Friday, March 23, 2012
Last assignment
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Where is my mind?
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Work
Work has been alright, been really busy lately.
I really want to go out thought but i'm always so tired and at the end of a tired day,
all i want to do is just sit home and watch tv or series or just go online.
At the same time, i wanna go out too cause the walls in the house is driving me insane.
Richard only comes over once in a while to keep me company after work when he has a ride.
unfortunately, not all the time. so 75% of my time i have to find a way to entertain myself in the house.
This detox programme is driving me crazy too! I can eat lunch and breakfast but as for dinner, it's my doom.
So now here i am with growling stomach where my mum and i were suppose to go for our detox thingo,
but that woman bailed out on me for the buka puasa buffet in hyatt. I swear my family is all about the food.
There's nothing in the fridge that is be able to be eaten without frying it. AHHHHH, that corned beef looks soooo
tempting. AND THAT CHOCOLATE CAKE TOO. Maybe 30 minute on the treadmill will take my mind off food.
But wouldn't that just make me hungrier after?
eh, it's worth a shot.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
PATT
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Last week in Jakarta
hence, the title.
But anyway, I have been pretty much laying low at home.
Things are pretty much boring at the moment.
Been watching DVD's since day one of my summer holiday.
although i did manage to get loads of exercise! well it is the only time i get the chance to get out of this house since the car is being used every single day which leaves me having no transportation to anywhere at all
unless i could take a cab to the mall some where near the city but for one trip to the mall it cost about RM42 and another RM42 to get home.
Sorry, but I'm too chinese for that, seriously.
I'd rather spend the money on buying groceries then cooking myself something special as a treat.
Ugh, every one of my friends lives so far away.
well technically I'm the one whose in the other side of Jakarta, heh.
I have quite a number of stuff to do before i get back to KK.
mostly it's Pam's errands, I wonder why can't she at least divide the work between Natalie & I?
and then Nina decided to forget her her bag of accessories, I'm definitely telling Natalie to carry that in her bag cause i got enough stuff to bring for Pam as it is!
such as crisps (who bring crisps:s?!) which is a few big packs of it, fake eye lashes, bottles of pam's soap (can't she buy it there?!), a belt?! which is about 1.5 cm wide (she couldn't even fit that in there?)
& she had 60kg divided among her and Nina.
what's up with that?
not only that but i also have to buy 4 bottles of this spinach shampoo that my mom is oh so obsessed about.
I have my own stuff to bring back too..
Like my sewing machine, sewing tools, clothes that would last me for 2 months, most definitely shoes.
speaking of clothes i don't even know what to pack for.
I keep asking myself, would i be going out or not?
will there be any important events?
since I'm working for my mum what do i wear?
i wonder if i can actually just go to work wearing my boxers and shirt:p.
well the office is in the house.
I just hope she doesn't give me work that makes me sit in a spot for 7 hours.
that the main thing of why i got into fashion
not only it rekindles the creativity in you, but it also keeps you going up and about.
although there are times where i would sit in a spot from 11 in the morning till 5 in the morning but it's just so interesting till you lose track of time.
Speaking of work, due to my lack of motion that causes me to be bored all the time these couple of weeks, i have decided to work on a simple gray blouse/outerwear.
just experimenting to see how it goes.
i hope it does end up well though and my pattern won't end up looking absolutely retarded.
The fabric would be cotton jersey I'm expecting it to have the whole grungy outlook in the end.
Spent the whole day (& night) skyping with Richard since he won't be able to come on skype tonight cause he's working the night shift for tonight.
He didn't actually really wake up till 3 in the afternoon which by that time I was about to take a nap. Then by the time i got back from my usual jogs he had to go off to work, great.
I guess there's always tomorrow?
3 more days till i soak up the sun & breathe in the KK breeze:).
P.S Blogspot sucks for not being able to post GIFS that actually moves.
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Summer holidays


