Category: Hobby

• Egg Balancing

  12.31.07 |Hobby| Permalink | 1 Comment

  
  
  

  I just learn a new trick after watching it on YouTube. Yes, I managed to balance an egg. It took me only 5 minutes to do it. It is not an impossible task. Believe me anyone can do it. The trick is to slant is to 87º. Go try it! By the way, the egg is uncooked.

• US Quarters Collection

  12.19.07 |Hobby| Permalink | 1 Comment

  I like the US quarters. If you look carefully, you can see a picture on the coin that is related to the state. I always want a full set. As I was surfing ebay, I saw a set being auction. In fact there were a few sellers. I managed to get a set of 88 coins with 44 states. It is just priceless. I must have gotten this DNA from my mother, she collects coins too. I wonder will I inherit her collection in the future.

  
  

  

  

  

  
  

• Rubik Cube

  12.07.07 |Hobby, Myself| Permalink | 5 Comments

  I started playing Rubik cube when it was first introduce to public that was in 1980. I remembered mine came with a formula sheet. My brother and I learn the formula since then. I played it so much that I was told by the school prefect not to bring it to school.

  Anyway, the formula stayed with me all these years. There was one step I forgotten exactly how to do but I improvise. Oh I love solving this type of problem solving gadgets. It is fun and makes my adrenaline high. 😉

  
  

  
  

• Coins Collection

  11.12.07 |Hobby| Permalink | Comments Off on Coins Collection

  I always wanted to collect coins from every country. I like the US quarter, different state has different image related to the state. If you want to see the image of each state behind the quarter, look here.

  I just won a bid in Ebay that have 80 different US state quarters. I cannot wait to receive it and admire it. By the way, my moms like to collect notes. She has a huge collection of it. I wonder who she will pass it to in the future.

• Stamps

  08.24.07 |Hobby, Stamps| Permalink | Comments Off on Stamps

  I started collecting stamps when I was in primary. However I lost all my precious stamps when I moved house. I started collecting again when I was in Australia studying. I love Australia stamps. Every month, the Australian POS will produce different pictures in their stamps. Due to budget constrains, I cannot buy all of them. Here are some of the collection I bought and others too.

  Lady Diana with Charles, this is a precious one.
  

  Measat First Malaysia Satellite Launched
  

  1997 Hong Kong Back To China
  

  Varieties of Australia Stamps
  

  

  

  

  

• Kirigami

  03.05.07 |Craft, Hobby| Permalink | 4 Comments

  
  
  

  Kiru meaning to cut and gami meaning paper. Kirigami is a variation of origami. Origami is folding of paper. Kirigami is an art of folding and cutting paper into a myriad of interesting designs. I got this Kirigami hobby pack from Times Bookstore in Changi Airport. As you know I like hobby which involve hands. It is fun as you can cut many different patterns, animals, ribbons and etc. You can keep the pattern papers for card making, gift wrapping, stenciling and scarpbooking. I like to cut papers when I want to do deep thinking or when I am not in a good mood. Here are some of the patterns I created. By the way, the pack that I bought, it has 365 patterns, one day one pattern for the whole year. I am three months behind. :giggles:

  
  
  
  

• Balloon Sculpture

  02.28.07 |Balloon, Craft, Hobby| Permalink | 4 Comments

  Long time ago, I admired clowns who can make balloon sculpture. Now clowns are not the only one who can do balloon sculpture. I picked up this hobby when I found a book on how to do it. Now I am kind of an expert in it. It is very easy. You just need to be brave and not afraid of bursting balloons.

  My children love those balloons sculpture. Most children love it. It can be used for party time. If your kids want to fight, create some balloon swords, they can fight all they want without physical injuries. :giggles:

  Materials required are balloons, a good pump and a pair of hands. It is really fun, you can try it. Here is a gallery of patterns you can follow: http://www.professorwonder.com/gallery.htm and http://www.mbd2.com/kidsstuff.htm

  Basically I love to do things with my hands like origami, beading, balloon sculpture, cards making, 3D deco and paper cutting.

  
  
  

• Beads

  11.21.06 |Craft, Hobby| Permalink | 11 Comments

  

  

  

  

  

  This used to be one of my hobbies during my free time. However I have been neglecting it ever since I have 2 hands full. I love making beads stuff. Oh you can also make personal cards with these beads ornaments on top.

• Bean Bag Project

  11.26.05 |Hobby, Skill| Permalink | 17 Comments

  Jasmine sent me a bean bag design from the craft book she bought. When I received it, I was very eager to start the project. I shopped for the cloth, found a few nice cloths with cartoon patterns. I got 3 sets. They were very cheap, only RM8 for 3 meters. For this project you only need 3 meters with 150cm wide.

  
  
  

  First you need to draw the pattern on a piece of brown paper. Then you pin it to your cloth and cut out the pattern. You need to send the pattern to have the edges sown so that the thread at the edge will not shred. Later you join them all together using a swing machine. The tough part is sewing the zip. When you sew the zip, make sure there is no hole, otherwise the beans will spill.

  Yesterday, I went hunting for beans but didn’t find any. *Frus* I don’t really know why, every time I want to look for something, I sure cannot find it here in the shops. Anyway I took the beans from my old bean bag and transfer it to the new.

  Now tell me, how much this bean bag is worth?

  Tada…the process & the product:

  
  

  

  

  

  

• Sewing

  10.18.05 |Craft, Hobby| Permalink | 12 Comments

  That was what I did this weekend. I started a sofa cushion cover project. I regretted buying a pale color sofa because my children leave stains on it. I took it to the dry cleaner and they did the worst job ever. Instead of removing the stain, it got worst. I decided to do another set of covers on my own.

  My aunt MIL gave loan me this sewing machine. It is an antique as you can see from the picture below. It is a hand sewing machine. I can only sew simple stuff like cushion covers or curtains. I don’t know how to do dresses although I would love to learn but no time. I remember during the old school days, I did sew an apron, house coat and a simple skirt. Yeah I did Home Science and I am proud of it.

  
  
  

  Jasmine gave me another idea, she will give me a bean bag pattern to sew. I think I will do that right after this cushion cover project. By the way I have finished one cushion cover and will do another one next weekend. Then I will start on the bean bag. Bean bag are really expensive and over priced. I saw one cloth bean bag selling for > RM150. Maybe I can open a store just to sell bean bag.