my nose ran away today

starting work with a runny nose is not exactly the best damn feeling in the world and i'm having this crazy urge to just pack things up and go home and hide under my blanket until i feel better.

i'm wearing a tshirt with TWO layers of jacket and STILL, i'm feeling the chill in my bones. being indoors in an air-conditioned environment is not making things any better for me. *sniffs*

CNY have been rather hectic and that came as a surprise since i wasn't expecting myself to do much during this week. in fact, other than visiting my own relatives in my uncle's home (one-stop-station for all in the family), i kinda thought that marks the end of all my CNY visiting for the year but i was SO WRONG. insofar wilson n i have been invited to our friends homes and we've probably visited about 4 families so far and i had my first try in playing guitar hero and got bullied in it cos i sucked. i am supposed to go to zx's hse on fri evening and gu's friends hse later that night but there's been a change of plans. dad injured his finger pretty badly last night so i dragged him to the doctor's and we need to drag him back to the doctor's on fri night for check up. there goes my dumplings @ zx's hse. but nvm, i have another invite from jere and gang and instead of joining wilson to go to charles' place, i'll head to jere's and him to charles' instead. sat is chan's baby's full mth party followed by dinner appt with kelv kor. *wipe sweat* bz week. i sincerely hope my nose gets better by tonight.

i have this pimple on my left cheek bone that's threatening to explode. i'm mildly irritated by it.

i will post pics of my latest project soon (wad else, surely something handicraft related la, duh!) hehehehe. oh yes and some pics we took during the simple dinner+gathering with my colleagues after work last fri.

toodles~

waving lace socks

Behold! My many-months-heavy-duty project!! The Waving Lace socks!!!.............completed only one side!!! hahahahaha stupid.

Yea cos I got stuck @ the heels part since I'm not familiar with knitting socks and couldn't figure out the "knit in short rows" part of the pattern. sent out a SOS call to my knitting guru and awaits patiently.

i won't say it's hard knitting this sock. it's not. takes a bit of time but like Den said, it does make me feel smarter after completing one hahahahahaha and i liked the result altho i think it's a bit too big (i used the wrong needle size) BUT, my calf muscle..(due to my erm...active childhood...) is pretty big so my sock a bit stuck @ the calf area.

just to make sure it fits the heels right.

toes peeking through.

as you can see, the sock is ALMOST DONE! and it looks gorgeous. the sock. not my feet. *coughs*

a look at the completed sock in it's un-worn state.

i havent' block the piece. was thinking of complete the other sock before i block both of them and till then it's currently still incomplete..

tada! i'm modelling my pretty feet in my pretty socks. i'm so proud of myself i think i can explode.

MJ

was @ fiona's hse when the east side kakis were bz playing MJ.
when they took a break i entertained myself with baby Travis.
cute right? nxt time grow will be rather handsome but a bit bratty la - -" but too cute to resist @ the moment.

had to let gu practise holding babies cos he suck @ it hahahahaha


gu with baby Travis

i'm glad gu didn't 'manage' to knock Trav's head on the mj table altho i think he nearly did a few times when he couldn't control Trav.

i ended up using my knee cap to block the corner of the mj table while having Trav lie stomach dwn on my thighs. he was like swimming on it then kept wiggling and sticking his pampered butt into my stomach. - -"

popping by

realised i haven't blogged for awhile. been busy for a long time.
my two weeks of freedom passes by too quickly. watching countless dvds till 5AM in the morning and sleeping till way pass afternoon is now a thing of the past. i'm dragged back to 'real life' where my alarms starts ringing at 7am as i drag myself out of bed by 8am (yes. i giv myself 1 hr allowance..), brush my teeth, swallow my food and prepare myself for another 8 hour day at work. sigh. but all's not as boring as it sounds. it's barely a week at work and it has been somewhat enjoyable. everything's quite peaceful now. but of course, when i say peaceful, it's not exactly 'nothing to do' kind of peaceful. i have my usual heart attacks but nothing that will get me into a cardiac heart arrest or something.

besides the marine parade kakis whom i still hang out with pretty often and my occasional visits to kelv kor @ his store, i hardly get to meet up with any of the old friends nowadays. i wonder what iman is doing. yifeng is probably busy at camp but we still text each other from time to time. terry called up just before christmas. had a quick chat but i'm still wondering when's the next time we'll get to meet up. i had a splendid birthday last year. too bad for the 'memory lost' incident though. pity.

