Chit Chat Feb '08

[NaNa]

Woohoooo!!! CNY is comingggggggg!!! Anyone of you completed your shopping for CNY?? Have you done spring cleaning for your home!! I did!! But I have yet to find myself any nice new year clothes!! Darn!! :becky:

[ffellie]

i haven't gotten any new clothes for new year too. but plenty of scrapbook stuff...hahaha

[happy]

bought it last year Nov, one luggage full of new year clothes in Japan...can't wait to wear it. clean up my room, throw tons of video tapes and magazine. (> <)...can't bear with them but well the season to throw and make new way for new stuff...

[Ching]

i "started" spring cleaning after chinese new year last year... thought i was so clever to start early... but my house is still in a mess!!!!! i should have known better than to deceive myself : P sigh!

[Sharon K]

Oh I started my spring cleaning 2 wkends back.. and I just need a little touch up this wkends and I'm ready for CNY :)

Yah after spending so much $ on SB stash... I'm glad I managed to buy few new clothes for CNY last Fri. Within 2hrs at Wisma, I spent $350 on dress, blouses, skirt, shoes... very fruitful :P

[simplysHaRoN]

LOL! Sharon K, I can relate to ur spending. Coz I just did that last week ;)

[Sharon K]

Ya boy! Ever since I started SB in Jul 07, I've not really shop for clothings. Infact no mood to buy clothes/shoes also. Hmmm finally its CNY and a "reason" to shop for both CNY clothings & SB hee :P

[simplysHaRoN]

So trueeeeee. Even my DH noticed that I've switch my clothes to "paper".

[Laradee]

So trueeeeee. Even my DH noticed that I've switch my clothes to "paper".

LOL.... and accessories are 'embellishments" now! :becky:

[simplysHaRoN]

yeah yeah... Haha.

[luv2scrap]

I helped MWL to spring-clean their stock. :D

[Avina]

Heehee!
We all did!
Am so pleased!!!

[NaNa]

I helped MWL to spring-clean their stock. :D

LOL!! LOL!!

Wish I could go!! *sigh*

[ileesum]

I helped MWL to spring-clean their stock. :D

We certainly did :first: and so SHIOK too!! :bowl: :bounce: :love:

[ileesum]

So trueeeeee. Even my DH noticed that I've switch my clothes to "paper".

U're really funny Sharon! Great to sit next to you in the sheer album class :) See you around yah!

[luv2scrap]

We certainly did :first: and so SHIOK too!! :bowl: :bounce: :love:

Fun chatting with you Pansy, and Adoncia too. :)

[hweeface]

Anyone going for Kelly's class on 26th feb?

[adoncia]

Fun chatting with you Pansy, and Adoncia too. :)

its fun chatting with you too susan! :D hopeufully we get more chances to sit down and chat together more often! :hug:

[elvi]

I helped MWL to spring-clean their stock. :D

Yes!! Thanks Susan and everyone else for helping to "spring-clean" mwl today!!! But if there are more "volunteers", you are most welcome to come tomorrow and Sunday to help out with the "spring-cleaning" a little more. Kekekekeke!!! :becky:

Wah!! Susan and gang hero lah!!! No need to use baskets .... straight into one orange plastic bag after another and then all deposit at the cafe seats :eyebrows: .... i think you got many a surprised look from the walk-in shoppers!!!

Overheard one person say, "Wah...these ladies shop like it's free ah!!" :shocked: .... ROTFPIMP!!! :laugh:

[Jasmine]

im having hokkaido green tea and red bean ice cream now.. hehehe... bought a take home pack a few days bk.. forgot abt it till today!

yummz.

[luv2scrap]

Yes!! Thanks Susan and everyone else for helping to "spring-clean" mwl today!!! But if there are more "volunteers", you are most welcome to come tomorrow and Sunday to help out with the "spring-cleaning" a little more. Kekekekeke!!! :becky:

Wah!! Susan and gang hero lah!!! No need to use baskets .... straight into one orange plastic bag after another and then all deposit at the cafe seats :eyebrows: .... i think you got many a surprised look from the walk-in shoppers!!!

