. Yvonne Yong .

. Bright Clashes .

2010-09-06T17:16:00.002+01:00

My dear friend, with her bright yellow springy skirt, bright blue tights and brown vintage bag.

How cool can she be.

. 活得精彩 . Live a Splendid Life .

2010-08-25T01:13:00.002+01:00

Collaborated with Skyler Liew to shoot the two dresses I've made.

Telling stories through the pictures, is what he does, and it's pretty much his signature really.

摄影 Photographer ：Skyler Liew
服装设计 Designer ：Yvonne Yong
发型设计Hair Stylist ：Rachel Lin
化妆 Makeup Artist ：Hannah Tai

是不是会有那么一天，我们都会回过头来发现自己的精彩是别人的累赘？

炫耀夺目的外层，裹着的又是什么样的故事？

渐渐地，再从褪色的记忆中，寻找着若果没有他们的自己。

总是随波逐流，活在别人理所当然的世界里。
什么时候，我们才能从那涂满脏色的白纸上，找回那一点点白色的角落？
就让我躲在这里，至少这里有我开始的痕迹。

总有我能站得住的地方。

There is always a spot for me, I believe.

. Compilation .

2010-08-24T02:03:00.012+01:00

Some styling for photoshoots I've done when I was in Manchester last year. Thought it would be nice to compile a selection in my newly revived blog.

Will be posting more work soon!

Photographer : Asha Walczak

MUA : Dora Chan

Model : Jodie Williamson

Photographer : Emilie Fanara

MUA : Deborah Lawson

Model : Amy Finnimore

Photographer : Edward Lui

MUA : Hannah Frances

Model : Lauren Ruddick

. It's me .

2010-08-04T23:57:00.002+01:00

This is so long overdue, and I've meant to come back to this, just not sure for what purpose anymore.
Have thought of closing this one down and get a new one mainly for work and lifestly maybe, rather than just me going on and on about what I did and duh duh duh....... but oh well, why not just divert the route a little from this little old blog of mine.

Just a lil' update, I've been back to my motherland for good (sort of), and now whoala! I'm back in the UK!!! Even better yet, I'm in LONDON~~~~~~ sadly, it's only for a few months, but it is better than not being back here at all! Halfway through my stay here now, and enjoying it to the bits!!!

Okay, I'll post some pics up soon, I thought I'll just make an effort to make a start to revive my blog!

Signing off now~~~ class tomorrow and still gotta cut some fabric out before I head to bed.

.Von.

♥Last Day... Forever♥

2009-05-09T04:50:00.003+01:00

My bad for not updating AT ALL for ages!!!

Had sooo much going on, and finally it has come to an end, for a new beginning...

Handed in the final project smoothly, sort of, and it finally hits me that I won't be worrying bout uni deadlines, getting the right fabric, or even waking up for classes!!!

Oh well, I thought I should write something today, before I go off to London later~~~!!!

Meeting B in 12 hours time, gonna rest in London for a bit before we jet off to Greece with Grace and Sally!!!!!! YEEPIEEE!!!!

Been looking forward for this day since long long long time ago... Will definitely blog bout my dream trip when I get back ^__^ just to make you guys feeling a bit jealous... hahaha

Managed to get the remaining coursemates that were still lingering around in the studio for a quick snap~~~ You can see my table at the corner on the right! ^__^

Me with my final garment, the Amorphous Dress! The ruffle strip didn't turn out the way it supposed to be, wrong fabric choice i guess >__<

But I'm still loving the cutout holes~~~~

The three of us, with our beloved friend of 4 years~~~

Feels kinda weird when we were submitting the work, wonder whether we would feel even weirder during our graduation... hmmm...

Okay, gotta go off and get ready for the journey... See you all later~~~ *muaks*

♥Fringe + suede leather = Unbeatable♥

2009-03-31T02:00:00.010+01:00

Was out in town, for an 'overdue' retail therapy session with Grace.

Sadly, mission failed cause we both went home empty handed >__<

Instead, we had Yo! Sushi and some sneaky shoots in Topshop!

Grace made me try on this straw boater hat,

insisting that I have high resemblance of 櫻桃小丸子! haha...

I have actually been eyeing this boater hat,

but not that pleased with the bo

w/band bit... whatever you call it...

In the changing room we goes...

not to camwhore! I swear!

I'm totally in awe with this suede leather fringe coat!!! ♥

and this vintage floral print vest top went quite well with it~~~

Notice the back as well?!?! Ain't it just soooo cool!!!

Even Grace thought it's 型!

*she had doubts when I took it into the changing room* hehehe...

Like it how in this pic,

you can see the back of THE fringe coat,

with the vintage rose vest underneath,

and my Comme des Garçons X H&M dropped crotch pants

*apparently said to have sold out in 5 mins!*

It's one of my proudest purchase from that day, along with the polka dot bag! ♥

Sadly, I have tons of other priorities in my shopping list,

and this coat is a bit out of my budget >__< *sigh*

wait for me, baby!

♥Waaay behind the camera♥

2009-03-26T11:26:00.004Z

Had my first photoshoot styling on Tuesday~~~

only had a week to prepare, and gosh I've splashed out!

but oh well, it turned out pretty good...

quite a few wardrobe changes, outdoor and indoor shoot

It took us all day though..

from about 11am till 6pm, damn knackered but satisfied.

Hair and Makeup by Dora Chan~~~

She was the one that got me into this...^__^

We had to have makeup and outfit change outside!!!

Managed to snap a few shots during action...

Aysha, a Polish photographer... she's really nice and bubbly~~~

and gosh she's sooo tall! she's even taller than the model!

I really liked the blue and white washed away door...

♥

Poor girl...she was shivering whenever the camera was down

it was really cold outside,

although the weather was good, but the chilly wind was horrible!

But she did well, took instructions pretty good as well~~~

Didn't manage to snap more pics,

camera battery went flat,

and was busy sorting out the clothes...

Looking forward for the next shoot,

but it ain't gonna be that soon!

busy busy busy with uni >__<

6 weeks of uni left!!! Wish me luck~~~

♥Refreshed♥

2009-03-23T02:20:00.007Z

Finally, had my hair colour refreshed last Thursday with Tien ^__^

The colour didn't turn out the way I wanted it to be,

but oh well, it never did anyway...

at least I got rid of the ugly overgrown roots~~~

This pic of Tien was over-exposed,

that proved how sunny the day was...

I retouched it a bit, really liked her orangey-red wavy hair here ♥

I've always liked this little curved path around central library,

with the curved walls and tall windows.

Something really timeless about it. ♥

These pictures looked as if we were abroad somewhere in Europe~~~

but in fact, they were only town hall and central library.. =___="

Oh well, little marvelous spots in Manc can be amusing sometimes,

don't you think so? *wink*

♥Down the road of N.Q♥

2009-03-19T02:15:00.005Z

After uni, I was persuaded by Grace and Sally to have lunch in China Town...

The usual dim sums of chicken feet, duck tongue and so on..hehe...

doesn't sound very appetising? I know ^__^

Such good weather with enough sunshine,

Ahhh~~~ luckily I've got my 小黑camera with me ♥

Grace had the sudden urge to wanna take pics with 小黑 today...

Must be the weather...

Threw on my fav white furry coat,

cause apparently forecast warning said that it was gonna be cold today >__<

I have to stop believing weather forecast that changes every seconds!

Why the huge shades??? Blame it to my red eye *sob*

woke up with bloodshot eye today!

No idea why, maybe the late nights and long hours in front of the screen *sigh*

And yes, I know I've been seen with this vintage trilby hat a bit too often recently...

Can't get over this obsession yet, so leave me alone!!!

Went vintage browsing with Grace in Northern Quarter...

Never failed to amaze me with little things you'll find in this area of town,

although that's where I go to work every week... hehee...

Grace's loving the graffiti... and made me take a picture WITH it... *sweat*

hehee...

