Got my pasta machine fixed! yay!
Now I can begin cranking out all the clay stuffs! poor hands have been conditioning clay for hours. Muscle aches now.
Will post my progress as it goes!
Monday, December 9, 2013
Sunday, December 8, 2013
A bad start
I'm in such a bad mood now. So annoyed, at myself, at everything, at my stupid pasta machine for being so different from everything else on the internet.
Today I decided to take my pasta machine apart to clean it. Have been using it for years doing only basic cleaning and the clay build-up at the scrapers is causing my projects a lot of difficulties. There's limitations in cleaning without taking it apart, and thus I decided to muster up courage to this daunting task today.
It was a disaster.
The moment I removes all the necessary screws and bolts, the entire thing burst open and all the parts just drop out in an instant.
Now I can't put it back.
To add to injury, people in my house who see me struggle decided to make comments over what I'm doing. Unconstructive ones. Some people who had never ever used such appliance or even know what its function is for, decided and insisted that they are smarter than me at fixing, just because they lived many years more than me. Needless to say, it is in worse state now.
Now I'm pissed. At everything under the sun, though its raining now. I urgently need the machine to begin my presents for my giftee, and I would hate to get a new one, especially when expenditure this month is high and getting higher.
And to make things worse, my stupid laptop keep coming up the "no space" message. Damm it Apple, stupid Macbook Airs with such pathetic storage space. Why did I get it in the first place? Oh, because I hate Windows more. oh good gracious.
Today is just a bad day. Everything is not going my way.
Today I decided to take my pasta machine apart to clean it. Have been using it for years doing only basic cleaning and the clay build-up at the scrapers is causing my projects a lot of difficulties. There's limitations in cleaning without taking it apart, and thus I decided to muster up courage to this daunting task today.
It was a disaster.
The moment I removes all the necessary screws and bolts, the entire thing burst open and all the parts just drop out in an instant.
Now I can't put it back.
To add to injury, people in my house who see me struggle decided to make comments over what I'm doing. Unconstructive ones. Some people who had never ever used such appliance or even know what its function is for, decided and insisted that they are smarter than me at fixing, just because they lived many years more than me. Needless to say, it is in worse state now.
Now I'm pissed. At everything under the sun, though its raining now. I urgently need the machine to begin my presents for my giftee, and I would hate to get a new one, especially when expenditure this month is high and getting higher.
And to make things worse, my stupid laptop keep coming up the "no space" message. Damm it Apple, stupid Macbook Airs with such pathetic storage space. Why did I get it in the first place? Oh, because I hate Windows more. oh good gracious.
Today is just a bad day. Everything is not going my way.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Ranting as a break from studying
I'm bored with studying. So shall post a to-do list here so I can get my lazy procrastinating self to start working on this blog right after my exams! Come 5th Dec, I will be free.... temporarily.
1. Present for my giftee! First time taking part in Reddit Secret Santa and gotten my match today. Now I'm excited to start but can't because I have to do all my last minute mugging. Oh so painful. Got someone from Canada! That's so far away and shipping is gonna hurt! 500grams is like $38. Before this, I'm praying I don't get someone from USA, because the shipping is no joke. Well, Canada is cheaper, by $1.50 for 0.50kg. haha thats consoling. Wonder how "gentle" Canadian post is, maybe I should bubble wrap the hell out of my gift^^. Should search on canadian custom restrictions too. every country have their own weird import restriction, like Singapore and chewing gum. but i understand the chewing gum thingy. Singapore is scorching the whole year round, except the days orchard road is flooding. Imagine opening a box full of melted chewing gum. Nightmare!!
2. Posting all the Korea/Japan trip photos! all three-weeks worth! before my mac crashed and lose it all again and I get mentally murdered by my friends.
3. My doll's stuffs. need to shop for fabric to make a bedsheet and blanket for her. and pillows too, and maybe a bolster. Love bolsters, have two on my bed. It's fabric shopping time after exams! Will make my way down to Chinatown and Arab street and hopefully no one attempts to con me. Especially when fabric is already so expensive! Then a couch/sofa for her, she's sitting on a tissue box now. that's just so sad. at it, maybe I make a wardrobe too, or clothes rack or something. After that, starting sewing clothes. Learn to use the sewing machine! simple ones first. It will work out somehow, it involves hands, not brains, how hard can it be!
