Robbie Williams is back!

This is crazy! Not too long ago, we were talking about how sad it was that Robbie is no longer producing good solid old-school pop songs, and that his last album Rudebox was such an experimental piece and disappointing! And now... it seems a new album Reality Killed the Video Star will be out in about a month's time! (source)

Ooh I can't wait!

My prince of pop is back :)

Ain't he still as cute as ever... charming as ever... funny as ever... and naughty as ever...?

My self-built PC of nearly 6 years old, finally gave way and decide to go kaput when I was saving my 2 days worth of work onto the thumbdrive.

I'm still hoping with enough rest (of dunno how many days), it might be alive again even for 1 hr, enough for me to backup those few days of data. Which worked pretty well the last few times it refused to startup.

Anyways... since we're sooo broke, with last year's bonus meant for the next person to upgrade or overhaul a brand new system (which was supposed to be my turn, after missing 2 turns already) being used to built a brand new powerful work-cum-personal machine for my dear husband. Becoz his old system takes 2 hours to copy a 4gb SD card, which... eventually became a super powerful gaming system. - shake head


James had no choice but to allow me to use the iMac as my personal computer since I'm a Mac-literate. The machine was initially meant only for work but it was used to do mininal work and maximum play of SIMS3 in the office, for the last... let's see... 6 months?

I'm ok with the desicion made. I'm both Mac & PC proficient anyway. So... sitting in place of the old Viewsonic 22" monitor now, is the 'new' old iMac 24", bought last year, with loads of leg room as the cpu under the table has been removed.






My table now look neat and good yay?



If you're wondering what happened to the anti-mac person who bought an iMac for work... Well... Nothing happened!

The anti-mac person just happily continued with his weak PC and never once try to explore the OS environment, let alone do work on the super glossy and blinding screen.

In the end... the iMac is now added onto the Mac-lover's list of Apple gadgets owned.





p/s: Can't wait to build another 'mini' apple empire like I used to when I had my Powerbook Titanium in Curtin. This time... I'm going high tech!!

Couple of nights ago, I finally bought some delectable cakes which I've resisted whenever I'm in the area, TWICE. The cakes in its chiller display, just so lovely and tempting! I'll just let the pictures justify for its sweetly-cutesy yums!









Strawberry Cake.




Black Forest Cake.




Mango Mousse.




The bakery is located at Tampines 1.
Next time I'm in the area, I'll go try its neighbor competitor!
Stay tuned :)

I stayed up all night watching 'Remembering Michael Jackson' on E! Entertainment channel.
[MJ Memorial LIVE Blog, video streaming & website]
(You can imagine I'm zombified now at work...)

I've never really seen a memorial service that's out of our culture.
As many know, our culture commonly don't really hold memorial services like Americans did.
Then again, we are talking about one of most influential figure in the world, beside in the music industry.


I may not be the biggest fan of MJ, I do love his songs and his works.

With his songs, accompanying me in happy & sad moments from a little girl till now,
With his music videos, that brought discovery, bonding and laughter, from trying to imitate him,
With his voice, that taught me awareness of the less privileged, and what's going on in the world.

Like Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson will always be remembered and missed, through his music and the legacy he left behind. With someone who did so much for the world, and so little for himself, he will never be forgotten.

Strange as he may seems to be and strange of what he did, who are we to judge his actions when we couldn't accomplish as much as he did. Respect that he is who he said and showed he is. Respect that he did what he did. Respect that he converted to Islam. Rest in peace...




The best and my fave Eulogy of the Memorial Service.

My dear husband had a misfortune freak accident.

He broke his left forearm while in the mids of a game of paintball.

No no, the game is not dangerous.
Like I mentioned. It's a freak accident.



   
James & his little device of "torture".
No lah... the device helps to keep his fingers up & straight.



Now, in his 8th week. We've looked elsewhere for other alternatives to aid his recovery. With all our frustrations from the hospital on his recovery matters (no, I'm not gonna repeat the whole saga nor their attitude towards us for trying to transfer to another hospital), we've successfully transfered everything over to RAFFLES Hospital (as of this week).


Previously, we've been contemplating seeking Acupuncture treatment. The constant nagging of our mums' concern and encouragement, sway James to give it a go. Now he seems happy that the treatment works very well for him. From his first session, he felt a huge difference especially in his first 2 fingers. (He could even twitch his thumb a fair bit!)