P/S: Okay...This picture is a bit random... 扮甚麼貓咪啊？

不是啦！

我是Grace遺漏在機場，可憐的一把雨傘

“Grace主人，妳唔記得帶埋我走啊。。。我仲掛係trolley度既！”

♥Lost & Found♥

2009-03-17T02:33:00.007Z

For some reason, I have not been very excited bout going to town recently

and shop around for clothes, or bits and pieces...

I find it a bit sad... and annoying in fact

annoyed cause the 'me' now, is no longer the one that I used to be familiar with

how weird, don't you think so?

Maybe I'll get away by blaming it to my study...*not*

seeing that I'm already piled up with tons of never ending work about the industry itself,

I might have actually been a bit put off by them at the mo...

*******

I came across this ethical brand, SANS, when I was researching for my ethical project.

It's a New York based brand by Lila Volkova and Allessandro DeVito.

The following S/S 2009 collection totally got my attention!

I have a current obsession with cut-out at the mo..

and I just HEART the way it's being done in this collection ♥

An unknown force made me look more into this brand, but somehow there aren't that much info bout them online. Gotta hunt down some printed articles bout them!

The picture below is from their A/Q 2009-10,

The armless furry hooded coat, with just side seams, I'm dying to know how it's constructed and what fabric component is it!!!

Can't really see how the hood is joined to the body *sob*

******

Let me present to you, Susie Bubble!!!

Stumbled upon her blog when I was browsing around for some vintage dresses for a photo shoot, what a treasure I've found!

She's a British Born Chinese (HK) that's currently working for Dazed & Confused (Dazed Digital). Got hooked reading her blog, and her amazing style just so.... Susie?

haha... can't find a term that definite her style really..

Enough said, just click into her blog through the link under my Fave Read list...

After long hours of sitting down in front of the screen, browsing endlessly into different forums and blogs and sites and the list goes one.....

I'm pretty happy, cause I could feel the birds are flying back to me...

Many thanks to Susie Bubble, she has brought back some of my old senses *phew*

Looks like I'll have to cut down on food consumption, and increase in THE therapy ^__^

★Vincent★

2009-02-24T02:32:00.000Z

I've been humming this song a lot recently,

when I'm walking to work,

or when I'm waiting for the bus,

alone....

I guess i've been having this habit,

to block myself from the rest of the world...

to have my mind not thinking bout anything else...

other than the tune....

I've always liked this song by Don McLean a lot...

But I'm more drawn towards how Joanna Wang sends her emotions across through this song

王若琳－ Vincent

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflecting Vincent's eyes of China blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hands

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you Vincent
This world was never meant for one as
beautiful as you

Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
A silver thorn on a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will

♥迷宫♥

2009-02-23T00:24:00.004Z

不擅于对你表达，很自责

忍受我的任性，委屈了

起起伏伏的情绪，困扰了

不时的犹豫，不时的不定

觉得是必经的

只是像迷宫

有些，我不想说出口

也有些，我不想承认

可能和我遇到挫折的逃避习惯有关

未来有一天，

也许我会不经意的当成玩笑来表达

到时候，应该不重要了吧

如果真的不重要，也可能会忘了

近期来的压力，和种种因素

我只能转向用文字，纪录心

所以，不想公开这个小小的空间

只和少数分享

最近，王若琳的声音能平复混乱的心情

这首迷宫是中文版的 Let's Start From Here

歌词，很喜欢

因为太符合了

你也会喜欢吗？

王若琳－迷宫

看著你　看窗外　瞧瞧變紅的叶
輕輕的　你的手　又握緊了一些
該不該讓你到我的世界

let's start from here　無所謂　慢慢來

迷宮一樣的未來　轉一個圈
會到哪裡　我喜歡愛情有點神秘
I don't care where we go
Let's start from here

陪著我　喝咖啡　愛在空氣裡
暖暖的是你的笑　趕走心情的灰
我想我不在意你曾愛過誰

Let's start from here
無所謂　就算愛　　像空沙發在等待
擁抱著　是不確定　我喜歡愛情多點驚喜

I don't care where we go
Let's start from here
Let's start from here

愛一個人怎麼開始啊　像街上走過那些人們
轉一個彎　預見美好

Start from here
無所謂　慢慢來　迷宮一樣的未來
轉一個圈　會到哪裡　我喜歡愛情有點神秘
無所謂　就算愛　像空沙發在等待
擁抱著　是不確定　我喜歡愛情多點驚喜

I don't care where we go
Let's start from here　um…
Let's start from here　oh…
Let's start from here
Let's start from here

♥swift . tense . time♥

2009-02-22T15:08:00.010Z

It was Manchester Games '09 yesterday

and was volunteering for the very first time

Never really had a chance to get involved in M-games that much

when I was in the comm...

I've always been stuck with M-Night for some reason...

Here are some of my favourite pics that I managed to snap with 小黑

I like this one... ^__^

For the whole day, I was at the basketball court,

running around and screaming like a mad woman indeed >_<

How glam was that!

Me and Grace think that this is a pretty cool pic~~~

Don't you think so too?

the movements are kinda cool...

This may not occur to be a very appealing picture...

so why did I post it here?

Noticed how their poses are sorta like in pairs?

^___^

M-Games 09 basketball champion

Imperial College

The exhausted Grace and Von

I fell asleep while FB-ing!!!

一天下来，还真的满累

但令我想起以前那两年，四处奔跑的日子

不同的是，当初的战友

虽然，预了会招惹白眼和是非

难免会轻微的痛心，但我可没那么闲空去理会

我只要尽本能给以支持，就好了

欣慰的是，那些尝试逗我开心的人

意想不到的关心和一句‘辛苦晒’

真的还满感激的。。。

谢谢咯！♥

♥回忆，被削掉了♥

2009-02-21T01:06:00.000Z

在这儿，都好几年了

看着这儿的人，换了一批又一批

心里难免会有点既陌生，又熟息的无奈

这些日子，让我发现，没有任何人事物是永久的

反而，因待在这儿久了，一些美好的回忆会慢慢的被削，被消磨掉

久而久之，留在心里的，就不再是美好的了

美好的，只能凭记忆，埋没在脑里的一个角落

忍着泪，只求无奈的寂寞感能被忽略

不要经历痛心，就选择把心关闭

但不容易，因为习惯了分享，

可是当得来的，却是冷漠和不珍惜，甚至质疑

委屈，只能往肚里吞，因为是自找的

看来，我要寻找新的开始，新的回忆

当时间到了，我就不能回头。

♥Fab-Feb♥

2009-02-20T15:14:00.006Z

February

the month that is full of LOVE♥

signs of affectionate is growing,

and you can literally smell the Love in the air.

*okay, call me lame, so what!*

I had work on V-day night,

it was alright... but tiring, of course.

J, our manager, gave us roses that night after work...

how sweet~~~

*he just loves to please us girls...womaniser!*

The first night of Feb,

most of the Mancunians i know spent the night unconscious.

Why?

cause is was CNY party night at the new club Bijou!!!

the drinks was hell expensive, I have no idea how everyone ended up drunk anyway.

Rumours said that boys just swiped their cards like there's no tomorrow!

*saw that myself actually*

and the bill next day came up to be a few hundreds £££ at least!

Grace, Tien and Me..

Love you Grace for watching over me that night~~~*hugs*

This is our dear Ra'a,

The man who rocks NING!

and he's leaving us *sob*

behave yourself when u're back home!

Last day of CNY, Effie, YunSin and Wilson

came to Manc for dinner all the way from Cardiff and Notts!

It has always been fun to have them around ^__^

*Jee was holding the camera*

Wilson must be back home by now...

Didn't know he was leaving till we met up for dinner!

*sigh*

Cardiff's gonna be a lot calmer now...hehee...

Everyone miss you!!!

又来了

2009-02-15T19:13:00.005Z

我以为，

一切都很理想，

以前的，都不可能会发生

怪我胡思乱想好了，

我就是，怎样！

一而再，再而三，

叫我怎样嘛！

那是什么心态，恕我不理解

我知道可能是抱着玩玩的心态

但有些无心的举动是会伤人的

虽然不是什么大事情，但我可不想积少成多

这篇，看到与否，做什么感想，自己思考吧。

反正有人只看图，不看文。

♥cny away from home♥

2009-02-08T09:00:00.001Z

I've already spent quite a few CNY away from home

My first CNY in UK as a student, we had heavy snow.

