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Pyramids, ancient civilisations and weight-lifting with music

tarlia — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:02:52 +0000

As much as I’d like to blog in length about tonight’s very absorbing coffee session, I have DUN to cover first thing in the morning.

This is Dr Semir Osmanagic, or Dr Sam for short. He discovered the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids.

The topic went from archaeology to ancient civilisations to Atlantis and aliens.

Overall a very interesting evening that succeeded in making me wonder how to levitate things with music alone*, but a blog entry for another day.

* Tibetian monks lifting giant blocks of stone with music. Google it.

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Fabric Galore

tarlia — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:06 +0000

I went to Kamdar for the first time last Friday and had a fabric overload. I never thought I’d see this coming in my life.

Whatever it is that you need or didn’t know you need is here. I had to stop looking at one point so I don’t try to buy everything.

But I did discover the remnant pile. The alang-alang lengths of cloth that can’t be made into clothing because of the awkward size. But where crafting is concerned, everything has potential.

Clockwise from top: Some retro grey lycra blend; green flower print; black batik.

Now just imagine the black batik as a purse organiser. It was “buy 1 metre, get 1 metre free” and 2 metres is the minimum you could buy. So I bought it. It’s probably more than I need, but it’s reasonably cheap. Anyone interested?

The ones above are fabric that the client wants her purse organisers to be made from. (No, not both on the same one.)

Yes, I’m taking limited orders before Christmas (although as noted in the previous post, I probably won’t be able to get anything done till mid November). Please email me for details.

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Project Snip-Snip: Tally

tarlia — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:29:30 +0000

This is probably the last post I’ll make about Project Snip-Snip for a while. It’s going to get very busy at work tomorrow and I’ll have less time than I had in the last couple of weeks.

The current tally is as follows:

Donations: RM410
Auction: RM127
Reserve: RM100

Donations are money given; Auction is the amount raised from the auctions; and Reserve is the two items that weren’t auctioned off. If nobody takes them, I will for RM50 each.

I’ll arrange to bring the money in to SSPCA after the DUN sitting is over.

This doesn’t mean you can’t keep donating if you haven’t. You can give the money to me directly or contact me for my bank account number.

Because some of you have asked, no, I don’t take international donations. I always believe that in minor issues like saving the local population of pets, you should take care of the needs in your area before you send money to another country. Besides, I hear that the service charges aren’t worth it.

The progress meter is in the sidebar and the link below it will take you to this post for a breakdown if you see the numbers creep up.

If you’re free in the coming weekend, SSPCA has another campaign on. This time, it’s in the air-conditioned comfort of tHe Spring. Drop by and show your support at ‘For the Love of Cats’ from 13-16 Nov.

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Project Snip-Snip: Birdbirdbird Necklace

tarlia — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:05:27 +0000

The last item is last because it’s special. Shuku was the first person I told about this year’s birthday project. She immediately purchased herself a first class ticket on the crazy train.

Shuku and I go back a long way, although not in the way traditionally assumed when someone uses that phrase. We first met in 1988. We didn’t see each other again until 2008, although we did briefly meet on IRC somewhere in between that. After we met again in 2008, we really didn’t have an excuse not to keep in touch, especially when her brother was right about us having plenty in common.

One of the things we have in common is a love for the absurd adventures of Eben and Snooch at Two Lumps. Shuku’s made jewellery inspired by Calvin & Hobbes before and offered to make a piece of jewellery for the auction. It didn’t take us long to agree that kitteh funnies at Two Lumps is perfect inspiration for a piece going in benefit of SSPCA.

The necklace is really inspired by three strips from Two Lumps:

…but we’ve been calling it Birdbirdbird.

I encourage you to look at her process diary to appreciate the amount of work that went into this:

It’s a special kind of crazy that can marry comic strips, washers and CD ends. As Snooch said in the Muffin Love n’ Lemon strip, “GENIUS!”

You don’t get to bid for this. I’m putting down RM50 into the Snip-Snip fund for it and another RM50 for the Card Holder that nobody bid for either.

Of course if any of you decided that you want either items, you’re free to make me an offer above RM50. First offer via email from anywhere in Malaysia for either items get it.

You better hurry. Ducky’s already moving in.

* fun fact: The illustration on the name card and the card holder were made by the same person.

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Project Snip-Snip: Card Holder

tarlia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:48 +0000

Wandering back into the realms of keeping your stuff in place, say hello to our last organisational item (but not the last item in this auction) – Andrea Tan’s cheetah print card holder.

Made of felt and hand-stitched, this card holder has four pockets and each can hold two cards, be it the scatter of membership cards, or if you simply want a fun and funky way of keeping your name cards (and the ones you collect) in order.

Andrea has a shop here, which I recommend you visit for other cute stuff. Meanwhile, we still have a target to hit so bid away!

Comments have been set to unmoderated so those of you who have not commented before can bid without your comment being held back.

This auction will close on Nov 6, at 7pm. Last bid by the timestamp on the comment, wins.

Details

Starting price is RM20.
Bids should be at a minimum increment of RM2. This means you can bid any amount above RM2. If you forget in your excitement, it automatically gets bumped up.
Post your bids only. All other comments will be deleted. If you need to ask questions, please email me at tarlia[AT]gmail.com or comment here.
Will ship to anywhere in Malaysia. If the winning bidder is in Kuching, we can arrange a pick-up or delivery.
I can only accept bank transfer or cash on delivery.

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