Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Happy Chinese New Year to one and all....

It has been a while since I posted anything but been trying to settle down in school and after only four weeks, am tired so this long weekend is lovely!!! Been waiting for this weekend for a long time and sad that it will be gone real soon.

Was in town and yes, the whole nation basically shuts down during this Chinese New Year period. Usually only the cinemas and fast food joints and oh yes...supermarkets. Was at GIANT supermarket yesterday and yes, mainly makciks were there shopping away.

So what do Malay families do during CNY? Well dunno about the other Malay families but this is what my family did. We had a scale down steamboat dinner. My mom usually gets into the mood and we would have steamboat dinner at my grandma's place. But this year cuz she wasn't feeling too good, we had a scale down version at home instead.

And at night, Mom and I were happily munching on kuah chee. That's the thing about living in Singapore, you kinda do stuff that the other races do and it all seems so normal. There's nothing strange seeing a Chinese person eating mee rebus from a Malay stall or seeing a Malay person munching happily on some thosai. That's what I like about Singapore. And love the way we all 'celebrate' all the different festivals.

What else have I been up to. Well thanks to my cousin who introduced me to Tunisian crochet, I am working on a shawl and a scarf (two scarves actually but the other one am not sure what stitch I am using). What I like about Tunisian scarf is that I use a huge hook and it's kinda fast. For the shawl, I am on my second skein and for my scarf, I need to get another ball of yarn from Spotlight. Funny thing is that as I work on the scarf, was wondering how long the scarf should be cuz never own a proper scarf and here in the tropics, we use them think scarf more for accessories than to keep one warm. So was wondering how much further should I go on for the scarf. Well, will have to google that one and see if I can get the answer.

Will take a picture once I am done with the shawl and scarves. Now why crocheting...well aim for this year is to learn how to knit. And thought I'll slowly ease into this by starting with crocheting which requires only one needle. And I bought a PRETEEN crocheting guide from Spotlight. Was thinking to myself...like how hard can it be ya? Preteen means simple language with lots of pictures. Boy was I wrong. After reading a few instructions, I got totally lost. So ended up doing something (that's one of the scarves) and am not sure what I'm doing but continuing to do it *grins*

So am glad that my cousin came to the rescue and introduced me to Yueli from Leaping Yarns. I signed up for a project (i.e. shawl) and learnt some basic stitches that will keep me occupied for now. Next project when that is done would be to learn how to crochet a bag!

Anyways, it's back to marking. Have three sets of marking to do and some slide presentations to prepare for ... all by Wednesday! Good luck to me *sighs*


Monday, January 30, 2006

Happy Chinese New Year to one and all....

It has been a while since I posted anything but been trying to settle down in school and after only four weeks, am tired so this long weekend is lovely!!! Been waiting for this weekend for a long time and sad that it will be gone real soon.

Was in town and yes, the whole nation basically shuts down during this Chinese New Year period. Usually only the cinemas and fast food joints and oh yes...supermarkets. Was at GIANT supermarket yesterday and yes, mainly makciks were there shopping away.

So what do Malay families do during CNY? Well dunno about the other Malay families but this is what my family did. We had a scale down steamboat dinner. My mom usually gets into the mood and we would have steamboat dinner at my grandma's place. But this year cuz she wasn't feeling too good, we had a scale down version at home instead.

And at night, Mom and I were happily munching on kuah chee. That's the thing about living in Singapore, you kinda do stuff that the other races do and it all seems so normal. There's nothing strange seeing a Chinese person eating mee rebus from a Malay stall or seeing a Malay person munching happily on some thosai. That's what I like about Singapore. And love the way we all 'celebrate' all the different festivals.

What else have I been up to. Well thanks to my cousin who introduced me to Tunisian crochet, I am working on a shawl and a scarf (two scarves actually but the other one am not sure what stitch I am using). What I like about Tunisian scarf is that I use a huge hook and it's kinda fast. For the shawl, I am on my second skein and for my scarf, I need to get another ball of yarn from Spotlight. Funny thing is that as I work on the scarf, was wondering how long the scarf should be cuz never own a proper scarf and here in the tropics, we use them think scarf more for accessories than to keep one warm. So was wondering how much further should I go on for the scarf. Well, will have to google that one and see if I can get the answer.

