Giving Thanks in May

31st May (Sat)

Michelle's hatchday meal @ Omote (again!!!) on birthday girl's (very persistent) wish...  

30th May (Fri)

lunch with PAL's Pals to celebrate the last day of on-site work!!!

29th May (Thurs)

my favourite game in shopee!!!

new high score + 11 coins for forming that DURIAN!!! 

28th May (Wed)

another chance at trying to have live greens at home sweet home... 

thanks sylvia for putting it together 😍😍😍

23rd May (Fri)

its successful marketing video lured us to Dong Qu for our meet-up!!! We were seated up at level 5 in the vip attic, an exclusive cozy corner just for the 3 of us and Ken who came later... 😍😍😍 

三位有点恐怖的美女 caught on cctv... heee

18th May (Sun)

it was on my to-do list to get a new phone since last month as i wanted a better camera phone for my up-coming Poland & Germany trip... 

saw this ad on Friday and immediately surf Shopee to see if this phone is available. The lite version in the 400 series is!!! And cost only $285 after all the voucher discount... it also comes in a really sweet marrs green that i like... 😍😍😍 

dont understand the specs so went youtube to watch its reviews!!! Sound and looks good enough for me... i like that it's lighter & thinner, has a bigger screen, takes nicer pics with the depth that i prefer and has the AI eraser feature that my current 3.5 years old Realme 7, which has 2 cracks now, no have!!! 

Well, i'm a proud owner of another XZ endorsed product... 

my new pretty Honor 400 Lite arrived today!!!...

 with a charger head which i was told is no longer a norm to come together with a new phone and 一对容易不见的 ear-piece... 😅😅😅

17th May (Sat)

had fun organising earrings on my new earring holder today!!! 

14th May (Wed)

having to work 😓

having to wake up at 6am to go to work 😓😓

having to brave through the thunderstorm at 6.30am to go to work 😓😓😓

having to endure 脚湿湿  for braving through the thunderstorm at 6.30am to go to work 😓😓😓😓

was seriously contemplating to summon all my ailments, discomforts, triggers & excuses just so that i could avoid all the 😓😓😓😓 then it struck me that i could avoid the rain totally by taking bus 147 or 165 from behind home sweet home to the interchange instead of the usual route that involves crossing the road rain or shine... 

What a revelation after staying in this place for 14 years!!! 

10th May (Sat)

a warm & humid morning of dances, taking pics with pika-pika, songs and colouring with the residents... 

蔡妈咪's day dinner @ Kin Kao Mai where everyone enjoyed the food lots... had chose this place as i tot 蔡妈咪 would enjoy the 老歌 歌台, instead the oldies reminded her of dad and she teared... 😭😭😭... i'm an ID-zero-one-T too!!! 

To Snowie: 

Happi 14th Hatchday... thank you for being with me for yet another year... continue to stay healthy please!!!

To Brownie:

小胖, 妈咪想你!!!

4th May (Sun)

😍😍😍

3rd May (Sat)

caught me by surprise when PAP candidate Darryl David and his team of entourage came to '拉票' on Monday night... first time seeing my MP face to face in my 14 years staying in this estate because i wasnt given enough 'lead time' to be not at home.... feel awkward having to make hi-bye small talks like these... 😅😅😅

4th time on PO duty... thankful for the more humane break time this round that made the 14.5 hours of work more bearable... 

2nd May (Fri)

celebrating two consecutive days of hamster walk walk with calories at tenderbest... 😂😂😂

Inktober52 (#1 to #26) 2025

 Inktoker52 is a spinoff of Inktober...a WEEKLY prompt is released every Thursday for artists at all mastery levels to response to on top of the daily prompts in the month of October... 

giving this a go this year to reduce the lack of motivation and stress of completing a DAILY drawing for the annual Inktober... i even allocated half a page in all the weekly pages in my planner for this!!!  💪💪💪

din even know got this character until i googled about the cute mushroom 们s in mario... 😅😅😅 

it just had to be this prompt on the week of ur anniversary... 

妈咪 好想 好想 你   

i will gladly pull the trigger on the two tauruses who wasted my time and energy if it's not a crime!!!

one of my favourite pleasing view

googled what Axolotl is then realised it's this cute pink smiley salamander that had caught my eye with its fashion sense... 😍😍😍 

the conversation on 18 Dec 2022: 

Allie: Candy Auntie, are you scared? 

Moi : erm, yes, a little bit. 

Allie : I'm not scared. 

Moi : 😅😅😅

and i spotted him at this place above... could remember it so well cos it happened at a age when i was obsessed with horoscope... 😂😂😂 

切八段  绝交... 😂😂😂... got the idea from the C-drama 偷偷藏不住 where 桑稚 and 桑延 were 'fighting' over a fight in a cafe... 

我也有想耍帅的欲望... 😎😎😎

reference from photographer Van Duijn's picture perfect moment of a squirrel smelling a yellow daisy before taking a bite of it...  

inspired by this interesting sad news of an angler fish on its 自杀 journey... 😓😓😓

the first Pisces who popped into my head... 

inspiration from the minion movie... 😂😂😂

surprisingly, this was the easiest to draw thus far cos a little off proportion, a missing or an additional part here and there also make no diff that this is a dripping monster.... wahahahaha

one of my bucket list.... to be the human in the cage, watched by free-roaming animals... wahahahaha... 

included the Aquarius in my life... 

the only 'tick tock' that was in my radar this week was on the 'tik tok' ban then an almost immediate revival! 

i luv shrimps (prawns?!?!?)... big, succulent ones that are already peeled for consumptions... gave up trying to draw the noodles & kway tiao... not my level yet... 😓

a tequila sunrise at sunrise - a tai tai lifestyle that i want seh!!! 

 

Yachting off ONE°15 @ Sentosa Cove

 Ai Ling was super duper lucky to win first prize; a 4 hour yacht charter to Lazarus Island @ her company's annual D&D lucky draw last year and ME was super duper lucky to be one of her invited friends who got to enjoy this richie rich experience with her... 😍😍😍

take a before selfie for chao-tao level comparison after the sail!!!... heee 

来到富人区, 连 road sign 都是不一样的

上游艇了!!!

safety briefing before anything else! 

such a cool looking navy vessel 

还是 yacult 好喝... hee

HAPPI HATCHDAY DESIREE !!!

i thought i heard "funny pose!".... wahahahaha

排队跳海咯 ！

had much much much much fun bo-ing on the floating mat, especially during the 20 to 30 minutes of alone time on the mat when the rest were either on the beach or on the yacht... 😁😁😁

best part was the sun went for its break behind the clouds during this period too!!! 

enjoying the wind, the view and the peace cos both set of parents were busy washing up their respective kiddos... wahahaha

this little one just happily plong down on my lap to be nearer to the fruit tray... 😅😅😅

more 自恋 selfies to commemorate this once in a life time experience... 

下游艇咯... exhausted us, a few shades darker... 😅😅😅... with a grateful heart for this 难得的 experience.... 

Thank You Ai Ling!