A is for Art 2012 - Making the Chair (Part 2)

A big thanks to Mr Choo who helped us to arrange for a contractor for the sawing of the back of the chair into the 'leaf' shape which the team insisted on and the drilling of it to the seat at no charge... =D 

but sad to find out that we were faced with another challenge due to it

and our new challenge was "What to do with these 3 pieces of wood???"
to camou or not to is our challenge now

so the following casual discussion took place:

me: What would be the colour of the chair back?

team: GOLD 

me: Why? Do you know that a dark colour such as black would camouflage the 3 pieces of wood?

team: but GOLD is nice. 

me: But how does GOLD represents the school?

team: It represents all the gold awards that we received from SYF. It represents the school's excellent achievement (in performing arts). 

They WON the discussion and Celena, Li Qi and Bao Ping immediately set off to work!!

and they continued to chant: We will also get the gold award for A is for Art cos our chair is GOLD... = ) 

They seems to be oblivious to the 3 pieces of wood 'hanging' randomly behind the chair.... was I the only one who was troubled by them??? 

Farhana mixing the primary colours, red and yellow, to obtain the secondary colour, orange, to be used on the arm rests

"Susan, how do the arm rests represent the school?" I asked

"This arm rest is very special, just like how our school is special," came the reply.

"How does it represents 'special'?" I persisted.

"Nia! There's a hole here. Normal arm rests do not have such curvy holes. So it represents special."

(-.-!!) 

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The team spent a huge chunk of time arguing on how to make the star cushion and padding for the chair back while having fun at popping the bubble wraps till Ain and I had to step in to get them to stay focused on the task ...

and eventually Maleha took charge and guided the rest to complete the task.

Diaper Time

Whose diaper is this????

How come there's a hole in the diaper de???

cos it's for Brownie's tail to go through ... =) 

our Brownie is in heat now.... *shy shy*... and have to be in diaper for the next 10+ day...else she will not be allow out to play oh

and why are they in clothing this round leh??? cos snowy caught a cold while lying down on the cold cold marble floor on a cold cold rainy day....she has been sneezing and her record was 5 consecutive sneezes..... it's so funny hearing a pup sneeze non-stop.... hahahaha.... oopx.... 

another interesting thing about the pups...whenever Mr Ang and I are too engrossed in doing our own stuff, this will be what we will find when we go into the kitchen...

this is our pups' favourite hobby.... SOCKS BUFFET..... they love love love super mad love Mr Ang's socks.... they will bite the socks out onto their favourite mat even when we hid them behind the laundry basket..... they are always not happy with one sock each....they just have to bite ALL of them out ... =S

update from a week later:

snowy is in heat too.... wahahaha..... 

shy shy* look seh.... =P

seven eleven

every year, there would be a of about 2 weeks where my mood is at the lowest.... this 2 weeks period will usually start after youth day... and since the blog post on friendster is gone (read here).... i shall create another memory of one of the saddest days in my life here....

7 years ago, 11 July 2005, Monday

first day of break after the last day of work at SL.... 7+am.... handphone peeped... argh....message.... must be one of the P6s again with their forwarded good morning sms.... i thought....


"Ant had just passed away.".... a message from reuben....


starred at the message for a long while.... Ant = anthony right??? is this some kind of a joke??? cannot be.... reuben wun be so bo liao to play this kind of joke....


what could be the best way to find out what's going on but to call the 当事人....


"Candy, my brother had just passed away" was what i heard over the phone dialed to Ant....


"orh...okay" the 2 words i said before i put down the phone....in shock, i burst out crying really really loud.... i was scared... i was lost... i dun know how else to react??? it was the first of such situation of someone close.... someone whom i just went ktv with 2 nights ago....someone whom i been hanging out with almost every weekend for supper, chalet, ktv and mahjong....


I still think of you every now and then and especially so during this period of time... time flies...

A is for Art 2012 - Making the Chair (Part 1)

A is for Art 2012 - Making the Chair (Part 1) 

29 June 2012 

The A is for Art team is back at work after the June break... =) ....I'm so glad we started the whole program early in April so that we need not plan any A is for Art activity during the June hols..... =P 

to refresh everyone's memory, this was the design created by the team of 8 designers during the last lesson... 

