June 12, 2016
WELL, HELLO THERE
I am so over counting how long I've abandoned this digital canvas, but I'm not over saying how I'm too busy to update this... only because I really am.
It's the start of June and I've been struggling on one end of this really long string, and enjoying life at the other. Tying the knot at the middle to balance these two sides is what I'm tryna do. Wow, deep shit there, Trace. You sure you're ok?
I did some self-reflection the other day and the thoughts has been haunting me. Since I can't explicitly explain the "bad" stuff of what's happening in my professional life (for obvious reasons (Google is everyone's best friends)), I'll skip that part (which I am 110% will regret for not penning this down because you and I both know I have Dory's memory).
Let's flashback to 2012 when I saw a simple ad on some pillar at a rundown shopping mall beside my University that says "VACANCY: GRAPHIC DESIGNER PART TIME". Gosh, I remembered I wanted to jump on that offer so bad. I went over to their little shop; They're a small team of 5 creating wedding cards, consisting of 3 middle-aged owners, 2 young graphic designers. Key takeaway here are 3 owners; THREE. It was a walk-in interview and I remembered panicking a little because I only had one skill and that was Photoshop. It wasn't top-tier Photoshop skills, but it was a strong basic I would say. I mean, I had the program back when I was in High School, me having the curiosity to fiddle around with it is a God-given blessing itself.
I panicked because the little test for the Graphic Designer part time role was to create a map (ones that you'll see on the back of a cheap-ass wedding invite) with an example given... with Illustrator. WITH ILLUSTRATOR. Now, at the time, I only had the program back home for about a month and hadn't got time to play around with it. Thinking to fake it till I make it, I sat down and REALLY tried to create the damn map.
I remembered clicking here and there with the mouse, after drawing a line and then accidentally make 10 copies of the same lines (exaggeration, but yeah). Tbf, I did mention I was only 'good' at Photoshop. Give me Photoshop and I can create that goddamn map in no time. Of course at the time I didn't know terms like vector or things like that, where if I did anything in Illustrator, it could be resized to a humongous size and yada yada, complete opposite to Photoshop. Well, it's called PHOTOshop for a reason.
At the end, they had to think about taking me in. That itself gave me so much hope lol. I wanted and was obsessed to get experience in any art related job / course. For some goddamn reason, I can't take an elective subject pertaining to anything because my University sucks balls. I'm still mad to this day. I could've just paid more to get myself into one semester in Graphic Design class, but NO. They don't do that. I'M STILL MAD AND I ADMIT IT.
It doesn't help that I'm stuck in some business course because I couldn't afford a full art / design course. Many come up to me bewildered asking the same thing "Why aren't you in Design school again???" Three question marks, that's how confused they are. Flash back to the day I got a First-class Degree in my Marketing course (surprise surprise) which means I get exempted from paying back my student loans. If only I did that with a GD course, I COULD have essentially be exempted from paying my GD course loan and only be responsible for all the art materials I gotta purchase for that course. Right now, I'm just a vessel of if only's, maybe's and what if's.
Back to my story; they called maybe, a few days later. It was a messy phone call. Remember the 3 owners? The call started with, "yeah sure we'll hire you" and then at the back 2 of 'em were discussing with the one on the phone and then it went "hold on" and more talking at the back. And then ended with "No, no we're not hiring". Uh...
Ok. Well I'm not mad about thisI'm honestly more mad that I couldn't add any GD-related classes to my list of subjects. Imagine working there LOL? 3 heads telling you what to do, AT THE SAME TIME? It's not like I'm glad I didn't join this, but I'm glad I wasn't like sad, sad that I didn't "made it". It would have been a cool story bro moment though, like "Oh yeah started from the bottom, at a local wedding invite design store". Anyway, I got a few weeks later as an Art Instructor near my place, which I'm still working at part-time till today. I insisted to get a job in this Art industry to somehow show the world that I'm serious about this. I know I wasn't privileged enough to be learning this in some high-accredited institutions like The One Academy or Lim Kok Wing, or whatever art school there is out there. But to show I DO have passion for anything art/design related that, that itself pushed me to learn these Adobe programs, and that this "fire" hasn't burned out to this day.
In that same year, I vowed to learn Illustrator because seeing that graphic designer so fast and quick on that program when drawing a simple ass map made me look bad lol. In that same year, I created Illustrations that I put up for sale two years later. They say it's not that good to be so involved in every area because then you won't be focused / a master in one; but I never learn. To this day, I am a walking (self-proclaimed) art enthusiast and I cannot not just drop what has become of my hobbies: Sketching, drawing, digital illustrations, typography, calligraphy, watercolour, photography, graphic design -- posters, logos, flyers, branding; and let's add in guitar, ukulele, piano and programming in that mix too. All these are what I can be proud of personally even if people don't see it yet, because it was my self-initiative that made me learn these things.
Flash forward to 2014, is when I uploaded my digital illustrations to the public for sale on Society6.com/itstracyy (cool plug bro). I've got little engagement on there, it's not anyone's fault but mine. In order to get more likes and possible sale, you've got to be active on there commenting on work by other artist's and the same will be done to yours. But... as said in the second paragraph of this post, "I'm too busy".
Flash forward to today, I'm a full timer at a local Company, shy of 8 months. I write, illustrate digital pieces, done photography, and created UI for clients as well. I wouldn't say I'm a Sifu of Photoshop and Illustrator now but boy I can tell you it's a explicitly drastic 4 years or so difference between then and now -- From not being able to draw simple maps to illustrations like these.
And if that's nothing to be proud of myself, I don't know what is.
I know I'll never get to be professionally called a Graphic Designer or a Designer alone or anything of the sort, but to be able to hone my craft and deliver, is satisfying for me. For now.
But hanging on mid-2016? Yeah, I am but I'm not letting go.
I am so over counting how long I've abandoned this digital canvas, but I'm not over saying how I'm too busy to update this... only because I really am.
It's the start of June and I've been struggling on one end of this really long string, and enjoying life at the other. Tying the knot at the middle to balance these two sides is what I'm tryna do. Wow, deep shit there, Trace. You sure you're ok?
I did some self-reflection the other day and the thoughts has been haunting me. Since I can't explicitly explain the "bad" stuff of what's happening in my professional life (for obvious reasons (Google is everyone's best friends)), I'll skip that part (which I am 110% will regret for not penning this down because you and I both know I have Dory's memory).
Let's flashback to 2012 when I saw a simple ad on some pillar at a rundown shopping mall beside my University that says "VACANCY: GRAPHIC DESIGNER PART TIME". Gosh, I remembered I wanted to jump on that offer so bad. I went over to their little shop; They're a small team of 5 creating wedding cards, consisting of 3 middle-aged owners, 2 young graphic designers. Key takeaway here are 3 owners; THREE. It was a walk-in interview and I remembered panicking a little because I only had one skill and that was Photoshop. It wasn't top-tier Photoshop skills, but it was a strong basic I would say. I mean, I had the program back when I was in High School, me having the curiosity to fiddle around with it is a God-given blessing itself.
I panicked because the little test for the Graphic Designer part time role was to create a map (ones that you'll see on the back of a cheap-ass wedding invite) with an example given... with Illustrator. WITH ILLUSTRATOR. Now, at the time, I only had the program back home for about a month and hadn't got time to play around with it. Thinking to fake it till I make it, I sat down and REALLY tried to create the damn map.
