I have MOVED!!

Please change my address.

I have moved to www.boonyew.com/writethetalk

I've decided to bunk in on someone else's domain..to save $$ you know.

My Pet Cricket

My husband has a pet cricket in his boot. It's very happy when the car is in motion. It'll go 'crick, crick, crick'....so cute. That annoys my husband though. He doesn't like unnecessary sounds when he's driving. Apart from the purr of the engine, the music from the player and the voice of his wife (I hope), other sounds annoys him.

Too bad the cricket has a thick skin. It just couldn't be bothered. That's why I try not to mentioned it often when it starts to crick crick.

Sleep

Slapende hamster, sleeping hamster
Originally uploaded by patries71

All it does is sleep and sleep and sleep

and sleep

Did I mentioned that it always sleep?

I guess it can't be help, sleep takes up 1/3 of our lives. Yet I wonder, is it so dull that sleep is a better, much nicer option?

When it comes to paint

Listen up, here's something I learn from painting one wall + having a professional take a look at my work

#1
Nylon brush is not as good as the brush with "hair". Don't remember the exact terms. And don't buy those cheap brushes. The "hair" comes out and messes up your paint work. You have to peel it off the wall. Yucks.

#2
Use a more expensive roller. I went to buy the cheapest I could find. Heck, the most expensive was about RM30-RM50! I got mine for RM4.50 from Ace Hardware. Then when I did the second coat, I found that there were bubbles when I rolled it. When I asked a guy at the hardware shop why, he immediately said I bought cheap roller. Now I'm using a RM12.50 one. He said that's good enough.

#3
Don't use satin glo or whatever glo on walls that are not perfectly finished! It doesn't hide defects very well, hence you'll end up painting more coats. The normal kind would suffice.

#4
When you paint a dark colour on a light wall, you'll need more than 2 coats!!

#5
Don't paint a section with brush and another section with rollers. You can see the difference is texture. Best to use mini rollers for the edges. I didn't know they sell mini rollers until I went to ACE Hardware.

#6
Don't let your rollers or paint brush dry before washing! It makes cleaning up so much harder. Leave it in water if you want to use it hours later. But don't leave it too long, it may rust! At least, mine did when I left it soaking for days. There was a time also when I forgot to wash my roller before leaving for a few hours.. the paint hardened and stuck to the rollers 'fur'. So hard to wash off. I was told that it can be done with a lot of scrubbing!

#7
Use the wider brown or glossy brown tape to tape the edges. I thought I would help save some tape by using half the width but turns out that the tape was thinner than the roller, hence some paint got on to the wall.

#8
Hire a professional if you don't want the hassle.

=)

I'm so tired!

The 6 step ladder that I have is not high enough! I have to stand precariously on the 5th step praying that I won't lose my balance to paint the edge of the wall!

I'm thinking that being shorter than average is defective genes especially when it comes to painting walls and ceilings and reaching the top of shelves and cupboards.

And the worse thing is that my paint is uneven. It looks uneven. I suppose I can pass it off for artistic value. According to http://www.naturalhandyman.com/qa/qapainttechnique.html, it's because my roller is too dry and I'm stretching my paint. I wonder if getting a better quality roller would help. I know a better quality brush would help. Mine has its hair falling as I paint.

My living area looks smaller now, thanks to patches of dark red on 1 wall. Sigh. I really hope that another coat will make it look more even. I ran out of paint, so I'll probably be doing it this Thursday.

I hope my husband appreciates me painting, either that or get me a higher ladder. I so want to buy one but I think I would have problems transporting it back in the Kelisa that I drive.

Rain on the 4th Floor

I've never find thunderstorms scary until I started living on the 4th floor. Facing a park and a lake doesn't help.

You can see the tree tops swaying harshly and the violent ripples across the lake.
You can see the flashes of light through the windows and sliding door.
( having no curtains allow you to see all these clearer)
The thunder sounds just right next to you.
What's scary is the lightning flashes. It's makes you wonder if it's going to strike you.
And the howl of the wind through the window gaps.

*shudders*

Right now the howl is getting louder, the flashes of light more rampant and the spatter of rain on the windows are increasing..

Sipadan Mabul Kapalai

Yeah, I went there for scuba diving.
It was great fun.
I got brown.
There were lots of turtles.
Huge
1 bigger than me
Though it looked dead
They look arrogant.
Yup. Black eyes, slanty lids
Like "who the heck are you?" attitude
Saw really cools things
Octopus
Cuttle fish ( big wan)
Tiny pygmy seahorse (technically saw it but really, it's too tiny to see it's features"
Schooling barracuda
Schooling Jacks
Heck, I saw nearly everything in "Finding Nemo" except for
Jellyfish
Hammerhead shark
The fish with a dangling bulb
and a few others
Oh, no pelican too. Was that a pelican in Finding Nemo??
Ooooo and I saw pipefish and mandarin fish.
What's that?
I've never seen them before.
Food was good as well.
Stayed in an oil rig
This isn't a poem