LiliesandButterflies

Graduation! (budding Jewelry Designer)

2010-09-01T15:34:00.005+08:00

In the recent months of April - August, I had spent weekends flying in and out of S'pore to accomplish my dream of being a JD. Now, I'm a certified Basic & Advanced Silver & Gold Metal Clay Fabricator. I've learnt to make Silver (999), Gold (22k), Glass & Enamelling during these times and I'm yet to complete my course in Jewelry Designing back here in KL. I'm ecstatic I took the challenge and not sit around wondering if I should have cause now I am almost done!! Haha...

You'll soon get a chance to see my new line, comprising of (silver, glass and enamel) jewelry. Am now setting up the line and most importantly, its brand. Any ideas? :-)

The following items will be upon requests ie: made-to-order as all designs will be one-of-its-kind. Should you have desired designs, do drop me a mail at lynzgallery@gmail.com or follow us here and leave your comments. Coming sooon!!!

Till then, toodless!

Yours'

Lynde @ Lynzgallery.

(http://www.lynzgallery.blogspot.com/)

Jewelry In the Making

2010-05-19T20:24:00.004+08:00

To say the least, I'm one step closer to realising my dream as a Jewelry Designer. *wink* A month or so ago, I took a big leap, a decision I today am glad I did. The process was pretty stressful at some levels as I had to think thoroughly, if this is what I really want to achieve in the future - be it a profession, a business or even just a hobby. A lot of time has been put into it, classes - drawings & making the jewelry itself has been exciting yet challenging as creativity is key especially in the jewelry making class.

Jewelry Making - Love! I had just completed my basic level and will soon progress to the advance level. Looking forward to the methods, types, ideas and challenges I will face to producing one-of-a-kind pieces. It is amazing how something you have so much passion for just falls into place and the best part is, it feels right. :-) Though the travelling time spent to and fro to S'pore is absolutely tiring, it is well worth it. I've made several pieces consisting of pendants, rings, brooches etc and I just adore them, I wear them almost everyday. Featured below are a couple of my favourite pieces. As an appreciation to mum on Mother's Day, I made her a 999 silver brooch. (no pic shown)

A 999 silver ring with an antique look to it. Can also be worn as a pendant. A fav!

Textured leaf pendant made from 999 silver. Another everyday wearable piece.

Aside from my Jewelry Making classes, I've also signed myself up to a Jewelry Design course. It is a 9 month course and it is pretty fun...I get to play with colour pencils, and draw out various gemstones, diamonds, pearls etc. I too get to be trained how to study the stuff and learn the traits of the jewelry business. Soon, we'll be taught to design actual jewelry pieces and I can't wait! To date, it'll be 8 more months towards becoming a Jewelry Designer, an apprentice for a start. *tee hee*

Doing this has been the best decision I've made to pursue a passion and I hope you who might feel similarly would do the same. It is never too late learn to gain more knowledge. Knowledge is golden and it is forever kept with you.

Hope to pursue this passion into a full time career someday. *Fingers crossed*

Presently, I take custom orders for silver only items as shown above. Designs can be proposed or brought should you have something in mind.

I just got one order and I'm psyched to get started. Till next time! :-)

An experience, it was.

2010-01-26T01:00:00.004+08:00

*Fashion*

- the broadest term of what refers to conventions adopted by a culture or subculture. An art I'm just drawn by its every growth and evolution. In recent years, my love for jewellery in particular has translated into a great passion for jewellery making. With that, I began making my first pieces sometime in the end of year 07.

Since then, I have made over 100's of pieces of jewellery. (www.lynzgallery.blogspot.com) This however began with no training/classes and so I thought, why not?! Here's what I accomplished from my very first jewellery workshop.

All sorts of junk were provided as materials for us to design creative masterpieces.

1st set - My favourite piece

Materials: plastic tie bands

2nd set
Materials: Some kind of plastic decoration

3rd piece - Brooch
4th piece - Bracelet using plastic forks

It was a really motivating class for me, possibly someday to pursue more knowledge in the field. *wink*

My 1st Photography Competition!!!

2009-12-16T15:43:00.003+08:00

Some weeks ago a friend told me about this "Christmas At the Park" event organised by SIB KL. She suggested I join in the Talentime contest and i was like NOOOOoooo. Haha...So I decided to join the Photography contest instead. And I'm so glad I did!! =) Below is the photo I had submitted for the theme "A Community of Love". I was asked to attend the event yesterday as I was one of the finalist but had no clue that I was a #2 winner! Haha...Forgive me, I'm just so overjoyed! It's such a great feeling to win. Hehe....

