“recycle your love”
rough prototype,
made from used cardboard
first ever attempt on Origami
used to be envious of
those Origami-pro
who can make stars, frog, heart
you know
it was really irritating
when you ask
the person will tell you,
that’s real easy
but frog ended up limping but not leaping
because either the person was
too fast in demonstrating
or you get awkward with your stupid fingers
which didn’t get things right
even after several “rewind”
till I discovered this apps, recently
has been “conducting” origami lesson for my niece,
although it was the first time I was trying, as well
How to make Origami
available on Apps Store / Android Market
free of charge
including extra lessons for download
steps by steps demonstration
including 3D animation
on how you turn and fold the paper around
rewind as much as you can
without getting embarrassed or cursed at
this is a barbarian hat, supposedly
but you know
my mom was kinda against me making all these
because in Chinese.Taoism belief
these paper objects
are burnt as offerings
for the deceased, ancestors or you-know-what
oh come on,
so we switched to making mini-sized
hats and dresses for the dolls
and the huge hat was used as a tent for their camping
and actually
I planned this as a mini surprise for my mom
last-minute back off
due to.. SUPERTITIONS
okay.. it’s respect actually
and they always say
you would rather believe,
before crying over spilt milk
the Apps didn’t have this lesson
but I modified it…from
the bouquet is supposedly a flower petal
make a couple of them and staple together
then you’ll get a blooming flower
that’s a little time consuming
so, I got a bouquet instead
it’s okay
this is supposed to be a prototype
it would be a great idea
to pick fresh flowers and
arrange them in my D-I-Y bouquet
or make some proper paper flowers
since paper flowers last longer than fresh one
but not for my mom, really
since she would start thinking,
flowers are meant for cemetery-visit
I know right
it’s kinda tragic
to make myself hearts and flowers
for Valentine’s Day
I gave “my hearts” to my parents
pasted on their shirts for quite awhile
and besides my family portraits,
dad’s Lin Dan and Bruce Lee posters, as well
love in all around the house
I will probably switch to making more cheerful crafts
like leaping frogs and Mr. Penguin
this is my Tommy Duck,
or is it a swan,
quite a ugly, fat duckling here
thank goodness the Chinese Taoist
do not burn roasted paper duck for praying
and yeah
I made a windmill last week
but it can’t really turn yet
unless I blow it then manually give it a hand
must work on the mechanism, still
ahem.. complicated engineering work is involved here
what a fun activity for me and my niece
on a Saturday morning
instead of drowning in front of the TV
before she heads back home
look of the day
weekend look for the weekly home-going trip
somehow everything doesn’t go matching
but who cares
that’s the advantage of being a kid