Will take a picture once I am done with the shawl and scarves. Now why crocheting...well aim for this year is to learn how to knit. And thought I'll slowly ease into this by starting with crocheting which requires only one needle. And I bought a PRETEEN crocheting guide from Spotlight. Was thinking to myself...like how hard can it be ya? Preteen means simple language with lots of pictures. Boy was I wrong. After reading a few instructions, I got totally lost. So ended up doing something (that's one of the scarves) and am not sure what I'm doing but continuing to do it *grins*

So am glad that my cousin came to the rescue and introduced me to Yueli from Leaping Yarns. I signed up for a project (i.e. shawl) and learnt some basic stitches that will keep me occupied for now. Next project when that is done would be to learn how to crochet a bag!

Anyways, it's back to marking. Have three sets of marking to do and some slide presentations to prepare for ... all by Wednesday! Good luck to me *sighs*


Monday, January 16, 2006

New kids on the block...

*laughs* Yes you can pretty much guess how old I am to know New Kids On The Block, boy band from long time ago. Cannot for the life of me remember any of the songs they use to sing but remember that band name.

Anyways, have some new sock kids that I made and will be putting them up for sale soon. Have decided to use the flowers as part of these sock kids. The blue one is already unavailable. Made two of those and will be sending them off to their new homes soon.

The others are still available and I am now on a hunt for cute socks to make them into more of these cuties :o)

Thursday, January 12, 2006

New coral necklace.

Recently made this coral pendant with matching earrings for Karin and she managed to get her package before delivering her baby which is real soon. Am glad the length fits too cuz it would be so hard to fix it for her. Wanted to create a different necklace as I had made another necklace using a similar coral pendant so am rather pleased with how this turned out. Been a while since I made any new jewellery. And yes, am still intrigued with sewing at the moment *grins*

Sunday, January 08, 2006

Crafty 2006 for me...

It's most definitely going to be a crafty year for me. Being on flickr has gotten me hooked on things crafty. Am even thinking of taking up knitting classes after seeing all the gorgeous things that are made by talented people on flickr. But can't seem to find classes right now cuz they seem to have them in the morning or afternoon. Now until I turn tai tai, I will not be able to attend those classes. It's as if one who works is not allowed to knit. Utter rubbish.

Have been on flickr for some time now and have made some friends with people who appreciate handmade things and they themselves make beautiful hand made items from toys to jewellery, bags and baby clothes and heaps more stuff. And it has also encouraged me to try out different things and everyone is so kind eventhough some of the things I made are hmmm...let's say lots of room for improvement, everyone is so encouraging. And I am constantly impressed by what others can do.

Anyways, ended last year with books that I got on crafty stuff and started this year with making one of them following the instructions closely. Am so into sock kids / sock pals right now. This is the first one I made and now am hunting for socks in different shades of brown to make the faces.

How can one resist a cutie like that? *laughs* Anyways, am having with these and am constantly looking out for them socks when am out. As to what's next, not sure yet but let's see....


Wednesday, January 04, 2006

The Brain Personality Test

Fi did an interesting personality test (she finds the coolest tests to do) and I thought what the hell, give it a go. Interesting personality test if I may say so myself.

Anyways, all you need to do is answer some questions as honestly as possible and don't think too much cuz then it gets all tricky and you will want to pick the most correct answer. It should always be your natural response with as little thought to the answers as possible. But that's a personal opinion *grins*

So what did I get? This:


So what me should do right now is paint some *laughs* I dunno lah. Am never the paint or draw kind. Too stressful to try and do that cuz would want it to be as real as possible.

Anyways, Spotlight having a sale tomorrow so maybe I should just pop over and get some stuff to paint and errr paint? We'll see. Thanks for this personality test Fi!! Was fun yes. Was fun! Keep them tests coming! :o)

Am off to bed so that I can get up at an ungodly hour of 6am *shakes head*

Sunday, January 01, 2006

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL!!!

It's inevitable, 2005 is now history and it's officially 2006 now *sighs* Mixed feelings as usual. Sad that another year has gone by (read: me am getting older) but excited cuz 2006 could be an interesting year, busy but exciting. One filled with lots of massages as advised by the tarot card lady and I fully intend to listen to her on that!

And true to the MBA spirit, here's wishing one and all a Happy New Year, one full of fun and laughter, peace and joy, lots of sex and vio..okay, skip the violence part. THAT we can do without please!!!! No more bombings and killings and all those senseless things!! Let's try and have a peaceful year with lots of loving only!!!

Lots of hugs and kisses,
ME :o)