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I'm Back... again...

2012-02-06T00:12:00.001+08:00

... and I hope my mojo to blog is back too.. :P

As you know.. I'm getting lazier in taking pictures...

Anyway... first thing first.... HappY CNY 2012!! ^^

This is my 2nd year to celebrate with Hubby... and as the Lee tradition goes... first day is spent in Genting Highlands... Bai nian with Uncle Lim and get BIG angpauss... hehehe..


My outfit on first day.. ^^

I posted this to FB and someone commented I looked like chio tai tai (stylish rich married woman) wtf..

Happy that I can still fit into the cheongsam.. Mummy bought it for me in our Melaka trip in 2010 (she was looking for a Cheongsam to wear for my wedding dinner, and I also wanted a cheongsam.. it was on a sale rack and it fits me)... the cropped tweed jacket? RM65 from times square.. hehe.. Nowadays I somehow becoming more and more "value-considered" when shopping for clothes.. maybe I have had enough during my flying years... maybe I've becoming cheapo... maybe branded clothings are a bit over the top with their prices nowadays... maybe I have earn lesser now... maybe...... argh.. when I wanna get a branded top from a branded shop.. I'll always think there are always look-a-like/inspired one selling somewhere out there.. and I'll rather spend that RM200 to buy that branded top and use it to buy a few more inspired.. Im cheapo like that nowadays.. hehe ^^

Ok. By the time I've done blogging this CNY is over... XP

What's next is an update of my work life... Hubby and his bro have join ventured and open a handphone accessories supplies in Seri Kembangan... and my job is a Admin cum HR cum counter girl.. lol.. ok I mostly do everything.. except holding the $ and accounts.. as I know nothing about accounts.. >.< but.... Im learning as much as I could... *gulp*

Mens hanging up the signboard a day before soft opening on 1st Dec 2011

I designed the signboard!! ^^ *proud wtf* but then Hubby insist that he THOUGHT about the logo.. I DREW the signboard... -_____-"

fine... $&%^(#*@!

Anyway.. I have to be more hardworking now that I partly owns this business.. XP working days are Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm... only a Sunday off.. Ok its not as bad as working for that 2 months in De H*** Biz.. I get Sundays off..=P

Oh, bout that De H*** Biz... its a long story.. but let me summ it up:

2 months | "spy" | learning how people works in this industry | long hours | 1 day off a week on weekday | far | low pay | boring | I quit.... the end..

LOL

Ok, I'm blocked.. dont know what to write summore.. I guess Im ending this here today...

Oh, btw, I'm missing on crafting... Resolutions 2012: I want to make myself craft something each day.. perhaps starting to crochet back is a good start... and I aim to only crochet flowers/butterflies...and collect them in a jar.. and they will be my embelishments in my future scrapbooking... Otherwise.. I feel like I'm wasting my $ buying SO MANY craft supplies but yet unused.. =/

Then slowly go up to scrapbooking.. I am still aiming to FINISH at least 20 more A4 sizes layouts before venturing to 12x12...

Or if I cant make it.. I'll continue to hons my crochet skill.. perhaps start practising with baby booties.. hats.. everything??

Ok I promose you 'al only 1 resolution first.. keeping it up needs strength!!

I'll post photo once I've done a flower. or a butterfly.. ok?

Now I gotta go.. laundry's done, and I wanna watch my drama and do manicure ^^ taa!!

I quit...

2011-08-27T15:05:00.000+08:00

Yes.. I tendered my resignation letter.. Well.. Its not that I can't cope in that company... I just couldnt stand their culture there... As I have so far managed to score my target and have my outlets all pass 100%... except this month's Jusco BH outlet.. -__-.. (ok if u wanna count in my June's Lot10 outlet.. I have nothing to say..but I was new...) I even reach a 120CTR(customer turn-up rate) this month whereas my target is 90... ^_^ So... my reason of resigning?

1) I truly dislike that we in this dept. have to work 10-7pm on a Saturday.

2) There is no OT pay for working that long hours. My job description in contract is working hours 9-6pm or 11-8pm. Yet if you have morning shifts and leave on time, you get the "roll-eye" stare.. leave late, there is also no goodbyes from that manager who roll eyed you..

3) Cold calling - its fine... except I cant stand to lie just to make people come.. whatever the promo ends this week is fake. As long as there is respond to that promotion, the promo goes on...

4) Customers lie too. They just sounds like really interested to come for an appointment but then did not turn up, saying forgotten, emergency, lazy, busy, turn off hp, no answer... etc.. sick of it

5) Managerial position people are really ass-holes..(I have stories in that too) but then.. if they are not assholes, they won't be sitting there to command you today.. ;)

6) HQ consultant have to make minimum 70 cold calls a day. (Outlet 30 per day per person) Raya season: HQ 100, Outlet 60... crazy.. in 70 cold calls I made, 10 gets thru and listens to you, 2 fix an appointment, the rest would be no answer, network message, voice mail, hang up, pick up silent. You are lucky to not get scolded... In that 2 appointments you make, probably that 2 person will not even turn up or answer your call anymore after that.. or they keep postpone and refix that bloody appointment.

7) Due to Raya season, response is really low, due to a) people need to spend $ on celebrations b) all balik kampung or puasa reasons.. So what they do when follow ups have all been called thru?(1 outlet have 3 outlet consultants, 1 HQ consultant.. and if that outlet couldn't achive their target, temp staff are being hired to back up. 1 old outlet may have 2000+ old datas. 4 consultants to make 250 calls a day, in less than a month, all datas have be called and recalled, making them "trash data".) Sometimes I do pity those people who sms in, as they will be bothered and annoyed for 1 whole year or more, unless they come for that appointment. Or, change numbers... After they come for appointment, they also get calls from skin consultants for that regular appointments... -___-

8)There is this system they created where all datas are only 1 years old, older than that, they will be exported out from system. When response is not enough, and target is not reached, system data have been "trashed", they exported some 2-3years ago numbers for us to call. Name them archived data. Now this is worse. in 100 calls I made, I get ZERO appointments.. but then my follow up calls are really high :)

9) Company's dirty culture. To hit 7million sales per month, those consultant made all kinds of dirty tricks to get $ from you; to hit sales target or "to close a sales" consultant must collect a minimum RM500 from you no matter what trick they use. So no matter how sincere I ask people to come for appointment, I promised them free first facial, next thing I get complains that to get that "free facial" they have to pay RM500 to be member; 1 bloody eye treatment cost RM430? RM9000 for 10 collagen-and-i-don't-know-what-else-in-it treatment?? Riddiculous! If you are just that strong and do not want to sign, you get "threaten" by bigger size consultants, then 2 more will come in, then later another manager will come in and ask rudely.. some said they lock the door and not let you out unless you pay some "deposit" Or said their package is today only offer and next time come back no more such offer, just to get you pay... sigh!

I could say I myself was a victim too... I went for a first trial in LWM for like RM20 6-7 years ago and the next thing I know after treatment I was being brain washed for package. When I couldn't afford, they asked for my atm card and start poking them into the machine and "extract" my savings out. Thank godness I was poor student and couldnt pay full amount! Till today I have RM1000 inside and still unused 8 treatments!! >(

NewsFLash! The boss n wife took a trip with a few top manegers/directors to Milan recently and the wife had spent SGD100000 (or was is 500000??) for branded bags! How we work our ass off and how lavishly they spent! Woohoo!

I would be really stupid for not leaving... yes unless my face is that damn thick!

Weekend~

2011-07-11T00:16:00.002+08:00

I watched all the season finale of my favourite American dramas on Saturday... =D (GG, OTH, DH... TVD ady watch) yeah I know I am so late to catch up but yeah I was that busy.... kinda...

I went back to Seremban finally, after near 2 months. Yes Seremban is near Kajang, but this is the only weekend I get to have Saturday and Sunday off.. ;) or just tad too lazy to go back cos I rather spend my only Sunday chillax... =P

Though I did not achive a 40 visits this 1-10th (some extra $ incentive if I do) but I kinda got no more mojo when I know the yellow rally will affect everywhere... :(

Yet this 2 days was just too short and not enough for me to start a layout scrapbooking or a little bit of knitting, I wanted to knit my own sun hat and some baby booties for Soo's new born baby girl~ can't wait for her to stop by KL and meet her... I hope...

Also didn't have the "time" to edit my Macau-Zhuhai-Shenzhen pictures.. (mostly Macau, cos I stoped taking pictures in mainland due to excessive window shopping and shopping =P

Mr Hubby went pms just now for I did my laundry late at night and ask him to help me to hang it up... He don't get it why I love doing laundry at night.. But I have my reason... the sun here is limited due to condo blocks so if I do my laundry early morning Im afraid it won't be dry enough by evening.... So doing laundry at night, the clothes are like 40% drier by morning... at least I done my laundry at night I don't have to wake up earlier to do it in the morning = more sleep...

And Hubby was like "why can't you do it in the weekend??" like hello, I have to work on Saturdays, and if Sunday I would love to got some sleep in than stressing to wake up by the alarm just to do laundry.. And these 2 days weather was a bit cookoo... I wanted to wash the bedsheets.. It's already 2 months and its starting to have.. "nice" smells.. =( And I just can't only do laundrys on weekends? I might have to clean the room, do ironing (though thank goodness I din't have to this weekend) Not that I have maid to help me... >( and not that YOU will help... >( >( Mr.Un-appreciate!!

Anyway.. enough of complains about Mr Hubby.. time to sleep.. hope to be able to leave office early the whole next week and start editing picture to blog and post.. T__T

3rd day @ work

2011-05-21T00:17:00.000+08:00

I would say I hate cold callings... Perhaps I hate ppl who cold calls me, or the feeling of being rejected... But once I got hold to it.. I mean the trick and tips of convincing ppl to come to the outlets (yea I get paid if someone I called actually comes to a fixed appointement) its kinda ok..

Been starting to cold calls since yesterday morning.. was really hard to do at first, especially I was given old contacts to follow up... its kinda a back up way for the monthly target... cos I am still new.. these are just for "practice".. but this morning, a colleague told me I actually made 50 calls, I was surprised! I did that?? LOL!!

And when I found out 3 of ppl I called and receive call actually came up for that appointment, I was estatic! Until the meeting today (I was in office till 8.30pm for that meeting, my parking $ today was RM12!!).. I got a little stressed when they was like saying "wow! three days here got 3 ppl ady!" Its like they are expecting me to do better than today! What if tomorrow I dont get that much.. its just luck ya know..

I have to practise 1 thing for sure, to pick up calls even before they ring.. cos the other 2 in my group is like seniors.. they are really quick! I havent even identify which number is ringing and they already pick them up! Cos till now I am only giving follow up calls, and not fresh data, while they have it.. so they totally have better $ that me...

Oh well im new I know.. I just wanna rant.. I know I'll soon have those data (like next mth they said) and I'll have to be fully responsible to get target, no help from the other 2 seniors.. now, I shall make myself enjoy "backing up" hmmm..

There are fun and not fun calling.. fun when funny things ppl said to give reasons to not come.. and not fun when ppl actually hang up or get angry and so on..... like eg, today a colleague fixed an appointment for this aunty to go in lot10 at 5pm. Aunty said will ask husband to fetch her. And do call her back to remind her. So when colleague finally manage to call her after many failed attempts of unanswered call, she ask if aunty still wanna go, but aunty's son picked up the phone. said mom went out with dad..

Ask if his mum coming to lot 10, he said no, they are not coming.. then he was stammering unsure how to respond to us... and said want to let her sis to talk to us.. then hang up.

Of course.. my senior-very-pro-colleague called back. this time Im not sure who answered.. but said they are not coming, wanna change the coupon amount she bought to product (which was impossible to change names or even products in this promo) and funny was, aunty "went out".. but he did not put us on hold and said "MA! They said cannot change ppl or exchange for products"

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL!!!

anyway... lesson 1: Do not simply sms for more info, unless you are interested to do so, else you get calls every month persuading you to go their outlet or buy their packages...

First day @ work... Layout #8th

2011-05-18T22:27:00.000+08:00

Yawn!! First day at work was soooooo boring!! Well.. cos I am new, and they haven't set up the system for me yet! And looks like people are not gonna teach me everything.. I'll have to ask and wait.. if not.. they just do their stuff.. I guess.. But I cant judge someone so soon right.. just wait and see...

Well case point was at about 4pm++ and I already had nothing else to do after reading and re-reading the guidelines and info they printed for me, so I finally open my mouth and ask how can I do some calls, and THEN, only somebadee taught me how to open the data.. but wthell! I dont have those file sharing folder... -__- So called the technician again to enquire.. and they said they will check for me.. and there I am again trying to spend off my time till 6pm.. -_______-" I even played games.. freaking boring and sleepy nothing to do!!

Anyway.. as promised.. 1 last layout before I start work... I finished this last night.. Im guessing I'm couldn't/wouldn't have time to scrap.. I do hope I have time.. You know my Tioman pics still have 3-4 to go... Ady thought of some layout.. but I guess I'll keep it for a free weekend.. I dont think I can do it by this weekend, cos I guess I have to work on saturday and sunday its laundry and ironing time.. TT___TT

No flowers, no hearts... =P

I squeeze my brain juice out to not add in flowers and hearts.. lol.. I only thought bout the buttons last minute and after some trial arrangements.. I came out with this.. =P I bought this pack of vintage inspired buttons from Targets also last time, together with those chipboard flowers.. but never used them yet... till now.. LOL..

I drew broken white lines on the paper..

Looks like stitches isnt it? hehehe.. the blue is too plain without some borders.. and it just matches the buttons... hehehehe... I even drew on the boats.. forgot to take their picca.. =P yeah.. not original.. idea copied.. but atleast I dont have to wait for a future home to bring my sewing machine over to finally use the idea! That'll gonna be a few years wait and these trends might just be outdated!! =P

Stickers from momoyo...

Well.. gotta go zzz now... have to wake up at 6.30am! TT__TT

1000th day... =)

2011-05-15T22:24:00.000+08:00

Ok.. might be silly for you... but just a reason to eat out... heheh...

I just have to keep a copy of this... hehehe...

Went to have lobster @ Lobster man SS2... Pics later.. haven't "extract" out from iPhone.. =)

Ok, maybe I should celebrate our next 2000th day.. hehehehe.....

I was asking Hubby, which anniversaries we should celebrate? Our official dating day? 10.10.10? or August 5th? Or all three? Then Hubby said why don't we also celebrate the date we meet, the 1001th day, the 1111th day....etc? lol!!

Layout #7

2011-05-14T21:28:00.001+08:00

I did this yesterday.. but blogger was upgrading or fixing something.. so didn't blog... ^_^

Us in Tioman.. (still) with the rented 2 person bicycle, while waiting for the time to pass to depart back to KL...

I dont wanna use the flower elements.. so I tried with heart... =P

Yeah~ I use the word LOVE again!! Just couldn't think of any quotes! And I don't wanna put long quotes! Or initials.. or leave an empty space!!

I "cut" my own scallop edges.. hehehe.. with a corner rounder punch! =D Even used a smaller corner rounder punch (yes I have 2 sizes.. =P) for the picture.. but cos it wasn't the right size.. 1 part kinda went out of shape.. but you wont notice it if I don't tell you right? hehehe....

