It's Mid~Week

it's already the 27th day of February! last Wednesday for this month and ahhh...finally, in 2 days, a Leap Year! :D know anyone born on this date? i don't... but i wonder what it feels like not having the date to celebrate a birthday? but i think it's what makes one Unique!

Vintage Living ~ Part 2
sharing pieces that we have lying around the house *wink*
in this case, just outside our home!
an old Singer sewing machine :)

i already told Ron i want that mini
Chinese medicine drawers for my Scrap area :D

Antique Steel Luggage
i'd lug this around if we're travelling but...NOT!

sometimes having all these beautiful pieces that we've collected, i wonder who the first owners were. these are things that's been places and lived with people in the past. things that last and hold Dear Memories. it's amazing isn't it?

Fave Shot ~ Wednesday
doing her homework.
she's got neat handwriting :D

Japanese Lunch
met my friends for lunch and i had this...
TomYum Beef Ramen

Teriyaki Chicken

L had Sushi BentoCool Iced Japanese Green Tea
errr...honestly, it's pretty
tasteless without any sugar! *cheeky grin*

A Gift
altered this tin for a friend :) hope this will at least Cheer her up at least a little bit. i'll fill in some Goodies in there too. it's just nice to make someone Happy :) *Hugs* to you Dear!

and on that note, i'd like to send Happy Wishes to Everyone! i've been affected by a show i watched and i'm always Thankful and Grateful for the little things. i may have to work on being much more Grateful even when my 3yr old drives me nuts on a daily basis...the 3 minutes advice from SuperNanny doesn't work. he would tell me he has, "3 minutes ok?" !!! *pulls hair*

but how cute is that when all these moments will pass... and i will miss it all! so words we often use on our scrapbook pages comes in, Cherish, Live, Laugh, Enjoy and Love! i've come to terms with a "Nevermind" attitude on my part.

Nevermind, it's ok if they play with their toys and make a mess.
i bought them the toys. what's the point of not letting them play with them?
mess, it can be picked up and kept again and again.

Nevermind, it's ok if you fall. you will get up again. you will be fine and after a while you will forget about it. a hug and a kiss does wonders!

Nevermind, let people who are ignorant stare at us just because one child is having a tantrum =>Anis...<= although i dislike it when they give you a dirty look like telling you to discipline your child or something!!! grrr... anyhoo, i sympathise with parents having a tantrumy child. or a little baby crying endlessly on public transport. yes, sometimes a child's tantrum may be out of hand but we don't really know the truth. does that child have Autism? ADHD? practise patience, it teaches you to be patient :)

so lastly, nothing beats than having Good News from my daughter telling me she had Top Marks for English in class! Yayy! and also got a call from Modelling Agency that Aneesa might be needed for Fashion Week coming up in April! typical Mum here says, "Oh...that's great!" we'll be having CatWalk lessons every weekend now... practise! practise! :D

today is one of those days when i blog a little too long! hehehe... pardon et moi! but i am enjoying the process of making friends through this, near and far and learning that it's true, we can be the same in some ways. only in different spots of the world map *wink*

Thank You! for spending your precious time just to pop in :)

Vintage Living

Ron and i are Lovers of Old Things :) and growing old ourselves, we Love each other too...hehehe! we enjoy having our friends over and many of you who've been to my place know how we live. some would even phrase it like a "Museum" which sounds Cool but really, it's a home mixed with old and new. can't have old bathrooms *yikes* but we've got a number of knick knacks mostly collected since we were young! we're meant to be with each other? *wink*

Ron loves scouring for antique pieces and...this would be a VERY long post if i start "showing off" what we've got. some friends said our home is worth alot just having all the good old stuff in it :D we're just Thankful and Happy to have a home :)

so here you're seeing our teakwood flooring which covers our whole house besides the entrance and our kitchen. these ceramic tiles are truly ancient! when Ron used to work @ Alkaff Mansion, they did some renovation to the mansion and took out some of the old tiles. he asked if he could have them and how great that we have a piece of History in our home :)

Short History of Alkaff Mansion
The Alkaff Mansion is located at Telok Blangah Green encompassing an area of 780 square metres and overlooking a beautiful park of 19 hectares with the sea down below. Thus the Mansion commands a panoramic view.

The Mansion was owned by the Alkaff family whose ancestors arrived in Singapore from Indonesia in 1852; the first to come was Shaik bin Abdul Rahman. The Alkaffs were great traders who had a lucrative business between India and Indonesia in spices, coffee and sugar. Later the Alkaffs were also involved in property business.

The Alkaff Mansion was built by Syed Abdul Rahman Alkaff who came to Singapore from Yemen. Located on Bukit Jagoh (the old name for Telok Blangah Green), the Alkaff Mansion ws built primarily as a retreat for the Alkaff family and also to entertain their numerous clients and guests of different races. Sometimes the hill was referred to as Mount Washington by the American guests who were entertained there by the Alkaffs. Not only a variety of food was served to their guests but entertainment with floor shows and music was provided in the terraces of the Mansion.

It is not clear why the Alkaff Mansion was abandoned after World War II and the Mansion went into a state of disrepair. In 1986 the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board became interested in the Mansion and awarded the restoration of this unique Mansion to Hotel Properties Limited to restore the past glory of the Mansion into a restaurant and yet retaining the old world charm of the Alkaffs.

Alkaff Mansion was where Ron was headhunted to work at and if you've been up there, the Gardens and landscape was maintained by him. although it's been years since it closed down and Ron doesn't maintain it anymore. beautiful place, a gorgeous historical site in Singapore :)

*here are white orchids which my husband will get for me every time he's in town and to decorate our simple home. fresh flowers ONLY allowed *wink* can you see the antique glass lamp shade on the background? they're cute :)

old tiffins for display and an old water filter. not sure why those batteries are there! hehe... we also collect old soda bottles :)

so those are just a few of what we've got. will take more shots and perhaps some stuff we've got might bring you down Memory Lane :)

Happenings
it's been a lovely day :) met some friends for lunch and Aysha & her friends came and join us too. pretty hard to stay longer as our kids need to be fetched by 5pm. but the 2 hours we've got is ample time to laugh at ourselves and catching up. we even managed to pop by Lina's and Thanks for letting us in! hehe...

Thanks for the ride home Jenn & Ed :) i was a little late fetching my Little Ones but that doesn't happen very often *i hope not* got home, settled kids, sorted out some stuff, made a grocery list for Ron and let me show you what's hanging above my scrapping area...

Ron used to go for Bike Races ala Lance Armstrong...


he was in JB, our neighbouring country Malaysia and got us these...Yummy!
these aren't available here :(



spent our evening watching them. the auditions are fun to watch. can't understand why those who can't sing gets really upset when they're rejected? i'm sure they're good @ other areas besides singing. but this is good and fun entertainment :)

it was a Good Thursday :) hope yours was good too!