Woke up from a dream today, which depicted one of my best shopping experiences.
Me: [walks into Cotton On]
Shop Assistant A: Welcome to Cotton On!
Me: [looks up to source of sound and smile at shop assistant A]
Shop Assistant A: [Smiles widely] OMG!! [turns to shop assistant B in a state of excitement] OMG!! Did you see that?? She smiled back at me!! Did you see that??
Shop Assistant B: Yeah yeah, I saw that. [turns to me] Welcome~
Me: [Turns to shop assistant B and smile]
Shop Assistant B: See, she smiled at me too!!
Shop Assistant A: But she smiled at me first!!
[flurry of excitement]
Seeing the two of them like that makes me laughed. Haha~~ I had a fun time shopping while listening to this two girls working and chatting. And I walked out of the store as a very happy shopper.
That got me thinking... How many shoppers/customers actually smile back at the shop assistants when they smiled and said welcome?
Even as forced as it were, the shop assistants do smile when facing a customer. It is their etiquette to do so. But not many customers would actually smile back while shopping. And to think that most people would say that shop assistants are very unfriendly, unsociable etc. After which they would walk out of the stores as a unsatisfied customer and complain everywhere.
It doesn't make any sense to me in this case.
Either way, I will still continue to smile at them to make their day. Not only so, my mood will be lightened too. XD
~pisces~ :~: 3/13/2012 08:41:00 AM
Quick updates before I start my lovely wall of text for WICKED musical.
Nothing much happened for Feb other than Cosfest X.II. The turnout wasn't that fabulous like the usual July cosfest. But still, I had a awesomely fun time with the usual gang. Plus the fact that Isa and Neir actually stayed with us for the first time for a chalet. (^__^) Event wasn't that fun, but the chalet was epic. \(^__^)/
End of quick update. Now on to the WICKED musical!! Went for it with Eclair, Manda, Neir, Oodles, Zelmer, Jon and Fezzy.
We had dinner before heading over to MBS via Manda's car. Dinner was at MOF. The food is kind of nice other than the fact that salt seems to be free for the restaurant. The onigiri was so freaking salty than Manda and I gave up finishing the rice. We ate what was in the onigiri instead.
And we managed to squeeze 7 people in one car. Despite the short distance from Marina Square to Marina Bay Sands, some of us had numb legs when we got off. And we were kind of awed at how they used the expo hall as the carpark. It just totally reminded me of the carpark in Transformers. Haha~~
EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MUSICAL IS AWESOME! From the plot, the singing, the actors/actresses, the costumes, the stage effects and the sounds. OMGEE~~ Heavenly~~
I really really really liked Elphaba - Jemma Rix vocals. The way she sings and control her voice is just so... OMGEE~~~~ Not only so, Glinda's actress - Suzie Mathers, have such a cute voice and laughter. She totally brings out the typical blonde and bitchy stereotype and the crazy side of such a girl.
The musicals have many humorous lines which brought the audience to lots of laughter. And apparently, as seen on our facebook statuses, there were so many memorable lines. XD
"I don't cause the commotion. I AM the commotion." - Elphaba
"I'm a very sentimental man." - Wizard of Oz
"To be popular, do this. Toss, toss, Hahahahaha~ [twist shoulder plus uber gay hand gesture]" - Glinda
Oh!! Did I mention the band/orchestra that were playing the music? Manda and I were like, "Ah~ We should totally go join them." XD They were good~~ and very compatible with the cast. You can just see the amount of hard work that went into the musical itself.
Last but not least, I am still in awe of the lighting and stage effects. Elphaba was totally sparkling like a diamond when she first "flew" after chanting a spell. It was just pure "O_________O AWESOME!"
Wall of text, but I don't think any amount of words can express how I really feel after watching the entire musical. Totally loved it and definitely worth the money. \(^0^)/
~pisces~ :~: 3/04/2012 12:11:00 AM
There were no blog post on the last day of the year on 2011. Neither were there any on the arrival of Chinese New Year. The only reason being that I have nothing much to write about. (>__<)
Both good and bad things happened back in 2011. I lost some contact with some friends, but gained more friends at the same time. I had a hell lot of crazy time with the insane gang and also being angry at certain people or issues.
