tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66803877659094487792024-03-06T01:28:41.152-08:00Days By the Wateryellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.comBlogger330125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-44916159504286100552017-08-31T11:23:00.002-07:002017-08-31T11:23:28.421-07:00IntrigueI apologize for the non-activity for so long and bam, 3 posts in one day. Semester started this week, and I'm so exhausted. I know I'll be swamped for few weeks or longer, but I really want to catch up and share some of my latest patterns. <br />
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This pattern, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/intrigue-2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i><b>Intrigue</b></i></span></a>, just came out today! I am super excited to share it with you.<br />
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The pattern has waited for a while to be published. I wrote this pattern and knitted the sweater nearly a year ago, but one thing after another that I just didn't get a chance to have it photoed and tech edited until this summer. <br />
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I used "Road to China Light" yarn by The Fibre Company. I first saw this sport weight yarn in a yarn store in Bay Area few years ago. I remembered there was a lot of beautiful indie dyed yarn and others that were so popular at that time, but this yarn just stood out to me among everything. I couldn't get a sweater's worth at that time, but it lingered on my mind. Finally I bought some, in the color I lusted, Peridot. The yarn simply whispered a simple and soft design. So I gave it curved hem at the front and a lace detail at the back neck to this v-neck cardigan. The front button band also has light rolled edge.<br />
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It really makes me happy that I'm finally back to publish more patterns after months of non-activity.<br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-8265165677855681212017-08-31T11:20:00.004-07:002017-08-31T11:20:54.679-07:00Daruma Yarn and PatternsI was approached by the Japanese yarn company, Daruma Yarn, last year about making coupla designs. How can someone pass up such opportunities?<br />
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I came up with 2 easy designs that used the squishy Daruma Genmou yarn which is DK weight, a pullover, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wadachi-pullover" target="_blank">Wadachi</a>, and a shawl, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/minamo-shawl" target="_blank">Minamo</a>.<br />
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The yarn was such a pleasure to work with that I will definitely use it again in the future. Perhaps knit myself the Wadachi sweater. (I had to knit the sample in a much smaller size than myself, and the company got to keep the sample as we'd agreed :)<br />
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If you have not checked out their yarn, you should it's quite a fun yarn. It's slightly squiggly with a thread that runs through the center.<br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-53463977969270035922017-08-31T10:45:00.002-07:002017-08-31T10:45:31.633-07:00SisterhoodThis free pattern, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sisterhood-3" target="_blank">Sisterhood</a>, came out coupla weeks ago, but I was so exhausted to do any posting for the last few months.<br />
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This is the little response that I felt compelled to.<br />
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It uses Worsted Weight yarn. Charted pattern.<br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-24252345420649648062017-06-25T07:36:00.002-07:002017-06-25T07:36:42.422-07:00New Pattern - Impulsive<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2017 has been a mess and I haven't publish a pattern in a quite a while. <br />
Finally, here is one pattern ready to show - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/impulsive" target="_blank">Impulsive</a>. The knitting and pattern was done coupla months ago. However, finding an available editor took a while. <br />
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It's a triangular shawl knitted from top down with lace border.<br />
The yarn used was Cloudborn Superwash Merino Sock Twist Yarn. This shawl comes in 2 sizes and can be knitted in single color, two colors, or multiple colors. The design has graduated section of stockinette stitch separated by eyelet insert, and edging with lace border.<br />
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It's about time for me to have completed something I'm happy with.<br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-29575020870687431232017-06-25T00:45:00.002-07:002017-06-25T00:45:50.287-07:00Thank You Mom<br />
It's my first birthday since my mom passed away 2 weeks ago. <br />
We didn't always have a emotionally close relationship. But I'm missing her.<br />
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Thank you mom for bringing me to this world.<br />
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Thank you mom for showing us that a woman does not have to fit into a mold. Thank you for being who you were and made us believe from day one that woman are equal to and just as capable as men. Because of you being who you were, we never have to come to that realization, it has alawys been a belief as natural as air. <br />
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After Phobijikah, we made our way back towards the capital, and stopped at Punakah Valley. <br />
