After very hectic 2 weeks, finally my Etsy shop is open!
Do visit: http://www.etsy.com/shop/LizciousnessAbound
There are pouch sets with unique designs, and Indonesian batik wristlets and sling bag, and I'm planning to add more items such as sewing patterns and other finished products.
I'm actually thinking to add few embroidery patters that I made recently, so please look forward to it! :)
Showing posts with label slice of life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slice of life. Show all posts
Monday, 1 July 2013
Saturday, 22 June 2013
Singapore Haze: One Bright Saturday Afternoon
After almost a week without direct sunlight and blue sky, yesterday miracle did happen and voila blue sky appeared!
I saw this sight on my way out and it brought smile to my face right away.
What's not to smile about? Blue sky? lush green trees? bright pink flowers that seem to be reaching their way out to the sky to get some sun?
And when I reached home at night, there it was, moon lingering in the sky behind thin cloud (or was it haze?), nevertheless, it was still a beautiful sight...
It is in the news that though there was a bright and clear afternoon, haze could come back anytime soon. And today, though I can't see blue sky, the sunlight is still coming strong, so I suppose we should make use of and be grateful for what is given to us, and hope that the haze issue shall pass soon enough :)
Have a great weekend everybody!
I saw this sight on my way out and it brought smile to my face right away.
What's not to smile about? Blue sky? lush green trees? bright pink flowers that seem to be reaching their way out to the sky to get some sun?
And when I reached home at night, there it was, moon lingering in the sky behind thin cloud (or was it haze?), nevertheless, it was still a beautiful sight...
It is in the news that though there was a bright and clear afternoon, haze could come back anytime soon. And today, though I can't see blue sky, the sunlight is still coming strong, so I suppose we should make use of and be grateful for what is given to us, and hope that the haze issue shall pass soon enough :)
Have a great weekend everybody!
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
New Singapore Attraction: Haze
After a few days of haze, I would have thought that there would be lesser and lesser as the time passes by, but I was totally wrong.
Monday (17 June) was worse as PSI hit 111 (unhealthy level), and again I thought it couldn't have been worse. But I was soooo wrong...
Today I went out to do some errands, and I got teary eyes, and trouble breathing since the smell of burning wood was just so strong. All around me was covered with smog which at quick glance, people might have thought it was just a mist, til they notice the faint shape of skyscrapers and realized 'hey, this is Singapore, there's no mist here!', then the smell of burning wood just wakes the sense out of them.
Then when I was waiting for bus at Bugis, I looked up the sky and there it was, a faint color of blue... which got me thinking that today could have been a bright and good day if only the haze hadn't worsened.
Anyway, I was glad when I finally reached home. I then took a shower to wash the burning smell off my skin. Once my laptop was booted up, I found news that today, PSI hit another new high, 172 at 3 PM. Sigh...
From wikipedia, the highest 3 hour PSI ever recorded was 226 in 1997.
From the news, Indonesia government said that they had the water dropping aircraft ready if the local governor ever made a request. This kinda puzzles me. Can they do some checking instead of waiting for any request from local governor??? It is obviously bad enough as the haze already affects their neighboring countries greatly. Can they leave their as*** off their comfy chair and actually do some work that could help improving the situation???
Another ridiculous remark from a ministry official of Indonesia, he shifted the blame to Singapore and Malaysia, saying that it is their palm oil companies that impose slash-and-burn method to clear the forest with minimal cost/effort. This really baffles me. Was he trying to say that the government was sooo weak and powerless to actually enforce their authority??? It is on their power to investigate or even sue or forbid those companies from doing such thing, but the fact that they still do it anyway, it means that they are given permissions to do so, and by who? Hmmm.. one can only wonder...
Well, enough ranting for today, it's time to show some beauty! I got some batiks from Indonesia that I want to show off!
Aren't they pretty?!?
I can't wait to make something out of them!
Monday (17 June) was worse as PSI hit 111 (unhealthy level), and again I thought it couldn't have been worse. But I was soooo wrong...
Today I went out to do some errands, and I got teary eyes, and trouble breathing since the smell of burning wood was just so strong. All around me was covered with smog which at quick glance, people might have thought it was just a mist, til they notice the faint shape of skyscrapers and realized 'hey, this is Singapore, there's no mist here!', then the smell of burning wood just wakes the sense out of them.
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| Chinatown |
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| Chinatown |
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| Bugis |
From wikipedia, the highest 3 hour PSI ever recorded was 226 in 1997.