As much as that may be, I think that they are nothing worthy of special mentioning. They became pure entertainment for me during the times I was bored.
You can say I'm pure evil. And I won't deny.
Well, on the overall, 2011 was a good year for me.
With Chinese New Year, I grew older. And I sincerely hope that I will end up as a better person and as a better friend.
Ah.. That's it for now.
~pisces~ :~: 1/26/2012 08:11:00 PM
Finally!!! I finally have the time to head overseas to Penang. [hearts]
Man, I haven't been here in like forever. Ok, maybe not that serious. I just haven't been here in 8 months. Not that long ago but I really miss this place. Although I'm still hogging the laptop while being here and can't go out on my own. At least it's better than nua-ing at home. Somehow, I guess.
And then, drama pastry queen, aka Eclair, dramatize my short getaway to Penang on FB and Skype. Very LOL!! But then again, with her and the rest of the gang, nothing seems more fun than dramatizing stuffs and going crazy. XDD
Managed to connect to the wireless over at my grandma place. Though it's a little weird. Don't think I can game a lot. Even FB applications are taking some time to load properly.
Shall try gaming already. And that crazy bunch seems to want to skype-call me while kara-ing later. Zzzz...
~pisces~ :~: 12/02/2011 11:49:00 AM
Like finally, my dreams of two or more people ain't bloody anymore. No more killing of one another to be exact. Lol~~ It got very sweet. Or at least I think it is sweet. (>___<)
Firstly dreaming of my sis and darling killing one another the night before STGCC, where they were supposed to cos as enemies. Then a second time of them killing each other before TGX and us three weren't even supposed to be cosing together. Very LOL situation.
Then, I dreamt that I was chased after by a black guy because he wanted to kill me. And I got shot by a pistol at the juncture between shoulder and neck. It felt so real that I thought a bug landed on me and I woke up. Haha~ Funny how I can think that a bug was there even in the dream.
Third dream. Or more like, two dreams occurring at the same time. Dreamt of Jon and I in a tuition centre and it seems like that we're about to head out for an excursion or something. Very unlikely to happen in real life because we are from different school years de. The other one was that I went out with Sochii and a primary school friend of mine to an event. It was outdoors. However, I totally had no idea what kind of an event that is. Hmm.. These two dreams are very weird.
Last dream which happened only last night. I dreamt that I was one of the bodyguards hired for a diva coming to SG. They got a fake, with lots of air crew members to form a human wall, to distract the hoards of journalists and fans at level 1 of the airport and carpark. At the same time, I escorted her and her assistant from some other level down to level 4, where two cars were waiting and there was another secret exit. Very strange setting huh?
Then I got into one of the cars and guess who was in the driver seat as one of my partner for this mission? It was Shou from Alice Nine!! [hearts] Then we reach this place where we were escorting the diva and her assistant. Instant thought then was Bugis but it look so damn different la!
Anyway, as we were walking side by side, he started singing a japanese song. [DUH!] Somehow, it ended up with his hand around my shoulders and I kind of hug him back. All these while walking. I got shy for the first time ever in my life around a guy. Hahaha!! Removed my hand and put it back around him again. He then hugged me tighter. [melts]
Then... ... ... ... I woke up... ... ...
It was still super sweet though. However, I think Shou's fans will try and kill me for this little dream fantasy?? HAHA!! However, I will still stay true and loyal to my hubby Tora. <3
~pisces~ :~: 10/22/2011 10:15:00 PM
WOOTS! I cut my hair again!! XD
This is like, the 4th time this year already. XD Think I got addicted to short hair for the time being since I had long hair for 2 years prior to cutting it. Also, no more lion head temporarily. Yay!! Though I'll get complaints on cutting my hair short again. And so much shorter than the previous cuts. But heck it. It's my hair~~~ XP
Shall try camwhoring and then perhaps, post up some pics of my new hair.
Anyway, September is almost over! Assignments begone! XD Lol~~
But yeah, was pretty busy with those assignments that kept me up almost all night. Does not like those nights that I have to stay up till 2am and wake up at 7am or earlier just to chiong assignments. It's bad on my health, my skin and my eyebags!! Damn~~
Well, at least those chionging days made me lose some weight. Can see a bit from my face since it got just a little sharper. However, holidays are coming. Sure gets fatten, especially since I'm going back to Penang soon. I see my fats coming back. NO~~~~
Oh ya oh ya... I had a Nurarihyon no Mago photoshoot last week. I had so much fun despite the hot weather. Most of the clan members were shagged about halfway through the shoot. No more yukata-typed costumes for the time being. At least not in such a hot weather!!