It's another lusciously rich valley. Basically most of the places we visited in Bhutan were in deep valleys. The mountans there soared up high on both sdies. Punakah being lower altitude than Phobjikah, it immediately felt warmer and slightly more humid, but still relatively dry. Bhutan kept reminding me of home, here in Tahoe, drier, and mountaneious climate. <br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">After stopping for lunch we took a gentle hike up to Chime Lhakhang temple. Because the temple worships the divine madman whose symbol is the phallas, the village we walked through had many bildings with the phallis adorning the walls. It certainly brought a few giggles from us.</span></div>
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At the temple, we saw many young monks just hanging around playing soccer or chatting, quite a good life. </div>
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On our last day in Punakah we had a picnic by the river. It was quite interesting to see a group of people gathering in nearby. Our guide told us that the village was gathering to vote. It looked like they were discussing issues first before they voted. A pack of stray dogs waited patiently for scraps. And there were a few cows nearby too. It was definitely happening! The dogs were very happy after our driver gave them all our good amount of leftover. Our guide always patted stray dogs or gave them some scraps. The generosity of their hearts were plainly evident in all the small gestures they did without thinking. </div>
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It's a top down, seamless, 2-color cardigan with set-in sleeves done by picking up stitches around armhole.<br />
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This is a pattern that was done long, long time ago, but too much happened in life that caused the delay. One of which was my laziness and lack of motivation to get it tech edited. It's finally done with tech editing. <br />
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To make up for my slipping mojo of blogging since the election, I decided to post the pattern here.</div>
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I hope you all have a great 2017 ahead and stay warm for the winter.</div>
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A donation of 60% of pattern sales was made to Planned Parenthood this week.<br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-87577711328949547292016-11-14T11:25:00.003-08:002016-11-14T11:25:46.995-08:00RIP, Ms IfillNooooooo!!!<br />
Just when I thought it cannot get worse. RIP Gwen Ifill<br />
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Ms Ifill, thank you so very much for the best, and exemplary journalism you'd provided.<br />
Washington Week is the only program both Paul and I must tune in every week. It just won't be the same without your presence.<br />
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I can't even express my sorrow.<br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-54041592180740314112016-11-13T10:06:00.001-08:002016-11-14T11:27:04.135-08:00Sad and Scarry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Tuesday morning, I woke up with a big smile on my face. I thought to myself, "we're going to make history today!" <br />
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After voting, Paul and I went out to brunch, and we talked about how much we'll miss Obama, but so excited about our first woman president. <br />
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Little did we realize HOW MUCH we really are going to miss President Obama. <br />
The unthinkable happened,<br />
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I have been oscillating between anger and feeling despair since Tuesday evening. I cannot stop crying. I never thought an election would make me so emotional. Even back when George W Bush was elected I was pissed off but I never cried.<br />
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I realized I live in a country where half of the people may not see or want me as equal. I realized half of the people can overlook or condone bigotry and hatred and voted for someone who has built his campaign based on hatred towards people like me.<br />
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Now, I am not OK with the talk of moving forward, working together. The pain is too raw.<br />
I can't, because I can't change who I am, a minority immigrant woman. I can't come to terms with knowing many of my neighbor, my coworkers, my students voted for bigotry.<br />
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On Wednesday, I got few emails from colleagues about work. They continued with their normal life while I felt like the world is falling apart. I dragged myself to work. I had to nod my head while they're excited about getting new computers for the classrooms. I was so numb. Students chatted, joked, though no one talked about politics, but no one acted like things were out of ordinary. A Bernie Bro student said, "you must be upset." I wanted to scream at him "FUCK YOU!" but I just ignored him and walked away.<br />
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No, I don't want to hear why half of the country voted the way they did. Good for them that they can feel safe in a country that is taking a huge step backward in time when minorities, women, and LGBTQ were not treated as equal. But we don't, we don't feel safe, so I don't care, not now, why they voted the man who spew all kinds of hate into power.<br />
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No, I don't want to hear about how Bernie or others could win. Don't tell me shattering the glass ceiling is secondary. It upsets me to hear that the only way to fight sexism is with an old white man.<br />
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I can't stop feeling very emotional. <br />
One thing I can do is:<br />
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<b>I will be donating 60% of pattern sales from November 2016 to Planned Parenthood. </b><br />