As told by James, each acupuncture session is painful.
And that came from the man whose threshold for pain is very very high!


And since, he feels strongly that the physio therapies he's been receiving previously, lacks the specific care he requires, we also decided to seek another physio therapist that can work hand-in-hand with the Acupuncturist from RAFFLES.

Of coz, wouldn't it be better for him to receive a higher-level care and follow-ups from 1 specific Specialist at the Orthopedic Clinic (rather a different consulting doctor each time we went for his follow-ups at the previous hospital), which located directly opposite the Chinese Medicine Clinic.

Again, we're in great hope that all three departments can work hand-in-hand to steer his recovery on the right route with huge success. And keeping everything under 1 roof, allows us to lessen our frequency to the hospital. (Last week, we were at the two hospitals respectively everyday!)


At least now he's relief and more confident of his recovery, for ever since we started the acupuncture treatment, a few encouraging comments and a few solutions the Acupuncturist advised us, he had not been depressingly upset nor losing sleep whenever he worries for his future, of his left hand, especially his career future (even the aching pain has lessen).



On a lighter note :)

I know its amusing to some, and informative to others, below are 2 x-rays of his left forearm.



On the day he was admitted into A&E.



Latest X-ray, as of 1st July.



And yes... as usual with his morbid antics. My dear husband would love to receive a t-shirt from me, designed by me, with only his x-ray on it. -faint

It's been a long while since I last blogged.
What's everybody's been up to lately?
(I noticed a few blogs seems on hiatus mode!)


I couldn't sleep last night.
And its only 4 plus in the morning.
Yeah... I've past my sleeping hours and I couldn't sleep anymore.

Soooo... since I was clearing the folders & files cluttering on my desktop,
I decided to do a quick skin with something I had found and held on for a pretty long time.
I thought it's gonna be a long process...
But I was done, all designed, skinned and coded in almost 5 hours time!

FWAH... I just impressed myself! LOL
Normally I would take at least 24 hours or days to complete a skin.


I really like this desktop wall alot.
I had it on my iBook & on my PowerBook.
It's pink, with wings and most of all... with kitties!
Not to mention... its rare to find one with short hairstyle... to reflect my 'now' hairstyle too
kekekekeke


I've been clearing, re-organize and de-cluttering things lately.
(I think since last Decemeber.)

The wardrobe, my beauty collection, my bags collection, my laptops & desktops, my desk, my music collection, my cupboards, the storeroom, the fridge, the kitchen, my shoes collection, the van, my office desk, the house's safety kit & medicine box, and some parts of my room back at my parents' place. (All in that order...)

And now... my blogsite :)

It's nice to have people celebrating birthdays with you.

This year, I'm kinda not really looking forward to my birthday coz I'm just a year away from the big 30! I was hoping for a quiet, lonely one so I can 'delay' the effect of the fact that I am 365 days to turning 30!

But dinners and birthday cakes and pressies are always welcome ^_^





Ever since my maternal grandma's passing, no one bothers to cook me birthday mee sua with egg. When she's unable to cook, she always make sure my mum cooks the bowl for the birthday girl. (Eh... my mum thinks I married liao... so no need liao loh... I reckon she's just lazy...)

James decided to drag me in the mids of the night all the way to Bedok market and have a bowl of te gua mee sua, for this year's birthday. Though a few hours late and totally different bowl of mee sua, still, it's the sweet thought that makes this year's birthday slightly special.










The girls were wonderful to let my wishes come true by having the celebration at The Oasis. They also include mini surprises and warmth on a lonely birthday, as this year, it seems I was reminisces my childhood birthday celebrations alot.












Thank you babes, and to all for your birthday wishes.
Each of you make my day for the entire weekend!
Love you all!!





In case you were wondering what James got me for my birthday, as simple as I'm always am... I insisted for a Chicken Treat quality roast chicken for my birthday present from him.

The man cooks with lots of heart and effort. Though it didn't turn out as good as he expected, or close to Chicken Treat's flavor, it was a great taste to me, and definitely to the kitties!

The chicken lasted us 2 days half, till James complained sick of eating same food two days straight, we decided to shred the last 1/4 of the chicken and treat the cats. For the 1st time, I shared my pressie with my babies :)

How delightful to see the little ones eating in joy!

I've been waiting pretty long to play games and apps on my iTouch, given that it belonged to one of the first few batches that arrived in Singapore. (You can imagine how boring my 1st gen was compared to the 2nd generation models.)

