The end of the year which started off shit

I simply cannot end the posts of 2007 with something titled Mohawk Schmohawk.... so I am compelled to squeeze in one last post this year.

But I have nothing specific to blog about.

Just random thoughts... it has struck me this year how everyone is growing up and settling down but I am still in bloody limbo.

My good friend Sarah is spending a quiet one with her BF. Serene (who was at Siloso beach with me last new year's) is having steamboat... STEAMBOAT! Farizan is not coming back to SG until next June. Colleagues are staying in or going to church tonight.
Me? I just want to get pissed.

I am contemplating bringing my camera out tonight. I have a shitty feeling I might lose it if I do... like I lost my phone, sanity and the use of my right foot last New Year's. I started off 2007 so shittily... I am slightly paranoid that it is going to end just as shittily!

Will probably gather a real mish mash of friends. 2 from uni, 2 from my old clubbing days that sort of thing (lol)... not sure if it's a wise idea .. this hodge podge of people who aren't normally in one clique... but hey it's the new years... after the third round of drinks... I don't think they'd care.

I'm partly contemplating just staying in. But I know I will regret it when The New Year comes and work starts!

But there's just nothing special in my life right now... no magic... nothing to really smile about.
I think next year, I will fly off for new years. I need to get away from all this melancholy. Hopefully it is not airborne and I can leave it behind in SG! Or maybe 2008 is the year where everything just starts falling into place.... I don't know... one can only hope.

Have A Good New Year everyone... or at least try to. :)

Mohawk Schmohawk

Today, I have gone from interior designer for an hour to hair stylist in another hour.

It's the school holidays and my brother has been growing out his hair... due to sheer laziness. So looking at his shag, we decided we should do a mohawk on him! By we.. I essentially mean Me. Hahahaha...

But it turned out okay... nice and fresh change.

This is his shaggy before picture. I didn't have proper clips which hair stylists use... so I had to use my rainbow berret to section off his hair.

And about twenty minutes after....

Plus I did a shampoo and scalp treatment on him. Now That's what I call service.

Home & Deco (post 1)

My friend Tim is decorating his apartment. And he's hired interior designers to do it. My first thought was YUCKS! ( That shows how much faith I have in our Singapore designers with respect to their creativity and originality....) Can you blame me? What are they going to give you that isn't going to be practically the same thing they did in another client's house or worse still, just lifted out of the pages of a typical magazine anyway?

What I would really want is a skills man. Someone who will construct and install stuff for you to your specifications. ( But yeah Holly... you're all talk now... but when it's your own home, you might sing a different tune) :)

Well.. anyway... topic today... Feature Walls for the media/entertainment area. A feature wall is an area of your room that stands out. It can be done in bold colours and patterns, and does not make the room seem too over-powered.

This is a common looking, run-of-the-mill feature wall... only choice you have to make is the colour and material.. do you want wood? or fabric ? What print? etc. yes, it is of a bold colour, it has neatslots for your Media stuff and it makes you feel like your home is really contemporary and all...But I don't like it. It is boring.

If you leave it to me.. I'd have a lot of pink in the room. But if I were to put my personal preferences aside, in a bloke's apartment, this would be my choice...

Look at the wall paper on this feature wall...It adds just the right amount of drama and class to a room. It's bold, it makes a statement... yet it's not loud and garish... perfect for the more subdued ( good accent for the people who like to paint the walls of their home White... ZZzzz).

This black embossed and partially glossy looking wall design looks ok in an otherwise very white room... but you have to keep the rest of the stuff/details in the room light otherwise it might be too dark and goth. [See Tim... even though you are a boy, you don't have to decorate your house with the colour of mud.]
And because the TV and longish speakers are all black anyway, they will blend in very nicely with the wall... I don't think it's a good idea to make the electrical equipment stand out in the feature wall... this is your home, it is not a store selling and showcasing the TV. I have seen that in a lot of feature walls... the contrast between the wall and the TV is so great that it looks as if the people sort of think of their plastic TV as an art piece on display... yucks. Please be reminded that there can be only one Andy Warhol.

