Sitting in the makeup seat in an SPH photo studio, I was horrified when the makeup-artist-cum-hairstylist announced, “I will give her curls.”
It wasn’t armageddon-degree horror, but close enough.
Not that I have anything against curly hair, but it’s just not me. And in this particular photoshoot, I was supposed to be me and not some generic model.
A bunch of people had been invited to be featured in a Christmas special (I think) for Digital Life and we were told to wear a black jacket with a white top and a black bottom.
But I didn’t know what the interview was going to be about because it was arranged for me by a third party and I just had to turn up. When I was there, I found out the theme was “corporate”, which added another degree of horror to my state of mind.
Things that are not me: Corporate, elegant, graceful, curly hair.
The adventurous me delighted in my new look, of course, but the me me felt fake and uncomfortable.
It’s fortunate that I have a split personality or I would have been traumatised beyond recovery a long time ago, since I do chance to get a funny new look every once in a while.
Well, I suppose I don’t look too bad like this. Just different. (And not me.)
I went home in this get-up (by MRT) feeling weird, knowing it was just pointless paranoia but still feeling it.
I would have felt more comfortable going home in a bunny suit complete with floppy ears and a bob tail.
I’m serious.
I can be crazy and nutty and psychotic but I can never be a graceful, mature lady.
I felt a little unnatural and awkward posing for the photographs because I never know how to behave when I’m dressed corporate or elegant.
They wanted me to look like a confident career woman, and cheerful. It was a tall order.
I know how to look cute and cheerful, though!!! But, of course, that was wrong for the theme.
I hope my photos turn out okay in the papers, I think tomorrow.
Statistics and news reports show that kids are starting at a younger age.
I think (for myself) it would be scary to be a kid now. Today’s kids are growing up in a society that constantly stresses them and confuses them. Their heads are probably all messed up.
Not in the sense that they’re crazy or anything, but in the sense that it’s hard for them to make sound and informed decisions.
Sex, to them, is probably just another thing that’s lying around, waiting to be tried.
After taking the sky ride up the hill, we went down it in style!
Like our new hats?
Haha.
The Sentosa LUGE RIDE!!
That was so fun!! The luge staff all wore t-shirts proclaiming that “Once is not enough” and they’re right! But I didn’t do it again cos I didn’t want to take the sky ride up again and I didn’t fancy ascending the hill by foot (although it’s possible if you enjoy walking).
Sunset was approaching and we needed to get back to the beach to find more bikini babes!
But, first, we took some photos at the popular Siloso Beach colourful icon.
There are a few trams that travel up and down Siloso Beach, so you can hop onto one of these (free-of-charge) if you’re lazy to walk.
We went back to Cafe del Mar. We decided that’s where all the babes would be because that’s where the party was!
Unfortunately, the outside seating was all filled so we had to sit indoors. It’s pretty cool indoors, though. I mean literally! The air-con was cold! Just nice after a hot day at the beach!
We had to enjoy the outdoors vicariously.
And then the party started and the dancing babes came out.
My stupid camera can capture juice dripping out a lemon but it can’t do dancing babes without blurring.
Well, that’s what videos are for. You’ve already seen the video, so… next!
Camwhore!
But I want to talk about dinner now.
Dinner at Ami’s Restaurant!
This is also on Siloso Beach, just beside the Beach Station, which you should stop at if you’re taking the Sentosa Express from VivoCity.
Soup of the day:
I can’t remember what soup it is already. Haha. But it’s good. Really.
Satay:
Is not as good because the meat is a bit tough.
Chilli soft shell crab:
Is good!!! The sauce tastes like a cross between chilli crab sauce and sweet and sour sauce. The crab is fried in batter and tastes just divine. But you have to eat it fast before the batter turns soggy.
Potato salad:
Give it a miss unless you like hard potato. The salad dressing is nice but I like my potato very mushy!
Spicy crab pasta:
It’s not spicy at all lah. But I like! The sauce is a bit like the chilli soft shell crab sauce. This was my main course and I really enjoyed it, although I wish they had heaped on more sauce. And more crab meat.