Recently Ringdoll posted a video competition with cool prizes to be won. Maybe I can take part in it, since my girl is a Ringdoll. woohoo. It will give me motivation to do something "concrete". Maybe I shall do a stop-motion video. but how do you do a stop-motion video?? Haha. oh, it seems complicated, what am I getting myself into again. If I am doing it, I will do it good! Cos anything to be posted on public better not be an embarrassment to me! Wahahaha. Plus I can win another doll. Haha, so cool so cool. Mum will scream at me.
4. Christmas presents for friends. Or not, we may not even meet. everyone seems so busy, except me who is still stuck in misery aka school. Somehow my meeting with friends seem to be decreasing, especially after they start graduating and working, and/or finding boyfriends. It's depressing. It's worse with my mum nagging at me about finding a boyfriend at every single chance she gets. Oh don't talk about the older ladies aka relatives. Chinese New Year next year will be a nightmare.
Maybe I should make presents for the few very close ones, like 3. haha and those poor souls overseas. Afterall, sihui's ever-belated totoro project is still in my room. I got a great idea for it. The totoro I made is so cute, I won't give her till I managed to duplicate a similar one. Only the first I made is successful, whatever other copies just ended up in a disaster. When I'm at it, I shall make one for my giftee for SS, cos she likes Ghibli. Hooray! Ideas are coming!
5. Start on my very own dollhouse! Always wanted a dollhouse, but never had a chance. Now I'm older and more crafty and the house is bigger than the old one and my dad is free like nobody business to help with wood, I SHALL MAKE ONE. wahahahhaha! ambitious project! Just thinking of it makes me excited. Wonder how long it takes to make this! probably take me years before I even finish just the structure. start small start small! Maybe I'll just do a room first? Dad can make a display box for me with scrap wood and glass. wheehee.
6. (Of no priority) Do something to the layout of this blog! haha. I doubt anyone is reading so it doesn't matter? But the black is giving a headache. It's depressing, and so not me. why did I choose this anyway in the first place?!
7. (Of no priority) Pack my room, or at least my workspace. Hahahaha this is impossible.
Seems like a lot of things to do! And i already promised to help out my university's lab during the holidays! Well, it will all work out somehow^^ Okay its 6:30, time's up, back to studying!
1. Present for my giftee! First time taking part in Reddit Secret Santa and gotten my match today. Now I'm excited to start but can't because I have to do all my last minute mugging. Oh so painful. Got someone from Canada! That's so far away and shipping is gonna hurt! 500grams is like $38. Before this, I'm praying I don't get someone from USA, because the shipping is no joke. Well, Canada is cheaper, by $1.50 for 0.50kg. haha thats consoling. Wonder how "gentle" Canadian post is, maybe I should bubble wrap the hell out of my gift^^. Should search on canadian custom restrictions too. every country have their own weird import restriction, like Singapore and chewing gum. but i understand the chewing gum thingy. Singapore is scorching the whole year round, except the days orchard road is flooding. Imagine opening a box full of melted chewing gum. Nightmare!!
2. Posting all the Korea/Japan trip photos! all three-weeks worth! before my mac crashed and lose it all again and I get mentally murdered by my friends.
3. My doll's stuffs. need to shop for fabric to make a bedsheet and blanket for her. and pillows too, and maybe a bolster. Love bolsters, have two on my bed. It's fabric shopping time after exams! Will make my way down to Chinatown and Arab street and hopefully no one attempts to con me. Especially when fabric is already so expensive! Then a couch/sofa for her, she's sitting on a tissue box now. that's just so sad. at it, maybe I make a wardrobe too, or clothes rack or something. After that, starting sewing clothes. Learn to use the sewing machine! simple ones first. It will work out somehow, it involves hands, not brains, how hard can it be!
Recently Ringdoll posted a video competition with cool prizes to be won. Maybe I can take part in it, since my girl is a Ringdoll. woohoo. It will give me motivation to do something "concrete". Maybe I shall do a stop-motion video. but how do you do a stop-motion video?? Haha. oh, it seems complicated, what am I getting myself into again. If I am doing it, I will do it good! Cos anything to be posted on public better not be an embarrassment to me! Wahahaha. Plus I can win another doll. Haha, so cool so cool. Mum will scream at me.