My last CNY as a student, we had snow as well.

♥

Last year, I was home for CNY.

I won't know when will my next CNY at home be.

Hopefully in the near future.

As in next year would be great! ^__^

CNY in Manchester this year is a bit different,

I went to Foh Guang San,

I went to Spring Gala,

and I went to CNY open house ^__^

Above picture is from Spring Gala,

The Master was taking the opportunity to wish his parents CNY,

cause he has not been home for 10 years for CNY,

and was busy performing.

It was quite a touching scene >_<

Saw a few audiences wiping the tears off.

Guess there are a lot of people out there who have not been home.

MSSM this year did a good job to allow students celebrate CNY together,

with FREE FOOD! ^__^

this is always a bait for students to attend any events~~~

They made it in a bigger scale this year,

and people get to catch up after exams.

KeeKee, me, Linda and Alex~~~

Some of the most amazing people in Manc~~~*hugs*

This is me and Linda, back to our cam-whoring habits ♥

Lion dance was arranged, and I can assure you

that quite a few kids out there have not heard

the exciting thumping of drums for quite a while.

oOoOo... The lion is FIERCE!

♥Snowy CNY♥

2009-02-07T23:30:00.000Z

First day of Feb, went to ChinaTown for the CNY parade~~~

had been looking forward for this day,

cause it means pictures!!!

I've always love taking picture in the lift at my flat,

might be the lighting,

might be the mirrors,

it gives the pictures something different..^__^

Me in my favourite trilby hat!

making my way to China Town~~~

Was helping out giving incense sticks to people,

for them to make a wish with the Buddha statue 佛光山 prepared.

I had to say I never really had any experiences giving out stuff to strangers,

you'll had to get used to the rejects,

you'll have to have the courage to go up to strangers,

with a smile and friendliness.

It was snowing suddenly, totally didn't see it coming!

But it really had been sooooo cold recently...

Since the first snowflake of Feb that day,

UK had turned into winterland that few days!!!

It was quite hard to take pictures at such a crowded and happening surroundings.

You won't have time to think before you snap!

But luckily I still have a few favourites from the day ^__^

They are mainly pictures of adorable little ones ♥

This baby in BearBear suit is soooo CUTE!!!

only had a sec to take one shot,

I'm sooo lucky that it's a good shot! Weee~~~

This lil' China boy is so happy when the

财神爷threw ang pau and he managed to catch one ^__^

The love of Mother & Son ♥

Taken when I was being squashed in the moving crowd. >_<

The girl was totally checking out that handsome lil' boy!

*Awww...*

I'm sure the boy gonna grow up into a heartbreaker!

he's totally got the looks already!

Get to spend this CNY with Chien Hung and Pin...

Kriz came to visit as well...

But Vera was M.I.A >_<

*金ちゃん、it was freaking cold tho, I was sick after that day!*

Seri Insan-ers in Manchester!!! (with cotton candy ^__^)

As mentioned before, UK went white for a few days!

This picture was taken when I was leaving uni in the afternoon...

we left right on time! cause there was snow storm after that..

Kinda regretted that I didn't take pretty pictures in snow,

cause I was having hangover and red nose >_<

was tooo cold to even stop for a minute!

♥AMORPHOUS♥

2009-01-31T01:53:00.008Z

Past few days, I've been getting my hands into

sketching, drawing, putting ideas together, sampling

and it goes on and on and on...

This design project is due in a week! *EEK!!!*

still got sooo much to do, but quite excited bout how it'll turn out~~~

this is sort of my first attempt doing things this way,

cause i'm somehow being known as the asian lil' kid

with simple-looking designs, but somehow hard-ass to construct >_<

i bet the technicians just LURVE me... Ha ha ha...

Promostyl has always been THE book to look at

before u start any designs!

no wonder they cost hell lot for each season >_<

took inspirations from some of the informations in Promostyl,

decided to go mineral, organic, AMORPHOUS is the word...

Did a quick modeling on the stand with some sampling I did...

mind the crap bodice, it's just a pile of calico on the dummy,

don't want dummy to go naked in front of the camera *shy*

I was THAT close to loosing my toolbox today in ZARA,

don't wanna elaborate, but I had a panic attack and I was gonna vomit!

It's such a posh black leather case, I know it's lovely,

but please don't ever disappear again.

I NEED YOU!

_________________________________________________

Finally, get to skype with B after what seems like ages...

CNY must be so busy back home for him to be this busy *jealous*

Spending CNY in uk, definitely not the first for me..

but it has always makes me wanna be home >_<

I love dressing up and going to different places with mom and dad

I love the lion dances and hearing them from miles away

I love seeing my cousins and friends, gossiping and shopping

of course, I love the ang pau-ssssss as well! who doesn't!

I was home last year and managed to spend CNY as well

but it was so different, compared to before I left to UK

Very different, from when Grandma was still around

I still get a bit emotional when it comes to her

I bet I'm not the only onee.

Miss you popo,

Love you forever.

♥

___________________________________________________________

As mentioned before,

I'm actually still on skype with B

but B is still in bed... hehee...

it's already 11am back home! WAKE UP!

It's funny sometimes, to see B toss and turn in his sleep

*don't hear me wrongly, I DO NOT stare at the window and look at him sleeping*

Just every now and then... hahaha

B is just too adorable!

No wonder I love him so much ♥

♥CNY♥

2009-01-29T03:53:00.001Z

It's nearly the end of January,

but it's only the 4th day of CNY.

Eventhough I had spent quite a few CNY in UK,

this is the first time ever I've been to the

Foh Guang San temple in Manchester.

I really liked it there,

maybe cause I've always been quite attached to my religion,

especially towards Guan Yin 观音菩萨.

I made my dad buy me a Guan Yin statue during a China trip,

which is exactly like the one here, only a smaller size one.

which is now being placed in one of the temples back home ^__^

Really liked the smell of incense there ^_^

Also, I was given a bag of mandarin oranges and sweets~~~

and one Ang Pau with a cute phone charm *Happy*

Since I was to 吃齋 on first day of CNY,

which is similiar to vegetarian, I think,

There are not many choices of restaurants that I could go to.

So, me, Chien hung and Kok decided to eat in at Kok's~~~

Chien Hung and Kok, so called preparing food....lol

Having rice balls 湯圓, for dessert~~~

Chien Hung made the tiny ones from scratch!

but the ginger soup was a bit too spicy for my liking >_<

Oh! we have a surprise little friend outside at the balcony~~~

A Big Fat Soft Fluffy Bunny!!!

Kok said lil'bunny belongs to her neighbour...

he is soooo adorable!!!

I swear the bunny is a cam-whore!

he just posed there for me to take photos of him~~~♥

Peek-a-Boo!

It's 4am now, and I was supposed to be catching up on my design project...

But ain't got that much done yet... *sigh*

okay, back to work... with a glass of Rose~~~

♥牛年快乐♥

2009-01-26T03:48:00.005Z

Finally!!!

It's Chinese New Year! It's the Ox year~~~

牛年快乐！笑口常开！财源滚滚！

Was up cleaning my flat till the early hours of CNY eve....

a bit of a last minute, but at least I did it on time ^_^

Made sure that I woke up early enough,

so that I could go to chinatown to get some 汤圆 for tonight's dessert~~~

Then met up with Linda, Alex and Dennis for a lil' catch up ^^

Dennis said that this is my signature pose...

didn't really realised it till now..

oh well ^__^ at least I have one... hohoho....

I like this pic of us under the Chinatown Arch... from a different angle...

kinda edited it a bit to give it that rusty look.. ^__^

Cute cute Linda with a not so ready Alex... ^__^

but I really liked this picture...

so don't blame me for putting this pic in my blog yea~~~

While waiting to meet Grace before reunion dinner,

I was sitting in Piccadilly Garden, where the fountain is..

