Watching Lord of the Rings..

.. and the first thought that comes to mind is "I wouldn't mind being an elf if it means I can wear a hoodie everyday."

Galadriel and Arwen has some really nice hoodies. Legolas too.
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Lately, I'm considering doing set design. Models are fun to make when you have the time to (which I don't, most of the time). Its a really.. nice feeling, watching your ideas be made into reality. If Tim Burton will sell his Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride or Alice environment sets, I would definitely buy it.

I dug myself a hole.

It'll be a while before I can get out of it.

The Fast and the Furious was showing on HBO so I decided that would be a good time to take a break from doing my model. I don't know if maybe its cause I've grown up and my views have changed but it felt like I was watching a new movie. Because I had different feelings this time, watching it. Like I used to think Paul Walker was everything, so I didn't concentrate much on the movie unless he was there talking/driving/just plain being on the screen. But now, I'm thinking "Omg, what a doosh!" Vin Diesel could beat him to a pulp and he can't do much about it. Vin Diesel on the other hand, looked hot, bald head and all.

Hahahaha. Yes, a little fantasy moment.
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I'm currently looking for City of Angels. The movie. I can't seem to find the DVD in some video stores, like Pyramid and Amcorp. And I can't find any torrents online that work. I wonder if its because its a really old movie. Nearly 12 years old.

I am a danger..

.. to everyone on the road.
I was driving home just now, and the sun happened to be right in my face so I squinted my eyes..... and fell asleep. Seriously. Luckily it was a pretty straight road. Every time I blink my eyes now, it takes so much longer to open them again *.*

I needed to de-stress after Design so I took an impromptu drive to Amcorp today! And I got The Art of Lord of The Rings for all 3 installments! Only because I couldn't decide which one to get first. Had to sneak the books into my house by putting them in my laptop bag (pretending its my laptop inside). Then, I quickly unwrapped all the books in my room, peeled out the price tags and put them separately in between some of my older books in the shelf, so it doesn't look too obvious. Now I have to sneak all the wrappers out of the house and throw them.

And that, is the art of hiding books from your mother.
I can't believe I'm forced to resort to such methods just to read.
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They just told me they're leaving for Singapore.
Tonight.
With my brothers.
And Yung is leaving for Perhentian.
Also tonight.

Where does that leave me ? : S


Home alone. That's where.

Now I know why..

So, I went for Minor class today with my Hydra model (minus the details), and Mr Redzwan took one look at it and said "Good luck with the 7 heads."
Not very comforting words.

And then I told him the wire frames I made for the 7 heads are too heavy so when I try to make my Hydra stand, it just topples over like a dead fish. Tried to bullshit my way through by telling him "This is right after the Hydra has been defeated by Hercules, hence the 'dead pose'." And he said "Good try. Maybe I'll give you dead marks."
What happened to creativity and imagination, I will never know.
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Halfway through class, Lyd called to meet up for drinks. I knew she's stressing, so even though I still had quite a lot to do, I said okay. And I really needed coffee anyway.

Now I'm not done with work for tomorrow's presentation!
But I think the coffee was worth it.

"I'm all aloney on my owney."

...Georgia Nicolson quote. I randomly took one book out and flipped it open, and that's what I got. Fits my mood perfectly, as I'm (as usual) the only one still awake.

I finally downloaded Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove and Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles!!! \o\\o\/o//o/
I want to play!! I have to finish my Hydra sketches by tonight.
Yeah, I'm doing a 7-headed serpent sculpture. I gave up on Harpies after I (tried and) failed to make a wire frame that actually resembled a pair of wings.
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Currently watching this MadHatter Exclusive clip. And I think its lucky Tim Burton is producing Alice. Johnny Depp has never failed me before, so I know he won't ruin this character. Speaking of MadHatter, hasn't anyone ever read Alice in Wonderland before? Ever since trailers and news of the movie came out, random people have been telling me "Now I know what your nickname means!", "Oh, so its a character?", and "Is Johnny Depp the reason why you use that nickname?". Which is btw, stupid. I had that nick ages ago and never changed it. 5 years ago, I'm pretty sure Johnny Depp hasn't been cast as MadHatter yet.

This is MadHatter. In Angel Sanctuary.

Alice in DS!

I really wouldn't mind getting a DS just to play this game. MadHatter is so cute!
And I really like the monochrome tones in the game <3

Why can't they make one for PSP? :(

Now that everyone is finally returning back to reality, and realising that we have A LOT to do by Monday's class, I'm being bombarded by calls and text messages, asking me "what do we have to do for the site analysis presentation?", "do you know what information we need to put in the slides?", "i need the site plan measurements, send me this file and that file", "do you have the measurements for this?", "what do we need to do?!", "why didn't anyone tell me there's a presentation on Monday!" at every hour of the day. Some at 2-3am, some at 8am and every hour in between.