I cut the tree and the grass after a random draw behind that wrapping paper.. just some scraps I still keep.. lol.. and of course used my heart punches for the "leaves" ^_^

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If you do notice the side of my blog panel.. there is a countdown.. and today... its...:

yesss!!! Tomorrow is our 1000th day aniversary.. lol lol!!

I told Hubby about it and he laughed.. I thought we should go out for a simple dinner to celebrate.. and have some piccas taken.... hehehe...

Anyway.. Im jam stucked now with my next layout.. I have hundreds of sample from the online and magazines.. but I found most of the samples uses flowers to decorate.. those without, uses patterned paper.. which I'm lack of.. =(

What matches Dark blue card stock and a beach theme? and have a masculine feel in it? hmmm =( Apart from using hearts again, any other ideas?? What I tried searching online, those without flowers looks out.. I mean.. the trend now is flowers embelishments.. =/ or 3D... I kinda not used to empty scrap-space..

Yes, what I want to use as my background now is a dark blue card stock.. but Im having some time to think of matching colors and embelishments, without flowers... =(

Give me some ideas? Pretty please??

p/s: wtf I have 23 visitors today (ok minus 2 which is me) and most of them are my coca-cola post viewers!! I'm kinda shy with that post now, cos my fringe was PERMED so ugly by the Koreans.. and I wasn't even in good makeup and clothes!! >( shall I hide that post?

I'M HIRED!! =D

2011-05-10T00:51:00.000+08:00

Went for an interview today in Menara IGB... in this company that opens Yumnam, London Weight Management and New York Skin Solution...

While on my way home.. They called to confirm me! And I am to start work next Wednesday!! haha! So soon! =D

Its a Customer Service Officer, calling and receiving calls and inquiries for either one I'm working above.. and persuade people to go to the outlets, and each successful visits I get my commision.

Well, I don't know how tough is it, or the target that I'm able to hit.. I do hope is an easy peasy job *finger crossed*

Pay wasn't that much that I expected, but well.. pretty sufficient I think..

And Hubby said this is only temporarily, till his "shop" is ready for bussiness, and I am to help him there.. =)

shit.. it hits me now that I have to start working in a week's time.. o.O" Time ti keep away my crochet and scrapbooks?? I dont know... =(

layout #6

2011-05-09T22:28:00.000+08:00

Erm.. I quite not happy with the result... =(

I think too much gold used.. looks so..... hmmm... M? Should have used some other colors for leaves, but I cant think of what color to combine with gold..

Watcha think??

I bought this metalic gold paper like for ages! I think since college or so.. never intended for scrapbooking.. Don't know for what... lol!

I made 4 large hibiscus.. and I thought I keep 2 for future use.. but in the end the layout looks quite empty and I ended up using all four of them.. And I was lazy to make more tiny roses.. but I think the page is over-whelemed by all the flowers ady.. Maybe I'm so used to a few photos in one layout.. not quite used to looking into once picture.. hehehe...

This LOVE is embossed!!! =D I got this gold embossing powder in that craft shop in Frankfurt.. (if u remember, together with my punches.. which now I notices its actually EK success.. -__-")

I never used it before.. but earlier, I tried on embossing powder (black) and it dint work with hair dryer.. so I was kinda excited seeing the powders melt.. hehehe.. ^_^

But then the embossed gold and the paper gold is of different shade! And the flowers over-powered the embossed!! =(

I wanna make at least another layout before I start work! Please make me do it!! *cross fingers*

But you know what, ever since my first layout, I've been using flowers as mediums.. I wanna change! But I have no idea what to use apart from flowers!! And shall I make my next LO flat? or how?? Btw, I'm very close to finishing the printed Tioman pics! Yay!

Mummy's Day~

2011-05-08T22:57:00.000+08:00

Stuff I did for Mummy's day.. lol.. its a rare occasion.. cos previous years of attempt to celebrate with mum comes with a "no thanks" from mum saying I'm wasting $$, or I'm not around... etc....

these are sea salts+lemon+Burt bee's body oil... ^^

I subscribed to Martha Stewart's Craft, and they emailed me ideas to make home made gifts for mom... and I decided to give the bath salt body scrub a try.. heheh...

salt = RM2 (large pack, I only used a little)

lemon= RM1

Burt Bee's Oil = RM55 for 115ml, but I only used like 15ml... the rest can be my moisturiser or body massage oil... ;)

added in lemon peel and juice for the fragrance and color.

pour in to the jar I got from jusco for RM7.90 (before 15% discount)

tadaaa!!! =D

I know if I buy gift for mum, she'll nag me for wasting $, and going for fancy eateries also gets another no thank you... cos some how mummy never believe in celebrating lavishly.. lol.. and I'm jobless right now to not be able to do it lavishly~ hehehe...

So Mei and me decided to make things homemade this year..

I made a card too... =P

Yes, I have time to make another card too ;) I came upon this idea from the internet, but I forgot where.. so there.. I'm not original.. just in case the "designer" of this card did see my post, here, I said thank you for your inspiration =P

yes ;)

I made the pot's pattern with one of the templates I bought from paper wishes, and sponge in my pink ink.. then I drew borders with brown ink pen around the sponged pattern (cos I feel pink is not that visible from the yellow card)

The flowers are thick precut cardboard flowers I bought from Target in Atlanta (yes I still remember) its a large pack with many many different card flowers... Well.. kinda out dated now, cos I bought and kept it so long, hoarding it not willing to use cos just-in-case-i-finish-it-and-cant-buy-them-again-anymore wtf but now I have to make more use of them and be done with it.. -__-"

And the flowers were a bit tad boring, so I stick on layers with smaller flowers, added rhinestone and tried to glitter them with the popular glitter glue I bought (no idea if its acid free or not)

I stamped the message with my new acyclic alphabet stamps, and some flowers and butterflies rubber stamps from popular also..lol.. I pretty much got a few rubber stamps from popular earlier, cos I thought stamps in scrap booking store is too expensive... T_T but then now I pretty much own a load of them... =P temptations...

Mummy's breakfast... ^^

Yes, Mei and me got up as early as 7.30am this morning to fry some heart shaped eggs and hot dogs.. I cut the cucumbers and gardenia bread to heart shape too... hehehehe...

Well.. its a successful idea for mummy who always "no thanks" us... lol! She was.... "touched" (cos I don't know is it a sincere one or not.. she looked fake doing the "touched" look.. LOL!!)

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btw.. here's my upcoming layout:

TH "dies" I traced on some gold paper

Pretty much old wrapping paper I bought in college years...

Hibiscus?

These are large flowers from here... using large and medium "dies"... and the stamen from the mcgill punch I got...

This is another rose flower I learnt from youtube

Using the same range of dies also.. so stay tuned for my layout very soon ;)

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And I couldn't resist posting this... hehehe...

hehe.. I saw it in youtube once.. and I saw it from anonline store.. I got it... >.< for RM39.9... a bit ugly though.. I already colored the pink cat eyes to black.. and later might "alter" it my way.. hehehe.. It was pretty fun earlier, trying to put in 50cents coins.. But the box couldn't fit much coins.. kinda full ady.. =(

oh well.. time to sleep! I woke up too early~!

Im useless... =(

2011-05-05T13:25:00.000+08:00

No, its not a emo post.. pms-ses over..

At times, I do feel useless.. sigh..

I find myself not being able to be qualified for a job. Yes I blame part of myself being choosy.. and part of it couldnt even qualified for some requirements..

Eg: Graphic Design. I had a Multimedia Diploma cert. But that was 4 years ago. I keep saying I went to a pariah college. But the fact is IF I ever did put some effort in my projects and portfolio, Im sure Im better. My other college-mates seems to be working fine in this industry. Why not me? Now I see the requirements, Like you need to know HTML, or 3D, or Flash.. I mean I can self learn 3D, but flash and html is kinda hard.. to me.. =( Then now some printing companies requires me to know the printing block or something for separate color printing machine.. which I don't remember anymore.. =(

and then, part of me is feeling that with my qualification, how much can I earn in GD? 1k? 2k? is it even enough? I've been sooooo used to 3-4k pay!!!

Now, skip GD, we go to other industry that I may be able to work... Like admin! or HR! but requirements: Minimum diploma in bussiness admin, or human resource.. SIGH! I dont have that! Unless I go take a diploma/degree course now! Who's paying me? Even if I study part time, I need a job to pay for it right? Who's hiring me~??

Sales.. Been to 2 inteviews! Ok, so I dislike the Dell.. but Citibank kinda sounds interesting.. but till now no news.. I dont know is it the way I gave my answer in the interview to not get these positions, or just Im not qualified cos I have no experience or what-so-ever.. =(

I wanna do sales, cos I believe if I put my effort in, I am able to get my previous salary amount.. but if it requires me to cold call... well... I already dislike ppl who cold calls me.. now I have to do the same?????? I dont know.. =( If that sales requires me to go out and find clients.. Im not sure how good am I to be able to talk to them and sell my sales.. low confidence... =(

We had some talk that day... hubby and me.. and he actually suggest I take an interior design course and then future up a biz in kitchen design and hobs.. I am interested! Someone's actually agrees to me to learn ID!! =D But after a bit, Hubby thinks that biz needs a lot of revenues? Cos have to give me time to study ID, work a bit for the experience and hire contractors and lorry drivers.. buy lorry... etc etc... sigh!!

I even researched for a ID college. And I found a part time 1... I mean I do have some basic, so I can pretty much learn them more easily right? I'll have to talk to Hubby and convince him...

And mummy actually thinks ID is not good. And ask me to learn to be a Hair dresser wtf... -____-"" I am not looking down on hair dresser, but its not my field of interest.. I might just learnt it and dump it half way right? I rather she let me learn nail art.. ah... speaking of mummy.. I dont know what kind of things in her mind, asking me to apply for a government job. Easy and good pay job wtf.. No, I dont like to join the M work force!!

You may say "how come those with lesser qualification than me can have jobs and I cant?" And I say it again.. I have a part of me who couldn't sacrify for a lower pay... but to get that higher pay needs more qualifications... so how?

Now, advise me what to do? Im so stuck.. and the longer Im at home the lazier I get... you know... procrastinations.. and penniless... =(

Layout #5

2011-05-02T01:00:00.001+08:00

Yea lor.. =( till now only 5th layout... =(

I think not bad for a beginner... hor? =P

I didn't use my new punches yet.. I don't know why.... actually.. I do know.. I was doing it on a day where Hubby is around.. I don't want him to know I just bought them, so they were hidden =P (ok I know the severity of my shopping habit >.<)

He saw some of my scalloped heart punch and my 1" circle punch and he already questioning me..(my stash scattered ALL around the room when I scrap, thanks to small space... ) IF he saw that at the same time.. opps... =P

I made these flowers myself!! hahahaha! Yes, the large bloom is from one of that TH (I don't wanna type the full name, just in case someone search online and found me and tell TH and who knows TH will sue me for doing that to his pattern.. >.< ) tattered floral "die" I made.. the blue ones in the middle are punched out... The colors were also spritz from my own self-made "glimmer mist" and I added a pearl into the middle... hehehehehe....... looks real~

Ok, I didn't invent them... tutorial from here I didn't copy exactly cos I don't have a star bust punch, (pat myself at the back, not planning to buy them.. not right now...) so I took out my daisy punch and did the same... I'm glad I have no urge to buy a star bust punch, but also not so glad, cos I cant wait a month for the stamen punch, I bought it DOUBLE the price it should have been @ SnC... bad Alison!! Just for the sake of I can be able to make nice flowers asap! >( I know there' many small words in here, try not to read them... =P

The dark brown daisies are not glimmer misted, just distress inks with my "blending tool" =P and added in a rhinestone from my collections.. =P The only thing I use from my new arrivals are the branch leaves...

I glimmer misted the doilies I bought from Jusco too ^_^

Cherish stamp I got from Craft Haven... sales cos its old stock and the stamp is yellow... but who cares as long as its usable... ;)

I... erm didn't stamp it properly so the vines weren't nice, so I drew them up again with black ink pen.. is it obvious if I don't tell? =P There are actually 2 stamps in here.. notice those extra curly vines on the left? It was another mini stamps.. I feel that part was too empty without it.. =)

I was pretty stuck with the title till I found both of this.. hehhehee...

And that night after I created this, I suddenly have SO MANY ideas on my mind!! I nearly couldn't fall asleep!! But as I wake up the next morning.. Idea still in, but mojo gone... =(

Anyway... was surfing around and found more pro designers. Totally inspired me.. but I need to make myself do more.. hmmm.. stupid procrastination disease!

Crocheted hat, and more shopping hauls... =P

2011-04-28T16:15:00.000+08:00

Here's a sun hat I've promised to do for Candice...

lol.. I was pretty sastified.. I followed the pattern from here... but I added extra lines cos my yarn is a 40g. If I follow that pattern without adding my own lines, I'm afraid this patten will only be suitable for a child's head.. lol... Though my first hat might not be that perfect.. but I think its ok... =P

*ok Im so doing the praising myself here... -__-" *

Anyway, my next hat project is gonna be for my own, and I have bought dark blue yarn for that.. ^_^

I found a yarn shop called "Haby&Wools" in Ampang Park. This shop have more yarn choices.. but of course, nicer yarns is more expensive.. But, of course, it wasn't as expensive as that shop I've visited in Pearl Point Old Klang Road.. -__-'' This shop is apparently been there for a long, long time. I believe so, cos I remember going there for some sequined threads for my self made retro pants for that "Induction 70's Concert" 2005 in college ;)

double knitted yarn 50g

I bought a few of these (RM19.90 each!!) and decided to make some little shoes for Soo's baby girl.. I asked the shop keeper and she said those yarns I used to make the sunhat is too rough for baby's leg.. And of course, I can also use this yarns to make other things. Maybe for my own future baby? =P Or make and sell them... hehe..

I also bought a book there that have some patterns with I would love to try my hands on...

sigh... cost me RM69.90..

But I tried searching this kind of pattern online, and I cant find it, or I'll have to pay for it.. So I might as well invest in this book which have at least 8 patterns inside.. =)

This is an English pattern book.. which means I also have to be careful to know confuse myself (I followed American's pattern and style due to most tutorial in youtube is American's...)

hmmm... you know lace vest is back on fashion? =)

but Im not sure WHEN will I be starting them, or can I even successfully make 1 that is wearable.. lol.. So I spotted some nice lace vest in Nichi that I might get them first.. =P

Jaspal have them too, but waaaay more expensive~

I wanna make this top also!!! =D

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In another shopping chapter, these are stuff I bought from paperwishes. An online shop in USA... I sent it to Washington, where Gyna collected it for me.. and it nearly went to a whole world before reaching me.. Kinda took 1 month also.. LOL

Ok, it dint go to a whole world, just Korea-Penang-Korea-KL... and finally to my hands from LeeChin.. LOL...

Templates from the company...

I cant afford the Slice Elite yet.. and they have these template where I can trace many kinds of pattern and cut them up.. yes lotsa fussy cuts.. but hey I dont need to get all kinds of punches..

