Warm Wishes to all . . .

Season's Greetings! This is a special season for all of us to consider the blessings we have in our lives and the things that we have done in the year. We are doing this as we approach Christmas and the New Year 2010!

冬至快乐 !!

梅花雪中开，成功苦中来，
梅花开遍地，冬至悄悄来，
冬至吃汤圆，团圆富贵来，
腊月一年满，又是春天来，
祝冬至快乐，圣诞节快乐！

Bezelled Ball-Early Christmas Gift presented..

This necklace could simply finished in probably 1-2-hrs at most. But it took me about 2 days+ cos needing to mingle between house chaos & mum's need during weekend. The white ball encircled [bezelled] with wired-round tooks more time, as needing & ensuring that the wire falls neatly side by side and the length of it that would be sufficient to go round the entire ball without any joinings.

Well, is worth the hardworks..when it was presented to Janet yesterday when we met for a "quick cuppa of coffee" at J-O-Donuts.

The "wow" expression and admiration of the craftmanships already gives much reward ++plus her appreciation of my thoughts in this gift such as "gold", "white" and "yellow" which is her favourite colors.

Likewise, Pauline was so happy to receive the "Y" rose-quartz necklace. They both exclaimed that is kind of too early to receive this "X'mas Gift"., but knowing that all our different work/ personal time schedule are kind of rather difficult to arrange and having the year end festives running in, not knowing when would be our possible get-together.

Three-some of us always treasure our get-together even it's only an hour or so. :p

Christmas..seems like few days ago..

Christmas is coming..so, is another season of the year again. Hmm..not like the norm; which is usually said "is just like yesterday".. a little diff.. i would say "seems like just a few days ago.." which i guess most would agree?.. ha ha :p

Well, well, have started or rather i have already make some crafts for christmas gift.. here is one done in wirework "Y" necklace for my dear pauline [she's my formal patchwork teacher].

They are 5mm red & 5mm garnet swarovski crystal with a rose quartz as d centre drop. .. how is it? .. well hope Pauline likes it..

am back.. but snail space tho..

hmm..gone mia for a short while., so where have i been lately? no-where.. still same me, same place, same thoughts but physically weak though. Would i say age is catching up? i won't deny, but surely it could be better, have to take care ya.. so i was kind of like gotten busy and a little "burn-out" frm attending to mum. Is not easy to be a "care-giver" [that's what they term or name]. Coping with her demands, her needs, her attention.. i juz slip off "coaxing myself"..

so accidentally, i hit the "depression mode" to ON instead of IDLE of supposedly should be OFF all d time :( But i thank The Lord for giving me psychology & counselling training way much earlier; so i notice the system was weird; such as i could clinch my fist, lock myself up in d bathroom & started wailing away. extra facial wash [crying] every night to sleep! i would even vent my anger on my clothes & clothes hanger!! Gosh!! was i up-tight? stress? mental? whatever??!!...

i didn't want to talk to anyone, didn't want to write, didn't even do any craft which i normally does & it helps very very much! i couldn't pray well, but i never stop "grumbling" to HIM, "speak" to HIM, "complain" to HIM! Perhaps this is also a way of "praying"! i shared & told my little cell group abt my feelings, haps & ask them help to keep me in prayers too; which i rarely does and they know, it must be serious or i did never ask, rather i used to be d jovial & encouraging one that pray for them instead.

of coz, things went lots better..; then; i had a bad sore throat resulted from a "chronic sinus" according to the ENT Doc. i was given 10 days medication to clear.. and that medication .. oh gosh.. send me daze..loose appetite.. looks like parts of engine needs over-haul .. :(

oookiee.. thank you PAPA God, i can smell the "freshness" of the morning air and "air-con" air!!
Thank You for Your Healing, Thank You for Your Comfort, Thank You for Your Strength, Thank You for EVERYTHING!! how could i ever cross humps, hurdles .. ... on my own ?!!

ok guess enough of bragging, would do some back-dated posting along d ways & days to come..
meanwhile, i pray good health to each & everyone.. :)

Upload of pictures. .

Yeah..with some mingling, flickering & of coz exploring here & there; finally gotten some pictures uploaded! Well, give me sometime though to do some bit of description of those finished pieces ya.. Meanwhile, one could at least point to view over at the side of tis blog; with good help from flickr.com :p)

Alright, please accept my snail pace as i ain't any IT savy; i am still experimenting, exploring and of coz enjoy every fair bit of the process. Ha..ha.. but when some "hit-up" arise, grrrh..grinding & clinching in silent mode though. ((@.@))

Works of students..

Remember just about a week plus ago, we begin our Beading Lesson? Project - Spiral Necklace. And; we planned to meet up the following week right.., but due to some of our commitment we delayed our session till yesterday. This time, we held at Janet's home.. hmm.. she even cooked us lunch..her sambal prawn was yammy.. Ooop.. too hungry forgotten about the camera !


