March 31, 2013

Socializin' fun!

So, I said I had another post on my socializing experience right? This is it. Haha. What a bad introduction. Oh well, whatever. ^^


My JC1 classmates and I went back to school for lunch and a quick meet up! It was nice seeing everyone again^^ This picture was my favourite of them all! Although I am not very very close to all of you because we only had one year together, you will be in my heart! My heart has many compartments. 


Before Jing Li left for Aussie, we met again at Star Visa and ate Porn's! Not bad, but the Pad Thai was not as good as Nakhon in Kovan. Tom Yum was really good because it was super sour, I like.



Went for Michelle's 21st birthday party with Cheryl. It was nice seeing her again! I wore heels so I am almost their height. Hahahaha. #cheat. Bought her a Herschel bag, fell in love with another Herschel bag, bought it and now it is on its way to Singapore from USA ^^ Much cheaper than buying from the shop in Singapore. It is out of stock anyway. -.- I super love Michelle's dress!


Celebrated Jing Li's birthday at hatched! Speaking of which, I have not bought Jing Li's present! :( She flew over specially to celebrate! Cool only!She looked so pretty that day ^^ I bought my home lighter for the occasion and everyone laughed at me. See my lighter in the picture? It was the big gun looking type. :(



Here is another picture of all of us! <3


Celebrated Jaya's birthday with my fellow guide friends! We are all grown up!


 All of us! Not all, but almost!


Added this because it is a nice picture. Hahaha. 


The day we collected our HSS packs and helium balloons. Poor Qing lin's balloon flew up into the ceiling during our elective. RIP, balloon. But we got another the next day. I was attempting the helium voice thingie, but there was no difference in my voice. Either I am doing it wrong or it does not work on me. I hope it is the latter. Because then I would be cool. #nonsense Hahaha.

It is only the end of March and but so far this year has been not bad IF you do not include school. School got tougher, I have 4 assignments from 4 different module due soon. I hope I do not explode....-.-

Rebecca :)

March 30, 2013

Sweet memories ^^

As my projects' and assignments' deadlines zoom in closer and closer, I need to remind myself to set my priorities right. I must really look at my current goal more closely. I WANT TO GO FOR EXCHANGE IN SWEDEN SEM 2 2014!!! I just wrote this on my wall big big! Oh well. Sucks that we place such an importance on meritocracy.

We work hard, so we must play hard too. Today was an eventful day, but I want to write about the whole of March in general. March flew by really quickly. I always have the motivation to blog when something happens, but you know, I procrastinate. :/

I am really grateful to have such nice friends in my course. I never expected it to be this way. When I went for Welcome Day in NTU alone, I thought I might really be a loner and my worse fear would come true. Instead, we had our own  loners' table and now.....we have a group of people who have a shared understanding and things to talk about all the time. Having been in a mission school almost all my life(nursery, primary school, secondary school and junior college), this is the first time I find myself not surrounded any Christians. It is a little weird, and yet interesting. My horizons really became broader. Apart from the religion shock, I think the conversation subject that ALWAYS pop up never fail to shock me.

WHY ARE WE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT GUYS HUH?

So weird! I am talking about conversations about marriage, kids, spouses and what not. Super weird! Hahahaha. But I enjoy talking about who fangirls over who and who is the best fangirl material. Hahahaha. I once asked them to change the topic, and Phyllis said," But we are girls! " Well, I certainly hardly ever talked about guys in my other schools before 0.o Weird. I tend to keep quite quiet in those HTHT sessions. No comments and not really in a position to comment.

This post was supposed to be for me to showcase some of the things I did. I sidetracked. -.-

I had my recess week 2 weeks ago, but it was really eventful^^


Homemade Tom Yum with glass noodles with tomatoes, xiao bai cai, corn and egg. The stick there is lemongrass. I am not a big fan of it, but it makes Tom Yum nommy. Nom. This was on my stay home day.


120313 - Kiseki with Fried Brains! Best gathering with almost full attendance! We went for Japanese buffet and then to Playnation to play Kinect! <3 I stole all these pictures from Facebook, but I am sure the rest will not mind ^^

Fried brains (almost) family picture!



 After Kinect, everyone was exhausted, sweaty and probably not as nice-smelling. We enjoyed it though! <3 Look at my tired face and my unevenly sized eyes.. Hahaha.




