lelong lelong

its been awhile since i joined a flea. got an email from underground movement. buzzed my partner in crime - abh. and we are in (did i mentioned we have a rookie - hini - joining us too!). its happening this sat from 12-5pm at de armenian street carpark aka peranakan museum. i love that museum - nice and colorful. we are stall #18!!!!

ohhh de flea is done in conjunction w big eat out. so be prepared to fill your tummy w lovely local fare. AND. most importantly you get to enter de museum at a super reduced rate!

so look forward to seeing you all!

so you think i have forgotten you ...

nope i have not. just that my brain can only focus on so many things at a time. now my yoga practice has taken up quite a bit of my time. and goin to do so till end of the year. i have fallen in love w my practice again. de challenge is back. dun i jus love a challenge?? *roll eyes*

talking about challenges. H.S.B.C. is making a comeback. we are goin for de heritage race again!! this year tee is in a much flattering color - PINK!!! hahahhaa. lets jus hope we complete de race.

in de meantime, enjoy these two tiny pieces that i uploaded in de store!

so its another week again

gosh time really can fly huh ... hehhehehee. its another week. and a quarter of de year is GONE. geeeez. really need to control de time thing better.

- i started my new job. i am really blessed to work in a place where i already know the people especially my boss. i know its not an easy road ahead. and i know i can do it.

- went back to old office on wed to celebrate pm last day at work. was really happy for him. yet at the same time i can see he is still holding on to de past. let it go bro.

- pm and gang got extra ticket for iron man so i went along to watch it. its not too bad. i am impressed w robert downey jr. really impressed.

- thu was a public holiday and i actually went shoppin. yup. i rarely go shoppin on a holiday as moi hates crowd. i survived!!

- since no one is goin in de office, i managed to get myself to work from home. i thank god that my boss allowed me to do that. the beauty of workin for an american co!

- i also survived my first concall. its a boliao call. but glad i got de whole call in and chat w pple thing out of de way.

- ohhh did i mention i started running again??!! yup i did. i only ran 1km. but i ran!!

- on sat, went to buy a running cap. in de end, i bought an addidas original cap too. my bag was filled w 3 caps of diff brands (nike, addidas and pumas). hahahahah.

- i also finally took some decent shots of de farewell gift that T gave me. and also de little red riding hood that i bought myself.

- betti loves de little red riding hood and my new found treasures. and i decided to offer her some. i cannot resist giving stuff to this wonderful pal.

- went for sunday meditation class. its emotionally tough. yet i lovin it every moments. i applaud everyone in de class. it takes courage for them to be in de class. i know. i always running away from it. guess someone up there decide to put a stop to it :)

hope you all enjoy that last bit of sunday. all i know is i have daiso, better toy store and woodwould waitin for me ... hehehhehhee

i am exhausted and yet i insist to blog

its been a tiring day for me. didnt had a good sleep last nite. thanks to my constant coughing. i slept in till 11am. dragged my tired ass to de post office to send de package that been sittin on my table.

went for a quick bout of shopping around town. de humidity almost killed me. i sorry trees but i HEART air-conditioning. i ran into every friggin malls jus to enjoy de AC.

i also went to i want that stall at poppy. met a couple of people. attempted to traumatise ruth from sparklethots. failed miserably. and i found out she is one of my friends' cousin. and she knows couple of my uni mates! small world.

anyway de point of this entry was that once i started posted pictures of today's event, i got immediate comments from my tiny circle of webby friends. i dun know how to describe this feeling. but i seriously think its really cool how we are connected jus by de touch of a few buttons. we dun know each other except w de pictures we taken. our lives are inscripted onto these images. we dun know how each other look like (once again) except w de photographs we taken (seriously i look better in real life). and de comments they give. gosh. MAKE MY DAY!

so betti, gretchen, thanks for de lovely comments. i will definitely have sweet dreams when i sleep.

sunburnt oink

i am totally roasted. spent almost 3 hours under de sun w zero sunblock. moi is officially a walking lobster. itchyyyyy.

some random updates:

- ohhh de reason why i am roasted - moi went to singapore airshow courtesy of dawn (aka yuan yuan). she brought me and boone in, and parked us at de gallery where we got a great view of everything. my highlight?? sayin hi to mrs ang!! hehhehehee ;p

- singapore won de bid to host de inaugural youth olympics.

