CNY Homemade Lantern...

Happy牛Year!
Want to make lanterns to decorate your own house??
Easy!
Just follow the steps below...1st, u need 3 packets of angpao(the medium sized type) / 30 angpaos...

2nd, you need lots of staples and a stapler...

Ok, lets start...

Fold the andpao into half... Makesure u press both of the ends (important)

Then, open it... Fold into half again but the other way... Press both ends again...

Now, u have 4 pressed marks...

Fold as above, mark to mark...

Until like that...

Continue to fold until all 30 angpaos are done...

Take 2 angpaos and connect them as above.... triangle to triangle...

Then staple them together at the folded line... (not anywhere above or below the line)

When 5 angpaos are stapled together as above, u are on the right track...

Continue connect all the angpaos until u get a ball shaped lantern...

If u want it to be durian shaped, leave it...

If u want spherical shaped(团圆), u are not done!!!

Fold the sharp ends as above.... staple them together...

U will get something like that....

Continue to staple them up until u get a round lantern!!!

Add strings to it and u can hang them at home for decorations~

Happy making!!! ^v^

See how bored am i at home....

After reading 5L blogs, i so wana meet them....

Every word they wrote touches my heart, and my eyes are wet, but i am laughing....

I am so very lucky to be one of them... (Fortunately there is 'L' in my name)

If not, it will be 4L...

I am so thankful that i went to usj8 school, i can speak mandarin, i am lame...

But, besides lame, what am i??

They don't seem to know me very much.... coz...

I used to keep everything to myself...

Everything is ok to me, and i can overcome it (or think i can do it myself)

I won't hang on the phone for hours (coz my mum will scream at me)

and secrets remain as secrets to me....

I hear stories from them, which gave me life (borrow stories and imagine)

I listen a lot, think a lot, but i don't have stories to share...

When i feel that i am out, i say anything that blurts out of my mind...

That is y they say i am lame, cold... the Ice Queen... swt...

However, i like the feel with them...

Many things to hear, coz they just talk anything that is under the sky....

This saturday, will we meet again??

old?new? or still...

Ok, somebody called me aunty...
Maybe becoz of my too-long-aunty hair fringe
I straight away went home to cut my hair...

Nice? Can see the difference??

I felt much better after that...

My new easier-to-control hairstyle....

Then i thought a lot about myself....

When i was a young girl, i was very scared of the crowd...

I don't like talking to other ppl...

I was so straight, means u ask me do this, i will do it, without thinking...

There was once, in a supermaket, i followed my mum to the toilet...

She asked me to wait at the 1st toilet room, wait for the ppl inside to come out...

Then my mum went to another door to wait...

The door my mum waited opened 1st...

and she went in...

I was still waiting... I was in an 'emergency'...

I don't know wat is the fella doing inside... super long...

The 2nd, 3rd door were opened, but i was so 'straight' that i 'loyally' waited for the 1st door, and let other ppl to enter the other doors....

My mum came out and sort of scolded me... "Y still waiting for this door?? change la!"

That was me...

Straight, Stupid, not flexible, timid, scared of strangers.....

Now, thinking about it, i am still a bit like tat....

Not really scared of strangers that much anymore, but still straight...

My brother always says that i am smart in studies only, in real life, i sux....

always care too much about the wrong things... like other ppl's opinions...

ppl say wat, i believe and follow...

Understand wat i mean??

But at least i am firm with a few of my own principles....

I am not smart in life, and i know it...

I have to prepare a daily plan beforehand and follow it strictly...

If not, i will waste my 24-hours doing useless stuff...

Now, i am learning to think fast, go with the flow, be flexible...

But i find it difficult...

Coz i end up screwing it...

Anyhow, i learnt a lot....

Last time, i always imagine things be4 it happened...

So, when it happened, i don't feel happy or anything...

Coz all r expected to happen...

Now, I don't expect anything.... Just try my best...

When smt bad happened, I view it as a test from God and overcome it in the right way...

On the contrary, when smt good is bestowed upon me, i really felt the happiness....

At least now, i know what i want and will strive to achieve smt positive....
Like how i know how to cut my own hair....
hahahahaha ^v^

i agree~

"We cannot segregate the human heart from the environment outside us and say that once one of these is reformed everything will be improved. Man is organic with the world. His inner life moulds the environment and is itself also deeply affected by it... We need a change of heart, a reframing of all our conceptions and a new orientation of our activities. The inward life of man as well as his outward environment have to be reshaped..." Shoghi Effendi

violet... oh, violet....

When I introduce myself, many people often ask:
"What is the meaning of your name?"

Erm, I am not so sure, but its a type of colour and flower...

To understand my name better, I googled my name..... haha....

VIOLET
It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "purple".
One of the earliest flower names, first used in the 1830s.
The meaning of Violet flowers is unassuming and humble.

Violet is the color of purpose. Violet is associated with the Crown chakra. This chakra is the main co-oridination center of the body and ensures you are connected to universal sources of energy.

Violet is a combination of blue and red.
Red is a focusing, dynamic and active energy while blue is cooling, calming and expansive.
Violet brings a new dynamic to the expansion of blue and the activity of red. Red brings practicality to the undirected expansiveness of the blue, and allows more creative energy to emerge.
For this reason, violet is associated with imagination and inspiration.

Violet gemstones are associated with mysticism and purification. They are used for meditation and to sharpen psychic awareness, connection with higher self, and to increase imagination and inspiration.