*My winning photo*
-2nd place-
Entitled: "Their Many Expressions of Love"

"Wheel Love & PINK Tattoos Launch"

2009-12-15T13:43:00.015+08:00

28th Nov 09 marked the launch of skateshop *Wheel_Love* & tattoo parlour, *PINK tattoos*
Situated in;

28, ss15/4 Subang Jaya,

47500, selangor

(contact - 012 296 1121 or email shop.wl33@gmail.com)

Open: 12pm-8pm (7days)

The side alley leading to the entrance of *Wheel_Love*, where many skate enthusiasts perform their stunts

Yummy mini JOM Skate cupcakes! =) courtesy of DJ Jules from FlyFM & her mom (Cake Crumbs)

Their variety of skateboards, designed by the likes of
Girl, Baker, Chocolate, Plan B, Powell, Toy Machine etc. (Price ranges from RM229-RM650) Shoes and T-shirts for sale.

*Wheel_Love's* very own tie-dyed shirts for both women and men. Comes in various sizes! Go get one of your own today

(RM30-RM60)

The partners of *Wheel_Love*
(Sukeats & WeiYeng)

The cosy lounge area

Rollerblades by K2, USD & Xsjado

from (RM400-RM1000)

Upstairs, on the 2nd floor, you'll find the Tattoo Parlour, PINK tattoos.

For you tattoo lovers, here's the place to get it done!

PINK's cupcakes

The lepak area

The tattoo wall of fame

Accessories by Brollies and clothings are also sold at PINK tattoos.

Amongst the many tattoos done by tattoo artist Lynda Chean.

For appts: Call 03-5633 7465

or visit www.tattoomepink.com

Add: 28-1, ss15/4, 47500 subang jaya

.:Our Love Story:.

2009-10-02T14:49:00.004+08:00

Last night, a good friend spent precious moments with us capturing our love story. After a year of marriage bliss, we headed back to where it all started and remisniced the wonderful times we had. =)

A sneak preview of the excellent job Jack did! I love them all!

Thank you. =)

The journey continues...

2009-09-17T12:01:00.009+08:00

The journey continues. After having breakfast in our hotel, we headed out to meet some relatives and we were served with this really delicious Asam Laksa. Not much of a fan, but I loved it. And of course, dad had to kena his religious cup of kopi-o. Syiok-elingam!

Asam Laksa paired with a cup of hot kopi-o kao!

Somewhere in Medan Angsana II, Air Hitam.

Later, we adjourned to Pulau Tikus to get mum her Siamese Laksa. Hehe....The weather had been rather unkind, yes raining and drizzling all day. Yuuck! When arrived, we realised the shop we wanted to head to was closed. So, we went 2 doors down to the following coffee shop.

The coffee shop, Sin Hup Aun.

Where we had our meal instead.

The stall, Jones Road Mee Goreng

Seemed popular, we all coincidentally ordered different food from the same stall.

Mee Goreng & Pasembur

The Mee Goreng was a tad salty but moist the way I like it. The Pasembur on the other hand was really good. In fact can be said better than the one in Batu Lanchang Market. =)

Mee Rebus (Rate: 9/10)

After filling our tummies, we took a drive around Batu Feringghi and stopped at Hard Rock Hotel. Well, was just trying my luck to see if the Hard Rock shop was already operating as I collect their limited edition pins! Oh well, next trip then. =)

Hard Rock, Penang.

Scheduled to launch this Saturday, 19th Sept 09.

We headed back to have some rest after working our tummy engines so much...Haha....It definitely needed the break after all the food we'd been feeding it. Felt so sleeeeepy! That night, we decided to have a good meal, instead of all the hawker food we'd been having. So we headed for some Penang Nyonya food. =)

Perut Rumah

Located opposite the Gurney Plaza in a bungalow house

The Interior

Acar Hu

Pickled Fish

Kiam Hu Kut Curry

Salted Fish Bone Curry

Huan Choo Hiok

Sweet Potato Leaves Curry

Hong Bak

Braised Pork in Aromatic Spices

Too Tor T'ng (Pig Intestine Soup) - My fav (esp grandma's)

It was a good and fulfilling meal. Super stuffed, we decided to go Gurney Plaza to walk off all the food we had. The last day in Penang, the food journey continues....We checked out and headed back to Pulau Tikus to have the Siamese Laksa!

Restaurant Swee Kong, opposite the Pulau Tikus police station.

Taken the day it was closed and we are back! Hunggrrrrry! Gosh, I sound like a glutton and I'm glad to say I am! Haha....

Siamese Laksa

All because mum was craving for it! It was well worth it. The crowd explained it. =)

Next stop, Kheng Pin Cafe

Famous for their lobak and pork throttle porridge. There are other choices such as wan tan mee, hokkien mee (fairly good) etc.

