Vintage Rose

The only reason why i am posting this photo so huge ass is because it is too pretty to make it only a small size on this entry. haha.. Been eyeing on this pen for months and Singapore is selling it at a more expensive price compared to those sold in overseas DFS. So my bestie, Ronald is always flying overseas to work and he went the extra mile (literally) to help me look for the "cheapest" price for this pen. And eventually, *ta-da* i got it at S$45! Vintage Rose Swarovski Pen. Do you love it?

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Scrap Room Inspirations

Been missing recently because of work related stuff. Finally taking a short break from my work related stuff to blog. I haven't stop making crafting, just that i have no time to take the photos and upload it up. I think i have about 5 cards sitting by the side of my table now.. I'm pretty excited to share them with u! So other than busy with work-related stuff, i am doing up a proper watermark for my photos and it will work as a logo too. Just found the right font but haven't found the right color to fit it with.

 Lastly, I'm looking at customizing my workspace in my room. Due to the limited space in my room (Because of my Queen Size bed and i have only one powerpoint area for electricity) i can't afford the big Expedit Shelf or a craft table placed in the middle of the room. Now i've got to work around the space of that one wall - working upwards or downwards with cube units like the expedits ones. Good thing is, i only have a Laptop which is a spacer saver because CPU is really bulky with lots of wires running around.

If you have any inspiration, do share with me k?

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A "whole" among the table bottom cubes to have a decent leg space.

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Make the table bigger than the drawers at the bottom so there is still a leg space. And "deeper" tables means more space to do 12x12 LOs and put a row of drawers to store stationary and ink pads. I can also Clip my Ikea LED lamp during photo takings. 

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Like the combination of different drawer sizes at the bottom. Plus a few blank ones to put my machines, paper trimmer and cardstocks.

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Lucky Lucky

 

I forgot today is the 8th Dec and MapleTreeHouse was announcing their lucky winner for their Winter Distress Ink giveaway. So unknowingly, i searched for MapleTreeHouse on my Facebook and saw that Sandy has picked her lucky winner on her blog! 

Wwwweeeeeee......!!! I'm the lucky one and i can't wait to try this 3 inks! It is my first time winning such a thing and i always believe i don't have such luck on lucky draws. I am really thankful that Sandy picked me and M3H had such a great giveaway! =D

For those who don't know about these 3 inks........ They are seasonal distress inks that do not have reinkers and will only be released during the season. Meaning, if the winter colors are sold out, you got to wait till next year!

God has been really kind to me this few days! Aside from winning the inks, I received 3 calls for interview in total within 2 days and they are all pretty good companies. All i hope is that i can ace the interviews! I've been to numerous interviews for Part Time or Temporary jobs but it is my first time for Full Time job. Securing an interview is like completing half of the journey to getting the job for real. Cheers!

I hope everyone out there are feeling lucky too. ;)

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Barbie Photo Shoot

It's the end of the year and all the photoshoots seems to be coming in. Boyfriend says he has alot of wedding projects pending and we are currently doing the Barbie photoshoot at Taka's Event Area. So I've started work today and will carry on for the next few weeks on random days to deal with kids dreaming to be Princess. I'm not complaining because some of the kids are really cute after having a makeover, a curly wig and a princess dress. It is just mentally exhausting......

Aside from freelance shooting, i'm also making xmas cards for my sister and intending to sell them if anyone are interested. At the same time, i can use up my stash! hahaha! more reasons to shop? =p

I'm also helping my friend do a wedding gift, so i'm twice busier than usual. Forgive me if there isn't new cards out for you guys to drool on. But i'll try my best by blogging fast and making more time to take photos of my work!

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Mummy, It's Over!!

Got this picture off Facebook. IT IS TOO CUTE TO RESIST. lol! Like what QT said, "we must have looked like this from 1.10 to 1.15pm today. *_*" And yes, i definitely look like this cause i couldn't finish all the questions on the Investment paper not because i didn't know but i probably had too much things to write and was so worried on the calculations. Sigh~ Investment paper is always a high failure rate paper. So, at least i know i am not going to fail. =D

Had a satisfying lunch with QT at JP and went to run some errands. My hairdresser was so nice because i wanted to get my fringe cut so urgently that i told him that if the waiting time is too long, i don't mind getting others to cut. And he came to me within 5min while making another lady wait for a moment to attend to me. SO SWEET! I guess i was coughing really badly. Yahhhhh, i'm still sick and not getting better. It's time to seek the doctor~

The first thing i got home was to tidy my table! I literally threw out all my sketch notes and piled all the books on the other cupboard at the side of my room and i threw away all my ink-less pens. Now, my table have only a crafting mat, crafting sheet and my stationaries. CLEANEST TABLE EVER! i promise i will take a photo for you in my next entry!

