Ripped off NO 2

It happened again. I think it should be a crime to ever serve only this amount of chips, they might as well doodled some chip shapes onto my plate, it would of been more of a story to tell I tells ya!

Although it doesn't beat the first time this happened, that was special.

where I do stuff

I kept meaning to post a photo of where I do stuff so here it is!

Excuse the terrible photoshopping, its never been one of my strengths.

Its all starting to come together my little nook, I have a book case too but that is about it, there is just never enough room.

ripped off...not happy

A salmon sandwich I bought from a very popular corner shop chain in HK, can you even imagine how annoyed I was at this?!?

Good hearty toasted sandwiches (especially paninis!) are one of the BIGGEST things I miss from the UK.

(As well as roast dinners, ovens in general, free newspapers that I can read, general space, online shopping, the cold English climate & nice big grassy lawns!)

MId pause review

Ahh to be a dog in hot weather!

Is it normal for dogs to sleep all day? I thought it was cats that did this?!

Right now as I type, he is snoring with his one beady eye on me and the other closed. Special talents my boy.

Now it may seem like I'm not up to much Littleclouds wise nowadays and sure I have my distractions but the massive delay isn't entirely down to that.

First off sourcing supplies here is really difficult as I can't google anything local and 8 out of 1o places won't deliver internationally and walking into a shop and asking for something very specific isn't straight forward when you don't know exactly how to say it.

Secondly, I had lots of trouble with my new sewing embroidery combo machine. It is a beauty to run, its crazy good compared to the crapheap that I used to have but the embroidery software doesn't work on Macs so I* went through a headache full journey of doing this and doing that to finally get it to work! (*technically, you could say it was my BF who did it all but meh!)

Lastly screen printing DIY stylee is proving more troublesome here, partly because I'm out of wack with it all (practice really does make perfect) but also the weather is having an effect, the heat seems to dry the ink in the screen quicker & the humidity is making me less patient and much like sewing, sometimes if your not in the mood, you just can't force it.

On a more positive note, the new website is coming along nicely, the new version is more colourful and fun whereas the old one was more artsy and hopefully this time around it will be easier to update as I'm getting help this time around.

On a even more positive note, I am flying to Thailand tomorrow!

Just for the week, Bangkok and Ko Samet so please imagine me with my toes deep in white sand come Wednesday teehee!

Mushroom lamp

I wasn't really looking for a lamp but how can you resist when you come across lamps as cute as this? 

Birthday.

Another year older *sighs* 

This year was quite exciting as I got to see WILD monkeys! 

Was really nice to see them in their natural habitat, no bars, controlled walls etc etc although I'm sure in the 'real' wild, monkeys don't find Rice Krispies to feed themselves. (not me btw) 

(click here to see the rest on my Flickr) 

Out with the old, in with the new

I really love the notes here, so colourful and makes me feel rich because the denominations are so much higher, instead of a purse with £20, its more like $200 - Instantaneous wealth!

Above is the old and newer $10 notes, the new one (Purple/pink) is water and tear proof, coated in some sort of plastic so they last and don't get all scummy and crumpled like fivers - how cool is that? 

Meet Bob

'Its just another hard day at the office' - Bob 

Bob is my local news agent dude, he is very grumpy (like most news agent owners) 

He doesn't like it when it rains because his newspapers get all wet and wet paper isn't nice to rest his tired head on.

Poor bob.

Flat View

Its been raining since I can remember here but it gives a nice break from the scorching heat although the humidity is still there (Its very English to start with the weather isn't it?) 

Photo was taken a few weeks ago near dusk, I looked out my window and thought 'woah' this is quite different to what I used to see, it's very odd to think how many people there are just within the 1 mile radius of me, the majority of people live towards the sky here, with some buildings having like 20 plus floors! The view is killer but you do not realise how annoying and time consuming it is to catch a lift. 

(The word 'catch' is the key there)