I am a huge fan of postcards and handwritten letters. Since snail mail is a dying art, they have become more valuable to me, and I even once postulated a theory that someday, they might become so valuable that they will be held in museums and people will want to steal them and fence them […]
7 Ways to Save Money
“Dee, let’s be thrifty buddies, okay?” my roommate suddenly pleaded with me last night. “I need to save money for my trip.” “Okay, sure!” I replied, because saving money is actually on my list of new year’s resolutions this year. I also want to save enough money to go on a trip outside Asia soon. […]
The Dog’s Horoscope and Peach Blossom Luck
The biggest holiday in Singapore is coming up next week – Chinese New Year. Malls and stores are all decked out in Chinese New Year decors and peddling mandarins, lucky charms, and red underwear (for good luck). Meanwhile, salons are charging additional “Chinese New Year” fees for haircuts and pedicures, because everyone is getting them […]
My Bestfriend’s Birthday Surprise: “Open When” Letters
It’s one of my bestie’s 30th birthday today so I decided to surprise her with 30 “open when” letters. I got the idea after reading Tiffany’s blog about doing it as an anniversary gift for her boyfriend. Let me explain what that means and how I did it. First, I took 30 plain mailing envelopes and […]
What Does Your Name Mean?
They say that each name means something and that the name you are bestowed with shapes your life. Now my father had changed the spelling of my name to accommodate his numerology beliefs, so when I use normal name meaning books or sites, I won’t find an accurate meaning of my name. But then I […]
7 Trivia About Prince William and Kate
Since it was the Duchess of Cambridge’s birthday last January 9, I thought I’d repost this blog which originally appeared as a guest post on The Home of the Twisted Red Ladybug. I am a huge fan of Prince William and Kate Middleton. I am as old as them both, actually, and my brother is […]
{Letters and Links} Belated Christmas Cards and Wisdom Tooth Surgery
Dear lovely ladies, Sarah and Crystal, thanks for joining my Christmas card exchange!Rachel and Belinda, I’m glad I saw your tweets asking if anyone wanted to receive actual postcards from you. Thanks for sending these pretty postcards!Dred, thanks so much for your super touching note inside your Christmas card. Ditto on everything! FROM: | Midnight […]
7 New Year’s Superstitions
It’s the first Sunday of the new year so I thought I’d start off my first ever Sunday Seven post for the year with something New Year related. So without further ado, here you go! (1) In Germany, the most famous one would probably be regarding chimney sweeps. One version says that on New Year’s […]
7 Blogging Tips
2013 was the year I grew my blog. I had started this blog back in 2005 but for 7 years I treated it as a diary and wrote as if I was the only one reading it, which was what happened most of the time. Late last year I lost my will to blog and […]
Christmas Card Exchange + Jolly Holly Holiday Tag
MERRY CHRISTMAS!! I hope you enjoyed your day, as I did mine! Sometime last month, I asked if anyone would want to exchange Christmas cards with me, and got responses in the affirmative from a few lovely ladies! Here are the cards I received from them. They have come from all over the world (Japan, […]
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