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My Karaoke Experience . . .

About to go out to meet Fenny. Shane insisted on taking funny shots, so there you are.

Happy Sunday tomorrow..!!

Love, Passionately

Oh yes, I was inspired...

By my Aunt Kim who sells her own handmade accessories with pretty trinkets, swarovski crystals and semi precious stones. Also inspired by the babelicious Surferbabe, who has a good eye for fashion, oh do visit her beautiful pieces here: Babelittlethings

I love everything BIG & CHUNKY... oh, yes everything *wink*.... accessories especially, from earrings to bracelets to rings.

And so, on a bored afternoon, after several rounds to the toilet, I made this:

Yes, My Very Own Chunky Big Ring!!

And which I have named:

Love, Passionately

You see, the main items used is Rose Quartz, a kind of semi precious gemstone (stolen from Aunt Kim's toolbox) which Aunt Kim told me, has this *clear my throat* ehhem .... The Power Of Love... and therefore is widely known as The Love Stone.

And so with these love stonesssss.. so many on my finger, I hope to find my very own male nurse or janitor or live frog or prince charming....

Haha.....

No more kissing dead frogs I hope..!!

Ps: Yesterday, a lady actually stopped me while I was shopping just to look at my ring. She said, "Very Pretty"and started asking me questions. See, the stones worked!! Although it was a lady but wasn't it a good start....?? hehe =)

In Case You Are Interested: Metaphysical Properties: Rose Quartz adds positive love energy to relationships. Compassion and forgiveness. Calming, helps clear stored anger, resentment, jealousy, fears. Replaces negativity with harmony. Helps to balance upper four chakras, heals matters of the heart and eases sexual/emotional imbalances (???). Enhances self-confidence and creativity. Aids kidneys and circulatory system, promotes release of impurities (yeah, I need to get rid of those poison out from my body). Corresponding Astrological Signs: Libra and Taurus (hehe...I'm a Taurean).

I'm getting old

I really am.

Noawadys, I don't like to go clubbing that much. I prefer to sit down at a quiet place, drinking and chatting.

I also get teary easily.

Even when Shane tells me he loves me, I will get teary too.

He often said I am his princess and he is my prince. And even when I feel I looked ugly and all messed up, he will tell me: "Mommy, you are not ugly, you are so beautiful. You look like a Princess!!"

He is always so sweet to me.

Maybe I'm really getting old and getting all so sentimental. This song that is currently playing is older than I am. It's one of mom's favourite song. I heard this song when I was very young and this song always remind me of Mom. And I played this song over and over again when I was pregnant with Shane and I will sing softly to him, changing the lyrics to: "Papa loves You, Mommy loves you..."

Shane is off this weekend to Papa's place and he was very excited and happy about it prior. Sometimes I didn't want him to go. And sometimes I feel he should spend more time with his Dad. And sometimes I question myself, does his Dad really love him??

Never mind that, I love Shane very much and I guess that is sufficient for him for now.

A Tribute

. . . to the Best Mom in the world - My Mommy . . .

We live in a double storey house in Malaysia and we never had a maid. Mom does everything herself, from washing to cleaning to cooking to taking care of all our little needs.

Mom has 5 kids and I'm her youngest girl. The pampered rebellious one. But her love for me never withered.

I was a sickly child.

Mom stays by my side throughout the nite with no complain whatsoever whenever I have an asthma relapse. Mom nurses me back to health and always ensure I eat on time. She wakes up early in the morning to prepare lunch for me to bring to school and my water bottle is different from my classmates. My classmates carry nice strawberry shortcake water bottles whereas Mom makes me carry a mini hot water flask. She fills it up with super warm water that still stays warm even after 8 hours! Sometimes, I pour away the water and secretly drink chilled coca-cola instead!

Mom sews well. She makes me little dresses. Little bags.

Mom quits her teaching job to be a homemaker and to spend more time with us, her beloved kids. She is a dedicated wife and a great Mother. And she inspires me so much that I wrote in my karangan (essay in Malay language) that I want to be a housewife like her when I grow up! I was 9 years old then.

Mom bakes the perfect chiffon cake, light, soft and just right. And in different flavours. I like her orange chiffon cake the best. She uses real fresh orange juice! She bakes the best pineapple tarts that melt in your mouth, makes the best otak-otak that you will never forget, cooks the most healthiest and delicious dinner every nite. We always look forward to Chinese New Year coz we get to eat all her delicious homebake cookies! Whenever we have cravings for KFC, she whips up her version of delicious fried chicken that even comes with coleslaw and mashed potato for us. We have homemade Chinese Pao for breakfast, yummy tau-suan and I love our little popiah session at home. Everyone help out a little except Dad, coz he's the head of the family and Mom serves him the best that she can. It really is so fun eating and laughing at the dining table. Oh, Mom can cook Penang laksa! The BEST!