I remembered clicking here and there with the mouse, after drawing a line and then accidentally make 10 copies of the same lines (exaggeration, but yeah). Tbf, I did mention I was only 'good' at Photoshop. Give me Photoshop and I can create that goddamn map in no time. Of course at the time I didn't know terms like vector or things like that, where if I did anything in Illustrator, it could be resized to a humongous size and yada yada, complete opposite to Photoshop. Well, it's called PHOTOshop for a reason.
At the end, they had to think about taking me in. That itself gave me so much hope lol. I wanted and was obsessed to get experience in any art related job / course. For some goddamn reason, I can't take an elective subject pertaining to anything because my University sucks balls. I'm still mad to this day. I could've just paid more to get myself into one semester in Graphic Design class, but NO. They don't do that. I'M STILL MAD AND I ADMIT IT.
It doesn't help that I'm stuck in some business course because I couldn't afford a full art / design course. Many come up to me bewildered asking the same thing "Why aren't you in Design school again???" Three question marks, that's how confused they are. Flash back to the day I got a First-class Degree in my Marketing course (surprise surprise) which means I get exempted from paying back my student loans. If only I did that with a GD course, I COULD have essentially be exempted from paying my GD course loan and only be responsible for all the art materials I gotta purchase for that course. Right now, I'm just a vessel of if only's, maybe's and what if's.
Back to my story; they called maybe, a few days later. It was a messy phone call. Remember the 3 owners? The call started with, "yeah sure we'll hire you" and then at the back 2 of 'em were discussing with the one on the phone and then it went "hold on" and more talking at the back. And then ended with "No, no we're not hiring". Uh...
Ok. Well I'm not mad about this
In that same year, I vowed to learn Illustrator because seeing that graphic designer so fast and quick on that program when drawing a simple ass map made me look bad lol. In that same year, I created Illustrations that I put up for sale two years later. They say it's not that good to be so involved in every area because then you won't be focused / a master in one; but I never learn. To this day, I am a walking (self-proclaimed) art enthusiast and I cannot not just drop what has become of my hobbies: Sketching, drawing, digital illustrations, typography, calligraphy, watercolour, photography, graphic design -- posters, logos, flyers, branding; and let's add in guitar, ukulele, piano and programming in that mix too. All these are what I can be proud of personally even if people don't see it yet, because it was my self-initiative that made me learn these things.
Flash forward to 2014, is when I uploaded my digital illustrations to the public for sale on Society6.com/itstracyy (cool plug bro). I've got little engagement on there, it's not anyone's fault but mine. In order to get more likes and possible sale, you've got to be active on there commenting on work by other artist's and the same will be done to yours. But... as said in the second paragraph of this post, "I'm too busy".
Flash forward to today, I'm a full timer at a local Company, shy of 8 months. I write, illustrate digital pieces, done photography, and created UI for clients as well. I wouldn't say I'm a Sifu of Photoshop and Illustrator now but boy I can tell you it's a explicitly drastic 4 years or so difference between then and now -- From not being able to draw simple maps to illustrations like these.
And if that's nothing to be proud of myself, I don't know what is.
I know I'll never get to be professionally called a Graphic Designer or a Designer alone or anything of the sort, but to be able to hone my craft and deliver, is satisfying for me. For now.
But hanging on mid-2016? Yeah, I am but I'm not letting go.
BY TRACY | 1:10 AM ·
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December 25, 2014
FIRST OF ALL
Merry Berry Christmas!
2014 has been the most eventful year thus far and we're 6 days away from the new year. I barely written a handful of posts so let's try to cap this one in before the clock ticks to 2015, shall we? So here's a short listed summary of 2014:
1. January
Sold my first graphite drawing (link)
2. February
Tried out Jazzercise
Got my first pair of Adidas
3. March
Purchased my first set of Charcoal pencils (Derwent)
4. May
Celebrated my 21st birthday; Had an awesome surprise visit from friends!
Joined Groupon Malaysia as an Intern
5. July
Family + relative trip to Kukup, Johor
6. August
Crossed the 2 year finish line of my Probation license
7. September
Experienced a color party at Groupon's Grayon 2014 (3rd Quarter party)
Given the privilege to lead a team to plan Groupon's 2nd Intern Night
8. October
Alice's wedding
First visit to Universal Studios Singapore
9. November
Got my braces taken off!
10. December
Planned fourth consecutive family Christmas Party
[EDIT:] Invested in Canon 1200D DSLR
[EDIT:] Invested in Canon 1200D DSLR
April and June aren't listed, as you could probably notice (unless you learn from somewhere that there are only 10 months in a year); it is both filled with small gatherings and meet ups, and intern life specifically for the month of June. Nothing to spectacular that needs to be listed down.
I'm hoping to gain a similar, active schedule in the coming year. It's been such a great year as a whole and I would not trade it for anything. I remember moping about how I did not attend a gig this year and that it was going to ruin my 4 year streak lol. I guess not! A great year to me, now that I've experienced it, is one shared with friends and family. This 2015, I aim to be more productive in my side-project aka my passion in art. I aim to be happier; to see things at a lighter angle. I hope to be more patient in my own personal development and progress. To be more open to new things. To be brave and lead the path into 2015 with a headstrong attitude.
I will also be graduating next year. My last semester commences on Feb/March and I'll be done around May/June. I'm looking for a slot to start my travel / getaway / vacation before I start my 9-5. There are different options that I'm looking at right now in terms of where to travel and job opportunities, but I'm threading on (dangerous) water. Will I be granted my holiday or will I succumb to rotting at home, wasting the hours away because of the serious headlines going on and on about drug smugglers at the airports? Or am I good enough to apply for a job towards a career in the Arts industry, or am I stuck at a corporate wasteland?
There's so many things I'll be juggling in 2015 and I'm already starting to get the jitters. Fingers crossed that I'll make it out alive, figuratively. Goodbye, twenty fourteen!
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October 16, 2014
WOW FOUR MONTHS PASSED BY PRETTY QUICKLY HUH
I'm in no way discipline in writing blogs. If this was a real job, I'd be fired.
Well just wanted to get this post out there to show that I'm actually still killin' it and kickin' ass - and not particularly in that order.
I currently have Awkward S03E15 on pause for it to buffer up whilst also procrastinating on writing the Methodology part of my thesis proposal, which is actually a kinda big thing. My class is tomorrow and I've not written (or typed, specifically) down anything in regards to methodologies. This class is a pain in the ass, we are to write a frickin' 10,000 words thesis, which is kind of expected when you're a senior student in college. But it is still necessary to say that the class sucks. It is. It also makes me feel better to vent it out.
To recap my four months of blog-neglect, I was doing my 16 weeks (basically 4 months) internship at Groupon. And boy, was it amazing. I pinky promise I'll have a post up for it soon. And my classes started 5 weeks ago.
Welcome back, acne + stress. Boy, have I not missed you.
I thought I was on the road to acne-free and great skin. Guess not. The funny thing is, it breaks out only on the right side of my face. Could it possibly be due to my bangs being parted on the left, leaving hair mostly on the right? I don't know.
I guess I should get back to my methodologies, frickin' research papers and literature. Frick.
I'm in no way discipline in writing blogs. If this was a real job, I'd be fired.
