So, the past 2 months... what progress did I make for knitting? That will be from early June
- Got 20sk of Berroco Pleasure (approx), few sk of Berrocco Chincilla, CottonTwist & something else.
- 3 ed. of Interweave Knits, 2 ed of Simply Knitting, 1 ed. Sandra
- 6-10 sk of Daiso yarns
- 4 pairs of Bamboo needle from Daiso
- 1 pair of gold-plated Addi - 3 mm I think.
- half-cone Zephyr
- Kid Mohair fr Sarah's yarn
Not bad eh? Some of the stash came on board with noble intention of being part of project, but then when I look at them or when I want to start project, I think, they are too precious to be set apart. Oh gosh...like this, how to ever finish my stash?
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Thursday, August 9, 2007
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Heatstroke
Weather is really erratic. While last week was generally cooling with some rains, from Sunday onwards it was BLAZING HOT! It's like the Sun is barbecuing the earth.
Oblivious to the change of weather (we thought it was just another sunny day, as always) we did not take enough precaution.
I had headache from Sunday morning that lasted 2 days, and the heatiness gave me pimples and ulcers (ouch)- I had to skip Black Pepper crab last night - ow! The ulcers lasted me about 4 days including today. But yesterday was the worst and I went panicky. I drank lots of water, and Luo Han Guo + Coconut juice. That cooled me by a lot (but I had coffee too). Today I had lots of water too and I took Oldenlandia water + salt. I hope that by tomorrow the ulcer will be history.
WZ had fever after he was out in the sun. Suspected of heat stroke too. Mom & sister had headache too. It seems that this season's heat is rather extreme. And it also seems that we have to start drinking lots of water at any time.
But moral of the story: don't wait till you have ulcer to take action! And drink plenty of those cooling drinks. I still stand by Coconut juice & luohanguo.
Oblivious to the change of weather (we thought it was just another sunny day, as always) we did not take enough precaution.
I had headache from Sunday morning that lasted 2 days, and the heatiness gave me pimples and ulcers (ouch)- I had to skip Black Pepper crab last night - ow! The ulcers lasted me about 4 days including today. But yesterday was the worst and I went panicky. I drank lots of water, and Luo Han Guo + Coconut juice. That cooled me by a lot (but I had coffee too). Today I had lots of water too and I took Oldenlandia water + salt. I hope that by tomorrow the ulcer will be history.
WZ had fever after he was out in the sun. Suspected of heat stroke too. Mom & sister had headache too. It seems that this season's heat is rather extreme. And it also seems that we have to start drinking lots of water at any time.
But moral of the story: don't wait till you have ulcer to take action! And drink plenty of those cooling drinks. I still stand by Coconut juice & luohanguo.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
I'm a Knitting Guru *gasp*
What do you know? I actually feel so humbled with the result
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You appear to be a Knitting Guru. You love knitting and do it all the time. While finishing a piece is the plan, you still love the process, and can't imagine a day going by without giving some time to your yarn. Packing for vacation involves leaving ample space for the stash and supplies. It can be hard to tell where the yarn ends and you begin.http://marniemaclean.com
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You appear to be a Knitting Guru. You love knitting and do it all the time. While finishing a piece is the plan, you still love the process, and can't imagine a day going by without giving some time to your yarn. Packing for vacation involves leaving ample space for the stash and supplies. It can be hard to tell where the yarn ends and you begin.http://marniemaclean.com
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Monday, April 23, 2007
Ginger Tea & Flu
I got flu last Saturday. And it has been so long since I had flu, I felt completely miserable. With the fact that I am all alone at home. I woke up with a heavy head on Saturday morning, to open the door for our part-time domestic helper. That was around 8.45
She finished working at around 12+ and after that I decided to meet a friend & wife, together with my other half. We talked a lot and caught up with each other but after the meeting ended, my head was very heavy and my throat was sore and the flu began to take a tool on me. And yet I still managed to finish steak from Jack's place. Wow. And I went to pharmacy to get medicine.
I took the medicine promptly after reaching home, sleeping from 7.30 and woke up startled at 9.30. Wondering why the medicine (drowsy kind) does not knock me off till morning.
Anyway, I was feeling quite miserable & tortured with the stiff neck & shoulder, the blocked nose, the sore throat, etc. For once I wished someone else is in the house.