Holidays are here.
Finally, after 8 months ++ it's here.
I envy the girls from my class that would be leaving for a week in Bali tomorrow!
As for me i'm stuck here.
oh and i didn't manage to finish my tailor jacket for the exam, however,
i did manage to do 90% of it.
so i did pretty good for my presentation yesterday.
All i know is i definitely won't be doing any resit for my pattern drafting and fashion design exam!
trust me, once is ENOUGH!
results would be released on the 13th, so I'm looking forward to that but at the same time i"m kinda dreading it.
I was suppose to go to dufan (dunia fatasi) today.
it's a theme park in jakarta.
unfortunately i can't go cause my brain that has the memory of an 80 year old woman and i forgot my purse in my friend's car.
My cousin couldn't lend me any money cause she hasn't gone to the bank this morning and everyone was suppose to meet in uni.
and then whats even worse is that i got a very immature and rude text from a certain someone who has an attitude problem which I'm really really getting tired of dealing with.
stayed home all day with nothing to do but just go on the computer and sleep.
god i wanted to go to dufan so badly:(!
well, at least i got to go for run and sweat out my problems which made me feel less sluggish and happier afterward:).
on the bright side, another 2nd year class would be going on Thursday, which without a doubt i would be joining!
as for now, i guess tomorrow's schedule of the day would be the same as today.
man i really need to get the extension pack for sims 3 on mac cause i reckon my cousn is getting sick of me being in her room:p.
come onnnnn, what else can i dooooo.
and don't tell me to sew cause i've been doing that non stop along with being sleep deprived.
I'm not ready to start yet.
I also need to get more PS2 games.
something like rockstar games.
you know what?
actually, i really do enjoy being a useless shit all day listening to john mayer.
life is looking so good now.

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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Black market
I went to the black market with a good friend in jakarta!
they basically sell stuff that are manufactured in indonesia.
the materials are the leftovers are then use to manufacture extras that would be sold in the market.
Got some pretty good deals there.


got a pair of doc martens, oakley see through framed wayfarers, a shirt by sound 97 and gap which are soooo soft and soooooo cheap!
oh my god i'm definitely going back there again:)!
I recommend anyone whose coming to jakarta to go there.
it's called taman puring.
despite how sweaty, hot and crowded it is, it's worth it.
i saw this really cute celine bag that's black with fringes!
but it's about rp1, 200, 000. 00 (RM 424)
it's cheap but like i already spent my money on docs:/.
ah well, i'm still happy with my decision though:).
had a really nice time with hunna, whose part Arab and part indo.
she's really pretty:)!
had an early dinner in a pasta place in kemang.
i really like that street lot's of restaurant and cafes there which has such interesting interiors:).

i also went out a couple of friends yesterday to get some dinner in domino's and in the midst of walking i found this really cool printed scarf/shawl which cost about 44000rp (RM15.50).
i like how everything is cheap here if you know where to look:).
but it's funny how gap is actually considered a high class brand here?
they bloody raised the price by a lot here that's why.
so is mango, you can't find any piece of clothing that's under 200,000.00 rp (RM70), even for just a simple tank top that says "MANGO" on it.
crazyyyy.
man, i reckon shopping is like ecstasy, gives you a rush of joy when you purchase something and then few hours later brings you down like a mofo as soon as you realize how much you've spent.
fortunately, I'm only the type that spends a lot twice a year, but then again i don't go overboard as well! just in time to stop myself.
i basically had to drag my own ass out of there to avoid spending more.
would've like to see more though but i guess the temptation would be too high not to buy something.
last day of exam tomorrow, and i already got all my fabrics sewn to create a tailor jacket!
just gotta sew the lining together then connect it with the jacket, sew on the pair of padding onto the shoulders and sew the pockets.
trust me doesn't sound much but it is, & i have till 4 to do this.
I'm hoping i get to finish it though.
I MUST!
or else i'm gonna have to do lots of explaining to the jury this coming Monday for my presentation:|.
however,i do have my outfit planned for that day!
& i'm excited for that:).
wish me luck!

