Archive for March 2009


My colleague went to Eric Clapton’s concert in Sydney last week. After she came back, she spent quite some time bragging about her Yum Cha lunch at Marigold in Sydney Chinatown. I guess after having been Canberra for five years, we have gotten used to almost everything, such as light traffic, quiet nights, too many [...]

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I have to say it’s 10 times harder to take photos for these earrings than making them. I used my black velvet jacket as the background, but still couldn’t get the beads on focus. Anyway, I tried and I know it’s not so much about how they look in photos, it’s about the beauty that [...]

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Most of my chilies are red now. I haven’t got time to pick them yet but yes, I think I am very happy. It will be another month before I will finally pull the plants out of the pots. I don’t want to leave them there or take them indoor for overwintering, as I am [...]

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Another piece made of salt, flour and water. I used the rest half of salty dough left from last time. I am glad to see the dough was still workable after one week storage in the refrigerator. Actually it feels better and became softer and even more elastic than last week. As the bowl was [...]

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This Sunday had all been dedicated to our carpet in the living room. Believe it or not, we called out a carpet cleaner yesterday and by the time of 1:30pm, it’s all done. Well, you would imagine nobody would do such a job on Sunday, would you? The guy was actually from South America. He [...]

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