Some cost USD 1 (sales) and other cost up to $6.99.. If I dont remember wrongly~

Alphabets stamps!! =D and some mini stamps.. and a pack of girlie embelishments..

a book of papers for me to play on

Its vintage pattern, and its for me to use when I start to venture to 12x12 LOs.. (is LO = layouts?) apart from its pattern only on 1 side, and slightly thinner paper material (but its written there improved to heavier papers) but its alot cheaper than buying piece by peice..

I think these are like a dollar or so.. so I just click buy.. lol..

I WILL venture to try up soap making in the future.. =P

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Okay. Call me silly, or stingy.. but I had an idea to NOT buy the Tim Holts distressing tool.. I used that once in the SnC class.. and it was pretty much like an office stamping tool but have some velcro tapes and foams on it.. So I ask mummy if her office have unwanted old stamps..

Mummy got some back for me (pretty much) and I removed the rubber from the stamp, stick and stapled the velcro on it.. bought a piece of felt form Art Friend and cut them to mini pieces... and....

WALLAH!!! =D

Who cares if the wooden stamp is a bit dirtied and old? LOL =D

You have to pardon the dark look.. my iPhone is not listening to me =(

I did tried it.. looks preeeeety okay on that sample...

Another silly thing I did... I am / might not purchase a die cutting machine.. cos that is very expensive I believe, getting a die cut machine and its many kinds of pattern and the cover thingy to cut the pattern out.. compared to a Slice Elite.. and die cuts can only cut 1 pattern into 1 size.. and of course, space is very important to me...

But I like that TimHoltz tattered flowers very much! Especially I saw many experts out there having them and making very, very nice flowers.. So I came out with this silly idea: I googled for the largest size of TH flower pattern, check out their actual size and resize that picture to their actual size.. then I printed them out, and stuck it onto a hardboard.. and cut them out!! =D

Benefits of a Multimedia Diploma.. haha.. -__-"

Taadaa!!! =D

Looks real right ; )

Well.. it involves more fussy cutting.. cos when I need those flowers, I will have to trace them onto a paper I want to cut, and cut lotsa layers of it (if I need 10 petals, I have to fussy cut each and every piece of it o.O" ) hard work.. but till I have my own cutting machine.. hehehe..

I kinda got this ideas from those templates I bought.. like since I dont own a machine.. why not have template instead.. Of course, I also like TH's bird cage.. but that is TOO MUCH fussy cutting.. Im gonna skip that.. =P

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Last but not least for today, I had a LOVELY surprise yesterday!! (not really a surprise, but just didn't expect it..) Suddenly got a call from the postmen in the afternoon, that they have my parcel, in front of my block, I was like "huh" I dint order anything did I? But remembering the date and kinda thought what it was...

MY MARTHA STEWARTS PUNCHES FROM THE USA!!!

=D =D =D =D =D

*HYPER*

deep edge punch lattice heart

Edger doily lace...

deep edger butterflies...

scalloped dots..

punch around the page combos- vintage florals

punch around the page combo - double heart...

and a leaves punch I forgot to take pic.. =P

So HYPER-LY excited!! =D

Now, I'm not gonna tell you how much I've spent.. but I can say I love end of the month.. hehehe... and no more reason why I don't have this or that to scrap? I hope so..

Im kinda in a brain freeze.. dont know how to scrap.. Im guessing Im putting my aim too high (wanting my LO to look like those experienced experts) and so spending time to coordinate embelishes.. but I forbid myself on getting a kit.. I wanna try coordinate things and colors myself!! Which takes time..

Im trying to listen to those experts out there, dont use too much time on a piece of LO.. hmm.

*finger crossed*

Blog neglected... again!

2011-04-24T16:28:00.001+08:00

I neglect to post again.. but after all.. I wasnt even productive these week.. :(

Just got back from 4 days Ipoh-Penang-work trip with Hubby.. 2 days work, 2 days play~ ^^ Then again.. I have not much pictures with me cos I feel ugly with my breakouts and fats.. TT_TT

buy estima.. lol.. very strong..

Saw this car in front of us in our Ipoh stop. Apart from the metal that got crushed, the light and even the car plate is still good and intact! And it is still drive-able.. wow! =D

Nice car number.. :)

2nd day in Penang..

Ok I photoshopped my breakout away... =P

My fav Penang Laksa.. ^^

Never get bored. yet. Our penang trip 2 years ago we had this Penang Laksa 3 days consecutively on our 3 days there.. ^^

And what a coincidence! That Penang trip was in April 2008 and this trip was also in April! =D

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This kind of things makes me happy... =P The new place in Penang: Strait Quay Marina Mall... Sadly.. cos its new, it was pretty empty..

You can say I post this cos Im showing you all my accessories.. =P

I look like im not wearing pants.. =_=

My photographer cum driver cum husband... hahahaha..

Paparazzi pictures.. lol.. like Im a celebrity.. hehehe..

I was looking for that Charlie Brown cafe Gyna told me..

more paparazzi pictures.. =D

found it... @ 2nd floor...

But we dint sit and have a drink.. apparently they drew charlie brown's face on the cappucino.. :)

Stayed 2 nights at another hotel Hubby booked via his HR dept.. and we decided to stay 1 more night in Batu Ferringhi for the seafood bbq and Gyna found a service apartment for RM160 per night with 2 rooms..

Pool view from Sri Sayang apt 28th floor..

Seaview.. with paragliding activities..

I want go play!!! I just want to know how is the feeling of it gliding in the air with no safety bars.. lol..

The multi-million Ringgit villas..

Hubby just read in the newpaper that houses in Penang are even more expensive than KL! And those semi-Ds there might just cost 5M for such a large land, and facing the sea.. o.O"

Camwhoring @ the balcony..

and edit my pic with photoshop.. here.. I let you see the breakout n fat face me and after the editing..

I used to have that edited face... =( Its either cos of getting older, the face grew wider too.. =( partly fats, partly bones.. you think those "face roller" works? shall I get 1? hmmm...

ahh... sunset!

I have a few more sunset beach pictures with Gyna on our day 2.. wait I get from her.. =)

Bbq prawns @ night

Regret dint take much pictures.. but it was too dark.. but I should have used Hubby's camera right.. hmmm =(

Killing the crab!!

Actually.. that was washing the crab we JUST killed.. lol.. Justin (Gyna's hubby) got all those seafood fresh from his "fishing village"... "kampung fish", prawns, tiger prawns, sting rays, 3 crabs!

First time doing this.. and its so nice to bbq at the beach (apart from no light) and drink beer, chit chat and watch the stars with sea breeze blowing and the sound of the waves.. hmmmm =)

So gonna do it again!!

Lol... I was supposed to just brag a little bout Penang and show you my knitted sun hat for Candice and here I am with ALL the Penang pics and no hat.. I'll do that on my next post.. lol..

Now, Im gonna go busy with my Sophie Kinsella- Twenties Girl book I started reading on my trip ;) Need to read more books that I've bought but not touched. =)

Mummy's Bday Card

2011-04-11T00:13:00.002+08:00

I am a last minute person.. really.. =(

I have more than a week to start making Mummy's birthday card, and yet I finally did it like at 6pm till now... T_T

Same to Daddy's birthday card... T_T

And those crafties that I have made, was pretty much a guilt last minute.. cos I was worried I'll never start on any once I start working.. Then when Citi havent call yet.. I got back to my procrastinating self... TT___TT

Anyway...

I crocheted the heart from a pattern in http://www.theroyalsisters.blogspot.com/ free tutorial.. then added my own scallop. hehe..

Confetti of loves... hehehe..

I have a wicked idea to trick mum.. but I hope it works.. =P

Raised borders..

Im gonna stick the card around and make it harder to open.. so Mummy need to use a little force and those confetti can "fly" hehehe.. hope it works..

I used a tape glue to seal it, so now I'm hoping the glue sticks well, and my trick works.. hehehe =P

My heart punch..

From Daiso Taiwan RM3.8.. so cheap right... after all the punching I think the blades aren't sharp anymore.. =(

I think due to last minute, I dont quite like my card... hmmm... hope Mummy thinks differently.. I'm affraid Mummy jealous that Daddy's card's nicer.. =/

In a second note:

I finally organised my rhinestones... hehehehe

They are parts that I bought some time ago, still have some more where I am gonna decorate my psp.. sigh.. I dont know when I can fight thru the PROCRASTINATION DISEASE and start working... TT__TT

Wellness, Yoga and Detox...

2011-04-10T23:20:00.001+08:00

I am easily influenced. full stop.

1 minute, I want to get my hands on scrapbooking... Later, I wanna learn nail art... Then, I want to learn baking and cake deco... And then, I wanna make soaps.... NOW.... I wanna join a detox programme... TT__TT

All like "hangat-hangat tahi ayam" / 3 minutes heat lor... SIGH...!!!

A KE junior (ex Qatar crew) just posted some detox programme she went in Phuket for 7 days, where you fast, only drink water and have supplements.. NO FOOD... for 7 days... and you also have to do colomas (stuck a tiny hose to the rectum and cleanse our bowel) and apparently it is really detoxifiying...

Beachfront loaction..

Balinese style bathroom... hmmm.. :)

Colema room...

I clicked on the website she gave and indeed, Im convienced I should go for one too!

You see, I always have constipations... My stomach is always bloated... and recently, many break out on chin area, which associated with our digesting system... most importantly, Im fat... Yea yea yea.. I know.. there are fatter people out there... yes our weight and size grew as we age.. we can always excersice more and be healtier and thinner... etc...

No, I want to detox like her... >(

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna...! Full Stop!

I was amazed that she went alone.. Very daring.. For me, I wish I can bring Hubby together.. since he is also fat (but he amazingly can go toilet 2-3 times aday!) or a friend... and I wont be alone there with strangers.. (I am kinda a social hermit... cannot make much conversation also.. *roll eyes*)

Fact: Do you know that when we go poo-poo, it is not the food we ate yesterday or today? It is food we probably ate 10 meals ago??!!

Some fact written in the website... and you know when you do colomas, food as long as 9 months ago can come out! (they said the guest dint have grapes since 9 months ago and they found grape seed in the poo...) O.O!!

Apart from the detox, there is yoga, and even a daily massage!

yoga at the beach.. how nice!!

Now, I should practice my yoga more, so when I go detox it helps more! =D

The only thing is that ~~you~~ I have to quit coffee, food, sweets, carbs... even after the 7 days for a better effect.. can I do it?

Is this another 3 minutes heat? I don't know... =/

Sadly, this kind of detox doesn't come cheap.. the minimum treatment is 3 days and its already RM2300. And my ex colleague took the Ultimate programme, 7 days... and it was RM6100! exclude room rates and air ticket.. T_T but they were many testimonials and even media saying how different a person feels after the detox..

So while I try convince Henry or a girlfriend to go with me, I gonna put up a new "want to do" in my list.. the Detox programme.. ;)

Update: Henry actually agrees to me.. and we are gonna look for some alternative or just save some moolah and go! hehehe!!

And save up 10k for it.. (also gonna check other places that offers similar...)

Shopping.. and more shopping!!

2011-04-09T20:23:00.001+08:00

Scallop Circle 2", Large Corner Puncher and Mcgill Starbust Punch
Glossy Accent mini...

Above: Stuff I cant wait for 1 mth (US spree) and just freshly PAID in my short SnC trip just a moment ago... T_T

So mini... 18ml.. yet RM9.90... T_T

Exchanged this small corner puncher.. Luckily Val (SnC owner) is nice enough to exchange it for me.. cos my previous 1 couldn't punch a proper corner... =/

Money value is so low nowadays that a few item ady cost me RM200... T________T

I had another shopping trip last Thursday with Candice... and I spent like another RM300 on art stuff!! O.O!!

RM300 here!!!! TT____TT

Heat tool RM118... and free inkpad from versamark.. got white, black, champange and another color.. I took champange..

SnC sold theirs out.. but their prices seems similar.. I wanted to get it from US spree but USA have different plug and voltage.. so... =/

I TRIED using hair dryer, to me, hair dryer is hot enough to burn me! But not hot enough to even melt the embossing powders.. T_T So have to invest in 1 lor... =( I wanted other colors.. but they only have blue now.. =( Y no pink or purple leh!!

And according to my research, heat tools air wont blow the loose powders away.. dunno how they function la.. some how the air blows straight.. -__-"

eyelet and eyelet tool from Craft Haven 1U..

I thought I'll give this a try.. =P

Butterfly punch RM20 and scallop heart 2.5" RM89

I can make flowers ady~ hehehe... ^^

Ok, I know I bought them tad higher than the US spree.. but I cant wait lah~ I think the butterfly punch wasn't expensive, cos MS ady cost me RM32 (if Gyna take it back for me.. US spree.. maybe higher...) I havent try it yet.. hope all punches nicely.. =/

Crackle Glaze and Texture paint.

I thought I should get Ranger's Crackle accent, but they dont have it in 1U, so the guy intorduced me a similar... (then I found SnC sells smaller 1, but cheaper.. oh well, 1U rental expensive, I geddit.. =/) The texture paint was "influenced" by Candice, after she saw a heart box there with the texture paint.. and I thought I should get this instead of gesso paint... ^^

Heart chipboard... RM1.5 per pcs...

Another embelishment for scrapbook.. Im gonna antique it, or texture it.. hehehe.. shooot! forgot to buy copper alcohol ink!! T_T

Ok.. enough stuff bout scrapbook... Im pretty much content with what I have now.. hehehe.. need to scrap something ady!!!

Anywho... I also bought me a new platform heels... hehehe..... =P

matches my outfit doesn't it? =D

Yes... I wear my floral leggings ady... But it has become a 3/4 leggings to me T_T... Why? Cos I'm too tall lor... T_T.. if I leave it at ankle, the upper part seems hanging and tight.. So I pulled it up and made it a 3/4.. T_T pity me... TT____TT

Its from Forever21 @ RM119.. I dont feel it's expensive anymore cos ugly shoes in Vincci and Nose already have similar pricing..

I know! This shoe made me 5 inches taller than I already am.. but when I tried on this shoe, I straight away feel my legs turned sexy! =D

Ok Im gonna wear it only for clubbing, or outings without much walking.. haha =P

Its like so long I dint buy SHOES!! And my shopping purpose was to buy some formal shoe for office work attire! errr.. Im gonna ask HUBBY to pay for my work shoe.. hehe.. spotted 1 in C&K.. not that expensive.. hope still have my size when I go back to buy.. =/

Also bought more containers from Daiso to "organise" my stash... most ady put away... so no pics... but I spent like another RM85 there TT___TT So fast like grab a few things and its ady RM85... T_T

Told ya money value is so low nowadays... hmmm... =(

A divider thing I bought to organise my accessories.. see its all better! ehehe..

I am having a strong urge to buy some ingredients and make these below!! O.O!!

Soap-popcicles!

Only uses melt n pour soap (glycerin) and add colors and frangrance! Now I need my popsicle mold in Seremban T_T and get some ice-cream sticks (can I go Ikea n grab those free coffee stirer sticks?? =P)

CUPCAKE BATH BOMBS!!! O.O!!

