DIY: Lace Trimmed Shorts

♥ Monday, March 19, 2012 at 6:50 PM

Feeling: HAPPY

Hi humans! I recently just DIY-ed something and I love it a lot, so I'd like to share with all my invisible audience!!!

Materials
- Shorts of choice (preferably white or cream)
- Lace ribbons ($2 from Daiso)
- Sewing kit

I actually took this old white jeans and snipped it off into shorts. The hem's rather uneven, but that's okay, because we're gonna sew in the lace!

Step 1: Cut off stray ends



Here's a photo of the shorts w uneven hem, as well as the lace ribbons. Remember to cut off all stray ends off the jeans so that it'll look neat and not too messy.


Step 2: Sew!


Start from the inside of the jeans. Meaning the part near your private part HAHAHA not the outside part. That's cause it'll look neater from the outside. Who will stare at your private part there right?

Notice that the lace has several holes cause of the design. What I do is insert the needle into the hole and sew from there. (See photo). It will just automatically look neat.


Step 3: Combine the two ends

Okay so after you go one round, the ends of the lace ribbon have to be sewn together.


This is a bad example! Haha but it's my first time!

So you should cut the ribbon such that there's about 0.5cm overlap. Then from there, sew the 2 pieces of lace together. Sew a lot a lot times, because the lace is full of holes and the thread might come loose. DO NOT end the thread at the lace! You should sew it together, then sew BACK UP to where the shorts and lace is, then sew a few more times to ensure that the thread does not come loose, then knot and cut the thread.


Step 4: Ribbons at pocket (optional)



I had tinier lace ribbons, so I decided to sew it onto the pocket as well! The pocket was so hard and my needle broke HAHAHAHA. But I managed to sew it in in the end. :)


TADAH! :)

Labels: DIY

Of a Boring Night

♥ Monday, March 05, 2012 at 10:27 PM

Feeling: Bored
Listening: People playing vball

Years ago when people blog, they do it in a diary form, chronicling what they did. Nowadays this blogging voice has evolved and is different and people blog to an invisible audience. Haha invisible cause who is reading anyway and who cares about what you do?

Today I blog because I'm so bored in my room and I need someone to talk to. And so I'm speaking to my invisible audience. Hahahaha and because I just wanna zi high. I don't actually have much to talk about, or even a topic to discuss - all I have is some batch-edited photos from my phone that is lame. Speaking of which, I don't even know where I placed my digicam aiyo why? I used to love taking and editing photos now I just think it hurts my eyes. Am I getting old?

YES I AM 21!! HEHEHE.
I didn't have a party, but I love how all my friends took the effort to meet me and have dinner w me. I also had a mini celebration at my relatives' house cause my birthday fell on the first day of Lunar New Year. But we'd leave that for another day. RANDOM PHOTOS FIRST.

PHOTOG4, December 2011

This is last year with Photog4! Uploading this photo cause GINI I hope you're having fun in Germany!
And this was actually to celebrate Hilsy's birthday hahaha HAPPY BIRTHDAY HILSY. HAHAHA.


And HAPPY BIRTHDAY KUANZY!!!! <3 <3 <3


Hehe scrapbook I made for her birthday, on behalf of P4!! (which is not in Dec lah HAHA)


HAHAHAHHAA see this photo I accidentally batch edit like 4 times and ended up being overexposed!


Oh look at this pretty lace tapes from Daiso that Kuanzy recommended! It's v pretty cause you can do things like:


DMAN PRETTY RIGHT?!?!?!?! That's a black storage box I got from Ikea!!


Countdown to 2012
This year we went to eat good Thai food i can't remember the name. But why should I rmb anyway I didn't take photos of the food HAHAHAHA.


♥


And this photo I like cause I think I look super demure!!!!


This is gay but because I don't drink alcohol and green tea looks like beer, WE BOUGHT GREEN TEA TO TOAST HEHE.


Random Experiments

OKAY and here is an experiment I did! My crystals super pretty right hehehehe. It's in the ice bath, and the ice looks really pretty here and it looks extra crunchy especially when you're in lab and is hungry or thirsty feel like scooping up to eat sometimes!!


ANOTHER ONE!! Check out the color woohooo!!


OH Chemist me!


Galaxy Tab


Anyway I recently just bought a Galaxy Tab 8.9 and I really love it! I use it to watch dramas, La Bi Xiao Xin, do homework, read, surf net, access textbook! But one embarrassing thing is I always cry/ LOL on the train when I watch sad/funny shows!! And when I watch Gossip Girl there's always sex scenes and it's damn paiseh!!!!


Oh Valentines Day! :)

For the first time ever, J bought me flowers!! Hehe he told me he was going to dabian and he appeared with flowers. Does that mean he shits flowers? HAHAHA GROSS.


After unwrapping the flower I went to wrap Gingey with it. He's supposed to be a BRIDE but end up he looks rather scary hor?


This is supposed to be a pretty photo with us and the flower but look a bit like we die HAHA.


Let you see his nostril.


Boring Exhibition
Went to this exhibition at Expo the other day w mama sis uncle and j!



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.


Random Hello Kitty Car


Saw this in hall the other day. HAHAHHAA it's really very very hello kitty!!!! Teri your car ah?


Camwhore
HEHEHEHHEE.


Hello this is Audrey Hepburn!
I bought the gloves from Daiso at $2!! I just bought it on impulse cause I'm sure I'd use it one day and the day came!! I am really damn boliao!!


This is the camera that J bought for my birthday! It's one of my 21 presents hehe!! It's really pretty, it's a vintage Minolta Hi-Matic! Haven't got a chance to use it yet though!


Kuanzy birthday celebration! Theme was maxi dress! Love this top super comfy!


