Fathers' Day card

i wont be home this Fathers' Day so i made a simple card in advance to fill in and post it back home.

my dad likes to say stuff such as "WHAT THE TOOT" instead of actual swearing when we were kids and i guess it just carried on now. though he does swear more openly these days in english and not hokkien which he thinks the kids, ie. us do not understand. though we did. i mean, who didnt right. especially swear words.

to use, download this image in it's original size and print on A4 card. the size of the card is actually A5 so that when printed, cut it out from the A4 card. fold it in half and it results in an A6 card.

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Minimal Luggage Packing

i'm off for summer school in a fortnight so i'm starting to pack!extremely slow lazy packing where i throw in things when i think of it. i don't really want to bring much over since my luggage will be filled with the shopping i will do there. and honestly, lazy me will be in jeans and sneakers most of the time, if not all, since the amount of walking uphill, downhill and such i'll be doing will be insane. comfort is very high on the list too.

to prevent over-packing this time, i whittled down to these 13 items and used Polyvore to help me semi-plan the basic outfits to make sure i've enough to permutate at least for the first week i'm there. these will definitely be supplemented by all my shopping and i've also added a few "disposables". Disposables are items which i won't mind leaving back there such as older tees or dresses which i was about to discard soon either way.

1. black maxi

2. red plaid shirt

3. black tee

4. grey stripe tee

5. grey hoodie

6. gold bead clutch

7. light blue shirt

8. dark grey sweater

9. black velvet dress

10. jeans

11. black bag

12. black sandal heels

13. grey sneakers

yea i wear a lot of black and greys. it was actually an entirely monochrome selection but i decided to throw in a bit of color i.e. item 2 and 7. hahaha. some of the items don't match since they are just random close approximates but still very helpful in planning.

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Tattoo Choker DIY

HEY. this blog has been dead due to exams and such.

so recently i am obsessed with tattoo chokers. you now, those 90's kids accessories that EVERY cool kid had? yuppp. they are now making a come-back in a lot of harajuku looks.

but since they are not very mainstream these days, the prices on etsy, ebay etc are all jacked up to ridiculous amounts. and much as i was obsessed with it, i refuse to pay $35 for something that used to go for a dollar just cause of a fad.

so i decided to make my own. AND IT WORKED.

here is my take on the tattoo choker/bracelet/ring using fishing line. stuff that comes in 50m packs for $3.50.

i made bracelets as i dont really like things around my neck. hehh. another perk would be that it is entirely in plastic, so it's fine for metal detectors or allergies.

 sadly, i could not find lines in black. this reel has 10m of 5 colors. blue, red, green, yellow and clear. quite an awesome steal at $3.50. got it at the hardware store near my house.

the end product!

excuse the shoddy drawing but my tablet ran out of batteries.

EDIT: metal crimp beads work WONDERS. no unsightly dodgy knots.

note that for a bracelet, it does stretch quite abit so a knot chain length of 8cm was sufficient for me. getting consistent tension and knot length is very important. else it just looks messy and bleh.

P.S. the knot seems abit dodgy and i do not trust it not to unravel at all. anybody has suggestions on how to make it better?

now that this obsession is dealt with, time to go back to my books for finals tmr.

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habitat coffee date

school has been really hectic. all the crazy amount of assignments. i'm not even really studying. just doing assignments after assignments.

so this weekend i decided to take a break and go out with yun! got to a family dinner and then went habitat coffee. i was hoping habitat COFFEE would have great coffee. nope. not really.

waffles with salted caramel and rum&raisin ice cream. the waffles are not bad. but the ice cream was not awesome.

sharing amusing whatsapp messages from our moms. i went back to my old phone cover cause after breaking my previous one, i found out s2 was too old a model. every single shop was selling s3 or iphone 5 covers. wtf.

the too sweet ugh face from the ice cream.

super love her contacts!!! ヾ(´･ω･｀)

it's so girly but we telepathically wore the same colors!!! navy and white. hehh.

so glad we got to meet up after so long!

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VTM

ahhh i miss themmm! (T^T)

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Geometric and Electric

if you have a love of geometric shapes, electric tape and 5mins, you'll love this!

just scissors and electrical tape that costs about 40cents a roll.

tadaaaa! begone plain cupboard sides!

semester has started and my projects are limited to 5mins quick destress editions now.

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Book Marks

the holidays are for reading. especially during the crazy rain spells.

made a book mark of no-face from Spirited Away!

etsy link here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/119758136/no-face-felt-bookmark-from-spirited-away

and this tea bag book mark.

ice cream bookmark!

bidding for modules is extremely annoying this semester. i appealed for pc1221 and the appeal to bid for it got through. BUT i was too poor to even make the minimum bid. wtf.

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Cupcake-frosted Cookie Keychain

every year since forever, i would hand-make something for my aunt's christmas gift. each year it will be stitched, drawn, modelled or painted. and she would display all of it prettily in a cabinet. all of it filled with my stuff. hahaha. idea sourcing normally start in november for her present.

this year i made an assortment of felt cookies for her to hang on keys etc!

my pumpkin needle cushion. hehh.

all my felt these days are bakery colored.

done in 15mins!!! great time passer. great in the sense that my mom loves these too. so they are great for pacifying her in events when i piss her off. hahaha.

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2013 Calendar Download

i like to-do lists and calendars but only extremely plain ones, which are shockingly hard to find, so i made one today for 2013. (●￣(ｴ)￣●)/ it is more of a monthly to-do list. some screenshots below of jan and feb!

 Download it here:

http://db.tt/FIdiKBJi

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Happy Things in Life

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A Merry Xmas