{Scrapbooking @ Work! Woo Hoo!}

We'll be having our annual Christmas Banquet tomorrow. For the first time in the history of the school, we are having a "dress code".

We cleverly set a "religiously moral" dress code, 'Touched by an Angel". Come in something white, something light. Add a touch of glitter, some sparkle and gold dust....

Sounds nice and easy... but finding the right outfit was a challenge because we have to be "modestly" dressed. Nothing too low, nothing too revealing, nothing to bare... woah... really tough.

Eventually, I'll be going in a simple white dress and hopefully Shu Uemura would do a good enough job for the eye make-up and hair by one of the salons. God... please....

We're really looking forward to this event. We bought angel wings, halos, silver hats and lots of other accessories for people to accessorize themselves and take some memorable photos tomorrow evening. Looking forward to set up the angel-themed accessories table tomorrow.

I made 2 scrolls in offiice today. Yes, I brought my distress ink and stuff!!

This is the smaller scroll. 9am x 7cm with a safety pin behind. Yes, someone's actually contemplating to put this on. Not sure how it'll look, but I had fun making it anyway :)

This is an A4 sized scroll. Added more glitter on this one. Love the feathers too! Running out of feathers. Need to buy more!

It's a simple project, but I really had fun making it. This will be part of the accessory items on the table :) 

Not Getting It Done

Can you believe it? The Christmas cards are still seating on my desk??? Such a procrastinator. Gotta get it posted this week!

{Tis' the Season 2B Jolly}

Made some really simple Christmas cards for my relatives. Just wanted to do some quick scrap therapy without overdoing it...

Here are some really quick and easy-to-make pieces for this Christmas! Finally took out one Christmas stamp to use ha ha ha...

Plugging In

I feel like a battery being plugged in to a source and being charged up week by week. It sure does lift up one's spirit! Woo hoo!

It has been an exciting three weeks. Every week, I go to church with great excitement and anticipation. God speaks! God reveals! God moves! He releases visions! People bursting out in tongues. Angel sightings! It's beyond what I can describe.

As what the pastor terms it, their church is in a revival and under an open heaven!!! It sure is exciting to be plugged in, even though I'm just visiting.

{My "clients" Ha ha ha}

I've been trying out different hair-dos for willing parties who would allow me to trial on their hair. Most of whom have warned me against posting their images online ha ha ... so I didn't. But here's some that won't reveal who they are... I had fun!

Since I returned from our Japan trip, I've been trying this Japanese bun. It's fun to see how we can create a poofed up bun even if we have very little or thin hair :) I've tried with different hair types. It works! And there's more than 1 way to create this! So fun right!

Here's one that was improvised. It's suppose to be one of those where the pleats run past the forehead but her hair was too short, so I tried it at the back instead. Nice!

This was a challenge! Bun with shoulder length hair. I guess with the messy-look "in" style right now, this could work :) I used the scrungy to poof up the little bun from the rather short hair. I think this looks ok for starters :)

And this was my first manicure "client" ha ha ha.. I tried what I saw my manicurist did and can pass right?

For those who know me, they would be careful to let me do their hair or nails, coz I'm known to be careless, rough and not very neat. Ha ha ha.. So I applaud those who have trusted their head and hands to me with no stress at all... thank you!!! :D

{Rest Day}

I love off-in-lieu! That doesn't mean I enjoy working on weekends. It just means I enjoy not having to work on weekdays ha ha ha!

Had the priviledge to enjoy my OIL yesterday and my cousin, K, came over to hang out. We did some scrapbooking and had a fun time just laughing when we watched some tv programme. It's different to have someone laugh with the same things as you are laughing in a more than "ha ha" manner. Like, we were REALLY laughing. I think it runs in the family. We stretch ourselves the same way. We love to laze in bed the same way and we find silly things funny in the same way! Love my dear cousin!

Here's a lil something she did at my place... glad she enjoyed it. We were both just staring at it after we completed the 3 hours project (so slow right both of us ha ha) and said.. hm... it's nice lor ha ha ha...