As I wait and wait and finally totally forgotten all about the matter (think that was last year), I just spent my last 2 hours plus (and counting), going through the apps and especially games, after updating to the latest software!

(Stumbled upon the new updates while surfing apple sites becoz I was waiting for SP3 to finish installing. My com nearly died... Spent 3 days finding solutions and fixing it. Reluctantly, now its updated with SP3, and all's working fine, except for my IE7 and the system a tad slow. I haven't tried doing heavy graphical work on it yet... whatever the case, ain't looking forward to.)


I miss traveling on MRTs and Buses.
Coz now I'm driving most of the time, I won't get much chance to play with my "new" toy...

I haven't officially make known to many people yet, except for those who managed to see me in it, or had to be driven by me...

We got a VAN! - big grin


Yessh... you heard me right, a van.

As in, a commercial vehicle; a diesel consuming vehicle; a manual gearbox vehicle.


It's been a month plus now since we got the van. We've been pretty much driving it everyday. Correction, I've been driving it all the time...

But now I'm missing my TweetMobile like as if I'm missing someone who's out-stationed!! (Yesterday, we sent it to the service center for its 1st maintenance appointment and won't be getting it back till tomorrow. Btw, the frickin' service center is in TUAS!!!!) James just missed the convenience of having our own transport.


Most men would say, their car is their wife...

I say, my van is my other baby, after the kitties, after James. (eh, hubby gotta be first lah...)



p/s: it is I who named the van TweetMobile.
Just to irritate James... like how he would usually irritate me.
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

This is what one friend sent me...

"Hello Kitty Mild, meet Hello Kitty Wild! Sweet and innocent or out on the prowl: when she's good, she's very good, but when she's bad, she's unmistakably M·A·C! The icon adored by millions around the world is causing a commotion with our special, limited-edition collection of colour, finishes, glitter and shine, and a fanciful range of exclusive, It-Kitty accessories: the season's most sought-after collectibles!" ~ M.A.C.

Okay... The video is nice, dreamy and pretty. Not until the male Hello Kitties appeared started to freak me out alittle. I suppose they are trying to mature Hello Kitty... in all aspect!!


Oh... by the way... the same friend smsed me that the collection has launched today, in Singapore! Maybe tomorrow I go kpo... kekekeke

I'm never a Hello Kitty fan... but sometimes, in the weakest moments, I get sucked into all its cutesy-ness and bought some stuffs that I never could find any use of.


I was trying to catch up on my reads on all things pretty pretty... I cringed with goosebumps when I came across this...




Of coz, curiosity flooded. Their official ads looked promising, and quite chic.










Here's the whole load of more Hello Kitty merchandise, only this time by a cosmetics company! It's like a little girl's Hello Kitty makeup collection that's only available at a Toys'R'us store, being repackaged for grown-ups!!





















And you know what... the accessories that's included in this limited edition series, are sooo darn cute!! A few caught my eyes :)






















The Entire Collection.






I'm actually quite impressed. I'm actually attracted to the packaging designs. I'm actually itching to own a few items from the series. And I'm not shy about wanting these stuffs, coz they are pretty and stylish, and usable in real world!




Now ladies, before I finish this entry to start some scrutinizing and possibly some bidding-happy... Here's some interesting pictures of the launch, from the same blog I took all these photos... :)

Back in the days I was only 45kg and lighter, whenever I had snacks when I'm sick, I get the taste of the cane.

About 10 years ago, my dad suddenly proclaimed that one can only eat ice-cream to relieve sore throats. I thought he was making such a statement so he'll have umpteen excuses to get me buy ice-cream for him (note* Expensive ice-cream brands like Haagen Daz and Ben & Jerry).

Of coz, according to him, it was his doctor's orders.


Now, We still stick to such self-relieving methods. Only I found, the best ice-cream to relieve a very sore throat is plain old vanilla ice-cream, which doesn't leave you with more stickier phlegm after a session of self-healing.


And yes, I caught a cough bug, which left me burning with fever on and off, and both ears itching from inside my head and a constant building up of pressure that's enough to drive me migraine-y crazy, since last night.

I strongly suspect, it must be from that Indian boy (nope, I'm not racist here, its a fact) coughing at my face on the MRT on Wednesday, with his mum staring at me with disgust of his son's coughing and offered no words of apologies.

For God's sake, cover your mouth and cough next time!!

And that's how virus spread, with people like them, who has no consideration for others.

