I love the rain, my soulmate. Sorrows and secrets are poured out.. & she leaves me with a rainbow to look forward to..
The girl Li Lin In love with piano. My family is my best gift on Earth. I enjoy being mysterious, so that you don't know me. Think you know me? Think again! I'm unique because I believe in fantasies, and fairytales will come true. Remember... Tweet Randomness Gone August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 June 2011 July 2011 August 2011 September 2011 October 2011 December 2011 January 2012 February 2012 March 2012 April 2012	Monday, April 16, 2012, 11:12 PM Finger tips are so painful and slightly numb in some parts from practicing guitar for hours today. Turned abit purple too. :/ But.. at least I get to finish learning alot of things in one day! :D So actually, by self-learning a few hours, you can get to play quite a number of English songs. (Chords in Chinese songs are different, that's why it's not as easy as English songs.) Practiced vocals, keyboard and piano today too! :D Also read 2 chapters of my CHINESE storybook! :D (Take note: it's CHINESE book!) I seldom read Chinese books, because I can't seem to finish 1 chapter since the characters have to be read one by one, unlike Eng words which I can skip and skip through sentences just by one glance. Anyway, I made myself read Chinese because I want my lyrics writing to improve since I always have to use G--gle translate to translate my Eng meanings to Chinese words. And also, whenever I get a new song to practice for lesson, I have to get my teacher to explain the meanings of the words and lyrics, or I'll have to translate the words to Eng.. So much for Higher Chinese.. lol. I'm always told by my tcher that I'm lack of life experiences, esp love - since most songs talk about love, so I cannot get the emotions or the exact right emotions into these songs. Maybe I should read more books, and watch even more dramas. haha. Oreo Banana Milkshake Sunday, April 1, 2012, 10:08 PM Made oreo banana milkshake today! I love drinking banana milkshakes, especially with oreo. Added 1 packet of oreo (which is really little, but that's all I have), 3 bananas, some HL milk, and some ice into the blender. End product... Really tastes nice!! :) Shall drink more in future. Friday, March 23, 2012, 4:01 PM Empty brain... Monday, March 19, 2012, 3:47 PM 《愛情是一道謎題， 　終究沒有解開來的一天。》 Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 10:12 PM My voice just killed the song today... So disappointing. :/ Monday, February 13, 2012, 1:50 PM "Life is sweet. Always be ready to lend a hand." Mud pie Saturday, February 11, 2012, 11:56 PM Mud pie from Manhattan Fish Market Thursday, February 9, 2012, 2:03 PM Look at my freezer!! lol. Pictures I took during Anime Festival 2011 Monday, January 23, 2012, 12:34 AM Happy Chinese New Year! :D Hope that I'll be much better in everything I do! :D And earn more $$! And hopefully somebody can notice my 'talent' IF I EVEN HAVE ONE. HAHAHA!! Friday, December 2, 2011, 12:43 PM I want korean / chinese pop albums!!! Esp, IU, SNSD, etc etc... :/ 仰望 Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 1:28 PM Finally bought Rainie Yang's 3rd edition of her new abum 仰望! Even the CD and DVD inside are all in PINK!! Soo pretty! There's 6 写真卡, and 1 extra song that's not inside the 星空版 and 精装版. So many extra things and it's only $20.90. :) So worth it. Labels: rainie yang Moist cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:01 PM I decided to make these cupcakes..but didnt take any pictures. Haha. Too lazy. I think they are a little too oily, maybe that is why it is called moist cupcake.. Cupcake Ingredients: 1.5 cups flour 2/3 cup sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 cup water/milk 0.5 cup butter (softened) 0.5 tsp vanilla 1. Mix all ingredients well. It should be smooth. 2. Bake at 176 degree C for 15 minutes. 3. Cool completely before frosting them. Vanilla buttercream frosting Ingredients: 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 2 cups icing sugar a ittle milk at room temperature, if needed (used for thinning) 0.5 tsp vanilla extract 1. Mix butter till smooth and creamy, and abit pale in colour. 2. Add 1 cup of sugar, the milk and vanilla. Mix on low speed. 3. Add 1 more cup of sugar. Mix till light and fluffy. 