For once too, I had a craving for ginger tea. Somehow I believed that it would help me with the flu.
Ginger tea:
Well, I did not have any ginger at home, nor do I have the instant one. But if you ever need ginger tea, just cut a bit of ginger tea (maybe 2 cm), smash it (you can use your knife to smash it) & boil it.
Anyway, today I bought instant ginger tea from GoldKili and it does help me with blocked nose and the feverish chill I had. It does not gel well with the sore throat but all in all it is worth it.
She finished working at around 12+ and after that I decided to meet a friend & wife, together with my other half. We talked a lot and caught up with each other but after the meeting ended, my head was very heavy and my throat was sore and the flu began to take a tool on me. And yet I still managed to finish steak from Jack's place. Wow. And I went to pharmacy to get medicine.
I took the medicine promptly after reaching home, sleeping from 7.30 and woke up startled at 9.30. Wondering why the medicine (drowsy kind) does not knock me off till morning.
Anyway, I was feeling quite miserable & tortured with the stiff neck & shoulder, the blocked nose, the sore throat, etc. For once I wished someone else is in the house.
For once too, I had a craving for ginger tea. Somehow I believed that it would help me with the flu.
Ginger tea:
Well, I did not have any ginger at home, nor do I have the instant one. But if you ever need ginger tea, just cut a bit of ginger tea (maybe 2 cm), smash it (you can use your knife to smash it) & boil it.
Anyway, today I bought instant ginger tea from GoldKili and it does help me with blocked nose and the feverish chill I had. It does not gel well with the sore throat but all in all it is worth it.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Knitting in Tropical Country - humbled by man's invention and nature
Living in tropical country where there is only 2 season (dry or wet but all year sunny), initially I did not give much care on winter patterns and yarns. I only knit those for people I knew has 4 seasons.
How about for myself? From all patterns available I thought what's relevant for me are baby stuffs, lace shawl, fingerless glove, bags, tops, skirts & shorts (Yippe, I found pattern from KnitPicks after much searching & help from Knitters' Review community).
Well, today I went to church, and of all the places that I could sit, I had to be seated at the most dreadful place.. Right underneath the (cold) air outlet!
Well, you see, we rented Expo hall 7 and 8 for our services (there are 2 per week unless some special occasion) and I guess due to the nature of the place (for conferences and exhibition) gets the organizer to invest in an *excellent* aircon system.
During P&W (Praise & Worship) it was okay. Barely 10 minutes after you sit down and hear sermon, you start feeling the cold air blowing at you. I took out my shawl that a kind friend bought for me from Nepal. It was very soft to my touch. Sitting next to me were a big guy and his girlfriend (I assume) and another girl wearing lace-knit coat.
Around 2 hours later, both of them look uncomfortable. Me underneath shawl was also uncomfortable. I bet temperature has dropped to 16 degrees, or maybe 14 because we're underneath the aircon.
So the shawl helped blocked the air but my hand still feel cold.. Brrr.. Shiver shiver shiver.
So, man's invention and nature has eventually lead me to knit semi-winter standard of clothings to survive in Church, Office and Public transport (aka bus and some taxi). During December or wet season, if you take bus in Singapore and it happens to rain, you can expect the temp to drop to around 14.
Coming out from church was another issue. As soon as I came out, the full force of the sun hit me. First few minutes was just 'shiok' as I defrost. Afterwards came the perspiration.
Similarly at home, I am beginning to entertain thought of knitting legwarmer for myself so I won't wake up with frozen feet in the morning (it's daily occurence since I injured my ankle that somehow affected my entire feet) and won't feel so crappy in office coz of the chill.
So, here I am, eating my humble pie and decided I need to learn to knit those winter items after all, coz winter *does* come to tropical country in another (much milder)form.
How about for myself? From all patterns available I thought what's relevant for me are baby stuffs, lace shawl, fingerless glove, bags, tops, skirts & shorts (Yippe, I found pattern from KnitPicks after much searching & help from Knitters' Review community).
Well, today I went to church, and of all the places that I could sit, I had to be seated at the most dreadful place.. Right underneath the (cold) air outlet!
Well, you see, we rented Expo hall 7 and 8 for our services (there are 2 per week unless some special occasion) and I guess due to the nature of the place (for conferences and exhibition) gets the organizer to invest in an *excellent* aircon system.
