My first Award...

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This is the first ever award that I received from Nannie. Terima kasih banyak-banyak ya Nannie. Saya ni bukannya aktif sangat lately ni dengan jahitan atau crafting sebab kesuntukan masa dengan anak-anak, especially my eldest Nadia is sitting for her PMR in October.

To those out there who loves sewing especially smocking, do bloghop to Nannie's. First time jumpa blog Nannie melalui blog kakaknya Kak Jun, belajar cupcakes decoration. I still do hope Nannie would cepat-cepat start the smocking class sebab I would be among the ealiest to register. Boleh ya Nannie... (memujuk lah ni...)

Beads...

It's been months that I last sewn beads for baju kurung. The most unforgetable beads work are for my arwah mak's, 2 pasang of her baju kurung moden. She asked me to sew beads on both edges of the sleeves. The 2 baju kurung were worn during a wedding in Jitra, Kedah in May 2008, about a year ago. After that, her health started to deteriorated and she passed away on 20th September 2008.

This morning, I went again to the Taman Rekreasi MPS, hantar baju kurung sekolah Nadia. After spending a while there, I singgah at the Kedai alat-alat jahitan in Seremban. I bought 2 different colour of beads and 1 type of sequin for the latest tempahan. I hope I could finish the beads work before end of this month. And...no more beading after this...

What would the next project?.. Well... here's my To Do List;
1. Jahit pouch for Suraya
2. Jahit shopping beg for Suraya also
3. Jahit my baju kurung
4. Jahit baju kurung Nadia
5. Jahit baju kurung Sarah
6. Jahit baju kurung Hajar
7. To start my first ever Ribbon embroidery project
8. To learn smocking (buku dah beli)

Banyaknya nak buat... tapi tangannya cuma sepasang... ada yang nak tolong out there??

Out of the Office

I was away from office for 2 days from Tuesday. Only today I'm in and there's a bundle of documents in my in-tray until I delayed my breakfast.

I attended the Developing the Purchasing Skills course at the Legend Hotel in KL nearby the PWTC. It been sooo long since I last attended a paid course. It's either the courses offered not related to my job scope or the company just sooo kedekut to approve my requisition.

Anyway, the course was so informative for me as I am still 'young' in Purchasing. There were 7 participants all together including me. The instructor is generally good in the field and an experienced guy. The best part was the hotel's food was excellent! (it was free).

As usual, if I were to go to KL on official engagement, I would take the Komuter train from Seremban. This time my stop was at the Hentian Putra. Guess what? It took 1.5 hours from Seremban to Putra stop. Bangun tidur bangun balik semula tak sampai-sampai lagi. Quite a boring journey. Some more no story book to read. On the first day I attended the course, I went to the International book fair at the PWTC before balik. There's lots of books. Tak tau mana nak pilih. But... I already had something on my mind... I search and search... and finally jumpa. Punyalah happy jumpa sampai tak sedar I termenjerit. The lady beside me pandang I, she was a bit terkejut I guess. I was looking for the A-Z Smocking. Murah je RM38.00 and after 20% discount I got it for RM30.40 only. It is a translated book to BM. Kalau English version punyalah mahal, around RM115 or more. Punyalah puas hati and smiling all the way home.

Yesterday, after finished the course singgah at a small pameran buku at The mall. A lot of story books but I was so tired to choose. So, I balik with nothing.

Now, I am planning to try out the smocking project pulak.