16.06.14

Back with some updates! It's been a while since I've updated my blog with anything personal, usually only updates about events and dance but heh. I decided to go for the cut! I cut 6-7inches of my most loved hair. I chopped off all my bleached ends and omfg it is ridiculously short. It doesn't even surpass my boobs and cover them the way the mermaids' hair do! It's been so long since I had this length; prolly back when I was 15 wtf. It's a refreshing change tho. People say I look more lady-like and younger/mature idk. Gonna redye it with Loreal's P66 Intense Spicy Red before the 20th this month!

And, I've started my fourth sem this month(June) and I got my results back! I usually do not check them online and wait for the black and white print instead but I just couldn't help it when my friend, Vanee spammed our college group chat with hers! I was so afraid to scroll down but when I did, I squealed! Literally! LIKE HOW? It's been exactly a year since I've started college and I've finally got "what-i-think" is my best! A CGPA of 3.93 with straight distinctions! Since first sem, I've been maintaining my 3.5 CGPA and above score and I hope it'll stay that way till I graduate! I am really thankful and proud of all my hard work and tears and sleep I've sacrificed into making this happen. Plus, my lecturer is not one so generous in giving out her marks. Gonna work fucking hard for 7 weeks in my 4th sem in summer and score well for my PR, Reporting and Malaysian Studies class. Usually it's only 2 classes per short sem, but I'm kiasu and I want to graduate faster LOL. *pops confetti* :D

Also, we had a mini photoshoot session in the studio. This was what we wore and of course, taken before I chopped off my hair heh. We were asked to send in crew pictures to the organizer of COTK2014 for their grand finals event preparations. It's gonna be super big this year and we are all really nervous and worried! BUT. I'm sure we can all do it! UISH!

Uploaded some of my other pictures taken that night on my Instagram @arielllo. Check them out and follow me please? HEHE.

Today is the 16th of June as I type this and the D-day is on the 21st. We fly on the 20th. That gives us D-3 left to practice as hardcore as we can at the studio before packing our luggages! Wish us luck! xx

On a side note, caught a virus that made me get really bad cough, flu, sore throat and fever. Seriously triple combo + 1 stirke ah! All this landed on a pretty bad timing. Classes just started(every afternoon from Tues-Sat) and dance practices are getting more intense. I better try to get as much rest as possible and sleep more. Hopefully, I'll be brand new by the time I need to fly!

Summer '14 is starting real soon and I cannot wait to be reunited with my fluffball. Party time, bitches! xx

Changes and more changes

WHOOOOP! Back with updates aside from my dance life teehee. Look at the amount of selfies I took for the past month! ;o There were way more but then my face would flood up the entire site heh. Actually if you've been following me on Instagram (@arielllo) or friends with me on Facebook then then you'd have seen most of the pictures already heh!

So I've been going out quite a bit,

Been chilling a lot with him and Teresa especially. Late night conversations, confessions, drinks and stuff. Had way more alcohol consumption in this one month than in my entire life LOL. Better start to work out if not my beer belly omg.. I don't really want to imagine that. heh..

Diploma life..

Left: Copywriting magazine assignment. Right: E.P booklet assignment! Took me an all nighter of 6 hours to complete my EP booklet, sketches, mini booklet, CD production and photoshopping shit! But, it was so worth it! I adore my booklet. Okay lah, maybe I could have done way better if I didn't procrastinate but can't blame me! I have practices for showcases until super late hehe. Did a booklet about Kesh and a presentation on the due date. Lecturer said she has no complaints at all about my design and booklet except that there's one page where the image is blur BOOO. But yay! Really do not want to repeat this subject cause it's super time consuming and...it costs a LOT.

 Outings...

Actually got my ass up at 7am for the 8am gym sesh with these two.

August Happenings.

Hey people!  So, August has been a rather happening month for me this year and I guess that's why it passed rather quickly. Since some of my readers state that I don't blog about anything else rather than my crew and dance life, here's some updates about everything else that has been going on lately.

 1. I'm slowly adjusting to the busy college life( by that i mean, body clock that's fcking messed up and assignments that never seem to end and of course sitting down to get the study mode) and I guess although i moan and groan about classes I enjoy most of my classes. Took the final exams for my short sem a few weeks back and overall scored a CGPA of 3.5 out of 4.0. Happy but yet again felt that I could actually score better. Guess it's alright for a start though. I'll be satisfied, for now at least hehhh.

After my 1 week holiday break I got my list of classes that I would be attending for the next sem and I  literally had no idea what to expect from any of my classes cause.. I couldn't understand the subject names lolol. I mean, look below!

 I did a presentation on contemporary and modern theories for the media before and it was bloody difficult so I guess Communication Theory would be my hardest sub. A senior is repeating his 3rd time taking this subject so you get my point. Only my first week into the long sem and I'm dying already. So far, i have a solo 3 hour presentation to prepare for and an 2.5k word(min) essay(assignment) for Communication Theory, an article to write for Copywriting, 4 drafts, 2 mockups to draw, colour and recreate in photoshop for E.P, 5 news reports to write and self creating a 15min 30sec radio programme for Radio Journalism. So, I got all this in a week. A WEEK.HOW IN THE WORLD asdfghjkl. Thank God my A.P class is rather relaxing phew. *sigh* Have to work extra hard this sem for me to keep up with my min score of 3.5 CGPA.

