My fifth aunt's place. With her lovely daughter, my cousin, Elaine.
And son, James.
And a whole bunch of my distant cousins.
And me.
Two days ago our Christmas celebration started. With a lovely homecook meal of pre-Christmas dinner with my aunties and uncle and cousins, etc. Sorry, Jo (my other cousin), didn't have your photo here.
That's my cousin's fiance wife Sarah. Hi Sarah! You're up!
Dinner was superb, forgot to take photo of my fifth aunt since she's slaving away in the kitchen at that time. Sorry auntie.
Hehe, forgot to take photo of my fourth aunt and uncle during dinner either. Dinner was too good!
She made raspberry pavlova for dessert, which was uber yummy.
Today, back at my 4th aunt's place.
Christmas Tree 2.
under the tree, all our pressies await *rubs hands*
And we're just about to start a whole day of eating extravaganza!
Before I forget. Here are some really nice shots of Bangkok night scenes.
I took these before, but with a mediocre camera, so when I went back to Sirocco cafe (where these night shots were taken) mid this year which then I had a better camera with me,
I took the opportunities to re-capture Bangkok beauty behind lens.
These were taken with RAW file. It was quite a pain because then I have to download a new plug-in just to read the file. Manage to install it and churn out two wallpapers in the end.
Hope you like them. :)
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If you have not sign up for Celcom on their Twitter promo here, then you better get starting.
There's no better way to tweet than from your handy cell phones, with so many phone cameras around, you can tweet with photos and upload them anytime!
The first time I took photo, tweet and update from phone was this -> http://tweetphoto.com/3492003. Displaying my awesome new bb skin. And I took the photo in the car!
After three weeks spent in Europe travelling: Spain, Portugal, & Southern France, I have once again returned to London, got my entry stamped at the custom for the second time in two months and now I am back in COLD SNOWY London.
Brr....
Well, Christmas is in two days time and I am going to be hanging around till then, spend some quality time with my relatives over here whom I have not seen for ages! And my baby is gonna fly in in 14 hours time to join me! Yay~ *hugs hugs warm warm*
In fact I think he's about to board the flight soon. ^^
I heard that snow would be stopping tomorrow onwards so that's a boo-hoo. Then again I guess it's good in a way since it won't cause any airport or Eurostar to cease operation due to snow.
I'm heading to Paris for New Year!!
So I assume by tomorrow all the snow would be really dirty since no new ones are forming anytime soon.
No photo opportunity. :(
But here are the few photos taken by my uncle Sonny these past few days.
I present: Snow in London.
Dashing through the snow, On a one-horse open sleigh, Over the fields we go, Laughing all the way...
Recently Nippon Paint engaged me in a make-over. Seeking the opportunity, I decided it was time for my guest room to have a fresh look.
Now the thing with my old guest room was that the wall was pearl, pearly white. In fact, my whole house is of pearly white.
It was the staple color choice of my dad for everything of everyday use, or in this case, view. Frankly, it was boring. Stale. And utterly not creative.
Besides, there were patches everywhere on the wall from the previous color cracks (this was like at least 10 years ago).
So I sat down one day with both of my mom and dad, and persuaded them (more like just my dad with my mom as my ally) to actually get the guest room (getting the master-bedroom for a make-over was stepping over the line) re-painted.
I gave him a list of colors from Nippon Paint for him to choose, thinking that he would opt for the pale green or something of the more neutral color, other than white.
You know there are times no matter how much you think you know a person, that person will someday make a decision that completely throw you off the hooks.
This was one of those times. The next day, my dad got back to me with two choice colors:
ROSE SHADE 5235P & PINK LADY 468
Yep. He went for pink. Of all colors I could have imagined him selecting.
My dad chose pink for his guest room!
Painter painting on Rose Shade 5135P
I was of course more than happy with his decision. (after all, pink was my priority color)
So the painters came to my house and, expertly, shadowed my walls with shades of pink and lighter pink. We decided it was best to have two-tone for a four-wall bedroom.
Pink Lady 468 went onto the other two walls.
I was completely awe-struck, not only by the efficiency of the painters, but also by Nippon Paint’s odorless-paints.
It was, well, completely odorless!! I smelt nothing, nothing at all!! Zit, nil, null, kosong, just ODORLESS!
Nippon Odorless paint is the best!! No chemical fumes to make my house smell of shit for days on.
By the end of the day, we have complete pink walls and by god, it was the most beautiful color I’ve ever seen on a wall!!
On top of that, we also had the ceiling repainted, since if all was going to look new.
This time, I was happy with white.
Then we had the frames of the ceiling painted with a different sort of white paint (not odorless *sulk*).
And had the door frames painted white too.
I decided that we were to go all the way and have a decorative wall.
I said we, because I am going to do the design, choose the colors and create an art out of my guest room wall.
Yep, I was going to DIY my guest room!
I drew a rough 5 foot square cubes design on a piece of paper that going on the wall.
Masking tapes on small squares indicated whitish color
That night, my mom and I measured the painted room up and started masking taping one of the walls.
We even drew square paper for good measurement purpose.
Straigggght line
We decided to do a thicker separation between rows and a thinner one between columns.
After two hours, this was it turned out.
With this design, I chose three different colors: Daphne Red 7173D (like purple), Trailing Pink 7164T (darker shade of pink) and Snowbush Rose OW40 1P (white with a hint of pink)
(All in all, we were using 8 types of paints on my guest room)
The painters came in the morning and got to work on my little project. Hehe.
