:O so I went to the Festival of Philippines Arts and Culture this past week. Honestly it was the first time going to a Filipino festival xD Was nice, I really wanted to buy some of the books though, but they cost so much.
Those books reminded me that there’s practically nothing in the chain brick and mortar stores here. I mean Filipino’s are the 2nd largest Asian demographic in the United States but there’s hardly anything in the bookstores. Anything from Rizal has to be ordered at the counter. This was when I lived in Long Beach, so maybe its different here, but I seriously doubt that. I remember staring at the Asian History section and seeing Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and no Philippines. I don’t think I have go to the counter and request anything, it should just be there, especially since Filipino’s were no minority in Long Beach >:
I know Filipino’s have been in Riverside since Riverside has been Riverside, but again, its practically Middle America. My best bet would be San Diego, if they don’t have anything I’m not sure what to think. And I don’t know if its just because Boarders and Barnes & Nobles aren’t aware how many Filipino’s there are in California, or if its just because Filipino’s tend not to buy books on the History of the Philippines (from chains at least)…
Other then that, I found my Godmothers address and phone number We’re thinking of just surprising her with Christmas gifts instead of calling first :3 I want to make a shawl since she made so many things for me, but I’m not sure what the weathers like in Hawaii, so I have no idea if it should be very lacey and light or somewhat heavy, maybe I’ll just ask Hawaiian Ravelers. I have some pattern suggestions on my other blog, but I still really need to narrow it down and get started as soon as possible.
Also quizzeh! I’m not surprised 8D
You Are Fantasy / Sci Fi
You have an amazing imagination, and in your mind, all things are possible. You are open minded, and you find the future exciting. You crave novelty and progress.
Compared to most people, you are quirky and even a bit eccentric. You have some wacky ideas. And while you may be a bit off the wall, there’s no denying how insightful and creative you are.
Cat got a bath today :3 Before you start thinking cat’s don’t need baths I’ll tell you they shed like a shag rug (???) and that wrecks havoc for someone who lover their pet and has allergies, like meh. The gross thing about someone whose allergic to animals is that they are actually allergic to the animal, they’re allergic to the dander (undercoat) and the saliva (ewwy). I start itching if I’m near my cat for too long, especially if he’s near my face, so he gets a bath once a month, poor thing~ lol
Looks so sad doesn’t he 8D? Using the shower’s a little easier because he has nowhere to go kekeke We used to give him baths in the old home and he’d claw onto the nearest thing he could in order to avoid the water, he’d hang onto the shower curtain and climb up towered the ceiling and stay there till the water drained xD We started moving the curtain away from him, so he started using the nearest arm he could sink his claws into, and start climbing, it hurts more then in sounds, people used to know when I gave him a bath because of the battle scars.
Betrayed look! He actually took it better then I thought he would, must be getting used to it. Although when I started running the water he beelined underneath the bed, I lured him out with foodage
In other news, I found out how refreshing it is to walk around wearing a swimsuit in 90°+ heat. I’ve also finished my Evangeline gloves, posted it on Crafty Chango, and starting a new fingerless glove project for the biscuit :3.
So I was born in Guam and lived there up until I was two, when we moved to Long Beach. Stories from then tend to revolve around the family friends. When Mom and Dad got engaged my dad got transferred to Hawaii about a week after (he was there for like 1 1/2 years), and Mom had to fly by herself to Guam and wait for him. The friends my Dad had in Guam took her in without any questions and treated her like one of their own. That’s just how it was on the island, either because it’s such a small island, or if its just the laid back feeling, the people tend to be very open and friendly. In fact Dad used to say that every weekend someone held a party, and practically everyone on the island is invited. Anyway, with my dad and mom being so far away from their homes, Guam became their home, and their friends became their family. In a lot of ways Guam is more of home to them then the mainland is, and in many ways those friends are closer to them then their actual family is. When they lived in Guam it was just open arms and friendships that were closer to family then family was.
In fact most of my godparents are Chamoru (yes, multiple godparents :p), except for my (official) godmother. Which brings me to why I started writing this, aside from my thoughts, thoughts, thoughts (of course). I was bored one day and started reading this guys blog (and tweets) and saw that their new video was filmed in Hawaii. Then he posted this and tweeted this. All of those things remind me of my godmother, why you ask (and what the hell does that have to do with Guam, you ask?). I mentioned before that my godmother isn’t Chamoru, her husband (my official godfather) is though, my godmother is actually ethnically Hawaiian. They moved to Hawaii soon after we moved to Long Beach, so whenever anyone, anywhere, mentions Hawaii I automatically think of them.