Always wanted to sit here alone one day,

to take photos of kids running through the shooting water.

They always make me wonder though,

aren't they cold??? It's freaking freezing!!!

Kinda like this photo showing the difference in dripping water ripple,

or whatever you call it...

Went to have reunion dinner with Grace, Sally and Ricky at Glamorous Restaurant.

Cool names that they came up with to link with the food.. ^__^

Okay, gonna get some sleep now...

Will update on my 年初一 activities in my next entry~~~

Before I sign off, once again Von wants to wish everyone

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

恭喜发财！

♥Slumdog Millionaire♥

2009-01-22T02:42:00.004Z

Today has been a good day,

even though I started it being nervous and uneasy,

it turned out pretty well as the day ended.

Happy with my meeting with supervisor,

Happy in seeing Petra finally, after days of trying to catch each other..hehee..

Managed to watch an awesome movie before work...

and that have totally made my day!

Slumdog Millionaire is just way too good...

(and the soundtracks are amazing as well!)

It's so good that I couldn't recall any other movies that made me felt the same way...

Don't get me wrong, I still love all the other good movies ^__^

In some ways, it had brought back some memories to me,

looking at the life portrayed there...

The slums, the kids... okay... not gonna reveal anymore...

Don't want you guys to call me a spoiler >__<

This is one of my favourite songs from the movie!

Paper Planes by M.I.A ♥

Another DVD on my waiting list now~~~ ^__^

♥New Hair . New Year♥

2009-01-21T01:58:00.007Z

Weeeee~~~ Had my haircut today!

So please allow me to have a vain moment here♥

A bit shorter than I expected, but it turned out well anyway ^__^

Not as layered, compared to my usual short cut before...

I would call it a subtle change...heehee

Got myself new hair, new clothes, new hat

Next step is to clean my flat...大扫除！！！

Then I'm truly ready for Chinese New Year~~~

la la la.....

* well, other than figuring out what to do for CNY that is >__< *

________________________________________________________

Okay, the following pictures will get you guys thinking,

" What is wrong with Yvonne, acting like a Raspberry!?!?"

Haha... I came across this Raspberry shower cap, and I just couldn't resist it!!!

I've always wanted a shower cap that's cool,

rather than the usual plastic-cling film-sort-of-stuff

Ta~Ta~~~ RaspberryVon ♥

♥Seven Pounds♥

2009-01-20T03:47:00.002Z

Finally...

A good movie to take my mind off

A good movie to let the emotions out

A good movie to have you thinking

This is the first movie in 2009 for me, and I am so glad ^__^

It's definitely a tear-jerker, but it has got its funny moments as well

Not gonna go any further now, I didn't watch the trailer before I've seen the movie,

so have your pick whether or not you wanna watch it...

Already can't wait for the DVD to come out!!!

♥

♥Helpless无助。 Loneliness孤独♥

2009-01-18T00:16:00.004Z

When you are all alone,

not even able to move a finger,

that is when you will be hoping for someone who cares, to be there for you.

It was not good at all

Don't want to sound like I'm moaning here,

but just wanted somewhere for me to throw things at.

This week had been weird.

This week was a series of weird sick routines.

It was not usually like this.

It may not be the worst, but It's definitely harder going through it alone.

汗，让我衣服湿了又干，干了又湿。

痛，来得突然，却不会完全离我而去。

逼自己冲凉，却差点晕了。

饿了，没饭吃，因为我没办法煮。还要受气。

Call for help? Who?

B也只能在电话得另一端，让我好过点。

原来，孤独生病是那么的无助

好几次，都忍不住痛苦得啜泣

梁文音

我不是你想像那麼勇敢

作詞：姚謙　作曲：陳威全

有時候太堅強　笑容卻填不滿眼眶
越是想要隱藏　歌聲就唱的更響亮
直到入到心底最深處 OH~
你不要追問我　還缺了些什麼

每個人都有夢　幸福總站在最遠方
心中越是渴望　越是不敢伸手擁抱
誰的心是我最後一站
我強問我自己　現在還沒有個答案

我不是你想像那麼勇敢
多想讓你保護能流淚一場
讓我放下武裝　像個孩子一樣
單純的把愛情放在你心上

每個人都有夢　幸福總站在最遠方
心中越是渴望　越是不敢伸手擁抱
誰的心是我最後一站
我強問我自己　現在還沒有個答案

我不是你想像那麼勇敢
多想讓你保護能流淚一場
讓我放下武裝　像個孩子一樣
單純的把愛情放在你心上

我不是你想像總是扮演堅強
多想讓你知道我也要個伴
放下討厭武裝　像個孩子一樣
單純的把愛情放在你心上

我不是你想像的那麼勇敢

♥未来的幸福♥

2009-01-15T06:34:00.008Z

远距离，思念是必定的

离开前，期望是更多的

只为拥有更多幸福回忆

思念时，难免会痛心

期望时，变得会贪心

此时，就忘了珍惜爱

记得，

有爱，就有思念

别让痛心与贪心所带来的犹豫，掩盖了当初那纯纯爱的感觉。

远距离，不代表看不见的未来

它可以是等待未来的幸福♥

这首“没有如果”，可能和我这篇没太大的关联，

但，MV里勾回思念。

令我留下思念的泪。

梁静茹没有如果

如果我说爱我没有如果
错过就过你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口
那爱是不是有一点弱

如果我说爱我没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么还怕什么
快牵起我的手

有人说
世界上最遥远的距离不是生与死
而是我就站在你面前
你却不知道我爱你

我常说
如果人类连爱一个人都被自己绑住
那世界末日已来到
不需要等到地球毁灭掉的那天

如果我说爱我没有如果
错过就过你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口
那爱是不是有一点弱

如果我说爱没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么还怕什么
快牵起我的手

♥还是有裂痕♥

2009-01-09T02:35:00.007Z

“玻璃碎了，合起来还是有裂痕”

这是红在定期收看的‘康熙来了”里，来宾趙哥，趙正平所说的一句话

红本人还满认同的。

最近觉得趙哥还满多金言

简简单单的一句话中，却可以很明确得表达他的看法，一点也不罗嗦。

简单的句子里，不简单。

他，不简单。

红，希望大家的心都是完整。

♥

♥爱。感情♥

2009-01-08T02:39:00.010Z

爱和感情

感情和爱

开始一段感情，可能需要爱

那有了爱，就能有感情吗？

一段感情的起步，是需要那股冲动和傻劲

但经营一段感情，需要的却有更多，更多

身边的人，都有他们自己的故事

有悲有喜，最近好像带悲的居多

不然就喜中带悲，悲中带着希望

有时，当红看着。。。听着。。。感受着他们的痛苦时

觉得都好熟息，却不时会让红觉得无助

毕竟红不是他们，红并不会完全懂得他们的故事，他们的痛

唯一能做的，就只有聆听，好让他们不要闷在心里，再给个拥抱

听着，听着。。。

红也会回想这三年多的这一段感情，

不敢说经历了很多

但，却成长了不少

红很庆幸，红很幸福

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－

之前，我看了看好久没进的，夏河J的博客

《地藏》这片，应该照应了不少人的内心

文章有个留言，让我稍微开窍了点

“每个人都有属于他的故事，不期望别人都懂，只是让自己好受些。”

♥白白的雪♥

2009-01-07T06:39:00.004Z

雪，

在新的一年开始，

就常常出来帮着忧郁阴暗的冬天添点浪漫气息。

雪

白白的

软软的

冷冷的

努力温习的他们

难寝难眠的我们

都不禁抬头看看

白白的雪，真的好漂亮

来得突然，

去时也不留点痕迹。

人生，好多时候也是这样吧。

雪，

让我觉得好幸福 ♥

好想让B，也看看呢。。。

窗外，又下着微微得白雪花

♥010109♥

2009-01-01T23:56:00.006Z

The last few hours of 2008

I've spent it in Ning

YES! you heard me right, I was working on NYE!!!

