Saturday, November 22, 2014

2d@y

Tests and assignments coming up these days
Hopefully it's a smooth ride



Wednesday, October 22, 2014

IStatus


Friday, October 17, 2014

2d@y


It's the holidays!!!!!
Well, a one week holiday during mid-sem/ Deepavali. It's not too short.
Haven't planned what to do yet but I'm sure it's going to be fun.
About the picture above:
Potato in a jacket with drumsticks.
Maybe it's a bad pun, but I like it.
Inspiration from my food serv friend's lab report.
"Jacketed potatoes; drumsticks"

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

[Essay] Pencil Case

Hello, everyone. Today I want to share with everyone about my pencil case. It may be a small object, but it's actually a big part of my life.

What is in a pencil case? Pens, pencils, erasers, correction tape... all in all, stationary.

When I was in secondary school, there's more than just stationary in my pencil case. I used to put sewing needles and threads or a few band-aids in it. My pencil case was my emergency kit. The sewing needles are stored in a pencil led casing while the threads and the band-aids are stored in a side pocket of the pencil case. Do you still remember when girls had to wear pinafore as a part of the school uniform? The pins or buttons tend to come loose at the worst timing. Whenever that happens, I could take the sewing needles and threads to sew them back immediately. The band-aids would come in handy whenever there's any paper cuts or small injuries.

My pencil case is also something I feel safe or even confident with. Holding my pencil case while walking into the exam hall, I feel confident. This is because I know that I am well prepared. As the quote goes, the first step in being successful is having your tools well prepared. With the tools I need in this pencil case, I can concentrate on answering the exam questions without having to ask the examiner, "Hi sir, do you have a pencil sharpener?" or whisper to my friend, "Can I borrow your eraser?" or risking myself into getting caught for talking in exams.

Last of all, my pencil case is something that I need whenever I want to express my thoughts and emotions. If I feel sad or moody, I would take the tools I need from my pencil case and write down my feelings or a short story. This helps me when I feel bothered by troubles because when I am writing things down, I am also organizing my thoughts and maybe, just maybe, I would find a solution to the problems I'm facing. If ever I feel creative, I would draw or make crafts using the pencils, ruler, penknife or glue that is from my pencil case, For the friends who has my Facebook, I'm sure you've seen me posting photos of my artworks.

A pencil case may seem small and not that important. But to me, it is something that I always have by my side. This pencil case stores my stationary, acts as a personal emergency kit, a confidence booster as well as a helper whenever I feel down. I believe, my life is colourful than it could be because of the things I can do with the help of my pencil case.

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This is an essay that I wrote a few weeks back for a subject called Public Speaking. Yeah, it's a speech about introducing myself through an object. I'm not sure if it actually fits with what the lecturer wanted... but I hope it's good enough :)

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

2d@y

So, this is a challenge initiated by a senior in university, KinHao. It's about the ice bucket challenge that everyone seems to be trending. It's a form of spreading the awareness towards a certain condition called ALS. You can check it out at the website.


Or donate here





2d@y

So, it's going to be another semester soon.

New courses
New lecturers
New lessons
New experiences
New juniors

And there's more but my mind is not functioning as well now. It's 3.07 am in the morning and I'm tidying my stuff... and when I mean stuff, I really mean everything random. From books to photos to clothes to shampoo... Yeah, everything random.

These two months of vacation has not been fully relaxing. I've been moving from one place to another. It's as thou my home is just a rest stop for me as I prepare for trips to different places.

It felt so fast when I think of it now. Two months, eight weeks, around 60 days. Yet, It felt like I was running around and time was just running much faster than me. When I finally realise it, I'm already preparing myself for the new term... Time really do fly...

Well... I'm not going to blog about the details of my two month activities... there's too much and I don't really want to put it in the public...

But here's a small summary, depending on how my mind is functioning now.

For the first month, I spent my vacation at a relative's home in Europe. I used home and not house because I really felt like I was living with them. I wasn't just taking a refuge. I was spending time with my cousins and knowing how their lives are. It was really an eye opener, or even more, a culture shock. There was so many things that was different from where I came from... from household to the scenery. I'm a person who looks at random detail so it was a very interesting experience. From the food to the schools to the transport to the scenery to the society... I really hope I can go there again, this time, with my family... perhaps?

On the fifth week, I was at home, taking a short rest and at the same time, having some gatherings here and there with my former classmates. For some of them, I haven't seen them for at least a year and a half. That's quite a long time, for me at least. We chat and found out that even thou we had studied in the same class room just two years ago, everyone had gone on different paths. Some were studying overseas, some were in the north of Malaysia, some at the eastern states... and the stories we shared... even thou all the meetings were short, we got to talk about our current selves as well as thinking back of the memories we had in pre-university.