This is the place where I got my first annual check up in my early 20s, also the first place I got my birth control pills for free. <br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-91198791930554798562016-10-14T08:42:00.002-07:002016-10-14T08:47:35.959-07:00I'm with HerI got a new hat pattern - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/im-with-her-3" target="_blank">I'm with Her. It's free and available via Ravelry</a><br />
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Did you hear Michelle Obama's speech yesterday? If you haven't, you should. Both Paul and I had tears in our eyes listening to our first lady.<br />
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But, this hat is not just about against Trump and all the vile things he'd said and done. It's about supporting a very qualified candidate who also happens to be a woman.<br />
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I have a lot of respect for Hillary's grit. She may not come across as a warm and sweet mom and grandma the way our society expects woman to be like, but she is tough, intelligent, knowledgeable, and eperienced.<br />
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She fought for universal health care, a very important issue to me, when she was the first lady and knowing well she'd be the target of much hate. She endured a lot of mud slinging since then and is still willing to do the job as our president. She is my president. I'm with Her.<br />
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After Hillary's term as president, I would like to nominate Michelle Obama as our president in 8 years :)<br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-73013209358547523732016-10-08T21:37:00.000-07:002016-10-08T21:37:00.360-07:00Trip of a Life Time - Part 4After Thimphu, we proceeded to Phobjikha Valley. The drive was 8 hours over mostly unpaved road. We had to applaud our driver Nangay's skill. Most of the time we were driving along cliff side, and 2 way traffic on mostly single lane, unpaved road. We all got slightly nervous when coupla times the van got a bit stuck in the mud. Fortunately, it only started raining the last 1/4 of the way so the road wasn't as muddy as it could've been. <br />
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Our driver Nangay bought a giant cucumber and shared it with us.</div>
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We started very early in the morning, and drove over Dochu La pass, had lunch in Punaka, and continued on to Gangtey. It was raining and late in the day when we arrived at our hotel. The stay at Gangtey Lodge was amazing, and the most awesome part was we were the only guest for the 2 days we were there. The view of the Phobjikha valley was beyond breathtaking, just endlessly green. </div>
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The next day we visited the Gangtey Goemba temple. It was on top of small hill with a tiny village leading up to it.<br />
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Then the real highlight was our hike through the valley, passing the area where Black Neck Cranes would migrate in November. The hike was easy and beautiful. It first went through potato fields, then through the woods, and then back on more pastures. This was probably my favorite hike of all the places we went, and the only hike where we saw no other tourists at all, just us.<br />
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Most tourists don't make it to Phobjikha because it takes so long to get there and the road condition is not the most comfortable. Once we're there, it was such a treat to be away from the more well-trodden places. It was quiet, beautiful, and peaceful. Even our guide Deechan said she would love to live in Phobjikha one day. She joked that maybe she can marry someone from here. She also pointed out people in Phobjikha look slightly different (not that I could tell the differences immediately) because they're nomad origin and they have more reddish cheeks, more similar to the Tibetan look I suppose.<br />
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Phobjikha was truly a gem that made the long and rough drive really worth it. The whole Bhutan was like being in Shangri-La, but Phobjikha tops all for me. It also didn't hurt that half of the time we were there it was gently misty, then it was sunny and beautiful during our hike until the last 10 minutes when it started to drizzle. I felt like I walking in a dream.</div>
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On the second day in Thimphu, we hiked up to Tango-Cheri Goemba, a monstary and Buddhism college that was at the outskirt of the capital.<br />
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The hike was not long, about 45 minutes or so, but it was steep. By the time we got to the monastery, everyone was feeling the steepness and the altitude. Our guide made the driver hike up with us. Halfway up the driver wanted to turn around. We kept up cheering him along, he finally made it to the monastery with us.<br />
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As we were touring the monastery, a foreign young lady walked by and said to us if we'd like to see their work of conservation of ancient wall paintings. She exclaimed that they very rarely get tourists coming by because no one knows they're there working. <br />
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A team of about half a dozen young people from around the world were working on the conservation of the ancient wall painting in the monastery. I got to chat with few of them and asked about their conservation work and their findings, as well as the material the wall was painted originally. They all recently got their master degrees in Conservation from University of London. They had been coming to the Goemba for few years now and 4 month each time. While the conservation work cured, they'd go to other conservation sites around the world.<br />
