birthday presents from the Vongs

tyre & my birthday falls in the same month and in view of the forthcoming japan trip, the vongs got us something very useful :D

here's kay giving tyre's present! they took effort to wrap it up in boring plain brown paper.

its a chio nice looking 40liter backpack - good for using in japan and it comes with wheels to drag if its too heavy to carry. if you wanna get one too, go Queensway Shopping Center, 'they' say there's a wide selection there.

and here's my present, wrapped in brown paper too.

its a sling bag - perfect for travelling in pretty tiffany blue color. i had wanted to buy this same bag few months ago but a certain fren told me not to get it now but get it in japan. anyway, to cut the long story short, now, i have got it as a present! :D no need to buy it anymore! :D

and the best thing - the vongs got 1 of each for themselves too! this means mr vong & tyre will each carry the same backpack in different color and ms wong & me will each carry the same sling bag in different color. we are going to be the most matching couples going on 'double date'. we just need to be color coordinated during the trip and it will be perfect! ahhahhaahha

More candies from HK - more disappointment

The packaging for this sushi candy's very kawaii - make sushi candies. Looks attractive but was dissappointed with the actual product - the candies were too sticky and not so kawaii after all.

Was attracted by its pretty packaging - had imagined that the candies would be in the shape of ice cream cones in pretty colors. once again, dissapointed to see that its all brown brown in color

Shopping @ HK Disneyland

dont really fancy mickey nor disney stuffs but its really tempting to just pick up a few stuffs from the huge variety of disney merchandises. we bought like 2 tshirts & 3 mugs - crazy!

inside the store - water bottles, dolls, stickers, key chains, caps, t-shirts and many more.

fren, haw, likes (or used to like) characters from toy story - so here's all about toy story

huge variety of t-shirt designs

disney mooncakes on sale too!

half day trip to Lantau Island

my first time to lantau island after numerous trips to HK. a half day including shopping and dim sum would be sufficient as there aint much to see or do there.

we started with dim sum at the convention center in HK at Central. It gets really crowded by nooon so we went earlier. its dim sum on push carts!

after lunch, we headed for Lantau Island. Cousin said in the past, you need to take a ferry in order to get there, nowadays, the train gets us there in half an hour! take the train from Central Station to Tung Chung Station . From there, you could either take (1) cable car (2) bus or (3) taxi to the famous buddha statue. We took the Ngong Ping Cable Car cuz its the most scenic & fastest (abt 20 minutes). Sea, hills, buildings, fishing village, airport, small waterfall & the Buddha from afar!

cable car stopped at ngong pin village - a man made attraction - boring.

and a short walk away, the famous Buddha statue - the biggest steel one in asia i think.

then we took abt 20 minutes bus ride to Tai O. According to mummy, this place's frequently featured on travel shows & drama serials. its a nice quaint place but nothing much to do other than snap a few pictures and buy dried seafood (if tat's what you like), else i dont think its really worth the trip there - we stayed only 10 minutes max.

and we ended the tour with shopping at the shopping outlet @ Tung Chung mtr station - outlet for stuffs like nike, addidas, body shop, crabtree&evelyn, polo ralph, bally, burberry, levis,A/X, samsonite, folie folie, kate spade. prices generally 30-50% off the last few seasons stuffs. i got a bag there - i have been eyeing it since last year already!

ok, that's all for this entry! :D

kawaii candy

saw this in okashi land in hk . okashi land's a snack shop full of kawaii snacks and there are lots of branches ard in hk.
had earlier bought 1 pack already but left it on the table and forgot to bring it home. but the packaging was so pretty and it seemed fun enough that i had to buy another one to try it out - it costs about S$3 each.
basically, pour the blue powder into the tray filled with water and soon it will become gelatine-like, then put the gummy fishes into the tray - and you will have fish swimming in the water. to eat the fishes, use the wafer to catch it and pop it into your mouth.
its a fun snack but tastes horrible! urgghh... waste of money! so disappointing :( but never mind, i have bought a few other kawaii snacks. will post more pictures of them when i open them

Macau

back from macau with my family and i am now in my comfy cousin's place in hk :D where all 4 of us are busy toodling with our own laptops - all in the living room (me, my 2 bros & emeng). there aint nothing much to do in macau other than eat & gamble. we figured a day trip would be enough the next time.

we stayed in venetian macau for a night where my family of 5 squeezed into a room (compliments from cousin emeng ! thanks!). compared to the some of the hotels in macau, its a steal considering that we could comfortably fit all of us into the room - its a suite with 2 queen sized beds.

this time, other than playing at venetian, we went to check out some other casinos - wynn, sands, mgm. and i 'deposited' monies at each of the casino we went. yes, i lost monies.. :( and as a consolation prize, i had to grab some of the water bottles they were giving out to patrons free! surely i am entitlted to a few since i 'donated' some monies :D

