May 16, 2013
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Another little watercolour mini / ACEO I made. You can read more about it and buy it from this etsy link: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/151375304/sonia-leong-aceo-original-watercolour? It’s Rua from A Brush With Magic :3

Another little watercolour mini / ACEO I made. You can read more about it and buy it from this etsy link:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/151375304/sonia-leong-aceo-original-watercolour?

It’s Rua from A Brush With Magic :3

May 13, 2013
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As part of my birthday celebrations, I had a lovely BBQ in the garden over the bank holiday a couple of weeks ago at my new house (which is still undergoing work, but that didn’t stop us!). I really can’t wait until we’re able to move in properly!

I’m wearing a silk scarf print kaftan I bought in Thailand, M&S maternity tights, black Rocket Dog ballet pumps and H&M long-sleeved crop top, glasses/shades by Joop.

I’m coming up to 37 weeks now and I still look almost the same as I did in this photo ^^ At my midwife appointment last Friday, I’m still measuring small, but the two midwives there had a good poke and said that #PrinceLeong felt fine and that he should be over the minimum threshold for normal delivery at the Rosie Birth Centre (which is AMAZING, the rooms are so nice with mood lighting, pull down double bed, drug outlets from every wall, a birthing pool in every room and an iPod dock for relaxing music! Fingers crossed that on the day, there’ll be space for me!).

And to finish off this post, here is a picture of Matt is being unnecessarily manly, using his Black&Decker to vent the BBQ…

May 10, 2013
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Doing the laundry with Matt

  • Me: We really need to do an underwear wash!
  • Matt: But I only count nine of your panties in the laundry basket?
  • Me: I can't fit into most of the others anymore, so these nine panties have to go in the laundry ASAP!
  • Matt: Okay, okay... (gathers them up and heads down the stairs to do a small cycle, then stays downstairs playing Monster Hunter)
  • Me: (potters about bedroom for ten minutes before noticing a pair of panties on the floor) LOL, silly boy dropped one! I'll go tease him about it... (walks down corridor) wait a second... there's another! (stomp down the stairs, increasingly more irate) THERE'S ANOTHER THREE IN THE HALLWAY! WTF!!??
  • Matt: (calling from the living room) What's wrong? Do you need anything?
  • Me: NINE PANTS! OUT OF NINE PANTS, YOU DROPPED FIVE!!! GRAAAAAAH!!!
May 8, 2013
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OMG YOU GUYS!!! The new With Ether medley is out and it’s MONSTER HUNTER!!!! :D :D :D

(As always, my little brother Simon and my little sister Stephanie are involved :D Please support this awesome work)

May 4, 2013
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Matt and his infinite wisdom/praise

  • Me: Help me up, please!
  • Matt: (offers hand and pulls me up off the sofa)
  • Me: Urgh, sorry for being such a whale!
  • Matt: Don't be silly, you're not a whale. You're more like... a mothership.
  • Me: ...
May 3, 2013
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Sunny day! Makes it much easier to walk over a mile to the local supermarket and back when 8 months pregnant! The nice bank holiday weather has meant EVERYONE and their dog has done a run on the big Tescos for BBQ supplies, but I’ve been planning to have one tomorrow for ages now D: This is where having a local Co-op comes into play, people don’t think to go there! And outfit rundown: maternity vest and leggings from eBay, blouse from GSP Sport, glasses/shades Silhouettes, bag Desigual, sandals Accessorize.

Sunny day! Makes it much easier to walk over a mile to the local supermarket and back when 8 months pregnant! The nice bank holiday weather has meant EVERYONE and their dog has done a run on the big Tescos for BBQ supplies, but I’ve been planning to have one tomorrow for ages now D: This is where having a local Co-op comes into play, people don’t think to go there!

And outfit rundown: maternity vest and leggings from eBay, blouse from GSP Sport, glasses/shades Silhouettes, bag Desigual, sandals Accessorize.

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A little watercolour mini / ACEO I made a few days ago. You can read more about it and buy the original work from this link: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/150018434/sonia-leong-aceo-original-watercolour?ref=shop_home_active It’s Arafel from my fantasy story, ‘A Brush With Magic’ :3

A little watercolour mini / ACEO I made a few days ago. You can read more about it and buy the original work from this link:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/150018434/sonia-leong-aceo-original-watercolour?ref=shop_home_active

It’s Arafel from my fantasy story, ‘A Brush With Magic’ :3

May 2, 2013
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Waaah! The Russian edition of my Manga Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet! :D So that makes the total of NINE editions! It just astounds me how popular this book of mine is and that so many people are reading it around the world :) Editions available now: UK, USA, Italy, China, Brazil, Korea, Turkey, Czech Republic, Russia!

