my mummy's home garden

my mummy is one of the patient, gentle gardeners that i know. she rejoices when the flowers bloom and always put time aside, no matter how busy, to water and nurture her plants. that day as i was waiting at the corridor, then did i realise how much effort and thought she had put into building up her little garden. and i realised that it is actually very beautiful, in a simple and tender way.

 

i can never be a good gardener! i am too impatient and restless to wait for the flowers to bloom. sometimes i aspire to be like my mother in some ways. yet deep down, i know i cannot reach what is so high up.

infinity dress

with inspiration from here and here, i wanted to try out sewing an "infinity dress", also known as a convertible dress. so i scouted around for tutorials and found two from here and here. here is the result :)

it is rather simple to make with a maximum of 2-3 seams depending on the method that u use. however, it has many raw edges so it cannot be scrutinised :P im pondering if this is a good solution for bridesmaid dresses cos jiemeis can then choose the style that they like and tie it any way they like...but.... hmmm....still have some considerations :)

on a lighter note, PP and i went to the marina barrage, as recommended by AUNTIE and YM :) it was really nice! an lovely mix of excellent infrastructure and nice green grass :) it was a good and timely break, because PP had spent the week studying for his exams. we tried to fly a kite but hmmm...not too successful. not that there was no wind but our kite was lousy and broken :(

still, we had a good time recce-ing the place, so that we can go there with someone else next time...? :) who's on? haha...u must be ready to do jump shots if ure on ;)

the little blue boy

"once upon a time, there was a little blue boy, who lived in a bottle, in a sea of lava. why a sea of lava, nobody knew. why the bottle never melted, nobody knew. he arrived at an island, which was full of green people. feeling weird, he started singing 'im blue, da ber dee da ber dar ber da ber dee...'...."

ecofont

being a Christian, i cling on to the promise that Christ will one day return for us, and that this earth is merely temporal. hence i do not really suscribe to things like "save the earth or there will not be sufficient resources for future generations...." the world will end one day, for sure and in God's perfect timing..so such attempts are futile.

2 Peter 3:10  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

of course, use all things in moderation and prevent wastage when you can. this is a basic virtue of frugality. and im in support of saving trees too :)

well, today i came across a "eco-friendly" FONT, introduced here.

"how much of a letter can be removed while maintaining readability? After extensive testing with all kinds of shapes, the best results were achieved using small circles. After lots of late hours (and coffee) this resulted in a font that uses up to 20% less ink."

im not sure if it works, but i guess if it claims to save up to 20% less ink, its worth a try!

exciting day!

its been such an exciting and happening day that i just had to blog about it! WX and HL kindly invited PP and i to pei (accompany) them on their photoshoot day! or rather, to be a SK warrior la, heeheehee. honestly we weren't of much help, plus PP only joined us much later. but well,being in the midst of being with them, i just had a warm fuzzy feeling watching someone that i kinda grew up with radiate so much happiness, blissfulness, and looking so 漂亮 :)

AND...this couple is so sweet and cute la. they do not get tired of smiling for the camera, and u can see so much of their joy as they look into each others' eyes. awww~ :) thank u for asking us along!

no close-ups shown here but some nice ones were taken which i hope they will like :) and PP and i had a great chance to take pretty scenery shots too~

this place does not feel like singapore!

 

stitched up clouds

 

PP and i den flew back to church, but before that, had dinner while AHJIJAN studied :)

as i reflect, WX and HL are clear examples of 2 people who want to do God's will, and act only upon knowing that it is God's will. and even when they got first got together, they clearly wanted to honour God with their relationship. and today, what do we see? God's wonderful blessings upon them: provisions for their marriage in terms of finances, time, and people rallying around them. even today's weather was a perfect testimony of God's goodness upon them! surely, their cup runneth over.. and this is also a great encouragement to us to keep honouring God!