Rain rain go away

Normally you can see the walkway here.... now its all under water. That's how much rain there is!

Its been raining all night and all morning... in fact, all day!
On my way out this morning, I noticed that the area around my block was flooding already.
I like the cool weather, but I don't think I can say the same about the damp surroundings and slightly gloomy mood it brings.

Painting

This is a painting I did in 2002 for Action for AIDS painting competition.
Its just been printed out on the cover of their magazine for this issue! :)

Tree time!

Christmas is round the corner...
time to get the tree out of the box for its yearly set up. :P
Its fun to set up the tree.... but not as fun to take it down though.. heheh...
here it is.... can't wait till the presents below start appearing! ;)

Line in the sky

Woke up this morning and saw a strange sight in the skyline...
Although it was really blue, there was stretching right across the horizon, a black foggy line. How weird. I watched it slowly move upwards. then blur out...
Hope its not the haze lurking around...

Illustration Friday- Clear

Nothing like a nice ballon trip on a clear blue day!

New Kitchen

Oh yes, the kitchen was up and ready for quite a while.
Real glad the reno was over.
Here's some 'before-during-after' pictures of the revamped kitchen!



Tried out the new oven over the weekend and made a small batch of cinnamon cupcakes.

Kinda missed my good old oven a bit while I was baking. :S
I think it made the best cakes still.
The new one is ok, but I think its takes a little getting used to the temperature, timing and stuff. Anyway, the cakes turned out ok though! :)

Flushed Away

Watched Flushed Away and I found it really funny!
Some really hilarious bits in the movie. Great entertainment. :)
I especially like the slugs. How cute! What talent! Heehhee

Yummy!

Cheese Mochi from Sun Moulin....
Just yummy! Its very hard to resist one of these.
Cheesy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside! *Slurp* =P

Craft time!

My first attempt at a fabric flower! :)
These are quite fun to make.

D's Birthday Cake

Couldn't get to bake one coz of my kitchen reno, but i still could make one!
HEehehhe.... D's favourite Blackforest!
Stuffed fuzzy cake... won't mould... won't melt and it don't need a fridge! :)

How cute!! :P

Hazy morning

Hazy day...


A nice clear day!

Woke up to a hazy morning today.
PSI was 103 they said, but I thought it looked worse.
Here's a comparison on a normal clear day...
Looks bad eh? Wonder how long its going to last.... :S

Illustration Friday- Smitten

Here's an entry, after a long break from my weekly illustrations.

How cute!

Over the weekend we went to get zoo supplies at the pet shop.
Look what we saw there that day!
Here's 2 month old Bubbles the little Shih Tzu!
He was sitting on the cashier counter enjoying all the attention.
Hehehe.. so cute, this tiny little fur ball! :)

Makes anyone feel like having one too! Hehe...

Dust! :(

Sigh... lately there's dust everywhere...
There's dust in the house and haze outside.
The kitchen and bathrooms are being renovated and we're living in dusty times now.
and just when you thought opening the windows would be good ventilation,
there you have bad haze outside...
Sigh...
Dusty days ahead! ><

Cuppy cakes

Decided to try making fancy cupcakes for a mid-autmn festival party that I was going to. Also, was inspired after having seen pictures of pretty cupcakes of late in magazines and online. It was fun decorating the little cupcakes and thinking of what to put on them and how to make them pretty. But its tough to make pretty decorations while having to stay off the food colorings and fancy colored bits. Hehehhe... :)

Anyways, there's nothing like baking up a good batch of cupcakes!
It might also be the last batch that I'll be baking with my trusty old oven. *sniff*
So that makes it all the more memorable.

Azaru Sabo

Have been wanting to try out the food here and finally got to last weekend.
I tried the Soyabean milk udon. Hehee... weird eh? But actually, it tasted quite good.

The soft ice-cream in the dessert was a bit too sweet, but i thought it was still rather yummy with the chewy rice dumplings and agar cubes. :P


I like looking at the plastic food they have out in the display at the front of the shop! everything looks so real and yummy... Hehehe... it kinda makes the real food they serve seem a little pale in comparison.

Birthday 2006

Thought that I would put up pics of what I got this year. :)
Thanks everyone for all the lovely presents!

A book from D and also a handmade card! :)


This is what I got from mama.


This is a fully hand made present I got from my sister!
It came all the way from Melbourne.


This is what the guys in office got me! Nice earrings eh?


Hoops and Yoyo stuff for me from Evelyn and Justin!


Sharon got me a pretty glass pendant!

Bangkok trip

Here's my shopping stash from my Bangkok trip! =D
BAngkok was fun! Lots to see, lots to eat and lots to buy!
But it was real hot there!! REALLY HOT!
But ok... it was fun...

Hmm... I wonder when we'll be going back again. Hehehhe....

Dinner high up!

We celebrated our 1 year together anniversay somewhere high up, in Equinox.
What can I say... great place, great food, even greater view!
Dang though that my camera ran out of battery when the view was at its best! ~sigh... hehhe.. what bad timing!
Here's some pics...

Caramel Pudding Biscuits

Look! its a different flavour from the usual strawberry/chocolate ones.
These were yummy! :) Caramel Pudding!

Run!

RuNnnnnn.........!!!

Busy

Oooh.. been busy recently. Realised I've not blogged for a while also. :P
Let's see...
Will be going on a trip to Bangkok next week.
That'll be my first trip to this place where everyone else I seem to know has gone before. So its kinda exciting! :)
Will sure post pics of there when I get back.

National Day

Decided to cook dinner since it was a holiday! Its been sometime since i cooked! :)


This is a national day celebration dish! Its got read and white crab sticks! Its called Mango Prawn. The spring onion garnishing is meant to be like the fireworks! Heheheh.... :P

Illustration Friday- Opposites

Illustration Friday- Skyline

Here's one for this week's topic, Skyline.
coincidentally, this is from a job I was working on this week for a TV program's publicity promotion at a music event this coming weekend. This portion which I've chosen to show, is cropped from the promotional poster.
I changed the color for this one from the original, coz I actually liked this colour combination better than the one that the client picked out in the end.

Oh yummy...

Oh look! A new flavour of Kit Kat for summer... Fruit Parfait.
I haven't tried it yet... but it sure looks yummy! :P

Illustration Friday- Sticky

The Question

Yesterday he popped the question!
And now, it all seems a blur. In fact, at that moment it didn't even register what he said. Or at least I didn't seem to hear anything! Just remember looking at him down on one knee, holding the ring with that earnest look on his face... he was saying something... I turned to see the people nearby looking...

Ha! I should have whipped out my handphone and snapped a shot of him before I said yes!
Damn, why dun my brains work in times like that! :P

Illustration Friday- Rain

No bus... no umbrella... then it rains! Aahhh!

Illustration Friday- Dance

Illustration Friday- Jungle

Illustration Friday- Portrait

Work tray

Puddles gets cosy in the work tray.
You can clear work from your work tray.. but how do you clear a cat? :P

Illustration Friday- Cake

This week's topic - Cake.
Boy do I like this one!

Also, for all the June babies out there, this one's for you! =)
Happy Birthday!

Illustration Friday- Sorry

For this week's topic,
tears and a flower...
Sorry...