- de store is still being updated.

- almost forgot cny. it jus zoomed past me. lotsa activities. even managed a trip to lynn house for a quick reunion. for photos, please go to here.

- celebrated chin's birthday at giraffe. de place is great. de food is alrite. and we celebrate chin w some bling bling ;p

- while planning for my melbourne trip, i discovered a note written by kelly. this note was written 8 years ago - it listed things to do, food to eat. memories!!!!

- BTW we sold our LAST package!! woohoo!!!!

got to rest now and nurse my sunburnt ... no more showing off my flabby arms ... hehehehe ;p

aggy wee is back home!!

some of you realised that i have gone MIA for de past few days. my best fren is in town!! she is back for cny and extraction of wisdom teeth (hehehheh).

we eat, chat, gossip ... critic ... reminiscing de old days (13 years of friendship). aggy is like a friggin tourist. she went oooh and ahhhs over de development of holland v, orchard and city hall. and de worst thing ... she pronounced lychee as lee-chee. AHHHHHHHHHhhh. unforgivable.

i did de typical tourist thing w her. brought her to crystal jade and lei gardens for lotsa chinese food. and this "hip" dessert bar for expensive sweet (fine. i am de one who wants to try. i jus drag her along). not forgetting a trip to de museum (my second trip. v impressed) and haji lane.

she will be back to chicago this sun (sob sob). hope i wun cry too hard then.

this is how you should usher in de new year

dress up as heroic characters, make your friends laugh violently, and of course, create silly videos out of all these ...

left to right, top row: claire (heroes), monk (from any martial art movies), chunli (streetfighters), justice bao (justice bao)

left to right, bottom row: (old) ming zhen hao (da chang jin), wonder woman (wonder woman), spiderman (spiderman), martha stewart (the martha stewart show), ji gong (ji gong)

a little explanation

yes i am slacking off a bit. but its for good reasons!! yup its those too many things too little time excuse ... muahahahaha

- scored a free lunch from lynda. and got myself a new tanktop. i am de first to get it. muahahaha.

- met lynda again on sat for craftswop at makisquarepatch.

- finally sign up for a yoga workshop. FINALLY!!

- ran on sat. 4km ... totally slack off on sunday ... pretending its goin to rain soon and not endanger my health (of course it never rain ...)

- been feastin on scallop, salmon and prawn. courtesy of green grocer.

- ohhh did i mentioned i friggin finish tyin 300 wedding cards??!! my hands are cramped.

- been workin on a secret project. got to finish by this week.

- and i cun believe in one more week i am going to fuckin run 10km!! i dun know ...

ok ... i think i ought to leave the office now ...

www.iwantthat.sg

I WANT THAT!!!! its de name of my good friend, kelly online store. may i say its absolutely GORGEOUS! i can imagine myself (and many of you) dumping savings in de store (hey someone got to help de economy).

de store is choke full of vintage bags (that are made w love), cutesy bikini (at unbelievable prices) and not forgetting de tree-hugging shopping bags (love my earth) - now saving de earth comes w great style!

we had a mini celebration last sunday at km8, sentosa. its fun, relaxing and full of our nonsense games. muahahhahaa.

moi knows its hard work for kel and gang (aka bunny, sunbi, and chickery). they have put lotsa love into it. do take a sneak peep and you know why i rave abt it.

littleoddforest at fash bash

jus a quick shout out ... my good fren lynda, de brain behind forestprints will be out and about town this weekend ... at fash bash.

here are some details ...

do drop by over de weekend for some great loots!!