Also note the false ceiling in this one. I love the way it hides the curtain rails, and allows for lighting at the sides. This black feature wall also does not stretch all the way up to the ceiling. There's a foot of the original white wall flanking the top and bottom of the feature wall. And between the feature wall and the original wall - there's faint light. Tadah! This not only lightens the heavy design.. but it also will bring more depth into a small room.

Improvements: Might be better to fit the tv and speakers into the feature wall rather than mount it on the outside. Also have small and minimal slots in the feature wall to accomodate the dvd player and other stuff... but make sure it's covered by a sliding panel of the same wallpaper as the whole feature wall... so the black embossed wall design has full continuity and all the ugly-shit-manly-designed equipment is hidden.

Chesty Nutty Bang Bang

If you're like me and you enjoy spoofy stuff that will knock your socks off... then watch this!


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A hypocrite is I

I refer to my previous post The Most Annoying People On Facebook written quite a while ago when I first got on Facebook.

Parts of it was later published in the Today paper. (Yay!)

And later someone commented on it on Entrepreneur 27 Singapore: Web 2.0 Unconferences, Sites & Cool Tech ... going on and on and defending Facebook.

It's funny how what I took ten minutes to write for my own blog... just ranting away, jesting and having a ball of a time catergorising all the different types of annoying people I've noticed on Facebook...... could literally be taken in quite a serious light by others.

Anyway... I have to update you guys.. I've just amassed a whopping 140 Friends ( I was being selective as well) ... but now it's out of control.....

So I guess now I'm one of those annoying people on Facebook now... (so shoot me!).

Gift With Attitude!

I chanced upon this shopping bag.. and I think it makes a fantastic present for your best female friends! (us$15 at http://www.aboutattitude.com/)

I laughed when I saw this bag.. cos I can just imagine myself saying the exact same words to a girlfriend... in jest of course. One thing I don't understand... I know this is all about the EARTH and being green and eco-friendly... but I don't understand why it has to be like a scruffy-hobo-pigeon-poop lady's bag colour.

Christmas is only 6 days away!!!!!
(Note to C****B** yes you.. the one in Jakarta teaching) ... ARE you going to be here in SG in DEc/Jan?!?!?!?!?! let me know asap... otherwise I won't bother getting you a gift.. haha.. and if you tell me last minute.. then I'll just like buy u a drink or something non-special like that!

Your Body Is Your Canvas

My bro just had his third tattoo, a Hanya Mask, done today at Johnny Two Thumbs, Far East Plaza... He's had all his tattoos done there by Chak tat.

This latest tattoo is a Christmas present to him from mom and dad. (I chose to get Moisturiser as my christmas present from them.. see what a boring big sister I am!)

The Hanya mask, with its horns and sharp fangs, is probably the best known of all Noh masks. This character was once a beautiful woman who fell in love with a priest. Her unrequited love causes her to turn into a monster who expresses the fury of a woman overwhelmed by jealousy and anger. It is also suppossed to ward off evil.

Adjusting to Singlehood

I've been single two months now... and I must say... I haven't got a clue what I'm doing or where I'm heading.

Can u blame me? I've been in 2 committed relationships for 4 years in a row ( 2 years each with only like 4 days of singlehood in between). It's hard for me to be so alone yet strong enough not go whimpering back to my ex.

I've also come to the realisation- it's not hard for me to find a new boyfriend. So I should take my time in being selective... not jump into another one.

It's hard though. I don't like keeping people hanging. So far, I've only dated one guy John (an old acquaintance from 4 years ago). He's a very nice guy, makes me laugh, love his hair ( he should have cut it like that 4 years ago!) and best of all stable. He's not a "floater".... I never want a floater... you never know where the tide might take them...

So yes, one major criteria now in my pursuit of a new BF is that he must be settled.

But I can't be with John because of one pretty minor problem ( can't list here!) it's not a bad thing but it's just not suited to my life and the way I am ... and I know it will be the cause of many arguments and unhappiness in the future. I don't want to have to change anything in a person.. I intend to find a soul mate so matched with me that there is nothing to change... we just fit together. ( My friends have all told me that I am setting myself up for disappointment). But hey... I have a bit of time to spare... the least I can do is try... right?

I have decided to date again. I mean I have to! I can't just keep hanging out with John, knowing that he's not the one. It's not fair to him either. And there are plenty of men out there with great jobs and homes. ( I know... lucky me huh) So now what?

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