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Jun. 1st, 2008

ball oons

so long

My daddy left today to thailand for who knows how long. I was kinda really sleepy on the way there and talking nonsense and doing stupid things at the airport to keep myself awake. You know, I didn't really think much into his departure. I was more like oh heh, yeah we'll see him again on holidays and stuff but I swear there's smth abt airports and their numerous bon voyage signs all over in every language that sorta gets to you. I was kinda suprised to see my dad close to tears kind. Like I didn't think he'd be sad to leave cos like new job oppurtunities in a new environment can be quite exciting. Guess he really could miss us or smth. So yeah, I ended up sadder than planned. Oh wells, it will take time getting used to having only 3 people in the house though my dad's not a man of many words to begin with. Nobody to tell me of the latest K-drama to watch at the moment and all and no one to gush over soccer with. 


can't resist them trolleys


did I tell you about the bitchiest check-in lady ever?
D: is the flight close to being full?
L: yes
D: could you maybe get me a seat in a not so crowded area?
L: scoffs* bitchy stare* i already said its full so where u expect me to put you?

ok la, so my dad's qn was kinda dumb but seriously! chill on the attitude man!



till christmas or or visa problems



Bon VOYAGE and all that!! :)

May. 21st, 2008

jump

DOWN WITH THE BLUES!

 I'm so bothered I had to come by and blog a few lines before sleeping.
Because I've been studying for IBM, I'm missing AMI FINALS party AND UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINALS!!
Like 9 years since man utd has been close to such glory NINE YEARS! And on the day of the NINTH YEAR, I HAVE TO MISS THE GAME! And stupid boys dont wanna tell me the score cos apparently its my fault for missing it! OH, I'm being deprived of such excitement! And And AMI finale sleepovers are such a TAR thing! *WHINES SUMMORE*
I better do well after all the sacrifices I've made today. 
Who knew 22nd May was to be a day of so much excitement!
OF ALL DAYS! SERIOUSLY!

Mar. 27th, 2008

ball oons

(no subject)

 

Oh my geee! I have to come and blog just for this very nice pick-up line conversation.

Guys Take NOTE! :
 

Y :  haha yeah? u cant play the guitar for nuts tho

A :    how would YOU know?

Y:  oops. sorry dear. i meant to type i.  u and i are so close tgt

Ok now, look down at your keyboard and go WHOAAAA! the coolest pick up line ever eh!!


So, since I'm here, I'll try this blogging thing. I think I do it very badly tho.

Mar. 22nd, 2008

ball oons

Love Is a Battlefield



I really can't stand this song.
The way the girl sings it sounds so cult like.
Makes me damn bored and sleepy.
I actually really fell asleep while listening to it
over the phone but...
I love the lyrics!
Such a nice love letter if it ever
were to be made into one.
If I were talented enough, I'd try to find a nicer melody to it.
Something that sounds like a sara bareilles song!
If only...
I'm still determined to find that little bit
of musical talent that
everyone is BOUND to have.
I'm sure its in there somewhere, right?



Here I come to find myself,
catch the tide
Looking for a peace at the end
of the line.
Sometimes I cant't help myself,
fever's high
I'm all at sea and so unwise.

I'm so afraid I'll lose your love
as times goes by
But courage is a fire and a
beacon so bright.
The sunset biult a memory,
our love sign
And all at sea we come alive.

Will I wash away, turning like a
stone?
I need a place where I belong,
Call a setting sun, to throw
me down a rope
And take me to a place called
home.

I close my eyes, I know you're
there, love of mine
Standing on the shore in a
world I design.
The sunset fires a lonely flare
into the sky
And all at sea we say good
bye.

Will I wash away, turning like a
stone?
I need a place where I belong.
Call a setting sun, to throw
me down a rope
And take me to a place called
home.
Looking for a place called
home.








Even after I got my awesome camera,
I still don't blog with photos!
WHY WHY WHY!!

