Stressed And Depressed

Things i ought to do whenever i'm feeling stressed and depressed:


1) Exercise.

2) Sleep.

3) Read novels.

4) Watch movies/VCDs/DVDs.

5) Play pc games/nintendo ds games.

6) Bitch about it on your blog.

7) Bitch some more about it to your friends.

8) Clean & re-organise my room.

Deep Sleep Dreams

Since my life has been busy and hectic lately, i've been sleeping oh so soundly, i'm telling you! I've been in deep sleep every night and i've drooled a river on my bedsheets lol. Unpleasant, i know! I've changed to fresh, new bedsheets already, i promise! O:)

Strange as it sounds, i dreamt about lotus tree some time last week. I know it doesn't make sense and lotus certainly do not grow on trees. Feeling curious and bothered and restless, i googled about lotus tree. I'm very surprised that there is such thing but it is known to be from a Greek mythology. Also, there is known to be spirits guarding each and every tree on this Earth! Cool, new info huh? Never knew that! In the dream, i was told by a female mythical creature beside me, that i was on a lotus tree. It looked like any other tree except that the leaves were dark purple and the tree looked dull. Ok.... This is gonna sound freaky but i was perching on the branches and so was the mythical "being" beside me. Hmm....

Dream Interpretation of Lotus: To see a lotus in your dream, represents enlightenment, growth, purity, beauty and expansion of the soul. The image of the lotus serves as encouragement and provides hope in dark and murky times.

Dream Interpretation of Tree: Trees are symbols of the soul and the life principle. The type and condition of the tree tells of your spiritual condition at the moment. For example, a withered tree may show that you lack inspiration and the desire to live life to the fullest. It may also show your concerns about getting older. A tree can also be a symbol of time. The root represent the past, the trunk the present and the branches the future. Perhaps your dream contains a prophecy or says something about your hopes and fears for the future? It is said to be lucky if you dream of climbing a tree.

Well i dunno if i climbed the tree or not in the dream cos i couldn't remember the earlier part of the dream.



A few days later, i dreamt about backpacking travelling. I was with people i do not know. In this dream, it was REALLY interesting for me cos there were single beds suspended in mid-air at the backpackers' hotel, kinda like bunk beds but i dunno how they could hang in mid-air just like that without any strings lol. Must be magic. I was frantically looking for my black jacket. I looked and seeked everywhere but in vain. Then i entered a room full of psycho people. They looked gothic and they looked like zombies! It was like a scene from the movie, "I Am Legend". Next thing i knew, i got hypnotized by them and became one of them. Weird. :-S

Dream Interpretation of Black: The darkness of black generally has negative connotations in dream interpretation. The presence of black may indicate anxiety, anger, guilt or resentment.

Dream Interpretation of Jacket: To see or wear a jacket in your dream, represents the image that you want to present and project to the outside world. Alternatively, it symbolizes your protective and defensive persona. You tend to distant your feelings and as a result, you may isolate yourself. Consider also the color, appearance, and type of jacket for additional significance.

Busy Bee

Cook rice for dad

Shower

Buy stationeries

Update wishlist

Do homework

Read a book

First Day of IELTS Prep Course

As ya'll know.... I have taken IELTS exam twice already. And i got a band score of 6.5 for both times. And then i went on to take OETS exam but i didn't score for one module, which was reading module. I was told by Queenie that if i didn't score for that one module, i can just re-take that module. So i did pay to re-take for it. And then a few weeks later, the OETS team e-mailed me, telling me to re-check the Australian Nursing Board website cos they changed their criteria for OETS exam. Turns out they raised the standard. Now, i am NOT allowed to re-take just that ONE module. Like IELTS, i have to pass ALL modules in one sitting. Great. Just great. So i withdrew my application but thankfully, they refunded 50% of my money back, which is fair i guess.


A couple of my colleagues suggested i take the IELTS(academic) preparation course. I was dwelling and dragging on it. Cos it IS expensive, mind you. It costs $1000+. So i finally made up my mind and decided to go for it. I borrowed that $1000+ from my mom and paid for it.


