a beary post...

do you know what bear is this?


for those who don't, -_-'''

this, my friend, is forever friends bear! it's like the cutest, cuddliest, most irresistible toy bear in the world! but how come so few ppl know abt it?

every month, i'll download a forever friends monthly calendar from their website to serve as my laptop wallpaper. everyone knows this because normally i'm the one who has to take minutes during meetings and my laptop screen will be flashed onto the projector as i type out the minutes.

one day, we were planning for something and was discussing abt the dates, when bossbossboss asked me to minimize my word doc so that we can see the calendar. she said, "show your carebears calendar. that is big and easier to see." CAREBEARS???

another time, a colleague just happened to come by my work station. suddenly she said, "wah, your honey bear so cute ler!" i was like, "huh, what honey bear?" took me a while before i realized that she's referring to my screen! HONEY BEAR???

is it me, or some ppl just can't differentiate bears? i mean, even if you've never heard of forever friends, at least u can tell apart the different kinds of bears, right? ok, at least the basic ones like the grizzly/brown bear, the black bear, polar bear, honey/sun bear, giant panda bear, koala bear, right? right??

and just so you know, the koala is not a bear. got u there, didn't i? hehe... anyway, how can anyone anyone mistaken forever friends bear with a honey bear? honey bear, or better known as the sun bear, is black or dark brown in colour, nothing near the forever friends bear colour at all! *rolls eyes*

now, where was i? oh yeah, forever friends bear... i have 2 forever friends, 1 fake and 1 authentic.

a graduation gift from housemate M's mom...

valentine's day gift from the then bf...

at the sole of one of the bear's foot...

another fav bear of mine is the "me to you" bear. they're so dem cute!!! but not so their price... i think they're more expensive than ff bears! %!@%#&*^%^@

don't u just love their kesian expression and the stitched up patches?
no, this is not mine. i just copied this pic off the internet...

hmm... wonder who will be the next person to present me with a bear?

another crocheted wrist bag...

was at ampang park sometime last month for lunch and went to browse around at Haby & Wools. that was when i found out that the yarn i used to make N's wristlet will be discontinued and the stock that they have there will be their last. so in a fit of panic, i bought a few more skeins in various colours for my stock...

at home, as i was organising my yarn stock, i realized that i've been making so many stuff, but none of them were for MYSELF! hmp!! how can??? so i decided to crochet a wristlet for myself... in sweet pink!

all these while, whenever i go for lunch on working days, i'll be using a drawstring pouch that was a hand-me-down from the previous gal whose position i took over. so pathetic, right?

a very handy drawstring bag for a quick jaunt to lunch...

a lot of times, when i go out for lunch with my clgs or bosses, they will recognize this pouch and say things like: "that looks familiar..." or "isn't that LG's bag?" not that i'm ashamed of it or anything. why wanna waste a perfectly serviceable bag just because it's a hand-me-down, right? so whenever someone mentions abt this pouch, i'd proudly say, "yes! she left it for me, like how she left her job here for me!" or "yeah, i brought it home, gave it a good washing and it's as good as new!"

anyway, here's the wristlet that i've made for myself. exactly the same as the one i did for N, only in pink.

mine! mine!

oh yeah, i bought some purple yarns from haby & wools too, hoping to make something for a certain someone who simply loves all things purple! in fact, i've started making something with those yarns, but later found out that the paterns are too complicated for my level. argh!!! i can't make head or tail of the instructions! so frustrating... and so, had to abandon the purple project until i find something else that i can make, and to "that certain someone who simply loves all things purple", guess your suprise package will have to wait... sorry!

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some updates on chewie...

received some photo updates from nicole, chewie's current owner... gosh, she's grown so much! i thought when i sent her to nic, she's grown to her full size at 1 year old. but looks like i was wrong. as nic put it, "it's either she kept on growing or we're feeding her too much!" and her fur has changed colour somewhat, esp the top part of her head. she looks like a blonde lady now! hahaha... but i think the rest of her body has turned a darker brown, instead of the buff from her baby days.

she's sporting much longer fur too...

from this angle, she looks like she has a head full of white hair! so weird, like an old lady...

going thru the hand-hand trick... actually nic was just trying to bribe her to sit still for a photo!

with current owner, nicole!

compare her with when she was just a wee baby! so botak last time, right? hehe...

my fav photo of her... i'll always remember the day i brought her home...

gosh, i miss her so SO so much! :'(

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earth day 2009

did you know that tomorrow's earth day? yeah, now u know: TOMORROW IS EARTH DAY. YW told me this morning that everyone in her company will be wearing green tmr. so happening hor? must be all youngsters... keke...

anyway, taking the cue from YW's colleagues, i've also campaigned in my office (just my side of the floor and also on facebook and msn lar) to wear green tomorrow to spread the awareness. dunno how effective my campaign is lar... we'll see tmr lor!

my "green effort" for today:
1) brought homemade sandwiches to work in a square bread container
2) came back from shopping during lunch hour at KLCC without any plastic bag!
3) mentioned to housemate P this morning that her letting the water run while brushing her teeth is a very bad habit. she's promised to change

so what are your "green effort" today?

more crocheted baby shoes...

these are for an order by another colleague, for a set of twins belonging to her friend. blue for the boy and pink for the girl...

actually i've completed crocheting these quite some time ago, just too lazy to sew in the buttons. finally, after a few prompts from the said colleague, i managed to sew it at 1am this morning... hehe...

the twins are not exactly babies anymore... more like active 1.5 year old toddlers.
so clg have requested for the soles to be in grey


hopefully the size is right lar... coz i just agak-agak based on the measurements given by clg

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my new workstation...

as mentioned, there were some reshuffling in the office and i had to move from my big and spacious cubicle to a small and normal work station...

anyway, have settled in and organized my stuff as best i can in the cramped space. so here are some photos...

work station with a view ler! dun play-play! so now i'm officially
the "weather girl" in the office, coz anyone who wanna know abt the weather
or the traffic situation, they'll just need to holler at me for a "weather report"

the place in front of me is for my intern.
bossboss: "see, u die-die also want a proper workstation
for ur intern, so now ur own place became so cramped."

message to N: see that white board on the wall there?
still waiting for my felt cloth magnets ler... :P

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