Falling short(s)

As it is very much clear to me that I am not yet ready to make pajamas, I decided on making something simpler to hone my bottom making skills.

Presenting...my first shorts.

You will notice that the stitching on the right leg is blue, I kind of ran out of red thread....

Oh and not that it means anything to you, but this doesn't fit me. I'm afraid that making shorts that would fit me will require more cloth than what I had on hand.

Practice makes perfect pajamas

I spent four hours trying stitch and rip and cut, and stitch and rip and cut, and stitch and rip and cut my way to making pajamas.

It looks like the pajamas wouldn't be happening tonight.

A series of seemingly sweet seamstress story snippets

I know what you are thinking.

And you are wrong.

This is not the new poster for the sequel of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

This is a picture of me wearing my first project using my sewing machine. (And it even has an elastic band underneath!)

(On the other hand, you are right on target. Yes, this has suddenly become a very dull blog. I should change the title to SewingWhileSingingSappySong)

Thanks Doc

I was talking with one of the product managers who also happens to be a doctor. I casually mentioned that I've been feeling dizzy on and off since yesterday. His reply made me feel like fainting.

He said "Why? Because of overeating?".

Merry Christmas

Santa came at noon today, (actually he sent a representative from DHL) to give me my Christmas present. Judging from what I received, it seems as though he thought I had been very good this year.

I hate goodbyes

I don't know about the rest of the word, but for me, the default shoe color is black.

Mondays to Thursdays I wear black closed shoes unless I remember to wear my other coloured shoes as I'm trying to enforce a habit of rotating the shoes that I wear. On Fridays I wear sandals.

I am also enforcing the habit of giving away the clothes AND SHOES that I no longer use. My brother has this theory that if you haven't used something in the last six months, then chances are, there is someone out there who needs it more that you do. Every six months, he clears his closet and shoe cabinet of items to hand down. I think it is most ideal but I am afraid to say though, that it is likely to take some time before I would be able to practice such.

While going through life and trying to incorporated these new desirable habits into it, I found myself faced with a dilemma.

I have not worn two of my closed black shoes for a very long time, nearing a year now and it seems as though I have no plans of wearing them anytime soon. I am sort of saving them until all my other closed black shoes get run down.

My heart was pounding. Cinderella would understand completely.

I knew I had to let them go.

I knew in my heart that it was the right thing to do.

I told myself that I should let them go.

And I did.

I took a deep breath, took the boxes, re-polished the shoes for the last time, put them back to their boxes, shoe tree in place, paper wrapping intact, and prayed that the new owners would love them as much, if not more than I did.

Plump it!

I stayed in last night even though today is a holiday. I hand sew a very fat bear--attempting to jump rope. He is only 2D (the cloth is cut that way) and also because he still lacks stuffing, I find that I don't have enough cotton balls and our kitchen is lacking mongo beans (probably because we had it as a side for last Tuesday's dinner). I need to fatten up this bear in time for Christmas Eve.

Project: Bear(y difficult)

I received bad news today, I was so sad. I decided to channel my frustration to doing a small project. I decided to make a bear with my bare hands, some cloth, thread and a needle. The finished product is not that great, it fact it looks like a frankenstein sea horse. It is a gift for HIM. And knowing him, he'll tell me that it is the cutest bear in the world! Welcome to my life.

Utsukushii

Kristine, this is so beautiful. Thank you.

Miss Earth

I chanced by Miss Earth 2007 last night, it was that time in the pageant when the top ten (or twenty?) ranking contestants are selected.

The format of the introduction goes "miss" + country represented + N years old + personal info.

As Utt was calling one of the finalist, a background voice went "Miss Thailand is N years old and her favorite actress is Nicole Kidman".

My thoughts? I have no words!

It is also fortunate for Utt that he is cute, because he can't read.

Where is his Oscar?

I saw the full trailer of the new Johnny Depp movie, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and I can hardly wait to see it. As it is a Tim Burton movie, I somewhat expected that his lovely and talented wife, Helena Bonham Carter is also part of the cast. It is a surprise that it is a musical, a more wonderful surprise is that Johnny Depp can sing!

I hope I am able to watch this movie with HIM.

It is suppose to open on the 21st in the US, I wonder when it would be shown here.

If all things work out right (as the usual case is), and I spend the 21st watching Johnny Depp in the big screen with a tub of popcorn on my lap and a certain movie buff beside me, such would be my joy that I could practically run along Orchard Road shouting that Santa came early this year--four days before he is expected.

(God, I know this is pushing my luck, but maybe, you would like to follow up with the committee, I mean, Johnny's Oscar is long overdue. I mean, Martin Scorsese already got his.)

Eating with Lyra

I finally saw Golden Compass! I will save my comments about the movie for later as I am more excited to write about what Odell and I ate during the movie. We got crispy chicken, chicken pie, nachos with cheese and the large popcorn combo with the drinks in GOLDEN COMPASS TUMBLERS! It would have been perfect if the straws that came with the tumblers were not disposable as well, but I must say, can't complain.

Fake Unicorn Root

False Unicorn Root is known botanically as Chamaelirium luteum. It is also known as Helonias Root, Blazing Star, Devil's Bit, Drooping Starwort, Rattlesnake and Fairy-wand.

