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25th May 2014 

Knitwear from Wonderstellar

Necklace from Shop6by6

Top from H&M 

Shoes from Topshop 

Today something suddenly got into me and I decided to head down to Coles to grab some groceries to cook pasta! I have never been a fan of western food, always preferred my chinese and japanese food. But I always felt that pasta was way easier to cook, or perhaps its cause I seldom even try to cook chinese food. Cause you just need to boil the spaghetti and heat up the pasta sauce. But I definitely put in more effort for this pasta meal and added in other ingredients! Sent it to the family group chat and everyone was praising me. Teehee. Happy that I can make my parents proud! :) Maybe I shall cook for them when i get back? But I always say that but never do so. 

Sighhh, I miss home cooked food, I miss home. :( 

22 May 2014

Sometimes I gotta keep reminding myself that life is made up of moments. Moments of impact, as quoted by the Vow which I have watched 5 times till date. *no judging please* I have to constantly remind myself that I almost went to a different school, almost had a different group of friends, almost died in a car accident, almost ended up in a different country. Yet here I am, being where I am and facing the consequences of these moments. Our lives which is so called "defined" "fixed" are actually highly dependant on these moments that could have led to something totally different to what we have now. Happenstance, thats what they call it. These moments which are only made up of a few seconds, yet have the ability to change one's entire life. You gotta be really careful of them. Cause some of them are irreversible. 

Impactful. 

Morocco Part 4

More pictures from the Morocco trip ages ago while scrolling through my iPhoto. 

They really are bits and pieces and in no particular order. Messy, messy. 

15 May 2014

I think many people, despite all the constant denying or what they say, we all have our own problems and own demons to face. Yet, we all put up this strong front in front of others. Sometimes, we even have to put others down to make ourselves feel better. We have our days where we feel insufficient, inadequate, like nothing is going our way. Days where we are facing the shit life throws at us yet we still gotta go out there and fight the war, put up a constant battle. So no matter what, before you want to give anyone shit, remember that we all have our own shit to deal with and whats the point of adding on to make things worse? 

Well just like today, I hate a shitty beginning to start my day. And while rushing to school, I tripped and fell. Everything flew, literally. My bag, my phone, my sweater and my laptop which I was carrying in my hands. All flew, except my body which kinda just headed straight towards the gravel ground. Talk about falling down and it being similar to falling in love. This one was definitely way more painful and faster than falling in love. Thank God my laptop screen didn't crack, though my phone case kinda got ruined. But yay, now I have a new excuse to change my phone casing. And I escaped with just a minor abrasion on my knee and a thumping heart. But like my mom said, my troubles and worries from the day before also flew away at the same time. :)

Till the next time~

5:49am

The kind of love that even the deepest ocean craved. 

Have you ever experienced that kind of love where the person saw you feeling upset and cause they didn't want to ever see you going through such pain that they started feeling extremely sad and started crying?

And at the moment I knew I was the luckiest girl alive and it didn't matter that all else failed. 

12 May 2014

These days I haven't been up to much except for rushing for assignments late into the night in school or hanging out at the same few places. Its been pretty boring, and more like a routine? But its good for me I guess. For someone like me, who has always never stuck to something for long, its good. Trains me, toughens me up and helps me calm down. I find myself calmer, more relaxed and stress free nowadays.  I have a good time hanging out with my friends who honestly, have been the best to me. I can't even ask for more. They are always so patient and accommodating with me. We laugh at the smallest things together, and joke together (though I am always the one being made fun of) but its such things which is probably what I am going to miss most about my university life here and what makes up my university life. I also try to refrain myself from doing anything that I know is not good for me (I wonder why I didn't do so previously??), be it physically or emotionally. Man, I even cut down on my coke intake if you are talking about health-wise and haven't been drinking much bubble tea. Haha, wait till I am back in singapore. I ll probably be drinking lots of Koi bubble tea. *drools, slurps, dreams*.

I've also learnt to appreciate my surroundings more. And I secretly think and would like to say that I've gotten braver! I no longer have to call my mom while walking back in the dark or start freaking out and feeling scared. I actually enjoy those walks back alone in the dark. I just feel happy walking back, taking my own time, at my own pace and listening to any song I feel like listening to. Though I always get very very frustrated choosing a song which suits my mood cause I just can't make up my mind and by the time I've made up my mind, I would have reached my destination. So usually, I would stop in the middle of my tracks to choose a song. I've also started to fall even more in love with the night sky here. The sky here is beautiful??! Remember how I always used to complain about how useless the street lamps are? And how they are somewhat non-existent? Well, I realised a good thing about that. Its cause of these "non-existent" street lamps that I hate so much that I am able to enjoy the starry night sky so much. Hahaha how weird the world works right and God's plans for you. Yeppp, so far I am able to recognise the Orion Belt, False Cross and Southern Cross. And Mars is actually visible from here. How amazeballzzz.

