Thursday, February 20, 2014

The Month Of Love ...






Did I dissappear for quite a while again ? Lol, I was kept busy nowadays by my jewelries and the addition of not 1 but 2 puppies at home.Yaaayyyyyyyy.

But then, I had recently attended some ladies parties meeting my friends . See how pretty they are and the prettier thay get upon wearing my creations too .Wink wink LOL!










I had also gone to a recent school carnival last weekend where I had sold some pieces of my work. Yep... my earrings and necklaces didn't fail to sell like as usual and that would always make me a proud crafter indeed.

Many thanks to the Canadian School for allowing me to be part of the event this year. It was my very 1st time to join their event so I didn't know what to expect there. It was fine and I had made new friends from the other stalls beside me.

My small table filled with my stuffs at the Carnival held at The Canadian International School in Singapore last Feb. 15,2014






 Not only my jewelries were hot these days. Know what ? I got commisioned to even make a painting to be taken to Austria too !

Painting a Peacock as requested !

Peacock Painting lovingly created for Grace.

Grace temporarily hanged it on her wall before they take it to Austria when they move out of Singapore soon.
Grace is also the proud owner of a pair of handmade Beaded Peacock themed earrings, a heart dangling Crystal earrings as as well as charm bracelets made by yours truly when I came back here in Singapore a few months ago.





February is a busy month so far. This month of love never passes without some red hearts bouncing all over the place of course and some flowers here and there too. Unfortunately, I didn't get any hearts nor flowers at all ... poor me.... sigh ! . So my solution to my loneliness  are some jewelries with red theme I had created especially for this Valentine ocassion. They made me so happy anyways.
Here they are :

Red Hot Goddess _ Pearls and Crystals Earrings SD$35
Earrings modeled by my friend Ms Ana Hardiment




Last but not the least are these lovely carved hearts.
 Aren't they just simply beautiful ?


Life has some downfalls and not easy to be alone on special ocassions sometimes...
but being alone shouldn't be a reason to be sad.. there are lots of things to do to entertain yourself. That's what I do ... and would always will. 

Problem solved !

Belated Happy Valentines everyone !

Wednesday, January 22, 2014





January,22, 2014 ~ Hello , hello , helloooooo everyone. I'd been into hibernation somewhere over the last month or 2 and I had been quiet and out of sight for a while except for my personal FB page which has been catching up with my friends from all over the world. Yep, I had been quite occuppied updating some things with new found friends as well as of those I came to meet again after several years of no contact at all.

I had finally seen my long lost friend Jocelyn whom I had lost contact with for almost 4 years ...maybe 5 years ? Hmmmmm. Thanks to Jay for bringing her along during my Birthday lunch recently . I was so happy to see Jocelyn again .
It's been great to have had a chat with them and updated ourselves of the happenings we'd done you know .....

2014 Birthday Lunch at Din Tai Fung


2014 Birthday Lunch at Din Tai Fung with my Singapore based friends.

Out of the blue lunch at Pina's home ... I loved those food but I can't eat that much... sarap pa naman !

I was back in Singapore since August last year for another few more years of residence in here again .  Our move back to SG wasn't that complicated and our stuffs immediately found a new home. My 2 kids had quickly settled into their new schools and had gained attention from their ex-friends and new friends easily. I was happy for them and even more cheering for myself for the fact that the kids are now back to school with the school bus . Yehheeyyyyy, less driving means more convenience, more time for myself & less stress on my poor achin back . That's one great news .

Talking about my back pain, I was supposed to undergo an operation to replace 2 discs in my spine. Since I had been advised by my neurosurgeons here in Singapore ( Dr. Prem Pillay / Dr James Tan Siah Heng ) not to carry anything heavier than 2 kg., to avoid triggering more damage to my main nerve, I had avoided lifting or carrying the heavy stuffs. It's been working well coz my back pains had gradually decreased. I'm happy my stiff neck had also almost dissappeared although some minor housework triggers the stiffness and numbness on my whole right arm sometimes. Oh well, I had learned to do things at home in moderation now. Vacumming of the floor was lesssened to like once a week, mopping of the floor I had someone servicing it for me coz I can't do it anymore knowing I have a 4 storey house to clean. No way Jose ... I'll kill myself with a floor mop LOL!

My beading and my painting had suffered though. Sadly, I don't get into my beading room much these days. How I miss fooling around with my beads ...








Here comes the Lazy moments of my life I guess LOL! or maybe I'm not too inspired to bead or paint at this moment yet. My right hand still gets numb from time to time and since I'm right handed, all my house chores were done with my poor right hand. At the end of the day, my poor right arm is way too tired to move even with not too heavy house work. I dunno but I get so,so  tired sometimes ... even just by going up and down the stairs during the day . Siggghhhhh... I'm getting old I guess !

