continued with my 搬来搬去, 移来移去 before i sent all my recyclable trash to the recycling bin... dont wanna 洪妈妈 to see what i had thrown out just in case she puts them back into the storeroom tmr.... heee
sent these two workable screens to the chuas too... one of them has been lying around since 2 years ago when my CPU died and the newer one since feb...
7 Nov (Sat)
the adrenaline of beautifying home sweet home kept me super awake till 6+ am... it could also be a combi-effect from my irregular and reduced med dosage this one week.... to my surprise, i woke up at 9+am, super alert and ready for more decor planning + clicking items into my shopee cart... =)
surf surf surf, cart cart cart... i think i am more or less finalised with the ideas for my toilet liao.... =)
stole idea here, there, everywhere and created this mini pic, 10cm by 15cm
cant wait to print it and display it in the sparkly stars frame from Daiso... =)
as there isnt any cabinet under the basin after the Home Improvement Program, i had to rethink of new storage places for all the extra toiletries and 大姨妈's beds...
one think led to another think and i ended up doing a massive spring cleaning to the whole home sweet home...
neatened up my wardrobe
all my clothes, my bags, my 小罐s, 大罐s, my ling ling longs longs all housed within this area... =)
i just love to have my name on all my things, even my side of the wardrobe... hahahaha
it's folded from a kid's size t-shirt my favourite boss bought for me as xmas present a few years back... she said she just had to buy it even though she knew i couldnt squeeze into it... wahahaha
shift here, shift there, shift all my art materials from being in a pathetic toyogo box to the work area... also decided to let my 18th hatchday present from mx & the 2S7 gang 重出江湖, 再见天日.... heee
also took the time to look through some old pics that were in the other storage toyogo box...
the 4 of us during our korea trip in 1999
顺便 'digitalised' my 24th hatchday present from the RSS & Co. Pte Ltd... =P
15 years le... i still miss having u in our get-togethers...
throw this, throw that and i managed to empty out almost the whole store room...
items left on the shelves requires 洪妈妈's decision to throw or to keep ...
so happy that i managed to clear this area cos it means i can open up this space as planned by removing the shelves and doors... very tempted to do a massive beautification of this room into a teaching studio... this room shall be the 3rd in line for decor planning + shopee carting... heee
the pups were all hyped up upon seeing their carriers and trying to get into them thinking that i was bringing them out... eventually they gave up and just snuggled on it, next to it instead... wahahaha...
such a coincidence that the workers were here to drill the wire hooks this afternoon too... 快了, 快了, 要到我家了... =D
home-cooked dinner with 大白兔 milk from huishan
crashed at 1.30 a.m...zzzzZZZZ
6 Nov (Fri)
洪妈妈's creative way to prevent the carpet from being decorated by the pups' little red dots... =)
i ate wanton mee @ 11am before going to the doc, came home and slept till 3pm so i couldnt comprehend the hunger pang i was having at 4pm that i had to satisfy with a Grab Hawaiian Pizza & Caesar Salad from Pizza Hut as super early dinner...
spent the rest of the day creating a volume control chart for my art room 2021... =)
from this
to this
and will be put together with the print-out next Monday to look like this... =)
looking forward to seeing my first mixed-media art room poster... =)
5 Nov (Thur)
trying to make "Bring Your Own Container" a habit... =)
this wanting to be more environmental responsible has me cutting down lots of my almost daily teh peng / koi on my way home from work... but why weight din decrease because of the drop in sugar in-take leh?!?!?!... =S
another of my favourite fruit from 洪妈妈... =)
开箱 the box of mask from shopee... i tried it on for an hour plus @ home sweet home just to test if it's breathable enough... wahahaha...
4 Nov (Wed)
met up with the SL ladies for lunch @ P.S. Cafe, Paragon
had portobello mushroom burger with fries and my favourite sticky date pudding with vanilla ice cream... yumzzz
it was 3 consecutive days of meeting up with friends after work... crashed big time upon reaching home... so tired was i that i didnt even have the energy to 开箱 both my shoppings from zalora and shopee... zzzzZZZZ....
these two gals' once every half yearly red dots week are so amazingly in sync... both started less than 12 hours apart...
难得 this lady finally left school on the dot for R&R...
my spicy & sour prawn linguine was yummy but it was the drink & dessert that were so unique...
espresso & milk over vanilla ice-cream with sea salt on the rim.... reminds me of tequila shot !!! ... =P
cornflake crusted french toast (will be) drizzled with maple syrup... yum yum yum...