Kekekeke... how's everyone...


GONG XI FAI CHOY!!
And wishing a FAT PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR to all!!


Sometimes, you'll get so sick of things you do regularly...
During these times, you just wished for short-cuts.
I'm at a stage where I'm sick of doing some things the hard way,
and constantly sourcing for alternatives...

So, I thought go for something that I rarely (or never) do for a skin...
And here it is...


Yeah, the entire week I had it up,
and take time to tweak to my likings...
I cant help with the lags... (sorry)
coz I didn't designed it.

Meanwhile, for dearest like Qing, who's broadband-bytes counting,
I see what I can do....



And yesssh...
I'm a '5th day of the lunar new year' baby...
Apparently, its also the birthday of the God of Wealth.

Hm... And in my parents' & grandma's (if she was still around) eyes,
I'm officially 30 years old!!!
(By the count of the lunar calendar, 1 more year is added to your age.)

Whoppeeeeeeedo
O.o

3 words to not updating recently...

- Busy
- Lazy
- Tired










As you can see, I'm being 'bo liao' at the moment for if I'm truly MIA-ing, no new post should be made... But I'm just entertaining myself here... for shiites and giggles. Remember... I am MIA-ed! (and I'm still actively reading your blogs...)

I do not know if James and I are the best working combination for the new career path he's craving for himself. By far, we've been working pretty well hand-in-hand, somewhat smoothly and complimenting each other, like in our relationship.


It's been 4 months now, since I've let the news out officially on my blog that James' a professional photographer, chasing his passion. My original role was to be his post processor. Now, my role has been expanding. But I'm okay with it. I'm fulfilling alongside with my significant other, both chasing our passion :)


I'm flattered that a couple of people preferred my shots to James'. As much as I always preferred natural lighting, and able to produce nice portraits, I'm not a technical photographer. I can't shoot properly if I had the flash on. I get lost if I had the flash attached. And, I'm darned lucky to have prime equipments to work with, exploiting as much as I can out of these equipments, to boost my skills 1 level up.

My pictures are often exposed to a wider group of people online. Hence, more of my stuffs are put upfront, without his to be compared side by side with mine.


Comparing myself to a very technical James, he plans, he prepares, he sets, he composes, and then he shoots, for every shoot. I don't. I just go with my instincts,and then just go trigger-happy. At times, I do do my settings, but only for those situations I'm not awfully confident in.

I'm not like him, to put alot of thoughts into his pictures. You'll be surprised at how little basic editing is required for his whole lot of photos! As he progresses, each shoot requires less and less of my time to work on, leaving me more and more time on my own to work on mine.

Besides, his brains processes at a much faster rate than mine, he could handle and perform well under very stressful and tense environment. I'm utterly useless in such harsh conditions. With that, I'm gratefully for the stress-free environment he gave me to aid him in some of his shoots. In a minimal restrained environment, I'm free to produce any shot I seem fit, and exercise my keen sense of aesthetics.


From the first lesson in photography I received, it's been clear that I can't do my calculations right. I have a failing memory. I can hardly remember my technicals right when I shoot. But I have one advantage over others. I know my post-editing.

Of coz, given my "kuang"/shortcomings, I made use of my knowledge well to shoot what I need. Becoz, I know what I can do after on the computer and what I can't. (I know, that will make me more lazy in certain sense...)


As much as I love photography, I would preferred manipulating the pictures on a computer. Like an old friend pointed out to me, that she notices I loved working in Photoshop. She asked me why haven't I considered my career using just photoshop.

I used to think that me being a designer, using photoshop and freehand, will give me that sense of achievement and really doing what I always wanted. Somehow, after all these years, I don't feel as good as I expected to experience.


These couple of months, I'm upgrading my skills alongside with James. Yeah, some classes are boring, as I'm now at a much higher level. However, I push myself to revise my fundamentals. I believe, it's more powerful impact revisiting their fundamentals to improve. I also learned, that sometimes basics is all you need to move further.


It's been nearly 3 years now since my family and James been asking what I really want to do in my life. I know I can't stay forever in this company. As much as my folks loved me very much, I suppose it became dead obvious that I'm at a much happier state if I'm doing any creative work more than any shipping documents.

At least I know, I'm very much would like to be DI artist. Perhaps, when a special opportunity pops up, I might just take a chance and ride on it. For now, I'll just work my way up, as a multi-do talent. One that shoots, edits and create :)

Robbie Williams is back!