The classes are held every Mondays and Wednesdays at 7.30pm-9.30pm, over the span of three months, from January until March. So yesterday, it was the FIRST day of my class. I was morning shift. As soon as i returned home from work, i took a nap for about an hour. Then woke up and get ready for class. I was like ten minutes early. When i stepped into the class, there were already some students sitting in there. As the class drew nearer,i realised nobody wanna sit beside me lol. Am i THAT intimidating? Lmao. BUT when the class started, the teacher had us paired up. So this burmese woman had to sit beside me and become my partner in the class. So like any other first days elsewhere in any organisations, we have to introduce ourselves and get to know each other better. There were 3 Singaporeans in the class including me, 1 from Myanmar, 1 from China, 1 from Vietnam, 1 from Korea and 1 from France. Note to self: "To befriend the french lady as she's going to study to become a fashion designer and is going to work under Louis Vuitton". Ok nuff said. Honestly, i think that the British teacher is TOO serious and he gives VERY LITTLE jokes(i expected more!), which gives me the impression that what he is trying to project to us is, "let's get down to business". The first day of the class itself hits me REAL hard on the head, sorta like the teacher pulled my head and banged it to the wall. This is absolutely NOT easy at all. No joke. I have to study and work on my IETLS not double-y or triple-y hard. I NEED to push myself to study EXTRA hardcore for it. In the class, we touched mostly on speaking. And managed to cover some writing as well. I didn't expect him to give us homeworks, but he did. DAMMIT! (>.<) Then he gave us the lowdown on the structure of each and every single part of the speaking and writing test, what the examiners are assessing, what they are expecting, looking out for and how they grade us. EXTREMELY useful details. I'd say.... This course is gonna be worth it. By the end of the class, i felt like my brain was wrung out dry. Then i realised how fucking exhausting, working and studying at the same time is. As soon as i got home, i refused to shower, went straight to my room, collapsed onto my bed and fell into a deep-DEEP-meaningful-satisfying-delicious sleep. Needless to say, i drooled while asleep.(and it does NOT happen frequently, not unless i'm REALLY tired.)

Back From Outer Space

Yes, yes. I promised ya'll to come back here to blog and here i am! I've fulfilled my promise. I never go back on my words. *Crosses fingers* TeeHee! :-D
These few days, i've been daydreaming ALOT. About several things at a time. Cos you know, a girl can dream whenever she wants to. Even when ya'll are in the privacy of your own bathroom, BO-ing. Lol. I was thinking of getting IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) Laser Hair Removal on both my armpits and my va-jay-jay. Therefore, i won't need to shave or wax ever again! Was thinking of getting my own laptop too but i scrapped that thought cos it doesn't hurt to share this laptop with my brother, i guess. Also, like Rehana, i wanna get Lasik eye surgery as well so that i don't have to buy contacts anymore and so that i can skip the sticking-your-finger-in-your-eyes process. All these require thousands of dollars and i ain't got no thousands on me so maybe in future, possibly. For the past week, what i've been doing was changing my diet to a healthier one and i've started back on the exercising track. It was great and i felt the endorphins aka feel-good hormones which perks me up everyday and which leaves me wanting more. Unfortunately, post-night shift, two days ago, i got bad coughing and intolerable sore throat. As i'm typing this down, i was supposed to be afternoon shift today but i took sickie cos i REALLY felt awful and lousy when i woke up this morning and STILL am feeling so right now. Hopefully, i'll get well soon cos i wanna continue exercising.


Currently, i'm obsessed with Australia's Next Top Model Cycle 5. I think most of them look beautiful in their own way. I found a few celeb lookalikes from this bunch. Take a look!











But of course i do have my personal favourites! They are....


Laura M


Lola


Adele


Cassi


Tahnee

New Hair For May 2010

Since i'm not able to change my hair colour as often as i change my panties, lol. Just kidding! Sometimes i just wish i could change my hair colour according to the makeup look i wear for the day. Like for example, if imma be doing dark, gothic makeup for the day, i would want jet black hair to match! You get what i'm saying? Ok. So for May 2010, i decided to go jet black, with bangs(which i haven't had since i was 17 so you can imagine how nervous i was when i got my bangs cut short at the salon.... Eek! :-s)!! The look i'm going for is Sagia Castaneda's look from Pitbull's music video "I Know You Want Me(Calle Ocho)". I have highlighted bleached hair. I read somewhere that you cannot just dye whatever colour you want over your bleached hair, otherwise it will turn into a weird greenish colour or a disgusting greyish colour. I've done some research before doing DIY dye on my hair. FYI: I'm quite a pro at dying hair cos i've been doing it since i was 9 years of age. ;) I just cannot do highlights lol. Too complicating. Say, you have bleached light hair, and you want to go darker, NEVER EVER dye your hair brown straight away. It'll turn out a gross greenish colour and you wouldn't want that. You need to go redhead first before going brunette. See, when you had your hair bleached, you've completely stripped the red tone out of your hair. So now, we wanna deposit the red tone back into your hair. That was exactly what i did. I went redhead first before going dark, jet black ebony hair! Oh! I like L'oreal's hair dye but the black colour was out of stock so i tried this brand called Schwarzkopf. Got it for $9.95 per box at Watsons. I think it's too cheap for a hair dye price. Very, VERY hesitant on buying it. After trying it, i still think Garnier and L'oreal make waaaaayyyyyyy better hair dye!!!! As for my bangs, i'm not sure if i look aight with it but i definitely cannot get used to it.

