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I’m gonna rain on you.

I am still running on a rubbish Wordpress version. I don’t even know what version this is, just old… very old. Anyway. Loads of stuff happening in 2009, it sucked so bad you don’t even see my blogging for most part of the year.

The best decision I made was setting up monoxious.com, the rest of the year was an awesome blur. But umm yes, there is the APEC Nuffnang Awards which was a huge turning point for our blog.

I have a couple of plans for myself and monoxious this year. It is the year of big changes and it is already looking pretty good so far.

So here’s the plan.

• Less crap food. And I specifically mean, less Mc Donald’s delivery
• sell off the lolita clothes. It was a significant part of my life in 2008. It only went downhill from there. I still love it but just some things that tainted it. do not want.
• Blog more often. Not here though. Most likely over at monoxious. This sacred spot is reserved for rants.
• more self-reflection, less idle.
• further develop skills in photography, drawing, draping, drafting and sewing.
• It’s a time for monoxious to shine because I say so.

I think that covers alot of grounds. have fun in 2010 peeps.

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I’ve been writing down my thoughts online for a long time.

Back then they weren’t even called blogs. I had an account with a site called “OpenDiary” which deleted my account cos it wasn’t updated regularly. There goes my angsty teenage self.

Then there was Deadjournal, a parody of Livejournal. I kept that account for 4 years before finally deciding to own my own domain, minicloud.com

It’s been quite a journey I think, primarily it was to keep my friends updated on my life which I still believe many friends still do. Thank you all for ur love.

I’m not an awesome writer, I write like I talk and believe me I trash talk too much for my own good. None of those flowery language or prose. I’m grateful even for that small number of people who visit my blog regularly.

I had a friend who told described minicloud.com as “random”. I can’t remember the exact words he said but yeah…. “random”. It was like being slapped in the face.

At that point of time aside from being defensive about stuff like:

“this is a personal blog, my life is random, so is my blog”
“why should I limit myself to a certain theme?”
“yadda yadda yadda”
“[insert other defensive random comments]”

I was so discouraged by the fact that a blog has to be commercialized to be popular that or u are popular in the first place and then u become commercialized. I stopped updating for a long time, save for patronising “I am not dead” posts.

I have come to terms with the reality that if you have no commercial value in your blog, you would not have readers. No traffic= no money.
It conflicted totally with the ideology I have of a blog. I’ve always believed that blogs are supposed to be a record of your life and not for fame or popularity.

Times have changed and so have blogs. While I am stubborn and choose to maintain minicloud in all it’s randomness, I have decided that my other passion ( which is fashion) needs to flourish too. Hence the spawn of my fashion blog; monoxious.com, a collaboration with Dawn.

I told my ex-lecturer that I was conscientiously checking for new runway pics, formulating trend reports and picking out design details. Something which I didn’t even bother to do when I was in school. She laughed. I wonder what that meant.

I am much more ambitious with monoxious than minicloud. I saw a potential in fashion blogging and the power it commands. I have much to offer to the fashion blogosphere, I -know- I do.

Now, 5months after we posted our first blog post on monoxious, we are attending the Asia-Pacific Blog Awards hosted by Nuffnang. I have probably said this alot of time but for a blog as young as ours to be nominated was an extreme honor. I don’t think we stand much of a chance at winning but it was fun stalking our web counter stats.

So while I’m being all wax lyrical about blogs and blogging. I have a short attention span. I’m chatting to Dawn at this point of time and I’ve forgotten what was the real point of this blog entry. I’m such a buzzkill sometimes.

Point being. minicloud is going to remain all random. *cue applause*
and monoxious is going to be awesome. *cue more applause*

Thank you all for you attention, you may resume your normal daily activities.

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I’m obviously jet lagged. I haven’t slpt more than 4 hours in the last 30 hours or so and it’s 4am here.

I ended up blog surfing I visited http://euniqueflair.com, a blogger whom I’ve “blog-stalked(?)” for some time.

She posted this which I responded to. (I’m slow, so I didn’t respond quickly to her post.)

In the many popular blogs which I discover nowadays are mostly just showgirls posting pictures of the shows they’ve done, F1 carshows, Communicasia, roadshows and stuff. The way they put on makeup and do their nails are staggeringly similar and they all end up looking like clones of each other.

