tag replies
izzy: yes pleaseee! you guys are pretty free now already right? (:
yams: hi yams! like izzy said, e8 soon kk!
do: haha yes we certainly do! thank you!
alexis: wahha we all look retarded, dear. thank you.
yijie: reply my email k! haha
candy: thank you! meet up soon ayy! we need to fix a date
jiejie: haha thank you! you make me feel proud of my blog :D
wern: beeee~ ): i miss you
marinne: i must keep a lookout for your shoes, don't recall seeing them! haha
liqin: hello! bet you didnt expect that we'll pop by that day right!
chansee: haha you've been there? the ambience is nice too
enna: haha! VS/LSZ girl! thank you (:
mad: you're really attentive! i went back to the animation to check hahah!
wenwen: wenwen ah you everything also YES! you da shizz you look the most ahpek hahaha

---

why do i always start with "i haven't updated in really long"...

So i wore my tie dye shirt to school on lecture day (tuesday) and i received alot of comments on it! i thought it didn't look as good because the dye is so faded. juu's a happy girl ^o^v

so... presenting to you

HOW TO DYE FABRICS!


firstly, you need a plain tee! in this case a white plain v-neck tee from Muji


2. silly! of course you don't do tie dye with food colourings! buy the necessary dyes from Spotlight or any art store.


this is the one we used!


3. fill a basin with warm tap water


4. attempt to open the dye (very hard to open! directions say to stab it with a knife o__o) without dyeing yourself (HAR HAR HAR, get the pun?)


5. empty the dye powder into 500ml of water (we smartly used a mineral water bottle ;D)


oh yes oh yes! and a huge reminder here! KEEP YOUR PETS AWAY!!!
imagine if ziggy turns into a red dog :O & he kept bugging ros -__-


6. add the salt to the mixture. google it and you will find that salt helps the fabric to absorb the colours faster.


look look look! what did i tell you! now he's drinking from our basin! we totally screamed when we heard the lapping sound -__-


7. pour the dye mixture into the basin of water


8. mix the dye solution + water and make sure no residue is left!!


9. when you finish stirring, your gloves should look like something that you just picked up from a murder scene.


10. Ready to dip the shirt! Don't be afraid! Ros is doing gradient, so she just dipped the bottom part of the shirt in.


just look at how ros does it! (:


11. Leave for about an hour for the dye to be retained in the fabric. I wasn't about to ask ros to hold it there so we thought of this ingenious plan (muahaha).

---
because we had 2 more shirts and Ros bought an extra colour, we decided to try out tie dye-ing! Like geeks in front of youtube and various DIY websites, we managed to come up with a "pattern" we each fancied most. for this, you need...


1. Rubberbands! the rubberbands create the white on the fabric. The creator of the lovely patterns really!


2. awesome folding skills like ros and I (muahaha). Just google/youtube it! you'll find so many variations!


Ros with her shirt ready to change its colour! Simply dip whichever area you want to the respectiv colour. EASY!


Our shirts -- Ros(left), Juu(right).

Too bad i dont have a photo of the completed shirt! The colours on our tiedyed shirts are really light and faded though. Impatient us left it in for only about 15 minutes =p but i quite like the result nonetheless (:

---

25th Oct 2008
Worked alone (no more boyf in the shop for 8 hours D:), was talking to wenmei online when we decided to go for dinner at 9 (we both ended then).



I usually only trust sakae sushi & sushi tei when it comes to japanese "restaurants" but we went to Suki Sushi at Cine anyway because we guessed that our dear liqin was working. & we were right! :D Wenwen & i were starving so we thought we'd order something soupy to fill our tummies.

I decided on beef udon while wen had katsu ramen (aiya somewhere along that line, i was too hungry to pay attention to names). I was expecting a few pieces of meat thrown into the noodles kinda thing. 

Labels: jayden, juu, wern, work

0 comments