Amazing Race Asia Season 2

http://amazing-race-asia.axn-asia.com/season2/teams/

Ok I know I am a bit SLOW (like this is episode 6 already !) but I LOVE Amazing Race Asia Season 2! What started as watching out of boredom has manifested into an addiction and a case of national pride! Hahahaah ... go COLIN & ADRIAN !! It also helps that there are not unfamiliar faces since we frequent the same gym . (Yes, I do gym ok ... maybe once in a PINK moon which is more rare than the BLUE moon ...hahaha)

I almost nearly sobbed when Team Japan (Sawaka & Daichi) lost to the Malaysian Dancing Mums (aaarrghhhh !!!) cos I think they are such a sweet group and they tried so hard. Just pure bad choice to choose deliver instead of slither and groaned in exasperation when they made their choice... but thats life

Of cos what is reality tv without eye candies ? We all love beautiful people dun we ?! So it is no wonder that Marc & Rovilson (Team Philippines) and Paula & Natasha (Team Thailand) has garnered a huge fan base and is probably the drawing power behind the show.

And thankfully this was one episode where Teri decided to keep her cool (and her abusive language) and not lash out at poor Henry at every little thing.She is so totally irritating and her voice just rings in my head after each outburst.hahaha... but that is coming back in episode 7.. some things just do not change

Kudos to Conservation Projects - Keong Siak Street

For those who frequent Chinatown (thats me!), am sure you have heard of Keong Siak Street.

During the 1960s (that's WAY before my time okie..hehehe), Keong Saik Road used to be a notorious red light district in Chinatown but these days it houses many boutique hotels and is a conservation project under URA.

Love the buildings, brings me back to Singapore in the yester years

Pictures taken in a temple.

Dun the 水缸reminds you of the 司马光 story ?

And who can forget the wooden tables in coffeeshops in the 60s ... Kopi O jij puay !!

As well as the beautiful motifs that adorn the floors and walls of these buildings.

Thank God for Friends!Merry Christmas

And counting .....

229 stamps (yes, imagine that!!) and still counting ....

Here's a snapshot of my toys ... hehehe

And my latest buddies from Penny Black. Totally adorable!!

All nicely packed up in my new suitcase ....

And what is stamping without all kinds of ink .... hmmm ......

Not forgeting the embellisments (ribbons, brads, stickers etc), card stock & punches .... and on and on and on ...

I am a HAPPY GIRL .....grin ....= )

My Sunday ....

What does one do on a cold and rainy Sunday ? Sleep in of cos! Rainy days are made for snuggling in bed, all nice and warm under the blanket .. dreamz ....

Unless of cos, one stays with her granma who wakes at the crack of dawn and thinks that sleeping beyond 9am on a weekend shows a lack of discipline ..aarrggghh ... sigh ..

Good thing is that then I would have ample time to dabble in my new hobby so here are some of my amateurish work ...=)

Undeniably, Flowers are girls' best inspiration

Christmas Holidays...

Peek- a-cake !

And what is fun without the usual mess ...hahaha... you have to yet to see the floor !

Christmas Prezzies from Weilin

I Love Christmas ! Check out the cute snowman Wei Lin made for us ...so cheery !

Do we really know ?

Just attended 2 days of Recruitment & Retention Conference organised by Asia Business Forum and boy do I have information (more accurately frameworks) overload !

Having to sit through 16 speakers in 2 days is definitely no joke and honestly the retention rate fell sharply come Day 2.Talk abt retention and engagement .. how ironic ..hahaha

Really, most companies have the same talent development framework or retention strategies (using different terms to make it more sexy probably) if they are willing to engage pricey consultancy svs. But what sets me thinking is that how many HR practitioners do genuinely believes in the impact and good they bring in the strategies they implement ? Do they live, breathe these beliefs ? I dare say, not many.

Over the past days, I have met up with HR folks that fails to inspire which is so very sad. HR being the voice of the management, feeling the pulse of the people and proclaiming that People are the company's best (if not ONLY) asset & competitive advantage , yet in a social context fails to be an ambassador of the company brand and values.

So what makes a good HR practitioner ? Spare me the "people person" pitch cos in today's environment that is already a given. Strategic Partner ? Yah, we all aspire to be but are we really ? Do we even know what is a strategic role or what the company's business strategies are ?

Questions after questions which will probably keep me up all night .....now you know why my team gets stressed everything I attend a sharing... = P

More cards ...guess which ?

Bet this is easier to guess right ? Which is mine and which is Sand's creation ? Too bad Anna & Lynn have kept their master pieces so no pics to showcase.

Any way, each panel is a done using different techniques like stamping, embossing, etc as well as usage of different types of ink (pigment, dye, vesamark ...etc etc etc ..hahaha) and various material base.

Indeed card making is a VERY expensive hobby (more expensive than my previous hobby of beading.. sigh) and I won't be surprised if my current stash hits the thousand mark soon! Shhh ...mum is so NOT reading this ....hahaha

So if any of you intends to buy me Christmas present (hint hint HINT !) I only want PENNY BLACK rubber stamps !! HEheheh ... ok ok.. thats asking for a lot cos each stamp costs almost $40 ...blink blink blink ...I still love you all in any case ...muack !!

By the way, if you are reading this, you are invited to my Christmas Party on 25 Dec @ Sengkang lodge yah. Invitation will come soon once I get back to the office ... = P

Our new past time - Card Making

I admit, I am real bad at colouring so when I learnt that I had to colour the designs during the cake making class with our adorable "cher Normah", I was all stressed up.

Of cos the artists among us (i.e meaning the rest of the girls!!) were happily painting and mixing colours and the most pro amongst us even had shading okie ... show off .... hehehe

Make a guess which of the above designs belong to me, Sand, Anna & Lynn???