must. but i'd like to know if there are any guys reading my blog at all. don't be shy now.. i don't bite. and thanks for tolerating all the pinkness of this blog :p

the best tv show ever

i don't think anyone can deny that friends was and is still the best tv show ever. it has a mixture of comedy, romance and sometimes serious things as well. maybe it won't be for some people.. but for me, it's something i can re-watch over and over again and still laugh like crazy.

i think it has to do with the classic-ness of it all. most tv shows now are driven towards a certain angle (*cough*fashion*cough*vampires*cough*) it's not that i hate those tv shows, i don't.. i still watch them because they are still entertaining. but there''ll never be a second friends, i guess.

it's kinda hard to choose who was my favorite characters.. but i think i like chandler, rachel and joey the best. who are your favorite friends character?

food fascination

i was really young when i began liking japanese food. anything japanese, actually. from their culture, language to their fashion and food. but as i grew older.. i wasn't as obsessed or as intrigued by it anymore.

maybe that was because i had too much japanese food at one period of time. and i've also stopped eating raw fish/sashimi. i used to be super fond of it (only salmon, not any other fish) but then one day, i just stopped. it didn't feel right to be eating something that isn't really dead yet. hard to explain.. but it's just my personal opinion.

but the one thing that i always like in japanese restaurants is tamago. some places make it super yummy but other places make it taste fake and just plain yucky. other japanese food that i like are ramen, gyoza, katsu curry and soba. oh! and lunchboxes/bento as well. i secretly wish that someone would make me a bento a day :)

do you have a favorite japanese food?

ps. sorry for the random rambling about japanese food. i don't know what hit me. also, i added a new background for the blog. it's been my laptop's wallpaper for a while now so i thought i'd use it for the blog too. (please do not take it without permission. thank you!)

a super quick post

just to say hi :) and i hope you all had a fantastic valentine's day weekend. and for those who do celebrate the chinese/lunar new year, happy chinese new year to you too!!

i shall be off then. i have lots of work to catch up on.. so blogging might be a little slower in the next weeks or so. but i'm pretty sure i'll squeeze time in to just make a quick post.. probably to get away from all the chaos as well.

have a wonderful weekend

and much much love from me to you. however you are going to spend the day, i hope you spend it with love, joy and laughter!!

ps. posts might be slow in the next week or so. i'll try my best.. but i think i need to rest and rejuvenate for a while. see you back here soon!

i need to go shopping

wow. i don't even remember the last time i went shopping. that's kind of good in a way cause it would mean that i'm saving money. but sometimes.. a girl just needs to buy some clothes :p

for example, the dress below is really cute! and oh-so durable. it'll last me for a very long time. it's from built by wendy. which is an awesome site! i've been meaning to buy their patterns and try to make my own clothes but i really doubt that will happen any time soon. since i don't even know how to sew except for straight lines and nothing else but straight lines.

ps. i've been having bad dreams again. it's been going on for three nights.. i really hope it will go away soon. this is not a good sign.

currently reading

i know i'm not supposed to share my layout changes in my posts anymore. i said so myself. but i can't help it. i made my photos bigger, which i think is better :) do you like bigger or smaller images?

also, i am currently reading The Wind In The Willows but i'm only at the very beginning. it's supposed to be a classic children book but for some reason, i have never ever read it in my whole entire life. i guess it's better to start now than never.

are you reading anything good at the moment?

keyboard shortcuts

so i was googling about the shortcuts that you can use with mac while browsing on firefox. and i could not remember some of them which made me doodle it out and kept it in my notebook. i thought i'd share it on the blog since it might help others too.

it's pretty much just the basics. i know there's more out there but these four shortcuts are the ones that i use most. currently, i can remember all except for minimizing the window. but i think now that i've typed that out.. i will be able to remember it. if that makes any sense at all :)

do you guys have any shortcuts to share? i'm a mac user so anything related to mac, i'd be happy to hear about!!

