Have you guys read To All the Boys I've Loved Before and P.S. I Still Love You? If you haven't go and read it now! I highly recommend this book. 

So in case you don't know what this book is all about, there is this girl called Lara Jean, she is currently in her junior year of high school and all this time every time she fell in love with a boy she will write love letter (sort of) for the boy but she didn't send it out. She kept it in a hatbox. So it was some sort of a personal collection, she just kept it to herself, and never read it after. One day, the letters went missing and apparently all the letters were sent out to the boys she has loved before. 

Lara Jean Covey Korean-American. Her mom is Korean and her dad is American. Her mom died, the book didn't tell why and her dad is an OB/GYN. She has an older sister, Margot, 2 years older and a younger one Katherine a.k.a. Kitty who is 9 years younger. 

Jenny Han is a very good writer. Her texts flow smoothly, she didn't use too much difficult words, unlike The Fault in Our Stars. It was easy to picture the situation in the nove.

So, if the book was going to be adapted to a film, I already have a few people in mind. 

There were rumours that Hailee Steinfeld is going to play Lara Jean but you guys are fogetting something. Lara Jean specifically said that it was hard for her to dress up on Halloween because she had an asian face and people hardly get what she was dressing up as because of that. Hailee's face doesn't fit Lara Jean's. I would like to propose Piper Curda as Lara Jean. They even have pretty much the same height. Piper Curda is 157 cm, roughly 5 feet 2. PERFECT!

And Ryan Potter would be Peter Kavinsky. Peter has sleek eyebrows, if I remember correctly, and so does Ryan! 

Bella Thorne as Genevieve. I can't help but think that Bella Thorne suits Genevieve's character after watching the movie The DUFF. Genevieve is the queen bee, she's glamorous, pretty, mean in a way, very crafty, suits Genevieve's character perfectly. Thorne played Madison in The DUFF and Madison was 98% Genevieve and Thorne did a good job playing Madison. 

the boy that the Song girls/family loves

I couldnt decide who gets to play Chris. Margot Robbie would be a perfect picture to Chris, a hot mess, but Margot Robbie is too old for Chris' role. So I'm settling with AnnaSophia Robb

 As for Margot, the only person that suits Piper's face is Anna Akana

or Kate Chang. She has the kind eyes of an older sister.

I can't find someone to portray Kitty. I'll definitely update this post if I ever find Kitty. 

hey!

I have a little time to spare, thought I might blog a little bit.

It's June already. This means I have about 2 months left in Batam before I move to Jakarta for my uni. Not ready to leave yet :(

At the time of the entrance exam announcement, I was on a Bible Camp trip to Mersing, Malaysia. Mersing is in the deeper part of Johor. It's a small town. The resort had no wifi and we were encouraged to not buy the internet data from the local store, so we didn't, but my mom did because she needed it to communicate with the people in Batam, it's business stuff. So during the, I think it was the 3rd day, the staff from my university e-mailed my acceptance letter and they said that I had to clear the school fees within the next 2 days, if I didn't I'd have to wait for the next month, and the fees later on would be more expensive. So my mom asked someone in Batam to help deposit the money to the university's bank account immediately and after receiving a confirmation from the university, I was (somewhat) an official student of my future university. It was only December. 

Thinking back, I always thought, if I had more time to think about stuff, maybe I wouldn't go to Jakarta. It's so far away, well, kind of. If I were to study to Singapore and for example I had a day off, I could just take an early ferry back to Batam and come back to Singapore by night. It doesn't sound like a tiring and money wasting trip, after all the cost for me to travel back and forth is only around $26. Meanwhile, a round trip from Jakarta to Batam would take around 5 hours, excluding the delayed schedule, and a fee of around Rp. 1.200.000. That is almost 6 times the fee to Singapore. But we made the decision, I agreed on moving to Jakarta, so let's just stick the the plan.