Mom doesn't like us to eat out coz she feels that those outside food are mostly rich in MSG and OIL and that is also why Mom enjoys cooking and baking so much. She loves us and wants the best for us. All we need to do is tell her what we feel like eating. Her hobby is to try out new dishes, new cookies, new kuih-kuih, new desert and we are her guinea pigs but we gladly offer our service to her. Anytime!

Mom is really the best cook ever. She only needs to taste the food once and can duplicate the same dish with nearly the same taste. In fact, nothing that I eat now is anywhere near her cooking and baking skills

Mom doesn't spend unnecessarily. She hardly spends on herself. Mostly, she spends on us.

Mom is a genius.

Mom is amazing.

And Mom passed away on May 13, 1990.

It was a Sunday that year.

It was a Mother's Day that year.

I know the tenses should all be in the past but in my heart, she is still very much alive.

And suddenly I'm the rebellious little girl again. The little girl who misses her Mommy when Mommy is far away from home for far too long.

I love my young man!

My Current Wallpaper

This is the current wallpaper on my handphone. Shane drew this for me the other day in my office. It's a picture of him and me. Did you see the big heart at the top with two arrows pointing at 'me' and 'him'? Yeah, the heart does look like an apple though. Shane said the heart and arrows represented him 'kiss-kiss' me and me 'kiss-kiss' him.... so sweet of him rite?

I'm really blessed. God gave me Shane four years ago and Shane gave new meaning to my life. It's amazing how God closed one door on me but open the other. Shane completes ME! Everyday I learnt something new from him. It's really delightful to have him by my side. My constant companion. See the bread art he did for me in school. So cute.

Shane's Bread Art

So what have I been doing lately? Nothing much except work. But I managed to go home for a short while with Shane to chill out. See that below? Dad's new experiment.

Our Persimmon Tree: Before & After A Haircut

And Shane chilling out:

I miss my Penang Laksa!! Sedap!!

It's so good to be home, isn't it??

Btw, I'll be starting my driving classes next week. I have booked 2 days each week for the next 3 weeks, a total of 24 lessons! That's 4 lessons per day, each lesson lasts for 1 hour 40 mins!! I know I'm crazy. My friends are worried whether can I take it, coz it's like driving for 8 hours straight with only 10 mins break in-between!! I know, it can be tiring, but if I don't do it this way, I probably will take another one year or so to get my license. I have made it my resolution to get it this year. Then I can apply to be a part-time taxi driver at nite ... teehee =)

Taking A Break

From blogging . . until next month.

Click here =>Shane+Wei @Moblog <= for the last few pics to complete the Sentosa series...

Enjoy!!!!!!


XOXO

Sunny Sentosa!

Photoshop is driving me crazy!!! Except a few tricks like adding text, border, filter or soft-glowing my pics to make me look like a fake snow white, this photoshop thingy is driving me NUTS!! I felt like tearing my hair out!!! I tried to cut and paste all my pics into one jpg file, so that I need only upload ONE file to flickr and when you click on my page, it won't take forever to load all the numerous pics but??? Finally when I succeeded, it turned up so tiny that the largest size on flickr is like the size of my thumb!! Arrgghhh.... this thing seems easier than it really is!! Anyway, here's some pics taken on Saturday @ Sentosa with the babelicious Miyuki!! She is back from Tokyo for her two-week holiday break but is going back on Wednesday. I will miss her badly until her term breaks again in July!! She will then be back in Singapore and we'll have fun again. With her around, I'm like a child again! We have our girly talks and sleepover party and I remember 'catwalking' in front of her during those old times!! Time flies and she's now a blossomed 15-year old lass, sweet and pretty. She is very much Shane's big sista and Shane loves her loads! And she's my most amazing young friend.


Meanwhile, just enjoy the pics here, I'm too lazy to write or explain anything now. This photoshop tricks are draining away all my energy!

Dinner Time!

ps: all the photos shown in this box here were taken with my new Sony w800 phone which has the same 2 megapixel camera like the N70. Can you see the 'huge' difference in the picture quality as compared to N70 (see below below..)?? Halfway at the beach the batt in my T3 died on me, fortunately I have this phone!! The pics were all great!!