We had some chat & updates of our personal "up's & downs"; or i would honestly say that is a good sharing or "thrashing" out of our "rambles & grumbles". Both me & Pauline could easily feel each other's emotion, hurts, downs and "what's-nots" when she has to care for her husband whose health is not too well of late, whilst as of me is my mama. :( Janet is like our "cooling fan/ blower", she not only gives us her "hearing hearts" but diverts our conversation off comfortly, when she saw our sharing wells-up our teary eyes. Hmmm.. this is indeed a nice ladies fellowship..


NOW.. Beading time!! When both Janet & Pauline pulls out their spiral project.. Oooh.. Wow..

i have never expect such beautiful result! (considering them their 1st time beading?!!) hah.. You can say perhaps that's your 1st lesson; so easily amazed. Nope.. nope; given that it can be my thousand or millions of lessons.. the result is still just one simple word "Stunning"!!

A similar sets of beads can be distributed out; yet i can assure that the end result or the finished project would always produce a different, pretty and each show casing their piece uniquely.

Janet's tried mixed of gold & silver and as she admitted not knowing how much beads is needed; she ran short of them! But she gotten it finished up with single strand of the mixed and wow.. result is unique & pretty!! .. By the way Janet, my apology for my "shaky" hands, the picture is a little "blurry".

Look at Pauline's piece wow... she had hers done into a spiral lariat. No idea of how she could place her heart-shaped focal glass bead; after she completed her 30cm length of spiral; instantly i felt that it did be nice ending it with the beautiful glass bead and on the other end, we did some "branching".. oooh.. lovely ya... (*.~))

Golden Wheel-HL/E02 ..

Taking a little advantage of tis public holiday; sitting by the window, feeling those cool windy breeze "flapping" on my face.. took out this 14mm Rivoli which i have gotten sometime ago, flip thro 1 of the Beadwork mag issue and "oh.. mine tis is pretty"..


So within minutes, got the necessary beads & swarovski lined up with this Topaz Rivoli for selection of colors.. hmm.. yap.. i think that it! .... (*.^)

Da..da..da..da! Here you are.. whoa! Turns out prettier than i have expected! Dun you think so? Oh yes, named it "Golden Wheel" coz i thgt it did looks like those cart wheels :p)


Side Note : Swarovski (English pronunciation: /ˌswɔrˈɒvˌskiː/[2]) is the luxury brand name for the range of precision-cut lead crystal glass and related products produced by Swarovski AG of Wattens, Austria.
The Swarovski Crystal range includes crystal sculptures and miniatures, jewelry and couture, home decor and chandeliers.

Happy Birthday Mom. .

2 months back she was so ill that she couldn't get up from bed. Today she is so much better; able to get up herself to move around & about w/o me helping her. But of coz, she still need me to help her to her shower every day. Surely she is a very tough & strong-willed lady, determine to fight & live on.. just as she said even being able to live just that "1 day" it is so precious although she had no more goals to achieve or wanna achieve.

All we knew about her birthdate is only in chinese calender; but well anyhow guess that is not important anymore after all she is reaching almost 90 in another short few days. Wow.. can't imagine i am in that age, whew.. :9(

Just as she told me, didn't want any celebration this year, probably she ain't in the mood as she is still kind of weak.. [although is only 2 of us, but i used to cook a elaborate meal for her, present her a "ang pao" with wishes & cheers] .. so here it is a simple breakfast with her favorite pizza, garlic bread, some fries and of coz a little 寿包 plus of coz her morning coffee.

Yeah.. 妈妈，生日快乐!!

p.s. i made the garlic bread & so is the fries..

as of the pizza & 寿包 got from supermart-toast & steam..

Beading begins. . .

Both Pauline & Janet arrive my place about 12 plus. Unpack all the food that Pauline had prepared for the 4 of us; and in less then 15 min. we found ourselves eating and almost finishing most of the food. Ooop.. guess i am so hungry that i forgotten to take a snap shot of the delicious lunch.. ha..ha.. it was yummy.. Both ladies noted mom's appetite was good.. "yes..cos of the nice company you ladies gave!" - mom's reply .. :p)

After all the tidy & washing-up, i pull out those packed beads that i have prepared for them and yeah..our beading lesson start!..

The 1st 15-30 min. was like "all hands & feet tied together" fiddling with those beads and wondering which beads to thread & weave.. Janet kept saying that they both are slow & old students..while i told them that i might not be good in explaining & teaching them instead.. ha..

Hmm.. Nope.. is none of those above.. Is just that, this hobby craft is something or totally new to them; given that Pauline is good at patchworking. Well, in less then an hour, they will not only enjoying it, but eager and wanting to complete their project! They have gotten it right!! Yeah!


2 hrs simply passed by .. times up! I was surely glad to see both of them so happy and enjoying their beading time. Arrangement was tentatively made for next weekend for me to review & see to their completed spiral necklace!! It would not be at my place but instead at a park, with each of us bring some snacks.. wow.. itsn't that going to be a healthy & relax therapy? U beg!

Beading lesson ..

Yeah!.. my beads order has arrive..whoala.. they look pretty; hmm.. am sure Pauline & Janet would luv them ;)

Oh..yes, i'm so excited & looking forward to my so called "1st beading class" with tis 2 ladies. Venue would be @ my home as they wanted to pay my mom a visit, cook & bring lunch for both of us!

