The Secret Series

As I'm still on holidays, and since I've wasted most of it doing NOTHING!! I think it's by time I do something a little more useful, like reading!!

I've thought of learning some programs like AutoCad or brush up on Sketchup or maybe even Photoshop. But, well, I'm not exactly the tech enthusiast type as I get very impatient when it comes to learning design programs, so, haha, guess I've failed on this thought.

So, I've picked up some books to read instead!! All my languages are getting rusty, so I guess I should at least preserve my English, and pray hard that my Chinese and BM won't go all the way down the drain~~

I've came to know of this series cause my bibi lent them to me and said it was interesting, and the cover sort of attracted me because of its colourfulness (I feel like such a small kid XD). It's called The Secret Series with it's first book called 'The Name of this Book is Secret'.

When I read the first few pages, the narrating style reminded me of Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'. The writer writes in a way that it is as if he is communicating with you, like he is conversing with you. It's interesting in a way, but at some points it does get annoying too.

Some parts of the story seems rather illogical, somewhat like a fairytale with a modern twist, or is modern fairytale the term for it? No, when I say fairytale I'm not talking about prince and princesses, but rather things that are surreal, like magic and talking creatures, and characters with eccentric personalities, written in a very child like manner, not such as teen novels like Twilight or Harry Potter, but such as novels like Enid Blytons. I'm sure many of you have heard of 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'? If you have read it, all the better, then you will understand what I mean.

The plot is pretty interesting and is a definite page turner. It's full of mysteries and suspense and you keep wanting to read on to know what happens next (I sleep at 6am because of this book, but also partially cause I'm a slow reader). And don't you find the cover attractive? It's so colourful!!!! aww~~ And not to mention it's shiny too XD I feel so immature....

Other installments to the series, Book 2 'If You're Reading This it's Too Late', Book 3 'This Book is not Good for You', Book 4 'This Isn't What it Looks Like'

I've just recently finish the 3rd book, have yet to buy the 4th book. I'll be getting it as soon as I get to a bookstore. But for now, I shall read other books first~~

Safe Trip Wen Kai!!

Wen Kai has finally left for the USA. We've been talking about it for so long but can't believe the day would finally arrive, time flies doesn't it?

We went to the airport to send him off. And know what, Malaysian airports are super inefficient =.= or is all airports that way? At first, they said his bags were overweight, fine, we accept that, flight policy, so he reduced. Then, after the weight was right, they say both bags have to be balanced O.o!! What on earth!! His bags totalled up to 46kg, 25 and 21kg respectively, but they say that both has to be 23 kg.... Does it really make a difference? Oh well, nothing much we can do~~ So he has to unpack and repack, tedious much....

Then, we went for dinner at mcd (which was super expensive by the way!!!) and finally Wen Kai has to go T.T and what an emotional sight.... never thought that everyone would be so emotional, but well, I guess under circumstances, things out of the ordinary would just happen, and we've been friends for 7 years!! And we didn't get a goodbye hug from him T.T boo hoo..... It was quite awkward at that moment, non of us really knew what to say and no one dared move, and worst is all his college friends were staring at us and his gf was beside him, so no one dared to hug him, haha!!

I don't know how Joe Yee, his girlfriend, is taking it, but hope she's alright, she's super strong, stronger than all of us XD haha!!

Pictures from the day:

Unpacking and repacking....

The Us!!

The Family!!

The Girlfriend!! ♥

The College mates!!

On the way home

And one more of Wen Kai *drum rolls*

After he entered the customs and was about to check in, he turned back to say goodbye and take our pictures, aww..... and everyone cried T.T

Safe trip Wen Kai!!!! Will see you on skype and facebook and msn and....... whatever else there are ;)

Assistant Secretary

I'm beginning to wonder, is the assistant secretary position for my student council cursed or something?!?! I'm not the only one that's wondering though, the rest are too.

Don't get me wrong, when I say 'cursed', I don't mean it that the person holding the position would encounter ill fate, I mean that the people holding the post would somehow leave cause of personal reason or their lost of interest in the council, and hence, the position would be left empty T.T

For the previous board, the asst. sec left because he sort of lost interest in the council, even before he was given the post he was already not very active, but somehow they still gave it to him and barely halfway through he just left, leaving the poor secretary to fight on his own X) and this year, it's not much different as well. My asst. sec left cause she was offered a job so she left college, and naturally, she have to leave the council as well O.O noooooo...... But I'm luckier cause I got a new one already, sorry sheng kang, I stole his assistant, so he's left with non >< we'll find one back soon for you, please don't come after me, heheh~~

Hopefully my assistant won't leave this time >< *fingers crossed*

Of Sunglasses And Nails

Well, before I start to ramble about my nails again, I shall start off with something else. I got a new pair of sunglasses!! haha!! I don't think my switch of topic really makes much difference does it? Non of them are really important X) but, I'm bored, and this is what I do~~

My new love ♥

It's not any Chanel or Gucci or Ray Ban or Oakley that would cost you hundreds, or maybe even thousands. Mine is brand-less and cost RM180, already very expensive to me, cheaper compared to the rest though, but at least it's a proper pair to protect my eyes.

Here's something that I would like to share with you all especially frequent sunglass wearers. If you're wearing cheap shades, I think it's best to throw them out and get a new pair. Not that all are bad, but do make sure that they have proper UV protection or it will actually cause more harm to your eyes compared to not wearing at all. Why? Because as most of you would know, when your eyes enter a dark surrounding, your pupils dilate (in another word, enlarge), to allow more light to enter so that you can see clearly. And when you put on a pair of sunglass, the same thing happens. So, if your lenses don't have proper UV protection, it will result in more UV entering and damaging your eyes, which might lead to cataract or other eye cancer.

If you're wondering if polarized lenses alone is enough to protect your eyes, answer is no. Polarized lenses only act as a blind to block out reflected light, so that you do not get the glare when looking are things, but it does not block out UV rays. So it's best to get a pair that is certified instead of getting cheap, fashion shades. However, like I've said, not all cheap glasses are bad, they should be fine as long as you get them from a proper retailer and they are certified. But it's best to run them through some test at your optician before being sure, though it's a bit odd to bring a pair of pasar malam sunglasses to your optician to be tested X)

Anyhow~~ back to my nails!! I'm pretty free so I'm into my nails again (I lost interest when I started college cause I don't have the time but now that I'm on holz, so I'm back baybeh!!) ^^ I saw this nail art technique online (*credits to cutepolish) and thought that I'd give it a try.

Newspaper nail art! (*enlarge to see clearer)

Close up

It's very easy to do actually, I didn't draw the words on my own, it's transferred from newspaper, so close your mouth if you're in shock of how I drew the words on, haha!! Actually, for all design students, we have already learned this method in college, called image transfer. It's pretty similar, just that the medium used to transfer is different that's all.

The transfer I did isn't very good, most of the wordings are really light and looks a bit like stain on my nails. I think I didn't use the proper medium that's why, the original artist used rubbing alcohol but I don't have any so guess what I've used? Vodka!!!! and it's non other than Absolute Vodka~~ hehe, I'm sure all you clubbers/drinkers out there are going to start cursing me for wasting good liquor on my nails X) but I've only used very little, barely even a shot glass, so chill~~ I shall try again another time with rubbing alcohol and post a picture of it if it turns out nice, hehe~~