Long awaited trip to Singapore

This post is way long overdue as I haven't had the chance to sit down and start typing. Was invited to my cousin's wedding, it was a great time to visit Singapore again and bond with my cousins and their family there.

This comes the great chance to drop by Universal Studios Singapore too! At first when I told NinjaR the plan, he asked why would we want to go there, obviously I freaked and exclaimed "Why not?! It will be fun!!!"

We then proceed to plan to arrive Singapore a couple of days before the wedding so we could go to Universal Studios Singapore, and we were lucky to get to go on a Friday which was recommend because of the fireworks show. It was totally worth it! I will let the photos tell the story of our trip :)

Yup, we got photobombed

Mr Tourist

Trying to decide where to go first!

Main souvenir store

Pretty girls singing

Lights! Camera! Action!

THE BEST RIDE EVER! 2 ROUNDS IS NOT ENOUGH!

Do the Alien dance

More stressful yet fun ride

Anubis guards

We are in Egypt

Where did the Dino go?

Waterworld!

These guys are talented!

The main cast for Waterworld

Welcome to Far Far Away

We met Puss!

We just had to be part of the Madagascar gang.

Cheeky Charlie Chaplin

Optimus shrank..

He's more handsome than Brandon Fraser. Just Saying.

The Revenge of The Mummy ride is a must!

Betty Boop

We make a good trio of freedom fighters :)

Pretty Lady~

Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!

Time to go home....

 We were in Universal Studios Singapore till closing, the only regret I had was not buying more souvenirs! I only grabs a Bumblebee water bottle. I will be back again!

The very next day was The Day for my cousin! The dinner reception was so lovely and romantic, and I got to meet up with all my cousins and nieces and nephews from Singapore!

My handsome cousin and his beautiful bride :D

Needle Felting : Little Bear

So....what is Needle Felting? Needle felting is a process which uses barbed needles to interlock wool fibers to form a more condensed material ..... blah blah ... basically stabbing wool with a special needle ... that's some of the info I found on Google. So basically what got me to Google about Needle Felting was these cute little bugger~

What a cutie

Love & a Sandwich is one of the inspiring artists that I follow online, and also the reason why I started trying my hand on making my own dolls. So I was browsing Facebook in the morning, a daily routine, when i stumble upon an update from L&AS with a photo of this curious little thing she's working on.

A cute monster forming!

The list just keeps on growing.

I am a believer of the fact that you are never too late to learn new things as long as its free~

I have spent the most of my 2011 picking up and researching on crafts and the obsession is still there, I did not quit halfway and will never quit until the world or my life ends!

So now I've decided to pick up one more new thing to learn, a language. How hard can it be as long as I am motivated, right? So as we can see quite obviously that the Korean culture is spreading like a rapid virus. Everything is turning Korean, from music to fashion. My parents are so into Korean dramas that they spend most of their waking hours watching KBS which I too have fallen for.

So I bet it is quite clear that I want to learn Korean. One of my main reasons is so that I don't have to rely so much on subtitles and I think it would be fun. So am I going to sign up for classes? I don't think so. I am fortunate enough to have befriended one of the nicest guy I have known that can be a little bit full of himself sometimes, no hard feelings Jin! Jin is from Seoul, and he's going to teach me Korean~

Though I can't rely completely on him to teach me a language, I have to do my own research. Google is my best friend~ I manage to find a Youtube channel that teaches Korean step by step! Oh Joy! And also some other websites with very straight forward explanations!

So for my first test, I shall introduce myself in Korean.....here goes~

안녕하세요. 조앤아에요. 반가워요.
Annyounghasayo. Joaena-eyo. Bangawoyo.
Hi. I'm Joanna. Nice to meet you.

Now I'm feeling a bit stressed just trying to remember the strokes ㅠ_ㅠ but I will succeed! I hope?

Paint By Numbers

The title says it all, paint by numbers~

I bought a set of paint by numbers together with my friend Hai Yen, to get my picasso on! Ever since my new hobby which consists of a mix of DIY crafts, how could I resist?

Setting up painting station

ADAM DREAM : Numbers Nightmare

I'm always a sucker for downloading all sorts of iPhone games with cute artwork. Adam Dream is no exception. Adam Dream is a side scrolling game math game that is based on the story of Adam, a 9-year old kid who found himself lost in a strange world after taking a nap in class.

So math.....not my cup of tea, but the cute graphics wins this time! The game is pretty simple, solve the math question by picking the correct answer to zap the monsters. I would say personally the game is quite fun, kinda helps me brush up on my math. The game is also great for kids to practice math or for anyone who just enjoys adding numbers.

Click for more info about Adam Dream : Numbers Nightmare

A Glimpse Of Eternity 14 & 15 April 2012

Last weekend was a hectic, crazy but also a fulfilling and fruitful. Our church had a huge production titled A Glimpse Of Eternity in English and Chinese Version.

Just a summary. A Glimpse Of Eternity tells a story about a young man who was close to death and had an outer body experience. God sent one of his Angel to take the young man for a visit to Hell and to Heaven.

It has been years since I actually volunteered to get involve in something this huge. My sweet friend Mika approached me and asked if I could help up with the make up for Demons, so I was thinking, 'Why not?' I've done this before. But who knew that there would be double role casts and dancers and believe me, monster make up is not easy to remove!

But I've done my research, and experiments and manage to find a great brand of body paint that wipes off easily with soap and water! Then came the costumes......it was a huge headache! They had to be easy to put on and taken off. If it weren't for the team helping out, the costumes wouldn't have turned out soooooo awesome!

Everyone involved worked tirelessly fine tuning every little detail till the very last minute, and Thank God everything went so smooth....it all ended too quick!

I didn't really get to watch the whole production play as I had to be backstage. But there was a small screen stationed near the dressing room for us to view but with no audio. But judging from the feedback and how happy our awesome Director Sook Leng, it went better than planned!

And now we are all suffering from post A.G.E. withdrawal......after having every weekend spent staying back at church rehearsing.....I don't think we really know what to do now that the production is over >,<

I would definitely volunteer again! It may be tiring, mind burning, exhausting, physically+mentally+emotional draining. But it the end, it's all well worth it!

Here is what went on backstage at the monster make up room :)

A little sign I made for the room :)

Day 1 - Busy painting

Day 1 - Testing out the effects with facial expressions

Day 1 - The pro at making people look like zombies

Day 1 - Zombified!

Day 1 - Last minute costume adjustments

Day 1 - A little bit of goofing around at the end of Day 1

Day 2 - Tools set up to create monsters

Day 2 - We had a bit of time to goof around!

Day 2 - Give me nasty!

Day 2 - The monsters and their make up artists

Day 2 - Thriller crew with the Director and Advisor

Day 2 - The boys decided to keep the look

A glimpse of the scene

The whole production gang!

There are soooo many photos! I wish I could post them all but that wouldn't make any sense in a blog now would it? :)

Kinda looking forward to what the next production would be!