Long Time No See

HELLO GUYS, 
I know I haven't been updating this blog lately. 

 So many things happened but I'm too lazy to write all of them into this post. Lazy Roushan is really lazy. 

May:

• Got myself an undated planner because I decided that I need to get my life sorted out.

Bought this planner from Typo because their planners are really pretty and they are just what I needed. :) Like look at it, it's a different theme/design every month and there's also monthly + weekly planner so you're neat and organised through and through. How wonderful is that. Thy best planner I've ever had so far: 

• ES Society Sub-Committee Selections
• Rotaract Camp 2015

I was a GL for this camp and although I wasn't all that hyped up (because I was sick throughout the camp. -.-), it was still enjoyable nevertheless and I even got to make new friends. WoohOOOOO. 

Captain Americaaaaa. We painted our cheeks with the logo for Capt A.

 My face was really red because I was ill.

She's Syafiqah, a fellow GL of the same group and we get along so well because we have so much in common. I'm really glad and thankful we met. :]

• Helping out for Graduation

I had to get a white button down shirt and also a black pencil skirt. Ugh. And, I had to spray my hair black. So much effort just for 2 CCA points. On the bright side, I get to skip lessons. Hehehe.

• Singapore Shooting Cup

My first ever shooting competition and also my last because I am no longer in Shooting. Oops. Anyway, it was a really unique experience being a competitive shooter and I'm so proud of myself for not being in the last place. AHahah. Now what am I gonna do with the remaining pellets since I didn't renew my shooting membership with SAFRA.

• A*STAR Scholarship Interview

I screwed up. It was horrible. I was late for the interview and it didn't last long. There wasn't much to talk about. There's practically no hope for me. Bought myself SmoothieKing afterwards to cheer myself up a little.

June:

• Start of Part-time Job

Yes, I'm currently working and studying at the same time. Reason: I needed more cash to support myself. This part time job is beginning to tire me out because the working hours are from 6.30pm-12am and by the time I reached home, it's already 1am. I've still gotta bathe and get ready for school tmr and so I only got to sleep at 2. Morning classes begin at 8, which means I need to wake up at 6, which equates to 4 hours of sleep. How did you even survive, Roushan. The only thing that is motivating me to keep this part-time job is the pay. 

• Term Break (2 weeks)

I was supposed to have shooting camp during the first week but it was cancelled because there wasn't enough sign-ups. -.- 

• Common Test Week

Common tests were pushed back because of SEA games and so we had our break first. Some of the papers were killer papers, especially CRAY and Thermodynamics. And I didn't do well for Thermo. Sighhhhh. Guess who is gonna study their ass off the day before Thermo exam.

• Start of IS (Hon Hon French)

My IS (Interdisciplinary Studies) starts this term and it's Basic Conversational French (BCF). So far, it's really interesting. Both the history/culture and also the language. I'm glad I got this IS module. Ehehe.

July: (I know, it ain't over yet. But, all well, it's coming to an end anyway)

• Movie Night

The first ever movie night by the ES Society and it's pretty successful! Yayyyyy.

The movie was Kingsmen and it was hilarious. We even made popcorn for the night. I hope the following movie nights will be just as enjoyable or even better. 

• Dates with Shu Fei (Bae)

We went to eat Sushi Express @ NEX on a Tuesday after my IS and our stomachs are filled with salmon when we finished. Hahahaha. It's good and only for $1.50. Hell yeah, baby. 

Haven't had such good sushi in a while. Although we both had the oyster sushi each which tasted really horrible, it was full of the fishy taste. Didn't know why I thought it was a good sushi to give it a try. Anyway, after that we went to shop around NEX for a bit before rushing back to Bishan Library due to an emergency. Exhilarating. 

A few days later, we met up @ AMK Typo in search for quote book and planner because bae needed them. She ended up getting the same planner as me. HAhahaha. I have good taste. And I ended up getting a really pretty foolscap book with a cheetah + galaxy-ish background as the cover page. It's only $3. A good buy indeed.

