Scarf for MH

My 2nd Branching Out Scarf made for MH.

Cream Coloured Branching Out Scarf

This time round I made this scarf much longer than the grey one i did for myself and stretched it a little wider than i did for mine. i'm quite pleased with the result but there's definitely room for improvement. since the scarf is longer this time round i had problem finding a proper surface to block it on and so, i took Denise's advice.

I used my bed.

and all the time while doing so, as in busily pinning the scarf on my bed, my dad was nagging non-stop in the living room asking me to hurry up and eat my dinner before it turns cold. but oh well, once u start u can't just stop halfway or the shape gets messed up. i had to finish this before mom comes home n i can leave the room door half closed so she won't suspect what i've done to her bed cover. *gulps*

she'll slaughter me if she found out i've been poking pins into the bed covers.

i'm gonna take a break off knitting for a week now and concentrate on studying and starting on my assignments. feeling stressed already.

Pat's birthday dinner & blythe doll bikini

another multi-pictorial entry.
three separate occasions to blog about.

first and foremost,
KITTENS FOR ADOPTION!!!

ANY KIND SOUL(S) OUT THERE!?
Three lil kittens were 'saved' by my colleague who picked up the orphaned kittens (mommy got killed by vehicle) and has been bottle feeding them. I took the picture last week so the kittens are at least 2 weeks old by now but very young still.

my colleague is trying her very best to keep the kittens safe and strong and feeding them as frequently as she could probably manage but it's a tough job since their mom died and without natural mommy's milk, the kittens lack the strong immune system they need to build up and are more vulnerable under such circumstances.

once the kittens gets a little older, they'll be up for adoption.

please spread the news around and if ANYONE at all is interested in adopting them,
do not hesitate to drop me a msg on my blog or call my mobile if you have my number (no, i'm not posting my hp num up, duh!) XD

they make a heck lot of noise with all the mewing but they are adorable to bits as well and so tiny!! their eyes have yet to open when i first met them and so they were pretty much blindly climbing around in the box while we took turn to bottle feed them and help them pee.

two canine visitors came along and grew very curious and just sat by watching these three strange little mewing things scrambling about blindly.

i swear i felt like kidnapping the sausage dog home.
it has the funniest expression.

for Pat's birthday, the guys and myself made a surprise appearance to what was initially supposed to be just a simple meeting btwn CW and herself.

we had dinner in this japanese restaurant in clarke quay named kura no naka.

before i reached there myself (after work), i actually came to this same place to check it out with chingling the night before ahahaha sekali so damn atas. my normal dressing usually includes slippers. guess i have to seek alternatives now.

conclusion: looks atas and the pricing abit heart-stopping as well but ok la. can relax.
food-wise... i think so so. but i liked how the shabu shabu was prepared with the japanese lady boss preparing and putting in the food for us.

since we're seated in one hidden corner, far from the crowd and staff,
service is not as prompt as expected.

we pretty much had to sit on the flr with our shoes taken off so i nearly had cramps i swear.

my food turned out pretty bland and YK's eel wasn't too fantastic either. forgot wad song ordered. CW had seafood nabe. i ordered pork name. Pat and her friend's order was beef shabu shabu. damn! i wanted beef! but it's a 2 pax order. cant possibly finish it all up myself so i had to sadly order my pork nabe that has hardly any taste. only after i'm done did YK say he could've shared the beef shabu shabu with me if i wanted. arghghghghghghgh...!

aiya anyway paiseh. i dun normally initiate having others share the same makan as me unless they've thought of it right frm the start to hav that same dish.

xxxxx

here's Ranna's blythe doll named Buttons.

ain't it sweet?

i like how there's this orange shade churning out for this photo taken. am pretty pleased.

anyway, in case you're wondering why i posted this pic up,
this doll is wearing yet another work of mine.

for her upcoming Batam trip,
correction, upcoming when i was making it but as of date, it is already a passe event,
Ranna had me crochet a bikini set for her blythe doll.

i created both the top and bottom for the blythe doll but here with the photo,
i only featured the top.


i'm quite pleased with how it turned out. the bikini pieces because it's my first time trying to make one and it fits just nice!

