I have been thinking of getting a laptop ever since my friend’s laptops started dying. How this works out? Well we all got the exact same model of laptop way back when we entered university. Everyone who used their laptops avidly had it flat out in three years.

Mine hasn’t, and I attribute it to having owned desktops hence my laptop had it easy.

I am still counting down to the day it conks out. I’m not sure. Has anyone made a laptop last more than a decade?

Meanwhile I have been looking out for alternatives.

My specifications?

Easy, in order of importance

0) CHEAP

1) Light, the lighter the better < 1kg = minimal requirement… dream weight = < 200g)

2) Full keyboard, I need to type!!! No crampy typing for me

3) Browses the internet

4) Plays Hello kitty online

5) Compiles java code, runs apache, php locally

6) Plays videos

7) Runs paintbrush and various oekaki drawing programs

That’s about it really, nothing much to ask for. Still looking at my options while counting down the days to the demise of my long suffering laptop.

Once in a while. He wakes up very easily when in that pose and doesnt return to it (obviously its not very comfortable) so I have been trying to get a picture of it… finallly!!!

Happy 2009 everyone!!!!

So here is the final pics of the tea cup shoe!

Previous posts on the shoe:

Preparing the shoe:
http://blog.sanriotown.com/tidesong:hellokitty.com/2008/12/19/tea-cup-shoe-progress/

Starting materials:
http://blog.sanriotown.com/tidesong:hellokitty.com/2008/12/10/everything-in-progress/

Merry Christmas one and all

To all my fellow Singaporean Hkoers, *Twin Starrs* Guild members, GMs, Readers of this blog, My various online and rl friends, family and countrymen.

Thank you all and have a blessed year end

This is quite random but… well

Here is a pic of my cat trying to hijack my mice so that I can’t use the laptop

Its not done! But I think it looked very shiny this morning!

Here are pics in progress

1) my glue on the left, with the cotton bud I used to apply the glue. The left shoe is mostly done in this pic with the right shoe not yet done.

2) Getting the right shoe ready.

3) Preparing the handles and the strap that goes across the shoe, the gold thing is coloured aluminum! Doesn’t it look real shiny!!! and it only cost a dollar or two.

So it was really tiring but fun and was nice to see people look at the toys and stuff and my friends chatted with me to keep me company which was nice too. I have only a few pics coz I was stuck at my booth XD

The front:

The back:

I was making some stuff on the spot.

The back of booth pic shows a pink plastic bag with white polka dots on it can you see it? I was ironing that together from old plastic bags… but no one wanted it! XD

#1: Tea Cup Shoes…. Well I’ve got the materials ready but its looking to be more complicated than I expected, I am altering the design a little to make it possible for me!

#2 Shirt

So this is how it looks like, with pins on….

#3 EOY display

Still a work in progress, but I think I will use these racks at least

#4 Last but not least..

Kon joins me for the End -Of- Nanowrimo   Party

I LOVE making things! So here is my Christmas Make-List

List A: For Friends

1) Custom Shirt  (For someone who needs it for prom: I just bought the pattern and cloth last night. First time using a store bought pattern! I will be altering the pattern though too, but the collar and sleeve markings are the things I NEED (I fail at drafting sleeves k…) )

2) Ruffle Bag (For a bag-lover)

3) Dart -Earrings (For someone who plays darts really well!)

4) (Already made but its for the season) Scarf with a heart at the end and hotdog earrings for someone who likes hotdogs and scarfs!

5) Make people happy

List B:

For myself haha

1) Tea Cup Shoe replica(In white base (the shoe I bought is plain white heel) but pink coloured design in the blog I link to, I am planning to either cut up my gold belt to sew on the trimmings, or unless I manage to find faux gold leather/pleather/vinyl before the weekend.)

see:  http://awomanandhershoes.blogspot.com/2008/04/miu-miu-patent-leather-tea-cup-heel.html

2) DIY on gold dress. I bought a pretty simple gold tube dress that I want to spiffy up with lace and I am thinking of adding some wire support hmmm…

p.s. I have to say I wouldn’t mind A)  A prepaid life time lease warehouse B) Tons of wool C) Tons of Yarn D) Tons of cloth E) Awl F) Leather G) Free Shoe Making lessons H) Shoe lasts I) Adjustable Form J) Spinning Wheel K) Weaving Loom