i'm an aunt again!

yeah! (:
my cousin just gave birth to a baby daughter! (:
i am an aunt again!
and mabelle is gonna be an elder sister.
its time she learn how to care and share for younger siblings.
not that she doesn't know how to,
but it is good for kids of her age to start learning how to care for the young ones.

telephone conversation with mabelle,
mummy: "you wanna come to my ouse on sunday ah?"
mabelle: "i wanna go and see eeyuen ah yi's baby!"
mummy: "haha.. who is going to bring you there?"
mabelle: "i wanna go and see eeyuen ah yi's baby....(repeats for umpteen times.)"
haha (:
she loves repeating her sentences again and again.
every often, i could sense her impatience-ness in trying to make herself understood.

alrights, back to my new born baby niece. (:
today is her birthday!
12 may 2008!
and coincidentally, her dad's birthday was yesterday!
in future, daddy and daughter can celebrate their birthdays together le (:

her name should be rachel lynn solomon. (:
most likely it will. (:
and i will post up pictures of her after getting hold of them.

oh ya, i predict that she will be quite beautiful (:
as she is actually a mix blood!
yes, my cousin-in-law is an indian,
and my cousin is a chinese.
(:
and i heard that the baby is quite fair.
weighs 3.1kg!
same weigh as me when i was born! (:
hehe.
this is so exciting!
but the sad thing is i wont be able to see my niece any time soon!
she is in dubai!
that's so far away from me! ):
if really i wanna go there, i should start saving up.
really save up!!
plus more work!

working OT tomorrow!
$10.50 per hour! (:
hehe (:

more updates on baby rachel soon (:

my babies darlings (:

i was so bored that i went into facebook and look around.
went to the make a baby application, and i made this baby! (:
her name is eapple. (:
inspired by my brother. (:


and liyong i have invited you to be the baby's grandma!
HAHA! accept soon kkz! (:

see eapple is so so cute!! (:
by the way, her name is pronounced as "apple".

i have two other babies.
one is charlie. (:

i made him with my cousin.
(as you can see, my cousin totally don't care about him!
he is like so unhealthy, i shall go and nurse him to health soon!)

and another baby with kesleen. (:
he is called Babywu.
like what the shitty name la!
HAHA!
i shall not take care of him! :P
haha.

but he is cute too.
in his bee thingy (:

now i wonder, why am i so fascinated by online babies?
i think i am starting to immerse myself with the virtual world,
and unrealistic things.
probably, these are the things that make me happier in life.
just like material well being.

bored. ):

i am wondering what am i doing at home?
i was supposed to be out.
supposed to be.
its mothers' day.
and yet, here i am slacking at home.

had plans to go out with friends.
but pushed plans away so that i can go out with family,
but here i am stuck at home.
):

i am always looking forward to weekends,
but at times,
i would rather be at work.
at least work can take my mind off things.

suddenly miss mabelle a lot.
i miss playing with her.
talking to her.
listening to her sing.
watching her play while i fall asleep.
going out shopping with her.
sharing small little bits of chocolates with her.
she simply make me smile.

i need a break.
i wanna go away on a holiday.
with friends,
family?
whatever.
just take me away.
before school starts all over again,
not knowing when can i ever take a break.

fears and worries constantly filling up in me.
these just happens when you have too much time and too little things to do.
the same goes when you have too much material wants and too little money. ):
i just feel so poor.
have a sudden urge to take up more jobs to occupy my time and also earn more money.
much better than slacking my time away here with no productive achievements at the end of the day.


i really need money. ):

i am in love with this!

Salvatore Ferragamo.
Incanto Dream.


damn nice la!

bought it at a smashingly low price! (:
42 bucks.
(:
tester bottle from Lucky plaza.
the shop opposite Macdonalds.

HOWEVER, it is not as long lasting.
went to TANGS yesterday,
and the salvatore ferragamo promoter went to introduce me to the body lotion.
OMG! its so lasting.
the very hip and cool auntie auntie applied just a little bit of the lotion on me
and the fragrance stayed with me all the way.
until i reached home.
and stefanie kept on commenting that she can smell me when we were on the train.
argh! i really really want the incanto dream body lotion!


there is a promotion now at tangs.
$133 for the 100ml perfume,
two bottles of 50ml body lotion, and one 4ml small cute little miniature perfume for free!
whilst stocks last. (:

but i don't quite mind the body lotion only though.
i already have a 100ml perfume one sitting at home,
and i believe its gonna last for quite long.
so what i lack is the 150ml body lotion.
$63!
and i shall pester the auntie auntie promoter to give me a free miniature for free! (:

to think of it, its all thanks to that auntie promoter.
she introduced layering to me.
and now i am so addicted to that body lotion!

that auntie promoter is highly persuasive,
smiley too, and most importantly has good service.
jenny is her name. (:
i am in support of good service,
i am very willing to pay for good service too. (:
i shall consider going back there.
$63.
any sponsors please?
i haven received gifts for quite long liao. :P

laugh out loud!

received this funny email.
posting it here to share with all. (:

A co-worker got a pen stuck inside our printer.
She started to try remove the pen,
but I told her we don't have time for that now,
so she should just put a note on the printer,
telling folks not to use it, and then report it to the Help Desk.
So she grabbed a piece of paper and scrawled on it.
I left before she finished the note.
About 20 minutes later, one of my techs comes in laughing
and says he was just in the lobby,
saw that piece of paper on a printer and went to investigate.
Attached is what he found.

