Grace In Small Things: #108 of 365

1) A character that's so much fun to write that I want to do a standalone story of her and her toy boy.

2) Coffee, any time, anywhere

3) The physical exhaustion that usually accompanies a 2 hour swim, after no swimming for months.

4) Anything with Kelley Armstrong's werewolves. (I think I'm going to dig up Bitten, Stolen and the rest of the Wolf pack books)

5) Baby animals.

HSWG News: Here, Have A Prologue (Maybe)

Since the last HSWG related post, the Happy Smiley Writers Group has made some progress in the book writing bit. In fact, we even have the prologue (maybe) up on the Singapore Novelists site.

Or you can download it here:

Bubble G.U.M. Prologue (Maybe)

(It's in PDF format so you need Adobe or PDF opening software thing)

To go with Bubble G.U.M., we have a second book, Happiness At The End of The World. Yes, that's two books for your reading pleasure.

We have a slot for the launch of the books as well! The launch will be held at the Earshot Cafe at The Arts House on the 31st of October, 2-4pm. It'll be part of the NaNoWriMo Kick-off Party. All are welcome! There'll be cake.

Co-organised by:

The Truth About Fans

Seriously, every single heavy metal fan I've met are so nice and soft spoken. Sure they can be brutal at gigs but in general, they're nice people and hell of a lot less annoying than those Twilight fans. Do they have to be so whiny all the time?

The (Airbrushed) Tattoo

A day out with an old friend resulted in something that I did no expect. After dinner, she mentioned that at one point of time a while back, she was thisclose to getting a tattoo, due to stress and the want to do something crazy.

So I told her, why doesn't just get an airbrushed tattoo instead. After some name calling and a dare, she finally decided that yes, she would get one.

It took her fifteen minutes to decided on a design, a phoenix.

I took some photos of the whole process but it's a little blurry.

The dude, placed a few drops of the dye into the sprayer thing and tested out the speed and spray.

Putting in the dye into the sprayer

He taped the stencil on her upper arm and checked with her the orientation of the tattoo. She decided to have the phoenix facing the front.


The Phoenix stencil

Using a satay stick, he pressed the stencil down, flushed against her skin, as he sprayed on the dye.


Spraying it on

It didn't take long, about ten minutes. The dye did not have any strange scents and the tattoo person was nice and friendly.


The final design

I think it looked good on her and it's the phoenix is very fitting for her; rising out of the ashes of personal tragedy and heartache to start afresh.

While the dude at the tattoo place did ask if I wanted to get one myself but at this point, I don't think so. One thing for sure, I'm not a butterfly tattoo kind of person. I'm more of the dragon/faerie/flames kind.

The Deal About Cinnamon Melts

Everyone had been talking about this new offering by McDonald's. Being a big fan of all things cinnamon, I had to give it a try.

The box


It looks nice enough. The box was warm. I guess it's best served that way.


On the side of the box.

I should have taken the 'cinnamon sweetness' as a warning.


The cinnamon melts

So, the cinnamon melts are actually pieces of dough (most probably the same as doughnuts) with butter icing and melted cinnamon sugar all over it. I found it a tad to sweet and not enough cinnamon. I was disappointed as I'd thought it would be like the cinnamon rolls from St Cinnamon.

Oh well, maybe it's just that outlet and batch. Hopefully it'll be better the next time.

Live Blogging From McDonald's Causeway Point

Randomness in 3...2...1...

So here I am, waiting for my sister to finish her errand so that I can finally get the Cinnamon Melts that everyone has been talking about these few days. The McDs crew is staring at me strangely. Maybe because I'm sitting her all by myself, with my comptuer on but with no purchases at all.

The students hanging out here for an after school meal, do not seem to understand the concept Inside Voices because they're basically shouting at each other.

Oh, my sis is here.

Food time.

My Problem With Shopping

This weekend, I took the opportunity to do a little shopping since there were a few things that I needed to get. Even though I did get the things that I wanted, I seem to have a habit of adding things that I don't really need into the list.

Let me explain.

Yesterday, I went to the mall to look for the aluminium fold-able table for my laptop and maybe Zee Avi's debut album as well as O.A.R. album, All Sides. I did not manage to get the O.A.R. album but I did get Zee Avi's and the table. On top of that, I left the mall with a pair of sandals, a DVD lens cleaner and a cooling fan for the lap top.

The same thing happened today, when I went to another mall in the west. I was just there to get City of Ember due to the fact that the mall near my place did not carry it. I did get it but here's a list of things that I got along with it:

Fanboys

Inkheart

Asking For Trouble: Tales of Saffy and Amanda by Jason Hahn

Airhead by Meg Cabot

A remote control for the tv in my room

A little pouch thing for my various peripherals

Bathsoap

I seem to be doing this a lot, adding things that I don't need to my shopping cart. I just hope that it doesn't get worse.

By the way, I'm loving the Saffy and Amanda story. It's freaking hilarious!