Saturday, October 25, 2008

RECYCLED CYCLES

Would you believe these were made from recyclable scraps?!Bunnies!!------------------------------------------------------------
World Environment Exhibiton at Pavilion, mid-October 2008

THIS IS REAL, THIS IS ME

If there's one thing I like to be sneaky about... it's trying on dresses, snapping pictures and not buying 'em dresses!


DECOR, DECOR

This is Mid Valley Megamall's Deepavali decor.
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*This was the Centre Court decor in Mid Valley Megamall for the Eid Fitri celebrations. They re-created an ol' kampong house.
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Last year, this was their Christmas Fairyland mall decor. Their BEST ever!!
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This was the Eid Fitri decor in Jusco Seremban. Patheric, ain't it?!
Well, at least they tried.

Monday, October 13, 2008

IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE

Just something i wish to continue writing...

On my Uncle Christopher's funeral... so, as to follow tradition, it was kinda like his "wedding ceremony". We all dressed in white.... there was simple white flowers and ribbons decorated in the hall of the house... and we toasted wine and ate cake just before the body left for church. But our hearts were still heavy and tears kept flooding our eyes.

We told each other (aunts and cousins), "Don't you start sobbing... or I'll start sobbing too!!"

The funeral and cremation was held in the small town of Muar (nice quaint town by the rivermouth, where it meets the sea. Lots of breeze), where he has spent his last month with Uncle Jerry. It was the first time I had attended a cremating ceremony.

My granny, amazingly, was much much stronger than I thought she would be. On one evening, we were sitting at the same table and having tea, and she asked me, what should she write in the Condolences Book... which was to be placed inside the coffin at the end. I just said, "Just write... as if you were speaking to him right now".

And she wrote a pageful... and she turned to me and read what she had written! It was a mother's last letter to her closest son. I couldn't even look straight at her... because I was afraid I'd breakdown and cry in front of her.

But she was cool.

You know, what death does to some families... is bring them closer together. My family is huge... and even at Christmas we don't get to see everyone at the same time.

It's also a time when people say, "let's put aside our differences. Our brother is death."

It's also a strange time when you've got a relative who "sees dead people".

Seriously... Uncle Jerry's wife has a half-sister in Australia (migrated) has the inner eye. She called to say, on Day 2: Christopher met Daddy (his dad) in heaven, and his dad hugged him and said "Welcome Home, son".

And the second time, on the funeral morning : he thanks all his brothers and sisters for coming together and seeing him off for the last time.

It's been a month since that beautiful morning... in the sweet bye and bye.

Friday, October 10, 2008

GUESS WHO?!


You'd be surprised how your photo can be up in someone else's Facebook account. This picture is from Singapore.

Guess which tiny tot is me...?
And which is my annoying brother.

BLOOD TIES

Can you believe we're related?

Friday, October 03, 2008

DO THAT DOODLE

She just came out ... wonder what's she grinning about ??