Couture & Botox can only do so much. There's never a bad time to match that Lanvin with a good heart and a happy soul. You know the drill: dance like no one's watching. Forget pretensions; no one's looking. After all, fakes are never in fashion.

Saturday, 30 January 2010

  • If you're reading this...

    I'm doubtful and often cynical. I'm sensitive, stubborn and paranoid.. I'm persistent and prideful. I am defensive and stand hard for my rights/values. I am extremely picky when it comes to choosing friends..

    But if you'd just be the true friend I achieve for.
    Then, you'd be happy for me.
    That I decided to walk away from my old life and embrace the life I have in front of me now.

    A true friend will always have your back.
    A true friend will always support you.
    A true friend will always lift you up and never bring you down. ( I dont know  why but I've met countless of people who see the joy in doing that)
    A true friend will always be filled with joy for you and never with disdain.
    A true friend will always be there for you.

    This is my version of a true friend.
    And I think I may have found a prospective one in my life. ( i dont know , my life's motto is : everything in my life is always too early to tell. <-- this is the part where cynical comes in)

    But yeah, I think it's time to pluck the bad weeds that just won't die and nurture the good ones.

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

  • .BUSYBEE.



    LTNN. < Long Time No News.
    I have been so busy.
    To a point where I feel it's not right. Yep! That busy.
    Perhaps, I haven't got used to a 'packed schedule' <-- That I have to be somewhere, do something, be on time, at least one
    activity on every day of the week. Yes, that's my schedule from now onwards and... It's gonna get busier as the months tend to pass.
    So... BUSYBEE me!

    With that being said, I am unable to blog as much as I yearn to. I guess only when I find a tendency to whine and rant about issues that inarguably come and disturb the perfect momentum..
    But then, what is life without its' risks, controversies, and opportunities?
    So when some idiot steps on my lil toes..Then yeah, you'll see an update from me . :D

    So far so good. Being on the rush everyday feels good. Refreshing to my back-to-life  soul.
    My mother was saying; "Wow, whatever happened to you? You are like back from the dead."
    Laughed so hard that I didn't even ponder if that's a bad or good thing.

    But come to think of it now, I manage to go to bed with a smile each night . Seriously!
    Don't know bout you guys but when I know I'm getting closer to my dreams each night, it brings joy to me. And I am actually getting better sleep, compared  to the past. With the additional help of EXHAUSTION too...So yeah. I can't help but to smile. Knowing I'm starting my days on the right track and ending them with joy and satisfaction.
    && finally being able to pursue what I love AFTER the massive battles I've fought with time. (complicated)
     As for what I love...err I shouldn't have to repeat what, as if it ain't obvious enough! (:
      


    Except that the more motivated you get, the MORE errands you have on your hands. Resulting in a To-Do list that just never ends...

    Hope everyone is gettin on by well...
    Well, I know I am.

    (shall update soon on my S/S '10 favorites!! Finally got my hands on a magazine collection book I've been looking everywhere. Was so hard to find one that was in a brand new condition. As most bookstores don't wrap their local magazines which irks me.. They should have one unwrapped for light browsing, and the rest protected! My heart hurts whenever I see magazines all bashed up by cheapos who read instead of browsing!)

Friday, 15 January 2010

  • Think About It, Be About It.

    Lets Take a Second and reflect on what we can do
    To be smart and play apart in somethin beautiful
    Embrace life appreciate the fact you even breathing
    Cuz we in the crosshairs and it's over season
    If each one teachs one we got a good start
    Your not a square cuz shakira have a good heart
    We gotta speak soft, And listen harder
    Its right in front of our face but we don't even bother

    Think about it Think about it
    Be about, dont be afraid to speak about it
    Don't cry about it even though they lie about it
    set a fire, inspire dont turn it up to cheat about it

    Can't change the world over night
    But we can start by saving a life
    One at a time, One at a time

    So lets make historyand help out those in need
    One at a time, One at a time
    We can change a life

    I be like my generations complaining about things that we don't have
    But if you think about if you think about it we ain't got it so bad
    Trust me I know bad, And I met worst
    And it'd be so sad, To sit it and let it get worst
    It's a simple concept we need to grasp quickly
    Before we end up wishing we did something differently
    So go and spread the word, And not the virus
    C'mon lets get together try and put this all behind us



    If you're wondering why the sudden slang..