Anyways, I'm taking my time slowly before I create something unique again. I just hope I'll be in the mood soon to start beading or Painting again ...  I'm not used to just sitting around doing nothing ... my hands needs some work to do.. not just house chores !

Know what handiwork I mean ?
This kind ...





Monday, November 25, 2013





Hello everyone, 

I'm sneaking out of my beadoom a bit  just to give you a hint that my Ebay Store is now ready for your Christmas shopping with Free Shipping Promo  for all jewelry purchase from now till 15th Of December.


Free Shipping Now Till Dec 15, 2013 !


It's gonna be busy on online buying soon so I make sure, you get your presents / gifts on time for Christmas.

Although I'm apologetic for having an early cut off due to the fact that I'm off to see my new born grandson in the Philippines on the 3rd week of December .( My flights to Philippines had already been confirmed .. yehheeyyyyy ! )  Therefore , I should have all my ebay things be sorted and well organized and all orders be shipped before I leave Singapore for my well deserved holidays with my other family out there. My 1st grandson had already been asking continously how come its taking me so long to come home. He just couldn't understand why I'm so far away and couldn't come see him and bring him some chocolates right away. Oh well, lucky there's skype chat these days so I can talk and see him on video and he can see and hear me too.  I am also so excited to come home soon only if I could to cuddle and pinch my now chubby 2nd grandson  Adrienne !

What a sleepin Angel Adrienne is ...

OMG! Isn't he so chubby ? I really wanna pinch him ! Tee hee ...

Anyways, I'm now just counting the days and I hope I can bring some things to put under our Christmas tree  for the kids too. Maybe some chocolates ? Hmmmm maybe not coz the ants would attack them 1st for sure .... hmmmm... I wonder what then ...


We Will See !

SURPRISE !!!!!








Saturday, November 02, 2013

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

October , What have I done ?





October  31,2013 ~ Last day of the month and I'm rushing here thinkin of what to write in my blog ... ooopppssss. My brains had been wandering for quite a while in Singapore these days and I'm just too lazy to bother typing anything in my poor blog.  Awwwwww !




Nevertheless, I had created a few nice pieces from September till October. What a great feelin to see them all finished and done. These pieces are by far my most intricate work with seed beads.








I just love the outcome of these projects. The seedbeads had required a lot of patience and time while doing needlework . Taking into account the times my fingers got poked too ... Oooouuccchhhhh !

By the way, my darling daughter had just turned 16 .. yep ... so sweet 16 that she told me not to come down during her party at home last week .. uh oh ! I almost laughed when she told me herself LOL!  She specifically asked for parents not to be around sneaking or snooping in her teens' party. Oh well, her wish was surely granted ! I officially stayed indoors in my beading room all night  and let them do their stuffs ! There were lots of giggling and a few loud voices as well as music heard during the night but neighbors never complained ... what a relief ! They are still kids playing games in and out of the house ... they had fun I could tell !



I kept myself busy mingling with my beads and things all night trying to finish this medal necklace until I hear no more noise from her party downstairs. They were all behaved anyways that the beers my hubby bought for them ( yes, he did bought them beers ) were still beers in the cooler box the following morning. Daughter said she didn't even look at it LOL! Not all the boys drank beer . So Good girls & boys !


Anyways, I had been very occuppied by beading these days. Lucky my neck wasn't hurting anymore and my right arm had stopped from getting numbed !  Although one thing bothering me was my eye sight. Yep... my eyes couldn't see well even if my 1.5 reading glasses were on. So I went out to Chinatown last week and check for a cheap reading glasses ( as usual )  with a higher grade. From 1.5 grade, my glasses now had jumped to 2.00. No wonder I get dizzy from time to time when I do my artwork. My old glasses were not good for my eyes anymore ! Siggghhhhhhh ..... I'm getting old ! Sign of the times ... can't help it !

With my new glasses on, I had been beading  well again even with the size15 seedbeads without a problem anymore. Everything is so clear ... yeehhheeyyyyyy !!!









I have to create new pieces so I can sell to my friends before Christmas and list some to ebay Singapore. I will surely need some extra money when I go to Philippines for the holidays. Some of my Singapore based friends had already been asking me  when I'm going to have an open house for my jewelries . I said .. very soon ... just wait and see ...

Last week of November is a date to watch out for ...

I'm hoping to see you all soon !



Sunday, September 01, 2013





3 years Ago, I left Singapore for Perth with dim hopes of a new beginning, and a new life .... taking into consideration the fulfillment of things "as promised by husband of course". why on earth do I always rely on promises  ? Stupid me ...