So this exam marks the end of my university life, hopefully all passes~ And i have to start job hunting soon! Time for me to head back to bed while its raining now!

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Halloween AGM

Once again, this sem's AGM has a theme to it. Since we missed halloween due to exams, the excos brought it back during AGM. Not alot of people dressed up but those that did - they were pretty scary. So from the looks of it, I won the best dress along with another 2 girls and this scary makeup is thanks to Sarah bcos I told her to make me into the character found in nightmare before Christmas. Haha.. Got a fair bit of comments on facebook, telling me to take down. So... Are you having your nightmares before Xmas now?

Anyway, CongratZ to the new exco!

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Benefit Cosmetics

Hi everyone! I'm going on a holiday soon and I am wondering where i should buy my Benefit products. Firstly, i can get it online and have it sent to my bro's place in SF. Second, i can get it when i am at the Airport DFS. Lastly, i can get it in the Singapore departmental store. Have anyone of you bought Benefit products and can tell me what is the price like in Airport DFS or Singapore departmental store? Seriously need help~


I came to know about the product when i saw Eudora using it and i think it is quite amazing. It can bring out my nose bridge. Works like a highlighter. But if you guys have better brands to recommend, do let me know!



"the POREfessional" is a new product by benefit and although there are raving reviews on it, but "that gal" seems good too! Both are face primers and as i am typing this entry i found other primers that seems good too. Smashbox Photofinish and Clinique Pore Minimizer.

Sigh. The problem is i have quite big pores and i dont want to use so much foundation to cover it!

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When Elmo grows up

Sesame street came to singapore last month and I got to catch it at indoor stadium!

It was a musical revolving around sesame street and I got a little disappointed cos I thought it would be more on Elmo. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed because I brought MY Elmo along. Haha.

There were alot of kids and it was so fun seeing them interacting with the characters. Those mascots could really dance in those heavy outfits.

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Recollection

One of the greatest highlights during my 2 months holiday was the SIM RMIT Orientation Camp. I'm past that stage of being a freshie, so there i was - NOT a photographer or a Group Leader but a Game Master. Which was pretty boring because my game station was boring. But still, the overall rocked because the heavy downpour on the last day. We were all playing water bombs in the rain and kicking puddles of water at each other - like little kids.








This jacket is super cosy!

The whole marketing preparation robbed away quite a bit of my time and i had to attend meetings and go to work at the same time. Coming up next is the Annual Bash.

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Party Animal with different group of friends but they were mainly my council mates.




Biggest group EVER, in the club. Plus i think that night's match was Argentina VS Germany.

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Attended Birthday Parties but i manage to only dig out photos of 2 parties.


Jacqueline's 21st at Tapestry Room


Saw my NP Vball Juniors. Miss them!


Anson's 18th Birthday at ECP. Totally forgot that she was so young lo.

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Brother flew off a month plus ago to LA for some attachment program. He seems to be doing fine there and earning quite a bit. haha! No one's around to disturb me anymore. But we still skype often online.


Attended Isaac's and Edwin's Graduation and its been 1 year since i graduated! *thinking back* A normal day, just from a different perspective.




Sweeeeeeetieeeee pie came back for a short 3 weeks and i only manage to meet her ones cause partly our timings couldnt match! Hope she's all well and recharged back in Sydney. Gonna wait for donkey months before i see her again. SIGH! But it was a great night spent at H.V's Coffee Bean with Ben and Gin because we had the usual Gin the Joker.

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Before i end off, I attended the Singapore Art Festival with Isaac and they displayed some fire display along boat quay. It was super hot! but i think some of the displays were really pretty.


Here i am, gonna sign off! Got to get my ass to school for 830 class. But on the happier note - I just had dinner with D.A.N last night and i FINALLY signed dataplan for my mobile line. LOL! It just means more twittering and online games for me! hehe.

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A meaningful story

Taken from Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith book, Page 93 "From a Sermon by the Reb, 1975".

"A man seeks employment on a farm. He hands his letter of recommendation to his new employer. It reads simply, 'He sleeps in a storm.'

"The owner is desperate for help, so he hires the man.

"Several weeks pass, and suddenly, in the middle of the night, a powerful storm rips through the valley.

"Awakened by the swirling rain and howling wing, the owner leaps out of bed. He calls for his new hired hand, but the man is sleeping soundly.

"So he dashes off to the barn. He sees, to his amazement, that the animals are secure with plenty of feed.

"He runs out to the field. He sees the bales of wheat have been bound and are wrapped in tarpaulins.

"He races to the silo. The doors are latched, and the grain is dry.

"And then he understands. 'He sleeps in a storm.'