4. Lastly, place all the frosting in a piping bag, and frost the cupcakes! :) Labels: Cooking/Baking Songwriting Monday, September 19, 2011, 11:44 PM Everyday I remind and tell myself: My dream is to be a songwriter and get my song published! :D :D (One day, it'll come true! Because I have been so hardworking and I pesevere on.) Or even better... If I'm able to improve my singing by a 1000 times, I want to be a singer-songwriter so that I can write my own songs, sing them, and puclish them! I have been practising singing and playing all the songs with my keyboard..not sure if I did improve..but my singing defintely has to be improved by alot, together with the body movement to add an extra touch to the song, so that I'll not look like a log playing the keyboard. But it's kind of hard for me to move to the beat while singing and playing, with the right foot stepping and releasing the pedal high enough at the right moment. But I did promise my teacher last week that I'll try! So I really need to MAKE SURE I do it, because he has been telling me this every week, but yet I'm still lacking this body movement. Need to get it right during tomorrow's lesson! Cos I don't want him to lose hope and give up on me! :( Another big problem is that I need to sing even louder with more feelings! My teacher has also been saying this every week! :( I tried but sometimes it's because of the nervousness that I couldn't sing louder, but at other times when I'm a little comfortable, I still couldn't get my voice to increase it's volume! So irritating! :( Dad says more practise and it might not be perfect, but at the least, it'll definitely be better. Sooo.. I practise everyday! And my throat is getting sore sometimes. -___- So much for the practising. Anyways.. I have finished writing my 1st ballad song last month, with the changes that my teacher made, and I'm now cracking my brain trying to complete filling in the appropriate lyrics. Actually I've been thinking of the lyrics for 2 weeks alr. LOL. But at least I got half of the lyrics today, and I'm left with the chorus part only. By the way, this 1st song of mine is written for Miu Miu! :D :D How fortunate is he! My 2nd task was to write an R&B song, which was supposed to be played last week, but I think my teacher forgot so that's why I wasn't asked to play. Anyway I'm very sure I will rewrite my song again, for the 5th time! Because I'm a perfectionist, I need it to be perfect before I present it to my teacher! Don't want him to hear my terrible music, because it would be a waste of time, and it just shows that I don't have that much talent to be a songwriter. :) So, only perfect songs will go out. Labels: Miu Miu, Songwriting Miu Miu 11:09 PM Miu Miu keeps seeing the vet these days.. :'( :'( (Spent about $400 plus alr I think??) Cos of the breathing problem. I have been feeding him antibiotics twice daily.. But he's still not cured. Now, his problem is like an on and off thing everyday. Even bought him the nebuliser (about $160, not including medicine) for him to breathe in the medicated vapour. I have to put him inside a box sealed tight, with the nebuliser tip inside for him to breathe. Have to do so 4 times a day for a month. But still, it's useless. Vet had said before that if he still continues, then will have to go for x-ray to see where's the problem. And usually, for things like this, an x-ray will lead to an operation right? *touchwood*! But guinea pigs may just die in an operation, because they of GA (general anesthesia). Because unlike dogs and cats, they are small in size, so it's very dangerous, and might just never wake up. :'( He still seems pretty active, with the throwing the ball and all. By the way, during these 1-2 months, I have thought him a few tricks. One is to stand on hind legs when I say "stand". The second one is to turn a clockwise circle when i say "Miu Miu, circle." The third one is taught recently. I bought him a ball with a bell inside. It's actually a cat toy, but he likes it alot after I taught him how to play. Just in case you don't know, Miu Miu has to be taught on how to play with toys, and also to train him to do his big and small businesses in the litter pan. If you just throw the toy there, he won't touch it. So the moment I put the ball inside his home, I kept on shaking it, to make it seem really fun. Then i tried getting him to hold the ball with his teeth. It wasn't easy at the first, and I remembered wanting to give up. When I was about to walk away, telling myself "Forget it. He really doesn't know how to play with any toys. (Because I gave him a soft toy moo moo cow, and a tennis ball, but he doesn't even touch them when I see people's guinea pigs love playing with these.)", I heard a soft sound of the bell ringing and the ball dropping on the ground. I was so happy because this means that he did bite the ball and let go. I turned around, and gave him the ball and told him to do again. But he just laid there... -___- So I kept pestering him to do again. I got ready a piece of fruit and kept trying to make him grab the ball, and finally he picked it up with his teeth, and I gave him the fruit as a reward immediately! :D :D I was so so so so happy!! After that, I just kept practising with him, and he succeeded! :) :) And for the next few