Buttons and her bikini top

i admit that i've been pretty brain dead lately and have not been reading much of what's send to me about my part time degree and thank god chingling has been readin and reminding me when to collect our text books and that we even have an orientation where attendance is compulsory of which, i didn't read about either. *slaps head*


i need my coffee and chicken brand essence.


but i've finally got my engine started and took my textbooks/coursebooks etc out to read through today. within is all the assessments, deadlines, course outline etc and reading materials.


i read thro both the coursebooks and started highlighting all the key points and damn! i have 2 assignments due in may, 3 in june and 1 in july. so exciting! *dies*


but oh well, i'm excited nonetheless cos i get to study finally and learn new things. i like studying and that's the truth. good thing is that there's no exams and so i can focus and have fun writing my assignments. the assignments might seem a piece of cake at first glance but it's not after having done some serious reading into it and i'm trying very hard to remind myself that this is university standard and i'm not expecting myself to submit anything less. it's not like poly where we can just chuck everything in and make it sound like it has sense and just submit lol.


is aiming for High Distinction for all my modules too much?

But I don't think I'll fancy anything less than a Distinction so I guess I better aim high. I have to.


*prays hard*


i'll start my readings next week. kiasu abit nevermind!!!! ROAR

Crochet octopus + bikini + scarvf

just to put all the relevant pics in the same entry will save me some time to post separately hehehe..

since my last entry i mentioned that i've been knitting/crochet-ing right?
has been very busy ever since.

first pics i'll post are of the amigurumi octopuses i made.
i've made 3 so far of 3 different colours: pink, turqoise and mustard yellow.

the pink was considered a defective one since it was the first piece i made and first piece(s) are prone to mistakes where by creating them allows me trial and error to learn from my mistakes and also pick up new tips and i'll implement the new changes to my future creations of the same design.

BUT after Denise and my knit-bitch kakis mentioned that they'll give the pink octopus to Yvonne as a present (i forgot for wad cause), i re-did the pink octopus, re-crochet, re-stuffed, and re-stitched it to perfection. i love the eyes i bought frm Daiso. too cute. luckily i have a crochet flower i made nearly half a year ago and it came in handy to be the octopus's head accessory.

pink octopus with flower

what do you think?
i think it's just too adorable BUT very tedious to make, especially the legs and the part about stitching it up.

but it can get very very addictive once you start and i just can't stop!
and... voila! two more octopuses are born and the mustard yellow one will go to MH, turqoise one for YL.

mustard yellow octopus and turqoise octopus

my personal fav is the turqoise one heh.
i still have yarn to make extras and i have one more colour that i've yet to start on. it's bright navy blue. that one will have to wait for quite some time.

anyone who is interested in ordering these frm me as presents as sms me or drop me a note in my comments yea. i'll revert back to u on the completion date and price.

the next project i started on was a bikini top.
the yarn colour was chosen by my gu and it's quite well received by those who saw it and i personally liked it a lot as well.

i experimented with the design so many times that i was getting so sick and frustrated with it but i refused to give up cos i want to see it completed and soon i concluded. the pattern's B cup is just not it. perhaps caucasian's boobs are bigger even tho they indicate a similar cup size. i decreased it to an A cup and guess what. it fits. stupid! i'm an Asian B cup, mind u. so... i hv no idea how those A cups ladies will be able to complete a decent bikini top with the same pattern.

anyway, here's the result.
sorry for my lack of courage to wear it and 'flaunt' my bod on the WWW but anyway, the hanger does the trick in showcasing it.

Crochet bikini top

my most recent project is the Branching Out Scarf.
I saw the pattern online and fell in love with it.