Mandy was 'arrowed' to draw out the leafy back of the chair on the board which was ordered at $40 from a carpenter.... 

even after flipping through all the art shop catalogue to 'look' at the various art material, the challengers insisted on using plank of wood for the chair back and the arm rest after we informed them on the 'waterproof' criteria.... 


am glad that we gave in to their request as the solid board did indeed made the seat magnificent enough for VIPs to 'sit on'... =)  

Maleha volunteered to draw the arm rests 

she did a great job didn't she..... =) ... she even knew she had to shade the part that had to be removed.... 

the seat of the chair was painted goldenish yellow to represent the base colour of the leopard's skin


leopard, being the fastest animal, was chosen to represent the school as the kids in the team felt that our school is fast catching up with other schools in term of academic performance and other achievements... 

initially, the kids were trying their best to 'smoothen' out the paint by painting in one stroke from left to right until Maleha accidentally dabbed her brush against the table top and created a 'furry' texture.... and soon everyone agreed that dabbing a 'furry' table top would make it look more realistic.... 

while a group continued with the seat, another group started on the  leopard spots with felt paper.... 

Fahana, Celena and Susan deciding on the colour combination ....

~overheard Susan's explanation on her choice of colours~

"I think we should use these 2 colours (pointing to the beige and brown).... this one (beige) can represent the Chinese and this one (brown) can represent the Malay then the black can represent the Indians in our school" 

the team soon found out that specialisation was the way to go to get things done when there is more than 1 person at the job... 

Susan (middle) to draw, Celena (right) to cut and Fahana (left) to paste the pieces together before passing them to me (below) to trim 

Li Qi creating the black outline for the spots

putting the spots together.... =) 

ending the session with a reflection where pupils could choose to write and/or draw what they did and felt for the day's activity

Some guiding questions for those who had difficulties doing their reflection:

- What was completed and what wasn't?

- What was done well and what wasn't?

- How did you feel when your suggestions were accepted or not accepted?

- How did you and your team mates come to a consensus when you had differ opinions in the beginning? 

Day 4 of kuching - Semenggoh Natural Reserve

45 minutes drive away from our hotel and we reached 

greeting us at the carpark was mama orang utan with her baby

a short walk into the reserve where the feeding platform is....feeding time was from 9am - 10am..... and bananas were placed on the feeding platform to attract the wild orang utans living in the nearby areas  .... not that successful as only 2 came forward.... =S

look up and there's another 2 orang utans

picking up the bananas for breakfast... =D

left orang utan: Can i have some?
right orang utan: No! Go take it yourself. 

the area also housed 3 crocodiles 

and one of which yawned at us.... 

what a white mouth u have... =D 

random butterfly found on the ground 

the rangers took note of newborn orang utans and issued birth certificate for them...=) 

orang utans go to school too.... 

another random butterfly with an injured wing.... Mab is so not going to this place  

pitcher plant 

wild bamboo orchid along the road 

brown ferns that looks like a millipede --> sap is good for curing boils with pus ....wonder if it's good for pimples too.... heee

green fern when boiled in water is good for mothers during confinement 

Day 3 of Kuching (Part 2) - Factory Visits

Factory No. 1 - Pepper & Bird nest 

pepper berries on a pepper plant 

watched a video on how bird nest are formed and collected and why are they good for health

and bought 2 boxes of bird nest, 

one for 蔡妈妈 and one for 洪妈妈....$640rm.... heart pain seh.... such a big hole in my pocket.... =S

Factory No. 2 - Pottery 

created 5 items (ash tray, bottle, bowl, coin bank, plate) within 3 minutes....yes...i timed him cos he was going so fast..... 

for $5rm each, the kids got to create a ceramic piece each to bring home... =) 

Factory No. 3 - Kueh Lapis 

kids get to help spread a layer for the kueh  

plenty of unique favours such as cheese, chocolate chips, peppermint, orea etc.... but i still prefer the original one.... bought 2 back as well  

back to Barok for dinner .... building does not look as creepy in the light.... 

bamboo chicken with tapioca leaves soup 

Our tour guide, Mr Ryan, is a very entertaining guy... he would entertain us with games and hands-on activities during all the long journeys 

He taught us how to fold a napkin into a candle 

and taught us how to make a bracelet with the stem of the tapioca leaf 

my 50% completed bracelet