And here's a picture of the famous must go place for sightseeing in macau - basically, a ruined wall.

and other than gamble, we had foodies. there's this restuarant which we went for dinner on both nights - its good and cheap food, we like :D cant remember the name, but its not easy to find, lucky my cousins brought us there the last time.
and this place sells delicious pork chop buns! its located near the famous ruined wall

lastly, the place to go if you wanna buy foodies back for family & frens

clay craft

i saw this very pretty book on making clay food crafts at kino few days back. although i dont or havent tried it before, i cant resist not buying it- i shall buy it first and when my mood strikes, i can try it out.

i havent tried using clay so far because clay normally comes in big packs and i cant finish using them all at one go for these minature food crafts. the tot of keeping them, storing them seems too troublesome but i am sure, one of these days, i will try it! in fact, i already bought a few packets of clay few months back, waiting for the right moment.

another bag gone wrong

seems to be losing the bag touch - cant make nice bags anymore?!!

in view of my eagerly anticipated japan trip end september, i wanted to do a pretty sling bag which i can use in japan (a particular fren told me not to buy any bags in singapore as there will be tons of bags to buy in japan). so here's it - made a bag using my favorite fabric prints in russian dolls. it din turn out the way i imagined it to be and its a great dissapointment because i spent lots of time & effort on this quilting it by hand instead of sewing machine. :( guess i will chuck it aside with the "failures" which will eventually end up in the rubbish dump again. sighh...

the front

the back

the inside

i tot the combination of fabrics was lovely though.

innovative idea

saw these pipes in the factory left lying around in the factory, i think.

someone then came up with the bright idea to reuse it but cutting it into nice shapes and turning it into pots for the plants!

cool eh! i like the idea of the recycling and beautifying at no costs :D

my favourite collection

inspired by haw's blog entry on her favorite corner which includes her collection of books, i decided to rearrange my room - book shelf to be specific.

the shelf was originally used for my radio and putting spare change & my various spectacles. now, its for my collection of craft books ranging from quilting to sewing to felt & paper crafts. it used to be stacked up inside the cupboard and it was difficult to find any book. now, there's easier access and i feel so shiok looking at it everytime. i wanna grow my collection - based on my rough count, its about 70+, and i am soooo looking forward to my japan trip to stock up on more!

bag & bag

its now close to 2am and the aircon's down - its weird.. we just got the aircon man to do some mantainence and cleaning work last week and it worked fine for a week and suddenly today, it started leaking... maybe aircon man planned this purposely so that he can come back again to repair and make some more money (my suspicious overactive mind at work).. its too hot in the room ... how to sleep??? :(

anyway, sent my laptop to the doctors last week for treatment and now its back!!! :D so here are the 2 projects which i did recently..

the first one below's a boxy pouch. din quite like the fabric and end results.. threw it away in the end.

and this one's a bag.. and i like it alot (as usual) and i brought it along for my tennis game! here's it sitting prettily at the net.

dinner @ wine connection

reversible bag

did this till 3am last night.. really need to get over this bag crafting addiction soon. the late nights are not good for me. its a reversible bag which turned out bigger than i expected - dun think i will be using this in the near future.

my fab bags!

spent many late nites for the past week doing these 2 pretty bags (from the book that eming sent!) ! and had so much fun doing it!
this ducky bag has a special shape almost like a fan with an oval bottom.

it can even stand on its own without toppling - its quite sturdy!

and this bag's fresh out from the 'oven' - i just completed it an hour ago :D love it as much! but cant decide whether to accessorize it with a flower or to keep it plain so i m posting 2 variations :D

and without flower

and the interior of the bag - with pretty rocking horses prints

i am going to do another new design later tonite! :D

fab book from eming!

my dear cousin sent me this from HK and its my favorite craft book now and i want to try out most of the stuffs inside. its beautiful - most of the books i have features the typical shaped bags but this one has bags in refreshing shapes and sizes! highly recommend this book if you are into crafting bags! thanks eming! :D

tank tops

tried to spruce up the plain tank tops by sewing on some stuffs. kinda like the end results :D but cant seem to take a good picture of them tho.

i love russian dolls bags

wanted to buy a bag with russian doll prints from lesportsac - admittedly, the prints werent pretty at all but i wanted to get it because its russian dolls related. anyway, didnt get it in the end cuz its pretty hideous so i made one for myself! :D

patchwork sling bag

love the way the colors came together nicely for the patchwork portion of the bag. the only glitch was the finishing touches - should have used plain pink fabric on the sides instead of cartoon/flowery prints. now, its a cluttered looking sling bag :( but still pretty nevertheless :D

pyramid pouch

been thinking of doing this for a long time, and finally, got around to doing it! its fun and easy to do ! might do more of these in different prints and colors in the near future :D