This is crazy! Not too long ago, we were talking about how sad it was that Robbie is no longer producing good solid old-school pop songs, and that his last album Rudebox was such an experimental piece and disappointing! And now... it seems a new album Reality Killed the Video Star will be out in about a month's time! (source)

Ooh I can't wait!

My prince of pop is back :)

Ain't he still as cute as ever... charming as ever... funny as ever... and naughty as ever...?

My self-built PC of nearly 6 years old, finally gave way and decide to go kaput when I was saving my 2 days worth of work onto the thumbdrive.

I'm still hoping with enough rest (of dunno how many days), it might be alive again even for 1 hr, enough for me to backup those few days of data. Which worked pretty well the last few times it refused to startup.

Anyways... since we're sooo broke, with last year's bonus meant for the next person to upgrade or overhaul a brand new system (which was supposed to be my turn, after missing 2 turns already) being used to built a brand new powerful work-cum-personal machine for my dear husband. Becoz his old system takes 2 hours to copy a 4gb SD card, which... eventually became a super powerful gaming system. - shake head


James had no choice but to allow me to use the iMac as my personal computer since I'm a Mac-literate. The machine was initially meant only for work but it was used to do mininal work and maximum play of SIMS3 in the office, for the last... let's see... 6 months?

I'm ok with the desicion made. I'm both Mac & PC proficient anyway. So... sitting in place of the old Viewsonic 22" monitor now, is the 'new' old iMac 24", bought last year, with loads of leg room as the cpu under the table has been removed.






My table now look neat and good yay?



If you're wondering what happened to the anti-mac person who bought an iMac for work... Well... Nothing happened!

The anti-mac person just happily continued with his weak PC and never once try to explore the OS environment, let alone do work on the super glossy and blinding screen.

In the end... the iMac is now added onto the Mac-lover's list of Apple gadgets owned.





p/s: Can't wait to build another 'mini' apple empire like I used to when I had my Powerbook Titanium in Curtin. This time... I'm going high tech!!

Couple of nights ago, I finally bought some delectable cakes which I've resisted whenever I'm in the area, TWICE. The cakes in its chiller display, just so lovely and tempting! I'll just let the pictures justify for its sweetly-cutesy yums!









Strawberry Cake.




Black Forest Cake.




Mango Mousse.




The bakery is located at Tampines 1.
Next time I'm in the area, I'll go try its neighbor competitor!
Stay tuned :)

I stayed up all night watching 'Remembering Michael Jackson' on E! Entertainment channel.
[MJ Memorial LIVE Blog, video streaming & website]
(You can imagine I'm zombified now at work...)

I've never really seen a memorial service that's out of our culture.
As many know, our culture commonly don't really hold memorial services like Americans did.
Then again, we are talking about one of most influential figure in the world, beside in the music industry.


I may not be the biggest fan of MJ, I do love his songs and his works.

With his songs, accompanying me in happy & sad moments from a little girl till now,
With his music videos, that brought discovery, bonding and laughter, from trying to imitate him,
With his voice, that taught me awareness of the less privileged, and what's going on in the world.

Like Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson will always be remembered and missed, through his music and the legacy he left behind. With someone who did so much for the world, and so little for himself, he will never be forgotten.

Strange as he may seems to be and strange of what he did, who are we to judge his actions when we couldn't accomplish as much as he did. Respect that he is who he said and showed he is. Respect that he did what he did. Respect that he converted to Islam. Rest in peace...




The best and my fave Eulogy of the Memorial Service.

My dear husband had a misfortune freak accident.

He broke his left forearm while in the mids of a game of paintball.

No no, the game is not dangerous.
Like I mentioned. It's a freak accident.



   
James & his little device of "torture".
No lah... the device helps to keep his fingers up & straight.



Now, in his 8th week. We've looked elsewhere for other alternatives to aid his recovery. With all our frustrations from the hospital on his recovery matters (no, I'm not gonna repeat the whole saga nor their attitude towards us for trying to transfer to another hospital), we've successfully transfered everything over to RAFFLES Hospital (as of this week).


Previously, we've been contemplating seeking Acupuncture treatment. The constant nagging of our mums' concern and encouragement, sway James to give it a go. Now he seems happy that the treatment works very well for him. From his first session, he felt a huge difference especially in his first 2 fingers. (He could even twitch his thumb a fair bit!)




