Lame Bear Story..

Photoshopping frenzy..

Photoshopping frenzy resumes...

The "lace" bit looks awkward...i think I'll need to tweak it again.

Jam Sauce

I have never been a fan of jam - fruit preserve paste, for I often find it unappealing to the palate. 

It contains too much sugar, to be eaten with bread. 

However, I find it acceptable for Jam to be eaten with savory food, such as Ikea's meatball with cream sauce and linggon berry jam, or even Skinny pizza's Turkey ham with blueberry jam.

It's 2am in the morning, and I'm hungry for jam with salty food.

Argh!

Gossips and gossiper

I chanced upon this and thought to myself... how true.

Happy Bunny Year!

Figured that it's the year of the Bunny, so I dug up a picture of the furry bugger at home to mark the new year.

I took him out for a hop in the room, and he decided to do his " I am a cutie" thingie by perching himself on a box by the corner of the room.

Well god is fair, and his cuteness has its limitations. Hohohoho!

The black little furry bugger doesn't look too handsome/cute whenever the camera flash goes off. 

Flash + bunny =  Red eyes (just like how beans or onions gives you gas), 

and it really doesn't help that his eyes are humongous! 

I had to settle for normal pictures + photoshop editing - therefore pardon the noise level of the picture. I had to tweak ALOT to make him visible.

Digression aside, Happy Chinese New Year!

May the new year be bunnyful of abundance in opportunities, success, wealth, good health and filled to the brim with love!

Huat Ah!

Fred Flare quirky toys

I was bored and browsing.

Saw a couple of quirky items from Fred Flare.

Tea Submarine 

It's such a cute idea!

I shall consider buying this, when I become a stay-at-home-tea-drinker.

For now, I'm still pretty much into my rubbish sugared bubble tea.

or a magic frog that'll turn into a prince 

Robot headphone splitter

This cute little bugger's eyes are earphone jacks. 

How poor thing in a cutesy way!  

I Reckon that they'll make great gifts, but browsing will do for now!

Geeklet speaking : HTML woes

Sleepless, I spent the entire morning adventuring with what i'll term my geek habits.

So far...

I've managed to fix up a simple header design for the shop

But blogger apparently has an unresolved issue with low resolution header.

My header design appears rather sharp and crisp in my Mac, until it gets exported onto blogger's header template. How annoying! They ought to get it fixed soon! Grr...

**** comment inserted: monday january 25 2010
Oh gorgeous! 

The blurry header has been miraculously fixed.
It's looking sharp as a pix!e now.
Yays! :)  i'm swear i'm sticking to GOOGLE for life!
Woots!

On a happier note, with regards to this blog, the HTML code fiddling proved to be more productive for me.
Previously, reading older post would require readers to navigate through the tabs located at the top of the template.

The new and improved version currently requires readers to click on the "older post" button located at the right bottom of every entry - linking directly to my archive page instead.

Yays!

Lastly, a random attempt to maintain savviness, I linked my almost non existent Twitter account with Facebook, and now the Tweet account lives!

Oh joy!

Now I'm happy, and somewhat very sleepy.

Incredible India!

Hello!

It's been awhile, Happy 2011!

While I'm in the mood to accomplish anything tonight (yes, my favourite sugared tea is keeping me up and hyper at the moment), therefore I shall no longer procrastinate, and attempt to share my experience in India through my eyes?

Tra lala ...

Immigration form I had to fill in during my plane ride.

Strolling about the village on my first morning - my first taste of village life.

Dogs and villagers aplenty, they were a curious bunch - since I am probably the only Chinese girl they'll see in their life entire life time. I have to say that they are a very sincere bunch though...

* the place I stayed in the ashram was pretty decent by my Singaporean standard...so fret not for me!

Our Indian chief suggested that we embark on a stroll to the beach - which turned out to be a tormenting hike in a swamp trail, filled with lots of crazy thorns that poked through my slippers.

Add in a loooong trail of squishy, muddy grounds so slippery that was practically i-m-p-o-s-s-i-b-l-e to walk.

Out of desperation, I gave up on my slippers and walked bare footed.

Post Beach stroll, Kuge suggested that we attempt the vegan breakfast served at the Ashram daily.
This is how it looks like - Rice flour cake with coconut milk and dahl-like curry.
The rice cakes reminds me somewhat of a moist and softer textured version of our local Tutu Kueh.

On the top left corner of the picture, out water was supplied in packet forms.

You're supposed to chew off a corner of the packet, and drink out of it.
No Straws.

The meal tasted decent to me, but I must say that 1 rice cake was definitely enough for me.

