All The Pretty Flowers

Crochet Love

 

Crochet used to be one of my frustrations in life because even if I had learned the basic stitches, I could not even make a decent straight strip of single crochet without it curling at the edges! Then a few months back, I was lucky enough to be included in a private teaching session with no other than Ms. Gantsilyo Guru herself!

This is my first ever successful crochet project - a lapghan! 

It's perfect for cold nights or when the AC is too cool at work.

Thank you Gantsilyo Guru! :-)

Alice In Wonderland

"I'm Mad, You're Mad, We're All Mad Here"

While randomly surfing the internet, I chanced upon a feature of this play showing at Greenbelt 1. This is actually one of my (even moreso my sister) all-time favorite classic. In fact,  a couple of Sundays back, I bought a hardbound copy from Bestsellers, but figuring that it was the Disney version, I gave it to my sister as a belated birthday present.

Anyway, as luck would have it, there was an early showing the next day, but to my dismay, my overdue credit card was rejected. My sister and I had to wake up early hoping for available tickets at the theater. We got in with the best seats at a very affordable price. Most of the audience were little kids from different schools in Metro Manila (hmmmm, that's probably why it was a morning show!), but we didn't mind being the only two adults with no kid in tow! It just felt good to be be a kid again even if it was only for a day :-)

The props were beautiful and very colorful as AIW should be with a one-of-a-kind origami-inspired concept. And the cast was amazing! Alice played by Becca Coates and the Red Queen played by Bituin Escalante were stand-outs for me. But my favorite was  the Duchess who was a scene stealer.
All in all, I love it!

Nostalgia

bringing back childhood memories