    It's lyrics by One At A Time by Travis McCoy.

    One of my personal favourite songs..
    And with the recent major event still intact..
    the Haiti earthquake, I would like to encourage people out there to help,
    doesn't matter if you;re cashless, doesn't matter if you don't have the time.
    All it takes is of a fraction of your Spare time..
    Cause when u think about it, these people have basically nothing, and with that, let alone time to live.

    I have to urge you guys to help, I don't know why. I really can't sleep. I've been feeling guilty about not being able to participate when it's over the news, the net, everywhere...
    My mom had to return something to the mall today so I accompanied her , you don't know how MASSIVE the guilt I was feeling... Even though I bought nothing..just the fact of being in a mall when all hell is breaking loose in another part of the world was taunting me.


    So... if you have some sort of humanity in you, help by donating money, blood, clothings, anything.
    It doesn't take much for you to give, that is a lot for them to take.


    http://www.redcross.org

    Goodnight,
    off to the Salvation Army tomorrow (:


Saturday, 09 January 2010

  • Dear Job, I Hate Rude People & People In General!

    I detest , let me repeat,
    DETEST rude people with no etiquette or any form of a wee bit of thing called Formality; manners.
    C'mon, you Americans should know better! (Being Asian, you know that manners doesn't furnish from Asia)
    Before I came years ago, I painted a nice picture of America in my head where it's surrounded by fresh pastures and nice people who took their grins to their ears and all they said was "Please, Thank You & Sorry"
    Guess I wasnt that far away from home.
    But being Singaporean, does make a difference to how rude Americans can be.
    Yea yea before you get offended & start pointing fingers.


    When you have a job like mine that engage with 1)formality
    and on good days I get --> 2) manners!

    Makes it easy or the latter.


    More like your rudeness is killing me.



    I would actually say I am very well-mannered out of many Singaporeans.(well brought-up thanks to my <3Mama, this I have to say my mom has done well. Single mom-3-kids and she had time to teach Proper Manners?/ How bout that ) Even with the adapted British ways in Singapore, you still find many obnoxious people out there.
    I don't hold a grudge towards ill-mannered people. (Under many circumstances, families have different way of teachings, tho i may not agree with some of their ways of life & mannerisms, I respect & understand that) But I still insist that no matter your family background or teachings, by now, with our informative society, one should at least know proper manners or at least embrace others' that show it.
    I get really ticked off with the rude. (Rude is just plain obnoxious, no acceptable reasons I can find)
    So there is a difference.

    Back to my job.
    I worked today and just realized my dislike for rude people is growing rapidly stronger.
    With that, would come a nice pleasant person who have some decent amount of manners in them
    & help make my day that converge to forget about the worthless hostility.

    Overall, I hate my job.
    Well, this big aspect of it.
    Co-workers also apply to this.
    But that would go into a whole different area of topic..
    Cooperation.
    Still, I don't go to work to make friends
    I go to work to work!

    No wonder the last time I checked, I enjoyed my scraps of paper & pencil & L'OFFICIEL magazines more than people. * well the good ones in my eyes are hard to find. therefore i waste no time.

    I guess this isn't my world. If I could only paint it the way I see it.


    Really, amazing how I can sleep tonight and look forward to the bland days ahead.
    Amazing too how much of a long way I still have!
    Good luck Amanda!!!!!

    I'm staying positive out of this negative life that continues to breed and breed..

Tuesday, 05 January 2010

  • & I thought a New Year would mean new beginnings.

    I can't believe my first(2nd) week of 2010 is going this way........
    Up & truthful. I never, never like to hang my dirty laundry. Nobody knows me, who cares, I have to let it out because I revert back to my old ways of forgetting unhappiness.

    When you ain't happy with the current situation, don't you put it all on me. I am so perplexed, always been. Out of everyone, why do you target me? Does my face give you the impression of a bulls-eye? Where you can hit me countless times till you hit it right on? Well, BULLS-EYE CONGRATS you ignorant malicious condescending man! You always managed to piss me off to hurt. (funny getting hurt under a person I have no desire nor respect for)
    Well, I've always cracked under your blaming games. Partially, cause i have ZERO backup from anybody else ( the MOST thing I expected & needed during times like this)
    Yes, like your accusations and blames ain't nice enough, I am being treated as the fool who got fooled by everyone else.