May Babies:
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Shy towards opposite sex. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves travelling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High-spirited.


5月28日
太阳?魔术师〕代表人物：王赣章（中国核子之父） 非常有创意力，喜欢不断创新；活力充沛，有许多新奇的想法，而且能够付诸实现； 具有很好的沟通能力，兴趣广泛，不断求变。 优点是富创意，具独特的见解，聪明而口才好。 缺点是自我中心，缺乏耐性；同时进行的事情太多，无法收尾。

Some i agree, some i don't agree....
What do u all think??


Yesterday i watched Eagle Eye(Shia La Beouf) and Connected保持通话 (古天乐）。
So exciting and inspiring....
Really worth watching... ^v^

Miscellaneous~ .'.a long post...

Long time no update....
Once update, it is a long, long, long post............



WAIT~
Please read from the bottom of this post.....
All my stories start from the bottom to the top.... hehe ^v^

So, scroll down now..... until the very bottom...





Latest progress...
1st achievement of the year...
Jiek Hui, Wilson, Wei Han, and Ming Xuan have completed Ruhi Book 3....
the future children's class teachers...
Thanx Charmaine...

Happy 2009 again....
Hope that everyone has a prosperous, healthy and happy year ahead....
World peace yo~

My cousin sister playing with tat thingi....

And my brother...

My dad....

My mum...

My brother and my cousin bro, Yong King....

Nice champagne.... grape flavour.... to celebrate the very 1st minute of 2009....

Wow! Happy NewYear!!! Happy 2009!!!

His sister, Carmen, very smart... got 7As for UPSR...

and she dislikes chocolates..... weird eh??

He is so adorable.... every year, so many people celebrate for him.....

31st of dec.... last day of 2008....

My cousin's birthday.... Charles Eng....

So happy.....

Coz he did not study hard enough to expect anything....

Few months be4 PMR, say still got lotz of time, later forget all...

Few weeks be4 PMR, say too little time, dono where to start from, no time adi....

So many excuses....

But... really blessed to get that result...

30th of dec.... PMR results out!!!

My brother went basketball early in the morning with his friends, then walked to school to receive his result at 11am....

I can see he is a bit worried when all his friends have taken their results and have many As...

Then, he shouted!!!

7As!!!....

aiyo... 1B for chinese.....

27th and 28th of dec... International Regional Conference in KL....

More than 3,300 Baha'is meet...

Such a huge and meaningful gathering to answer the call from Universal House of Justice....

So many ppl and activities... too busy to take pics..... haha....

So much jelly... this one special, got shapes and fruits in it....

Most of them brought jelly=agar-agar.... luckily my mum prepared meehoon, curry chicken, rice, cucumber..... chee peng oso brought some 'hor fan'...

Potluck dinner..... I think this is the best food.... Cupcakes made by jolene.... Thanx jolene.... so lovely....

Xiong Bing, Yet Han, Park Boon and Chee Peng chatting with Jun5 via msn.... can't stop playing and laughing...

Jolene, MeiFoong, Ching Yee, Wen Chooi, Wooi Joe, Yen Hsian, Siew Fan and Amanda are there too....

On the 26th of dec (friday), 6A gathering at my house.....

Unfortunately, the teachers can't make it..... only 13 of us reunion....

Qazin, me and Vincent... the pengacau...
Really love to be with them......

Together we study 'Drawing on the Power of the Word'...

we discussed about spiritual & material education, unity, service, greediness, words+actions, humility.........

Each participant has to make this during art and craft session....

Really admire their creativity....

They put their hearts and souls into every single detail...

Qazin......

He is going to pioneer in Cambodia on the 7th of Jan til 14 April....

All d best man....

The Service group's "Youth Declaration"..... written & signed by their own hands...

Hope that they really carry out their missions to accomplish the goal....

My brother, haha...acting as a blind person....

A very meaningful station game.....

Everyone has a disability (blind, dumb+deaf, no hand, joined-bodied twins), thus they have to cooperate as a group to complete all the missions.....

Our table for the 5 days camp... Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner....

I just love the 口号- slogan of this group... Inovative, meaningful and so chinese.....

(Yong Chien, Shen Kai, Jin Chen, Qazin, Vincent, me, Sing Yee, Leva, Ming Hui, and Mei Loon)

Service~

It has a very deep meaning.....Easy to say, hard to accomplish...

Ah Keat can't make it for the 1st 3 days, so me and Sing Yee animate this group - 'The Service Group'.... (too bad Siew Yen can't join us during the 1st day...)

My brother and i slept for few hours, then rushed to Balakong -Yan Kee Leong Baha'i Institute... Chinese Youth Camp... 20th to 24th of dec...

Last day, finally back to Malaysia, but tyre punctured on the way home from airport....Haiz... test and difficulties....

Reached home around 3am in the morning.... so tired~

The famous Blue Mosque~

so pink.....

Me, walking with a balloon in hand, on the path of.... dono... somewhere in Istanbul...

Some famous food in Istanbul... filled with cheese.... very nice!!!

A tiny little part of Istanbul, Turkey....

The taxi there are spelled as 'TAKSI'...

Turkish food.... eggs, bread, cucumber, tomato, yogourt, ham, and lotz of CHEESE...

My mum started to hate those dishes after 2 days.....

My funny brother... this is the bus - Aeroline we sat from Sunway to Singapore directly... 5hrs ride...

Ok, it all started from the beginning of December 2008...