Singapore Flyer

Have you been on the Singapore Flyer yet?


Took a ride on the Flyer, with compliments from my Bro #1, on 4 Sep 10.


These pictures are posted one month late as they were taken using my handphone & I only transferred them to my laptop recently.


Hmm...But why do the pictures look so grey? ...

Spring!

February is such a short month but eventful though. Before I yak on, just want to remember these important dates:

20 Feb 2010 - In memory of Pa Pa who has left us for 3 years already.
16 Feb 2010 - My 1st blog anniversary!

The Lunar New Year has come and (almost) gone but Spring is in the air as you can see birds busily procreating during this period.

Read in my Bro #1's blog that 2 pairs of crows (!) made their nests near his flat, one of which is only about 5m away from his balcony! Dear readers, you know how I feel about crows from my close encounter with them years back. Though my Bro #1 (who heard from his pastor) mentioned that crows (ravens) are actually a very misunderstood bird of blessing, I have yet to be converted :).

Anyway since we are on this topic about birds, last week while looking for some blank CDs to copy songs for my brothers, I found this DVD with this interesting long-forgotten video:



I believe this is a Sun Bird (do correct me if I am wrong as I am not familiar with them)? This bird actually built its nest on an almost dead pomegranate plant abandoned by my neighbour outside my house. The initial part of the video shows the mother bird feeding its baby. But did you notice after the feeding, the mother bird did not leave immediately but instead waited for the baby bird to turn around & poop & then caught the poop with its beak before flying off? You can see this around the 00:55 ~ 00:56 mark. Talking about good service! :D

So before I leave, here's a big black bird of blessing which I sewed using a T-shirt I've never worn (thought I should emphasize this in case you think the doll smells!):

My Own HTML Button!

If you noticed, I've created an HTML button for Alcy's Hobby Room! You can add this button to your blog instead of having a text link.



<a href="http://alcyshobbyroom.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Alcy's Hobby Room" src="http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt132/alcyshobbyroom/MyStamp.jpg"/></a>

You may be wondering why I used the postage stamp as my HTML button image. The reason is because the drawing you see in the stamp was drawn by me when I was 9 years old. I did that drawing during an on-the-spot art competition & won the first prize. Three years later, this drawing was featured in the 50 cents postage stamp issued to mark the "International Year of the Child 1979".




P.S. I learnt to create my own HTML button from the Zakka Life - HTML Button Tutorial. Try it!

The Paper Chase

I enjoyed watching this TV series "The Paper Chase" during my secondary school days & would faithfully tune in on those afternoons it was aired. For those who have no idea what this TV series is about - "The Paper Chase" tells the story of Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard, and his experiences with Professor Charles Kingsfield (played by John Houseman, in an Oscar-winning performance), the brilliant, demanding Contracts instructor whom he both idolizes and finds incredibly intimidating. In the show, Professor Kingsfield has this famous line: "You teach yourselves the law. I train your minds. You come in here with a skull full of mush, and if you survive, you’ll leave thinking like a lawyer." For some reason at that time, I found this quite amusing (probably it was the way John Houseman delivered the lines or how my brother tried to imitate him) & would giggle everytime he said that.

I don't know if my third brother remembers this but look what he did -


He cut this picture of a man (from the newspapers) who happened to resemble Professor Kingsfield, wrote the Professor's famous line next to this guy's picture & gave it to me! I like it so much that I kept it till today. brother, it was fun!

Paper Weaving

Received this paper sock from my eldest brother many, many years ago. I especially like the part where the coloured papers are woven together to form a checkered design.

Inspired, I later wove my own checkered hearts, clown & choo choo train (this is my favourite!).


P.S. The checkered hearts have turned yellow (age-stained!) as these were made long, long, long ...long time ago. But hey, didn't I warn you in my earlier blog post that I'm a hoarder?

Remembering Pa Pa

Today is Pa Pa's death anniversary. How time flies, he has left us for 2 years already.


Pa Pa was a hoarder; he collected alot of things during his days - stamps, currency notes, big sweep tickets, old records, cigarette boxes & many many other stuff that others would have thrown away but he kept as treasures.

Unfortunately, many of his treasures had to go after he left us but here (in the 1st picture), you can still see some of his things I kept for remembrance: little cigarette boxes, an "Around the World in 80 days" movie ticket dated 30 March 1958, an admission ticket to Harlem Globetrotters' match dated 12 December 1956, a Bill Haley & his Comets "Rock Around the Clock" record & some picture cards that were stashed away in one of the cigarette boxes. Lovely stuff, right?


Like Pa Pa, I am also a hoarder (a scaled-down version though) - I collect tin boxes & chewing gum wrappers, keep almost every shopping bag (even the not-so-nice ones) as I can't bear to throw them away, and I still have those little premiums (small toys) that accompanied each bag of cracker/tidbit I bought when I was a kid! I guess I inherited the trait from Pa Pa...But who will inherit my 'treasures' after I'm gone?

Pa Pa, we miss you...