day356. 10 50pm

by golly do i love the feeling of christmas, though strangely enough i don't really celebrate it i still really enjoy the christmas cheer. coming from an asian background celebrating christmas aren't the most common thing to do unfortunately. still i can't help but get caught up in all the holiday cheer.
there are a few things that makes it feel like christmas(to me), fair warning the list is fairly odd; christmas themed cooking shows programs, shopping center christmas overhead music, houses and city streets dressed up in an assortment of christmas decorations and the odd neighbor fireworks show.

upon some pre-boxing day sale scouting i was completely urged to buy this.

(even though i said i wouldnt, to save up for the 26th)

this will not turn into a fashion blog... i think

i think it's really nice and it was on sale, rrp $79 discounted to $45. i'm also rather found of the many shades of blue, they were scarce in numbers so i decided to go through with the purchase, when i mean scarce; this shirt was one of two. perfect fit too.

speaking of the boxing day sale, my parents thought that since we don't celebrate christmas(they don't have anything against it, it's just the hastle) they might as well give me and my brother some money to buy what ever on boxing day working as a substitute for christmas presents. presents or not, i wanted clothes regardless, so i was quite content with this, quite. though next year i would like to see our family, as a whole, to celebrate the annual festive holiday.

on the contrary, this christmas day there is going to be a family gathering, but completely un-christmas-y reasons. it's just a farewell dinner for my uncle(mothers uncle), whom is leaving for veitnam with his family very soon, a select few siblings of my mothers very large family are getting together. getting caught up in all of the christmas-themed cooking shows i've decided to bake a cake/loaf, i though i may as well since it's christmas on top of another occasion. i've chosen to bake a blueberry and cranberry cake/loaf, though an altered version to the original(blueberry and banana), i though cranberry would be a much more christmas-y ingredient in the rather basic dessert. i'll take photos of the process and result, i do doubt my baking skills seeing as this would be the first, still the method is simply toss em' together and pour into baking tray.

until next time... and a very happy christmas to you all.

day351. 6 54pm

so a few posts back you might recall that i said i wanted to be healthier or something along those lines.
well i thought this should be a good time to update you on that. if you knew me personally, you might( i hope) notice a difference with me, weight wise at least.

ever since late august of this year i've put myself on a fairly strict diet with frequent excercise. it hasn't been all smooth, there have been some irregular days or weeks where i do tend to break my diet with unhealthy foods and whatnot, though more recently it's been getting better. i would like to announce, undramatically i hope, that at the present time i've lost a total of 13kg(more or less). it's a fairly big achievement(to me) i think because there have been many times in the past where i've tried loosing weight but have broken the diet at some point, though this time round it's been the longest i've stuck to it and will continue to. i've still got a fair way away, i hope i can reach my goal before the end of the holidays.

in comparison to my 13kg heavier self; clothes fit me better, dropped a few sizes, old clothes begin to get too big, i feel much more confident, self-esteem boost. on another note ever since actually started loosing weight i've been interested more in fashion/clothes; more so in korean/asian styles, though i normally have insufficient funds to purchase clothes i browse through. although a few weeks ago i bought these from ebay.

yes those are non-perscripted glasses, hate me all you want for it but i like em'. the glasses are sitting on a cardigan and next to that is a casual vest, if you are wondering.

until next time

day348 7 28pm

over the month-gap there have been a few things i think i should update on. (note this is all going to be chronologically ordered)

with the exam period over we were left with a week of rest before our year 12 preparatory program, this is what i spent bits of it doing.

you know how i play guitar right?(this will all make sense soon) and have for a few years now. though i've decided to pick up piano, again. yes there was a time when i played piano, well it was really keyboard but the same thing applies. this was way before i started guitar, matter of fact i was playing the keyboard during the fifth year(2005) of my primary school days; taking lessons from the schools music program/course. i played for about a year to which i then stopped taking the lessons. for reasons i cannot remember. we also purchased a decent keyboard back when i(my brother also) still played the instrument.
here's a photo of it sitting in our garage, gathering dust.


very pleased to find the contents within the box not incredibly dusty and creepy-crawly-less. not too shabby having the dust all cleaned off.
though i am finding it difficult rediscovering the skills necessary to play. i'm making slow progress but progress none the less.

so the preparatory program set for the year 12s, consisted of the unit outlines and holiday homework distribution from each of the five subjects, in other words waste of time and a further delay to our well deserved holidays. okay that's the last of the school related stuff. only until yesterday i hadn't planned on when i would be tackling the holiday homework, i was thinking that i would be best to head into 2012 with a good idea of what is ahead of me, my end of year grades weren't what i expected of myself which was another incentive to work harder for year 12. so the plan was this.

the tough part is finding the motivation to do it. what's more irritating is i need to catch up on accounting, seeing as i'm only picking it up in year 12 due to insufficient numbers required to run a subject i was undergoing. same thing with visual communication. though i think i'm pretty good at that kind of subject. on that note, i have picked up drawing again; i haven't been drawing much but i think i've been inspired to do so again, what exactly i cannot exactly specify. i know i'm not doing a great deal of explanation. i also purchased an A3 visual diary which i need to complete the holiday homework.

i can't really remember much of the gap i left from blogging. even though i said there were loads to talk about. i probably can't remember. on a final note i recently(when i mean recently i mean the recent monday) got a hair cut, i forgot to take a photo before so you'll just have to take my word for how scrappy my hair was before. this is pretty drastic, in my eyes at least. but to say the lease i'm very pleased with it. very. behold!

this is probably the first clear photo on this blog of my face. if you have been wondering the mind behind this blog, here you go.
hopefully you've found this post rather informative.

until next time

day347. 8 20pm (holy crepes it's almost 365; new years)

yeah remember how i said there would be an increase of frequency for blogging, with exams completed and all. it's just that i haven't been compelled to do so, until now that is; compelled out of boredom. though at the end of this brief hiatus i have accumulated a lot things i think i should update you "rabid" readers about. which is where i am afraid i must say it will have to wait until tomorrow. it's just i haven't the time tonight. not to worry, it's not like you won't see another post for a few weeks after this one.
though i'll offer you a teaser in return for your patience. i recently got a hair cut(very different from the original) and there will be a photo. there! consider yourself TEASED!!

until next ti... tomorrow :P