my daily essentials

it would consists of a cup of coffee. i usually drink either espresso shots as it is or cappuccino. then i would also need my notebook/moleskine, a pen and my phone. i think without these, my day would not start off right.

of course, these aren't the only things i need for my day to day routine. it would also include my macbook pro. but i think that's pretty much it, for my daily essentials in one aspect of my life.

what are your daily essentials?

i find the quote below to be so true. i realized that i missed out the end part, which is supposed to say "don't complain". cause really, who wants to hang around a whiny person who just keeps whining all day long and night about their problems. when in fact, it is as easy as what the quote says..

here we go again

i have a confession. i think i may be a little obsessed when it comes to my blog layouts. i can't seem to just be satisfied with it for longer than a month. i may secretly like to tweak it around and i can never choose between having many little sections here and there.. or just have it plain and simple. i'm always, ALWAYS torn between the two.

anyways, i think this is the last time i'll ever post about my blog layouts. in the future, i'll just tweak and change it as i like and not mention about it. because i know that it probably is annoying to read about. you guys would be thinking, "gosh!! what the hell is wrong with this girl. we get it. you like to change your layouts. get over it already."

so yes. i shall just leave you with the quote below :p and my collection of opi nail polishes. if anyone is wondering the colors are, from left to right: suzi skis in the pyrenees, you don't know jacques, over the taupe and tickle my france-y.

i hate bad dreams!!

i had one recently. and it really bugged me when it shouldn't have. i hate waking up feeling like crap, it's the worst way to wake up. and the worst way to start the day. but then i remembered the quote below.. and i try to drive the negativity and sadness out of my mind. so it got better and better. you can never underestimate the power of your mind. it's a fact.

anyone having bad dreams lately? i think sometimes bad dreams might be caused by what you were thinking just as you were about to fall asleep.

catching up with television

i've finally caught up watching grey's and vampire diaries today.. i was too busy to watch it on the weekdays when they came out. in a way, it's kind of nice to be able to watch them all at one go. even though they are so different! and i'm not sure if i'm liking how scary and horror-ish vampire diaries is getting.. then again, the show is about vampires. you can't really expect it to be any less.

anyways, i don't remember where i got the quote below from. i tend to jot down things without writing where it comes from. bad habit, i know.. but i'll try my best from now on.

how are your weekends going? i hope it's full of fun and relaxing rest at the same time :)

ps. most of you who commented, prefer sweet snacks instead of savory ones. i thought i'd mention it cause it's a pretty interesting fact.

current snack & favorite movie

to be honest, i am currently obsessed with this japanese biscuit. it's so soft and yummy! but it's such a pity that every pack only pretty much contains 12 biscuits. then again i don't really mind cause it goes so well with tea and coffee too.

also, i am pretty sure everyone has seen music and lyrics at least once. right..? i really like the hugh grant & drew barrymore combo. actually, i think hugh grant is the king of all romantic comedies. he just glides into the roles perfectly. and he seems to choose all the good ones as well!

if you aren't already aware of the song featured in the movie.. i suggest that you have a listen :)

ps. what's your current snack & favorite movie? i'd love to know and maybe i'll try it out some day.

inspired by february 14th

so.. are we all ready for valentine's day? i was feeling rather inspired by the occasion, that i made some doodles up. expect to see more in the coming week. and even though valentine's day may be for lovers and all. i think it's also nice to be able to spend it with your other loved ones.. your best friends or your family.

i hope everyone have a great weekend :)

i don't give a poop

this doodle was inspired by my brother. who is in his early teens, by the way.. he was the one who started to say "i don't give a poop" and i thought that it was kind of cute. it's kinda better than "i don't give a sh*t".. right?

this week has been quite hectic for me. but i think it's starting to slow down just in time for the weekend. which is always a good thing :)

how is everyone's week going?