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I was very impressed. I was also envious of their work. Every morning they'd hike up the mountain and work on the beautiful old paintings.<br />
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It really was a neat experience to see them working. I had been to backrooms of museums to tour restorations but I'd never seen conservation on site until now. Also, having many art friends myself also meant having to listen to egos. Often, that ego was paired with an arrogance of caring about nothing else in art but what was immediately relevant. It was sad that this disregard and willful ignorance of art older than 50 years old seemed to be not uncommon among artists that I know. It was even more disturbing to notice many college art programs fostered that notion of caring about only the hot and the trendy art. So the chanced encounter with these young people from England, China, Korea, Columbia, etc, working on the conservation felt really good. It was a treat to chat with people that have a deep appreciation of art and culture and worked in painstakingly slow pace, no rush, no ego. It was a total treat to see the paintings that most tourists are unaware of. Our guide Deechan said she'd never been to that part of the temple and never seen the paintings all these years of taking tourists to the Goemba. The colors used on these paintings were derived from the natural pigments were much more subdued than the bright, saturated colors that tend to be used in the newer temples in Bhutan. The overall composition were the most beautiful and thoughtful one I've seen in the the whole trip to Bhutan. <br />
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After lunch back in town, we visited the ongoing building site of the big Buddha statue and its temple.<br />
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The last visit of the day was to Trashii Chhoe Dzong, where both the Thimphu administrative government and the leading temple were located. We had to put on our long sleeve shirts to visit Dzongs. Dzongs were basically fort structures that housed both municipal government as well as the main official temple of the area with large courtyards between the buildings that often held festivals. This one in Thimphu was impressive. This was also where the king of Bhutan worked. His modest palace was right next door. Speaking of the king, Bhutanese really love and revere their king. The king's picture was everywhere in the country.<br />
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After returning to the hotel, we walked around the one block downtown nearby. Yes, the downtown of capital of Bhutan basically was just one block, and no traffic light. In fact, there was no traffic light in the entire country. In the late afternoon the downtown was happening with many young people walking around. Many stores were like corner store type that sell soda, cookies, etc. Some were clothing stores, and there were quite a few cell phone fixing places, only a handful of souvenir stores on the block. We bought some drinks and chips and headed back to the hotel to hunker down for the evening as there was not much to do at night. I asked Deechan what do young people like herself do at night, she smiled and said, "Karaoke." </div>
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She warned us not to walk around downtown after dark because all the stray dogs would come out. She said there is probably more stray dogs than people in Bhutan. The good thing is, according to the guide, city governments are starting to spay and neuter the stray dogs. If a dog's ear is clipped that means the dog has been fixed.</div>
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A quick interruption to my travel post. I finished a new sweater.<br />
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The yarn was Knit One Crochet Too Brae Tweed. Needles US #7.<br />
I wish the neck didn't stretch out so it wouldn't be so floppy when buttoned. Oh well.<br />
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It was knitted in round from top down in one piece. No sewing. yeepee.<br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-53164087058530879982016-09-18T11:25:00.000-07:002016-09-18T11:25:05.384-07:00Trip of a Lifetime - Part 2Then Bhutan!!<br />
Bhutan, oh Bhutan. I've been back home for 3 weeks now. It was not only because the busy new semester with the most stupid drama after drama created unnecessarily by people (what an unfortunate way to be welcomed back,) but I just couldn't figure out a way to write about my trip properly. <br />
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I'm certain part of me have changed because of this trip. It was like I'd peered into an alternative world that showed a different way of living. And that way of living leads a deeper sense of contentment and thus a stronger appreciation of life. <br />
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After Taiwan, it was so nice to be somewhere not nearly as humid. Bhutan was a lot dryer, though not as super dry as here in Nevada, but very pleasant to walk around. Coming from about the similar altitude of 6000 to 7000 ft above sea level, I felt right at home. <br />
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Yes, Bhutan, in many ways reminded me of Tahoe, but with taller and steeper mountains and wider range of greeneires besides evergreens. Bhutan was so green, and mountains everywhere. I have never been to Tibet, but according to Ellen, Tibet was much more desolated landscape in contrast to the greens in Bhutan. Most of the towns we visited were situated deep in narrow valleys carved by the rivers over time. <br />
