Honestly I'm no poet, but today's one of those days where I just really
want to write anything and everything that pops up into my mind.
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Some days I sit alone and think about the mysteries of life
Of how the world was made to become what it is today
And to think that we are all made of the same things
Yet we are all so drastically different in the way
That we act, speak, think, walk, talk or even live
We are all made of dust; the same as what makes up
The core of the Universe, all of its material
And how is it that such simple beings like us
Have grown to be so complicated? How did we
Create this society out of dust?
What does money do to us? It controls us,
Shapes the way our lives are lived out,
And in one way or another, we are all slaves
To this currency that was fabricated out
Of the very thin air that we breathe
And we are chained to this very concept
That we call time; which is something that does not exist
It is something that we've learned to live by
Limiting our efforts to a day; twenty four hours,
1,440 minutes, 86,400 seconds, half of which
We spend in a comatose state, out for the count
Unable to make use of that time
Running out of reach, like sands falling through my fingers
And it amazes me just how big the Universe is
How we're the only ones so far in this
Dark, wide open space, where the possibilities are endless
And how we may not be the only ones intrigue us
Because if not, how different would they be?
Had the Earth not happened to chance upon the perfect
Conditions for life to be birthed, would I
Be sitting here, writing this? Would I be alive, even?
But alas, I am here, typing away at the keyboard
Of my laptop, writing words that will hold no meaning
After I'm dead and civilization has gone past
And the Earth will return back to where it was
Perfect, undamaged, primeval, back to the times, where
There was only darkness, and nothing else
And in a million years' time, this piece that I've
Just written may never be visible again,
I'm not asking for recognition or anything else at all
I'm just glad that I got to write, in a language that
I understand, appreciate and cannot live without
For everything that I own, breathe, sleep in,
Touch, sit on, use, see, smell, taste, I am beyond thankful
Because I know there are times that I wish I was dead
But I think about the Universe and how small I
Actually am, and that even if I died, nothing in the
Universe would change for the better
And so I live, appreciating what I have
Until it is my time to return to the stars
In the form of dust and bits of the galaxy
That I have come to live in, and learned to love.
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Monday, 20 October 2014
Halloween Horror Nights 4
Hey guys. I just wanted to tell you that the League of Legends World Championship 2014 has just ended and the amount of feels that are flowing through me right now cannot be put into words properly. The players are so humble, the Imagine Dragons performance was fucking fantastic and the overall breakdown of the matches by the analyst desk was fabulous.
It was so cool though, in the preview show they mentioned the collaboration with Imagine Dragons. Their latest song Warriors was created in mind thanks to League of Legends as a sort of collab with Riot Games, because they also play League on their tour and whenever they're free. It's so cute, cause they mentioned like before concerts, they'd be backstage playing League! So cute.
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So yesterday (18th) I went to Halloween Horror Nights 4 with all of my besties and a couple of new friends!
Before that, we went to check in at the hotel, so yeah. Did my makeup in there before heading over to Vivo to get some drinks and food. :D
Taken by Natasha, btw. A lot of pics will be contributions from my dear friends bc even though I did bring my DSLR, having fun = not being able to hold on to my camera much. I was afraid that people would bump into me or what, so I kept it most of the time. :|
First off we went inside, went to the toilet and walked towards the New York scare zone. Btw, the scare actors' makeup... wah, really good. Damn funny. I was damn scared but I just kept laughing at them and they all looked damn sian cause like they confirm think: "Wah lao these girls no kick one."
Quite fucking funny leh. Then we started navigating towards the pizza parlour area towards the place that looks like the town hall or something. It was pretty scary looking. Got severed head of the Statue of Liberty and the hand or something. Really chaotic. We also took a picture with a minion HAHAHHA.
Ya I had a video on my Snapchat too but I'm not gonna post it, it's 10 seconds. I have another video though! When we arrived, we caught a performance! I taped it down on my DSLR, there's 1080HD so just watch it ok. A bit blurry sometimes cause I forgot to manual focus. Fucking hate autofocus on video.
Yeah. Terrifying. Spot the red indian? Anyways, we went to stuff our shit in the locker and Jan + Tasha went to try and pick up Siti then we all went for the ride. I swear I was fucking dying ok I have a fear of rollercoasters and the thing about it is that it's in the dark so The Mummy is fine. But I was like screaming all the time (I rly am scared) and I was like saying I was going to die REPEATEDLY hahahah omfg.