Well just wanted to get this post out there to show that I'm actually still killin' it and kickin' ass - and not particularly in that order.
I currently have Awkward S03E15 on pause for it to buffer up whilst also procrastinating on writing the Methodology part of my thesis proposal, which is actually a kinda big thing. My class is tomorrow and I've not written (or typed, specifically) down anything in regards to methodologies. This class is a pain in the ass, we are to write a frickin' 10,000 words thesis, which is kind of expected when you're a senior student in college. But it is still necessary to say that the class sucks. It is. It also makes me feel better to vent it out.
To recap my four months of blog-neglect, I was doing my 16 weeks (basically 4 months) internship at Groupon. And boy, was it amazing. I pinky promise I'll have a post up for it soon. And my classes started 5 weeks ago.
Welcome back, acne + stress. Boy, have I not missed you.
I thought I was on the road to acne-free and great skin. Guess not. The funny thing is, it breaks out only on the right side of my face. Could it possibly be due to my bangs being parted on the left, leaving hair mostly on the right? I don't know.
I guess I should get back to my methodologies, frickin' research papers and literature. Frick.
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BY TRACY | 11:15 PM ·
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June 26, 2013
I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE
No? Well, I do. A lot. It's not like I'm super worried about it, I think I have my head in the right place; my future right now looks pretty basic — graduate university, get a job, build my career, etc etc. So it isn't so far fetched, humdrum. I'd be lying if I wasn't worried, just not that worried. As of right now, I'm still in this small town, working on my Marketing Degree in a private University, freelancing and I guess that's it. I'm worried that I'm not able to travel the world, worried that I have little to no time to do life's adventures eg. camp and (delusionally) falling in love under the stars, Disneyland, bonfire, snowball fights + snowforts, looking forward to each four seasons, (awesome) roadtrips; which basically involves being outside of Malaysia.
I think the biggest dream that I have is to (hopefully + eventually) migrate out of Malaysia or Asia for that matter. It's not that I don't like it here. Just like every other Malaysian, mamak stalls are like our second home. But you know, despite ouroverrated diversity and culture, I've been influenced with the American culture ever since I could even remember. I have been brainwashed with the grand idea of the American dream and how the States offers anything anyone could ever dream of, which is one of the many reasons why I don't speak a word of any Chinese language... proficiently anyway. But right now, I don't even dare dream of ever making it to the USA, my best bet is Singapore. Also because somehow I just like the look of fence-less environments. Malaysia has tons of fences around everywhere in comparison with western countries or even Singapore (Side note: I am obviously aware that this is to prevent robbers etc.). Also, I like that signs are in English. I'm biased, everything English looks a thousand times better somehow. The US however, has tons of major crimes and natural disasters... which is very, very scary. Tornados, shootings, hostages, does it ever end?
I'm getting off topic here.
Sometimes I caught myself dwelling on the thought of my "timeline". Graduating in 201_, getting a job,... settling down? Where does "travel + adventure" fit in that equation? We simply have no time in this fast world and usually, the only time we get adventures is during our college years... Oh I guess I'm dead in that category then hm? The only adventure I get is via novels... which is probably the saddest thing you've ever read about someone lol.
As if that's not weighing me down enough, almost everyone I know looks down on those who don't go to popular Universities like Sunway or Taylor's or Inti... namely me. Seriously? Aren't we all out of high school, can't we just stop with the snobbish attitudes? Or when someone is not driving a Sedan or a 4WD car of a popular brand, we get the disappointed "oh." as a reply. Or when someone wears a nice but cheap piece of clothing that is not of a popular brand. Or when we're not using a smartphone. Or when we have not tried that charcoal burger everyone has been gloating about these couple of months. Or when we have not seen the latest movie in the cinema and people would be like "That movie was 239403 years ago! I can't believe you!" as if shunning you from the face of the Earth. Does that devalues us as a person or are you looking at standards here?
I try to see the brighter side of things though I have to admit it's hard seeing friends leave across the globe for their studies and each one of them gloating about how everything is going to be amazing over there. I mean, at least my parents could afford to put me in a private University. At least I'm not spending my after-high school years at a Tesco cashier somewhere. At least... at least I still have hope. Patience and perseverance helps.
So what if I'm not travelling across the world to pursue my education? So what if I'm not spending my Saturday afternoons in different states each time? So what if I'm not spending my birthday or Christmas in one of the biggest cities in the world? It just makes me work twice as hard than I have before given the fact that little is laid out before me and that I'd have to reach out and strive to get it myself.
I believe this just makes life more worthwhile.
No? Well, I do. A lot. It's not like I'm super worried about it, I think I have my head in the right place; my future right now looks pretty basic — graduate university, get a job, build my career, etc etc. So it isn't so far fetched, humdrum. I'd be lying if I wasn't worried, just not that worried. As of right now, I'm still in this small town, working on my Marketing Degree in a private University, freelancing and I guess that's it. I'm worried that I'm not able to travel the world, worried that I have little to no time to do life's adventures eg. camp and (delusionally) falling in love under the stars, Disneyland, bonfire, snowball fights + snowforts, looking forward to each four seasons, (awesome) roadtrips; which basically involves being outside of Malaysia.
I think the biggest dream that I have is to (hopefully + eventually) migrate out of Malaysia or Asia for that matter. It's not that I don't like it here. Just like every other Malaysian, mamak stalls are like our second home. But you know, despite our
I'm getting off topic here.
Sometimes I caught myself dwelling on the thought of my "timeline". Graduating in 201_, getting a job,... settling down? Where does "travel + adventure" fit in that equation? We simply have no time in this fast world and usually, the only time we get adventures is during our college years... Oh I guess I'm dead in that category then hm? The only adventure I get is via novels... which is probably the saddest thing you've ever read about someone lol.
As if that's not weighing me down enough, almost everyone I know looks down on those who don't go to popular Universities like Sunway or Taylor's or Inti... namely me. Seriously? Aren't we all out of high school, can't we just stop with the snobbish attitudes? Or when someone is not driving a Sedan or a 4WD car of a popular brand, we get the disappointed "oh." as a reply. Or when someone wears a nice but cheap piece of clothing that is not of a popular brand. Or when we're not using a smartphone. Or when we have not tried that charcoal burger everyone has been gloating about these couple of months. Or when we have not seen the latest movie in the cinema and people would be like "That movie was 239403 years ago! I can't believe you!" as if shunning you from the face of the Earth. Does that devalues us as a person or are you looking at standards here?
I try to see the brighter side of things though I have to admit it's hard seeing friends leave across the globe for their studies and each one of them gloating about how everything is going to be amazing over there. I mean, at least my parents could afford to put me in a private University. At least I'm not spending my after-high school years at a Tesco cashier somewhere. At least... at least I still have hope. Patience and perseverance helps.
So what if I'm not travelling across the world to pursue my education? So what if I'm not spending my Saturday afternoons in different states each time? So what if I'm not spending my birthday or Christmas in one of the biggest cities in the world? It just makes me work twice as hard than I have before given the fact that little is laid out before me and that I'd have to reach out and strive to get it myself.
I believe this just makes life more worthwhile.
