Distraction No More

"...the soft dim light illuminates his body. His calloused palm runs up to her silken thighs. Then very gently he finds her wet-"

Hmm...what's the right word for va-jay-jays? Pussy? Ewww.... Yoni? Aiye....
Something subtle. Something that sounds romantic.
...
...

Fertile opening?

WTF??!!

Ok, this sucks. I've got to think- Oh, it's 6.30pm now. Half an hour to go before Glee starts. That William is really hot. I wonder if there's any real teacher like that in real life...

Shit. Got to focus.

Maybe I should Google it and see what comes out.
*Opens Internet Explorer*
Hmm..maybe I should check Facebook first. See who commented my pictures.
*Logs in to FB*
OMG, he changed his status to 'In a relationship'?? Who the heck is he dating??!!

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Sounds familiar?

Whenever you're trying to write a story/essay or finish your assignment you get distracted by toolbars, alerts or widgets. Want a free writing zone?

CreaWriter is the answer!

CreaWriter is a free Windows download that creates a distraction-free writing zone. Here's what the website says:

"CreaWriter is a Windows program designed to increase your productivity and creativity. Its minimalist interface full screen and distraction free, envolves you in a relax and calm atmosphere which stimulate your concentration and creativity in writing."

You can choose your own background sound besides the water sound that comes with the program. Of course, you can always use your good ol' Microsoft Word and set it to full screen with your trusty media player playing songs in the background. But a white screen can be boring after a while.

Did I mention that CreaWriter lets you choose your own background image as well?

Just you and your text with soothing background image and music. Yay for inspiration and zero distraction!

If you think you need this free program, visit http://www.creawriter.com/

p/s I was writing with this program and copied/pasted it to blogger.

pp/s No, I don't write porn in my free time. I just wanted to get your attention. HAHA

Eyebrow update

Papa: You did your eyebrows??!
Me: Err...yea..
Papa: Why didn't you ask me first?!!
Me: Err....
Papa: Why didn't you ask me first??!! (He's quite agitated by now)
Me: Err..I was scared you wouldn't let me....
Papa: You should have told me first..! Look, you can't undo it already..! It's permanent now!
Me: Aiyo relax la. It's not permanent ok. It's embroidery not tatoo la. It will fade one.

He didn't talk about it afterwards. Then, the next day when I saw him in the morning after waking up, he chuckled and said I looked weird.

I guess he accepted the fact that I'm a big girl already. God, bless his 57 year old heart :)


Next post will be on one more girly stuff (But not about cosmetics). Sorry I'll try to make my blog more appealing to both sexes haha. Hmm...I'm thinking about Porsche 550 Spyder...

WHAT?! Eyebrow embroidery?

No, this not eyebrow embroidery.

98% of Indian girls have beautiful eyebrows. The other 2% have bushy eyebrows.
Me? I don't have eyebrows LOL


So, out of my mum's persuasion and my attempt of being girlier I've decided to do eyebrow embroidery. I've never dyed/permed my hair, never pierced anywhere besides earlobes, never tatooed, no braces. I don't plan to do any of those things except piercing and dying my hair when I'm old. See? Quite 'traditional' right?

"What about eyebrows?" you might ask.

Well, my left and right eyebrows don't look the same. One has lesser hair than the other and they are pain in the ass for me to groom them. They don't really bother me. In fact, it's fun to joke about them. Nevertheless I know I need to do something with my eyebrows. I think there's an unwritten rule about girls having to be well groomed once they're considered 'matured' (hmm, wonder why I didn't apply that rule earlier)

Anyway here's an account of my 'ordeal'
-Went to that Kedai 'Kuan Yin' (ok la, Kuan Yin Beauty Salon) after running some errands with mum. The shop is opposite Olympia College.

-First thing I noticed: Wah so many aunties with fake eyebrows. Got 2 leng lui receptionists. Got one guy there too, hmm.. he's either a doting bf/husband or gay.

