I hate STARS

I hate this whole registration thing, I'm so depressed!!! Thanks to Huiyi for telling me about autoclick but sadly it's no use because nobody's dropping anything.

You know, I'm seriously thinking about offering $$ in exchange for the risk module cos there's a 25% project in it, but I'll think about it when I'm less depressed.

(And the 25% project is on some sort of IT thing I think, which you have to do on an actual company, which would be such a nightmare I think cos I'm so bad at that, and I don't want bitchy people to give me lousy group participation marks, like this group I was in in Sem 1 Yr 1 - they thought I didn't know but I totally know cos I compared my grades with my friend who was supposed to get totally the same as I did but we didn't cos I got pulled down by participation.)

My tax is off as well (I got my feelings cheated cos they told me they'd be choosing 87 but then they ended up in 84 with everyone else, but my friend tells me 87 has a great tutor so it was quite difficult to get 87, and I don't really care cos I don't think there's a project for tax).

Good Lord I hope a miracle happens during add-drop, like this semester when I switched classes into the other class with the extremely amusing prof-cum-author of 1029121090 textbooks.

JLPT's over!

JLPT's over! Yay! I was quite stressed over it cos my Friday classmates are really good in Japanese but when I met my Thursday classmates they were as stressed out as I was and one of my friends had failed all her mock tests, lol!

It turns out that everyone thought this year's test was difficult so it's good cos even if it was easy I wouldn't fare that well either. :P
! After that we went to have a huge lunch and watched Bolt! It's a super cute movie and I really wanted a dog after that. I want a maltese so bad!

We went shopping and talked till most of the shops were closed. The Christmas decorations in town this year aren't that great, maybe because of the economy. There weren't enough lights so it wasn't very dazzling at all.

Some stuff I got from the Gramercy sale. I really like the rosin, it's so pretty, like hard candy! It's like $16 a piece though, and that's after discount. The pouch is so pretty as well! (I forgot to remove the sticker.) I want to get a smaller phone so I can use it as a handphone pouch. ^^

Ok I gotta go meet my friend, ciao!

Yogurt Mask

I really wanted to get the very cute Laneige Strawberry Yogurt Peeling Gel and Pack and the Skinfood Yogurt Wash Off Masks (they have it in banana, kiwi, and papaya), but they didn't get good reviews, so I bought a cup of plain yogurt to curb my spending!
I bought low-fat, but apparently full-fat is the best. The lactic acid in yogurt helps to exfoliate, plus it's pretty moisturising! The consistency of this yogurt is pretty dense and not drippy at all, and I only need a flat tablespoon of it each time. After smearing it on, it dries in about 15 minutes and then you can wash it off. I tried mixing in crushed aspirin (like the aspirin mask), leaving it on, then wetting and scrubbing it off. Works better than honey I think, cos honey is really drippy. Plus you get both the benefits of salicylic acid and lactic acid. Best thing is, a cup of yogurt is only $2.15! :D
I also noticed that this brand comes from Parmalat! We had a case study on Parmalat once. Cool!

Anyway I am back in hall. It's so peaceful when all the noisy people are gone. I'm not eating any of the disgusting food, so I'll be cooking! Yay! Well I'd better be off to study my 25+ chapters of Japanese now...

MAC Hello Kitty and K-palette eyeliner review!

Recently I bought this!

K-Palette Real Lasting Eyeliner "1 Day Tattoo". It was the limited edition pink version, so I really had to get it, despite the economic doom and gloom I'm living in now. There's only 1 colour - jet black. It apparently "helps draw incredibly delicate lines and effectively ensures long hold". And yeah it does! And I love the tiny micro-fibre brush cos it draws such fine lines - and as they say at the back of the box - "ease of drawing could get you addicted". Hmm. The most amazing thing is that it doesn't smear or smudge, but washes off easily with a bit of rubbng in warm water! (Even lukewarm. Yes, I've tried. The Japanese words claim it's waterproof but I don't think you can really call it that.) However the colour isn't that strong (that's fine with me), but it can be layered, so you could draw like twice on the same area. And something that mystifies me is that it doesn't have the twisty clicky thing at the back of the pen (for you to dispense more product) so I can't figure out how the ink comes out. I have only been using it for a couple of days so I really hope it doesn't just dry up or something.

