Webster's Pages

Location: Laine's Papeterie @ Wheelock

Designer Studio Class: Webster's Pages

Date & Time: 29 Oct 09 1000 - 1300
Instructor: Betty

Class Details:

We all love those beautiful patterned papers from Webster's Pages, and the new resident designer Jaz rocks at it. As a member of the Webster's Pages, Jaz is the ultimate source of cool ideas and beautiful ways to use this super popular line of product. Create 2 super intricately layered 12x12" layouts in the 3 hours class which are stuffed and studded with loads of embellishments and details.

Skills learnt: layering, creating texture, inking, stamping, incorperating vintage ephemera and more

Freebies: NO FREEBIES FOR THIS CLASS!! =(

Fees: $68 includes all required papers and embellishments

This is the 1st layout & is the MOST difficult to do.. coze has thousands of cutting! i cut non-stop lor.. see those pink n black flowers. i cut it out wan lor. those birdies n butterflies oso i cut out wan lor.. it has plentiful of embellishment. i guess is the 1st layout i dump so much embellishment in it. =) tho i'm not a pinkie person. but i love this colour combi! NICE! this cost me ard 3.5 hours to complete it.. including time i spent aft i got home n cont.

This is the 2nd layout. mama's fav! i like it simple! a style i alwaz wanted to try out- everything stuck at 1 corner n the rest plain n clean! quite cool. 

wanted so much to take pictures during the class, so tt i can show here wat was the steps etc. but its reali reali rush. i even had to stay back another hour n still CANT finish them!

tho the cutting part irritates the shit out of me, i did learn quite a few techniques. eg, using pattern paper as base yet can make FULL use of the design on it. (saving paper skills = saving $$) understand the POWER of EMBELLISHMENTS. i shdnt sting on them. they reali enhance the whole "FEELING" of the layout. 

i'm so motivated tt i did another layout when i'm home after the class =) so looking foward to my flower n suitcase class! omigod i manage to join the dress up 2010 class too for Nov!! lah lah lah! i'm the happiest gal in town!

Woman VS Man

聰明的女人，會希望嫁給一個愛她的男人； 愚蠢的男人，卻以為會娶到一個愛他的女人。。。

女人總是希望自己成為男人的最後一個女人；男人卻希望自己是女人的第一個男人。。。

想看清楚一個女人的真面目，要在女人卸妝之後；想看清楚一個男人的真面目，要在大家分手之後。。。

成功的男人，要賺到比女人花得更多的金錢； 成功的女人，總是能夠找到一個這樣的男人。。。


男人願意付雙倍價錢買他想要的東西； 女人往往付一半價錢買她根本不需要的東西。。。 

女人一直擔心將來，直到她找到老公；男人從來不擔心將來，直到他找到老婆。。。 


男人逛公司，是要買下他想要買的東西；女人逛公司，是要看看她還有甚麼東西可以買下。。。 

一些男人認定結婚是愛情的墳墓；有些女人卻認定結不了婚愛情就會死無葬身之地。。。 


男人只會重視一個女人的現在；女人卻會重視一個男人的將來。。。

男人最多話的時候，總是他醉之後；女人最多話的時候，總是在她結婚之後。。。

Nelson's Birthday @ Hort Part KHA

its a very cool evening @ Hort Park, Hyderabad Road. brought Nelson to mama's favourite Thai restaurant since he wanted us to bring him to a place he has never been b4 for his birthday meal! i almost VOMIT blood when i called to made reservation.

conversation as below:

"good evening, what may i do for you."

"i'll like to make a reservation for 3 at 1830 2nite."

"no problem mdm. would you like indoor or outdoor seats?"

"do you have seats in the forest (outdoor)?"

"sorry mdm the seats are all reserved.."

"oh.. then do you have seats by the water (outdoor too)?"

"so sorry mdm those seats are all reserved too.."

"(in my heart! wat the fark! super angry) since ALL the outdoor seats were reserved, why do you bother to ask if i wanted indoor or outdoor!!!"

"i'm sorry mdm. let me check again.... oh! we haf a vacant table by the water! "

feel like slapping him lah. but their service is usuali excellent. dunno y he so duh. the staff there are alwaz friendly n very attentive! even they made a mistake they will take ownership n apologize. with e rapport built the moment we arrived, we will nv b upset with forgetfulness n of coze the stupid conversation i had earlier when i made reservation! =)

Before settling down, we took plentiful of pics with the very beautiful background! =)

MY FAVOURITE STARTER: 3 types of famous thai starter esp the pomelo salad! YUMMY!

mama wanted to order dis as she has craving for MANGO SALAD: its roasted duck with mango salad
not very much to my liking due to a weird spice added. but still taste good.

