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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Valentine's Day Breakfast for you Sweetie

I think the most special gifts come in the most inexpensive package. For almost a decade long of giving and receiving celebrator...

I think the most special gifts come in the most inexpensive package. For almost a decade long of giving and receiving celebratory gifts, I realized that the sweetest gesture comes way better than any gold or bling.

Proof: I once made a teeny scrapbook/journal containing all our old photos, travel tickets and old love letters for one of our anniversaries and got the most heartwarming reply...

H: "This would be the bestest gift I have ever received!"

I didn't get that when I bought him Burberry.

So for this year I made him a special breakfast which unfortunately he didn't get to eat because he had to head out early as always. But no matter, tonight I'd prepare him the grandest table of breakfast and dinner with Vizco's decadent chocolate cake for dessert!

How about you loves? What are you cooking up this Valentine's Day?

* would share the recipe and the how-tos on this next

Thursday, June 14, 2012

"To make a prairie, it takes a clover and one bee." - Emily Dickenson

via Tumblr I love the rain The borders of the world become blurred... and it feels like I'm about to get sucked in I love ...

via Tumblr

I love the rain

The borders of the world become blurred...

and it feels like I'm about to get sucked in

I love Shuu-chan's room

The scent of books

his sketchbooks and his shelves with paint marks.

I love the sound of rain

It really soothes me

It's as if it's gently healing everything

the mountain, the trees, the grass, the roof...

...and me

That's it, Shuu-chan is like the rain

Just seeing him relieves me

So much so that it makes me want to cry

He always come looking for me when i get lost

He always gently reached out to me.

That's right, Shuu-chan must be my rain.

Being with him lets me breathe deeply

and it gives me the feeling

that I can grow bigger and bigger

like the trees and the grass.

Hagumi on Suuji Hanamoto (Honey and Clover)

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

resolutions anyone?

{inspiration: kate spade illustration } 2012 everyone! I know, where have i been? It's already the 4th and yet am sending my g...

{inspiration: kate spade illustration}

2012 everyone! I know, where have i been?

It's already the 4th and yet am sending my greetings just now!

But I assume the holiday merry-making and the busy new year would be a good excuse.
Am actually still getting the hang of a post-hibernation stage! What, after all those delightful, high in cholesterol nomnoms...it is no wonder that it takes a gazillion of weeks to burn the remaining calories.

Anyway It's another year and am joining the bandwagon {of resolution-makers}! I haven't fully given up the tradition of making one once every year despite the increasing number of cynics. Another one wouldn't hurt considering it might be the last list of resolution I'd be making if all these end of the world hullabaloo turns out to be true!

And here's mine:

love more unconditionally - as difficult as I try to snub this thought away i believe that in some degree, I am but guilty of loving "because of". This year, I want to just scratch out that "because of."
eat healthy - i can't promise to fully give up my regular caffeine fix though. Perhaps i'd drop it down to two cups a day....ok, fine one! ! !
be a more faithful yogi - {sound of serious meditation follows}
learn some tunes on the ukulele - i've been desperately wanting to play & sing the song "Somewhere over the Rainbow" Israel Kamakawiwoʻole version.
take more risks- in everything
finish all my reading backlogs - how long have i been reading the first chapters of George Orwell's 1984 book?
do illustrations again- I should really give this old love a chance
travel more - destination: the world!!!! HAHAHAHA!
keep my work station neat - further explanation would be stating the obvious^^
pick up new languages - bonjour! hola! konichiwa!
journal - cut, glue, scrap, write!

care to share your own 2012 resolutions!?!

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

still on the subject of hair

dress courtesy of HOUSE OF ISLA This would, arguably, my most boring post to date. You see am still in a state of utter daze as i ...

dress courtesy of HOUSE OF ISLA

This would, arguably, my most boring post to date. You see am still in a state of utter daze as i contemplate on whether to actually chop my hair into a bob. I know. my hairstyling prob would be the last thing you guys would wanna hear about, but great blog friends do stick around despite all the nonsense, right? hello? you still there?

Never was i the kind to cower against "the scissors", as evidenced by my hair history. I have had tried it all believe me, from the 3inches of hair to the indie-slash-cult looking length, from the floss-straight ones to the wavy, curly dos. But i was no longer the capricious, hormone-blasting kid that i used to be, and there are no more annoying boyfriends to cause me to impulsively mow my hair into smithereens.

