When it was Boxing Day sales, I decided to finally buy that Micro SD card, and my phone has been happier ever since. Thus began my little adventure of customising it again!
I have then found different ways to achieve a cute phone, rather than just using the themes that are available in the (English) Play Store. It can be hard to find when you cannot read an Asian language.
I made a post about this at the beginning of last year - "Cute Go Launcher Ex Android Themes" and guess what!? THERE ARE MANY MORE CUTE THEMES OUT THERE! You wouldn't believe the excitement I felt when I discovered this. Sometimes I get amused by small things. I thought I was just limited to using the Peperico themes, and yes although they are cute .. I would like to try some non-penguin related themes as well. Yay, more cute apps for Android!
All these images are from the Google Play Store and do not belong to me.
This app has hundreds of different wallpapers and icons that you can choose from to make your phone cute. You sign up for an account, can follow artists and even share your own wallpapers and icons that you have made. If you are looking for more premium content, you can also purchase branded icons from this place too. It was originally made for iPhone but I am so glad they ported it over to Android too!
This app was one of my most amazing finds. It is predominantly in Korean, so it might be hard to understand but they do have English for the main menus which is helpful.
It would be helpful to download GO Launcher Ex first as the themes use this app as a base. It looks like PhoneThemeShop is a directory for user made themes that are from Korea. Honestly, they are much nicer than most of the themes that I found in the main Google Play Store, and there are plenty quality free ones too.
Ways that you can customise your phone with PhoneThemeShop:
> Theme Package: Download themes for theme apps, such as GO Launcher Ex
> Messenger Theme: Download themes for various messenger apps such as Kakao Talk
> LockScreen: Download themes for various locker apps, such as GO Locker
> SNS Theme: You can also download a themed version of the Facebook or Twitter app
> Keyboard: Download themes for GO Keyboard
> SMS: Download themes for GO SMS
> Contacts: Download themes for GO Contacts
> Modify so much more! Even the battery icons at the top of your screen, its insane!
Hope you found this post helpful. I just love having a cute phone, and I want to share information to others to achieve the same, because I myself would have really appreciated knowing about these sooner too!
If I find some more awesome apps, I will be sure to update this page again ^^.
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06) Bridget Jones' Diary, by Helen Fielding
07) Bridget Jones' Diary: The Edge of Reason, by Helen Fielding
08) Getting to know SEO, by Andre Kibbe
09) Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd, by Holly Black (currently reading)
10) Divergent, by Veronica Roth
11) Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
12) Allegiant, by Veronica Roth
13) City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare (currently reading)
14) Drop the Pink Elephant, by Bill McFarlan
☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆ HAPPY NEW YEAR !! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
Wow, we're already well into 2014! It's that time again to make those yearly resolutions. I have been thinking about these since the end of last year, and honestly this post has been sitting in my drafts for a week .. but here we go~
1. Acquire a full time job and/or freelance jobs
Self explanatory really. And if the former cannot be done right away, then work on the contract and freelance gigs, portfolio, CV, and personal projects on the side so that I'll never be halting my productivity in this career path and never stop learning.
At least 40 hours of productivity a week. Time-track it!
(As much as I can, provided the circumstances)
[Objective Completed]
2. Get fit
I just joined the gym at the end of last year! (Before my Studentcard discount expired, oh boy am I cheap) Honestly, it was the discount that pushed me to finally join and heed way for fitness. I mean, I have no need to lose weight or anything but I am incredibly unfit, and since I am getting older I am starting to notice some flab appear since I sit on my ass all day. And, every time I walk up stairs or ramps, I'm always huffing and puffing.
Let's try at least 3 times a week, to be realistic.
3. Create costumes for cosplay
There are some plans I have. Let's just see if I can complete them ^p^
Asuna and Kirito (with Lunatarius) from Sword Art Online which would require me to make two costumes /o\ I think it would be really fun to do a joint cosplay, and Lunatarius loves this series too so I guess this is more for him than me. But it would be awesome to try creating something more ambitious, because I tend to stick to the easier costumes.