Makeup Brushes

I'm SUPER ecstatic when i bought my first set of makeup brushes, i couldn't stop raving about it!!!! Hehehehe.... I know. People thought that being a makeup junkie and all, i'd already have my makeup tools in hand. But no. I didn't buy it earlier cos i thought i'd need to buy more expensive ones so that they'll last longer. But i've come to realise that even affordable ones can be of high quality. I think Sharon has gotten me influenced on thinking that the more expensive the beauty product is, the higher the quality. Some advice ladies! NEVER underestimate cheaper/affordable beauty products. Sorry Sharon but I SO TOTALLY standby what i said!! ;) Take for example, Olay skin care! It is true that they have one of the best anti-aging creams compared to higher end ones.

Ok ok. The brand of makeup brushes i got is Ecotools. They're known for their affordable, good quality and environmentally-friendly brushes. This set i got, it includes 2-in-1 brow shaper/eyelash comber brush, eyeshadow brush, blush brush, angled liner brush and concealer brush, all packed into a bamboo cup holder. I bought the foundation brush separately. The handles are made from bamboo and it's a highly sustainable plant. The aluminium that binds the bristles together are made from recycled aluminium. Finally, the synthetic taklon bristles of the brushes are 100% cruelty-free. I got the brushes set for $29.90 at Watsons. The foundation brush is $11.90. Ain't that value for money? I've been diggin' them cos they're like SUPER soft, i'm SO in love with'em!!!! :) Ok ok. I know Ecotools don't have the complete, full range of makeup brushes. To complete my collection, i've been browsing Sephora makeup brushes. Ah well.... I'll let you know if i'll buy them or not. Psst! I heard they use goat hair. Eek!! :-s

Time For Damage Control On My Fat Ass!

Today i pushed myself TO THE CORE!!!! I'm EXTREMELY proud of myself!! :p
So here's a breakdown of what workouts i did earlier on.
At FF's Fusionopolis gym....
1)Interval training on treadmill(i heard it burns fat quicker!)-30 minutes.
2)Cross training-30 minutes.
And then, i went home....
3)Thigh exercises(3 different types)-3 sets of 20 each.
4)Squats-3 sets of 20.
5)Butt exercises(3 different types)-3 sets of 20 each.
6)Leg raises to the side(for hips)-3 sets of 20.
7)Arm exercises using 3kg dumbbells(4 different types)-3 sets of 10 each.
8)Abs exercises-5 sets of 20.
I remember everything that Benji(my ex-personal trainer) taught me back at CF.
I SHALL NOT LET MYSELF SLACK, I SHALL PREVAIL! OH YES!! IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING(Adidas)!!!! JUST DO IT(Nike)!!!! Err.... Anymore sports apparel slogans?
Alrighty. Imma just chill in front of the fan now. And maybe sing a bit before heading for the shower. I feel different.

Out With The Minahs!

Time is 12.40am over here and i just got home from Orchard. I don't feel sleepy yet so just posting this blog entry to pass time. We're supposed to be meeting at 5pm but everyone was late except Nora lol. I reached there at 5.50pm, so went ahead with Nora to get her Chanel foundation. I wanted to take a video of the beauty advisor applying the foundation on Nora but she didn't allow it. "No photo-takings in shopping mall". Is that true? I swear i've never heard of that before! :-o
OMG! Nora bought four Chanel items!! She got a makeup base, a liquid foundation, loose powder and a compact powder. I wonder how much damage that did to her bank account. Hmm.... Hardly a dent i guess cos after all, she earns like three times of what we do! About ten minutes later, Aini came. We were walking around Tangs for about half an hour and Nora had to leave. Aww.... Ah well! Later on, Aini and me had dinner at Long John Silver's. Then came along Nurul! Finally she's back from JB!! She had dental appointment all the way at JB! Gosh!! We went shopping for our perfumes at Lucky Plaza. In the end, Nurul didn't get any perfume cos she said she's still got plenty. Aini got Britney Spears' Midnight Fantasy. I got two Escada perfumes. Marine Groove and Sunset Heat. $38 each. That's quite a great deal i must say. Then we went window shopping at Cotton On and Forever 21. At the end of the outing, we lepak at Coffee Bean at Ion Orchard. Oh! Forgot to mention we got ourselves matching black rings at Forever 21, they rock! Ok ok! I'll stop typing already and show you them photos!!

Names Joke

I heard this lil joke on radio. Just thought i'd share it over here. Ok, here goes! At a conference, the first mother confessed her obsession for food, hence, she named her daughter Candy. The second mother confessed her obsession for money, hence, she named her daughter Penny. The third mother confessed her obsession for alcohol, hence, she named her daughter Brandy. The fourth mother got up from her seat and dragged her son saying, "C'mon Dick, let's go."