It's waaay too much carbohydrates in 3 rice cakes for me to stomach in the morning.

The lady who handed me my food was very concerned that I would starve, and insisted I finish at least 2 cakes. Just to be polite ( and because most villagers are very poor/ do alot of manual chores they eat at least 20 rice cakes in one seating or something along the lines, I tried not to waste food!) Gosh - I nearly died from from my attempt.

Us smiling with our lovingly made breakfast before partaking.

(I love how sincere everyone was, even though I could not understand their language.)

Post breakfast, we ran off with our driver for a little sight seeing around the main town.

Spotted a rare Signage with English words.. and I have no idea why it emphasized that the shop was owned by a Fish monger.

Peeped through the wall, while waiting for my ferry ride.

Yes, this is my ferry queue. I am quite the rare sight in India, being Chinese and female.

Haha. Everyone did their part in taking care of me, and I am really thankful!

On the left, we have Kuge, who's blending really well with the rest of his homies, and on the right, we have a quarter of Aden who's resting on the queuing bench.

And this would be the name of the Ferry that we boarded.  

Before boarding, there was a mad rush to grab a smelly worn out life vest. 

In the midst of the chaos, I panicked, and didnt manage to get any pictures of the smelly pile of life vest, dumped on the floor.  

I picked up a dingy looking vest, and refused to put it on...Better dead than smelly for me!

But Crix seems to be loving his vest tho... 

Setting foot onto the island, I love the sign that greeted me : Each soul is potentially divine.

So zen!

This island we visited housed the statue/house to the founder of Yoga. This is where Yoga apparently originated in. *beams*

As with most holy places - Visitors are required to remove their footwear.

Therefore the random pictures of my feet following the arrows.

Waiting for the ferry back - self entertainment was absolutely essential.

I attempted an arty shot of Aiden and myself through the reflection of Crix's sunnies,

but FAILED.  :(

my usual self shots, and the intrusion of Crix's peace sign in the picture..

Speaking of peace signs, we are extremely amused with the coins we received when we paid for our meals...

Meals were decent. Being the spoilt Singaporeans we were, we got the driver to drive us out to the fancy hotel in town, and we practically camped out at the same Restaurant almost every lunch and Dinner. 

Our first taste of Pepsi in a bottle! I think I was having a good hair day..

Sample picture of our typical meal. Tandoori Chicken, Fish Tikka (yummiest!) Chicken manchuria and blahblahblahblah. We ate so much meat that I constipated for the first 3-4 days! (so much for everyone's concern that India would give me diarrhea. Hahaha!)

Restaurant interior

Our favorite Booth Seat!

Our last day at Lunch! Chinese vs Indians! LOL

Post Lunch, a random shot of me in my heart shaped sunnies that was taken by Crix.

Kuge in his Epic Kawaii Gangsta shot.

Joker borrowed my shades. Totally amusing! 

Floor art at the entrance of the Ashram.

I love them to bits, and cannot take my eyes off them every time I walk past the entrance. :)

The wall of the Ashram is filled with plenty of wall murals, and these are just some that spoke the most to me.

As for my lodgings provided by the Ashram, we had ceiling fan, aircon, water heater, 2 washing sink (one in the toilet, and one in the corner by the window)

I was not expecting this standard before embarking on my trip, and I am glad to say that this was waaay better than what I have anticipated. For that I am extremely thankful for all that was provided.

On our last day, we visited a fortress nearby with a mega huge pond that was said to be where the Princess used to shower. -_-" The way I looked at it, the pond/bath could hold 10 elephants in it, or house a really HUGE princess, or the princess fancied pool parties?

I was not impressed with the pond, but I do have to share this...

Funny thing was, the men on the right of the sign were really comfortable on the tree...

Lol! I guess the signs were meant for tourists only?!

Ending off with a random picture of me posing with a tree that everyone tried to climb, but me.

Footnote: I never thought a city loving girl like me would ever say this, but I would choose to make a trip back to Kanyakumari again in the near future, for it was this little village that I found the inner peace that I desperately seek.

Okay, bye for now!

Hello India!

Heading off to India in a couple of hours.

I rarely hesitate at the chance traveling.

However, after the countless horror stories I've heard, about the water quality and standard of living and smelliness and blah..

Packing preparations became a big hassle.

Pretty sure this is the first time i am not packing any pretty stuff for a trip.

