修理に出していた掃除機が戻ってきたー。
今までスタンド式のElectroluxの掃除機を使ってたけど、
戻ってきたのはでっかいdyson
どんだけいい仕事してくれるのか、楽しみー。
30.4.11
秋
最近めっきり秋です。
車を運転してて、並木道が金色になってるのに気づいて「わー秋だ」と実感しました。雨ばっかり降ってる最近の天気なので、洗濯物は乾燥機で乾かします。からっとお日様で乾かすのと、また違った、ふかふかと暖かい仕上がりもすごくいいです。こんなところにも秋を感じます。
It's officially autumn. Today I noticed leaf colouring to gold.
It's been raining more less everyday. All our washing goes directly to dryer. It's nice to feel the sun in your clothes but dryer makes them soft, warm and fluffy. I love it. I feel autumn with it.
28.4.11
Olive Kitteridge
This is the book I'm reading now. It's about Olive Kitteridge's life from many different angles - sequential short stories. She is the main character in some episodes but in other episodes, she just walked past in a story. Olive can be observed from different time, different angles, different point of views which establish her character even more vividly. This novel won 2009 Pulitzer Prize. I'm enjoying so much that I don't want to finish the last page !
今読んでる本、「オリーブ・キタリッジの生活」はお勧めです。今シドニーは雨ばかりで寒いから、読書にぴったり。連作短編集。オリーブ・キタリッジの生活を真正面から垣間見れるエピソードもあり、オリーブがまるで通行人のように登場する回もあり、ただ噂話にのぼったり。まだ最後まで読み終わってないけど、ページをすすむごとに、どんどん立体感が増してくるお話です。
オリーブが田舎のおばさんで、地味な生活をしてるから、うっかりちょっと昔の話のように思えるけど、時代設定は現代。そう考えると、2011年といえども、世界中には昔ながらの生活、人間関係、社会環境、宗教観で生活してる人は山ほどいるんだよね～と思うのです。私はたまたまいろんな国を転々とめぐって、ひとつの地域社会にどっぷり浸かることもなく、無宗教で、オリーブと比べると非常にあっさりした生活をしてるんだな、と気づいたりします。
読書って、本当に想像力を発揮できるし、話の意図とはまったく別の事を考えさせられたりするから、passiveな作業のようでいて、とてもproactiveな側面も持っている。
20.3.11
Harumi's Japanese Cooking
Very useful Japanese food recipe book for people who live overseas. Harumi Kurihara suggests to use basil to replace shiso, tahini or unsweetened peanut butter to replace sesame paste.
For dinner, I cooked "Warm Aubergine Salad", "French beans and Asparagus Chilli Style" and "Chicken Saute KariKari Style". First two vegetable dishes can be served "warm" (not hot), so no need to juggle many things before serving.
18.3.11
Sewing Machine
My sewing machine and overlocker are finally checked in for repair. It usually takes up to 2 weeks and I was going to rent one while waiting, but realized that additional $25 can make it "express repair". So my machine should be back on Monday. I have a day off on Tuesday !! I can devote whole day for sewing !!!
16.3.11
Helpless
I feel so helpless. My country is suffering so badly, all I can do here in Sydney is donation. I read that British Red Cross mentioned that the donation to Japanese Tsunami Appeal could be used for other humanitarian disasters in the UK. So I donated to Japanese Red Cross directly.
My feeling never clears. I was going to have body massage and hair cut etc...but when I think of Japan, I think that I should save up those money for donation. Although donating money doesn't change my feeling...
13.3.11
The Rest in Noise
We went to Opera House today for some good music.
THE REST IS NOISE:
Takemitsu - Nostalghia
Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Stravinsky - Apotheosis (from Apollo)
Webern - Five Movements, Op.5
Xenakis - Voile
Strauss - Metamorphosen
Inside the hall. It's funky.
11.3.11
Earthquake in Japan
Thankfully all my family is fine. It's so scary though... Mum was shopping in the city, went into a nearest restaurant and went under the table. She needed to walk all the way from Ginza to Shinagawa to pick up my niece (her granddaughter) from day care, then walked back home with 3 years old. My sister was cleaning all the smashed wine glasses when I spoke to her. Dad was in tube (apparently tube is quite safe if not moving). Luckily it was stopped one station before his stop, so he walked home. Quite few of my friends are staying in their offices as there is no way to go home.
Thanks everyone for checking about my family in Tokyo !
9.3.11
Gold Bracelet
Did she read my mind ? This is exactly what I want !
Marimekko Dress
Not yet completed. Last night I made a critical error on one of the shoulder strap. It's stiched twisted. It can't be covered by fiddling or pretended as a cool complicated design.... I was rushing. Sewing shows your personality...
Frustration
I am enjoying sewing so much and supposed to be very happy but why am I so frustrated ?!
2.5 hrs class a week is not enough to satisfy my obsession for sewing. I don't like Wednesday because I have to wait SIX more days until next sewing class !!!
Renting a sewing machine is pricy. You can actually buy one for 1 week rental. (I've got a machine which needs to be fixed but awaiting for mum to visit me....it's complicated !)
Then I thought about the idea of "Sewing Cafe" like "an internet cafe". I googled. Someone else also had the same frustration as I do. I found it in London, Paris and Berlin but NOT in Sydney!
Please someone make one or should I start one ?
in London...
in Paris... Their mantra : "Less buying - more trying!"
A new cafe in Paris with a definitely new twist- renting sewing machines by the hour. How brilliant and innovative! I for one would make good use of this as I always seem to have trouble with my sewing machine that gets dragged out of the closet every few months - or years in some cases. Do I remember how to thread the bobbin? What is the little trick I need to remember so the thread doesn't break? Is it at the correct tension? The list goes on. And there are many things I would sew if I could scoot off to the Sweatshop Cafe and not have to fret over my own machine that probably needs oiling, cleaning and other things I do not want to deal with for a one hour sew.
8.3.11
7.3.11
Love fabrics
I love fabrics. I love sewing !
I got this beautiful Liberty Ayse Red for winter skirt. I want to use scraps of this fabric for hem of next dress project. This will add some colours to basic winter black / grey.
This Liberty Melly Pink is also new. I think this will look nice for a large surface like a dress and tunic.
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