Lobak

By far, the best lobak I've ever tasted. Everything was freshly made and super crunchy and tasty. Not greasy like the usual ones we have as it was drained well. (Rate: 10/10)

Our last food stop, filled and satisfied, we headed to get the famous Him Heang biscuits. Then, we started our journey to Taiping for my cuzzie's wedding the next day. Taiping too have their fair share of good food. =)

Soon Lee Restaurant, Taiping

Black pepper fish fillet & their 'special' style Tofu

Soon Lee has always been known for their good food. If in Taiping, do not be mistaken by the posh looking Soon Lee restaurant. This one the smaller coffee shop version of it.

Kakak Restaurant, Taiping Town

Famous for their Kuey Teow T'ng, there's always a line/the shop will be full house! (Operates only in the mornings-noon) Everytime we go back to Taiping, it is the same experience. The aunty in the purple blouse (always dressed and made up to the prim) is the lady who prepares all the bowls of noodles you will enjoy! Any additional meat balls (home-made), intestines etc you'd desire in your bowl of noodles can be requested. Prepare to wait for some time, best not to go on an empty stomach. Haha....But she makes them super fast, so it won't be thhhattt long. =)

That special bowl of Kuey Teow T'ng

Hence, the end of our trip up north. Oh, actually there was the famous Taiping Cendol we had that has been around for 3 generations now. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera that day, so no pics to view. However, if you happen to be in Taiping town, it is somewhere around in a medium sized corner shop. Or ask around. =)

The End

A feast we had....Burpppp!

2009-09-04T14:03:00.015+08:00

Over the long weekend, we decided to drive down to Penang for a hawker food feast.

The minute we arrived, we looked for hawker food as it is best known for. As recommended by friend's and the good book 'Rasa-Rasa' - we drove ourselves to the famous Batu Lancang Market.

Known for their Kuey Kak & Pasembur, we went to feed our famished tummies.

Batu Lancang Market

The infamous Pasembur

Char Kuey Teow (beats all the ones in KL), Kuey Teow T'ng (Yum), Chee Cheong Fun (Slurpp!)

Nyonya Kueh (I like!) Esp. the blue kueh as what I call it and its homemade kaya. The Kuey Talam was good too.

* Unfortunately, the Kuey Kak stall was not operating that day - so I did not get to try how good it was. =(

After settling down in our hotel, well-rested, we went on to our next eatery destination.

The Sea Pearl Lagoon Cafe, Tanjung Tokong (dad's fav)

Baked Crab with their special chilli sauce dip (only a little exhausting after awhile from digging the meat out) haha! Plenty of roe though. Good stuff!

And of course, Oh Chien - a must have!

Salted Baked Prawns - Fressssh!!

The most refreshing fresh lime juice I've had.

A glimpse of the Chinese Opera in preparation for their show

Guiness 250 Years Celebration

2009-08-24T16:03:00.003+08:00

The invitation

250 years ago (1759), a man, Arthur Guiness had signed a 9000 year lease contract with the St. James Brewery producing a uniquely flavourful beer brewed with extra hops and roasted barley. And over the weekend, the Malaysia brewery celebrated its birthday to commemorate that day.

Hosted by Chui Ling and Uncle Phoon.

Bitter and sweet.

Pure Beauty

Oh and we were the few younger guests that were present. Most were ardent drinkers of the beer and pretty senior to us. Some even started singing to the performers tunes, it was hilarious! I as usual, drank my 2 glass share and was tomato red. Haha. =)

Cheers!

Malaysian Street Burgers

2009-08-18T12:17:00.008+08:00

Om Beef Burger Special, Ampang (RM3.50)

The highly spoken about burger, THE Burger Om was definitely a distance away from us. After having several drinks, a few of us decided to have the infamous street burger and so we drove all the way there and had our share of it (in the wee hours) - and it was GOOD and sloppy! (with all the sauces volcano-ing its way out) My 2nd time tasting it and it was still scrumptious, not sure if it was the alco tasting it/it was really that good. Still prefer chicken to beef though, probably cos' I'm more of a poultry person. Heck, it is still a must try!

The Burger Shop, Subang Jaya Sec15

Chicken Mushroom Burger, Burger Shop SJ Sec 15.

The nearer option to us is the Burger Shop, located adjacent to the MPSJ market/hawker centre. It is literally a mobile burger shop as it operates from their mobile van. The kind where everything is in it and you just need to pack up and leave. Cool hey?! The few times we've visited the place, it was always packed with people. And the varieties they have, countless! Despite the chicken mushroom burger being one of their specialties, I really prefer the regular chicken special more. Yet to try the rest. Plenty more to go and more suppers to come. My waist line is also starting to expand silently but surely. Hah!

Black Pepper Burger - RM2.50

Mushroom Burger (choice of chic or beef) - RM3.50

AdidasKingoftheroad Marathon (020809)

2009-08-17T14:48:00.004+08:00

"Hers & His"

For the 1st time, we ran the 11km run at the (AKOTR) marathon and was it an experience!

Knowing that I'd be slower compared to Tle's, I asked him to go ahead at his pace and I ran on my own amongst the hundreds/thousands other runners. It was quite a challenge as the path were slightly slope-y and had its up and downhill areas. Despite that, I ran, walked, ran again continuously and rather aimlessly cos' there wasn't any signages indicating the distance we had ran or would need to run to the finish line. However, it was probably good psychologically as it pushed me to run quicker and of course, I was anxiously looking for the slightest sight of the Shah Alam Stadium and was I ecstatic when I saw it. I've not been so happy to see something so much, I ran with all my might only to realise there was a distance to run some more, underground. Exhausted, I walked a lil' bit and continued running to the finish line (in the stadium).

At the finish line, I met up with Tle's and Toyboy and found out that I could have received a medal if I was about 10 mins earlier. Haha. What a bummer! Oh well, try again next time! =)

Some minutes later, Toygirl arrived, we had some milo to get our energy boosting and left for yummy BKT. What a fulfilling meal it was. And were we pumped out! What a run it was.

.:Wedding Anniversary:.

2009-08-12T14:22:00.009+08:00

Traditionally , wedding anniversaries had been named according to the number of year or years' one married couple celebrates for and it's such to provide guidance for appropriate or traditional gifts for the spouses to give each other. Also, should the couple decide to throw a party, these can be brought by the guests or influence the theme or decoration. These gifts vary in different countries but some years have well-established connections which are now common to most nations, they are;

5th year - Wooden

10th year - Tin

15th year - Crystal

20th year - China

25th year - Silver
30th year - Pearl
40th year - Ruby
50th year - Golden
60th year - Diamond

Interesting, isn't it? This tradition originated in Medieval Germany where if a married couple lived to celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of their wedding, the wife was presented by her friends and neighbours with a silver wreath. This is to congratulate them for the good fortune that had prolonged the lives of the couple for so many years and to recognise the fact that they must have enjoyed a fairly harmonious relationship, whilst on celebration of the fiftieth the wife received a wreath of gold. These anniversaries were known as the silver wedding-day and the golden wedding-day.

Significantly, our wedding day fell on the auspicious 8.8.8 and this year, we celebrated our 1st paper wedding anniversary. =) With that, we returned to the Holiday Villa, Subang where we were solemnised and reminisced that special day over a lovely dinner in Cibo Ristorante Italiano. Here are some pics of the place and the good food we had. The tiramisu dessert, being their specialty was yummy but a tad too much cocoa powder on the top layer for me. Nonetheless, YUM! =)

To more good times and everlasting love hon! =)

Presenting The Master Chef and His Specialty - Prawn Noodles

2009-08-10T13:33:00.016+08:00

A good friend of ours, hailing from the land of scrumptious cuisine, graciously prepared us with one of his specialties and were we blessed with such great Penang delicacy. =)

The Master Himself. Thanks for spending those hours making this special dish for us. You rock! =)

The best ever Prawn Noodles I've tasted! Rate 11/10.

Master Chef YKB preparing his specialty - Prawn Noodles.

The ingredients

Mochi from OUG Pasar Malam. It has been ages since I last ate this dessert. Yummm!

Yummy Popiah from OUG Pasar Malam. Suprisingly good and plenty of fillings. Totally recommended.

The lovely, yet sinful (strong-CS's concoction) margarita's that passed me out 3/4 way through the night. I need more practice! Hehe..

An interesting appetiser with Aubergine's, drizzled with Balsamic Vinegar & drops of Pine Nuts to complete the dish.

Courtesy of Toygirl.

Fried Tofu from OUG Pasar Malam. It was slightly crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. *Melt*
Seems like OUG Pasar Malam sells rather good food. A must visit soon! =)

Longan Dessert by JY.
We were all stuffed by the time it came to dessert, but I finished my portion - with some help from Tle's.

Using the leftovers, I made Fried Mee Hoon ala Prawn Mee for brunch the next day! =)

An Impromptu Lunch....

2009-08-10T11:29:00.002+08:00

One friday afternoon,

we decided to drive down to Klang and join my parents for a simple lunch. Little did we know, we were going to try out this new restaurant and was it a pleasant meal. Filled with good food, scenic view and excellent breeze, we couldn't have asked for more. =)

Crabs with Egg Yolk

Steam Fish

Steamed Lala

Butter Prawns

Assam Fish Curry