It was all a surprise, am caught unprepared actually. It was during our lunch catch-up [aftr almost a year] juz last weekend that they saw me wearing my own crafted "root-beer spiral" necklace. They will surely impress & arh..well, pester me into teaching them.

hmm.. sketch of instructions prepared + material now arrive, Oleh.. am ready!! Am very sure they both would enjoy .. yahooo.. :p

some sharing - Beads- since beads have been made in the Czech Republic for centuries, dating back to the days of Bohemia. The Czech beads do tend to vary a bit in size and shape, even within the same hank of beads, but are valued for their use in bead embroidery, as the difference in size allows for more exacting contours in the beadwork.

A little relief...

Finally, am a little relief after such looooong time. Been nursing & take care of mom; she has been ill, down with her rhuematism aches & also kind of relapsed pain from her old op. wounds. Admired her tough endurance, refusing hospital, Docs.. All i could do was like watch her sighing & hawling at worst time :(

Definitely is not easy for me, especially i have a full day job to attend to; but Thank Lord, for HIS strength & abounding grace & blessing of a understanding boss & colleagues that allows me to go half day leave-> home to nurse my mom, and great & supportive encouragement from my colleagues to cheer & keep me going.

Well, now that mom is so much better, meaning i don't need to help her up thro & about toilets, eating etc.. so am back in full day work. Leaving only at day end on the dot to get home & make sure mom gets her meal on-time.

so.. hmmm.. lets have a cuppa of tea & cheer me on ..

p.s. a little tea receipe :
1) get a tea sachet if not for pinch of tea leaves
2) add 1 or 2 fresh mint leaf (frm supermart)
3) add a cube sugar only after hot water has been pour;
coz sweetness is kept that way
4) now watch the little sizzling of that cube sugar as it dissolve swiftly..

cheers! :p

Root Beer Spiral-HL-N01..

Hmm.. not too bad, in fact it turns out prettier than what i expect! Now what shall i name? Since the beads colors is mark "root beer" and looks kind of shiny, twinny brown.. alright, shall name it "Root Beer Spiral" !! Yeah..

Actually, tis d 2nd piece i made. Completed the 1st piece and sold upon someone's liking, the colors of the leaves varies from this piece as she prefer light & dark brown. Was such a short notice that i miss out snapping the picture; well, she loves it so much that i thought, arh huh..why dont i bead another since i have some left over beads?; thus i have a different set of leaves for this piece which turns out nice too.. ya? (*.~)

Craft Begins..E-01

i thank God for HIS gift, gift of loves for hobbies, gifts of craft through my hands, gifts of thoughts & ideas.

somehow, hobbies aids me during my "down-time", brings me through my "sad" & even "good" times. this pair of Amazonite earrings was made while after nursing mom & put her to rest..

the cool color of this stone somehow soothes me from all tireness ..

Search-Note: Amazonite - This semi-opaque blue-green variety of feldspar is named after the Amazon River. Amazonite is blue-green to pale green stone in the feldspar group. It comes mainly from United States & Australia. Amazonite balances feminine and masculine energy. It promotes kindness and practicality. It is an excellent stone for artists and also for men. Pale azure blue amazonite is know as the lucky "Hope Stone". It will be lucky for all your hopes and dreams. Amazonite helps balance the emotions and gives physical stamina.

..heart warming gifts..

what a thoughtful gifts from colleagues.. they are truly heart warming gifts.. thanks a million Feny, Junyi, Darren & Cynthia, Alan & Linda & their little ones Dillion & Issac ..

also million thanks of warm wishes receive thro sms all the way from Hong Kong ->Ting, Kelly. surely my "long-time ago" schoolmates -> Angeline, Max. Frens & X-colleagues -> AJ, Alan, Jenny, Patricia, Wendy & Jasper.

..is another year.. wow.

wow.. is just another year.. i mean another birthday i am in!! Life is not a only a reflection but also about ups & downs, about growing & going, about moving & changing.. it just goes on.. hmm.. hit mid-life; so what next?

Well.. my earlier plans was to hold a small buffet lunch in the office so that all colleagues [i.e. incl boss] could hv a good warm cozy, noisy, chatty & yammy get together. that was plans, imaginery plan ha..ha.. Mom fell ill just 2 days before my birthday; and that is to say, my plans were all disrupted of coz.. it erase all my moods :(

Still; i had a good soothing birthday as a group of colleagues [my lunch & tea-break "kakies"] brought me out for a yammy lunch. We had jap food in our of the shop @ Amara Hotel just round our office blocks.. We enjoyed the food very much, it was real good, truly authentic jap taste.. and i enjoyed very much more of the warm company they gave me.. they blankets me with cheering & jokes that for that moment my mind was truly "off" from my mom's illness.

Many thanks & cheers.. thk Q.. thk Q..

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Hi my dearest guests, readers,

. . just a little note that tis Blog Site is under Construction and as i am a little new too; all of your patience are greatly appreciated while i gather & pull my stuffs together..

Thk Q..