Say Cheese

One way of recycling empty cans

The little cupboard in the kitchen is piling up with empty tins from my addiction of condensed milk, waiting for an idea to strike to breathe life into them again. Light bulb started blinking mad the moment I saw some nice printable designs.

Just as everyone in the neighbourhood snoozed their way into slumberland, I slaved away making measurements, photoshopping the dimensions required and off my printer went.

A bit of cutting here and sticking there, I've got myself a brand new set of stationary holder.
Wow.... fifteen minutes was all it took and I'm feeling contented, boy do I love recycling.

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More printable designs [here] if anyone's interested.

Happy 牛(niu) Year

With Cow working night shift, my poor bio clock is suffering yet again. Just as I'm recovering from my poor sleeping pattern, nowadays would be reversed to nights and nights to days.
Found this really simple paper toy, my motor skills don't function very well at this time of the day, even cutting the pieces out is a challenge. Despite the toy wasn't not meant for Chinese New Year, its closed enough I guess. Well, its got a cow and its year of the Ox in a couple of days.
So to all friends and well, Pea, who's so bored and kind to visit my blog, Happy Niu Year in advance. May it be a great year ahead for all of you.

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Paper toy template Mansel Co Ltd.

Volunteered Models

The Lees were really nice to pop round this evening, passing us the discount booklet for the new supermarket around the corner.
Bless An who's feeling poorly after her trip to Genting, hope she and Scott will get well soon.
Having them round, took a few snaps, well not really a few, but half a gig's worth.
And Cow, I'm afraid there's more work for you now *puppy eyes*.

All about Poo

Strange Habit

In the loo, zen moments, spare you the details. With her psychic power, Yumi sensed the dark aura of ,.... poo. In amidst of reaching my enlightenment state,... her nose plied open the bathroom door, poked her head through the gap and entered without invitation. *Sniff* *sniff*, everything's alright, end her patrol and headed back to her throne downstairs, next to Cow.

It's like a normal routine for her, to inspect everytime I go through my important loo businesses. God knows why, but she just does. Irritating at first, but as time goes by, it just became a norm.

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Walkies

Went out for a short walk with Cow and canine, grabbing the camera with me. I'm in love with the new lens, not only did it help me with my problem of having shaky hands, I even managed to walk and snap at the same time.
Oh, why did Cow looked so surprised when Yumi did her business? Let's put it this way, for her to do her business is a tricky issue. It's like trying to located the ultimate fengshui patch kinda thingy. And not expecting much from this walk, he was surprised nevertheless. And no, he doesn't scoop up the leftovers, that's my job,... he just holds the leash...

Paper Toys

my new found love.

Just can't get enough of it at the moment. For the past three days, I'm only managed to complete three toys. As I get busy with my new hobby, printed a set of paper toy for Cow as well.
When I rang him up at work telling him I found the template for Master Chief from Halo, he enthusiastically urged me to get it for him.

*Twilight with flashback to two days ago* We sat down at the dining table with scissors, penknives, gluestick and our paper toy templates. After cutting out a tiny yet complication piece from his set, he announced that he's calling it a day .... leaving me alone to complete my lil Rommy robot. Till now his set sits on the table, quietly counting down the days till its remembered again.

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[Credits]

Transformers Optimus Prime paper toy by nicebunny.com.

Rommy the Robot paper toy template by Sloth Paper Toys

Bento Lunch Box template by sanwasupply.co.jp.

Scattered Thoughts

Reduction

of what? The amount of trash photos I have, well I'd prefer to call them "artistic" shots in the past, all too blurred to make out wtf I was taking. My hands just shake too much to take any descent enough shots to be used, frustrating it is, even more for Cow who had to go through everyone of them to delete and organise coz I can't give a damn.
Almost at the verge of giving up, a saviour came along and suggested a different lens. And also thanks to another saviour who's willing to empty his pocket and invest on a new one for me,.... but before he departed with his hard earn cash, his repeat this question no less than 5 times, "Are you sure you are gotta use it?" LOL. Yes dear, I certainly am!!!

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Pumped up

with caffeine. That's my usual morning routine anyway, nothing beats a nice hot cuppa to start off the day. As if that's not enough, even the chocolate snacks I'm having at the moment is in the shape of coffee beans,... Not sure if there's any coffee involved at all, the packaging's in Japanese, and I can't understand a word of it.... Nevertheless it taste good, that's all that matters XD

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Rain

Yesterday was a torture for Yumi, went for a stroll but had to make it short due to unexpected weather. Whining and bitching, the whole afternoon had been tormenting the four-legged PMSing canine. Standing on twos at the window, constantly checking on the weather... it disappointed her everytime I announced that it's still drizzling.


The photo of her did not justify her mood, she's only two set of expressions, her hush puppy eyes when she's guilty and her smiley face. It's her noises that tells you how she's feeling, when her photo was taken,.... her cry actually echoed down the hallway....

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Growth

Its nice to have green fingers, without getting dirty of course. The herbs Cow planted are doing extremely well. He's looking forward to re-potting the seedlings soon to give them a lil bit more space. Hopefully they won't die like the previous batch we planted when we were back in the desert.

Anniversary

How time flies, its our third anniversary. Through An's recommendation, we booked a table in a Korean BBQ restaurant in Taipan.
Not knowing what's coming, we ordered two sets of meat for the BBQ and a small portion of hotpot. An did mentioned that they set a good number of side dishes which made the figures at the end of the bill seemed worth it, but that's all she said.
The waiter tried to stop us from ordering the hotpot,... well he's got a small build, maybe his appetite wasn't as big as ours, so we went ahead with our intended order. One after the other, the side dishes arrived. By the end of our meal,... 15, well, 14 side dishes and dessert in total. We were stuffed, .... paid to torture ourselves....

Overall, I loved the place, they have the best service I've ever experienced. Not only did they BBQed the food for us,.... they even took the trouble to fetch our shoes (we had to remove them before stepping onto the platform), oh,.... the manager even went ahead of us to get the lift ready before we even reached the exit.... That place left me speechless and Cow feeling bad for not giving enough tips lol.

PS: Happy Anniversary to my Super Cow. Muacks.