Had Denise guide me through the pattern and teaching me how to read it and i got started pretty much immediately.

i've been knitting feverently, obsessively and religiously ever since.

it took me a week to complete knitting the scarf and soon after, we've reached the stage where i've got to block my scarf to let it set into the designated shape.

first, i had to soak it in lukewarm water, adding a few drops of baby shampoo.

then, i have to dry it by pressing it with a towel and i cannot wring it.
next, we've got to block it with pins round the border and shape it into the way i want it to result into.

here's my dear gu helping me check if everything is evenly spread out. you wouldn't want a fat and thin scarf that's uneven all over. it took us quite awhile to get the scarf properly blocked since it's my first time doing it and i don't quite know how to go about doing it and wilson is just as clueless.

voila!!

the scarf is in it's BLOCKED state but it's still wet and pinned up to dry.
i'm using a old blanket with towels as the base to poke all my pins into.

i need to get a board or something man.

After one night of blocking...

here's the pic of the finalized look!

oh good god save me.

i've been sneezing since blardi AM in the morning and it's still going on..
my brain cells are fucked up now, my cheekbones are numb, my skull is cracking open anytime (i can feeel it) and yea. i swear i can concuss anytime soon.

i just took a 2 second glance at my calendar.

alriiiitey.
a week since i blogged.
i've done quite alot of stuff.
a few stuff then happened.
watched a few really good movies.
....
ok i'll just.. blog in a little more detail to get my brain juice flowing.
it's prob to stucked for work but yea i can still manage with some blogging i guess.

i've been knitting. yea
ok technically it's crochet-ing.
i've so far made about two amigurumi octopuses each of a different colour.
first one was defective but the subsequent ones were pretty successful.
i took some photos but oh well. i procrastinated.

right now i'm trying to complete my crochet-ed bikini.
i'm almost done. if my brain wasn't so dead, i was expecting myself to complete it today.
but now that i've gotten a warning letter or rather, i was told to not knit in the office cos it wouldn't look nice even tho my cubicle is so hidden so oh well.

and oh yes. more work. but i digress.

so what's with all these sudden knitting/crochet-ing again.
to most i guess, they most prob won't be surprised.
i'm always doing some handiwork project at any given time but well why knitting/crochet is because i've finally found some knitting kakis (ex sec sch mates) and we gather every other week to meet up and knit. i like this. seriously. at least it's not a lonely hobby anymore.

after i'm done with the bikini i still need to make 3 or 4 more octopus. 2 to be given away.

and when i'm done with those, my nxt project will be a fan and leave scarf. need to ask Den abt the yarn i shld get.

i'll try to upload pictures soon.

it's amusing how everytime i go colin's hse and it's like so expected of me to bring something handiwork related there to kill time.

i just found out recently that dennis has just become my neighbourhood friend. like.. just next block literally. he moved in just three months ago and i got a free tompang (ride) from him from TP back to marine parade. swee. one more friend in the area to jio out for teh peng.

i like this feeling. having ppl u feel comfortable living near u and u can just go over their hse n hang out w/o worrying abt transport to get home. u simply walk home.

right and talkin abt good movies/shows,
i bought nodame no cantabile: europe special.
i can't help it.
yes i've leeched it from a friend but i cant help it.
i ended up buying the original DVD as well.
it comes with bonus behind the scenes + interview features.
i can't help it.

i have too many shows but no time to watch. when i have time, i'm somehow still not watching the shows.
damn it! i need to concentrate.

JUNO is good. VITUS is damn good (switzerland film abt piano prodigy).
u guys MUST try it out. i'm serious.

as for drama that i've watched,
Bara Nai No Hanaya is damn good.
I lured MH into watching it and now she's addicted.
I've shown her only like.. half of ep 1.
cool. i like Shingo alot.

oh crap i feel like crashing my head on the table n just sleep.
oh shit it's six pm WHERE'S WILSON!!
I WANNA GO HOME!!!!!

i'm craving for japanese food.

oh one last thing.
mel teo came online yesterday afternoon.
happy and surprised i msn-ed her but oh well.
i'm disappointed with her cold replies.
not sure what i was expecting either tho.

ok. the end.

