dessert

My best friend gave me a Dairy Queen flavoured lip balm.

I tried it today, and WOW. It tasted pretty good--no, incredible! I couldn't stop touching my tongue to my lip. It is a good thing that I worked from home today, otherwise it would have looked wrong.

If you chance by one, get it! It is however, not meant to be used in public ;)

till there was pink

I did all the paint mixing when I was a kid, so I understand unions between primary colors bring about secondary colors and when secondary colors are combined, tertiary colors result.

Blue and Red become Purple--Indigo?

Red and Yellow become Orange.

Blue and Yellow become Green.

This would be too long a blog entry if I explain the color wheel.

Anyway, what is this entry really about?

I had been trying to figure out in my head how a bronze base, layered with blue powder ends up pink on my lids.

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I decided to break it down to primary colors.

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Bronze = brown + yellow + pink

brown = red + orange

red = primary color

orange = red + yellow

yellow = primary color

pink = red + blue + white

blue = primary color

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When I add up all the primary colors taking the "quantity" into consideration, it was suddenly crystal clear.

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red

+ red + yellow

+ red + blue (+ A LOT OF white)

+ blue

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pink

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It all sums up to pink.

pillow talk

I was inspired to do some light sewing yesterday that upon waking up this morning, I immediately revisited my cloth vault--which quite simply, is a large plastic storage where I dunk all the cloth I haul and receive as gifts.

(That is another blog entry I should write--gift fabrics and what they had become, reserved for another day.)

I remember that a friend who had recently moved to Singapore bought navy bedding (thanks to my willingness to go ikea shopping--secret motive: check out cloth on discount), I decided to make a welcome gift.

Luckily, I found a navy and mandarin kimono cloth that featured some dragons and blooms--remains from an obi I sew a while back, that would match the sheets.

Below is a photo I got back--with thanks.I'm quite happy that the pillowcases I made went well with the navy and orange rambutan printed quilt cover. I don't think I could be any more pleased :)

Now that I think about it, I also used some of this fabric to embellish jeans.

(eye roll)

I was watching the Hallmark channel and they are showing re-runs--including advertisements.

During the break there will be tips for women on how to get more tuned to football so that they would be a "hit" with the boys.

(eye roll)

The first tip on understanding the player positions. Okay, fair enough. That would be good to know--general knowledge.

BUT. BUT, the next tip was designed for idiots.

The second tip was to incorporate your interest with his. Find out which team he is rooting for, and incorporate the colors into your clothes, it said! And the best part was THEN YOU COULD BE THE BETTER DRESSED IF YOU ARE NOT THE BIGGER FAN.

(eye roll)

surprise

I seem to be surprising myself a lot lately.

And it isn't about my appetite. But maybe I would write a bit more about that. For the past month I have been eating as though it is the last day to eat. I was telling my friend that maybe we should try not to binge. On the same breath, we made dinner plans for tomorrow.

I read somewhere that if you pig out for everyday for two whole weeks, it is not until the 14th day that you feel the bulge. If that is true, then it had been another two weeks since I have felt the weight yet there seems to be no alarms ringing. I should be worried.

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The game is on this Saturday. I can imagine all my friends frenzied.

It had been years since I last watched a game live. There was a time (that seems to be from another lifetime now!) when I saw all the games.

I was excited to receive an invitation to watch it in someone's living room. The next best thing to watching it in out in a sports bar :)

I don't think I'd be wearing green, but I anticipate doing the spelling (and adding those two letters in the end for laughs).

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I keep looking at all the stuff that I have and trying to figure out what to do with almost everything. In you have been in the same place for four years, you don't realise that you have accumulate so much stuff. And it is only when you are about to move that you are overwhelmed by the volume.

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I know I was supposed to write about why I seem to be surprising myself a lot lately. However, I find that I'd rather nap right now--to forget about my tummy ache.

old list

The first thing I did upon waking today was check if my favorite youtube contributor posted something. And there was.

I feel funny posting a photo because of certain reasons.