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You can't talk about Bhutan without talking about the landscape because that is what made the culture and its people. Bhutanese' relationship to the land is very different than what we're used to. Rather than seeing land as something to take advantage of or to be conquered, there's is a deep respect, and there is a humbleness towards the land. This was obvious in the way our guide talked about places.<br />
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We flew from Taipei into Bangkok and changed flight there. Bhutan airline is currently the only airline that flies into Bhutan. Its current route starts at Bangkok with a quick stop in Kolkata in India, and lands in Paro. <br />
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On the flight, I chatted with the young Bhutanese man who sat next to me. He told me the education in Bhutan is free for all its citizens. If grades are good, the government would pay for college education oversea. Many young people choose to go to India and sometimes Thailand for college education. In return they'd work in public sectors for at least few years upon finishing their education oversea. Also, basic health care is free for the entire country. That was the first time in my life I'd ever heard people talk about their love of their government. I came to find out during the trip that sentiment seems to be shared by the entire country. Everyone in Bhutan believes their government is taking good care of them (of course, we didn't go to South Bhutan where there was the history of Nepalese speaking people being kicked out of the country.)<br />
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I'd flown into many places in my life, but never had I seen an airport where every passenger that got out of the plane being so enthralled with the landscape around. Everyone stood on the tarmac and was taking photos of the view around. It felt magical to land in the middle of beautiful mountains and clear sky as the backdrop as if we're indeed landed in Shagri-la.<br />
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Our guide, Deechan, greeted us after we exited the custom. She turned out to be this amazingly wonderful, knowlwedgeble, fun, easy-going, and kind, young lady we absolutely adored. Our driver was Nangay, a big, quiet guy with shy smiles that reminded me of my brother. Both Deechan and Nangay accompanied us the entire trip. Our group was small, just the 4 of us plus the guide and driver.<br />
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On our drive from Paron to Thimphu, the capital, we stopped by a roadside temple that had a suspended chainlink bridge over a roaring river that swinged quite a bit as we walked across. It was our first encounter with the many, many temples we visited on our trip. <br />
Deechan said to me, "All my years of taking people here, I'd never seen anyone who was fearless and just confidently walked across the bridge the way you did." I laughed, maybe I had plenty of confidence in Bhutanese engineering, or maybe I was just too excited to be fearful. <br />
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At Thimphu, we had a late lunch at a restaurants that was obviously catered to tourists only. I later learned that there just are not many local restaurants as Bhutanese people don't really go out to eat. We had our first introduction to Ema Datsi, the most common Bhutanese dish with chili peppers cooked in watery cheese sauce. Ellen and I instantly became addicted to it. Later in the market, we saw stalls after stalls selling chili peppers of all kinds. <br />
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After lunch we visited National Memorial Chorten. The place was quite happening. Many old folks like to come here to pray and hang out. Deechan joked that if people need to find their Grandma or Grandpa in the middle of the day, they'd try to come here first. At the Chorten, I had my first introduction to walking clock-wise around the prayer wheel 3 times that's unique to the Himalayan Buddhism. <br />
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yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-86881537864039625752016-09-16T16:37:00.000-07:002016-09-16T16:37:12.287-07:00Trip of a Lifetime - Part 1It has been nearly 3 weeks since my return from this trip of a lifetime to Taiwan and Bhutan. There is so much to sift through in my head, so I'll take my time to share my trip in few posts. <br />
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I'd been dreaming about going to Bhutan for a long time. But it was always a distant dream, both geographically and financially. So, it was truly a gift that in early May that I got a text message from my sister Ellen asked me if I want to go to Bhutan with her and her family. I replied, "Heck ya, but I don't have the money. So, you guys have fun." 3 seconds later I got her text, "I'll pay for it."<br />
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My sister has always been very generous towards me. But this was beyond generous!<br />
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Ellen, being the oldest sibling, always acted more like a parent towards us than our parents. I, being the lazy, messy kid, would constantly get on her neat-freak, over-achiever's nerves, hence our endless fights when we're growing up. Now we're older, though her perfectionist personality has not changed a bit, she has been very kind and generous towards me. She does all my dental work for free, and every time I'd saved up enough money to go on a trip, she'd hand me an envelope of few hundred dollars and wished me a good trip. The first time was my 2-month long backpacking trip to Europe after college. I funded the trip with a scholarship. My parents said "OK, have fun" and hung up the phone. Yet, Ellen totally freaked out. The day before my flight, she gave me some traveler's checks and a phone card. She sternly told me I must call her whenever I arrive at a new town. She was a broke Dental School student at that time living in New York City, yet she gave me her savings so I could have a safe trip. <br />