Overheard one person say, "Wah...these ladies shop like it's free ah!!" :shocked: .... ROTFPIMP!!! :laugh:

:becky: Oh you should see the things we buy even as we're queing up at the cashier. Hey, what's that the lady's buying? Oh nice! I want. You want? Ok, I go grab while you pay! :becky: :becky: And it must have been a man who said we shopped like it was free. All the ladies were too busy shopping. :becky: :becky:

[thinkblue]

im having hokkaido green tea and red bean ice cream now.. hehehe... bought a take home pack a few days bk.. forgot abt it till today!

yummz.

Is the brand Meiji?

[Jasmine]

its the hokkaido ice cream from PS.

[ileesum]

Fun chatting with you Pansy, and Adoncia too. :)

Definitely great to shop with like-minded scrappers as we all 'chiong' and 'siao' all the same things :) Looking forward to more annual, bi-annual sales *hint hint* coz it's sooooooooo much fun shopping this way!! :)

[Jasmine]

uggghh i wana scrap.. the mind is willing but the flesh is weak.

[ileesum]

I know what you mean ;o) I have like 3 unfinished projects lying around ... scrapped halfway and then stuck coz I'm the sort that don't plan my work in advance ... just scrap and let the idea flow. Then when I stop too long, forget the idea already and don't know how to pick up from where I left ... :lol:

[adoncia]

i m so busy! i have to scrap before the new year so i can clear stash! then my area won't look so messy. :tape:

[ileesum]

I think all the daytime shopping today made us all very hyperactive 2nite :) So many of us online. Gotta finish my last minute cny shopping this weekend! Happy scrapping Adoncia!

[adoncia]

ya. can see many of them online. another reason so many are online could be of the holidays next week ya. everybody will be tired and busy visiting relatives, etc.

pansy, have a nice time shopping also!! :D

[mly2906]

Just completed my "looking thru the eyes of love" album... I usually like to quickly finish it after the class or I'll lose the momentum. Now, I can move on to my next project ... a table calendar for my sister (although Jan is over already! Keke)

[elvi]

So fun!!! Seems like everyone's scrapping mojo's been flowing these past few weeks .. cool! :)

[mly2906]

Have to scrap more after the past few months of crazy stash shopping! LOL

[adoncia]

ya! have to scrap a lot more more more more. then when cha arrives, got excuse to shop! :tape: :doh: :faint:

[methedear]

oh yah... anyone knows of any faster way of uploading pictures onto flickr/ photobucket? dying here trying to upload 58mb worth of pictures ><

[esther]

Flickr Uploadr allows me to drag and drop into its window.

[methedear]

Flickr Uploadr allows me to drag and drop into its window.
really? is it fast?... flickr took like 2 mins to upload 1 of my photos >< (and displayed the ! sign...)

[esther]

selecting photos is fast using drag and drop. uploading has been okay so far. maybe it's the traffic at certain time of the day?

[methedear]

selecting photos is fast using drag and drop. uploading has been okay so far. maybe it's the traffic at certain time of the day?
shall go download and try it :becky: thanks!

[esther]

you're welcome.

[Avina]

Sigh. I am having mwl withdrawals - both the forum and the shop!

[mly2906]

It's really quiet here these few days with most people busy with the visitings ....

[Anne-Marie]

Hihi everyone!! Just dropping by to say 'hi' from Anaheim! :) How was everyone's CNY?

[esther]

Hi!!! Glad that you got there safely. Was it a good flight?

[Anne-Marie]

Hi Esther...

Haven't been on such a long flight in a while. :) Got some sore bones by the end of it. :)

Had a good CNY?

[Jen]

Hi Anne...CNY has been a good time of relaxation...so relaxed, i haven't managed to get myself moving to scrap, ha ha.

[esther]

Not much visiting, just lots of time with immediate family. The way I like it. Love to be there, just hate the flight. Rest well, and then hit the booths at CHA!!

[esther]

Yah Jen,
Had grand plans to scrap, but spent a lot of time catching up on sleep. So glad no one is coming to visit. The house isn't presentable!!

[Anne-Marie]

Yeah Esther, it's great to be able to spend time with family, especially since it's a long weekend. :) I miss my hubby and kids. :(

Hey Jen!! How's it going fren?? Sounds cool to me, I would love the be able to relax during CNY. And you still got the weekend to start scrapping. :)

[Jen]

ha...a million ideas in my mind about what to do with today...scrap? do an inventory of my scrap stash? tidy up and declutter so i can store all my stash? watch movies/tv/dvds? ah...sleep some more? ha ha ha???