Since my acceptance to the university, people had been asking, "Where are you going for your uni?" I would reply, "Jakarta". "So, when are you leaving?" Hah, I wish I could answer with "Oh! I'm not leaving anytime soon *sigh*. Now I reply them with "I have two months left before moving" with a sad tone and somewhat a sad face. It feels like it was just yesterday I got accepted to the university. 

I didn't realize how close I was to leaving until this week. I had to make the list of the things I had to bring to Jakarta, make another list of the things I should buy in Jakarta, gather all the stuff that I have  prepared and buy the stuffs that I can't find in Jakarta, scan all the important documents, make an ID (or citizenship card), re-register to the university, start planning about how my life would be in Jakarta. It's becoming real. It's happening. (NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *muffled scream*)

Do I feel excited? Heck yeah! No, just partially. A part of me doesn't want to leave Batam, most of it doesn't want to. I just suddenly realize how lovely Batam is. All the food, the places I go to, my bedroom, my dad's office, and my group of friends. I'm gonna miss the huge desk I have in my dad's office, I'm so gonna miss my bed, my pillow (I'll bring along my bolster hehe :3), my big steel cabinet where I can put lots of magnets on, and the peaceful times when I have the whole house to myself (I find peace in being alone). A peaceful time, hm, now that's something I won't get in a dormitory, especially when I'm sharing a room with another person (dear future roommate, HI!).

Speaking of roommate, I wonder what will my roommate be. Is she going to be a loud person? Or mostly quiet but talkative with certain people, like me? Or is she gonna be cold like Kimmy Jin, Beca's roommate from Pitch Perfect? What will the dorm be like? Is it chaotic? Is it filled with a bunch of holy girls (since my university is a christian university, I mean, duh)? Is the matron gonna be scary (or probably crazy), like most cases? Or is she gonna be motherly and kind-hearted? Are the seniors gonna bully the juniors? GOSH I HAVE SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. Can someone please send me an e-mail and tell me what dormitory life looks like?! Guess I'll just have to wait for another two months and find it out myself :/

I am scared of a few stuff. I'm scared of leaving. Mostly, I'm scared that when I leave, I get too comfortable and I won't come back to Batam. I'm scared that I won't have good friends like I do in Batam. I'm not scared of being alone, I'm scared of being lonely. What if I don't fit in? What if university life is like high school? Like there are certain social groups that I can only fit in? What if the kids there are not nice. A few people told me that the people in my university are not nice, meaning, arrogant, and whatever the synonym of the word arrogant says. Now that are some of the negative worries. One thing I'm worried most of, what if I lose contact with my friends in Batam? :/ I am scared I won't find Pokka Green Tea in Jakarta X(

Batam is so close to Singapore that most of our foods and snacks are imported from Singapore and Malaysia. And other parts of Asia. It's easy to find imported foods here. But what if I can't find them in Jakarta? For all I know, my favorite chocolate Meiji Baby Choco is available in Jakarta's Carrefour, and my favorite Tao Kae Noi Fried Seaweed is available there too! I remember my trip to Medan. I went to a local supermarket and they actually had one special cabinet for imported goods. and Pocky is part of it. Pocky in Batam is like, how would I say it, is like the Pringles to chips. There's Pringles everwhere, in any store. That's how I would describe Pocky here in Batam. It's not like that in Medan, though I didn't pay attention to how the situation was in Jakarta. Another example, Vanish Stain Remover (yep, detergent stuff). Vanish is produced in Indonesia, exported to Singapore. But guess what? It's not available in Jakarta :) Same goes to Redondo Wafer Stick, it's produced in Indonesia, exported to Singapore, not available in Jakarta. But it's available in Batam, in a few, big, local supermarkets only though. See my point? I'll miss all this important goods :( I guess I'll just have to ask mom send them over to Jakarta. 

