The bird and I

I was, and am not, a bird lover. Even though I envy the fact that they have the freedom to fly as high as they can, I am still not a bird lover. And that turned into bird phobia in 2013. I remembered clearly that horrible afternoon outside Starbucks at Wheelock Place.

Okaii, maybe I was stupid too, after mugging for exams, my brains probably didn't think so much. I ordered a tea and a slice of cheesecake, not realizing a bunch of birds were eyeing on me. I wanted to find a quiet place to sit down and start mugging one of my modules and most of the time, Starbucks are filled with people and that was the same situation then. They only left those tall round tables that you can barely place a book and your tea on the same table while trying to write on your blank papers. So i opted to sit outside, as they had plenty of tables and some people were outside too, but in groups. Little did I know those evil birds already planned on mugging me! :(  The moment i placed my tea and cake outside, the whole bunch flew over. I moved my cake away immediately but alas, the birds were smarter, they worked in groups. I only managed to pull my tea away but not my books and cake. They started attacking the cake and walking on top of my books! :( The minute I walked closer to them, they will stop eating and stared at me with their evil eyes, daring me to go closer to them. They knew I was alone, had too many things to carry, there was no way I could save my cake.

Everyone else was staring, even those people who were busy with their own stuffs inside, stopped and stared. No one had a solution to chasing the birds away, until one of the Starbucks staff came out and shoo away the birds. Thankfully, I was saved, but rather shocked and scared at how the vicious the birds were. The staff was nice enough to change a cake for me, and I moved into the air-con area, surrendering my fate to a tiny tall table to study. I was grateful to the staff but died a little inside, and developed bird phobia. :(

To date, whenever I see birds flying closer, I tend to shun my way, just in case they start attacking me. However, I had to endure another bird vs me situation today. The bird flew into the kitchen while I was alone at home. I have closed the windows to the space that it shouldn't be able to fly in but somehow, the damn bird managed to squeeze in. It's not a small bird, but its a blackbird with yellow beak. I have no idea which species it is, but it is relatively common in Singapore. And they crowd around the area I'm staying a lot! They probably breed one corner around here that I remembered a friend told me that they had to engage eagles to chase all these birds away.

Anyways, back to the birds vs me situation. Being me, I panicked and close the kitchen door, in my mind thinking, before it starts to fly to the living room and shit around. Called up D and asked for help, he told me to open the kitchen door and the front door to let it out. But there was no way could I face the bird myself. So I was thinking, should I let it out from the front door? For I am also worried that it may stop in front of my shrimp tank and start attacking those poor shrimps. While I was pondering and checking on the bird, I realized it was trying to get out, but it couldn't squeeze through the opening that it came in before, it started to panic and called for his friend. His friend was trying to open the window, so that the bird could fly out. The bird kept looking outside the window, trying to figure out how to get out, looking for solutions through the toilet and in the kitchen.

It dawned to me, that is the situation we may face in life. We can see the wonderful world outside the window, but we do not know how to get out to the wonderful world. We are trapped, yet we can see the tiny opening to the outside world. How do we get ourselves out from that situation. I have no answer to that yet, but the bird got me into thinking. So I decided to pluck up the courage, geared myself up, switch off every available light near the shrimps, opened the front door, and opened the kitchen door.

There was no sign of the bird, even in the toilet, what was left from the bird was its' shit. *cursed* So it managed to get out from the way it got in. After numerous attempts to get out from various ways. I am thinking right now, if it is a sign for me.

Last day of 2013

Today marks the last day of this busy fruitful year that I had. Its been a challenging year with lots of changes, ups and downs and also meeting great people. Not only great people but also meeting the love of my life. (: 

Looking back, it might been a long and weary year, but I've learnt a lot and appreciate a lot. It may not be the best year that I've gone through in my life, but its definitely a memorable one. One thing that should be marked in the list is the revival of my blog. Due to work and school previously, I couldn't keep this blog going. But now that I've changed my job, and nearly finishing my studies, I've finally decide to keep this going. Hopefully *fingers crossed* 

The other best thing that happened this year is definitely I've found THE partner. (: The one who is able to tolerate my bad temper, who treats me like a kid and loves me all his heart. Thank you dear ♥. 

Besides these, I've learnt to take big steps in my life, making decisions that I think is good for me. *yay!* I've grown up, and proud to say that ^_^v 

Next year will be another big milestone in my life with lots of important and good things happening. And I'm so happy that I will be traveling with my parents for a trip. THIS is my first time to travel with them for a trip, not a day trip *woos* Am so looking forward. 

Resolutions? I don't think I will have a list, but just 3 points that I will think about it. Something that I can achieve and accomplish in 2014. (: I think I've done my best for my 2013 resolutions and I believe I can achieve again in 2014. 

Happy New Year (EVE) ^_^

Nail Art: Hello Kitty Attempt

Had been recently obsessed with nail art since I've decided that I should start using up all my nail polish collection. hahaha .... It hadn't been all successful though.... It always end up with me being too lazy to draw and do something nice. Then it will be a full color nail.

Back track a little, I had bf to help me with my nails by sticking the fruit filmos for me when I was over at his place. And this is his masterpiece. Not bad for a beginner.

He felt that the arrangement was nice. 

But then again, I thought the placement could have been better. its seems too close to each other and the base color should have been other colors. *haha*

Yesterday I tried another Nail Art, and it got me messed up like almost 3 hours. Firstly, I wasn't patience enough to wait for it to dry. Secondly, my free art just sucks. hahaha. And here's the masterpiece.

The Hello Kitty just didn't look like one. Mum says Hello Kitty got whiskers?*face palm* 

I think I will work and try again with proper planning and I shall try doing the clouds pattern with blue polish... Red just doesn't do the pattern justice, or is it just me who doesn't do a justice to the nice simple pattern.

Never mind, I shall try again the next time, with my latest wish to get color, turquoise color. I'm still deciding should I get Essie's Turquoise & Caicos or Orly's Gumdrop. Initially was China Glaze's Turned up Turquoise but it seems that there's glitter contained. Personally I prefer matte nail polish, as it is easier to remove (:  I shall ponder till I decide the best colors to suit, or should I just get both Essie and Orly??? hahaha

Musical: The Phantom Of the Opera

Poster from Europeanseason

Went for the Musical last weekend..... My Second Musical for the year, can't afford more than that. I have missed out Adam's Family, kinda regret but oh wells.... At least I'm not missing the Musical for the year.

Our tickets.... Even though is Cat A. 

Even though we were sat at Category A, I felt we were considered far. Further than where I sat for Jersey Boys and Wicked. ☹ It was bf's first musical and for the moment I thought he was going to fall asleep. *hahaha* But amazingly he was wide awake throughout the whole musical. *claps claps* Even though it was the Matinee slot, most probably was the understudy, but it was a great performance. Especially the guy who acted as the Phantom XD. Sadly I won't know, didn't get the programme booklet this time around, S$25. The rest are all piling up at home, hence the skip for this copy. Oh wells, hope I won't regret my decision. *ahaha*

But there was one slightest problem for the performance. The sound system wasn't at its best performance, from where I was seated, kinda of a pity though. Since its a Musical-Opera mix, they should have done the sound system better. There were times I couldn't quite catch what they were singing. ☹☹☹

Overall a good musical to catch. ☆☆

Hope that in the future, musicals can be more enjoyable with better sound system.