Anyway, this morning I was reading Urban and in that FashHag column she was referring to the Hello Kitty collection for MAC! (Like, duh!) I'm so looking forward to it! I must really start saving for March.

The colours look a bit too hot pink, but I was thinking of getting the brush set cos I really want to try out the duo-fibre stippling brush! (I know MAC brush sets are factory made but I literally can't afford to care because there's no way I could spend on the full-sized version.)

Anyway, my tablet is away at the repair centre but when it returns I'm taking it and going back to hall to hole up and study for JLPT on 7 Dec. I'm like 35 lessons behind, can you believe it?!

And my dear Tracy is away in Osaka. Call me when you return!!! There's a Shiseido sale next Tuesday and I need you to go with me! (There's Ettusais as well!)

Haircut!

My new hair! (:
Before.

After!

Apparently I changed the most. Shumin and Su Hui ended up having the same kind of hair! And my hair took 1 hour while theirs was like half an hour only? But hairdressers always take a long time on my hair so it's normal. :P

We went to Chapter 2 at Bugis. The guy who did my hair was nice and chatty, and he really cut my hair in detail. (Cos my hair is so thick!) I didn't get his name though. The only thing that bothered me was when he asked me if I was going on holiday, and I was like, "Not in this kind of economy" and he was like, "Oh, but you can go to places nearby, like Thailand or Indonesia" and I was thinking inwardly, WHAT?! Good Lord, he has obviously not been reading the papers. I don't even dare to go to Malaysia now, no matter how cheap SkinFood and Majolica Majorca and Rimmel are over the causeway! Plus the economy is so bad, my mom almost got mugged by a desperate Malay dude.

I am also getting poorer and poorer. I'm going private for my violin lessons so they're more expensive now. ;_; And my dad has cut my "leisure allowance". My dear mother is still kind enough to pay for my Japanese and violin lessons but I think by the time I turn 21 I should become financially independent so I'd better start saving now. ;_; No more spending sprees!!! Especially when I intend to take piano dip lessons in Year 3 Sem 1 and they cost more than I earn in a month.

Omg I'm stressed.

So anyway we bought a very nice present for my dear Prof Chua and I wrapped it like this!Whee!

Zahada Hints and Tips

I realised a lot of people have been coming here looking for Zahada hints, so here you go! (Hints are in white so you have to highlight underneath the bulleted level)

• Level 1
  You know how it works, right? The answer is a URL.


• Level 2
  It's a palindrome.
  "I can be black, blue, grey, green and brown as well."


• Level 3
  Look at the title of the page.


• Level 4
  Rhymes with duck.


• Level 5
  Look at the title for an additional clue.
  The most important phrase is "Get in line!"


• Level 6
  Highlight the hidden text.


• Level 7
  Save the picture, and zoom in on it closely.


• Level 8
  "Stationary".
  
• Level 9
  Hover your mouse over the last image. (Or view source.)
  
• Level 10
  View source. Look at the title. You should get enough clues to do some arithmetic.
  
• Level 11
  View source. You need binary knowledge for this. Go google binary addition or something. I had a hard time too. The answer is in numbers.
  
• Level 12
  View source. Scrutinize it!
  
• Level 13
  Look at the title. Use Google! It's not the obvious answer - there's another name for it! ^^
  
• Level 14
  View source for the clue, and unscramble it. The title gives a hint.
  
• Level 15
  The Os are familiar huh. Check out the phrase.
  
• Level 16
  Hint 1: Look at the bold alphabets. And the title - why 51? (:
  
  Hint 2: Think chemistry.
  
• Level 17
  Look at the title and say it real fast. Then the picture will be an obvious clue. (:
  
• Level 18
  Look at the image in the title!
  
• Level 19
  Hint 1: It's a frickin' pattern. It might help to read out each line verbally.
  
  Hint 2: Look at the number of Zs in each number. Then the number of ones. Count them.
  
• Level 20
  Look at the picture! It's not arithmetic, but rather in a graphic sense. (: Which language/country does the picture imply?
  
• Level 21
  Google ditloid if you don't know what it means. Solve the ditloid.
  The title is a clue, as well as the highlighted Y and italicised "searching".
  