From the news, Indonesia government said that they had the water dropping aircraft ready if the local governor ever made a request. This kinda puzzles me. Can they do some checking instead of waiting for any request from local governor??? It is obviously bad enough as the haze already affects their neighboring countries greatly. Can they leave their as*** off their comfy chair and actually do some work that could help improving the situation???
Another ridiculous remark from a ministry official of Indonesia, he shifted the blame to Singapore and Malaysia, saying that it is their palm oil companies that impose slash-and-burn method to clear the forest with minimal cost/effort. This really baffles me. Was he trying to say that the government was sooo weak and powerless to actually enforce their authority??? It is on their power to investigate or even sue or forbid those companies from doing such thing, but the fact that they still do it anyway, it means that they are given permissions to do so, and by who? Hmmm.. one can only wonder...
Well, enough ranting for today, it's time to show some beauty! I got some batiks from Indonesia that I want to show off!
Aren't they pretty?!?
I can't wait to make something out of them!
Monday, 17 June 2013
Recent Updates: Rainbow in Purwokerto, Jakarta National Monument, Singapore Haze
Things have been quite hectic since I'm back from my looooong vacation in New Zealand and Australia... God knows I haven't even posted anything about my trip and it's been more than a month! And so I promise myself to start posting this week. However, I do have several updates on my last trip to my hometown.
I came from a small town in Central Java, Indonesia. Though I have not been living there for almost 14 years, I do frequent trips to visit my family. Just as everyone living far away from their family, no matter how busy our life is, we still have to remember that we do have obligations and duties as a daughter (or son), sister (or brother), aunt (or uncle), cousins, niece (or nephew), etc. And I'm a firm believer that family comes first, thus every year, I go back to my hometown for at least 3-4 times and stay for at least a week. So since I am currently no longer bound by strict office hour and limited number of leaves, I spent 3 weeks visiting my family since late May until last Friday.
My hometown is indeed a small town, named Purwokerto. It takes around 5 hour train ride or 7-8 hour car ride from Jakarta. Though it is still a place where people still know their neighbors; there's a lot of small warung, street food stall; and becak is still operating and well used by everyone; now it's rare to see paddy fields in central town area compared to 20 years ago; old houses are torn down and replaced by ugly minimalist shophouses; while my street was a quiet one and it took no problem to go across the street, now it is terribly noisy and difficult to cross. I remember saying to my mom that I miss the 'old' Purwokerto...
Since I know have a new habit to look at the sky and admire how beautiful the blue sky accompanied by clouds with many shades of white, I was disappointed that the sky was always cloudy throughout my stay. But on one afternoon, I was chatting with my niece when I suddenly noticed, there was a rainbow across the sky!
The photo might not do justice, but I assure you, it was beautiful :)
Especially since the sky was so grey, and the rainbow kinda signified a beauty that could come out from such dark and gloomy surroundings, that somehow it gives hope that there's always a silver lining in every situation that we may deem bad (maybe I'm being a little bit poetic here...)
Then, on my journey back to Singapore, I took a train to Jakarta, and continued with a bus to airport. The train station is right next to National Monument, and when the bus passed by it, I was surprised to see that the National Monument park looked maintained and even rather beautiful (by Indonesian standard). I just said to myself that I had to take a picture of it.
When I arrived at Singapore, another surprise waited for me. Singapore haze is back!!
I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I looked out from my plane window and saw how foggy Singapore was. In taxi on my way home, I was feeling strange to see how hazy it was. And not after browsing, I found news that Singapore is indeed 'under attack' by haze. I'm not proud to say that my beloved country is the cause of it...
On Saturday, it was actually clearer, but by Sunday night, I was in my room when I smelled something burning. I looked around my room for a few seconds before I realized that the smell came from the haze. Today, I could straightaway smell the smoke when I got out of my room in the morning. And by late afternoon, it got worse...
The news doesn't look promising either. There's even a blame game played by officials of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, sigh... I can only hope the haze will be clearer in days ahead, though I will not get my hopes up either... :(
On a side note, I went to Beer Fest Asia 2013 in Marina Promenade last Saturday and I had a blast!
Killer Queen was performing and boy, they do still have their magic!
I first saw them in Beer Fest 2011, and they turned me to a fan overnight. When I heard that they were having a show in Timbre in December 2011, I went with a group of friend and I wasn't disappointed. So when I learned that they would perform in this year Beer Fest, I knew I just had to go.
This time I managed to stand very close to the stage and I truly enjoyed every song they performed. The crowd was so full of fun, and one memorable moment is when 'Freddie Mercury' went to backstage to change costume right in the Opera part of Bohemian Rhapsody, the whole audience sang along the whole part without stopping until he came back to stage to finish the song. It.. was.. AWESOME!
