Threadcakes

This is the most clever contest that I've come across on the internet in a while! Threadcakes, is an online cake-baking contest where contestants bake cakes as inspired by Threadless t-shirt designs!! It's such a delight to look at the cakes and think, "OH YEA! I recognise that shirt!!"

There are no cakes of the Threadless tees that I actually own though!

3D animal crackers

So adorable! From Design*Sponge. Way too much effort though.

I M Fat

My bro just came into my room to show me the shirt he bought and it made me giggle. Not because the shirt itself is funny, but mostly the fact that he actually did use to be quite fat, and probably because of McDonalds.

We spent about 10 minutes trying to get the perfect picture. I'm only supposed to put up this final picture:

But because I'm an annoying older sister, I'm gonna post the rest of the bad photos that are supposed to go into my computer's recycled bin.

"Hey! Can I take a photo of that and put it on my blog?"

"K, I was just about to ask you to take a picture so I can use it as my facebook profile pic."

"OMG I look like a retard."

"Pants too poofy! Damn gay! Can you change into jeans or something?"

"Ok" *runs upstairs*

"Your face looks weird...can you smile more naturally? Think of Borat!!"

"Okay, you look silly. Maybe you should try to act cool and NOT smile. Close your mouth. And put your hands in your pocket."

"Wah Lau like modelling liddat!"

"Just do it"

"I'm gonna post ALL the photos we just took in my blog."

"NOO. I look like a retard!!"

"Only my friends will see it what.."

Revamped Bookshelf

So after an entire week of procrastinating, I finally got down to revamping the boring old bookshelf in my room. It's something that I've been meaning to do since months ago, but never had the time to due to the hectic school schedule + Operation GPA. Before I talk about my bookshelf, may I just announce to the world that Operation GPA was a great success! My grades jumped way beyond my expectations...pulling my cumulative gpa up by 0.27 points -- which is a cause for celebration! Now, I am a bit more hopeful about graduating with some kind of "credit" and also less doubtful, more confident of my own intellectual/academic capabilities. It's quite a miracle, considering many of the extra commitments I had this past term (e.g. RA/TA commitments).

Anyways, on to the shelf. Basically, I have this ugly old bookshelf in my room that holds all my textbooks, reference books, notes, handouts, notebooks, etc. And I wanted to give it a fresh new look. If you know me well enough, you should know that I love to paint things in my room/decorate my room. My bedroom walls have undergone several design changes. From plain white, to whimsical kid sillouhettes, to white/light purple chunks, to white/light purple chunks with random quotes and frame designs in black. My toilet dresser has a stenciled design done with light purple paint. I decided it was about time to give the ugly old bookshelf a makeover.

Materials:

• Off-white paint (this was leftover paint from my last painting project)
• Painting tools, e.g. big brushes, small brushes, rollers, paint tray
• Fancy wrapping paper (i got mine on discount from prints)
• Tape (to secure the wrapping paper to the shelf)

After two coats of paint, I pasted the pretty paper onto the back of the shelf and yay! New shelf. Painting the bottom third of the shelf required some skilful contorting of my body into awkward positions. Good thing I had practise from dance. Here's the shelf (empty) sitting in front of  my bed...

 And here's the shelf with things on it! Maybe you'll recognize some of these books. There's Campbell, Kotler & Armstrong, Coon & Mitterer, Sloman, Mauder, Ramsden, and the ubiquitous McGraw-Hill books.

Muji Chronotebook

We can always trust Muji to come up with something original, yet still functional, like the Chronotebook! Instead of having lined or grid or calendar squared or blank pages like normal notebooks, the Chronotebook has an analog clock in the middle of each page. I like how you get to plan your day around this clock, but there's still quite alot of blank space of scribbling notes and useless doodling. 

The Dough-Nu-Matic

An automated mini-doughnut making machine!! just how cool is this, a bottomless supply of sugar-glazed anytime you want it. only takes a minute for each doughnut. and the flipping mechanism is brilliant. i LOVE sugar-glazed doughnuts! so what's your favourite flavour?

not to ruin the party right now, but watching the vid, it seems a hassle to clean the machine after. but what the heck. here's some doughnuts to tempt you with.

Hairloom and Caramel

Hairloom and Caramel salon-cafe-home at shaw towers, an eclectic cafe set up by 4 men. Quite difficult to not give off the gay vibe, which they do, very strongly. All cupcakes baked by one of the guys too, who learnt to bake from his mother and grandmother. Initially i thought it was just another one of those pretty cafes set up by people who frequently read Decor8 and OhJoy!, one of those people who go around looking for eclectic furniture in an effort to give their cafe that mish-mash look which is so popular and so pretty but kinda unoriginal now. But after visiting their blog, i'm even more impressed with them! Turns out they did source for old furniture, but more than just being fortunate (or rich) enough to find all those pretty chairs, they actually had them upholstered and repainted! Kudos for the taste and vision then =) Don't have a photo of the chairs, but you can see the before and after at their website. Amazing, even though i know they probably had it done, but still, amazing =)

Cupcakes all handmade by that one guy in a pink tshirt. They do lunch and dinner too. And pricey haircuts at the adjoining salon.The guys painted the wall behind themselves!THE BEST tiramisu to be had there, we've got to go sometime =)=) Smooth, creamy and baileys-soaked, so glad i didn't pick a cupcake. Although the cupcakes were really gorgeous too.Most photos from Aramia. Thanks, hope you don't mind.