Oh then Natasha genius went to point middle finger at the photo then it got blocked out. But I caught a sneak at it lah I looked fucking ridiculous my hair was flying all over and my face was scrunched up in terror. Horrible looking, I swear.
After that we grabbed our bags and went for PIZZA! Walked back and the performance was over already so I snapped a picture of the place again. Gen and I also took a pix with a scare actor HAHA.
PIZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
They had this rly cute layout though for HHN4 :D
Then afterwards we went to a scare zone: The Bogeyman. Wah fuck they damn scary they will jump scare you a LOT but most of them are behind fences or inside cupboards, and they just jump out at you. At one part, where we were reaching the most important point (THE bogeyman) some fella jumped out of a cupboard and scared the fucking daylights out of Siti and she just fucking FELL TO THE FLOOR I was so scared I made this half terrified half laughter noise, and the scare actor who was acting as the Bogeyman actually laughed like "HAHAHHA" then realized that he had to stay in character, and continued saying "ha ha ha ha ha" and Gen was like -_- as she helped Siti up omg it was hilarious. Highlight of the haunted house.
Then we wanted to go and see Jing's Revenge but it was so fucking full? Would take 2 hrs 20 mins so we decided to see the Jack's 3D dementia house thingy. The thing took like > an hour to queue for but if you like trippy stuff then why not? It's rly cool but forget the glasses, they just make you dizzier and I could barely put them on bc of my glasses. Not much diff if have or no have cause still damn colorful @_@
But oh, here's a peek at the Muttons for this!
It was fucking hilarious. The last part is the best btw!!!The vertigo bridge was fucking hilarious and I was damn giddy afterwards I felt like the world literally just shifted beneath my feet ok!!
Afterwards the others headed to Mati Camp nd Gen nd I went to grab some Ben N' Jerry's so that we could chill a little cause Gen wasn't feeling well after the clown house.
After that we walked back to Starbucks and met up with the girls so that we could grab drinks~ we left for Azzura afterwards - they got in, but Gen Jiayi and I declined. They actually wanted me to go and I would have but... I wanted to make sure Gen and Jiayi got back to the hotel safely so I made sure to accompany them back. They're terrible at directions. They could barely remember where we walked ;-;
We walked from RWS to Siloso then back to RWS and to the boardwalk, then went to our hotel. We showered and rested a bit until the rest of them came back from Azzura. Apparently they had lots of fun but didn't drink any alcohol. A lot of grinding, dancing and touchies here and there. Sounds pretty fucking freaky. I'm not paying $30 to get groped.
Anyways while I was there, I saw lots of girls in bikinis and guys half naked lmao there was this rly pretty girl (damn hot) in a bikini and fucking hot shorts nd Pres said that she looked ready to go home and fuck hard LOL I told her that she looked like she ready to woohoo already HAHHAH fk the girl rly look damn hot. But her makeup also quite thick so idk.
I bought cup noodles hahahah omg damn shiok went back ate and showered then we played some Cards Against Humanity until they came back and they all showered nd we all just sorta played until like 6am before we all crashed. Quite stupid actually since we all sorta only napped like 2-3 hours?
Idk how the photos got arranged like this but ok. Yeah this was pretty much us showering and resting and taking turns. Funniest thing was that bc the shower was frosted glass, you can kinda see everything if you stand too close to the glass.
But when EVERYONE showered, couldn't rly see anything but the outline... except for Sheryl omg we saw too much ;-; indecent exposure HAHHAHA but aiya we'er all girls so to us it's okay.
Anyways then we conked out after Cards Against Humanity.
And in the morning Gen was trying to figure out how to wake all of us up cause we were all dog tired and it was hilarious cos Jiayi's alarm went off and nobody wanted to budge to touch the phone bc SLEEEEEEEP. All fucking dead to the world ok.
But ya she shut it up and eventually everyone's alarms started ringing. We woke up, wash face brush teeth change then we all left for breakfast at Mac's.