Okay, till the next time!

Expect nothing, Appreciate everything.

*shakes head*

Please help me to report this person on Instagram!! 

Very much appreciated! 

And guess how I found out? She had the cheek to follow me on Instagram. 

Not very smart of you, girl. 

Change of time

I had a dream last night

I dreamt that I was swimming

And the stars up above

Directionless and drifting

Somewhere in the dark

Were the sirens and the thunder

And around me as I swam

The drifters who'd gone under

I had a dream last night

And when I opened my eyes

Your shoulder blade, your spine

Were shorelines in the moonlight

New worlds for the weary

New lands for the living

I could make it if I tried

I closed my eyes I kept on swimming

Salon VIM

During my one week break back in singapore, I visited Salon VIM to do something about my hair! 

Well, if you don't already know, I've always been a fan of making changes to my hair and Salon VIM is one of the leading hair salons in singapore so I was definitely really excited! 

And as expected, I was definitely very happy with the results and was not disappointed one bit.  

My stylist was Ivan and I visited the outlet located at 313 Somerset! Do look for him if you're planning to head down! 

After patiently listening to my hair woes and the issues I had with my hair, Ivan suggested doing a texturising perm for me at the crown of my head for a extra "poofmmpphhh" and slight waves since I've always felt that my hair was too "flat". He also suggested doing splash light for me, which was the latest hair trend, in Magenta Red. 

^ For splash light, only certain parts of the hair are dyed and it can be seen more obviously only under certain lights. 

Btw, I've always loved red hair but the only down side to red coloured hair is that it fades super easily so I was kinda apprehensive at first about dying my hair red. However, unlike other red colours I've done previously, the Loreal Magenta Red did not fade as easily! Up to today, about one month after dying my hair, the red is still obvious! 

The texturizing perm definitely helped my hair with the much needed extra volume, EVEN WITHOUT ANY HAIR STYLING PRODUCTS! Ahhh, the miracles of a hair salon visit! :) 

Ivan also did a Kera Fusion treatment for my hair which was very dry. Especially after doing chemical treatments for your hair, its extremely important to do a treatment. The treatment done for me targeted weakened ends and fine hair.

The Kera Fusion Treatment consisted of:

Ceramides (Weakened hair) 

- Hair fiber is reinforced from inside

- Hair resistance is restored

Hair surface is restored

Omega (Fine Hair)

- Hair fiber is deeply replenished from inside

- Hair becomes thickened 

- Restores natural protection layer

Judging by the pictures about, you can definitely tell my hair was definitely restored and much healthier than before! 

Salon VIM kindly gave me awesome Keratase products to try. Keratase has always been one of my favourite hair products brand. Its really worth every penny despite being on the pricier end! Even before this, I've been using Keratase products! 

^ This is probably my most favourite series out of all their products! Extremely good for damaged hair ends. 

^ Shampoo for thickening of hair! Perfect for me! 

These are now my holy grail hair products. Not gonna switch around anymore cause its always good to stick to one product brand! *Keratase products can be found at Salon VIM. 

07 May 2014

How do you tell what is real and what's not? The truth from the lies?
I can not seem to be able to differentiate them and hell, it is the biggest lesson to ever learn.

So do you just not believe anyone and build walls around yourself. Or just choose to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and trust them. And when you get hurt, blame no one else but yourself?

I once heard this somewhere "Just believe that everyone is good. But if people want to bluff you, let them. Once you realise that, then never ever believe them again."

4:45am thoughts.

Try

The world is catching up to you

While you are running away to chase your dreams

It's time for us to face the truth

Cause we are coming to each other to change

03 May 2013

Ahhh, such a nice feeling isn't it. Just sitting there watching people go by, watching the world pass you by. Different people from all walks of life, you never know their story and the secrets they hold. 

Need to stop being such a weakling. Dust the dirt and walk away, never turning back. I really gotta learn how to control my thoughts and actions?? No longer am I a kid where I can simply blame push the blame onto the young and reckless adolescent me or have my parents pick up the mess I've created. I've gotta take responsibility for my actions and words. There are consequences. Heavy and light ones. Things to let go of, things to sort out. Thoughts, people.

Till the next time~ 

Tick Tock

"If time lets slip a little, perfect hour, 

Oh take it - for it will not come again."

NEW YORK

Sorry just fooling around with my beanie while studying. :( 

Ice cream in cold chilly weather is the best.