OK LET'S GET ON WITH SOME TAGS Q & A

Angie's Suds 'N' Such & recently, Blossoming Tree Bodycare have tagged me with the above lovely award. Many thanks! Oh boy so long ago too I do have a tendency to lose links stored among on my desktop clutter!

I'm going to skip the rules & tagging part since so many bloggers have already passed this on =P

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Instead here is another one from PilarCat who tagged me ever so long ago in July!

The rules:
-answer the questions
-replace a question that you don't like, with one by your choice
-add one more question
-tag 8 people to continue the game of tagging

What is the thing that makes you happy?
Contentment.

Coffee or tea?
Tea only

What’s for dinner?
Outside food.

What was the last thing you bought?
Herbal drink

What are you listening to right now?
8-bit music from Rockman 2

What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe?
T-shirt & jeans

What is your favourite ice cream flavour?
Green tea, green pistachio or rainbow sherbet

What do you think of the person(s) who tagged you?
Oh very nice! I love to read of other artists' thought processes. Her art is super cute too!

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
Those places with the rolling hills and flowers stretched till the horizons (travel magazine type places).

Which language do you want to learn?
Japanese. I'm still learning it for fun for some years already.

What is your favourite colour?
Evening sky colours.

If you had £100 now, what would you spend it on?
Food!

How much do you rate your creativeness?
5 out of 10

Describe your personal style?
Does this mean lifestyle or artworks style? Or how I dress? I guess it all works lol. Natural.

What are you going to do after this?
Upload a whole bunch of cuff links to LemonKitscharms

What are your favourite movies?
The Shining (the Stanley Kubrick one). Horror movies mostly. Lord of the Rings, Akira Kurosawa's samurai movies and Studio Ghibli's animations.

What inspires you?
Other artists, music, quotations, dreams.

What is your favourite fruit?
Mangosteen, guava, lemons, strawberries, blueberries and lychee.

Do you collect something?
Art books, manga, random gashapon toys and vintage brooches. I can go otaku-ish if I had to finanaces to do so lol.

If you could change your name to anything, what would you call yourself?
(I'll change this question to this:)

How many hours do you sleep a day?

Usually 8 hours but 10 hours easily. I think this is accumulated from my years of inadequate sleep when I was studying and working - those years I could only afford 3-4 hours of sleep...

How many times do you press the snooze button before you get up?
Twice or none. If none it means I'm late.

What is your favourite smell?
Cold fresh wind when it's gonna pour. And museums.

What is your biggest regret?
That I had high fever on the day of major GCE 'O' levels and bulldozed my English papers in 20 minutes (it was a 3.5 hour paper) so I could snooze on my desk.

What are you most proud of?
it's a secret

Cats or dogs?
Cats

What’s your biggest fashion mistake?
Everything I wore in the 90s and school like 3 inch platforms.

What is your guilty TV pleasure?
Cartoons that I watch as a child. Doraemon, Candy Candy, Creamy Mami, Wind in the Willows... also old tv drama shows.

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Archaeologist, astronomer, veterinarian, then fashion designer.

If you could meet any person dead or alive who would it be?
Jesus?

What is your biggest dream?
Not living in reality. I dream of living in very beautiful scenic places and to quit worrying about finances doing what I like. Ooh and a treehouse a treehouse!

What is your favorite book when you were a child?

Archie comics and a fairy tale compilation book my dad bought for me.

The last one is my added question:

If today was your last day on earth what would you be doing?

These are the 8 folks I'd like to tag with the Q & A :

Namaste

Shagpile

Artisanne

Absolutely Small

Jenny Bunny Creations

Adventures of Minco

DIY Addicted

ApparentlyJessy

EIGHT TAGGED

I was tagged by Superhouse and Indy Grrrl a long time ago to fill in this questionaire! Here is my delayed response:

The rule is to tag 8 other bloggers after posting yours.