"My friends, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of 'I could have, I should have.' We can sleep in a storm.

"And when it's time, our good-byes will be complete."

Don't you find his sermon so true.. and one very good example of a storm would be the exams. haha! We are always struggling in a storm because we procrastinate and this farmer really has an interesting recommendation letter.

I'm halfway through the book and i'm excited to find out whats at the end of it. I had always love stories based on true life account and Mitch Albom documents them well. Go grab a book if you haven't.

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1st step to CNY

Isn't my Elmo so adorable. CUTIEEE. I purposely stuff tiny bear in his mouth. That's what i always do lar.. and my friend will say i abuse my tiny bear. Lol.

My first step to CNY mood is to change my bedsheet. I almost change till my eyes went cock cause it was too much of a "pattern". I normally have cute flowers or heartshapes. And my colors are normally very vibrant - such as pink, red, purple (something very close to my wall and bed frame color lar). But this time round, i went for REPEATED PATTERNS. Geessssss... GIDDY!


This is it. Purple checkered for bedsheet and blue squares for comforter. Look so nice and neat hor? But this is not really my bed..........


TA-DA! This is my bed after i move in my soft toys!! Yes, i only sleep 3/4 of my bed. I leave the other quarter for my toys.




Princeton, Tiny Bear and Elmo are my favorites. LOVE LOVE!

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Not sweet

I'm having a pretty emotional week. Emotional unstable with all the dreams i'm having. Every night i have one and i always wake up finding myself "talking" to myself. Like i can hear myself saying what i said in the dreams. I am not sure if this is what they call "stress".

I have multi projects going to be dued. I suddenly have so many things happening on the 20th Feb. Ethan's 1yr old, JianMing's 21st and my Grandma's birthday PLUS one of my essay's gonna be due on the very same day.

On the 15th, sweetie pie will be leaving for Australia. I am going to write in another post prolly on the day that she left so she can read it there.. But now, i am feeling emotional and i don't really want to talk about how i feel about her leaving here. Can't imagine when i can't find her as and when i want to. =(

I had another set of dreams that set me thinking about someone. With recent events that happened, my faith is losing. The sense of urgency is not there and i am not sure if it would change. Do women always feel this way............ emotionally wrecked? Or maybe i am hoping to get more attention. or maybe to feel more special. or maybe just prove something to me.

Valentine's day and Chinese New Year is coming...... everything doesn't seem sweet.

Happy note: I got into Council and i'm going for the camp tml. Hope everything's gonna be fun!

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Dip Dip a new start

A new start at the swimming pool for a little tan. When i took the photo, the sun was really really bright. But apprently, my iphone didn't manage to capture the BRIGHTNESS. So it looks so gloomy. Anyway, stayed at the pool for about 2hours and there were many SINGLE people there tanning too. Surprisingly, all guys. And because my sun-tanning oil was with someone else, i was the only one there baking raw.

Oh yah, my countdown till 2010 was spent cycling rushing back to the bedok jetty from the 7-11 at ECP. WAhhh... cycle for about 45mins to and fro lehs. It was crazy. And the night pass so fast.. Spent it drinking and talking. And when i got home, sun was so good and i wasn't tired. So i got changed and went to the swimming pool.

I feel its a good start, so far! =)

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Let the '10 set in

This photo is by far the best photo taken by my Holga BC camera. Some of you may know, i don't really enjoy playing with my Holga. I should have gotten a BBF or a Film DSLR.

Anyway, i wasn't very keen to write a post to sum up my 2009 cause i felt there were tooooo many things happening. I think as we grow older, every year we experience many transitions in our life. Unlike in secondary school, we sum a year of school and wait for the another year of school to come by. And most of the time, our resolutions would be to study harder. Even in Poly days, we make resolutions to study harder, but who ever achieves it? LOL. I'm going to be honest with myself and stop making new year resolutions.

Have been facebooking non-stop (what's new?) until i saw someone posting this "2010 in 23hrs!" Then it suddenly hit my head that its LESS THAN A DAY before i step into a new year. And suddenly, i decided to look back in my 2009 and what i will be facing in 2010.


The beginning of 2009, i had it spent in China. A few days in Beijing, a few days in hangzhou, a few days in nanjing, a few days in zhouzhuang, a few days in yunnan and majority in Shanghai. Only came back to hot little Singapore in the month of March. Love my OIAP days and not forgeting the winter times. Definitely a life changing experience for all the interns.

I think i can write a 5 thousand word essay and still, i can't stop raving on how much fun we all had. different people coming together. non of us were BFFs, except yongcheng and darren. everyday i think about where we went and when we went. i will look back at the photos occasionally and i start to wonder if there will be second time of this experience. Working in pivot and brainstorming events were also fun too! I think i enjoyed working there more than in sushi tei. =)

P/S: i love the last few weeks of my OIAP trip. you know why...