Maybe I need a LOMO...
LOMO HOLGA
LOMO FISHEYE
LOMO POPART
DIY PINHOLE CAMERA!

*AHEM** My B'day coming SOON!
5 months more ONLY!
very fast one!
Tags:

Mar. 12th, 2008

ball oons

(no subject)

I found this article that tingled my thoughts!
Some parts seem scary and little overly pessimistic but its mostly true!

by Dr. Bob Moorehead

"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years.

We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice.

We write more, but learn less; we plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower morals; we have more food, but less appeasement; we build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we've become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.

Mar. 4th, 2008

ball oons

(no subject)

 

 

Dance like no one's watching. 
Sing like no one's listening. 
Work like you don't need the money. 
Love like you've never been hurt before. 
Live like there's no tomorrow.



Feb. 24th, 2008

pregnant lady

I'm moving but I go nowhere



OMGee!
I HATE IBM!
I HATE IBM!
I HATE IBM!
I HATE IBM!
I HATE IBM!
 
Like I've never HATED a subject more. It's my worse enemy! Like seriously! I've never felt such scorn for anything before in my life!
It's EATING ME UP inside! Like just one chapter can SUCK all THE LIFE out of you. Stay far far away from it people. It's the only thing that makes me feel so incredibly stupid. I can't DA BAO it again cos I'll just die from trying to study it for one more year. WAHH! I really can't bring myself to concentrate properly. I can study the whole POA syllabus in one day and feel damn happy but not this man.

UGHHHH. So irritated by it.

No one wants to go out with me this weekend cos of this damn paper on Monday that I don't wanna do. I got no social life already la.

And my parents are the weirdest when I need them to be strict the most.
Let alone my little attention span for IBM, they keep tempting me to do other things like watch their korean show, eat dinner tgt, go for mass, spend time with them etc, etc...

Like yday I stayed up till 5am with my mum watching the show "My Girl".
The guy is SO SO SO CUTE! If only they make guys like that in Singapore. Even my dad who usually doesn't like it when I gush over guys has joined my mini fan club over him .  OH,  LEE DONG-WOOK, so sexxy. He'll be the reason I fail IBM again .  Let me convert you to my side....








He looks so nice and pan-asian right? cannot tahan!!!

-----------------------------------------------


When I think of exams, I somehow end up thinking of the future and I realise I'm quite scared of the outside world. I'm so happy being a student now. You can go for class whenever you want to, there's no fixed routine about things. You have long extended school breaks to have loads of fun with. School is like a big party to go and hang out with all your friends, Other than exams, it really is a good life being a student! Oh how I dread the daunting task of working life. There's the uncertainty of job security, office politics, stress, long hours, ROUTINES. And worse of all, getting bonded to a job you despise. Before you know it, you'll be going through a midlife crisis, miserable and lonely. OH! How I wish school never ends!
There's still so many things I wanna do before I strap myself to the ball & chain.


----------------------------------------------------


Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be, oh
Stop and stare
You start to wonder why you're 'here' not there
And you'd give anything to get what's fair
But fair ain't what you really need
Oh, can u see what I see

They're tryin to come back, all my senses push
Un-tie the weight bags, I never thought I could...
Steady feet, don't fail me now
Gonna run till you can't walk
But something pulls my focus out
And I'm standing down...

Stop and stare
 I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be
Oh, do u see what I see...








Feb. 16th, 2008

ball oons

jumper bumper

Today was such a nice sleepy sleepy day. I hate eRev, but all that early morning planning put me in a good state for some hardcore slumber time. And let me tell you, SLUMBER is the right word. I like got transported to another universe or smth. Felt so stretched and refreshed after that. I was in a post sleeping mood all day so I decided to watch the analysis of why britney spears is so mental on E!. They make her life sound so sad but then you never know if its all a gimmick to make fans sympathise and all that. She's seriously ALL over the news!

So I got bored and watching korean shows with the parents just makes it worse. Those people can provide water resources to kenya with the amount of tears they shed in one series. Like how depressing can someone's life get right? Hah, so I decided it was time for jumper watching w/o any boys.