• SG50 Promotions

Don't know why, but there's a lot of SG50 promotions this month. Well, better for me. Hahahha. There's $1 sushi @ umisushi every Thursday and free ice-cream topping every Wednesday @ KOI. AWESOMEEEE. 

• BIGBANG concert

OMG. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW GREAT THAT CONCERT WAS. IT'S AMAZING. I WAS FANGIRLING ALL THE WAY OVER TOP AND GD.

TOP IS FREAKING HANDSOME. TAEYANG IS FULL OF CHARISMA. GD IS A HEAVENLY MIX OF CUTENESS AND SWAG. SEUNGRI AND DAESUNG ARE JUST SO HILARIOUS. 

Okay, that's it for now. I find the time to update again!

Solitude is bliss

23 Things Only People Who Love Spending Time Alone Will Understand

Purple

I dyed my hair.
And it's fucking pretty.
I LOVE IT.

That, in the circle, is my hair. 

I know it looks electric blue in the last 2 photos but irl, it looks purple and it's amazeballs.

I shit you not.

Back

Sooooooo, I finally signed myself up for drumming lessons at MyDrumSchool because I wanted to drum and get in touch with the drums again. 

After attending the first lesson which is on the 11 Feb (right smack in the mid of my exams), it's pretty good! The place was unexpectedly small though. The photos from the site made my expectations high and to be honest, I kind of inspected the area before entering as I thought I've gotten the wrong location. Also, the studio was just big enough for 2 drumsets but it works well with me. Anyway, for the first lesson, I got in touch with rudiments like paradiddle and some other rudiments I've never seen before, while playing patterns with the base drum and hi-hat. Some co-ordination problem there. 

(I used a scanner as my phone's camera sucks)

Also, I got to know more about the genre gospel and it's pretty cool! But that's pretty much it, since I can only afford 30 minutes per lesson. All in all, I look forward to my next lesson! Hahaha. 
Oh, and on my way back, I got myself some beauty products. I've no idea how am I gonna squeeze out time to take care of my skin but I guess it's better to start early, right?


On the day of my last paper which is 13 Feb, Shu Fei and I had a shopping date and we went to invade 313 Somerset, H&M, Scape and Cineleisure. And we got lots of clothing from F21, passport cover from the underground haven (I don't know if this is the right word but whatever) of Scape, and a hearty meal from 18Chefs at Cineleisure. WOOHOO. It's a day well spent.

But I still didn't manage to get a pair of shoes for the new year. I need to get one asap. :/


On Valentine's Day, the family and I went to my aunt's house, as usual, for the Lunar New Year gathering aka Reunion Dinner aka Gramp's Birthday Celebration. 3-in-1, we're one efficient group of relatives. Anyway, my aunt's house has never fails to surprise me. For instance, the last time we visited, my cousin had this arcade machine built by himself in his room which is totally awesome btw.

So this time round, they bought a solowheel. No idea what is that? Here's a picture:

It's basically a unicycle but without the seat and pedal, so just a wheel and two platforms for your feet. It's powered by electricity and it works by leaning forward or backwards or even sideways to turn. It's super amazing and fun to move in. Everyone should try it if they can! 

I made a silly face. Don't judge me.

The one which I rode on had training wheels so it's safer and easier for beginners like me. Hahaha. My little cousin called me slow because I was still uncomfortable riding this wheel. -.- Anyway, we had steamboat for Reunion Dinner and I went exploring the backyard. There, it has 2 swings and a treehouse!

This is the treehouse, it's not all that big or fancy or comfy but it does have a hamlet and it's built on a tree. Good enough. After that, it's time for some fun with the arcade machine. Hehehehe. And I also got to try some champagne and ciders. 

But we missed out on the birthday celebration because we were busy hitting the buttons on the arcade machine. All well.