Pepper steak:
I wish I had ordered this! It’s really tender and juicy and just nicely done. Yum.
Dessert:
This is a sago with gula melaka and coconut milk dessert. It’s really divine. But I couldn’t finish it because the dinner had made me so full!
Geez, I need to go back to Ami’s again.
The Goonfather joined us later in the night because he had class till 6 pm and after that had to collect Makkuro from the hospital. (In case you haven’t been following my blog, Makkuro’s engine busted a few weeks before. Makkuro is the Goonfather’s car.)
We went to watch Song of the Sea, a musical extravaganza that incorporates live actors, fireworks, laser effects, musical fountain and fire!
It’s a night show and there are two shows daily. It’s really popular! The queue was amazing. A ticket costs only $8 (adults) and it’s free seating.
It was about 15 minutes before showtime. We were trying to find the end of the queue and I almost fainted when I saw this. (It snakes all the way to the extreme left of the photo.)
We thought that was the end but when we got there, there was ANOTHER QUEUE HIDDEN BEHIND THE FIRST QUEUE.
OMG.
But it didn’t take too long, fortunately.
This is the stage:
It’s the whole freaking beach!
Check out the crowd.
Attap houses in the sea form the backdrop for the stage.
The 20-minute show is about a young man trying to break an evil spell to wake a beautiful princess. Hmm, okay, I prefer the cool effects. I love the musical fountain and the fire show. If you sit near enough, you can actually feel the heat from the fire and a bit of the water spray.
Nothing like fireworks to end a spectacular day!
If I hadn’t been invited to hang out at Sentosa for a day, I wouldn’t have known that there are so many fun things to do there, especially on Siloso Beach, which is for the cool and the happening!
(Yah lah, I know I’m very sua ku and I know many people do hang out at Sentosa regularly lah.)
It’s also surprisingly easy to get there. You wouldn’t even think that you were travelling to an island because it’s so near the city. I took the Sentosa Express, which you can take from VivoCity (on level 3), and it’s like taking an MRT.
The Goonfather usually drives in. It takes a few minutes to drive across and there’s a huge underground carpark near the beach where you can always get a parking lot.
No wonder he likes going there so much. I’m sure it’s not entirely due to the bikini babes, either!
Oh, I almost forgot to mention this.
There will be a New Year countdown party at Siloso Beach this year, just like last year!
Called the Siloso Beach Party, it is Asia’s grooviest beach party, where you can expect the coolest DJs, music and performances!
On Dec 31, from 8 pm onwards, there will be nonstop music and partying. And the best part is that you don’t need to dress up because, duh, it’s at the beach! Just pop a bikini on! Hehe! Okay, for guys, just go topless with sexy trunks or surfer shorts!
Having a New Year Countdown party on the beach means that you will be able to witness the first dawn of 2009 right on the shores of Singapore’s hippest beach!
There will be pyrotechnics, too! OMG. Er, that means fireworks in case you don’t know. (Pyrotechnics is the term they use in the microsite.) I LOVE FIREWORKS, pyrotechnics, whatever. Can you imagine dancing beneath fireworks?
Throughout the night, there will be a Battle of the DJs, where duo DJs will be spinning at the same time at any given time. A total of eight DJs (including both International and local names) will entertain the crowd with their “mashed-up” music. That’s like mixing all kinds of music together. Haha! Sounds crazy! =)
Other fringe activities: Games (free to play), entertainment acts (like stilt-walking), snacks, booze, foam and plenty of bikini babes!!
The party is gonna be soooooooo coool.
Tickets are on sale at SISTIC. There’s an age limit of 18 years old.
The Goonfather often goes to Siloso Beach in Sentosa to check out bikini chicks during weekends when I’m not free to accompany him.
Idiot.
So, when I had the opportunity to enjoy some of Sentosa’s adventures on the house, I picked a Saturday when he wasn’t free. Wahahahaha.
No lah, I’m not so mean.
The date was picked for me, actually. And I wish the Goonfather had gone because I could have used him to entertain the babes while I took photos of them.
But, anyway, he had class that day, so I took Morte and Wang Wang with me.
Bikini babes later. Lunch first!
