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| My face is getting better! I only use my sister's cleanser for sensitive skin and moisturizer. Thank goodness~
Anyways... Yesterday, I was walking through the SAIT campus to get to the office. On my way in from the train station, I ended up seeing Michelle... Weird...
Here's why.
This is a girl I knew from Chinese school. She always talks to me like we're friends. Really, we're not.
First of all, I quit Chinese school when I was in grade 9 or so. That was over 10 years ago. I've only seen her a handful of times in the last couple years or so. I'm surprised she even recognized me that first time, though I suppose I haven't changed that much.
Secondly, we weren't friends. In fact, she was the outcast of our class... The girl that most people ignored, if they didn't pick on her. So unless something changed after I quit, we were never close to begin with.
*shrugs* It's not like I have anything against her. It's just quite odd in my opinion. She has fond memories of me (for some reason...) and yah...
Lolz~ She was telling me that she went out on dates with guys cuz she wasn't able to say no. Yet she acted like a completely obsessed stalker after the fact, so they wouldn't continue to pursue her... Like what the heck?! Oh my word... Odd girl... Really odd.
I think the last time I saw her was before I graduated, because I remember telling her that I was going to Japan with Ang. Then she was like "Oh my gosh! Can I go with you guys?!" and I was like "Uh... Sure..." (WEIRD!) But in the end she never contacted me. I must have given her my info (e-mail/number) like 3 times... And each time, she either hasn't contacted me or I have no idea... haha, it's not like I'm on MSN anyways and when I do check and get "adds", I automatically block them. I have no idea who people are by e-mail alone.
Ah well... I guess how events are remembered are up to the individual.
Yay for weekend though! So need it... ^__^ And the writing craze has kicked in again... hehe, so busy working on my ficcies~
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| I've always had acne problems, but it's the first time I've had any major skin irritations...
Yuck.
I used to use ProActiv, but that stuff costs an arm and a leg... So I switched back to the "generic" brands that you can buy just about anywhere. I ended up picking up a set for Clean & Clear since the price was decent.
Big mistake... I didn't know that their stuff is stronger in comparison. Now my face is so itchy! Sensitive to the strength of the stuff... Blah.
Feels like mah face is on fire. Both of my cheeks >_<
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| I was going to post about the personality thing that Cin did, but I got side-tracked yesterday so never got to it.
Instead, I shall now discuss my problem of habitual splurging... So! Ever since I started work, I now have a consistent income (duh!). How it works is that I get paid monthly (salary employee) and our paychecks end up being handed out at the beginning of the next month.
With each paycheck, I give out the usual stuff of monthly investment savings, offering for church and then... There's money for me to spend!!
It's not like I spend it all or anything drastic like that. I just always find something I want...
Back in August, it wasn't that much since I just started working, but I went and got a couple things from the Guess outlet at our new giant mall (around $50). Along with the usual cosmetics stuff from Sephora.
Back in September, it was a pair of dress heels since I didn't have any low-heeled (less than 1") heels, which I picked up from the Shoe Company (around $50). Also, I found this lovely little "wholesale" store online that uh... Sells clothes XD So yah, splurged and got a tonne of stuff!! Lke mm... 7 or 8 things... And it was only like $130!!
Last month was really bad... It was winter boots and not those ugly clunky ones you wore as kids. But something fashionable and warm. "And" being the very, very important key word there. I mean, I have boots already - two pairs of ankle (heeled) boots and a pair of black suede-ish knee-highs. All last year, I wore the knee-highs to work during the winter... Except they're freezing! They're just pretty, but they have no lining besides the simple fabric inside. No, what I wanted this time was warm, lined boots! Which of course, I found... After some searching. Dished out a good $120 or so for those.
Then we went back to the giant mall and I picked out this really cute dress from Forever XXI. The line-ups were crazy! So I just bought it anyways, though I didn't have that much time to really try it out. (Sissy and mom were in the change rooms so didn't have a chance to ask in detail.) Picked up the wrong size, cuz the small was still too big around the armpit region. Then, I went back the very next day to exchange it and ended up picking out some necklaces while I was at it. It was probably around $75 all together.
Shopping with Ang doesn't help cuz then we just want to buy stuff... Us shopaholics banding together... ^^;; So picked up a few more things there that time I went out with her.
Then, it was Braden's birthday a few days ago, so I had to go pick up his present! And of course, shopping for him is like shopping for me at the same time... Cuz I bought even more stuff for myself!! Cologne for him, perfume for me (like $80-ish) and even a game ($42)! The new Mario and Luigi game I might add... Fun stuff!!
Then just this month (what little of it has passed by already)... I was waiting for my bill to be processed. Like my VISA bill for last month's stuff, so I could spend some more!!
This time... I really did it... Lolz. There's this one store on eBay that I know (that I purchased stuff from before). And then I was looking and looking, especially since sissy had this lolita-ish blouse come in for her... And then it spurred my desire again!!
Ugh... So yah, found stuff to buy... Not hard at all! *sigh* The crazy thing?! It's not even the price... I ended up getting like 3 pairs of shoes! THREE pairs!!!
First pair - black knee-high converse shoes with a bit of red plain around the top. I really like these now especially after getting my "converse heels" from Japan. Totally love them! I just don't know what to wear them with... Since I'm not really that type of girl... Like just doesn't seem to match any of my clothes >_> I suppose I'll figure it out after they come...
