Auntie Kitty

You know you’ve reached the threshold of old age when your peers start addressing you as “auntie” in front of their cats. >.<

Nominate your favourite artist~!

The Arts Council is now seeking nominations for their Young Artist Award so if you know any outstanding talents in literature (like moi), art, film etc, nominate them! Except the form seems to take for granted that the person doing the nomination will know all the details needed. =x

CATZ~!

Saw this really cute kitty display pic on sarahcoldheart’s twitter so she told me where to make one of my own. Here it is:

You can make one of your own at neutralx0 too. =D

Funny videos

So I was stalking my way around Facebook and I found a few funny animal videos that are rather =x. Enjoy.

Human cat perch:

Life of a mouse:

Emo bear:

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

Here’s a contest for writers organised by Amazon and Penguin Group:

Recently, Amazon.com and Penguin Group (USA) announced the third annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, an international competition seeking fresh new writing voices. CreateSpace will once again host the submission platform for the contest.

What should I do now?

1. Prepare your entry: Visit www.createspace.com/abna and review the submission guidelines, helpful tutorials, and official contest rules.

2. Sign up to receive contest notifications with helpful tools and tips for preparing your entry.

3. Connect with other authors and discuss the contest.

Important details about the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award:

What are the prizes?
Two Grand Prize winners, one in each of our two categories, will receive a full publishing contract with Penguin including a $15,000 advance

What categories are being accepted?
This year, the contest features two categories: General Fiction and Young Adult Fiction

What type of works are eligible?
- Unpublished novel manuscripts
- Self-published novels (new this year!)

When can I enter?
The submission period begins 1/25/10 and ends 2/7/10, or when the first 5,000 entries have been received in each category, whichever comes first

Good luck~! I might just enter if I can find the time. =x Heh.

That time of the month

I regularly come across this cat affectionately named Fifi and I find her quite adorable coz she likes to rub herself on my shoes or weave her way around my legs. My bf claims that it’s simply her way of cleaning her fur and nothing else intended. I being the animal lover, beg to differ or at least have another POV. =x

That’s her in the picture anyway. Beautiful, ain’t she? =3

Anyways, just yesterday, I greeted her as usual. Fifi looked up at me with unusually big eyes and meowed. Really loudly. I started petting her and she seemed slightly mollified. But the minute I stopped, she meowed protestingly, tried to nibble me and even jumped up to playfully hook me on my jeans with her claws. =x

When I told my bf what had happened over sms, he sent me this message in reply.

“It’s that time of the month. =x”

Sigh…he will insist on cats being evil no matter what I say. >.<

Finally done!

Okies…I’m finally done rearranging everything to my satisfaction. Turns out that I won’t be moving my fiction etc to another home after all. You can still read them on the site by simply going to YARNS.

The rest of the links on the header are self-explanatory so I don’t think you’ll have too much trouble navigating them.

I fully plan on making 2010 a more fruitful year than the last coz I realise that I’ve been too lazy and tired to boot. I’m gonna embark on a healthier lifestyle, write more, explore more places in Singapore (right after seriouslysarah gives the thumbs-up in her very own adventure quest) & generally accomplishing my list of to-do things. =D

I guess you can say it’s gonna be a busier year but at least I won’t be sitting on my fat bum and expanding it at the same time. Hurhur.

To my healthier end, I’ve gotten myself a pair of running shoes. For the first time in x years, I’ll be donning fully covered shoes to run. An activity I didn’t even like when I was still in school. =x

But oh wells, I’ll start off with a more moderate activity like fast walking first. As I become more used to actually moving for a healthier goal rather than getting myself from place to place, I’ll level up to slow jogging. Heh.

Also got myself a Buffy Stakes Edward t-shirt, thanks to seriouslysarah (who always seem to pop up with some awesome stuff from time to time…).

You can probably tell I'm not much of a Twilight fan. =x

It’s quite cool, right? You can get it at the J!NX website where there are loads of other cute tees like this too. Yes, the whole vampire-human love affair plot is getting a little tiresome these days. In fact, just the other day, my bf and I saw this particular book that quite literally made us LOAO (laughed our ass off).

A must-have handbook if you're aiming for a vampy (extra points if sparkly) lover.=x

“the vampire is just not that into you” is written by Vlad Mezrich, undead dating specialist who tells it like it is. Offering invaluable answers, analysis pie charts and even quizzes, Vlad guides females in their quest for a sparkling pale-skinned drop dead gorgeous vamp. I totally recommend this book to any vampire lover wannabe. =x

Perhaps Bella might want a peek into this book. Hurhur.

You can get it at any Popular Bookstore (where we got our copy) for $15.94. OR you can get it on AMAZON and check out other similar titles! =x

Like:

• How to Catch and Keep a Vampire: A Step-By-Step Guide to Loving the Bad and the Beautiful by Diana Laurence

• Never Bite a Boy on the First Date by Tamara Summers

• The New Vampire’s Handbook: A Guide for the Recently Turned Creature of the Night by Joe Garden, Janet Ginsburg, Chris Pauls, and Anita Serwacki

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A new year and a new look

Happy new year! As you probably can see, I’m in the process of revamping my blog. Again. Please be patient while I potter around in my domain. =)

I’m removing all posts to start anew in 2010 so hopefully I’ll be able to pen more writing related and fun bloggy stuff in the year to come. Fiction & articles that once made up my portfolio might be moved to a new home or something. Haven’t decided yet but please bear with me for the moment.