It's so nice to do something like this RIGHT before school starts PLUS it's w all of my good (and new) friends. They're a fucking fun bunch ok! Anws then tomorrow is a new sem for school for me, which means new classmates and new modules. I hope they're all nice. Can't wait to see all my friends again though, promised to visit them at Ngee Ann sometime soon :D
Alright ta-ta, hope you enjoyed my post!
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
LoL World Championships Group Stages, S.E.A Aquarium & TWO Movie Reviews!
HELLO! I know I haven't written in a while - the laziness has gotten to me, I'll admit that. But today I return with more content from my holidays! Recently I've gone to a few events and it's been nothing but full of fun and excitement for me. Also, I have red hair now if you don't know. If you've seen me recently or paid attention to my Instagram posts/ have me added on Snapchat, you'd see just how red it is. Shockingly red. I look like Katarina Du Couteau or Ariel, both of which I super adore.
Okay, enough jabbering. Let the content start!!
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So on the 25th of September, I went for the group stages of the World Championship for my favourite game: League of Legends. I remember being SO excited, because for one the live atmosphere was AMAZING and I got to see some of the best teams in the world battle it out for a place in the Quarterfinals. There was the Brazilian wildcard team, Kabum, the American teams Cloud 9 and LMQ, the China team OMG, the Korean teams, Najin White Shield and Samsung Blue, and the European teams, Fnatic and Alliance.
It was MEGA fun because it was the first time that I managed to witness a League event LIVE and that means a lot to me. Kinda like watching a concert of your favourite idols - just that this is probably more adrenaline spiked than concerts. I may be wrong, but whatever, seeing them is like a super cool gift that I'm really grateful to Riot for.
I went home happy but down with a fever. I guess you could say I was feeling pretty shitty at the end of the day BUT it was worth it. So worth it. I'M SO HAPPY!!! *SCREAMS*
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Okay. Calm down Val. FIRST MOVIE REVIEW OF THIS POST!
The Maze Runner. Okay I admit to being the kind of person that insists on reading books before watching the movie so that I can see how much the movie deviates from the original storyline. Most of the time, I'm usually unimpressed, e.g. The Hunger Games and Divergent. But for this? Kudos to the scriptwriter, who saved a lot of time by changing up the script to something simpler to understand, and made the movie move a lot faster than the book.
Frankly the book was rather draggy and I felt sort of tired reading it somewhat, but yeah. The movie's action scenes are good, and makes you obviously feel like you're on the hero's side. A lot of sly humour, so it's not all blood and "ROAR HEAR ME I AM MAN" HAHHAHA. Oh, and also there's no lack of eyecandy during the movie... sorry babe, you know Dylan O'Brien, Ki-Hong Lee and Thomas Sangster are pretty cute...
I didn't want to put in any spoilers, so this review will be pretty short. I'll give 4.5 out of 5 stars!
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To celebrate my best friend's birthday, we decided to head to SEA Aquarium to have some fun! I know it wasn't long since we went to the Trick Eye Museum, but y'know, Sentosa is pretty irresistible. There's this sort of lure that brings teens there, sort of. And tourists, but I digress. Gen said this when she saw the skeleton: HEY THAT LOOKS LIKE MY DAD!
I gave her a very shocked look because I couldn't tell if she meant that her dad was literally dead and a skeleton or just that he tended to sit like that. Her expression in reply to mine was answer enough. HAHAHAHHA
There's Finding Nemo and Dory~~~~ Okay lah but in all seriousness, it is a really fun place. The pictures that you can take are endless, and there are skeletons hanging around now, during the Halloween period! So cool. And that Manta Ray above is really beautiful in the Open Ocean tank, it's called M2. It is fully black and super gorgeous. Gen and I fell in love at first sight when we saw it gliding so gracefully through the water.
The octopus ugly as fuck though. And really fucking huge. The tentacles looked scary as hell. I wonder what in the world would inspire tentacle porn when that thing looks so retardedly wrong? Eurgh okay my mind needs to stop wondering. The touchpool is really cute, we queued up for it. My fav is the starfish that has little bumps on it and they call it the chocolate chip starfish. Adorable leh so kewt hehe.
See? So cute! And there's me and my fiery hair. I don't think I've regretted doing my hair this color even once. I did somewhat regret my blonde phase but I love the vibrant red. It's so nice. Ok on to the next thing! So after we were done, we headed to Hard Rock Cafe to grab a couple of Mojitos before dinner. We wanted drinks so yeah.