Then i came back and graduated with my diploma. First time wearing the robe, so i had non-stop photoshooting. haha.. Check out my facebook and you will know what i mean.


While waiting to further my studies, i officially quit my 3yrs Part-time waitressing job and made my way into Far East Organization. Started off as a 4mth secretary then i move on to be a 3mth admin assistant. Fruitful experience and had learned alot about the office "world". 7 months total, and i feel "WOW" cause i made it! Really miss my days doing waitressing cause its fun running around and joking with the chief. Plus i get to eat my favourite jap food lehs!

Now that i am jobless, i am looking forward to school reopening. As well as planning to join a new cca.. If i don't get into that cca, then i will consider volleyball again. haha! But i think 7 years of volleyball is kinda enough already. Time for a change. Lastly, i am planning to find a Part time job. INTRO INTRO ok?


I SERIOUSLY APPRECIATED yingxuan's 21st birthday party cause it was the only/maybe the last time that i will see the whole volleyball clique together. We pretty much separated when i left for china and we all had our final year, which led to work and then army for the guys. Sweetie pie will be going to Sydney next year. Or i should say, in another 1 month and 16days.....? =( BOOO.. It sucks. And when she is finally back for good, we are all OFFICIALLY going into the working society.

Other things that happened in 2009 were, my first time in JB... my wild nights out... the endless celebrations... ETC ETC ETC... you know why 2009 is special lar.. A year to remember for me.

So.. you have another 22hours to write about what you feel for 2009. And perhaps what you expect in 2010. I don't like alot of changes, but i am really expecting more fun in 2010!

P/S: I had the best birthday of my life. super loved. you know why... LOL.

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Let's spell E-L-M-O

Oh my, don't you just love my ELMO?

It's my new toy..! If some of you may know, i have a photo of it on my Facebook, but that picture was taken when i saw the elmo on sale at Suntec Food Fair but i did not buy cause my mum said it was too expensive. And after a few months, i did not see in any shops around.... until i walk into the arcade at Suntec!


It's inside the "kiap kiap" machine. So i and my friend started KIAPING it until we spent about $32 to catch it. PLUS it was with the help of the arcade auntie lor. She see us keep trying and screaming till she help us put the elmo very very close to the hole. LOL. I think it was the thrill that was very very fun lor!


Hug it everywhere and then found a seat for it when we ate Kushinbo for our dinner.

So happy that day lar! I feel abit guilty cause i hug Princeton lesser liao. =p

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Updates 2009!

Merry Christmas everyone! I know i have been gone for a month plus and i actually thought of closing this blog down.... BUT! I realize its worth 5 years of memories lehs! Anyway, the above xmas tree is from my grand's house. Every year we will have xmas gathering and we will all stuff our presents underneath.

This tree have been with us for MANY MANY YEARS. And i really mean MANY cause last time the tree was taller than me and now i am taller than it by more than 2 times, i think. haha.As i grow older, it gets taller and skinnier cause the "leaves" always drop off when we move it in and out of the storeroom. And this year, the star is missing! LOL.


This christmas, i had a whole week of celebration, one after another and it feels as though i celebrated TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS. o.O So now i am sitting in my chair blogging because i gave a miss to tonight's night-out. Old liao, cannot take it le. LOL. Got to thank Edwin, Marie and Yingxuan for opening up their house to have the celebrations!


See the frog clip and with the Polaroids? The clip is my gift exchange from Nigel and the Polariods are from Edwin! Thank you Thank you, now i have additional decors to look at!


I love the xmas lighting!


I sewed this xmas socks cause i had a very very christmas-sy mood this year and i happen to see the template of the socks in a magazine, so i went to buy the materials and TA-DA! i made one myself! hehe..


Can hang one ok..... But its with someone else now. LOL. i gave it away eventually.

Anyway, let me update on a few things that you might have missed out in my life!


Successfully enrolled myself into SIM-RMIT and the orientation will happen on monday! Kinda excited to start school with Qiu-jie and Rainiee babe. On the other hand, there will be alot of uncertainties too.

Last friday was my last day of work. Officially not part of Far East Org anymore. Not too bad, survived 7months in total. haha! my new dept boss was really very nice and good, too bad can't continue there. Anyway, that makes me job-less now and extra careful with my cashflow. Eh, anyone got extra job lobangs now?! Share lehs.. hehe.


In church with Rainiee, Winifred and the whole bunch of lovely girls. :)

There are actually more photos.. but i have yet to receive them. I kinda retired my camera recently. =/

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