Down Time

The week just flew by so quickly. Without me having the time to really sit down and reflect. Everyday is a mad rush to complete deadlines at work and the body is finally giving way. Have been experiencing sore body aches and migraine, largely due to lack of sleep and stress at work. Work seems never ending and it is getting harder to to find the motivation to carry on.
Luckily, I find peace and enjoyment in scrapping and now, blogging. It gives me an avenue to express my thoughts and stress probably.
I just hope this so called turbulent stage of life will swing by quickly.

And finally!

The much anticipated 12 weeks SSD course has come to an end. It was with great "sadness" as I ended the course today.
At the beginning of the session, I was so unsure of what will the course be like? And now 12 weeks later, I have learnt so much from most of the instructors and also made great friends.
Being the only SSD in the school, it was at times rather difficult and stressful as there is no one you can turn to for help. This group of SSD buddies that I got to know was a great source of help I can find. I am so very glad that we are not only confined to school works, but also other personal interests areas too.
I really look forward to sharing more ideas and working with them in the days to come.

Grounded @ Home

It has been a long time since I last blog. It has always been a case of wanting versus not having the time. Plus the hassle of switching on the laptop, downloading the photos. All these simply put me off cos time is really precious.

And today, I decided to download the app to allow me to blog using my iPad. I thought I should put the device to much more use other than surfing the net and playing games.

I had always wanted to write more to document the daily going on. So with this new app, I really hope I will be able to do so more often.

And these 2days, the girls are grounded at home cos of HFMD. So does the mummy. So I thought this will be it. The small little step to document the daily life, (besides my PL, taking tonnes of instagram photos)

I hope I will be able to sustain it.

Sticky as Glue

Wow... it has been sooo long since I last post. Well, I finally am back. 
It had been super duper busy at work. We always had plenty to do nearer the end of the year, which is really an irony. Not much time to do anything else after I get back from work. Between trying to spend more time with the gals and the hubby, the time left for anything else is minimum. I am glad I still find some me time in the wee hours to scrap. Well, I have scrapped quite a few LO during the Sept break, but have yet found the time to post it. 
Anyway, want to share a LO which I did sometime back. 

I love these 2 photos of meimei. Haha... one of which is her sulky look and the other is such a sweet smile on her face. Ever since she turned 15months, she had been very very sticky to me (I mean, reallllly sticky) especially at nites or when she is extremely tired. She does not allow anyone to touch or carry her. Nope, her daddy would not do too. So I would practically have to run in whenever she starts crying... and mind you, her cries are deafening. And because of all the running in and out of the room several times at nite, my scrappy momentum had suffered badly. :( 
I like this LO that I created. I had recently seen a few scrappers using twine and some other threads stuff in their LO with really stunning effects, so I thought, why not I tried that too. Hmm... I kinda like the effect that I created using the twine. I guess I am hooked, would be using this layering method more in my future LO. 
A lot have been going on in my mind recently. Need time to consolidate my thinking and reflect and see what I should do in the future. Of course, if I am allowed to choose freely, staying at home and able to scrap full time would really be ideal. But that would not be possible at this moment. I guess I would need to strike a balance in what I need to do and want to do at the present moment. 

Love you to the Moon and Back

(some close up of the LO)

(Love you to the Moon and Back - using mainly SC June Kit - Papermoon)

Have wanted to use this title to scrap a LO for the Longggggest time,but never seems to find the right photo. Well, with 2 kids under 5 and only 2 of us, it is difficult to get a good pic with me and both gals in. In fact, we have yet to shoot a reasonable clear family photo (besides the one at SAM)

Loves this photo taken at Festive hotel at Sentosa during the June break. Loves the somewhat funny look on mei mei and Atria's "one finger on the head" pose. She likes to post like this these days :). And myself who is trying to grab the gals and get them to take a shot with me before they run off ... The hubby was trying so hard to get the shot too, without taking my ugly feet in the shot too... hahaha...

Anyway, in this LO, I tried to use circles, which I am not very comfortable with. Well, I don't own a circle cutter and cannot cut straight. But I thought, I will just go with the flow and see how it will go. I also tried some layering using some scrap paper and manjong paper. I love the popping effect from the multiple layering :) Seems like I will go for this sort of layering more often. I like to think that this LO does not require to think for a long time. I just layer the paper as I feel like it. Not like in the past, I will spend a looooong time deciding on just a piece of paper to use . Hopefully I can scrap faster now since time is really a rare commodity for me. Well, I kinda like how the LO turn out, but I do hope to have more layering though.

I wanna be a Photographer

(Love the concentrated look of Atria)

We had recently purchased our DSLR, so we have been taking quite a number of photos. We used to own a SLR before the gals came, but since then we just relied on the normal digital camera. It is just too cumbersome to haul the DSLR out.

Anyway, after numerous attempt to take clear shot of the gals, we finally decided to invest in one good DSLR. Well, I would just say the money is well spent as we are now able (phew!! finally) to take good pic of the gals in action.

Thus, Atria been rather interested in taking her photos too. And we seems to have a number of spare camera on hand, thus the hubby decided to pass one for Atria to have a take at it. Well, not too bad for a start. I like the way she holds the camera and try to take a good shot of anything she sees. We have yet to see what are the things she shoot, but I just simply love her looks.

Don't you think she look rather cool?? Hahaha... I know I am biased, but hey, she is my gal!

Weekly Blessings

Wow! Time flies... and its already Tuesday...

Well, always wanted to post a weekly blessing post on Sun or Mon, but never made it. But its all rite, better late than never.

So for this week (or in fact last), I am blessed with:

Super Duper Long weekend, allowing me to spend more quality time with friends and family (in particular the hubby)

Presidential Election, for allowing us the privilege to cast our vote to decide the "President" for our country. And also becos of the Reservist duty that the hubby is down for. Well, it turned out that the duty for PE wasn't as bad as we thought. In fact, we were able to spend some quality time together :)

The rain, that cooled down the weather and also allowing us to spend some quiet time at home with the gals. (We tend to head out for activities on weekend, but because of the rain, we decided to stay at home over the weekend)

Technology, that literally made the world smaller, and allowing to catch up with a friend who is half way across the globe and knowing that she is all rite.

Colleagues and friends at work, who are always there to help out when there is an urgent need and always ready to give me a lift home... hahaa..

My mum, who willinging help to babysit while the hubby and I had some couple time together (Mum, u are the best!)

The hubby, who is amazed by the amount of scrapping stuff I have accumulated over these 12 months (since I started scrapping), and shakes his head on the time. But nevertheless, is still willing to go shopping for scrappy stuff with me and offer his advice when needed. I have always to do a layout just for the hubby (especially since his Bday is coming),but just never find the right photo to do it. Will take a while, I guess..