:: mid + end ::

it's mid week and ain't i glad! it has been quite a crazy week and it's barely half way!!

Can also hardly belief that the 1st month of 2008 is only tomorrow!

As much as I would like to say how great it has been, I must also add that it has certain had it downs (and it's really down)

Started the new year with horrible cramps,
& with totally no connection
I had a bout of bad cough... the kind that leaves a resounding pain in your tummy when the cough gets so bad+phlegm! It did not go away for almost 2 - 3 weeks and now that it's finally gone...

my nose gets stuffed.. to be precise it's my right nostril and to save the the 'glory' details it's so darn hard to breathe!!!

what plagues me next??

a twisted right ankle...

as if my luck can't get any worse

i missed a step and twisted my ankle in the process, let alone bruising my ego in front of the queue of people at the ATM. It still hurts horribly now and I'm hobbling away in office!

not to mention my run in (+very 1st accident!!) with a nasty lady who reversed her car and I was parking and *we* knocked into each other.. who demanded compensation from me. of course I did not pay her... but still had to fork out good $$ to do repairs to the bumper and paintwork.. GOSH!!!

SERIOUSLY!! what next??

and forecast for the New Year is a good year for the Rooster! does that mean I still have another week of 'gritting my teeth' and keeping my fingers cross that I will be SAFE??

A question that has been on the tip of my tongue -

WHY ME?? WHY ME???

gifts from the heart...

Just completed my commissioned frame :D

Really happy with the results.. lots of layering and dimensions in it.
Altered the frame as well...

above - I used hamly overlay to "hold" the picture in & allow inter-changeability of photos.
below - close up of the the layering + embellishments

A gift to a teacher that I've been mentoring during my course of work. An amazing teacher -- I really admire the way she takes everything in her stride and is never without a smile on her face whenever I see her. Heard from her boss that she faces some family problems, but somehow she still manages to be strong and support her son + giving all of her during lesson times. She has been really kind too - always giving me thank you card, and recently a really cool portable desktop calendar from here.

hope she likes what I made!

3 D effect of the flowers again...

I've another 2 more gifts to make... hang in there it's almost done, will post asap

Another week gone from the new year and another week to go & CNY is approaching...
arghhh... spring cleaning... sigh

hello...

... from my new desk.

I've moved from the open-ness of my original desk that I occupied for a year to the direct opposite of that - a quiet corner at the end of a row of cubicles.

took some time to clear up and sort out / organise my things / files / intervention resources - they are scattered in 3 different places now! hehe but all neat and organised so I am glad.

Hoping to settle into the new area soon and get work done! :D

Happy thursday & TGIF tmr!! can't wait

day 3.. of 2008

is looking slightly brighter than the day before??

Completed 3 layouts during the long weekend break... so I guess good start on the crafting front!

Took me a long long while to decide how to use the Tinkering Ink papers!
Really pretty but the patterns really baffled me!
So I decided to keep it simple and not add too much embellishments, in case it looks too crowded?!?!

finally scrapped photos from my Chiangmai trip! This time elephants 1st.
(see above & below)
used the Love Elsie's range of papers.. so much fun!!
I printed out more pictures but yet to scrap them! coming soon!

& also! I had my very 1st commission... a good friend asked me to do a framed layout for her MIL & FIL. Am so happy!!! She was telling me how her in-laws were admiring what I did for her ROM present.

she can't decide what to give so she thought something handmade would be good!

So nice to know that my work is being admired! every crafter's joy :D

day 2... of 2008

ok ok.. bad start!!! SOBZZZZZ
down the drain goes 1 of my New Year resolutions... not to take cab so often with exception of work related transport of course!!

As I was walking to the bus stop... I watch my bus go past... waited paitently for another 10 minutes or so.. and the next bus was still not here!! In the end...

I took a cab to work.. and it cost me a freaking $16 just to reach office... $10.40 actual cab fare, $2 ERP, $3.65 for the surcharges... it used to cost me only $10, $11 max for the trip! ok, so the route was slightly different but still!! $5 difference!! It used to be a flat rat for the surcharge now... as the amt goes up, so does my heart rate!!

Sigh... but then I was early for work... by 15 minutes...

Here goes Day 1 of 2008 work!

Have a great one!

hello 2008

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

2008 has descended upon us!
to all my family and friends near and far! Wishing you all a blessed New Year.

Have you made your NEW YEAR resolutions?

Mine?

I have a few... but better not say here! in the event that it doesn't happen!!
as a wise cousin of mine said, i don't make resolutions so as not to disappoint myself!

But I definitely do have couple of things that I DIE DIE also most do... so it does look like 2008 is going to be a promising year for me! Hope it's good for everyone too!! I'm sure it will be :D

Hello 2008!!!!