*chosen sketch mockup. colour testing at 2.30am. yep, i'm hardcore*

I won't deny how interesting my subjects really are though they do require lots of work but at least I enjoy it so I guess I'm really blessed not to have to have anything to do with maths and any scientific shit which I suck in. hehhh. oh oh, and thank God for friends who are not as blur as me :P

2. Before I started my first week of the long sem, i decided to get rid of my multi-coloured hair so, I'm fully a brunette now! It took me a while to actually get used to dark brown hair instead of my pink/peach/purple/orange/blonde hair so for the first few days I was rather annoyed at myself but now I find it's easier to match with my clothing so what the hell. I might highlight it crazy again but for now i'd just stay neutral! Plus, it doesn't draw too much attention to me too and I don't get called an "ah lien". pfft ew. "Grunge fashion" is what inspired me for my hair okay. Google it!

*snpashots from an instavideo of the weekend from my insta. follow me @arielllo*

3. I headed up to Damai Resort for one of the weekends ago for a part time beer promoter job at Escobar. There was a beach rave going on and the crowd *cough* mostly MEN *cough* were excited as fcuk since deejay Tenashar was one of the guest deejays that night. The night was really crazy though. Once the night reached it's peak, damn it, it was as if I pumped and passed out beers like it was my life. These people just keep coming lol! Thank God my supervisor was a really nice person or else I would have died. The things I do for the sake of extra income tsk. Broke my record of wearing 5 inch heels from 6.45pm up till 1am. *a round of applause please* Stayed a while after working hours to party but we were obviously too tired so went back to our hotel rooms after a while and zonked out soon enough. I probably only had 2-3 hours of sleep that night ugh. But, it was worth it for s short getaway from the norms. 

4. Attended J.A.B Volume 3(i think) to support my crew leader in her 2 on 2 Freestyle battle last week. It's been a while since I've been to a dance scene with all the other Kuching dancers. Some even flew in from Melaka, KL and other places for this particular event. Makes me wanna dance so badly after watching all the other dancers do their thing. Note to self : work on my freestyle lolol.

5. I attended wacking workshop by Michael Sim (Singapore), with my crew members. His wacking technique was completely different from what we usually practice. For the first time, attending a dance workshop wasn't stressful as compared to the previous ones I've attended. I could actually enjoy it and i've really missed this particular feeling. Maybe it's the stress of having to do better and an expectation others have for you but for some reason that day it was easy to let loose and just enjoy the beats and the moves freely. Thank you for having us! xx

*ice cream sesh with the girls after the wacking workshop. full instavid version on my insta!*

6. Had a movie night session with highschool friends and watched Mortal Instruments. I think that this has got to be the best 2013 movie I've watched up to date. IT'S SO AMAZING *sprinkles hearts and glitter* I cannot even. I HAVE TO READ THE DAMN BOOK. it's asdfghjkl. JUST GO WATCH IT. GO.

7. Been going to Junk Backstage rather frequently and I met new people, made new friends and went out on 2 dates. After all, you should go on dates. How would you know if you never tried? Tip here though : don't expect much from the post date happenings. It was probably just a date with a guy after all. If he's interested he will make an effort. If he doesn't, he's not the one. xx

8. I've probably ticked so many stuff listed on my bucket list this year and the year isn't over yet. I met a British guy just last Saturday night at Junk Backstage and we hit it off almost instantly. I swear I melted. I really did. He is one of , no, scratch that- THE sweetest most gentleman guy I've ever met. All the small gestures, all the polite words and shit really I'm melted. I mean, how often do people ask you this - "do you want to dance with me?" and hold up their hand? HOW MANY YOU TELL ME. People here usually just try to grind you and shit. *fans self* Here's a few things he said to me that night. 

It's been so long since I've had an actual intelligent English conversation and asdfghjkl damn. 

At one point I stayed my distance cause well, you can never be too careful but then, cannot. I MELT. He;s is just too sweet. I used to think I would only consider dating or even marrying anAsian just like myself but after that night that has definitely changed!! Teresa seemed to be having fun with the guy's best friend too. Needless to say we gushed about it like highschool girls after that night. It was somehow a self-ego boosting night for us too LOL. I mean, we can attract "ang mohs". That states a lot lolol! I would explain it in more detail but I'd rather not heh. ^_^v

Well, that concludes the month of August. Happening life is happening. 

Bye, August. Bring on September. xx

12042013 - Rants

Ootd : ripped ribcage tank and Hermes inspired armswag from Lisa Closet, tokidoki iphone case and GD's inspired GET OUT cap from taobao.