We ate at COASTES, at Morte’s recommendation. (We had many beach bars and eateries to choose from, so it was good to have a guide, even if the guide was Morte.)
Morte is the Goonfather’s babe-watching companion and is quite a regular at Sentosa’s Siloso Beach.
COASTES is one of the alfresco beach pub-restaurants along Siloso Beach.
They have wireless Internet access, they say.
But I don’t need free wireless access in Singapore. My SingNet mobile broadband gives me 50GB bandwidth a month. I think I only use up 5% of that each month. What a waste.
In any case, I didn’t bring my laptop out that day.
I was sooooo hungry.
But I had time to camwhore!
One of the creeds they make you memorise in Camwhore School: “There is always time to camwhore.”
Well, we had to wait for the food to arrive wat!
Fooooooood!
Morte copied me and ordered the Nürnberger sausages. He claimed that I copied him, though. Some people can get so argumentative over trivials.
I LOVE NÜRNBERGER SAUSAGES!!! But I wish the Europeans would do away with funny symbols on their vowels. They make life so complicated!
The Nürnbergers at COASTES aren’t as good as they look in the photo. I think they should change brands! Not that they’re very bad lah. Morte liked them very much. I just have high standards. Haha.
Wang Wang had fish and chips. She’s very boring. She only eats fish and chicken.
She loved her fish and chips.
I can’t believe my cheap $290 camera managed to capture this juicy action! (And it wasn’t planned or rehearsed.)
Lunching by the beach is really awesome. Although it’s a little warm, which is why all girls should wear a bikini to the beach (except me because I don’t look good in one), it still feels great. It’s relaxing and serene and you have a great view of the sea and half naked men.
After lunch, we went babe hunting.
I’m not, like, a perv or gay or anything. It’s just human nature to enjoy looking at beautiful things and girls in bikinis are beautiful (mostly).
We dropped in at the Bikini Bar, beside COASTES, where the waitresses are dressed in bikini tops.
This waitress turned her back on me when she noticed my camera. Haha.
We decided to walk further down the beach. Along the way, we came across two little girls playing at one of those ground fountains that would periodically shoot water at them, to their delight.
Adults can apparently have fun with the fountain, too.
There are two giant pavilions along Siloso Beach, which is great for events, or just hanging out under shelter.
Some time ago, my friends and I planned a beach picnic outing at Sentosa. We assigned everyone to prepare a specific food item but we all forgot to assign someone to bring picnic mats!
Lucky we had the pavilions, so we had a pavilion picnic instead of a beach picnic. It was cool and shady and we still had a nice view of the beach.
Siloso Beach is like almost synonymous with beach volleyball. There are four official volleyball courts which are free-to-use on a first-come first-served basis but you can see volleyball enthusiasts just playing anywhere and everywhere along the beach.
I can’t play beach volleyball for nuts. I don’t know how to bounce the ball off my wrists properly and always end up bruising myself.
I guess the only thing I’m good at is camwhoring.
Sigh.
Behind me. They even play volleyball in the pavilion, under shelter!
Moving along. I’ve been hearing good things about Cafe del Mar a lot, so I was quite excited to check it out.
And, what do you know, on the very day I was there, the happening beach pub was hosting its first massive beach party called The Water Parade! How lucky!
I showed you a video of that party the last time. Here it is again if you missed it.
This time, I will show you peektures!
I love this. It makes the place look like a resort.
Some of the guys behind the party:
Early birds:
Well, it was really early and the party hadn’t actually started (they were just getting ready), so we went in search of other adventures, planning to come back later.
We saw this dog having fun with its owner. So cute! It’s a really good swimmer.
The weather was quite nice and windy. I had a lot of trouble keeping my hair off my face. Feel like chopping off my hair again.
We found the official volleyball courts after strolling further down the beach.
There was a tournament (the Sentosa-MOE Beach Volleyball Challenge 2008) going on that day.
We didn’t hang around too long, though. We had tons of things to do!
I was really tempted to try out the swinging trapeze, which is just beside the beach volleyball courts. But it looks damn scary!!!
OMGGGGGGG!
