Mummy I love you!

Its been 20 years and i still miss her.

GrandMa's Birthday!

Last weekend, we had a great celebration for my lovely Grandma's birthday..As kids we were always excited during her birthday coz it meant lots of good food and fun time with my cousins!

As we grew up, the tradition didnt change, we will all gather for Grandma's birthday and now its the kids that are running wild, while the adults will chat and catch up..As the year goes, our family grew larger and larger!

I pray for Grandma's health and wish she would be happy everyday!

Me & Grandma on Brenda's DSLR

I love you ah ma!

My cousins and the little ones!

Many Happy Returns!

Collection 3: My Favourite Pieces!

Collection 3 is launched after so many "burnt" nights, headaches and backaches!!

Below is my personal favourite pieces and i almost want to keep them all for myself!

Do show us some love by sharing our blogshop link with your pals! MUACKS!

What Money Cannot Buy

Money will buy:

• A bed but not sleep
• Food but not appetite
• A house but not a home
• A cross but not a Saviour
• A church pew but not heaven

I definitely need more sleep, more money & more customers!

End Note: The contented person is never poor, the discontented is never rich. How true..

(Extracted from a booklet: What Can i do with my worry)

Little Miss Perfect

I wish i was..Little Miss Perfect..But Im not. Yet.

Recently a million things happened at a rate that i can't take in fast enough..First it was starting up our blogshop and vesting all our energies into making it work. Highs and lows in a single day is rather common and making decisions that can affect the investment is such a thrilling experience!

Apart from that, i took a really big step. 

I now model for On Cloud Nine which invariably means letting the whole see & judge the imperfect Regina.

Syeo says the opinion of those who doesnt matter doesnt MATTER!

Its true but somehow me the faint-hearted girl who has loads of insecurites is feeling butterflies in my tum tum. When our collection 3 was launched, i felt my heart thumping hard and mind filled with "what ifs" and i can only pray that i made the right decision.

Well back to Little Miss Perfect training, perhaps one day i can be one. Till that day, im still the same girl and i know somehow, it will all be well.

Pic from Flickr

A photo i liked from Dawn's blogshop..I will like to thank Dawn, Jiaming & Min for their help in making it such a fun session and my partner Lynn for painstaking ensuring the pics turned out great! Finger crossed on the response! Hope i dun get rotten eggs! If you havent check out my shop yet, please lend your support by visiting http://www.oncloudnine.biz/ now!

I found a new job! (but am still keeping the existing one)

Hello You! Sorry for the lack of updates here but i have been really really really busy, with all my weekends burnt for a good cause.

Yes. So you heard. Lynn & I started a new blogshop known as ON Cloud Nine.

I'm loving my new startup, it is a dream come true for both of us! Sometimes i cant even believe how we made it happen in 2 weeks. Its sorta like the best job anyone can ever have (or the worst one, keke)..I get to think of creative marketing ideas and put what i have learnt in Uni to good use too (although im already pretty rusty but it reminded me how much i enjoyed marketing classes). Making calculated risks, managing our tiny budget and of coz fun activities in the midst of it.


It's a daunting task yes, scary & worrysome to the core. It is true that there are so many things that i dun know or understand or neva thought of before. Because of this venture, im forced to think & retink & innovate..i do enjoy such moments (provided it doesnt leave me with a blistering headache). I pray that our hard work will pay off and thank God for this great experience..

Oh before i forget, i wana take this opportunity to thank Min, our little sis for her help with modeling our apparels & being sweet & accomodating to us!!MUACKS!

Well, in case you havent seen it yet, here is some of what we offer @ our shop:

Our maiden launch!

My favourite pieces in collection 1:

Ruffled leatherette jacket (avail in black & offwhite) that im so tempted to steal!

Sailor parader tee: Casual, Chic & Comfy!

My dear friends, please lend us any support you can give by sharing our blogshop with your girlfriends and give us any feedback or suggestions! Meanwhile, Lynn & I will be slogging our asses off to take our shop to the next level! Stay tuned...


Love Always,
Regina

Keeping the Elephants Away??

With whole new loads of fresh worries coming into my system daily, i had to find a way to deal with them before i die of stress. Funny how life gives you hints when you are searching for answers. I found mine in a small booklet, while shopping in an unexpected place.