I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT !!

wait.. I dont have bath tubs here T_T but still I can make it as gifts.. Gyna and Christine wedding is coming.. maybe I can convince them to hire me and make them hen's night gifts! hehehehe...

I'm Freakin' Broke.. can declare bankrupt yet? =(

Shopping hauls~

2011-04-06T16:40:00.001+08:00

Went to TimesSquare with Mei-Mei on Monday and gosh! I bought a lot! :D Ok, so its no brand clothings.. but with me currently jobless, and branded clothes are such a pain to purchase nowadays (even if im working and earning a lot, its still a pain for a knee length skirt RM200++ in Topshop), I have came up with solutions to dress fashionably.. =P

6 tops and 1 belt... ^^

The total above is less than RM180....!!!! They are mostly RM10(the white top), RM25 and max RM39.9(the maxi)! hehehe.. can you imagine how much was my MNG maxi I wore in Bali? RM399! Ok, so the materials were waaaay different and they have branding to charge for.. still RM39.9 is really a steal.. even cheaper than those blogshops that doesnt need to pay for rental and we have to pay for poslaju! Its like I paid my parking RM4.5 and get 7 items! hahaha!

Yea.. sometimes Im cheapo like that.. but as long as it looks good on me, I dont care much bout branding anymore.. mix n match! ^^

bought this online for RM20..

I kinda dislike floral leggings in the begining.. but when I saw padini models wearing similar floral leggings in black and looking not bad, I thought I'll gave it a try.. and I wanted to get a black 1 from this blogshop (they were doing sales, RM20 per pair) and added postage RM4.5, it will be RM 24.5.. and they couldnt gave me any further discounts or free postage ady since their price were already sales price.. (originally RM32!!)

But after I confirmed my order and they found out they were out of stock for black, and offered me the white 1 with free postage, I was like why not? White isnt that bad also... =P

from Art Friend Gardens..

While waiting for Meimei to arrive Midvalley (too riddiculus for me from Kajang to fetch her in Subang, go KL, and back Subang and only back Kajang, so I asked her to take train from Subang to MV and we go KL) and I was very early (afraid I caught in jam, so I came out early, but reach MV in 15mins.. -__-") I parked my car and went to ArtFriend.. got a multi level box for my nail art mold and arcylics powders, and my arcylics paint in pastel (for glimmer mist).. Wanted to run some errand too but... Never expected Meimei will take a CAB to MV! and spent her RM30.. -___-""

Anyway, we walked the whole day! (other than shopping.. did something I cant reveal yet) My legs were SORE!!! Ok I blame the thin Cotton-On shoe base! I should have worn a sports shoe instead! lol!

Speaking of sport shoe, I need to get a cobbler to fix my nike.. worn it to chingming last saturday and cos its full of mud, I washed it and the base came off wtf.. T_T

Yea yea, I hardly wear it (once a year for cabin recurrent training, a few joggings... that's it) cos its kinda bulky for casual outtings (my big feet and its thick design) and I have other shoes nicer for casual wears... and my Nike already like 5-6 years old I think.. or maybe older... =P

Clear stamps... USA online puchase... ^^

They arrived!!! =D Though I'm not that excited anymore.. cos I'm waiting for my Martha Stewart's punchers now! hehehe.. I need to scrapbook ady! No more excuses that I dont have this I dont have that.. =P yea I dont have my border punchers yet.. hehehe..

So crazy with border punchers now! And there was this sales going on in this Joann.com and I bought a few to sastify my punching urges.. Hope to get more, but the sales was over and prices were back to normal, so now I'm hunting for more punchers sales and aiming when Gyna going to LA or Washington and help me to collect.. hehehe..

You know such punchers in KL were selling sooooo expensive, even after I gave a middle person some profit and included my postage cost, it is still cheaper than here.. even in SnC where they no need to pay for shop rentals! >(

But of course, I have to wait like a month or so... hmmm.. its ok.. I can wait... =/

hmm.. I wanna go 1U to shop tomorrow... hehe..

Homemade Glimmer mist, and Daddy's Birthday Card..

2011-04-01T17:03:00.003+08:00

Ok, since I was quite blur how last week went pass, I pretty much make myself remember what I did this week... Tho not much.. but yea I tried..

Went back to my hometown with Hubby on last Sunday, stayed a night, had a facial appointment and then back to kl.. Stayed home pretty much the whole week, cos I'm broke T_T

Tuesday was Hubby day... ^^

My laptop was spammed with Malware on Wednesday, I suspect it came either from the facebook spam link I accidentally clicked, or a newly downloaded song album I open to listen... or from SnC website.. hmm anyway, tried many ways to remove the malware, but failed. Late, have to sleep. Damn and I blame a part of me cant sleep on Wednesday night cos I was worried to what extend can the malware may damage my laptop, since I dint back up any files and pictures for some time.. T_T

So, on Thursday, try to back up my files, try more softwares and anti-malwares to remove the bloody spam, (failed again. cos I'm not IT savvy) in the end, reformatted my laptop.. T_T

Now my lappie is EMPTY, no songs, no pics, no vids, cos I need to scan my external hdd before putting them back in. And I hate to reformat, cos my Vista is SP1, and its so outdated, Microsoft keep lagging my internet line to update the OS... >(

I have no MSN, no Adobe Flash Player, outdated IE, no Mozilla, no Vuze, no photoshop..... etc... T_T
And I don't get it why I cant seems to update my IE to 9... >( stupid SP1!

So, while waiting for the anti-malware, anti virus, reformatting time, I managed to squeeze in some "crafty" sessions.. like:

a STAR! layout for some Cleo giveaway.. haha

So.... kiddo.. haha... but it was OPI Texas collection.. colorful mar... =P

Erm, Im not sure this trick works, but then again I never won anything I wanted from Cleo yet, except a bottle of Loreal moisturizer 5-6 years back, and a Vichy cleanser (which I sold it in SS cos I don't need it, yes I profited RM30 from that.. lalala~) that time postage was just 30cents, I sent every entry in that mag... =P

I remember some long lost friend once told me to decorate the entry for a higher chance to win, and she told me she had won a lot of times... but I in the other hand had won none. Maybe I send it in too late? Like middle of the month or end of month, I should try early of the month.. haha.. Shall I send them by the last date of the month (30th or 31st) and so Cleo gets it by 1st? lol..

Im choosing which to enter nowadays if I buy the mag, cos its like 60cent ady... T_T...

Daddy's birthday card... handmade.. =D

I'm out of 1 'D' so I replaced it with DADEE... =P I'm making a pop up card for Dadeeeeeee... =D

butterflies from my punches collection.. =D

Smaller ones from Daiso and a shop in Sunway Pyramid, large one from Martha Stewart. I stuck in some blings and stickled it..

handmade flower ^^

Just a round I cut and decorated.. =D

You see, I dont own any die cut machine yet, and I hate to see all the tutorial online teaching us to make own flowers using die cut machine etc.. cos I don't have one!! =( (I'm dreaming to get my hands on slice elite... or cricut) so what do people do when die cuts machine were not invented for personal use than?

MEASURE. AND HAND CUT.

Yes, I traced circles from round covers, cds etc to get my round and cut them one by one.. =) I'm planning to make some different templates of circles for my future use... soon..

mini butterflies were stickled too, and the scalloped stripe were from a template I made myself and punched with tiny heart punch.. from Daiso Taiwan.. =P

My scallop strip template.. haha..

I punched a row of half circle onto a piece of paper with my 1" circle punch, and retrace it to the mounting board and cut it out again! =D

Its a old mounting board from my college days presentation, I recently took a few out from the store room, removed the written papers (which were pasted with mounting sprays) and reuse them.. Apart from making templates, I'm gonna cut some and make dividers for my accessories drawer. Especially for my earrings and rings compartments.. too messy =/

pop-up birthday cake template

I copied the template idea from this video tutorial that uses some die cut machine, but I just self measure and cut them out myself lor..

Then, add in strips of deco tape to the sides...

Tape very cheap nia... from Daiso Korea.. hahaha! Daiso again!!

end result.. pretty sucessful..

Apart from the card being a bit too plain for my liking.. but Im in a hurry to send it today so Daddy gets it by Monday (his bday!)

ariel view

I added I'm more speech bubbles in the end, but I dint have time to take pictures ady..

And just freshly made:

Homemade glimmer mist!!! =D =D

Yay! Success!! =D =D

A bottle of glimmer mist in SnC cost me a bomb, and after some tutorials from you tube, I bought perfect pearls powders from ebay, (cant get them in SnC) and some acrylic paints from Daiso and ArtFriend, and some spray bottles from Sinma, (RM2 per bottle?) mix em up, and tadaaa!! =D

Can use to color some homemade flowers, paper background... etc... =D

Glimmer mist in Snc is RM29.90 for 1.35ounce...

my bottle = RM2
perfect pearl powder = RM10 and can be used for long long time, many purposes.. (I just added in like a few scoops from my crochet hook lor.. haha)
acrylic paint from daiso RM5 for 20ml, can be used many times and many purposes... (2 squeezes)

break it down, a bottle of glimmer mist cost like only RM5 lor! and I can have as many or as little glitter as I want, cos I can mix them myself... *pat self at back*

hahahaha!

seeeeee! It glimmers!!! =D

Gold, bronze, midnight blue, yellow green and black.. Though black looks more to grey cos I added perfect pearl (white) in it.. =P I'm getting some pink and purples on my next shopping trip! hahaha!

A week passes so quickly...

2011-03-27T13:12:00.000+08:00

Even that I'm doing nothing @ home... :(

It's like "what I did last Monday?" I don't remember! What bout Tuesday? What have I done so far other than Yoga at night?? I don't know! I know I went out on Wednesday... and that's one day gone~

Candice and I bought each of these from Popular Bookstore. Its like 70% (RM2.4) for a box of 3.
Though I need to stir up the glitters when I need to use it.
And Im praying this will work
Wondering what is the difference between this and those expensive "Ice stickles"
And Im guessing its not acid free

I made a list of thing I wanna do, but yet nothing I felt is done ON TIME!

I haven't crochet a beret cap till now.. not any caps at all... *fail 1*

I started this on a Friday night, and finished it of on Saturday morning..
What can you see? What you think it looks like?
I don't have black yarn so I sub with blue.
I don't have mushroom eyes so I knotted up the thread and made eyes.. :(
The bee's mouth are slanted, making it looks like a wicked bee.
YES ITS A BEE
what else?

this is how the bee supposed to be..

*fail 2*

FUCK.

I feel like I am a Total Fail Person TT__TT

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

Sorry I cant help it but to express it... =*(

a tineeee "rose flower"
ok lah, can make a few more and stick on scrap layout...

And Im so freakin broke right now.. and I still wanna buy summore! TT____TT

Just spent like RM500 on work wear shopping on Saturday! 4 tops, 1 set of black suit. Luckily its kinda sale..50%.. hmmm.. at least I don't need to buy work wear like for this year.. I HOPE!!! Yeah, Hubby is paying.. but I paid with my CC first leh TT__TT

I feel useless.. =*(

And can you believe it? I'm waiting for company bonus so I can buy summore Martha Stewart Punches.. *fail 3*

My snow globe is not done yet T_T *fail 4*

I varnished them with epoxy glue on Friday (One whole day!)
Now, its on testing period, soaking it in water and see if the water seeps thru or not

I wrapped a laminate to this pic and seal the back with epoxy glue too..

Its a mess... I know
But this morning I found that I dint seal it properly,
The corners of the pics any seeped.. =( *fail 5*

That's it this week, that's what made me so disappointed with myself =( I have done nothing!!

Well, on the "bright side", at least I made myself sit and finish March magazines, wrapped up some craft books I bought... sigh..

Granny Tissue Box Cover

2011-03-22T16:32:00.000+08:00

Fuh! Finally its done! =D My fingers are cramped! hahaha..

Sorry, I have no other nicer place to take a pic, else my yellow bed.. haha =P

I added 2 pom-poms ^^

The scalloped edges..

This was taken before I added the pom-poms..

Whatcha think? Im gonna make a beret cap next.. =P

Pattern from Royal Sisters

No, I did not procrastinate...

2011-03-21T14:48:00.002+08:00

I just got lazy to blog... haha..

This past week, Im making myself really busy with soooo many "art work"! I even make up a list so I'll make sure I do it! :P I kinda have a feeling that Im gonna start working soon, no time for all those crafty craft anymore.. I think.. so I try my best to fit in everything I can make now..

first attempt is:

acrylic flowers and strawberries

They are really mini mind you.. ;) I know im not that talented in arcylic nail art so since molds are "in" now, I bought "a few" of them ;) Then I bought some arcylic powders and whalah! :P

tadaaaa!! :D

I am so not going for manicure sessions anymore~ hahaha :P

Then, there's this:

I blinged my Vaio!

I have always wanted to do that.. Since I got this laptop.. Make my laptop more princessy.. haha.. Then I was busy flying.. (I know this is a 5 minutes job done thing) I purposely bought some swarovski crystal (not regular rhinestones) And when I posted this photo in fb with the caption "new limited edition Swarovski Sony Vaio", I wonder did they believed it or what, cos they were so many "likes" lol

Then I bought some paper clay from Popular bookstore, mix in some metalic arcylic paints and made these!

Its not done yet... Im planning to make a snow globe! hehehe.. Im now trying to figure out how to waterproof the picture so it can soak in the globe for a long long time... Also have to waterproof the clays.. I saw a video use epoxy glue on the clays.. but I havent been able to find how to waterproof pictures.. =P

All else fails, picture stick outside the jar, clay inside! hehehe...

And these:

I told you I printed A LOT of the same pictures.. I dont know what I was thinking then... Now that I have plenty, I must finish them right?

See, I make my own crochet flower and I dont feel "sayang" to use.. =P I bought some studs from Art Friend, they were cheaper than S&C.. and stuck it in the middle.. :)

Ok ok, next scrapbook Im gonna put pictures of me instead..

Next project: crochet more doillies and more flowers... ^^

There is this jar of sands I "stole" from Redang back in 2007, and I put it into a ikea glass jar with a few shells... I "dirt" the stick (I got it from Ikea, for stirring coffee, though at first I thought Im gonna buy an ice cream for it's stick ) and stuck this picture that I've photoshoped it to lomo looking and made it look like an instax film... I wanted to decorate it more, but in the end I think this is sufficient.. Or perhaps I got lazy~ =P

I regret I dint take sands from Tioman, Pangkor and even Hawaii.. haha.. but who knows, I will go again... ;)

Finally, my first orders came from the USA.. this one I bought from Ebay~ I cant find Rangers Perfect Pearls in S&C, (dint try looking in 1U) and it wasn't that expensive, cos Im sure if they selling it here, price are marked up higher.. and a 5x7" arcylic stamping block.. its like RM75+ including postage.. and I saw S&C selling theirs for RM100+++ for that size...

So now Im gonna mix some own glitter spray and use it for my next scrapbooking ^^

Gotta go now, working on my crochet tissue box and maybe a beret cap later.. will blog and show :)

Cheers!

