U-turns

Remember, if you’re headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns! It's never too late!

And I am glad I did that =)

New creation up!

My very very first attempt to paint and scribble something on wedges! The sketch is kinda terrible, but the final output is good I think! Maybe I should ask Bryan or Johnston to help me to do some photoshoots on this pair!

Or perhaps I should do more heels or stilettos in future. But honestly, they are so much difficult to draw and paint on compared to canvas shoes. & I personally still prefer wearing pumps more cuz this kind of shoes are good to look and good to kill the feet too!

Time to continue that pile of shoes now. Net, your shoes are done. Please provide me your address k =)

Zoo

P/s: I'm at home most of the time during holidays, so please sms to my M'sia number pal. Sigh. Sorry that I missed the girl's hangout. I missed them =(

Nothing beats the day at the zoo with a hat, picnic bag and my favourite boy and lots of eye candies ( I mean the pretty animals).




Giraffe can only get into 1 minute of deep sleep everytime. They walk, eat, sleep for 4 minutes, 1 minute of deep sleep, wake up and walk, eat... etc.




I think I share a mutual similarity with the Borneon proboscis monkey. We're from the same hometown and we have a big tummy!



The new Rainforest Kidz.



Marty at KFC.



Our relatives.



Clara the intelligent sealion is my next favourite. Here she's demonstrating self control performance, stopping herself to devour the fish in front.



White peacocks!!! Super gorgeous!



See, I told you animals do smile! Just like little Dumbo here.



Marty, the others have white with black stripes. Yours is black with white stripes, that's why it makes you so special. - Madagascar 2



You're special to me as always, Jeff! Thanks for coming down to visit me =) Sorry for skipping classes for a whole week!!

All I gotta do now is enjoy the loneliness at home. Mum's at Sabah, Zen's at KL, Coco and Babu's at Sing. It's boring to be home alone, but seriously I love it.

p/s: Jeff, I wish that you have only bought the tickets to here. Not the return ticket. I regret for bringing you to buy the return ticket. I should have tear it off.

Today I am an angry shoemaker. Full stop.

Homo sapiens, please read everything of what I have written below. For half a year I've been managing the shoes, I met different types of characters. Stupid, Irresponsible, mad customers, the list goes on, but THIS TIME, this one big fatso has turned on my gas and fire once and for all.

I actually spent approximately ONE WHOLE MONTH talking to such unsuccessful homo sapien.

I actually spent so much time and effort to reply all her mails, talk to her, search for a CIMB bank account high and low, ran to Singapore to get the shoes, rush through the shoes right after Cas's wedding, and reading all her rubbish nonsense.

Yes, I know I am stupid, but this whole crap thing is RIDICULOUSLY FOOLHARDY CRAZY!

----------------------------------------------so the story goes like this...

( Intensive assessment period. Time for emails checked even if I did not expect any new orders during hiatus. Everything written below are directly copied from my gmail inbox.)

Nov 3- her- 18.0cm - size 27

Nov 4- me- Hello there Tiffany:

Is it alright if we'll inform you about your orders again after mid-November. Currently we're still having our assessments. Thank you sweet =)

Hope to hear from you soon.

Ziwei @Tenladytoes

Nov 4- her- well the thing is that i'm leaving back to taiwan in two weeks. a week and a half actually, and i really wanna get this for my sister. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT DELAY IT. haha.

Nov 6- me-Hello there Tiffany:

When is your exact date to fly off to Taiwan?
Orders will only resume at 14th November. Sorry about the inconvenience.
And we do mail worldwide too =)

Thank you and hope to hear from you soon. =)

Nov 7- her- 20 something. not too sure yet cuz i have to first pass my driving test on the 19th. how long will it take? like if i pay on the 14th, will i get it before the 19th?

Nov 8-me- Hello there Tiffany:

That should be alright, but I can't guarantee 100% the shoes will be sent to your place right before 19th, maybe 19th or 20th should be the safest. =) Hope you will understand.