Sixth week. This was one of the more nerve wrecking week that I had in this eight weeks. I had to go to KL for a volunteer work. While I was there, I would be living with one of the student who is attending the class, also, my "foster family" for the week I was in KL. I took a bus there and met this new friend, XiuJuan who was very friendly. After a small chat, we realise we have quite a lot of similarities. Well, about the volunteer work. I was doing translation for this class, it's called longevitology. It's about improving your health through simple meditation and to also help others through a process called "healing". I have learnt it since I was in secondary school. Anyway, back to the work. I had to do Mandarin to English translation since the teacher was a Taiwanese. The organisers have these headsets that non-Mandarin speakers can use to listen to the translation of the speech. I had to speak through a microphone and then these people can listen through the receiver and understand what the teacher is talking about. It was nerve wrecking because we had a problem with the microphone on the first day. There was loud static while the translation was going on. But it was solved after about an hour later when we switched the microphone. I was also having a bit of a tough time since it was the first time I was doing a full three hour translation. There were words that I couldn't translate because I had forgot about it at that moment. I really hope I had done good enough for the listeners to understand about the topics...

Seventh week I was back at home, resting a bit as I went for gatherings again. This time, we went to Singapore. It was a one day trip as we spent our time in the Singapore Zoo. Besides that, I also got to spend some time with my sister. It was a half day trip to the mall nearby. We did some window shopping and had bubble tea. The time I spent with her will never be enough... I really hope we can go out again next time.

Eighth week. Just like what I was doing in my sixth week, but I was at home. I felt a little better this time since I was a bit more confident in myself. But I was still stuck when I couldn't translate certain terms. "Jaundice" was one of them. I really should read more...

Well... this is a sum up of 2014 holidays.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

2d@y

So~ I'm trying this for the first time. I had this photo of a drawing I did in maybe... Form 6. It was on an exam paper or exercise paper... I can't remember... but I had this photo in my computer and I decided to do an experiment on it. 

I had this idea when my cousin sent me a video of her drawing. (Thank you, H) And I thought, maybe this is easier than drawing in "paint" program directly... It took me about two days, (including lots of tetris battle when it had energy) and my eyes were blurry from staring at the computer for such a long time. I couldn't differentiate blue and black at one point. 

It took quite some time to trace out the outline since the original drawing is blurry. I couldn't see any lines at certain parts. Then again, it was a sketch... 

The coloring part took lots of undoing (thank you for the invention of ctrl + U !!!) since I'm using a mouse that's a bit faulty. After the coloring, I was thinking should I do toning but with some tests, and lots of undoing, I decided to leave it that way... the toning would need maybe another day or two... So, I just stopped at plain color.

So the photos below are the progress at different stages. There's not much of a difference because I only started saving at halfway through the process.






How is it?
~Please do tell me~


There was this senior in school that recommended me a software... but I've never used any drawing software besides paint... maybe I'll try it some other day.

:)


Monday, August 18, 2014

2d@y

I'm having a mini project and hopefully it'll be going smoothly. It takes some patience and a proper mouse. Seriously, I should get a mouse faster. The project is inspired by H. Seriously unexpected, but anyway,

THANK YOU, H.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

2d@y blabber

Hey, how are you doing?
To the you who is struggling with trust.
I see you, who's still afraid to go out alone.
I see you, who's still worried about how people see you.
I see you, who's still trying to present yourself as perfect as you can be.
I see you, who's still afraid to step out of your safe sanctuary.

I may not know how exactly you feel. All I know is that, you may feel scared. You may feel sad. You may feel disappointed. You may feel frustration, even anger...

Grey as it can be, do try to smile, do try to be cheery. It all starts from baby steps. Smile, when you see your family, your relatives, your friends. Start from people who you are close to, who you are comfortable with. Little steps. It may be awkward, but don't worry, just smile. Smile, maybe you'll feel happier, more confident. If not, slowly, you'll get there.

Monday, May 12, 2014

2d@y

I haven't been drawing for quite awhile now... I know, it's quite sad. But I've been doing some doodling. Sometimes in class, I looked at my blue pen and focused on it's tip. And... what I get are... doodles on my hand...

Anyway, here are some random photos from the past few months...

drew a guy at the back of my test pad paper cover

Beach~ morning. There wasn't any proper sunrise because it was too cloudy.

 Beach~ evening. Pink, orange, blue... very beautiful

 Numbers... enough said.

 Riverfront~ evening.

 Riverfront~ evening. The sky was very beautiful that time.

 Mini owl during practice...

