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I've always wanted to get a Holga after reading about it and seeing how colourful they are. I love how the photos usually turn out. Having friends who love analogue photography only helped me want to get an analogue camera of my own. Among my group of friends, we have at least 10 different types of analogue cameras between us, with different lomograpy cameras, sardine can … 
I'm just not a friendly, bubbly, cheery one in the morning. Who would be if you have to go through the morning commute from hell, every morning. I like my mornings to be peaceful, quiet and only interrupted by the mournful sigh when the coffee's gone. However, we don't always get what we want and I'm just 'lucky' enough to have colleagues who don't understand that giggling …
Unless you're a creep, then no. So yes, it's the Kick-off Party once again. I'm expecting cake, crisps, soda of some kind and most definitely, meeting new people and hanging out with th … 
In case you didn't realise, this is going to be one of the many annual NaNoWriMo posts. If you don't know what that is, just click on the web badge on top. Anyway, I do have a story in mind but I think I'll be going into it half-heartedly since I don't have a clear picture in mind, though that has never stopped me. Most people see this as a way to start their novels, they …
It's the start of October and as always, I start planning and plotting for what I'm going to write for this year's NaNoWriMo. While I revel in the high of writing, trying to squeeze some hours of writing when I can and trying to purge the story I have in my head, I never once talked about the good things that NaNoWriMo has given me. NaNoWriMo was the first event that I went …
Rainy mornings. I love 'em. And hate 'em too. Rainy mornings, especially when it's storming, are the perfect mornings to sleep in. I love snuggling under the covers and listening to the wind howling and the rain lashing against the window. I especially love it when there's s lightning storm and thunder is just booming, shaking even the apartment building. That mixed feeling …
Or not. Last Friday, I talked about my feelings about turning 30. I didn't really get to celebrate all that much on Friday since I was at work but my colleagues were really sweet and someone had gone out during lunch to get me a double chocolate cake. I'm not much of a birthday cake person since I've always associated birthday cakes being smothered in sweet cream stuff …
Truthfully, I've rather been dreading today for the past couple of weeks. I used to be excited about my birthday but turning 30 and leaving my twenties behind feels like it's finally happened; I'm old. When I look in the mirror, I can see the fine lines around my eyes. I can see how less firm my cheeks are and well, my body isn't as toned as it could be. The last two years …
And I've barely started my damn project. The stupid things keep dying on me and have you seen a dead, decomposing mussel? They're freaking disgusting because they don't rot, they liquefy! Now, imagine half a tank of those liquified fuckers! Do you know how rank the entire lab can be?! Right now I have tank of about 60-70 mussels but when I went back to feed them and change …
Every couple of years, I have the urge to do something different with my blog. The last time the itch got so bad that I changed my blogging platform from LiveJournal to Blogger, mostly because I wanted a platform where I could easily modify the layout to one that I like. Lately, changing the template has not been able to quell the itch and once again I'm thinking of doing …
1. I've never been to Pulau Ubin. Really, I haven't. I've been to Kusu Island, St John's Island and Pulau Hantu but not Ubin; and for an environmental student, that's pretty strange. 2. I've never driven on the express way before and I've gotten my drivers licence since 2008. In fact, I've only ever driven once since I passed. 3. I've never had an alcoholic drink. 4. I've …
It's close to 5pm on a Friday when @hai_ren tweeted a link on Mashable about this app and so I thought I'll give it a try. At first glance the app looks clean, with white background and the orange header. When I first signed in, it brought me straight to the posting page to one of the blogs that don't use anymore. I had to figure out how to change to the blog hat I normally …
Eid is a time when members of the family, how ever extended, comes for a visit and without fail, they tend to talk about the good old days of staying in a kampung. Everyone assumes that I was too young to remember life back then but I do, though it's through the eyes of a four year old, it might be a different kind of memory. My grandparents moved from the little wood and …
It's been a week since we celebrated Eid. Usually, there would still be some lingering celebratory feelings but not this year. In fact, my family barely celebrated. Everything was done with a heavy feeling of obligation. We weren't in the mood to celebrate at all that we procrastinated the Eid preparation until the last weekend of Ramadhan, where we squeezed a couple of weeks … 
One of the things that I love about Dude is that he cooks and loves to experiment with spices. One of the latest things that he came up with is Tumeric Chicken. This recipe is very different from mine but I have to say, his recipe tastes so much better. Though that could just be because I was hungry when he served the chicken for dinner. Dude has awesomely given me the … 
Also taking using Hipstamatic, just for the heck of it. I know that the Hipstamatic app has been around for a while and I've read about it almost everywhere. So when I finally sold a little more of my soul to the great, big fruit got on the iPhone bandwagon, I bought to app but due to a relatively busy time since I bought it, I haven't gotten around to trying it out as … 
I've always told my mother that I'm a city girl with a healthy appreciation for the traditional Malay foods. It's the simple dishes, simple snacks that I like best and my comfort foods are generally easy to make. At least to me, anyway. One of the things that I love at any time of the day is fritters, dough fritters, with anchovies and onions. At a recent visit to my late … 
I like cats, I really do but I also have a slight fear of them. How can one not be cautious when handling animals with sharp claws and teeth, and who wont think twice about eating you if you just happen to die and they don't have any food? But for me, mostly it's because of the teeth and claws. Over the past couple of months, I've gotten over most of my fear of their claws. … 
Last week, I had the privilege of attending a preview for the latest show that HBOAsia is bringing in, the Game of Thrones. The event was held at ION Sky. This was the first time that I'd …
Three weeks into Ramadan and now we're coming into the last eight days of the holy month. It's a different kind of challenge this year, where all I can think about is food. One would think that it's normal when one is fasting but for me, it's not. I've never had the problem with thinking about food or hunger and this is year is the first. The cravings for carb-laden food is …
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