I WANNA GO HOMEEEEEEEE!!
*calls up wilson*

Anyone Else But You
By the Moldy Peaches

You're a part time lover and a full time friend
The monkey on you're back is the latest trend
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

I kiss you on the brain in the shadow of a train
I kiss you all starry eyed, my body's swinging from side to side
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

Here is the church and here is the steeple
We sure are cute for two ugly people
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

The pebbles forgive me, the trees forgive me
So why can't, you forgive me?
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

I will find my nitch in your car
With my mp3 DVD rumple-packed guitar
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

Du du du du du du dudu
Du du du du du du dudu
Du du du du du du dudu du

Up up down down left right left right B A start
Just because we use cheats doesn't mean we're not smart
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

You are always trying to keep it real
I'm in love with how you feel
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

We both have shiny happy fits of rage
You want more fans, I want more stage
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

Don Quijote was a steel driving man
My name is Adam I'm your biggest fan
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

Squinched up your face and did a dance
You shook a little turd out of the bottom of your pants
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

Du du du du du du dudu
Du du du du du du dudu
Du du du du du du dudu du
But you

**I like this song alot cos it's sweet and I heard of it from watching JUNO.

FWAH!!!!!! KONATAAAAA..!!
i like!


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YY WANNA TORTURE ME!!
gonna get off work already suddenly email me this link with a konata figurine.
basket!

MOTTE KAERIIIIIII~!

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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL MI FWENS!

*huggles immy & susu & yifeng*

hee
my gu bluff me say no plans. suddenly got bouquet delivered to my office.

Half-moon necklace (Purple)

First Order received (and done) for the half-moon crescent necklace.

This time it's in purple and I made it for my colleagues.
She paid for the materials and I was "forced" to get a free lunch from her. lol

I personally liked this necklace a lot and I'm glad for the colours I selected.
Took me just a few hours to get it done within a day.
Quite successful.

Brought it to office to pass it to her but meanwhile I've shown it to a few others and they liked the colour combination too. I used a heart-shapped clasp for this necklace. turned out pretty sweet.

dong cheng dong cheng!!
CNY!
POCKETS-FUL OF ANG POW TIME!

BUT! For me, it's also the time for questions like "when r u getting married" / "when can i stop giving u ang pow?"

*slap head*

i went o'er to ching's hse to visit first during the earlier half of the afternoon before heading off to my uncle's house for visiting.

it's a once a year thing and all my relatives (father's side) will just gather to my uncle's hse.
it's like a one stop station basically.

we arrived a little later than we normally do (tho we still ended up being the earlier few to arrive) tsk tsk tsk...

we all probably missed out one or two family members who came earlier in the day.
but oh well, so did everyone else haha


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no little ones running around.
unlike chingling's hse where we were being greeted by this huge grp of kids blocking the doorway and chattering non stop. i nearly went crazy. it's been awhile since there's been a child in the family. i'm somewhere around the middle if you were to go and count in order of age amongst me and my cousins. the oldest one has probably just hit his thirties not so long ago and just got married last year or so.

babies not in sight YET but i suppose... soon?

this year wilson's a smart boboy. he borrowed his brother's car out to drive us in. hehehe save me the trouble from sitting on his bike when it's a day where i deliberately dress up a little more and pinned my hair up. no complaints from the folks about his driving skills so i guess it's a PASS! HEHEHEHE

my aunt didn't recognize me. -__-"
must be normally i always dress too shabbily.

check out how fat bryan's pocket is (with red packets).
wilson was commenting on how it looked like a second 'wallet'.