-Waited for half an hour because my mum forgot to make an appointment. Witnessed a few aunties erasing their old tatoos, doing embroidery and touching up their embroidery. Overheard lots of 'woman-talk' like beauty, fashion, kid's education, bla bla bla. Vowed to myself never be like them. I'd talk about airplanes and Dato' Tony Fernandez instead.

-It's my turn now!! The beautician first drew 2 different shapes and let me choose either one. I chose one that was 'sharper' and not so 'round'. After making sure that nothing is lop-sided or weird she shaved my eyebrows according to the one that she drew.

First, she put some stuff to disinfect the area. Before she started;

I asked, "What kind of feeling should I expect? How much does it hurt?"
"Like how you pluck your eyebrows," she answered.
"That's not even painful!"
"Wah, you can tahan ah."
"No, are you lying to make me feel better?" I asked suspiciously.

She just smiled sheepishly.

Than a buzzing sound began. I held my hands tight and closed my eyes.

It didn't really hurt at first. It just felt like tiny little needles poking on the surface of your skin (er..upper epidermis?). Then as she kept on poking me with that electric instrument (I call it Big Daddy) back and forth repeatedly on the same place, it started to hurt a bit. Then it stopped. And she poked me with another smaller non-electric instrument to fill in the spots that hasn't been coloured. Another quick round Big Daddy finshed the job. She repeated the same process on the other eyebrow.

The whole embroidery process took about 15 minutes maybe? It wasn't too bad, definitely hurt lesser than a real Tatoo or my dislocated kneecap. I got a shock when I look at the mirror though. My eyebrows were a bit red and swollen but those black up-side-down Nike sign were unmistakable. The beautician said the swell will go away tomorrow. Oh yeah, that 15 minutes cost me RM300. Touch up is complimentary, mine is 2 weeks from now.

Does it look good? Well, it's very dark and swollen now. My mum said it'll take a week for it to be lighter and look more natural. Recommended? Unless you have shitty eyebrows like me, just use eyebrow pencils. Don't be like all those aunties :D


BTW My 'China-man' father doesn't know about it yet. He hasn't come home. I don't know how he'll take it. Hell, he doesn't even like me putting nail polish. I'll let you guys know. HAHA

Don't Pee in the Pool!

In a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted in April and May, 17 percent admitted relieving themselves in a swimming pool. Even the Olympics' most decorated swimmer, Michael Phelps, confessed to urinating in the water to TV host Jimmy Kimmel. In a 2008 interview, Kimmel asked the 14-gold medal winner, "You pee in the pool, true?"
"Yeah," Phelps replied.
"Which nationality pees in the pool the most?" Kimmel asked.
"Probably Americans," Phelps said.
"Oh, so we're number one in that too," Kimmel quipped.

Sometimes, an indoor swimming pool will emit a strong chemical smell. The swimmers have coughs or red, stinging eyes after emerging from the pool. Usually those symptoms get dismissed as the effects of chlorine, but their causes are something more organic.

When swimmers sweat or urinate in the pool water, the bodily fluids combine with the chlorine. It creates chloramines, which causes the strange odor and the eye and respiratory irritations for swimmers.

No matter how discreet the act may be, "you're contaminating the pool. Let's face it," said Linda Golodner, the vice chairwoman of the Water Quality and Health Council.

The survey released by Golodner's group, which advises the American Chemistry Council, found that 11 percent of the surveyed adults said they have swum with a runny nose, 7 percent with an exposed rash or cut and 1 percent when ill with diarrhea.

The most common recreational water illness is spread through diarrhea. One of the most persistent problems is Cryptosporidium, a parasite that causes diarrhea and can be found in infected stools.

"With Crypto, if you have diarrhea, it's very watery," Hlavsa said. "It's not a formed stool sitting in the pool or floating on top. It could be very watery, and no one [in a pool] would know."

During the past two decades, Crypto has become one of the most common causes of waterborne illness. If someone swallows water that has been contaminated with fecaes, he or she may become sick even if very little water is consumed.