Met shaleen in town at like 830 hoping to catch a 9pm show on a sat. We're quite the DF's. Obviously we could only get a much later show where we sat in the second row next to a girl who had a very noisy bf. He kept sniffing and snorting throughout the movie and making comments abt everything even the gf had to tell him to shut up. But anyway, DON"T WATCH JUMPER!!! It really sucks. The only saving grace was Jamie Bell and the cool effects of the jumps around the world. There was barely a storyline to it. The should've just made a mini series abt jumping alone. Rachel Bilson like can't act for nuts la! And her character gets played by 2 very different looking ppl. U even forget how  Samuel L. Jackson is an iconic name cos he chose such a dumb role to play! And I was SO looking forward to this movie man, This is why I'm a pirate, saves my money.

Hah, ok I need to go fill my mind up with deeper shows like JUNO! Like the sister says, must watch all the oscar nominated movies out now so when we watch the ceremony, we actually know whats going on instead of getting angry that all the old ladies who play queens keep winning.

Later!!

Feb. 14th, 2008

ball oons

Cupid's Chokehold


In a sort of bittersweet way,
I can finally say
ITS TOO LATE TO APOLOGISE (insincerely)!
At least I got to accomplish one resolution man,
I got to feel the words! hah, It feels good.

I feel free which means I made the right choices.
I don't have to bother about ppl talking about me
or interrogating me for details.
or those who wanna claim 'their boys' for their own.
TAKE THEM. THEIR YOURS.
I don't need people who can't be there for me
or don't make the effort to spend time with me.

The main reason is because you don't WANT to.

You're entitled to your own opinion. I'm fine with that.
I can't make you do smth you don't want to.
So it looks like it's back to my non-scandalous life
of friends, family, love and God.
Now, that doesn't sound so bad does it.

I never wanna complain about being single again.
Pls SLAP me if I do, but only if you're my friend.
HAHA,
I have a feeling today's gonna feel like a good day
With Balwant and POA!
(woot, that rhymed)

I <3 BB!

Also, A smelly lil' lump of poo suggested that I hold my bday at HOOTERS.
The Idea seems to be growing on me.
How hilarious.

Feb. 3rd, 2008

bubblegum lady

(no subject)

For the fun of it, leave a comment and I will:

1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - a song, a colour, a photo, a word, a smell, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favourite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ

Feb. 1st, 2008

ball oons

TENNIS XM


Xiao Mao seriously made my day today man!
I can barely stand up straight now. My tummy hurts from eating too much and then laughing too much.
It's been a long long day, I can't believe I could take a bus home!
It felt like 1am when it was only 11pm!
I officially don't wanna think about, touch or see anything related to tennis for awhile.
But It's still been a funny day of private jokes like suxy and duce!

But seriously the weather's been making me all emo.
The rain and the cold chilly air with apologize playing the background has been calling out to my emo side all day long!
Even after talk of circles, I still came home and felt the need to rhyme!
 I feel like
Lionel!
I should join him in his little cave in SengKang.





~ I seriously have to find out the name of the song with the [ phrase : embrace the world in gray] in it.




 

Jan. 22nd, 2008

ball oons

twiddling thumbs


Oh God! I should stop planning to do things in life cos I'll never do them.
I had a whole day free of school yday, the plan was to swim then study or smth along those lines but I stayed home all day and helped my mum clean the house cos she had to run out halfway. At least I cleaned my cupboard! I can see my clothes again. Yup, and so I planned to do my marketing assignment for once in my life. I took out my highlighter, my notes and even printed out the essay guidelines. As I sat down to start, fatty called to say he was coming over to take his keys that he left behind. So I thought ok, just for that but
NO.....! he stayed for dinner, hung around, watched tv and helped take threadless pics for my extremely free sister till 12 MIDNIGHT! I couldn't even write the intro if I wanted to by then. At least fatty inspired me to start playing the guitar again. I really suck at it tho!