Nelson's fav dish of the day!: FATTY ROASTED PORK BELLY!
reali reali reali reali reali yummy but the fats is scary lah! well, its a choice of good but fat food or stay slim n eat water boiled veg. =p

we order dis for the 1st time as mama loves to eat "baby" squid after she read the menu: marinated pork n rice stuffed in "baby" squid.

but who noes when the "baby" squid came, its like "HUGE" squid lor!! muahaha! as quoted by Nelson "its a baby of a giant squid so its still baby squid.."

tastes nice! but abit salty. goes very well wif plain rice. unfortunately we ordered OLIVE FRIED RICE! =)

Here is the super YUMMY Oliver Fried Rice! my fav! i think it taste better than pineapple.

another of my fav!: soft shell crab with yellow curry
the curry is fully absorbed by the eggs. so basically you dun get to see any curry sauce. it'll look like chilli crab. the sauce all mixed with eggs! =) super yummy! its a MUST ORDER dish n according to the staff there its the MOST ORDERED POPULAR dish!

haha! still my fav dish!: stir fried "morning glory"
when i 1st heard this name i was like wtf is morning glory sia! well its basically KANGKONG LAH!!! walau atas place try to use atas name! -_-"" tho its a very normal dish,  its very 香 very got 鑊味(read in cantonese then you can relate) i juz realise almost every dish is my fav lor. muahaha!
the next coming dish is my fav of my fav!

tata! MANGO STICKY RICE!
walau the pandan sauce is damn good, the rice is damn QQ, the mango is damn sweet! the whole combi is POWER!
i will definately drive all the way from woodlands to alexandra juz to eat it! so you can imagine the magic of putting it in your mouth!

anyway below attach a map as to how to drive to HORT PARK for those who have no idea where Hyderabad Road is:

after eatin so much food, my dear fren still wanne buy CHEESE CAKE AH!!! omigod.. well its his bdae so i guess muz at least let him blow candle lah. but hor he order 3 slices of cake n 1 cream puff lor.. not scare i wont vomit due to over eat plus did i mention i was suffering from very bad gastric flu?? had very bad body ache plus very bad lose stools plus vomit when something enters my mouth!

so a picture of our birthday boy with his birthday cake! =) all the cakes tastes wonderful! Chibi has hald a slice of the cheese cake too! the cream puff sux tho.. tasted LAO HONG.. yukes!

He wanted to take pic with ah bi. so that will be his birthday prezzie - picture with CHIBI! haha! i damn cheapo lah! but again! the meal @ KHA costed $237 lor! i aint cheapo afterall! the food worth every cent! esp with the company + nelson so sayang me n mama! =)

my ugly fren but i love her!

found dis damn ugly picture of DODO! omigod! i tot i was alwaz the unglam one who takes such unglam pics lor! but dis picture won the ugliest post of year 2009 lah! wahaha!

Addictive - 上癮

Love is like an addiction.

You will be happy when you have it.

But when you lose it, you will be in withdrawal.

Getting use to the lost of Love is like kicking a drug addiction.

You can only depend on yourself. No one can help you.

愛情就好像一種癮似的。

當你有它的時候， 你就會很開心。

但當你失去它的時候， 就會很痛苦。

而當你要習慣失去愛情的時候， 就很像戒毒一樣。

一切靠自己。沒人能幫到你。

Live, Laugh, Love

Location: Laine's Papeterie @ Wheelock

Designer Studio Class: Live, Laugh, Love

Date & Time: 07 Oct 09 1830 - 2130

Instructor: Betty

Class Details:

Those who have never tried working on canvas will enjoy this class which will share fun ideas fro working on canvas. Work with paint, masking (Washi tape), image transferto create a beautiful canvas album with beautiful papers from Jenni Bowlin and Japanese Washi Tape.

Skills learnt: gesso image transfer, painting on canvas, incorperating fabric, working with japanese washi masking tape, masking with recycled items & more

Freebies: FREE full pack of Jenni Bowlin clipboard buttons worth $8.90 + Free sheet of Jenni Bowlin lettering sticker worth $3.90

Fees: $88 includes all required materials including sets of canvas album worth $30

My cute classmates n instructor Betty!