As told by James, each acupuncture session is painful.
And that came from the man whose threshold for pain is very very high!


And since, he feels strongly that the physio therapies he's been receiving previously, lacks the specific care he requires, we also decided to seek another physio therapist that can work hand-in-hand with the Acupuncturist from RAFFLES.

Of coz, wouldn't it be better for him to receive a higher-level care and follow-ups from 1 specific Specialist at the Orthopedic Clinic (rather a different consulting doctor each time we went for his follow-ups at the previous hospital), which located directly opposite the Chinese Medicine Clinic.

Again, we're in great hope that all three departments can work hand-in-hand to steer his recovery on the right route with huge success. And keeping everything under 1 roof, allows us to lessen our frequency to the hospital. (Last week, we were at the two hospitals respectively everyday!)


At least now he's relief and more confident of his recovery, for ever since we started the acupuncture treatment, a few encouraging comments and a few solutions the Acupuncturist advised us, he had not been depressingly upset nor losing sleep whenever he worries for his future, of his left hand, especially his career future (even the aching pain has lessen).



On a lighter note :)

I know its amusing to some, and informative to others, below are 2 x-rays of his left forearm.



On the day he was admitted into A&E.



Latest X-ray, as of 1st July.



And yes... as usual with his morbid antics. My dear husband would love to receive a t-shirt from me, designed by me, with only his x-ray on it. -faint

It's been a long while since I last blogged.
What's everybody's been up to lately?
(I noticed a few blogs seems on hiatus mode!)


I couldn't sleep last night.
And its only 4 plus in the morning.
Yeah... I've past my sleeping hours and I couldn't sleep anymore.

Soooo... since I was clearing the folders & files cluttering on my desktop,
I decided to do a quick skin with something I had found and held on for a pretty long time.
I thought it's gonna be a long process...
But I was done, all designed, skinned and coded in almost 5 hours time!

FWAH... I just impressed myself! LOL
Normally I would take at least 24 hours or days to complete a skin.


I really like this desktop wall alot.
I had it on my iBook & on my PowerBook.
It's pink, with wings and most of all... with kitties!
Not to mention... its rare to find one with short hairstyle... to reflect my 'now' hairstyle too
kekekekeke


I've been clearing, re-organize and de-cluttering things lately.
(I think since last Decemeber.)

The wardrobe, my beauty collection, my bags collection, my laptops & desktops, my desk, my music collection, my cupboards, the storeroom, the fridge, the kitchen, my shoes collection, the van, my office desk, the house's safety kit & medicine box, and some parts of my room back at my parents' place. (All in that order...)

And now... my blogsite :)

It's nice to have people celebrating birthdays with you.

This year, I'm kinda not really looking forward to my birthday coz I'm just a year away from the big 30! I was hoping for a quiet, lonely one so I can 'delay' the effect of the fact that I am 365 days to turning 30!

But dinners and birthday cakes and pressies are always welcome ^_^





Ever since my maternal grandma's passing, no one bothers to cook me birthday mee sua with egg. When she's unable to cook, she always make sure my mum cooks the bowl for the birthday girl. (Eh... my mum thinks I married liao... so no need liao loh... I reckon she's just lazy...)

James decided to drag me in the mids of the night all the way to Bedok market and have a bowl of te gua mee sua, for this year's birthday. Though a few hours late and totally different bowl of mee sua, still, it's the sweet thought that makes this year's birthday slightly special.










The girls were wonderful to let my wishes come true by having the celebration at The Oasis. They also include mini surprises and warmth on a lonely birthday, as this year, it seems I was reminisces my childhood birthday celebrations alot.












Thank you babes, and to all for your birthday wishes.
Each of you make my day for the entire weekend!
Love you all!!





In case you were wondering what James got me for my birthday, as simple as I'm always am... I insisted for a Chicken Treat quality roast chicken for my birthday present from him.

The man cooks with lots of heart and effort. Though it didn't turn out as good as he expected, or close to Chicken Treat's flavor, it was a great taste to me, and definitely to the kitties!

The chicken lasted us 2 days half, till James complained sick of eating same food two days straight, we decided to shred the last 1/4 of the chicken and treat the cats. For the 1st time, I shared my pressie with my babies :)

How delightful to see the little ones eating in joy!

I've been waiting pretty long to play games and apps on my iTouch, given that it belonged to one of the first few batches that arrived in Singapore. (You can imagine how boring my 1st gen was compared to the 2nd generation models.)