I decided to plan today out again starting with a fun re-union lunch and then study. Who knew planning to meet for lunch would end up with an hour long phone conversation about everything else other than lunch! even mahjong was a topic! And at the end of my long one hour, I realised it was an outgoing call on my handphone! SERIOUSLY. My mums gonna kill me. My phone bill's been sky-rocketing these few months.  So then I gave up on the idea of doing my assignment and decided to just go online. Then when I'm about to go to sleep HY calls! So I have to most devastatingly shocking conversation of my life till 430 AM and I'm left with only 2 hours of sleep feeling very traumatised. Sometimes, its not a good thing when someones too honest. ugh. Daniel was right when he said tessa and me were too sheltered and naive.

 So obviously I slept through marketing class and missed lunch. i feel so disoriented now, not knowing what to do. If I plan it out, it prob won't work out. AH, plus I'm hungry but there's no food or mother at home. We'll see what happens....

Jan. 16th, 2008

ball oons

It's all about tanlines...

Today my plan was to go for marketing class in the morning and then stay in school and study till dinner time.
Instead, I went to bueno vista for my fav duck rice in the world then went to school and met jamie and kristen and gossiped all the way to ngee ann poly. Then played burnout with cheewengs psp until I almost used up all his battery power and then just sat around outside macro lecture. I should've gone for tues macro class man! It's the most happening lecture!! All the people there somehow look damn sporty and tanned. Then there's the people I know like wang, tim, leon, melvyn, chris, youqian. There's the people we gossip about like the f4 boys. And most imptly there's IVAN! hah, omg he's so cute even youqian wants to pick him up. I wanna crash whatever other macro lectures I have left for the year and sit with him. You never know, sparks could fly haha!

oh yes, then there were the guest appearances from people who kept walking over to our bench to sit and talk with hwee and me. chunyi officially thinks that my goal in life is to steal other lecture's break food (which is partially true). Then we planned to go to m'sia and/or bangkok with 3 packed MPV's so the "whole school can come". Apparently the cohort only consists of 21 people.  Also Joshua's a very lousy gossip pal. 

So after all that, I only read 2 pages of my poa notes while eating oreo doughnuts and messaging! And, as though I did alot of strenuous activity, I got so so sleepy so I headed home and fell dead asleep from 6pm till around midnight. So much for coming home just for dinner with the family. Now, I'm so wide awake and the worlds asleep so there's no one to keep me company except my papa smurf! oh yes, I brought my papa smurf stuffed toy to school today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the smurfs today! Those blue bisexual creatures are 50! ahh.. they're so cute, So HAPPY SMURF DAY!

 

Jan. 13th, 2008

ball oons

For Good Times...



It's my first post of the new year. So, obviously it's gotta be in ORANGE!
2thousand8 has been great so far. Coming into the third week, I feel like I've just been living through the after effects of the holidays.
I've finally gotten my long awaited rest from all the craziness of the hols! Its been an AMAZING AMAZING 2007.
At first I thought it was a sucky year but looking back, I made SO many new friends and did so many things and really really had lotsa fun!
It's gonna be a tough year to top but hopefully this leap year will be as memorable or more!
I already feel accomplished as it is. Amidst all the busy-ness of sleeping, I managed to run 4K in a long long while without dying! I learnt new swimming moves, paid exam fees, finished all my MM assignments, donated blood (my good deed) and ate as much twister fries in one week that I can stomach but you can't blame me, it only comes out during cny! Stingy Mac ppl! damn them. Despite my ubberly-boring-uneventful-stay-at-home-all-day weekend, things are looking good.
I really hope the next week of school will be just as great!

I'm trying to fix my macbook on my own. Hopefully it gets better cos I think the  one yr warranty is over and it'll prob cost a bomb to repair! Live Strong COTTON! 'Tis the first time I'm using it in a LONG while. It gets me in the studying mood I feel cos the keypad feels damn nice to type with. Sexy SHIT!

