Tribute to a storyteller full of grace

Yasmin Ahmad... the late Yasmin Ahmad. it still feels really strange to think and refer to her as the late.
but passed on she has - and we are the losers. If the afterlife had movies I bet she is busy creating her next quirky, truthful, sentimental take on life in heaven and how it used to be.
watching Talentime that night at her tribute in Cathay Cineleisure in Singapore, found me (other than being in tears) missing all those things that made my childhood fantastic - the peeling walls of the school corridors, the stage stairs that we used to run up and down all the time rehearsing something or other and the piano... the piano that I never wanted to practice on at home, but somehow the one in the school hall had a magnet-like attraction.
yes - of course my mates - all the colours of the rainbow - some of whom thanks to facebook I am back in touch with again - as usual in her casual grace she reminds us of all the things we want back in this Malaysia.

I had volunteered to do a couple of arrangements for the gala night - and I chose tuberoses as these I was told were her favourite bloom. I also used elements from all other cultures - like the chinese wedding basket, and the banana leaves for the table arrangement...


thank you Thomas Chia for allowing me the opportunity to contribute.

and most importantly thank you Yasmin, if you are listening - for allowing me the opportunity to reminisce, and hope...

rIp Yasmin Ahmad

Simply September in Singapore

This was my second gig in singapore which is nice - because I did not have to travel to malaysia just to meet the bride and deliver her flowers!!
and of course trying to operate in two countries all the time does get a little tiring, and I really would like to get a little more business in singapore.

the ceremony was very simple, and really was a gathering of dear friends. the bride carried a single white lily, and  I managed to find a beautiful slipper orchid for the groom!
I loved the fact that I could work with such a rare gem - hope you like the simple designs!

Panjang gets married!

V aka Panjang ;) finallllly got hitched - and what a quick romance this was. One minute she was telling me about all the hits and misses she kept being subject to, and the next thing you know she sends out this photo and the caption reads the love of her life??!!! in true form V had to be rather dramatic, and yes the love of her life is now her husband for life...
I was given the honour of taking care of decoration arrangements in the bride's hometown.
We were definitely both on the right brainwave when I sent her a picture of my ideas and she had happened to be thinking along the same lines!!
V decided on fuschia pink, orange and brown for her Sangeet ceremony, and the wedding was to be a red and white affair. The Sangeet colour theme kept making me think of lollipops!!! SOOOO... we used lanterns and a lot of wood and then more sedate arrangements for the Gurdwara (sikh temple) the next morning.

This was my first wedding of doing multiple events, what a learning curve!! and I had all V's aunts and cousins helping - they probably hate me by now, but hey! I pulled it off...V and N heres to an eternity together.

Some photos are courtesy of Chin Aik Lee, who was official photographer for the event - some are mine (the less polished looking ones ....sigh....)

Introducing 'theflourist'

Hi
so if you remember I had a couple of posts about the cakes I have been making.
In the hope that there will be a lot more, I have set up another blog that is linked to the merry making - I have called it 'theflourist'.

Do become a follower and fan and most importantly check back in often for updates!!!!

flower ball drama

This is such a classic look and is really popular these days - the style is compact and close, and there are so many options that you can choose from. Here I used lovely iceberg roses, carnations and even baubles. the black butterfly adds an interesting texture and detail to the design.

Winter Wonderland

This was a lovely project to be involved with - we used painted birch branches, dendrobium orchids, and white roses and would love to do this again!

Sing me 'I DO'

This was a lovely May wedding surprise. The couple were related to a close friend Sharon Lam and had not thought about flowers or decoration for the church - so I happily pitched in to help.
KC and Gen were lovely! They met while acting and singing in a musical, and that was that!
They were the most un-fussy and down to earth couple you would ever meet.
He wore a tuxedo and tails! and the bride wore a lovely A line ivory dress.They exude this old world charm how could I not help out.
so enough about the couple - the flowers!- it was to be very simple. the colour scheme was really taken from what we already had - I picked lavender (from the cards that were meant to be printed blue but turned out lavender) burgundy cos the bridesmaid dress was burgundy and white from the bride's dress! the style of the flowers were borrowed from English country style which I thought went well with the character of the couple.I used chrysanthemums in little silver buckets for the pews, and the same flowers for the bride and bridesmaid's bouquet.
It was great to be given the opportunity to work with this couple - even more to be able to witness a wedding so full of love and regard. The church was packed with their family and friends of from different walks of life! Judging by their friends who were all easy going and who pitched up to help out with the set up at the church, it was obvious that these two have love all around them. Their friends even put on the entertainment after the ceremony and made a whole lot of lovely noise while guests ate lunch.
for all the lip-service our politicians are doing for 1Malaysia - KC, Gen and friends achieved it just by being themselves.

The following photos are courtesy of Ms Sharon Lam

Busy is good??

So they say - but then it means that I dont have the time to update the blog.

The last couple of weeks have been busy, and promise to only get busier as I start some research and planning on some events later on in the year.

Last weekend saw me working a wedding and a corporate cake order, and this weekend I have a little girl's birthday cake order to complete...

so I will update with more photos once I can take the baking gloves off.

till then, be happy!

TAXI!

my close friend, Charlene Rajendran recently published her book called Taxi Tales on a Crooked Bridge (yes its a plug - its my blog and I can plug if I want to!) about taxi drivers, their quirks, the relationship between passenger and driver - it also inevitably touches on identity, belonging, perception and life as a malaysian here in singapore.

the book was launched in KL, and recently in

singapore - to brighten up the space she asked me to bring a little flowerpower action along!

this one was fun, cos I had the perfect vessel for the flowers - as the book and author are rather quirky, I used an old biscuit tin, and included flowers which were a fun take on old favourites -like ping pong chrysanthemums, local asters, and even found the gloriosa lily - especially cool since her mum (who is named after this particular bloom)

attended the day!

FOLLOOWWW MEEEEEE

So today I read in the papers about this lady who started blogging out of sheer boredom, and as a result her blog was used for like 3 movies - 3??? I mean COME ONNNNNNN!!!!

so anyhow, it got me thinking about blog-fame -I WANNNNNTTT ITTT!!!!

ok ok really I dont need to be famous - though my work needs to be ;) well at least it does if I hope to keep doing this for a while and not go back to the corporate world with my rose stripper tucked away behind the ever-heaving, ever growing, pile of politicking-bickering-nagging thing they call work!

Must..keep...going....

must... get... more...followers... (i mean heck it is more than fun than twitter right??)