Happy Color!!

This is a NOT FOR SALE post =D
I am very happy to be in colors!! My nature of jobs requires me to be in BLACK.
Black when there is functions attended by VIPs.
Black when I go see corporate clients.
Black when I conduct classes.
Black when I go for buying mission..
Blar....
I really cannot tahan black...
Hence I never have black to be on it's own.

Still black what!!

But if you are a lawyer, I think the combo is not acceptable =D

I am lucky to be in a colorful industry despite being corporate. I enjoy the attention of being a colored corporate clown (OK, sad to say, it's tough to sell color to people) 

Hand drawn shawls, hand loomed frills and hand stitched too! =D

I must admit black is a very good color to assist other colors to stand out. Black is like a girls' best friend to help other colors/ accesories/ parapernalia to stand out. =D

Ohhh, I just need a handheld fan to complete the Nyonya look!

My Thursday attire to work. 

Yesterday was the start of the National Craft Week / Day or so, which I dutifuly go every year. You should check out the stuff they have. The development of craft have been very impressive over the years. Ooh, by the way, crafts / handicrafts do not just confine it to making origami pelicans or carving congkak sets, or making beaded necklace =) 

Batik is a craft, mengkuang weaving is a craft, rattan furniture is craft too. So is embroidery, embellishing coconut shells!, ceramics ware and all things imaginable that you can craft. Despite being a cottage industry, people are getting so innovative to turn everything into something! 

Though there are certain ranges of craft items which are really affordable, most craft are pricey depending on the make and the materials and its make. You can't be expecting a villager to go hunting for crocodile skin and risk their life just so to make u a croc skin clutch for RM20 rite? But you can certainly get a mengkuang pouch for RM18 or so =D

This time round, I got myself a hand weaved bag from a Sarawak weaver =D it's not mengkuang It's not pandan. It's made of bemban.. (whatever it is) Bemban apparently is a stick / branch of a plant that the weaver collects from the forest, then strips it from a whole big stick to smaller strips. Bemban is also used as the tie-string when making attap roofs (hmm, why am I going into a documentary talk on bemban now?)

Anyway this bambi bemban bag is so LV Neverfull inspired I can't resist it! It comes in a variety of shapes and sizes from totes to clutch to lots more un-imaginable cool and funky designs to swoon you into madness!

Bambi Bemban hand weaved bag - RM100

I went home feeling so happy with my colorful shawls and bemban bag combo! =D

I spent RM36 on parking though =(

The craft week will be till 8 March 2010. If you are inspired, please head to Kompleks Kraf Jalan Conlay and start searching for lots of handicrafts - batik, songket, beadings, accesories, ceramics, furnitures, porcelain and many more things you may not have seen. No you do not have to pay RM36 for parking. I am a diva mah .. =P  there are free parking at walking distance. 

Think I will go again for another round before all the cottage people leave on the last day. Can get bargains wut!! =D

See you there!

Win Me A Ring for Valentine

Chinese New Year is coming. Valentine's Day too is overlapping on the day when the lion dance starts and when the neighbourhood aunties starts flaunting their butter cookies and giving angpaus.
What are your plan?

Are you getting anything for your lover / mistress / master / yourself ? The best thing for this year's Valentine is you can spend more on getting gift for your lover / mistress / master / yourself, because you know that you will recoup the money back by collecting angpaus!!

So, do drop by Lushae and spend kao-kao for lover / mistress / master / yourself and then work hard kao-kao also during New Year and get more angpau to recoup back =D
But, if you are on the stingy side and always look forward to gifts falling from the sky, then proceed to click on these banners link and add it into your blog and stand a chance to win something or anything from LuShae Jewellery
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haha!! I especially love this one which I added to my blog =D

this is cool too!

clear profess that you DO love diamonds!

I WANT!!!

What are you waiting for? Click HERE and start wishing!

No, this is not a paid advertisement. Merely reaching out to more people so that people from Malaysia might stand a chance to win mah =D

Who knows you might be lucky while ushering 2010!