They're still certain things I can't stop thinking about tho I wish I could.
RAH! Late night phonecalls are nice... hehe.

Dec. 16th, 2007

ball oons

(no subject)

 



So Little Time, So many things to do!

I finally fell sick! I think I got the bestest Immune system la. Like everyone fell sick last week around tues/wed like that and it only hit me late late last night. Probably only because of my long hours labouring away to get ready for the christmas party where I lost all the feeling in my nose. People kept asking me to smell scented candles and pot pouri and I couldnt smell anything! Then eventually I couldnt hear properly also because my ears popped on and off like nobody's business so I couldnt hear myself talk. Either I was really loud or really soft. Like some old woman sia! And I had to MC with a MIC. Can u imagine? haha.

It must've been all the food I ate on fri too. At first, I was so sad cos I had no food at home when I woke up so I went to macs then church ppl called and I went down to help. There was SO SO much food there. I ate so much while helping to prepare the dinner. LIke there was onion rings and fish&chips, otah, nasi lemak, campbells soup, fries, samosa's, spring rolls and some vegie thing that I obviously didn't eat! BUT WHOA, was I not sad for about not having food anymore! So I gorged myself while decorating xmas cards and then met KC girls for prata! more oily food! Where I pretended to be part of KC for awhile. Quite embarrasing ppl they are.

Anyway. so my whole weekend was taken up with such things. I was supposed to go back to church this morning cos it's a camp and I'm supposed to still be there but I had some sky rocketing fever. I was stuck in dreamland all day. Like literally dreamland cos I had a different dream everytime I feel back asleep and I sorta still remember some of them.  I was cat-fighting with my sister for stealing my fav dress, then I was drifting in my carpark with a bunch of bubble-gum looking cars who kept banging into me like bumper cars (prob because I re-watched tokyo drift yday). There was another one where I was having a very odd christmas party where the venues kept changing from my house to the airport to some other country where it was snowing. All the time, everyone was partying while I was decorating. yeah, then there was a few others where I was just sitting and talking to friends but that may not have been a dream. oh well.

Back to real life,
 I've got many xmas cards to write; presents to buy; decorations to put up; decorations to buy; farewell, xmas and birthday parties to plan and attend; money to find to do all these things; classes to skip; funerals to attend.

I need to get my christmas mojo mood back esp after the funeral on tues, Even the party on saturday wasn't so hyped up cos everyone more or less had to be in a more sombre mood.

It's been an emo year, Hopefully christmas will be good and happy happy still!
9 more dayss.....

 

Dec. 14th, 2007

contemplative~

D.T


I just checked all the newspapers, the news and radio. And not one of them mentioned the death of a priest named Fr, David Thexeria. It doesn't seem fair that everyone seems to be more concerned with the SEA games, sibling rivalry, the new look for the straits times than about the life of another. Everyone else is just going about their day. It doesn't seem right.

Apparently, in the world, a person dies everyday. EVERYDAY! and yet , many people are unaffected. It's kinda Daunting.

UGH, Whats up with this year! 3deaths in 4 months of people I've come into contact with or known in some way. It's scary to know that anyone can just leave at any time there's really no way of knowing and age or health is definitely not an indicator of any sort. It's like something out there feels the constant need to try to remind me how precious life is.

I can't believe I used to irritate you, bug you to come down for session, make you come for the christmas party and went you left holy spirit, my last ever words were "don't go fr. , we'll miss you!" and you teared like alot alot at your farewell party. How apt. Who knew that was the last time we'd see you forever. It happened so quickly. I hope you find rest in the arms of God.


I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death.

They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make.

Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories.

We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.