I’m honestly scared of it. On one hand I think, “ohh~ so this is what a cool girl nowadays look like.” and then on the other hand, it hit me.

I’M NOT COOL~!!!!??????? /wrist /wrist /wrist

After calming myself down with some ginseng tea (ok, i kid. It was just water) I began to rationalize the situation; I was never the cool kid in school. I had really close friends which I could ask for nothing more than their friendship. My best friend in Secondary school would muse about life over a pack of chips (very cliche I know) while hanging out somewhere. My life isn’t your typical Gossipgirl episode but I was happy and I was contented.

Fast forward to my current situation with regards to blogging.

Blogging seems to be a way to showcase your life to the world now instead of being a place to conserve your personal thoughts, experience and happenings.
I hate that most of my blog entries is a record of the fact that “I am not dead” instead of telling myself “What I have reflected on recently”.

I can’t stop people from loving wanks and reading blogs of beautiful people, but I can choose not to be one of them.

So here’s to me, weird clothes, weird ideals and the refusal to be a sheepling.

Continue reading ““Popular” blogging culture.” »

I usually think stalkers these days would limit themselves to bugging you online.

I was wrong.

I’ll relate an incident when I was in Akihabara 2 days ago. I needed to go to a few 天使の窠 (Tenshi no sumika) that day to look for my dolls stuff. Akihabara has a sumika there, so I dropped by for a look.
We wll know that Akiba is famous for their electronics and is the hub of Otakus around the world. There are also a couple of sex stores there and some maid cafes. I hope you know what I’m getting to.

Although the hint of sex! and sleaziness! is not as strong as let’s say, Kabukicho or certain parts of Roppongi but you can still say there is still quite a gathering of testosterone there.
So i was innocently browsing at a toy store when I noticed this guy tailing me. I shrugged it off and thought maybe he was just interested at the stuff I was interested in.

I turned a corner, he turned a corner too.
I walked out the store, he walked out too.
I stopped and looked at something, he stopped too.
I walked fast, he did the same thing too.

My worst fears were confirmed. In my heart I was scared cause whatever scare tactics I would’ve used back home would probably not work cause:

1) bugger wouldn’t understand wtf I’m saying.
2) He’s probably done this a couple of times.
3) Stalkers back in SG are basically harmless cos let’s face it, they dun have much balls.

And all the while I’m furiously sms-ing my Monkey.
I stopped at the roadside to continue sms-ing when I saw him stop at the crossing about 1.5m away from me. Between us was a lamppost. I even saw him peep to check that i was still there.

I think I freaked out a little. Maybe he’s high on that look on my face. D:

Anyway, I waited for him to look away before I sprinted across a 6-lane road to safety. Luckily I didn’t have much things with me and I was wearing sensible footwear.
I don’t think he could’ve outrun me, thank god I was in the track and field team, I still has it. ;_;

I ran straight to the subway station and got outta there~!!

NEVER GOING TO AKIHABARA ALONE AGAIN~!!!! (屮ﾟДﾟ)屮

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I think it’s yearly cycle, I’m one who likes to change layouts of my environment.
Like blog layouts or my room layout.

If you ask my friends who have been to my house very often, they’d tell you that my room layout changes alot.

And now, as I’m typing, I’m in the midst of cleaning up and contemplating possible changes to make to my room.

I am one bored bitch.

onto other news, I was in Nagoya last weekend.
Subways are always my challenge in a foreign land.

Apple store in Nagoya. The layout reminds me alot of the one in San Francisco.

ANY fast food restaurant is good in Japan. Even good ol’McD’s.

This is dinner.

Continue reading “A time for changes (and some pics from Nagoya)” »

It’s that time of the year when you talk about what you have done in the past year.

And as with many great things that have happened in this year, I’m grateful that there has been an even greater monkey man that is supporting me all this while.
Thank you so much dear.

Continue reading “The year in a post.” »

I’m in Tokyo now. Full of thoughts…at 5am in the morning.

Travelling alone and being away from home really gives much room for thinking and self-reflection.