Kids can be so brave!
This is how tall it is.
Okay, it’s not crazily high up like in the circus, but it still looks scary!
Being the scaredy cats that we are, the three of us wimped out and went for a milder alternative.
The sky ride!
This is childsplay compared to the swinging trapeze but, still, I hate heights. :(
Of course, I pretended to enjoy myself because that’s the only way to manage paranoia. The ride was only a few minutes but it felt like an eternity.
To distract myself from fear, I snapped photos nonstop. Haha. I took about 50 photos while on the ride.
I didn’t dare move my feet at all cos I was afraid my slippers would fall off!!
Some photos I took while up in the air:
Reaching a scary height:
Top down view:
Morte was the one who alerted me to the nice sea view. I wouldn’t have noticed if he hadn’t told me because I was totally focused on not freaking out:
Being neighbours with treetrops isn’t something I quite fancy:
Let’s camwhore and not look at treetrops:
What goes up must come down, right?
Come back tomorrow to find out how we descended in style!
If you’ve ever wanted to be a game developer or even just wanted to make a game for fun, here is your chance.
Microsoft now has the platform for you to fulfill those dreams. On top of that, MDA (Media Development Authority Singapore) is offering massive financial support to deserving talents!
Recently launched on Xbox LIVE in the USA is Community Games, a showcase of arcade-type games created by people just like you and me.
Call it the YouTube of video games. Anyone can create and upload a game using the free XNA Game Studio software by Microsoft.
Gamers can browse and download any titles to try, and then purchase the full version for a few bucks if they like it. Game creators retain full rights to their games and receive money for every game sold.
This will be released in Singapore later, and MDA wants to prepare Singaporeans for this by offering $50,000 grant packages to successful applicants!
Absolute madness! If this had come years ago when I was still free, I would have gone for it!
You can read the guidelines and download the application form at MDA’s website.
If you just want to fiddle around with the game development software to see if it’s for you, head to XNA Game Studio.
Two months back, Team Gambit put Singapore on the map by winning the global Dream-Build-Play game development competition by Microsoft, beating 7,500 participants from all over the world.
Me with Team Gambit, holding a billboard of the winning game: Carnyvale Showtime.
Four of them are army boys! Haha. Cute. But there’s nothing cute about the US$40,000 prize money they won. That’s serious business!
I tried the game. It’s fun! Will do a review of it when it’s officially out on Xbox LIVE.
Okay, now go forth and do Singapore proud! Apply for the grant, make a masterpiece and win next year’s competition, why not?! ;)
Singing games are always a huge hit so I think Lips will be huge when it launches in Singapore next month.
This is a singing party game even non-singers can have fun with. Yup, you can use your Xbox 360 controllers to make noise while your friends are singing!
(Irritate the heck out of them by pounding out sound effects off-tempo. Hahaha!)
If you like singing, you’ll love the microphones. They glow! They bling!
You can even choose the colours you want them to bling in!
They will bling in time to the music as you’re singing!
Okay, I’ll try to make a video of it for next time… if time permits. =P
Lips puts an adventurous spin on traditional karaoke with innovative game features.
The game awards you medals for your singing style and you earn more points if you, say, sing in vibrato or have great pitch or rhythm or timing.
There are also different game modes for when you’re tired of singing to the original MTV. Try the Time Bomb, Kiss and Vocal Fighter modes, which you can play solo, co-op or versus.
There are 40 songs in the basic game and you can purchase more songs through downloads.
Lips is totally sizzling hot. Watch out for it! Akan datang!!!
You’re in the Movies is so evil. It made me fat!!!!
I was playing it with my friends as usual and we decided to make this ninja movie. I was SO EXCITED because I’ve wanted to be a ninja since I was, I dunno, 10?
I chose the role of a ninja student.
The game didn’t tell me that I had to be fat for the role! OMG, I got a shock when I watched the final product. Hahaha.
Kerrendor was fattened, too. Hahahahahaha.
Minou played the Ninja Master while Morte played the Evil Ninja villain. Lucky them, no fat suit for them.
Watch video!!
I really have to get some costumes for this game!
