from the vongs to tyre

the vongs got a gift for tyre!

who would have thought that it would be a mattress? they say that its not just any simple mattress but a Branded Seahorse mattress :D

only the vongs can think of such special presents! :D

the vongs, if you are reading this, thank you!!! he loves it! even my mummy wans one now too! can she?

one zip pouch

bought this fun zippered pouch last night. it aint the prettiest thing but it's sure fun to zip around with.

from an ordinary zipper...


to a zippered pouch. in just a zip! :D

memo boards

finally got around to doing these up for my friends. hope they like it. :D

the green one's a floral theme
the brown one's just cute
the pink one's matryoshka theme

tyre's toy

he couldnt help grinning and smiling the whole time he was driving last night. our conversation went like that:


y: guess what's it?
t: i dont know
y: dont care, just make a guess
t: a carton box of tennis balls
*yiwan gives incredulous look*
y: u really reallly really think its tennis balls?
t: yes
y: what if you tell lies?
t: then cut off #$&*%# (that part of his words have to be censored)



i am amazed! it doesnt take alot to keep him happy - just cans and cans of tennis balls would do!

nail it!

i've been thinking of getting these for the longest time and finally, i did! i am going to turn these nails into pretty lotus pink color (that what it says on the spray can) and nail it!

i love mail!

these came prettily packed by mail on friday! i got them from ebay! 6 pretty craft books! i love those from Cotton&Paint especially. too bad i cant get it from singapore :(

patchwork books

i would love to sew some of these projects but the only thing stopping me (as usual) is my bad sense of matching fabrics. rather than to face the dissapointment of crafting a horrendous piece of art, i prefer to just look and the pictures and feel happy! here are some of the pictures

the most interesting item at your workstation?

what's the most interesting item you have on your table?

for me its the fermented tea! left this jug of tea on my table for about 3 weeks already, and the surface's getting mouldy and still i refuse to get rid of it because i do not want to wash it. i am leaving it behind as my legacy to the successor :O

for mr M., it has to be this fengshui thingy. its actualy a bowl filled with sale and 6 gold $1 coins. he's been 'growing' it for almost 2 years. according to the fengshui master, the more the salt crystal accumulates around the bowl, the better it is for you.

for ms D, she has a shoe rack under her table for her shoes and a flower pot?

and for daph, her desk's perpetualy filled with paper, paper and paper everywhere!

half eaten

what does this look like? :D

a half eaten corn! what you thinking of ? :P

dejavue!

Just early this year during a CNY celebration at the O's house, we took a FE Family picture - the current FE staff and ex FE staff.

6 months down the road, the picture has turned into an FE Alumni picture! Where all the ex-FE staff gather together! The last 3 survivors have abandoned the ship!

moving on

i finally quit
needed a break

spend some time
indulging in my hobby
and looking for greener pastures

i am going to miss this geylang place
which i call home for the past good five years

countdown starts!

i drool...

i have been thinking of buying this for months and months and finally, i made up my mind! i am getting it ! heck the price! Bernina Activa 220 here i come! i finally ordered it today and by end of this month, i shd be a proud owner of my very own Bernina sewing machine (some say its the rolls royce of sewing machines!)

donations anyone to help offset the cost of the machine? a cool S$1,600!

an early celebration

went to DOZO for dinner early this week - its supposedly a fanciful japanese style place serving 7 course meal at river valley. its pretty expensive so in order to make it more worth while, we conjured up an excuse to celebrate dad & mom's wedding anniversary in advance :D its written 35 years but they cant exactly remember how many years it was.

the very thoughtful waiter prepared this freebie for us! and a free glass jug as present... this made the expensive dinner more worth the price :D

(btw, they serve the yummiest chocolate cake - the liquid chocolate was oozing out of the cake. yummy!)

let there be light!

tyre only has 2 lights in his room - the ceiling light and a small table lamp in yellow light. totally not conducive of studying nor reading. the yellow light makes him wanna sleep so rather than wait for him to buy one for himself, got one simple one from him! let there be bright light to keep him from sleeping and from worsening eyesight.

my first little blue box

from shoutmatey!!!!!! :D a pretty teardrop shaped pendant and necklace in a pretty blue box!!!!! :D cant bear to wear it yet.

the taipei trip

went travelling with my parents to taipei over the long weekend for a short trip. wanted to write more about it and do a few photo collages but then again, too lazy...plus i want to start working on the new quilt project, so here goes... some of my fave pictures!

