My stationery arsenal

I LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE STATIONERY.

So this post is dedicated to all the stationery I currently have, and all those that I'm about to lay my grubby and greedy little hands on in the near future.

Let's just say I wasn't always a materialistic stationery hoarder. Back in the not-so-old days when I would hardly feel self-conscious for carrying around a winnie-the-pooh school bag, I was content with any pen or pencil as long as it could write. It was a bonus if I got someone's rotton old pilot pen. Even better if someone gave me a pen with non-conventional pink or purple ink.

Fast forward to secondary school. EVERYONE was using some kind of pilot/uniball/blahblah pens and mechanical pencils with pretty little notebooks that seemed too nice to use. Meanwhile, I was using an old exercise book and a bunch of nondescript pens from various unreputable sources. Subjected to the mysterious force called peer pressure, I succumbed and turned into a first class pen snob in a matter of months.

To all those people who I imagined to have sniggered at me for my cheapo stationery, I say HAH.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

Anyway, here's my humble collection.

1) What I bring to school on a daily basis:


- Aluminium ruler
- Whiper PLUS refillable correction tape 6mm
- Pentel Hi-Polymer LIGHT - I'm really excited to start using this! Haven't seen it in any other store besides art friend.
- Pentel Hi-Polymer SOFT - quite good but I prefer the regular one
- uni 0.5 2B NanoDia Blended Hi-Quality Lead (fancy name much, as though I'm using diamonds, which wouldn't be a good idea since I would be scratching up my paper more than writing on it.) It's nice and dark though.
- Pilot SUPER GRIP 0.5 mech pencil - I love this, super comfortable and affordable. Don't like the fancy schmancy shaker version.
- uniball Signo DX 0.38 - THE BEST PEN IN THE WORLD. NO BUTS. blue-black, bordeaux black (maroon), emerald green, orange, lavender black and blue. When I use this, I feel as though I'm writing fine poetry beside a lake under blue skies.
- uniball stylefit - 5in1 with rose pink, orange, brown, lime green, and mechanical pencil cartridges. Shares the same awesome waterproof gel ink with the Signo DX.
- Pilot SUPERGEL - 0.7 in light blue and blue. Ok but not great. Tends to skip a bit.
- Pilot P-500 in blue - I use this exclusively for writing in my school diary. Goes well with the paper but otherwise quite ordinary.
- MILDLINER double ended markers in blue and green - best highlighters/markers in the world. Pretty muted colours, makes you wonder why all other highlighters are on a mission to blind you.
- Zig clean color in green - double ended marker that's a crowd favourite amongst teenage Singaporean girls. Lasts for quite awhile.
- Zig calligraphy II in black - double ended chisel tipped marker used for valiant but amateurish attempts at cursive script.


2) New additions:


- Platinum Plasir fountain pen in blue - My first fountain pen! Also my most expensive pen.
- Uni limited collection (another marketing gimmick) of 5 pens. Signo DX blue, jetstream sport 0.7, multi 5, vision RT, and my favourite KURU TOGA mech pencil. This set was a STEAL at $11.90 considering that the KURU TOGA by itself retails for around $7.
- Economy pack of 15 cheapo ballpoint pens for $1 - I love valu$ for ridiculously cheap buys like this, even if it means I don't qualify to be a 100% pen snob.

Just talking about this fills me with serotonin.

facebook woes

A friend recently commented that my facebook wall was devoid of any posts or comments, and was inundated with game updates. She was basically trying to say I was a no-lifer, which I don't completely deny.

In fact, the only reason why I'm even on facebook is to manage a virtual restaurant (restaurant city) and a virtual me (sims social). Nowadays I don't even do that anymore.

On rare occasions, I post a photo of something in my garden pray fervently that someone other than the mum or the dad notices it. I later realise that a photo of my awesomely wondrous chilli plant, no matter how well composed or beautifully shot, can never compete with the latest self-flattering photo of a teenage female narcissist.

A CATEGORISATION OF FACEBOOKING SPECIES (WARTS AND ALL)

1) The teenage narcissist
Description: Favourite pastime is to post camwhore shots of a pouting, big-eyed, supposedly cutesy self. Photo albums belonging to this species typically contains proof of at least 500 attempts at some ego-boosting, attention seeking, self-glorifying madness. 10 times more likely to be a female than a male.

