Just Do It Yourself

This afternoon, I found some white satin ribbons, and an old plastic hairband. After searching all over the place for a pair of sharp scissors and a tube of UHU glue, I started working on my do-it-yourself hair accessory.

Snip snip snip, fold fold fold, paste paste paste.

This is my first attempt, but I feel satisfied to say that I am pleased with the results. However, the colour is not so pretty, as I prefer it to be off-white or some shade of ivory. The satin material is also not my favourite, but oh well.

Not sure whether I'll be wearing it out or not though. Nevertheless, this is another piece to the collection, whee!

Dong Dong Qiang!

Family reunions during festive seasons, definitely on my top ten list of favourite moments.

The simplicity of homemade food made lunch very enjoyable, and so I went for second and third helpings. However, I would say that the best part of it was having the meal with my fellow cousins, who came back from different regions of the country just to celebrate the occasion.

Stir-fried assorted mushrooms and peas.

Steamed kampung chicken.

Fried fish in sweet & sour sauce.

Chicken rendang.

Some black pepper stewed meat.

A type of shellfish, known as lala, cooked with dried shrimps.

Fish & prawn paste wrapped in wonton skin.

And the rest of our lunch served on the common table.

Second day of Chinese New Year was spent at Genting Highlands, and the initial plan was to use the cable-car to reach the top instead of driving there. However, Mr. Driver missed a turn and we ended up at the Genting Skyway at Awana, which was not operating when we were there. We continued our journey in the family car, and was fortunate enough as we saw the Chin Swee Temple on the way and decided to pay a visit.

The weather was quite cold, but I would say that addition of mist made the temple visit seem as if we were in China, and I really like that.

And these were taken indoors.

We got hungry, so we went to The Bakery to get some nice pastries!

Strawberry cheese cupcake, I like, I like, I like!

Hot chicken pie!

Onion and ham quiche, yum.

All in all, Chinese New Year this year was pure superbness.

Addition To The Collection

Homecomings. My snowglobes. Teehee!

Addition to my collection.

This one is given by Ashley, who came to visit after her AFS High School Exchange Program in Italy. The snow globe's from Rome!

This one from Heidelberg, Germany, is at least the size of my fist.

The bigger, the better - my favourite! My brother got it when he was in Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain. Sparkle sparkle, hee.

The Red Fortress. From Alhambra, Spain. It was a palace back then. The little monument in the globe is the Alhambra itself, while the others around it are historical places in Spain.

In Spain, he visited the bull-fighting ring and got this for me. Barcino - Mosaic Animal Collection. Miniature bull inside is made out of mosaic tiles, obviously.

Tadaa. Surprise! Teddy bears and soft toys are not supposed to be included in my collection, but as far as I can remember, I seem to receive many from the people I love since my tenth birthday. So I decided that they do deserve to sit in the display shelf, proud and happy to be mine.

Love this one! Apparently, this is a beer bear for some reasons that I am not too sure myself. In the paper tag above, icons of beer mugs are used to describe the place of where my bear came from. Not an alcoholic, I hope.

Presents, presents, presents. Who doesn't want them?

Thankful, thankful, thankful? Yes I am, yes I am, yes I am.

p.s. Have a happy Chinese New Year!