jojo ♥

Saturday, October 31

Mom's big day today!
It has been a smashing day with way too much food, too much drinks (starting at 2pm!) and too much rain. Me love Megumi pufferfish!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY! (=

20:34

Friday, October 30

Awesome, super, wonderful
Krado drove us to IKEA to play!

It was so funny - Krads had 3 girls in his car and
he felt SO embarrassed. He's probably afraid to tarnish his reputation. :P

And when we parked, the next car only had two lone guys;
want to bet they were wondering why Krads had 3 girls with him? Haha!

We were playing in the kiddy section!

The two girls wanted to be in an emo room.

The swing that can take 100kg PLUS!

They call us Zombo, Zombitch and Zomshi! D:
Krads is Zomtard.

I think we have too many nicknames. :P

23:45

Monday, October 26

Savage Garden has such great songs! (=

Two beds and a coffee machine.

And they are guys.
Go figure. =P

21:15

Nothing new, just that I am tired as usual.

And that I have "pressing" issues: shopping. I am wearing the same garb everyday and it just depresses me. I know it's so t r i v i a l . But it's a good enough reason to shop anyhow. I need a whole new wardrobe!

School has been dull so far. Some classes are pretty fun, and some are (forgive me) a downright no-brainer.

I am surprised that I like law. I think it is really fascinatng - though I don't know how I would feel about it once the papers started. Hah. I heard it is a open-book paper though!

But I can't wait to get out. Though I wonder where I'll go.

09:23

Wednesday, October 21

Ohmy, Blogger takes FOREVER for uploading.
Miss-Sleep-Early-Everynight simply cannot wait up anymore,
so I'll just have captions with photos. :)

SUNDAY

Last night before Mike flys.
We watched My Sister's Keeper! :D

My sweetie managed to find a sneak preview, which is perfect for us.
It's a great show (I think) and I cried buckets.
I think I found my weakness.

Then we drank by the beach.
Aly look, no sun! =P

Typical pose.

Mock anguish.

And off he flys! =)
PS, I wish girls can join.
ONLY for the overseas exercise. :/

He called me today! :D
AWW right.

MONDAY

Me and the girls went out to Teoheng to sing.
Yanz went to M'sia. ):

This is from my camera - effect: normal.

Nic's camera - effect: whitewashed.

YAYS! I could fit in the kiddy ride! :D
Xinyi couldn't. Mwahaha!

WEDNESDAY

Melly bought me this when she visited this morning! :DD
Along with bubble tea and our usual chicken rice.
SO SWEET.

Then, out to celebrate hairful days with Gary.
ABS! not

Yvonyvon didn't go.
School for the poor girl!

Difference in length. Mhmm.

*tweaks face*

*YOU EVIL SNEAKING FACE-PINCHER!*

This is..
I just thought to have all the uhglam stuff up.

Like..this! So cute right!

Irene with Gary.

Us girlys.

Bye Hairful!
Hellooo Skinhead. (=

*hugs* Huijing!

23:04

Thursday, October 15

My short 3 days in Bintan.
Pretty pretty pretty!

[I shall give myself leeway to be an airhead.
After all, no intellect is needed in a laidback resort.
Just relax, drink, and sleep in spas.]

Yes, it is the same spot.
Just different angles.

As sunny as it looks, it was frightfully drafty.
I was too busy holding my shawl together
to go around snapping pictures.

So much for sunny days and ice cold beer...

The very neat looking 'suite'.

This is way better than the rustic stilted house
I stayed in in Batam last year.
I mean, that was an experience -
but this is really comfortable.

A king sized bed,
raised platform to laze on / for extra bed,
plasma tv, balcony and nice showers.
I just needed a clawfoot bathtub,
the kind in old Victorian homes.

I love those!

Of course, Mommy couldn't resist a shot next to the flowerpiece.

The minibar!
Which is really really mini.
2 mouthfuls of red label, black label, jim beam etc.

I will spare you pictures of the coffee, tea and buffets.
Which is really really pricey, and really pretty good!

Pricey like, soba was being sold for 14 bucks.

Then, the spa!
Going there anyway.
I can't take any pictures once there.

Momma.

I look sooooo dark.
Yes, the sun is behind me.

Pasar Oleh Oleh.
The hub of the place.

Very very tourist-y.
I wondered if people used to live there.
Then I wondered if they chased them out for make it toursit-y.

Then I decided not to think at all.

Be a fluff, be a fluff!

The staff.

And that's it!

Not a fantastic load of pictures I know,
but really. It is a) too drafty,
and b) too weird to be camwhoring myself all day.

Mommy and I decided to
a) bring everyone and book a bungalow
b) go to ClubMed.

But I am all for ClubMed.
Free booze! And free food!
Free horseriding!
And lots of spas!

Besides, I am sure the ClubMed staff won't go around taking pictures of you secretly.
They do here! On the last day, the staff passed me a paper that says
"I'm watching you."
Well, more of, "We took pictures, and we are selling them to you."
But anyway.
CLUBMED!