My parents lost touch with them (and a lot of other friends) while they started over in Cali, settling in a new home and repairing damaged family ties. They lost touch with my godparents, I’ve seen my godfather in pictures, and I still have the baby clothes my godmother crocheted for me when they brought me home from the hospital as a newborn. In fact the requisite baby blankie every child has, and makes threadbare, is a baby blankie I now use as a throw (as in blanket, not “Here, catch this ball of cotton!”). It’s just a simple quilt blanket, the perfect size for a baby born on a little South Pacific Island, but it’s special enough that my mother put it in storage before I got so attached to it to the point where I would have made it threadbare. She knew what it would have meant for me to have it when I was older, because she knew what it meant to the person who made it, see my godmother hand stitched every single square. Something, in a society where we tend to take things like blankets for granted, most people don’t really understand what it means to make something like that by hand.
Knitters, crocheters, and sewers have a saying that “I knit/crochet/sew every single stitch with love”, as someone who does all three, and as corny as that that saying is, I understand what it means. So even though I never grew up knowing what she looked like, or knowing the sound of her voice, I still know who my godmother is. Because I have her hand stitched baby blanket she made, her hand crocheted baby clothes she made, her hand crocheted “baby’s first x-mas ornament” she made, and because of all those stories my father tells me about Guam and my ‘Aunts and Uncles’. All those things tell me what kind of people my godparents are, and why they became my godparents in the first place.
About two years ago, a couple months after my abuela died, I started wanting to contact them. A couple months after that my dad found a number and he called to find out if they were the same person, and they were. Unfortunately we never really could find the right time to call or answer and we kept missing each other. This was around the same time when we moved, a hectic time in and of itself, and some other stuff happened causing us to lose the number in the chaos. Reading that guys stuff, and watching the video, reminded me that I had someone who celebrated my birth, someone who was probably waiting to know what kind of adult that little baby became.
I think I’ll start searching for their address and/or phone number again :3
tl;dr Waaaah, its that “overly emotional” time of the month for meh and I wanna find out where teh godparents are~ … also that guy
KNITTING~ I haven’t knitted in almost two months TT__TT One of the reasons is because my fingerless gloves have been frogged so many times I just got tired of them. Buuuut~ after 2 months I decided I was finally going to finish them :p and I’m halfway done, I already got through with the right hand (minus the thumb gussets) and now I’m starting on the left. These I’m probably going to keep for myself (so selfish ). They’re made from naturallycaron.com’s Country (Acrylic and Merino Blend) in Deep Taupe.
Yay first time doing cables~ I think they actually came out better then I was anticipating. I’m planning on making another pair of fingerless gloves for a friend in naturallycaron.com’s Spa (Acrylic and Bamboo blend) in Green Sheen :3 it has a nice soft green color.
On a side note~ I’ve been trying to wean myself off of shampoo’s with sulfate and conditioners with silicone since I heard its better for curly hairs. So far its working fine~ But since my hair is prone to dryness I’ve been trying to figure out how to retain nice defined curls without having to shell out money for anything expensive (yet :p I’m going to eventually buy a nice curl friendly conditioner). Sooo I’ve been looking at some of the recipes online, on both the Naturally Curly Crafters group on Ravelry and the NaturallyCurly.com site. I’ve just put on some warm honey and extra virgin olive oil and I’m waiting to see how its going to turn out :3 Also I feel like vomiting because I really hate the smell of honey x_x
Rather if you were able to felt my hair into a ball it would be equivalent to an adult sized head, with hair to spare (creepy visual o_o).
I ended up finishing the Hat Numero Two hat and realized how cute it was. So I decided to try it on only to come to terms with the fact that it doesn’t fit my head ;_; More then that, it didn’t even touch my head, the hat just kind of floated at the back of my head hanging onto my hair. It was literally something like 3 inches away form my scalp and sitting on top of nothing but crazy frizzy hair. Which made me sad ;_; (pity me) and made me realize I really needed to get a haircut , I’m thinking of going super super short again :3
So in the meantime, I adding another row of decreasing puffs and starting another project with some bulky yarn I have. I plan on either making some cute fingerless gloves or a scarflette, and I have to decide on knitting or crocheting.
We’re thinking of just surprising her with Christmas gifts instead of calling first :3 I want to make a shawl since she made so many things for me, but I’m not sure what the weathers like in Hawaii, so I have no idea if it should be very lacey and light or somewhat heavy, maybe I’ll just ask Hawaiian Ravelers. I have some pattern suggestions on my other blog, but I still really need to narrow it down and get started as soon as possible.
You have an amazing imagination, and in your mind, all things are possible. 