Waaah! The Russian edition of my Manga Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet! :D So that makes the total of NINE editions! It just astounds me how popular this book of mine is and that so many people are reading it around the world :)

Editions available now: UK, USA, Italy, China, Brazil, Korea, Turkey, Czech Republic, Russia!

May 1, 2013
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I swear, even the Duchess of Cambridge is going to find it hard to beat me for the award of “Smallest/Neatest baby bump EVER”. #PrinceLeong is just about 35 weeks / 8 months along with only 5 weeks to go! I look insanely small, but my actual fundal height measurements are normal and he’s active/kicking about and I’ve had very little complications so far, so by all accounts, he’s developing fine. I think I know why, though! Not only am I tall (5’9”), fairly slim (was UK dress size 8 before all this started), with strong first-time-mum abdominal muscles, but according to my very first ultrasound, I have a retroverted uterus (i.e. it doesn’t tilt forward like most women, but tilts further back, closer towards my spine). So when I was joking about him being a little vampire and hiding by wrapping himself around my spine, I wasn’t kidding! XD My uterus has evened out a lot over the past few months I’m sure, but it seems my body has naturally tucked him in a lot closer to my organs than with other preggos. What is an annoyance to me is that it’s difficult for me to eat as much as I should - now, if any of you have met me in real life, you know that I can put away a huge meal even a pro rugby player would have trouble finishing. But it’s actually really hard for me to eat a lot (when I need it more than ever!) because there’s no room inside! So ideally, I need to graze, but my problem is that I get easily so focused on doing art or work or chores that I forget to eat anything for 4-5 hours at a stretch. Even now, I’ve been up since 7am for that BBC interview, but I’ve been so busy doing STUFF and THINGS that I haven’t eaten anything yet! It’s strange, because I kinda want to look bigger, but I still also feel so fat/bloated, particularly in my upper arms, bum and top of the thighs. Such conflict :( I almost CRIED when I couldn’t even slip on my Alexander McQueen brocade-flock skirt over my thighs two months ago. Anyway, I obviously need to go and eat something. And the dress is gorgeous, it’s a nursing dress for easy access in future :) From Mamas and Papas.

I swear, even the Duchess of Cambridge is going to find it hard to beat me for the award of “Smallest/Neatest baby bump EVER”. #PrinceLeong is just about 35 weeks / 8 months along with only 5 weeks to go! I look insanely small, but my actual fundal height measurements are normal and he’s active/kicking about and I’ve had very little complications so far, so by all accounts, he’s developing fine.

I think I know why, though! Not only am I tall (5’9”), fairly slim (was UK dress size 8 before all this started), with strong first-time-mum abdominal muscles, but according to my very first ultrasound, I have a retroverted uterus (i.e. it doesn’t tilt forward like most women, but tilts further back, closer towards my spine).

So when I was joking about him being a little vampire and hiding by wrapping himself around my spine, I wasn’t kidding! XD My uterus has evened out a lot over the past few months I’m sure, but it seems my body has naturally tucked him in a lot closer to my organs than with other preggos.

What is an annoyance to me is that it’s difficult for me to eat as much as I should - now, if any of you have met me in real life, you know that I can put away a huge meal even a pro rugby player would have trouble finishing. But it’s actually really hard for me to eat a lot (when I need it more than ever!) because there’s no room inside! So ideally, I need to graze, but my problem is that I get easily so focused on doing art or work or chores that I forget to eat anything for 4-5 hours at a stretch. Even now, I’ve been up since 7am for that BBC interview, but I’ve been so busy doing STUFF and THINGS that I haven’t eaten anything yet!

It’s strange, because I kinda want to look bigger, but I still also feel so fat/bloated, particularly in my upper arms, bum and top of the thighs. Such conflict :( I almost CRIED when I couldn’t even slip on my Alexander McQueen brocade-flock skirt over my thighs two months ago.

Anyway, I obviously need to go and eat something. And the dress is gorgeous, it’s a nursing dress for easy access in future :) From Mamas and Papas.

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I’ve just done a quick interview with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, with my good friend Emma Vieceli! The clip of the interview is up now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018fv7r As a special request, I did a quick portrait of the morning show’s presenter, Paul Stainton! Manga - a great comic format for everyone in many styles, big in the UK and particularly Cambridge :D

I’ve just done a quick interview with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, with my good friend Emma Vieceli! The clip of the interview is up now:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018fv7r

As a special request, I did a quick portrait of the morning show’s presenter, Paul Stainton!

Manga - a great comic format for everyone in many styles, big in the UK and particularly Cambridge :D

:ART:LIFE:FASHION: by sonia leong

The diary of a Manga artist of many hobbies