ramadan kareem

alamak, forgot to put up a fasting post lah. a bit belated but here it is:

selamat berpuasa to all, have a great ramadan!

as usual, i'm pretty excited abt this. even managed to change my working hours and head home at a very early 4.30pm. :) why? cos i can... haha.

anyway, time to do some promotional stuff. want cookies? go to www.thecookieworkshop.com and say naz sent ya!! haha. shon this is for u. :)

want more cookies? call me! my aunt makes em tooooooo! i'll send u a list but i would highly recommend her kuih tart and nutella roll... u guys have tried my nutella roll right? hers is BETTER!! so far i got more than a dozen orders for that from my colleagues alone... and they haven't even tried it yet. based solely on my recommendation and over the top description. wahaha. mmmmm yummy...

also, hari raya open house 2006!! details akan datang but probably on a sun. gonna be the last raya before they enbloc my estate so u know u wanna come!

tales from the crib

so right, remember how i was saying that i'd been painting my bro's nursery? i'm finally done! had no idea that it would take so damn long! granted it's my first time painting a whole wall but jeez... a lot of work sia. was supposed to do the whole room but no time lah. would love to, but baby is due at the end of oct/ early nov and gonna be busy these next few weeks cos of puasa and raya so... no go. i don't like the idea of painting the nursery after the baby comes cos of the fumes, having to move the furniture, health reasons, etc... ok lah less talk more pics. haha.

exhibit A: flowers. there was a pink/ purple theme, therefore the lack of any other colours. couldn't get a shot of the trail at the bottom or a full wall shot. oh well. imagine it.
exhibit B: butterflies. from exhibit A, u can tell where the 1st butterfly starts. i tell u ah, damn tedious ok! but it's a labour of love so i don't mind. have to be really precise and steady with the colouring and outline otherwise will look too messy. used my own normal paintbrushes for the outline cos they're finer and would give a better result. tis true, your tools do matter.

exhibit C: my constant companion during the entire painting process. meet fila the persian. so lepak rite? haha. damn nice lah the fur... takes fila a while to warm up to people but he (she?) did eventually and this is what happens.

i'm not too happy with the end result of the painting though. after i started outlining the flowers in black, i realised that i should've probably done the outlining in a darker shade of the flower colour ala the leaves. doh!! but it was too late to turn back and start again. :( nevermind, it's only the first time. can experiment again in the future...

trois: cerulean seas

ok we went on a day trip to phi phi island on the 3rd day. took a harrowing 1 hr speedboat ride to our destination. 1st time in a speedboat going that fast mah. the rides after that were less stressful. can tertido sommore. haha. awesome experience.

pretty eh?
cave where bird's nest is harvested. i can't get over how gorgeous the water looks. crystal clear ok!

fishies!!and a parting sunset shot on patong beach.

deux: crimson sunsets

this is the street along patong beach. rohana had her hair braided so i busied myself with trying to take happening/ urban- looking shots.one of the items on my to-do list got crossed out: ride in a tuk tuk. check!!



and of course the all important sunset shots. so pretty right? mebbe we should've gone over to karon or kata beach for a better view but wat the heck... there's always next time. this by itself was pretty spectacular already.

oh ya, afternoon was spent in a spa... it was pretty good. i still prefer javanese style tho.

une: azure skies

ok so here's a breakdown of the getaway rohana and i had to phuket. er in pic format cos i'm lazy with posts now, as u can probably guess... for details please go to rohana's blog. wahaha.

our home for 4 days and 3 nights. my fave part abt the room was... channel v. wahaha. had an overdose of justin and scissor sisters... i like. i also loved the loo. got the spray2 thingy. in fact, all the loos i went to in phuket had them. they're clean and odour free too!

first look at patong beach. not bad... had beach brollys and chairs along the entire stretch... 100baht for a pair. attentive beach bum aka Aka optional and foc. wahahaha.went parasailing! it was pretty cool, but too short lah. my theory of wearing a ring so u won't get disturbed was proven true. the parasailing dude was like, so r u married. i'm bad at lying, so i said no. then he asked, got boyfren? i just flashed the ring, and he got the picture. wahaha. see, i didn't lie mah. of cos rohana wasn't as deft at taichi-ing such questions, therefore our relek session by the beach was cut short. haha.

this is the bus which we escaped on. 20 baht for a ride to the city. quite fun. rohana has a souvenir from it, ask her.

having lunch at the shopping centre... the breadstix u see above were awesome... so was the seafood pizza. yum yum. was meat deprived for 4 days ok!! everywhere also pork and non halal... so stuck to seafood. i would go back there just to try the cinema seats. super cheap and the 'sofa sweet' looked damn good. wahaha. bought 2 pairs of shoes for 400 baht. that's about sgd17 for both. hehehe. ya ya shopaholic i know.

comexed. 31 aug, 01 sept 06

comex is a tech geek's dream come true. then again, it's a non- tech geek's dream come true too. i went twice. almost made it a 3rd time but my laziness won out. now i'm going to haunt the aisles of sim lim for speakers and dvd media... hmm.

so right, i got me my first desktop pc last friday. cost me $1034 (after a 3.5% credit card charge. was actually $999. bah. should've brought my other bank card sia) and i must say, it's a beauty. i have just discovered the joys of a 17 inch lcd... of cos this is nothing compared to rohana's 19 inch but hey, i loooike. so big ahhhhh s.g. beng also can see one!! wahaha. i still haven't decided on a name for him but somehow 'taylor' comes to mind. this name is unisex rite? i dunno...

also got a panasonic lumix, will extras thrown in. mebbe i will take a pic of taylor with it. it too, does not have a name as yet. haha. dunno if i should tho, cos it's a 'family' camera. ie. anyone can use it. of cos it's safe in my room rite now so... IT'S MINE!!! until my uncle returns my other lumix anyway. still deciding on which one to bring to phuket. hmm. shall do some testing and see which takes better pics. yeah yeah i know the newer one is, er, newer, but oldies r goodies mah. and i don't have to worry so much about losing the old one. not cos my mother will kill me if i lose the new one but cos the old one is so damn huge. wahaha.

speaking of which... phuket!! 2 wks away!! wooohooooo!! rohana bila mau book hotel ar?? i hope the weather will be good... seriously. weather here so unpredictable lately man. rain one day panas terik the next... sheesh. whatever it is, planning on spending a good part of the time getting pampered at a spa and another part exploring islands.

OMG i'm so fucking sleepy now it's not funny. even writing a post at work is not helping. noooooo. best part is. i think i slept well last night. got a new pillow from the JL sale at expo. it's niiiiiiice. one of the best sleeps i've had in a long time. gawd i need a break. 9 working days to phuket... 9 working days to phuket.. 9 working days to phuket... 9 working days to phuket... *snore*