bye bye blogger

It's been a great year-and-a-half with Blogger, and 2-and-a-half prior with Xanga.

Here's to moving somewhere more permanent.

www.thatgirlcynthia.com

I've imported all my posts from Blogger to the new site, so Blogger's pretty much redundant from here on out. So change your links, please and thank you!


Despite a dot com suggesting that I may become more commercialized, quite the opposite actually. I’m making sure it’s still personally me in there. Clean slate and all.

Smitten.

My love,
There's only you in my life
The only thing that's right
My first love,
You're every breath that I take
You're every step I make

And I
I want to share
All my love with you
No one else will do

And your eyes
They tell me how much you care

And no one can deny
This love I have inside
And I'll give it all to you
My love
My love, my love
My endless love

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woaaah T__T jiwangggg sial T__T

Spent the entire day with Rhys with this song stuck in my head,
and I kept bursting out into song in front of him, "MY LOVEEEE~"
(because i damn not shy with him anymore, hehehehe)
But luckily he damn layan me "~THERE'S ONLY YOOOU IN MY LIFEEEE"


All damn day, out of the blue. "I WANT TOO SHAREE~ ALL MAI LOVEEE~ WITHHH YOUUU"
And he joins in and we serenade to each other in a super tak glamour, voice salah pitching way, of course.


I think we've found our song :)

x

(and I also think we can be one of those really annoying sappy couples sometimes. Hee )

:+:+:

Told you, I've been Youtubing and downloading American Idol 8 songs like nobody's business
(only my favourite top 3, but mainly Danny Gokey la hurhurhurhur)

Which led me to really start appreciating the oldies ballads genre. A genre I honestly never quite liked before.

But because of Gokey's amazing rendition, I looked for the originals:

Endless Love, by Lionel Richie + Diana Ross' version (1981)
also by Luther Vandross + Mariah Carey's version (1994)
and You Are So Beautiful, by Joe Cocker (1975)


But somehow I still like Gokey's version better than the originals. And oh his live ones, not the studio recording!
I find his vocals are better, and you can hear his some tragic emotion in it T___T not difficult to figure out he was singing for his wife that died recently.


Also because of him, I find myself tuning into Light&Easy more often than Hitz or Fly these days. Hahahahaha omg right

And is it just me, or were all the artists back in the 70's and 80's like, competing to sing the most epic jiwang love ballad or what?





Currently listening to: Danny Gokey - Endless Love (Live)

*cries*

I'm not supposed to be blogging tonight, got a lot of work to do but......

OH MAI GODDD.

WHO FOLLOWS AMERICAN IDOL current season 8?

DANNY GOKEY GOT VOTED OFF TONIGHT.
DANNY GOKEY GOT VOTED OFF TONIGHT.
DANNY GOKEY GOT VOTED OFF TONIGHT. !!!

OMG I HAVE LOST THE WILL TO LIVE.


*curls into a ball of emo*

:+:+:

*edit*

Sigh. Didn't have the mood to say much last night 'cause I was emo
went to wallow in my sorrows by Youtubing Gokey's songs last night, wuwuwu T.T

But I feel (abit) better now so I'll fill you in on my thoughts on the AI finalists for a bit.


Adam Lambert is, well, phenomenal. Theatrical. Entertaining :) It's a little insane. His high-note screaming freaks me out sometimes. But anyway, you gotta be living under a rock if you don't know his name already.

Kris Allen, the dark horse. Even I didn't think very much of him at the beginning, but towards the end his music style reminded me a lot of Jason Mraz, which is always good in my books :) doesn't hurt that he's cute too, quiet and humble. Makes my sister swoon all the time.

But I've really been rooting for Danny Gokey since the beginning. His voice is so amazing! So soulful and touching, with his sexy raspy voice. Gives me goosebumps almost all the time. Most memorable performance was when he sang "Endless Love" and of course, this week's "You Are So Beautiful". *CRIES*
AND HIS SMILE. HELLOO. His warm, kind smile. SIGHHH. My turn to swoon.




