{until tomorrow .

@7:39 PM

Presenting to you the VIPs in my room!

VIP = Very Important Possession

I'm so in love with the both of them!

First up - My bedsheet+comforter set!

Bought the bedsheet set from JP at a discounted price of 70%!!!! Its from Sintex, original price cost more than 100 bucks but I got it for less than $30! Is that value-for-money or what?? Im a sucker or anything thats on SALES, plus a little bit of persuasion from friends and salesperson, my wallet's out. Oops =P

sleeping with sweet dreams every night...

But seriously I really like the colour of the bedsheet - nude, cause it looks very back-to-nature and comfy. The comforter was from the Robinsons' sales which I blogged about a few posts back. Really love the comforter too. It's pretty and keeps me warm at night. :) There's actually a matching bedsheet set that comes along with the comforter but I didnt bring it into hall. Shall use it next!

Second VIP! And a very very very delicious-looking one!

Tadah!!! My Paper Apple!

I fell in love with it the moment I saw it on display. Asked for the price and the lady told me it was $9.90. I thought it was quite costly so I walked away. But after some time, I went back to the shop and bought this darling. I just couldn't resist the temptation!

my paper apple - normal-looking when unopened.

opened up - isn't it pretty? :)

trying to pose for a 'smelling-the-apple look' but turns out funny.

i love how it looks like a fan when half-opened.

would you like a piece of apple?

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Weekends at home in a nutshell:

- bought my epilator (like FINALLY :D yay!)

- watched tv. (you have no idea how DEPRIVED i was in hall during the exams period)

- eat. i always over-eat at home. too much snacks lying around. not good.

- did everything but study for my last paper. at home where got study mood leh you tell me?

- made an impulse decision to go Hong Kong(!!!) with my aunt and cousins despite it being very near to HO. parents kept psycho-ing me to go too. lol. kinda regretted after the air tix was booked but I know I WILL regret if I dont go hk. well, things will always work out, I believe.

- went tampines regional library to study for my last paper but I only managed to complete 2 lectures because that place was freaking noisy with inconsiderate uncles and aunties and i swear i will never go there to study again. ever!

- caught the movie 2012 with wee keat after studying in the library. good movie, provided you leave your brain outside the cinema before you go in.

- bought my BB cream from faceshop. living without a sunscreen for the past few days was like living like a vampire. horrible X 37463791698126977 times.

Today:

decided to take MC for my paper tomorrow.

the first time, very first time in my life as a sudent, to skip a paper. I've never missed any exam before, not even a test, so making this decision was a rather difficult one for me.

It was a period of internal struggle, followed by trying to study for what seemed like an endless amount of lecture notes, then fall into despair knowing I could never finish it by 9 a.m tomorrow, chiding myself for going home over the weekends and not focusing on my last paper, asking my friends for their advice and suggestions, procrastinating again, and finally, I made the ultimate decision - To take MC.

Hopefully, this is the best decision for now, and that it is for the sake of an 'A' grade when I take the paper again next year. damn. i feel really guilty since making the decison and I kept thinking if I should attempt to chiong finish my notes and see if I can make it for the paper tomorrow. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Veronica Leong please don't regret your decision!!!

{until tomorrow}

@11:58 PM

Cindy posted this Lady GaGa Music Video on her blog. I find it really quirky and out of the ordinary so decided to share it too.

Very weird dance, not sure whether to use the word sexy or sadist. LOL.
One moment I can feel the sadness, the other moment I'm taken aback by the erratic scene.
And the costume - BOOMZ! or should I use SHINGZ?

Haha... Look and you'll see....

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

{until tomorrow}

@9:04 PM

MY POUCH DIED ON ME TODAY!

my purple, velvety, shiny-big-heart pouch left me today.

in memory of it, i shall name it................POUCHY!

(ok not very creative i know but hey, the simplest names are always the nicest. no? actually no, because "veronica" is not simple but it's a superbly nice name!)

back to pouchy.

pouchy's one of my most favourite pouch and she's reeeeeeally pretty!

there, see below!

pretty hor??
pouchy has served me faithfully for many yrs and has been keeping my valuables intact and safe from harm all these while.
following me everywhere I go, not a word of complain or grumble no matter what i squeeze into her body.
and the best part is, pouchy still remains very pretty no matter where i put her - on the kopitiam table, on the lecture theatre chair, on the concrete floor, in my bag.

And today, on this fateful day, despite being very very relunctant, pouchy ended her life.
while i was rushing to pack my bag for exam, i put some valuables into pouchy so that i can bring her into the exam hall. but, her zip just wouldn't zip up.
both of us struggled to zip her up, neither one of us wanted to give in! we fight and pull and twist and turn, and still to no avail.
then suddenly, her zip decided to leave one its track.

see the broken zip. poor pouchy, cannot close up her body.

then, we knew it was time. pouchy couldn't make it.

with a heavy heart, i left my room for the exam, feeling very very sad.

well, we all know every physical thing has a lifespan. when it got to go, it got to go.

So, bye bye pouchy! I will miss you. You may have a limited lifespan but my love for you will never fade. (LOL so cheesy!)

last picture with pouchy!

As the chinese saying goes, if the old doesn't go, the new won't come.
and YAY(!!!), time to use my new COACH pouch! =D

i shall name it coachy...........

{until tomorrow}

@2:28 AM

This made me cry...