Killer Queen, I'll see you at your next gig in Singapore!
I came from a small town in Central Java, Indonesia. Though I have not been living there for almost 14 years, I do frequent trips to visit my family. Just as everyone living far away from their family, no matter how busy our life is, we still have to remember that we do have obligations and duties as a daughter (or son), sister (or brother), aunt (or uncle), cousins, niece (or nephew), etc. And I'm a firm believer that family comes first, thus every year, I go back to my hometown for at least 3-4 times and stay for at least a week. So since I am currently no longer bound by strict office hour and limited number of leaves, I spent 3 weeks visiting my family since late May until last Friday.
My hometown is indeed a small town, named Purwokerto. It takes around 5 hour train ride or 7-8 hour car ride from Jakarta. Though it is still a place where people still know their neighbors; there's a lot of small warung, street food stall; and becak is still operating and well used by everyone; now it's rare to see paddy fields in central town area compared to 20 years ago; old houses are torn down and replaced by ugly minimalist shophouses; while my street was a quiet one and it took no problem to go across the street, now it is terribly noisy and difficult to cross. I remember saying to my mom that I miss the 'old' Purwokerto...
Since I know have a new habit to look at the sky and admire how beautiful the blue sky accompanied by clouds with many shades of white, I was disappointed that the sky was always cloudy throughout my stay. But on one afternoon, I was chatting with my niece when I suddenly noticed, there was a rainbow across the sky!
The photo might not do justice, but I assure you, it was beautiful :)
Especially since the sky was so grey, and the rainbow kinda signified a beauty that could come out from such dark and gloomy surroundings, that somehow it gives hope that there's always a silver lining in every situation that we may deem bad (maybe I'm being a little bit poetic here...)
Then, on my journey back to Singapore, I took a train to Jakarta, and continued with a bus to airport. The train station is right next to National Monument, and when the bus passed by it, I was surprised to see that the National Monument park looked maintained and even rather beautiful (by Indonesian standard). I just said to myself that I had to take a picture of it.
When I arrived at Singapore, another surprise waited for me. Singapore haze is back!!
I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I looked out from my plane window and saw how foggy Singapore was. In taxi on my way home, I was feeling strange to see how hazy it was. And not after browsing, I found news that Singapore is indeed 'under attack' by haze. I'm not proud to say that my beloved country is the cause of it...
On Saturday, it was actually clearer, but by Sunday night, I was in my room when I smelled something burning. I looked around my room for a few seconds before I realized that the smell came from the haze. Today, I could straightaway smell the smoke when I got out of my room in the morning. And by late afternoon, it got worse...
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| view from my house |
The news doesn't look promising either. There's even a blame game played by officials of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, sigh... I can only hope the haze will be clearer in days ahead, though I will not get my hopes up either... :(
On a side note, I went to Beer Fest Asia 2013 in Marina Promenade last Saturday and I had a blast!
Killer Queen was performing and boy, they do still have their magic!
I first saw them in Beer Fest 2011, and they turned me to a fan overnight. When I heard that they were having a show in Timbre in December 2011, I went with a group of friend and I wasn't disappointed. So when I learned that they would perform in this year Beer Fest, I knew I just had to go.
This time I managed to stand very close to the stage and I truly enjoyed every song they performed. The crowd was so full of fun, and one memorable moment is when 'Freddie Mercury' went to backstage to change costume right in the Opera part of Bohemian Rhapsody, the whole audience sang along the whole part without stopping until he came back to stage to finish the song. It.. was.. AWESOME!
Killer Queen, I'll see you at your next gig in Singapore!
Monday, 13 May 2013
Back to Real Life
Today also marked the first day of getting back to shape (after one month of no-exercise-and-ate-what-I-could-find), and I started it with trying on jogging. For the record, I did usually exercise - 3-4 times a week - but they consisted of Xbox Kinect Your Shape 2012 or following a video of yoga.
I didn't jog. I tried few years back and I found it boring to just run around the neighborhood and also felt like I was breathing on exhaust fume while running (it's not that bad in Singapore compared to highly polluted Jakarta, but still...). And then when I was staying with a friend at Sydney, he jogs on weekends at a park in his neighborhood and he managed to convince me to give jogging a second try after knowing there is a park few kilometers away from where I live.
And so I did... sort of...
My plan was to start jogging from the small path near my building that leads to park, then go around the park before then heading back to the starting path and go back home. However! the distance from the start of that path to the park is more than 1 km, and being a noob in jogging as I am, and the fact that I haven't been exercising for more than a month, after passing 500m mark (according to Distance Calculator app I installed in my phone), I lost my breath... it's pathetic, I know... I kinda blame the hot tropical sun too!
