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Une fille comme moi
Je t'aime plus que hier, moins que demain ♥
Welcome to the blog of a 17yearoldgirl, where she posts her mindless musings and ramifications.
This is extremely private;
cos this is where she dreams, sleeps and cries.
She lives.
"We can catch buses and count our change and cross the roads and talk real sentences.
but our innocence goes awfully deep,
and our discreditable secret is that we don’t know anything at all,
and our horrid inner secret is that
we don’t care that we don’t."
One down, Six more to go
Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 5:10 PM
I just had my latest LA exam papers today...I screwed up the conclusion of my expository essay due to time constraints...I had only written a faible one-liner plus a grand example of the great Hillary Clinton, instead of summing up my argument, which I know exactly how to do, after the exam. After the SRQ, at first I thought that I did ok, but then I kept thinking about how the way I argued and rebutted the views of the writer...and the more I thought about it, the more insecure I became. I think I'm just like an insecure kid who has lost her blankie ): There wasn't a time in my life when I felt so confident, I can prove everyone wrong...my mum says that that's not good. But what do I do? I grew up with people telling me the right way to do things, not with people encouraging me for my wit or creativity. But I'm glad the exam's over...now I can happily contemplate new clothes to purchase on f21, which I've fallen in ♥ with.

After the exam, i went to Sumo House with Haidee, michmich and ao ao for a meal of economic japanese food, but in AMK. I spent around 50minutes getting home :/ But anyway, happy early bday ao ao! My wish for you is that you grow taller but remain cute!

I had wanted to blog yesterday about the delicious chocolate cake I ate yesterday right before I plunged into revision for LA, but there was no time. So here it is! The BIG MOIST DELICIOUS YUMMY SCRUMPTIOUS CHOCOLATEY CAKE: 昨天不知为什么突然想吃巧克力蛋糕。也许是因为在回家的路上看到美食节目,也许是因为自己太久没有尝到巧克力的香浓味道,所以索性到IMM买了一个价值3.20的Four Leaves 巧克力蛋糕。
五分钟后的残局:Goodbye you little quivering tower of chocolate, fats and calories! (:

巧克力总是能让我的心情好,不管自己有多么伤心,吃了巧克力不吃了止痛药还强。我想,如果我的日后男友突然送上一大盒高档的夹心黑巧克力的话,我会有75%的机会当场爱上他,因为我实在禁不起巧克力的诱惑!如果买不到黑巧克力的话,带我去f21或者topshop买一圈东西也不错,嘿嘿。

今天的天气实在是诱人的清爽,终于不用担心LA了!不过更可怕的噩梦其实还在后头 ):


My Current Obsession: Zakka
Monday, September 22, 2008, 7:59 PM
I've rediscovered my childhood toys through Zakka!
What is Zakka?
In Japan, all the 'small, various products used in everyday life' are commonly called 'zakka,' a term which encompasses household goods, daily necessities and sundries. However, zakka has also come to represent a style of art and craft that is simple, charming, and of Japanese asthetic. Most items in the zakka style should be handmade to create that quirky, fun and homey feeling.

I like it a lot because it's cute, quirky and one of a kind, which makes the entire concept very YOUnique. ^_^ I think I miss being a child too much, so these little handicrafts seem very attractive to me. I really really wish to go back to the beginning, when I was two. It was time when I was cute, innocent and carefree, when I didn't have to worry about anything in my life at all, because it was all taken care of. I miss reading Enid Blyton's short stories, I used to be able to go through one book a day when I was 8. I miss reading Roald Dahl's crazy stories - James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, Matilda...when the nonsense inside made sense to me at a young age. I miss waking up naturally everyday. I miss going to the zoo...it's sad to think that these are the things that I may never ever get the chance to do again. I always thought that children were actually much more sensible than adults. (Read Le Petit Prince in english if you haven't.)

Here are some really cute and quirky things that are considered "zakka":
Shown above: Arigurumi crochet bear, a branch under zakka.
Zakka style gallery: http://urbandebris.typepad.com/photos/zakka_style_gallery/
Vonvonz handmade plushies: http://flickr.com/photos/vonvonz/sets/72157600276439236/?page=1

Anano's bears (c'est dans francais!) http://www.anano.net/

Now zakka crafting is definitely on the top of my to-do list after EOYs! (: That's all, now I shall get back to preparing for the LA EOY on wednesday *sigh*


Random Doodles in my Head
Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 5:58 PM
Il faisait tres chaud aujourd'hui. Je ne supporte pas le temps de Singapour, il change trop vite. Quand je marchais à la maison, je me suis senti comme ma peau était brûlé. ): Mais je suis heureuse parce que c'est c'est la première fois cette année que j'ai arrivé chez moi avant 3pm! Oui je sais, ma vie est tres triste.