8 things I am looking forward to:
1. Launching my proper Lemon Kitscharms dot com site
2. Ridding an acne breakout
3. Tomorrow
4. Getting a new camera - my current one has a stuck shutter =(
5. Finishing some artwork
6. Higher sales
7. Singapore National Day 9 August
8. Vacation in Japan/ Taiwan if that ever happens

8 things I did yesterday:
1. Troubleshooting codes
2. Thinking of doing artwork but didn't
3. Read newspapers - H1N1 virus as usual and Jakarta bombings

4. Wanted to return my library books but didn't
5. Smeared yoghurt, asprin and aloe vera on my face
6. Visit to the postoffice and paid $20 for posting a single shoe (not a pair!) to USA
7. Cleaned some vintage necklaces
8. Bought strawberries & matcha soba from the supermarket & bubble tea on the way back

8 things I wish I could do:
1. I wish I can do an artwork a day without slacking
2. I wish Doraemon exists (since I was a kid)
3. I wish I could gain a little bit of weight
4. I wish I had a studio instead of working in my bedroom
5. I wish I can wish that everyone remain safe
6. I wish I can stop having acne breakouts lol
7. I wish I can worry less
8. I wish I can be abit wiser

8 shows I watch:
1. Old Doraemon episodes
2. Yang Family Warriors (Chinese historical drama)
3. CSI Miami occassionally
4. Whatever my dad watches
5. Don't watch tv
6. Don't watch tv
7. Don't watch tv
8. Don't watch tv

I shall tag these people!

Less Apathy, More Cake

Evelyn Mayfield

Artisanne

The Mum and the Rose

The Johnson Diaries

Hollyrocks

Dustjacket Attic

Ismoyo's Playground

MY PRIZE FROM EVELYN MAYFIELD!

I was so excited to win this beautiful home sign from a blog give-away by Evelyn Mayfield!

Isn't it sweet? Evie thank you so much, I admire the patiently crafted handiwork and my mom loves it too! It shall be hung in my living room so we can boast about it lol. This is made on a plastic canvas with lace trimmings, and it looks much prettier in person too! If you like one, you can purchase it on her Etsy shop on the link below.

Go visit this lady's shop for more handicrafts! http://www.evelynmayfield.etsy.com

HAPPY THINGS TAG

Thank you dear Sascalia for tagging me!

Here we go - The rules are to name the tagger and name 6 unimportant things that make me happy and then tag 6 bloggers!

1. Breezes and nice sunsets

2. Eating yakitori and takopachi after a day of shopping

3. Watching Wind in the Willows episodes from Cosgrove Hall!

4. Getting clear snapshots 

5. The feeling of a clean keyboard

6. Pretty shoes that fit

I am tagging:

1. Superhouse

2. IndyGrrrl

3. Tizzalicious

4. Dustjacket Attic

5. Gallery Juana

6. Ismoyo's Playground

THE BIG CNY DINNER & AWARDS

Ok so I was talking about the reunion dinner at the sushi restaurant. It didn't happen because they were closed! I told you so Dad!! He didn't think they will close for new year's eve because it was japanese-oriented, but it's precisely that they ARE japanese-oriented that they needn't open because all the chinese restaurants are. Anyhow we ended up with overpriced fish & chips on the reunion dinner day. We did try to enter some chinese ones but all the restaurants are pre-booked and full-house lol.

Finally on the 2nd day of new year we managed a place at our favourite chinese retro restaurant. It was full inside so they had pitched a makeshift tent on the outside and it wasn't as pleasant an atmosphere but anyhow: The photo above showed what we had; Crispy skin roast chicken (yummy I wonder how they made it so tender on the inside), Yam tower with prawns and other vege, Tofu with mushrooms & vege, Kailan (broccoli leaves) with sliced fish. Ignore that bowl of soup over there, it's sharks fin lol.

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And I received 2 awards from 2 lovely bloggers, sorry for the belated acknowledgement. Thank you for nominating me! Please feel free to take them for your favourite blogs.

Proximidade Award by Joey's Dream Garden

Proximidade is described as follows: 'This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes for self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!'

Lemonade Award by Sugarberry

Here are the guidelines that go along with this award:
1. Put the lemonade logo on your blog.
2. Nominate 10 blogs which show great attitude or gratitude. 
3. Link your nominees with your post. 
4. Let your nominees know they’ve also received the award by leaving a comment on their blog.
5. Link this post to the person who gave you the award...and give them some promo love.

FEATURED, TAGGED & VINTAGE POSTCARDS

MesmanBlog has mentioned my 2 ACEOs in their blog HERE! Thank you~ =)

Visit their photography and blog: http://mesmanimages.blogspot.com

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Also I've been tagged again, this time by ArtbyMar! Please feel free to grab this and post it on your blog and tag others!

