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Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

via howabtorange. really quaint and charming. (:

edo notebook series

ahem. like i said, i was reading the last concubine. and it is a book based in japan, before tokyo was the capital of japan and it was known as edo. and i really liked the whole feel of the story - the setting, characters, plot, that yesterday when i sat down to scrap, the japanese paper prints were calling my name. so hand-cut felt leaves, kimono prints and paper blooms, with buttons and rhinestones. whimsical and woodsy. (the blue notebook isn't actually part of the series, i just happened to alter that too. so yea. opps!) :p

lists

no blog post should be without a picture. so here.

thats a pair of earrings i recently made. will be uploading a bunch of accessories on squiggletown on 17 may. i'm contemplating etsy. but i like a flexibility i get with a blog. and i dont like the idea of needing to use a credit card for etsy (seeing as how i don't really have one). haha. um. yea. so i guess i'll be sticking to blogger.

currently listening to les mis and falling in love with the story all over again. i think andrew is sick of hearing the cd play in the car. haha. but its such a beautiful story. and the music is enchanting. if they come to singapore, i would love to watch them. well. that and miss saigon.

would you believe it, but i'm looking forward to school. working is okay. in fact, its probably what i'm going to do for the rest of my life. but knowing that, makes me want to cling to studying and burning the midnight oil to do so. i'm honestly at a loss as to what to do next. this coming trimester will be my last and then i'll graduate. its like the closer you get to completing something, the more you realise it actually isn't that bad (thats what i say now. check back with me in 3 months when i have my term papers due and ask me if i still feel the same) and i think its also because this trimester i'm going to have lots of same classes with people i've missed having classes with. so it'd be really good to catch-up. (:

the last weekend i had a sudden burst of crafty energy - more specifically beading. i forgot how great instant gratification was - me making something and being able to wear it straight away. been wanting to craft too. been wanting to try hand-binding books. not too sure about needing to buy waxed thread and needle tho.

still contemplating getting a new sewing machine. think i'm just waiting for my bank account to miraculously appear with $500.

been lagging behind qt and newspaper reading. thats bad. so much for being a journalism student. ha! ohh! but i've been reading - novels. i just bought 3 from times. the last concubine, my favourite wife and a thriller - something about a phantom plagued ship. i cant remember the title. will get back to you on that. i liked the last concubine. finished it almost in one seating. made me realise how enjoyable reading is - its like watching a movie except you're the director because you're imagining how it'd be like. and i think it'd make a pretty good movie. its a bit like memoirs of a geisha, except there's a lot more historical facts thrown in with the fictional mix. (did i mention i love ancient history?)

over the weekend, andrew and i (well, mostly andrew) made huat kueh. its a bit like cupcakes but its steamed. its a chinese cake. i haven't tasted it before till i made it. grandma had a mix so she asked me to try it. it turned out really pretty. like little flower blooms. will have to find the picture to upload it. grandma says its nice, so i'm happy.

i know. this post is rather choppy isn't it? its like i'm throwing my thoughts out. need to start using my organiser again. its lapsing into the murky darkness of my bag. haha. okay. should go and start making those lists.

ohh. btw. its andrew and my fifth year anniversary today. seems so long. he got me this gorgeous campo design pen studded with swarovski crystals. its purple. i've been in a purple mood lately. anyhoo its my birthstone, so if i get tired of the colour i can use that to reason with myself as to why i got it in purple. i actually got one for my mom in silver for mothers' day. andrew and i went shopping together. it was really sweet cos it was his idea to shop for mother's day presents. ohh! which reminds me. i actually have a tonne of photos for that day. we bought them sweets from sticky (the mothers' day mix - it said i ♥ mommy and had hearts in blue and pink). then to accompany that, i got her the campo design pen and he got his mom a necklace. (: isn't that sweet? yea, i thought so.

alright. to the lists!

leaves, jam jars, glitter, post-its, chalkboards, eyelets, canvases, watercolour