Who said I was going to do the painting? All master-minds are creators, not painters. :p
The painter stuck my blueprint on the wall, so cute.
First, it’s purple…ehh.. I mean Daphne Red 7173D.
Then white…er… Snowbush Rose OW40 1P.
Then a whole lot of mess due to the many colors put on the wall.
In the end, I think the painters decided it was easier to mark the colors of the cube instead of kept referring back to the blueprint.
I went to my brother’s room to play computer game with my mom after that.
When I got back, it was done. Yay~!
Looks like something out of a 2D animation.
We waited for it to dry for an hour (it was fast-dry), we peeled off the masking tape to reveal the master-piece.
Slowly… one by one, inch by inch.
Be careful when you’re doing this, because fresh paint CAN break or get peeled off. So do it gently. And touch up wherever necessary.
DONE!!
Chio or not?! My masterpiece!
When it was time to furnish back the place, my maid went to put up the old curtains of the old guest room in.
God, it was ugly.
We quickly removed the curtains and replaced it with something more matching.
Got my double bed which I bought years ago in, lined the bed with Egyptian cotton and we’re ready for photos!
That’s my pink teddy carpet on the floor. Hehe
The photo was taken with my kit lens 18-55mm zoomed all the way out.
It was roughly this time I obtained my new sponsored wide angle lens 10-22mm.
So I decided it was time for the lens to be put to its first good use.
Ta da!!!
(This is what wide angle can do *smug*)
It’s pretty empty now, but I am so proud of my new creation!
I was browsing through youtube for Ne-Yo songs and this song caught my first attention.
Titled Miss Independence. Watching the video I realised that I can never be the type of girls that Ne-Yo like (in the video anyway). Many might see me as independent, you know, travelling everywhere all by myself, depending on no one. But I'm really just a girl who can get really clingy to her boyfriend. Like really clingy.
Which was ironic because I grew up always thinking that I was going to grow into a independent career woman with a successful business/job despite my mom's constant advice that being a career woman is a difficult path to take.
But I guess that's what songs do to you. They evoke emotions and stir thoughts in you. Some might say that modern songs advocate... er... certain indecent thoughts (I'm not supposed to mention the S word here), such as this song below.
"She makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up Just one touch"
I disagree. I love how the song was written. And the way Ne-Yo sang it was not only provocative (in a good way, I suppose), it was really moving, as if you can feel how the writer of the song wants you to feel.
Anyway, I'm stirring away from my main point of this post. Some songs make me that way you know.
Now that you heard the songs, and know that you've heard it before (almost from everywhere), Ne-Yo is coming to perform LIVE in KL, part of his Year of the Gentleman Tour) on the 7th January 2010 at Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach at 8pm. You can find the promo page here.
Basically, if you're an Xpax user, you can reload your prepaid credit of RM50 and get the ticket to the concert that is priced at RM140 for RM90. (Means the credit is basically FREE).
Type and send REGNEYO to 28881 (and then reload RM50).
If you're interested in getting better seats. Here are the ticket tiers and their respective pricings.
Zone RM140, Phlow Zone RM170, Phuture Zone RM260
I hope he sings Closer then. The song you'll definitely hear in every single techno filled disco or club night out.
It's the type of song you can dance your heart out alone at home. Definitely the song to dance to in a concert.
"I just can't stop. I just can't stop..."
Sigh. Too bad I'll still be in England (probably on the plane back to Malaysia) that day.
For ticketing info, call 03-7725 1177/03-7725 1166 or check out tickethotline.com.my
Bangkok was as beautiful as it has ever been every single time I visit.
And to do something about my short fringe, I've improvised by the time I hit Bangkok.
Have to get ready for my favourite city. ;)
I curled my hair up to the fringe level on both sides of my hair. So to obtain a sort of Japanese cutish style. I know, it's so not me. But it worked. ;)
Paired with my favourite necklace.
Le meow~
We spent the first day scouring through platinum mall and spent a bomb on every thing cheap and nice we could find. It's was a shopping spree+trip for us that comes twice a year.
(The next one is boxing day in London coming this 26thth Dec. :D)
We stayed over at a fancy new boutique hotel in town situated near everywhere, accessible by metro or taxi.
I like the rooms. They're clean and nice. I had a good rate from a friend. ;)
I ended up looking quite Thai-ish (or Japan-ish, whichever you prefer) with all my new accessories and clothes. Which I wore out for a dinner for two the following day.
Love my rings! Cost RM70 (700+ baht) I think?
A chance to camwhore.
I also brought my second baby on this trip: Brownie.
Isn't she the cutest?!
This is me pretending to be emo-ish.
Went to Cabbages and Condom for lunch. Wanted to go there for dinner the night before but we got stuck in a jam and by the time we arrived, it was already closed. :(
Well, lunch is fine. Just not as pretty as dinner.
Playing with itouch while waiting for food.
The restaurant has everything condom-ish, including a condom filled santa.
"Ripped the innocence off that children's mythical human!!" Roar~
Oh look, I'm a condom head.
Haha. I humour myself.
On your way out, don't forget to grab a condom or two as souveniers (*cough* yea.. right).
Craving for some local dessert, we stopped by an ice cream vendor that I knew sold really nice coconut ice creams at 10baht per cup.
I spotted it once on one of my previous trips and tried it and loved it.
Where in the world can you still find yummy RM1 ice cream. I was a happy person.