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May 29, 2013
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GETS MY HEART PUMPING
is seeing indie / contemporary / minimalistic /simplicity designs of house-decor. I'm not moving out of my parents' just yet but design always has a soft spot in my heart... along with baby animals and Neal Caffrey. Anyway, I've been following a few blogs for quite some time now and one of my favourites would definitely be Elsie + Emma's abeautifulmess.com. They post DIYs, recipes, fashion and (almost) personal life. I especially fancy their "At Home With..." series where they take photographs (they take amazing photographs btw) of people's homes. Absolutely perfect. From there, they'd pin it onto their Pinterest and I would most definitely repin them on my "Dream-House Decor" board (so cheesy) lol.
Tumblr also has great home-decor pictures and the architecture is so gorgeous. No doubt it's going to cause a hole in your wallet which such design but it gives a subtle drive for you to revamp your home, doesn't it? I wouldn't say that I have an expensive taste; most are just simple decor placed at the right place with the right color-combo. Without further ado, these would be the design + style I'd lean towards when and if I have a home on my own:
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is seeing indie / contemporary / minimalistic /simplicity designs of house-decor. I'm not moving out of my parents' just yet but design always has a soft spot in my heart... along with baby animals and Neal Caffrey. Anyway, I've been following a few blogs for quite some time now and one of my favourites would definitely be Elsie + Emma's abeautifulmess.com. They post DIYs, recipes, fashion and (almost) personal life. I especially fancy their "At Home With..." series where they take photographs (they take amazing photographs btw) of people's homes. Absolutely perfect. From there, they'd pin it onto their Pinterest and I would most definitely repin them on my "Dream-House Decor" board (so cheesy) lol.
Tumblr also has great home-decor pictures and the architecture is so gorgeous. No doubt it's going to cause a hole in your wallet which such design but it gives a subtle drive for you to revamp your home, doesn't it? I wouldn't say that I have an expensive taste; most are just simple decor placed at the right place with the right color-combo. Without further ado, these would be the design + style I'd lean towards when and if I have a home on my own:
+Follow me on Pinterest! Click here.
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December 27, 2012
IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN
And I'm not talking about Christmas... Well, maybe. It's that time of the year where/when you suddenly realize, it has been a year, passed in a flash. "Well, that was fast!" 2013 and the grand annual countdown is slowly creeping near in 4 days, I've been thinking about life — how I've progressed, what I've overcomed (which isn't much, really. Or anything at all.) and all the sentimental shit. All flooding through my brain, right now at 1:30AM lol.
What did happened this year? Let's make the list:
1. Concerts: Simple Plan (Jan) + Avril Lavigne (Feb)
2. Graduated from my Foundation and started my Degree
3. Attempted to draw portraits of famous people
4. Got my driver's license
5. 4D3N holiday at Bangkok, Thailand
6. Grace went off to USA
7. Rascal had an inflamed nipple and a little rash
8. Sew little booties for Rascal
9. Read a few books: The Notebook / A Walk To Remember / The Rescue by N. Sparks + 50 Shades of Grey / - Darker / - Freed by E.L. James
10. Sang a little Joe Brooks in front of a crowd of students from my college for a contest
11. A good progress on my braces
12. RIP Grandma
13. Got to finally try Vitamin Water
14. Made new friends
15. Had a Christmas party (A separate post on that later!)
16. Discovered many, many amazing music
I've been looking through tumblr and how people are living their lives in 2012 even at my age or a year younger/older. They practically are so carefree and are taking beautiful, beautiful photos all the time. I'm just so inspired by them but can't do shit about it because I have boundaries that I've not allowed to pass through. Parents, you know. But, I'm hoping to make more progress in achieving that lifestyle. Here's a list I wish to progress forward to:
1. Get a good camera + practice photography
2. A part-time job
3. More hang-outs / parties
4.Start an art journalDONE! Blog post here
5. More DIY craft / projects — magazine notebooks, homemade organizers, the perfect dreamcatcher
6. Be more open to try new things / be creative + to new situations
7. To play the hand that's dealt
8. Organize / plan all important things
9. Paramore in Feb
10. Attempt to gain more freedom
11. Get my own guitar
12. Try to get taller
13. Get active
14. Write letters + send postcards
15. ?
#5 — I've seen a couple of DIYs on the internet and I can't wait to start doing them! #9 — I KNOW. #12 — I remember bashing about people who bashed about me being short and it has been more than annoying can get! I can't change genetics but people are telling me to grow taller like it's something I could get done in a sec. But I guess, I would give it a try... #14 — I love writing letters + postcards!
1. Projects: Wooden name initial
2. Clearing out my room (Part 2); Part 1 was done yesterday!
In other news, Grace and Emelia's birthday both fall in December. For Grace's, Siow Teng and I had a Oovoo (because Skype now charges us for multiple video chats, tsk.) video call with her for a few hours; despite the 12-hour timezone, we did it! For Emelia's, my college friends and I got her a few things altogether... though Max did most of it. Anyway, there's a birthday scrapbook thing and I had to send three of my pictures off to Max to be printed and included in. Here's one of it:
It was a last minute thing, for me at least. Max has been pestering me but I've been busy with assignments then, and the Christmas party thereafter. So I had to quickly draw the cake and decided that it'll look adorable if it's tilted to the side, ha! Well, Happy Birthday to both Grace + Emelia!
+Posts on Christmas Party, 50 Shades and my post-Christmas (or extra Christmas present from my parents) shopping haul up next!
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Labels: Birthdays, celebrations, projects, random, Rants, wants
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December 17, 2012
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December 06, 2012
THIS IS A LITTLE RANDOM BUT
Here's a picture of my lunch.
Homemade fried rice with egg and chocolate drink. Yum!
Here's a picture of my lunch.
Homemade fried rice with egg and chocolate drink. Yum!
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BY TRACY | 3:02 PM ·
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November 13, 2012
IF YOU HADN'T ALREADY KNOW
4. FOOD OF WONDERS
I have been wearing my braces for almost 4 years now. Definitely longer than the minimum of 2 years and way shorter than other patients who has them on for > 9 years! It's a tough road to wander but hopefully it will be worth all the pain (partly hypothetically speaking) you'd have to go through! I have to admit, my teeth were in really bad shape. I guess you could say that my upper jaw had "grown" outward of my skull and it's really not a pretty sight to see when I'm smiling... And I'm always very amused at the tinniest things. I was never really aware that I looked any different from any other girls with straight and perfect teeth till my family commented on pictures taken of me. So my aunt advise us on braces treatment and we signed up.
I got on the waiting list in the government clinic instead of a private orthodontist because, well, one obvious reason is because it is cheaper (way cheaper) as the orthodontists in the government clinic are just trainees. And no, the amount of years spent on my set of pearly whites has nothing to do with the orthodontists in the government clinic – It's simply because my teeth were that bad. Simple as that. The only downside to this is that the waiting lists stretches out to 2 years in line. I was the first among my schoolmates to actually sign up and thought about braces but before I could have them on, they had theirs on before you could say "pearly whites", because they went for a private ortho to get it done. Oh well...
I'm sure there a tons and tons of braces articles online teaching you on how to brush, floss, gargle (really?) and all that oral stuff. Yes, there are text after text explaining what pain a person goes through after their monthly tightening. But what they don't tell you is what will goes on behind the scenes or the inside story of a person who wears braces.
Don't fret, listed below are the things that you should expect to get. Brace yourself. Pun intended.
Don't fret, listed below are the things that you should expect to get. Brace yourself. Pun intended.