days, or is it weeks?? Throughout the day, I keep hearing the ringing of the bell inside, and the sound of the ball hitting the ground. LOL! He now uses it to get my attention! Whenever I smells that I'm eating food, or there's my food or his food nearby, or he wants me, he'll keep tossing the ball in the air. Soo cute! (But slightly annoying at times, but nah, I don't mind! HAHA! Because he's my everything!) If I'm eating fruits, I will always share with him, and he'll keep tossing the ball and standing realy really tall and straight to look at me, trying to say that he wants more!! :D :D :D By the way, I teach him English, so he kind of understands what I'm telling him sometimes. He's such a baby! Whenever I carry him like a baby and hug him tight, he will look up at me. :D And when he's outside or I'm carrying him, he will bite my hand, fingers, or arm, to tell me wants to go to the toilet. So I'll put him back. :D I have also been growing wheat grass from organic wheat grass seeds for him to eat. It's pretty long now. Harvested some for him to eat just now. He loves them loads! :D Labels: guinea pigs, Miu Miu Thursday, August 25, 2011, 12:14 AM My laptop spoil alr. Kept giving me yellow lines at first. Then, it cant go to the desktop when I restart it. After that it became worse. Gave me screens with yellow lines and then a blue error screen. It auto restart again and again non-stop.. Need to get another one. SNSD 少女時代 - The 1st Japan Album Sunday, August 14, 2011, 5:17 PM Genre: Ballad Dance Pop Language: Japanese Release Date: 2011.06.01 Bad Girl Born to be a lady Beautiful Stranger Hoot (Japanese Version) I'm in love with the HERO Let It Rain The Great Escape You-aholic Mr. Taxi Run Devil Run (Japanese Version) Genie (Japanese Version) Gee (Japanese Version) Gee (Japanese dance version) Bad Girl MV Labels: SNSD 楊丞琳 New album release【仰望】 Friday, July 29, 2011, 2:41 PM Rainie Yang 杨丞琳's album 《仰望》 will be released today! :D The songs in the album are: 仰望 我們都傻【醉後決定愛上你 插曲】 缺陷美 Lovelution 快轉 結痂 轉彎 幸福預兆 曬焦的一雙耳朵 一個人的Happy Ending The songs are really nice, especially 仰望 and 我們都傻!! Labels: rainie yang Miu Miu's 2nd trip to the vet Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 10:47 PM Brought Miu Miu to the vet for a review. Doctor said his fever has gone alr. It's 39.?? degree Celcius today. :) Most of the water in his lungs has disappeared too, which is a very good thing! And he's really happy for him! You can see from his expression. He kept saying Miu Miu is really lucky! :D :D His weight was 500++ grams today, and the doctor was happy that he gained weight. Increased about 60 grams over 1 week. :D Yay for Miu Miu! Btw, he was whining (just like last week)when the doctor took his temperature using the ear thermometer. LOL. And he told him in Mandarin to not pretend to cry. HAHA! Aww.. *laughs at dumbo Miu Miu* And when his assistant held him and pulled his fur tight because the doctor had to apply medicine to his skin, Miu Miu was whining. lol. But it did look a little painful though. It's like people tying your hair too tight. Anw, the medication is to treat his fur mites, which should be inherited from his parent(s). We were told not to touch his fur at the back for 5 days, orelse our hands will wipe off the medication. Seems like a difficult task. So, he was given probiotics capsule which will help his digestion. The function is kind of similar to the yakult we drink. And there's another medication which is a cream for us to rub at his soles, because they are kind of a little swollen and red. Doc said it's because of his hard floor that he's walking on, but I think it's more likely because he keeps jumping around on the hard floor. In conclusion, I can say that he's a really nice doctor! :D Another review in 1 month, for his 2nd and last fur mites treatment. Labels: animals, guinea pigs, Miu Miu Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 1:21 AM I'm going to practise my singing and playing skills infinity times more! I must succeed! Jiayou to myself! :D And not forgetting my piano too! With my wonderful teacher suporting me..she never fails to say jiayou to me before I leave. :) Makes me feel good. :) *Actually it's because she's worried that I'll fail this coming exam, that's y.. :X * But oh well, I'll really try my best! I want to do my diploma asap, then can learn difficult songs. :D If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. - Gustav Mahler Labels: piano, Quotes, Songwriting Coco Diary #4 Monday, July 25, 2011, 11:30 PM Labels: animals, Coco, hamsters Ouran High School Host Club (Live Action) drama Saturday, July 23, 2011, 5:00 PM I want to watch Ouran High School Host Club (Live Action) drama!! Labels: anime Pictures of my CUTE MIU MIU!! Thursday, July 21, 2011, 2:20 PM Labels: animals, guinea pigs, Miu Miu Miu Miu's sick Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 9:27 PM Brought Miu Miu to the vet. :'( He might be having lung infection, thus the respiratory problem. There's water in his lungs. He was crying when the vet gave him the injection. Plus we have to feed a few diff kinds of medicine. All these cost a bomb...