So tired that when I went to Nex afterwards, I told my brother to carry my heels while I walked in slippers. Hahahaha. ^^ Thanks bro!

150313- Disney on Ice with Lynette! <3 We ate The basement (again!) But I loved it. Met up with Josephine for a wee bit! Missed her lots! Even though we are in different schools, I hope that we will keep in touch and meet up regularly:) Must make the effort okay! Really love Disney on Ice! This year's theme was Princesses and Heroes. <3 Ariel had quite a bit of spotlight, so I loved it! Stupid bottle leaked and flooded my bag(for the XXXth time). I am always so clumsy >.<







 35 baby fishes died. :( RIP, dear little ones. I missed you and loved you while you lasted. I hoped that at least one would live. But alas, it was not meant to be.



Got my HSS pack with a Helium balloon:)Found out that balloons are really nice to write on with my Zebra pen! <3

Japanese buffet again with family! <3 I love salmon, but my prof just informed me that it is not environmentally sound to eat them. 1 kg of salmon requires 6 kg of other fishes to rear. *sniffles*


Bought foot peeling mask to try. OMG. FEET PEELED LIKE CRAZY. Not like thin layers of skin coming out you know. It was a thick layer! My feet is in the last stages of peeling. I bought this Nature's Republic foot mask from Bugis. $9.90 with discount. Hehe. 


Went to La De Creme with my sociology friends for a friend(s) date today! Hehe. 3 pots of tea, 1 cup of roasted almond latte, 4 desserts. It was good. I loved the round white with chocolate flakes cake the best! 


Another picture. 


We were going to Vanessa's house to play Kinect (Thanks Vanessa!) And she so kindly drove us from the train station to the cafe and on to her house! Even lent me her shower! Thank you so much, my friend! So I fed her the last piece of cake. My favourite one! Genevieve. It has praline, crunchy something and special cream that is so good that even someone like  me who hates cream ate it. Okay la. Just kidding. I ate the last piece. This was just a pose! :p



A picture of all of us who went! I am in an odd position, but who cares. I decided to wear my saints shirt to dance because I felt like it. ><

I still have more pictures I have not talked about yet! OMG. When did I get a life, seriously. Hahaha. Oh well. It was really fun! Maybe it was fate Vanessa's doggies were not at home. I am afraid of dogs(yes, I admit it) I want to overcome that fear though. I will. *determined*

That's all. I will talk about the rest again in another post. This post is long enough as it is! >.<

Rebecca :)

March 06, 2013

Tutorial: How to make studded barrettes with pronged studs!

Crazy about hair accessories? I know I am. I got so crazy, that I bought 20 French barrette blanks from Ebay to add to my collection! Hehe. Previously, my fringe was too short to use a barrette  so I had to use crocodile clips. There are only so many ways to deco your crocodile clip! So as soon as I could use a french barrette, I converted :) So, now when I am going through a "French barrette" phase, I just had to find a way to make more to add on to my collection. Look at this:


From whipped cream barrettes, to rhinestone barrettes to bow barettes! I have them all! HAHA! Every single one of them was handmade by me^^ From felt to real leather to ribbons, I tried to make every one of my barrettes special! Hahaha.



So. I was just thinking about how to make a studded barrette because I bought a packet of studs to stud my top and I had so many leftovers(because I was greedy and bought 100 in a go) They were pronged so I could not just glue them on.



BUT. I found a way, and I am gonna share it today! ^^


This is my first time doing a compiled tutorial! It is much easier:) I did it my way, so ya.

All you need is some felt, pronged studs, hot glue gun(mine is pink<3) a French barette and some studs! I used a 60mm French barette and I cannot remember the size of my studs probably around 12/11mm? Maybe? I used 5 studs per barrette....

Have a insulating something to hold your stud. I used a scrap leather. I went on to make a bow with my leather with this tutorial (bow as shown above)!

 Measure the felt to be a little smaller than your studs.

Add glue to the empty space of the stud to fill it, 3/4 full will do and wait for it to cool and harden a wee bit before  pressing the felt onto the glue.

Prong it.(Is this even how I am supposed to describe the process?!

Continue to the end.

Add glue to the barrette and press it gently to the pronged and glued felt. Do not flatten the glue.

Ta-da! You are done! Wait for it to cool completely before putting it in your hair please. HAHA.

Okay. That is it. Your very own studded barrette! ^^



Okay, That is really all I wanted to share today.

Ciao!

Rebecca :)