-Leo Buscaglia-


~R.I.P FR. DAVID T.~

Dec. 3rd, 2007

rehab for quitters

Lazy sundays


you know, i think i'm finally ageing. like i feel myself becoming weaker! like never have i been tired from not sleeping ONE night! like I can go for like two days without sleeping and still be fine cos I just skip a few cycles. But whoa whoa , I was so shagged this weekend. I spent my whole sunday slumping around the house in my PJs like I was terminally ill or handicapped. seriously. And richard's complaining that I didn't study! hah STUDY! That word hasn't crossed my mind all week! with all the sadness and loosing the christmas spirit only to gain it back with breezy wind and nice choir music and then to feel sad again plus my 4 hours spent making myself look like a very brown ah-lian. I completely forgot that I even had school! Till now, when i realised there's class tml. I'm so out of it alr! shit shit cannot. MUST STUDY. I think all these thoughts r making me very tired! OH and there's this whole idea of seizing life my the balls bcos its really short and you never know what might happen tml. Who knew living like everyday was your last could take all the life out of you! pffft. life's a contradiction.
OK so maybe running and badminton and setting up of xmas tree tml will do the trick to make me lively again. Either that or its time for kristel to tickle me with elmo's foot!

oh but being at home all day has its perks..

mummy: faster go order clothes online for xmas
me: but i need a credit card
mummy: ok la, go choose whatever, i'll give u my card tml!

me: daddy, digi cam got sale now! only 300++
daddy: u want for xmas ah?
me: yeah, anything la
daddy: ok la, go get it b4 it runs OOS.

I think the family's getting in the xmas mood. :)

Maybe just maybe I'll have photos to call my OWN!

Nov. 27th, 2007

contemplative~

I'll lend you for a little time, A Sweet child of mine

I hope the friends and families of the 5 victims of the tragic dragon boat incident will get through their grieve and stay strong.

It's so sad to see one of your peers leaving the earth so suddenly without any warning. It just goes to show how fragile life really is. And its really a whole new world of emotions that open up when you realise that one of them is actually from your school, who you've had similar classes with. Someone in close proximity. Someone Tangible. Suddenly, these tragic stories aren't just stories in the papers. It becomes REAL.

It's seriously heart wrenching to go to school and see people you know look so devastated
and know that there's nth you can do to help them.


It's kinda dumb to feel so sad for the loss of someone you never really knew but I can't help it. Reading all the tribute posts and comments from others. To see what a great life he's led and the impact left on others just by being so cheerful and friendly. Its so tragic that he has to leave knowing that he'll probably do such amazing things that many of us will never be able to achieve in a lifetime.

I really really just wish I got to know you and be your friend.
There were so many opportunities that I missed and chances passed. Now, it's too late. But I hope you're at peace.

I guess all I can do is just pray for those who were actually friends of yours
and who are probably feeling more grieve than I could ever comprehend.

~
You have fought the good fight,
You have run and finished the race,
You have kept the Faith.
Now you see God face to face
.

R.I.P, J.G.

~

Nov. 20th, 2007

ball oons

(no subject)

 
Omg I can't believe it's christmas and I have school!
It's so hard to focus and be serious when the weather makes me feel like I'm living in Winter Wonderland.
And I'm tryin to BAND myself from listening to christmas songs so I won't get lazy.
But WTH man, It's not working out.

Ah, I WILL STUDY POA
ACCOUNTING ROCKS
I <3 BALWANT SINGH
with his bald head and his fatty beer belly 

OOOOH hopefully I get to watch Enchanted tml!!
It's such a nice fairy tale cum christmass-y show. I can't resist.

And facil outing is during my macro class next week! So sad.
Don't eat till after 630 k?
I will run cross country to get there so we can watch FRED CLAUSE!
HEH, the christmas shows just keep coming!

I have a feeling I'm not gonna do too well in the upcoming tests..
I wonder why...

OH OH Phrases of the day:
Dj spin that SHIT
+
Tar TEE pong Party
=
This SHIT suits me to a TEE!

Nov. 19th, 2007

ball oons

Don And Drew - Bouncy Bouncy Smack Smack (singapore)


HEH I FOUND IT I FOUND IT! There's no Video but AT LEAST THERE'S THE SONG!

And OHHH it feels so much like christmas this morning with all that damn shiok rain!

I DONT WANNA GO TO SCHOOL!

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