Batik Corset - Attempt No.1

Looks or not? :D

PROJECT LAZY TO THE MAX

Yup, I am lazy, I am busy and I am merely procrastinating. My plans to do a lot of  some self design stuff is still going on, but at snail rate... my studs are still not here yet  =(   and now the lace trend is coming in soo fast!

not really too sure what am I trying to design here.. but that's the thing with design, u gotta keep drawing still something strikes u. Sometimes it is practical, most of the time it is just ridiculous..but many a times, cost comes into picture as I want to keep it below RM40 all in  =)

Anyway, so far.. this is what I have.. done but incomplete..

corset / bustier / tube .. whatever u call it which is cut but not sewn yet. I can't decide if I should stud it or embroider it it just leave it as it is. I love batik!!  If I stud the edges of the cup with copper based studs, not forgetting the seams too with studs, of course, can u imagine a boho rock chick ensemble? With skinnies and a biker jeans..  =)  and messy kate Moss hair of course to complement the look.. I don't know... What think u?

Just a small attempt, and also a small size corset =P  most probably it will take so much time for me to ponder and procrastinate till my breast sag and can no longer make a full cup in the corset, even with 3 Nubra worn together..

Then of course, day dreamer like me don't just have a single dream.. I also dream of making more of these in different materials that I have been buying and buying. Did I say to fit your size?  =) So your frustration of not getting your bust fitted in is cleared off your messy mind =P

Wait...
Just wait... =P
Till I figure something out..

RUNNING AROUND

I've got nothing to sell lately, cus I have not been spending much lately on clothes. I spent a portion on Panadols and cough syrups, and petrol....

Been working hard to make some ends meet  :P

Then I hate the fact of seeing my blog post not being updated for more than a week. I think not updating leaves a bad impression on people. As if I am not serious in selling. Seriously, I really AM NOT THAT SERIOUS in selling  =P  cus it's merely to clear the wardrobe. If I can't get it cleared, I will wear it =P  but of course, I also made a commitment to help others to sell their own stuffs and design (which u still have not seen) but will take some time.. =)

But...

But...

But...

I am sure I have helped a lot of people out by selling less and posting more rambles rite? Cus U will be spending time reading (and clicking my nuffnang ads) and no time to buy on impulse  =P

See how I am providing cure to shopaholics and help in boosting your financial woes?   =P

Year end... and most are eagerly waiting to celebrate the New Year very soon.. and I got targets to achieve.. Yup, designers don't just draw and hope to be rich.. we gotta make cold calls and say nice things to make people buy the products...

the hand drawn thing that I do, literally. There are artist who does it of course :)

of course u can utilise the hand drawn batik for all things imaginable, not just on dresses and baju kurungs

btw, floral doesnt mean its only for the girls. the boys too like floral  =P

the sakura bloom to usher Gong Xi Fa Cai..

after 2 days of draw draw, wax, wax, color, color, wash wash... then I get what I want...

I love doing draping! I've got more drapes to show

Yeah, so that's the reason why I have not been updating....been trying to reach out to more people on the beauty of hand drawn material... Not nice meh?  :/

And I have also been busy taking care of a new property. Times are bad, need to make some adjustment and create wealth.. I got a farm u know?.. which I have been working hard on to reap some rewards.. hence I am not always available to post, cus I gotta take care of my farm =P

My farm in Farmville  =P

Not-e For Sale Post #2

Eason says: micheal jackson die

Cynth says: he not my brother ..
Eason says: :D

Eason says: but he is the king of pop

Cynth says: also not my brother ..

And so that celebrity was dead.. Only now that he is officially dead, most of the people in Facebook took some initiative to go dig up some MJ video clip and keep jamming up FB news feed with that plastic man's videos, messages and pictures..
I don't get it. When your grandma passed away, why don't you post snippets of her life in youtube showcasing her making butter cookies for new year? Or when she makes nasi lemak to sell and pay you thru school.
When your Grandpa passed away too, why aren't there pictures of him in his self made ciggie? And why are there no shouts out of "Ah Kong!! I love you very much!!! I will put joss stick to your altar everyday!!"
And then Michael jackson dies.. half day earlier than this uncle... whom I suspected may have died ..
I saw him lie flat on the road.. Which makes me wonder sometimes.. what determine when do we have our life taken away. Who determines it?
I saw that uncle lie flat at the side of the busy road... like this..while the radio plays Utada Hikaru's " Baby Come Back'