Once I get some photos from my dear Rikuo-sama or other photogs, I shall select and post some up. Be sure to check it out in my dA or CURE. XD [ish thick skinned]
Checking out animes!! Laters~~ Or maybe it'll be next month when I post again. Hahaha!
~pisces~ :~: 9/29/2011 06:33:00 PM
Lacking a better title. =/
So it seems like my last update was in July, just before Streetfest. Was I really that busy in August to not blog?? Hmm... I can't really remember. Hahah~
Did a casual Macross Frontier photo shoot as Ranka Lee with Eclair as Sheryl Nome. Although there were some hiccups here and there, it was still a fun day out at Sentosa!! Loving my crazy peeps to the max. XD Oh, and there are more crazy stuffs being planned with that crazy gang. So do keep a lookout! Er... It'll be posted somewhere, with the highest chance of being on Facebook.
And and and, I think I finally broke a barrier after cosing Kagamine Rin from Infallible Sky. (>__<) My costume for STGCC was so so so much more revealing. OMG~~ Now that I think back, how did I manage to walk around as if I was totally covered? [hides in embarrassment] But Eclair's Miku was more revealing than mine. Hahaha!! Anyone to attack first, it'll be her. XD
Jumping a bit, September has arrived! It's the assignments month for me. Have to submit 1 or 2 assignments every week till the end of Sept. Then a 3 weeks or so break before semester exams at the end of October. Which means besides studying, I could probably clear some backlog of photo shoots. Maybe can do something conceptual or fashion with Kaeri to help in his portfolio. [ish thick-skinned] XD
Ah~~ Time to chiong for stats test on Saturday. Going down for TGX also. Hope I won't be too cui. (>__<)
~pisces~ :~: 9/08/2011 10:03:00 AM
This is a week of chionging for quite a number of cosplayers. At least those that procrastinates and only start on their Streetfest cosplays this week. (^__^)
I'm in no better condition than them actually. Bought cloth and other materials on Monday with my darling Eclair. We went from Chinatown to PS to Chinatown again. Lol~ Just to compare prices and look for certain items.
So, she took the cloth home to sew. Which I think by last night, she was too sian-ed and tired, so she started hot glu-ing some parts on. Paiseh darling, I would try my best to learn sewing!! (>__<)
And, I did not leave everything to her. (>__<) I took home some things to dye and paint and cut. You may say that, "Ah! Those are easy!". To hell with you if you say that. Try cutting styrofoam balls and realised that your penknife is blunt and you have no other materials to cut it with. Took me quite a while to finish those balls.
Frontal pic of the cut balls. Not gonna show you guys the back of it. It's disgusting. (T__T)
Used one ball for the glue-and-dye mixture method. Super failure. Reasons could be wrong type of glue, too much water, wrong type of dye etc.
Got white glue and some paints yesterday. Gonna use white glue as base and then paint over. Think I'll need to water down the white glue a bit.
The dyeing of the strings!!! The colours turn out super nice can~~~~ XDD Is happy of my handiwork.
Now, I need to cut out the templates which I had drawn and put them together and also paint the cut styrofoam balls.
Jya~
~pisces~ :~: 7/21/2011 09:42:00 AM
I'm now into the second week of school. But my schedule for this week is definitely wierd. I have school only on Wednesday and Friday. Which means, I'm sorta free to do a lot of things before the hectic stuffs starts coming in. But I sensed procrastinator at work. (>_<)
ooh... Finally Eclair is online. I can now start on the dyeing stuffs for this saturday. XD
Laters~~~ <3
~pisces~ :~: 7/19/2011 12:44:00 PM
Frontal pic of the cut balls. Not gonna show you guys the back of it. It's disgusting. (T__T)
Used one ball for the glue-and-dye mixture method. Super failure. Reasons could be wrong type of glue, too much water, wrong type of dye etc. 
The dyeing of the strings!!! The colours turn out super nice can~~~~ XDD Is happy of my handiwork. 