Sometimes things don't always come out the way you want them to, right ?

it is so unpredictable.

things are so unpredictable.
i am surrounded by people breaking up..
even those that i thought are in a really stable relationship. ):

many hearts are broken..
many idiotic and immature guys.
i am sorry. but i really think that some guys are jerks.
many unreasonable reasons EXCUSES for breakups!
too much of unwillingness to commit.
too much expectations and demands.
too little appreciation.
too much of wanting someone to change for you,
yet you aren't willing to change for the person you love.
too many promises made,
yet many are left unfulfilled.

blame it on the timing.
blame it on the world.
blame it on the people around you that makes you behave and think this way.
blame it on everyone else.
and lastly blame it on yourself.

sometimes, it is good to cry and scream your lungs out.
dun ever bottle it up.
let it all out,
and let it all go.

if every you need a listening ear,
you can count on me.
but if you need a bunch of consolations and words of comfort,
i may not be the right person to look for.
i can't help it but to hurl rude and unkind remarks.
i wonder what is making me so angry.
but it just hurts to see you in that state.
please, time to let go.
i shall catalyse your reaction time.

it is high time you take a break.
let your emotions rest.
i don't want to see emo elmo.

to end this off in a lighter mood.
a funny comic strip of heartbroken.

(how appropriate. sadistic guys.)

and i hope things happening around me will not tweak the little spark of faith i hold in my own relationship.
it takes two hands to clap,
the same goes for all relationships.
compromising is the key.
and remaining faithful is the other key.

finally ending this off with a quote,
"in a relationship,
there should be as little expectations,
as little demands,
as much graditude,
and overflowing appreciation."
-sir desmond

TK on TV

in the end it was TKGS.
not TK! ):
chey. wrong info!
so i ended up watching the arena.
not bad.
good and engaging way to improve your general knowledge.

watch Channel 8 at 8PM tomorrow.
TK is on TV.
they are participating in a chinese competition.
the one hosted by GuoLiang.
lets see how will they perform.

heard from dawn that from what the commercial is showing, TK don't seem to be performing every well.
but i think it is expected. oopsie!
hehe.
even though i hope that isn't the case,
i've to admit that TK isn't that strong in Chinese.
i am a living example.
although i got A1 for my O level Chinese.
distinction for my O level Chinese oral.
and I even had the chance to go on an exchange programme to China.
hehe(:
alrights. i shall stop boasting.
no matter what, i will give my full support to TK!
that show tomorrow is gonna be the first tv show that i will be watching since donkey years ago.
Go TK!

my new blogskin(:

yeah! finally i managed to change my blogskin to something more personalised! (:
I'm so so happy!
i have been procrastinating ever since after A levels.
and now its finally up!

it wasn't as difficult as i thought it would be.
i am not that noob afterall!
hehe!

i did not create this whole blog skin out from scratch.
i took the template from here,
then i edited it slowly myself. (:
this is what the actual blog skin looks like.

or you can see the demo version here.

most of my time was spent on creating the banner.
all the seven pictures on the banner have been photoshopped. (:
i am really beginning to like Photoshop CS3 a lot.
used to think that it is too complicated for me,
nevertheless, i manage to come up with this banner. (:



Taking a closer look at the seven pictures.

changed the ugly background of this woodstock picture.


edited the words above.
it says,
"my head was sound asleep
but my stomach was wide awake."
i just realised that the colour is a little difficult to see.
but never mind, it can't be seen in the banner anyway.


drew in the sun rays.
and added in the words "Peanuts Land...".


added the small little picture up there to cover the plain background.
removed ugly wallpaper that was initially above my head.

did a filter to the background, while retaining the foreground.
the background consist of my cupboards.


added in the other picture to complete the last strip of my banner.
created that rows of hearts in the middle to fill up the empty places.
and finally, combine everything together,
with a little arranging here and there,
and viola!
its done!
(:

took me about 4 to 6 hours.
and the sense of satisfaction is there.
haven felt this much of sense of accomplishment for quite a long time.
glad i finally completed it.

other than spending time on my new blog skin,
i did quite a number of things today.
finished packing about half of my untidy room today!
i packed all those really untidy parts,
throwing away all those useless pamphlets from open houses.

helped out with the housework quite a lot today.
at least more than what i used to do.

prepared my favourite papaya milk shake!
yummy!

in addition prepared for my lunch box for work tomorrow.
(:

in conclusion, it was a productive stay-home Sunday!