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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Indian tonight
and pam is cooking indian food, I don't like indian food.
and it's vegetarian..
which makes it worse:|.
hahaha, the last experience of being a pesco pretty much scarred me.
Maybe it's the strong taste of herbs.
but it always makes me feel green in a way.
dinner is ready, wish me luck.
ugh.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Obstacles
+ my brother always go " kimmy why don't you ever update your blog anymore?"
so here I am.
exams started 11 days ago and i have just completed my Fashion design exam finally.
what we had to do was:
- 30 designs for spring-summer (RTW) 2012 (with complete product variation)
- 60 technical drawing (Front+back)
- Brand image (price tag, packaging, target market, brand content, business card)
- 4 creative fabrics
- 4 strong point samples of your designs
- Cover
- 6 Total looks (Coloured)
- fabric proposition
- colour range along with personal colour names
- Preface for our collection
- Mood board
- Personal universe board
- Collection Plan stating fabrics and colour for each product(categorized)
and my personal theme?
Drug addicts.
apocalypse is the main theme but we are suppose to develop our own theme that has to somehow link to the main theme that was given so I decided to experiment with drug addict lifestyle and emotions.
Perhaps it's an unusual theme to pick, but overall i thought it was interesting theme to work with.
For the mini collection that i designed for my exam, most of my designs has silhouettes that are straight.
however, as for my dresses, i wanted to do the opposite which is fitted.
I have overall more tops then everything else.
cause we were told to think logically when distributing out designs equally to each products.
I had Tops, skirts, trousers, shorts, outer wear (which i love), dresses & shorts.
I made more tops cause personally i have more tops then everything else in my closet, then comes the trousers, outer wear, dresses and skirt.
The rules of the exam is that we're suppose to bring everything on the first day( Fabrics, sewing machine, stationary, papers etc') and nothing more after that.
however,
sneaky as I am, i did anyways.
and so did 90% of the students.
HAHA
my whole wardrobe for this week has been paired with jackets and loose jumpers.
so you can imagine
. i actually felt like i was smuggling drugs into the classroom or shop lifting.
heh.
Well what do you expect,
we had a lot of shit to do in just 4 days.
use to be 5 days...........
so basically I spent late nights trying to finish what i brought home with me.
(this is just the front, 30 more for the back)
on wednesday night i spent my time doing technical drawings for the back of my products that kept me up till 2:30a.m and last night i was up till 4:30 a.m just working on my total looks and had to get up at 6:30 to get ready to go for my exams.
As expected, i felt like absolute crap.
Life of fashion design student = endless nights of late nights (even if you started an assignment early)

Mood board that I put together, where I get my inspiration from.
one of my creative fabrics, prints inspired by broken concrete

I decided to name my brand Kristine Kim because first of all i couldn't be bothered thinking of a brand name, second, reminds me of the brand that my dad started.
I have my pattern drafting test on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday.
4 more days of exams and exams are over however, i expect that i have to stay back for remedial due the fact that I'm probably going to fail my CAD PD (computer aided design for pattern drafting) and my marketing cause we had to do costings for 50 products & write 3 essays in just 3 hours
. and i had no time to finish up my costing.
no one ever did, seriously.
asshole marketing lecturer.
which intervenes with the schedule that my family will be in Singapore i really want to go:(
so while they're in Singapore I'll be in Jakarta waiting for my shitty ass remedial paper to come.
one of the reasons why i want to go there is because i heard Singapore has a doc marten's shop and i really REALLY want a pair with absolute passion, my sister and my niece is going to be there, i haven't been back in Singapore since 2008.
I also can't wait to get back to KK.
Where I'll see Richard and my family and get all the KK food i want.
my gut is practically screaming for some pork crackling noodle soup and hilltop dim sum.
I have also been broke, cause only one of my sister sent me money this month cause it went all towards transport, fabrics, and things to prepare for my exams.
I don't want to borrow from my cousin for any so yeah, cause she's probably going to nag at me.
so i borrowed from one of my good friend instead to buy stuff for my PD exam. minus the nagging.
i just hope they send me the money soon or else I'm probably going to have to starve myself for the 4 days left.
I'm not looking forward to my PD exam cause i forgot how to create the construction for a tailor collar which i couldn't take my notes cause it was in my file that is locked in my lecturer's cupboard.

what am i going to do now?
broke and clueless, what a perfect combination.
Fml.

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Saturday, February 12, 2011
FUCK YOU SHISHA CAFE (CHITOS)
Okay so today I woke up thinking today is going to be a good day.
BUT THEN!
I got to chitos with two of my nieces and my day was totally ruined by the wrong order.
This waiter claimed that i ordered "this so called food" when i clearly knew what i ordered.
I was so pissed off, not only cause they gave me the wrong order but the guy just stood there
thinking he's "right".
I said well is it possible if you change it? But he was like oh then it'll come out of my pay.
Well Mr. stupid, i don't fucking care if it does cause it was your bloody fault
for not getting your ass off the chair at the first place cause you were too busy talking to
your shitty co worker.
Seriously it's your problem don't blame it on other customers, learn to deal with your mistakes
And that bastard didn't even apologize.
Like common! If you're not sure you could've at least came back and ask me again! It's not
I wouldn't sentence you to death but now that you got my order wrong perhaps i bloody will
You asshole. If i was a mass murderer you would be dead now.
This dish that came had rice and bread meat and a shitty side of vegetables.
I WANT THE DISH I ORDERED BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE VEGETABLES DAMN IT!
The one i wanted was seasoned meat with bread and yogurt ONLY.
Fuck you shisha cafe and that shitty waiter and his stupid friend.
Fuck this resturant, cause clearly to them in this restaurant "the customer is always right"
Is just bull shit to them.
MOFOS.
NOW I FEEL BETTER:). Damn I'm so hateful and bitchy when it comes to my food:p.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
HAU-LEE-DAY
I finally have time to actually update my blog after quite sometime now.
ah well, been a very busy bee.
Ever since uni started I have be SO BUSY!
made lots of friends, and learned quite a lot this semester.
it has also been a really stressful one.