I packed mostly stuff that I "think" I would be alright disposing them/getting dirty in...(That proved to be a tough tough thing to do - coz of my obsessive habit of keeping my belongings in pristine conditions)

I've also probably never packed such an incredulous amount of wet wipes, make up remover in tissue form, body wipes, or even fret about instant food that can easily be eaten without the use of WATER.

Hahahhaa

Seriously!

After all the hulabalooo...

I am finally ready for the journey.

"Roughing it out" will do you some good" ~ mommy, Nov 2010.

So Hello India!

Humming In my head : Good Life - One Republic

Paper art inspirations

I chanced upon this site with many amazing paper creations.
I feel the itch to start on my paper crafting again.

Paper sculpting used to be limited by what I could borrow off the library shelves as a kid.

But look at these!

So amazing!

Love the paper bloom sculpture on top!

The forest of paper roll is damn creative.

Having staring at paper rolls for the past 27 years,

The most creative thing I've ever done with it, doesn't even come close to

the forest! Blah!

I want to be paper brilliant again!

Spreading the gospel

No offense to all the iphone users in the world...

I was just having a random conversation one day, and an annoying iphone user simply told me in the face that the iphone is the greatest invention on earth, and that I didn't know what I was missing out, using the blackberry and yada yada...

Gosh! I hate it when people evangelize their iphones in such a manner,
It's like those annoying christians telling me that their god is good syndrome.
it just leaves a bad taste in the mouth...

Everyone has a choice, and one should just learn to respect other's choices.


There prolly are many retorts i'll like to tell this bunch of "cool" iphone users, like.....
----
Back when the only Safari(s) that will EVER register in your mind was those related to African expedition with lions, zebras and similar journeys of its like, I was already adept at the browser called Safari, and extremely comfortable with the Mac OS.

----
or
Just because you think your phone is damn bloody good, doesn't give you the right to put my phone down.
I probably know more about the iphone and the blackberry, than you know about your iphone put together.
as I'm arguably more tech savvy than most guys are, so go get your facts right, before you start flauting, for I did my homework before I purchased my phone -- unlike you, prolly too bimbo and bought it blindly, as like how most singaporeans are, with the hello kitty and crazy bubble tea queuing. Tsk!
----
or my Blackberry messenger doesn't cost me a cent, *dramatic gasp* you mean you have to pay to download your Whatsapp just to talk to your friends like the BBM?!

----
My blackberry for one has the sensibility of providing options of changing my battery pack, the memory card, and your phone doesn't. I could spend all day picking on both the good and bad of every phone available in the market.

However, like I said at the start, this stupid thing about how- my phone is better than yours, is as childish as my god is better than yours charade.

I suggest you just shut your trap, and go back to your isolated world of apps, where the most happening thing that has ever occurred in your life, is your precious iphone 4.

Blah!
I'm still annoyed it's damn suay-bye to meet such retards!

disappintment

I know I couldn't count on you for your support,
But all I asked for, was your understanding,
Even that, you failed me.

Tears of disappointment trickled down my face, as we stood waiting for the bus.
You were supposed to be the one person I could fall upon, even if the world turned against me.

Whoever who said that your mother would love you unconditionally, prolly never met mine.

Nights like this...

I find myself in a pensive mood.

Our life often evolve just around ourselves..

but lately, I feel rather small and insignificant to this huge world..

Just like an aquarium filled with beautiful fishes swimming about serenely.

No one actually notice, if a fish went missing.

In fact, life goes on, doesn't it?

inner peace

Distractions are merely temporary measures.

Love and Marriage

Sitting in the cab making my way home from Stella and Cliff's wedding, the corn story that I once heard of popped up in my head:

A student asks a teacher, "What is love?"

The teacher said, "In order to answer your question, go to the wheat field and choose the biggest wheat and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and you cannot turn back to pick."

The student went to the field and in the first row, he saw one big wheat, but he wondered that maybe, there's still a bigger wheat in the next few rows.

Then he saw a bigger one but he thought that there is an even bigger one waiting for him somewhere in the wheat field.

Later, when he finished more than half of the wheat field, he started to realize that each wheat is not as big as the previous one that he saw. He realized that he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted.

So, he went back to the teacher with an empty hand.

The teacher told him, "This is love... You keep looking for a better one, but later, you realize that you have already missed the best one and it's too late to go back."

"What is marriage then?" the student asked.

The teacher said, "In order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and you cannot turn back to pick."

The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake,

when he reaches the middle of the field, he
picks one medium corn that he is satisfied, and comes back to the teacher.

The teacher told him, "This time you brought a corn.. And this time, you looked for the one that is just nice, and you have faith and you believe that this is the best one you can ever get.... Now that is marriage."