Here’s another video, a horror film starring Morte, Unker Kell, the Goonfather and Wang Wang.
As expected of them, they turned it into a comedy with their stupid bird-faced acting.
I can’t believe The Sims 3 is coming soon! Like in a couple of months!
I call the game “Traumatise Little People” because that’s what I’ve discovered most of my friends did in The Sims 2.
They enjoy doing stuff like set fire to their sims’ houses, trap them on islands to starve to death or something equally gross.
YOU PEOPLE ARE FREAKINGLY SICK.
I always treat my sims with tender loving care, going ballistic when any of their needs fall to below 80%. Yes, that’s what being a control freak and perfectionist does to you.
The Sims 3 screenshot.
I’m not sure if I will play the new game, though, because it takes so much time. I believe The Sims 3 will demand even more because virtually everything is customisable this time and there are plenty more game features.
I spent like a zillion hours in The Sims 2, creating my friends, a neighhbourhood and a bigass house. By the time I was done, I was too exhausted to play the damn game. *lol*
My friends in The Sims 2:
I created each and every one one of these peeps from scratch, customising them to look and behave as much like their live counterparts as possible.
My house, which took me 16 hours to build:
An entire neighbourhood with customised stores and houses for all my friends:
I had a microsite with screenshots and descriptions for these. Check it out!
Back then, I went by the name Serena Sim, so that’s what I named my sim, which was very punny. I mean funny.
That was fun! But I don’t know if I could do it all over again, even if I had the time, which I most probably won’t. =(
Last week’s contest was very entertaining. Participants had to answer five questions to win a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC. Two of the questions were about me.
One was: “What’s my favourite dessert?”
I think many people misread that as “What’s your favourite dessert” because I had cleverly popped that question between questions asking about them!
This is a lesson, people. Do not speed read through instructions!
I also found out that I have arsonists for readers. One had set a tree on fire (-p!HCÐØM-A:I:M-) and another had blown up a morgue accidentally (Yoi).
Please stay away from my house, thanks.
Before I announce the winner, here are the correct answers to the two questions about me.
What’s my favourite dessert? A) Mango pudding B) Durian ice cream C) Chocolate fondue
Answer: A) Mango pudding
I love durian, but it doesn’t mean I particularly like durian ice cream. Although I don’t mind it, I prefer eating the real fruit. And I don’t like dark chocolate so chocolate fondue is yucks. I’m a milk chocolate person. Therefore, mango pudding for the win!
How many pearls are there in this bracelet?
Answer: 17
Here’s a better view of the bracelet so you can count the pearls yourself!
Shockingly, only ONE PERSON managed to get both answers correct! He is also the ONLY PERSON who managed to get even one correct answer!
This is amazing!
Congratulations and TOTALLY WELL DONE, tiger4!!!
You deserve to win this prize!
Please e-mail me to claim your prize, okay? Thanks! =)
Thanks all for participating. I had fun reading your answers!
My favourite answer to the question of “What did you do on your 18th birthday?”:
Oh god it was awesome. 18 means I was still living off my dad. “Uh dad can i get a 100 bucks?” “What for?” “uh… for food?” “What kinda food that costs 100?” “Dinner.” “What dinner?” “My birthday dinner.” “OOH YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY.”
How many movie scripts are there? Feels like you’ll end up repeating the same project very soon.
Sheylara Says:
There are 30 scripts provided in the game. But you can also make your own scripts and customise your own movies in the Director’s Mode. And there is also a download section where you’re supposedly able to download more scripts but I haven’t seen anything on offer yet.
portman91 asks a You’re in the Movies question:
Do you just make trailers or longer films?
Sheylara Says:
Mostly just trailers because it’ll take a really long time to make a full film! Just think of Hollywood blockbusters, which sometimes take one to two years to film! But you can make your own long films in the Director’s Mode if you have the time and the fancy.
forthja10 asks a You’re in the Movies question:
Do you need a green screen to play this?