a lot has been going on for me.
there are good ones and bad ones.
so far it has been good though, am back for christmas break.
unfortunately it's really short though :/
will be leaving on the 1st.
I could leave later but I have an assignment to hand in on the 3rd and there are no flight going back on the 2nd.
it's my second year in uni and it's getting more difficult.
There are time I didn't sleep for 2 days in a row because of lousy assignments
then again I do enjoy doing them.
I just wished we didn't have to rush all the time!
and why do they have t give it to us at the most inconvenient time?
like christmas..who get bloody assignments on christmas?!
I was suppose to bring a friend back with me to kk but she decided to she wanted to visit her mum and baby sister in Sydney instead.
wished she could have joined me though.
she's missing out on all the food man:p!
I'm still currently looking for a good tailor to help me with sewing my samples for my assignment.
And I'm currently working on my denim shorts, I'm pretty excited to see how it's going to turn out.
it's gonna have the unfinished look.
it's for an assignment, then when I'm done I can wear it :D!
Pretty excited for futsal tomorrow!
i didn't bring any shoes, but I'm sure I'll be able to find something to wear around the house.
And i can't wait for the islands!
gonna get a tan>:)!
FINALLY!
a place to tan without being stared at by street men
ugh.
and since I've been back, I haven't been able to get my hand on any kk food!
it feel really nice to leave my door open and not to worry about mosquito going into my room.
my room no longer looks like my room anymore cause my mum dump all this shit in there.
i don't even know why Sonia's stuff is in there.
but it looks like a big shit hole.
ARGH.
don't we already have a bloody store room in the house?!
anyway, I'm off to work on my shorts.
will update as soon as have something to talk about:p.

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Ecstatic
I'll be leaving for KK today during the evening:D!
For one is that I'm so excited to eat the food, oh, glorious food.
I wanted to surprise rich but he's currently in Tawau & would only be back tomorrow.
ARGH! that's just ruining my plan.
Right now I have something in mind, but I'm still thinking about it.
Gahhh, I also have no idea what to pack! Cause I'll be in Kkay until September something:/.
I don't even know officially what my plans are going to be yet.
I reckon the first thing I want to do when I get to Kkay is to get a bloody haircut,
cause the last haircut I had was on Christmas day.
And perhaps I'll go for the food!
I'm also looking forward to the hand me downs from my sister.
Trust me, they may be hand me downs but they are really good quality.
and pretty too:), well most of the time.
that is if my sister hasn't taken all of it yet>:(!
Oh! and i also wanna get shoes, cause I'm not too fond of the ones in Jakarta.
sides, most of my money is already in Ringgit.
I want my bed! with my pretty bed sheets and comfy duvet!
I'd probably just stay at home first when I arrive cause since coming back from Jakarta,
I usually go straight to shamrock to see rich after i drop off my luggage.
since he's not here, I guess I should just stay at home when I arrive.
But I'll be expecting good breakfast tomorrow!
ngiu chap or dim sum in hill top perhaps:)?
myum.
Anyway, I have been doing quite a few stuff for the past couple of days.
we actually just recently celebrated Nina's (Niece) birthday in an Itaian restaurant called pepenero.
Food was good, even though all I had was asparagus soup cause i had a late lunch.
but the mushroom ravioli I tried was damn tasty.
The Bach's
The Birthday Girl and her good friends Left-Right: Julia, Pippa, & Nina


Hidden talent? NAAAAAAAT.
The night turned out all chilled out,
Nina slept over her friend's place.
haha, did I mention she got a laptop from her parents?
so lucky. I only got my first ever laptop last year.
ahaha, & she's in year 7 kids these days are so lucky.
zara clothes ( I won't even begin to mention ones that get high end brands like Prada:s), blackberry, laptops, ipods..
As for my day, I pretty much went to Uni in the morning to get my passport.
and just hung around Chitos with Natalie (niece) and did some shisha and food in shisha cafe with some people.
Anyway, I'm off to bed.. Cause number 1 I'm hungry, number 2 I'm tired & number 3, MY FLIGHT IS JUST IN A MATTER OF HOURS:D!