 Mythical swan durung class... A touch of color added by one of the singers.

 Mythical swan, second layer. The first layer was fading away so I just had to do it...

The first, thin layer...

I want to fly~!

Mini owl after second layer~ is it clearer?

Sunday, May 4, 2014

2d@y

long time no see~

so yeah, this would be more of a rant thingy since... i can't have time to breathe properly. *Literally, since the air is smoky these days. The forest at the beach are almost always on fire every night. Like seriously?! Why would you bother firing up wood at the beach every night? You don't do BBQ every single night, do you? The weather here is already shiny sunny shiny for the past few months. We've haven't got a decent rainy minute. The only rain coming down are the ones that lasts 7 seconds. I pity us, I pity the earth. So much destruction... darn global warming... darn humans... aish, rambling about random stuff eh? Well, I don't dare to speak for the past 4 days since my throat is pretty much ruined. Nice going there, girl. 

Well, it's 2.12am in the morning of 5th May. Good morning everyone, and I hope you have a great day and smile always.

Love, the maniac.

Saturday, April 19, 2014

20140420

Pluto twin!

Hey,

How's it there? I'm getting out of grey galaxy soon. It really does affect us when we came here for the first time. It was dreadful actually. My colleagues experience homesickness in an instant when we arrive, some of them had to be brought back home for hospitalization.

I had some minor dizziness and couldn't control my breathing system for the first few days. But I finally got used to the environment and got to my studies. I'm gathering some grey particles for the lab back in HQ. The place here... is hard to discover. There seems to be a thick fog everywhere we go. And, the landscape here is flat, with many pits. I've fallen into some of them, and took quite some time to climb back up to the surface. Luckily, I only escaped with little bruising and some cuts.

Do not worry, I am safe as ever and resting now before taking my ride back. Our research here will be complete within a few days as we wait for the other colleagues to come back to our camp. Did I mention, the people here aren't very... pleasing. They have a different way of thinking, not how we would think like. We've only spoke to each other for maybe... 3 times since we came here? They're not hating us because we barge into their galaxy, they just have a different mindset.

I can only write until here. I still need to complete my report and make a call to HQ. I'll send you the name of the place in Rum Island for mother and father. Ah, I should remind you too, Taylb is a nice person, but try not to make him stressful. He's always tensed up whenever you are around. I couldn't stop laughing when he said you're too cheery for him to be comfortable. I'll get your bitter soya soon. I just hope Plut will like the sandals I prepared. Well, I hope to see you soon.

Your twin from Mars,
Hyesun

Thursday, April 10, 2014

20140411

My twin from Mars,

Hey, how's it going there? I heard you went to grey galaxy. I've read about it a long time ago. Is it as sad as how the books say? I hope you don't get affected... thou, I've sensed that you are... I don't know why or how, but I feel that I should write to you. I feel so restless before I started this letter. I do hope you are well and having fun exploring the universe. What research are you doing there? Please do tell me, I want to know about it and read about it too. I couldn't ask for more information from Taylb because he was not authorized to give too much information. Then again, maybe he don't know about your research... Oops... I think I went a little too far this time... don't worry, I didn't make him angry this time.


It's been a little crazy around the lab since the last letter I wrote to you. There's been a miscalculation for the creation of green honey and it turned the lab... green. Anything that comes in touch with the honey turns green. You can imagine us running around as we all try to stop the green-dying process. It took us weeks to stabilize the molecules to stop the green honey from turning things into green. In fact, it was just about 3 days ago. Now we're still trying to figure out how to get rid of the dye that's in the lab. I now have a green spot on my left leg because of that green honey. I do hope we can get it off...

Ah! Did I mention that mother and father called? They told me that they are now in Mercury having a sun tan. At least they're going there together this time. Do you still remember the first time they went there? They were so excited to see the "thousand flame" show that they wandered off from each other. They couldn't stand the light and actually lost each other while walking on the warm sand. I can never forget how the two of them argued when they've found each other.

Mother and father also mentioned about going to Rum Island for their next trip. They asked about the resort there... Is there any resort that you would recommend? I'd search for it but I'm tied up in the green honey project for now... could you help me with it? I did list out the resorts that are quite good, there's about 8 of them. You'll just pick the one that suits their style. I think the one near the volcano is the best one, but of course, you've been there, I think it's best if you decide. Just tell me when you've chosen the place. I'll do the reservations from here.

