iron man

so we were watching iron man.

andrew: whoa! nice bod.
sheryl: (trying not to feel insecure) oh yea. the girl? she's got a good bod.
andrew: no i meant the audi

riiiight.
♥sheryl

albums and organising

the weather here in singapore has been sweltering. its been really really warm, and i cant seem to stay in my room to create without breaking into perspiration. i think i prefer creating on rainy days. anyhow, weather talk aside, last saturday i went for a mini album class with netta and janice. we made this:

the main reason why i wanted to go for the class was because i wanted to try using a varied range of materials to distress. so far, my scrapbooking know-how has been mostly self-taught - reading books and magazines, reading blogs and websites. but i guess the good thing about going for classes is that i ensure i finish an album in a stipulated time. plus, i learn new techniques and perspectives - and i suppose learning it the proper way.

so then it kinda inspired a album swap. decided to try doing the swap with netta. it would be mostly a 6 x 6 album. thats the raw pages and cover there. but so far, i've been drawing a blank. i'm not sure how to go about designing the album and i'm not even sure what the album is going to be used for. i'm thinking something along the lines of "growth" and "self-actualisation". maybe using maslow's hierarchy of needs - physiological, safety, belonging, self-esteem, self-actualisation. i'm thinking either a documentation of the satisfaction of these needs or how i might want to pursue them or something just along that line. basically how to become a better person - in fact how does one become better? the criteria? the goals or aims or methods to go about it.

on another note, i tweaked my paper organisation again. put the scraps into smaller resealable bags, made sure the papers were where they meant to be. and...

a CLEAR STAMPS FOLDER! (:
yupp! very happy with this. i made my own pockets with resealable packets and reinforced them with eyelets. then i realised the folder i used for the stamps was just enough for the number of clear stamps i had. so i might have to find a larger folder in the future. but for now, i'm very pleased with it. i labelled the stamps as well-the brand and series. so if you're tight on budget but need a clear stamps folder, don't buy it, make it. its just as nice if not better. (:
♥sheryl

Theodore Roosevelt

It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

spams and comments

heyy, i just realised that there was a lot of spamming on site. i removed all of it. was thinking also if maybe comments could be at the post instead of the tagboard. its easier to answer because at once i'd know what the context is about? hmm. just a thought. okay, good nights!
♥xo, sheryl

guess what?!

(: (: (:
need i say more? haha. really thank God.

stock in at mwl. in the midst of the mayhem i managed to snap these two pics. haha.

went for a crystal watch making woskshop with my aunt. (: made that.

been really really busy the past few days. swamped actually. thus the lack of updates. there's so much to do and say, but time is just running and flying by. so will update proper when i can find the time. okay. more later.
♥sheryl

100 posts!

just realised that the previous post was the 100th post! whee! i'm SO excited. my exams end tmr! and then i promise i'll update. especially squiggletown. shall scrap and bead till i drop! (: *grins*
♥sheryl

score!

did this for sherwin. so that when i tuition him, there will be some sort of incentive.

poster again. changed some stuff.

was pleasantly surprised on sunday with a belated birthday gift of hot chocolate early sunday morning when i reached church. tried taking a picture if it in the church library, and i really like the effect or colour. it looks like an old photo. i'm not sure if my camera has a setting for that. should try to experiment more...i think its more likely the lighting of the room.

lunch! mushrooms and scallops in cream sauce, mozerella garlic mashed potatoes, mini chicken cutlets. mMmm.

paper roses! i learnt how to make these at the sarah senior booth at the jumbo jumble fair at PHS. the cookie monster container is actually sherwin's old milk bottle. haha. okay. need to study now.
♥sheryl

jumbo jumble carnival @ PHS

some random food picture which i shall explain shortly. the almond filled bottles are an idea of what you could use empty class bottles for. the sweets at the bottom left are like a blast from the past! i used to eat these as a child, didnt know they still existed. heart shaped cut fruits. my version of carbonara + prawns and shrooms. not bad. needs more salt tho.

pictures from the phs jj carnival.

and UPDATES in squiggletown! quick go look! (:
a masquerade ball and a maiden. but her trinket slips while caught in the moment. a whirl and suddenly time stood still. as the timepiece glittered in the moonlight, it lay still under the shimmer. yet, it twinkled and teased. slowly, the creeping tendrils of roses draped itself around it. but yet, its beauty still shows. timeless enrapturement.

and i seriously need to study. sigh. so so so so so deaddddd.
♥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

to pack or to study?

just as i get my study break, i start to fall sick. bah.



anyhow, i packed some of my beads into proper boxes. especially the vintage beads and flowers. pretty pretty! and i packed my craft area again.


some new stuff in *squiggletown*:
(i really like the paper on the left)

♥sheryl

a series of birthday events

21st february 2008
birthday celebration in school

dinner at raffles city

at the Padang - the announcement of the host country for the Youth Olymipcs.

at victoria concert hall, daryl's concert.

supper at chinatown (15th of the luna year - eat tang yuan!)

22 february 2008 (friday)

the stayover!

23 february 2008 (saturday)
still during the stayover, after "the devil wears prada" i believe.

(we had pancakes, mushroom omelette, sausages and bacon)

yf food hunt! (similar to amazing race)
24 february 2008 (sunday)
lunch at prima deli

♥sheryl