(English translation: It's very hot today. I cannot stand the weather of Singapore, it changes too quickly. When I was walking home today, I felt like my skin was being burnt ): But I'm happy too because it's the first time this year that I reach home before 3pm! Yes, I know, my life is very sad.)

Today, the people from Nanyang Kindergarden came again, complete with two little tots, to appeal to the sympathy of Nanyang girls for us to donate money to them so that they can expand their kindergarden and build more facilities. They have already raised 2.6 million, but it's still very much short of their target, 5.5 million. Seriously, 5.5 million. They need that much of a sum to "rebuild" their kindergarden! :O
When I was small, I simply went to a kindergarden at a community centre, ran by 4-5 teachers. I think there were around 30+ kids. And I turned out better than just OK. Apparently parents now want their children to advance like the speed of technology and get a headstart into an elite family of schools at the age of 3 =.= (Speaking of which, I managed to get a good grade for my expository on elitism today. Don't ask me how though, even I don't know.)

And the thing I hate most is the donation cards. I have already done two donation cards this year >.< The first, was one for the charity organization which runs shelters for the homeless/abused. That was for my choir CIP. The second, was one for Connect Singapore, in which we were told to raise funds for "youth development", aka raise funds for the development of ourselves. Totally lame. I ended up digging 4 crumpled $2 from my own pocket. And now this. No offence, but I completely hate these donation cards, because they simply make use of students to literally give free money! Although they advocate you to raise funds, but I'm sorry, my social circle is very limited, I cannot always ask the same people to donate again and again. Furthermore, these donation cards are not effective at all as a means of CIP, because there is zero community involvement or interaction with the less fortunate and it is not a very meaningful way of helping others.I'm sure money is the way to go when it comes to charity, but if you want students to develop a sense of compassion for their fellow Singaporeans, I'm sure volunteering would be a hundred times better than "raising funds".

So why do we have to raise funds for Nanyang Kindergarden? They have not done anything for us in the past. It's like one of those distant friends that never really talked to you before, until suddenly one day, they just pop back up and pester you to help do them a favour. I guess most people will just end up breaking their own piggy banks again. I'm not trying to make a mountain out of a molehill, just that I'm very sick and kind of disgusted by these donation cards.

Blerh, I'm sick of doing countless exam papers too. Screw the education system.

好郁闷哦
Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 8:02 PM
Note: this posts contain a lot of radical thoughts. Reading at your own risk, don't slam me for posting such stuff please.

小时候渴望自己长大,盼着十六岁的到来;现在十六岁的自己,却一点都不兴奋。
小时候酷爱学校,现在痛恨学校,爱死同学。
小时候天天精力旺盛,现在天天无精打采。
不知日后的自己,会飘到哪里,变成什么样子。如果没有变化的话,我可能会活活被憋死。
其实……想这么多都是因为目前的生活太郁闷了。

咳。实在受不了了。现在我的生活只有一个宗旨:像狗一样工作。天天无目标,纯粹就是耗日子,我好怕。我怕自己失去学习的动力,最后被留学。这次的年终考试占全年的50%,万一考不好,就是前功尽弃了。今天拿到了法语预考的成绩实在差强人意,我才拿了一个B3,不够好。明天还得到学校求情,让他们不把预考的成绩放进成绩册。如果学校不同意的话,我就马上退出,停学。幸亏我不是唯一的一个人。在这种时候不能随便拿了一个B就不管,我不可以牺牲我其他科目的总成绩。也不是我不喜欢法语,就是学得太累了。现在我每天都需要吓自己,才能让我更抓紧学习,我好象变成了一个学习魔。好悲惨也好惭愧自己的生活竟然这么无聊。

今天收到了Grad Mag,看到了Mr Kuo 写的一句话,让我哭笑不得:Life is too short to be stuck behind books. Live long and prosper. 我呸!难道你要替我作功课不成?实在太可笑了,要写也写的现实一点嘛。学生天天象行尸一样还不是这个学校害的,亏你还当自己是老师。

恨不得马上考完一切的考试,赶快去度假期。现在的生活让我的心一天比一天的沉重,好像真的有一股阴性的压力压着我的心脏似的,好累哦。我喘不过气。

My Current Obsession: Lomography, Mooncakes and Cute Diaries
Friday, September 05, 2008, 12:47 PM
Obsession 1: LOMOGRAPHY!
Ok, lomography is just a commercial trademark of Lomographische AG, for products and services related to photography. But what makes them so special from the rest is that they emphathize casual snapshop photography, the "don't think, just shoot" idea. Lomo produced a lot of cameras that can give very interesting artistic effects such as distortion, multiple exposures, long exposures, vignette effect and saturated colours.
Popular Lomo cams include: Diana range, Holga range, Lomo LC-A, vivitar, Polga etc.

