And there was…

a great exodus to wordpress. Somehow everybody’s blog is in wordpress.. Well done wordpress! i give you 5 stars.. haha

Catching up on much rest this CNY before work starts on Wed and a long 2 months of no break arrives. You see, I never noticed these things, it’s my colleagues at work… anyway.. other than visiting, i’ve been watching a million episodes of Whose line is it anyway on Youtube. It’s soooooooooooooo funny… eh, victor finds it very funny k.. if Victor finds it funny, it IS FUNNY! And yet another addition to overcome and curb. I’ve been laughing so much during this holiday but once the ear phones are off, the atmosphere drops. I guess that’s why people get hooked on TV/drama/etc, because it provides a way out of normal mundane drudgery of life and let you experience other people’s exciting ones.

I recently just recovered (like only on friday) from a mild food poisoning incident (DON’T eat egg sandwich in the afternoon that you bought in the morning) that includes but not limited to fever, diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea and bad body ache. So the doc gave me medicine for diarrhoea and fever/body ache and charcoal, the charcoal’s really effective. Anyway so i just slowly got better and much to my despair, the medicine for diarrhoea was MUCH toooo effective and i ended up with case of constipation. It’s as bad if not worse than diarrhoea in my opinion. Saving the concrete details, I’m very glad to announce that i’m functioning properly now. I happily announced it to my parents yesterday after the guest went home after visiting us and resume eating much too much for my body’s own good.

And to miss charlene lye, i miss you toooo!! your taiwan trip was WAY too long lor..

And so inspired by my missing of charlene, i decided to do this card. hahah it’s in charlene’s favourite colour too..

 

ok la.. i’m selling it la.. at http://cardsncraft.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/missing-you-2/

Oh did i mentioned… due to some misscommunication and so on and so forth, i didn’t pay out salary to one of the staff in my school… it’s one of the reason why i’m dreading to go to work tomorrow. Because it’s much more than just writing a cheque and paying her… besides that 1 million administrative details that have to be settled (like signatories), it also affects my performance at work.

It adds to the careless-ness image that i have at work.. arghh it’s these things that just turns on the pressure at work. and make me all the more upset when i do make a mistake at work that can be attributed to my carelessness even though there are other reasons that plays a part. It’s just that people tend to focus on that ONE thing and label you as that. It’s such a simple word in Primary School when you say 5+8 = 12 and the teacher writes in your report card that you’re careless in maths. But for it to be tied in to your character, it’s really quite bad. Because it carries with it an attitude of i-don’t-care, not attentive to details, not bothered. I’m trying to get rid of that label… quite sticky though, because almost every mistake can be attributed to carelessness.

yet… it’s almost impossible not to make ANY mistake at work. When told to the parents, my mom said that it’s affecting me a lot right now because of my position at work. I basically have no power and I’m in no position to quietly rectify the mistakes i make. That’s why every small problem is being shown to the boss since she’s the only one that can help me with the solution.

 

Challenge #4 and spring cleaning

With the tradition of yearly spring cleaning, our family decided to start earlier so that we wouldn’t die on CNY eve. and we can slowly clear out the trash. So it was cleaning out the room and looking through the cards and diary entries. and just decided that some has just got to go… haha

So now i’m suffering from the after math of dust and uncleanliness that my eyes beheld when i was cleaning out my stuff. So i did some cards to recover. haha stupid…

ANYWAY…

 

The ribbon was from a packaging.. haha reuse, reduce, recycle ok.. WE”RE GOING GREEN!

Haha i just said that because i just received an email at work to remind everybody to off all electronic applicances before we leave the office because it’s good to be GREEN.

 

Challenge #3

I’ve been wanting to participate EVERY WEEK! but…. the challenege always ends on Thursday night, and i usually have no brain cells left active at the end of a weekday.. so.. i’m very glad that this week’s design challenge ends on a weekend night.

Anyway… tada..

 

Wellllll i gotta admit that it’s not THAT close to the colours involved, but at least it has a tinge of the colours required in this challenge.. haha what’s important.. is that I’VE MADE A CARD! which is a challenge by itself considering what is on my plate at the moment.