Sometimes it bothers me how people think of me, but yet at the same time, I really can’t be bothered to do anything about it.
People who don’t know me personally will always misunderstand. They judge you from the way you dress, your interests, your profession even they way you look ( I was born this way, get over it.) I don’t blame people piecing together a mind map of sorts about how a person is like before knowing him/her personally, but spreading vile rumors is totally unacceptable to me.

I honestly can’t please everyone. I stopped doing that a long time ago. It’s just too tiring.

On to other news, Many have entrusted me with things to buy when I’m here. I have to buy everything tomorrow cos I really wouldn’t have the time aside from tomorrow.

My colleagues are very nice people to hang out with. It really is amazing how different people with different working attitudes bode so well together. This has been one of the best trips ever.

I miss my friends.

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Okay you all know my life revolves around Baby, the stars shine bright these days.

I bought this

and this

and this

and this

Not to mention this~ that is if Tim can help me or when Paypal decides not to screw up on me.

I am going broke. I don’t even need to explain why.

In other news,
I’ve taken japanese lessons again.
Old found love with beading which reminds me, Ru~~ my books are still with you.
Spent like 90bucks on books in Kino.

Ok I’m out.

Continue reading “Jus so you know I’m still alive.” »

This blog has no personality man. I rant so little here compared to my last blog~!! I must’ve left all the PMS-ing back there.

Times like these I wish I could remember what I had wanted to blog about when I’m idling.

ah yes~

I remembered thinking how unfair it is for some people to just whine alot and get what they want in the end. It’s just like a baby you know? You cry and you get ur diapers changed/get fed/get attention. And over time, when you keep doing that, you think it’s expected and so you take it for granted.

I often diss people in school who seek outside help when completing their works. I think it’s unethical and it’s just about as low as people who claim other people’s artworks as their own.

I remember wanting to talk about people who think really highly of themselves, comparing themselves to people who are already somewhere.

I remember guys who talk too much to try and impress a girl but fail horribly cause they’re so transparent.

I remember not being able to change a person even after 10+ years cause it’s just not in their system to change.

:/

I think that’s about it. I feel so much better already.

Continue reading “So little hormones tsk tsk tsk.” »

I spent a day packing my clothes into the wardrobe.

Well, actually not really a full day. I dropped by Ikea to get some hangers… but it wasn’t enough and I’m too lazy to go down again today.

Continue reading “Almost there.” »

Say hello to the new favorite corner of my room~!!

Okay, it looks good now cos it’s still not bursting with clothes yet. And I realise that I need much more hangers than I do previously.

So that’s one thing down for 2007. (oh in case you didn’t follow me from my previous blog, that’s one of the things I wanna get for 2007~ hurhurhur~)

Now at least my underwear drawer won’t be overflowing.

This wardrobe, in case you’re unaware, is the Stolmen series from Ikea, I always wanted a walk-in wardrobe style kinda wardrobe (like which girl doesn’t? duh~) I finally got to ditch the 15+ yr old wardrobe that I have been using ever since we moved in. I kinda outgrew it long ago… I’m bigger now~ My clothes are bigger yo?

I’m gonna have to get the hangers. Anyone knows where I can get hangers in bulk at a cheaper price?

Continue reading “I got a new wardrobe~!!” »

OMFG~!!! I’m in the midst of clearing my room to make way for a wardrobe and suddenly a HUGE lizard came out of nowhere~!!!(actually it did come out of somewhere but I’m too traumatised remember where)
I was at a loss and I just grabbed the nearest spraycan and aimed it at the bugger. Hairspray….not very [...]

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Maybe I’m just whiney, but I’ve woken up for the past 2 days with sweat on my back. It’s so hot~!!!

i really need to save up for an air-conditioner. :/

I’m getting used to off days and lazing around. But I seem to be falling asleep alot during the day. -.-;; Jetlag still? O.o

Continue reading “So HOT~!!!” »

“Gravity exists because my butt is bigger than my boobs.”–minicloud

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i swear I’m damn suay with Chinese new year (cny). I never really liked spending cny in Singapore, it boring, I don’t have much relatives to visit and the adults would mainly just sit around and talk loudly. :/
I would usually sneak away and watch movies with my friends during this time, but honestly, most [...]

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