My favourites:
1. Diana+/Diana F+/Diana Dreamer (uses 120 film in medium format)

The Diana was created in Hong Kong in the 60's, back then it was made entirely of plastic (and very cheap too!). The Diana is famous for its soft & dreamy images, super-saturated colors, unpredictable blurring, and random contrast. Shown above in the pic is Diana+. Diana F+ comes with a big flashbulb, while Diana Dreamer is about the same but with a better ability to take long exposures and comes in an even prettier plastic body.

Description of Diana+ from Lomo website: Features include 2 shutter speeds: one for day and one for night; the ability to shoot multiple or partial (overlapping) exposures; two image sizes for 12 square shots or 16 square shots on a roll of film; new Pinhole function: remove the lens, set the aperture to a super-small pinhole and shoot a super-wide-angle, severely old-school image through a tiny hole; new endless panorama function: shoot a long, concurrent, and unlimited panoramic image, with almost no space between each individual frame.
2. The Holga 135/Holga 135BC (uses 35mm film)

Holga 135BC can shoot unlimited multiple exposures (Layman: overlapping of different photos) on the same frame. If you wanna see the pros work with their Holgas, go here: http://community.livejournal.com/filmsg/152039.html#cutid1

There's also the famous Fisheye cams, which will distort images into a circular shape and curve straight lines to focus on the object in the middle. But I'm not really a big fan of that...you can google it if you want to (:

I.WANT.A.DIANA+.CAM.SO.BADLY. I think it costs around S$100 :/

Obsession 2: Mooncakes! (esp snowskin ones) I went shopping for mooncakes with my mom at Jurong Past on Wed and we bought two boxes of mooncakes, a box of snowskin mooncakes from Bakerzin and a box of unconventional 莲蓉蛋黄核桃酥 mooncakes.
This is the packing of the Bakerzin box. The colours used are pretty cool and modern, the design of the box is minimal and sleek. No more red or pretty girls dressed in cheong sums. I guess with a breakthrough in traditional mooncakes flavours, you won't ever find tradition mooncake packaging too.

Open it up and you'll find Eight Mini Snowskin Mooncakes. 4 Flavours. $38.90. Flavous include Yam, Sweet Potato, Green tea Macha with Red Bean and Orange. They also had a "champagne" range, where there will be a wine truffle wrapped in chocolate in the middle of each mooncake. That will cost you $44.95.

I find the flavours of the Bakerzin mooncakes quite innovative, and not too sweet. It is nice to have some red beans inside the macha green tea mooncake and the flavouring of the yam mooncake is very original and yummy. The orange mooncake, on the other hand, besides coloring and flavouring, it also has a strong zesty orange. Maybe it's because of the real orange peel rinds inside the mooncake. The sweet potato one is just right (:

This is the packaging of the "unconventional" mooncake. Very ordinary packaging though, with some hint of traditional labels on it. Open it up and you'll find these cute looking mooncakes. They look like little sandcastles, with "seashells" stuck to their sides. I find the mooncake quite tasty, because of its crispy exterior layer. The "eggyolk" inside the mooncake is quite small and the lotus paste is your usual taste. One thing I don't like is that it's slightly too oily, you can taste the lard inside if you eat a whole mooncake. I guess that's the difference between a box of mooncakes costing $38.90 and another box costing $25.00.

Obsession 3: Cute Diaries!
这就是为什么韩国产的日记卖得那么贵。在新加坡网站上买$24。不过日记中的图片非常可爱,像一本儿童书,颜色也很鲜艳美丽。我希望今年去越南的时候可以找到这样的日记或者记事本。



Il fait froid aujourd'hui
Wednesday, September 03, 2008, 6:03 PM
Il fait tres froid aujourd'hui, je pense c'est parce qu'il pleuvait depuis l'apres-midi. J'ai fermé toutes les fenêtres pour arrêter le vent d'entrer. Mais j'ai toujours froid ):
(English translation: It's very cold today, I think it's because is has been raining since afternoon. I closed all the windows to stop the wind from entering. But I'm still cold.)