{Better Late Than Never :D}

Praise the Lord for public holidays! Totally slept-in today! Feels great!!!

Made a simple tag for my dear friend. Someone's visiting her in R. and I finally got this done in time to pass it to her. It's been 2 years late!!!!

She's an awesome girl! Such an encourager, always so positive and ever ready to pray when I need support. No matter who she becomes, she's alway the lovely girl that I knew and I know. Sincere. Humble. Loving.

(October - Mixed Up}

It's been such a long time since I did anything blog-worthy. Dad is finally discharged last Thursday. Praise the Lord his wounds are recovering very well. Thank you all who kept him in prayer!

We've had an amazingly blessed Ladies' Conference and Marriage & Family Conference on Fri and Sat. Speakers were awesome. Learnt many practical tips from them. Will provide the link to the free downloads once we get it up. Listen to them, you will be blessed, I'm sure! Even if you are single, or not a parent yet, it sets you in the right place for it.

We've got 3 more days of Life in the Spirit seminar to go for the month of November. Then it's December with Christmas Banquet and some web training for me. It's a pretty intense 2 months.

When will I have time to scrap? So many beautiful pictures from Japan, but so little time to do what I want to do. Have in mind some projects for friends, but I've simply no time to stop and devote time to scrapbooking :( I need another long holiday! Ha ha ha...

October has been a mixed month. First two weeks were fun-filled holidays! Next two weeks we were kept busy with hospital trips. And now, work's picking up really quickly.

I want to be joyfully busy. I'm tired, but I'm not frustrated. I'm busy but not drowning. I was anxious about dad but yet there was an unspoken peace.

My Prayer:
Lord, grant me strength and grace to go through the months ahead. I will stay joyful because the joy of the Lord is my strength. I will be refreshed and restored because the Lord is my comfort and my shield!

{How to do ur eye make up}

Watch this. Their make up skills r amazingly SCARY. Lol
Have a fun filled monday !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ImaaS2-MY&sns=em

{Awake n Hungry}

FIL went thru a major operation on Monday. It was a heart wrenching sight when we saw him after the ops in ICU.

Today's the third day. Praise God he has been moved to a normal ward. Thank u all who prayed with us.

Haven't had the opportunity to do any scrap projects. Don't really know where to start.

I'm really suppose to be asleep right now but i'm wide awake. Not just that. I m also Super hungry right now! Debating if i should allow the hunger to wear itself out thru the night or risk the extra kilos with a packet of instant noodles with eggs, slurp!!

What do i really feel like eating now?
- prawn noodle soup with lots of chillie
- hor fun with prawns n scallops
- black char tao kuay with lots of eggs

Enough!!! Urgh ....

{Scrap shopping from U.S. sites!}

The US$ is rather low at this point. If you are considering to place any scrapbook orders from US, now is the time! http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/

I would, I would, if only I could. I'm officially out of scrap storage space! I have to start using what I've bought and stop buying still I clear the existing stuff out. HELP!!!!

Saw this while browsing online, such a sweet piece!

http://www.filipinasoul.com/2007/09/filipina-among-the-2008-memory-makers-masters/

{Osaka}

There's just so many fun things to see and eat in Japan, despite the fact that we don't fancy raw food. Yes! There's more to eat than raw food!

I've been flooding my blog with photos from this trip, ok ok, no more :) More photos available on facebook.

I'm seriously contemplating to do a scrap album for Japan but I'm not quite sure where to get started and how to select the pix coz' there's more than a thousand pictures!!! Any suggestions?

Our last stop for this trip: Osaka!

The famous Glico man billboard in Osaka!

My jeans, socks and sneakers were soaking wet from the rain. Bought a skirt and a pair of boots. Trying to look creatively Japanese here lol...

This is the takoyaki snack. I love it, but that's just me, everyone else seems to find it so so only :(

We got to design, select our preferred flavor and 4 of our choice ingredients for these 4 cup noodles at the Ramen Museum. Isn't it cool?