There are some pros of moving to Jakarta as well, obviously. If I were to order stuff from online store, the shipping fee is most likely to be less expensive, cause, duh, I'm in Jakarta. Lemme set an example. I used to run an online shop, the shipping fee for 1kg from Jakarta to Batam is Rp. 20.000 then. And from Jakarta to Jakarta is only around Rp. 6.000. YASH! ONLINE SHOPPING WOOHOO! Okay I'm so excited for that :3 And the ice skating rink is a few hours away, excluding traffic jam lah of course. And then there's IKEA. I've never been inside an Ikea because it's so far away in Singapore. And the things are cheaper in Jakarta, not the original stuff. 

To sum it up, 40% of me IS excited, 60% not. We'll see what happens in 2 months :) 

It's Saturday. It's 11.51 P.M. I just dedicated my whole Saturday watching BuzzFeed on Youtube and napping. Yep. 

So I came across these 2 videos where BuzzFeed take a few of their workers and ask them some basic maths questions. So, when I say basic I actually meant basic primary school maths that are supposed to be very easy for adults. 

So it's a 2 separate videos, one is Adults Take A 3rd Grade Math Test and the other is Adults Try 5th Grade Math. If you're too lazy to open the video, I'll tell you what's in the video. 

In the Adults Take A 3rd Grade Math Test, BuzzFeed gave these people a set of 60 problems to solve. And if you don't know what a 3rd grade math looks like, it's basically multiplication. A one-digit times one-digit multiplication, and a two-digits times one-digit multiplication. I have to say, I am very surprised of the results. Out of 9 people who took the test, guess how many failed? 5 of them got an F. Over half of them failed. That is an outrageos result. How can you fail a 3rd grade math? Still have no idea what a 3rd grade math looks like? I'll type out a few for you.

0 x 9 =

6 x 8 =

6 x 1 =

3 x 11 =

4 x 4 = 

12 x 5 =

etc. 

So now you lazy people who didn't watch the video, you know how easy 3rd grade math is. 

Second video, Adults Try 5th Grade Math, BuzzFeed gave a more complicated problem, obviously. I'll type down the equation from the video.

1/3 + 7/10 = 

6 1/2 + 4 4/5 =

66.51 x 98.65 =

43321.4 x 82 = 

The first two equations, I did it mentally. As I get to the third equation, I had to run across the room to find a paper and a pen. Still, I got both answers correct. About half of the guys in the video didn't, though. One actually said that he should be given a million dollar if he can finish the 4th equation all by himself. You're shitting me. 

Read this post regarding being selectively social, The Selectively Social Me

Points 3, 5, 11, 16.

To give an expample on point 16, yesterday I accompanied my mom to some shop and after dealing with the lady boss and everything, they had a chit chat and mom and mentioned me in their conversation, so I looked over to the lady boss and just gave her a smile, not that type of "I had a great day and that's why im smiling" smile, just a tight lipped smile, and my mom saw it, and asked me why did I smile like that? Then she proceeded to telling the lady that I was grumpy and everything.. When I clearly wasn't.

Quoting point 16, "To those people who don’t know you; you are and will remain that ‘grumpy, rude and anti-social person’ which in reality we aren’t."

Greetings

I think I have already broke my New Year's resolution *yikes*. I promised I would blog more, but I didn't. I mean, I've been really busy with my homeschooling and now that there's a tuition centre, there is less time for me to go online and I don't know why but Google Chrome doesn't work on my laptop, so I had to go to the other laptop to blog and stuff, or borrow my dad's computer. 

Alright. As you all know, I'm a big fan of clay. I'm a clay figurine enthusiast. You can just give me a clay and I promise I won't bother you for a day, probably more. And for 2 years now I've been looking at 3D clay frames. I considered buying it online, but the price is mad expensive. One frame, only 18x13 cm, costs around Rp. 200.000 - Rp. 250.000. There's no way in hell my parents are buying me that...  Recently, I looked at those clay frames again and went like, okay fine I'll make one for myself. And little did I know, the materials I needed was not that expensive.

