i know work wouldnt be that easy.
so i decided to treat myself better.

yesterday was the last holiday, so i wore a tee reminding myself to cheer up all the time.

though i had a very busy holiday, i stayed up late to make myself a little necklace to be with me to go to work.

so lucky that i did make the little hot balloon to fly me up to the sky. i really need to breath and relax.

tonight i will treat myself a microwave chocolate cake.

em.. what i bring to work tomorrow to keep myself from the WORKS and DEADLINES!

i had a good sunday.

good coffee with cookies
good ox tail and microwave chocolate cake (心太軟)

and play with relative's cat

however

after having the fried chicken from KFC

i had serious diarrhoea over the whole night and monday morning

luckily, i am better now
but how to make those DIY for those cats...
seems i cant meet the deadline

http://www.johnsonmak.com/blog/blog6.php/2009/07/14/my-1st-handmade-doll-cat-and-cat-hand-ha

yes i went to the bookfair again and be a bookfair guide to my hubby

bought some more stuff

the punches are cheaper than yesterday!
bought 2 books
especially the one called "how to kill your husband"

some of the booths are different than yesterday in terms of the setting and price

page one is much better this time, more tidy and i can see more books

some of the book stores offered more discount than yesterday!

早上七點就起身
九點就出門口
去到會展都不是太多人
排隊到買到門票都好順利又唔辛苦
都係用左十多分鐘
一開始我就去左文義用具的展館

原來係同宗教, 台灣出版商一起的
所以見到一d奇人
著到好似古裝咁的人
頭上有個髻, 著古裝的人

因為時間很早
人流小
booth 同 booth 之間的距離大左但 booth 入面好迫
一開始就去 Paper Art 買印泥

Paper Art
全線八折
印泥不是齊色但都好多選擇
但專用印布的欠奉
印章一大堆, 但好多都同x'mas 有關
所以一個印仔都買唔到
入面人又多...

美芯美勞
激死, 分開兩個展館擺booth
一個東一個西 (文義同兒童天地)
老闆娘個人一d都唔友善
買左felt wool 一袋, 同兩個羊咩咩felt wool 套裝
又買左大雞碗

台灣展館
雷聲大雨點小
根本唔駛去

兒童天地
好得人驚
好多都係手抱bb的父母去買讀物
周圍都係bb車
手抱bb識睇書?
我諗係父母講古仔用
另外, 宜家小朋友的讀物真係好多仲好深
深到我汗顏

書展

同一本書, 係唔同書店買的價格係可以相差達$50
好迫好辛苦

成個館行哂, 結論:

1. 田園書店
英文書最平 $48一本, 其他書店可以最貴賣$98
張愛玲的書最平
中文書大部份最平

2. 榆林
如有 id 信用卡 多 5% off
要買新書要係度買多d

3. 商務
好多書, 但最貴, 最後先好行, 係其他地方買唔到的書先好係度買
人地75折, 7 折, 佢得8折
人地買2送1
佢冇

4. 手作書
一d都唔吸引

5. page one
激死
超級散垃圾場
唔執書, 成個山要人自己係垃圾場搵
貴d o個 d書就好舊

6. o靚模/ 藝人

d細路會高談 o靚模bra size...HA...
teresa , 周秀娜, angelababy 多人買d
teresa 本散文繪本, 周柏豪, 方大同, 黃翠如的書... ...EM..

7. 好鐘意 stella so....
http://stellaso.blogspot.com/
但冇買...

8. 智源
以為可以買到日本手作書
點知... 唉... 好一個散貨場

攪左9個鐘...
沒去洗手間, 冇吃午餐
番到屋企累死

明天可能同hubby 再去
咁佢可以行得舒服d

i am used to go to bookfair with my primary classmate, almost every year.

it is a big event for us. we still act like a little girl fooling around when we are together though we are that OLD.

this year, i will go with her again.

the other day we went to the offical site to check the kind of books, the booth etc.

today, we plan for our big trip!

k: wht time should we meet tmr?

me: do u think we have to be there at 9.30 or 9.45 to buy tickets?

if yes, then we meet at the station at about 9?

what do you think?

k: as i think we need to queue up before we could buy the tickets, therefore we meet at 9am at and reach there at around 930am
but.......can u wake up so early? hehee.......

me: we can we can
then 9am

hey need to prepare FOOD!!

the fair is so big...

do you think we should prepare more cash?

if pay cash, no need to queue or?


k: I think we should bring a small bottle of water and some snacks.....or buy some sandwiches in OK tmr morning

we are so excited.

since my first bookmart didnt turn out to be good http://www.johnsonmak.com/blog/blog6.php/2009/07/22/tatting-5-bookmark , i made another one without mistake. i think it turns out to be really nice.

hope my friend would love it.

saying bye to it, it is leaving me tomorrow.

where is #4?

still havent taken the pic. anyway.

this bookmark is for my best friend.
first time to try this and... when i am almost finished.. i find out there is a tiny mistake somewhere and it is too late to correct!!

since it is a gift and i want it to be kind of prefect so i will keep this bookmark for myself and make another better one for my friend. i am happy to send it out to my friend as she does appreciate the art of tatting.

pure white is so pretty. however, i will try something in black later.

Finished ..

Looks like the one from the book! Yeah!

I plan to go there tomorrow.

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another trial

i feel so contented when i finish it! it is just about double stitch, chain and picot.

as a beginner, i think its good to use this kind of thread with mixed colors as it helps me to see more clearly, especially when i did wrong and need to do all over again.

bad thing is my left hand is in pain. so pain that i dont think i will practice that hard. should rest a bit.

i love taiwan drinks a lot, those whatever 珍珠

and tonight, i made 吉列豬
so yummy!

another thing that make me happy is i got this for my relative!

he only wants it and i got it at my first trial! i am so lucky.