Thank you for joining my Giveaway!
Posted by: xin on: June 1, 2009
If you would like to start shopping now, click here to go to my shop on Etsy!
We have our winners!
Posted by: xin on: June 1, 2009
Congratulations to Jingle (Lavender), Michele (Red) and Jamie (Teal)!
You’ll all receive an email from me soon, please reply within 36 hours with your mailing address so I can get the fat quarters off to you as soon as possible! If I don’t hear from you within 36 hours, we’ll get the random number generator give us another lucky number! Thank you all so much for participating – I never expected such warm response! As a way to say my thanks, all commenters will be entitled to a 20% off on your entire order (excluding shipping) at The Heyday Shop! I’ll put up another post for that so if you’re interested in getting any of the fat quarters featured in this giveaway, you can go here and start shopping now! Thank you!
May Giveaway Day 2009!
Posted by: xin on: May 27, 2009
- In: Sewing
- 505 Comments
I started with one fat quarter bundle in mind, and then I worked my way to two…well, the final answer is three! I love how they look together! So here goes: I have three fat quarter bundles to give away so I thought I’ll come up with three ways for you to enter -
1. Share with me one of your all-time favorite Etsy stores. I love shopping!
2. Put up a link to one of your favorite sewing tutorials ever – my summer holidays are coming up, I’ll need loads of those to try my hands on.
3. Tell me what is the one thing you cannot resist printed on fabric. I’ll go first – I can never get enough of polka dots. In every color!
Each one of you has three chances in all to win these fabric bundles if you answer all of my tiny requests – and I will close comments and pull out the random number generator on May 31 (GMT+8).
Everything you see here is lightweight cotton, full of Japanese zakka goodness! And oh, this giveaway is definitely international.
There you go, easy-peasy! Remember to leave an email address I can contact you by and your order of preference of the bundle you’d like to receive (Red, Lavender, Teal). Good luck, I hope for some giveaway luck myself too!
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Sew, Mama, Sew hosts May Giveaway Day!
Posted by: xin on: May 13, 2009
- In: Sewing
- 6 Comments
I’ve always wanted to do a giveaway but pretty sure that I wouldn’t be able to drum up the publicity I need for it to be a successful one. Ever since I missed Sew, Mama, Sew!’s Giveaway Day in December last year, I’ve been looking forward to their next one.
Join in the fun, either by hosting your own giveaway or enter the many fabulous ones that will begin on May 27 (you will have until May 30 to enter) by checking out the master participating list on the Sew, Mama, Sew! blog when the big day arrives.
I can’t wait!
這些都是你教我的，馬老師。
Posted by: xin on: April 23, 2009
- In: First-person| School| 中文
- 2 Comments
這是艱難的時刻。
距離我第一次聽到消息，才不過三十個小時，
其中的理性與感性之間的掙扎卻像一場醒不過來的惡夢。
心裡壓抑著的那一口氣總是嘆不完，
每個人嘴上都不停的說著話，不停的在尋找真相 -
很可笑，那所謂的真相。
學妹問我看了新聞沒，我說看了。她問『那是真的嗎？』的當下，
我很難不火大，但這就是差別所在，畢竟她還沒上過馬老師的課。
我們撇開當今新聞媒體種種的不可靠不談，
面對一則這樣的新聞，普通老百姓確實只會一味的追問那兩極化的
『真』與『假』，我們不也常常在事不關己的時候享受過一則又一則的聳動、辛辣？
於是，我告訴自己不要去計較他們的眼光，不要去駁斥他們的看法，
因為他們不認識馬國光。
於是，我告訴自己我要持保留態度，因為無法證明一件事的確定，不代表成立了否定，
相同的，無法證明一件事的否定，也不代表它發生了。
於是，我告訴自己我不能犯下那訴諸於情感的謬誤啊。
這些都是你教我的，馬老師。
你一定不會介意我沒有第一時間站出來挺你，我相信。
你應該還會稱贊我的邏輯有學好吧，老師。
我一向都不太欣賞對於倫理這種社會建構的高談闊論，
但我尊重它。我了解我們共同生存在這個世界上，總有些規則不能假裝看不見。
所以，我了解老師您也要為您的行為負上重重的責任 -
但請容許我自私點。
星期二的時候你才說過，我們一定要把七、八、九章上完的。
距離我第一次上您的課，還沒撐完兩個學期就要草草結束，
我有很多的不甘心。
如果我說，您私人生活的任何行為不該牽涉到我們上課的進度，
您會不會更難做？
如果我說，『語言與邏輯』和『美學』的授課老師再也不會有除了您以外的最佳人選，
您是不是可以不用離開？
如果對於桃色新聞我要持保留態度，
那對於我的課業大家是否也該中立一點？
這是很艱難，很艱難的時刻，因為您真的是一位好老師。
不管在哪里，家總是在另一個地方。
Posted by: xin on: March 15, 2009
I think it comes with age, this longing for home in my heart.
Not many people will care to admit that their lives are perfect, because what is perfection – really – but every desire ceased? And oh, the things I desire. But I like to see my life as being complete, even though for many people this life hasn’t even begun yet. I’ve said this so many times but maybe it will never be enough: I am happy. I will never stop saying that because everyday I find a reason for an abundance in my heart, recycled or new. This happiness comes with an emotion some attach to maturity but, well, when your life is complete, you must protect it.
I have made my way home four times in the last two and a half years. Each time I like the place a little better because I am far enough to have forgotten how it used to look. To see something for a first time is my forte, to tire of it my weakness. I enjoy this distance with my home country; I find so much more of me when I am not there.
And yet, there are definite times when I remember the familiarity of it and long for it. I remember how everyone whom I love and loves me are two thousand miles away and just want to be where they are. I want to go home so bad sometimes but the truth is once I am there, for real, it is apparent that my life is here.
Maybe, I think, two and half years is not nearly long enough.
The birds will sing, that you are part of everything.
Posted by: xin on: January 2, 2009
I’m going to just go ahead with resolutions.
1. No more shark’s fin soup, ever. I’m going to overthrow the oriental tradition of celebrating marital bliss with drinking up what’s left of an endangered animal.
2. A journal entry a day – hand-written in good ol’ diary. In Chinese! My spoken Chinese is so impressive nowadays that my written should really try to catch up.
3. Balance between shop and school. Sounds easy enough but the challenges ahead, the challenges ahead.
4. Work around the plan of making The Heyday Shop an eventual career.
5. Tell the people I love that I love them as much as I can.
Happy 2009! I’m going to work on my journal entry for yesterday now.
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