Happiness Is

Just Once, can we find a way to finally make it right…

Wah jiwang akak kejap.

I’ve been feeling out of sorts for quite some time now. Some of the reasons for this were resolved without too much tears, some with a lot of pain, and others with tears AND an angina.

Yet, despite everything being as it should be, I still have that niggling feeling inside of me. Something that I can’t quite put my finger on.

Perhaps the residual feeling that seems to always come at any time without due notice is a sign of advancing age.

So maybe it’s time for me to just take stock of what i DO have to be grateful for so i would stop being a whining, whingeing (spelling? i can’t be bothered to check), wailing beeyiatch.

Here’s a list of what or who i AM happy about, or what/who makes me happy:

1. My Kopitiam Sisters. You gals have been with me for Gawd knows how long, and yet you STILL love me? That in itself is an amazing feat. I sooo love you gals tau. They have taken the challenge to take care of me when I am a cackling, grumpy , warty, old hag without me even asking them.

 2. NAZ. Has seen me dalam keadaan tak mandi, tak tukar baju, tak basuh muka, and STILL loves me. Every facet of my complicated life is laid bare to you, and you are still here. Thank you.

3. SJJ. Ah.. what can i say. Countless nights of alternating laughter and tears as we journey into our minds, hearts, clubs, mamaks. No one compares to you babes. Goss files shall never be closed. Ever.

4. TAHH. You have sooo passed the test of friendship, haven’t you? I am so glad to have you in my life, and pray that you would never be disgusted with my behaviour and may friendship lasts forever, Amin.

5. BM (a.k.a. Bimbo Moment(s)). In such a short time, you have become a big part of my life. And actually saw a part of me that most people would never see. There are no words to describe the gratitude I feel for you, for letting me share a small part of your life. I love you B.

Aiseh. Tengah jiwang feeling feeling, kene buat kerja pulak. Goes to show that it is NOT advisable to blog on company time.

To Be Continued.

Wherefore Art Thou?

I have lost my knitting.

As per always, wherever I go, I would take a small bag of knitting with me. As it happens, I’m knitting a series of small squares (because it IS Hip to Be Square, no?), so I just have one of those toiletries bag all snug in my tote.

As it happens, I was traipsing all over KL on Friday, took it out, show it off (‘tu bukan mengait, tu memintal’ piped my ever bright friend), put it back in.

As it happens I didn’t even think about the bag and its contents until Sunday, when holidays are nearly over and I need some distraction and started to look for it.

and as we all now know, As it happens, it wasn’t in my bag. It wasn’t in that big basket of clean clothes that I haven’t had the chance to tuck into the closet (Well in the end I did, to look for my knitting and it wasn’t in there).

M upturned her house (where I had spent hours eating, gossiping and eating) and it wasn’t there,  P upturned her car (where we sat gossiping while going to M’s house, a shopping mall and several lepak-ing places) and nada, nothing too.

i doubt that it was at Secret Recipe (where we went for lunch), nor is it at Old Town White Coffee (supposedly on the ‘waterfront’ but the water happened to be at the back of the shop – how lah???).

The last resort would be to look under my bed.

Ok. That will take awhile. Hik.

But juuust in case.

Anyone who has seen a toiletries bag (from MAS i believe), dark brown, inside it are:

one circular needles 4.2mm

one ball of light yellow yarn (with some knitting on the needle)

one thread cutter (looks like garden shears except it’s small and used like a pair of scissors)

two crochet hooks

two needle protectors

several large safety pins

several paper clips

about 6 inches of bright pink yarn

one VERY IMPORTANT PATTERN BOOK

can I have it back please?

Ok ok. You can have the stuff if you want, but could I at least have the pattern book back? The one that is tattered and filled with notes like “Aiyah so ugly this pattern!” or “@#%$ so difficult!”.

Because I’m like..in the middle of this blanket thingy I’m knitting?..and I’ve only got like..40 more squares to do….

Trials and tribulations

my birthday presents, thank youuuuuuu!!

The thing about getting a new place to jot my knit knotes is that i would have to start over…learning how things work, how it would look like, etcete-ra etcete-ra. so here is a test i’m doing with flickr. For my own amusement of course!

ooo ha ha i’m sorta getting the hang of this.

1. i can blog directly from flickr. that’s cool.

2. i can copy url and paste it in my blog. cool too.

3. OR i can upload it directly on wordpress. but is that 50Mb per entry or per blog?

but hey, i’m on a roll! *evil cackle*

The Re-Knitroduction of Knitwit

ah-ha.

I am finally doing this.

I get anal when it comes to these things, always wanting to do it ‘right’. whatever ‘right’ is. so here i am again, reknitroducing myself. probably to me, the way things are going.

so here’s the knittygritty, simply because i have no idea how to put it intelligently.

The knitwit have been knitting in Kuala Lumpur for about..hurm..maybe 2 years now? Mainly so i have something to hold in my hand, other than a cigarette (i’m hopeless at sign language, and i can’t be holding two mugs of coffee in my hand for like…the whole day can i?). Amazing how everything  is on the net nowadays, so off i go with my knitting videos and whatnots.

it isn’t easy knitting in KL i tell you. Especially if you’re knitting on the cheap, which I am. But hey, i managed. just for the fun of it, more than anything else. No point reviewing yarns and such, i only use the cheapest ones.

Since i’m a newbie (only I can be a newbie for 2 years and will probably be a newbie for quite some time yet) most of the stuff i knit are, well, square-ish shapes. And  because i AM hip, so it’s only natural for squares to be hip, no?

Hayo. This entry so boring i am nodding off as i type.

I just wanted to share the stuff i’ve knitted and whatever else that comes to mind.

Come to think of it, do i really need this knitroduction?

Anal.

The Knitwit Timeline

Time taken to update the other blog: so long i’ve given up counting

Time taken to think about a new blog: just as long

Time taken to choose where to blog: urm..

Time taken to actually register the blog: 5 minutes

Time taken to sort out the theme: 10 minutes

Time taken thinking “I should start writing the blog”: 500 hours (maybe more)

Time taken to actually write something today and now: 10 minutes.

*sigh*. i’m a thinker, not a doer.