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Now her and her family goes on exotic trips every year and this time they invited me knowing how I'd love to go.<br />
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A trip to Bhutan is not cheap. In order to avoid much cultural and environmental impact caused by tourism, the Bhutanese government requires visitors to spend minimum $250 per person per day in the country (including visa, lodging, local transportation, guides). This is the country's way to have high value, low impact tourism. Also, all tourists have to have an officially registered guide regardless of the number of people in the group. A 9 day trip plus airfare to Bhutan was way out of my league.<br />
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In the middle of August, we flew to Taiwan, and stayed there for 4 days. While my sister and family stayed at her in-law's place, I stayed at my mom's vacant apartment. They invited me to stay with them but I was so grateful to have my mom's apartment all to myself. Taiwan was super hot and humid beyond words in the summer. I was happy to be able to walk around in my underwear and take shower twice a day and have a nice, good AC all to my spoiled self.<br />
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<br />If you're like me, coming from a cooler and much dryer climate, Taiwan is not a place to visit in summer. The first day I thought I was going to pass out from heat just walking around. Every morning I'd get up way early while it was still cool enough to walk around outside and walked 2 blocks for a traditional Taiwanese breakfast, the highlight of my day. The rice balls, the soy milk, and the scallion pancake with eggs, there is just no better way to start a day than this.<br />
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My sister and I spent our first day walking around our old neighborhood, delighted by the fact that not too much have changed in the past 30+ years.<br />
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Taipei is not the prettiest city in the world. The city developed rather organically over the years, not much planning or zoning regulations in the old days, during the time it was working hard to go from a developing country to a developed country. Taipei, being the Taiwan's capital, has turned into a very densely populated city. I spent the first 12 years of my life there. Although my family moved a few times, it was always in the same neighborhood, only blocks from previous apartment. It was and still is the neighborhood with the most parks and trees in the city. I remember we always lived next door, or across the street from a park. My childhood memories was filled with walking to different parks nearly every evening after dinner with my family. Now my parent's apartment is outskirt of the city in a newly developed neighborhood with high rise apartment buildings. Although the area is modern, super clean, wide and well-managed sidewalks, it doesn't have the same charm as our old neighborhood.<br />
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Other than eating, and a day of walking around the neighborhood we grew up, regrettably, I didn't do much because it was simply too hot.<br />
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It's OK, I know I'd visit Taiwan again for sure. 4 days were plenty this time.<br />
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The neighborhood we grew up in Taipei</div>
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The block where our house was.<br />
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yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-71079931138004243792016-09-10T17:18:00.002-07:002016-09-10T17:26:45.819-07:00New Pattern - Allegorical My new pattern <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/allegorical" target="_blank">Allegorical</a> is now available!<br />
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It's a shawl knitted on bias from one end to the opposite border. The shawl started with textured stitches and followed by stranded colorwork worked in flat (really, colorwork in flat is not as hard as you think.)<br />
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Suggested yarn is sport weight. I used madelinetosh Tosh Sport. <br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-32008919044598021672016-08-10T12:47:00.001-07:002016-08-10T12:47:15.755-07:00Sewing Messenger Bags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'd been obsessed with making messenger bags this past week. Well, I should say I was more obsessed with trying to figure out the best way to do it than the actual bags themselves.<br />
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Based on the following must haves for me, I drafted the pattern and made the design.<br />
1. Not too many compartments. I hate bags with lots of compartments. I'm too unorganized that I'd spend forever looking into different pockets for things.<br />
2. But, separate pockets for the 3 things I use the most, phone, keys, and wallet. <br />
3. Absolutely a zipper at the top that closes up the bag so I can just throw things into the bag.<br />
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So I designed a big pocket at the front that can be easily accessed under the top flap. A line is sewn down the middle to divide it into one pocket for keys, one pocket for phone. The bag itself has a zipper at top, and an inner pocket for wallet. Rather than rectangular looking bags, I also decided I wanted more rounded corner ones<br />
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The first bag was made with yellow canvas material. I was happy, but when I was top stitching the zippers I realized another way to streamline the steps. To prove me theory would work, I made the Chevron bright color one. Because it took me some thinking during the making process, it didn't go super fast like I thought I would. I then went on to make the third one with patterned upholstery fabric which came about smoothly with the patterns and steps finalized. <br />