dreams of flights

many moons and suns back, xl, di and i attended de opening act of singapore art festival - dreams of flight - at de padang.

was quite amazed so many people turned. of course it helped when de show is free, some stuns publicised on tv and FIREWORKS!!

de show was great and v entertaining. de fireworks came at de end of the show. was kinda weird ... when we were busy watching fireworks, de poor dudes and babes were still hanging in de air.

after de show, we trotted our way to clarke quay coffeeclub for dinner and dessert. i was tryin to be different and ordered a mushroom lasagne instead of my usual garlic prawn pasta. the lasagne was okay. maybe i was too full from de snack i had earlier.

dessert was good old muddy mud pie which i dun particularly like. moi never a fan of coffee flavoured ice cream.

good show good food and great company made me a happy girl. hehehehe :)

crabby night

quite a while back, i invited myself to a crabby night w some of my ex-colleagues. am i glad to see them??!! esp lulu. de moment i saw her, i gave her the biggest heartest hug. i miss her!! de crabby night took place at ang mo kio ave 3, melben. despite that we have made a reservation, we needed to wait for awhile for our table. and we have to wait for de crabs too - 2 hours!!
all i can say is its worth de wait. the crab bee hoon soup was delicious. the butter crabs are to die for. de rest of the dishes that tide our hunger were so-so. but one dish did stand out - playboy chicken - chinese name "feng liu ji". despite its ridiculously funny name, it actually tasted quite good (good job lulu - she ordered de dish).
i love my ex-colleagues. jokin w them - kris permed fringe and her becoming of an aunty, anna kaya toast, lulu failing memories.

i had a great time. de only regret - not eating the last shell of roe. tsk tsk.

girls day out @ poppy

another super duper late entry. de event happened almost 2 weeks ago. its a fun filled event. i got my little corner and my small ambition of sellin only one pair of earrings (i sold three in de end). hehehehhee. anyway i kinda lazy to blog about it esp when lynda has done a good job reporting it :)


i was v v happy that some of you came to see me. esp w de sudden rain. thanks qmo for bringin de twinnie to meet me. and even made them wear de tee i bought for them. and you wearin my earrings. di and shona ... for wanting to bring me food. bi ... bravin de rain and NOT buyin anything?! and of course, ang bee hong aka bunny for all de gossip (oei dotted line owner is yvonne lee cousin leh ...) and loud shrillin laughter. last but not least, sarah (aka owner of poppy) who got her FOS slippers stolen due to de event. hahahahhaa.

and not forgettin b aka lynda better half. he was de ahmad / coolie of de day. de funniest bit was when lynda and i were so engrossed in our chat that we totally forgot to tell b to drop me off home first. we end up touring de town. hehehehhehe. sorry b. since i not payin petrol, i will repay w more sweet treats!!

my next day out ... could be timberlux. stay tune!!

care packages

got to feature some of the care packages that i have received and given out. first stop - kae awfully chocolate cake. it was really a surprise to me. despite being a forgetful preggie, she still managed to trick me into thinkin she is comin to my office. she is really a giving girl. esp during her sia time. de amount of goodies and pressies she got for me ... they are not expensive items or wat. but alot of thoughts is definitely put into it.

de cake was delicious. i distributed de cake to de rest of de people in office. of course, i made sure i have two slices!!

next is a package by lof aka lynda. its a bag full of homemade goodies - a pouch made of piggy printed vintage fabric (that came all de way from germany), owl coaster (w a gorgeous hole), ducky pin (now pinned onto de pouch), a hair pin and a hungry monster postcard. ohhh a bag full of charms!!

these two great gifts came together on de same day. it really made my day!!
of course ages ago i got alittle something for lynda too (well when i said ages ... its really ages ;p). since she has been makin quite a bit of custom stuff for me and not mentioning my box choke full of toys for my bday, it awfully right that i made somethin in return. esp at times when she is super duper low. despite de yuckiness and grossness of kitty, i made a pair of "cats are lovely??" (note de qn mark) earrings, got some kitty charms and a kitty postcard all packed up for her.

what was really funny - b - aka lynda partner in crime - noted my workmanship. which is pretty unusual for a man. on de other hand, b is a v nice dude. esp after what happened on de way back from poppy to my house, i am impressed. hehehhehehe.

all i can say i am glad despite my distance cold self, friends are still pouring their love to me. which i hope i can spread some of them to my family (do i sound friggin nice pink and fluffy or wat?!!). gran is finally out of hospital. however she is acting strange. i hope its jus adjustment period. prayin ...