speaking of which, did i mention the fact that i've gotten a PSP for wilson as a xmas gift? i've been hogging it. lol.

i've managed to clear quite a number of dvds that i've stashed up forever but there's still plenty more waiting for me.

cleared
perfect lover [drama]
coffee prince [drama]
sugar & spice [movie] - this show kind sucked...sadly..yuya yagira didn't act too well here...
beck [anime] - made it into my top ten fav anime!
penelope [movie] - thanks to ranna for passing me this show! it's good.
akihabara deep [drama] - weird show but i like hahaha it's very otaku.
yasashii jikan [drama]
haikei, chichiue-sama [drama]
crows zero [movie]
the other boelyn girl [movie]
driving lesson [movie] - good stuff
from hell [movie]
ip man [movie] - damn good moves!
yellow tears [movie]
21 [movie]

to be cleared
macross frontier [anime]
rainbow song [movie]
kurosagi [movie]
last friends [drama]
innocent love [drama]
say hello for me [movie]
larc~en~ciel concert [dvd]
ghost whisperer [drama]
ponyo [anime]

i probably have a lot more shows to clear but off-handedly, those listed above r what i can remember - -"

i'm pretty excited about one thing for sure. lol the calendar that yoshi's helping me with. i bugged him quite a bit and he has agreed to help me create a 2009 calendar out of the anime pictures i provided him. i had one done by him last year. he wanted to 'close shop' this year cos he said he has received too much orders lol. somehow he relented to my buggings and decided to make an exception. woohoo!

on top of that, he lent me 3 comic books. super 'classic' kinds? omg la. hahahaha BERSERK and Shigurui. violence etc. tsk tsk. just my cup of tea altho erm, the drawing not really my cup of tea. -_-"

i'm still kinda mourning over the fact that CR is pulling out their anime. sigh. it's sorta a convenient one stop station for me to check out some of the latest stuff.

cny is coming and i bought two new tops. a dress (TOPSHOP) and a turtle neck pullover (MUJI). still havent had the chance to wear the pullover. the weather has been pretty warm lately. not easy doing shopping nowadays. lack of funds. sigh. how to survive sia.

anyway, i'm looking forward to the end of march. oh yes, pray hard that i can perhaps finish a baby jacket or something by then to bring to MH. or perhaps that colourful scarf for Ash. I'm still trying very hard to finish up my waving lace socks. stuck at the heels. i need help from Den! I've already sent out an SOS. sob. hope she come n save me soon.

ok will stop here for now. can't think of what else to rant about for now.

MY DREAM WALL

FYI: You see in the images below Mr. Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk's artist) painting a wall mural of his two Vagabond protagonists.




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Origami - Chunky Bead Earrings

got the idea from the origami jewellery book i bought. =)

liked how my earrings turned out.
did another pair for NANA's x'mas present since I was given an Origami book by Jesz and her. =)

Update: Made a chunky bead necklace for Yeelin's birthday.

忽略

有时候，越了解就越有可能忽略对方的感觉。
反应变迟钝。
知觉变得不敏锐。
本来清晰的事物变得不明显了。

然后就在不知不觉中，
一切演变成一种“习惯”。
接着感情变“乏味”。
原本闪闪发亮的将来变“暗淡”。

平凡中的美丽，你看得到吗？
还是你也把它给遗忘了

Early Christmas Shopping

bought these stuff from Lim's Place.
Cat on sofa is for YL. =)
Anything Chii like will become my gift idea for her. lol

Chii-like -cat-anything = YL

lol



oh yea and that two frogs, mine. hohoho!

recently i'm into these comfy pumps.
no frills, no design, just..something that comfortably wraps ur feet.



and then wilson n i saw this bag while we shopped in orchard.
it's a bag using the 'zao-lor' (runaway) bag as it's exterior.
the bag itself quite solid.
i'm quite amused by the design and ended up buying it. hohoho!