;)

Names

All this time I've never given a thought about having an English name, because I was perfectly fine with my name and it's amusing to see how many ways people can pronounce it. Muahahaha. However, the time has finally came. The time when everything falls apart; the time when nothing fits; the time when it all comes down to one decisive moment. 

• Rae/Ray
• Roxanne
• Roy
• Robin
• Shana (This is an actual English name, I'm surprised.)
• Raven
• Ripley
• Rosario

Yes, I'm going for trendier names. Hehehehe. 
Well, it's just an artificial name, so I don't have to put so much thought in it but once I've decided on it, I can't change it. :(

Sweet

One fine day, while I was heading to Northpoint from the bus interchange, a dude approached me. Even though I was clearly avoiding potential promoters by listening to music from my headphones. He came up to me and introduced himself. He was scouting people. People who are willing to go for commercials/advertisements. In other words, talents. 

ME?!

Why me?

Do you need an eye check-up?

However, it's not decided yet, I'm just another option. Hehehehe. False alarm, guys. Calm down. 

Here's a macaroon to soothe your hurt feelings:

Hyperventilate

Hi, I'm sick. Down with flu and sore throat. Sucks to be me. 

Anyway, I'll just update on some stuffs.

LyraKlaude said I'm one of her favourite followers. OMG. I'm HYPERVENTILATING. HELP.

Yes, that's me when I saw her ask. Holy.

Anyway, there's five facts about me up there so yeah. I've got nothing much to update to be honest. My eldest sister went to Japan and following that, Taiwan. Bon Voyage! I've asked her to buy me some souvenirs. Hehehehe.

Last Day

Today marks the last day of the first semester break and I'm simply saddened by it's arrival. Why is this semester break so short? 
What productive things have I done except for watching endless animes and going on Tumblr? 
Why do I feel so sluggish even though I haven't done much? 
This semester's break has been a lonely one. But, nonetheless, I've got my Tumblr buddies to accompany me and they are such lovely sweethearts! :) If it's not them, I wouldn't even be trying to wake up every noon. I would have just stayed in bed and rot away. 

Anyway, let's get started on the updates:

Shu Fei and I went to a Cat Cafe few days ago. We've been planning to go to cafes for ages but unforeseen circumstances kept getting in our way, thus not being able to go to any cafes earlier. We went there at it's opening hour and some other people were there too (I didn't expect there will be 5-6 other people coming this early and also that day wasn't a public holiday either) Here are some pictures:

This is my kind of paradise. Cats are seriously so cute and their fur is so smooth and soft. I would like to raise a kitten as a pet but my family members would definitely oppose to it because we've never raised any dogs/cats, so it would be troublesome and tedious for all of us to train it (like where they can do their business and such). We went there for an hour and it costs $12 (their rates: $12 for the first hour). Didn't stay any longer because Shu Fei gotta rush off to school and somewhere else after that. Also, we didn't buy any food from there as it's quite expensive and no one seems to be serving them yet. Hence, we went to get Astons for lunch. I bought another SmoothieKing to drink along and it's Banana Island this time. They even gave me a redemption card! 

(My phone's camera is unable to auto-focus. I'm frustrated too, please let me change my phone to a better one asap.)

And here I am trying to draw:

They are all characters from Teen Titans, doesn't look like it, huh. My best one has gotta be StarFire at the top right hand corner, not bad right? By the way, it's Jinx, StarFire, Raven aand Robin that I've drawn, in case you can't recognise any of them because of my awful drawing skills. I've just finished the whole series from Season 1 to 5, plus the finale movie! And I'm started to miss the team already. I wish Cartoon Network would pick them up again and start a Season 6 because this yearning inside me is growing stronger. Just like how it's accumulating ever since HxH anime ended. 

It's okay, I can entertain myself with Teen Titans Go!, the chibi version of Teen Titans. Hehehehe.