Fisherman wharf @ Danshui. the last time i went with ms vong, we attempted to walk from the danshui mrt to this place (rated a must-see by many ppl). after mroe than half hour walk, we gave up! (btw, ms vong if you are reading this - wise choice we made cuz its over-rated la)





love this quaint japanese style eating place at ximending - a twist to the conveyor belt sushi system. instead of the boring conveyor belt, its disguised as a 'choo choo train'. cool!



view from Jiufen. Jiufen's this place that's like 1 hr away from Taipei city. take a train followed by taxi/bus. according to the locals, jiufen's not the key place to visit here. suppose to go upwards further to the gold mining place.



well, that's all. lazy to write already.

custom order

my largest order so far - for 7 pouches :D from haw actualli cuz she wanted to give it to her lovely jie-mei's and do some advertising for me at the same time. i rushed out some for her - aint the best just simple pouches but in very pretty fabric

think i wont be sewing any of these in the near future - i'll be embarking on a new quilt project!! dreading it cuz its going to be hard work, yet looking forward to the finished result!

my interview

today's the first time i went for a formal interview after about 7 years gap. the last time i went for an interview was for first job after graduation.

i think i failed terrbily at the interview with a panel of 4 which went like that:

P: so tell me about yourself?
Y: *dumbfounded look*huh? let me start with what i do at work ... blabber blabber

P: so tell me what it takes for you to join us?
Y: *stumped* (quietly thinking .. errr must have criteria to join? )

P: so tell me how you can contribute after joining?
Y: *stumped AGAIN*

i tried to be funny by throwing back the questions to them only to get it deflected back to me. So we went round and round question 2 and 3 asked in different forms and formats because i am not prepared to answer nor know how to give the model answer. had to go thru like 10 minutes of drilling, i think they got tired of me and so decided to let me go.

... all these not for a job... but for a club membership!!!

i totally was caught off guarded by the questions. well, hope they overlook the lack of substance in me and were impressed instead with my earnest attitude and bright smile.

cant wait to know if i passed with flying colors?!?! :P

new creations on onebowl.etsy

yay.. after a long dry spell, finally posted a couple of items i painstakingly made. yes, the popular clutch purse is back!! i had some pple asking me if i am making any more of those. had wanted to stop doing it but hey.. its back by popular demand ! :D suddenly had a spurt of inspiration to do it.

hope it flys off the shop fast! :D

goodbye

goodbye my old friend

we had fun together

through the long days at work

and the exciting travels from

moscow to ukraine to kazakshtan on the other side of the world

to sri lanka, malaysia, china and many others

you have been very dependable

never failing on me through the years

only falling sick once

now we have to part for good

i hope you be in good hands

i will always remember dependable you

PS: i havent quit yet. its just that they changed a new computer for me ... that's what i get after 4+ years of service! a new laptop! :D

shoutmate's big day!

shoutmate's married! have so much to write about... but too lazy to, so are some pictures

the happy couple !

the lovely couple, jie-meis and brudders! see how nicely (or uncomfortably) the brudders were dressed in suit and bow-tie. while we were dressed comfortably and sensibly for the weather in t-shirt and shorts.

having a private moment in their room

hen party for shoutmate

we just had to do something for haw before she got married. the obvious options that came to mind immediately were getting her a stripper, getting her drunk, getting her to strut down orchard road with a sash and tiara declaring her pending marriage.

getting her a stripper was out cuz she would probably be too shy to enjoy. could imagine her squirming from great discomfort and shyness. she would most likely not enjoy it though we would dervie pleasure from her shyness but we decided not to waste our money on that.

getting her drunk would be out too as she gets sobby after that. that would freak out her parents, family and kk. and it being so near to her wedding, better not to.

getting her to strut down orchard road would embrass her and us too. surely i wouldnt want to be associated with a 'clown' strutting down orchard road.

so we ended up with a spa hen party - @ the spa at changi hotel. the service was great and so was the entire spa treatment. greatly recommend it! the last part of the spa was a soak in the jacuzzi which overlooks the sea.

shopping in KL

went shopping in KL with kay, mr 'vong' and tyre 2 weeks ago and here are some pictures.

mr 'vong' with the loot


best buy in kl - shoes! i got 6 pairs, kay got 5 pairs and mr 'vong' 1 pair. yeah.. me and kay bought similar shoes in different sizes/colors.





and just have to end off with this shot - kay posing with her with her sunglasses and a bottle of "life' ketchup! hhahah she and her poser look.

the lizard slayer

and that's Tyre!!!

i am absolutely terrified, horrified with/at lizards... it just freaks me to see lizards, especially in my room.

just describing IT makes me freak so without going into details, tyre actually killed a lizard today with his feet. i think he meant to sweep it away with his feet but in his hurried stated to shut me up ( i was screaming away), he stepped on it and killed it!

my hero! :D

my new projects!

havent been updating my blog for ages... been bogged down by work... anyway, here are some of the projects have i done over the past few months.

colorful minis

melts in ur mouth, not in ur hands! yum yum!

work in progress

its been a long time since i did any hexagon patchwork projects...so here's it again - been busy till wee hours of the morning doing this for the past few days...it a tough, long & tiring journey...and only halfway done

just cant wait to see the end product! its gonna be very very pretty! stay tuned! :D

feeling princessy

i am feeling pinky princessy today and decided to bring my luggage to work today for my pretties.

let's see wat's inside..