[Laradee]

I was hoping to scrap but just too overload with CNY visits and eating! :faint:

[thinkblue]

I couldn't go visiting today as i'm overloaded with homework! So sad... :(

[hweeface]

I wanted to work on Swee Ching's A to Z challenge, but am still brooding.

[mly2906]

After 2 days of visiting, so glad can spend some time at home today ... did some scrapping. Expecting some friends over tonight for a game of poker!

[weiling07]

hee i went to popular and bought some small photo magnets - gonna go scrap now! :)

[Sharon K]

hi everyone! anybody any 'urge' to visit mwl? I wonder how's the store doing during cny... :)

[Laradee]

Pretty quiet here ............ anyone went to MWL this weekend?

[esther]

I was there at lunch time. Quiet. Saw the glimmer mist. Didn't get any. Got some 5th Ave and Scribble Scrabble pps. They are really nice.

[totoro47]

i went on fri.. bought 2 glimmer mist.. had a hard time trying to decide which colour to buy.. in the end, bought Iridescent Gold and Graphite..

[ffellie]

hello all!! :):)

it's been rather quiet around here lately..

[NaNa]

Yeah, everyone is having a CNY hangover! :becky:

[ffellie]

hahha ya!! i was so down having to start work after a loooooooong 10-days break!

[Laradee]

Wa... 10 days break.... sounds real good!

[ffellie]

haha yup yup :) but only 3 days leave cause there rest of the days were weekends and chinese new year :) good right?

[EUGENE]

hahha ya!! i was so down having to start work after a loooooooong 10-days break!


OMG.. you are so fortunate! :hail:

[ffellie]

hehehe :)

hey eugene, did i see you at thaipan the other time?

[ffellie]

good morning all!!! :)

[Anne-Marie]

good morning! :)

[ffellie]

hi anne-marie!! :) you're back?

[Anne-Marie]

Hi felicia! Yup, came back early Sat morning.. how's everything going? :)

[ffellie]

hmm.. okay.. still little progress on the scrapping front! it's so hard to share a PC with 3 other sisters man....

[Anne-Marie]

Heehee... I can understand. :) Me hoping to do some scrapping too, but still unpacking, doing housework, following up on CHA work, preparing to go overseas.. haiz, think got no time liao!! :)

[ffellie]

oh ya, read on your blog that you'll be moving to germany.. temporarily right? i happen to teach a girl who just moved back from germany. and i also happened to have a colleague from germany..haha..anything you want to ask them?

[Anne-Marie]

Cool.. thanks for your help! If I think of anything, I'll ask you. :)

[ffellie]

oh man..so gonna miss the games you plan for crops..we only meet at crops! haha :p

[Anne-Marie]

Ya I know!!! I'm gonna miss our crops too, but dun worry, I'll be back SOON! :p

[ffellie]

hehe ok! :)

[Laradee]

Hi Anne

Just read your blog..... drooling over the photo you taken with Ali Edwards... my family thinks I am mad.... drooling over 2 girls... hahahaha.. I am a BIG FAN of AE............

And my fav pic is the shopping bags... OLD NAVY, TARGET, RL... oh... all my fav shops in USA. :becky:
I love taking pic of loot........ after the shopping day! Never fails to smile when i see others doing the same.

[elvi]

hello everyone!

Just popping in to say hi!! Came back on Sun but but have been catching up on lots of work and follow-up stuff after the CHA show, unpacking .... And of course, Lucas has been stuck to me like a Siamese twin and my hubby took the day off to spend time together.:)

Missed them heaps .... the winter show trip is always very long.... teared when i saw them at the airport when they came to pick me up!!! And of course, it was straight to eat all the chinese food i could get my hands on .... enough of steaks and burgers for me for a long time to come!!! :doh:

Popped by the store earlier today. Will see more of you in the coming days .... Miss all of you, mwl, everyone and everything in it!!!