2) The budding mouse hunter
Description: Lives on facebook for a chance to catch a virtual mouse with a virtual mousetrap every 15min or so. Utopia for this species would be a city made of super brie. Takes delight in announcing the latest catch of the day.

3) The oh-so-deep intellectual
Desciption: Species who posts abstract abstracts from shakespearean works, the latest gaga song, the theory of relativity etc and expects you to come to a conclusion that he/she is made of better stuff than the rest. Typically at odds with species 1 - the teenage narcissist. Very likely to check a comment for grammatical errors and opportunities to add in a bombastic word before posting it.

3) The cursing & swearing ranter
Description: Painfully adept at blindingly colourful language and rivals a Singaporean at complaining. Loves to find fault with everything and finds every opportunity to declare that the world sucks and is against him/her. Never manages to finish a sentence without peppering it with the latest profanity. A wannabe rebel that is unlikely to be one in real life.

4) The pessimist
Description: Highly emotional and unstable, posts suicidal thoughts every 5s and generally does an excellent job at dampening your mood. Compels you to comment on her post to comfort him/her with a big virtual hug and a thousand smiley faces. Most probably a hopeless attention seeker.

5) The optimist
Description: Highly spiritual and loves to quote uplifting verses from the bible. Most likely to remind you of the phrase 'Sunshine yellow butter mellow' and spends time searching out for pessimists to shine some golden rays of hope into their dismal dark lives. These are the good samaritans of the facebook ecosystem. Their saint-like image sometimes belies their true nature.

6) The no-lifer
Description: Manages to post a game update congratulating himself/herself for a casual-gaming achievement every 10min. Irritates everyone by sending out countless gift requests and game invites that everyone ignores. Loves to post photos of chilli plants and stupid grasshoppers. Most likely to take the form of Zenia Quek.

one winged angel

Final Fantasy music. For the soul :D

I like anything thats irritating and orange, and annoying orange happens to be both. heh.

WASSSABI.

Church services

There are generally 2 types of people who nod in church.

Those who nod in agreement with the sermon, and those who nod in their sleep.

Hee.

the mini bonsai

Hmm. whats in this box?




Oooh a mini bonsai! :D






Size comparison with my G2. Its super tiny! And it is a real tree. Just that its dead and will never grow any larger.




A close-up for good measure.

I didn't get to enjoy the march holidays at all. ):

In fact, I feel more stressed then ever. Its like I just went through a bulldozer on steroids and lived to suffer the pain.

Ok maybe thats a bit extreme. But you get the idea.

I hope I don't stub my toe on the fan when I wake up tomorrow.

the woes of wide angle lens

The woes of wide angle lens. Omg this is super funny.

Labrador park

Haven't blogged in eons. Sec 4 is a crazy year. Anyway, went to Labrador Park recently for our seagrass project.





Oops sloping horizons. grrrr.

Back to the grind. D:

2010

I can't be bothered to write taiwan trip part 2.
Cos I can't remember anything else HAHA.

Anyway, happy new year and try not to grow fat.

I guess I have to get used to writing blah/blah/10 on the corner of my worksheets soon. I don't want to go back to school and I don't want to be sec 4.

Relishing the last few hours of freedom. At least I get 1 day extra since the school is getting cozy with the sec ones before they let all the older heads (sec2s,3s,4s) barge into the school building and squash all the tiny sec ones into pineapple juice.

I'm already looking forward to the chinese new year holiday. pineapple tarts. hmm..

Happy boxing day

Happy boxing day.

Its been a long time since i last posted.

Taiwan trip Part 1
Sausage-eating, night-market-loving, and hokkien-speaking Taiwan is a land of treasures (as my tour guide said). Its scenery is dominated by green mountains and more green mountains. Everywhere you turn, there will be a huge mountain looming in the distance. In the countryside, farms seem to stretch on forever, and old, small houses dot the landscape. In the city, most notably Taipei, skyscrapers and revving motorcycles surround you. And no, I am not writing a descriptive essay here.

