Intoxi'Kath'ing Whispers

A sort of continuation to my last post.. Lantern festival woudn't be complete without mooncakes a.k.a. YuE BinG . Another name for lantern festival is Monncake festival.. Besides mooncakes, we also had something extra. Pig cakes..?? Bleh ! Name sounds terrible.. Piggie is SO much better. Here they are! Are they not super-duper ADORABLE ??? A pair of pigs.. Female and Male. Female is the one with the RED ribbon. The YELLOW one is the male. Oh look!! They have a guest. The name's Bur . Wil Bur Wilbur is my sis' Pet Pig.. Cute? Cute . That's all! Have a great PIG day!

I don't know why, but this year, I suddenly had the urge to play with lanterns during this festival. I used to collect dry leaves, twigs and paper and then gather it together and light it to form a bonfire. This was when I was way younger, before my teens I think. Then, slowly, this passion for lanterns just sort of died of. But now, that passion has been ignited again. I even went all the way to Carrefour just to buy the paper lanterns and candles. And mind you, it really is paper lanterns I am talking about here. Not the battery operated type which is as hard as rock and gives out sounds like mosquitoes having a gathering in your house. Not even the wired animals or bugs which you carry along using sticks. Nope. Just plain , old (rather new) traditional but beautiful paper lanterns. And the view are as below: Ta-da! Using my gua sam ga (place for hanging clothes) to hang lanterns instead.. Is it not ingenious? Just kidding. This is the opposite view... exactly the same gua sam ga...

Ta da! I have finally done something useful and worth talking about during my first two weeks of holidays. I did a transformation, no, not on me, but on a plain wooden photo frame. And the results are as below: This is the top frame, decorated with blue ring beads paired together. This is the bottom frame where I used milky white beads. And this is the side frame where I used glitter dust. I think it's awfully pretty especially if you had seen the frame before these construction works. The work doesn't take too long as long as you have the materials and the concentration to do it. Great activity to do during holidays. Oh yeah, the cost is quite cheap for the beads and stuff. Anyway, the frames are available at IKEA. So, go buy some and let your creativity flow...