Another thing, before I forget. Do you still have a bottle of good bitter soya? I need it for this new... pie that I've thought of creating. I happen to finish the last drop of bitter soya. I was wondering if you could get me more since you're near bean planet. Could you drop by Plut's place and get me a crate of it? My colleagues are quite fond of it too... Ah, be cautious of Plut's tantrums. Just bring a pair of sandals when you meet him. He loves sandals, especially the sparkling, fluffy green ones. Show the sandals to him first before asking for anything. After showing him, you can ask for anything that he has. You could get that notebook that never finishes. I think he's got a few of them.

If my pie project is successful, I'll let you try it before giving the final report to headquarters. Don't worry, I'll make sure the pie is safe before letting you try. I know you still hate bubbling chewing gum because of me... sorry, I really didn't mean to let it bubble so much until it hurt your mouth... I've perfected the formula for that chewing gum, and made the bubbles colorful too. If you want, you can try... wait, sorry. No more chewing gum, I understand.

Well, I have to stop here. I've got night duty today, making glow in the dark cookies. It's really fun because we get to put neon molecules for cookie fusion, it's beautiful. I hope your research there is successful and you could come back soon. Don't forget my bitter soya!

Hoping to receive your reply soon
Your twin from Pluto,
Ariel

Friday, April 4, 2014

2d@y

像风一样...

A Second Letter


future Ariel,

It’s 4.46pm here, 19 of February 2014 on a pretty sunny evening. It doesn’t even look evening. The sun is shining like it’s the afternoon. The room is quite cooling thou.

This will be my second time writing to you. As usual, how are you? Of course I’ll ask… How’s school? Are your lecturers nice? Are you eating healthily? Do you do any sports or are you still stuck to the computer like me now? Are you doing your homework? Are you sleeping well? Is the weather there alright? Have you found a place to stay? Have you called your family? Do you miss them?

I do worry… do I always repeat these questions? Are you bored of me asking like this? If you are, please do tell me. I’ll ask less. Do you still remember your resolutions for this year? Let me ask you, (ah… more questions…) how many books do you intend to read this year? How near are you towards your target? If you can’t remember, go check Goodreads. Have you reached your target? If not, hurry, hurry! Maybe you could catch up? Next one…. Are you still staying up late at night? I know you like the quiet time but it’s not healthy! Do try to change that habit of yours. And, and, and are you learning new stuff? If yes, then that’s a good thing. If not, do go through your bookmarks. I’ve sorted out the sites that you could use for some reading. It took me awhile, considering there are what… almost 60 websites? I’ve cleared out the unwanted ones and sorted them according to your interest. I hope you use them well.

Do you still write? I’m focusing on this vampire based story. I don’t know if it’ll work out or not. But I’ve posted the first chapter in AFF. And someone subscribed to that story too. I was so happy! And do you know? I wrote almost half a page just this morning. Truthfully, I wrote it in class because I felt too sleepy. I know, I know. I should focus more in class. But I just couldn’t get that sleepiness of off me. My brain wouldn’t function without going into hibernate mode. I’ll try to focus more thou, I promise. Hmm… ah! I’m drinking more water and up till now, I haven’t bought any ice beverages. I doubt I’ll be this good throughout the time. I’ll still try to cut down on the cold drinks since it’s kinda… wasteful? I don’t know.

I’m sleepy now… Till next time. Have fun in school!

Sincerely
present Ariel

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

2d@y

does anyone notice that it's been emo days these days?
hope everyone can cope with things and be happy~
there's more to life than just sadness... the small things and events that are making you unhappy now, it will slowly be solved and be gone. Like playing puzzles. So many pieces that don't seem to fit and trying them pair by pair would be a troublesome task. But slowly, as you observe, as you look at the pieces of pictures, they're not as tough to solve as the first time you see them...

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

2d@y

I've been... busy.
For once in awhile, I'm not busy because of playing.
I've been busy completing daily task. Of course, I may not always finish it on time. But, I'm trying...
Been sleeping very heavily these days. I do wonder, was I that busy? I can't seem to stay awake when I feel tired. I just feel like letting loose and letting my head fall on the table or some situation like that. It's like always in a blurry state and you're not sure of your conscious mind anymore. I'm worried, like now... I already feel blurry... in front of a computer.

2d@y

Quote of the day: Cried for a kebab

Yeah, it was the quote of the day, for yesterday. Just one kebab.
The story about a kebab.
It got me thinking about things.
Lots of things too.

It's weird... well, at least I'm thinking about something.

And now, I shall story myself a long while about this specific kebab.


It was 10 in the morning, just after we finished our class. We went to the cafeteria for lunch as we waste our time waiting for the next class to start.

There was this stall in the cafeteria and it was selling drinks, fruits, waffles and well, kebabs.

We've seen it there for awhile now and wanted to try something new to satisfy our taste buds. Off we went and ordered kebab. The stall owner said it would take awhile and we were okay with it. We had two full hours of time anyway.