4. Christmas presents for friends. Or not, we may not even meet. everyone seems so busy, except me who is still stuck in misery aka school. Somehow my meeting with friends seem to be decreasing, especially after they start graduating and working, and/or finding boyfriends. It's depressing. It's worse with my mum nagging at me about finding a boyfriend at every single chance she gets. Oh don't talk about the older ladies aka relatives. Chinese New Year next year will be a nightmare.
Maybe I should make presents for the few very close ones, like 3. haha and those poor souls overseas. Afterall, sihui's ever-belated totoro project is still in my room. I got a great idea for it. The totoro I made is so cute, I won't give her till I managed to duplicate a similar one. Only the first I made is successful, whatever other copies just ended up in a disaster. When I'm at it, I shall make one for my giftee for SS, cos she likes Ghibli. Hooray! Ideas are coming!
5. Start on my very own dollhouse! Always wanted a dollhouse, but never had a chance. Now I'm older and more crafty and the house is bigger than the old one and my dad is free like nobody business to help with wood, I SHALL MAKE ONE. wahahahhaha! ambitious project! Just thinking of it makes me excited. Wonder how long it takes to make this! probably take me years before I even finish just the structure. start small start small! Maybe I'll just do a room first? Dad can make a display box for me with scrap wood and glass. wheehee.
6. (Of no priority) Do something to the layout of this blog! haha. I doubt anyone is reading so it doesn't matter? But the black is giving a headache. It's depressing, and so not me. why did I choose this anyway in the first place?!
7. (Of no priority) Pack my room, or at least my workspace. Hahahaha this is impossible.
Seems like a lot of things to do! And i already promised to help out my university's lab during the holidays! Well, it will all work out somehow^^ Okay its 6:30, time's up, back to studying!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Seriously, I need to do something to this blog.
Make it nice, so I can find the motivation to post all my artsy works/projects I have done/will be doing.
One day....
PS:
If some random bored person who happen to see this and want to design this blog for me in an idiot-proof way I can understand, please find me on my Facebook.
Make it nice, so I can find the motivation to post all my artsy works/projects I have done/will be doing.
One day....
PS:
If some random bored person who happen to see this and want to design this blog for me in an idiot-proof way I can understand, please find me on my Facebook.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
marine barrage
21st September:
ah yat's opening of their first tian xia branch in singapore.
had to go. didn't mind going since got good food^^
this, fortunately, is not me^^:
menu:
abalone~ slightly small though =(
one of the dian xin which i managed to take photo off. the rest were just gone the moment the plates were put down:
shark's fin. bland but lots of fins^^ bangkok ones are still better though.
this one is nice! baked fried rice with abalone:
some soup my brother ordered:
dessert! even though i hate almond, i still ate it, cos its good for health.
bird's nest in almond cream:
the nice nice fruit juice with aloe vera jelly and bird's nest. remembered to take photo after half is gone:
after that had to rush back to hall. sighs. in which as usual, nothing really good happens or manage to happen =(
hall one:
block 17 representative
cultural sec subcomm doing god knows wad
hall eleven:
poster-maker
printer-ink contributer
i wonder why~ and when...
this is wad i just got conned and confused into doing for hall 11 just now:
my subcomm work for hall one will start tonight later. collect money....
sighs
i realised my phones has lots of pictures but never post~
1st september: hall one jcrc rally:
17 September: bored during lab... and excited over the eeeeky labcoat and its pockets!!
will continue the rest of the photos in the next posts ^^
Thursday, September 10, 2009
for peiyu.
congrats to peiyu for winning her JCRC elections!
good luck to trying to get more sleep and stay awake during lectures!! though somehow, you seem to do more of the tutorials than me.
let me put up the campaigning posters peiyu made me do for her. i rmb it was the loudest time i had in my own room in hall. i was screaming my heads of at peiyu making me enlarge her head and name. haha and it totally zap my printer of its last bit of ink.
but i guess its worth it, since she won^^ plus without her, i will DIE IN NTU. and IF theres such a need, PEIYU I WILL SQUAT WITH YOU NEXT YEAR IN YOUR HALL. bwhahaha
haha.
anyway i realised my english standards have severely degraded itself! i shouldn't scream at peiyu anymore for writing nonsensical english for her jcrc essay. gah
good luck to her.
and me ^^
ps. and yes peiyu, your head is on my worthless dying blog!!
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