actually this year not bad lah. my mom give face and came with us hehehehe.
as usual my uncle bugged me with questions about my digicam. buey tahan.
not pro wanna act pro. wah lau.

as soon as we can 'siam' the place,
gu drove to send my parents and i back home first. he dropped me off at chingling's house where i hung out with ching and HL first and he stayed home for a couple hours to spend some time with his family first. later in the evening he joined us at east coast park's mcdonald.

talked cock as usual hahaha since all our brain cells are pretty much fried and cant think too intelligently so we talked crapped about work shite, office politics, and stupid ppl.

a cute cat came and sat near me but it was hiding behind the plants. took some pictures of it but forgot to post it up. she's pretty ppl shy.

by the time we're leaving the 'amusement park'... well not exactly a park as per se but yea there were these rides that stopped operations already but the gang decided to randomly pose in it anyway.


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Ching loves doraemon.

Just a follow up photo for XMAS potluck with my ex KC school/class mates.


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Esther's back in town these few weeks from Australia but will be returning this weekend so I hurriedly arranged for a quick gathering. Majority of those I've asked turned up except Kelv n LJ who had work and couldn't come in the end. Billy's off for his flight so he wasn't there either.
hopefully the nxt time i arrange an outing, everyone will be around. not that it's an easy feat since we've all grown up and has stepped into the work force.

i was kinda in a mad rush to get everything planned, organized & settled. was workin my ass off during weekends (my weekend is burnt, no rest @ all) and i just got home at around 2.30am on monday morning, slept for a few hours and had to head back to work in my office before rushing out after work to orchard to meet up with the rest. omg.

i was a little late and my body esp my legs were aching from all over. i limped my way to swensen while wilson went over to the nearest atm to draw out some cash and i was waiting outside swensen for the rest to walk over. forgot that i've asked them to meet @ heeren's spinelli cafe.

food wasn't too bad actually.

it's nice gettting to meet the peeps on monday since it's been years since i've last seen them especially kero and frankly speakin, he still looks pretty much the same!! except maybe he's taller and slightly more built than the scrawny boy boy last time.


picture on the left (2002) ; picture on the right (2008)

i didn't realise until sano started laughing and reminded me of something.
both photos above, though on two separate occasions, were taken while i called out for kero suddenly and snapped the camera shutter immediately. ahahahaha

actually...everyone looks pretty much the same hahahhaa brought back some old memories when we were still 'young' (altho i'm not that young anymore but for their current age.. they still fit that bill).

we wanted to go to partyworld at first but it was kinda expensive. $25 per pax. so we decided to head to cine's kbox. kinda stressful when everyone's kinda good in singing hahahahaha too bad est has a curfew and sano + kero had to leave earlier. in the end it's only left with wendy, gu and i singing till almost 1am hahaha

Half-moon necklace (Gold)

Another handmade project of mine.
Got the pattern from a book found in Bugis Junction's Kinokuniya book store.

I had a super hard time getting the beads I want and in the end, I STILL did not manage to located all the beads I wanted and had to settle for 'alternatives'.

I kinda hate having to settle of alternatives but oh well.
At least the necklace turned out really chic.
Only downside is that I'll probably switch to buying the metal parts (T-pins/9-pins/clasp etc) from another shop than the one I went to.

The quality seems lousier and in just ONE day, the gold turned brownish rust colour.
shit.

I brought the necklace to office to show some of my colleagues and surprise surprise,
I've got an order. hahaha

but i'll probably leave it till after CNY before I start working on it.

