Orchids and A Little Pink Bird

Mum's orchids are blooming!

Oh! Look who's here!

It's a little pink bird!  You like the orchids don't you, little pink bird?

Chirp ♪♫ ¸¸.•*¨* Chirp ♪♫ *¨*•.¸¸

 

Come join me! Chirp ♪♫ •*¨*•.¸¸♥

 

 

This bird is needle felted.  It's the first time I'm making a needle-felted bird.  The legs are quite a challenge to make.  Think I'll do three claws instead of two next time so that it can stand better.

 

Chirp ♪♫ •*¨*•.¸¸♥ 

 

That's What Friends Are For...?

Hello! I am Monkee, Alcy's best friend.


Alcy's been extremely busy with work and have neglected her blog badly. As her good friend, I thought I should give her a helping hand so that she may finish work early and hopefully have more time to craft & blog often.

Today's Sunday. While Alcy's doing her weekly groceries shopping, I shall quietly pop by her office to help clear all her outstanding work.

I am on my way to Alcy's office now...


What a beautiful Sunday!



Okay, here we are. Since this is Alcy's office, I thought I should put on a tie. I am a professional Consultant, you know.


Right, let's get started!

Hmm...let's see...this should go here...

...and that one goes there...



................ 10 minutes later ................



I'm done! Easy peasy!

I'm sure Alcy would be very pleased when she comes back to office on Monday and see what I have secretly done for her...




Dear readers, if you need help like Alcy, just let me know and I'll be most glad to offer you my assistance too.



Here's my business card, call me anytime:



See you soon!

Transformation

Hello, I'm still here.

It's been a loooooong while since I last blogged as I've been busy working. Duh.


The General Elections has come & gone (yesterday was Polling Day in case you're not aware). Will we see a different Singapore henceforth?

I don't know but maybe this little chick does...let's ask her:



Chick says: * * ** ** *** **** * ************???!!



Wait a minute...this is not a chick, it's Hello Kitty masquerading as one!



The hood on this chicken suit is removable, do you like it?

Exodus

A belated Happy 'Rabbit Year' everyone!



So many colleagues have resigned and left after the Lunar New Year break, with a few more leaving in the next couple of months, some of whom I work/mingle closely with. It's especially difficult to do the exit process with this group, so hard to say goodbye to friends...



"WHERE SHALL I GO?

(1) To the left where nothing's right?
or
(2) To the right where nothing's left?"

Infestation

I've got a pressing problem.

The bananas I bought this morning are now infested with...


Bananas are one of my favourite fruits but now I'm facing stiff competition from these fellas!




Help, do something!


Gotta be quick before they're done feasting & make their escape...

Fear

I love horror movies. So can you imagine how excited I was when I found out that horror movies would be screened on Okto channel every Sunday at 10pm in the month of October? Unfortunately it turned out that none of them was horrifying though. How disappointing.

And it was this disappointment that made me want to re-watch some old horror movies that I had enjoyed in the past - The Shining & The Exorcist. Though I still find the movies quite scary, I thought nothing beats this greatest fear of mine. This thing makes me so petrified with fear that I swear I often imagine I could see it from the corner of my eye only to turn my head around & find there's nothing there.


Before you start thinking I'm a nut, let me introduce you to one of my greatest fears - The Thing:


I don't know if you've heard of this Chinese (Teochew) saying that goes something like, "the more you're afraid of something, the more likely you'll face it". Of course being a typical 黑仔, I was not spared. I remember this incident that happened one night a couple of years back...I came home late from work & as I was walking out from the lift, one of these Things landed exactly on the back of my right hand with a thud, right side up! My immediate reaction was of course to fling my hand vigorously & luckily The Thing was flung off. But I was scared stiff, hair standing.


I wonder how many of you have had the same experience? Exactly, I believe the answer is NONE! Isn't this suppose to be like one in a million chance of a lifetime kind of thing? Yet it had to happen to me, to someone who's absolutely terrified of The Thing! Don't mean to complain but you know, I really think life's unfair sometimes.


Recently I was even forced to confront this fear by exterminating them whenever I see them around in my home. In the past, I used to let them off by pretending to be oblivious to their existence but I could no longer do so as they seem to be making themselves more & more at home these days without my permission (well, not that I would have approved even if they asked). I understand that they, too, have their right to live on this earth but definitely not in my home! I'm sorry & please forgive me, you absolutely have to leave.


Now, now what was I thinking? I absolutely abhor these things but now I have immortalised them! Ugh, what am I supposed to do with these two? Anyone want some felt lizards? These 'darlings' are looking for a nice family who's willing to adopt & care for them...