More Hauls.. =P

2011-03-11T20:27:00.000+08:00

Went to Art Friend in The Gardens yesterday.. and got myself these:

Draw pattern thingy, arcylic paints in metalic, embelishments stickers, puffy alphabets stickers, mini cotton balls, yarn in green, stencils, and this woolly wire thingy called chenille stems..

I wondered if you guys played this before when you were younger?

I remembered I had this ruler before when I was young.. Use those color plates, poke into any of their holes and circle it around and around the template, and you get nice symetrical patterns, depending on which hole you poke into.. ^^ I lost mine when I was young, and I couldn't find this in any shops anymore, so when I saw this for RM1.5 in Art Friend, I just grabbed it hehe... =P

Doillies

Then I got these doillies from Jusco, for scrapbooking! =P I cant find smaller ones yet, and these patterns arent that nice I think, but who knows after mixing it with colors and embelishments it'll looks nice? ehe...

yarns...

These are yarns I got from Sg Wang today, I was in KL for lunch, and just stopped by Sg Wang to get these and will try to make more crochet stuff.. i want make arigumi doll, mayb a hat? or a bag.. =P

yeah.. I wanna scrap summore.. so much to do right? aha...

Deco-den Nintendo casing ^^

2011-03-08T13:40:00.001+08:00

Food minatures resins and tubes of sillicone "cream" I collected for some time..

Im gonna bling this!!:

After 30 minutes or so~

TADAAA!!! =D

Im patting myself at the back for having some effort to do what I have wanted to do ( and also clearing my trash).. Hope to accomplish everything before I find a job, or start working... hehehe...

Its actually quite fun and easy to decorate! Just squeeze those sillicone cream out, I even bought the icing tip to make the effect.. den poke in those miniatures! I also added some heart pearls and some pink diamente cos my miniatures arent enough and the case look empty..

I feel addicted to it and wanna make more! haha.. but then Im not gonna do this to to my psp casing.. Im gonna *BLING* the psp casing instead (yeaps I have lotsa those diamentes too =P)

But its not cheap, buying a little here and there, I have forgotten the price, but I've checked some prices in the website and its at least RM1.5 for those mini cakes resins (bout 1cm), and those large pretzels resin (2cm) do cost more! That have excluded the "cream" that I bought from an online shop from Japan! (I saw a website here selling a tube for RM80!) but also some other alternatives for bout RM40..

I still have a tube of pink silicone.. if someone is interested in doing so~ or wanna pay me to do it for them... hehehe.. =P

Update: Fug... Now it can't fit into the white casing. :( have to buy bigger casing...

Gurl's D@y ouT & stuffs...

2011-03-07T00:45:00.001+08:00

Yawn!! Im back from a window-shopping-movie-girls-day-out with Fish! :D

Fish came for a monday interview (and reason to see bf) and we decided to hang out in MV! Well, nothing much, lunch and catch up, movie, ice-cream, and dinner! lol! ALL FOOD!!

us~

at this newly open Garden lifestyle & cafe..

I like this pic, randomly taken by fish~ ^^

Watch No String Attached, starred my Ashton Kucther (is that how to spell his name?) funny! At least I got a companion to watch chick flick with me, no need download it.. you know la, hubby dont like chick flick, only action movies... haih..

anyway.. lemme show you!!

TADAAAA!!!! =D

My first Martha Stewart punchers order arrived!! =D *hyper*

Punch around the page combo - double loop
Monarch Large Butterfly puncher

hehehehehehe.... nice hor? =D

I ordered it from a usa spree.. cheaper than buying it here... but then the catch is have to wait ONE month... so if you want it cheap-er, you need to wait, or buy it at RM129 for the combo in local craft stores.. :)

Im gonna get more ~ *addicted*

I regret I dint buy any of the earlier in my flying career.. now that I dont wanna go back... hmmm...

Anyways.. here's what I've achived lately in crocheting...

mini butterfly!! :D

Fish said it looks like godilock's hair wtf.. -__-"

Daffodoils

dont looks like it.. but took me the longest to make the petals T_T fingers also cramp.. T_T

Latest: mini doillies... use it as it is...

or sew it together , add a button/bead in the middle, and make crocheted flower.. ^^

Oh well, I'll try to make more tomorrow ^^ nite~

My "Box"

2011-03-02T23:27:00.000+08:00

Opps... I went missing for a day.. : P

Well, I kinda dint touch a single crochet or any papers or crafts yesterday.. and today.. :( cos I was drooling on some online craft that wanna buy! like some Martha Stewart's border punches... and I wanna get that mica powders so I can make those glitter spray (buying 1 bottle from craft shop cost me RM20++ and making them cost cheaper, can remake, and can use the powder for many purpose...) and i kept on browsing, and browsing... and more poping out as I browse... and I was making lotsa decision and mind controlling to not straight click buy! Cos they are mostly from USA website, and since I'm not flying, I'll either have to send them to an agent and then they send to me, or pay for a international shipping. T_T..

No, not to worry, these stuff are either selling more expensive in KL, or there's none available in here! :D

Now that I kinda made my decision to buy which and to save which for later, just gonna confirm my shipping address later and wait for my parcel!! :D

Oh, I also join yoga class yesterday! :D So, was kinda tired after all the muscle stretching (you know how long I dint do a real work out??) So I was tired last night after the class, and having muscle pain on my thigh, arm, even my stomach muscle today! T_T

I'm gonna go for yoga every Tuesday and Thursday for a start out, if I'm capable, I'll join more classes next time! :D

hmmm... okay.. let me show you my "hoarded stuff" ^^

This is my box. FULL. Its those Ikea 12"x12"x15" boxes..

That's the first layer~

2nd layer...

Mostly embelishments I've collected over the YEARS.. hahaha... where ever I found nice/cute stationeries.. I'll buy them :P that daiso box are a few mini punchers I bought from sunway pyramid like a year back, and some pattern scissors, and 2 mini stamps...

That checkered heart? Korea.. but I guess I am still "sayang" to use it yet.. too precious!!

Some butterflies clip that I thought I will remove the clip and scrap it ONE day, or just make "copies" of it (wires, organza, paint, glue... i hope)

stickers!!!

3rd bottom layer, left side... Started "hoarding" these since I-dunno-when.. some are alphabets, or glittery, foamy, 3D, velvet... but some, I just don't know where to use them on... too cute! and yet I have no cute pictures to scrap! Perhaps I'll start giving them away to my cousins... :)

more punchers

I told ya I have lotsa them! :D I'm gonna buy some Daiso box soon and put them in.. mostly are punchers from Daiso Taiwan.. where EVERYTHING is RM3.80!! O.O!! 4 or them (the largest ones) are from a scrapbook store in Frankfurt... Stumbled upon the underground shop 1 day.. but cos its all in Euro, its kinda expensive.. but they are not those regular punchers... only half the pattern is punched... and the punched part will be folded to create a full shape.. ^^

Oh, those 2 reds are those regular punch lor... :)

pens... :P

craft knife...

embossing ink and powder...

Distress inks..

Yup... this are just part of them inside the box! There are other stamps, quilling tool.... tapes... etc!! And its getting more and more! I need to clear the other box and fill them with MY STUFF!! :D

So now you know why its so hard for me to scrap! I have to dig out everything to do something! and most of the time, scrapping a layout needs mostly choosing and picking everything inside the box!!

Hmm.. hope I'll be able to do something tomorrow... ciao!!

Newly done ~

2011-02-28T23:54:00.001+08:00

I told ya I'm excited to blog... lol... I manage to "force" myself to scrap a layout! Alison must not procrastinate anymore! Lotsa things to do! (or play)

First Layout..

details...

I tried to use Distress Ink I just bought and make the white paper "old age".. but I think I dint get it successfully... I think I should have you brown paper instead... Then I punch out the blue flower and layer it, add a pearl in the middle and glitter the petals... ^^

I even tried to emboss the side, but I guess my "embossing stick" dint work well.. lol.. cos it wasn't visible..

-__-"

Yes, I am too "kiam" to buy those fancy-ready-made-expensive flowers imported from the USA.. at least, not yet.. And I know even if I bought it, I "sayang" to use them and in the end it'll be hoarded.. T_T

I also should have used some fancy papers instead of solid brown T_T.. but I bought like a stack of them!! And I promise myself to finish them and those plastic holders I bought before venturing into 12"x12" Perhaps next time I should layer the background also.. hmmm..

More details added..

The layout was too empty, and hubby thinks so too, so in the end, I added more pictures of him with funny poses.. I dont quite have any idea how to "masculine" the layout, so I made borders using smaller flower punchers. I tried using just straight cut borders but it was too boring.. must utilise my punchers.. mwahhaha! Oh yeah I have a few flower punchers and it will be even more as time goes by~ Im planning to get more border punchers, scallop punch in different sizes (so I can more more different sizes of flowers) round punches, larger flower punches (largest now is like 1") larger heart punchers... With punchers, I cant repeatedly punch a pattern out again and again, anytime, anywhere.. at least I wont be "sayang" to use them.. hehe...

I know Im hoarding too much punchers.. Until I can afford a die-cut machine that's it! :D (cost at least RM800 for starter kit!!)

Painstakingly stuck them one by one with tweezers and added glitter glue in the middle.. ^^

I some how have repeatedly printed lotsa similar pictures, in different sizes.. which I now regret and learnt my lesson..

At times I wish to get my own photo printer so I can print whatever I want, anytime.. no need to go to the shop to develop pics.. Then again.. I HAVE NO SPACE!!

I'll make sure I have my craft-cum-study room in my future house.. haha

finished product ^^

I know right! more flowers !! hehe.. trying to stick to a pattern and color theme? :P

this time its blinged with diamante..

*note to self - buy more bling-bling @ different sizes! :D

I've Decided

2011-02-28T16:54:00.003+08:00

to not open a new blog... just blog my "crafts" here! :D I mean, since i no longer/hardly travels anymore, there might be nothing much to blog... so.. yea.. :)

This was my first trial on crocheting.. those single crochet, double, round...

Then I decided to paint my nails for CNY...

and my leopard nails.. :P

I bought some manicure pens from the pharmacy in New York.. now I regret I dint get all available colors.. only hav black and white.. but its not cheap. USD 8.99 before tax O_O"

This is my first attempt at scrapbooking..

I wanted to scrap for a very long time, and hubby actually agreed to it, bought some stuff to scrap, but then due to work and procrastination, it was delayed for like more that 1 year... :P

I printed some Tioman photos during our first trip for some time... Kinda simple, photos.. and stickers.. And being an amateur, I bought lotsa A4 cards to scrap, not knowing pro-scrapbookers uses 12"x12" for more space..

2nd attempt..

Flowers were bought from some shopping trip long ago.. (imagine how much stuff I have hoarded) Now I'm thinking to improvised this flowers by putting some blink in it.. ;)

The borders were some tape I bought from a London museum's souvenir store.. Imagine how long has that been? Its like I never fly to London more than 2 years already! And I remembered its was early in my flying career cos I only visited London museums in my first 2 flights.. Cost me a BOMB then for that roll of tapes. 10 pounds = RM70 then.. O_O!

nice huh?

This was a RM80 class I joined last Feb 15. To make a mini album. This box was purely made from new tin case that now had been tinted with alcohol inks and embossed to look like a rusty treasure..

This 1 class made me learnt a lot on embossing, tinting, crackle painting, embelishing and even stamping... ^^

There is a mini album inside...

Lots of details in the making..

Took 4 hours to make this thing! It's an album and you can put own picture inside but since its a class, pictures were replaced by vintage models..

Nice huh? :D

Necklace I made myself... :D

I saw this similar necklace selling online (OU? Martha?) and it was USD100++! So I thought I can try to make 1.. Bought some beads online, tho it was kinda tough to find similar beads,so I got what I can :)

Heheh.. its definately a lot cheaper that buying the original! But being first time beading such a large thing, the handiwork isn't as nice ofcourse! (all hidious knotting hidden behind!) :D

There's like a whole list and pictures of I want to do things in my folders! And now, Im kinda focused on crocheting.. cos I saw this new item selling in a scrapbook store, its doillies made from crocheting and they are selling it at RM12+ for a piece (I think, for some 4" size) and I thought, I can always learn how to crochet and make it myself... Its a lot cheaper compared to purchasing, and I can make and use as much as I can as a roll of thread is really alot. Its just a matter of my patience to dealt with.. :P

Cos I do have this bad habit of NOT WILLING to use whatever I bought.. I feel "sayang" to use them.. :P So making it myself I can always remake them! :D Will definately post what I had done soon! :D

Oh! Im so into blogging now! Like I have so much to share! :D Perhaps it was the long hiatus that made me wanna blurt everything out now! Or maybe Im too bored at home.. lol!

So that's it for today, perhaps I should take some pictures of stuff I hoarded and show you guys! haha!

Im Back! :D

2011-02-26T14:41:00.002+08:00

Im back! Trying to blog! LOL... though it might not be having much pictures anymore.. cos i got lazy in photographing.. and much pics are in FB, and im on a "long holiday"

hehehe.. Yes.. i WAS pregnant...

WAS...

Cos I just had a miscarriage bout 2 weeks ago.. my darling baby, sex still unknown, heartbeat just bloody stop pumping at 9.1 weeks. WTF.

was planning to collect more ultracans pics so I can scrap an album out in the future wtf..

Of course im sad! but then the crying and moaning had pass... except some days where i'll see some pregnant woman passing or cute babies on strollers and me staring at them.. :(

This blog is also back open to public, well, I shifted some "p&c" post to my other personal blog, that blog that only hav my frust and heartache or stuff i just dont like to share with much public.. hehehe..

So a little refreshment on what happened during those hiatus months.. let me see........

Flew back for like 1 month + before I knew I was pregnant and stop again @ Dec 2010. Then Christmas and CNY was coming, me just thought I'll sit at home and prepare for celebrations, no need to frust I wont be home.. hehe..

Xmas 2010

CNY / Valentines Dinner

CNY day 1 in Genting.. That's why im donning a jacket..
My last A&F investment before I stop flying again.. haha :P

Celebrating with a "new" family this year, it sure is different.. like no more daddy's tradition of CNY music playing all month long and extremely over CNY decos at home.. So in this new home I actually am the lively person trying to make decos and buy decos (of course, im not working, all paid my Mr Lee.. lol) While MIL keep making lotsa CNY cookies and I help a little.. (well I cant wake up at 5am and help her right, by time im awake she's 90% done)

I made this 100% Chick Biscuit
No, there's no chicken inside, just a name...
"Kai Chai Beng"

Fried "ngaku"

Pineapple Biscuit, purely 100% homemade (including the fillings)

Almond cookies

And much more...

Spent 1k in angpau giveaways... thanks to Mr Lee's extremely big extended family and friends (he got like 5 aunts and 5 uncles from mum's side and all have 2-3 kids -_-" ) and our first year hav to give double angpaus.. lol..

Then a week after CNY, found baby's dead, and had a D&C.. and a 2 weeks confinement period.. need to "bou" my uterus.. lol..

I have not yet inform KE... hmm

In my state of mind now, I've decided to quit Korean Air. Well, it is perhaps too long holiday previously, or KE just changed too much, during my 1 month+ working, I found myself dragging my butt to fly..