This is for real, and I sooooo wanna see one!!!!

Friday Manila Style

In Manila , you spent the whole day thanking God that it's Friday. Every week, without miss, the air feels different on the fifth working day.

You get in your car and tune to 99.5RT and listen to classics! From southern suburbia to the business district, Makati , classic gold!

You get to the office and see the orange juice, ready for the taking. You remind yourself to thank God again.

You work--leisurely and decide to pay for it on Monday when you'd again, work like a horse and end at 11PM, after your supposed 9 - 10 PM call.

You have a two-hour lunch at a nice place with your evil teammates. And end it with a sinful dessert, that again, you need to burn off in the gym on Monday.

You bitch about the company policy, that despite of the casual day friday rule, you find it doesn't really mean casual, that after all the restrictions and conditions are taken into consideration, you end up wearing what other people wear from Monday to Thursday.

You spend time tracking your team's charges against the buckets and spend more time clocking your hours. But you don't complain, because in a few hours, you'd be free.

Just when you feel that your head is about to explode and that you can't look at another excel sheet, someone asks you to smoke. And it feels like Friday again.

When it's time to go home, you kickoff your weekend with a couple of drinks at Dream Bar while listening to 80's songs.

And the week long party begins.

this is just the beginning

Allainteriz

Allainteriz gave me a personalized something-like-a-not-a-plastic-bag bag.

Uh, and I always thought that it was Allain Therese.

Golden Compass

I admit that I was not especially enthusiastic about the book. I got the trilogy around this time last year. I read the first book and half of the second book, then gave up on in completely. It was a blessing that Odell took some interest and read all three (almost--he is now halfway through The Amber Spyglass), at least someone enjoyed the book and my investment did not go to waste.

I am, however very excited to see the movie. It opened in cinemas last Thursday but there were so many pre-Christmas activities that I was not able to see it this weekend.

I am doing my best to steer clear from movie reviews, but despite my effort I've been hearing that it is a flop. I'm thinking that with Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig in the cast, it can't be absolutely terrible. And also, the featured armored bear is the image that I imagined in my head. I guess I'll have to wait and see.

I hope I am able to watch this week.

There is also some buzz about religious conflicts with the theme, and I found myself nodding and smiling when I read what one spokesperson of a religious order said after seeing the movie. He said that would only feel offended if he is a polar bear. Amen.

Not that one!

Cindy and I were looking and trying on bracelets. I took off the one I was wearing so that I could have a better look of the one I was trying on. We decided that it was nice and was worth the price. As I was deciding if I should get it or not, I took it off and started putting my bracelet back on. Cindy suddenly said in a very panicky voice "Wag yan! Panget.", which translates to "Not that one! It's ugly."

Enough said.

side effect of the last 6 years

I asked my brother where he came from when we met at the entrance of a certain building. He said he got something from a food store, E-meal. When I repeated the name of the food store, he casually added that it was short for Executive Meal, maybe to help me figure out the spelling.

I paused for a while as I analyzed the thought that transpired in my head the first time I saw the signage of the food store. I thought, "the owners must be IT people, I mean, why else would they go around punning E-mail?".

And it turns out, there is no pun there, just me being THE IT person!

Like it is brewed by a wizard

I saw this product online and was very much entertained by the write-up. After reading it, I was so tempted to quote the girl in this certain shampoo commercial after her hair had been washed and dried. She excitedly said "It's like a magic". And just like that, she became an instant celebrity. Go figure. Anyways, as I was saying, the entertaining write-up, it goes....

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- Star of Bethlehem: for shock
- Rock Rose: for terror and panic
- Clematis: for inattentiveness and to treat feelings of faintness
- Impatiens: for irritation and impatience
- Cherry Plum: for irrational thoughts and lack of self control


Dr Edward Bach had also formulated a complete system of 38 Bach Original Flower Remedies that can help us regain emotional balance and lead a healthy and fulfilling life.

one - love

HE got autographed Terry Brooks books today. And I got wet feet from this afternoon's downpour.

One - Zero.

Great minds dress alike

Something from 2004!

Tagged--again.

I'm really not into the whole tagging thing.

I think for this specific tag, I need to write a five things found in my bag, five things I've always wanted to do, five things things that I am into, etc.

I'm not really feeling it.

As I am not this big of a part pooper, I'd write down the last five things that I have eaten today. Obviously, I love food and this is the perfect entry to end a very exhausting day.

1. Turbo cooked chicken with ginger and lime
2. Honey and fig ice cream
3. Banana and walnut muffin
4. Vietnamese beef noodles
5. Bean curd with brown sugar syrup

She said that he said....

She said that he said he thinks I don't like him. Or something like that. This happened after a seemingly triple shot of Johnnie Walker on the rocks and four glasses of champagne.

It wasn't too clear if he meant I don't like him for her, or I plainly just don't like him, not that it matters to me.

I am a spectator in their feud that had been running in circles for a few weeks. I am here for her if she wants me to be, but I am careful to stay at the sidelines as this is not my story. That is what friends do, they tell you everything that you already know but need to hear after which, they shut up and listen to you, and listen to you, and listen to you--until the next episode.