12:47

Monday, October 12

I am going to Bintannnnnnnnnnnnn!
Like today.
Like. Right Now. :D

I will be boarding the ferry to the isle of spas, horseriding (I was told they have horsies!) and uhm, cocktails! And I will living by the beach!

So goodbye til Thursday!

xoxo
I will miss you.
And everyone. (=

11:33

Friday, October 9

Still waking up at 8am.. Smiling, trying to mean it. Working / uhm, studying. Going to bed. And feeling absolutely nothing.

It sooo gets on my nerves, as I play this little routine.

Okay, I confess life has not been all that dull. There are great moments, and some pretty memorable ones. I have not regretted anything much; I do feel rather proud of myself. (= There is not much decisions I would have changed.

But I am so greedy. I want so much more.

Maybe I just cannot wait to grow up - to be really independent. I think I would like to be working and doing something I love; to make my own decisions and to do as I like.

With so many friends most happy to stay in the schoolroom, I reckon this must sound a trifle silly. After all, college is supposed to be the epitome of reckless fun.

But seriously, I really cannot wait. Perhaps I just want to know where I stand in the world.

You know, the worse is that I cannot identify what I am missing. Is this curiosity at not knowing what I will do in the future, or is this a wanting of freedom? Perhaps I simply wanted to be reckless for a while.

I am also unsure why I choose to share it online when I could have just confide in someone. Of course, I am not looking forward to losing any more people. What do you know?

[Yes, what a cliche title]

17:51

Wednesday, October 7

The whole thing aka Life seriously wears me down. Waking up at 8am. Smiling at everyone. Working/studying/something. Being perfectly happy. Going to sleep at..well, whenever.

It is so robotic. Restricting, boring and perfectly down-to-earth.

Give me a small, cramped excuse of an apartment. A trusty run down junk of a car. A waft of the delicious fresh air called freedom. And I might actually be happier.

Oh well, a girl can always dream. Perhaps, it's a true the-grass-is-greener-just-there-ALMOST-within-reach moment. Always beckoning, never quite fulfilled...

The independence. Being free, coming and going as I like. Forcing myself to go to work, and having fun bitching about it. Having friends over, and staying out late. Having no responsibilities whatsoever. Painting my room dark pink as I see fit!

Because, I only need to please myself.

You may say, oh, you are just saying. You will never do this! But do you really know me? Do I really know me? I never know, I never got the chance. Will I still get such a chance? To taste freedom.

Oh-so-dramatic. But, down to earth, Jojo. There's living life - and that is just not yours. So, back to waking up at 8am.

20:52

Tuesday, October 6

I never expected to garner such response from my sharkie post - usually all I get is a roll of eyes and something along the lines of "Even if I stop, it's not gonna make a difference."

But then again, I never expected many things.

I am often told I am most blind and most oblivious to things that are happening to me. Oh, I can happily go out with a bunch of people and point out to you who's close friends, who's feeling unhappy that day... but to point out who thinks what about me, I am pretty hopeless. Hence, me not knowing many things.

Except, some people make it all too obvious.
"Hey hi! How are you?"
"Hi, great. How's the girlfriend?"
"Why don't we talk about me."
"OH. How are you?"
"Good, are you single? Should I text you later or something?"

But those are the rare rare ones whom, seriously, uhm. Well, I didn't reply.

Just send them weird ones away already! Gee.
Haha, remember it was always the strange people!!

Anyway, I had the most pleasant - not! I have a report... - break in which I actually had time to do things I have neglected for the longest time. Things I have been pushing aside, for god knows what reason.

So I woke up last Saturday in a mood for a run, and I did. I feel so much healthier! (=

And just this morning, HuiJing and I went to the gym to oogle at the regulars doing everything effortlesly while we well, appeared like normal beings. The rate at which they lifted their weights! Man, it was like me popping chocolates. So. Not. Good.

Well, normal human beings that we are, we attempted to do some good exercise on the mats and we ended up doing failed yoga! And falling into laughter. It was just hilarious!

It has been so long since I had a nice, good, crazy laugh like that. Nothing special, just a great bond. =D Which is probably a juxtaposition, since that a great bond is special.

ANYWAY! The point is, SuperMomma HuiJing and I cleaned up my room good and threw away tons of stuff.

Look what we found!

The hearts we used to fold in class / between class / whatever. It's pretty, no?

This is a really nice one that I made then.

In Mel's hair.

And we pasted the black roses wall stickers I got late last year / early this year that I never got around to doing. Hah.

HuiJing did this tree for me. (= It's actually presents from different people - so it's pretty sweet.

The last rose on my mirror. With everyone in the picture!
*hearts everyone!*
THANKYOU HUIJING! I will help you paint your room!

Yes, I have fallen into the trap of replacing my 'loves' with 'hearts".

Next step:
REPORTTTTT!!!!
Get lights for room.
FIX BED.

23:49