HAPPY STRAW DAY!!!

HAHA yes today is STRAW DAY!!!

So you might be asking 'What IS STRAW DAY?!' Well Straw Day is when you are supposed to drink through STRAWS! haha Even when you are drinking from your water bottle! And when you are drinking through your straws, you feel loved cos you know somewhere out there another person you love dearly is drinking through a straw too! So you are connected with them through straws and feel loved...


So yesterday after going to sch for a project meeting which only lasted an hour, I spent most of my time helping Stacey, the person behind the conception of Straw Day, to prepare for her straw glasses, fans, magic wands and sash for Mr Straw King... (Nope dun worry tat is not me haha) As usual we made a fool of ourselves yesterday in the deck... I wonder why!?




Oh while posting these pics of us in our straw made retro big glasses, I found these pics of Banana/B2 and I at the PHILANTROPHIC (hope I spelt it rite) Civil Defence charity event premier of Max Payne (which sucked big time).


Oh the picture below was after photoshopped cos I realised a flaw after taking this picture tat day... A very sad flaw... So here is the after photoshopped version... Not gonna show you the before picture! haha Oh and the butter/salty popcorn at Lido is so nice! haha But it's so fat and 'heaty'!!!






And I found these pics too SY! haha not sure if I tagged u in this pic but I will do it now! haha Anyways I'm in depression (kinda) cos looking thru these pics, I feel like something seemed to be getting worse... So... yes... Stacey! I need your SELF CONFIDENCE!!!

The Deck

Hello Upper Eastsiders!

Another cam whoring moment with the Es at the Deck last fri! haha Made lots of unnecessary noise which gave weird stares from people around us... So after running and posing and punching around, we were sweating buckets of sweat under our pits! But for viewing purposes, the pictures would not be posted here...

I dunno why I do most of the things I did anyways! I mean they are all so EMBARASSING!!! haha A wedgie?! I had such a hard time putting it in!

Ade took this shot! So nice! haha

Hey Stacey! Dun be emo-y again k! We are all BEAUTIFUL!!! U r making me eat guavas again! cos i feel WORSE!!! haha

Oh had my NM3210 Cybercrime presentation to the entire lecture of 35 people? haha around there la... But it is still damn scary k! I was shaking like an earthquake of a ricktor scale of 122312! So although it was a very rush project, I'm just glad everything is over now! So 1 down 3 more to go! haha

Gotta go find things for my NM2101 and Film and History 2000word essay due the monday after deepavali! So sian!!! Mus do footnotes n stuff! SOMEBOBY HELP M!!! I totally dunno how to do them la! And also I gotta go take more shots for my NM3223 mod!!! So many things to do n I am wasting time HERE?! haha

I wanna watch High School Musical 3 this thursday!!! Wanted to ps JX to watch with SH and SY but they r gonna watch it next weekday so I decided I cant wait! So decided to go watch with JX lor haha

Oh and I'm going to the Biennale this fri! I guess haha with Shifa's group... Hope it's fun!

Porn

Yes you read it correctly it is indeed PORN haha

Ok dun get me wrong I'm just overwhelmed cos I've been reading non-stop about child pornography in Japan since yesterday! My eyes are now rolling out of their sockets!

The interesting thing is the history of pornography in Japan! haha Started in the Edo period, pornography existed in wooden pictorials called Shunga. Basically during that period, Edo was consisted of mostly men, who travelled from all over Japan to work or to learn who to write and read etc. So all these men without the chance to meet the right gal in a male populated city, they turn to prostitution and PORN! haha so tats how porn become so popular! As you know Japan is the place where people visits public baths and parade with their genitalz hanging out totally no religious or social taboos attached to nudity. So porn is widely accepted into the mainstream! haha

Porn at that time, like now, had various genres of sexual acts, heterosexual, homosexual and even animism. And the people viewing porn come from everywhere, different age groups, genders, social classes etc. It was even rumoured that in laws give the wives shunga when they marry.

It was until the Meiji Restoration period that the Japanese government decided to practice censorship. This is because they are worried what the European countries would think of them. This persists till now, tats why when you watch jap porn now, unless it is meant to be circulated overseas, the genitals would be censored/mosaiced.

This is also the time where they start to use other forms of things to represent penetration. Like octapuses attacked (raping) a woman.

Right now, the west have a negative connotation of Japanese porn. Basically they think Japanese are sadistic people who enjoys weird stuff like rape and SM (sado-masochism). But this is not really true. Because of the language barrier, alot of the storylines for their porn are removed to avoid BORING the audience! So the only parts they show are sex, sex and more SEX! haha So thats what caused the misunderstanding...

