Little Cozy Corner

Ok, maybe that’s a little over the top because it’s not really a mountain,  to be honest - it’s just a small mole hill!

This is just a small collection of postcards which I have here with me in Sydney. I have a box full of them as well back home in Malaysia. I’m not too sure how many I have at the moment because I’ve never really counted them yet. I really should do that some day.

I’m not sure what spurned the idea of collecting postcards but I guess one of the reasons is because I love snail mail and the whole idea of getting a letter/card in my real life mailbox is just so exciting! Emails I could do without since more than half of it is spam and 100x fwd mails with previous addresses still added on so you can imagine how long it is and the message is normally just a fwe lines of a picture or two! Very annoying…..

Anyway, I joined a special site called Postcrossing and it is here that I mainly get my postcards from as you swap postcards with people from all over the world. The best part is, the person sending you a postcard is random so you get a surprise everytime. It’s really fun. I also have a website/blog where I upload picture of all the postcards I’ve since received although I must say that if you’re planning on paying a visit, please note that I haven’t updated it in a VERY VERY long time. Hehehe…too busy with the bub these day but I do have to get busy with it. I miss looking at all my old postcards.

So, if you’re interested to swap postcards with me - send me a message with your address and perhaps I could even sent you one from Malaysia when I go home in 2 weeks time.

Enjoy your weekend!!

Note : I noticed that some of you would like to have a look of some of my postcards - you can do so here. :cheerful:

With Valentine’s Day and Ted’s birthday just over - it’s 2 big occasions out of the way but I still have a couple of major birthdays coming up ie Mum’s and Sis’s. Ever since I was a kid, I used to personally make my own greeting cards to give Mum and Dad for their birthdays as well as for Mother’s and Father’s Day and I must say that it made me feel very proud when Mum would stick it on the wall just above the her writing table. It gave me a personal sense of satisfaction and appreciation from her simple yet meaningful gesture.

I’m not sure what spurned this love of making greeting cards as it never wore off until quite recently. Perhaps it’s due to the lack of time and dead braincells or perhaps I’ve just lost it, but I really miss making personalized greeting cards because it’s well, personalized! When I lost interest in making cards as in starting from scratch, I made sure I had some other greeting cards program installed so that although it’s not THAT personalized, at least I could still have my way with the wordings and part of the designing. And even that has gone out the window since I came to Sydney because Ted and I share the same PC hence, I don’t want to bog down the puter with my heavy graphics since Ted has his modding and relies heavily on the PC. Hate to be the one to break it coz then he will break me after that! *lol*

I really hope that once we settle down in our new place and Ted sets up the new PC which we bought during Christmas, I can then install some of my stuff there or even in here depending on what his plan is and how he wants to go about stuff. At the moment, this PC is a mess and trying to explain it would be a disaster.

All in all, I would really like to get back into the habit of making my own cards again because it was really fun and I personally get nice high from seeing my card being appreciated. Have you made personalized cards for your family or friends? What was their response? And with the response you got, are you encouraged to continue the art?

A couple of posts ago, I asked a question which I was hoping to get a lot of answer for but sadly, this was not to be. I guess I shouldn’t be so surpise since I know that I don’t really update my blog often enough to get regular hits but to those who have taken the time to answer, thank you very much for playing along with me.

And now as promise, I shall reveal the answer to you and also mention which movie it is from. The answer is :

Throw it into the sea.

Yup, that’s it. Simple and very true right? It’s taken from the movie ‘Samsara’ made in 2001 starring Christy Chung. [Man, that woman's got lips even I wouldn't mind munching on!] This question was carved on a stone when Tashi, a monk [the main character] was taken home after being in solitary meditation for 3 years. He sees this question and smiles to himself but he never found out what it meant.

At the end of the movie, it sees him finding the same stone and this time, he turns it over and finds the answer. It’s a really good movie and truly an epic love story of a different kind. Despite not being a drama kind of person, I truly enjoyed this movie and if you too are not into this kind of genre, give it a shot anyway. It will surprise you and yes, there are a couple of naughty bits too.

I used to think it funny when I first heard about adult diapers and wipes. The very thought of an adult in diapers was just hilarious to me but today, I have come to realise how important and useful it is. If you’re wondering what cause this change of hear…well, let’s just say that after having Arianna, my system wasn’t working to well due to the drugs they had to pump into me.

And thank god for adult dipers and wipes, it came in SO handy that I just don’t know what I would have done if I didn’t have them at that point. I’m so glad that they have been in existence for some time now because it really kept me feeling clean and I was, to a certain extent. I didn’t get any irritation at all too. So I would totally recommend it to women who’ve just had or is going to have a baby to bring it along with your hospital bag. It wouldn’t hurt to be more prepared than under prepared. If you don’t use it, you can always donate it to charity.

Brought to you by Disposable Medical Express

Eeks…..for me, this week’s theme was hard because I really do not have any pictures of wooden stuff. So I decided to share something else which can be considered ‘wooden’….tell me what you think.

Yup, that’s a stick insect, it’s some what ‘woody’, isn’t it? This was taken while we were at the park during Australia Day last year. They had a mobile mini zoo and people were allowed to pet a couple of animals including an echidna. It was really fun!