RULES: 
* Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
* Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
* Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog. 
* Don't forget to let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

1. Don't like the sound of plastic bags, though sound of paper bags are nice (I collect them)

2. Mathematics is hard to understand, especially trigonometry.

3. Phones and doorbells are best when they don't ring.

4. My favourite colour  is salmon pink, and sunset colours.

5. I've never drunk coffee. I tried a teeny sip when little and that put me off permanently. 

6. I've worked for a plant nursery and know some info on tropical plants (probably forgotten most of them by now)

7. I never had interest in accessories but worked for a few fashion companies and dabbled in selling/ repairing them. Now I'm selling jewellery, and it's strange because I seldom wear jewellery, don't even wear a watch. Don't have pierced ears. I like what I'm doing now because of the floral cabochons and admiring vintage designs... Besides drawing of course =)

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Check out what my aunt sent me! She found 3 more vintage embroidered postcards bought in the 1950s from Spain! Too bad they're mouldy from Singapore's humidity... one reason why I don't collect paper goods or do art trades... can you bear to let your artwork be destroyed by mould infection?

7 FACTS ABOUT ME

Yellow Rose at Getty Museum, LA

I was tagged by Her Anatomy! Check out her blog at http://heranatomy.blogspot.com/

These tagging lists are getting longer by the year, I remember you only had to list 6 facts last year!

RULES
1) Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2) Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3) Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.
4) Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

1) I am bad at video games that require me to press buttons at the right time or combi-moves, which is why I stick to games like Sims or turn-based RPG games or single button kills like Tenchu (cool ninja game). I love the oldschool 8-bit & 16-bit games but never managed to beat mario!!

2) I love vintage anything and have a horrible inclination of hording my stock of vintage jewellery; when I should be focusing on SELLING them and earning my costs back...

3) I'm very quiet because my brain is masterminding my next big project.

4) Love horror movies & games. My favourite movie is "The Shining" (directed by Stanley Kubrick). I also like "Dark Water" (Hono gurai mizu no soko kara) directed by Hideo Nakata, "Psycho" by Alfred Hitchcock... the aliens in "They Live" by John Carpenter, Freddy Krueger  in "Nightmare on Elm Street" & Pennywise the clown in "IT" are cool. My favourite game is 'Phantasmagoria' which I played with my best friend when we were eleven; and the 'Fatal Frame' series are so freakishly addictive. I don't like slasher flicks though!

5) I am a self-taught artist, so I want to learn other techniques from proper art lessons.

6) I find it hard to find music that I like.

7) I never regret the gadgets I purchase and they last me till they go broke. Still using my first cellphone though it's cracked and chipped, still using my first digital camera, still using my first mp3 player (ipod mini), my first computer (imac), first printer... still working fine! I even still keep my first and only discman player. To do this you must think "Will I still like this colour 5 years from now?", "Will this design look dated in 5 years time?" & "Is this a trustworthy brand?"... lol

I tag anyone on my follow list & blogroll who wants to do this! Just leave a comment on my blog and I'll check yours out, we want to know more about you!

2nd AWARD & CLOUDS

I'd like to thank Anna from Half an Acre for this award! Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoy my ramblings! Anyone who wants to recommend any good blogs please feel free to create your own nominations so we can check them out!

The rules are to nominate 6 others and save the image, post it and let the nominees know.  I shall pick:

- Nuvonova
- Tizzalicious
- Sugarberry
- The Mum and the Rose
- Craft Yourself Rich
- Erin Peterson Art

Go check them out!

Also on a side note I've got a habit of snapping sunset clouds so here are two: first one is trafficlight clouds and the second looks like a brew of golden beer... they are taken a few minutes of each other.

  

LOVE-BLOG AWARD

I am honoured to be bestowed by Rosebud Collection with: 

Oh thank you thank you dear Rosebud! I started out not expecting anyone to read my blabs but it's nice to know there are visitors coming in occasionally to peek. Please visit Rosebud's blog 'The Mum and the Rose'. Yay! This award will prompt me to continue blogging my many off-topics lol.

If you are currently stalking and have a blog, don't feel shy just leave me a comment for a link exchange!

I'm just going to randomly select blogs on my blogroll and actually I was going to tag everyone on my blogroll but I'll stick to the rules and tag those that haven't won any awards (yet), so here's a nice little chance for more people to visit & comment on them. Sometimes I may read but not comment but if I do leave my mark often enough, you know I am addicted to your journals! If possible, do place the logo on the side of your blog bar so everyone knows =)

Me tag:

-  Groovy Crafts

-  Tokyo Bunnie

-  Art by MAR

-  BobbityBoo

-  Half an Acre

-  Joey's Dream Garden

-  Magic Bean Buyer

-  Paper Girl Productions

Ok so here are the rules:
1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog;
2. Link the person you received your award from;
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs;
4. Put links of those blogs on yours; and
5. Leave a message on the blogs that you’ve nominated