Second pair - white knee-high lolita boots. Ahaha, my lolita desire kicked in... Like really badly! I really, really like the lolita style. Matches me too - girly girl and all that. So yah... I guess I could find something to match with it. I'll make it work. Not hard at all XD
Third pair - and this one is the kicker... Pink 3-inch heel lolita "princess" shoes. I love pink; I really do. They kind of replace my old pink shoes, though those were only sling-backs with like 1/2" heel. But *sigh* Oh my gosh...! I've really gone and done it now... Ahaha~ The funniest part is that I like totally love them! And have no idea what I'm going to wear with them!
Other things I've picked up from her - white thigh-high socks (I got my black ones from her before), this gothic doll choker/bracelet(-ish) set, black/white/grey plaid tights and this red/black plaid skirt.
I've been eyeing the gothic doll accessories since like forever! I mean, I got the two belts, but still... I always, always really wanted the choker/bracelet... And finally got it...
*sigh* And to top it all off, it'll cost me a pretty penny!! Like $360-ish (after conversion)... Wow!
Seriously, I can understand how Ang felt when she told me that she bought like two jackets online for like $200-something. It's sooo addicting!! Especially if you really, really like it. My will to resist temptation before has always kicked in, but not this time!!! >_>''
The way I figured it though... I'm not going to be young forever!! Gotta wear what you like now, before you're like "too old" to wear that sort of thing! Though... Lolz~ I suppose I could see myself still dressing the same way like 5 years from now... Which would put in me in the almost 30-zone... ^^;;
I just wouldn't wear it to work and I would wear it out wherever I go! XD
That said, I wore my black ballerina skirt to church last week, and one of the other girls was like "Do you always dress like this?!" and I was like "Mm... Not all the time, but yeah~" haha, and sissy was wearing her lolita blouse with this lolita skirt she picked up too. They were like "Cu~te!!" Helped that it was just after Halloween :p
What can I say? I'm a girly girl through and through it seems...
Lolz~ I'll put up pictures later, if anyone really cares to see. I'm just always a touch worried about shoes because I can't try them on before I buy them... I'm going to be so depressed if they don't fit!! Based on the size advertised, should be right, but you know how it is with shoes...
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| It's been a while! ^^ Nothing terribly exciting has happened... That's why XD
Anyways, yesterday, I was at work and I was trying to prepare these moulds for one of our procedures. (A procedure I happen to be developing! :p) So after some searching on me and sissy's part, I found this casting material called PermaStone Break-Resistant Casting Material. Sounds awesome doesn't it? It doesn't break! It's like stone!
Well... These are those "if it's good, it'd good; if it's bad, it's horrible" situations...
I prepared my mould and put in my piece that I was trying to replicate the shape of. Turned around to go read something... BAM! Totally forgot about it >_<
Yup... It got stuck...
Darn it all! And like it's name suggests... BREAK-RESISTANT! (I know, cuz I just tried to break it today...)
Sounds like no biggie right? I mean, I bought the entire box for $5... Except, no luck there! I only have ONE of the pieces for the shape that I need... And now it's STUCK in this BREAK-RESISTANT material....
Gah! Turned into a sculting session for like half my work day... Trying to gouge away enough of this stone-like material so I could liberate my poor trapped piece... I did before, but I have a newfound respect for ANYONE who does any type of sculpting, especially for people where this is their profession! Like seriously!! I was just trying to gouge away in any shape or form, as long as it came loose enough that I could get it out. But to have pieces where your livelihood depends on it... And if you do like ONE thing wrong... There goes all your hard work...
Not to mention, it doesn't help that I'm using a resin-based material to pot and what not. (Seriously, me and sissy sound like druggies when we talk about this XD) That stuff is like just as hard and my test runs of how it works... It was in glass jars!! I couldn't even break the mould to free my stuck attempts and I couldn't break the glass jar because of this stuff. What the heck!?!
I have no idea how I'm supposed to dispose of it... Broken glass can go in the broken glass container... CLEAN, broken glass that is. Not so clean if the whole jar has resin in it. The resin is supposed to go in solid waste, but I can't get it free... I couldn't break the mould to liberate the resin and I don't really want to throw the mould into solid waste when it's already full...
haha, back to the "druggie" chat though. I was complaining yesterday to sissy (on Skype) that I had to go to the bathroom, but I was in the middle of preparing another mould. Like UH... DON'T want to go through sculpting class again! So she was like "Go take your pot with you to the bathroom." Lolz~ Like uh... No thanks! XD
*sigh* Dunno WHAT I'm gonna do with this stuff. Can't break it. Can't just throw it in the trash... (Though I did a little bit with the stuff stuck in my moulds... Shhhh~) Definitely not doing that with glass jars though.
Not to mention, this week has been utterly booooring~ Just testing stuff and all that... But it's a whole bunch of doing and not much else. haha, I'm just hard to please. Not in the doing-stuff mood and that's all I get for weekly tasks. Then when I am in the doing-stuff mood, I get stuck with writing reports... Go figure... *glare*
Ah well. That's all the updates from me for now!
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| I saw this on speadee's blog and thought that it was pretty neat! So I tried it out myself. I dunno what the link is, but the site was Wordle (I believe).
Anyways, here are my word clouds ^^
Since Xanga is being silly and won't accept my uploads, I had to upload them somewhere else... But the link is http://picasaweb.google.com/aerysa/Miscellaneous#
Funny how "marriage" and "like" are so big on the first two... They have all the same text, but I was playing around with style. That one is from inputing my blog url and at the time, my last entry was uh... On marriage... XD (The previous post to this one.) The second one is a blog entry that I copied from here, where quite obviously... It was one of my dream entries...
*shrugs* Just for fun, killing some time... hehe~
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