There's this competition I'm interested in, mainly because I like competitions.. Anyway, though it says that it's not just about interior design or architecture, I can't help but feel it is so. I don't have any experience in that field and I've been racking my brains trying to figure out what the hell this competition really wants.. It's so vague, I can't figure out what to do. So, be a good Samaritan and tell me what you think it's all about.

Here's the competition details:

After the Ikea thing, I used the computer for a while. 6:30 in the evening, my neighbour and her sister pops by. The sister works for one of those companies that sells you these products like water filtration systems, diet pills, corsets that shape your body to make you look slimmer. And if you don't want to buy anything, they try to make you join their little club, so they can earn more commision.

I'll tell you straight upfront, I really don't care for these companies and their members. They bother, annoy and force these products upon you and won't give up until they get what they want. Well, they're not going to get to me.

My neighbour is one of those nosy and "extra-friendly" neighbours. She had asked my mom the other day, whether I was interested in hearing the demonstration. My mom said that I wasn't, which was true. My neighbour is so stubborn, she makes plans to come over that night with her sister. This is without even asking me in person, whether I was interested.

I didn't want to listen to the demo, so my family and I took off that night, went shopping and ate supper till we felt it was safe to come home. Heehee.. Pretty evil, I know. So I managed to avoid them for that night.

But they came around, a few days later. It turns out they weren't free to come the other night, anyway! Sheesh!

Okay, so we listen anyway. My neighbour's sister focuses only on products that are targeted on overweight people; those diet pills and corsets. I'm guessing that my neighbour told her sister that our family were ummm, heavy. She even asked my mom and dad(who have those stomach pouches) to try it for their stomachs. Oh my god! She was acting with no tact at all!

All throughout the presentation, my neighbour tries to chip in as well, sometimes talking loudly to my mom or dad, which distracts me from the sister. At some point of the demo, I tell the sister that I have no interest in the products and have no care for these sort of companies. I tell her about the time my friend, who was working for a similar company, asked me to support her by going to a product demonstration. I came, I listen, and I went home, without buying anything or joining,

She nods fervently while I say these things, which I don't know, seems like she doesn't understand what I'm saying. She says I don't need to buy anything. I can just come down to their avenue and mix around with people, make new friends, etc. What is this? If I wanted to make friends, I would have joined a social club.. But the TRANSLATION is: Eventually be persuaded by all the members to join their company and sell these products to other people.

She goes on to ask me what my interests are, singing, perhaps? (She has learnt of the fact that I'm a designer, well sort of, anyway. I'm in multimedia design. But she has it mixed up with being a graphic designer.) "Or are you just interested in drawing?" she asks. This little question makes me want to laugh.

I ask her, "What does this have to do with this demonstration?" I see no connection between my interests and the products. She nods fervently again. She makes me want to laugh. At some point, she says, "Maybe it's because I just joined this company, that's why I don't know how to presuade you." Wow.. Are they allowed to reveal their aim so blatantly like that?

She says, "I'll get my leader to come around and talk to you again." This woman just keeps on surprising me. I think at this point, she has mostly given up on talking to me, she moves on to my parents and the water filtraion system. Whatever, man. My parents are too nice, and they agree to let her pass them a cd on the products next time.

Hmmph.. Just try and bring your leader! I'll stick to my guns.

Till later.. Excelsior!

I sound like a jilted lover in my last post. Jilted? Yes. But this was no love affair. That internship that I wanted so much is not going to happen. That makes two bubbles burst. After making me all excited with the issue of a 6-month internship and asking me to reply a.s.a.p., I waited four days for another reply from him. I finally couldn't take it and sent another email, asking for the status of the whole thing.

He said sorry for not replying back. He said he was actually pretty keen to have a chat with me and see if they could take me on as an intern and for me to work and learn. But they had to make a decision based on the immediate things that were coming up. That they had to take on someone with some experience which they have.

Yes, I was so disappointed when I read the email. I don't know why but I really felt like crying. And I did, at some point. I spent the rest of the day, sulking and listening to slow, sad and angry songs. I guess I'm no good with rejection. I was really looking forward to this.

Actually, this is my third rejection in a row, the first one was for a web design company that I wasn't really into but went for it anyway, cause one of my friends recommended me to her neighbour who worked there. But that doesn't make rejection any easier.

Right now, my mind's all fuddled. I can't think straight. To think that it's all because of a job. I have no idea what I'm going to do now, I don't know where else to look. I'm getting all those bad feelings back again.. You know, those feelings that make you think you're so useless, that you'll never amount to anything.

I...don't know...

Oh, how I waited... At last you came! But alas, you said you didn't want me. You left me, on the verge of crying. It was just wishful thinking on my part...

I'm waiting. Waiting. Waiting for a reply. When is that email going to come? Oh, how I long for you!

Phew! I'm so beat, I spent about five hours this morning, painting the walls of my backyard. But it's not finished yet. I still have to finish the inner side of the backyard. Even then, it won't be done.

I wanted to have something different for the house, so I prepared a design which will hopefully be painted on the wall by Friday. A sort of mural. Here's what I hope it'll look like:



Right now, I've only painted white for the background. I've got to think about how I'm going to paint the shapes before I bring out the black paint. If I ever manage to complete this task, I'll take a picture of the actual wall and post it here when it's complete..

Hello everyone! Those who actually missed me(I doubt it), you're probably wondering where I've been all this time. Was I involved in an accident? Did I die? Did I lose my hands and was therefore unable to type? Well, I guess this post disqualifies those possibilities!

The deal with the absence is not that dramatic, though I do have some disappointing news(at least to me).. After all that talk on the importance of time and making the best of it, I still haven't got out to the job-hunting.