Thank you and please do not hesitate to clear your doubts here.

If it's alright, please do include your particulars as stated below:
- Full Name
- Mailing Address
- With/Without strap
- With/Without Initials

Thanks again!

Ziwei @ Tenladytoes


Nov 8-her- yeah sure the 20th is okay too.

Full Name: Tiffany Chung
Mailing Address: Blah Blah Blah
With/Without Strap: No Strap
With/Without Initials: No Initials

so could you please tell me the total amount and your cimb account (preferrably) or maybank? thanks.

Nov 13-me- Hello there Tiffany:

Your shoes are under the process of making.

Payment via Maybank funds transfer is greatly appreciated.
Name: Blah Blah
Acc: 1234567890
Total: Blah Blah Blah

Thank you and have a nice day.

Oops one last thing sweet =) Can I have your phone number too?
The shoes will be sent off via Poslaju.

Thanks!

Nov 13- her-Phone number Blah Blah Blah- okay see the problem is that in the last two weeks i've made numerous visits to maybank. more than 15, because people just can't reply fast enough..and my grandmother won't take me to maybank anymore. so is there anyway to have my transfer the money to a cimb bank? theres a cimb bank right around my place in country heights, so i could just sneak there myself..do you have like a friend who uses cimb? i could put the money into his/her account and you can get the money from him/her..i'm sorry its so messed up.

( At this point of time, I've finished Cas's wedding, fetched Jeff, got into Singapore to get her shoes, painted, air-dried and ironed. Everything done in fear of not meeting the deadline. Normally I will NEVER start the shoes before payment is made due to previous similar stupid experience. And I was asking all my available friends if any of them has a CIMB bank account, like mad.)

Nov 18- me- Hello there Tiffany:

Sorry sweet I have been asking a few friends if they have cimb account yet in vain. I have completed the shoes, really sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Or do you have any friends with internet banking? That will quite likely solve the problem =)

Thanks and once again my deepest apology.

Ziwei @ Tenladytoes

Nov 18-her- no..no internet banking. i have no more friends to ask in malaysia anyway, they're all off somewhere else for uni. i just got back from ns and i'm leaving to uni too, soon. please please ask some more?

( SHE HAD DAMN LOTS OF REASONS THAT SOUNDED SO VALID!!!)

( At last I've found out that Jeff has a CIMB account and immediately I emailed her.)
( At this point of time I was still very very VERY patient.)

Nov 20-me- Hello there Tiffany:

Oh great! I've just found one.
CIMB savings account no: Blah Blah Blah
Name: Blah Blah Blah
Thank you =)!
The shoes will be mailed off immediately when payment is done.

Ziwei @ Tenladytoes

Nov 20-her- okay great. i'll definitely make the payment tomorrow, thanks for looking around!

( AFTER BLOODY 4 DAYS. No news from her. Hence I decided to sms & email her. She did not reply my sms, but I later got her email.)

Nov 24- me-Hello there Tiffany:

Have you made the payment?
Thank you and hope to hear from you soon.

Ziwei @ Tenladytoes

Nov 25-me- hey, due to unforseen circumstances i'm going to have to cancel the order..sorry.

Nov 25-her- Hello there Tiffany:

It's alright. But the shoes are done long time ago. You should have informed me earlier.

Thank you.

( Notice that I was still that tolerant.)

Nov 25- so what if they were done a long time ago, i told you it was due to unforseen circumstances. ugh you're so inconsiderate you probably don't know how to read.

Nov 25- It's alright. The effort and time spent is definitely wasted , just wanna tell u about this. And I went into Singapore all the way to get the shoes. I went all the way to ask my friends for a CIMB bank account just for you and now you're saying that I am illiterate. Probably all this effort is unforeseen unfortunately as well.

You're being an inconsiderate customer too. The payment pending has been so long since the email stating the promise you've given for the purchase.