Surprise of the year!

my lovely colleagues crowded around my desk and gave me one of the best presents i've ever received. XD

I've been warned that something's coming my way altho i have no clue what it was and today was the day to reveal the mysterious package they've gotten for me.

wrapped inside a isetan paper bag was this queer looking pink box.
in fact, when i took it out i was still pretty clueless what it was.
i thought perhaps it was some figurine.
there was this picture on the box so i was 50% sure it's some sort of figurine UNTIL i turned it to the other side and found the word 'fragrance' lol.

so it's a perfume!

and it's the strangest looking thing ever!

what i was later informed, was that this is a line of perfume launched by Gwen Stefani with her Harajuku back up dancers and my figurine was one of the back up dancers with hair like grapes and i thought it looked like 'da chang jing' (jewel in the palace). lolx

but the cuteness of it all grows on me and the more i look at it the more i like it.
the perfume smells like baby powder. i like. haha better than flower scent.



here's a peek at how the whole set would look. =D


Image Source: Layers of Meaning

it fits nicely with my collection. lol
but i placed it there for the photo shoot only.
not as if i'll really leave it there!!!
later give ppl use until no more!

Midnight Carousel

just a random name i thought up for this necklace i made.
spend quite sometime thinking what do design with the beads i bought.
i started off buying the blue semi-precious beads first.

i must admit that the initial design i had in mind was rather simple and boring.
so i decided to stash my beads first till i have better design in mind.

inspiration suddenly struck me last weekend and i had this picture in my mind.
once i reached gu's house i asked for a pen and paper and started scribbling the design out.

the next thing i know, i was in chinatown buying more materials for my idea lol.

but i must say i'm not very satisfied with my end result but i liked the look alot.
will invest in better parts next time when i have more money. ^ ^;
buying the konata+kagami nendriod made me pretty broke at the moment.

just to mention, i crocheted the beads and black lace. ^ ^;

fat cat

fat cat's fur has become rather messy lately.
I even noticed how it has lost quite a significant amount of fur and weight.
sigh.

think it's really ill this time
hope it can recover somehow but i doubt so.
it's been sick for quite sometime.
with the weather being so cold lately, hope there's enough warm engines around.

nendooOOoo

It has come..to the time..for me..to de-box..my lovely nendroids!!!!!




this is the cutest thing ever!

i've spent a good few hours assembling my konata.
too damn cute but the nendriod falls into pieces very easily. *cry* T_T

i had a hard time making it stand but no worries. with patience.... i can do it!
even had an 'ideal' black setting for it muahahaha

the =3 faces are a bit..pale. the colouring a bit salah but nvm la. as long as the >_< face is ok ahahahahaha

the photos can be clicked to enlarge.





AKIRA-SAMA!!! *bows*



i haven't got the time to de-box Kagami yet...

AFA 2008

the place was damn crowded la.
but i saw some really cute stuff going on and the nendos in the display shelves!!!!
crazy amt of ppl armed with SLRs taking photos lol.



this lil figurines in the bottles actually moves!!! there's some sort of mechanism going on in the cap and so it'll jerk the strings that's attached to the limbs of the figurine inside and it moves!! very cute and very tempted to randomly get it but i think i rather save the $. ^ ^;



this one got me pretty wild. i can make my own MINI FOOD! omg. the very thing that can drive me insane. any handicraft-DIY thingy drives me wild actually. imagine making mini takopachi or mini donuts and puddings myself. actually... now that i think about it... i kinda regret not buying one to try. but then again.. it's expensive....



ah this stupid mame commercial LOL i actually helped MH translate the japanese script cos they wanted to air it in TW!!! omg la damn stupid lol can't imagine they brought this here. it's some peapod keychain thingy where you can compulsively press on it to have a mini pea pop its head out from the peapod.



these dolls are all quite fascinating...to look at...from the shelves that is.
i have this innate phobia for dolls with human faces (ever since Chucky, DAMN U!) and so yea. i don't keep dolls with human faces @ home. nendroids doesn't count tho. XD



rozen maiden series. lolz
quite cool ah.

oh yes. nothing beat what i'm gonna share with u next.
i actually splurged hundred over dollars for this.
i'm a bit nuts i know.

LUCKY STAR NENDROIDS!! KONATA + KAGAMI!!

*drools*




wah lau u have no clue but i went wild once i saw this. someone was commenting 'aye isn't that lucky star' and i just reached out my hands and grabbed it off the shelve. I DON'T CARE IT'S MINE AH!!!

isn't konata cute???? huh...huh...HUH!?

i wanted to get just konata actually but they told me it's a set. had to go aaaaaaaall the way to the basement to draw cash cos i didn't have enough with me. i asked the shopkeeper at least 3 times if she'll remember my face when i return and she MUST KEEP IT FOR ME!! and swear deep in my heart that i'll burn her booth if she doesn't. she say i have to get back within the hour. i practically chiong-ed to the nearest ATM.

