Smitten

Omg, I can't believe how well this video is made! I wanna create videos like this! Holymoly, my colleague is simply talented.

timekiller

I had no idea this song was by them!

summer 2

Let's just get this done and over with. Holidays here I come. This hiccup, this bump in the road, this obstacle; just leaving it to God. 

laze

I like how this music video was filmed. The video effects making it look all lomo-fied and vintage.

tick tock tick tock

I hate ticks. I've pretty had enough of them the last time when I worked as a pet groomer. I've always taken care of Choko but I'm not so sure about the 'other-side'. I'm getting tired of checking Choko everyday for ticks and I'm living constantly in a paranoia of ticks. Man, sooner or later, if this goes on, I'm gonna develop a phobia for ticks. So much so that I wouldn't be able to pluck and kill the tick myself. Just came back from work. Worked the entire day from 10.30am to 10.30pm. Thought that I could relax at home and focus on editing the video for project but holy crap, came home to find out that there were friggin' four ticks on my bed and so I had to check Choko for ticks. Found one dead tick. Went up to my room, put my bag down, took a casual glance at meimei's blanket. Alas, one live tick crawling about. Grabbed it, put it in a tissue and killed that monster-of-a-creation.

Currently, googling about ticks and wth, this is what I've found out so far:

"Egg-laying begins about three days after the engorged adult female drops from the dog. She may deposit as many as 5,000 eggs in places such as between boards, under plaster or carpeting, or in other cracks and crevices. The eggs usually hatch in about two - three weeks, although up to several months may be required under extremely cool or dry conditions."


FIVE THOUSAND EGGS? 5000 EGGS FROM A BUG THAT IS LIKE THE SIZE OF A MOLE? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?


This whole tick situation has been bugging my family for about a week or so, and considering that Singapore is a pretty warm country, the eggs could probably be hatching now?? I'm am seriously going bonkers. Another thing, 'engorged' - means or in other words is 'full with blood'. So when the female tick is FULL, it FRIGGIN' LAYS EGGS.


And then, another article pops up:


"Ticks cannot reproduce in your house.
First of all, a complete life-cycle of a tick takes two years.
Second, they are very susceptible to temperature, requiring highs and lows to trigger life-cycle changes. Hypothetically, a tick might be able to take it's first blood-meal in the larval stage, but is unlikely, as they are not very mobile, and prefer rodents.
The nymph stage requires hibernation.
Advantix should be a repellant. If you are finding engorged ticks with heads, then they have already spent days taking a blood meal, and have fallen off.
Hypothetically, your dog could have brought it in, "repelled" it into the house (the downside of Advantix) and it was picked up by your cat. Advantage does not have tick-repellant properties, and Advantix isn't marketed for cats.
I would HIGHLY doubt your ticks would reproduce within the house - the environment is just too unfavorable. Of course, you should be treating all the pets in the house. I would stick with Frontline Plus, as it can be used with dogs & cats, and does not repel. That just means you'll have to keep an eye out, and may have to pull out the occasional deady."


Is this a good thing? Is this true? Is it true that ticks can't reproduce in a house?


On a last note, guess what? Males die immediately after mating. Well, I guess that's one good thing to this whole horror tick drama.


I pray for a miracle. For God to rid what is not pleasant in this house. He has control over everything and over the ticks too. 

A post before I sleep

I think I'm gonna be so screweddd for my public relations mid terms ): I hate studying. 2 more semesters to go and I'm done! I'm a pretty average student and am just aiming to hit a 3.0 GPA before conferral. Please please pretty please? May the good Lord slam dunk me into a tub of common sense for my exams tomorrow...

Random Ramblings:
Pretty addicted to Pinterest. I love online shopping. There's so much that I want to do but the present reality of studying does not permit this. So many photos to edit that, especially those trips to Penang and outings with E. I just took off my keyboard protector and the Mac keys feel soooo good. Clickety clack~~ Like ever since I got this lovely MBA, I had the keyboard protector by Capcase on for as long as I can remember. It also muffles the clickety clack sound of the keyboard's keys, which is good, especially during class times.

HAHA

TEA TIME

Super belated post, shall let the pictures do the talking (: Met may and sihui for 'tea' after class at Prive. Wanted to take photos along the docks, and a nice uncle let us into the area whereby only yacht owners can enter (:

I really can't take pictures of food so I'm only posting this.

A lot of color editing was done to this photo. I tried my best to salvage this. This is what happens when the photographer is in the picture. Hahaha.

Rare solo shot.

Some OOTD shots below:

Happy jumping shot (:

RUN FIONA RUN, NO

Haven't blogged in a long time due to an insane schedule. It's not that I have school everyday or something but due to other commitments.

Monday: School (& maybe track training)
Tuesday: School and Muay Thai
Wednesday: Work at Jipaban and Energia
Thursday: School
Friday: Work and Church Cell
Saturday: Muay Thai training
Sunday: Church

So, like the only days that I'm free to go out and meet people or shop, is on thursday, saturday and sunday. This explains why I probably do a lot of online shoppingggg ):

So, I haven't been attending Track and Field training with SIM lately. Why? I think it's because I've lost all motivation to run. I'm not someone that runs to run. I believe that running is like a prerequisite for another sport or activity. Yes, it is true that I was running very intensively when Edwin brought me over to SIM Track and Field but I kinda did so because SIM Muay Thai was kinda non-existent. Now, they are back and stronger than ever and I'm back to what I am interested in. So, this stage that I am in, is kinda like a funk or a burnout stage.

I'm tired of running and it's not in my nature to run run run. I gave T&F a shot because I had no other sporty outlet to go to and because it was in line with my goal of fitness. I guess I'll head back when I've psyched myself up for monday trainings. I'm know that I need to run to build up my stamina for Muay Thai and that's why I'll go back for track training.

My brain's kinda in a state of confusion and I can't exactly put all these feelings and thoughts into words, but all I know is that I'll head back to track when I've psyched myself that I need the stamina for Muay Thai.