and the macro challenge ensues...

(yesterday) dinch at cavana - dinch is the phrase andrew and i coined for a dinner-lunch meal. kinda like brunch? and i realise cavana reminds me of havanas. cavana was pretty decent considering the price. but its just chicken rice. not to-die-for but as a quick meal its easy on the pockets.

MACRO CHALLENGE: 19/30
decided to try a night shot. this is from a pot of bougainvilleas just outside my house.

onion rings? was preparing dinner for andrew and i. realised the onion had nice concentric patterns. this is the close-up.

this one shows the onion in its entirety.

so this was the dinner! garlic-cheddar-bacon-egg mash with mushroom pasta and ritzy chicken cutlets.

then today after class we went to coffeebean at millennia walk. liked the pattern on the coffee cup holder so another marco shot!
and then the fabric on the couch. its patterned coffebeans!
brief collage...
andrew was surfing the net with his iTouch so i busied myself with the camera. haha.


oOohh! and then outdoor shots. i saw some really really pretty orange flowers. no idea what they're called though.
and then decided i needed macro shots of those flowers...
the colours are stunning isn't it? its times like these when i see God's creation that i feel especially awed. i mean he created and pre-planned each and every one of it. beautiful ain't it?

and i got very pretty new birks!!! french garden. how apt. its so lovely and reminicient of vintage english gardens. need to create. more likely need to bead. i haven't done anything for squiggletown lately. but i have loads of stuff i want to do. its a good thing i have a notebook handy for times like these. so new works are in the planning. hopefully would be out within the week! (: okay getting late. need to sleep soon.
♥sheryl

eggciting easter

mom bought sherwin easter eggs! we opened the wonka egg. i think sherwin looks really good in these pictures. i think we were half hoping for golden tickets to pop out of the egg. :D

good friday dinner at manhattan fish market. we ate the platter for 2 again (with flamed prawns). its excellent. i especially love the garlic rice and prawns.

okay, and some random pictures...

gherkins!

teatree!

andrew and i were walking back when we passed by my neighbours backyard and saw SEVEN chickens in it. yepp. 7! haha. wow. lots of eggs for them i suppose. there was a certain modern kampong vibe...

campaign at takashimaya. at first mel and i thought it was greenpeace or global warming or something to that effect. but it was actually an anti-smoking campaign. or a campaign that helps smokers (in particular ladies) quit smoking. the words are made up of loads and loads of gerberas! and they were giving gerberas out to publicise as well.

i got a red gerbera. sitting pretty at my desk now. (:
♥sheryl

school's out! (:

was studying the past few days...well part of the time, when i wans't distracted by scrapping...or beading...or baking. but anyhow! school's done, exams are over, so shall be able to update more now. cant wait to bead. loads of new ideas swimming around in my head. need to pin them down. anyhow, pictures from the past week or so...

donuts we bought for annette, althea and astrid before going for disney on ice.

snapshots from disney on ice. there are loads more, but these are the ones that show the highlights. there was lion king, 101 dalmations, peter pan, little mermaid, lilo and stich. click to see a bigger picture!

he's like the handy man! he goes round selling candy floss, and various disney on ice paraphernalia.

group picture! (:

a notebook i did for aunty bear bear for her wedding anniversary. i was her flowergirl years ago! (spot the little gold bear charms amongst the ribbon?)

flour, sugar, choc chips butter...a recipe book. hmm...

cupcake trays...

spin them around in the oven and you get...cupcakes! (:

i tried the bacon mushroom sauce with instant noodles instead. its not too bad.

scented vanilla candle, handmade by sherwin's classmate, jamie's mom. they smell really good. got bored while studying so i carved initials into it.

bought yummy yummy lip balms from etsy! (:

new updates at squiggletown! (: and MORE coming up soon!
♥sheryl

natural scrub

sugar body scrub!

i saw this while reading Shape, so thought i'd try it. its pretty good for targeted dry spots.

1. cut orange into half
2. juice one halve of the orange, keep other half intact
3. to the juice add olive oil and coarse sugar granules
4. mix well
5. use intact halve of orange as loofah and rub over dry spots (like elbows, kneecaps, heels)
6. rub sugar mixture over said dry spots
7. wash off with water

an alternative would be a salt body scrub.
this is taken from a book "bikini fit".

1. take a handful of coarse salt
2. add two teaspoons of oilve oil to form paste
3. rub salt mixture over

ohh, and i received an email from my mom. while eating, its better to drink warm water. the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. and this would slow down the digestion. once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. it will line the intestine and soon turn into fats and lead to cancer. therefore, it is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

so keep fit and be healthy! (darn, now i'll need to exercise...)

♥sheryl