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Tagged!

I have been tagged! by Karen and here's the meaning of my name

Y : Loved by everyone
I: Loves to laugh
W: Very broad minded
A: Gorgeous
N: Sexy

fun fun to know the meaning of my name! :D

Name meaning here, you can try it for your own name too:
A : Gorgeous
B : Loves people
C : Really easy to fall in love with
D : Is great in bed
E : Deeply in love with his/her gf/bf
F : People wild and crazy adore you
G : Never let people tell you what to do
H : Freakin' beautiful eyes
I : Loves to laugh
J : Makes people laugh
K : Really silly
L : Best smile
M : Makes dating fun
N : Sexy
O : Has one of the best personalities ever
P : Popular with all types of people
Q : A hypocrite
R : Good bf/bf
S : Lives life for fun
T : Great kisser
U : Gets blamed for everything
V : Not judgmental
W : Very broad minded
X : Never let people tell you what to do
Y : Loved by everyone
Z : Lives life for fun

shop updates

have been hibernating for quite some time and been doing lots of prototypes on crafts - trying to find a pretty design which i could duplicate and post on my onebowl.etsy.com shoppe! it aint easy but its finally done! i have a new batch of designs in very pretty fabrics on sale now - grab them before they run out! go check it out!

Greener pastures

boss has left
for greener pastures

to serve food
instead of coffee

leaving us behind
in the cold fort

we're gonna miss him
& the fun we had together

dear boss, if you are reading this entry , remember:
好马不吃回头草 but
好草反回头吃 ah!

life goes on :D

here's a picture of the big planner family - ex & current, mummy & kids

buttons in mail

at first i tot these were from one of the buttons swap i participated in ..but i didnt quite make sense of the little note in the package - " please leave feedback on etsy if i like the item" ??? hmm.. wat has etsy gotta do with swap-bot? so i guess the next obvious thing is that its a gift!!! a gift from a fren! a fren who shops on etsy! i am guessing......

ms lak, is that you?!? thank you thank you! love it loads and will try to create some stuffs over this weekend. yay. this is a great week - i have got loads of new fabric stash, and new buttons! i am staying home to craft this weekend! :D

kawaii russia dolls

got these last weekend in malaysia too. had overspent on shopping for clothes and shoes (tyre was ready to 'disown' me already...) and didnt have much money left to buy these.. but they are just to cute to ignore. there were only 4 left and i had originally intended to buy only 1 but under intense peer pressure, i succumbed to 3. as for the last one, my friends had kind-heartedly contributed RM2 each to buy it for me! Thanks Kay, weihua, lak and vinwee! now i have all 4 - the last ones left. There's Princess & Prince, Flower and Blue Dot (from left to right)!!!!! i love love love them...now i wanna go collect the bigger versions.

fabrics from malaysia

got these when we went for a road trip to malacca last weekend. cheap and pretty - surely its not those good quality cotton ones that i buy online or from singapore, but its good enough for that price. had so much fun picking out the fabrics and thanks for lak and kay who had a good eye to see the pretties through the clutter.

Adopt a critter matchbox

Got sweet Petey Lee all the way from Alaska in his icey home and toys and favorite food! Love it!

mobile phone pouch

made this specially for Katya. hope she likes it.

kawaii shit

if only my shit was as kawaii as those in the picture below...

had the most puke inducing experience by far - had to go for a full body health check up thing (well, getting older already...) and as part of the package, there's a stool (aka shit) test. For this, it requires me to scoop a portion of my shit and put it into a container (just writing this makes me queasy). anyway, did just that this morning and it was h.o.r.r.i.b.l.e. i had other experiences with shit such as picking/cleaning up my doggies poo but to scoop my own poo was very yucky and puke inducing..(urggg) still had a queasy feeling when i left the house for the clinic. on the brighter side, i shdnt have to pick my own poo in the near future so i m glad. :)

Kawaii Profile Surprise swap with ArtsyFartsyProd

Nicole sent a lovely package of cuties for the above swap - love the ribbon and the My Melody deco tape especially. Thanks Nicole.