The winning design goes to.... (drum roll)

In case you can't read what M wrote "Lim Peh's" followed by the print "My Cup Noodle" Lol... The repressed ah-beng is surfacing! NoooooOOOOoooooo...

S$6/person just to dress in this ridiculously funny outfit! We had fun actually...

And the winning picture goes to.... (drum roll)

This photo generated so many comments on my facebook. Lol...

Hmmm......

Cup noodle comes with a piece of tender, roast pork!

Osaka Castle Museum

The one and only cosplay character I saw :(, one is better than none :)



{Kyoto - Land of Geishas}

Lots of touristy Japanese shops in Kyoto.

Geisha sightings!

Nishi Market

Believe it or not this is tempura chicken but it actually taste like good quality fish or tender squid. It is delicious!

The most disgusting tasting bowl of Ramen I had in Japan. Not as spicy as it looks and the combination of spices is just bad. Imagine curry powder, dried chillie, fresh chillie, chillie oil, chillie paste all mixed together in a raw kind of taste. Yucks! It's suppose to be Japan's spicest Ramen... Disgusting!

My Japanese scrungy :) One look, they'd know I'm a tourist. It's like wearing the orchid shirt and walk around Orchard Rd ha ha ha..

Gion. Nice little area. Very traditional looking.

Not a big fan of Kyoto. Very touristy. I think spotting the Geishas made this Kyoto trip complete. 2 days would be MORE than enough.

{More Food and Sights as We Journey to Hakone!}

The best black sesame mochi ever! See the amt of filling!!!! So nice!!!

This Japanese biscuit looks really good, coz he grills it when you order. But it taste like soya sauce. yucks!

Our traditional Japanese dinner served in our dining room. That's just part of the spread. There was sashimi, tempayaki beef, shabu shabu pork, steamed chicken, special cod fish with beans and so much more! It was a really interesting dinner...

O... and the highlight is that shell thing you see in the video but I couldn't load it here. It was squirming and twisting and turning as it was being cooked alive! EEEewwww!!!

Crab meat Gyoza - very delicious - sweet and juicy crab meat.

Gyoza Chinese noodle - delicious soup base and noodle texture.

Fried octopus... slurp!

All found at Hakone's Gyoza Centre... tucked away little eatery.

After all these delicious food let's enjoy some sights of Hakone:

Yeikan Ryokan (Traditional Japanese Guesthouse)

From the door way to our unit. Right ahead is our bedroom. On the left is the dining room. On the right is the toilet and pantry. Just before our bedroom, there is a stairway down that leads to our very own attached hotspring onsen and bath area... VERY NICE!

24-hours hot spring onsen... the water is really hot! But absolutely relaxing. From where we sit in the onsen, we get a "mountain view". There's no glass to the window, so it's fresh mountain air :)

Here's the stairway down from our bedroom to our attached onsen.

Very interesting traditional style shower with a modern twist.

Our "kimono robes".

So manly right Lol... hilarious!

Venetien Glass Museum - mixing glass crystal plants with real garden plants. A beautiful sight!

Beautiful place! We even spotted a hummingbird that is half the size of my index finger! The video is too long for upload!! So cute!

Such a beautiful sight. You see that arc-area on the right? It's made up of endless glass crystals. Quite an impressive sight here, but the photo doesn't really show it!

A tree made of glass crystals

Like a little cottage, I like :)

Love the weather! Perfect! Air con temperature with light breeze.. nice!

Hakone Outdoor Museum

M and his quiet sense of humor!

If I were 12 years and below, I would be on that thing and in the net! Looks like so much fun!

This is really cool! It's a projector video. You see M's projected shadow on the right. When he hits on those white droplets on the projection it burst into beautiful flower petals. It's fun even for the adults!

I'm in Little Miffy's Home!

I  like Hakone for its laid back, relaxing, slow pace. It's a joy to walk around this little town. 2 days would be better. So much more things that we missed seeing! Sure wouldn't mind coming back to Hakone! Ichiban! And that attached onsen is a luxury!