Friday, October 24, 2014



Oct.24,2014 ~ I would like to first greet my pretty daughter Tacha a very happy birthday today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TACHA !!!







She's now 17 years old and had grown to a really pretty young lady much taller than me when I was this age a long time ago .






Oooppsss.. I can absolutely describe that I'm starting to look like a midget beside her and her 15 years old younger brother pictured below with me ... see what I mean ?  LOL!


Time flies and kids had outgrown me bigtime ... but it's ok as long as they bow down and lower their heads  so I can manage to  reach them when I try to kiss them on their cheeks nowadays ... ha ha !

What's the birthday wish of my dear 17 years old ?
 I only knew that she loves to go shopping and got eyes for heels ( in fact we went to few shoe shops along Orchard Road yesterday looking for a pair of black high heels to wear on her birthday dinner and luckily we found her shoe size available finally at  Steve Madden. We ended up getting her 2 pairs of shoes so she can avail of 30% Off the regular price so not so bad at all ... ) , nice clothes and other girlie stuffs... eerrrmmmmm just like mom LOL!  Tell me , are there any girls out there who hate shopping ? He he ... I thought so !

So again, to my Dear pretty Tacha, a very happy happy birthday and hope you had enjoyed your special day .



Tuesday, September 23, 2014

For 11 Years ....






Today is 23rd of September 2014. I have a friend celebrating a birthday and aside from that, today I will have to rejoice as well. No, it's not my birthday too but it's WWW.MY-SECRET-CORNER.COM's 11th Year Anniversary. OMgosshhhhh 11 years ? I just couldn't believe I had been managing all those years with my beads . Whhooaaaaaa !!!.

11 years and I am now seeing the fruits of my labor . First, I just won a Bronze Medal for my entry at Fire Mountain Gems's Seed Bead Contest 2014,



I was jumping in joy when they confirmed via email that I had won. Geezzz.. it was my very 1st time to join a major contest overseas and immediately I got a place. I'm so proud of myself ... hoooorraaayyyy !

Secondly, I am now officially listed in Fire Mountain Gem's Contest Artists . That means people all over the world can see me,  know me and see the jewelries I had created. It's a big leap from just being a word of mouth coz now they can see my picture and name published on the web. Yeeee hhaaaaaa !!!

Thirdly, good things just keep on coming these days. My 1st ever Jewellery fashion show held last Friday night at Tree Lizard@Dempsey here in Singapore was even a success. It wasn't that huge impact but it had left some nice memories and impressions to everyone who came for the event. Thanks to all of you for your support !



All attendees were offered a good dinner followed by good quality Oyster Bay Wines from New Zealand. Guests, men and women alike were so delighted not only by the food and wines and beautiful models all over the place but also because of my unique jewelries presented that night .



Ms Zeenat B. Ho ( Mrs Asian World Singapore 2014 ) wearing the Garnet Crystal Necklace that was sold that night.


Ms Connie Kramzer wearing a double layered long necklace with ceramic / Foil Glass beads and a matchin pair of earrings,



Ms. Jho Salac (  Miss Goddess Queen Singapore 2014 ) wearing a Lemon Quartz / Turquoise double layered necklace with matching earrings.

Ms Phoebe Cullen wearing a Ruby inspired Circles Of Hope 2014 Collection necklace and earrings.

Ms. Ayin Llorente  ( Mrs Singapore Media Queen 2013 ) wearing the MOP 2 layered resin necklace , earrings and bracelet set.




Ms Jane G Chua ( Elite Mrs. Singapore Universal Beauty  2012 ) wearing the Pearls and White Crystal  Circles Of Hope 2014 collection necklace and earrings.

Aside from the adult female models. I also had 3 little cute kiddie ones who also strutted on the red carpet.

Meerta is just 4 y/o and youngest of the group.





Caoimhe Jade Bennett from Impact Models was wearing the red color of Circles Of Hope 2014 collection for kids consisting of Necklace, Bangle, Earrings and ring.






Stephanie Ho ( Ms Princess Asian World 2013 )  holding the My-SECRET-Corner Logo.








Job well done to all my lovely models!

The Fashion dinner night ended up with some picture taking of some of the guests , 




and with me + all the models too !


In behalf of WWW.MY-SECRET-CORNER.COM, reaching 11 years with you all around me made a very big difference in my life as a crafter and I truly thank you all for being here for me .



Thank you
Thank You 
Thank you !!!


Sunday, August 31, 2014






August 31, 2014 ~  Eventhough Singapore had been having rains and showers over the weeks, life I would say had been treating me well that I am so inspired to create more beaded stuffs in the comfort of our home.

In the process of making an August birthstone ( Peridot ) themed kid's crystal bangle witl organza flower.

Peridot Flower Bangle for August 2014

I had been so busy trying to create enough items to fill up the "Circles of Hope Collection" that would be showcased in my upcoming event to be held at Tree Lizard @ Dempsey. on Sept. 19, 2014. Please note of the time and date and if you're just around, come over and join us ! I am now in the process as well of preparing lucky draw prizes to some lucky attendees.




Presently, I am now doing early preparations for the said event. I had designed the Flyers ,had them  printed and  now being distributed to promote the activity !

I know that prior planning prevents pissed, poor performance and I wanna make sure that things are in the right places for the big event. I'll be writing more details about my collection in a few days time after I had completed the sets of jewelries. I'm getting excited thinking that my creations would be worn and modelled for the 1st time in a nice venue in collaboration with a friend who is part owner of the said Restaurant in Dempsey Hill.  She and I would be helping a charity  (  Tree Lizard & I shall be supporting the stray dogs in Singapore )  with part of the proceeds of the event to be donated to buy food for the strays.



But despite of my beading and event preparations on going at this moment, I couldn't help myself from watching a lot of videos lately about rescued dogs on Youtube. Especially those of  Eldad Hagar ( I had subscribed on his channel too ! ) who had been rescuing strays dogs all these years . Please visit their website at www.hopeforpaws.org and see the wonderful job they had been  doing for these furkids from the streets. If you would like to donate to help them, pls do so by going to their webpage too.



There were times that by just sitting on my beading chair while working on my designs and at the same time turning my head watching random videos, I can't help crying my eyes out. So many shocking videos of animal abuse and lots of rescue videos that would melt your heart. These videos are a good source of  knowledge about stray dogs.






So many poor animals all over the world had been suffering from human neglect, abuse and I don't know anymore how to describe these heartless people capable of inflicting so much suffering to these  helpless creatures. I had felt anger ( past tense ), feeling angry ( present tense ) and would be feeling more angry ( future tense ) in the future towards these inhumane creatures walking on earth calling themselves human beings if their abuse continues. Shame , shame , shame on these people!

Don't they ever realize that animals are just like us who feel pain, love, joy, mourning, and loss ?  These animals are by far more loving than us and far more loyal. Haayyzzzz.... so sad to see what is happening in the world nowadays. Lucky there are good samaritans like people from rescue organizations and welfare groups here in Singapore and overseas who continously rescue animals from the streets and  in the shelters. I big salute to all these kind hearted human beings !

Below is my most favorite video so far that would surely squeeze all the tears out of your body... trust me... it will never fail to make you cry !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVf9GVHw8s0



By the way, Please visit Exclusively Mongrels Limited who is urgently seeking help from generous donors who could somehow contribute for their much needed medical funds for a sick dog living in a shelter named Buddy .



Your contributions big or small would be highly appreciated.
It's not too late to make a difference so please help if you can ...

Thank You !



 
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