"What?!? You haven't learnt a thing about time management, have you, you little punk-faced idiot?!?" you might say.

You read it right. What have I been doing, then? Well, give me a chance to explain. I wanted to have my portfolio website ready before I head out for job interviews, so I've basically been working on that. I thought it would be pretty easy and at the most take up a week, but boy, was I wrong!

I had some trouble deciding what my website should look like and was sort of having a designer's block, I thought I would never be able to complete the website! When I finally had a design ready, I eventually decided that the design didn't really match my style and putting in contents were a struggle.

So, I had to think of another design and I'm glad to say, that I stuck with this one and I've mostly completed it.

Check it out, there's a link to my website on the left.

I'm sorry for being away for so long, I promise to read the comments, your respective blogs and leave a nice comment for you guys.

Till next time...

(clears throat) Well... That was weird, I signed in to MSN messenger and all my contacts were offline! Alright, so that might not be so weird.. But still, I have over 30 contacts and it's an early Saturday evening.. Where is everybody?

I guess they all have lives and are going out. Oh yes, I am a loser.

I'm alone at home. My dad's at work. My mum and sis are at the chalet with the rest of the whole family, including cousins, aunts, uncles, granddad. They're having a barbeque-cum-celebration for those of them born in July. It's an annual thing we do, have a big birthday celebration in the middle of July, cos there's like a whole lot of people in our family whose birthdays fall in July.

Why am I not with them? I'm sick, of course. I had a fever last night, I now have a cold, and my throat's full of phelgm. I don't mind, though. I kinda like being alone at home, I cheer at every chance I get to turn up the speakers and bring the house down. Yeah, by myself.. Okay, that's pathetic.

Anyway, every time a new family member is on the way, I pray that the baby won't be born in July. July people get all the attention. Haha..

In other disgusting news, I was about to cough out phelgm just now, but didn't see any tissues, so I coughed it out of my throat, but kept it in my mouth. I hurried to the toilet to get rid of it, but at that moment, I had the urge to sneeze! You guessed it.. I had disgusting goo all over my hand. Well, at least I used my hand and didn't dirty the floor...

I have a sore throat. So I won't be typing much today. Wait a minute, that doesn't sound right.. Okay, okay, so a sore throat doesn't affect my blogging. Well, it does in a way, I feel sick and a bit sorry for myself, so I don't feel like typing. Riiiight, I'm just gonna go to bed now.

Yesterday, I ran into the man in red. Don't drink the lemonade, he said. He gave me a pleading look and then he walked away. I watched as he disappeared into an alley. To Crumbleville Square, I was on my way. With a bag, full of crumbs, it was the pigeons' lucky day.

I took a seat on a bench beside an old lady. She was busy knitting and clutched her purse, tight against her body. I grabbed a handful of crumbs and threw it into the air. Some landed on the lady, but I could see she did not care.

The pigeons came right away and I watched as they fought over crumbs. I took another handful and held my hand out. Two landed on my fingers and I felt a smile on my face as they poked about my palm. Finally, the bag was empty and I stood up to leave. But I felt a pat on my back, the old lady wanted me to stay...

Woohoo! I love my new room! I love the new furniture. I love the fact that I have space to walk around. I love the lava lamp. I love the smell of fresh paint. Yep, I could just take a paint can and smell it all day! Hmmm.. Smelling paint musn't be good for the health..

Unfortunately, I estimated wrongly. Apparently, one shelf isn't enough for all my books, magazines, comics, cds, dvds and stuff.. Haha, now that I've listed them, it must seem so obvious that one shelf isn't enough!

Here are some snaps:



My bed! I don't want it to be messed up that soon, so I haven't unwrapped it yet.. Heehee..



I need another shelf!



The lava lamp! Well, it's switched off right now, so the globs aren't moving. By the way, it takes about more than half an hour before the lamp is hot enough to get the globs moving.. I've wasted a lot of time just staring at it..

I want a lava lamp. I've wanted one for a few years now. So, I'm finally buying one later today. I'm happy to say, my bedroom is now empty and stripped of its wallpaper! I've bought the paint but I decided against dark colours because it would make my small room seem even smaller.

So dark purple is out, I bought something called Bouquet Orchid instead. I also went to Ikea yesterday, I actually planned to just get a shelf, a bedside table and a tv bench, maybe a desk too. However, my dad bought me a new bed and mattress! I didn't get the tv bench and desk I wanted, because they were out of stock.

No biggie, I'll come back next time to buy those. I spent about two and a half hours there and my dad was getting restless, so I didn't get to buy bedspreads/pillowcases, a rug and such.. Anyway, my furniture's coming on Friday, so I'll have to paint my room either today or tomorrow.

Alright, catch you tBLOGgers later, don't stress yourself out over tBLOG's kaput streak..

Raoul Sinister is my neighbour. He wears a post-it goatee. Last February, he won a year's supply of helium balls after entering Crumbie's annual sweat contest. He released exactly half a litre of sweat. It's the only day that he takes off his post-it goatee.

Every weekend, we would use the helium balls to talk in high pitch voices. Once, Raoul's cat, Marisa ate a whole box of helium balls! That night, she kept on howling in the garden. Raoul spotted a blanket of darkness spreading in the sky, but I quickly realised that it was bats! Raoul grabbed his cat and we ran frantically into his house.

Bats surrounded the house and stuck to the glass windows. We put a yarn ball into Marisa's mouth and the howling finally stopped. Soon, the bats went away and relief set in. After that incident, Raoul decided to keep his helium balls at my house instead.