After years~ I moved :(

Made a rash but sensible (oh! the irony) decision to use my proper gmail account (points to the one at the sidebar) and hence my blog is moving house too! I will certainly miss this domain name, but the new one is equally childish as well, rest assured :D

From http://boopity.blogspot.com 

My new blog is now housed at 

Yes a nice upgrade lol!

I will still keep this here because I know of some followers/stalkers who aren't very close to me :)

Just say hi next time :P  

兜兜转转，圆了个圈

I remember one of the sentence that one of my secondary school teacher (not in exact words lah!)

Your secondary school friends will be one the most important people in your life.

After a decade later, I realized how true that statement was. At least for me. 

In primary school, friendships were forged over playing catching, five stones and other physical activities. We don't call each other and complained about schoolwork, boys and what not. So even though there's six years, bonds were at most as tight as Van der Waals forces. 

Secondary school was were things really got started. Teenage angst, rebellion, the discovery of boys in another light, the all "important" O's that decides your future fate. 

We still laughed about how Sian's mom thought we were having an abnormal relationship because we could still chat till wee hours despite seeing each other in school almost everyday. 

JC was a mere 2 years and 2 torturous years of mugging, and questioning the need for such vigorous study regime. Sure I formed my own band of friends, but perhaps a little more separated than I previously envisioned. 

University is probably the time people think about how they want their future to be really like and perhaps make friends based on these choices. I am glad my friends weren't superficial as that though it couldn't be all the same for others. It's possibly all about tactic and strategies to go forward for some. 

My secondary school friends are the people who listen to my complains and rants and stood by me and my choices every single time.

They understood why I make certain choices and respected them. 

They corrected me (not initially lol!) when I was being a bitch and changed me for the better

Basically they are just there whenever I need them. 

Thank you :) 

And so I found it extremely heartwarming for us to have the pre-convocation shoot together and what's more by our gang's photographer :D 

That guy always doesn't want to join in the fun with us pui. 

I guess I need not say more.

These will be the bunch of people I will love them to stay in my life for the years to come! 

I could never be as brave

Came across the true story of this young lady, Katie Piper, the ordeal she had to suffer and still probably suffering.

That was just the 1st part of Katie: My Beautiful Face. Warning: Not for the faint-hearted really. But if you are curious about the damage acid can cause... feel free.


Previously I was mentioning how there were so many things I want to achieve or want to go, but all that's stopping me was time. After this show, I think I throughly appreciate that at least I can do something while waiting for time to pass rather than starting for scratch again.

It's inspiring to see how she regained her confidence and just how brave she was. I think I would just wish that I was dead 99% of the time if I ever get to see myself in the mirror. A girl at some point in time would think that she is pretty, beautiful and perhaps even "of them all". I would even argue that beauty really forms a major part of our lives, whether are you fat or skinny, tall or short. So I think this is just about the worst thing that could possibly happen to one.

I could only scarcely imagined how it must be like to suffer from abuse and subsequently the attack. The immeasurable PTSD, the long road to recovery.
Hopefully the show will make you appreciate your life regardless of how little.

Search Katie Piper My Beautiful Face on youtube!

Leaves fall from the tree once a year but the tree still grows strong and proud

They say true friends are understanding.
They say true friends wouldn't treat each other this way.




In retrospect ?

Advertorial: The Next In Thing?

I am a staunch believer in first impressions, regardless of whether does the impression changed after interactions, because first impressions dictates if I choose to interact with you in the first place. I think the same goes for finding a job. Which was why using a neo-print photo, or having rainbow-coloured fonts wouldn't get you your dream job unless that's a requirement.  

But what does a piece of paper tell employers?

It immediately squashed us into some 2-dimensional person who only knows how to use the standard templates that we googled. How does one shows that he/she is more than that even though he/she didn't actively participate in CCAs/ charity work etc? Because things like hobbies doesn't come under the "norm" and shouldn't a commitment and interest in your hobbies count towards your character too?

In case you haven't heard about the next internet trend, it's video resumes that had been trending in the States for 3 years already. 

Guess what? We have our very own portal in Singapore too!

don't you love the name? Prevview is kinda apt, since employers are only looking at your 90 seconds video, that's a 90 secs preview of your whole life and V stands for videos :) 

As part of the team's effort, they stated a visume war! Of course prizes to be won :) 

The only 2 reasons that I wouldn't be participating is because a) I am so kind, I want to let other people win (gah!) and b) I have a job already :) 

Prizes are really great and technology-related

1st prize: Ipad 2 64G+3G 

HOW COOL IS THAT?

People queue to buy it but you can get it for freeeeeeee

2nd prize: Samung Galaxy Tab

Not a fan of this... but if you are, JOIN THE CONTEST 

3rd prize: Canon Digital IXUS 220HS

ok, I don't know what color they will choose but I thought the red one looks catchy and chic. 

See! First Impressions at work again! 

Before you rush in to the warzone, check out http://www.prevview.com/index.php/visume_tips

to learn about the dos and don'ts of visume. Yes like a normal resume there are unwritten rules to follow. Employers generally don't appreciate seeing you stark naked for 90 secs or heinous makeup, agree?

So after looking through some warriors' video, I thought this was one of the better ones

http://www.prevview.com/visumewars/index.php/user/profile/AfwYLXLgVm

Why ?

1. Clean and non-complicated background. (try making your potential employers listen to you over "next stop... Orchard" that's an immediate X for you)
2. Decent video quality (the whole point of the video is to see how you look like not counting how many pixels)
3. Decent appearance (see the above stark naked point)
4. Sounding sincere 
5. No "standard" answers or overly lame jokes (why say things that you normally put in resumes or cracking jokes that maybe your potential 40, 50 year old employer cannot understand? )

Anyway do check out http://www.prevview.com/visumewars/ if you want to get your techie gadgets for free! All the best!