My 25th Birthday

Had a splendid time preparing for my BBQ (rather hectic but it was all worth it) and I'm just glad it turned out fine and the crowd that came was great too. The food was great and many helped prepared some of the stuff and luckily I was sane enough to cut down on the amount of meat we bought this year that we hardly had any leftover (unlike last year!!) ^ ^;

Wilson has been a great help with the buying of groceries and stuff and being the driver of the day on Saturday. He even bought me two cakes! The chalet was sponsored by my lovely east coast kakis and thank god cos it started raining in the afternoon. If i was left to make the decision myself I would've booked just a BBQ pit. O_O

I enjoy preparing food and enjoy feeding people and to see all happy fed faces was my greatest return. a colleague asked me why bother with all the preparation when it's my birthday and i should've left it to others. it's what i like to do i guess. as long as i enjoy doing what i do, that's what counts right? even if some people don't understand that, so long as somebody out there does, it's good enough for me.

it was a little nerve wrecking at first when no one seemed to reply about whether they'll be coming beforehand to help and i did started out with all the food preparation alone and towards the end, help started coming in and although i've pretty much finished up most of the food preparation, the help that came in later did magic afterall haha.

i probably had a bit too much alcohol? all thanks to my lovely colleagues with their crazy rule about me not being the winner = i have to drink. damn. and CL topping up my cup constantly with great amt of liqour.

here's the photos we took:

Album 1

Album 2

Album 3

i was actually very touched on sunday cos gu have been the sweetest thing. i was still a little groggy from the night before and wasn't fully sober so gu had to guide me around but the thing was, he had very sleep as well. probably just an hour or two but he still brought me to AFA cos he knew i wanted to go and even remembered to buy me my fav Mr. Brown coffee when we were at the petrol station. that caught me my surprise but oh well heh! he wasn't feeling too well cos of the lack of sleep but he didn't complain either. just patiently followed me around while we squeezed through the crowd in AFA. altho it was the second day of the event already, it's still damn crowded. to reward my dear, i treated him to MOF haha!

black n white

i'm in a little 'black and white photo' mood lately lol.

大人になる

今日は１１月３日でしたね。
もうすぐ...私の誕生日も来るぞ。
私はもうすぐ...25歳になりました。
今の気持ちは何かビビっています。

怖いな...大人になる事。

何か気持ち悪い。

でも人生はそうでしょう？

そんな事私はやっぱり嫌だね...と思うってたんだけれど...
仕方ないでしょう？
前に進むべき。

はいはい...私に...お誕生日おめでとう...

beaten gu

JC needed a talent for a trial shoot. lol
who better to look for than my gu who looks so honest but potentially angst hahaha.
yea so she approached me in the middle of the night to ask gu if he's willing to help out.
i had to help him slap on some make up to look as if he got beaten up. i think i did an ok job lol.
my boss didn't even recognize him hahahahaha

double eyelids

Becky help me stick double eyelid tape @ work. lol

quite amazing. but i failed miserably when trying it on myself at home. =_="

origami rose folding session in the office

geez. u hv NO CLUE how much this is driving me nuts man!
i've been attempting to fold this kawasaki rose for ages and i've not managed to go past step 19 damnit!

i got the rose pattern from producer Sing.
he created a couple of paper roses for a shoot we had and i was so fascinated by it cos it looked so nice. but there's always a limit as to how much you can understand through reading a pattern than if you were to see for yourself how it's folded at certain point. illustrations alone can be sometimes rather limited.

after struggling for hours...IN VAIN...

sing tried a demonstration for me.

and he did it under ...like 5 - 10 minutes!?

*pulls hair*

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh MUST FOLD ROSE SUCCESSFULLY!!!!

i only managed to finish a complete rose towards the end of the day.

went home and tried to make another one again.
was holding to the coloured paper from home to out of home when i went to eat dinner until i got scolded by dad but i ignored him and tried to fold / figure out the pattern while eating. abit gone crazy already.

hikaru vs namie

just doing a random comparison, i find utada hikaru's song way more listenable than namie amuro hah!