Another reason why I posted this is because I just studied about Alzheimer's Disease for my Neurobiology paper.

In Alzheimer's disease (AD), patients lose a selected part of their memory. This is because, in layman's terms, a mutation happened, which "changed" our genes, and hence affect the normal functioning of our brain cells (neurons). Neurons are unable to survive as efficiently as before so they die, resulting in loss of information (memory) stored in them.

Unlike Parkinson's disease, patients with AD are unaware of their condition, which makes caring for them difficult. Don't assume that AD only happen at an old age. Early-phase AD can occur too, and it is genetically-related. People who have relatives or grandparents suffering from the disease are more likely to get AD.

I personally think that I will want to go for a genetic analysis before I get married, to know more about my predispositions and general health status. However, I'm not quite sure if this service is available in Singapore, and how much it actually costs to do such an analysis. Anyone knows?

You never know when your body will fail you. So, love your body and appreciate what it has done for you!

{until tomorrow}

@3:08 PM

Currently listening to:

PS. This usually doesn't happen but for this year, I wish Christmas will come soon! :)

Currently studying:

PS. Using my brain to study my brain =P

{until tomorrow}

@4:15 PM

This is the best animation on Action Potential and Saltatory Conduction that i've seen so far. I like it a lot a lot!! :)

It's in 3D, narrated, explained at an appropriate pace which makes it easy to follow and very very comprehensive! Anyone with a little bit of neurobiology background should be able to understand this.

Video link:
All Things Science - The Schwann Cell and Action Potential

(I know this is super random but studying for neurobio is really damn 'sian' and 'chim', need to find things to cheer myself up. lol.)

{until tomorrow}

@4:37 PM

Finally at home! And finally I can post pictures! I knew the culprit was my hall's internet access!

anyway, astroboy(!) and my boy is here!

he took this using my webcam when i was away. :))

Lots of good things happened when i got back home! I really miss home, and i'm absolutely sick of hall.

Yesterday night, I heard the ding-ding-ding bell from the ice-cream man. It got me so excited that I rushed down to the carpark to get an ice-cream cone from him! 'Childhood ice-cream', that what I name them. They're the best, the king of all ice-creams. Ben N Jerrys, Hagan Daaz or swensens can all step aside. Plus, it's always cheap. And never fail to cheer me up! =D

And that night, I slept at 1 am! I forgot when was the last time i actually slept at 1 am. Sleeping times are always so crazy in hall. That is if you get to sleep. And sometimes, I don't even feel that I'd slept even though I really did!

Today, I went to the expo robinsons' sales with my parents. They wanted to get pillows cos the ones at home were too soft and lumpy. OMG the bedlinens there are so so so so so cheap can!! I have this thing for bedlinens. Seriously, I love bedlinens. Because I dont have a comforter, and I've been bugging my mum to get one for me, she finally got one comforter+bedsheet set for me!! YAYs i love mummy! Its on sales, and super cheap and value-for-money. Plus the design is nice and material not bad. =D I am a happy girl now!

In the end, we left robinsales with 2 king koil memory pillows, 1 comforter set, 15 masks (buy 10 free 5, so reasonable!), 2 Lux body foam (luv Lux) and 2 Eversoft facial foams. Total about $116 but we had 10% off with the Safra card. OCBC/Robinsons credit card holders get additonal 10% off. DAMN GOOD DEAL! I'm not advertising for robinsons here, I'm just sharing my very pleasant and fruitful shopping experience today.

Oh and luckily I reminded my parents not to let me go to the lingerie section or else we'll definitely spend more. Like bedlinens, I have this soft spot for lingerie too. Ladies are much more fortunate than men, because WE GET TO WEAR PRETTY LINGERIE! =))

The world is really small. I saw yanni and terence today at the expo. They went to visit the Hello Kitty Lab at Hall 1. Entrance fee is 38 bucks each! Ouch. Well well, most new couples dont scrimp. Love blinds their financial sense. Ask wee keat to buy something for me now, and he'll either tell me that it's not nice, or to buy it myself. Times are different now. =P

Then after leaving expo, while driving back, my dad stopped at a red light. And beside my dad's car is a BAT van. Guess who's inside? The uncle who I was under at that time! Such a coincidence! I never imagined I would meet someone I know while driving on the road, and I did today! Didnt say hi though. Cos I felt crazy to wind down the window and wave and smile to catch his attention just to say hi. lol. and its even more embarassing if he doesnt remember me.

Lastly, and once again, it's good to be home :)

{until tomorrow}

@11:55 AM

Today, I met a kind soul.

Was waiting for bus B when a car pulled up in front of the bus stop and the driver asked me if I wanted a lift to school. Well, since it's on the way, and the bus is nowhere in sight, I thought "why not?". And so, I accepted the ride to North Spine.

Such little and random gestures of kindness may seem nothing, and to some "bo liao". But when you actually accept kindness from others, it definitely brightens up your day, and set you thinking about spreading the kindness to others around you. You don't have to do big and impressive things to show that you are kind, just a smile or a "hello" can in fact do the trick.

Maybe some will feel that "Oh it's because you're a girl, so he offered to give you a lift." Well, that's up to them, but I definitely do not think that it's a gender-biased act. Kindness does not discriminate.

So, spread the love everyone!

And to Zhi Hao, thank you.

{until tomorrow}