New Year Exchange 2012

Despite my sporadic, messy, and tight work schedule, I decided to join the Cross Stitch New Year Exchange 2012 with fellow Indonesian cross stitchers on Facebook. I also joined the new year exchange in 2011.

Unfortunately (as I predicted beforehand), I wasn't able to make a new piece for this exchange. So I decided to give my old finished piece a frame. My piece was sent to Jenn Chow.

The piece I received was a pair of slippers from Selly Lie. It's too beautiful I thought I would never wear them.

The main objective of this exchange was that we would love to know our cross stitch friends better since we met only virtually on Facebook.

End of Year Holiday

Every food sent to us must pass a test... The photo-test.. Hehehehe

This year-end holiday, friends and relatives went out of town for holiday... And they were very very very kind to send us unique food from the place they visited... And there I was, taking pictures of the food they sent us...

Clockwise from upper-left : rambutan from Sumedang, shrimp snack from Pangandaran, lumpia from Semarang, and coffee-choc from Garut.

Good luck to myself

I tried hard to make some progress on this piece... No luck...
Well, work loads will decrease starting next week. I wish myself luck.. :)

I'm so looking forward to finish my first Soda design.

November Rain

It's been raining a lot since last week.
Well, I think it's time to welcome the rainy season.
Though it's usually bright in the morning, can't help to notice cloud with a shade of black..



And in the afternoon, the rain starts pouring down, sometimes briefly and in several ocassions heavily with thunders and lightnings.

Moments after the rain are usually hectic (due to my hometown condition).
The rapid growth of private-own vehicles makes traffic jam a common ocassion on a daily basis. Also, people tends to halt their outdoor activities during the rain (off course) and they abruptly continue their activities as soon as rain stops. That's when we fight for space on the street... LOL.



Despite the uncomfortable routines, I just let my self enjoy the rain along with its consequences.
Earth after the rain is actually beautiful and melancholic...
Those falling leaves make me wonder how autumn feels like... (living in a tropical country leaves me with fewer choice of seasons... LOL)



Anyway, enjoy your day!! Whatever the season is...

Weekend update

It's weekend! Yaaay! The good thing is I can get my deadlines off my mind this weekend..
I have fulfilled my targets last week and sure there will be new ones, but not until weekdays come



So, this quiet and bright morning I was working on arranging my stuffs..
Coffee was sure a good company as always
Those deadlines was causing an extra chaos at home
My closet, craft drawers, magazine stacks, shoes rack, were all huge mess

And then I found my old finished cross stitch at a corner of my craft drawer
I did these several years ago
I thought it was from Heritage Series, not sure actually..
I will have to search the pattern somewhere in my book shelf

Use recycled paper



Conserve water



Be an organic gardener (not finished yet, still need to stitch the plants)



And this one is one of my faves
since I love shopping very much, although I don't consider myself a shopaholic
but there were times when I just did a random and emotional shopping when I had a mood swing :(



Anyway, have a good weekend everyone!

Today's Playlist 11/28

Music is the universal language indeed...
I found this new release music video on Youtube
although I couldn't seem to understand the lyric, I thought it was heartbreakingly beautiful..



The English title is Late Autumn (늦가을), sung by Cho Kyuhyun of Korean boyband Super Junior.
I think it's about the memory of someone at one past late autumn..
And at the present autumn he prepares the upcoming winter without that someone.

Back from hiatus

I can't believe that I'm on hiatus for 3 months!!!
Finally, my internet provider fixed the problem on the network.
Well, actually I could go online on my mobile phone, but it was just not the same.. hehehe

But still, I haven't had a chance to continue my cross-stitch WIPs...
Have loads of work and reporting to do..!



Mostly, I did some paperwork research and interviewing people to gather certain information needed.
And running the office is also conducted among those chaotic deadlines.
I was assigned to join new teams on several projects.
It's fun to meet new colleagues and get to know them...
Different personalities, work methods, habits, way of thinking...
I always learn something new.. :)