1. STARES FROM CHILDREN
Oh, how I hate this one. They look at you like you're an alien from another planet, having some super high-tech metal stubs in your mouth probably used to contact your homeland. Who knew these silent but deadly braces brackets could do such wonders? My nephews and nieces are a prime example of this. Everytime when we're having a family gathering or just simply going back to our hometown to visit, my nephews and niece would often run to my sister who is so blessed to have such perfect set of teeth, a total opposite to mine. Recently, I've met up with my nephew abroad and I hadn't seen him since he started walking for the first time. By now, he's 4 and has a mind on his own. The first thing he said to me was "Why do you have that thing in your teeth?" How appropriate.
2. EMBARRASSING COMMENTS
"Oh, hey, uh, you got, uh... that spinach in your... *points* there". Meal time. One of the deadliest. If you're a person who has perfect straight teeth or teeth that are nice enough to flash around in public without the need of braces, then I suggest you listen carefully. Yes, it is a nice gesture to tell someone he/she has a piece of tree branch stuck in between those braces brackets, but then again, if you're in that person's shoes, you'll feel hot blood rushing through your veins circulating around your cheeks while you work up your tongue to get between the nooks in order to flick off that piece of food. It was never and will never be a nice sight to see someone pushing their own tongue up their teeth and in all the little corners of their mouth.
It definitely would be even worse if the person who told you that you have food stuck somewhere in your braces is still looking at you after letting you know and when you're trying your hardest not to look so disgusting when your pushing your tongue around the inside of your lips. This somehow happens to me alot. I would usually shrug it off with a giggle and turn away ASAP and/or grab the drink and do small unnoticeable (or so I hope!) gargle swishes and/or the traditional way of covering the disgusting works of tongues behind my palm.
If you're someone who does not need the aid of braces, whenever you feel so oblige to comment that I have something between my teeth, please look away after doing so at least. Or I'd like you to keep in mind us braces geeks would like to punch you in all the times that you don't.
Taking and looking back at photos with your family and having them comment on your teeth alone for 20 minutes is also considered.
3. RIDICULOUSLY FAKE EYE CONTACT
You know how you could tell when someone is looking in another direction away from your eyes? Possibly your... braces, maybe? My eyes are up here... Countless of times friends and family would be switching their eyes from my braces to my eyes and then ending up not listening to what I was saying or cutting me off, commenting crap like "Wow, your braces are shiny!" or the classic "There's something in your teeth" and maybe just adding the usual "When are you getting them off?". And then, I'll forget about what I wanted to say and we'll talk about my braces instead. Or even staring at you like they're studying a new and wild species while you're taking a bite of that burger.
"Oh my god, I think there's a huuuge spider in you--"
"You just brushed your teeth, didn't you? They're super shiny!"
"Yeah, but that's not the point. There's a spid--"
"When are you taking them off again?"
Well,... your fault.
"You just brushed your teeth, didn't you? They're super shiny!"
"Yeah, but that's not the point. There's a spid--"
"When are you taking them off again?"
Well,... your fault.
4. FOOD OF WONDERS
Okay, this might seem like the boring article on the internet where they tell you what not to eat and what to eat and bla bla bla. Trust me, it's not.
Everyone – and I mean everyone – loves eating. I mean, what's not to like? Juicy pizza, unsliced apples, popcorn, hard candies, chewing gum,... ice? Oh Lord, the wonders of food! You'd probably would already have heard from your orthodontist that you can't eat these glorious creations if you have your braces on. Oh, bummer! Probably after hearing that your soul got crushed into million pieces, thinking about the years ahead of you without pizza (PIZZA!) and then reluctantly dragging your feet back to your car and have a sob fest on the steering wheel. Well, at least I did... Except that part about crying.I did that at home.
Heard of the term "Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!"? Exactly what no.4 is about. I'm not literally saying your doctor is lying to you and his/her other patients about the forbidden apple, but as a braces geek, I swear that those food stated above, has absolutely no harm on your oral health. Trust me. I eat everything I'm told not to. Ha! My pearly whites aren't perfectly white but these hard candy/popcorn caramel aren't making it worse either. And if it does, so what? They're going to scale my teeth when I'm taking them out anyway. And they sure as hell are going to scale yours. So what's the worry? Just do your regular brushing twice a day, at least, bla bla bla I'm not going to be your orthodontist right now.
Oh I should warn you about the unsliced apples though. I don't do that. And maybe neither should you. Always slice those up! Always.
[EDIT:] BTW, quick warning: When eating long thin vegetables (eat your veg kids!), sometimes... maybe... probably... somehow... one tip of the evil vegetable will be stuck in the bracket of your back (probably third?) molar and the other tip will slide down your throat summoning your gag reflex. Horrible experience.
5. PHOTO DISASTER
Everyone – and I mean everyone – loves eating. I mean, what's not to like? Juicy pizza, unsliced apples, popcorn, hard candies, chewing gum,... ice? Oh Lord, the wonders of food! You'd probably would already have heard from your orthodontist that you can't eat these glorious creations if you have your braces on. Oh, bummer! Probably after hearing that your soul got crushed into million pieces, thinking about the years ahead of you without pizza (PIZZA!) and then reluctantly dragging your feet back to your car and have a sob fest on the steering wheel. Well, at least I did... Except that part about crying.
Heard of the term "Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!"? Exactly what no.4 is about. I'm not literally saying your doctor is lying to you and his/her other patients about the forbidden apple, but as a braces geek, I swear that those food stated above, has absolutely no harm on your oral health. Trust me. I eat everything I'm told not to. Ha! My pearly whites aren't perfectly white but these hard candy/popcorn caramel aren't making it worse either. And if it does, so what? They're going to scale my teeth when I'm taking them out anyway. And they sure as hell are going to scale yours. So what's the worry? Just do your regular brushing twice a day, at least, bla bla bla I'm not going to be your orthodontist right now.
Oh I should warn you about the unsliced apples though. I don't do that. And maybe neither should you. Always slice those up! Always.
[EDIT:] BTW, quick warning: When eating long thin vegetables (eat your veg kids!), sometimes... maybe... probably... somehow... one tip of the evil vegetable will be stuck in the bracket of your back (probably third?) molar and the other tip will slide down your throat summoning your gag reflex. Horrible experience.
5. PHOTO DISASTER
Now, I'm not talking about being totes ugly in photos when you have your braces on, that's for you to judge. lol I'm not going to be responsible for saying shit about your face.
Anyway, back on point no.5... If things are working out your way, you could maybe avoid this deathly photo disaster: The Glare. You might think "nah, I'd take photos at night; no flare, no glare!" BEEP BEEP BEEP. Wrong answer. Flash cam shall be your worst nemesis till they day your braces are out of your lives, for good! Gotta admit though, The Glare does not apply to everyone. For instance, I can't remember the last time I got a photo glare because of the shine in my braces... Or maybe I didn't have one at all? I don't know. But it's a disaster anyway, and one that no article online talks about. So, you're welcome. Though I didn't really give you any solution for it.
Speaking of photos, there is indeed no doubt to whether your teeth will stay as white as before you had your braces on. Because chances are, you are going to take on point no.4 and even if you don't, your teeth will go through some changes... in color. Yep, no news flash here. It's pretty obvious. (If you're fretting on that, re-read point no.4) I for one, suffer from this one here.