$156.... Hope that he gets well, because his condition is pretty bad. And we did a test for fur mites, and it's positive. I got to view the mites under the microscope. Eww! It clings to my Miu Miu's fur! Have to call the vet tml, to update him about his condition. If he doesn't gets better within 3-5 days, will have to bring him to hospital and also for xray. :'( Vet told us to be mentally prepared, because guinea pig's condition deteriorates very fast if they are sick. Really pray he'll get well soon. Labels: animals, guinea pigs, Miu Miu 楊丞琳 - 我們都傻 Monday, July 18, 2011, 2:14 PM This is 楊丞琳's new song 我們都傻! It's in her new album 【仰望】!! Love Rainie alot alot! Someone buy it for me plssss.. Haha! XP This is also the theme song for the drama 醉後決定愛上你. 作詞：陳威全 作曲：陳威全 計算著為你流下了多少眼淚 就代表又對我的心 撒了 多少謊 但每次我都選擇 選擇相信 相信你是愛我的 ＊倔強的以為我真的能改變你 看你裝無辜的眼神　我很窒息 難道你沒有看見　看見我對你的好 還是你忘了　那些數不清的愛情軌跡 你說我傻　傻在愛上只懂愛自己的人 我說你傻　傻在愛他你的眼睛騙不了人 我們都傻　傻在為一段沒有未來的愛情付出 還在期待會有奇蹟出現 你說我傻　傻在愛上沒有感情的分身 我說你傻　傻在愛他就固執的奮不顧身 我們都傻　傻在寧願被犧牲也不願放棄天真 還在期待會有奇蹟出現 ﹡REPEAT 誰沒有為愛做過傻事　只是問心無愧　諷刺也無所謂 我說我傻　傻在愛上沒有感情的分身 你說你傻　傻在愛他就固執的奮不顧身 我們都傻　傻在寧願被犧牲也不願放棄天真 還在期待會有奇蹟出現 還在期待會有奇蹟出現 Labels: rainie yang Chocomelts Friday, July 15, 2011, 11:34 PM Ate the new product - Chocomelts - at Macs just now. I had the 'voucher' so it's buy 1 get 1 free, which costs $2.80 each. :) Yummy! I don't like chocolates, but I think this taste good together. There's the warm chocolate sauce on top. Good to eat on the spot! Friday, June 24, 2011, 3:14 PM Bathed my Miu Miu today. Blow-drying his fur takes a long time. Cleaned up his place, and once I put him in, he pee-ed immediately. -__- Labels: animals, guinea pigs, Miu Miu My first songwriting music composition class Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 8:41 PM Had my first lesson today! I had individual class btw, rather than group, becuase I just prefer it quieter. Haha! It's really super awesomeee! Damn cool to the max! My teacher can sing so infinity well..such that I immediately felt the emotions and the it's like the whole atmosphere changed. It's really indescribable! Like omg! I felt as if he's like the actors from those idol dramas. Feels really really reallyyyy surreal!! He shall be my idol from now on! :D I felt kind of embarrassed every time after he finished singing, because I will still be so into the song and his voice, which means I'm still in the omg-is-this-real kind of face. Then he'll be looking at me, which makes my mind snaps back. lol. He has written songs for many singers such as Jolin, Na Ying, etc etc... He has his own EP ( a mini album) also! I want to be just like him!! I'm going to improve myself and keep practising my singing and playing.. (ESP SINGING! Because I cant sing!) Practised the chords during class today. It's very easy for me actually, but maybe because I was still in the omg mood I didn't play well in class. We used keyboard instead of the piano, because this course touches on chinese pop songs. The first few months is for me to get used to singing and playing together, and some time later, I will learn to compose my own chinese pop song! Today's homework is to practise playing 天空 by Jolin (on my piano, because I dont have a keyboard), and also to practise singing it. Next week he will be listening to me, singing the song.. :S :S *Faints* My singing is really bad! Cant describe how bad it is. Think he'll be so disappointed. lol. I got a small vocal range... :( And my voice isn't clear.. maybe because I'm always shouting and all. And recently I've been scolding classes so hard (but yet I still cant hear myself since the class is too noisy) that I think I damaged my throat. Poor me. BUT BUT BUT... nevermind! I will still do my best! And the course is even more expensive than my piano! Plus it's so far away! An hour of travelling times two will be 2 hours of travelling. Ok la, it's not all about the money. Haha.. I really really really like the lesson! It's a good time for me to come out of my comfort zone and do something which I always dont have the courage to. If all goes well, and IF im talented enough, I will want to write and sing my songs, go everywhere to perform, or even sell them to record companies. :) This has been my dream since last year!! But it's only now that I have the courage to learn. I'm going to overcome my fear of singing. During piano lessons, I always have to sing the notes, but everytime, I either sing it so inaudibly, or just keep quiet. I also didnt