I love my red bowler hat! I got it at Bugis St for $12 or $14! It's sold around town/ Tampines pushcart for $19.90! I'm so happy lahhhhh!


Random day at this random place cause I was printing a banner for my school comm's fiesta! I love that skirt it's damn cheap and good!


I also took time to stop at a random cafe to have a yummy chocolate cheesecake and not-so-yummy latte, while watching LBXX on my tab! HAHA got one part I nearly burst out laughing!


And here's a random day out shopping at Tampines Mall. I was feeling extra hiao that day so I dressed up to Tampines Mall HAHAHAHHA.


Oh that day I was also damn inspired by Songsong so I went out fringe-less! This is sadly the ONLY nicer looking photo.


SHORT HAIR!!! :D :D


One of my presents as well hehe so cute!

This is very idiot but the last photo...


CHILLI CRAB!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.

Bye! Hope everyone is hungry.

DO NOT BUY FROM GROUPON

♥ Tuesday, February 07, 2012 at 11:11 PM

In December, my family purchased a Efun Nextbook tablet (which Groupon is allowing preorder now here). We were happy and excited. Hey, we thought it was a good deal.

But no, not at all.

Before I begin the freak incident I have been through, I need to mention that there are 4 parties in this, namely myself, Groupon, Efun Nextbook and DinoDirect.

Nextbook - Company that made the tablet, based in US
DinoDirect - Sold the tablet
Groupon - Collaborated w DinoDirect to sell the coupons
Myself - Consumer. Extremely unhappy one.

The tablet was a faulty set. Everything works fine until you press the lock button - everything will become unresponsive, the touchscreen and even the on/off button. The only way to get the tablet to become responsive again is to use a needle and poke the Reset button at the back of the tablet and restart the device. The same thing will happen the moment you press the lock button.

I contacted Nextbook, and they replied almost immediately, telling me that the set was faulty and I had to register warranty to get it changed. I went to the warranty page but I could not register because the company was based in US and I have to have a valid US or Canada address for them to ship my tablet back, etc.

25 December 2011 - Emailed Groupon

I complained about the false advertising on the Groupon page (which I will talk about later), as well as the faulty set I received, and got a support ticket number. I did not expect a reply immediately, because hey, it was Christmas! It was totally fine w me.


2 Jan 2012 - Reply from Groupon

This was the reply I received:



Yes not bad, prompt reply, nice and polite. BUT NO, I did not receive any reply from Calvin at all. I waited for a few days, before emailing Groupon again.


6 Jan 2012 - Second email

This was the email:



Still no reply. This time I waited a week.


12 Jan 2012 - Called up Groupon

I called up Groupon in the afternoon, and was attended by Fahanah. I asked her about warranty instructions, and who to contact, and she emailed me the relevant details. I was supposed to email DinoDirect, and I did.

And btw, don't forget that Calvin, the Groupon Support guy I emailed, was supposed to help me CONTACT the relevant merchants and get back to me. Nevermind that he did not.


13 Jan 2012 - Reply from Calvin



I did not reply his email. It was NOT my responsibility to tell him how I, a consumer, contacted the merchant, when in the first place he was supposed to contact the merchant for me.


16 Jan 2012 - Emailed DinoDirect
Received no replies, as of today.


23 Jan 2012 - Email from Groupon

This time Groupon asked me to RATE their customer support service. I tried to click Dissatisfied, but my ticket number did not exist. Whatever. What was I supposed to rate? Their lack of service? Calvin did NOT assist me in ANYTHING at all.

And also it was my birthday + CNY, why should I reply Groupon and make myself angry?


3 Feb 2012 - Email to Groupon



No reply.


6 Feb 2012 - Called up Groupon, at 5pm

Because the previous email was sent on a Friday, I gave Groupon / Calvin one whole working day to reply me. Please note that he promised to find out the details for me on 2 Jan 2012, and he did not.

Anyway, I received "reassurance" from the Support person that she will find out the relevant stuff and get back to me. Once again, another empty promise, because she did not find out ANYTHING for me at all.


7 Feb 2012 - Email from Calvin



My reply, almost immediately.



ONCE AGAIN, NO REPLY. Surprise surprise.
And yes, I ran out of patience. The support I received was a surprising NO SUPPORT AT ALL!!! I did not receive a SINGLE USEFUL reply from Calvin!! What sort of support is that Calvin? And you asked me to rate your service? Or maybe rate the lack thereof?


Also, as I was saying, FALSE ADVERTISING.



Look at the highlighted parts above. What is 10.1 camera? My mama and her boyfriend misread it as a 10.1 MEGAPIXELS camera. Silly I know because it is impossible, but SERIOUSLY what's 10.1? Misleading much? It turned out to be a 2megapixels camera.

Also, thousands of apps? I think they forgot to mention the lack of the android market. The market that they used was their own efun/nextbook market. Blame it on our own luck for not finding out properly. But once again, MISLEADING ADVERTISING FROM GROUPON.


Really really really angry with this. Now let's see how Groupon will reply.

And my advice to everyone, is

DO NOT BUY FROM GROUPON
It might be nice and cheap if everything goes well. But when things go haywire, Groupon will really just give you lousy or even NO support.

It's really $219 down the drain.

Page 09 & 10

♥ Sunday, January 08, 2012 at 1:58 AM

Feeling: Sleepy
Listening:...

Page 09: Tear this page out!

What a scary page! HAHA if I put it in my pants and wash with washing machine my granny is gonna disown me. So what I did was, I stick it in my home shorts and then handwashed my shorts while showering. So smart!


End product! WOOO.


Can still see a bit of the words!


Page 10: Deface your photo


Found an ugly passport photo of me on my desk, and started drawing!


WAHAHAHHAA. Too bad the pic was too small!

Went ikea and bought a new study table today. So happy!

Labels: Wreck This Journal