Adobe Photoshop Express

it is absolutely free!
just sign up for an account here.
very user friendly.
especially for noobs.
although you may not be able to do too sophisticated things.
but normal tinting and changing exposure, highlighting, distorting, etc etc.
and i dunno why is there a face on top of my brother's head.
haha.
but who cares. at least i still look nice in the picture ya?
(:

*edited*
i managed to remove that face there.
and i created a wave like thingy in the background.

my wish

sometimes the solution is just so simple that i overlooked it.


can listen to the full song here.
shitty imeem will shorten the song!
better listen to it soon. (:
shitty imeem has shorten the song already.
but if you all want the song i can send it to you.

My Wish
I hope that days come easy and moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,

More then anything, more then anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more then you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And you always give more then you take.

Oh More then anything, Yeah, and more then anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more then you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

----------------
Now playing: Rascal Flatts - My Wish
via FoxyTunes

if you don't start learning to appreciate the things around you, they are going to be taken away from you so fast that you don't even know it.
yes, it is true.
but stupid me just doesn't know how to treasure things.

morning!

i hate waking up,
finding myself feeling lost.
looking into the mirror,
i see the grouchy reflection staring back at me.
and on a closer look,
my double eyelids has transformed into a singe eyelid.
what the shit.


to wake up in this unhappy world sucks.

cut pinkie ):

here it is. my poor little pinkie
):
cut by my stupid laptop fan.
(pisture was photoshopped.)
nice?

new hairdo! (:

before

after

spot the difference.

i really think photoshop works wonders! (:
though it isn't very well done yet.
i shall go perfect my skills.

edible marzipan babies!

omg!
can you believe that these babies are edible?
they are so cute that i just cant bear to eat them!

but they said that the email being circulated is false.

and i read someone else using the same picture saying that they are made of chocolates.
haha. who knows how true it is.
nevertheless, they are extremely cute. (:

happy (:

i am a happy weirdo! (:

yeah last day of work (at treasury) liao!

should have given myself one more day of rest.

rahhs...

i think the person in the picture look a little like my brother when he was young.

SYF Band (National Stadium) Pictures

while waiting for kelvyn,
we (dawn, vivien and i) had Donuts & Donuts.
(at leisure park.)

look at the wide range of flavours.

the donuts we bought. (:

bottom left one is called barbarian filling.
nothing barbaric about the donut,
its just custard filling in it.

vivien cutting up the barbarian anxiously!

close up of the cut up barbarian filling.


honeydew chocolate! (:

this is my personal favourite!
i love the beautiful colour!
and they didn't wanted to let me buy at first.
cause they think tht honeydew and chocolate is a weird combination.

but we got cheated! ):
we were expecting chocolate to ooze out for the inside,
(like the double choc of donut factory.)
but we got cheated!
there is nothing inside.
we still cant figure out why is it called honeydew chocolate when there is no chocolate!
and it is very very sweet.
all the donuts from here are very very sweet.

the expresso one.
or affectionately known as the shitty one.

i think it resembles shit a lot!
cutting it up...

still nothing inside.
but the coffee taste is overwhelming.(:
nice!
doesn't taste like shit at all.

nutty chocolate.
vivien's favourite.


crunchy pops or something.
basically its just the chocolate rice cornflakes being poured onto the donut.
cant remember how it taste like.


next up,
dawn the new ambassador for Donuts & Donuts.
for the series of photos that are posted,
i may not be held responsible for causing any discomfort in your intestines.
viewers' discretion!
but forgive her, she was just trying to show and advertise how nice the doughnuts are. (:
plus we got a discount from the boss thanks to her!
HAHA!
(we bought like 24 donuts?! plus the 6 that we bought,
in total we got 30 donuts from them at one go!
bought every single available flavour!
and we ran out of flavours to buy even.)
the donuts comes in more variety as compared to the donut factory ones,
but more variety actually means more shapes.
every flavour of the donut has at least two different kinda shapes and names!
(they are just not creative enough to think of other flavours,
and are smart enough to duplicate each flavour into different shapes.)


simply delicious! (:

ahh. u want one?

at the end of this series of pictures,
i think dawn herself should realise that her eyes aren't very big actually.
:P
so stop saying that my eyes are small.

Pictures of the SYF Band Competition at the supposingly closed down National Stadium.

TK Band starting position.

their formation is still awesome!
too bad this isn't the front view.

finale! (:


random shots.



that's TK flag flying high! (:

whole bunch of tk-sians running with the flag.



i was trying to capture them doing the TK wave.

the National Stadium



the leaders of TK student council.
with jamie's hand.

ur red batch helping out in the cheering.

sky turning dark.


i saw this cloud and i imagined it to look like a toad.

lights on!
the amount of electricity wasted to switch on those lights.
environmentally unfriendly.

ready for results?

wait..

wait..

wait...
it was very long later before the results were finally announced.
poor planning once again.

night falls.
results released.

and off we go for
dinner.

HK cafe at east coast park.
dessert.
almond paste and black glutinous rice!

delicious! (:

and they removed the xiao long bao from the menu!
lazy people!

xiao long bao reminds me of the ones at Tian Jian Fong Kee at People's Park Complex.
and those xiao long baos at Ding Tai Feng aren't good at all.
the skin is too thick and they dries up very quickly.
i would rather eat the Fong Kee one.
cheap and nice! (: