I made a book!

I have been spending a lot of times watching YouTube videos lately and one of the videos that I watched was how to make a notebook. 

As a notebook fan and a collector of notebook, obviously I want to make one, one that is perfect for me or represents me. 

So, I spent one whole day watching videos of how to make my own notebook or sketch book.  Also, I've been dying to start my 2017 journal (yes, it's already august and I'm just now starting it). I also have been a fan of journals and journaling but obviously too lazy to be consistent. Last year, I only managed to write up till September which is honestly, not bad, isn't it?

Anyways, I watched this one specific video that got me really interested and I decided to make it myself! 

Click here to watch the video. 

Ta-daa! 

So, what caught my interest was the coptic stitching method. I like that in the video, the sketchbook is so simple (almost naked) but the colour of my board is too pale which makes my book looks cheap and ugh, I hate it. I can't make the stitch as beautiful as how it is supposed to look but hey, it's my first time and my thumb hurts from pulling out strings (also I used the wrong string)

 

 

Aren't you annoyed seeing how uneven my pages/ signatures are? Cause I am really annoyed at how my pages didn't turn out well. 

Honestly, the hardest part for me was when I had to make holes on the pages and board, I didn't have an awl, I used needle instead and it wasn't easy since because somehow,  I get the measurements wrong. 

I did have a hard time stitching the book up as well but it wasn't as annoying as poking holes into each signatures. My problem were, as mentioned earlier, one, I got the wrong thread or string. I didn't know what thread I was supposed to buy and I didn't have wax to wax the thread (hehe) so it slows down a lot of process. Second, the holes that I created aren't cooperating with me (although actually it's my fault) and because the thread were pretty rough, it ruined the holes of the paper. 

So, that is my experience of making a book. I would say it is actually a very calming session and it required a lot of patience. Oh, and obviously consistency ( poking holes for every signature). The end result of this whole thing is very satisfying, I am still feeling satisfied even though it wasn't pretty but like I said, it my first try! This will not be the last try to make the perfect journal. I need to achieve beautiful knots at the side of my books.

That is all for me.   

2017 Adventure: Supposedly Fan-girling.

I SAW KIM TAE HEE

It was just supposed to be brunch and we were going to head back to campus/home. My friends (Sarah and Jiji) and I had a sushi date but we went to pavilion instead, after the brunch. Pavilion now has an elite wing, whatever that is, so there was a launching of a brand/store? Anyways, it was Bonia.

The other day was Coach and Jessica from girl's generation was there for the launching. So, for Bonia, it was Kim Tae Hee. We weren't planning on being there but somehow my friends wanted to see it so I was automatically dragged as well. 

I didn't really know who she was but somehow there were already a lot of people gathering at Bonia at around one thirty when the event was supposedly to start at three thirty. After Zuhr prayer, we went back to Bonia and it was crowded but because my other friend, Sarah was an expert in fandom-thingy, she went to queue up for us at one thirty and she got to the first row, literally at the barrier thingy. She pulled us to her and I was in the second row but because everyone was taller than me, I couldn't see much (I didn't see a lot of things). Instead, I stood there scrolling at twitter and occasionally looked up to see what was happening.

To be frank, I think it was a bit embarrassing to be there cause there were taking pictures (the officials) and I could be in there, looking annoyed and there were people from other spaces of the mall looking at the crowd. I was so conscious and embarrassed. 

This was pretty much my view. I have never been to this kind of thing, I mean I can fan girl quite crazily but this was insane. I mean, I stood there for almost four hours, my feet hurts. It was so crowded, I can't see a thing. People were screaming at my ear and squashing me between some other humans. I don't even want to be there.

As I decided to bail out from this, suddenly from only two rows of people, it became five, I was trapped since  was in the second row. There were some local artists who attended the red carpet thingy but I really didn't know who they were but when it was Kim Tae Hee, people went crazy and started pushing, screaming, taking pictures. I stood there awkwardly, taking pictures of crowds and looking through phones. 

I bet you if I were to stay a little bit more longer, my ears would burst. Anyways, I don't think I want to do this kind of thing anymore (okay fine, yes if it was Brendon Urie, IU or Exo). It was so hot I felt like dying especially when I was sandwiched like a sardine in a can. 

Anyways, this is Kim Tae Hee from the screen. 

See, people can see me and yeah, there's some high angled camera there!

Honestly, I gave way to a lot of people to be in my space cause I was in the second row and if you are tall enough, you can see the celebrity but I was too short or others were too tall, I wasted my time (almost 4 hours) but hey, it was an experience. I think I am being contradicting here 

Anyways, this is something new for this year. Cheers to many more!

2017 Adventure : Petaling Street

It was an impromptu kind of thang, I called out Yana Banana (my friend), for dinner but she had some assignments on culture and asked me to join her instead.

We went to central market. I've been there once when I was in the KoreaXMalaysia program, to facilitate their outing but I didn't have time to see things at all! This time, I still didn't see a lot of things, not thoroughly, just browsing? Anyways, I ate dinner there.

Because my friend needed to interview people on the Malaysian culture, we went around but unfortunately we were shooed by the guards which was the only reason why we ended up at Petaling Street.

It was definitely interesting since I have never been there before. There were a lot of food but I didn't get to eat any. There were a lot of interesting things to buy but I was broke.

Them interviewing some tourists. They even interviewed some tauke selling Apam Balik and he was so nice! (psst, I got interviewed too because I am a Sarawakian)

There were definitely a lot of street food, even Duck Rice, which a friend recommended but I'm not sure whether I can eat there or not. The Apam Balik looked good as well but as I said, I don't think I can eat there. 

I became a photographer as well although I am so bad at it. 

a photographer of these three musketeers. 

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I honestly don't know what else to elaborate because it feels like a night market, specifically chinese night market. it was fun tho!

2017 Adventure : Doodles

I have not been doodling tho. I am very lazy but since I made a promise to myself to try new things and be productive, I tried new doodling ways, or style? I mean, ever since I started doodling, I kept on repeating the same pattern and it gets boring hence, why I stopped for quite a long time apart of being frustrated and bitter. Anyways, here are some that I tried this year.

Can you see snow down there? Anyways, this is me trying to combine both brush lettering and a bit of doodle. It's not that nice but it's something new and I wish to practice more, soon (when I have time, when I am not lazy)

This is me trying out floral ish design. 

This is me trying out different kinds of doodle, The thing about my doodle is that I never plan it, as in, I add according to what I think is going to be nice but this time I was being more constructive in my doodling. I am not sure how nice it is to you but I think it is not that ugly. 

here's me scribbling the ideas

I hope is not that bad tho. 

2017 : A New Year

I think I am a little too late for this but I finally got a goal to be accomplished this year,
a broad goal that consists of smaller goals.
To put it into words, I just want to do something new.
Trying out things, experience new things.
getting out of my comfort zone ( I was a bit reluctant but hey, yolo right)

That is pretty much it. I will write on my adventure and that is a promise.