Portrait Sketches

Illustrated by two different street artists in Beijing, 2001.

On April Fool

One thing leads to another. 

I needed to 'confiscate' the Transformer Quantron when it arrived on Monday (I paid one de anyway) and reminded my boy on my bday gift as our term is 1-to-1 exchange. You give I give. A poor mum I am 😭😭😭😭😭

So only this afternoon he get chance to buy me a leather bracelet - the brown one. Since my sisters were there, they 顺便 (might as well) bought for me loh.

In the end, I got 3 pressies on April fool. 🙄

Once again, thank you hor

Thank You ❤️

As you start on your new venture

this brings a wish your way,

For many happy moments

to fill each coming day,

And as you face the future

that's waiting just for you,

May you soon discover

your dreams have all come true,

BEST WISHES

17 Nov 2015 

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Lucky Charms

Wanna thank my beloved colleagues for this beautiful farewell pressie.

I will be leaving the company this month to pursue my study and personal interests. Time does fly. Almost 6 years plus 9 months since then.  I have enjoyed working there and have learnt a great deal.

As the slogan of PANDORA :

Unforgettable Moments.

The girls really put in effort in selecting the respective beads.
From left to right,
Graduate Owl - A night owl like myself graduates from my study. A good charm indeed.
Red Murano Glass - The color red is the color of energy, passion and action.  Okey dokey, I got to admit, I am a hot-tempered person. RED!
I ❤️ Music - Yes. I am.  You may not agree with my taste.  I like to bombard myself with all kind of music, be it Anime, classical, Dance, Hip Hop, Asian Pop, Jazz, Latin, New Age, Pop, R&B, Rock ..... in various languages,  while working the shit out.  Musics really motivate me.  Sorry if it is too loud, at times almost unbearable.
Camera - I do love to take snapshots pretty often nowadays.
Night Out - A fun and flirty sterling silver cocktail glass charm representing my 'occasional' love of drinking.  Please don't mistake me as an alcoholic though. If there is coffee mug charm, I am pretty sure the girls will get me that.  I am more of a severe caffeine addict.

Thank you girls. ❤️

I am 21 Ð

But three keys leh,  then how ?

Here is the calculation :

whereby

22 March (SAT) - Doggy BDay

A simple celebration @ Jack's Place.

 These shots look more like a wedding cake--cutting instead of Bday -_-!!!

Coffee Time

Received this little beauty from my colleagues yesterday as my B'Day gift.  Thank you very much.  Muacks Muacks Muacks !!!

Love it.

Let me go through the instructions first before my virgin test to make a cuppa using this beauty.

Antique Singer Sewing Machine

Gotta sell it off.  No space to accommodate this sewing machine at my new flat.  Everything is fine, except the front panel is missing. Haizz.

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Sold it through ebay.  Not a pleasant experience thou.  I'd put $50 as a starting bid and $55, a mere $5 more, for the buy-it-now.  Before bidding, this buyer sent me an email asking if I could sell him at $50.  I ignored it.  Soon enough, I received the acknowledgement from ebay that the sewing machine was sold successfully - at the buy-it-now price, of course.  Apparently was the same fellow.  He still dare to send me sms asking if I could sell it at $50 and I said no, the price was very reasonable and the deal was final.  A rough check online one could tell that market price for a similar item was ranging from $100 to $200.  I did not wish to waste valuable time on such petty negotiation.  Take it or leave it, but surely with a negative feedback on his account from me.  Anyway,  He did come and collect it on a Wed night.  I was not at home and thus, I let my parents handled it.  And guess what ?!, this motherfucker still asked the same old question ..... Oh Mind !  My dad simply told him not a cent less, then sat down, had his coffee and totally ignored him.  Eventually, he paid the amount and carried the machine with the help of his maid.  See the picture !  Someone who can hire a maid is so unbelievably cheapskate !!!  If not of the seller's liability on ebay, I won't want to sell him at all.

☛ #08-549 ❶

 In the process of recording bits & pieces of my present flat before moving out.  Shown here is my workstation corner.