Not at all too pleased...

but oh well, this just showed me earlier of how the reality can be

It snowed, but I didn't realised that it did.

Was leaving footprints in the snow, but I didn't realised it was me.

See, I was pretty gone by then...

♥

Von was wondering, where the heck was she.

Von was walking for miles, and still didn't know where she was.

Von would never have walked that distance, sober.

Von was pretty much got conquered by the alcohol in her.

Von was still holding on to that last straw of sense.

♥

I swear, I still have no idea what the boys were doing... hmm....

Let me introduce to you, Jonas Rösch!

My manager at work was lying on the grass making snow devil... *sweat*

Yes, they were out of their mind! hahaha...

This was me, hugging a... lamp post?

=___=

First day of 2009

The beginning of 2009, I spent it in the most remarkable way..

no regret... *Peace out*

P/S: except for the fact that I slept through the rest of the day *sigh*

★Remaining of 2008--- 永别咯★

2008-12-31T15:34:00.005Z

Happy Birthday Shin!

Happy Birthday Sally!

Happy Birthday Chun!

Last 8 hours or so of 2008... and I'm on my bed typing this post...

was at Sally's yesterday night celebrating her birthday, and Chun's,

and only just got home about 10am today >___<

I'm still dead tired,

I still wanna go back under my duvet,

So why am I writing this post now?

Cause Von has to work on New Year's Eve night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Von doesn't even know if she's getting paid double for this!!!! >___<

I have to leave for work in half an hour time...

and won't be back till next year...

For year 2008, I've brought some scars over for 2009...

quite badly burnt my finger while cooking Christmas dinner,

now it looks like sliced hotdog =___=

But I'm ending 2008,

feeling contented,

and

feeling loved.

I've done some shopping before and after Christmas,

and these are my proud items...

Got this Paul Smith shirt from Selfridges

when they had the crazy discount vouchers all over the place before Xmas,

so couldn't resist buying this clever one for B!

loving the collar detail!

Went to Vivienne Westwood on 27th,

there was nothing much really this year...

nothing that gives me that rush...

But my brother really wanted a new VW wallet,

so picked this one in the end, it's already the best out of the bunch ^___^

it does look pretty cool and practical, ain't it?

took one with flash to show you the colour,

it's sky blue sometimes, and grey another time,

depending on the light...

压轴咯！！！

I told myself, I'm gonna get myself a really nice bag again this year...

cause really Boxing day is the only time when you can get bargain quality bags ^___^

Ta-Ta!

Von's first Chloe bag!!!

couldn't believe I managed to find this Paddington bag

Usually it would have been snatched way before I arrived at Selfridges

Was struggling to choose between the many bags that I love,

but thought this one might work well for quite a long while for me ^__^

Striving into the new year 2009 with a new bag~~~

P/S: B, thank you so much for everything

It has been a great year,

and it just keeps getting better!

Love you de V! ♥

★Christmas Dinner 2008★

2008-12-31T15:12:00.006Z

For the very first time in my life,

I've had friends over for Christmas dinner cooked by me!!!

This is everything that me and Vera prepared!!!

Vera did the salad and apple crumble (loved them!)

I made a daring first attempt to cook this whole chicken from scratch...

Usually I would buy a ready made chicken and pop it into the oven...

It turned out surprisingly well! *proud*proud*

But, I've burnt myself quite badly though... sigh...

Some of my Christmas pressies that I've opened on Christmas night...

realise that everything is purple toned?

hmm...... lol

Group picture with Von's Christmas tree~~~

★Eve of X'Mas★

2008-12-24T04:54:00.006Z

红的第一棵圣诞树

红色的球球，圣诞crackers，巴黎买回来的蕾丝

终于树下有礼物了！

Took me so long to have finally done most of the christmas shopping

'cause I've been either at work or in bed >___<

But I'm so happy to see all the presents under my first Christmas Tree

Some for me and some from me

我在Christmas Market买的

全家人都在哦！

圣诞树吊着圣诞树。。。“好冷哦，对不起！”

Christmas shopping 的时候买给自己的。。。超喜欢呢！

This Christmas, I wanted it to be peaceful and hassle-free

Although I doubt that It'll be hassle-free,

but at least I have them to spend it together with

I have so much in my mind these few days

都有难眠的现象了

好希望，B能快点没事

这是红，唯一的圣诞愿望

★受保护★

2008-12-21T20:51:00.005Z

事情发生第二天，B才告诉我

本来满冷静地，消化了过后，我就吓哭了

心想，怎么会发生这种事情呢

真的心痛了，听了心疼，看了更心疼

真想立刻回去，

但，我人在的话，我应该当场就吓傻了吧

变得矛盾

我身在远处，也陆续被通知了

更了解，也更心疼，更气

气，是因为发生了这种事

气，是因为牵涉到我身边的人

气，是因为大家开始对我有所保留

气，是因为他们怕我担心

这事情，闹大了

不尽早有交代，就会不了了之。。。

B，别担心，我没事的

你要没事哦，你没事就好。。。

★you can only turn 18 twice★

2008-12-17T01:35:00.006Z

It has been more than 2 weeks since my birthday, and it's my bad for not updating on it...

Didn't really do much...

I've had my party on my birthday eve at Tribeca's bed... ended up too crowded cause Sing.Soc brought everyone from their D&D >___<

I think I only know half of the room... but it was a good night, not that I had 100% memory of it... ^___^

At least I was sobering up when I arrived at V-Hall for the next session....mainly was shocked because of the scene of the long looooong Queue outside my friends' flat!!! seemed like the whole of tribeca ended up at V-Hall....somehow...

Picture with the girls.....♥

Picture with the boys... and yes... BOYS!!!

With my personal makeup artist and hair stylist ^___^ DORA~~~ she did my hair and makeup, and made me looked like a princess~~~ love you!!!

Went for VERY late lunch with Vera, Kok and Vera's friend Bernie at Try Thai...Then had dinner with Grace, Sally and Ricky at Franklyn & Benny's....

I have no idea how did I managed to fit all those food into my tiny tummy...*sweat*

These are all my lovely presents from my lovely friends.... for a record, I haven't had a soft toy for a while now... hmm... I guess I've passed the age to receive toys...

Oh! Have to mention my first present from my brother, it's a necklace!!! the one right beside the eyelashes~~~

Dear Petra made this yummy chocolate tarts for me.... ^___^

How sweet can she be...*happy*

★Emo★

2008-11-29T05:16:00.004Z

Again, today I went to town alone

supposed to meet up with someone... but oh well...

was not even sure why did I go to town again

been in town alone practically everyday this week

at first it was ok, but then you do it too often that it's getting abit sad...

i know, i know...I did mentioned in my previous post that I enjoyed going to town alone...

Just let me be emo once a while =___=

I've been trying to avoid all those Christmas markets,

cause they just make me fell worse....

but since i had to go to the bank in St.Ann square, I couldn't really avoid them >___<

gosh... don't I sound so emo?

couldn't stop myself from peeking at different stalls that I walked pass...

wooden toys, chestnut, sweets, german hotdogs...

all these are exactly the same as my first german market experience in Manc...

oh! but shaking those snowglobes cheered me up ^___^ *pretty*

these stalls reminded me so much of the memories... that just stay as memories now...

Kinda made me realised that I've been here for too long, that it's about time I move to a new environment...

★Disney★

2008-11-27T02:18:00.004Z

I've been wandering alone around town a lot lately... Sometimes with a purpose in mind, and then it just became a habit..... it might sound a bit sad, walking alone in town, with all these crowds around you. Don't get me wrong, I like walking in town alone... just not when it's too busy... ^__^

I walked passed Swarovski one day, and I had to stop and turn back cause something at the window display just caught my attention.... It's this Bambi collection that they have! I just had to walk in to the store and I was like OMG!!! Bambi!!! and there THUMPER!!! oh and Flower the skunk!!! I totally adored them...I told myself, one day I'm gonna get them and have a pretty display area for them in my home....

