Final Countdown Posted at 9:55 AM 0 comments (+) If you were to ask me a week ago how I felt about Nationals, I would say that I'm terrified. Not ready. Just a week ago, I didn't expect myself to be able to do what I can do now.

It's another 3 days to Nationals. If you were to ask me now, I would say I'm excited. I'm going to work harder for the people that can't. I'm looking forward to show everyone the result of months of hard work and sacrifice that the team and myself has put in.

I'm just so so so excited. :)

Family Bake-Out Posted at 9:05 AM 0 comments (+) Happy Chinese New Year everyone. I wish you a prosperous and fulfilling life.
My cousins from England is back in Singapore for two weeks, and they are the most adorable things the world. They grew so much from the last time they were back.

So they came over to my house today and we had a family baking session!

My dad, my sister, and owen (the adorable tiny british boy), was in charge of baking chocolate chip cookies. I forgot to take a picture of the already-baked cookies though. Oh well, at least I snapped a few pictures of the dough.

 Here's my dad making cookies for the first time.
 And here's Uncle Brian mixing the batter for the nutella cupcakes. Oh yes, I forgot to mention. Uncle Brian, Me, and Erin (the adorable tiny british girl), was in charge of baking nutella cupcakes.

 This is my sister, claiming that she's an expert at baking cookies. Well, she's better at cookies than me, I'll give her that. Just cookies. I'm better at everything else. Hah!

 Here's owen, proud of his giant cookies that stuck together after they were taken out from the oven.






You have to admit, our nutella cupcakes turned out pretty well.

Look how Erin's face lights up after she tastes the nutella buttercream.



 These are the cupcakes that Erin decorated.





 These are the ones that Owen decorated.


That little cheeky boy. I swear he's the most adorable boy in the world with his british accent and his comedic mind.

 Our decorated cupcakes!


I decorated this one! ;)

And here's erin again with the cheer bow that the cheerleader's from bangkok gave to me.

 Our finished cupcakes!




 That's it folks!

Blood, rivers, and cookies. Posted at 8:56 AM 0 comments (+)  I just realized how misleading the title is. But no matter, it is what it is.

So this has been a pretty busy week for me. Apart from training, I acompanied my best friend to NUH. No, it's nothing serious. There were just some problems with her hormones. And, maybe it's because I haven't been to a hospital for a long time, but hospitals don't look the way I expect them too anymore. I was expected plain gray walls and ugly corridors like the ones you see in Channel 8's 9pm dramas. But no, I thought I walked into a 5-star hotel.



It turns out that Reichin had to draw blood for tests. And it's no secret that I'm not good with needles. My hands were literally shaking while I was trying to get a few good shots.
Hallelujah to anti-movement.





 So here's the disgusting part:


Look at this girl - so proud of her tube of blood.

And over the weekend, I had lunch with my grandparents at Clarke Quay. Ate at my favorite Bak Kut Teh stall of all time. Then we went to the riverside to look at the scenery.
I know right? Tourist-much.

  After a while, we got bored just looking at the river. So my grand dad and sister decided to get some dessert.



 After that lovely afternoon with my family, I met up with Reichin to get some Chinese New Year clothes. And had dinner at one of our favorite places to nom.





 

 
Yes, I baked. Oatmeal cookies!

The first batch, however, got a little charred..


 
And, I painted my nails again.. I swear I should stop.
These nails were inspired by @noemihk on instagram. Her nails are awesome.

Night Sky Posted at 9:17 AM 0 comments (+)
Next, I just dabbed the sponge into my nail a few times to make sure the color really stuck to the nail.

Note: You may need to go over the same nail more than once to make sure that the there are no empty patches.

So what you get now is messy fingers with awesome 3-toned gradients.
No need to fret. Just pick up a Q-Tip and clean the sides.


So finally, to give that night sky effect, I layered both glitters onto my nails.


I'm sorry that the final picture is still a little messy on the sides. I usually just scrape off the excess polish on my skin using my nails when I take a shower. It is so easy to scrape off when it's wet.

So here's how I did it!