I went for the strawberry one. The burn in my stomach after I had that was so delicious, though I wasn't very fond of the burn in my throat when I swallowed the drink. It was still good! And then after that we headed to Din Tai Fung to have dinner! OH MY GOD XIAO LONG BAOS @_@ but yeah Gen and I had 10 XLBs each cause we were so fucking hungry HAHAHAHA
YUMMYYYYYY. After that we decided to take a walk around RWS to digest a bit and coincidentally, we were there on the FIRST day of Halloween Horror Nights 4! There were people everywhere, some facepainted really scarily. There was this woman that looked like a crazy nurse or something and we asked her for a photo - in which she replied creepily, "Sure." Brrh, she scary.
Yeah, this is her. And also the pillar looks really cool at night. OH and before we took a picture with the lady, we walked past this bunch of small boys (probably like 12, idk) who wanted to take a picture or something. So the guy threw his lightstick to his friend (who failed to catch it) and then I said, "Noob," out loud as I was passing by. Oh my god my subconscious has FAILED ME it was supposed to stay inside my head :c
I was like SHIT then hurried off and then Gen told me that the boy looked at me with a rather hurt and confused look on his face. Oops. But it's true, noobs. :D I'm planning to go for HHN4 with a few friends soon, will write a post on it once I've gone for it, promise!
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Review 2: Annabelle.
This movie has instilled in me a fear of dolls. Fuck you, barbie. No, really. The storyline is really scary and starts off pretty sweet with a scene at a church (after the entrance scene) but you know, there's this sinister feel to the movie. (OH MY GOD IM SO SCARED THINKING OF IT, I THOUGHT I JUST HEARD SOMETHING BUT IT'S JUST MY IMAGINATION IM TERRIFIED HELP WHY DID I WATCH IT???)
Gen and I actually wanted to catch The Maze Runner (even though I had watched it already) but apparently the seats were separate. Then we asked for another movie at the same time and all they had was Annabelle. We decided to buy it and the moment we handed the money over, we looked at each other in a "Oh shit, why did we do that?" expression.
And when we got the tickets, we walked away and said "Jesus Christ" at the same time. We went to buy popcorn and the thing was that everytime a scary scene was coming, I had to close the popcorn box in fear of jumping and making popcorn fly everywhere. :| I also watched 3/4 of the movie from behind the stupid box.
I also screamed, twice. I jumped and screamed and I think the guy beside me with his gf was pretty terrified too but yeah, he's a man. Men don't get scared of these you know? Okay that's bullshit but whatever. Who the heck buys his PREGNANT wife such a mother fucking terrible looking doll? I know that the doll wasn't possessed originally but fuck, the doll is pretty scary looking.
The baby was pretty cute though, and the amount of jump scares or pop ups scared the living daylights out of me. I made the sign of the cross like 5 times and prayed to God to ask him to help me not to pee my fucking pants. I think my screams and jumps made Gen a little less scared and more amused so that she was distracted from the movie.
Please watch this movie with your boyfriend or a friend who is braver than you, if you know you can't take horror well.
Review: 3.5/5 stars bc horror flick with cheesy scenes but still scary as fuck.
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How have you been spending your days? I know that my JC friends have just finished their promos not long ago - I wish you good luck for your results! My holidays are coming to an end and I'm so terribly sad. But the good thing is that Natasha is back from China and I've missed her so much! Can't wait to see her for HHN4, and Jiayi too.
By the way, I'm scheduled for a Japan trip at the end of the year. I just got a look at my itinerary a few hours ago and I'm already so so so pumped! I'm going to places like Mt Fuji, the Osaka Palace and the Nissin Cup Noodle Museum! I promise to blog about the trip too.
I just hope that my DSLR won't get fucked up by the cold. I've heard of lenses and gears freezing up in cold places and oh god, please no. This DSLR is my baby (although admittedly I've abandoned it for quite a while already) but iPhone pictures will never be able to compare to the quality of DSLR ones. I'll be blogging when I get back (close to Christmas) so yep!
School is starting and honestly I don't really feel ready for it because I'm separated from E45D and... that doesn't sit too well with me. I'll miss bullshitting with them in class all the time, but the good thing is that we won't be too far apart so we can still grab meals together. There's also Office Comm, who could forget about that?
