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just finished a book by manfredi. its titled Pharaoh and is a culmination of 2 of my very favouritest things - Egyptology and archeology with a dash of mystery. very satisfying read. i took my time with this book; usually i'll just sit down and finish reading the book in practically one sitting, but i had a lot of things to do. i got the book on sunday, but read the bulk of it today. anyhow, the past week has been a swirl of events. 

school started on monday.

gave andrew a little present on tuesday.

went to Ikea on wednesday (and bought 14 kraft boxes, so as you've probably guessed, more packing ensued).

went out shopping with the girls on thursday (bought a dress, shoes and some other stuff!)

had dinner out with andrew on friday at new york new york.

cg day was at my place on sat (we cooked curry and played the new credit card monopoly!)

sunday sherwin and i made a recipe file for him to copy down recipes (i quite like that he's expressing an interest in baking!), mom's colleague dropped by with a huge box of yummy pineapple tarts that she makes every year for cny and i bought the manfredi book (and realised i needed a bookmark so made one rather quickly but i like it! mini doily and woodgrain contact sheet!)

monday (yesterday) i did some major organising for my school notes for this sem (printed out the lot of readings from the ecms, labelled, sorted, filed them)

and today, i finally remembered to take my vits! and for some weird reason i scratched my burn wound while sleeping last night, so i had to put antiseptic. and in an effort to try and remind myself to be crafty and took a picture of my new colour pencils (crayons+watercolour+coloured pencil = 3 in 1) that i got from seoul. i haven't tried them out yet. they're pretty pricey but the colour is so luscious! so yea. will definitely try it soon.

hmm. what else...i wanted to bake cookies and the chocolate cornflakes for cny, but mom said she already bought cny stuff to give. so might just make a small batch of chocolate cornflakes for andrew and grandma instead.

ahwells! 

okay. going to go grocery shopping now. 

ttfn!

*sheryl

craft mysteries

found this via craftzine. think its really interesting, its apparently like a how-to craft book and a mystery bundled together all in one. i read a bit on amazon, lye in wait and heaven preserve us.

*sheryl

my parents are more cool than i give them credit for

last night at approx 1.50am, the whole family went to macs for supper. haha. it was weird, we were all awake doing work, and i had a craving for cappuccino and cheesecake, so i asked if they wanted to go to macs for supper. i fully expected a "no", but they were game! and yesterday, sherwin and i made luggage tags for our upcoming holiday. the last time i just used a marker on name cards. this time, i upped it and printed on grid paper before adhering to the name cards and laminating them. i also found some pre-made luggage tags, the red one is part of an Esprit travel set (passport holder + luggage tag). so you know me, i had to alter it, even if just a little. and i used a slot punch so the luggage tags would look more professional, compared to using a regular one-hole punch. pretty, no? anyhow, gotta get back to studying, impending professional communication test at 2pm...

ttfn!

*sheryl

its starting to smell like Christmas

i love Christmas, strings of lights, tinkling bells, fresh baked cookies, 

peppermint candies, striped leggings, red & green, 

holly & ivy, candy canes, sugarplum fairies, nutcracker ballet.

eggnog apple cider and pine trees.

gingerbread house with white icing & gumdrops.

presents, holly wreathe and bright red birds.

(from a justjohanna stamp

-i only wrote the parts i liked)

made soba today for the first time. kept craving for soba and jean convinced me it was easy to make! i'll admit i was kinda afraid of the soba when it was boiling, cos it stuck together a little. i wasn't sure if i should treat it like pasta when you boil it? ahwells. turns out, its was simple. and yummy. (:

(andrew i made loads so you can have some tonight if you'd like.)

i improvised, i realised i didn't have spring onions. and the soba would be quite plain without that extra pep, so i added minced raw garlic instead. and i had some mushrooms to go with the noodles.

and yesterday we had kenny rogers - gotta love that corn muffin! (its the highlight of the meal). i do believe i found a corn muffin recipe recently. will have to try it out before Christmas, maybe i could do a bunch for Christmas dinner! haven't been baking. i want to, but the oven has been rather wonky and dad is loathe to get a new one, so we'll see. 

found some gorgeous cupcakes from this lady's flickr. i would like that cupcake stand please!

this is from alicia's blog from her new book. i love the culmination of crafty materials. speaking of which, my craft area (and room) is in a mess. i feel that urge to pack again. i know its crazy, but i do love packing and tidying up. (i'm so domesticated. HAHA. right) anyhow, the family is trying to decide if we should have a holiday this year or do some minor renovations. i'm okay with both. but i wanna do-up my room now. but i know that if i get anymore shelving or boxes, my room is not going to have any walking space. think i shall go pack after this post. (:

found this on the hambly blog. can you believe that bouquet was a wedding bouquet?! ingenious isn't it? but this is definitely not a bouquet i would wanna throw to the crowd. would make a lovely centrepiece. the middles of the flowers are apparently vintage buttons!

i used to keep my seed beads by colour in individual mini zip-locks. but over time, the zip-lock tends to have holes. so i gave up and just poured them by colour into bottles. kinda looks like that coloured sand art thinga-ma-jig, doesn't it?

more beads and super lovely suede leaf garlands. i'm saving them for a special project. :D

this is my favourite craft punch at the moment. 

poster from the poster list.

prints from backbone. 

print from print a day.
print from lab partners.

ceramic tree trunk bowls from domino mag.

this tree is so stunningly red! from donna's blog.

more prints from the poster list.

print from is photo.

tutorial to make a cassette tape wallet here!

tutorial to make lego gummy candy here!

print from wolfie the sneak.

and more prints from the poster list.

have a great day! i'm off to pack! (:
*sheryl

bronto stamp

when the girls and i had our sushi buffet, guess who we saw? elmo and cookie at nydc for dessert! (:

*sheryl

hama*beads!

i recently re-acquainted myself with some childhood craft stuff. the top 2 pictures are shots of a sticker machine. its actually sherwin's but i'm keeping it for uh...safekeeping. haha. and i recently found my hama beads! sherwin and i have been making loads of hama bead stuff. he made ben 10 omnitrix thinga-ma-jigs and what-nots.

i've been making...
that is for andrew. the next few pictures are squiggletown preview sneaks. as in i haven't even posted these sneaks on squiggletown yet, but seeing as how you found my blog, here are the sneaks beforehand. (:
pretty yummy ain't it? (: super psyched about it.

ohh. and shots of me attempting to study at the front porch. there's a shot of my new swan pencil case and red nike waterbottle. which reminds me, tonnes of assignments due soon! got a study session with the girls tmr before we reward ourselves with shopping and sushi. yum!

ttfn!

*sheryl