It's good to be home!!!! :grouphug:

[elvi]

And yes...we'll most definitely miss Anne ...glad we got to go on this trip tog .... :becky:

But thanks to technology, we'll still be in touch all the time and she'll still be a part of mwl and working behind the scenes to help make mwl the best that it can beeeeee!!!! :becky:

[Anne-Marie]

Hi Anne

Just read your blog..... drooling over the photo you taken with Ali Edwards... my family thinks I am mad.... drooling over 2 girls... hahahaha.. I am a BIG FAN of AE............

And my fav pic is the shopping bags... OLD NAVY, TARGET, RL... oh... all my fav shops in USA. :becky:
I love taking pic of loot........ after the shopping day! Never fails to smile when i see others doing the same.

Hi Wendy!! :)

Yeah, I had a bit of a thrill "celebrity" hunting..heehee... :) Felt sooo paparazzi, IYKWIM. :becky:

The shopping (as you can see) was great! The other girls had their share too, after I left. I should go check out their loot! :becky:

[Laradee]

Hi Wendy!! :)

Yeah, I had a bit of a thrill "celebrity" hunting..heehee... :) Felt sooo paparazzi, IYKWIM. :becky:

The shopping (as you can see) was great! The other girls had their share too, after I left. I should go check out their loot! :becky:

Does it remind of our teenage days when we 'chase' idols........ hahahaha...
If I am in your place, i will be 'gawking' and snapping photos like crazy.. short of being a 'stalker"....LOL

[Anne-Marie]

And yes...we'll most definitely miss Anne ...glad we got to go on this trip tog .... :becky:

But thanks to technology, we'll still be in touch all the time and she'll still be a part of mwl and working behind the scenes to help make mwl the best that it can beeeeee!!!! :becky:

Definitely!!! Glad we got to go tog!!! :) And we got to know more of each other's quirkiness too! :)

[Cario]

hi anne (and elvi and the rest of the cha winter peeps),

glad you're all back safely and had fun SHOPPING!!!

sigh, i must wait my turn for chicago this summer.... :)

[Anne-Marie]

Hi Carol... I missed you girls!! :) How have you been??

You coming for Summer show? :)

[Avina]

Welcome back! Missed you guys!
Am so envious! I really really want to go to the states!

[elvi]

Definitely!!! Glad we got to go tog!!! :) And we got to know more of each other's quirkiness too! :)

Haha! Anne! You mean MY quirkiness. Yes! Yes!! I know the unclogging the drain of hair after showering ... keeping the sink area dry after use ...

Still having a good laugh at how we lived like fraternity guys the past week!!! :becky:

And to think we're mothers and wives back home!!!:doh:

[elvi]

Welcome back! Missed you guys!
Am so envious! I really really want to go to the states!

Missed you all too!!! Good to be home!:)

[adoncia]

Welcome back! Missed you guys!
Am so envious! I really really want to go to the states!

me too! i want to go to the states so badly!!!

[Laradee]

Good morning...... really quiet here these days! Everyone busy scrapping!

[ffellie]

ya loh......although the forum is rather quiet, the gallery is very productive! good morning!! :)

[Laradee]

Yes.. the gallery is super busy... within 1 day.. so many upload their LOs... very productive!

[Lena]

gd morning all n welcome back to "team usa"....hahaha!!!! sigh....wished i cld go too......

[Laradee]

Good morning! Wonder any New Arrivals tomorrow....... :becky: :becky: :becky:

[Avina]

I'm sure there will be!!

[Lena]

Good morning! Wonder any New Arrivals tomorrow....... :becky: :becky: :becky:
can't wait for new arr tomorrow, will be goin down to SHOP :cheer2: i've got the whole morning up till 3pm!!! making my shoppin list too. :becky:

[Avina]

Yeah! I hope I can go down too!

[ffellie]

hey avina, post call?

[Avina]

yups

[FabianY]

hi all. i'm still alive. Lia, i owe you money. :doh: how's everyone been?

[adoncia]

can't wait for new arr tomorrow, will be goin down to SHOP :cheer2: i've got the whole morning up till 3pm!!! making my shoppin list too. :becky:

so, tmr i can see you ya? hehe.. i am going down too! early!

hi all. i'm still alive. Lia, i owe you money. :doh: how's everyone been?

hi fab, it's has been a long time since i see you online? :noidea: how have you been? scrapping a lot?

[Lena]

[QUOTE=adoncia;38054]so, tmr i can see you ya? hehe.. i am going down too! early!
will u be bringing baby?? c u then....