Happy Birthday, Bro #2!

生日快乐!!

Rather than sing you the English birthday song, how do you like this Cantonese version?




"祝寿歌"
恭祝你　福寿与天齐　庆贺你生辰快乐
年年都有今日 岁岁都有今朝
恭喜你 恭喜你


(粤)系唔系觉得好'老饼'啊? 哈哈...

Anyway, not forgetting your present - a handmade dog charm for you:

Food For Thought / Calico Bunny

A few weeks back I was asked to prepare a guide & if possible, conduct training to share with the supervisors & line managers on how to counsel & discipline problematic employees in the workplace.


This evening when my eldest brother came to visit, he asked if my car pool problem was resolved (see my previous post, "A Chicken's Dilemma"). I told him that I had spoken to that colleague & she had also agreed to keep to our schedule from now on. I then told my brother that I shall observe her for a period of time & if there's no improvement shown, I shall proceed to arrange my own transport thereafter.


This conversation with my brother just made me realised that talking to that colleague about her tardiness problem, making her see the problem she had caused me, getting her to agree to make an effort to keep to the schedule & taking the decision to observe her over a period of time to ensure that the problem is not repeated - by doing all these, haven't I just conducted some kind of counselling/disciplinary procedure though on a personal front? Haha...I have always believed that things happen for a reason. Now I can finally see the link - perhaps the work assignment was given to indirectly help me deal with this personal problem I was facing? A very good opportunity for me to put theory into practice, isn't it?


This calico bunny has got nothing to do with what I wrote about today. I sewed this over the weekend & just wanted to show it to you....Or maybe there's a link somewhere afterall, waiting for me to discover?...:D

A Chicken's Dilemma

Which category do you fall into? Are you normally:

(i) early or on-time for appointments; or
(ii) late for appointments?


I'm in category (i). Unfortunately, most of the people I'm supposed to meet fall into category (ii).

I have never been late for work, not until recently...


My colleague (who's staying a few blocks away) & I share a cab to work every morning. We're supposed to meet at 8am & will normally reach the office in about 10 mins, leaving us 20 mins to settle in before work starts officially at 8.30am. This arrangement had worked well so far until problems began surfacing a few weeks ago.

Recently this colleague's son started to take lifts from us as his new school's located somewhere near our office. I do not mind giving him a lift except that they have caused me to be late for work 3 times in the past few weeks already! Not only do they show up at our meeting point as late as 8.20am, they took their time to stroll down with absolutely no sense of urgency knowing very well that by the time we detour to drop her son off, we will be at least 15-20 mins late for work!

What would you have done if you were in my shoes? Would you tell her frankly about how you feel & risk causing unhappiness or adopt the mentality that 'if you can't beat them, join them' & be late for work as well?


I don't like to be late and really don't like being passively forced into making it a habit. I guess it's time to have a talk with her & if need be, stop sharing a cab if our schedules & habits no longer jive but I would have to tell her tactfully so as not to jeopardise our working relationship...


Whatever it is, I will not be a chicken...

It's Just My Imagination

What's this?...


Have I just entered the Twilight Zone?





Is this an E.T.?




......
...........
...................
......



Nah...it's only a snail...

A Walk In The Woods

The sun is shining brightly and it looks like a good day to take a walk in the woods and maybe gather some pretty flowers too.

So with her basket in hand, little Squirrel sets off for the Buttons Woods.


"What pretty flowers! I should bring some home."

"Wait...what's this?"


"Oh, look! I found a nut!"


But it's not just any ordinary nut, it's the special Monkey Nut!

"Yippee! Such wonderful luck to chance upon this rare find."


Little Squirrel quickly picked up the Monkey Nut and put it in her basket.


"I'm so excited! I must get home quickly and squirrel this away."


"It is indeed a good day to take a walk in the woods. I'm so happy."

"I certainly hope that you have enjoyed this walk in the Buttons Woods with me too."


With the rare Monkey Nut safely tucked in her basket, little Squirrel happily skipped towards home.

Black.White

The blue's almost gone as mum's on the mend & her bruises are slowly receding.

As promised, I'd like to introduce you to this black & white dog.


The dog was sewn from this pair of gloves I bought from Daiso.



I did tweak it a bit by re-sewing the nose a little higher and now I think it looks more like a dog as opposed to that weasel-like look in the previous post's photo, don't you think?


Ah, this dog likes to goof around with his pair of over-sized gloves.


Anyway, remember if you have any gloves/socks (clean ones, that is) that you no longer wish to wear or if the colours don't fit, please don't throw them away. You can always turn them into cute little glove/sock dolls! :)