1 1/2 month summer break REPORT

1 1/2 month of holidays had passed. From a list of things that i wish to accomplish during this long long holidays, i guess there's only one that i had done but I'm actually quite happy with it. I spent 1 1/2 month knitting and crocheting. My whole big family and I are going to vietnam this cny. Since they don't have any scarves and since i know and enjoy knitting and crocheting, so i made one for each of them. Haha! and also one for myself though i already have two...kekeke =p




This is for my lil bro.



This is for my mummy

This is for my daddy

This is MINE!! hehe



Knitting and crocheting scarves is actually quite easy cz it's just about repeating the same steps for the whole projects but of course, different patterns will have different steps to follow. I wouldn't want my knitting and crocheting skills to remain just there, so i tried something more complicated. I knitted things that will be useful to me in my daily life. I had tried knitting a shopping bag, but it's a failure cz it looks elongated and too elastic.



my very fist knitted shopping bag





Sydney has strong wind and I always need a cap but it cost me at least $20AUD to have one. Since i know how to crochet now, so I MADE ONE for myself. It turned out great! I love it. It's a bit loose tho. Hopefully it can stand the wind or I gonna make another one.

It's called newsboy cap!



What come next? it should be a pair of slippers to keep my feet warm during winter in Sydney. =)

Besides knitting and crocheting, i did learn some korean. hehe! I'm not really a Kpop fans but since i do listen to korean songs, knowing a bit korean should be useful for me in searching songs. But, the main reason i learn it, is just for fun! wakakaka. I had learnt the vowels and consonants but that's not even enough for me to romanize hangul. Anyway, at least i have started.

ermmm... what else have i done? Really not much but i had settled my accommodation problem in sydney for this year already. I started searching for them online since two weeks before the end of December last year. Initially, the result was always disappointing - no reply through email from agent, couldn't find house which meet my friends and my requirements, finding people to inspect houses, deciding whether or not to have someone signing contract for us (worrying about againsting australia's tenancy law and resposibility and trust issues). Starting from 5 ppl sharing a house plan, we split to 3 girls 2 guys searching for accommodation respectively, then having room of our own in different houses and probably, different area. Anyway, i felt blessed that eventually i found one - 190per week rent with all bills included, around 10 minutes walk to my faculty, fully-furnished bedroom, kitchen with microwave and oven (I can bake <3) and laundry room with coin-operated washing machine and dryer. 190pw rent is actually quite expensive but so far this is the best that i can find. Competition for rooms and houses in Sydney is high, what's more when the room is so close to the uni. It's highly-demanded. I will have to start paying full rent to secure the room or take the risk of finding a room with this kind of criteria but more expensive or even worse, still can't find a place to stay when i am back to sydney already. I had chosen the former and very lucky for me to have a secondary school friend there, willing to help me contact the house owner to ask him lots of questions, arrange an inspection time with the house owner in her very hectic summer school life, signing contract on behalf of me and paying bond, key deposit and two week rent in advance for me. Thanks to her! Kamsahabnida. =))

This is gonna be my new room in sydney this year.

That's all from me for now... will update more when the mood comes... =)