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Meme

Helene has tagged me to do a meme. I’m game, so here goes:

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was a technical manager for a multinational firm here in Kuantan, Pahang. Enjoyed contributing to process and quality improvement at my workplace and working with my colleagues.

2. 5 things on today’s to-do list?

*Review history and events in preparation for my case hearing.
*Start a bead project
*Shop for groceries
*Clean up the house
*Call up Ros for wish list

The above is apart to my regular to-do i.e. check email, log on to my Facebook, check favorite pages on internet.

3. Snacks I enjoy?

Salted nuts.. any kind of nuts.. coated or just plain roasted.

4. Things I’d do if I were a billionaire?

I would like to visit Mecca to do my Hajj (Pilgrimage) as I have not able to do it yet. Visit Mecca again and again. And sponsor people to do the Hajj insyaAllah (if God permits)

5. Places I have lived?

Born and grew up in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia.
Studied at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon USA (B.Sc. Chem Eng).
Also attended Springs International School, Littleton, Colorado; Arapohoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado; University of Denver, Denver, Colorado while in the States.
Made Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia my home town after 20 years living here
Moved to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia for 6 months last year.
Business trips to North Carolina USA, Jakarta Indonesia, Phuket Thailand, Tokyo Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore

6. Peeps I want to know more about?

Jann Block
Karen Cattoire
Karen L.Cohen
Lunnette Higdon-Hertel

So you see I’m quite a technical person, very left brained, non the less creative and very imaginative. Loves sports and the the outdoors.

Ladybead

Managed to attract Ladybead, local beader, popular findings for manik and beads, here at Sulam Sayang. She has pretty designs in Photopages. Wow… Wished she had commented something as to signing an autograph. Tks MSDNoraini for dropping by.

Bead a Pair of Beaded Beach Shoes

Something like this would also work ehhhh: Satin Shoes

Nyonya of the Peranakan Bead Work

Found an interesting bead group today. Their website has loads of information on the Peranakan Nyonya and what exites me most — they BEAD!!!! They make beaded shoes. Their URL is http://peranakan.web1000.com/page4.htm

Wish I could copy paste a picture of the beaded shoes here unfortunately they are restricted. Maybe I will try doing my own and post the results here later. Would you think I’ll be successful?

Other sites for Nyonya beaded shoes:

Nyonya kasut manek – timeless objects of beauty
Kasut Manek (Beaded Shoes)

Cool Gift Bag

(Sorry the black video block looks like a black hole and had to be removed. Link is provided to proceed to video..
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid271530402/bctid1517411628)

Bead Journal Project

Still seaching for ideas for the upcoming project. BJPers, if you could suggest themes and stiches I would appreciate. Do comment. Tks.

P.S.
As BJPers are all English speaking and this blog is mix English and Malay, here’s some basic words for your education:

Sulam / Sulaman +=+ Embroidery
Manik +=+ Bead
Manik Kaca +=+ Glass Bead
Jahit / Jahitan +=+ Stich
Dompet Duit +=+ Coin Purse
Tudung +=+ Scarf
Bunga +=+ Flower (Check out my other blog on flowers in my garden at Laman Sari
Sayang +=+ Love
Manis +=+ Sweet
Tujuh Belas +=+ Seventeen
Lengan +=+ Sleeve
Kain +=+ Fabric

Retro Look with Glass Pearls

Lambaian kasih with brown glass pearls. It’s a bit tricky to sew the glass pearls on chiffon. They are quite heavy and won’t sit nicely on the chiffon fabric. Nice any way.

Getting Started with Bead Embroidery

Picking up again an old hobby of stitching I now am doing bead embroidery. With the experience in thread embroidery, cross sticthing, crothchet, knitting, quilting, tieing knot, learning bead embroidery is easy (thanks Mok Su Zana.)

Getting the stuffs:

Beads and beads and beads, beading needle, needle threader, bead box, air erasable pen, air erasable pen eraser. (Sini je dah RM40+)