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I love my bags. My favorite one is probably the zigzag bright colors one because I just love the fabric pattern. I totally did't need these many bags, but I simply couldn't stop making them.<br />
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<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-58366553231470635272016-08-04T23:37:00.003-07:002016-08-04T23:37:48.211-07:00DiaboliqueMy new lace shawl pattern <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/diabolique" target="_blank">Diabolique</a> is up!<br />
The stitch design was based on shapes of bearded iris. <br />
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It's a crescent shape shawl knitted top down with plain Stockinette Stitch at to the top followed by lacy border.<br />
It uses 475 yards of fingering weight yarn and US #5 / 3.75 mm needle<br />
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This summer I made several trips down to Bay Area to take care of my dental work, including this past weekend. Every time I went down to Bay Area, I vowed to go into SF and walk around. Then I never did. I simply didn't have the motivation to deal with the traffic there. So I learned to bring some easy projects while I chilled at my brother's house. I usually worked on socks during my trips, but this time, I brought a shawl project.<br />
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The yarn, Malabrigo Socks, was purchased at Fengari in Half Moon Bay when I last visited Bay Area a month ago. Half Moon Bay is the one place where I was always glad to drive to as the traffic there is much, much easier. And I love going down to the coast and see the big Pacific Ocean.<br />
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I bought one skein in multi-color, and the other in hot pink, both were obvious impulse purchase. My town has no yarn store, so I buy most yarn online and make my color decisions based on what I would wear, etc. But whenever I visited an actual store, I'd totally go crazy with the blings and brights.<br />
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With these yarn, I made a colorwork hat few weeks ago. However, the design looked lost in this combo. This time I made a shawl with the left over yarn. <br />
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The design was exactly the same as <a href="http://daysbythewater.blogspot.com/2015/09/handspun-shawl.html" target="_blank">Handspun Shawl </a> I made last year. I needed a easy pattern for the road, and the simplicity of stockinette stitch for the the body of the shawl was a perfect choice. Made most of the shawl the few days I was chilling at my brother's house, and finished the very simple border after I got home.<br />
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I'm loving the crazy color combo, because it was adventurous for me. Now I totally want to venture out beyond the regular old reliable, aesthetically pleasing choices a lot more!<br />
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One note, I finished the border while watching day 1 of Democrat Convention on TV. I was tearing up watching our First Lady Michelle Obama's speech. She reminded me that despite all the hurtful languages that are thrown around, this is a wonderful country. This is the country that elected an intelligent black president 60 years after civil right movements. This is the country where I can be myself and thrive as an individual beyond molds. This is the country where people do acknowledge the problems we have so we can work on them. I remember when Michelle Obama was campaigning for her husband in 2008, I said to my colleague, I'd totally vote for her if she ever runs for president." <br />
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And, one more very BRIGHT note, the doctor's office just called a hour ago about my test result and said everything came back normal!!<br />
<br />yellowcosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065906141999198078noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680387765909448779.post-3121303840028295552016-07-25T07:26:00.002-07:002016-07-25T07:28:09.963-07:00One More Jacket, This Time in Purple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the heel of the yellow linen jacket, I made a new one like I promised I would. This time, the material is linen-look rather than linen. <br />
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This time, I made several more modifiacations to the pattern:<br />
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1. straightened the neck edge of collar a little more.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">How the original versions were drafted</span></td></tr>
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2. curved in more on the armscythe of front and back.<br />
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3. changed the bell curve of sleeve a bit more to fit the new armscythe.<br />
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4. slimmed down the sleeve circumference.<br />
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5. cut away more on the princess seam on both center front and side front so the curve becomes more fitting for me.<br />
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6. Lengthened the jacket by 1 1/2 inch.<br />
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The result? I am so very very happy with the final version. So happy that I used the leftover material and made a matching shift dress that used asymmetrical 3 thread overlock serging as decoration. <br />
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