For the one I made for myself, since it's my first time trying out this pattern, it tooked me quite awhile to get it done up to my satisfaction. I probably dismantled it AT LEAST thrice cos I wasn't too happy with the results.

ended up sitting in the same spot for more than 4 hours making it hahahaha

Swanky Franky (Beef sausage wrapped with Bacon, topped with cheese)
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Beef Sandwich
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Can you feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel it?

saliva dripping yet? hahahaha

gu decided that we'll have dinner @ botak jones (toa payoh) on friday night.
we decided to order something new from our usual orders.
he ordered sausage while i tried out their sandwich.

as usual, i'm not expecting sandwich to be too filling but omg.
this was HUGE.
seriously.
i had to stop wilson from eating most of his fries and side dishes and had him focus on finishing up his sausage first and i was RIGHT.

after he finished his sausage, he was pretty full.

i almost regret ordering the jalepeno chilli stuffed with cheese and soup.
almost cos they tasted good so that kinda kept me from regreting but i did feel super bloated after eating all those stuff.

I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ON A DIET DAMNIT!

p.s. i thought the pics of the food turned out pretty gd hahaha

呵呵，其实偶尔用中文blog一下也挺过瘾的。
索兴就一直这样下去吧！

。。。

其实也不能啦。
如果真的索性就用中文来写文章，
可想而知，我因该会收到很多“勒索”信和“抗议”书吧？
然后就会有朋友来投诉说看不懂，要我翻译。

我真是自找麻烦。

唉~。

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我今天差点起不来。
最近都在用新的枕头睡觉。
爽呆了！
然后...就这样一直躺着..躺着..躺着...直到我老妈快把房门敲烂了。

我妈大概也知道我起不来，
猛 K 我的门。

然后，上了巴士，又睡着了。
然后就这样睡着睡着...

*拍拍！*

*惊醒*

哦。到站了。
猛拍我椅子的是巴士司机。
呵呵

丢脸丢到家了。

好想找个地洞钻进去。

Hello, 2008

又迈入了新的一年。
感触应该很多吧？
只觉得近年来，时间都过得非常快。
2007...我都干了些什么？
回顾一下吧？

注：以下《回顾篇》是不照顺序的。原谅我吧？我记忆不好啦！

想法/感情/友谊

性格上，算得上是有变得比较积极，“友善”，也因此结交到了些新的朋友。
虽然说友谊上，有得也有失，“失”是什么，我不想多说。不过“得”到的，
一辈子难忘。可以说是和好几位朋友塑造了个更坚固的感情。
在这一年里，我陪伴了些朋友度过一些感情上比较艰难的日子。
不过好在不开心的日子也过了。看到朋友的坚强，我不禁替她们感到骄傲。