Kris Allen, Adam Lambet, Danny Gokey


I absolutely love all the 3 finalists this season (now 2, OH NOOO)
Didn't matter who would've gotten voted out I still would've been upset.

But I really figured I'd see my personal 2 favourites (and consistent front-runners) in the finals: Adam and Gokey.

Adam Lambert is a shoo-in la, so, haihh boring to talk about him already.

So you can imagine my SHEER AGONY when Ryan Seacrest announced Kris into the top 2 finalists

I jumped up from the couch, screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

while my sister jumped too, screaming "YEAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!!!!!"

The two of us hooligans ran round and round the living room screaming our respective war-cries, til we both fell back on the couch and mellowed to Gokey's final performance of "You Are So Beautiful". *nooooooo*


Sigh. My god, being a fangirl is exhausting.

:+:+:

Seacrest announced that more than 88 million votes were received, with only 1 million votes separating the the top 2, Adam and Kris.

Hmm. Who else is thinking next week's final showdown may be closer than we thought?


But for now, let me wallow.





Currently listening to: Danny Gokey - You Are So Beautiful (Live)

Food Quirks.

Yet another damn weird quite endearing quirk about me...


I prefer cheapo instant coffee compared to the real stuff. (and im not talking about the price)

When it comes to cappuccino's, espresso's, affogato's, whachumacallit's and etc's - I have to be reallyyy careful. 'Cause most of them are too strong for me, giving me a crazy buzz and/or a headache. Meh.



In my kitchen: Nescafe regular, Aik Cheong regular, Aik Cheong Kopi-O, Carrefour regular (wtf), Milo, tea, etc.


Damnn, is my entire family hooked onto caffeine or what -_- and we like variety.

Nescafe 3-in-1 is my favourite :)
Yellow Aik Cheong occasionally because it's fun to drink with its milky yummy goodness, but lousy and cannot wake me up.
Kopi-O is my parents', I've never tried because there's no milk or creamer in it :(
Carrefour brand also my parents', I've never tried because..... dude. come on.
But my parents have been trying to convert me from Nescafe to Carrefour because it's stronger. (and perhaps cheaper.)


While now I refer to it as my morning fix, my coffeelove,
I still find it amazing that just a few years ago, I used to effing HATE coffee.
Couldn't stand the horrible bitter taste, or even the smell. ugh.
Heck, even mocha cake! I can't believe I missed out on Tiramisu's for over 18 years!!!

:+:+:

Quite endearing food quirk #2,

It's funny how I can't eat normal food like bread or milk,





But I sure love eating snails.

Best disgusting-looking food ever.

And you wanna know something else that's disgusting? This entire post was inspired and drafted in my head when I got home from dinner tonight and I let out a mini burp, and I could smell/taste/sense/eww-haha the cheesy garlic-covered escargot all over again *shy heee*


.....oh, and yea I'm quite fond of that guy in the picture too :) Mmmn. yummy.





Currently listening to: Death Cab For Cutie - Cath...

Shopaholic Squeal!

Last Thursday was the very first day of the Zara/Pull&Bear/Massimo Dutti warehouse sale, and SisterDebbie and I had been contemplating on going :)
I mean HELLOOO, LIEK, it's Zara and Pull&Bear !!! *shopaholic squeal*
Waaayy on top of my favourite-shops-list, yo.
And usually these types of warehouse sales are located at random faraway places i don't know how to drive to and can't be bothered to look at the map for, but this one's like, right smack at Cineleisure Damansara, The Curve! zomg fated la how to miss!!

But I stopped squealing to myself when I thought of the EPIC mad crowd that are usually attracted to these types of warehouse sales. Argh. I don't like crowds.

And then, on Thursday itself, one of my customers of An Old Flame texted me some horrifying news.

1pm: "I'm paying right now. I came at 10am when the doors opened at 11, and everyone was practically pushing their way in. At one point, people were shouting and getting angry! There's too many people. Good bargains though :)"


Arghhh! -_- my worst nightmare. More than crowds, I certainly don't like angry pushy bargain-hungry mobs.

And that was when I told Debbie sorry but we're staying home today.