always listen to your mother

this is something that i get reminded on a daily basis. and i guess it's true in a way. a smile goes a long way. it's pleasant for the people around you and i think it's also good for your own self. although, it does get somewhat tiring and i've always thought that i might look like some psychotic person who can't stop smiling..

but all in all, i think it's a good thing. and you should always smile from the inside. not just for the sake of it and end up faking it. smile genuinely because there is a difference!

so the question is, have You smiled today?

busy busy bee

i seem to not have much time for blogging these days. most of my posts are written ten minutes before i leave the house. so i'm really sorry if i've been slacking when it comes to replying your comments!

anyways, the doodle below is part of the lyrics from this song. it's called terrified by katherine mcphee. i've always liked her. and this song is nice. i highly recommend it :)

ps. any songs that you highly recommend? i need new tunes for my playlist.

twenty ten travels

i want to go to so many places this year. well i always want to travel to a lot of places every year. but this year, i really hope that i can travel to London. or anywhere in europe actually. i've never been there so i really want to go and explore. some of my friends who has been to london keeps saying to me that i would love it there. and i agree with them :)

do you have any travelling plans this year?

ps. i can't say Thank You enough for all the kind comments i've been getting. i really appreciate it. from the bottom of my heart. if only you could see my face when i read your comments, then you'd understand :)

one word tag/award

so i was tagged and given the award from mila (loveology) and apparently you're only meant to answer these questions with just one word. might be quite hard but i'll give it a try anyways.

Your Cell Phone? blackberry.
Your Hair? medium.
Your Mother? funny.
Your Father? amusing.
Your Favorite Food? spaghetti.
Your Dream Last Night? none.
Your Favorite Drink? iced.
Your Dream/Goal? happy.
What Room Are You In? library.
Your Hobby? doodling.
Your Fear? insects.
Where Do You See Yourself In Six Years? elsewhere.
Where Were You Last Night? bed.
Something That You Aren’t? provocative.
Muffins? tops.
Wish List Item? ps1.
Where Did You Grow Up? seclusion.
Last Thing You Did? scan.
What Are You Wearing? t-shirt.
Your TV? dead.
Your Pets? none.
Friends? comfortable.
Your Life? grateful.
Your Mood? average.
Missing Someone? no.
Vehicle? car.
Something You Aren’t Wearing? make-up.
Your Favorite Store? bergdorf.
Your Favorite Color? nude.
When Was The Last Time You Laughed? yesterday.
Last Time You Cried? ages.
Your Best Friend? pleasant.
One Place You Go To Over And Over Again? starbucks.
Facebook? overrated.
Favorite Place To Eat? many.

it definitely was not easy to answer everything in just ONE word. i don't even think some of them made any sense. oh well. you are welcome to do it too, if you want :)


ps. thank you so very much for the kind comments on my previous post. i think i made sure that i personally went to all your blogs and commented just so you know how much i appreciate it.

bittersweet goodbye

sometimes people fall apart. sometimes they can stick together. other times, it's just best to move on to two different directions because that's all there is left to do. and maybe in the end, it's all for the better.


ps. why can't people just be straight up if they don't like my work..? you don't need to comment anonymously. have the courage to show who you are and maybe i'll appreciate it as constructive criticism instead of just hating and being rude. thank you :)

dots & notebook doodles

oh my oh my. you have no idea how excited i am to finally share this with you guys!! i recently designed a t-shirt for dressing on the side (aka dots) and now it's finally here, available for you to purchase.

here's the description from dots' etsy and i could not say it any better myself so i'm just going to copy it:

remember what it's like to fall in love? the glances. the grins. the giggles. remember that feeling you get? butterflies. so perfect for valentine's day..

so yes, go over to the shop and get yourself one of these t-shirts :) you wouldn't want to miss out on them. (and if you do get one, please take a photo!! i would love to see how it looks on you!!)

ps. t-shirts are probably the most wearable piece of clothing. so why not splurge and get the others? they have other awesome designs that i am currently eye-ing on myself :p

-edited- i changed my layout again. what do you think?