Step 1: label the album! =) learn to use glossy acid to make the pop up gloss seal on the card board. pic taken when its semi dry.. its not suppose to haf the gluey white look in the middle. haha its suppose to b clear n glossy lah. =)

Step 2: Learn to use gesso to transfer image from a button to fabric. the most high failing rate step. alot of ppl need a few tries to get it right. BUT! me got it right the very 1st time leh! *double proud* Basically dis method onli works on imagines tt are photocopied or ink print.. magazine pics dun reali work. ink jet printed stuff totali dun work.. other than gesso (which is white in colour if wanne attain white paint aft effect) alternatives are to use multi-medium which comes in glossy or matt effects!

Step 3: paint on fabric. its actuali VERY easy.. haha juz normal paintin but on another material. oso design the album with recycled stuffs & of coze DESTRESS everything we had done! my favourite part! hee hee! i love to "dirty" my work! haha!

Step 4: Stitching the album 2gether. tts not a prob to a knittin expert lah! =) *proud*

Step 5: making flowers with ropes! juz bend bend bend bend bend the rope lor.. haha! i think i need to upload a video to show it lah.

Step 6: putting everything 2gether! we've been workin till 2145 aleadi.. they wanne close shop liao. shall go home to stick them on! =)

OH! juz wanne show how "Washi Tape" aka juz masking tape wif fancy pattern n name look like & its effect! Nice rit! some more its in GREEEEEENN!!!! my fav!

will upload the finali product once i'm back to finish it up! tata!

Chibi's Bath Day @ 01 Oct 09

The day Chibi rather dies! wahaha.
kana wrap in towel. haha she is too dulan to move lah!
The wet look! wahaha! look @ her cute small eyes! Hee
my mama blowing chibi..... 's hair! another thing ah bi hate. she hates the water from bath & she hates the hot wind from the dryer..
PUFF! my pong pong chibi! her hair now super volume! =) or shd i do the Ries Low "Booms! its all abt chibi!" haha
Yeah! final product! chibi 美美! But less than 3mins later, she became dis...
WTF!! she hates to tie hair too! or mayb she loves to look ugly! muahaha!

i ♡ Geneve!

Date: 01 Oct 09
Location: Geneve, Switzerland
Buddy: Shuyi

Woke up at 0430 in the morning to get ready for the eggciting journey! =) took the 1st Tram no.03 to Haufbahnhof hoping to catch the 0604 train 508 to Geneve. Ticket one way cost us 80swiss frank = 101 sin.

The ride is estimated 2hrs42mins. not as bad as i expected. din had breakfast b4 we left the room. so grabbed some sandwiches at the kiosk. KNS.. the bread is as hard as rock lah! kaoz.

wanted to knit in the train there. but aft 1hour of rocking in the train, ZZzz monster attacked me n i fell aslp. haha! shuyi said i SNORED lor! nabei nv wake me up. but lucky the train was quite empty lah. if not xia suay ah. haha!

its 0846 when we finali arrived at GENEVE!!! muhahaha! i almost fainted when i got out of the train! everythin single word is in french! WTF! i noe nuts abt french lah.


1st we went to the tourism information centre to get maps n check out what to do n where to go. but the lady there damn fucked up attitude.. typical french attitude. tt kind u will wanne slap them right @ their face attitude..


anyway, shuyi has dis habit of sending post card back to herself at the place she's at to collect the post card, the stamp & the chop. so i oso try to collect lor. spent ard an hour at the post juz to select post cards lor. lol typical gals.. haha!


then, took Bus no.08 to the direction of OMS drop at Stop :Appia to Palais Nations Unies aka United Nations Headquaters. we tot can juz any how any how walk ard. but its NOT! we haf to get a pass. pay for the compulsory tour if we wanne get in the premises.

this farnie security guard keep tryin to speak mandrain with us lah! we were tryin so hard to understand him lor.. -_-" anyway, the tour guide is a swiss man speaking English with very strong french accent. the information he deliver is very dry n very not interestin liao. plus the powderful ang mo.. i almost zzz... haha! BUT I DID LEARN SOMETHING!!!!! there are 192 countries tt joined UN. there are 5 peaces USA, Russia, China, ** & ** fuck! i forgot the 2! USA, Russia & China refuse to sign the treatie of NOT using mines. Tokin abt mines. there's a monument outside the premise represent the pain of using mines or something.. (shuyi!! correct me if i'm wrong hor) tts y the chair has a leg missing.