1 Nov (Sun)
me me day today... =)
washed laundry + updated blog + tabulated Oct's accounts
'cooked' meal of the day... =P
Japanese curry sauce over ladyfingers and left over KFC from yesterday... wahahaha
inspired by Ai Ling, i also did online shopping today...
all these (pretty models not included... =P) at only $65 after 35% discount @ Zalora... the one and only platform i do my online clothing shopping nowadays because of its never-ending promotions, no-question asked return policy and fast delivery... heee
knew about this challenge a few years back but always chanced upon articles on inktober, saw others' artworks based on its prompts or suddenly recalled about it on the 364 days that did not entice me enough to start the daily ink-ing challenge in the month of October...
yup, i'm that particular about dates that the only date that i will be inspired and motivated enough to join the inktober bangwagon has to be 1st October, the first day the event starts every year... =P
And the miracle coincidence happened this year... but i really don't like to make art only to have them lying around to collect dust or to take up unnecessary storage space @ home sweet home...
so i added a criteria 2 to the challenge... the drawings must be able to be gifted out as hatchday / appreciation card for people who love me... 😍 ...
well, i realised that it wasn't that viable to meet criteria 2 for all the prompts as i drew on... so some of the drawings became an extension of things related to me; things i saw, things i like, things i used etc...
inktober #1. Fish - 1st Octinspiration from my P3 art lesson on zentangle fish...
(Dec 2025) 'found' this card in my art crate while looking for bullet journaling material and decided it shall be Ai Rin's hatchday card for Jan 2026... 😅😅
inktober #2. Wisp (of smoke) - 2nd Oct
didnt even know the meaning of 'wisp' until i googled it... =P
(5 Jan 2021) to Ai Rin for being the nicest and most supportive colleague to everyone in school... =)
inktober #3. Bulky - 3rd Oct
(1 Nov 2020) our youngest A is a quarter century this year... all the best in all that's to come... =)
inktober #4. Radio - 4th Oct
(26 May 2021) to Cherandy on her hatchday
inktober #5. (Leaf) Blade - 5th Oct
(18 Oct 2020) hatchday card for the lady with the greenest fingers i know... =)
inktober #6. Rodent - 6th Oct
inktober #7. Fancy (ball theme cupcakes) - 7th Oct
keeping today's drawing much much simpler and using cheat code (teeth are cut from white paper) cos it was a super busy & tiring day yet i didnt want to stop the routine of completing the daily challenge on the day itself...
inktober #9. Throw - 10th Oct
from my memory of accompanying the As to watch pokemon cartoon when they were little, jigglypuff has always been my favourite cos it puts every one to sleep with its singing... today i found out that it has a pre-evolution, Igglybuff, which evolves when it reaches a certain point of happiness...
jigglypuff = sleep + happiness
jigglypuff is me in pokemon form !!! 😂😂😂
(29 May 2021) to Julia on her hatchday
inktober #10. Hope - 12th Oct
even bothered to set up props for this... wahahaha...
i HOPE to 胡 a 大三元 in our next game.... "hint hint"
(8 Dec 2020) Happi Hatchday to the lady who got 'bao-toe' to have played mahjong thrice this birthday week....
inktober #11. Disgusting - 12th Oct
this drawing took the least time to complete cos i was disgusted at the pic that i had to look at for reference...
inktober #12. Slippery - 14th Oct
from memories of ice-skating days back in secondary school... nah, not that professional to be in fancy attire... were in t-shirt, jacket & jeans all the time cos it was so so so very cold la...
inktober #13. (Sand) Dune - 15th Oct
used up the 2nd ink pen...
inktober #14. Armor - 17th Oct
inktober #15. Outpost - 18th Oct
the only outpost image i could relate to... the only k-drama that i watched the whole series thrice... by weekly installment, marathon and then with him... then they had to split and we split too... haiz...
(3 Dec 2020) gave Mdm Zakiah this card because i remembered we had a fan squeal discussion about our desire / dream of visiting the film's many filming locations in South Korea & Greece... =) ... Sending you lots of love & health blessings... hugs hugs...
"lead"-tober #16. Rocket (& baby Groot) - 19th Oct
chose this "Rocket" just because i like baby groot... =)
"lead"-tober #17. Storm (from the 90s) - 20th Oct
from my memory of cartoon watching with the As again...
Storm has to be WHITE... =P
more and more deviations from the intent of inktober and also from criteria 2 which i set for myself at the beginning of the challenge... wahahaha....
inktober #18. Trap - 21st Oct
my heart in the love till death trap that you set on I.II.MMXI
inktober #19. Dizzy - 21st Oct
inktober #20. Coral - 22nd Oct
i miss seeing corals... i miss diving... so this card went to the person whom i think i have the highest chance of luring to go diving with me... =)
(2021) Happi 27th 蔡三宝... 😘😘😘
inktober #21. Sleep - 23rd Oct
has been relying on these to sleep since March...
sticker + inktober #22. Chef - 27th Oct
more time was spent conceptualizing, trial & error than the actual drawing... =S
(2020) hatchday present for the man who always cook for us, jio us out for food, help me send things here there everywhere... =D
chocolate-tober #23. RIP - 31 October
home-made halloween tiramisu cake @ the chuas'
lost steam 2/3 into the challenge... that's it... completed 23 out of 31 prompts = 74% achievement for my first inktober attempt..."Good Job" i say... =P
