How have people mispronounced your name? How is it supposed to sound?
Submitted by Lorie.
Well, I can't think of anyone that has mispromounced my name. It's easy. Jamie pronounced quite literally as "J-ME".
People do get my last name wrong though; but I'm sure many Asian people living in a predominantly western society would understand my grief. ;)
And slightly OT, people may not pronounce my name incorrectly, they sure do SPELL it wrongly! It's J-A-M-I-E, people. I know that there's alternate ways of spelling it (such as J-A-I-M-E), but really. I can excuse people who are just acquintances or people I've just met, but if you're a friend, please get it right? It's a pet peeve. :D
After 4 months of not even being certain she'll come home with me, I finally managed to have a friend pick her up from the seller for me last Sunday. The seller and I had discussed a price for her (this was even before I'd seen a photo of the doll's condition), and I was afraid she'd had second thoughts about selling her to be since it's a very very good deal (for me). I am a bit annoyed with the seller than she didn't specify that there was a broken neck post (I had asked about the glue remnants and if that meant the neck was broken), but I can't complain seeing that she came to me at a bargain price and I'm not about to ask for my money back. :)
This little sweetie has been christened Beatrice Dimple - I'd decided on the name Beatrice from the time the seller sent me photos of her face, and 'Dimple' was added because I'd always had this notion of having a Scottish girl, and anyways, James likes the scotch whisky by the same name. Now all I need is a dark brunette wispy bang Kenner with a Welsh name to complete my little Kenner family.
How do you take your tea or coffee?
Submitted by Vasquez.
Tea's over coffee on most days. It's my alternative to water, really. ;)
Tea: with proper milk (those 1% fat/skim/soy alternatives just don't taste the same), and no sugar
Bubbletea (lol): Green tea over red tea any day.
Instant coffee: Always with milk and 1 sugar
Other coffee: Whatever rocks my boat at the time. ;D
Can't believe I've not come on to Vox for nearly a month now!
In case you were wondering what's been happening in the past month, here's a summary in:
- Sold one of my Blythes that I thought would always be in my special group (FAO HW, Roo). She's gone to live with an awesome pal of mine in Sydney, and I know she's being loved heaps.
- Bought my first Jun Planning doll ever - a DAL Drta
- Sold DAL Drta after just over a week because we weren't really bonding and I needed the money for another doll (she's now living with another mate of mine in Melbourne, so I'll still get to see her from time to time at meets!)
- Ordered my first BJD, a msd sized DZ Xi. *SQUEEEEE*
- Decides to quit work because personal and company work ethics clash too drastically.
- Dad arrives from Singapore for visit.
- Has fiancé arrive from Newcastle for a 3 week long visit - hadn't seen him for nearly 4 months.
- First night that fiancé was here, he surprised me with my engagement ring (we had put off getting a ring because we wanted it to be the perfect one) - I am now sporting some bling on my finger. Lol. Feels weird, but nice at the same time.
- Gave my 2 weeks' notice at work
- On the SAME day, right after work, mom rings me on mobile to tell me that my paternal grandfather has suddenly passed away and we were all flying back to Singapore for the funeral within the next few days.
- Had to ring up work to tell them to basically screw the 2 weeks' notice; I would no longer be going back in. There was a sense of liberation in that even though it was due to bad circumstances.
- BJD resin boy arrives all nekkid and without a faceup. *More SQUEEEE-AGE*
- Fiancé had to cut trip short (he was only in Melbourne for 4 days!!!), and family and I flew back to Singapore. (Rushed decision, but decide to bring resin boy instead of any Blythes so I could work on his faceup while in Singapore because I could readily get MSC here in stores.)
- Missed Christmas Blythe meet at Christina/Orriettacat's home *kicks self*, and will also miss the Christmas bjd Melbourne meet that's coming up on the 16th. *kicks self harder*.
- Resin boy now has faceup and clothes and hair. And I think he's bloody smexy. XD
- Flying back to Melbourne on the 27th/28th of December - I CANNOT WAIT.
- Going to have some much needed me time before visiting fiancé in Newcastle in mid January.
Don't know about you, but I'm tired just doing the list above. ;)
What's on your Top 5 video games list?
Submitted by mileena.
In no particular order:
1. Zelda: Wind Waker for GC
2. The Legend of Zelda for NES
3. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire for GBA
4. Kirby 's Dreamland 3 for SNES
5. Contra III: The Alien Wars for SNES (yeah, I know. What the?!)
I'd add Animal Crossing to the list, but as fun as it is, it's pretty mindless and it gets boring after you've caught every single fish and bug and found every fossil and furniture sets. Not that I've done that, mind you. The stupid little dung beetle has eluded me (Wild World on DS) and is now the last beetle I have left to catch before I get my golden net. Stupid little thing. :D
All in all, can you tell I'm a hardcore diehard Nintendo loyal? Can't wait for the Wii!
Been at work for a month now, and I don't know if I like it there or not, even now. All I know is, unless something radical changes there, I'm not going to be looking at this as a long-term job.
Nothing much's been happening lately; been for a few dolly catch-ups, and am now busy trying to decide and work on what to make for my girls to wear for the upcoming Halloween/Alice in Wonderland theme tea-party at Grace's on the 29th. I was going to cop out and just dress them up as part of a deck of cards, but I'm thinking maybe my petites can do the honours as card soldiers. The neos would have to have something more impressive, but I don't want to go down the typical Alice route. Must ponder over this.
In other dolly news, I just got a new Azone Pureneemo girl, and I love how she's more posable than Blythes and Moofs. She's called Tohno, btw. :)
How many pets have you owned in your lifetime? Tell us about them.
Maybe 50+? :)
We still have these two dogs in the photos - Max (Rough Collie) is at home with my dad, and Sydney (Bichon Frisé) is being cared for by my grams and uncle. Hopefully when we're more settled here in Melbourne, we can bring Max over. I'm not sure what would be the go with Syd though - I think it's cruel to seperate her from my grams if she's used to living there, and disrupt her life needlessly.
My sister and I also had 5 hamsters as pets in our lifetime, and I was crazy about them. How I wish the silly Australian Quarentine Office would let hamsters in the country. We also had way too many goldfish. The rough estimate would be around 40+, I'm guessing. My bedroom balcony at our old apartment unit ended up housing the fish tank. The fish tank took up the length of the tiny space (all of 2 metres worth). When we moved out of the apartment unit to a terrace house, we'd had already given the fish away to an uncle, but we then did some landscaping in the garden and had a pond, so more goldfish came to live with us again.
I'm going to whinge. Why? Because I like to, and I honestly haven't done that in a while. And I haven't really properly 'broken in' this blog with a rant. :)
I spent the day writing up 9 listings that went on eBay - 3 more than my first day of work, so it's sort of an improvement, I guess. Had my momentum broken with people coming into the store asking general listing queries and the like, and I also had to spend time checking items into our inventory for customers. Had to check in 36 lots of comics, among other things. >.<
It wasn't such a bad day at work, all things considered. Submitted my tax declaration form and bank account details, so yay, the boss now has all the details he needs to pay me my wages. :D Am also getting a couple more hours next week too, so only thing I can whinge about there is that my back is going to be more sore in the evenings after work. *sigh*
Lastly, on a totally unrelated issue, I wish some people wouldn't lecture others on things they obviously know nothing about. What a farce. Bleah.