And.

We waited.

And.

Waited.

And waited.

30 minutes passed and he wasn't preparing anything that signals "kebab". He was transferring the bags of ice for the fruits and drinks. We got curious but brushed it off, maybe he was just slow and sleepy?

40 minutes passed. We were looking at him, his every move as we anticipated any signs of preparing kebab, kebab, kebab. Nothing. Then there was a gleam, he was frying the chopped vegetables with meat. After the mix was fried, he put them in a bowl and started fiddling with the stove. We were wondering, isn't he suppose to prepare the wrap or something like that? Why is he cleaning the stove when he hadn't finish using it?

45 minutes. We went and asked him how long will it take him. He answered with 10 more minutes, as well as a major reason to the delay ---- he forgot to bring bread and needed to wait for someone to bring it for him.

He should have told us right?
Then again, we should have asked him why was he taking so long.
Maybe we wouldn't have to wait and make assumptions.

We waited for another 15 minutes and decided to cancel the order. At that moment when the words went out of my mouth, I felt apologetic. He was just making a living, maybe he wasn't that skilled yet? If we just cancel the order like that, it would be a waste for the mix that was prepared earlier. If we waited more patiently, would it be possible that he would finish preparing our food? We would get the chance to try something new there...

But yeah... we had class afterwards, it was a big bet to make if we waited...

In the end, we bought traditional cake from another stall and had our simple lunch.

End of short, short story.

Monday, January 27, 2014

2d@y

I think I know what I'm photocopying now.



A fluffy, white stuffed toy.

2d@y

“我不适合。。。”


“。。。真的不适合。”


说完,他转身走了。


背着书包,


他默默地走出办公室。


“老师!”


那位学生,


对,是他的声音。


“您忘了您的文件夹!”


“哦,谢谢你。”

Saturday, January 25, 2014

2d@y

happy birthday to you

KJJ

I know you would never find this~ it's almost impossible from how I'm writing it. I want to wish you happy birthday. It's my first time wishing you too. Funny huh? For so many years I've met you and this is the first time I'm wishing you. You must be thinking "such a bad person". (:
I hope that you can be happier, livelier, and continue with what you are doing. It's what you are best at. Everyone sees it. We are happy for who you are now. 
I heard what happened a few days ago, we know you have to leave for some time. But don't worry, don't ever worry. I'll always be there for you. We all will be there for you. No matter how long it takes. We've been there for each other for so long~ 
I'm not very good at wishing people, sorry.
All the best to you,
happy birthday.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

2d@y

~ What should tomato slices be eaten with?

~Tomato sauce.

~This is what days of procrastination create.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

2d@y

**Rant post.

Been feeling crappy because there's so many unproductive things running through my mind. Great feeling, not. Blogging this cause... I have nothing to do now and I don't want to feel crappy. For whoever that are still reading, just stop here hehehe...

It's really frustrating, when people tell you that you have a not-very-good-habit and wants you to change. They tell you, but only the part of "you should change" but not "how to change". Okay, I admit, I have an awful habit throughout these few years. And it may be getting worse... but how do I change it when there are still people telling me that I'm still not good enough... I'm trying to get out there and maybe mingle around with everyone else, STILL TRYING. It's darn tiring. When I get hyper, I can't stop... I know, it's darn bad. Yet, so darn simple to solve it out. But I don't know how to!!! Like what they always say, it's easy to advise others but so darn tough to do it yourself. I hate that feeling. Hate it so much... *and now I'm testing how mush hatred I have in me...*

I feel like using all the bad words I've known my whole life because of that frustration...

wow... being unproductive do make you extremely negative...
that's bad...

If you can't tell me exactly where or how or why I'm wrong... then please find out the answer before you start telling me to change... I am extremely stubborn, so if you don't have facts or reasons to back up whatever you say, it's tough for me to listen to what you wan to say since you can't make it clear for me. Maybe it's because I'm bad at understanding, maybe because I'm just not that smart, but I do hope that you can have the patience to teach me...

*two rounds of tetris battle*

yeah, feeling a lot less crappy now. *throws confetti* hopefully I'll change a bit... hopefully...

yeah... I'm quite self centered...
yikes~!

Sunday, January 12, 2014

2d@y

you know when you've crapped too much when...

you tell your dad that you watch concerts on youtube so that you can learn the structures of the stages.

you tell your dad that you read fanfics because they were good reading material to improve English.

you tell your sister that function and inverse function are like eggs and cakes.

you tell yourself that you watch videos of performances so that you can learn to be more creative.

you tell yourself that you scroll the news feed in facebook because it gives you inspiration to write.