I have neglected my blog, no excuses :)

A little update on that finger ...... there's still a little swelling that just wont't go away :( When I try to bend or straighten it, its painful. Gave up on the doctors ! Just letting it slowly slowly heal by itself :)

Haven't been stitching much. All the WIPs are still WIPs :) but I did stitch for two exchanges :)

Fair & Square Round #18

from Darla(no blog) to me



from me to Darla

So often we read of missing exchanges but I never knew that it will happen to me :( My first pin pillow from Becky's exchange didn't make it here. Brenda (no blog) my partner was very sweet and stitched me a replacement as soon as she knew and this one found it's way here :) I am so lucky !

Can't find pic of the pillow I stitched for my partner Carla. Did I actually took a pic of it before sending it out ? LOL. Anyway will post later when I find it :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your kind comments. Happy Stitching.

Bad 2 weeks for me :(

It has been horrible the past two weeks :(

Have a bad bad swell on my left middle finger. Saw a doctor and he said it was an infection under the skin just right at the base of the nail. Gave me antibiotics to take and a cream to apply. Two weeks already and the swell is still there ! Scary !

A simple task like holding a cup is not easy ! The more I try to protect it, the more it go banged into something. LOL

Yes, work is piling up, both home and office but I managed to stitch a little for my exchange partner. hehehe

Going to see the doctor again tonight coz it's not looking good today. The pus is out but it's starting to turn a little bit black. Hope it's not serious !

Thank you for stopping by. Wish you have a nice week ahead.

Home Sweet Home

I'm back and have lots of blog catching up to do :)

The short break was great !! Will be planning for more short trips. LOL
Now it's back to work, same old routine :)

Haven't sorted out the photos yet, maybe one day......... :)

Thank you for stopping by. Don't forget to switch off for tomorrow's Earth Hour :)

I'm Sick !!

Here I am, ready for my holiday and what did I catch ? The dreaded flu bug !!

Couging started only last night and seems like it's getting worse :( Hope the coughing won't disturb other passengers on the plane tonight.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

Busy Busy and Holiday !!

Have been very busy at work lately :( No time to blog or stitch. Clearing as much work as possible coz going to visit my sister in AUSTRALIA !!!! :)

I'm sooooo excited ! It's been almost thirteen years since she got married and settled down in Australia and me saying I will visit her one of these days. LOL At last it has come true !

School holidays start this Friday evening so I've booked us on the evening flight on the A380 ! Yoohoo !

Thank you for stopping by. Hope to see you here again .... when I next update. LOL

A Sad Day

Today we bid farewell to Tok (grandpa) :( who will be missed very very much.

Goodbye Tok, may you find peace and be re-united with WerWer.

A giveaway

Just found out there's a great giveaway at Sarah's blog. Go take a peek at the wonderful goodies :)

1st exchange of 2010

This is my first beautiful squares from the Fair & Square Exchange. Can you guess who my partner is :)

Thank you Lenna. I especially love the cute little birds !




Thank you for stopping by. Have a great stitching time !

Back to work

After a long weekend/CNY holiday break, it's back to work.

As usual, we went CNY visiting to my mom's house on the second day. This is a tradition passed down many years as the first day is 'reserved' for the sons. kekekeke

My second sister wasn't there this year as she was sick and didn't want to pass any infection to my dad since he just recovered.

This year we didn't go visiting relatives during CNY :(
First, youngest daughter was sick on the eve and then on the third day, it was eldest daughter :(

Everything is back to normal now.

Three days of holidays with one day off from work and I only managed to partial finish an exchange ! Where did all the time go ???? LOL

February already !

Wow ! It's already the end of the first week of February !! Where did January go ? LOL

I've been busy :) One exchange all stitched up and ready to go. Also started on my WIPs which I left behind during my father's stay in hospital. Hope to finish them by this year *keeping fingers crossed* :)

Another week and it's the Chinese New Year long holidays ! My marketing for the reunion dinner is almost done. Now to 'hide' in my room and prepare the ang pow (red packets). hehehe

Thank you for stopping by. I really appreciate your visits. Have a lovely weekend.

Home at last :)

Home Sweet Home !! Father was finally discharged from the hospital this morning :) Yay !!

He was so reluctant to come home because the nurses pamper him during his stay. LOL
Still has to go for rehab twice a week to learn how to walk again but we are all glad that he is home. Hope he will be able to walk again very soon !!

At last, I can start stitching and get back to 'normal' again :)

Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend :)

The Sisterhood

The Sisterhood is ready to move again :)

Hurry over to Carol's blog if you are interested ;>

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day !

A Piece of Wonderful News !!

My first post of 2010 and I have just received some very good news !!!

Shazana, my third daughter who sat for her 'O' levels last year, just received a call from her school principal telling her that she is one of the top three Malay students in Singapore !!!!!!!!

I'm soooooo over the moon excited and happy for her !!!!

Well done, Shazana !!! Mummy is so very very proud of you :)

And the local newspapers just called and interview me !! WOW !! :)

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great week ahead :)

Here's Wishing You A Happy ......

Wishing you ....

.........MERRY CHRSTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS !




Have not been updating coz was very busy running in and out of hospital due to my father's illness. He's slowly getting better but has a long long way before he can come home.


Two lovely stitched pieces came in the mail to cheer me up :)

First, look at this pretty needlebook I won in Mylene's giveaway sometime in Nov. Mylene did a great job and her finishing is super ! Thank you, Mylene !

Front

Back

Inside

My final exchange for this year in TTE, Too. Thank you Jenna for the lovely humbug !

Thank you for stopping by. May your holiday season be blessed with peace, love, health and joy :)

Update on my father

Thank you all for your prayers. We really need them.

He's drifting in and out of sleep.
We don't know when he's awake or asleep coz his eyes are always closed. Doctor says its due to the medication they are giving him and also because he had a brain op and swelling in the brain.
When he's awake he can be quite 'chatty', that's a good sign :)
But, now the doctor told us that he has dengue !! We really don't know where he got bitten by that dreaded mosquito !

Now we can only pray that his platelet count doesn't drop to a low level :(

Father in ICU

My father is in ICU now. Blood clot in the brain after his surgery on Thursday :(

He was OK when we visited the past two days :(

Please please please don't let anything happen to him :(

Gorgeous Box giveaway

This is a gorgeous and lovely end-of-the-year giveaway from Angela that I know many of you will want to win including me too ! LOL

Visit her blog Hooked On Stitches to enter. You may be the lucky one !

Thank you for stopping by !

Another giveaway

Announcing another blogoversary giveaway :)

Robin is celebrating her third blogoversary with a fantastic giveaway ! Check out her blog and take a peek at the stash :)

Good luck !

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great week ahead !

Fall Squares received

Beautiful and neat Fall squares from the F&S exchange.

Heidi stitched this beautiful 'Once Upon a Tree: Fall' from the annual Halloween 2009 issue of JCS magazine. Pretty, right :)





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