And that was when Debbie gave me the OH-COME-ONNN-look-of-shocked-disappointment and I gave her the OMG-YOU'RE-RIGHT-LET'S-GOOO-look-of-repented-determination.




OMG HELLO WAREHOUSE SALE.


We arrived at 4pm and passed by a friend, Ernest. Who said to me, "....just arrived? Why you come so late! Go look at the queue, I think you'll be in there at 6 only."

argh why is everyone trying to dampen our spirits! *spirits dampened*

But we marched right up to the area - laughed at our misery when we saw the ridiculous line (TWO ridiculous long lines btw) - and queued up right at the start T___T

Saw Gerald at the front of the line and he told us he waited about 45 minutes to get there. Phewh. Now that doesn't sound sooo bad..... (actually it does la, but compared to 2 hours, we're definitely counting our blessings)

Thankfully we only ended up waiting in line for about 40 minutes, which actually felt much shorter to me but that's probably 'cause I had my sister to entertain me silly :)
And there was no angry mob out front la, we were all a very chilled evening crowd, hehe.



Muka meh.



Everyone waiting to see the light.
(EH this shot was taken when we were quite up front of the line, and does not do justice to the actual craziness that is the length of the queue -_-)


When we finally got in, the scene was crazy.
Bundles and bundles of clothes everywhere; in giant piles for you to dig through (with other bargain-hungry shoppers), on the racks for you to sift through quickly, and even scattered on the floor for you to ignore and step on.

And the moment I turned around, Debbie was gone. Washed away by the sea of people no doubt -_- so I took a deep breath, and got to work.


My first 20 minutes in there I was really diligent, and I found some pretty cute stuff :)
but after 20 minutes - I started to remember how much I really didn't like crowds plus the heat and all the dust la.

I looked for the queue to pay for my purchases, SUPER annoying confusing long zig-zaggy queue going right through a crowded busy shopping lane, and the worker was so rude when I asked for help, hmph -_-
And then, at the last minute, I saw this awesome psychedelic bluish purplish pink fabric on the floor and i picked it up curiously and WAHEY! It's a gorgeous dress that fell off the racks!
Was abit dirty on the edges from being stepped on, oh nooo, but nothing a wash couldn't help with :)
And omg what a bargain, super worth it and puts all the other clothes I found to shame. Wow.
So it made me day worthwhile, and i was no longer angry at that incompetent worker dude, hahaha


Will post a picture of my awesome psychedelic bluish purplish pink dress soon! Yes, I wore it like a few nights later, hahahahah ish, i is many happies to find it





Because dah lama tak post up daily dresses/style shots :)




Currently listening to: Kate Havnevik - Unlike Me (Acapella)

Dreams and Whimsicalities.

And so it occurred to me,

You see, I woke up this morning, groggy and frustrated as I burrowed my head deeper into my pillow. As if the harder I burrowed, the faster I'd drift back to sleep -_-
I wanted to fall back to sleep so badly, not so much because I was sleepy or it was still too early, (in fact it was pretty late, already 10am-ish. No class today yay!) but because I really wanted to get back to that dream.

It wasn't a special dream or anything. Can't remember what it was, something about a shopping mall and I lived in it. I was watching TV in a shop that didn't look anything like my living room, and I walked over to the kitchen, ie. the next shop where the refrigerator was. Dunno. But it made sense at the time.

It was one of those random meaningless dreams, the kind that makes you go "huh??" when you wake up and analyze it but still interesting dreams nonetheless!
Dreams I haven't had in a very long time.

In fact, my recent nights have been pretty dream-less. Which I've heard somewhere that scientifically means that I've been getting a good night's sleep, you get no dreams when you're in a deep slumber and all. So, yay me, I guess!

But actually boo, 'cause I kinda miss them
Miss having totally weird dreams like taking a ship to school. Or getting totally fat on the day before my highschool prom. Or going to prison and chatted merrily with my next-cell neighbour Dennis, and the only thing I worried about was how to tell my parents that my court trial was gonna clash with my Mid Term Exams.

All real dreams, btw.