oso at the main gate there's 192 flags! =) we took soooooooo long to find singapore lah.. coze no wind. cannot see the whole thing.oh we had lotsa fun at the bookshop inside UN! =) there a special mailbox to post all letters n post cards from the premise itself. n all postage comes with special UN sticker lah!


so i wrote a little love postcard for mama n chibi! so love lah! basically, the whole tour is visiting the different conference halls. there are themes n difference usage for different halls. the most A SAi hall is this:






other than the abv hall, the gold ball n farnie long titanium long long thingy is their muz see momuments. the gold ball used turn.. but dunno y spoil liao they oso dun bother to repair. so until today STILL CANNOT TURN.. haha!
anyway, as the park is closed for reno, we can onli take pic of them thru windows inside the building...








aft touring UN, we both were VERY VERY hungry. but dunno wat to eat. so VERY clever ms wong pei en open the guide book n ramdomly chose dis place for lunch:

they serve Genevan - Swiss + French style. Its located @

5, rue des Pâquis - 1201 Genève

the food damn best lah! it was a lucky try. we juz anyhow hamtam a restaurant on the guide turn out the food was EXCELLENT! but the price is quite ... haha! we spent a total of $134 swiss frank on the meal. 60 each for the 5 course set meal n 2 bottles of water + TIP lor.. tips were including but extra tipping is encourage... wahahaha! very duh right.

1st Course:

its a very simple marinated prawns with macaroni. yet its very tasty full of flavour n definately not like any of the hor'dourves we serve on board lah. ✌✌✌✌


2nd Course:

Cheesy soupy with cheese stick n Duck marinated in red wine sauce with mushroom. the soupy is reali good very gao gao wan. the cheese stick very 鬆脆 n cheesy lor. i dun reali fancy the duck tho.. coze i dun like red wine.. ✌✌✌✌


3rd Course:

Grilled Fish with Ratatouille! the fish okok onli. tho its grill but still juicy. its quite tasteless but i think is to 襯托 Ratatouille's strong and dominearing taste lor. The ratatouille is excellent lah!! i love it! but shuyi say it taste like parprika sauce.. -_-" ✌✌✌✌


4th Course:

the BEST dish lah!! its Beef in Stroganoff sauce with Rosti potatoes. the sauce is so nice n rich! the beef is juicy n tender! YUMMY! ✌✌✌✌✌


Last Course:

Shuyi's fav! its raspberry cake with passionfruit n raspberry sauce. i dunno how to comment dessert. coze i got a SUPER soft spot for sweet stuff! i love them all. hee! onli thing is the sauce super sour lah! ✌✌✌✌✌



the whole ambience is very cosy. n we were very lucky to have the Chief to wait us.. mayb coze he's the onli person in the shop tt can speech English lah.. wahaha








Saw dis water fountain as we walk towards Geneve's Lakefront. hum.... i noe the lower part is for us to drink or bottle water... but the top part..... i try n try to reach the water but cannot leh.. izzit my tongue short or its for other purpose.. my guess is for birds! Hee





Anyway, our next sight seeing stop is to see the Jet d'eau. It is one of the largest fountains in the world. Situated at the point where Lake Geneve empties into the Rhone River, it is visible throughout the city and from the air, even when flying over Geneve at an altitude of 10 km (33,000 ft). Five-hundred litres (132 gallons) of water per second are jetted to an altitude of 140 metres (459 feet) by two 500 kW pumps, operating at 2,400 V,consuming over one megawatt of electricity. The water leaves the nozzle at a speed of 200 km/h (124 mph). When it is in operation, at any given moment there are about 7,000 litres (1849 gallons) of water in the air.



Now here comes the highlight of the trip!: While Shuyi n i were crossin the bridge to the other side of the lake, go a man behind us say to me " you have a beautiful body!" WTF!! we both juz cant take it lah.. super farnie! nabei auntie here so damn fat, backside big like DINO say i haf a beautiful body!! look now at the pic.... my back view sibei beautiful meh!!?? then the next thing he say was " u noe swisss man loves to marry asian gals. the baby all mix until very nice... oh i din mean i wanne make baby with u... HEE! *big smile*" WTF..

dis is gonna be joke of Year 2009. wahaha!