Alright, I've been talking a lil too much. Thanks for reading this post and being interested in my life, which is sort of boring. Apart from these events, all I've been doing is eat, sleep, watch Worlds, watch Drama, and repeat again. I sure hope school will put some motivation into me again - I've gained a lot of weight during the holidays. Gym, I'm coming for you!
Okay, enough jabbering. Let the content start!!
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So on the 25th of September, I went for the group stages of the World Championship for my favourite game: League of Legends. I remember being SO excited, because for one the live atmosphere was AMAZING and I got to see some of the best teams in the world battle it out for a place in the Quarterfinals. There was the Brazilian wildcard team, Kabum, the American teams Cloud 9 and LMQ, the China team OMG, the Korean teams, Najin White Shield and Samsung Blue, and the European teams, Fnatic and Alliance.
It was MEGA fun because it was the first time that I managed to witness a League event LIVE and that means a lot to me. Kinda like watching a concert of your favourite idols - just that this is probably more adrenaline spiked than concerts. I may be wrong, but whatever, seeing them is like a super cool gift that I'm really grateful to Riot for.
I went home happy but down with a fever. I guess you could say I was feeling pretty shitty at the end of the day BUT it was worth it. So worth it. I'M SO HAPPY!!! *SCREAMS*
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Okay. Calm down Val. FIRST MOVIE REVIEW OF THIS POST!
The Maze Runner. Okay I admit to being the kind of person that insists on reading books before watching the movie so that I can see how much the movie deviates from the original storyline. Most of the time, I'm usually unimpressed, e.g. The Hunger Games and Divergent. But for this? Kudos to the scriptwriter, who saved a lot of time by changing up the script to something simpler to understand, and made the movie move a lot faster than the book.
Frankly the book was rather draggy and I felt sort of tired reading it somewhat, but yeah. The movie's action scenes are good, and makes you obviously feel like you're on the hero's side. A lot of sly humour, so it's not all blood and "ROAR HEAR ME I AM MAN" HAHHAHA. Oh, and also there's no lack of eyecandy during the movie... sorry babe, you know Dylan O'Brien, Ki-Hong Lee and Thomas Sangster are pretty cute...
I didn't want to put in any spoilers, so this review will be pretty short. I'll give 4.5 out of 5 stars!
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To celebrate my best friend's birthday, we decided to head to SEA Aquarium to have some fun! I know it wasn't long since we went to the Trick Eye Museum, but y'know, Sentosa is pretty irresistible. There's this sort of lure that brings teens there, sort of. And tourists, but I digress. Gen said this when she saw the skeleton: HEY THAT LOOKS LIKE MY DAD!
I gave her a very shocked look because I couldn't tell if she meant that her dad was literally dead and a skeleton or just that he tended to sit like that. Her expression in reply to mine was answer enough. HAHAHAHHA
There's Finding Nemo and Dory~~~~ Okay lah but in all seriousness, it is a really fun place. The pictures that you can take are endless, and there are skeletons hanging around now, during the Halloween period! So cool. And that Manta Ray above is really beautiful in the Open Ocean tank, it's called M2. It is fully black and super gorgeous. Gen and I fell in love at first sight when we saw it gliding so gracefully through the water.
The octopus ugly as fuck though. And really fucking huge. The tentacles looked scary as hell. I wonder what in the world would inspire tentacle porn when that thing looks so retardedly wrong? Eurgh okay my mind needs to stop wondering. The touchpool is really cute, we queued up for it. My fav is the starfish that has little bumps on it and they call it the chocolate chip starfish. Adorable leh so kewt hehe.
See? So cute! And there's me and my fiery hair. I don't think I've regretted doing my hair this color even once. I did somewhat regret my blonde phase but I love the vibrant red. It's so nice. Ok on to the next thing! So after we were done, we headed to Hard Rock Cafe to grab a couple of Mojitos before dinner. We wanted drinks so yeah.