During P&W (Praise & Worship) it was okay. Barely 10 minutes after you sit down and hear sermon, you start feeling the cold air blowing at you. I took out my shawl that a kind friend bought for me from Nepal. It was very soft to my touch. Sitting next to me were a big guy and his girlfriend (I assume) and another girl wearing lace-knit coat.
Around 2 hours later, both of them look uncomfortable. Me underneath shawl was also uncomfortable. I bet temperature has dropped to 16 degrees, or maybe 14 because we're underneath the aircon.
So the shawl helped blocked the air but my hand still feel cold.. Brrr.. Shiver shiver shiver.
So, man's invention and nature has eventually lead me to knit semi-winter standard of clothings to survive in Church, Office and Public transport (aka bus and some taxi). During December or wet season, if you take bus in Singapore and it happens to rain, you can expect the temp to drop to around 14.
Coming out from church was another issue. As soon as I came out, the full force of the sun hit me. First few minutes was just 'shiok' as I defrost. Afterwards came the perspiration.
Similarly at home, I am beginning to entertain thought of knitting legwarmer for myself so I won't wake up with frozen feet in the morning (it's daily occurence since I injured my ankle that somehow affected my entire feet) and won't feel so crappy in office coz of the chill.
So, here I am, eating my humble pie and decided I need to learn to knit those winter items after all, coz winter *does* come to tropical country in another (much milder)form.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Heatiness & A (hafl) day of rest
TCM
Last weekend my dearest had fever. He literally slept the entire weekend away. I dropped by and I brewed him luohanguo. Different to the previous rounds, this time I added red dates.
The taste was good and not overpoweringly sweet, but for some reason, I felt something was still missing to make out the complete taste. I just couldn't figure out what it is. Is it the dose? Is it because of too much water? Contrary to the popular drink, I think adding longan will not work and will just waste your effort boiling. Luohanguo is cooling, Red dates is neutral (it helps against fatigue and nourishes blood). Longan is heaty. In terms of strength, I don't know which is stronger, luohangouo or Longan but it serve no purpose having them together.
Next time round maybe I will add Chinese Wolfberry (Qi Zhi?). I'll let you know how it turns out. But the drink cleared my heatiness. As for dearest's fever, well it turns out that it is caused by viral infection instead of heatiness.
As the title rightly said, I had half-day worth of rest. This morning when I wake up I was grumpy and could hardly open my eyes. I was just aching all over. After lunch, I went for foot massage and I am glad I did. I did, however, feel kind of embarrased with the many black and blues that I have of which I can only account 2 of them (knocked against bed frame). The other few, I don't know how they ended up there. I am thinking if I should go and visit Sinseh though.
Project update:
On the knitting part: Hurray! I finished little Megan's present. Megan is the name of my unborn niece yet. The thing was wide enough to cover my shoulder..ahahaha...
Veronica really helped me a lot. She stayed back extra hour to help me with the last 3 rows (decrease pattern unknown), sewed them and casted them off.
Not only that, she also helped me crochet a pretty string to tie around and shape the size.
No, it is not one of those single chain crochet. It is a 3-chain crochet, and she did a half-treble (? is this right?). So far learning from her has been a joy because Veronica is willing to share her experiences and impart her skills and knowledge. Thank you Veron :)
Last weekend my dearest had fever. He literally slept the entire weekend away. I dropped by and I brewed him luohanguo. Different to the previous rounds, this time I added red dates.
The taste was good and not overpoweringly sweet, but for some reason, I felt something was still missing to make out the complete taste. I just couldn't figure out what it is. Is it the dose? Is it because of too much water? Contrary to the popular drink, I think adding longan will not work and will just waste your effort boiling. Luohanguo is cooling, Red dates is neutral (it helps against fatigue and nourishes blood). Longan is heaty. In terms of strength, I don't know which is stronger, luohangouo or Longan but it serve no purpose having them together.
Next time round maybe I will add Chinese Wolfberry (Qi Zhi?). I'll let you know how it turns out. But the drink cleared my heatiness. As for dearest's fever, well it turns out that it is caused by viral infection instead of heatiness.
As the title rightly said, I had half-day worth of rest. This morning when I wake up I was grumpy and could hardly open my eyes. I was just aching all over. After lunch, I went for foot massage and I am glad I did. I did, however, feel kind of embarrased with the many black and blues that I have of which I can only account 2 of them (knocked against bed frame). The other few, I don't know how they ended up there. I am thinking if I should go and visit Sinseh though.