Sigh... most probably his wife would not have known about it till after 3 more hours when she is notified by the hospital. And when she knows, most probably, she do not know what is there to do but to wail and wail..And when she wail, most probably there will be too much things in her mind ( who is goin to feed the family, what is she gonna do without a husband, how is she gonna survive for the next 10 more years, how can she bear looking at the tragically dead husband)
Then again, he may not have a wife. He may be a single uncle who may have worked as a carpenter, carving walk-in closets for you rich fashionista, installing air-conds for you rich brats, mending toilet bowls for you ignorant rich arse. Which meant he had just ended his life without the privilege of having children to mourn his death and put flowers on his grave during the Ghost festival. Which also means that most probably his corpse would be lying for a couple of days in the mortuary till .. till.. I dont know, but I am sure those people in the mortuary have a way to handle it..
That torn pants, old combed cotton shirt.. Obviously he must have carved a lot of closets or built-in cabinets.. or mend a lot of toilet bowls.. but I don't think he had tasted or even know what is a spaghetti carbonara,caviar, or even the oh-so-nice tiramisu cake. A staple of mix-rice for lunch, ba ku teh for dinner and the occasional 50 cents butter cake packed in some oddly designed plastic taken during tea time at the local mamak.. is already a blessing, without much complain.
Why was he chosen to leave first? In a tragic way..? Could it be that he had sinned in the past? Could it be that he has nothing much in life to look forward to, hence God think its better to end it? HOw does the theory of life and death dictates the what nots of a person's? How do God make one go first? Is this what the Lord do to end the life? finger-push him.

However he dies, anyone dying is sad .. except for the politicians...it's even sadder when one who dies, just dies without having a real taste of the finer things in life....
yah, I get an enormous guilt arising when I am able to afford things that people cannot afford..I felt sad when I can go for the expensive Korean food whom the uncle carpenter can only assume how it taste. I felt bad when I can afford those stupid mix of cocktails drinks which most probably cost the equal amount of uncle carpenter's wage for a day.
I hope I can have all uncle carpenters to build me walk-in closets, mend my toilets and I would let them have a savour of the finer things in life..maybe I can't afford them caviar, but at least a cabonara.. but i aint Donald Trump!

Then I thought maybe I should also be humble and not spend the hard earned money on all things that I fancy... After all, uncle carpenter never had any besides his daily staple of mix rice. but then that would mean I would die no knowing how a cabonara/ truffles / abalone taste like!!
oh god!!! I am dumbfounded.. Uncle, I am sorry you left in such manner. I hope I can be the Prime Minister so that i can make everyone of you wear clean clothes despite your profession, and feed you cabonara just so you know how it taste like, and give you a comfortable living so that you will not die in regret...
Till now I am still not able to understand why u have got to go first...but whoever you are, you deserve a mention just as how that wacko singer deserves his. After all u made someone's life brighter by making their gorgeous closet.. or planted some gold toilet bowls.. Im sorry, I do not know in exact what do you do..

In your next life I hope you get to drive a Mercedes and not a motorbike anymore.

Even if you still got to drive a motorbike, I hope you are a contented biker-uncle-carpenter who have tasted at least cabonara or kimchi.
Rest In Peace..
*the frequent mention of cabonara does not literally indicate writer have never tasted any before. She had. maybe..

The above post is dedicated to the uncle, a stranger who got hit on the road, the dog which have been smashed to pieces that I avoided while driving, and many other innocent found dead..today, yesterday or any other day..
Today's been a long long day... of frustration and never ending colouring.. urghh

note to frustrated/ agitated / highly aggresive / mood-swinger people who happen to drop by : u are not forced to read. if u don't like it, I suggest u click NEXT or swing elsewhere to find a happier platform. I have very high tendency to ramble very often. u need not think high and low to leave nasty comment :)