For the clay frame, I used air dry clay. Now, some online shops have tried to save on money buy making their own air dry clay from flour, white glue and food coloring and what happened was mold started growing on the clay. Not like the green and yellow ones you find on bread, but instead it's white and kind of fluffy mold you will find on fruits if you put them in the fridge for too long. See, I'm making clay frames as a gift, and you have to make sure that the stuff you give to another person stays perfectly fine, forever. To avoid all the molds, I used air dry clay, which I believe is more expensive than flour and white glue. 

I'm not gonna tell how much one frame costs, just in case I'm selling one in the future. I don't want my future customer to find out how much money I make buy selling one frame. But they profited a lot from one frame. 

First, you're going to need a frame, of course. Now, not a regular frame because the clay figures you are going to be making is 3D, not 2D. You're going to need to find a frame that has a space for you to put the clay in (on? idk). I found mine in a stationery supplier. I don't have the picture of it, but later you will know what I'm talking about. 

After finding a frame, next thing you're going to do is sketch and look for inspiration. This is what I sketched. It's just an idea of what I'm going to put in the frame, sooooo....

Hellooo. 

Okay i have exactly 45 minutes to write a summary of the year 2013 before my church's end year service starts.

I can hardly believe that tomorrow is the first day of 2014 already. It feels like it was only yesterday when my dad asked whether or not I want a table calender for the year 2013. And now, there's a 2014 calender from some bank in my table. 

I'm just gonna quickly recap the things that happen this year by month. Here goes.

January:

New table calender from an estate company. Here's a fun fact. I have never, in my life, up to this point, have to buy myself a calender. Whether it's a table calender or a wall calender, I never have to buy. My dad gets like a dozen, or more, from a estate companies and banks and some other churches and he would be busy thinking who he should give it too. Until last month, I think I still see brand new 2013 calenders in my dad's office, like 4 or 5 of them. And in this month, I started my homeschooling thing. I dyed my hair for the first time in my whole life. It was brown. My hair is naturally a brown. Like the dark shade of brown but definitely not black, there's like a few strands of golden hair, and you can see clearly how brown my hair is if I wear black shirt. So I dyed it a few shades lighter. I chopped 2/5 of my hair and it was crazy. My hair is usually straight with a pony fringe but not this year. After cutting, it became slightly curled, like, like, after bunning your hair for the whole day then you come home and you untie your hair and it makes natural curls, like that. Get the idea? After all this hairstyle change, mom's friend will come and say I look like caucasian. duh. And, Xiaxue, yes Xiaxue, replied my comment on Instagram!!!!

February:

Nothing.

March:

I turned 16!! For 15 years I've always wanted to become a grown up. After 16, no. I just wanna be a kid. I don't want to grow up. I don't want to go to college. I don't want to get a job. No. No. No. I'm just gonna stay at home and get my pocket money. I'd rather do that. First time playing paintball. I took a trip to S.E.A. Aquarium with my sister's friends. 

April, May, June, July, August:

Nothing.

September:

I fell and had to swim for 100 meters. First experience. I have to tick that off my bucket list. Changed phone twice for this year. My family opened a tuition centre for my sister to run. 

October:

My sister turned 19. Eeks so old. 

November: 

Sister's graduation. CONGRATULATIONS!! 

December:

Like seriously, nothing.

Resolutions? I didn't do any resolution cause I figured out none will be done anyway. But I'm gonna do one for next year. 

1. Lose weight. This is on the number 1 list, every year. 

2. Finish like at least 2 levels in home schooling.

3. Play less games.

4. Save money.

5. Get an A for every subject.

6. Learn how to play the guitar.

7. Learn chinese language.

8. More trips.

9. Learn how to socialize better. I'm an antisocial now. I only hang out with a friend. I don't like crowd. I hate people.

10. Have a pet. Almost impossible but I'll try.

11. Be a sunday school teacher. Not gonna teach though.

I guess that's pretty much it. I promised to post more this year but it's not easy. I hope next year will be better.

oh!

12. Blog more often!

Happy New Year guys :) 

To make each day count.