• Level 22
  Add this one up - each cube has 3 sides that you can't see.
  
• Level 23
  This is really tedious. You need a letter from the answers of each level. To check if your answer is correct, it's got something to do with the picture.
  
• Level 24
  Hint 1:This is annoying for people who didn't learn it in school. If you did, you'll realise the letters are a mnemonic.
  
  Hint 2: The mnemonic is ROYGBIV. Google it if you didn't learn it in school.
  
• Level 25
  It's a pattern. Type it out.
  
• Level 26
  If you have no idea what those words are, google them to find out. You should get a graphic representation of alphabets.
  
• Level 27
  There are 9 logos. Something used to be 9 but is now 8. Which is the one that no longer counts? (Sciency!)
  
• Level 28
  Hint 1: Each picture represents a letter. Each line is hence a word, and each word spells out a number. So you'll get 4 numbers.
  
  Hint 2: Use the numbers in alphabet code to get a 4 letter-word answer.
  
• Level 29
  The riddle is a homophone. The answer is the spelling of the red highlighted phrase.
  
• Level 30
  The main clue is the title. Solve the bunch of homophones. Each line is a homophone.
  
• Level 31
  Superimpose the 2 triangles together. The italicised word is a clue to the superimposed image you get. You'll need Google.
  
• Level 32
  Notice the little arrows in each alphabet, but they go in opposite directions (i.e. for the D in Down, the arrow points up.) So reverse all the clues you get. You'll get a funny word, so Google it! (:
  
• Level 33
  Use your calculator to add it up! It spells a word.
  
• Level 34
  Enlarge the picture, print it out, do some cutting and pasting to make a 3D figure. It's a pain and I haven't done it. I refuse to get the answer online so I think I'll be permanently stuck here. So here's the end!!!
  

Feel free to leave a comment for help if you need more elaboration, I'll reply asap. (: I doubt I'll continue though, it was fun during my exam period when I was bored but now I've got plenty more fun things to occupy my time!! Whee!

L'exams est fini! Review: Bourjois Apricot Complexion Enhancer

My exams are finally over! We (Prof Chua, Su Hui and Jol) went out yesterday for karaoke. Me and Jol's 2nd time only. Haha! And I am like the owner of a Kbox membership card? That's so amazing!

Anyway I got 2 things recently. During the exam period I tend to spend more; it de-stresses me.
Bourjois Apricot Complexion Enhancer and Dr Jart Silver Rejuvenating BB cream sample tube. (Will do the Dr Jart next time!)

Embelliseur de Teint Abricot is a beauty gel and it's listed under MUA as a tinted moisturiser. I decided to get it after reading all the great reviews (MUA is what I'm on all the time when I'm supposed to be studying)!

It gives a luminous and natural colour - "Un teint lumineux et naturel" which warms up yellow undertones in Asian skin. It smells really great, something rosey and a little fruity at the same time. The tube is kinda small though, only 20 ml, and it's not a moisturiser really, but rather a color corrector-ish thing. It's not as easy to blend as I'd like, but it's manageable and I love how it doesn't leave a nasty sheen and looks totally natural and controls oil well! It looks a scary orange (almost neon! It's way brighter than the swatch) coming out of the tube, but it blends in. It's just a corrector so it doesn't give coverage but rather warms up the skintone and makes you look healthier and glowy!

There are 3 other colors as well, including a green color corrector (not shown). It's only shown on the Bourjois France website, not the UK or US ones, so I think we're so lucky that it's available in Singapore! The Bourjois collection in Singapore is really very complete! (Some drugstores only carry certain stuff, but the big department stores stock everything.)
There's the Rose Fraiche, the secret to a luminous visage - "Le secret d'un visage lumineux", and the Petit Dessert Du Teint, a caramel colour for the natural bronzer look I suppose. I want the rose one!

I like the flat, compact tube - reminds me of my BB cream tubes! Anyway I think I'll be doing another review on BB creams cos my previous review was a little unqualified - I've grown fairer by 2 tones I think (by sunscreen alone!) and I'll be trying them again. Bought new ones too. ^^

I've got a busy week of leisure ahead! Go me!