Then, of course there's a winnie the pooh collection as well... which has been out for a while.... but somehow Piglet looked even more cuter that day... did they have a new winnie the pooh collection out? Anyway, I thought this Piglet looked exactly like the one B got for me from this toy clamping maching in London....

totally irresistible.....

wait for me babies~~~~~~~~

★Neverending★

2008-11-27T02:04:00.003Z

Been making a Balenciaga dress and finally handed in the garment and technology file last Friday. Been working on it since the term started, been in uni practically on every available days, and yet, I still didn't manage to finish everything on the criteria... I missed one out of the many... >___<

but it was a big burden off my shoulders.... with a design deadline on the same day as well, everyone was stressing out *EEEK!!*

And people would have thought, handed this garment in and finally we could relax...

*WRONG!*

straight away we have a new design brief... and also 2 outfits to make!!! even though they are only due in early next term... but still!!!! >___<

oh! not to mention that we have this Anthropometric assignment which we have 3 essays to write.....

hm... ok ok.. this blog is getting a bit stressful and boring......

let's get on to something more interesting~~~

my birthday is coming up~~~~~~~ can't be bothered to think of a new way of celebrating my birthday... so am just gonna stick to the traditional way, that's getting wasted!!!

booked a place for my party, so all my friends can just come and enjoy getting drunk ^__^ let's just hope that there's someone to carry me home.... *fingers crossed*

★I like......★

2008-11-16T02:40:00.001Z

I like bags

I like rings

I like shoes

I like head-gears

I collect bags

I collect rings

I collect shoes

I collect head-gears

★Haaar..... loweeeen★

2008-11-16T00:02:00.000Z

I know, I know...It has been half a month since Halloween night..... better late than never though... really wanted to show you guys the this year's halloween's little bits and pieces...

Couldn't decide whether to go out or not, cause I've got sooo much uni work to do.... but Grace really wanted to go, since it's our final year in uni.... so, in the end...I gave in ^___^

Let me present..... Baby Witch!

Didn't have enough time to prepare for a proper costume or makeup... since we've only decided in the afternoon.... but still managed to get TuTu skirt and feather eyelashes..... ^__^

my brother thought I looked scarily weird... but others were like... "woooo waaah..." and stared into my eyes... *sweat*

We've decided to go pubcrawl.... in the end, we went to Tribeca and BaaBar in Canal Street.... then off to finish the night at Pure... where everyone is~~~

Mummy in Tuxedo with glowing necklace~~~ preserved in style.... ^__^

Bumped into John's friends on our way to pub crawl...loving that rock star look ^__^

Noticed the glowing straws? it's the stirring wand from the witch..... *wink*

Jason took this cool pic of me and Grace at BaaBar entrance.... damn cool yea?

Ivan looking original in this costume!!!!!!

Randomly stopped this guy to take picture with... why? isn't the reason obvious enough???

Me and Grace with our Jumbo Hotdog supper.... *muah*

★Comme des Garcons★

2008-11-14T03:02:00.001Z

As mentioned in my previous post, I went for the Comme des Garcons'

collaboration with H&M!!!

was supposed to go with Grace... but she ditched me >___<

was supposed to get there by 8am... but I only woke up at 8am >___<

BUT! I was lucky~~~

reached there at 8.45am.... and the Queue was shorter than I expected... but 5 min after I was in the Queue, it just doubled up... *phew* thank goodness I didn't have to Queue for long... since they are open at 9am~~~

They didn't have a lot of the garments, just some shirts, cardigans, trousers, trench coat..... I didn't spot any of the deconstructed trousers or skirts... which was very disappointing *sigh*

Anyhow, I still managed to get the bag and trousers that I originally wanted... there was another pair of trousers that I'm soooo in love with!!! but it's a size 12... way too big >___< *sad* It looked sooo good on a lady in the changing room...and she's a size 8!!! *green with envy*

But I'm well proud of myself to be able to get hold of the bag!~!~! there were only 30 of them in store.... and that was the first thing I snatched when I got into the store *proud*

In the end, I left the store happily with 2 big bags... didn't plan for the shirts... but hey, my own salary I paid them with.... guilt free~~~ AND! they go perfectly with the trousers~~~

I've gotten these two, a shirt and polo for B... but they are M size... worried that they might be too big for B >___<

so B, let me know whether you want them yea ^___^

Conclusion...... It was a bit disappointing.... not so much chaos though...and a lot of leftovers, like the basic plain shirts and cardigan....might have been better if I went to the one in London... but I'm not that crazy.... Von is still sane!!!

★unusual life of von's★

2008-11-13T00:38:00.000Z

Why is it unusual? hmm.... let's see...

von has been going to uni everyday... except sat and sun....

von has been going to uni even though there are no classes anyway...

von has been staying back in uni till the technicians shooed her and her friends away so they can close up...

von has brought lunch box to uni for the very first time... cause she's sick with eating uni's food everyday *and they are expensive as well*

does that sound unusual? it is for von... must be the final year fever that people had been warning her about

von knows she should have blogged more often... not that she's tooo busy to go online... she's never too busy for FB!

and don't get her wrong about the uni = home issue...

she still went out for Halloween night out (under the persuasion of Grace's)

she still went to some of those chinese parties...2 of them, to be specific

she even went to Notts games last sat!

OK.. photos....I'm not gonna put everything onto this post... it's pretty l

ate... 1am... ok...not THAT late... but I'm waking up early to fight for Comme Des Garcons in H&M!!!!!! and then back to uni for more work..*pathetic*

so i need all the energy I can have...

These are from Operation Christmas Child, where we packed some gifts in a shoebox to be sent to some of the poorest kids in the world... i got her coloring books, crayons, soft toy, sweets etc....

Haven't been feeling this contented for a while... felt so good by the end of the night ^___^ hope a girl in some corner of the world would love my box of gifts!!!

★Never Enough★

2008-10-25T03:38:00.000+01:00

Went to town to do market research at Harvey Nichols on Thursday with Grace and Sally,

Then, Grace wanted to go to Topshop, cause they're having sales!!! I was like, okay... but I'm not getting anything yea >___<

and look what happened in the end *sigh*

Finally, I've gotten a pair of ankle boots with really cool heels!!! Grace found them at the Office shoe sales corner... lucky~~~

Had been eyeing Yuki's dresses in Topshop, and found this at the sales corner!!! only piece~~~ not even sure whether it was supposed to be there though...LOL

Like this glittery metallic cardigan with the side seam detail, and metal buttons ^___^

When i took this off the rail, I just thought.. Just give it a go and see how it looks like....

Ended up, I love this sooooo much!!! Didn't expect this little one will look so good... and I feel good in it.... now that's important ^__^

I bought this one last weekend at Urban Outfitters, when I was bringing Joelle (she came to visit from Scotland) around to shop. I'm not that much into this sort of zipped hoodie, but really love the sakura print on it....

These are my latest goods... I still have a few more from before... but... oh well....

More to come peeps~~~ if my account lets me >___<

★LOVE★

2008-10-22T00:09:00.000+01:00

Came across this tea when doing some grocery shopping in town... I find it very eye-catching... ok, the label at the back is a bit tacky, cause I think they went OTT with the whole LOVE thing.... but I still bought it anyway ^___^

I especially like this sentence---*Love is the flower of life*

Enjoying my cup of Tea of Love, in my colorful hearts mug!

★干物女★

2008-10-17T03:10:00.000+01:00

It has been 4 weeks since I've been back in uni now....It's not like I didn't have time AT ALL to update my blog, but it just didn't occur to me that ther

e is a need to anymore... hm... not sure why I'm feeling that...

I had been awfully ill for over a week.

I couldn't speak, I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep.

Because I've had sore throat, and had been coughing, till I would cry and vomit.

Thank goodness I'm much better now...Only got cough left...

I have my voice back, although it's not as sweet as before still.