As I wait and wait and finally totally forgotten all about the matter (think that was last year), I just spent my last 2 hours plus (and counting), going through the apps and especially games, after updating to the latest software!

(Stumbled upon the new updates while surfing apple sites becoz I was waiting for SP3 to finish installing. My com nearly died... Spent 3 days finding solutions and fixing it. Reluctantly, now its updated with SP3, and all's working fine, except for my IE7 and the system a tad slow. I haven't tried doing heavy graphical work on it yet... whatever the case, ain't looking forward to.)


I miss traveling on MRTs and Buses.
Coz now I'm driving most of the time, I won't get much chance to play with my "new" toy...

I haven't officially make known to many people yet, except for those who managed to see me in it, or had to be driven by me...

We got a VAN! - big grin


Yessh... you heard me right, a van.

As in, a commercial vehicle; a diesel consuming vehicle; a manual gearbox vehicle.


It's been a month plus now since we got the van. We've been pretty much driving it everyday. Correction, I've been driving it all the time...

But now I'm missing my TweetMobile like as if I'm missing someone who's out-stationed!! (Yesterday, we sent it to the service center for its 1st maintenance appointment and won't be getting it back till tomorrow. Btw, the frickin' service center is in TUAS!!!!) James just missed the convenience of having our own transport.


Most men would say, their car is their wife...

I say, my van is my other baby, after the kitties, after James. (eh, hubby gotta be first lah...)



p/s: it is I who named the van TweetMobile.
Just to irritate James... like how he would usually irritate me.
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

This is what one friend sent me...

"Hello Kitty Mild, meet Hello Kitty Wild! Sweet and innocent or out on the prowl: when she's good, she's very good, but when she's bad, she's unmistakably M·A·C! The icon adored by millions around the world is causing a commotion with our special, limited-edition collection of colour, finishes, glitter and shine, and a fanciful range of exclusive, It-Kitty accessories: the season's most sought-after collectibles!" ~ M.A.C.

Okay... The video is nice, dreamy and pretty. Not until the male Hello Kitties appeared started to freak me out alittle. I suppose they are trying to mature Hello Kitty... in all aspect!!


Oh... by the way... the same friend smsed me that the collection has launched today, in Singapore! Maybe tomorrow I go kpo... kekekeke

I'm never a Hello Kitty fan... but sometimes, in the weakest moments, I get sucked into all its cutesy-ness and bought some stuffs that I never could find any use of.


I was trying to catch up on my reads on all things pretty pretty... I cringed with goosebumps when I came across this...




Of coz, curiosity flooded. Their official ads looked promising, and quite chic.










Here's the whole load of more Hello Kitty merchandise, only this time by a cosmetics company! It's like a little girl's Hello Kitty makeup collection that's only available at a Toys'R'us store, being repackaged for grown-ups!!





















And you know what... the accessories that's included in this limited edition series, are sooo darn cute!! A few caught my eyes :)






















The Entire Collection.






I'm actually quite impressed. I'm actually attracted to the packaging designs. I'm actually itching to own a few items from the series. And I'm not shy about wanting these stuffs, coz they are pretty and stylish, and usable in real world!




Now ladies, before I finish this entry to start some scrutinizing and possibly some bidding-happy... Here's some interesting pictures of the launch, from the same blog I took all these photos... :)

Back in the days I was only 45kg and lighter, whenever I had snacks when I'm sick, I get the taste of the cane.

About 10 years ago, my dad suddenly proclaimed that one can only eat ice-cream to relieve sore throats. I thought he was making such a statement so he'll have umpteen excuses to get me buy ice-cream for him (note* Expensive ice-cream brands like Haagen Daz and Ben & Jerry).

Of coz, according to him, it was his doctor's orders.


Now, We still stick to such self-relieving methods. Only I found, the best ice-cream to relieve a very sore throat is plain old vanilla ice-cream, which doesn't leave you with more stickier phlegm after a session of self-healing.


And yes, I caught a cough bug, which left me burning with fever on and off, and both ears itching from inside my head and a constant building up of pressure that's enough to drive me migraine-y crazy, since last night.

I strongly suspect, it must be from that Indian boy (nope, I'm not racist here, its a fact) coughing at my face on the MRT on Wednesday, with his mum staring at me with disgust of his son's coughing and offered no words of apologies.

For God's sake, cover your mouth and cough next time!!

And that's how virus spread, with people like them, who has no consideration for others.