Based on my experiences, photos of me in braces don't turn out well. Fact is, it turns out x984203 times worse than it already is. That's based on my statistics, I'm usually very accurate, ha! Say your teeth are slightly yellow due to the pizza you had last night at a party (yum!) and the beer you drank after. You took a picture. Flash or no flash, sunlight or moonlight... your pearly whites are going to look pearly blacks. Okay, fine, dark yellow. I don't know if it's the shadow your upper lip are creating but this is so not cool.
Worst is, I don't have any goddamn solution for this. So, you're on your own. Heck, we're on our own.
Having food stuck in your teeth when you're taking a picture is a different story but I think you're smart enough to figure that one out.
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Well, that wraps up the Top 5 list of things anyone wouldn't tell you about braces. Hope I helped you... somehow!
Anyway, back on point no.5... If things are working out your way, you could maybe avoid this deathly photo disaster: The Glare. You might think "nah, I'd take photos at night; no flare, no glare!" BEEP BEEP BEEP. Wrong answer. Flash cam shall be your worst nemesis till they day your braces are out of your lives, for good! Gotta admit though, The Glare does not apply to everyone. For instance, I can't remember the last time I got a photo glare because of the shine in my braces... Or maybe I didn't have one at all? I don't know. But it's a disaster anyway, and one that no article online talks about. So, you're welcome. Though I didn't really give you any solution for it.
Speaking of photos, there is indeed no doubt to whether your teeth will stay as white as before you had your braces on. Because chances are, you are going to take on point no.4 and even if you don't, your teeth will go through some changes... in color. Yep, no news flash here. It's pretty obvious. (If you're fretting on that, re-read point no.4) I for one, suffer from this one here.
Based on my experiences, photos of me in braces don't turn out well. Fact is, it turns out x984203 times worse than it already is. That's based on my statistics, I'm usually very accurate, ha! Say your teeth are slightly yellow due to the pizza you had last night at a party (yum!) and the beer you drank after. You took a picture. Flash or no flash, sunlight or moonlight... your pearly whites are going to look pearly blacks. Okay, fine, dark yellow. I don't know if it's the shadow your upper lip are creating but this is so not cool.
Worst is, I don't have any goddamn solution for this. So, you're on your own. Heck, we're on our own.
Having food stuck in your teeth when you're taking a picture is a different story but I think you're smart enough to figure that one out.
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Well, that wraps up the Top 5 list of things anyone wouldn't tell you about braces. Hope I helped you... somehow!
BY TRACY | 6:41 PM ·
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September 24, 2012
HELLO SOPHOMORE YEAR
As much as I hate it and want to immortalize it, the holiday between my last semester of my foundation and my first year of degree has come to a close last week; certainly justifying the famous phrase "all good things come to an end". I've only been to the first week of classes and all my mind could fathom is the dreadful homework / assignments / projects / presentations (ultimate dread) / whatnots. The reason I cross out projects is because, well, I think projects — with or without a partner/group — are pretty fun. If you're a close friend/family, you'd know that I love to get my hands dirty. Practical things to me are so much fun to deal with, rather than theory... Boring ol' theory where you sit and understand your textbook or in my case, attempt and fail miserably and then end up memorizing it all. Ridiculous, really. Presentations though, is pretty practical actually. What I'm still working on is my fluency in speaking to a crowd of > 20 people. That's 20 pairs of eyes looking at your every move. Duh, I'm going to stutter. Hence, dreadful.
And it's not like I have to present my slides in French. That would be a good excuse to stutter. I have been speaking English more than any other language in the world. All I hear is English! (Minus the obvious fact that it's the most fluent language my brain can compute.) I may or may not have been diagnosed with stutter issues; I wouldn't know because I never really go to the doctors/speech therapist for such. I'm not sure in severe cases, but for me, the words are sentenced perfectly in my brain — stitched together with my voice and facial expressions — and when it's time to say those magic words, somehow it seems like some letters are stuck somewhere in my veins causing me to stop talking and stare blankly at the person whom I'm talking to. I mean, it's not like I can't string together a sentence. I can or could talk normally, but my stuttering is like a more-than-a-once-in-a-blue-moon-but-less-than-sometimes thing. Somewhere between those lines.
Other updates, Grace has finally flown off to the U.S. for her accounting degree — possibly finishing her Masters there too — at Buffalo, NY., which is a 20 minutes drive to Niagara Falls BTW. I'm so jelly thinking about it. Plus, her flooding me with pictures of her picnic/hangs in Niagara Falls (which has become a norm for her recently) isn't really helping. I don't blame her though, I would have done the same. I sent a request asking her to get me those overrated I❤NY t-shirt and she sent them through mail, along with a postcard!; her parents being the mailman because she sent those all together at once. The t-shirt is fairly humongous for my tiny frame but meh, who cares? It's a freaking I❤NY t-shirt. Grace sent a separate letter addressed to me, so this one was sent by the official mailman. Hahahaha. The very first thing that got me intrigued was the metal fastener the envelope had... But my excitement wore down when my sister said that Malaysia had those too. Oh.
Recently, I decided to brush up on my piano skills. I learned a few songs and thought I was pretty amazing... And then I kept playing each song over and over and over again to learn that it was actually easy and I wasn't amazing afterall. Damn.
1. "Wonderwall" by Oasis
2. "Fix You" by Coldplay
3. "We Are Young" by Fun.
4. "To Make You Feel My Love" by Adele (originally by Bob Dylan) — I'm exceptionally proud of myself for this one.
5. I can't remember?
So hopeless.
Though, I'm slightly proud that I could sing along while doing those fancy extra notes stuff. What's it called?
Thank you for reading all my crap. Here you go, an awkward bathroom, no filter/edit photo of me.
x
PS: I have a full-on rant about my college's registry office. I can't wait to make a post on it.
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April 24, 2012
PROJECT #1: BUTTER CAKE WITH ICING
I'm obviously talking about the first project on my new oven! @meshellwe and I wanted to try out the oven so badly that we decided to do it a day before my last final exam — Introduction to Business; more on that later on. So we head out for our breakfast (sis is on leave because she was wasn't feeling very well last night. *ahem* doesn't seem like that, that morning...) and went to buy cake supplies at the grocery store.
I've tweeted the whole progress while we're doing it via Instagram (Follow me: ItsTracyy) but incase you've missed it and that you even care, here it is!
The icing was surprisingly easy to do. All along, I thought it was pretty hard till I actually Googled the recipe... Sweet mother of icing, it was 300 grams of icing sugar And only 120 grams of flour. The ratio was totally off but it came together anyway after 20-30 minutes in the mixer. And then my favourite part, the colouring — I achieved cotton candy pink on my first estimation, not that it was really that hard to estimate... Anyway, I got the icing recipe here and there's a whole lot of other things you can find out/learn on that website also, so have a look. :)
Now, just remember this is my first time icing a cake. I don't mean to shock you till the point of a heart attack for lack of creativity on designing the outlook of the cake but... do bear with a first timer. lol.
Did you die? Are you sure you're alright? Okay, we can all come to conclusion where icing is definitely not my forté. But I did my very best to save it! Even Instagram filters can't do it any justice ahahaha. Taste-wise, it's amazing! It's soft and really tasty. Not really a first timer on baking this cake — been at it for a year now — and so obviously it tastes good... if I do say so myself. I'm hoping to re-create the chocolate cake I made a few months back as it did not end well (because a certain someone named Michelle added the wrong ratio of baking powder...) lol. And I also learned that recipes that are from overseas must be adjusted in temperature-wise. Lol blonde baker, I am.