You see, im considered a "senior" now and having no bussiness class code yet, perhaps due to my performance record (I dont kiss butts and had a 3 mths ill leave) no code offered to me yet. So I dont mind working in EY, just that I hate that senior duty they gave me, but yet I cant do it MY WAY! Everytime I need to do something, I'll have to ask the AP's permission, and need to be alert of her style! and nowadays, those new juniors has no more respect to us foreign crews anymore!! Just hate it.

Other reasons are away from home, lonely trips, same destinations, no career advancement.. bla bla bla..

After all I believe 3.5 years is enough.. need to find some other ways to advance my career? You see, I cant depend on KE, anytime by 2013 my contract wont be renewed, and Im done. Futhermore, Im not the only one. The management had been terrible this 2 years that 60% KL crews quit (havent count other bases) even 16 years seniors quit! What am I to not??

I'll definately miss travelling to USA and shop cheaply, I'll miss wearing winter clothings and boots.. I'll miss Frankfurt's coffee machine, the boot shop selling affordable, nice, comfy, stylish boots, the craft shop and chocolates... I'll miss Hawaii beautiful sceneries and outlet shopping, I'll miss Korea too! the food, groceries, cosmetics, shopping... I'll miss winter... I'll miss sleeping in 5 star hotels and free saunas, definately miss that bath tub in korea!! Tho im not fretting cos I'll die die get a bath tub in my future home! hehehe...

I already miss Amazon shopping.. T_T

Haha, this is what I promise myself now: I will save lotsa $$$ and go travel as much as I can, atleast to places I dreamt to go, afterall, AirAsia is expending.. la la la~

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Oh im itching to open a new blog about me and my craft.. Have been a bit mad in purchasing and surfing online reading other people's blog bout scrapbooking.. And tho I have been procrastinating a lot, I did some beginer's crocheting, a little scrapbooking (2 page so far, hope I'll get my butt up and do more) and a little beading..

Getting a new blog open so I can organise my craft there and personal blog here.. hmm.. shall I? hehehe..

Orite! Think Im done for the day! Blog again soon I guess?? hehee..

Life of a married couple...

2010-10-16T21:03:00.000+08:00

What do they do? also movie, dinner, shopping? what else that is exciting that a married couple can do? Something to perk some fun in?

No im not bored of married life.. hello.. how long i just got married?? but I do feel old and a little frustrated by thinking what to do... especially for weekend..

I love weekend, cos we can both sleep in (I somehow dont feel comfortable to sleep in late during weekdays when Henry is off work.. I wake up aroudn 9.30-10am.. ) I love to go out.. but when going out means nothing but stress and unhappy mood, I feel going out is a chore... if u know what I mean..

Everyone goes out on weekend.. shopping, malls, movies.. this equals to jam everywhere.. weekday jam, working hour jam, weekend also jam.. it make going out a chore. When Mr Lee face traffic jam.. he start cursing.. I HATE WHEN HE DOES THAT.. I feel like he hates going out!

But he's the one who feels weekend is a waste if dont go out.. he is the one who ask me to go out.. he is the one who ask me where to go.. I wanna go buy a printer.. but he said no place to put... since here in bukit bintang ady.. again ask me where i wanna go.. I suggest go sungai wang but there's nothing I can do there going there with him cos he always show me a "sien" look when I go into a shop just to look see.. and another "sien" look when he's leg is tired from a little walking (no matter he's wearing light weight shoe, or slipper, his legs get "sour" very fast! ) or another "sien" look when I really bought something..

I just dont dare to buy things infront of him! not cos he'll scold.. I rather if he scold.. but he give me words that I dislike hearing.. like buy la buy la, i no eye see ady! or please save ur $$.. money hard to find... now ure not working... bla bla bla.. and im sure he'll say that dont i have enough shopping in taiwan?

also there's no space at all in my wardobe.. T_T and I need to get some space to hang my uniforms soon.. T_T..

Somehow, after everyone knows you're married, they hardly come disturb you or invite you out. They expect the married couple have many other things and plan to do or wanna spend time together... I rather have more outgoing friends atleast to pass time talking and chatting..

Maybe because Im not working now, I feel there's not much topic for me to talk about.. We both have laptops and we just each wanna have alone time surfing the internet.. Even when we are out in cafe.. we dont talk much but facing our own laptop.. doing out own things online.. and its so noisy out there... just cant talk much can we?

And Henry rather hide in the room all day then going into the living room to relax and watch some tv.. (or when he do, only the freaking boring sport chanel) Im not sure does he still feel this house is not his? While he hide in his corner surfing the net, I, who doesnt own a corner, (or hell, my corner are too full of my stuff to hide me) I am the "laptop nomad shifter" sit a while on bed, sometimes on floor, sometimes my dressing chair.. sometimes the living room.

Speaking of privacy.. apart from hiding in the room, there's no privacy elsewhere.. cos I hate when people ask me what am I doing.. or while im enjoying doing something, people cut me off by talking and asking.. which if i dont answer, i feel rude.. like how I hate when henry does that..

Which also come into the topic (or my other lame reason) why i've yet to be able to do my scrapbooking, blinging, knitting, beading... cos there's no space in the room and no privacy in the living room.. haih.. no table for me to do work

I want my own home! Home where I can have my own wardrobe, my own table and racks, a nice cool garden for me to sit, relax with a cuppa and read books!!! If Henry did buy that condo.. how nice... if Setia Alam is not so freaking far.. how nice! I could have been living in my own home, doing my things, my way.. A HOME where I can do a little amateur gardening.. I already feel zen... haih..

Henry keep saying wanna keep those $$ and start a bussiness.. but TWO years! and yet nothing had been done.. and $$ getting little cos we keep spending it.. he also wanna wait for next year when housing $$ goes lower and get a house.. I just feel frust sometimes cos I cant wait!!! This little room and condo is too full of people and other people stuff to have my stuff around!! argh!

ARGH!!!!!!!!!

I just have so much to complain about.. and there's no one I could talk to cos Im afraid other people will say im childish, not understanding.. or my married life is not bliss.. :( I dont wan that!

And I dont understand.. why I can take my time to go help henry when he need something from me while when I want him to see something he takes his time? I feel unfair.. eg: he doing maybank credit card payment and need my help and I was surfing and he give me this "tsk" (cicak call-irritate way) and I have to quickly go help him or he'll be very dissapointed that i have no heart to help my own husband.. only care my own stuff.. but when I ask him to see d room or rates in japan (he ask me to search and I have to do it like asap) and he took a lil time finishing his game before coming to see??? I hate that!

And when Im just kidding dont let him scoop my taufufah and he became no mood cos I dont share? I was just kidding!!! I dont understand why is the unfairness?

2 things come at once

2010-10-13T22:21:00.001+08:00

korea called... im to fly to korea on 8th nov. 10th is health screening test. 11th training.

suddenly dillema hit me... like i have <1 month more of holiday. My plan to get pregnant and hav another 18 months to decide my career failed. I am to work again. To fly again.... Can I stay up for midnght flight and time difference?

Being a Libra is tough... I am now weighing my thoughts and I cant decide...

I can wear my beloved boots and winter coats again... I can go shopping in hawaii again. I am gonna go buy more baby clothes.. I can go shenzhen and hk in june and not worried i wasted the ticket

I might/might not be able to celebrate christmas /new year /chinese new year if i fly. nor henry's bday..

Henry is not back yet. On such day he suddenly have dinner thingy with sengheng. and was busy when I wanna to call him and tell him my period came...

I dont know... Olivia Ong's music is making me tear.. But Im not sure what tear is this? Tear cos I lost my baby? or lost my plan? or feelings im still thinking from the book i read??

I finish reading 3/4 of a book today. Trying to immerse myself into the story and not think. I finish the book I started. Finally. For a long time. I can tick a check box for finishing a task I wanted to do during this 3 months holiday.

I've yet to scrap a single piece of photo I printed. I've yet to learn how to knit. I dint start on the bead I bought for my jewellery making. I dint stick a single bling to my psp or nintendo yet. I dint do any nicer pedicure for me yet.

What have I been doing so far? I think i've forgotten.. and I have no idea where to start...

2010-08-20T01:13:00.000+08:00

MIL went to her friend hse to stay.. Till Sunday.. Knowing I can't cook for her sons yet.. She made sure she cooked dinner @ 1pm so by nite I only need to boil rice n heat up the meals...

But I dunno what happen to me today, I tot having experienced to boil rice for so many years, it's a sap sap Sui thing ady today. Mayb I dint boil rice for a long time, or it's d weird thick pot cooker, or different rice.. My rice today became DRY PORRIDGE.. T_T too much water!! And I tot like hse's cooker, I turn off the switch after 30 mins.. But d rice dint cook well. And mr lee was this extremist choosy fella in rice texture AND hates porridge. Summore those dried porridge kind.. He dint even wanna eat it. In the end, i hav to steam for him a fresh bowl of rice.. N not sure how much he can eat n just in case I made more mistakes. I only steam a bowl.

Succeeded, I hav to steam another for his lil bro.. T_T dencos of that, dinner was delayed to 9pm n Henry kinda emo liow.. I dunno my fault or what? Sigh..

And just these little things I did, touched lots of water. My fingers skin kinda peeling ady!! How am I to bear to cook n b vain in d future? Must b like Candice not cook n eat out ady!!!

On another note of d day, reformatted my laptop today n checking out those pages I bookmarked n found this model blog.. Sigh I envy her! Not caused by her modelling skill but her photography n design skill!! So creative. Confirm another TOA. I do regret not insisting mummy to send me to TOA! Regret! I can't go back to studying now. Can I? Imean who's supporting me in my education n cost n also my living and pocket money? Henry is definately not d 1... :(

trying to search newspaper n jobstreet n look for suitable career paths but yet to find something.. Or perhaps it's an excuse I gav my self in starting anew.. Sigh.. Life dilemma.. Partly drag to fly back.. But dunno what can I do.. Need to strengthen my portfolio if I ever wanna step back to designing world.. Having been rusty after so long. 1 way or another I am giving a lot of reason for myself for can't work. I dint even bothered to update my resume n print it out.. And transport problem la.. Bla bla bla.. Argh!!

oh well.. Here's for tonight. I pour my hearts out to u... No 1 to talk to.. Mai blog lor.. That was wat I was last time when I was lonely n single.. See I stopped blogging after knowing Henry for sometime. Cos I found some1 else to talk to n to fill my time with..

2010-08-15T19:23:00.000+08:00

O rite!!! Im MARRIED!! Wedding dinner done, visiting popo-in law and give tea for her also done.. even booking for 10.10.10 is done...

do I feel im married? erm.. not yet though.. I feel like the marriage thingy havent hit me yet.. -__-"

I mean, b4 marriage I am ady overnight-ing with henry at his hse in sg long... just that now im sleepin in a nicer room... lol.

I only need to wash my own clothes now.. and some dishes.. i think im not gonna get my hands too involved into cooking.. just trying to learn the basic now.. i mean if i learn them now, i mai hav to cook for every1 soon???

Better stay away... show true colors b4 too late.. heheheheh...

I havent done any sweeping/mopping other than my room.. but hey. im only official here like 1 week only mar...

The only thing I start too feel beh tahan is MIL constant talking.. she dont nag me... yet.. but her yakking kinda tick me at times.. esp when I bancuh nescafe 3-1 to drink.. she'll say 3-1 no good.. drink more boleh kena C... den intoduce me to sachet coffee where I need to add self milk n sugar 1.. -____- aigoo... everytime see me bancuh also say the same thing.. i dunno when she gonna annoy me.. SIGH!!

Den I know its for my own good, but stopping me from drinking ice drinks!!! How old am I excuse me? Like in pahang that time so damn 7 hot weather, and there's no ice drinks in d fridge, nor sweet stuff.. kinda like a jail man.. and i was there for only 1 night! gosh.. and we went dinner and i wanted ice for my chinese tea and there she said i shouldnt drink so much ice! In front of EVERYBODY!! how humilating i feel!! I mean, dah la im d youngest adult there! and got "sound" like that in front of everyone when my cuppa ice arrived! How do I react, ask d waitress to take it back? Or like I did I said I bloody hot and henry feels i acted childishly???

And 2 kids in front of me drank ORANGE JUICE! I know its not her kids/grandchildren so she dint say anything! but telling me off in front of everyone kinda humilates me!!! and henry sides her! T_T

Im kinda worried what she gonna do when I have kids in the future T_T

Like my case is still minor.. but I truly understands why mummy insist we shall never stay with MIL... sigh...

I'm Engaged!!!

2010-06-10T02:19:00.002+08:00

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Boobee KNEELED and PROPOSED to me in the airport!!! KLIA AIRPORT!!

even pakat with daddy and mummy... -__-

I was coming up to the departure hall and called daddy and said im there, and daddy ask me to "come out la, we are here ady" but standing at gate 4 waiting for me was instead... Mr. Lee

really surprised. my jaw dropped!!

Mr. Lee, holding a bouquet of a dozen red rose, smiling and coming towards me! I thought I was dreaming. I never expect that!

Cos I called him earlier to ask whetter he wanna get some liquor for our wedding or not. and it doesnt sound suspicious!

and while Boobee is coming closer to me, my head is actually wondering "where is daddy? is he here too??" -___-

then, Mr. Lee gave me the bouquet, which was still in an hideous orange plastic pasar malam bag.. and kneeled down!!!

and took out a big box from that palstic bag also -__-

"Baby, will you marry me?" wait, was it baby or bee?? oh oh, i was too shock to remember.. T_T

And there it was the 0.37 karat diamond ring we were trying on just a few days ago! I thought I told him not to get a wedding ring.. cos we are in a rush after all...

nice not?? :P

camera not clear.. but u get the picture.. :P

but surprise surprise! I was really touched.. nearly cried... well... i did cry.. while we were talking after he loaded all my 5 big luggages (all from Korea) into his car..

Need to record this down for old life reference!

HUBBY, actually was wondering whetter to come or not as I said I have so much luggages and I thought I wanna go home and see mummy first, since hubby can only fetch me back by saturday, that also mah fan cos morning have to go KLIA to fetch MOTHER IN LAW for the trip to Shanghai.

8pm, sitting in the carpark in the rented room condo wondering.. in the end he decided to come.. and called mummy tell her he'll fetch. and rush to midvalley for the ring and flower.. when the sale girl wanna show him the cert no he just said " ok la next time only see la" and when she said got free gift, he dint even hear what is that and "ok la, i take first, later i see" LOL..

Sadly, at 11pm, departure hall was pretty empty, and he kneeled next to my big cart of luggages.. so no 1 actually saw him proposed!!!! Should have hesitated longer so people notice! haha!!

Haih.. I feel my life is perfect...! :P

Tomato - Month 3

2010-01-12T13:00:00.001+08:00

A week ago, they were so skinny and tiny, like 15cm tall... After my 1 week flight, WHOOSH!! It just grew suddenly to like 30cm!!!

When got fruit?? :D

Mummy migrated them to the outside garden when they were 1 month old cos the pot was too cramped...

