I am Musho / Xinni and I am an artist, designer and programmer. I'm a Singaporean living in California as a designer at Google. I blog about my
art, music, shows, games, beauty stuff, school and a lot of personal events in my life. You will feel awkward reading this if you know me.
alternative realities
My bf was talking to this girl on the phone a lot. I called him out on it, he said the girl was just lonely and needed company. So I let it slide. Then one day I saw that his phone wallpaper was no longer me - it was another girl I dislike!! WTF! I confronted him and he said "well, her smile was calming!" I was so devastated and didn't know if I should break up...
Then I woke up and saw actual bf sleeping soundly.
I tried to go back to sleep to re-enter the dream and break up with the cheating asshole version of him, but failed.
Photo
Photos are easy to insert into Blogger because I just click the "Image" icon and it fetches the photos I took with my phone.
Here is cat.
Pimped up desk! I love my speakers (Ascend Acoustics Sierra 2)! Their outstanding ribbon tweeters make them unparalleled in accuracy, clarity and detail. A billion times better than the KEFs I tried
Kizuna Ai charm!
My new favorite game, Persona 5:
I found out that one of my teammates loves the game too and even cosplayed one of the characters!! So awesome I'm in the middle of drawing some of the characters for AFA! I hope I get in.
Me at YouTube:
People who offer to help you take photos = the best
So at least 0.0001% of pics here arent selfies y'know
New office in LA is really cool
Subscirbe pillo2w!!
Cute shirts I got. Now I need Fall clothing @_@ It's getting cold..
As you can tell I am very materialistic
Saw my favourite band, Mew, in San Francisco!
When I listened to them, I was transported back to my high school days. And somehow I felt everything would be alright. The sound amazing live, given how complex their songs are. And Jonas' voice just floats my worries away. L..like a melancholic angelic kitten ascending to heaven
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I just need to work out life's priorities and juggle a full time job into the equation. I like my job a lot, and if I stopped stressing myself out, I would enjoy life a lot more. Maybe it would ease my mind and I'd pay less attention to myself and more on others.
I'm headed to Vienna and Budapest in October (my first time in Europe omg!!)
My hair is a legit advertisement for instagram now
First job = ? in silicon valley
Life is stressful when I'm trying to make the best decision for my first job I just want to like going to work. I wonder what people worry about when transmitting from academic life to their first job.
But I think I will be happy whatever choice I make. I really like working with people in the U.S. they are really friendly, supportive and nice. I'm going to try to be more like them.
I'm most likely going to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area in January next year. I will miss Singapore dearly and will do whatever I can to come back to settle down :) My plan is 5 years but you never know what will change.
a random day in musho's life
I don't know how I can sleep 12-14 hours and still feel tired .( ̵˃﹏˂̵ )
1. Watch Keijo until 3am. It is an anime about a sport where women use their breasts and butts to knock each other into water. I feel so unfeminist watching this but i actually like a few of the characters LOL
2. Wake up at 6am for a video call
3. Eat and go back to sleep for 4 hours
4. Wake up, eat and go back to sleep for 5 hours
5. Force self to cycle for ~10km but only 200 calories burnt
I bought a new bicycle from Giant at $129!
6. Shower and listen to Baby Massage Music
I love massage music esp. with pianos and harps!
7. Watch Mob Psycho, an anime about a middle school psychic (likened to one punch man but actually better). Really good animation quality!!
other life stuff
Since returning to Singapore, I've been being a tourist in my own country and eating all the SG food. Of course when I returned there was a lot of boring admin stuff to settle too, fix the lights in my apartment, sell my books on Carousell... Also planning my Taiwan trip in December with Jitty!
I discovered one of my oldest blog designs. ugh!!
Trying to art but failing
AFA in less than 2 months wah piang
Forcing self to watercolor by going to artjams
Spend so much on quality paint but don't use, that's Musho
Finally can taobao again!!
My skin has been PIMPLE FREE FOR 3 MONTHS YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT (thanks to new skincare routine which I will blog about eventually)
Must really try the baked cheese tart from Hans bakery
The words are letterpressed :D
I wanted the vintage look.
The paper is so thick like my dick that I can only fit two in my wallet.
my favourite cake place
My favourite cake place is Chateraise at WestGate B2 (inside Isetan). I've been recommending it to my friends. It's very good value for money and the staff are super nice. You can see them decorating the cakes too.
My favourite cake is the legendary cream cake which is a very milky and fluffy strawberry shortcake.
Strawberry bar cake, $4.7
Crispy chocolate cake, $4.7
Chocolate Legendary Cream cake, $5.1
other foods
I also tried out WaaCow inside shaw foundation alumni house in NUS. I really like the flavoured rice and the bowl is very fragrant.
My friends and I have been raving about this Japanese Curry Rice inside Food Republic (Vivocity and Wisma). For only $7, you get amazing curry rice that is big enough for two people!
This is the waffles at Sunday Folks in Holland Village. It's pretty nice. I like the gula melaka ice cream to go along with it. :)
The honey truffle waffles at Butter My Buns in NUS Utown are to die for. It combines the powerful smoky flavour of truffle with crispy waffle drizzled with gooey sweet honey. Super unique. I bought many times :D
eyelash perm and haircut
So after submitting my FYP report I went to treat myself by getting an eyelash perm and haircut!
Eyelash perm
I got it for $15 at Paris Beauty House at Holland Village. I bought the Groupon from here! Apparently, a lash perm is supposed to last 4 weeks. I think mine will not last so long because my hair is naturally straight.
Curled lashes
Experience
Overall, the experience was pleasant :) I'm always too lazy to curl my lashes and this gives me some incentive to apply mascara which really makes a difference.
Process
First they pasted some glue on my lashes to stick to my eyelids. Then I lay there for 45 minutes listening to nature sounds and I fell asleep. It was painful at first, but later on while waiting for your lashes to perm, it felt very relaxing, like going for a spa.
Staff
I also liked the staff there. They did not push me to do other beauty services, which is SO DAMN RARE OMG. Because of that I'll patronize them whenever I can.
I seriously need to treat myself more often. It felt so good!!
Haircut
I bought another groupon, this time for a haircut at Hair Atelier at Scotts Rd. I just asked to thin my hair and my hairdresser, Raen, did just that.
He also blow-dried my hair around a barrel brush which made my hair curl slightly inwards. NOW I WANT A HEATED ROUND STYLING BRUSH *o*
Of course, I am gonna destroy it with bleach and rainbow hair once again LOL. After cutting my hair short a year ago, I don't want to do that again. I want the versatility of my long hair.
brows
Kate brow powder
brow makeup
I combine this with kate brow pencil which I draw around the edges of my brows. I am really into the korean thick straight eyebrows now although my fringe kinda covers 90% of my brows but I super love this!
It makes my brows defined.
brow maintenance
As for brow threading, I've always gone to this brow place in Clementi for ~20 times. I forgot the name but it's outside Clementi Mall, has a pink sign and near the Gong Cha. Each session cost me about $4 with the 12-times card and lasts me about a month. I've tried BrowHaus, neighbour hood threading shops, and I always go back to this one. It's good and cheap.
Brows + Lipstick + Eyeliner really change a person's face!
stuff
Like 95% of everything I own is from Taobao now ever since Ezbuy made their shipping so cheap!!
I'm in the middle of drawing some of the characters for AFA! I hope I get in.
I just want to like going to work. I wonder what people worry about when transmitting from academic life to their first job. 