I'm obviously talking about the first project on my new oven! @meshellwe and I wanted to try out the oven so badly that we decided to do it a day before my last final exam — Introduction to Business; more on that later on. So we head out for our breakfast (sis is on leave because she was wasn't feeling very well last night. *ahem* doesn't seem like that, that morning...) and went to buy cake supplies at the grocery store.
I've tweeted the whole progress while we're doing it via Instagram (Follow me: ItsTracyy) but incase you've missed it and that you even care, here it is!
Ingredients (shown): Flour, margarine, butter, icing sugar, caster sugar,
Not shown: Vanilla essence, baking powder, food coloring, salt, eggs
Unfortunately, I was too busy doing a couple of things at once and I did not take pictures of making the cake batter. My hands were full of butter and I can't possibly hold the cam every 3 minutes taking stills of what's happening, hahaha. My excuse is reasonable. Cake batter was absolutely delish — though with raw eggs & flour — it's so addictive. Rascal is also in the kitchen, not helping but getting in the way of things, trying to get a taste of what's being mixed on the counter. Ha. He got some of the leftovers though, lucky dog you.
The best & prettiest part: PINK ICING.
Now, just remember this is my first time icing a cake. I don't mean to shock you till the point of a heart attack for lack of creativity on designing the outlook of the cake but... do bear with a first timer. lol.
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So as "promised", Introduction to Business exam today was shit. I studied 5 days before and I messed up on small bits in essay — we have to write 6-7 short essays, mind you. I think I mentioned in my previous post that cramming for an exam works way better than studying months/weeks/days before. Ah, should've crammed for it. lol that sounded awkward and weird hahaha; especially because no one would ever say that. So as of right now, I have a 5-6 months of free time... Going to finally get my license (Grace and Siow Teng can't take the fact that I still don't have my license, anymore), most probably get a part-time job and obviously do more projects! Can't wait for uber amount of free time (which also means more chores... sigh.)
May - Sunway Lagoon with my college mates
June - Prom, Sleepover, Bangkok
List is empty! Call/text/whatsapp me when you're free to hang out :)
Pictures taken with: iPhone 3GS with Instagram filters.
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April 13, 2012
I HAVE NO REASON FOR NOT BLOGGING FOR ALMOST A MONTH NOW
Also, I'm a Draw Something addict. But hey! I'm a loyal fan of OMGPOP. I'm not a newcomer on the Draw My Thing team. :) Draw me: ItsTracyy. That is my sister's hands by the way, haha. I got my dad and mom to join in as well and they laugh everytime they're playing it. To hell with family night board games! Hahaha. We all sat in the living room the other day, drawing to each other :)
[EDIT:] WE THE KINGS IN MAY.
except for not wanting to be addicted to the internet again. I guess this post means I've failed.
So there's nothing much to update, really. I'm going to be done with my Foundation in 12 days― Finals is next week and I'm pretty sure I'm failing Accounting. I'm never the type to study that much and I feel like it's too late since finals is in 4 days from now. But just like everyone else, there is an inner voice that says "you can do it", but it mostly gives you false hope and you fail anyway. But I shouldn't complain. The other day my friend opened up to me― about what had happened a couple of weeks ago― that she was a victim of rape. So clearly I shouldn't be complaining for not having the will to study for my finals. She's going through much more problem and drama in her life and here I am, not being able to push my self to read my notes. I guess life is unfair in her view; she cried when she told me that, where she was a good person, she never did anything wrong, but the bad luck came unto her anyway and not to people who does bad things. But I admire her, I really do. Despite of what had happened, she managed to hide it inside, giving smiles to everyone when she enters the class― like nothing ever happened.
Negative issues/thoughts aside, in 12 days, I'll be rebooting my life, so to speak. I'm taking up that job as a Creative Art Teacher for kids (But obviously I'll have to go in for the interview first haha), getting my license (finally), making new (and edible)projects (we bought a conventional oven!) and read the novels I bought the other day ($8 for 3 paperbacks). In 12 days (or so) also, project Avacado Facial (as cheesy as it sounds) with my bestie @JenJennyyy and Grace (who doesn't have a twitter, sigh) will take place. Can't wait!
Possibly the cutest conventional oven ever. I love how it says "Enjoy your meal" after every use.
Also, I'm a Draw Something addict. But hey! I'm a loyal fan of OMGPOP. I'm not a newcomer on the Draw My Thing team. :) Draw me: ItsTracyy. That is my sister's hands by the way, haha. I got my dad and mom to join in as well and they laugh everytime they're playing it. To hell with family night board games! Hahaha. We all sat in the living room the other day, drawing to each other :)
[EDIT:] WE THE KINGS IN MAY.
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March 15, 2012
SLOPPY OUTFIT OF THE DAY
But it still works.
Wore this outfit on Sunday... I think. Late update, I know!
Top: Souvenir from my Aunt
Jeans: Forever 21
Top bracelet on the right: Cotton On
Decided to finally learn the real and correct way to add noise to my photos; I had to accept the fact that my way isn't always the best, ha! Obviously those aren't the best photos to choose from, from the million of photos that I have. Is that a reason why it didn't turn out great? I'll probably have to play around with it a little more to get a good grip on what's going on with the layers.
Things have been going on. Where do I start? My friends is manipulating me to go to prom a few days ago which makes the day so long. It never ends, really. I'm going obviously, but not for the wrong reasons. I'm not going because of what's been planned. I don't want that. I just don't want things to be awkward after. Sad, depressing story aside, how's your week? I'm always planning on doing something productive, something practical ― like making projects done ― but as usual, it never happens. Procrastination gets the best of me all the time. No ones the blame here, finals are coming up and that's what I'm planning to concentrate on at the moment. I stopped reading 'Sing Me Home' also. Big sacrifice on putting down a book that you're halfway through. After my last semester which ends in mid-April, I'm planning working part-time and doing loads of projects; you know me. Hoping to buy an oven soon because the oven I previously had was my Aunt's and she needed it back. Boo :( I'm also hoping to get back into swimming. Ah, I miss swimming daily. Also, between you and me, I'm trying to grow taller. Haha, lets see how that works out!
PS: Yes only three of my nails are painted. I was experimenting.
Labels: crazeness, friends, OutfitOfTheDay, projects, random, wants
BY TRACY | 11:47 PM ·
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March 10, 2012
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN YOU HAVE THE FEEL OF BLOGGING
But not knowing what to blog about. I'm feeling a very strong urge to blog today. My hands are itching up on the keyboard wanting to type something rather than these aimless words. But about what? Talking about Kony 2012 would be good but it would be an exaggeration on my part because I've been tweeting about it alot on the 7th but not contributing anything doesn't really make a difference. Because the main reason here is the make Kony famous by promoting the Invisible Children's Kony 2012 video. But it seems like everyone already knew it so I guess my part here is done? I am thinking about getting that bracelet though...
Rascal needs to work on his aim. I spent hours on him, throwing small – but clearly visible – pieces of bread but he only catches it 60% of the time. And I don't think the hair around his eyes is affecting his vision... or is it?