I went for the strawberry one. The burn in my stomach after I had that was so delicious, though I wasn't very fond of the burn in my throat when I swallowed the drink. It was still good! And then after that we headed to Din Tai Fung to have dinner! OH MY GOD XIAO LONG BAOS @_@ but yeah Gen and I had 10 XLBs each cause we were so fucking hungry HAHAHAHA
YUMMYYYYYY. After that we decided to take a walk around RWS to digest a bit and coincidentally, we were there on the FIRST day of Halloween Horror Nights 4! There were people everywhere, some facepainted really scarily. There was this woman that looked like a crazy nurse or something and we asked her for a photo - in which she replied creepily, "Sure." Brrh, she scary.
Yeah, this is her. And also the pillar looks really cool at night. OH and before we took a picture with the lady, we walked past this bunch of small boys (probably like 12, idk) who wanted to take a picture or something. So the guy threw his lightstick to his friend (who failed to catch it) and then I said, "Noob," out loud as I was passing by. Oh my god my subconscious has FAILED ME it was supposed to stay inside my head :c
I was like SHIT then hurried off and then Gen told me that the boy looked at me with a rather hurt and confused look on his face. Oops. But it's true, noobs. :D I'm planning to go for HHN4 with a few friends soon, will write a post on it once I've gone for it, promise!
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Review 2: Annabelle.
This movie has instilled in me a fear of dolls. Fuck you, barbie. No, really. The storyline is really scary and starts off pretty sweet with a scene at a church (after the entrance scene) but you know, there's this sinister feel to the movie. (OH MY GOD IM SO SCARED THINKING OF IT, I THOUGHT I JUST HEARD SOMETHING BUT IT'S JUST MY IMAGINATION IM TERRIFIED HELP WHY DID I WATCH IT???)
Gen and I actually wanted to catch The Maze Runner (even though I had watched it already) but apparently the seats were separate. Then we asked for another movie at the same time and all they had was Annabelle. We decided to buy it and the moment we handed the money over, we looked at each other in a "Oh shit, why did we do that?" expression.
And when we got the tickets, we walked away and said "Jesus Christ" at the same time. We went to buy popcorn and the thing was that everytime a scary scene was coming, I had to close the popcorn box in fear of jumping and making popcorn fly everywhere. :| I also watched 3/4 of the movie from behind the stupid box.
I also screamed, twice. I jumped and screamed and I think the guy beside me with his gf was pretty terrified too but yeah, he's a man. Men don't get scared of these you know? Okay that's bullshit but whatever. Who the heck buys his PREGNANT wife such a mother fucking terrible looking doll? I know that the doll wasn't possessed originally but fuck, the doll is pretty scary looking.
The baby was pretty cute though, and the amount of jump scares or pop ups scared the living daylights out of me. I made the sign of the cross like 5 times and prayed to God to ask him to help me not to pee my fucking pants. I think my screams and jumps made Gen a little less scared and more amused so that she was distracted from the movie.
Please watch this movie with your boyfriend or a friend who is braver than you, if you know you can't take horror well.
Review: 3.5/5 stars bc horror flick with cheesy scenes but still scary as fuck.
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How have you been spending your days? I know that my JC friends have just finished their promos not long ago - I wish you good luck for your results! My holidays are coming to an end and I'm so terribly sad. But the good thing is that Natasha is back from China and I've missed her so much! Can't wait to see her for HHN4, and Jiayi too.
By the way, I'm scheduled for a Japan trip at the end of the year. I just got a look at my itinerary a few hours ago and I'm already so so so pumped! I'm going to places like Mt Fuji, the Osaka Palace and the Nissin Cup Noodle Museum! I promise to blog about the trip too.
I just hope that my DSLR won't get fucked up by the cold. I've heard of lenses and gears freezing up in cold places and oh god, please no. This DSLR is my baby (although admittedly I've abandoned it for quite a while already) but iPhone pictures will never be able to compare to the quality of DSLR ones. I'll be blogging when I get back (close to Christmas) so yep!
School is starting and honestly I don't really feel ready for it because I'm separated from E45D and... that doesn't sit too well with me. I'll miss bullshitting with them in class all the time, but the good thing is that we won't be too far apart so we can still grab meals together. There's also Office Comm, who could forget about that?
Alright, I've been talking a lil too much. Thanks for reading this post and being interested in my life, which is sort of boring. Apart from these events, all I've been doing is eat, sleep, watch Worlds, watch Drama, and repeat again. I sure hope school will put some motivation into me again - I've gained a lot of weight during the holidays. Gym, I'm coming for you!
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