So in the end, my plan was kinda a bust. I kept walking-jogging until 1 km mark, then I walked-jogged back home. Sorry, Bishan Park, I shall visit you some other time.
Anyway, although today's plan was somewhat failed, I still want to stick to having jogging as one of my weekly exercises, and I kinda hope to jog maybe twice a week if the weather permits.
Do wish me luck!
Sunday, 31 March 2013
NZ-OZ Trip ~ Changi Airport
Finally I'm here in the departure area waiting for my 830 PM flight to Sydney!
I spent my day packing 25 inch luggage, it's officially full with clothes and all the crap a girl needs. It indeed crossed my mind that I might pack too much crap, but after repack twice, I only managed to remove 3 items -_-
It's raining in Singapore which I hope it won't cause any delay to my flight as I have a connecting flight to Auckland and I really don't wish having to spend too much time waiting in airport... though I have to say that if only all airports are like Changi, it might be alright - but until now, I haven't found any airport that is at least has the potential to become the second best airport after Changi.
Anyway, there's a very cute display of 2 pandas in terminal 1 public area and departure area which I believe it has something to do with Kai Kai and Jia Jia-2 pandas lent from China to Singapore Zoo.
And this is my plane waiting for its passengers in the rain...
Saturday, 30 March 2013
NZ-OZ Trip ~ Preparation (check!)
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| Cute luggage tag from a dear friend |
Well, for the past one week I have been busy preparing for my upcoming one-month trip to New Zealand and Australia...
Yes, it was somewhat sudden, but as an Indonesian, I have to apply for New Zealand and Australia visas first before I can plan the detail of my trip, and since I had a history of my Europe trip got cancelled due to visa being rejected while I had already been in half-way of planning my trip, when I applied visa for both Australia and New Zealand, I avoided all kinds of planning, or even conversations that may touch the subject of vacation, Australia, and New Zealand.
And true to be told, I was kinda touchy for few weeks while waiting for the outcome of my visa, and I might have been snappy towards few of my friends... *so sorry for that dear friends :(
Anyway, end of last week I came to NZ embassy to collect my visa and only since then I dedicated most of my time to do all the travel planning, and now I can say that all of them are done and I'm (almost) ready to fly tomorrow evening~ yay!!
So.. let's see...
passport and visa ✓
print out of all accommodation and day tour/flight bookings ✓
a copy of passport and visa (just in case) ✓
maps ✓
cash ✓
medicine ✓
travel adapter and ipad/phone charger ✓
camera ✓
toiletries ✓
clothes... what can I say... I still have few clothes hanging outside waiting to dry so that I can pack them up and put it into my blue luggage
This trip is actually going to be my first long vacation that I have to basically take care everything myself. I had planned (and quite successfully done) several trips, but none of them were longer than a week, while this trip to NZ and OZ is going to be for one whole month!!! I'm totally excited, thrilled, and somewhat nervous about this trip! I just hope everything will be just fine - wish me luck!
PS: This is something I'm kinda proud of :D I printed everything needed to be printed, then I tagged each of them with paper tape (so that it's easy to pull out) and put them in a transparent file folder with dividers, take a look:
Friday, 15 March 2013
Introduction
At last, after much procrastination, hesitation and worries, I finally decided to have this blog up and running.
My name is Liz, and I'm Indonesian and currently living in a sunny and tiny country Singapore!
I very much want this blog to record my journey in the craft world (or this world in general), and so I promise myself to post as often as possible, which I surely hope that this time this blog indeed becomes my resorts to write (and whine) about
As far as I remember, my interest in art started as a childhood hobby - as a little girl, I thought that the people I saw everyday were very interesting, especially their face structure, how the eyes, nose and lip were placed in certain way that it created such beautiful balance. and then in no time, I started drawing and I was soooo into it for couple of years. And I even won a prize in a drawing competition held in my church!
Unfortunately, I was soon strayed away from anything artsy or crafty after I started high school. I was busy surviving public school (the competition was terrible), and then surviving university, part-time job, full-time job, adulthood... But now I'm ready to drown myself in the world of creativity! I'm a bit rusty, but I am sure I can catch up one way or another ;)
I still draw some sketches once in a while, and I also got into sewing for more than a year, and now I'm interested in learning a little bit of embroidery, hee~
So, in conclusion, this blog will contain anything art and craft related - especially that has something to do with fabric and needle :p - and maybe a little bit on travel and cooking - both are my hobbies too :)
That's it for now, I hope I see you guys again!
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