Exams are over!

Yes, it's finally over! Feels a little strange not studying but doing my other stuff, and without feeling guilty! Need some time to get used to it!

I kept taking outfit photos on the day of each paper! Just for fun I guess. Again, so that I can look back and see that this was what I wore. It's also to allow myself to dress up and feel happier by thinking that I look better :) My outfit for this final paper:

Top and skirt both from Hollyhoque :)

Claire and I went out after our Abnormal Psychology paper!

We went to Ippudo for dinner, as suggested by me :) I have been dying to go back there since forever, and didn't have the chance to, since I was busy with school work and was cooped up in school for the longest time. So when the opportunity arose... I jumped at it, haha.

It was Claire's first time there :D No queue as we were early

Clairebear :)

Here's the ramen I ordered. It was up to standard, as usual! Super delicious, loved everything from the noodles, to the egg, the pork (!!!!) and the soup. Well the soup was a little too salty, but I still finished every drop of it!

LOOKS GOOD RIGHT? Cost me $18
Taken with Instagram

I wanted to get an appetizer to share, so we got this.. Tamago something! The egg was really soft and fluffy, it's totally different from the kind that is wrapped in sushi. Makes you go 'mmmmm' at first bite! It's a little too pricey though, in my opinion.

Some diva egg that costs $9
Taken with Instagram

Happy and satisfied :)

We then went down to H&M, where it was my second time and Claire's first time there! Again, at my suggestion. I wanted to go and see if there was anything worth buying.. Lots of pretty stuff, but I felt that most of them were not exactly suitable for me.

Spent quite a lot of time there browsing the clothes! Poor Claire had to wait for me cos' I was so fickle-minded and didn't know which to choose and try. LOL. I picked five pieces to try, but did not buy any in the end -.- Almost bought a black top with lace covering the shoulders though. But I didn't know what to pair it with and didn't like it enough to want to buy it. Which was good, cos' I spent $77 at Forever 21 afterwards!!

Happily shopping

This time, it was Claire who suggested F21. I never really liked their clothes before today. Each time I went there, I would walk out empty handed. For some reason, their designs just did not appeal to me... or just were not tempting enough to try. 

Today, though, I spotted red shorts there! I've been hunting for a pair of nice red shorts for a month or two, but could never find a pair of affordable and nice-looking ones. Until we walked past the area with all the coloured shorts XD So I picked that out to try, plus a white pair of shorts (been looking around for one too!), an oversized knit top, and a spaghetti top with cutout-flaps. 

Only took photos of the red shorts and the ivory top though!

Pose, pose

I decided that I liked how I look with it and went ahead to purchase these, together with the white shorts. The spaghetti top was just too weird-looking, I didn't like it.

Clairebear FINALLY found clothes to try! She refused to try anything at H&M, apparently F21's clothes still better appease her. I kept thrusting clothes at her to ask her to try, but she ended up trying just 3 dresses. She really liked one of them - a black dress - but alas, the right size wasn't available. Which was a pity, cos she loved it and it's so hard to get her to like something!! Unlike me, I thought I'm really choosy with clothes too until I see how much I spend on them....

After our shopping (window shopping for Claire :/ ) it was already past 10pm, and we decided to get her some sushi and then head home.

It was nice spending time with Claire again! :) I always feel at ease with her, just like the JC days, and I never am subjected to evaluation apprehension when with her. We can talk about almost everything too. She's currently majoring in linguistics and psychology, but she wants to drop the latter cos' it's pulling down her GPA. Well psych pulls down MY GPA as well but I can't drop it because it's my only major. Sighhh I don't want to think about exams while I can avoid them. 

Bought supper for some of the hall mates - Vijay, Zijin, her roomie, her roome's friend, and Melvin - but didn't get any for myself! I couldn't decide whether to eat and settled for iced milo instead. It was nice chatting with some of the freshies like Nigel, Maxine, Ai Lin, and Vijay :) Think it's because I had been hiding in my room burried in books. Actually, I don't even feel much of the freshie-senior gap anymore. It's time for them to promote to 'senior' status anyway :) Time really flies.

Then Melvin passed me some of his hamster stuff like food, treats, and small cage. He wanted to let me choose and take more of his stuff, but I decided not to take too much as my dad would not be too happy about it. Melvin's hamster died during the year.. and he wasn't sure if he was going to keep another one as the last one's death was "too traumatising". I guess pet deaths always have that kind of impact on people. I still want to keep one because of the companionship it provides, and the happiness I experience simply by looking at it. Have always loved animals, and will always do. :)

Ok, then I went back to my room and got excited with the day's buys! Displayed them on the bed. Quality of the photo is quite bad though :/

White shorts with laced belt, tagged "I love H81", an American brand - $31, size 24
Firey red shorts, Forever 21 denim - $21, size 24
Sleeved ivory knit top - $25, size S

I'm still delighted that size 24 fits perfectly :) Seems like I didn't gain weight after all! 

Below: a Balenciaga-inspired bag which I ordered from Gmarket last week. It took me MONTHS to decide whether to get a bag with this design! I finally made the move to click and order since I'll need a bag for work when I start my temp job at e2i. Well the bag arrived today and I collected it from the Hall Office :) Even Mr Yip knew that it's a bag from feeling the parcel!

Medium regular motor bag in black, $25 + $8.50 for shipping
From Gmarket, seller StarBags

The photo looks so well-taken! Actually I just placed it on my bed and took a photo, then edited it with mei tu xu xu app and Photoscape on my laptop. Tada! 

I wasn't particularly impressed with the material, as it looks like one that will tear or peel of easily :/ Tried scratching a bit of the skin but there were no visible markings left on it, so I thought maybe I shouldn't doubt this bag too much :) The size is just right for me - can fit a cardigan, handphone, wallet, book, makeup, even some A4-sized documents! Can't put too much of the A4 stuff though.

More pictures of my new goodies today!

Sometimes I think that I'm too easily-satisfied.. I crave for material wants like these and derive joy and satisfaction from acquiring these. It seems so, at least... but I really hope this isn't the case!

Overall, it's been a happy day, apart from waking up late and having less time to revise before the paper which made me want to tear up the exam booklet.

I still have a lot of things to do, I realise. Time to get started on planning...