Well after so much, I'm still not very sure what's up with people's liking for child porn! haha hmm but i suppose that is like asking why some people dun eat seafood... So yes after reading 125143million texts and articles on Japan and child pornography, I have a stand. I think the production, distribution and possession of child porn of any kind, anime, manga, games etc, should be banned all together. I mean it totally traumatises the children! It also endangers children's life! I agree that watching porn (any kind of porn) is a way for someone to release the urges/desires/needs. It acts as a healthy way of release so people wont really go COMMIT the act. But I also think there are some people who after watchin porn, would start having weird ideas on what they will do. I mean like some media theories we learnt, I agree that media do influence to a certain extent, our actions and the way we think. I mean, after watching too much bimbo shows, you will tend to suddenly speak and act like them. I dun mean like u become TOTALLY brainless or a zombie devoid of your own thoughts but it jus becomes part of you... the cultivation theory or something along those lines la... (Shit I need to study for my NM2101 real bad haha not even sure what I'm saying is correct or not... the only theory I know is the framing theory...)

Ohkay.. so as i was sayin, porn might act as an outlet for people but it might also lead to real physical sexual attacks on people. Furthermore, children are so young and vulnerable, the more we should protect them from such predators. Hence I agree tat Japan should take a stand and ban possession of all child pornographic material, even if the images are not of real children.

So yes fyi I'm so dead this week, I have this NM3210 Cybercrime project due next tues (I so dunno how to do this project!!! so stress! I feel like i'm writing a summary which is not the case for a research paper!!!), A Film and History assignment due this Fri 12noon and NM2216 and NM3210 tutorial assignments to do by fri as well... Not to mention I gotta do research or something for my NM2101 project as well... and my NM3223 exhibition this week!!! So NO TIME!!! I got an interview on sat morning, Jiamin's Bday on sat nite! (havent buy her present yet!!!) (thank god I said I'm quitting cheerleading if not it would be worst... totally cram to the max!)

Luckily I am going to watch the free Max Payne movie screening tonight with my banana!!! haha (Ok after all these porn things i just realised how inappropriate that sounds...) haha I think I wrote a mini essay already!

Oh haha I'm also now super into Christina Aguilera's Keep Getting Better song and Tokio Hotel's Don't Jump (an emo song! haha ok I've been listening to them for awhile already but I jus wanted to mention it cos they are not very mainstream now...)

DEAD-lines

Oh shit... the time is here again where all the deadlines are just suddenly HERE!!! SO many things to do and submit and I got no TIME!!! Sucks... OK gotta go read the necessary readings for 2216 for the reflection item due tomorrow at 1pm!!! damn...

ok bye!

Geek in Pink

HAHA today was super fun! Met out with the S20 gang to celebrate our yearly WeiQuan and HuiMin's Birthday! It has been a long long loooonnngggg time since we met out in such a big group lots of catching up to do... haha So dear old Benji organised this outing to Minds Cafe which a little problem happened... He invited EVERYONE except the birthday boy haha! Hilarious! Luckily WeiQuan was free la! Blur as hell...

So yes we cam whored lots and made LOTs of noise!!! We were screaming like the entire place was ours alone while playing the dinosaur skeleton game (never played that game cos the box looked damn boring haha so never judge a book/game by it's cover!) which was DAMN FUN!!! haha Luckily I didnt lose cos the things we force them to do are jus humiliating! haha n WeiQuan is damn VIOLENT in the game!!! I suspect he bruised SY! haha but I wont be surprised if it was SY herself cos the game is seriously violent and you never know what u'll do jus so not to LOSE!!! haha

So after the games, those who are free and have nothing better to do decided to go take a hike around City Hall. We marched all the way from The Cathay to Bugis to Miss Clarity's (which was closed for some weird reason) and went to some famous fish slice noodle place which was damn crowded so went back into Bugis Junction! After sweating 1247364million litres of perspiration (pronounced by our Miss Chai as PES-PERATION not sure y the R is silent haha), we decided to go hav dinner at some Hong Kong restaurant which I dun rememebr the name except for the Ah Wang Hong Kong actor guy acting as the mascot! The food is yummy especially the bread french toast thingy!!! AND not to mention we dug up loads of saucy info which I've NEVER heard before man... Filled in all the blanks/most of them anyways haha...

Oh after the entire day of fun and laughter, I realised I forgot to print my photos for my exhibition next week!!! ok it is THIS WEEK cos it's past midnight already... sucks Y am I still online?! I should be sleeping away like a Sleeping Beauty!!! I got 9am class tomorrow morning!!! SUCKS!!! EYEBAGS!!! DARK (ONION) RINGS UNDER MY EYES!!!

OH! haha YuSheng told me he saw the Angel pics and he liked it! Esp the white one! haha THANKS MAN!!! Dun worry you will find u calling soon! haha have fun in ENGINE!!! It sure will be interesting in some way or another! Time will tell! Lucks!