One of which is that this is a very poor version of the look from the tutorial. Please excuse the unwashed morning face. I just just too excited and wanted to try out the eyes, right there and then.I had my thoughts about blogging about what a friend blogged about a few days ago--a list of things you feel you are too old for. I commented "juicy couture" on her post for laughs.

This got me thinking about my list. I will type as I think of it, so it is likely that the list will be in a funny order.

I am too old...

1. to deem insurance as unnecessary
2. to smoke a pack and a half of cigarettes when I go out to drink
3. to get wasted every weekend
4. to get wasted every other weekend
5. for the grunge look (another reason why photo is funny)
6. not to make effort to eat more vegetables and less red meat
7. to bother about excuses
8. for unnatural coloured hair dyes, think PINK (not that I was ever tempted)
9. to scrimp on healthcare
10. not to know what and who are most important to me
11. to wear denim cut offs

I think next time, I would write a list of things I would never be too old for.

young love

I would never take photos of strangers using my mobile, but today something caught my eye.It if isn't quite clear what the young man is holding apart from the guitar, I'm happy to tell you that he has a bouquet of white roses and a plastic bag of what appears to be chocolates.

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I remember thinking that when you are young, you tend to scream in other ways than verbally about your feelings.

While I do believe that there is no age limit when it comes to expressing feelings, I would say that a woman would have felt differently about this incident if it happened at this age (as in women close to me age) versus fifteen years ago.

Well, maybe not me--as I had always hated scenes. So let me write "typically".

i hate you honey

I had my McDonald's fix today and while at it, I got the honey chipotle shaker fries.

I hated it.

Well, it tasted unhealthy, which means it tasted good--but one thing I hate about it is that the powder was too fine!

I ended up taking in a whiff of it, it felt like I was going to be sick.

After I have recovered and finished everything (yes shaker fries and all) and put the empty mcflurry cup away. I looked around to see that most of the people opening the packets end up coughing a bit.

Try it! Instant wheezing guaranteed!

flah fay

Ever since I saw Despicable Me, I couldn't stop saying "it's so fluffy, I'm gonna die" and every now and then, I feel the sudden urge to shout "IT'S SO FLAHFAAAAAAAY!"

crying dragon

As I passed rows and rows of boxes, I found myself pleasantly surprised to see some artwork on one.I wonder who saw the dragon and decided to put a face on it.

It somehow reminds me of what I do sometimes--making out shapes off cloud formations.

i'm not crazy

I casually told my friend that the dress I wore today makes me think that I am dressed as an escaped convict, only because of the pattern.

Think Hamburglar.

I thought that was funny. Until, I got a response.

I think you look more like someone from the asylum.

Dude, what do you mean?

LOL

carver

no ifs, no BATs

Just as i was preparing to go home on Thursday, I noticed something in my peripheral vision--something like a dark spot. As I had been a busy week, I thought my dizzy spells were at it again. Only...it happened again...and again.

It was when someone shouted "OMG! James, do something!" that I realised that it was not a blur in my vision. There was actually a bat inside the office!

I thought that was funny, then I came in today to see this.

letters to juliet

I saw the movie today, I must say that Gael Garcia Bernal was spot on. The grandma and Amanda Seyfried were well into the characters as well.

I wish I could say the same for the actor who played Charlie...somehow, I just found him lacking.

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The movie for me is forgettable. I'm not saying it sucked, it didn't.

And not without moments.

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I thought there were scenes that were just all too familiar--that I wish weren't. That I hope aren't familiar to a lot of people.

Those scenes are not to difficult to recognise.

Those scenes somewhat reminded me to remind myself of an old lesson.

I hope that if for some unfortunate reason, I find myself in a similar situation I should think twice (or thrice) before saying "Oh, that's okay".

costume (fri)day

This is it.

The dress that I thought was costume-y.

Which isn't.

Because it is not too far from the desert-with-queued-camels dress that I was wearing that day.

Interestingly three colleagues asked me today at different times, if I was part Chinese.

You are what you...errr, wear?