words of wisdom

words of wisdom were spoken,

one hour of quality time, twice a week, 

focus focus. The key to all greatness is this one hour.

That one hour will determine your child's destiny.

One hour can treat their self confidence issues, learning difficulties etc.

I believe I need  many one hours of many things.

One hour of quality time with Kobe, Hayley and Raymond (3 hours), one hour of quality time with my mom and dad (1/2 hour each), one hour with my siblings (1/2 hour each), one hour with my friends (1/4 hour each), one hour for myself and God (1/2 hour each), one hour to do the must-dos eat,brush teeth,makeup,dress up,shit etc (1/8 hour each), one hour to sort your work, one hour to do your work, one hour to travel(could well be more). one hour of *blank*. 

Hours and hours. there's only 24 hours a day, out of which 8 hour goes to sleeping so 16 hours left. 

I cannot keep tracks of my hours. I just know that I need some sort of time management, sorting out which hour to do what. if I live to be 66, I will have 262,800 hours to use in total. 

not alot of hours to think about it. I can't even be a millionare in hours. I will commit my one hour to my precious cos i don;t know how many of their one hours will be left for me.

thanks dora for inspiring me tonight.

I will give earth one hour. 

Princess Convention

3 days convention

calling for all princesses to attend

encourage to bring your own entourage

wear the appropriate attire i.e. tiara, rings, necklace, puffy princess gowns, elaborate hairdos

help distinguish you from commoners

Kings and queens are expected to pay admission

Main topic of convention: what to look for when choosing your future prince

Must sing, look great in tights, swing around like monkeys, slay villains and dragons to save you, most importantly carry you around with one hand regardless of your body weight.

Missing Supper

its 11.54 and I am not having supper. 

I am not going for my teh tarik.

I am going cold turkey. 

My stomach is yelling, my lips are dry, my head is heavy.. 

I miss my brothers.

but my thighs are touching and as a result some of my pants have torn .

I am too lazy for gym and find time for excuses rather than exercise.

I am doing a wang mei zhi ke (looking at the berry to quench my thirst). 

Humour me a little while I show you what I am missing...

Tough Situations

In face with tough situations.
I thought my situation is bad. But not that bad yet compared to what some people are facing. Many times, I am consumed by my inner saddness. But when i hear of people going through tougher situations, I sigh a breath of relief.
I heard of a friend of my husband being ill-stricken with cancer, she is fighting for her life even as I am blogging. I heard of a uni friend who passed away recently from nose cancer, I see in the news of the sudden passing of a talented actress from a skiing accident, I heard of a grand auntie who is diagnosed with cancer, I heard of people who is struggling with self worth and loneliness, I know of a friend who is fighting to adjust to a new life, I know of a couple who subject themselves to all kinds of pain just have children. Financial crisis has brought forth more pain among us. And the list goes on.
Life's really tough. I thought my situation is tough, but I really cannot imagine myself lying in the hospital bed fighting... Perhaps when someone saw me years ago will sigh a breath of relief that her children are fine. How difficult can our life situations be, how do we measure? is mine tougher than yours? I cannot understand why some of these things happen? Perhaps we need tough situations to toughen us up. Opposites attracts. Equal amounts of bliss and tribulations in this world. While one is born another dies. While one is smiling another cries. While one enjoy the Sun another feels the cold. Without the opposites, we won't know the value of life because we will have nothing to compare against.
I pray for all who are caught in their lives tough situations, they will find peace. Somewhere out there their stories will be heard and people will learn as a result what to cherish and what to be grateful for.

p.s. Hang on hang on.

A Birthday Bag

Today is my good friend Janice's Birthday.

A week and a half ago we were scratching our heads on what to get for her.

By the way, Happy Birthday Janice! 

I must confess, am not a very creative person. 

So decided to hint to her that I will be giving her an angpow.. but she requested for a bag instead.

So I have decide to employ Dora's creative sewing skills to sew a bag. 

I sneaked into Kamdar to buy some fabrics.. things which I think she may like.. but I guess I bought what I liked. 

Secretly, I brought back the cloth and show them to Dora. My genius sister aka cofounder of "Wonderful Mistakes" took a look, told me no problem and brought them home to sew. It took her a solid 5 hours to finish. 

The following monday she showed me the almost finished  bag and ask me bring it home to add that little something to it before she finish.

The point I want to make in this blog entry is ..

this bag is my first bag design. I drew inspiration from another bag I have. But the fabric combination is something I thought about..I love it . I love the fact that Dora manage to turn my ideas into a reality. I love the way it look even though it wasn't finish.  I sat there that night wondering if Janice would love it as much as I do. I am a crazy bag fan and can always do with an extra bag. I set there with my first design.. and wish it would stay there with me forever. 

I took some pictures with it. I took pictures while I am sewing it. I took becos I know it is not my to keep. 

it is a bag. what if it had been a child you carry inside you for nine months.. what would that feeling be like? 

I parted it with the comfort knowing that my friend who now owns it would cherish and love it perhaps more than me and dora. 

Janice,

All of us Peppies love you very much Janice.. so we went through so many discussions before deciding on what to give you this year..though we know how you feel about an angpow but really we do want you to decide ultimately... cos all of us want you to be happy. 

Lots of love always 

DIANE 

p.s look up dora's blog at http://doraexplora7676.blogspot.com on related article.

A mei's concert

One of the best female singers of our times.

Very passionate and very powerful performance.

Absolutely love her. 

 

Overblogged

I have overblogged. I read too many blogs and have been blogging every night.

This exercise over stimulates my brains,

I find hard to sleep. while trying to sleep I think about my fellow bloggers and things I've read.

I did not have caffeine but feel equally as high. Highly charged with emotions and opinions.

I wrote my blog and commented on other people's blogs..late into the night searching...

I am frustrated to find no new entry on some of my favourite blogs..like missing an episode of my favourite series.  It's 2 am and I can't sleep.

It's 9am and I can't wake. It's 3pm and I want to sleep. It's 5pm and I want to blog ...again.

Like the newly weds, I am having my honeymoon now with the blog. We have yet quarrel or grown sick of each other.

It's a blogger's suicide to continue this.. so my friends tonight I shall play you some piped-in music.. enjoy while I go brain dead for tonight.