Annie from League of Legends. I thought I might give it a go. She's awesome and her outfit is quite cute. Being short, I guess I can suit these youthful characters, and I better do it before I get too old! Haha.
Trucy Wright from the Ace Attorney Series. I cosplayed Trucy before in 2009, but the costume got misplaced when we were packing stuff to go to our new house. I was devastated at the time and got really emotional because it was the first costume I ever made. But alas, I'm going to make it again!
4. Care less about what people think
I have been getting better in the past few years, which I am really happy about. I have learned that the only person who can make your life awesome is 'you'. It's the actions you take, the decisions you make, the thoughts you have. You decide how your life is, not other people. Sometimes other people think that they can control how you feel through their anger or their negative opinions, but if you decide to be happy then you can be happy.
In the past, I let myself become affected by negative views and yes from time to time I still do. But I want to make the decision to be positive.
For example self, don't stop doing something because it might be considered 'silly', 'pointless' or 'childish' by other people. I feel like in this world when you're an adult, suddenly its almost socially unacceptable to do things other than adult things because it will seem like you 'have a lot of time on your hands' or 'immature'. I think as long as you are realistic, are mature in those important issues, and aim for or have a job that will generate income, then you can do whatever the f*ck you want in your spare time.
Maybe I'm feeling like a Nerdfighter haha. Well, I don't know if I am one but they say if you are wondering if you are one, then you probably are one. I have started to watch John and Hank Green's video blogs and they're pretty awesome. I love their presumed philosophy in life - to increase the amount of awesome and decrease the amount of worldsuck! All the while doing what you love, whatever that may be.
Edit: Whoa this video is SO relevant to what I just wrote about, starting from about 1:18
And, DFTBA!
5. Speak more clearly
I would rather not elaborate.
But yeah, make a conscious effort to speak better in general. As much effort as I put into singing words clearly in my room.
6. Become more organised
This year, I have a lot of time tracking items that I will try to keep active. With a calendar, diary and use of the Google calendar as well. I want to make sure that I am aware of how I use my time and try not to procrastinate too much.
7. Read books
I did this for the past two years, and then end up reading a bunch of graphic novels instead. Well let's get this going again~ Aim for 50 books!
8. Keep in touch
Keep in touch with friends, through communication devices as well as meeting up from time to time. I am really bad at texting, so I think I should reply promptly more often as well.
9. Learn to drive
I am not getting any younger, and I need to get off my butt and drive properly. And not a half-assed attempt either. Like really drive, and get my effin' restricted already. Public transport used to be all I really needed, but I feel that its not going to cut it anymore. My main motivation here is to have more freedom, and to transport myself to work and faraway lands without having to rely on others~ I have a slight anxiety about this, but its got to be done.
This goal should actually be near the top : /
10. Save money, and spend it more wisely
Basically, try not to give into the temptations of the bright yellow sale sign.
11. Minor Resolutions
The goals that aren't really that important, but would be nice to do in 2014 and beyond.
Sew some clothing and make accessories
Keep up with digital drawing to maintain the skills
Practice drawing backgrounds
Catch up with television series that have been long overdue
Take more videos/photographs for memories
Guerilla art
Improve guitar playing skills
Improve singing skills
Create cover songs
Create an application
Illustrated website? *gasp*
Keep learning about new technologies (This is actually quite important!)
Blog more often
Try to keep my room tidy
Custom theme for this blog /o\ otherwise move to Wordpress
I feel like I am a bit ambitious with this list. It's like I want to be good at everything but its probably not possible, meh. It sounds like it will take some time. But I rather shoot for the moon and land among the stars, rather to just stand around in the dirt. Once upon a time, I stood around in the dirt being all afraid to do anything due to fear of scrutiny and I don't want to be like that anymore.
I apologise for the terrible analogy in reference to the dirt not really but it makes some sense to me~
And there's that lovely quote from Meet the Robinsons:
