Recently, I've heard from my mum saying some of my cousins are suggesting to their parents.. sell off their HDB & buy Condo!! OMG.. this is not a very good time to change!! on the other hand, their parent's HDB are fully paid.. every month just pay for the utility & fon bills.. now Property prices are so exp, if change now.. i think their old aged parents gonna be working till 80 yrs old in order to pay off the new mortgage loan!!

Anyway, really hope they see what i wrote here :) i've tried advising ppl not to do some stuff, really very common sense stuff.. NOT TO DO!!! NOT TO DO!!! but everyone just treat my words as "Tortoise Farting". So I'm gonna stop telling these ppl what they are doing is just Wasting their time.. Wasting their $$.. ANYMORE!!!! these ppl just wanna hear from you saying "Wow Brilliant idea!!... WAH confirm make $$.. WAH you so smart ah!!" They LOVE to hear these!!

Now the Soccer Bettings had stopped.. investors are starting to throw their $$ into the stock market, Big Fishes swimming into Singapore!! things are getting really interesting very soon :)

Luggage Tags

More Luggage Tags

More More Luggage Tags
Mr. Richard made some for himself, came back for more for his family :)
Thank U Sir!

Repeated Customer for metal plate engraving

Army Green Guards T-shirt
Actual color looks so much better than this!!
Grab your @
HockGiftShop.com
Now!!!

Lillian came for lotsa Dog Tags engraving
Its Caleb's 10th Birthday!
Her boss organized a Laser Game @ Dempsey Hill

Metal plates engraving for PawGlam's Catalogues

Uncle Henry came back for more Polo T-shirt Embroidery!!
BULL DOG T-SHIRT

Left Chest

Back

Yes, this is done by EMBROIDERY!!

Eagle Polo-Tee
This logo contains too many stitches, cant be embroidered directly

Uncle Henry was super excited seeing both Tees!!

Aikido Garment Embroidery
Customer was recommended by the previous Aikido Customer.. I believe more of their friends will be coming individually soon. cos Aikido Garment quite exp!! its good to label them b4 someone "accidentally mistook" your favorite Gi..

This is done by another embroidery shop.. forgot to ask Mr. Ng whr he did this
too much to the left!! not centralised!!

Compare the dif.
Right side done my Tot

Queenstown NCC Name Tags

Queenstown NCC School Tags
Thanks to Mr Ranfred!
Hope to see you again next year :)

Airborne Wing on Cigarette Case

Jungle Hat, Name Tags, Luggage Tags, Keychains
Mr. Spy did almost everything, he's good to go from his overseas trip :)

LG's ASIA Star Promoter Award 2010 Polo T-shirt

Many Many Red Collectible Tabs
will be up for sale @ hockgiftshop.com later next week.

More Military Tabs

An Ex-Tattoo Shop Bouncer came back to do a Security T-shirt for his new workplace.
he found a job in some Indian club @ Boat Quay, paying him $80/nite!! OMG!! that probably a fresh Uni Grad's Pay!! Had a little chat with him & thanked him for his support :)

Back Print

Front Print

Special Request from Customer W. (he told me not to mention his name)
USA Private Pilot Badge Engraved onto Stainless Steel Name Card Holder

almost 3 hrs.. not leaving my screen & mouse..
Nice?

Bro asked me to do some hand towels customized with eNets' MD's Name & 2 other staffs' names. although they did not manage to give us what was actually requested from the very beginning.. "We Just WANT a CREDIT CARD PAYMENT OPTION for our online store!!"

After a good 3 months of delay... their MD wrote a letter to my bro saying that they are sorry of their mistake.. Banks don't allow SME to apply the Credit Card Payment Options from eNets anymore.. WTF?!? none of the staff or even the boss didn't know this?? & they are still accepting cheques from new applicants & letting them wait for 3 months & telling them they are Innocent.. they really dunno..

From the very beginning i've voiced out not to apply, but Brother wanted to give in a try. so after wasting us 3 months waiting for nothing & almost $1k of cash!! It's slightly worst than what i've expected.. but i was prepared for the worst to happen!!

Brother hopes to end things in a nice way.. so i did the towels..

On the other hand, PAYPAL is totally different!! they don't charge a cent for application.. anyone can apply.. easy integration with any wordpress theme!! yesterday we even receive some BONUS from them!! just some info for ppl setting up online store!! Use iBanking & Paypal will be MORE than sufficient!! Don't waste $$ on any other payment gateway!!!

I'm not "Tortoise Farting"!! Think about it!!
Bonito Chico.. over 200 transactions daily!! they use iBanking for Local Customers, Paypal for overseas customers (Correct me if i'm wrong).
OhSoFickle.. Business earning over $10K every month.. iBanking for Local Customers, Paypal for overseas customers
There are so many successful online store all doing the same!!iBanking for Local Customers, Paypal for overseas customers.. MyRoseBullet.. Kelvin's Karate online store.. PawGlam (I think Aiwei oso do the same for her store).

Will be getting a big glass shelving from Ikea to keep my Tortoises str8 after the Toilet Reno!!
Too many of them..

Some Embroidery designs to be tested out when i'm super duper really nothing to do FREE

Pendant Engraving

Free Laser Printer from Mr. Kelvin :)
Lotsa Thanks bro!!

Brother HL-2040 Laser Printer

Now i'm hoping to receive a NEW RAZOR GAMING MOUSE (1600DPI, with the fwd & back button on the side!!) for my 26th Birthday!! LOL..
The apple mouse i've got earlier this year was totally a white elephant!! i'll vomit blood if i use it for editing & drawing!! OMG... that's probably the worst mouse i've ever used in my life!!

Anyway if you have got excessive cash on hand, invest in some good local company NOW!! if you happens to make some $$ in Sep 2010, buy me a Mouse on 1st Oct!! haha..

It's been a very long week!! really hope i have got 10 days in a week!! lack of sleep recently..

There will be lotsa Army Regulars gng overseas for training exercise in Aug. so made quite some luggage tags this week. I really love making Keychains & Luggage Tags. started off as a hobby & im now still doing it as a hobby more den a biz. probably every of my close Secondary school, Poly, NDU & Challenger's Friends & Colleagues will receive @ least 1 Keychain Personalized with their name on it. Really happy to know that ppl living on the other side of this world are liking my Keychains & Tags too :)

This is another long post, so gonna limit the text!!

Here's some of the projects for this week!!

LBV Name Tags Customization

Interesting Call Signs

my 1st Customer from US.
Hope they would like these Luggage Tags :)

Singapore Taekwondo Federation Belt Customization
Chinese Name, Korean TKD, Dan Strips, Old STF Logo
Everything stitched onto this $90.00 TKD Belt

Old STF Logo

Mini Singapore Flag
The big ones are quite sellable, but some customers prefer it to be small.
So they can sew them onto their hats.

Luggage Tags

Singapore Taekwon-do Union Flag
This flag is specially made for Master Tan.
The actual flag will be without the the Korean Characters by the side.
Still doing the editing for this!!

Dog Tags Customization

Khaki/Desert Camo Jungle Hat
Super Cool!!
This is an issued item. Some said they need to return all these desert camo uniforms & stuff back to their respective camp when the come back from their overseas trip.

More Luggage Tags

This is a tough Design
Didnt get it right the 1st round.

Apron Embroidery for WOW Recipe

Customer's special request to have the Thai Airborne Wing engraved onto a Stainless Steel Name Card Holder. Spent quite sometime thinking & tracing this using PS. even make use of the embroidery software to draw some parts of the wing.
not easy!! 1st time using 3 different design software to complete 1 artwork.

Plaque Plate Engraving for 37th Signal Officer Advanced Course
Lotsa Ranks & Names Engraved onto a 8cm by 18cm Gold Plate

Singapore Taekwon-do Institute Logo Patch (8cm Diameter)
Spent my entire Sun afternoon to complete drawing this
Another Tough piece of work!!

Toilet Renovation by Singapore Govt

Has been using this since the day i was born. Govt offered us super good deal package for this toilet renovation & lift upgrading plan. everyone was paying only 10-15% of the total reno. OMG!! Super Good Deal :) So happy, Gonna be having 2 new toilets in 10 more days!!

Super Old & Dirty looking

Shrink Wrapped almost EVERYTHING in the house

Thanks to my bro!! he came over to help me shrink wrap & we cleaned the entire hse like 5 times last night!! Sweep, Vacuum, Mop, Wipe, Sweep, Vacuum, Mop, Wipe, Sweep, Vacuum, Mop, Wipe, Sweep, Vacuum, Mop, Wipe!! Everyone shacked out last nite!!

Everything beyond this line was destroyed in 9 Hrs.. I can see thru my bathroom's wall now!!

Box Tortoise

Saw this Tortoise @ our usual chinese temple this morning. Mum tot its a fake tortoise shell, she disturb it with her foot!! OMG!!

This Chinese Temple will be closing down soon. The location is super valuable, owner will probably be selling to some property development cpy for profits. Kinda sad thing!!