Some of you may have known that I used to keep a journal called "My book of dreams", waaay back when. Wrote a little about it in the old dusty xanga blog *blows cobwebs away*

(Goodness. Going through my old blog, by the way, it feels alot like going through your old high school yearbook photos, where you had funny hair, bad complexion, braces and the works! I'm cringing yet amused by the way I used to blog last time, I write so differently now! But then again, I may say the same thing in another 4 years time about my current blog, hmm.)

:+:+:

Speaking of dreams and whimsicalities, :)

Was at the Nike NSW Summerdelic Fashion Show @ Mid Valley the other day, and was quite impressed! Everything was so upbeat and colourful and whimsical from start to end. Ending with all the models and personalities dancing onstage, of course :) Some playfully tried to pole dance (or rather, dance near the pole) hahaha, good try :p




All friends on the red carpet





Gingerfish told me about this wickid Nike ad campaign coming out in New Man magazine May issue. These are the previews, lined up along the red carpet. Look out for it!







with Miss Ally :)
My sheer polkadot top straight out of An Old Flame, and I adore Ally's white dress!



Jon Lai, Yee Sim, Yee San



Emcees Ean & Rudy of Hitz.fm











Arabyrd







Cheerleaders!



Serena C







Everybody around me was oogling at this one :p



Daaance dance!



with Cindy







with the Average Joe



Me with Saltydogg and his fried chickin', hur hur hur ;)





Currently listening to: Girl in a Coma - Their Cell

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I will ignore the death stares and jump straight to the blogging part ok.

wha? who? who broke her own record and did not blog for a week and a half? *innocent toothy grin*

But it was nice to have a few subtle hints and prompts (before they turned to death glares) from people to Hello woman, update your blog pls?

And one night at Mcds with the DJ boys and one of them (VI boy, who shall not be named to save him from embarrassment ) piped out, "Hey Cyn, update your blog la damn zhat boring in work i got nothing to read anymore."

WTF eh hello didn't know you read my blog, apalah ini kawan tapi silent reader jugak -_-

"and btw just now i was inside buying food, i saw a couple of friends and they asked me 'Hey, is that ThatGirlCynthia sitting with you?' hahahahah"

Cue all teasing remarks and woohoos thrown at me from around the table -_- *blush wtf*

But I swear, things like these will never get less-overwhelming.

:+:+:

MelbourneSarah and UK-Mingshen both sent me long wordy bestfriendy emails a couple of weeks ago, and we've been emailing again ever since :)
Though we do keep in touch through random SMSes and Facebook from time to time, we realize that's not quite a comprehensive update on each other's lives that we deserve!
(though I suspect that the timing of these emails might have something to do with this post I had written a few weeks ago, hmm )

Long talks of facing the corporate world soon, difficult job applications in other countries, potential travelling plans, being homesick, life, love, and everything in between.

And I finally shared a whole bunch of things that's been on my mind for months now, and I confess that while I've always shared my thoughts in my blog, this is one issue hovering in my mind like a dark cloud that I have yet to share with my public audience. Well, not yet, at least.

And one thing about these girls that I'll always miss?

We're really a bunch of jiwang-fied girly squealy HEE HEE girls it's abit crazy!

Everytime i talk to them it's like a profession of our love for one another,
always starting or ending the email with OMG I'VE MISSED YOUUU - YOU HAVE NOO IDEAAA - despite the distance you've always been my best friend - i miss our long coffee sessions it makes me so homesick - *insert continuous sappy iloveu iloveu iloveu's*

And quoting what Sarah said? (no pun intended)

"........I'm just sitting here on a Friday evening pretending I'm out having coffee with you, hahaha that's why this email sounds so conversation-like yea? I hope this makes us feel closer since we're 300000000 miles away!"

:p

:+:+:

Lastly to add to this intentional not-quite-comprehensive update of my life,
I've been reading again and MY GOODNESS i forgot how reading can be such a guilty pleasure! Especially when you're doing a course that pretty much requires you to spend all of your free time reading and memorizing the IAS standards, instead of indulging in fictional stories of vampires. Oops, did i give it away yet.

Will update more soon! And will try not to break my own record again.




Currently listening to: Katie Herzig - Forevermore (damn kiut song :p)