As i suffer myself with such indecision, i would leave you with my own version of the great Bard's famous soliloquy opening line:

" To cut or not to cut, that is the question"

Sunday, May 29, 2011

of climbing walls...

vintage dress: House of Isla J Zafra once described writer's block as somewhat like constipation of the brain. Such ...

vintage dress: House of Isla

J
Zafra once described writer's block as somewhat like constipation of the brain. Such metaphor is seemingly so appropriate right now for me. For many days now, this post had been saved in blogger's draft and many days I've tried to open it only to save it back. Am as dry as a prune can get! No matter how hard i try to squeeze any creative juice out of my brain, any effort just ends up in vain and am left more frustrated. Days like this makes me miss attending grad school when i used to have a mountainload of readings from semantics to Discourse analysis. But since there are no more deadlines to beat, nor intimidating literature professors, my mind started to laze the day away with mindless tv viewing and lounging. My refashion projects have also accumulated dust alongside with my sewing machine as i have neglected to finish them all up. I blame it on my spontaneity...i got too much of it to the point of being sedentary. I know am speaking in contradictions but it is possible i tell ya. Am so spontaneous in decisions of making no decisions! It doesn't make sense i know but this is as far as my brain could elucidate the thought....hahaha, pardon my inarticulation! I know i gotta do something about it...so i guess i have to pull myself out of this rut and start hitting the books again to oil away corrosion in my brain. Wish me luck my dearies!!!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Feline Funk

I t's so easy to dismiss our cats lazy ways and downright boring life as nothing but natural. They are after all, cats. Wr...

t's so easy to dismiss our cats lazy ways and downright boring life as nothing but natural. They are after all, cats. Wrong! Even our cutest furry pets could fall into depression otherwise known as the feline funk. Such depression includes signs like overeating, lax grooming and oversleeping (yes we are still on the subject of kitties and not a vast majority of your average homo sapiens). Soooo, without resorting to some kitty shrink, we opted to bring our little persian Rafee out for a little sun. Bringing cats outdoor is pretty much unusual as they do tend to cower at the sight of strangers. They are afterall not the frisbee-catching type as opposed to their four-legged counterpart, the dog. The boys played a bit of soccer while i served as some sort of bomb shelter as Rafee seemed to cling for dear life, nervously shaking at every single sound of each passing car.
Did the outdoor do him some good you ask? I'd say, next time am buying him one of those wind-me-up mouse instead...:)

Monday, November 08, 2010

Take a break and live more!

Oftentimes in this journey we drown in the complexities of life. Daunting tasks and arduous undertakings fill ou...

Oftentimes in this journey we drown in the complexities of life.

Daunting tasks and arduous undertakings fill our cups to the brim, enough to burn us out or extinguish whatever embers are left in our hearts.

Our books are crammed with plans for the future. Yes we want to conquer it all.

Who could blame us when our youth misguided us into thinking that life is all about the tangible conquest. In the process we lose our sight, our vision, our self.

So today why don't you stop for a while and let yourself sojourn into the beauty that surrounds you,

the trivialities, the now.

Who knows you might just find exactly what you have been looking for all this time.

So go ahead and live...and never again let a day slip away!

Monday, September 13, 2010

A Sunday to Behold

The LOOt a bundle of pretty Malaysian mums organic veggies dried fish tofu and about a dozen of freshly-baked pandesal (salt-bread) (am a...

The LOOt

a bundle of pretty Malaysian mums

organic veggies

dried fish

tofu

and about a dozen of freshly-baked pandesal (salt-bread)

(am a bit of a tree-hugger meself, hence the eco bag)

♥ ♥ ♥

Today was a rather beautiful Sunday for a nice walk around town.

And though i was out mainly for some wifey errands,

the wonderful sunny weather and bustling Sunday market

was worth all the trip away from my oh-so-comfy

Sunday bed.

I hope you guys had a great weekend too!

Thursday, September 09, 2010

A Book Style Post at Bored and Crafty

What better way to put a smile on one's face after a grueling 6 hour bus ride home? Aside from the hearty welcome from the fami...

What better way to put a smile on one's face after a grueling 6 hour bus ride home? Aside from the hearty welcome from the family that awaits your return, is of course, seeing your work posted in some really rockin' blog (it's 4am and obviously i gave in to my blogging instead of hitting the sheet for a much needed R&R).
I was invited by the talented Meream of Bored and Crafty to be a part of her Book Style series and here's a glimpse of what i came up with. Head over to her blog HERE to read on. Thank you Meream for making me part of this .

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

An Afternoon of Tea and Cake

The smiling sun conquered the morning but afternoon brought with it drops of rain Either way, it was the perfect day for a ...

The smiling sun conquered the morning

but afternoon brought with it drops of rain

Either way, it was the perfect day

for a cup of tea

and a slice of cake...

There's no perfect time to celebrate life...every moment just is.

"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future." - Thich Nhat Hanh