150328 Science Centre

whoa.. it's been like years since i've been to science centre. i think my last trip here was in primary 4 or 6, and i'm not quite sure how things have changed since i don't even remember it.

we spent most of the day here, because every other thing we were seeing is either interactive or makes you think.here's a spot that turns your face into something ghastly or puts a wig on for you when you sit on the chair in front of it. kinda like augmented reality!

 

there's a world of sounds corner, and namchin decided to make a call and talk to the unknown person on the other side. there was really a voice speaking btw.

there was also a fire tornado show in between. think it was around 3pm or so?

 

and it becomes a smoke tornado after all the oil burnt up.

 

and we continue walking... and challenged ourselves to a balloon game. haha. it's like being in the arcade!

there's also an eco garden if you're feeling sick of the air con.

we came to this ez heroes place where there's a lot of interactive games going on and we participated in all of them. it was pretty fun! and at the end you get to wear the ez hero hat.

but something went wrong here...

 

i had a crazy laugh over how the machine detected a head on namchin's chest. and when he raised his arm there's a head as well. so now he's really 3-headed. hahah!

there's a nice wired tree here!

 

nice trees deserve some selfies

and the high voltage performance comes on!

 

we went upstairs to watch the show as the sound effects were pretty loud. 

but we weren't alone... look at einstein crawling up and down on the ropes here...

the show ended with a bang. literally. the balloons there just blew into flames. whoa.

then proceeded to look at some weirdest japanese invention ever.

and there's a photography corner where it renders a picture of you into many styles. can you see us?

there's a body museum going on too so we took the path as well. you crawl in via the mouth, then travel through the guts and stuff and eventually come out of the anus. pretty interesting! doesn't this remind you of shingeki?

we went to watch a 45mins documentary on sharks at the omni theatre around 6pm, where namchin fell asleep.zzzz. so much for showing him the queer theatre... /hesnotimpressed

for dinner, we hopped over to JEM and Westgate and ate at Menya Musashi. desserts was at miam miam!!

didn't expect the french toast to have a ball of cream, thought it was ice cream. nonetheless, when you spread them over the toast it's actually pretty nice. we drank lots of water before heading to woodlands, where we spent a bit of time chatting at macdonald's before heading home. whee hee~~

150326-7 Namchin's arrival

i knocked off at 6pm but i had nothing better to do so i walked over to city hall to see if i could visit our forefather but gave up halfway after i ran out of time. took 2 hrs and i returned back to office to grab my stuff and head to the airport. i reached a tad too early, and ended up waiting for another 2 more hours before namchin arrived.

spent my time at yakun watching sailormoon... and wondering why on earth kids study at such ungodly hours these days.

we took the bus back in time and reached home around 1-2am.

the next day we just bunked in till late and kicked off around 2pm. hehe. went to walk along bugis and met with tkh and steph coincidentally. ended up having tea together at MOF, before we scoot off to melben at tpy for a crab night out!

may not look it but namchin lost a good 15kg since a year ago. whoa. and he's gotten so particular over his hair and clothes that it drove me nuts sometimes.

we had pepper and shimmering crab at melben with vio and yumi~~ then ice cream at Creamier. they sold this sea salt gula melaka ice cream which i rather like but was too odd fornamchin, so we ended up eating hokey pokey (something like caramel/honey).

Remembering Mr. Lee Kuan Yew

Singapore's forefather, passed away at 3.18am this morning. He was 91.

I've probably seen him at National day from far far away, but I remember him from my social studies and history text. I remember having to read his book and write a review on it in secondary school.

It is heartbreaking to see such a great man pass away, though life will always have to pass on. I had hoped that he would be able to see Singapore through its 50 years, but it seems he had to leave early.

I hope whatever legacy he has built and left behind will be cherished by all Singaporeans. His hard work gave us all the safe, comfortable life and clean environment we enjoy today.

He was, and forever will be, a great man in my heart.

RIP, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew.

Lunar New Year Hanbok

i made a little hanbokh for CNY, for prince KJE to wear. hehe.

the first day she wore this i had to come back to change the skirt to a zip behind cos ribbons were too troublesome and the straps were too long. but she looked cute~! insisted on riding the little bike after we changed her. =_=

can't resist putting on wu mei niang make-up for her. lolll.