dare to go Kbox with my class, because of two reasons. One is of course it's expensive (like duh, u waste money to go there sing, when u can spend it on better things, besides they always up the volume so loud, it's bad for the ears). Second, it is because I didn't dare to. I only went for Kbox once. Was kind of forced to. Suddenly, I see a glimpse of hope that I'm a tiny step closer to my dream. Haha! At least I dare to dream right?? :D Cant wait for next week's class! Labels: Songwriting Fashion Show Sunday, June 12, 2011, 11:38 PM Pictures of a Thai fashion show that I took at Vivocity today. The models were really pretty. Kungfu Panda Monday, May 23, 2011, 12:00 AM Watched Kungfu Panda on TV. So nice. :) I love the Panda. Because he has the bouncy stomach. lol. And he's really funny. I learnt from this show that I have to be believe in myself, and nothing is impossible! Admire the tortoise too, because he has alot of wise words that are worthy to be remembered. Labels: Quotes Guinea Pig - Miu Miu Sunday, May 22, 2011, 11:39 PM Adopted a 5 months old male guinea pig today!! Like finally!! He is a Sheba Mini Yak breed, which is actually an Australian breed, so he has many rosettes fur patterns all over. Thus, making him look really messy. Sheba Mini Yak breed seems to be a cross between an Abyssinian and a Peruvian. Mine has a black head and white body. (Just like Coco.) Black beady eyes, but when I take a snap shot of him with flash, his eyes turn out red. :( His name is called Miu Miu. Dont ask me why. Haha. Actually I was thinking if it's a female, it'll be Niu Niu..but he happens to be a male, and I couldn't think of any, so might as well change the 'n' to 'm'. Miu Miu's very shy and timid actually. And he likes it when I stroke him, because he'll make the soft 'purr' sound just like a cat. :D Bought timothy hay, metal ball to contain the timothy hay, and 2 packets of Vitakraft food menu for him after that. Spent $31. I'll soon be looking for a male friend for him so he wont be lonely. :D Labels: animals, guinea pigs, Miu Miu I LOVE MY PET photo contest Monday, May 16, 2011, 5:03 PM I just sent Coco's photo and Robo's photo for the 'I LOVE MY PET' contest on facebook! :D :D Coco Robo (I've 2 Robos, so this is one of them. Think it's the fatter one.) The photo that has the most 'likes' will win. The prize is a pair of movie tickets. Labels: animals, Coco, hamsters, roborovski Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 12:02 PM I want a guinea pig!!! Ok, actually I want at least a pair of same sex guinea pigs!! Any breed will do... :( Sugar Cookies Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 9:14 PM Ingredients • 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder • 1 cup butter, completely softened • 1 1/2 cups white sugar • 1 egg • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside. 2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. (I wrapped the dough in plastic wrap and chilled it in the fridge for about an hour.) 3. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets. (Instead of this step, I took it out from the fridge and rolled the dough out to your desired thickness, since after chilling, it is abit harder. Remember to flour the surface of the table and rolling pin too. This will allow easier rolling of the dough. After that, I used my flower cookie cutter to cut the pieces out. Place them on cookie sheet.) 4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks. Really easy to make! I had 167 flower-shaped cookies in the end!! -__- So if you don't want this many, you have to either half all the ingredients, or divide by 4 for an even smaller portion. The cookies were sweet, since they're called sugar cookies, but not too sweet, because I cut down on sugar. Everytime when I bake cakes or cookies, I'll cut down on the butter and sugar, to make it healthier! :D Yay for healthy lifestyle! Anyway, children (like me! :D) will tend to like these cookies, since they are sweet. And usually people will like to dip them in chocolate or frost them with beautiful coloured icing patterns or designs. Some will even draw cartoon characters on them. Perfect for Christmas! Labels: Cooking/Baking Xiao Bai Diary #1 Sunday, May 8, 2011, 4:26 PM Labels: animals, hamsters, xiao bai Random Pictures 4:14 PM Pictures of Cherry Tomatoes that I took some time back.. My phototaking skills good right? Haha! Pictures of squirrels taken at seletar I think.. Cant remember. They're not clear becaue I had to zoom in to the max. Picture of my home's cactus that flowered. Crayon Shinchan biscuit taken at a supermarket. My brother arranged them so nicely. :D I want this biscuit!!!!! Havent tried before but always see Crayon Shinchan eating so deliciously.
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