I wasn't lazy and abondoned them, I checked on them everytime Im home.. Mummy was just a lil faster than me to bring it outside.. -__-

Some how this 1 grew last after mummy migrated the others so it was left in pot.. lol

F my Life...

2010-01-11T00:08:00.005+08:00

A recent complain:

"After I arrive at Incheon International Airport, I met crew members of Korean Air on the way to hotel. The bus driver told me they are the members of Korean Air, so I learned who they were even though they were not in uniforms.

They were so noisy they did not look like they did not take any lessons on public etiquette, except that they let me get off first from the bus.

Because I couldnt understand what they were saying, it sounded more noisier. The experience was very irritating and made me wonder on the level of education on Korean Air. "

WHAT THE F**K?

NOT ENOUGH COMPLAIN IN THE FLIGHT NOW COMPLAIN US OFF DUTY AS WELL???

A bunch of colleagues meet up, maybe after a long time, maybe something exciting happened, and we talked! Since its a group, of course the noise is louder!!!

Just because you can't understand what we were speaking doesnt meant we are rude! Korean language sounds even rude-r!

At least we let you off the bus first, unlike all koreans, not gentlemen at all! In 10 Korean mens, NONE will let a lady go first!

tsk tsk.......

yawn

2010-01-10T21:39:00.005+08:00

So bored I have no new pictures to post or take.... yet.. :P

Anyway if I do most probably I'll post it in FB instead of here.. 5 by 5 uploads and slow... Another reason why I got so lazy to blog.

Anyway, Im posting hallowen pics from last year 2009. The one I was planning to celebrate in Sydney but some how Australia dont celebrate Halloween... Worse, the streets were empty -__-

At least clubs and restaurant in Malaysia does..

Dinner in Sydney...

Thai fried rice.. ok la...

Purple/Black Striped knee length stokin... I was planning to wear this with a Black plain dress..

I even brought my pointy hat...

What?? its foldable, and light, dun mind lugging it.. :P

Yeah... kinda have a full costume lah.. but sadly, NO CELEBRATION!! T_T

****************

I happily, and proudly show you:

My Harajuku's minature Limited Edition perfumes.. :P

I was walking out from aircraft in Sydney airport and they were displaying this and I was looking forward to buy them since I saw it online.. So I straight grab 5, go to counter, and bought them :D

It was cheap anyway, I think.. after buying them no point checking other place for price lah~ later found lower price I sakit hati.. Got crew discount summore, like buy 4 free 1 :P

Yeah~ I go as far as Sydney to buy a bottle of fish sauce..

Just to make a korean summer soup.. I cant find it in Korea nor Malaysia but in Australia -__-

chocs... gone ady.. thanks to mei..

Durian Crepes!!!

yummeh..!

Tho it did made the room smell a lil.. esp the fridge cos I kept it in there..

Can u imagine, KL got durian I dint buy but I bought durian crepes in Sydney? And it cos RM6 per pcs.. I think can buy a low grade durian in KL ady. :P

Cant help it when im craving for durian

*BuRp*

opps :P

Got smell XP

Gingerbread house~

2009-12-27T02:35:00.013+08:00

If I can blog about it means it dint turn our as a failure.. :P

What I found online:

Got light inside the house leh!! im going ask daddy to fix a light for me next year!!

Yes, its so fun imma gonna make it again next year! I really hope..

I also hope I get to BE AT HOME next year as well :(

It has been 3 years I dint celebrate Christmas ever since this job T__T

No, I dont have enough annual leave to spare for Christmas.. Unless I worked for another 10 years.. Cos I have 19th December every year o take for someone special~ its either Christmas or the someone... since im not celebrating Christmas religiously, I'll have to skip it. :(

Some shrubs I took in Atlanta deco... the hotel changed so much ever since I last visit a year ago~

OH OH I saw REAL mistletoe! Sadly it was in airport and I dint whip my camera up quick enough to snap it .. :[

So... Gingerbread house... need:

Most of the dry ingredients I've got them last year from gingerbread-man.. so yeah I saved a lot this year ^^

I found my recipe online by searching "Gingerbread house recipe" so Im not gonna list out what excactly I have...

Sifting the flour.. We have to use a pot instead cos my "mixing" bowl broke and the biggest bowl I can find is this... :[

Melting the butter...

Eggs... some how the light reflecting made a smile... LOL...

Brown sugar~

Mixing sugar and butter together...

Adding in some flour and mixing it till it become dough-y

Then have to use hand to mix...

For cleaniness or not making your nails dirty.., use a glove..

me and my ugly home look~

So kinda have to fridge the dough for 2 hours or overnight, so I decided to make it the next day...

Meanwhile I went to prepare some tracing card for the house pattern..

The harden dough...

Shape it flat, and take a card pattern and "trace" it onto the flatten dough...

Like this...

bake it in a preheated oven in 180C and 11-15 mins.. or till brownish...

See my oven mit!!! :D cute leh...

I made some "stained glass" with candies.. but dint really work out well...

A lil burnt here.. cos oven too hot and I baked it for 15 minutes.. :(

Totally BURNT and not edible... even the dog dint touch it T__T

Some extra dough so I took out some other biscuit mould and bake some other shapes.

Mixing icing..

Icing sugar 2 3/4 cups + 2 egs whites + 2 teaspoon of lemon juice (optional)

hehe... u can see some burnt pieces here also.. I actually made an extra piece cos I know I always have clumsy mistake like this... :]

Sticking it with icing...

Then I noticed...

WHERE THE F**K IS MY ROOF??!!

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

No wonder I have extra dough to make biscuit!! cos the recipe is meant for just enough!!

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Mummy convinced me to replace it with aluminium foil... and not baking another batch (I still left a lil flour and butter...)

SIGH~

My perfect gingerbread house (a lil burnt but still edible and its inside) became NOT PERFECT T__T

SIGH...

Still! Christmas spirit shall not be broken!!!

Mei mei did this.. She thinks its ugly..

So mummy added more smile to it.. -__-"

It was sooooo scary...

So it turned into a ninja... LOL

50%

Bro also wanna try decorating... since he's free from SPM ady! yay!

Mei...

"Nah u deco the colors"

I Keel You...

60%

80%

Cousin Joanne came to join the fun... tho she dint do anything.. except eating my cookies..

Aunty did this.. lol..

Decorating another house..

Hehe... done by mummy...

Taaadah!!!

I added the chimney and a lil santa I had from my last year's christmas cake (yes I kept the santa cos its so cute and you cant/hard to find in KL)

Finish... :D

Mummy's

Cousin Wen thinks its fun like art class and started deco also LOL

Not bad!!

Merry Christmas 2009 peoples..!!

From me, who's celebrating from Korea~~~

^_^

shrugs

2009-12-16T02:26:00.004+08:00

Jan2010 update: Ok. I hate to serve australian also... cos... I guess so many asians migrated there and spread the kiasu "disease" to them... they also kiasu.. :( or are they also kiasu originally? *shrugs* worse, their behavior are worse... bad tempered too.. sigh~

I dont know... I rather serve a Korean, a China passenger than a Malaysian with a smile... *shrugs*

Although having language difficulties with Koreans, I give my best smile (when I remember, but most of the time its automatic) unless im annoyed.. or so busy...

When I serve a Chinese passenger and they cant speak English well, I willingly speak my broken Chinese to them.. although its broken.. you can see their faces very happy like "thank-god-you-are-a-life-saver" face. They will ask am I Chinese.. I said yes, but a Malaysian.. and tell them my mandrin isnt good enough and i cant read or write chinese bla bla bla.... but I can help them in filling up forms and in return they thank me and some even compliment I speak my chinese well ^_^ and do you know some majority of Chinese smells? Like they never bathe or wash their clothes for days? Yet... I serve them happily..

But.... when it comes to a whole bunch of Malaysians.. I just ... cant smile like Im supposed to.. I only speak to them English.. unless those older passenger who cant speak English at all, I break my "identity"

Why? I dont know!!

Maybe Malaysians has so much to ask?? Once they know we are "kaki-lang" the demands are MORE!!! When we smile more and show our friendly attitude, they request MORE.... Or, some, teases me....

For example, there's one flight where the whole group of Malaysians are from some direct selling trip.. once they know Im a Malaysian, 2 different person approched me and try to sell me their products.. -__-

The lastest: this guy travelling with his Girlfriend has been eyeing at me everytime I passes by. And I have to pass by a lot since its my duty zone. As usual, asking for lots for water to drink. Asking for souvenirs (playing card) Fine~

Once they know im a Malaysian, they ask if they can have more snacks, more water to drink, more snacks.. oh~ before that, asking which snack is tastier.. If they dint know im a Malaysian, they wouldnt I tell you!! Cos, language wise, they arent that good I guess.. *shrugs*

Hey, not only me have such attitude.. I believe most of us local crew does that! Why?

It's like when a Malaysian paid for something expensive, they expect a lot back or demand alot! (im not denying that I am included in the same category..)

See, that's why I rather serve a foreigner.. even though there are some who have the same kiasu-ness like us.. I serve with a smile..

Roadtrip JB-Melaka

2009-12-13T16:55:00.008+08:00

If I keep on procrastinate but keep taking more pictures, my "ToBlog" file is gonna overload and... perhaps end up in - recycle bin.. -__-

So, road trip not long ago.. followed Boyfriend for his outstation trip... from Segamat-Kluang-JB-Muar-to Melaka and help to navigate...

Kinda dint take pictures in the early part of the trip.. forgotten that I have a blog perhaps?? *shrugs* Also I sat in the car or in coffeshops online most of the time while boyfriend went to look for his dealer.. so what pictures can I take?

This is pictures of our 2nd day in JB.. before leaving to Muar and Melaka.. with the help of a friendly GPS that boyriend borrowed, we found a "Famous Abalone Kueytiau Restaurant" for breakfast..

While waiting for our orders to arrive.. I whipped out my camera...

Trying to hide my acne face.. T__T

Caused by using commercial facial wash and ended up with clogged and oily pores T_T

Boyfriend's KonLou (dried/soup seperated) Kueytiau..

My soup kueytiau..

For the price of RM 10 for big bowl and RM5 for small, you get...

2 abalones.. -___-

and some other seafood like a piece of big prawn, clams, canned abalone, fish cakes.. and some other things I forgotten..

Some crispy otak-otak pohpia thingy.. hmm. dont bother ordering lah.. Muar got better otak otak..

Wait, was it me who ordered the dried kueytiau or boyfriend did? why am I having Konlou in this pic??

Gosh... I think I need more gingko supplements.. T__T

The name of this restaurant is Chuan Xin Abalone Kueytiau (Obviously I wrote up some notes here.. duh~)

MUAR

It started to rain later in the day.. so we tapau (take away?) Muar's famous otak otak and eat in the car.. :P

otak-otak: fish paste + chilli wrapped in coconut leaves and barbequed

[nowadays they even have squid paste, prawns.. ]

The otak otak was not selling inside a shop, but a temporary motor-cart with the otak-otaks ready/cooked inside a container. Boyfriend's dealer directed us to this stall, they actaully do distribution bussiness, the moter-cart is probably their side biz... So we just name the amount and flavor we want and they tapau it for us. Also available in raw packaing so we can bring home and cook it with our veges. ;)

MELAKA

Night: The queue for the famous satay celup in Melaka..

3rd generation already?

The last time I had satay celup in Melaka was when I was still a kiddo.. followed my Aunty to Melaka for a stayover(I do have relatives in Melaka from Mummy's side) I think I was still 6 or 7.. i dunno.. but I still remember I brought my smelly pillow along with me! :P

After bout 30mins of queue.. we finally got ourselves a seat..

raw food prepared in the chiller..

each sticks cost 70cents..

Peanuts being mixed into the sauce

Now what so special about this? We have to queue for 30 mins to get a table, and that big sign saying there's no other branch by Satay Capitol? I dont know! REally! But for 3 generations it has been famous with a lot of celebrities coming in to try... Lack of pictures here but the walls in the small shop are filled with pictures of celebrities and food expert from all over the world!

Satay, (food stuck into a bamboo stick and we celup(dip) them into a pot of thick sauce boiling in the middle of the table..

So yeah, their tables are special made, with a hole in the middle and our legs are pretty heated by the stove underneath the table.. -__-

After a while, the ~~waitress~~ maid (I kinda dont wanna call them waitress.. they are indon maid afterall~) put a few sticks of abalones onto our table.. lol.. if these abalones are placed in the chiller.. pretty much ALL of us will take only the abalones.. although yeah, these are the canned ones.. ;)

The prawn wasnt that bad.. hmm..

but really, i dont find it really delicious or so special... *shrugs*

If you wanna go, the shop is located in Jalan Cina and it opens from 5pm.. go earlier.. the later you go the longer the queue..

The next day, we decided to have our brunch first before boyfriend visit his last dealer in Melaka and we head home...

Duh... Chicken Rice Ball...

Just chicken rice, rolled into a ball... something different from our normal chicken rice. :)

When I came to Melaka as a kid and had this, I felt so special! I mean instead of normal plate of rice, I get a few rice balls to eat! :P

Then... we head on to a nearby jonker88 shop for cendol...

This shop is just so antique.. hmm.. :)

1 normal cendol and 1 durian cendol.. ^_^

End of Melaka..

Oh, we even managed to catch 2012 in Dataran Pahlawan (Boyfriend's dealer is in Mahkota Parade, so after that we went opposite to walk around, since I never been there)

*Now, daddy said wanna go Melaka this trip home.. -__-*

Nah! I blogged!

2009-11-24T01:42:00.003+08:00

Brother

Caught memorizing Moral Values for tomorrow's SPM's Moral paper... funny thing is he took a chair and sat in the porch to study.. -___-

Sis, hiding in the blankets while I snap this... online in the room...

I baked... Mocha Cake..

Dint wanna elaborate much.. same cake baking procedure.. just a different in taste and a bear mould.. Got this teddy bear mould from a shop in Tropicana Mall.. I think it was on sale.. :P

Funny thing is, I have plan to bake/cook something this trip home.. but dint go out to get any ingredients.. When I finally decided to carry my butt up and away from the laptop and Facebook, it was already 9.30pm.. I check all the stuff that I need to bake.. got everything I need, except egg... which left only 1 after mom used the rest for dinner..

I dint follow the recipe excactly I found(Mocha cake with starfruit topping)... cos after measuring 180grams of cake mix, I still left 60gms, so I poured all in and add an extra egg instead of 3.. and added 60grams of butter to instead of 45, 60ml of milk instead if 45ml... and at 9.30pm, I cant find starfruit, so I change it into orange..

The recipe wanted 150ml of vanilla whipped cream, but I only have 100gms from the last bake and so I open my other Chocolate cream to subsidise... lol.. I even changed the 60ml milk to chocolate milk cos there isnt any fresh milk at home.. only ducth lady choco drink mummy bought for brother... lol..

Lol, I even had kahlua for the syrup.. but in the end I dint use it cos dint wanna open my liquor yet.. :P

The cake was a little plain.. so I added some icing on top..

See... its like I HAVE EVERYTHING at home.. waiting for my dispense.. mummy had been nagging me I bought so much cake mix, icings and creams... there's no place to put HER stuff... lol.. so my aim now, ban myself from baking aisle in the supermarket, and try to make/cook something every trip im home... before everything I bought goes bad..