Sheylara Says:
Not necessarily. The game will take a screenshot of your background so that it can tell the difference between the actors and the background. But you will get a better result if your background looks as clean as possible. And you should wear clothing in different colours from your background.
dh asks a comparison question:
If I only want to buy one console, which is a better console and why? Xbox 360 or PS3
Sheylara Says:
I have answered this question a billion times! =P But I guess there will always be people asking, so I will answer it again.
The question should really be: What are you looking out for?
The PS3 has slightly better graphics and acts as a Blu-ray player. It also allows you to play online free.
But for online play, Xbox servers are more stable. You get faster downloads and hardly any lags or link deaths. There is also a larger online community and a dedicated program to ease all new users into the community.
In terms of games, both consoles have their own exclusive titles to entice gamers. For instance, PS3 has God of Wars, Resistance and LittleBigPlanet. Xbox 360 has Halo, Gears of War and Lips. There are many more but you need to do your own research on that! =)
In terms of pricing, the Xbox 360 is more affordable in console and game software.
In terms of support, definitely the Xbox 360, because there is dedicated Singapore team so Xbox gamers always get tons of special deals and game launches and promos. PS3 does not have that in Singapore.
Why can I never get a straight answer from a man? We’re planning a trip to Guernsey (an island) dead early tomorrow morning, so I need to know what time we have to leave so I can set my alarm.
Me: What time do we have to leave home?
Piers: No earlier than an hour before the time we have to be there – which is an hour before we sail (6 am).
Took me 11 minutes of questioning, during which time I got more riddles, before I received the answer: 4 am.
Piers “invented” a really delicious Asian snack combo: Prawn crackers with hoisin sauce! So proud of him!
I also found this awesome lemongrass-flavoured prawn crackers at Tesco. From Netherlands, but makers were Indoneisan settlers. Tastes so great when you dip into hoisin sauce (sparingly)!
Yeah I know my photos are missing from my blog header. Looks very funny, doesn’t it?
Nanny Wen (aka Buggy Wen aka Davienne) says it reminds her of Harry Potter’s moving picture people.
Guess my photos are taking a break. They’ve gone into hiding because it’s been raining a lot in England and the weather forecast says it’s going to hail tomorrow.
IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER!
Crazy or not.
I thought I’d be in discomfort for a year because I was finding it impossible to get used to Invisalign in my mouth. But just 11 days into it, I hardly feel it anymore.
Was playing on my iPad before bed last night when I suddenly couldn’t feel plastic in my mouth and for one horrifying moment, thought that I had forgotten to put my aligners back on after dinner, which was ages ago.
Turned out it’s just my mouth has started to adapt.
Quote of the day
Me: I want a pet duckling!
Piers: LOL why!!!
Me: Cos they’re so cute.
Piers: All baby things are cute! Except babies.
A transport provider in the UK just sent me an e-mail asking me to take part in an online survey to help improve services.
So I go there and answer two questions (age and last time I used the service) and they say:
“Thank you for your time. Unfortunately, you do not qualify for the survey as this time around we are looking to survey our more senior customers (over 60) only.”
WTF fail.
Was googling the difference between biscuits and cookies and got linked to a Yahoo! Answers page. This guy’s answer made me LOL.
“The difference between the biscuit and the cookie is the Atlantic.
Plus, American biscuit more like a savory scone
Plus English biscuit is an American cookie.
Plus English or American cookie is in your computer to do stuff that no one really understands.”
Being too ambitious (or greedy). Two heaped bowls of ricotta and spinach tortelloni in bolognese sauce, with six sausages and three baby zucchinis thrown into the mix. A roll of garlic bread and a bottle of wine. Delicious!
Yay I got white tulips! My favouritest flowers. :)
England has the most beautiful flowers. Tulips and roses in white with pale pink. Gerberas in strawberry milk pink. Makes me happy!
Just read in detail about foot binding in ancient China. I always thought they just wrapped up the feet during infancy to stop them from growing.
But, no! They wait till the girl is 4-7 years old, then break her toes and arch bones so that the toes can curl under the sole. Without anaesthesia.
After wrapping the monstrous creation tightly, the girl is then forced to walk on her broken feet so her weight can help crush them into shape. The feet are crushed and rebound daily for like two years! WTF is wrong with people?!
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