I could finally eat real food! Not that Grace's and Sally's porridge weren't good... ^__^

With me being sick, I barely go out, other than to uni and work... (I know, can't believe I still have to work at that state) Now, I've been branded anti-social by my brother...LOL...Yvonne? anti-social? that doesn't go....>___<

I would say I'm more of a 干物女, kinda mean Staying home girl.

Now, I enjoy staying home more...

I get to Skype with B...

I get to go into cyber space...

I would do house chores now and then...

I get to cook more...(not that I'm that good a chef, at least I get to practice ^^)

Oh, how can I not mention that I just love doing all those projects and uni work HA HA HA HA HA........

But I enjoyed little outing sessions,

like dinner with Bim, Lex and the rest for Lex's bday...

Out and about in town with Grace and Sally...(they

are my two coursemates, I practically see them everyday)

Grace and Yuchieh had been staying at mine for a while, Sally and Ricky too... We get to go to uni on the first day together... go to the Chinese party at M2 together... gosh, it felt like boarding school...LOL

This pic was taken in the lift at my flat on our first day to uni, with Sally and Grace ^^

Oh, and my twin brothers turned 21 a while ago.... This is a cake that I've got for Jee on his bday night...

★I AM Ready★

2008-09-25T23:44:00.000+01:00

My room is cosy now,

I will get enough rest in my little space.

I've gotten a haircut today,

I will look fresh for uni tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a fresh start,

Eventhough it'll be the final year.

May I enjoy this year, an exciting year with no regrets.

Wish me all the best, my beloved ones.......

★FINALLY★

2008-09-24T01:30:00.000+01:00

During my Birmingham day out, I made B check my student emails for me...

And so, I found out that I've got an interview with Jo-Y-Jo next morning!!!

was nervous and excited...

And when I've finally gotten back home after those stupid 5 hours coach ride (thanks to the driver who couldn't find his way),

I checked my emails again, and guess what!!!

Hi Yvonne,

You have now been transferred (as of today) onto the final year of the CDT degree.

I have spoken to your year tutors who will be expecting you on Friday at 9 am in room 50.

Looking forward to welcoming you on the course!

Kind regards

Nathalie

So I think that's it for my interview....and it's time to celebrate!!! and of course, retail therapy!!! *wink*

P/S: for those who knew me really well, you all would have known how much this meant to me *jumping around*

★小黑★

2008-09-24T01:17:00.000+01:00

In case you haven't noticed already, I have finally bought my little baby!!!

Managed to get it on 15/09/2008... 2 days before I fly again... At least I have my little baby to travel with me ^___^

Me and B had decided to name my little baby 'Small Black' @ 小黑

So I guess you all will be seeing a lot of 小黑!!!

ENJOY!

★Lil outing to Birmingham★

2008-09-24T00:52:00.001+01:00

Woke up early today for our little Birmingham trip!

The main purpose of the trip is so that Vera gets to spend one more day with her mom before Auntie leaves on Friday...

At the meantime, I get to bring my little baby for a little practices session! ^___^

We took pictures at the Bullring, had dimsum with Vera's relatives, then back shopping in Bullring again...

Nothing much really, just a nice day out in Brrrmingham... and everyone had their tries with my little baby...so, let the pictures do the talking... they show how silly we can get!

★Vera's First Day in Manc★

2008-09-22T17:10:00.000+01:00

Vera's first day in Manchester, she arrived from Birmingham a day after me... so me and Chien Hung brought her around, bringing her to shop for some groceries...

It felt weird but in a good way, it's like high school all over again, only that we're no longer in KK, but in Manc instead... of course, we've grown as well...

I'm expecting a different year ahead of us... and hopefully it'll be a good one...

Now it's me and Vera here... really wished that Veronie is here as well... then it would be perfect ^___^

Tomorrow, we'll be going for our first little trip to Birmingham... bringing Vera to visit her mom there before Auntie leaves for KK soon....

★Traveling Alone★

2008-09-22T16:28:00.000+01:00

Not the first time to travel alone,

Not the first time to say goodbyes,

Not the first time at all...

But this time, It felt like it's the wrong time...

And I don't like it at all...

Standing alone, looking for a seat...

Sitting alone, waiting to board...

Watching TV alone, and no one to share the funny bits with...

Not at all strange to all this,

but this time, it just felt weird.

My only companion during the flight

★CryBaby in Manchester★

2008-09-19T00:20:00.000+01:00

Only just arrived today, but the minute I stepped out from the plane, I wanted to hop on the next flight back home again...

I left the all new fancy KK airport (which is totally a miniature KLIA), with swollen red eyes and red nose...I bet the immigration guy thought I got coned or sth, or maybe I'm another baby leaving home for the first time... well, they wouldn't have imagined that I've done this all too many times now >___<

I have never been a crybaby in front of my family and friends whenever I leave. If I ever do,(that would have only been once, ok.. maybe twice), tears usually only start rolling down the second I turn my back at them... but this time, only God knows how many times I have teared up... holding it back, and tear up again...

I know, I'm such a baby......see, I'm tearing up again....

there are loads that I want to update here, but.....oh well, I better stop before I end up with eyes like goldfish tomorrow...

★No girl can EVER have too many bags★

2008-09-03T20:52:00.000+01:00

What is one of the best thing ever for a girl?

Shopping!

and what is the bonus?

Not stepping out of the house and still get pretty stuff for good price!!!!

hehe... my cuzzie started this online shopping for bags for a while... and g

osh, I just can't stop browsing through them, shortlist them, and give myself more troubles in making up my mind >___<

pity B, being forced to help me decide ^^

Just ordered 4 bags!!! and that's out of a loooong wish list...

*sigh*

but one can never disagree (and dare not to) that a girl can NEVER have enough bags... or shoes!

I'll get these 2 one day... maybe next order...*wink*

ONE of what I'm getting ^____^ can't wait to carry them!!! too bad I can't shop for shoes like this...

oh! in case you're wondering, here's the website http://polkahousepolka.blogspot.com

but i've already added the link as my fav read anyway...

★36 months★

2008-08-31T18:31:00.000+01:00

It is September already, and I'll be leaving again in 2 weeks time...

This time, It is going to be harder than ever to leave you behind...

We had a different 30-08 this year...

We had a casual 30-08-08...

Not a romantic dinner and not just the two of us...

But we had fun...

BBQ with a few friends, over a few cans of beer...

The afternoon surprise from underneath the seat...

The final surprise,

36 roses for 36 months...

3 colours for 3 years...

Thank you for the necklace,

Thank you for the roses,

Thank you for the night.

I can never thank you enough...

Happy 3 Years Anniversary, B!

★Down the Food Memory Lane★

2008-08-09T16:41:00.000+01:00

Been back for 2 weeks now, had been eating a lot!!! Looks like losing weight is not an option for me now >___<

Roast chicken --- Wisma Merdeka food court

Apple Danish with Ice-cream!!! --- Upperstar, Damai

Upperstar Special Drink... I think there's Amaretto in the Chocolate smoothie,totally delicious for summer!!!

Nothing beats this Coconut pudding!!!

Har Mee (Prawn Noodles) --- Old Town Cafe, Citymall

Not as good as the one in Foh Sang though...

Wasabi Pizza --- Fish & Co.

Not really to my liking.. it's pastry base, and quite sweet with butter...

not much wasabi taste as well

Baked Salmon in pan! I actually quite liked this on... Baked Salmon with citrus herb crust served with creamy mushroom sauce ^___^

I didn't have this, my friend did... But i like the helmet-like bowl dish...

I think it's curry noodle --- Maple Cafe, Damai

Fish Noodle (Noodles made out of fish, literally!)

The portion is quite small, but it's good enough for a light meal ^___^

Chocolate Indulgence --- Secret Recipe, Warisan Square

It goes well with a very icy glass of ice lemon tea, but it's SOOO fattening!

And finally, one of the more special dish that even it was a first time for me...

Salted fish Aubergine!!!

totally different from the ones I had in Manchester, and it's not as salty as well...

Ok, I think I'm overdoing the food thing in just one post now >__<

★Oympics opening★

2008-08-08T19:51:00.001+01:00

The opening was amazing, impressive... am so proud to be Chinese!