Thank you so much. I learnt alot from customers like you.

Ziwei @ Tenladytoes

---------------------------------------------------End of story. End of legend.

I no longer received any mail(s) from her.

I was thinking so hard. Ok if you really face unforeseen circumstances, why can't you just tell me earlier or discuss with me? She told me the shoes were supposed to be done on the 20th, and I've completed them. She told me she will pay up the day after, and I waited. I spent almost a month to deal with her. I tried my best to go along with her oh-so-many difficulties ( or excuses or lies I really don't know), concerning nothing but her convenience of the whole shoes ordering process.

But all these are definitely fine with me. Cause I have met a customer who talked with me for 3 months ( or 72 emails) before deciding to the design. I am alright with ALL THESE.

BUT YOU SCOLDED ME ILLITERATE. YOU EVEN 'URGH!!'ED AND SAID SO WHAT IF THE SHOES WERE DONE LONG TIME AGO.

Tiffany Chung, the shoes ( supposed to be your sister's, ordered by you bloody bitch) are now right beside me. I use my BLOOD & SWEAT to complete them. I use 110% effort and care and love to do this very pair of shoes. Every pair.

If I can't read with my eyes, then you're the one who can't read with your heart. Or should I say you don't have a heart at all.

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Ok I am done with all the shoutings and big bold black words and exclaimation marks. I feel happier now. & I'm gonna save the shoes for the flea market. Really worthless if the shoes were to have such brainless master. All I wanna do is to concentrate on happy stuff. Goodnight. Ok it's 4a.m. now. Good morning then.

p/s: Worst goodbye bitch. Worst thank you bitch. But the Best Lesson I had bitch.

Caslin and Ah Wee's wedding

Shania Twain's " From This Moment" is the song that I would wish to tune on for my wedding ( if I ever have one). When Cas and Wee came in, that particular song was there.


And guess what. I can never tahan this kind of romantic scenario and I teared a bit or two. Laughs.


15th November is Jeff's birthday.
16th November is Cas's big day.
17th November is Leafy's birthday.

And I was rushing like hell to and fro. Thank god I drove in with my trusty old car.




Caslin was GORGEOUS with 2 Gs. Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that. And I think both of them did it. They were nagging at each other all along the very important day, but trust me, they're sweeter than honey. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.



Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. That's what Cas had done, and I respect what she had decided for her life, and of course we all will definitely wish her a happier life!



And aren't we so proud to be her bridemaids? Net, Meng, Leafy and Wei. The super cool sisters. We are a Team!





I shall not end this post, 'cause true love stories never have endings.

p/s: Caslin dear: Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight like a cat!

Model Shots

Sorry for all the irritating grass and ant-bitten rashes, Angela, but you've been such a great model for me!

My grandma's basket bag is always good to be used all the time. The Malboro cowboy hat is only S$5, sold at Admiralty Place.

One of my favourite shot. But of course right here Angela and the sky's desatured, her face smoothen ( since she said she got lots of pimples). & I submitted this for my final photography assessment.

Oh and I heart the rose earring I had made. Handmade <3>

Final comment from Miss Ho, " Very good!" and I was contented. Photography is one of the most enjoyable subject I have taken so far.

On short hiatus

I love all the pics taken by Angela!

I wanna put the above pic as a header image, but isn't it rather obscene? And somemore my thigh is huge and the spider vein is obvious =/ Not a very good model for Angela, but all in all I felt so happy during the photoshoot, despite being bitten by irritating ants.

And guess what, they're taken at the Admiralty grounds.

I found that the purple layout is really noisy, hence back with this basic view. All photographs are done by Angela, camera by Johnston and of course more will be uploaded soon. Thank you Mimi for being such a great babe for the photoshoot too.