And its killing me!!
Out of 18 people in the class, takkan I'm the only one they can ask? -.-
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Movie with King yesterday. Missed the 9pm one, so we went for 1130pm instead and spent 2 hours in the arcade/watch people bowl. Looks kinda fun. Think I may wanna try bowling :)
We finished at about 2am, and by the time he sent me back, it was about 230am. Under normal circumstances, my dad would be calling me non-stop, but the phone was surprisingly quiet. I came home expecting a screams but they were.... sleeping.
o_o
That is very surprising.

Ah, hell.

As the end of CNY holiday draws nearer, I'm assailed by a too-familiar sense of panic.

I previously missed 2 Minor classes, and I seriously have no idea how to start on my sculpture. And we have to do 2! Plus, I'm still undecided about my character design. I'm trying to sketch something easy because I really don't have the time to sculpt anything that takes more than 2 days to finish. And a design presentation is due Monday which I have absolutely no idea what I'm supposed to be presenting about.
Hopefully, this will be my last stressful Chinese New Year.
I hope everyone else is having a better time than I am.

Right.

First day of CNY and what did I do? I sat at home the whole day, downloading TV shows and games for my PSP. While everyone else is visiting their relatives and... gambling. Kinda makes me wish my grandparents are still around, because then I'd have a reason to go somewhere.
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2nd day of CNY, and I'm still at home, trying to finish up some drawings so I can pass them to Sue Teng for our design presentation. And Mom just told me they're going to Singapore tomorrow, just for fun. I don't think I can go, though. Unless I can do my model and drawings in the car :( Looks like I'll be stuck here with my brothers, who most probably won't come home.

Oh, and I'm in love with a 12 year old. I want those dimples!

And my world came crashing down..;

This morning, I woke up and I saw:
"Fashion icon Alexander McQueen commits suicide.."

And I thought "Not again".
Everyone seems to be dying one by one, starting with the talented ones.
I've got a bit of a phobia now. I don't want to read about deaths or suicide again. It makes me unhappy. This coming from a person who reads random obituaries in the newspaper and cry. I'm weird that way.
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The only bit of happy news for today is that I went to Sg Wang with Yung and (unexpectedly) managed to get my hands on 2 X-Japan DVDS :)

R.I.P Alexander McQueen! :(

just when I thought it was over...

Ah, crap.
I have to upgrade my presentation boards. Apparently, I don't have enough perspective drawings to show my interior. So, I have to add in another board just for that. Gotta hand this in 2 weeks later, so I guess I'll be working (again) during CNY -.-

I'm feeling kinda excited because we're leaving for Singapore tmr! For our class trip. We're doing food/retail this sem, so we'll be visiting some good shopping tourism spots. I just want to go to Kinokuniya and get that Tim Burton book :D Apparently, Mr Redz allows us to do our CNY shopping, so double yes!

Thank you :)

Well, I somehow managed to survive 4 days of all-nighters once again.
I've almost forgotten how that feels, after 3 months of holiday.

I actually really didn't think I was going to finish everything on time for the review today, having to deal with loads of Jappy revision for my exam this Friday and next week, and other assignments.
I'm officially the most hard-working person in the family. Aside from my dad, of course.
If it wasn't for my dad who stayed up with me till 4am, helping me cut the boards and glue my model, I wouldn't be able to finish it.
I felt really bad because I knew he was tired, but still he stayed up for me.
And today, my mom said to me "Remember all that he has done for you, and think twice before you ever get mad at him again".

So I feel this need to put it all in words to remind myself of what he has done for me. I need to confess that most of the time, the only reason why I was able to finish everything was because my dad helped me out. But in my defense, I don't actually ask him to do my work, but he offers to do it for me. Seriously. He'd say "Is there anything you need me to help you with? Just tell me what you want me to do". In fact, he gets angry if I don't give him stuff to do. I kid you not.
In Semester 2, I had 3 hours to finish 8 presentation boards before my design review, he stayed home from work to help me color my perspective drawings, cut and paste the drawings for my presentation board and even helped me do some detail drawings. And he wrote the whole 2,000 words essay for my Moral studies when I didn't have the time to do it.
Last semester, he helped me with all 2 models for design. And he did majority of the work for my Contract and Law assignment, including writing the draft for BQ and Schedule of Finishes, calculating the entire space, looking up material types + names, companies + prices. He even calculated all the total prices for me. All I did was go through what he wrote, and type it out in Excel. When we were given a last-minute assignment, he stayed up and did all the calculations for my OTTV assignment. But the funny(-est) one was the Theories assignment, when I had to write a brief criticism for 30 different buildings. And he wanted to do half of it for me, even though he doesn't know how to write a crit. He kept asking me to let him do it. I was like 'No, you don't know how to write the crit!' and he replied 'You tell me what you want to write, and I'll think of something." Its kinda funny when you think about it.

He's probably the only father who would actually stay up and offer to do his daughter's assignments for her.
And I am thankful, even though he can be unreasonable most of the time and thinks of me as a... possession he could just lock up at home and it'll be safe.