Did you know that worrying is paying interest in troubles that may never come due? If you are good at math, you should know overly worrying about things doesnt do you any good.

Here's a good story on worrying:

A man was sitting on a park bench shredding old newspapers and spreading them around. "What are you doing?" asked a bystander. "Im spreading this paper around to keep the elephants away." The visitor looked around the well kept city park. "I dont see any elephants" he said. The man smiled "Works pretty good doesnt it," he replied.

Worry is like that. We expend alot of energy on problems that don't exist. Yes we all face real problems but we often create additional ones by thinking of all the bad things that might happen but never do.

If you are guilty of this too, know this: Worry superimposes the future on the present. Therefore do not worry about tommorrow for tommorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
(Extracted from a liitle booklet "What Can i do with my worry?")

GEDDIT? So stop being silly by tearing up papers and spreading them around!!

End Note: PMS excluded

Pic from here

Interesting Ads!!

Right now im racking my brains on how we can promote our new blogshop to boost the traffic & sales... We are having an ad appearing in a magazine soon so my creative & marketing hat is now ON(very dusty one of coz)

I've always fancy creative advertisements with a little humour or those that lets your imagination do the work, the kind that stops short of telling you what its selling but make you realise in a clever way!

Here are some ingenious ads that i love:

WMF Knives: Cutting Board (one of my fav!)

Burger King: Real Big Burgers (wahahaha, good one!)

Lancome: Mascara Ad ( i think this is damn good!)

Pepsi: Come Alive (Poor snowman..)

Seiko Alarm Clock (Imagine that!)

Source

More interesting print ads..
Bad Breath?

If straws have choices..

I think this is a really good ad, makes people rethink about germs!

Donut Fever?

Sensored...Great Wonderbra ad!
Haha, now you know what goes in that Pepsi twist!

Oh Dear..

Source

Back to work, hope i get hit with a super great idea soon =)

Love & Peace,

Regina

Swine Flu Cartoon

This cartoon about swine flu is super hilarous! (*pardon the language though). Poor piglet still thinks that Pooh is his best fren..

Please enjoy!!
Source

Happiness is Key

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.~ Albert Schweitzer

Thailand Trip Part III

On the last day, Jess & I grabbed the little time we had to have our last shopping spree @ Siam Square & MBK..

Lunch at the Pizza Company..

Just look at the chilli flakes on Jess' pizza, damn scary!

At nightfall, we went back to Suan Lum night bazaar for authentic Thai cuisine

The men's fav Thai Iced Tea

Nice food we ordered

After dinner, we went in search for a pet shop to buy someting to make up to our furry babies.

In this shop, we found 2 lovelies, who understands Thai!!

The boy is the model for the shop!

The next day, before we leave for the airport, i took more pics of the hotel:

Our luggages can barely hold all the stuff we bought!

We enjoyed the entire trip immensely, hope we can come back again soon!

End Note: I really need to lose weight so i can look like the below:

Thailand Trip Part II

The next morn, the 4 of us woke up bright & early for Breakfast at the hotel & start Day 2 shopping!

Chef says this decor is like heaven, so bright & airy..

Buffet spread

Nice patio for guests to enjoy the morning sun & view

Looking down we saw an area that looks like a cock-fighting ring..

We went to Platinum again to finish what we couldnt yesterday, after 6 hours..we were too beat & hungry to move another inch, so we went for lunch @ Fuji's

Who knew that shopping can be so tiring! Look at our tired faces..

Energy replenishments

Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel for a rest & look at my stash! Wee!

Jess made reservations for us for dinner at the Bangkok Sky restaurant @ Baiyoke Sky Hotel's 78th floor..being a first timer, i was pretty excited!

Includes Free admission to the Observation Deck @ 77th Floor & Revolving View point on 84th floor! Up we go!

Excitement!! Too bad the restaurant doesnt allow cameras..

After that we went to the Observation deck for a Panoramic view of Bangkok

On the revolving platform..quick i feel nauseous liao!

Tehee..

Apparently, this hotel is one of the tallest buildings in the world!

Looks like Singapore building is also on the world tallest charts!

The highest postbox in Thailand! Mail anyone?

Cheese baby!