    Not this time.



    I wish.

    I'm so tired of these repetitive events.
    As much as I try to get away. I can't.
    This is the part that sucks.
    I can't run.
    Your tendency to fault with me is like a deformity I have to live with for the rest of my life. Except, it is not a physical deformity, rather emotional.
    At least people can see it and sympathize. When it's all inner pain, it's raw. Nobody can see how raw inner pain is, till you cut that shit up.

    Well cut me up then.
    Because everyone else seems to be clueless.

    Why can't somebody just leave one the fuck alone?
    Have you ever felt victimized?
    Because that's my least favorite thing. To be accused/look down upon/controlled.
    To be fking Defenseless


  • Drama Turned Realization

    As I watch some drama on the net...
    one of the biggest unfolds in it points something out to me tonight..., a fact.

    That the power of one from your past overwhelms your present in a flash.
    And all the years of mighty tries to dislocate yourself from your past and to indulge into states of amnesia, all just sweeps away into dust.

    I don't have to prove my theory in the least bit.
    Because I know.
    I know.
    That is me.

Saturday, 26 December 2009

  • bee-stung skin & a comfy xmas

    Wow. My skin is so effing dry that it's causing me major interference to my life.
    I can't go anywhere, can't sleep without slapping on chunks & chunks of moisturizer that just (not sting) burn like a mother on my very dry skin.

    All the doings of Accutane.
    No pain no gain.
    Listen to your mommy when she tells you that.
    It's true.

    I'm seeing immense improvements from the last month, so that's the only reason that I bother...
    To have every inch of the surface area on my skin sting like a mfking bee.
    :(

    How was yall's Christmas?
    I had a quiet family dinner. This year was good, managed to get the whole family together, well most of it. All 3 of us (brothers & I) haven't gotten a chance to be together , for 3 years. Holymoly, didn't realize how long it was till I said it. So one extra reason to thank Santa this Christmas!

    I've only been out of school for say..3 weeks?
    & I'm itching to get back already.
    Damn, I don't wanna grow fat and ugh from bumming.

    Hate it to have my momentum broken when I'm at my most steady stance!

    Nevermind..no need to despair.
    Colorado trip coming right up!!
    That means; Goodbye calories and hello sore legs!
    Not just putting on the pounds but I feel deprived and away from drive when I'm rotting at home..
    Sis-in-law & nephew leaving tomorrow... Thank God I have work, or I would have to face the 'through-the-glass-goodbye-waves' thing.
    I hate goodbyes. (who doesn't)
    If Christmas didn't consist of goodbyes, how nice would that be.
    A Perfect Christmas.


    xoxoxo



Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Saturday, 12 December 2009

  • Houston, we have a problem.

    Hi,

    Today I feel like I need to shop, yet AGAIN.
    My daily routine of the week goes like this:

    Mon-Thurs (School) <--- Now that school has ended this week.. (:
    Fri,Sat - Shopping
    Sunday- Work

    Every consecutive week.
    So I thought it was just the therapy + free-time my mom and I seek at.
    But lately I began to feel this might just be a problem..
    As I am being hit with the urge and yearning to be at the mall.
    E.g: Today, I awake, brush my teeth, wash my face, and have hopes that I can go to the mall.
    Yes, I feel like my days would suck if i don't go to the mall in at least 2 days.
    So from a consistent habit to what you call, an addiction.
    Or rather what the experts say, obsessive compulsive disorder.

    Am I in trouble here?





    Now, I just looked at my browser's favorites & all I see was, online stores..
    Okay.. I'm in trouble.
    Tempted to post my buys..
    But then it would bore the hell out of you.

Monday, 07 December 2009

  • One Person, Two Places.

    Have You Ever Been In Two Places At Once.

    I Have..Well At Least My Life Has Been. Partially spent, lived, you can say as good as being physically split apart.
    It's No Blessing.
    I've Begun To Lose My Footing In Both Places.

    The Absence Of My Origin, & The Presence of My Destination.
    To A Point Where I Don't Feel I Belong To Either.



    I'm not sure if there's anyone who ever felt the same as I do now.

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