终于有了住在我家附近的朋友，能偶尔串串门子，喝杯奶茶什么的。
看似简单却可欲不可求。

IMAN去了英国就读。

兴趣/嗜好

找到了好几个让我日子过得很愉快的网页。
Sana 的漫画网志
湾湾's 漫画网志
四小折's 绘本日志
Cute Overload

2007里，我大概把前半辈子没看过的动画都看完了吧?
好！我会多多加油的！

定了很多套漫画！超感动的！
《四叶妹妹》
《白鬼夜行抄》
《玻璃假面》

我终于收集完了Terry Goodkind 的 小说！

做了很多手工艺品。
技术上有进步。会再接再厉。

买了井上雄彦的《流浪汉》绘画册，超兴奋的！！！

我终于买了支 graphic pen！

买了RYUK 和 L 的 模型！

成就/新体验

成功的报读大学。

我终于...踏出了新加坡国际！到了吉隆坡！
活到24岁才第一次出国，有够可怜的。
不过是跟我家阿牛和好友一起出国，所以很好玩的说。

亲自体验到跟PRODUCER等级的工作人员在当地拍摄的感觉。
感触很多。算是初体验所以很多事情，还反应不过来。
不过能够去也是件好事。能学到新事物。

换了新发型。

终于，事隔8年后，我鼓起了勇气自己去了牙医洗牙。
我看我因该是疯了。

成功的举办了BBQ 2007！！
虽然当中出了点小篓子，
有些人也没能来到，
不过大致上还是很顺利。

食物

2007我开始吃韩国餐也迷上了他们料理。
我的最爱是 yuh gae jang 和 年糕!!!!!
说到韩国，今年也眯上了很多韩剧。
李准基！！哦，超爱他的。

迷上了BOTAK JONES 的西餐！

吃了生平最好吃的CHAWANMUSHI （KELVIN哥做的！）和 COROQUETTE (北海道食展）。

动物/宠物

认识了我家楼下的肥猫和它的同等猫类。
可惜仁慈的那两只小猫被抓走了。

黑仔和白仔都过世了。

无意间捡到了MUSHROOM。
可惜我妈妈怕猫，所以自己不能领养。
不过后来还是替它找了了位好饲主。
现在它可是位妈咪了。

额外

第一次抽奖有我的份！中了部数码相机！

参加了两位堂姐/哥的婚礼。

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总的来说，
我觉得我度过了个很丰富的一年。
希望2008也能够多姿多彩。
朋友和家人都能够身体健康。

最后当然不忘祝福一下，
大家新年快乐！

was given this cute pencil sharpener by MH when she returned from her trip to Taiwan.

apart from the fact that it looks really lame and cute, what really cracked me up was when i took a more detailed readin of the "instructions" or whatever nonsense that's written.



using the below table allocation as reference, i'll use the numbers to explain the text.



Area (1)

- 看好要設計的小人與你的相對位子
Locate the position of the backstabber.
- 緊握產品默唸"他的名字 + 是小人"三遍
Hold the product tightly while chanting "his name + is a backstabber" three times
- 小心翼翼的將產品鎮壓在小人出現的方向
Carefully place the product towards the direction where the "target" will appear.

Area (2)

- 報復指數 : 4 顆星
Revenge Lvl: 4 Stars
- 專治手段毒辣之小人,就得用非常手段. 沒事捅他數秒,保證以尖治奸.
Against the most despicable people, extreme measures are required. When you have nothing better to do just stab him a few times, satisfaction guranteed! (some meaning lost in translation)

Area (4)

- 不能給小孩子抓周
Keep out of reach from children
- 不能削蘋果
Do not use it to pare apples
- 不能插手指
Do not insert your fingers

Goodbye 2007, and Helloooooooooooo 2008!!

i'll let the photos do all the talking.





gu and i went shopping earlier on that day and we bought quite a number of stuff from FOX MEN/WOMEN. they were having post-xmas sale and it was a gd grab! i bought two shorts and gu bought two tshirts. i even bought a dress for CNY already. no need to worry about shopping for the nxt 2 mths.

p.s. i had hangover the nxt day. it's been awhile since i drank hard liquor and twice in a row in two weeks is abit xiong for my stomach irregardless whether i'm drunk or not. (i wasn't)

So... i pretty much puked my guts out the nxt day starting from 9am till 2pm, puking out whatever i choose to eat. so i ate nothing but drank tonnes of warm water and end up puking them out again. oh well, "washing" my intestines with warm water perhaps a gd idea too.

POTLUCK AND MORE POTLUCK!!

my "specialty" to bring to potlucks nowadays, is the dijon deviled eggs.
muahahaha

ever since learning how to prepare it from an online website and trying it out during my BBQ during 2007, it has more or less garnered quite a 'fan' base of people who tried it and loved it.

it's easy to prepare and taste good.
SO, i shall continue with this until everyone gets sick of it.

we were supposed to have potluck @ Colin's place on Saturday night.
it was supposed to start at around 8pm+, 9pm but well,
unforseen circumstances often occurs and gu and i pretty much got there at around 10pm instead. we were starving so we went down to the kopitiam to grab some food first.

i started preparing the eggs in the later part of the day at around 7pm or so after learning that we'll most prob be starting the potluck late. i got to watch my "Jumeng" first. hehe

gu bought donuts.

i finally completed making the three bead purse keychains Yuki ordered from me (my Wednesday, December 19, 2007 entry) and brought it along with me to the potluck to pass it to her. heh.