The agency also recommends that people shower before a swim, because most people have traces of feces on their bottoms, which can contaminate recreational water. In the Water Quality survey, 35 percent reported skipping a shower before swimming.

Here are tips to make sure the pool is clean:
• Look at the pool to see whether it's clean and clear, and the drain is visible.
• Listen for pool equipment, because the pool pumps and filters should make noise.
• Feel the tiles and pool sides. They should not be sticky or slippery.
• Beware of a strong chemical odor. A well-chlorinated pool has little odor.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/22/pools.urinate.hygiene/index.html

Chistmas Joke

My wife's been dropping me subtle hints this week as to what she wants for Christmas, saying things like " I want something that feels really silky and smooth", "Hope you get it in my size" and "I want to be able to wear it every day".

Boy is she going to love the washing-up gloves I bought.

Merry Christmas everyone! :)

Whats my city?

Your City is Buenos Aires

You are cultured, sophisticated, and quite old fashioned. You believe traditions are important, but you are still quite vibrant. People don't know you well at all, and if they do, they totally misunderstand what you are all about. You are more interesting and more intelligent than anyone gives you credit for. You are a bit of a hidden treasure. You are creative, ambitious, beautiful, and fun. You may have a rough past, but you are always getting better.

What's" Your City?

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New Moon Review

I've just watched New Moon with Niroshaa. She was my sexy Ah Mat hehe.

I spent RM6 on the ticket (thanks to my student card) on hopes that I'll be wowed by the new director since Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass) took over. One word to describe the movie.

D.I.S.S.A.P.O.I.N.T.I.N.G

Good bits:

1) The vampires are not wearing so much make up anymore. :D

2) Shirtless Jacob 'Biceps' Black and Edward 'Swoon' Cullen for girls below 16

3) Memorable (cheesy) line:
Edward: You give me everything just by breathing
Which is cheesier? "You jump I jump" or this?

4) Great CGI for the werewolf scenes. I also like how the camera captures the scenes in the forest. They're quite artistically shot actually. But then these are the only elements Chris Weitz seems to be paying attention to.

5) Jacob brings a fresh air of humour to the otherwise tense mood.

6) It's nice to see some real vampires who will actually kill humans like the Volturi as opposed to the 'vegetarian' Cullens

BAD bits:

1) The whole paper-cut scene looks unnatural. Jasper doesn't look like he wants Bella's blood badly enough. I was hoping to hear a loud snarl from him.

2) The movie starts in school where Edward walks (slow-mo) towards Bella and then says Happy Birthday to her giving an ample time for the girls to gawk at him. Come on, that's soo cliche. At least put some funny music to make him as if he's making fun of his own prettiness.

3) Bella only has two expressions. A vacant stare that is meant to denote intensity which she does a lot and tiny frown that denotes distress when Edward tells her that he is breaking up with her. Aiyo Kristen, why can't you whine like a kid or be angry instead of just staring at him?

4) Edward just scowls a lot or broods. Both of which are annoying once used repeatedly. He could have more personality than a brooding suicidal vampire who loves a love-struck suicidal teenager.

5) Jacob's transformation was never fully explained and Bella did not seem to be genuinely shocked to see a human tranforming to a wolf. Perhaps she got used to myth creatures already?

6) I hate the way Bella is shown sitting in front of a window looking at the trees as months passed by. She looks more like a grandma who misses her cat. I'd prefer fast forwaded scenes of her daily lives of how it feels incomplete without Edward. Isn't that what Stephenie Meyer is trying to tell in her book?

7) The relationship between Bella and Edward is stiff; they are never happy unlike Jacob and Bella, they look like they're under a spell rather than really being in love. It merely consists of staring, silence, Edward throwing some cheesy line like "you are my everything" or "I don't want to live in a world where you didn't exist" . Right, you don't want to live in a world where a girl who stares at you in silence doesn't exist.

Conclusion

Good movie for 16 year old or under die-hard fans. Bad cinematic experience for the more matured audience. As for me, I'll buy the pirated DVD when the next movie comes out. :D