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Monday, July 5, 2010
Hoping
I watched knight & day today>:).
And i must say tom cruise is not that tall.
ahahaha, I reckon he was wearing heels in that movie, in fact I SWEAR BY IT!
ah well, the movie actually made me realize that tom cruise is actually pretty attractive.
too bad he's.. SHORT:s.
ah well, it was still a good movie though.
sweet:).
So basically my life has been revolving around the PS2 in Jakarta,
which is pretty sad really.
Nakita and Martha is in Shang Hai doing fashion week which I actually had a chance to take part as a fitter for one of the Indonesian designer!
BUT i had no bloody money..Oooh no surprise there pft.
I really want to see Shang Hai though:/.
Someday, Someeeeeeeeeeeday.
I don't want to stay in Jakarta any longer cause it's so depressing!
both my friends are gone.
so I'm stuck here.. alone.
I hope that agent has already started sorting out my visa cause I want to leave as soon as I can.
I mean like, I don't hate Jakarta.
I'm just not use to it.
And friends here are pretty limited cause it's not like I'm anti social and all,
it's just that most of the local Indos behave differently.
I'm not saying it's bad..it's just that it makes it harder to click you know?
And Martha Nakita & I heard that others has been talking shit about us getting extra attention because we're international students.
Well, I'm sorry to all of them but it's really not our fault.
Ugh, most of these things has been coming specially from this girl in my class..
I call her clucky:).
cause she sounds like a chicken:p.
thankfully shes out of my hair by the time my fourth semester starts.
but Martha is leaving back to London:/.
so it'll only be Nakita & I.
the outcast.
VERY NICE!
and also the slackers:p..
No no kidding I don't slack, honest!
Man I miss nakita:/,
I also hate her for leaving me here and going to fashion week in Shang Hai.
Damn you Woman.
Now who's going to be my video game buddy:(?
and who's going to eat Ramen with me in chitos?
whatever, If I do come back to KK for new year's eve this year I'm bringing her with me!
ughhhhh, I have my fingers crossed for going back home to KK this week.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
HOLIDAY MAY BE POSTPONED?
So things have been pretty chill lately now that I have completed my course.
I got to do things i wanted to do for quite sometime now.
TO BE A COMPLETE USELESS PERSON!
that stays up till 6 in the morning and wake up at 4 in the evening:p! OH! and I also get to skype with Richard more now:).
The DJ booth and also where the models come out and in from the stairs that is on the left and right behind the screens.

Taken before the show started, it was packed by the time the show began.

Taken during the show
Recently I attended an event that was organized by my uni. The venue was was actually really good.
there was a fashion show that was showing each 3rd year student's collection. The theme for this year was Archipelago.
[3rd year's work from different students]








I must say the sewing looked really neat. And some of the designs were really pretty too:)! And the Models?
OH MA LORRRRRD.
there were really good looking international male & female models.
OH! I saw a jacket as well which was neon green and had teeth around the hood:D!
It's from one of the students collection called "Attack of the Mutated Nu Rave Reptile".
I feel that going to the fashion show did me some good because it made me see how it's going to be like for my 3rd year.
It inspired me.
I thought it's amazing how these student came into ESMOD and graduate with producing their own collection as well.
I'm pretty excited for when my turn comes:), well yet a little scared:s.

After the show, Nakita, Martha & I went to Grand Indonesia Mall to grab some dinner in this restaurant/Bar called Social House.
The food? Epic.
Specially the steak which Nakita Ordered where as I ordered the "Fettuccine & Lamb Ragout" which was also damn good, *drools*.

As for desert I wanted an apple crumble but they were out of it so settled for apple pie.
Which not only looked good but tasted good too:)

Nakita & Martha's desert
UGH, I'm also pretty worried about my VISA cause maybe it might keep me here in Jakarta for about 3 more weeks.
By the time I Get back to KK everyone will be gone or maybe have only a few days left. ahhhhh, this Visa crap is screwing up my holiday plans.
I'm gonna miss a whole lot of stuff.
GAHHHHHHHHH! Mannnnnn, why can't getting my VISA done only takes 2 days:(?!
And Richard is going to come back this Saturday which is making me more agitated.
I'm going to try my best to get this matter sorted.
Cause if there is no KK and my friends in it then I'm never going to get the holiday I've been craving for months now:/.
I CRAVE BLISS IN KK WITH FRIENDS SOON, is that too much to ask for>:/?

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