My Teddy-Tubbies... LOL

Couldn't be bothered ady...

2009-11-16T22:26:00.003+08:00

Just feeling lazy to blog, or even post some pictures in FB...

I blame FB... so many games to play... addiction... once im done with games i kinda got tired.. and offline.. LOL

I have Bali trip pictures, still in the camera.. Random pictures from Sydney... Road trip pictures in JB-Melaka..

And some pictures I took for SouledSisters..

ALL.... Yet to be shrinked and upload... sigh...

Will try my best to do it asap *finger crossed*

A trip to downtown MyeongDong

2009-10-19T09:15:00.002+08:00

Here... some pictures of my "reluctant-to-go" trip to MyeongDong that I said I'll blog out soon..

Chuan May, who "jumped" to Cathay Air last year had a flight to Korea, and so coincidently Gyna and me both just arrived from KL in the morning.. May wanted to go MyengDong for some shopping and asked us to come along...

I just spent so much in New York, I was kinda reluctant to go out again as Im afraid I'll spent again.. >.<

Since its really a RARE case of us meeting up together.. we decided to go along.. even though we were so tired after the nidnight flight and had really hard time getting up from bed after 2 hours of rest.. T__T See.. we are such a good friend :P

First stop..

was a stall selling wigs.. and Gyna tried 1 on and ask me whetter it looks real or not. But it was a little expensive.. so we dint get it.. lol..

Second stop

was another stall selling random stuff.. including this big size sunglasses.. just in time we snapped before the seller "shooed" us away for playing with his stuff and not buying.. :P lol!!

I nearly bought it.. but then.. where am I gonna wear it?

Not to forget to stop by the BIG and nice Forever21 in Korea.

Forever21 is Forever21.. their stuff are so much.. most stuff are cramped together.. just like in KL.. even though it is a 3 storey store.. @.@

And cos Korean currency are lower that USD, it is slightly cheaper here compared to USA and of course.. KL.. ;)

Its called "Hoot Bang"

Or, written on the sign, "Whang Hu Dook" (Whang's kueh)

same meaning.. Bang means bread, Dook means kueh.. (as in kueh for kueh melayu)

Hot bread with sugar and peanuts inside.. its really delicious, and only sell during autumn/winter season.. kind of food to keep us warm.. :)

Cream Puff..

yummy! hmm.. I already search for the recipe to make cream puff.. who wanna join me? probably making it this 2 days of so. :P i hope *cross finger*

Cream puff's creme are "pumped" inside the pastry after its baked.. to keep the creme cool.. ;)

They are actually a device to pump them in..

my recipe told me just to use a piping bag fill with creme..

Look inside! :D *slurp* mouth watering already..

Creme Puff is also called baby choux.. which is smaller in size and cuter! :D

The streets of MyeongDong #1

The streets of MyeongDong #2

Spotted: May buying Laneige for her colleague.

And Gyna browsing the stuffs in the next shop...

Beauty credit store.. of KBS something.. some kind of "famous" store in KL now right? Well.. its not in Korea.. =/

dont get cheated..

A truck selling different kinds of seaweed..

This is like another area already.. not more shopping haven.. its called NamDeMun..

Where most Koreans, Hongkies, Japanese, Thai and even Malaysian get their stocks their accessories and clothes and other home stuff in bulk and resell them else where..

We came over here to look for some shops selling stuff for nails but it was Chusok (korean New Year @ our mooncake festival) and all shops were closed. :(

well.. no problem shopping in NamDeMun, but everything have to be bought in bulk . Eg to get a pair of cherry earings, you gotta get a minimum of 4 same pairs of earrings.. =/

Back to MyeongDong..

This is sugar candy.. where sugar are melted and shaped flat and stuck with a stick.. kinda like caramel candy.. and its RM3 a piece..

I took this pic while waiting for May to shop. Gyna and me were kinda her "escort" that day cos both of us really spent a lot on our previous trip and we had shopped enough so we dint get attracted alot.. compared to May.. So instead of browsing the shops and stalls, we WAITED for her outside or beside the stall.. lol!

Common.. the only big thing I bought were a red snake skin pumps. And a headband. And 2 rings. And some stuff from skinfood. Thats all.. :P

We decided to get some dinner before heading home.

Japanese Shabu Shabu wtf.. in Korea.. :P

May craved for bibimbap so you can see a bowl of bibimbap at the corner.. and some korean pickles to match..

yeap.. i believe that's it.. ;)

Tomato - Week 3

2009-10-18T19:42:00.001+08:00

Another baking post...

2009-10-14T20:37:00.006+08:00

Sigh... Im back to nothing to post dilemma...

Why you ask? I can happily tell you:

I sucessfully refrain myself from going out in Hawaii.. haha.

Surely such a waste not to go out in such a beautiful island? An island everybody wish to step foot on but yet I get to go and not get out of the room?? Well.. if you're there alone.. its a different story..

The first time I was in Hawaii I ran out to the beach in my bikinis.. very excited!!

But alone. Full stop.

And the excitement was gone in 2 minutes. Staying a float alone in the water watching other people having fun with siblings and friend/lover.. cam whoring alone.. and walking alone.. haih..

and people tend to approch you when you're alone.. "where are your friends? are you alone? can I join you? "

Gosh.. -___-

So those other trips to Hawaii were spent shopping in factory outlets and malls.. Occasionally I'll get to meet up with other coleagues and we'll go for dinner/drink/walk/shopping...

And this time I managed to stay in the room and watch movies I brought over.. :)

A success! :D

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Its either there's something wrong with me or did I grew a little matured as im reaching 23?

One. I managed to refrain myself from going out in Hawaii,
Two. and on a no-choice-but-have-to-go trip to downtown MyeonDong in Korea, (will blog later) I only bought myself a shoe. If you remember my previous post.. I ALWAYS come back with heaps of stuff..
Three. I stopped myself from buying the US Cosmopolitan monthly fix magazine. (Im in LA now as im blogging) I used to love it alot, for its sexy info and gossips.. but these 2 months I found it a bore to read..
Four. Also stop myself from entering the pharmacy nearby (kept telling myself I have nothing to buy in there, dont go in and purposelybuy something) ;)

I believe this four accomplishments is pretty good already.. I wanna see how long I can keep up.. :P

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Argh I've decided to post some picture anyway.. Some "baking" I've done.. already snap those pic and even resized it for blogging.. will be a waste not to post it..

No Bake Chocolate Mousse Cake

bought a box of mixture from Sydney...

there's Crushed biscuits inside, mousse mix, and choco flakes innit.. I'll just need to buy some milk and butter..

choco flakes...

butter are to mix with the crushed biscuits..

and flatten into a baking pan..

measurred milk and mousse mix..

blend it up..

till it becomes fluffy..

once its fluffed up the amout kinda folds 3.. how come ah?

pour into the bakng pan..

pardon my look.. :P my fringe is irritating and its really hot at home...

pardon the mess on the table too...

that's how messy I am when Im doing something... but I promise I'll clean it up mummy.. :P

flatten the mixture...

add in choco flakes

Done!!

Freeze it in the freezer for 30-60 minutes, cut and serve!

YummY!! :D

*dint have the after picture cos bro ate it without asking me.. and he made a mess cutting it... not a nice presentation.. :P

New York Times Square~

2009-10-12T21:28:00.014+08:00

A day in New York... Starts with a morning "professional" cam-whoring..

#2

a little peek of what's outside the window..

First Stop: M&M's store

millions of EDIBLE M&Ms.. yummeh!

What color you want ah?

You can store it in bottles, plastic bags...

Halloween containers..

With Mr Yellow M&M

Skitties is also from M&M leh :P

Who wants M&M's bag?

M&M's candy dispenser #1

I nearly bought it.. if my luggage would have an extra space T__T

M&M's Candy Dispenser #2

M&M's Candy Dispenser #3

This is a fortune reader.. poping yes or no..

Damn nice chess set...

Bloody expensive... :(

M&M's Candy Dispenser #4

more M&M's

collectibles #1

#2 cost USD3000

Collectibles #3

Collectible #4

Facial tissues!!

Back to Times Square..

Had salad for breakfast..

I forgot the name of this cafe but we can mix our salad and its quite nice! I mean.. I hardly have salads.. and now I found that I salad are mixed with sweet dressing like sasame ginger.. it taste good!

look:

*its located next to hardrock cafe*

Nice?

I bought it :P

Thats Madamme Tussauds the wax museum in Broadway.. :)

I might go and visit it next time.. or watch a broadway show.. or Riley's Believe It or Not.. :)

Me... tired looking after a day walking and shopping..

cos its midnight in Malaysia.. and we walked a lot!!

I should censor this.. :P

take a pic with this mascot and get a mascara for FREE!! :P

anyway.. the mascara was useless.. no volume or curl also.. not even waterproof!

haha~
I love my leggings.. ;P got it from Korea.. cool eh?

Hershey shop behind..

was late. dint wanna go in ady..

right... nice day shopping and walking ;)

Birthday Wishlist 2009~

2009-10-07T16:56:00.004+08:00

Right.. I nearly forgot to list my birthday wish list of 2009.. :P

Fret not, here you go... and you still have 15 days to go get it for me... ^_^

I still did not get my big size pooh bear from last year... :(

Like I said, I want a big size huggable Pooh bear please.. and not out of shape looking Pooh bear also.. Imma afraid I'll get nightmare hugging an out-of-shape bear -____-

~~A new toy: Fujiflim Instax Mini 7 Instant Camera...~~

nah, change my mind, I want Fujiflim Instax Mini 25 instead.. similar, but slimmer and better ;)

Either you get it fot me or im gettin it once my bank resumes to have some cash inside T__T

PUPPY!!!

now what breed is this? Shiztsu? Maltese? I think its a Maltese.. Oh well, either this 2 breeds of dog are my fav.. dont mind the color.. but preferbly female... :)

or if you have other breeds to spare me, here is my -i-dont-mind-list:
Beagel
Terrier
Miniature Schnauzer
English Cocker Spaniel
Golden Retriever
Poddle
Bulldog (- oh yeah..)

Fyi, I may not be a pro at dog stuff, but I know how to feed, bathe, groom, train and definately play with them.. Ask Coco!! She loves me!

otherwise... I would love to own a drawf bunny! short ears.. mini.. cuteness ^_^

So.. I've made my list short this year.. I think I've got/ I'll get myself the rest..

Anyway.. with only an average of 3 readers a day(2 of them happen to stumble to my blog via google search, normally coca-cola and look out point ampang), who's readin? (and getting me what I want?)

Happy MoonCake Festival!!

2009-10-03T00:03:00.000+08:00

I played with candles and lanterns...

by myself.. :P

Even light up those halloween lanterns I bought last year, which has been hanging in the garden for the whole year! :D

I accidently burnt daddy's pvc pipe that he uses for cleaning the home's water filter system.. T_T

long story.. dont want tell you..

watching the un-full moon alone in the porch.. yea la.. I made my own "festival" earlier cos I gotta fly to Seoul on the actual date.. -____-

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I also made mooncakes!!! :D

Snowskin mooncake to be exact.. cos its easier to make :P

So here's the ingredients:

220gm of cooked gluticious rice flour (kor fun)

mine was bought pre cooked from the bakery specialist shop..

60gms unsalted butter or shortening...

cooled syrup,

pre boiled with 350ml water, 2 pcs of pandan leaves, and 190gms of sugar..

colorings!

fillings

I bought mine Tiramisu.. you can choose your own fillings, red bean, lotus paste.. durian.. emm.. yumm...

So, put the flour into the blender, and put in chunks of butter:

like this...

pour in syrup, which I've mixed with a little colorings...

Blend...

grr

till it becomes a sticky dough..

spread some kor flour onto the board..

so that the mixed dough will not stick onto the board...

moulds

available in bakery supplies shops

rolling pin.. flour it a little too. so the dough wont stick on when you roll. ^_^

divide dough to a 80grm size. Round up the dough and flatten it using a rolling pin or a flat surface clean bottle..

cut up the fillings into 70grms

and put it liddis. ..

Wrap up the dough...

and roll it up liddis....

roll...

roll....

flour up the mould too.. spread some flour in it and pat it out again..

put in the rolled up dough and press it firm.

taadah!!!

We have a Mooncake! :D

Now to make the smaller one,

dough 30grm, fillings 25grms... (approximately/depends on your mould)

Roll it up like the big one..

and press it firm into the floured mould..

maciam ini..

taadah!!

another mini mooncake!! :D

Serving suggestions:

in a mini serving plate....

or heck... just serve like that..

last piece..

dont forget to press it firm.. so the patterns are printed onto the cake... but not too hard or else the fillings will come out..

oh lala~

ok i know mine wasnt as perfect as those cormercial ones.. but hey! they are professional chefs!!

im just an amateur... :(

but im not giving up.. if im still "hot" by the time im back this trip.. imma gonna perfect my skills.. ;)

now...

the part where I HATE most after making something, or baking or cooking is..

THE MESS AND THE WASHING T____T

Tomato - Week 1

2009-09-29T12:27:00.002+08:00

Its Cherry Tomato... all the way from Korea!! lol! :D

Stew Siham

2009-09-28T03:13:00.002+08:00

Was groceries shopping with mummy last weekend and passed my a bunch of siham (what is siham in english? shell? what shell?) feeling hungry.. i managed to paster mummy to buy some, while i offered to cook... ;)

I remembered during college days, the groceries shop downstairs of my flat, uncle used to sell lots of siham.. very cheap also.. like RM1 a big big packet..

Then we will just boil it with lemongrass (to remove the smell) and eat with chilli-soy sauce mixture..

-finger lickin' good-

Then one day, Nina, from sarawak, came over to visit and offer to cook her mum's dish.. stewed siham.. It was sooooo delicious I got the recipe from her. I kept it in my "special" recipe book and decided today is the day to try it. :D

Ingredients:

1 Big onions, sliced. 2 cloves of garlic, chopped. and 2 Small onions, chopped.

A stick of lemongrass, chopped into a few smaller pieces. 1 chilly, cut and cleaned (i remove te seed as well cos I dint want it to be too hot) . 1 ginger/yellow ginger(kunyit), cut into strips. 5 tbsp of Oyster sauce (more if not tasty enough), 5 tbsp of Dark Soy sauce, oil, sugar, salt, a shake of pepper, ajinomoto(msg, or optional if u opt for no msg food) water(depending in the amount of siham you're cooking), and of course, Siham

Make sure washed the siham off its dirt first.. soak for a while in water and use a brush to brush away those soil. Especially the "folding" part of the shells...

I have limited pictures.. cos I was busy cooking.. and nobody help me to snap pictures... :(

I snapped the pre-cook pot.. and thats my "recipe" book on top of the wok :P

~So, heat up some oil, and fry garlic, chilly, lemongrass, ginger, small onions until a little brown.
~Add in Siham and put in water, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, salt, pepper.
~Cover the put and let it boil.
~Put in Big Onions
~Serve!

See! so simple.. and delicious.

try it!!! :D