ooohh...earthquake...

I was at my sister's place celebrating my nephew's birthday when suddenly we felt the tremor from the earthquake in Sumatra. It lasted on and off for about 30 secs.

We were supposed to be worried and probably terrified, but instead, we were so excited! Although it has happened a few times in some parts of Singapore, but this is the first time we experienced it.

We are so fortunate to be in Singapore. Although we are so near to the neighbouring countries who were hit by the tsunami, we are still very safe here. :-)

4.19am

It's 4.19am. Having difficulty getting back to my slumberland after feeding baby and putting her to sleep.

It felt nice to be awake at this hour somehow...
No noise from the mother of 2 living upstairs who is always nagging and screaming at her children.... No road construction outside the house... It's just so peaceful at this hour :-)

Check it out

My friend Doris has just started selling her earrings on ebay. Her creations are very nice and the price is very low.
Do check it out! :)
All the best Doris! Don't give up!!

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Mysterious man

It was a very hot day, about 35 degrees.

I spent the afternoon with my baby at Ikea, enjoying the air-condition.
As I was having lunch at the burger king restaurant there, an elderly man walked up to us. He has gray hair and beard, wearing a loose shirt with a jade necklace round his neck. He looked very closely at my baby who's sitting in the pram, his face is about 15cm away from her. I was quite nervous, not knowing if he's a lunatic, and if he'll harm my baby, or was he just finding my baby cute but he is short-sighted??

He suddenly talked very loudly to me, he said "when your daughter grew up, send her to kindergarten, then to primary school, secondary school, junior colledge, university, then send her to me." After that, he shoved his name card to me and walked off.

There was alot of question marks floating above my head.

On the name card, there's only his name and residential address. I turned over the card and there were prints of the word Kodak. This is not a card, it's a 2R size photo. Errr... what's this all about? I wonder... crazy man? Well, it's a funny encounter.


View outside my window. Hot hot day, not a soul on the street, even the cats went into the shades...

Snip Snip Snip!

Made a sudden decision today.

I went to the hair salon and said goodbye to my long hair of many years. As the stylist snips away my hair, I was still asking myself if I was sure about this... Should I ask her to stop? Is it too late? I've got thick hair, so will my head look big when my hair is short? What if my husband cannot accept the drastic change, and I have to move to my mum's place for a few months to avoid him seeing me?
what if... what if... what if....????

I'm now sitting in front of my monitor typing this, sipping my hot coffee... listening to my favorite bossa nova music... smiling to myself

... waiting to see my husband's reaction when he gets home... ;)


(A doodle of my new hairstyle)

A bucket of stained glass scraps...

Long before I started selling my stained glass pendants on ebay, I have been browsing at other artisans' works and found a girl who does very nice bold designs, you gotta check out her collage pendants too. She has a nice website named moonwaterdesigns.

I couldn't resist leaving a comment on her blog posting after reading that she too, gets excited over a bucket of stained glass scraps. You don't get to share this kinda same feelings with people everyday!
Surprisingly, she noticed me long time ago too! I'm so glad to finally know someone all the way from US who shares the same passion with me.

Thanks Nicole, it's good to know you :)
(Below is one of the pieces I like very much)

Struggles

I watched as my little one makes her first attempt to roll over onto her stomach. She struggled in frustration but never gave up. Once... twice... three times... four times... five times... she started to cry... I gave her buttock a light push and she finally rolled and laid on her stomach, but as well as her face buried in the bed. I chuckled and helped the desperate little one to get up.

Isn't life just the same? We struggle to fulfill many things in life. At times we fail but there's always someone there to give us help and a little push.

Thanks all my friends who walked with me through difficult times! :)