Hellooooooo all my beautiful people. awkward beginning of a post but whatever. Went back to school about a month ago to collect my public exams aka SPM results. To say that i was stared at was an understatement.. i mean, all i did was change my hair and add some eyeliner to my lack-of-sleep-zombie-face and BAM, their eyes seem glued to me ._. fyi, i don't like to be stared at... it's creepy.. unless you're hot teehee :P Anyways, i don't miss school at all. Not even a teeny weeny bit lol. School was filled with anxious 95's students. Waited and waited and waited to finally get my result slip andddddd i was not satisfied at all. OKAY LAH maybe i didn't exactly work my butt off to it's full potential so that's my fault but seriously, i was expecting better :/ 

Many cheered, many cried, me? i remained montone lol. I mean, it's over, done, finished. It's not as if i could turn back time if i wanted to anyways. Those close to me would know what has been going on for the whole last months of that dreadful SPM period so i was more than happy for it to just be over lol.

Met up with le usual gang except this time, met up with Howard teehee.(he's like my brother from another mother fyi). It's been ages since we hung out so I am grateful. Plus, Dylan(his sidekick) came back from NS with his buzz cut too haha. Went for supper-slash-dinner and raided Nels' house to play ping pong. I think that summed up my night lol.

Apparently just recently i've received an acceptance letter from Segi college to start my Diploma in Mas Communication. Promised my mum to do exceedingly well cause well, i know i am better than that lahhh. Regret taking up science side in high school now ._. i mean, i hate maths. like, reallyy really hate maths. They invented calculators already, why do we have to bother? RIGHT? Guess i'll be stuck in Kuching for probably another 3 years unless, i get offered something better.

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Sat for my driving test also within the same week and safe to say i passed. I think i did well tho hehe. My friend instead had a little trouble and needed to pay a little tea time money to make up for it. Tsk. I swear these officials are so corrupted. I passed my test and it was written in black and white and yet they still have the nerve to say i drove dangerously and hinted to receive a sum of money. Well too bad for you! Do i look like a pushover to you? Pfft. needless to say i stood my ground and didn't give a damn about that. Seriously -.-

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Happy birthday to the loveliest friend Bibiana Teo Hua Ying. You've finally turned 18 and a young woman whom i adore. Thank you for always being by my side enduring my bitchy moments as well as my emotional breakdowns. You're the best! You always listen no matter what, and i love you for that :)

But still, happy to say you're old now teeeheee! xx I know you love me too :P

unedited picture with me looking as if i have a double chin with my girls. xx

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Vanity Crew got another gig and this time it was from Astro. We were requested of two songs like the precious event ( XFAB Annual Dinner), so we used the same dances. For this, 5 of us got paid RM300 each! Easy money, so why not?! We all woke up super early that day to do pointless makeup since well, we each got a makeover by the makeup artists hired there. We recorded at RTM for Astro channel 180. The shooting site that day as shown above!

This is or changing room, make up room and toilet LOL. Loving the huge ass mirrors.

Usually i don't like people patting, scrubbing, and rubbing my face but then, i have to say she did a pretty good job with my zombie-like face ._. She took so long i think i almost fell asleep :/ 

TADA. End result of the makeover. Eye makeup was done by myself. I think make up artists are often stressed out with my super small, sepet eyes. Honestly, i think i still look like me, just with a higher nose bridge which you can't probably see in the picture as well so oh well ._.

But then again, a girl can always feel pretty right? teehee.

All of us after the makeover.

On stage. When we finished recording i finally realized the point of having thick-ass makeup pasted on my face since there was lotsa close up shots and also dramatic lightings. We wore this for the first hip hop routine. We received a ridiculous "do-not-wear" list so this is the best we can manage. -.- First off we weren't allowed to wear anything that was of blue denim which cancels out the baggy jeans, no sleeveless or cropped tops - Wild cropped top cancelled, and no round low neck tops... might as well dance in a baju kurung..

The other dance was super rushed since they wanted to go for lunch -.- We also danced with an empty tummy leh, Sigh, what happened to take your time in between dances and rehearsals? ._.

Finished shooting around 1pm? If you see us on tv please please please tell us! xx

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OKAY. recently i have been in this girl who takes time to read books mode and finished the whole series of books on Harry Potter. I read in on a E-Book through my phone so you can imagine the straining my eyes took but but, it was definitely worth it. TO TOP IT OFF, i saw this in tumblr and i couldn't resist sharing it. Halfway reading it, i went, "Fcuk it i'm gonna cry!" Okay, maybe i feel a lot of emotions but it's better than feeling nothing at all! D: and... if you don't find this touching you're a heartless bastard!

Have you ever liked someone to the point that it hurts you to even look at them? And all because of one reason that he or she is already taken or in love with someone else? You wake up every morning and look in the mirror and lower your own self-esteem even more and ask the same question over and over again. "what does she have that i don't?" I guess it's never that easy but up to one point you just give up. You've lost your drive and energy and those feeling start to change into hatred. hatred for making you feel this way. Hatred for making you feel so much. Hatred for making yourself think that you had a chance. There's a thin line between love and hate. I've heard that many times before. I always thought it was impossible to love someone you used to hate and hate someone you used to love. But then again, I've always been kinda naive. and "so what now?", you ask. Well my darling, you tell me. xx