 

It’s 2009 (already)

A little too fast to be entering 2009 already. I’m not ready yet, but as if that would make time stand still until i’m ready to embrace the new year. My time frame has been confined week to week with work requirements labelling them. Like this week was training week and my week has gone by in a blur with responsibilities and things to do, and i reach home each day hoping that holidays would come soon. And so….. suddenly 2009 is here.

I haven’t close certain chapters in 2008 yet, and not ready to start anything in 2009. I might take another month just to do that… and so 2009 is reduced to 11 months.

I was unexpectedly required to serve during watchnight service because samuel hurt his fingers. Left hand somemore, it’s totally impossible to play anything with fingers like that. It was different playing last night. Apart from feeling more sleepy than usual. I was on the verge of closing my eyes and shutting off my mind and let the muscles do the job during altar call songs. And i was yawning till i was tearing like siao. So.. i was really tired.. Haha it was waaaay past my bed time. But i was so privilege to serve, the atmosphere was really different, i enjoyed myself so much and since a long time, God’s presence seemed unusually close (err..quite sad ah for me to actually say that)

On tuesday, it suddenly dawn on me that the new students of SOM are starting school next week! ah! that’s fast! and i’m so excited for them. in fact, i wished i was in their shoes, i really don’t mind going through everything there again. it’s like how God seems closer there…….

I JUST realised that Brian is in the stop sniffing glue advert.. i keep watching them in TV mobile and i like them… I consistently like the stop sniffing glue range of adverts and the HSBC ones. Talking about friends, i haven’t spend time with most of them recently. I haven’t gone to any gathering whatsoever cos i just wanted to stay home. Haha, have grace on someone who just started work and still getting used to it..

 

Er no, it’s ok. You all go first.

Is my script everytime people ask me to go for lunch.

It dawn on me today then i don’t know why i never liked joining anybody for lunch. It hit especially today because the people who invited me for lunch are those that i quite enjoy talking to and i’m hungry. Yet i still say i don’t wanna go lunch. 

My parents did warn me about my tendency to want to lunch out by myself. That it’ll give a wrong impression to my colleagues and by and by they’ll stop asking me out for lunch and i’ll be alone……
Alone alone… all all alone…

So it got me worried. Which is why i suddenly felt the need to have to blog about my feelings regarding lunching out with colleagues. *BIG BIG sigh* what i am to do… 

What if they stop asking me for lunch and i have no chance to redemn myself?
What if I’m super anti-social to them?
What if nobody likes meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

At least i have less explaining to do once the 40 days fast comes in. But then again, there are so many Christians in the company that they’ll probably know where I’m coming from…

Sigh… i felt as if i’ve just shot myself in the foot. But why am i feeling so upset over something so small.. Especially since I’ve never had the need to have to have friends in the workplace. It’s just that….. maybe because someone actually pointed it out that’s why it stinged. Or maybe it’s just a carry on from what happened yesterday.. The feeling of small (ness) and out of place (ness)…

arghhhh Goodness! I just amaze myself sometimes.

 

2nd design challenge and a short update

    

It’s off day today! (because i’ve been hard at work 2 Saturdays ago) and besides watching DVDs, and going over to a friend’s house for dinner. This is what i’ve been up to.

This challenge was rather tricky because i didn’t have the colours stated, i took some time just searching out the colours and arranging and rearranging it to make sure that everything coordinated. A christmas card in non christmas colours. Don’t you just loveeeee the ribbon! PS Daiso. They sell lots lots lots of satin ribbons. The only thing is curbing your spending there. Anyway it’s like the nicest knot i’ve tied so far on all my cards.

Update: (Super short)

I’m doing well in my new office.. Although i still need some time getting used to the early timing and full day work. But colleagues has been real nice and i heard that there’s a quarterly cell group there too. So i might pop over to take a look.

Oh ya. marigold chocolate milk is the best!

