November 2009


Just when you are thinking that I have shoved Proj Bear in to the deep end of the drawer……

Hey, I did sew over the past six days ya. Just have been on leave and since it was the long weekend, I didn’t blog.  :P

And, I didn’t managed to upload the photos yet. But do not be disappointed with me, I shall amaze you with my progress and updates of the weekend activities soon.

Here’s a piece of news to share with all. This man has found the answer to -

If your wife/husband and son/mother fell into the river, who would you save first? From Yahoo! news.

NZ man caught by river rescue dilemma

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – As his wife floundered screaming for help in murky river water, a frantic New Zealand man was forced to abandon a bid to rescue his teenage son to save his partner from drowning, he said Monday.

Stacy Horton saved his wife, Vanessa, 35, as their son Silva, 13, drowned in the Whanganui River on North Island after her car plunged into the river late Saturday.

Horton said he arrived at the crash scene less than two minutes after the accident to hear his wife screaming in the darkness and to see his son’s friend and the family dog scrambling up the bank. His son Silva was trapped inside the submerged station wagon.

He tried to dive down to the vehicle, which was nose down but with the tail lights burning more than 3 feet (1 meter) below the surface, he told the Dominion Post newspaper.

“I tried to get down and get him but I couldn’t — it was just too deep. And Vanessa was going under,” Horton told the newspaper.

“I made a call to pull my wife to safety. I looked back and I could see the tail lights but it was too far and I couldn’t get him,” he said.

“Instead of going down and risking my life as well as my wife and son’s, I chose to take V(anessa) back and sat on the shore praying. It was all I could do,” a distraught Horton said.

Police and fire officers also were unable to rescue the boy from inside the vehicle.

Mid-Central police spokeswoman Kim Perks said Monday it was a very tough call for Horton. “I would certainly not have wanted to be in his shoes.”

Senior fire station officer Gary Wilson said the water was dark and murky and firefighters struggled in vain to reach the car.

“We tried everything but to no avail,” Wilson said.

Divers recovered the boy’s body on Sunday.

Yea! after some pretty intensive stitching, I am proud to say that I have finished the main pattern. Cheerios! Looks like I will be on schedule.

Sunday evenings have become rendezvous nights with the bestie and her bf ever since they got their car. :P We are always looking for somewhere interesting to go, and this weekend was to Katong…

Our finds - A thin crust pizza place on the first floor of a condominium and new place - Everything with Fries - same owners for Awfully Chocolate. Looks like they like to choose Katong for their debut stores…

Here’s the visual spread. Have a good week ahead! :)

bear-and-pizzaeverything1everything2xmas

stitch stitch stitch. Never been so discipline before. :P

Lunching with the office people is a fun affair! Yesterday, we went to Mary Kafe for some home cooked Eurasian/Peranakan food.

Sedap!

lunch-with-lumiere

So I was on leave yesterday from work. The purpose was to apply for a Burmese visa for a trip next year.. But turns out we needed more documents than what is stated in the website. Sobs. Have to go back again.

Spent the day nua-ing around…. and it was a terrific weather to sleep in. If only everyday was like yesterday.

Stitching photos. and photos of my other random, rather unaccomplished hobby - crochet.

Happy weekend! This weekend would be intensive stitching (I hope). I realised that I have only much of the background to finish… Then the back stitches.

Still sounds like a feat!

I sewed till 12.30am last night. But the progress is still like awfully slow!

Top left flower still missing a petal.. Shucks

Top left flower still missing a petal.. Shucks

Not sure if it is visible, but there are stitches in white and ivory. Challenge to my seriously myopic eyes.

Not sure if it is visible, but there are stitches in white and ivory. Challenge to my seriously myopic eyes.

I went to dig out of the past cross stitch projects I have done, and managed to find this two at 1am in the morning. Ha.

Another bear. Love the vibrant colours

Another bear. Love the vibrant colours

This is a handphone charm.. Cute right? This was easy and quick to make.

This is a handphone charm.. Cute right? This was easy and quick to make.

The back of the handphone charm.

The back of the handphone charm.

This is the cross stitch I wanna do! But gotta finish the bears first.

This is the cross stitch I wanna do! But gotta finish the bears first.

Also had my piano lesson yesterday… Spent the week trying to finish seven pages of theory homework,.. It is quite a feat, given my limited talent and limited time. :P

Part of my 7-page homework for last week

Part of my 7-page homework for last week

My cute piano teacher gave me a star for completing 7-pages of theory homework. Haha. We had a good laugh about it.

My cute piano teacher gave me a star for completing 7-pages of theory homework. Haha. We had a good laugh about it.

My teacher also gave me stickers. Gosh.

My teacher also gave me stickers. Gosh.

So this is it for today. :) Just keep stitching!

Will show you my other hobby in the following post! Ha, I am a restless kid, need lots of activities to keep me going.

Take care!

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