• computer/internet

    Slow loading *

    February 21, 2009 /

    berjanggutI noticed yesterday that it took longer than normal to publish a post as well as replying to comments. I just upgraded to WordPress 2.7 and maybe this is the cause. But the problem might also came from the server side. Either way, I just hope that loading time will be normal again. I am so sorry if loading or commenting failed on you (gave you the blank page yea?). I’ve been having the same problem at my end and have to refresh or go to home to load it back.

    I hope to upgrade to WordPress 2.7.1 as it offers fixes to 68 problems. I can’t upgrade now as I gotta wait for the hosting server to make it available through Fantastico.

    1st commentator
    Balqis

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  • crafts

    I’ve been up to…*

    February 21, 2009 /

    …making crafts for a shop project!! It’s still under progress and will make an announcement about the shop, hopefully, by the end of this month.

    I’m so into crafting and am struggling to fight my laziness to work; I have 2 book covers to design, typesetting for one of the books, 3 letter pad designs and few mock samples for a novel.

    sketchbooks

    I need to chase the laziness away but dunno how.

    1st commentator
    Balqis

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  • crafts,  yassin

    Birthday gifts *

    February 21, 2009 /

    Yassin is attending his kindergarten classmate’s (Puteri) birthday tomorrow and asked me to make something for her. I made a floral tote bag with pink felt pocket and flower, a handmade sketchpad,  a painted frame and a birthday card. Yassin loves them all very much and can’t wait to pass them to Puteri.

    gifts for puteri

    puteri's tote

    1st commentator
    Balqis

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  • MISC

    Gifts from TH *

    February 20, 2009 /

    I received a big surprise yesterday; a necklace from TH!! Thank you so much TH, it’s beautiful!! I quickly wear it on my neck and asked my husband to take a photo of it.

    pendant from TH

    TH is so thoughtful that she also has a gift for Yassin; Ben10 stickers!

    ben10 stickers from TH

    Yassin says “Thank you so much Auntie TH!!”

    1st commentator
    TH

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  • moleskine,  nature/still life,  watercolor

    Watercolor lorikeet *

    February 17, 2009 /

    I feel like drawing today and this one was made earlier today; 30 minutes work.


    Rainbow Lorikeet | Watercolor

    Rainbow lorikeets are well known for their brilliant colors, constant chattering and enormous appetites. Do you know that they spent 70% of their day feeding? Yes, that’s true and some lorikeets can feed on as many as 650 flowers each day. Rainbow lorikeets exhibit a long life; some have been known to live for twenty years and their agility and energy is often compared to that of a monkey!

    My watercolor moleskine: 46 pages!

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    Amy

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  • digital photos

    Patterned flamingo *

    February 17, 2009 /

    As usual, the big L is here today. I am procrastinating works so that I can play! Did a photo manipulation of the Lesser Flamingo that I captured during my recent visit to KL Birds Park.

    I use rasterised ornament font and later put a linear burn blending mode to it. Here’s a close-up:

    I think I wanna make postcards or prints out of it 😛

    1st commentator
    Alya C

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