Cant wait for Dec to come!!! haha

Womanizer

OH MY TIAN!!!

BRITNEY IS NAKED!!! Ok not entirely naked where boobs and pussy are hanging out for all to see but she jus look great inside! Hotness!!!

Check this out! The MTV is jus AWESOME!!!

WOMANIZER!!!

To the moon and back

The Es!!!

Ok so yes we cam-whored yesterday at the deck after I got my camera and went to meet the Es for Yong Tau Fu. And seemed like Vicky had something going on and I hope she is feeling much better now... and after awhile, Ms Lopez got in to the upcoming Halloween mood and decided to show me her costume! It was hilarious and embarassing but as usual we are too COOL to be bothered by the frequent stares we receive from the people walking by!

Nice anot?!

So had the cheerleading performance today... I would say it was not bad... The most fun in the past few weeks and not to mention alittle drama... haha ok not tat much drama but quite drama la...

Ok so as I was saying although my 'Chair' didnt go up as planned (very disappointed with myself), it was still fun and exciting! haha this got me thinking about my choice...

So after the performance I left quite fast and for the first time in my LIFE (I think) I ate BK ALONE!!! hai no one wants to come out n makan dinner with me... but aiya I wanted to take some night shots as well so... what der heck haha So after shooting for a million and one times at the MOON, I finally got one decent one which is not shakey/blur/over exposed/under exposed etc... haha well I tot it looked not bad so HERE IT IS!!! It is gonna take over my Handphone Low Key shot.
Oh and this is my fav shot of tonight also! Was trying to act pro in front of this other DSLR user, despite the fact that I was desperately looking for the buttons to adjust the ISO and wonder y cant I adjust the aperture and other stuff... sucks!

Pictures

Oh just realised today (yes it might be alittle late for me to notice it but...) We are officially in RECESSION!!! oh mans... tat means spend less n work more! haha maybe I should since I m no longer cheering... wells gotta go ponder first haha dun wanna commit too soon...

Oh and seems like it is a 3 vs 2 vote for which picture is better for 'Symbolic of the Sun'. And it seems like the girls all like the Sun ray one over the umbrella one... Not sure why... Oh below is another picure taken by me! haha personally I am very proud to take this pic cos I tot is is really kinda considered a Close Up haha And it was amazing how brace the dragonfly was... It didnt fly when I went very close to it haha

Ok this picture is not taken by me... it's by SY and her amazing phone... Omnia i think haha dunno la I suck at technology...

Check out the BICEPS!!! haha

Bird poo and beauty

Ok I dun understand why everyone is giving Victoria Beckham such a hard time with her and her beauty regime! Just to update those who might not know what is going on...

Basically it is let known that Victoria goes for expensive 'Geisha Facials' to improve her skin. The product is made from Nightingale (yes it's a bird) crap. So now people are all giving Vicky B a hard time with her applying bird poo on her face to get perfect skin. I mean what's wrong!? It's not like she is EATING them or anything... and if it works Y NOT!? Dun give the bullshit that looks dun matter cos just admit it...

LOOKS ALWAYS MATTERS!

I was watching JDMA today in the sch library and this male model is giving the plus size models attitude cos they are jus not size 0! I mean a person can be comfortable in their skin but it just sucks to be constantly protecting yourself from insensitive people! Some people says well looks dun matter what matters is the inside... Yea this is something created by BEAUTIFUL people to console the UGLY ones!

I mean if I have the money then y not apply some product made from bird excretion if it REALLY works?! There is nothing wrong in improving your looks...

Oh n Mischa Barton from the OC is officially in my hate list now... She made some ridiculous comment on VB's fashion when she don't even have one herself!

Holga Holga

Oh I forgot to mention something really cool today during my NM3223 Digital Photography lecture, this yr four student was giving a lecture on Lomography! If you dunnoe wat it is then go google it cos it's damn cool! If you know then U R COOL!!! haha So he showed us the Holga n stuff and some pictures which are all so NICE!!! haha here is a link to someone's website haha

www.ndroo.com

I am a fan now... haha

Final Act

Well 2 more days! haha yes you know me... I'm a 'CCA-butterfly' (Victoria, Oct 08) I'm finally hanging up my pom poms after 8 weeks of intensive skipping of cheerleading trainings... The experience has been nothing but regrets... I guess it just didnt start off very well... getting in after everyone bonded and being a senior in the junior batch is not helping either... (although alot of the juniors think that i'm a junior HAHA)

So ya this sat's performance will be my first (cos I last min pulled out on the previous performance outside the library...) and last cheerleading performance... Finally i get some myself time... haha not that cheerleading is all that bad... it was fun until I noticed something... haha

Anyways today's training left me bleeding on my left brow and a broken 7 years old spectacles... oh dun worry cos since it is under my brow, it is well hidden cos of my infamous THICK EYEBROWS!!! so maybe it is time to get a brand new one!!! haha gotta go spectacle hunting this weekend!