Oh i’m selling this too. http://cardsncraft.wordpress.com

 

Freelancer

After staying at home for almost a month, i decided to try my hands on something new. So one day while i was watching TV on Channel 8, i looked at ebay and think, why don’t I just put my cards online to sell it there. Just for fun, see whether anyone would actually be willing to buy something like that. So, i did! i registered an account with them and listed my product but before it actually got listed, i realise that i had to pay them a meagre amount of money to have it listed there. Since I was just trying this idea out, i didn’t want to spend anything.

Then, i got a little bit excited, so i went in search for a online ad site which i can post my items free and i found www.sg88db.com.sg and i posted up ONE card there. And slowly made an online blog where i can host my items. The next day, a guy called me. At first i thought it was a call to go for an interview. Until i realised that he’s calling my sg88db and he wanted to feature my story on their website!!!

Haha so after a week of liasing.. this is what was produced!

http://sg.88db.com/sg/Knowledge/Knowledge_Detail.page?kid=11818

And now.. i’m an official freelance card maker. haha

And i guess, right now, i’m still in the stage of trying things out. No, i haven’t sold a card yet. Maybe cos there isn’t much products to sell anyway. Hopefully I’ll get a sale soon, Maybe…… nearer to Valentines ah.. haha

For now.. i’ll just enjoy myself making these cards. So my scrapbooking supplies are parked next to my table as opposed to in my room, in case any bout of inspiration comes.

http://cardsncraft.wordpress.com/

I talked to my mom and she very excited. But the only one small problem is, I’m starting my full time job next week and i read the employment contract, I’m not suppose to have any other source of income unless it’s been approved by the company. So……. it’s down to declaring this to the company and getting clearance from them. I should la ah.. if not wait kena fired for nothing.

 

My first design challenge

I’ve always wanted to try my hand on something like that. And since I had time to spare today… not for much long though. I did a design challenge. muahahha.

 

 

yay… this wasn’t my original design though.. wanted to put the words in a circle, but it didn’t work out.. And! i wanted to put a big fat felt “4″ instead of “for” but i didn’t have the right colour of alphabet stickers.

But. i like this toooooo. And very proud of myself for completing a challenge…

*CLAP HANDS!!!*

 

25 October 2008

One of my proudest creation so far.. =)

My dad ask me to open a shop to sell cards. ahhhh i should ah.. who wanna sponsor me! Wah, in looking through the card, i realise that how many of the items inside are NOT scrapbook materials.

The flower like thing at the back of the heart was bought from daiso, its part of a bangle thingy, i dismantled it and used it as a flower. Cos it’s so expensive to buy big flowers in MWL. The gems and pearls are bought 4 packets for $10 at this flea market in tampines interchange, it’s suppose to be used to zing your phone. Ribbon from popular. String from cross sitch string separated to make it thinner. The only scrapbook material!! is the paper… from Made with Love. The purple one was a free sample from Making Memories some more. haha Oh! and the black pen also from MWL. The heart is hand cut out from a cardboard painted with acyclic paint using my finger.

One day, just one day, I’ll video down the whole process of making cards and be like one of the pro scrapbookers that I usually see on youtube.

=) making cards make me happy.

 

WE’RE ON TV!!

haha ok la.. not we.. but our favourite Jalan Pemimpin, Tat Lee building is on TV.

I was (very unproductively) watching the repeat of 一切完美 on channel u. And it was showing this girl committing suicide. She was walking up this very familiar painted green metal steps with orange hand rails. and straight away i was thinking WAH THIS IS JALAN PEMIMPIN! How can i not recognise it after seeing it for almost 6 years, every week! I could even almost smell the familiar ice cream waffle biscuit smell leh. (do you know that if the wind blows in the right direction, there’s this smell of waffle that the $1 ice cream uncle will use to wrap the ice cream) Pearle will understand when i say that’s our frequent crying spot. haha when we were younger la.

AND THEN, ok back to the show, she walked up to the roof to jump down! and i was thinking. wah even the rooftop holds a lot of memories too. i remember going up there to have heart to heart talks, worshipping there, changing guitar string in the midst of no lights leh.. because it was at night and one of the strings suddenly burst.  All those buildings around i can remember, especially the brown colour one, coming out of no where.

haha ok just a random post in remembrance of jalan pemimpin.