the world through my eyes

in the end, i didn't bring emily along for halloween. but it was a good thing i didn't because i would surely have lost her in the midst of the fun. i don't think i've partied this hard since i was eighteen. lol.

i'll let the pictures do the talking.

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so while we started out all sober, posing for photos in the conventional manner, it wasn't long before we were all reduced to outlandish drunkards. and though i was puking my guts out by the end of the night, i say for next year's halloween, 'let the debauchery begin!' ^^

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emily's completed - finally. she was a three day job. i'm glad i put good use to my days away from work - though involved in not so work related stuff. but those of you who've read my blog since a year or two back will know that i've been procrastinating against finishing emily up since forever. thus, it's actually quite a surprise that i managed to get her done. and all in time for halloween :) i'm thinking of carrying emily around with me on halloween - both of us in gothic lolita getups. i like.

so here, i present to you emily's new look. 

emily pull strings

emily side glance

emily golden chips

emily silver chips

:)

i made a couple of miscalculations in my customization of emily. first, i didn't know there were different methods of rerooting. i always thought that it was a matter of getting either saran of mohair and hooking them onto the scalp using the lock and loop method. so i originally purchased a pack of light pink saran curls, and i thought that i would do just that. however, what i didn't realise was that the hair i'd purchased was wefted, meaning that all i needed to do was to sew it onto emily's scalp. well, silly me assumed that i'd have to separate the wefts to get the hair into bundles of 6-8 strands. you can guess how this ended up. by the third bundle, i realised something was majorly wrong and googled the way saran hair for rerooting was supposed to look. lol.

anyway, big boo boo aside, i'd wasted the weft of pink curls, so i headed to dollzinc @ wheelock to pick up more supplies. they didn't carry any skeins, but they had more wefted hair. i had my eyes set on a pack of platinum wefted mohair, but they only had one pack and i needed two for emily's head. thus, i picked up two packs of light grey wefted saran curls instead. 

light grey saran wefts

here are some pictures to show you the process of sewing on the wefts.

sewing on wefts

halfway mark

almost done

definitely easier than the usual rerooting process, but still damn time consuming. i'm keen to try platinum wefted mohair in the future, probably on my honey bunny once more cos i absolutely detest her short blond curls, but i suppose i won't have time for that till after my move to sengkang.

tomorrow marks the end of my five year relationship with jordan, my beloved siberian husky. due to the ridiculous rules governing hdb housing, i won't be able to bring my darling with me to sengkang, and so have to put him up for adoption. while it is for the better, seeing as his new owner is a zookeeper and widely accustomed to animals, i still can't help feeling sad at seeing him go. jordan's been a source of great delight for the past five years. he's ever attuned to my feelings, knowing to come lie beside me when i'm down, even placing his head on my lap in a show of affection and comfort. when i'm happy, he's all bursting with excitement, constantly nudging his wet nose into my hands for more embraces and kisses.

there was an incident a few years back when both zhen and elaine were over at my place having drinks. while we were engaged in idle chatter, a roach suddenly scuttled across my living room floor. you can imagine the shrieks that ensued, accompanied by the sound of us jumping onto the sofa to keep our legs as far away as possible from the offensive roach. then, out came jordan from his resting place. he deftly laid his heavy paw over the roach, killing it in one fell swoop. zhen exclaimed, 'jordan, you're my hero,' and the rest is history.

i will miss you, sunshine, for all you were to me. i wish you a better life with your new owner, one filled with more treats and walks. i know i've neglected you on more than one occasion, rarely walking you out of my own laziness. there'll be many more good years ahead for you, i promise. goodbye sunshine. you'll always be in my heart.

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