[adoncia]

so, tmr i can see you ya? hehe.. i am going down too! early!
will u be bringing baby?? c u then....

nope. no baby. :D

[hweeface]

Hi all! Looking forward to tomorrow too. Not done anything scrap related in too long.

[Cario]

Hi Carol... I missed you girls!! :) How have you been??

You coming for Summer show? :)

no plans as yet -- hubby will be going to chicago for work in late june and i'm tagging along, hence my comments... :becky:

[Anne-Marie]

no plans as yet -- hubby will be going to chicago for work in late june and i'm tagging along, hence my comments... :becky:

Ooooh... that's great.. you'll be in the right place at the right time. :)

[ffellie]

mornin everyone!! :)

[Avina]

morning!

[ffellie]

how is every one doing? i must say i did have a rather busy weekend!

[Avina]

It was pretty good on the clearing front! Haha!
Have lots of stuff that I have forgotten about in my stash.

[luv2scrap]

Hi all! The forum's been rather quiet lately. Everyone busy scrapping?

[happy]

me not really...my room is so messy with baby toys, i can't scrap at all. still thinking of ways to scrap. trying to clear all the outstanding projects that i had made during the classes.

[luv2scrap]

Yes, yes, outstanding albums from classes. Tell me about them! I just finished my Caroline's Maya Road one. Am scrapping furiously these days. Did a couple of layouts last week too!

[Sharon K]

Hi all! The forum's been rather quiet lately. Everyone busy scrapping?

how I wish!
I'm busy at work leh... hardly visit forum... hope I did not miss out much...

[mly2906]

Not much scrapping but re-organised my papers, which is really good.
Work is pretty busy too and with school exams this week, I was quite tied up.

[ffellie]

i also love re-organising my supplies. so every time i have spare time, i would think i need to organise my supply before i start scrapping. but all my time is spent for organising because after organising no more time to scrap! :p

[hweeface]

Maybe you need organising solutions?

[Sharon K]

How do you normally organise your pp? I realised I've been buying and buying and don't really know how to organise them properly. At times, may even forget what I have bought and forgot to use them! Terrible isn't it?? :P

[mly2906]

I find it difficult to organise & remember what papers I have too!
That's why I keep taking them out & re-organising them! LOL!

Now, mine are mainly sorted by brands.
For the loose sheets, I sort out by "flower", "graphic", "distressed".

[Laradee]

i swear re-organizing and taking out my stash is REALLY theraputic for me... it has this pure calming thing on me... esp if I am too busy to scrap or too overwhelmed with demands.... then I just hide in 1 corner and just touch my stuff... re-order them.... wow... better than anything else?

Anyone understand what I mean or I am nuts? :doh:

[ffellie]

oh i so understand you wendy!! i love taking out my stuff and look at them and touch them! hahaha

[elvi]

Me too!!!! I so know what you all mean! Just looking at my scrap supplies gives me a calming effect... no need for diamonds!!! :becky: Diamonds are nice too but i could do without those .... scrap supplies are however a different matter!! Heehee!! Can't live without them!!!:doh:

[ffellie]

haha i'd actually trade diamonds with scrap supplies. there is no sense in spending so much on a rock (albeit pretty and sparkly) when you can spend on supplies!!! (ok i do love diamonds too..actually)

[luv2scrap]

Me too!!!! I so know what you all mean! Just looking at my scrap supplies gives me a calming effect... no need for diamonds!!! :becky: Diamonds are nice too but i could do without those .... scrap supplies are however a different matter!! Heehee!! Can't live without them!!!:doh:

Hey, Elvi, considering you have loads of scrap supplies at MWL and the warehouse, you must be one calm lady! :becky:

[ffellie]

susan, if the supplies are not yours you become hysterical rather than calm..hahaha :)

[elvi]

Yes, you got that right Felicia!! Seeing them at the warehouse and at the store is one thing... being able to buy them and have them at home with me is another!!!:becky:

It's the same with other stuff ...don't think a woman gets a kick out of looking at diamonds within her jewellery store as opposed to owning them and being able to bring them home and wear them everywhere.:becky:

Similarly for a guy, he can own a car dealership, but that doesn't mean he can drive off with any car he fancies!!!:becky:

[luv2scrap]

Felicia - spot on!!! Which explains Manic Thursdays with all the new arrivals. :becky:

[Sharon K]

Yes I totally agree that by looking at the pretty sb stash at home feels good :) BUT.... I also feel guilty coz have not been scrapping much and the stash just stack up week by week :P

[Lena]

Me too!!!! I so know what you all mean! Just looking at my scrap supplies gives me a calming effect... no need for diamonds!!! :becky: Diamonds are nice too but i could do without those .... scrap supplies are however a different matter!! Heehee!! Can't live without them!!!:doh:
so agree with u here, my dh wanted to get me a gift for my bday n guess wat i told him, give me money to shop for more scrap supplies!!!!:becky: had a gd time buying too!!!!

[Karen L]

so agree with u here, my dh wanted to get me a gift for my bday n guess wat i told him, give me money to shop for more scrap supplies!!!!:becky: had a gd time buying too!!!!

Best kind of gift for us scrapaholics! Made a similar request one year (can't remember whether for birthday or Christmas) and DH got me gift vouchers from MWL! :becky:

[adoncia]

the best time to ask for the best gift is during birthday. haha! this year, i am going to make my hubby give me cash instead! haha!

[Jasmine]

anyone saw the news tonite? scary eh.. abt the JI detainee tht escaped... hope he gets caught soon.. its really a scary thought.

wonder how he managed to escape... even scarier thought if its an inside job.

[Laradee]

anyone saw the news tonite? scary eh.. abt the JI detainee tht escaped... hope he gets caught soon.. its really a scary thought.

wonder how he managed to escape... even scarier thought if its an inside job.

Huh? How did that happen in Singapore? Hope he gets caught soon!

[mly2906]

Ya heard the news ... my job is related to anti-money laundering .... so this is terrorist thingy is pretty close to my heart. Having attended conferences on how these terrorist work, they are very resourceful & it's scary.

[Lena]

guess we've to be on our alert n really be more careful of our surroundings till he gets caught. he must be xtremely smart to hav escaped!!! pray dat he'll be caught soon.

[ffellie]

ya it's rather scary...

[ffellie]

hi all! :) is the blogspot server down or my workplace has decided to be smart and blocked blogspot?

[ffellie]

i think they are getting smart

[luv2scrap]

You should have seen the number of armed soldiers in the whitley/dunearn vicinity this morning. Scary!

[methedear]

found this website when looking for exercise for the primary school kids i tutor... http://oldschool.com.sg/ they've got mock papers for every level :D

[akira]

found this website when looking for exercise for the primary school kids i tutor... http://oldschool.com.sg/ they've got mock papers for every level :D

Hey thank you very much something that i can make use for my students too....:becky:

[Laradee]

Cool. Thanks for sharing!

[joleelyn]

ooo. just realised i'm missing out on my ang bao... haha
loves the butterflies on the new shipment of PP..!!

...

[Laradee]

ooo. just realised i'm missing out on my ang bao... haha
loves the butterflies on the new shipment of PP..!!

...

So, what did you buy? Butterflies from which range.

[Lena]

found this website when looking for exercise for the primary school kids i tutor... http://oldschool.com.sg/ they've got mock papers for every level :D
thks for sharing!!! will try it out with my kids.....:becky:

[hweeface]

Happy Leap Year everyone!

[joleelyn]

So, what did you buy? Butterflies from which range.

urm.. i didn't haha. i can't coz i'm in the uk. so all i can do is drool over it on the webbie..
hope and pray that they'll still be there when I come back. but i highly doubt it as it one month to go before i can go back to sg again.
didn't get to go to the store during cny coz they were closed anyways. *sad...

:doh:
but i love them all.... i love butterflies.=)

[elvi]

Hey Jolyn!

As promised, your ang bao has been kept for you since you've been away studying hard but still remain emotionally tied to us!!! You can use the vouchers for Mar, Apr and May '08.:becky:

[joleelyn]

Hey Jolyn!

As promised, your ang bao has been kept for you since you've been away studying hard but still remain emotionally tied to us!!! You can use the vouchers for Mar, Apr and May '08.:becky:

omg..! u are the best!!
thanks!!
..
i'll be back on the 26thmar. *grins.