It was a good night spent hanging out with some neighbourhood people and most importantly, THERE'S SOUP!!!! i love drinking soup and Yuki made a whole pot full of soup and i helped myself to three bowls full of them hehehehehehe the soup was well done like my mommy's and for those who drank the soup, they drank at least 2 bowls!

beer, wine, mahjong, food, tidbits and tv expected.
along with lotsa crapping of course.
time seems to fly by then and soon, it's turning 3AM!
shocking.
5 hours just went by in what seems like a blink and HL msged us. lol

yea, at 3am.

she's finally done with celebrating with her ex-classmates and was checking if we're still around.
THE NIGHT (erm day?) IS STILL YOUNG!
so we told her to drop by anyway.

with another round of crapping and drinking soup,
2 hours flew by and ZOMG IT'S 5+AM in the morning!!
i would've loved to hang around longer BUT, I can't.
got another round of potluck the nxt day with my ex-KC classmates/schoolmates.

HL kena tompang home on Ben's vespa.
damn cool lah hahahaha and very funny sight.
anyway, it's a vespa. very safe de.

gu and i walked home slowly and when we opened the home door,
hehehe.. lights were all lit up in the living room.
UH-OH..
momsy and dad is up!!! OMG la hahahahaha
then mom chided us jokingly that we got home to sleep only when ppl are waking up. tsk tsk.

we concussed right away and it's the nxt morning already.

the moment i woke up i started preparing the food that i'll be bringing to the potluck (the eggs lah, duh!). i let wilson sleep a little longer till it's nearly 12pm before waking him up to have him send me to yvonne's condo.

the new The Icon condo located in Tanjong Pagar has lotsa nice shops below (as expected, for expats and ppl who earns big bucks), the condo my friend is temporarily staying in has a great view. too bad there's no furnitures in the house yet so we pretty much sat on the floor and ate.

not that it mattered anyway.

lotsa people came reaaaaaally late and those who came early (a pitiful sum of 3 and that includes me) were starving big time. so we entertained ourselves mainly by playing with my yvonne's baby. heh

baby has a trick up her sleeves! she can raise her eyebrow like The Rock!! and it twitches cutely.

my eggs were well liked (see!? proven receipe hahaha) and surprisingly, quite a number of people managed to turn up. it's a pity Feng couldn't join us that day but i did end up getting to meet WX whom i've not met since years after i left KC secondary. she didn't recognize me at first until i told her who i was. lol

ah it's not the first time i get such reactions anymore but it's a pleasant surprise.

as usual, i'm the one who talks very little during gatherings (depends).

i'm waiting for DL to post me the group photos we took.

Denise knitted this super duper cute blankie for baby.

would love to do something like this someday as well.

after having learnt that she knits quite alot as a hobby and quite a no of my ex sch mates would meet up with her to knit, i've exchanged my numbers with her and we've agreed to meet up and knit together someday soon. probably in january.

u'll be seeing lotsa new handiwork related posts soon!!!
can't wait!

some after thoughts
1. I'm glad for the gathering at Colin's house.
core reason for me being glad, i guess, was because this has already been a scenario that i've dreamt of. i have not many neighbourhood ppl / friends that i know of who AT LEAST live within walking distance frm my hse until recent years. havin friends who normally always live either in the central, if not, west side of singapore... is not the most convenient thing. having live so far apart, the ability to meet up face to face diminishes and most of the interactions comes from MSN chats or if not, occasional smses. to hang out till wee hours is rare since we each have our committments now and having to go home in diff directions.. doesnt help if you can't share cab. if even MSN chats or occasional smses lessens, i really don't know what to do. i enjoy the night and like to spend time just chilling with ppl at night. this really helped.

2. i'm glad i initiated asking denise if i could join them to knit.
me, in my old self, would think about it forever and rephrase that question ten thousand times in my mind but end up not saying it.