It gives the impression of a country stuck between past and present.

I love the night markets. Anyone who hates the night markets must be crazy. I visited three of these bustling, chaotic, and aromatic markets. The first thing that hits you is the salty pungent smell of 'chou dou fu'. I absolutely don't understand why its smelly. It smells kinda nice. Maybe people who have noses for durian will have noses for chou dou fu. And then of course, there is the oyster omelette, which is a hot favourite among tourists and locals alike. Its crispy and gooey at the same time, and is served with a dollop of pinkish sweet sauce.

Don't forget the sausages. They are fat, sweet, artery-clogging atrocities. Atrocious in a good way. They come served in a rice bun, or just sliced up for convenience. The most unique one i ate was the sausage coated in bread and potato and then deep fried. It was awesomely good. Good enough for you to want another one though your stomach is already bursting with oyster omelettes, milk tea, and deep fried chicken.

I conclude that their night markets are the place to go if expanding waistlines are of secondary concern. You get to binge on the cheap.

geek

Today, I had the most memorable meal of my life.

Really.

LT and I worked from 9am to 5pm today at some kindergarten tucked away among a maze of soaring HDB blocks. Without for LT and her 'natural flair' for navigation, I think I would be wandering around in Pasir Ris now.

Time was spent creating new decorations, all of which required copious amounts of cutting, glue-ing, painting, taping, wrapping, brain-juicing and blahing. Blahing being talking about how we regret signing up and would rather be watching our fish (fishville), trees (country story), and restaurants (restaurant city) grow on facebook.

Lunch was perhaps the highlight of the day. I would love to say that everything was fine and we all enjoyed a bowl of fried rice, but no. Ravenous and about to eat up the teachers, we were greeted by a bowl of macaroni with peas and bits of carrot, accompanied by a bowl of cabbage soup.

It sounds ok, but this particular lunch has confirmed my suspicions that teachers cannot cook. Everything was, to put it kindly, slightly (not really) on the bland side. Not that anyone of us expected much of kindergarten food, but I really cannot imagine how the teachers and students seem to able to eat such food everyday.

And to think that when I was in kindergarten, I actually looked forward to going to school for the food (Yes, I was a glutton).

I don't think adding a little salt in their food will cost this kindergarten their 'healthy food award', or whatever it says on their website.

What is the world coming to??? D:

holidays

Dumb post today, as always.

Events of note
1) Cheapo watch No.2 died out on me. It has now been relegated to the deepest crevices of my drawer, and is spending quality time with Cheapo watch No.1.

2) PP has managed to break his personal record of baking 5 fruit cakes in 1 month.

3) A cockroach that was stupid enough to fly onto MP's arm is now spending its after-life in the sewers.

4) Left foot has grown to be 2.5cm longer than Right foot.

5) I went out with LT.

6) I went out with LT.

7) I went out with LT.

ipod touch for christmas

Got an iPod touch 8gb for christmas!!

Went to SITEX yesterday to drool over electronics and gadgets. Its an absolute geek's dream, which means I was kinda living my dream yesterday. Spent some time playing around with the many, many laptops, much to the amusement of the salespeople.

Yes, I admit i didn't have the buying power.

Went to the epicentre booth and almost bought a pink iPod nano, but in the end PP decided that the iPod touch was more worth it.

I walked out of SITEX with a bag of free accessories for iPod. $87 worth of freebies, to be exact. I wonder how this people make money. I got a free screen protector, free earphones, free silicon case, free smartwrap (for those pesky earphone cords) and a free wall charger.

Right now, I'm flapping my arms in excitement and wondering why I didn't get an iPod sooner. I dream of playing TapTapRevenge2 in my sleep.

iPod touch. heh. :D

pen story

I think youtube has a lot of interesting vids. Haven't being blogging recently because I was too caught up being bored. According to the description, it's a stop motion film created with 9600 prints, and 1800 shots.

To those who don't know what stop motion is, you have probably been living inside a shell (go google). Its arduous and tiring, but the end results are pretty cool.



Gah. Don't you feel inspired? We should have more of this kind of creative advertisements.