 During that time I was leaving Singapore , I was so burdened by personal problems affecting me mentally, emotionally and I had even just recovered from some physical problems as well. Equipped with  nothing except for hopes in my mind fighting and trying to overcome the burdens pulling my heart apart, I went to Perth to move on. The 1st 3 months I was adjusting to a new environment and way of life there, I managed to deal with the in house problems slowly eventhough seriously, they never left me  at all. My problems unfortunatetely came to stay further, challenging me even more as months passed by . Another major fall came to light in the beginning of year 2011 when I found out that hubby had gone to his old vice of womanizing... again !

As a saying goes, A cheetah never looses his dots no matter when / what , does he ? Tsk -tsk...



It was the final blow that drove me sleeping somewhere else outside the masterbedroom. 3 months on the living room sofa until I finally had a bed of my own when we moved to a second house giving us more rooms & space . But more area for me to clean on my own.



Living in Perth with my family for 3 years with no physical help had taken its toll  on my physical health so badly. I had been in and out of clinics when I was  in Perth. From being anemic to being depressed to being mentally and emotionally affected, I just wonder why until now I'm here... alive and able to write my story which still runs clearly in my head despite that it has  happened from sometime ago. Out of my depression and grievances  I tried to focus myself on doing other things I loved to do the most. Activities that gave me some sort of  satisfaction and happiness I had never achieved  from my normal house day life. I would stay late at night when everyone else were asleep so I can concentrate on either beading for some jewelries I could sell to earn extra money for myself  :









 or painting from random ideas in my head, pictures I see  , given to me as a challenge piece or pictures taken by myself.






When I was in Perth before, I had been from 1 physiotherapist to another trying to find a cure for my upper right back pain which started in the mid months of 2011.

Perth Wellness Centre

 The consistent pain made me suffer till the early days of January 2012 that I came  to consult a physiotherapist from Perth Wellness Center in Perth to ease out the knots ' tight muscles found on my left and right upper back. She was able to heal my left side after several 30 mins physiotherapy massage visits in her clinic. She told me I need to watch the right side as she feels something is not good about it as well. I have a very slight pain from my right upper back during those times so I just try to ignore the pain and continue the daily chores I normally do. But 6 months after, somewhere in August 2012, I couldn't bear the back pain anymore. I came back to the same clinic but she was gone.
I was really so dissappointed to find her gone .

I took another lady who replaced her but the pain never left my back no matter what she does. So I went to my GP and she adviced just to continue having physiotherapy. This time I went to my 3rd physiotherapist. He wasn't good as well so in a span of few months I had seen 4 different Physiotherapist. From 1 x a week visit, I started having 2 x a week sessions. But, sadly, my back was never relieved of pain at all. even the acupuncture performed by the 4th sports physiotherapist  never helped me but even aggravated my conditon to the point I had numbness in 3 of my  fingers all the way up to my right arm. I started getting really depreseed due to the fact that, I have to work everyday at home with pain and tingling sensation and sore back blades on my right side. I . Drove kids on and off from school and do errands in between. Not easy when nothing / nobody is helping me with the pain I'd been going thru it every single day . So hard ...to be on my own dealing with all of this all the time.

I'm glad i found several nice friends in Perth from different nationalities who tried to get my attention away from all my woes.










They were there to witness what I'd been going thru. They were there beside me when I needed a helping hand in the hospitals in times of emergencies. Shoulders to cry one when I had enough in a day.


In Hollywood Hospital in Nov 2012  after an allergic reaction to a painkiller called " MOBIC"  I took to relieve my back pain ...

In a clinic Dec. 2012 after a Bopsy test to my neck  to check for cancer cells .whena cyst was revealed by a Cervical spine MRI

In end of Jan. 2013 in Hollywood hospital after a thyroidectomy operation was perforned to remove my swelling right Thyroid gland.

I won't forget the time, kindness and concern they had given me. They are indeed precious people... they are my angel friends. Just like my real true friends here in Singapore. They had heard my cries, my complains and my stories . They had been with me following my episodes over the years. They cry and they laugh with me. They support me ... and I'm so thankful I have people like them surrounding me always.

At the bottom of my heart I truly love them all....




 Id been thru a lot of hurt aches and sorrows... I had been thru some of the most painful events  that were nerve wrecking and here I stand, still moving on.. still surviving them all. .

I wonder why these bad happenings just keep streaming my way again. This time, I need to go under the knife once more to find a solution to my problematic back. Neurosurgeons  and 2 of the best ones in Singapore ( Dr. Prem Pillay / Dr James tan Siah heng ) came out with the same findings and solutions. An Anterior Cervical Microsurgery.... is probably the only option to cure my physical pain for now.  Mental and emotional pain? I put them to the side for the moment  coz I would need to wisely  take care of things one at a time.

All I know, I'm here ready to take all the risks and pain ... I just don't care anymore if badluck... in whatever form it may be comes knocking again ...

I need to be firm and brave for my children who need me ...

I shall never give up on anything ... no matter what ...

It's not in my character to be giving up on something ... It's simply not me !






 
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