200 steps closer to martha

in my drugged out, LS state, i got a call from LOF.

guess what?? de producer at martha stewart buzzed my good fren again. and and ...*drums roll*, that dear girl mentioned my name to de producer. and and i need to do some extra work - lose gazillion pounds (tv makes you look fat), shoot a video of me-make-something-that-will-make-martha-proud-of-you-stuff ... i might make it to de show. hahahhahaha.

actually i am not v sure how i am feeling now. esp after 5th time to de toilet. feeling a bit weak, headache. not really digesting all these information.

however this is definitely v exciting. i am of course super duper excited for LOF. babe, i seriously hoped you get to be on her show when you go to chicago/ NY later de year. errr dun forget to get an autograph for me :)

girls day out

lof has generously invited moi to a girls day out party fair (organised by sarah, poppy). oink stuff will be sold that day. i have already made one piece to be debut on that day. think i will try to make more for that day. and also got to start printing de namecards and stuff. gosh. my apr will be packed!! ahhh my first public sales!! ohhh did i mention i will be giving out bakes that day??!!

venue: 76 taman warna road, chip bee gardens
date: 21 april, sat
time: 10.30am to 6.30pm
email: poppy@poppy.com.sg (its a by-invitation party)

random store news

- lack of photos: i have passed a bunch of stuff to pm for some pro phototaking. dun wish to torture de readers/ customers w my unpro shots. so patience ok??

- experimenting: i am trying some new supplies. lovin de effect. de style abit rock and roll. abit vintage and retro. v me!!

- new charms: got a bunch of new vintage charms from LOF. i am so unwilling to share ;p

- change in currency: i am goin to state de price in USD. so i can save my brain from convertin de currency at etsy ;p

- thanks to frens - LOF and cuihong - for their lovely shoutouts.
LOF wonderful entry -

http://mylittleoddforest.blogspot.com/2007/02/oink-production.html
cuihong suckin up to niang entry - http://linuxess.livejournal.com/#item28613
cuihong lovin mystic universal - http://linuxess.livejournal.com/#item30206

wacha

spent my valentine day at a tranquil little japanese restaurant - wacha. i read abt this place via chubby hubby and was immediately drawn by de dishes, ambience of de place.
since fish was keen on a "powerpuff" reunion, i recommended de place to her. of course, she was dying to try de place too :)

once i reached de place, its like someone home, so quiet. de waiters were so gentle when they talked to you. gosh no way in hell i can make much noise.

we ordered de set dinner as per recommendation. every dish was a delight. my favourite got to be the last dish - japanese fried rice. its crunchy and as you bite, subtle flavour started to ooze out. yummy!!

de company was good. de food was great. wacha is definitely de place that i will come again for some good alone time :)

something for my sifu

this is my first pair of "girly" dangling earrings that i have made last nite. i have actually started last week. but due to a sick shoulder, i was in too much pain to continue.

i have finally finished this creation after an hour or so. my god ... making dangling earrings are so difficult. much tougher than loop ones. my stubby fingers were bruised. hehehehehhee.

i have named this pc - b2 - after de woman who taught me all she knows in jewellery making. and this pc will be one of its kind. i will not replicate it. i still have de butterfly charms (b2, i purposely go buy for u leh ;p) but i will do something diff. ohhh b2 is also accompanied by swaroski pearls in bronze (i think).

b2, hope you like them ...