PS. Another giant rainbow! Photo is unedited this time, cos it wouldn't have been an improvement, haha. But this felt really close this time, because I was on the ground level, almost as if walking further front, you'd walk yourself closer to the rainbow. Outside raffles city, so pretty! =)

I love souvenirs too

My brother went to vietnam and got me this =) Pretty! Even the paper inside is pretty, loving it! =)=)

This post is dedicated to Liane

Because this post is about goodies that liane's brought back from south korea!! Many pretty things, yay, thanks liane! =D Cute notebooks and pencil lead holder from artbox! Everyone has really cute notebooks! So many cute designs, so hard to choose~! I can't stop using exclamation marks! Justine got a really cute pencil case too, looks like a sneaker! Don't have a photo of it though. Many more things, i can't remember what they were.So pretty right~~!! I think i can't bear to use it.
Push top pencil lead holder!Xylitol sweets, guilt-free for dentists!

The Belated Post

Merry Christmas everyone! (Mr Christmas above was seen at vivocity! Is he a temp?) Yes I know, way off season, but oh well, whatever. Have so many photos to share! But i've been too lazy, lol. Today blogging finally seemed more attractive than carving out gingiva for rp (gums, for the rest of you), so this post shall have a lot of random things!
Finally managed to make the cream puffs and cream cheese filling (thanks liane! =D) that i've been meaning to for months! Really easy and yummy, yay =D And deceptively sophisticated! And did i mention yummy?? Great Christmas presents. Ooh, but it was funny cos i was carrying a tray of these and giving it out to my friends. But our church generally has a Christmas lunch buffet, so all these grandmas thought i was helping the catering and just helped themselves to my cream puffs -_- And they move real quick for old people. Luckily i made extras.
My daddy dug out this little tripod from i dunno where. So cute and tiny right! Apparently it's been around for ages, he just forgot about it. Well, it's mine now. Thing is, while it's very cute and all, it doesn't seem that useful.. because it's so tiny, it's only really good for tabletop shots. But oh well, guess i'll just take more photos of small things then. Next time we need to take self-timing shots of group photos, just call me. Same height as my handphone!This fish was seen at the basement of Cathay. I've never seen dead fish in this kinda ponds before, and this one was a huge fish! like, size of my hand. It just lay there on its side looking very miserable, and you know how these fish are very flat? Made it look even more dead and miserable. We contemplated telling somebody (don't dead fish cause all the other fish to die too??) but we had no idea who, so well, we moved on.

True to my profession

Yay, i love presents! =D=D And this is so pretty! I know it's Christmas, but really, receiving ain't half bad, lol. And honestly, i think this is brilliant! Great soldering and wire-bending there, lol.

If you go check out the Hinz & Kunst website, you can see a lot more of these cool sculptures =D=D and they make novelty wine bottle-holders too! =D=D And i dunno if it's a European thing, but they have a lotta cool professions like tiler, house builder, travel agent, etc. And all the medical specialisations, talk about detailed! Happy~! =D=D
Note the foot on the chest.

Jackson Pollock

For when you're feeling bored and uninspired, and you wanna feel creative and arty - http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

Wooden Mini Billiards

Bought this at Daiso today! =D It's really tiny! The whole table's just the length of my hand. But it's quite well made, easy to setup too. The balls are a little too light to really have a game with, but it's cute to have on your work table anyway =DAll packed into this small packet.All done! The table legs look pretty good huh!

Cool things for the home

A cool folding table Campo d'oro by Paolo Pallucco that transforms into a perfect square. I like how the dimensions are so exact, and when they line up the edges are perfectly straight =)

PS. hey, i just realised, this table will have way more legs than the usual 4! that'll look so odd when it's in its square form, haha.

Cool things for the home

Brush and Rinse, another award-winning design by Scott Amron. The back of the toothbrush has been modified so that held at a certain angle under the tap, it can produce a perfect fluid parabola! You won't need a glass any longer to rinse, or try to collect the water in your hands! It's amazing how he always manages to improve simple, everyday items that most of us never give a second thought to.
Pretty umbrellas from Pare that I want.

Useless and insensible, but so sweet (haha!). French Heart Sugar Cubes that sit on the edge of your cup. I have no idea why you'd want to do this though, wouldn't your tea/coffee remain unsweetened??