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For some unknown reasons, I’ve started to do something that I won’t normally do. To be exact, something that I thought I’ll never do in my whole life. I think this kinda thing does happen from time to time on me. Like I never wanted myself to teach or to be a teacher, but at one point of my life, I was actually enjoying teaching the kids very much. The universe does have its own way of bringing unexpected things into one’s life. :)
This time around, I started planting something in the garden. In short, gardening. Yeap. I’ve killed some cactuses and here I am, planting again. :)
At first I got a pack of carrot seeds when Charles was back about a week ago and started my plan to build a no dig garden. Try googling around and you’ll get the idea. It sounds quite simple and I’d like myself to plant some vegetables in Xiao Bi’s garden territory – and of course I’m going to make her NOT chewing up or digging out my vege. I followed the approach from the Dog Whisperer with her and it seems to be working just fine, and she seems to be totally OK with the yet-to-grow carrot tray. :)
And then I’ve got a huge type of water plant kinda thing from the owner of Xiao Bi’s bf. This one is simpler. Just put the whole thing in a huge pot, add soil and fertiliser and just water it everyday. I like the idea. :)
Here is my carrot tray. It should start seedling (I hope I’m using the correct word, I’m not used to gardening, seriously) in 10-20 days. I hope it does, and I’ll be able to move them to the no dig garden.
So all in all, I’ve started something new for 2009. How about you? :)
Happy New Year! :)
A few weeks back we decided to order something that can give us more flexibility when creating our jewelry – believe it or not, I seriously have problem finding the shapes and feel that I want from those widely available in the market and on the internet. I just don’t feel right knowing that someone else is going to be using the exact same mold casting their resin jewelry. Yeah I admit that I do have this ‘perfectionist’ thingy in me. -.-
Anyway, this thing arrived two days ago and I’m now already loving it.
Introducing the amazing silicone putty.
The problem with having too much of flexibility is that, I suddenly don’t know what shape or feel that I was exactly looking for. @.@ I consider this as a sickness. Too little freedom, don’t like. Too much freedom, got lost. LOL.
About a week back we’ve finally decided to join a team on Etsy. A team that I’ve always wanted to join, mainly because of what they do. They are a group of Etsy sellers dedicated to reducing, reusing, and recycling. It doesn’t always have to be the product itself, but packaging means a lot too. That makes a lot of sense to us. I’ve always had the tendency of using a lot of packing materials (like used craft papers, bubble mailer, etc.) mainly because we always ship to overseas, like U.S or the European countries, and I always try to pack more – I mean, it’s a long way to go, so just in case. :D
I’m hoping that I can learn some tips and tricks on reducing, reusing, and recycling packaging materials and other areas from the members. If possible, I’d like to contribute a bit here and there too. :) Check out the Eco Etsy Street Team Blog here and check out the new badge on my sidebar. :)
On the side note, me and a few other Malaysian Etsians are also thinking of starting our own local team. Everything is still in progress but hopefully we can get it up soon. :)
Although me and my family don’t celebrate Christmas, but we did have an extraordinary Christmas Eve this year. :)
To those who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas! And to those who are not celebrating, Happy Holidays! 
With all the season-celebrating mood around, my family wasn’t really excited about the whole thing, mainly because we don’t celebrate Christmas. :) But we did have an extraordinary Christmas Eve this year.
Darl called me up and asked me to choose in between having a beef steak or lamb chop for supper at around 7pm+. After all the discussions, I thought, oh well since I’m going to have a heavy supper, probably I should just consume a little bit for dinner. So at about 8pm, me and my younger brother decided to have our so-called Christmas Eve dinner. Just when we were about to start…
‘Puff!’
The next thing we knew, we were in the dark. NO ELECTRICITY! @.@
My parents went to get some torch lights out and distribute to everyone. Well, we thought it’s just going to be for a while, until we went outside and realised that the area affected was quite wide. Dad had to cancel his regular badminton session and started calling up his friends to check out if their places were affected. My aunty a.k.a Mimi called up Tenaga Nasional and was told that she was number 43. Lol.
So we chatted in the dark for a while, talking nonsense. And seriously, I was really getting hungry. About an hour later, there was still no electricity. So I decided to just have a torch-light-dinner. :D
Luckily the electricity supply resumed at about 9:30pm, and I could have my heavy Christmas Eve supper just on time – although the pre-marinated lamb bought at Jaya Jusco didn’t turn out well.
To those who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas! And to those who is not celebrating, Happy Holidays! :)
P/S: Btw, the sudden power failure did cause some problem to my iMac. Somehow it’s taking way longer then before to load the OS. Probably it’s the permission problem but hopefully it’s not too much a Christmas surprise… :/
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