Kekekeke... how's everyone...


GONG XI FAI CHOY!!
And wishing a FAT PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR to all!!


Sometimes, you'll get so sick of things you do regularly...
During these times, you just wished for short-cuts.
I'm at a stage where I'm sick of doing some things the hard way,
and constantly sourcing for alternatives...

So, I thought go for something that I rarely (or never) do for a skin...
And here it is...


Yeah, the entire week I had it up,
and take time to tweak to my likings...
I cant help with the lags... (sorry)
coz I didn't designed it.

Meanwhile, for dearest like Qing, who's broadband-bytes counting,
I see what I can do....



And yesssh...
I'm a '5th day of the lunar new year' baby...
Apparently, its also the birthday of the God of Wealth.

Hm... And in my parents' & grandma's (if she was still around) eyes,
I'm officially 30 years old!!!
(By the count of the lunar calendar, 1 more year is added to your age.)

Whoppeeeeeeedo
O.o

3 words to not updating recently...

- Busy
- Lazy
- Tired










As you can see, I'm being 'bo liao' at the moment for if I'm truly MIA-ing, no new post should be made... But I'm just entertaining myself here... for shiites and giggles. Remember... I am MIA-ed! (and I'm still actively reading your blogs...)

I do not know if James and I are the best working combination for the new career path he's craving for himself. By far, we've been working pretty well hand-in-hand, somewhat smoothly and complimenting each other, like in our relationship.


It's been 4 months now, since I've let the news out officially on my blog that James' a professional photographer, chasing his passion. My original role was to be his post processor. Now, my role has been expanding. But I'm okay with it. I'm fulfilling alongside with my significant other, both chasing our passion :)


I'm flattered that a couple of people preferred my shots to James'. As much as I always preferred natural lighting, and able to produce nice portraits, I'm not a technical photographer. I can't shoot properly if I had the flash on. I get lost if I had the flash attached. And, I'm darned lucky to have prime equipments to work with, exploiting as much as I can out of these equipments, to boost my skills 1 level up.

My pictures are often exposed to a wider group of people online. Hence, more of my stuffs are put upfront, without his to be compared side by side with mine.


Comparing myself to a very technical James, he plans, he prepares, he sets, he composes, and then he shoots, for every shoot. I don't. I just go with my instincts,and then just go trigger-happy. At times, I do do my settings, but only for those situations I'm not awfully confident in.

I'm not like him, to put alot of thoughts into his pictures. You'll be surprised at how little basic editing is required for his whole lot of photos! As he progresses, each shoot requires less and less of my time to work on, leaving me more and more time on my own to work on mine.

Besides, his brains processes at a much faster rate than mine, he could handle and perform well under very stressful and tense environment. I'm utterly useless in such harsh conditions. With that, I'm gratefully for the stress-free environment he gave me to aid him in some of his shoots. In a minimal restrained environment, I'm free to produce any shot I seem fit, and exercise my keen sense of aesthetics.


From the first lesson in photography I received, it's been clear that I can't do my calculations right. I have a failing memory. I can hardly remember my technicals right when I shoot. But I have one advantage over others. I know my post-editing.

Of coz, given my "kuang"/shortcomings, I made use of my knowledge well to shoot what I need. Becoz, I know what I can do after on the computer and what I can't. (I know, that will make me more lazy in certain sense...)


As much as I love photography, I would preferred manipulating the pictures on a computer. Like an old friend pointed out to me, that she notices I loved working in Photoshop. She asked me why haven't I considered my career using just photoshop.

I used to think that me being a designer, using photoshop and freehand, will give me that sense of achievement and really doing what I always wanted. Somehow, after all these years, I don't feel as good as I expected to experience.


These couple of months, I'm upgrading my skills alongside with James. Yeah, some classes are boring, as I'm now at a much higher level. However, I push myself to revise my fundamentals. I believe, it's more powerful impact revisiting their fundamentals to improve. I also learned, that sometimes basics is all you need to move further.


It's been nearly 3 years now since my family and James been asking what I really want to do in my life. I know I can't stay forever in this company. As much as my folks loved me very much, I suppose it became dead obvious that I'm at a much happier state if I'm doing any creative work more than any shipping documents.

At least I know, I'm very much would like to be DI artist. Perhaps, when a special opportunity pops up, I might just take a chance and ride on it. For now, I'll just work my way up, as a multi-do talent. One that shoots, edits and create :)