Jian Xian 3 - Qin Feng Tao ver WIP

ok, this is actually not my project - i've just been commissioned to work on it. it's giving me a pain for something so simple actually, because this PVC is hard to stitch properly on without getting stuck in the pedal.

1. i have to cut off all the pieces first, pin them together and stitch them with the machine.
2. then i have to cut all the pvc bias tape, sew them on one side, and pin the other side down
3. and lastly is to place paper on top and bottom of the brown pvc, stitch over them and tear off the paper. then repeat the process for the bottom and top. have to stitch 2 separate pieces in an arrow shape before sewing them on the edges. it is horrendous i tell you. gahhhh.

i took the whole day and i've only managed to reach this far. bleah. 1 piece completed to far T_T 5 more to go....

maybe i would rather do seaming than pvc bias tape. mamaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

Granado Espada - Asoka WIP

started on a new project with the materials i ordered over CNY, but i'm still far from completion - asoka from granado espada. i'm a sucker for fancy and kinda challenging costumes and whilst this isn't exactly a complicated costume it's gonna take a fair amount of patience with all those pearls... good to do while watching boring dramas!

i figured out a really time-consuming way to do those pearls on the leg. sorry for the x-rated picture but... i had a hard time looking at all these while searching for the right cross-hatched stockings too. well anyway i managed to find one that looks almost the same... so i bought it here.

then i wear the stockings and paste on half-pearls... for around 2 days or over the weekend i was just pasting this while watching zhen huan, this china drama. (which is kinda boring but interesting at the same time. thank goodness the character only wears this on one leg cos i'm still not done with this TwT. maybe another day will do, but i don't know how to reach the back of my leg properly without strenuous yoga bending. urgh.

i took a little break and worked on the easier parts first... still gotta decorate em with patterns. grrr.

not the exact same patterns but they are the closest. these are like real thai silk. expensive...

all those funny patterns on her dress is killing me... grrr...

Ragnarok Online - Rune Knight upgrade WIP

i actually tried to finish off rune knight because denise wanted to shoot her wanderer. but guess i won't be able to shoot this till i bring this over to japan, do this solo or wait for her to be back from japan. in any case i'll just post the upgrades and the finished parts anyway....

the skirt was quite miserable previously so i just spam some lace on it. oh yeah i did all these while watching the king's face (pretty boring drama bleah)

i redid all the wing crests cos it was turning yellow and looked horrible too.

this is the before pic

and this is the after-upgrade pic! looks more convincing now i hope!

added some lace to the satin gold too.

some of the spikes on the shoulder was falling off too. so i resewed them on and finished off the shoulder broccoli. not hard, just a lot of taping. and it's not supposed to be well-rounded so i guess this is fine. materials leftover from sailormoon.... haha!

and finally the belts around her chest and waist area with the tear crystal. might paint the crystal pink later on...

Sailor Cosmos WIP

shall post on sailor cosmos progress today. so i did a search and i chanced upon sailor cosmos, and being one to be attracted to all things white - i immediately liked the costume and started work... haha!

even though it's all white, it really gives me some space to think about the kind of white material i wanna use for the different parts. wheee~

i also decided to use iridescent transparent plastic for all the wings portion.you can see there's a little rainbow reflection for this kind of material. and i've also decided to use gold trimmings for all the edges so it doesn't look too flat as opposed to using silver or white.

i love all things shiny but i can't spam them too much or they will drown each other out.. so i used shiny stuff for the collar but just normal satin for the whole dress, so the accessories will all stand out.

by the way the star you see in the middle is the same way i used to make the accessories for habaek's bride. the back is the iridescent paper peeled off from the plastic i used for my kazemon's wings.

and for the colored strips on her skirt, i took leftover stuff from our sailor team and used the different colors! love all the shiny pieces. alternating them with glitter pieces just gives it more shade, don't you think?

the shoulder pieces is done in the same way as the previous sailor outfit, except i stuffed foam inside this time so it's not as thick since i could adjust the foam thickness. so this is how it looks like when put together. i gave the skirt some gold trimmings as well. i like to put trimmings so the edges don''t look so raw.

and here's some more accessories she use for the head, neck, earrings, forehead and stuff. blingggggg.

now left with the weapon, shoes and wig styling and i'll be almost done~

ooh i started a bit on the weapon and the wings for the shoes too