anyway, we were crossin the bridge to see the "L'Horloge Fleurie aka flower ClOCK!" is a beautiful clock that was created in 1955. Located in English Garden, the clock is said to have been created in spite of many technical problems. L'Horloge Fleurie of Geneva is 15.7 meters in circumference. The diameter of the clock is 5 meters. The clock features a second hand, which is 2.5 meters long. The second hand of L'Horloge Fleurie in Geneva holds the reputation of the being the longest in this planet. L'Horloge Fleurie at Geneva stands over an area covering 6,500 plants. It is situated at close proximity to Jardin Anglais. It is remarkable to know that every season a new design is created with different plants and shrubs.
haha! we'r doing the flower "cock" with the clock ah.. dunno y dis trip the flower like not very colourful lor.. sianz..

after the flower clock, we walked towards Cathédrale Saint-Pierre we saw PATEK PHILIPPE!!!! there is the factory open to public for visiting but we lazy to go.. so muz at least take a pic of the shop lah. =)

The Cathedral of St. Peter in Geneve is best known as the church where John Calvin gave his inspiring sermons during the mid-16th century, but it has other attractions as well. The imposing Romanesque-Gothic church with a Neoclassical facade still dominates the center of the international Swiss city.

The first Romanesque cathedral on the site was built in 1000. Construction on the present building began in 1160 and lasted 150 years, by which time the Romanesque architecture had acquired Gothic touches. The Chapelle des Macchabees was added in 1397. 

The Catholic cathedral of St. Peter became a Protestant church in 1536. John Calvin preached here from 1536 to 1564, and the cathedral became the guiding center of Protestantism. Like reformers all over Europe, Calvin's followers stripped Geneva's cathedral of its altars, statues, paintings and furniture. Only the stained glass windows remained.

 
there is a spectacular panoramic view of Geneva available from the north tower of the cathedral, which is reached by climbing 157 narrow, winding steps. look at me face! *WTF!! are we reali to kill ourselves with these steps!!!*

the climb was actuali very worth it.. it has a very nice panoramic view of the Jet d'eau! but hor we both dunno how to use the panoramic mode on our cameras lah! dumb!

while walkin to the next stop, we pass by dis very nice playground! =) its was the laffter of the kids playin tat caught my attention. then i realised the stuff there is damn old school lah! i juz hop on the horsey n started riding it!! muhahahaha! the feelin the horsey is juz like riding I-Gallop! wahahah! i think i shd juz bring one. Hee! can help lost weight ard the waist n haf losta fun too! =)

Finali 2nd last stop!! Murs des Réformateurs!

The construction of the Reformation Wall in the Bastions Park began in 1909, the year which marked the 400th anniversary of the birth of Jean Calvin and the 350th of the foundation of the Academy of Geneva.

The monument is backed against part of the ancient defensive walls that surrounded the city until the middle of the 19th century.

At the centre of the wall, five meters high, are the four great figures of the movement: Guillaume Farel (1489-1565), one of the first to preach the Reformation in Geneva, Jean Calvin (1509-1564) the
"pope" of the reformers, Théodore de Bèze (1513-1605), first rector of the Academy and John Knox (1513-1572), founder of Presbyterianism in Scotland.

Behind these statues stands the motto of the Reformation and of Geneva: "Post Tenebras Lux.

On either side, statues and bas-reliefs represent the great Protestant figures of the different Calvinist countries and the crucial moments in the development of the movement.

Stroll along 100 meters of wall and cover 450 years in the history of Protestantism.

While resting our legs at the park where the monument is, shuyi starts writing her postcard.. omigod. i laff so hard lah! her chinese writing looks like primary school kid lah! look @ mine then her! wahaha

 



beside the Murs des Réformateurs, is this area with GIANGATIC CHESS SETS!! many ah bei sittin there playing. like those typical sight of old man eat finish nutin to do sit there play chess with stranger but a super hugh version. =)

 



Finali, last stop - Place Neuve.

Built outside the former ramparts, the Place Neuve has become the focal point of Genevan culture.

It comprises the Grand-Théâtre (opera), the reputed Conservatory of Music and the Rath Museum, internationally renowned for its temporary exhibitions.

In the centre of the square, a statue depicts the Genevan general Henri Dufour, national hero and first to establish a map of Switzerland.

We went to migros to buy more califlower & brocolli n chix thigh to cook stir fry vege n boil 藥柴雞湯! as we haf another hour b4 our train arrives, we went SHOPPIN at h&m! bought 2 dress n 3 rings. haha!

we took a 2014 train no.545 n finali got back to Zurich @ 2256.. we were damn tired lah.. both of us knocked out in the train.. haha

Yeah! i finali my 1st entry! super long lah! my god..... "sweat ah"