4Things: a finished object, a book, new music and an old story

Some of you may know that I helped family friends at their food stall at the Singapura festival at Federation Square several weeks ago.  The proprietors are lovely people, and I wanted to do everything I could to help their business get a foothold here.  While I knew it was going to be a hard slog, I wanted to help.  What I didn't expect was to be paid for my time that day.  I was gobsmacked when they handed me an envelope of money (too much, in my opinion) for the work I put in.  I wanted to give it back but it would have appeared ungracious.




Instead, I made 'Auntie' a shawl to thank her.  I used some charcoal gray yarn I had in my stash which I was initially unsure of -- I wanted to her to have something more colourful.  But my judgement turned out to be sound when I not-so-slyly showed the shawl off to her earlier this week, and she remarked that neutral colours appealed to her the most.

The shawl is constructed simply: stockinette all the way through with increases/decreases on one side and a moss stitch spine.  I borrowed heavily from a favourite pattern: Nae in making this pattern up.  It's super cozy. And its wide.


When I was waiting to meet my date last Wednesday at Readings, I was lucky enough to snag myself a copy of Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales: For young and old from their famous Bargain Table.  Pullman, of course, is the author of the beloved His Dark Materials trilogy.

As much as I love fairy tales, I love subverting them even more which leads me to believe that I'll definitely enjoy Pullman's take on these stories.

















Earlier this week, this arrived in the mail:


It's a signed lithograph of the cover art of Troye Sivan's WILD EP, and it says it all about how I feel about him and his music. Today also marks the release of the second music video accompanying the second single off the EP.  I was bracing myself for the kick in the guts this video was going to deliver, and it doesn't disappoint.

Ouch.  And that little teaser at the end for part 3 is killing me.  KILLING. ME.

Finally, I also wanted to share another story with you.  It's a very short story, but I think it stands by itself: Today I saw...

Day 14.