Speaking of Rascal, he has mastered 9 tricks including favourites like roll-overs and play dead. He also knows how to find and/or take his toy when asked – And that was taught by saying to him the same words again and again, with effort on his part too of course; He normally take his toy as a sign that he wants to play the minute we get home. And when he doesn't, we ask "Where's your toy? Go get your toy!" and he immediately knows what it meant. He's such an adorable and clever furball. He'll be 5 this 1st of April, time is going by too fast. :(
But not knowing what to blog about. I'm feeling a very strong urge to blog today. My hands are itching up on the keyboard wanting to type something rather than these aimless words. But about what? Talking about Kony 2012 would be good but it would be an exaggeration on my part because I've been tweeting about it alot on the 7th but not contributing anything doesn't really make a difference. Because the main reason here is the make Kony famous by promoting the Invisible Children's Kony 2012 video. But it seems like everyone already knew it so I guess my part here is done? I am thinking about getting that bracelet though...
I guess I should post some random pictures so that this post wouldn't seem so pointless when view from afar. Hahaha. Just to make it seem it's full of meaningful words or texts about how my day went. That just maybe a good topic right now. Well, today was the usual - chores after chores after chores. And then I kind of skipped lunch and went ahead and have Campbell soup with three slices of bread. So bad ass. After that was just long hours of tv. Monster.Inc was on Disney and got to watch the mid-part of it before we went out for dinner.
Speaking of Rascal, he has mastered 9 tricks including favourites like roll-overs and play dead. He also knows how to find and/or take his toy when asked – And that was taught by saying to him the same words again and again, with effort on his part too of course; He normally take his toy as a sign that he wants to play the minute we get home. And when he doesn't, we ask "Where's your toy? Go get your toy!" and he immediately knows what it meant. He's such an adorable and clever furball. He'll be 5 this 1st of April, time is going by too fast. :(
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BY TRACY | 11:18 PM ·
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January 12, 2012
OKAY AS USUAL I GO ON URBANOUTFITTERS.COM
(Eventhough I don't buy anything online, ha.)
(Eventhough I don't buy anything online, ha.)
And this time, I browsed for 'Wedges'.
Here are my favourites!
I saw this platform wedges and I fell in love with it! If you don't already know, I love the color gray and this was just perfect. So simple and it looks like if I own these, I could pair them up with literally anything!
$49.00 ; Link
Funny story here - I can't decide if I liked the black one or the brown one. So I decided to feature both of them here. These are classic loves and wants. No description needed!
$128 ; Link
These are just adorable! They look like the ones Hayley / Charlavail has. Which made me love them even more. They're like a mix of Vans and platform. Too cool. Love! Looks like I can pair this up with anything too!
$39.99 (Sale); Original Price: $59.00 ; Link
Okay, fine. This looks just like the ones in #2, but only a slight difference. I like #2's front, it's much more curvier and it looks fuller. But, #4 nude/cream color. Gah! Really love this!
$59.00 ; Link
lol I'm not sure what I'm doing up at 4AM right now but yeah, these shoes are amazing!
Labels: random, shopaholic, wants
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December 05, 2011
Well... hello.
I'm suppose to be studying but it's Christmas month and I'm shimmy-ing to She & Him's A Very She & Him Christmas album; Which is really good btw. Zooey has an amazing voice. Listening to this album on loop makes me think the world is in its 60s.
Finals, please understand.
Picture taken with: Canon S95
Labels: celebrations, MusicReviews, random
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November 14, 2011
From top to bottom (lyrics): Paramore, The Maine, The Maine, All Time Low, Paramore, The Maine, Simple Plan.
You know the drill: Respect the watermark! All Rights Reserved.
I have to stop procrastinating and slacking around. I need to get my life straight.
These are my current photoshop works. They are tumblr-inspired, yes.
My bucket-list is doing its best at #47 now. Number 1 is the most shocking: Sky Diving. I am never the one who jumps first or get involve in anything to do with heights (except roller coasters and air flights), but this came to mind first among all the others. We shall see how that goes.
In other news, Becca Fitzpatrick's trilogy of Hush, Hush 'Silence' is published and I got the e-book copy first. I was at the Popular bookstore the other day and noticed the price tag $47.50; Kill me.
But I'll get 'Crescendo' first before I get 'Silence'.
Went to Ikea yesterday also and my sister @meshellwe got Ikea quilt and sheets for me. They are so pretty. We both got the same one. I plan to buy more sheets. Vintage flowery sheets are in my mind now. And so are the tribal ones. So beautiful. And also, I plan to pay my sister back for the sheets and quilt.
Goodbye for now. I'm going back to day-dreamland.
BY TRACY | 7:36 PM ·
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November 12, 2011
I HAD A SUDDEN THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD CREATE A BUCKET LIST
Like, you know, your goals in life.
I'm not sure if some of the things in this Bucket List of mine is going to come true, but hey it's just a dream I'd thought I'd like to come true. Who knows eh?
So yes, I am writing a bucket list today. Right now. After I've published this post.
I think maybe that I should write it instead of typing it down but then I'm too lazy to find a fancy pen and paper, so I'm just going to type it. Yes, they must be fancy.
Plus, writing it down means I gotta keep the paper safely. And ya'll know I'm not good at keeping things.
They'd get lost in 24 hours and I'll most probably forget where I hid/kept them.
I do know that it's better if I carry along my bucket list everywhere that I go (Along with a pen of course, to tick them off)
But I'm not the type to carry purses or handbags around. I'm not used to it. I keep my cash at the back pocket of my jeans.
Yes yes yes, I know I should carry my purse slash handbag, how could I carry my ID right?
Yeah, I should start carrying them. I'm getting used to it a little bit by bit because of college. :)
SO YAY I HAVE A BUCKET LIST TO WORK ON! :)
Like, you know, your goals in life.
I'm not sure if some of the things in this Bucket List of mine is going to come true, but hey it's just a dream I'd thought I'd like to come true. Who knows eh?
So yes, I am writing a bucket list today. Right now. After I've published this post.
I think maybe that I should write it instead of typing it down but then I'm too lazy to find a fancy pen and paper, so I'm just going to type it. Yes, they must be fancy.
Plus, writing it down means I gotta keep the paper safely. And ya'll know I'm not good at keeping things.
They'd get lost in 24 hours and I'll most probably forget where I hid/kept them.
I do know that it's better if I carry along my bucket list everywhere that I go (Along with a pen of course, to tick them off)
But I'm not the type to carry purses or handbags around. I'm not used to it. I keep my cash at the back pocket of my jeans.
Yes yes yes, I know I should carry my purse slash handbag, how could I carry my ID right?
Yeah, I should start carrying them. I'm getting used to it a little bit by bit because of college. :)
SO YAY I HAVE A BUCKET LIST TO WORK ON! :)
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October 28, 2011
JUST BLOGGING ABOUT MY CURRENT NAIL COLOR
*End of post*
Nail Color: Light Turquoise
Code: GR503
Brand: The Face Shop
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September 23, 2011
BORED?
Head to Draw A Stick Man dot com!
I don't know about you but I had a fun time drawing. lol
Here's some snapshots:
Thanks to @sillyjoanna for this! :)
Head to Draw A Stick Man dot com!
I don't know about you but I had a fun time drawing. lol
Here's some snapshots:
Thanks to @sillyjoanna for this! :)
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BY TRACY | 7:10 PM ·
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