While watching Beijing Olympics 2008 opening, this was what we were doing as well... >___<

B trying his luck to clean mom's birdnest... "You guys watch the birdnest on TV, I watch this birdnest here"---B

I know those reading this post will be thinking, how bored can I get... yes, I can get this bored! Not exactly that exciting watching countries that I have never heard of parading out >___<

★Present★

2008-08-08T19:38:00.001+01:00

Present from V to B ^___^

★Happy Birthday, 恩恩★

2008-08-05T17:27:00.001+01:00

Happy Birthday to my BuBu!!!

3rd Birthday now...

Not much surprises this time... cause I realised I'm not very good with giving surprises >__<

And you never really seemed surprised anyway... *sigh*

Hope you'll have a good Birthday this year... Love you! *Hugs*Kisses*

★Desire★

2008-08-04T20:24:00.000+01:00

Not many get to do what they desire,

Not many even know what they desire,

Some dare not even dream their desire.

They can only doubt others who dare to dream.

They can only envy those who achieved.

I will not let myself be one of them.

It will never be easy, no one ever said it is.

With all these realities, I am even more assured and confident of my desire.

Even if I do not get what I desire, I will be happy with my choices and with my life.

★Regrets?★

2008-07-31T21:04:00.000+01:00

What a mess I've gotten myself into...

I don't usually regret making such choices, but this an exceptional case... And I should have seen it coming...

The things that I have to sacrifice in order to make way, I am not prepared...

Enough said...

★Daddy = Warrior★

2008-07-31T20:31:00.000+01:00

With all the recent events, trying to keep low profile seems much harder than how it used to be...

Before, as long as I don't make an appearance with Dad, I don't get recognised that much...

But now, It doesn't seem to be like that anymore....

Went to the court for the very first time, for a case that dad attended as a witness... (am not planning to go into details with the case, don't want things to get political in here ^^)

But the way the respondent's lawyer questioned dad, it was more like as if dad's the one on trial... >__<"""

it was full house in the court that day, and gosh, the whole thing was for 3 hours!!! and it was only Dad as witness....

not bad though, although it got a bit annoying and boring at some point, but we had a good laugh now and then, cause Dad was very clever with his words and oh my, the lawyer is a bit 'off'

anyway, enough with the case, you'll never know who will bump into my blog... >__<

the same night, We had a briefing in HQ about the reply for the 'motion' (for those who were updated, you'll know what is it about)

at the end of Dad's speech, he was surrounded by reporters, took a picture of it, but for privacy sake, I rather not upload it here, no matter how cool the picture is... ^^

★Can't get enough of this feeling★

2008-07-31T20:06:00.000+01:00

I really wanted to blog in chinese... but I still couldn't work out how to type chinese with my new macbook...*silly me*

oh well... will have to make do for now... lucky for those who can't ready chinese *ehem*

been home since 26th Sat... and it has been good so far... ^^

minus the awful turbulence, long hours flight, jet-lag, and random illness..... >__<

been busy with the Azurous event, which will be on 22nd Aug... so which means, will be in KL for a week or so for the event... quite hard to get things done, harder than i expected...

So far, other than that, managed to spend some quality time with my silly one... He lost a lot of weight and tanned.. finally i'm the fairer one now ^^

Only been apart for few months but somewhat felt like ages...

But I still love the feeling of seeing each other again after a while... Seeing the little changes in each other...

Am so glad to be home...

★Image Designs★

2008-07-21T16:06:00.001+01:00

These 2 Images, the blush is higher up above the cheekbones

These 4 images, for eyebrow designs reference, can be combined to produce another type of designs to match our theme

These 3 images are for extra head pieces.. but this idea doesn't have to apply to all models...

All these images are for references, could use own imaginations to develop it further.... but these are the sort of stuff that i think could be different but match with most designs...

★Time with Parents★

2008-07-13T22:57:00.000+01:00

I'm in london!!!
just got here with my mom and dad... daddy drove us down with our comfortable rented car from Manchester...
dropped by Leicester for lunch with Auntie Sue and Uncle Andrew... then drove down to London and am now at Auntie Theresa's house...

Parents arrived on Friday early morning... Spent some time making my flat more like a home... Dad took a walk around alone while me and Mom busy tidying up the flat and their luggages...was a bit worried that he insisted on walking alone, but he hasn't been back to Manchester for a VERY long time...
the next day, we went to IKEA, sort of just made our way there by accident cause we actually wanted to check out Old Trafford where Daddy used to go for college....

Anyway, it's been a long day, and so will tomorrow be....gonna go to Central London and maybe go to the river bank.... ciao till then peeps!

★Movie Sunday★

2008-07-06T23:11:00.000+01:00

Today, my day off...after all the moving yesterday and working 4 nights in a row, i was totally knackered when i got home...

wanted to go to town earlier to get stuff, but in the end, only arrived when shops are closing already...

supposed to watch SATC finally today with J and Raa.... BUT!!! Raa couldn't make it cause he's got unexpected visitors.... so J and I went anyway... got there, and the next one is 2 hours away!!! Raa owes us two now!
so, in the end, we watched Hancock instead...

Before the movie, we couldn't resist trying out the clamping machines... we tried quite a few times and didn't get any >__<>__<

finally, back to Hancock... I didn't know what to expect from this movie, but i have to say, it was good...could have been better, but it's good... ^^ funny but not shallow....and Charliez Theron is hot!!! totally loved the bit when Hancock tried hurting her...

Anyway, tomorrow's Linda's graduation, can't wait to go and camwhore with her!

★Lancaster House★

2008-07-05T03:19:00.000+01:00

Due to some people not able to understand mandarin, I will post in English once a while ^^
hehee...

tonight is my last night in Student Village, am moving back to 35 Lancaster House... where I used to live in 2006 with Jun.... how i miss those days... >__<

Have been cleaning, tidying, unpacking in Lancaster House since Monday... things are looking better now, but still a lot to unpack...

After this post, I won't be able to post soon... won't be having internet yet at my new/old home...

take care~~~

★世纪大扫除★

2008-07-01T01:21:00.000+01:00

今天。。。签了合约，拿了钥匙，就和Aik Pin开始进行世纪大扫除！

我洗厕所冲凉房，AikPin洗厨房。。。不洗还好，一洗才知道原来这么肮脏！

活了20几年人，还是第一次这样洗洗刷刷。。。
虽然包租公说已经找人清洗了两天，但还是肮脏的可怕！

房间里。。。灰尘。。。蜘蛛网。。。垃圾。。。只差没有昆虫。。。Thank goodness!

很幸运AikPin在这儿帮我。。。不然，我一个人洗三天三夜都洗不完！

明天，还要继续。。。

★永久的烙印★

2008-06-30T05:35:00.000+01:00

纹身的想法，越来越清晰。。。
想要的图腾，渐渐得明确。。。
当中的意义也慢慢的浮现。。。

纹的身体部位，虽想在脊椎骨。。。
但，总觉得纹在左脚背比较实际，主要原因也为了遮盖难看的疤痕。。。
而且，比较不会太惹人注意。。。毕竟还是有一定的形象要顾。。。
如果可以不顾一切的纹。。。我想，我的手腕，脊椎骨部位，颈背，都让我给纹了吧。。。

刚柔并济，幸福吉祥
节节相连，节节有孔，以示心心相通
色彩艳丽、婀娜多姿的风格，被历代的文人誉为“翠盖佳人”
与人间佳人不同的是，"它"的美是天然，自然的美，没有一丝的人工装饰，
“出污泥而不染” 比喻着，不愿与世俗同流合污，具有高风亮节的人

猜到红娃娃想要的纹身图腾了吗？

★又来了★

2008-06-30T05:21:00.000+01:00

我显然，真的太闲了。。。
听Linda说了说blogger的不一样，就决定把我搁置了好久的blogger开始它的生命。。。

就让我慢慢发掘blogger的世界吧！

☆红☆