This is what I ate for lunch today. I think the colours go together very well. I originally wanted to make it a Lomo effect again, but decided not to and keep it natural. There's chopped up long beans, beef and carrots, two steamed prawn rolls and some japanese rice. Oh, and a peach. It's the last one in my house ): I hope you're drooling right now ^_^

This was what I ate yesterday: GREEN BEAN PANCAKE! 绿豆饼!好吃好吃太好吃,第一次吃到这么好吃的炸绿豆饼!里头的绿豆是整的,完全没有加工过,就是因为它的原汁原味才能吃出绿豆的香浓味到。普通的绿豆饼用的都是已经加工好的绿豆酱,吃进嘴里的都是假的绿豆味道(还有很多糖)。真正的绿豆是没有味道的,不过有很浓浓的口感。

Oh and a lot of you have been requesting pictures of the F21 Chiffon Floral Dress that I bought, so here it is (: [Click here for the related post]

I only bought it because of its adorable ruffles and floral print. I simply fell in love with the print! I've always wanted a floral printed dress like that, and I've been oogling at floral dresses online from Topshop and F21 etc for a very long time, and now finally I've got it (:

Oh and today I think a lucky star fell upon me, because I finally got a freebie from a lucky draw that I entered online! For the record, I've never gotten a freebie from any of these kind of lucky draws before, unless you count getting hampers at CC lucky draws when I was small...so I was pleasantly surprised when I received a notification email from askCLEO!

"Dear AskCleo.com Member,
Congratulations! You have won for yourself a Benefit Benetint."


When I first saw the email, my mouth literally hung open and I was praying that it better not be a prank email. THANK YOU CLEO! Omg, a Benefit Benetint, Benefit Benetint (say it fast), I'm so happy :D

待会儿,我可能去Jurong Point买冰皮月饼,我的最爱。有点儿等不及了,今年的月饼口味似乎又增加了50%,有什么草莓巧克力口味,香槟巧克力口味,红毛榴莲口味,莲蓉松子口味……我看我都要调不过来了。不过我想最喜欢的还是水果口味的吧。*陶醉* :3

Ouch ):
Tuesday, September 02, 2008, 5:16 PM
I'm seriously so unfortunate!
Yesterday, I accidentally bumped my foot against the edge of the door and scraped a chunk of skin off. It's slightly smaller than a 1cent coin. And now, I have raw flesh exposed to the air full of floating bacteria. And my toe is now basically just rotting away, with gross liquid coming out. Clever me ._. I hope it gets well before school reopens. Or else, I'll have a lot of difficulty getting around ))):
Grah, forget about it, let's post some happy photos! :D
Oh and since I've joined a community on lj on foreign language journals, so I need to post stuff in french and chinese more frequently now for those new readers. *waves*

我刚刚在礼品店“Minitoons” 买到的改正液!非常可爱对吧。上面的镜子让你在无聊的课堂里照镜子,自恋。哈哈。今天除了早上去学校学习之外,下午的时间又被我给浪费掉了。咳,照这样下去,我的年尾考试肯定泡汤了。

在楼下看到的猫咪。不是今天照的,已经好多天前了。自从照了这些照片以后就再也没有看到这些猫咪。有点失望。嘿,可爱吧。Michmich, I bet you're SO jealous.

今天下午的时间花在了这个网站上:http://www.acres.org.sg/ 发觉到新加坡动物园其实不是我想象的那么美丽。小时候经常去动物园玩,看过北极熊、动物表演……也有和几个月大的小猩猩照过相,不过小时候根本都没有想到动物园其实在虐待它们。ACRES 说动物园虐待北极熊,让它们在一个热带国家中存活,导致它们感到非常不安与不自然,身上还因此长了许多青苔。怪不得小时候觉得很奇怪为什么它们的毛发不是我在电视看到的一样雪白。ACRES 也说动物园把许多多余的小猩猩或者与游客曾经照过相的猩猩遗弃在印尼。在那里,他们只有一个小笼子住,很可怜。表面看起来好看的东西其实都有残酷的幕后工作。

好悲惨。不过我想动物多数的时候都是要被人欺负或者虐待,应为他们不会讲话。也是因为人太自私了,我们觉得我们的智慧与能力超于所有的生物。就凭着这一点,人就会毫无犹豫的屠杀动物,拆掉他们的家园,随便污染环境。没办法。有些人就是这么没有头脑。不过我希望的是更多的学生与小孩可以通过新的教育,改变他们对大自然与生物的想法。如果真是这样的活,相信我们还能在这个地球上活个几百年。