Kinda busy with the start of arranging all the shoes, nagging at Jeff, reorganising my holiday schedules and new plannings for my drawing class. Tomorrow I'm going to bring the kids to the jurong bird park. =) Sorry for the delayed outing too =(

Oh yes, don't worry guys the shoes will be done as promised, especially Net's =). Muaks

Sweet 20

Dear Jeff:

Happy birthday to you. I can't wait to see you. I miss you. I need you. I want to talk to you. I want to pinch your pimples. I want to pluck your white hair. I want to give you a rib crushing hug. I want to say 'It's 20 years for you, darling! Golden age!' I want to say ' Don't give up dear. Your future is so bright ahead for you!'. I want to cry in front of him. I want to say ' How dare till now then you come and find me'. I want to say I'm sorry. I want to say I did not find him too. I want to say school is fun but workload makes my shoulders so tired. I want to say at last I found art. I want to say at last I found love in my school. I want to say thank you for the scholarship dear. I want to say thanks for all the driving. I want to say I hate to quarrel with you. I want to say I'm glad we barely fight. I want to say you are my best friend. I want to bring you to the ice skating rink again. I want to swim with you in the pool. I want to be laughed by you. I don't mind if you say I'm fat. I want to say ok actually I mind a lot. I want to say that I'm sorry for not being by his side right now. I want to say if you do not appear next week I will be mad and crazy.

I want to give a light peck on your cheek. I want to say I am shy.

Happy birthday once again and it's been 2 years, baby boy. And it's not easy at all. I wonder how we can achieve all this. But seriously, we've made it.

Hoping much to see your stupid face on Monday =)!!!!!!

Double Woot!

Ok, fine the ridiculous drawing turned out to be something out of my expectation. And I'm redrawing everything, from scratch. Laugh yourself Lim Zhi Wei =(

I hate this feeling and I don't know why. Phew. One last breath before I shut down the monitor.

Oh yes people!

I think that WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!

=)

A big smiley to you all! Free midnight oils to be topped up here! Add oil and get fat!!!

=)

Ok, I'm crazy.

=)

Ok, I'm crazy cuz Jeffrey is coming!!! Oh for heaven's sake!

=)

Ok, I'm still crazy. It's 2a.m. now and my presentation board is coming to an end. YAYness!

Haha. No worries gang.

On another note, don't worry people, I mean I'll be 'dying' my head into that pool of work, surely ensure that I won't give up nomatterwhatsoever. =)

It's alright. I've gone thru something worse in Junior College, so it's alright =) 3 subjects completed, not as good as I would want to, but I'm happy with it =)

=) Lots of smileys to you to me & everyone else!

I can't stand this week any longer.

Ok people. I'm going to die this week and back to live when this whole semester ends.

Can I give up? Can't I... can I... can't I... can I...

Farewell and till then.

Grosgrain the Fabulous

I totally love her handmade costumes and photographs!

I found out Grosgrain's blog through the Today's Creative Blog ( ok, you can check out the link beside), and she gaveaway all these lovely costumes exclusively handmade by her!

This Marie-Thérèse Gown is probably my favourite one of all. Absolutely stunning!

Check out her blog right here at http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/ =)

I cannot tahan a picture-less post, so I insist on putting up something today, regardless of how many ridiculous amount of assignment left.

=) Now off with my final exhibition review!

Sick & sian =(

Ok, I've fallen sick and moody right after yesterday's scorching hot photoshoot. Sore throat, cold and my body is feeling itchy, maybe the ants bite me while lying on the grass.

Sigh. Please tell me how to finish all the assessment projects people.

& I have not found a dress or two for Cas's wedding yet. Urgh!!!! So I've decided to draw out my own design, and mum and aunt're gonna sew it. =) PhEW~~~~ That saves me lots of money and time. Plus, lots of DIY stuff and flowers at home so maybe I'm gonna do some corsages for all the girls. And I've rummaged out an old wig hidden in the storeroom, maybe I can cut some strands out, glue them into hair extensions.

Haha~ my DIY handmade brain is working again! So let's see how will all these work before her wedding k =)

Many things waiting for me to do.... yet so little time...