Oh and thanks for your comments on my Angel picture... but unfortunately my tutor advised me to NOT use it for this assignment but for my final 30% assignment... So I guess i'm heading back to the drawing board and gotta brainstorm on more surreal stuff... currently got a few ideas swirling around in my brain but nothing really solid yet until I do get the pictures and sit down and photoshop them... hmm oh and Vicky said 'I cannot please everyone' so ya dun worry if you all think the angel picture is crap haha... although it did hurt alittle but it's ok I will live on and improve... (this is in response to YW's fren's comment... haha)

hmm anyways I got free tix to watch Max Payne NEXT WED!!! So totally awesome!!! Although I have no idea what that movie is about, but the posters made me anticipate for it! haha So cross my fingers tat it is a good movie! well it's free anyways so no loss even if it is bad... haha oh and that means Banana B2 I wont be able to catch the movie with you unless I hav no one else to go with and hav to call u to act as a substitute... haha

Ok one last final thing... There is a need to present our work on the coming week so can you all help me choose which of the two pictures below best fit the theme: Symbolic of the Sun.

Umbrella

Beams

New Assignment: Urban Fantasy/Surrealism

Hi all you all might have seen this pic on my msn display... So here I am to tell u all the story behind the creation of the pic...

Firstly, I got an assignment from my NM3223 Digital Photography module titled Urban Fantasy and using Surrealism (go google it!) for this assignment... So the first thought that came to mind was Consumerism! I mean labels and brands are part of our everyday life! haha so I decided to use the Disney Princesses to channel this idea. I wanted to use Snow White and Cinderella for this particular assignment...

Snow White

Cinderella

However, as you can see, the pics are HIDEOUS!!! Badly done... so after the terrible tutorial presentation on monday, I was racking my brains to get another idea... The tutor and my frens told me to stick to my idea since it is good... So stick with it I did but I got rid of the princesses haha...

Then while I was shopping one day, (yes I knoe I should be studying instead...) I passed by Paragon and I saw the labels on the walls... Then, it was right there, inspiration STRUCK me like a lightning did!!! I decided to make brand names stick out of a person's back like a porcupine or something with that person being tied by other brands as well... However the image evolved and it became Angel wings instead... The initial model I had was Ms Cheryl Low (oops sorry it is Mrs Zhang now haha) but because the image didn't turn out very good, (not because of the model la it's cos of other things I am sure... haha) I decided to use myself instead! (My ANTM moment! So FUN!!! haha) So TADA!!! The pics are here!!!

Archangel

Ok here is the story/explanation behind the image...

• Angel Wings - Glorification of the labels, raising one's status and image, boosting one's self confidence.
• Tattoes - Labels and brands are like a second layer of skin to us, we use them like a necessity no longer as a commodity.
• Strings - We are bound/constraint by the labels and brands we so love. We are victims of consumerism but we put ourselves in this position. We are tied down by their existence trying desperately to pursue the high life.

I originally wanted the image to be black and white or abit yellowish however, after using the 'Blue Label', I decided if I change EVERYTHING to black and white would do it injustice... Hence I decided to just use it as it is... However, the background seemed rather bland... Hence I would like your suggestions on how to make it look better... maybe like what Anli said, 'a background which can convey the meaning of the image as well.'

Here are some of the suggestions I have:

Marcus said the original white background image is good enough... And another way is to turn the angel upside down, making him hang on the top, holding onto the strings as well trying not to fall onto the bed of needles at the bottom of the image... Firstly, I like the idea but that means I mus pose like I am holding onto the strings? and furthermore, I mus change the words as well? so that they do not appear upside down? and also how do u create a bed of needles? haha

SY agreed that the original image is good enough also but maybe if I insist on using colors, use the gradient one? like the blue on top whitening out at the bottom... And the use of a softer color...

I personally like the white background and light blue background... Well wat r ur tots?

Oh and I havent been updating much because I am so BUSY!!! Some of you might know that I cant MULTITASK!!! Have been too busy with school (but the funny thing is I havent start studying for it yet! haha so dead), cheerleading (eh my consistent skipping of trainings is annoying I know cos I'm not exactly a big fan of sweating! sucks... Project hot bod is so not working out this sem...) driving (my driving test is on 29th Dec 2008!!! Yippeee! Wish me luck! Oh did I mention I havent started on parking YET?!), work (hmm ok 2 days a month is soooo not considered work!)

Shit I gotta stop procrastinating and start doing some actual WORK! damn... I even stopped watching my fav shows! Damn it... that means the thing that is occupying my time now is... SOCIALISING?! WTF?! well what to do when you are POPULAR!!! haha sucks...