Project update:
On the knitting part: Hurray! I finished little Megan's present. Megan is the name of my unborn niece yet. The thing was wide enough to cover my shoulder..ahahaha...
Veronica really helped me a lot. She stayed back extra hour to help me with the last 3 rows (decrease pattern unknown), sewed them and casted them off.
Not only that, she also helped me crochet a pretty string to tie around and shape the size.
No, it is not one of those single chain crochet. It is a 3-chain crochet, and she did a half-treble (? is this right?). So far learning from her has been a joy because Veronica is willing to share her experiences and impart her skills and knowledge. Thank you Veron :)
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
The first entry and how it all started
Yippee.. Finally got the site up and running. I have been wanting to do this blog for sometime but always get delayed and 'procrastinated'. Maybe the freak rain that hit me today have anything to do with it?
Not just that but I also managed to get the progress bar up and running after fiddling with it for the past 1.5 hours. I won't say I am done with the setup but I will do more when inspiration strikes..
How it all began
Anyway this is a story on how it all began.. It started before Mother's day 2003. I had been pondering and thinking of what to give her and also pondering of the thought of learning to knit especialy after I see a girl on bus doing that. She looked stylish, not somekind of old-auntie, slim and attractive.
Anyway, an ex-colleague told me to go to Chinatown to have a look at Golden Dragon Store (a must-visit if you drop by to Singapore, they are the 'it' shop for needlecrafts, beading/jewellery making,etc etc). The only thing I don't like was that the ladies there are middle-aged and above, and all looked so strict and all spoke in Mandarin or Hokkien(dialect)
I walked around, and for some reason, I found myself at Handicraft Center at Chinatown Point, just across the bridge from Golden Dragon. I walked around to survey the place and found out there is only 1 shop that fit what I want.. I see a couple of ladies there sitting down and knitting and chatting. My feet dragged me in and that was the beginning of how I met Veronica.
I told her I wanted to learn to knit to make something for Mother's day, which was only 11 days away. She recommended to knit a scarf /shawl and there and then I began my first lesson. Veron was very patient with me and together with her "army" of disciples, she begin to teach me.
I couldn't control my tension at first and I managed to break a bulky wool yarn. She was so amazed at me..ahahaha (at that point I wanted to give up and cry out of frustration). But I managed to get thru it.
What happened to the gift? Well, I managed to finish it on time, I think.. I knitted day and night, even on dates. However, I am just wondering what had become of it though. It was a winter type of shawl which is definitely out of place for Singapore.
Oh well..
Not just that but I also managed to get the progress bar up and running after fiddling with it for the past 1.5 hours. I won't say I am done with the setup but I will do more when inspiration strikes..
How it all began
Anyway this is a story on how it all began.. It started before Mother's day 2003. I had been pondering and thinking of what to give her and also pondering of the thought of learning to knit especialy after I see a girl on bus doing that. She looked stylish, not somekind of old-auntie, slim and attractive.
Anyway, an ex-colleague told me to go to Chinatown to have a look at Golden Dragon Store (a must-visit if you drop by to Singapore, they are the 'it' shop for needlecrafts, beading/jewellery making,etc etc). The only thing I don't like was that the ladies there are middle-aged and above, and all looked so strict and all spoke in Mandarin or Hokkien(dialect)
I walked around, and for some reason, I found myself at Handicraft Center at Chinatown Point, just across the bridge from Golden Dragon. I walked around to survey the place and found out there is only 1 shop that fit what I want.. I see a couple of ladies there sitting down and knitting and chatting. My feet dragged me in and that was the beginning of how I met Veronica.
I told her I wanted to learn to knit to make something for Mother's day, which was only 11 days away. She recommended to knit a scarf /shawl and there and then I began my first lesson. Veron was very patient with me and together with her "army" of disciples, she begin to teach me.
I couldn't control my tension at first and I managed to break a bulky wool yarn. She was so amazed at me..ahahaha (at that point I wanted to give up and cry out of frustration). But I managed to get thru it.
What happened to the gift? Well, I managed to finish it on time, I think.. I knitted day and night, even on dates. However, I am just wondering what had become of it though. It was a winter type of shawl which is definitely out of place for Singapore.
Oh well..
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