Monday, April 30, 2018

April 2018 | MONTH IN REVIEW


Here's a quick summary of what we were up to this month.

  • Alex was busy with more boat projects as usual. It doesn't seem to end, does it? But he found some time to make me a surprise gift! 💗
  • This month he attached a wooden strip onto the saloon roof, where he plans to attach the new bimini windscreen. The old screen was made of soft vinyl, but always had problems with the zips, or the snaps where it connected to the roof ... or the vinyl itself getting hard in the sun & becoming less & less transparent. The plan is to make the new windscreen out of clear 5mm acrylic (perspex) ... but this will be a challenge as the windscreen needs to be able to be opened & closed (depending on the weather), and its a curved screen - trickier to do with perspex than with vinyl ... lets see how it turns out?
  • Also, we're finally getting the smooth section of our deck spray painted with gelcoat. You might've noticed in some of our photos where the gelcoat had worn off so badly that the fiberglass was exposed. Check out our 'Spray Painting Our Deck' post.
  • Back in Asia, I surprised my mum with tickets to Seoul for her 68th birthday! ;) It was our second mother & daughter trip, and her first time in Korea. We had 4 wonderful days - 2 of which were warm and sunny, while the other 2 were cold and rainy. Check the blog later for a short post of our trip.
  • On the 29th, I attended my first Rugby Sevens in Singapore! Thank you Ennie for the invite! :) The final game between Fiji & Australia was exhilarating. 21-22 (Fiji-Aus) with less than 0:34 secs remaining, it all happened so quickly, tackle here, tackle there, run, run, run.. Fiji scores a try and wins the game! Sensational! Nothing is impossible... Nothing is over until the final whistle. 👏
  • On the entertainment front, I completed two korean tv series Goblin and Flower Boy Ramen Shop, while Alex watched The Gifted (Season 1), Star Trek Discovery (Season 1), Lost in Space (Season 1), Humans (Season 1-2) and Lore (Season 1).

Check out our posts this month:


>> Check it out! <<
Here's the wooden strip on the saloon roof
Getting spray painted
Changdeokgung Palace
Haha!
Final game between Fiji & Australia

Till next month. Thank you for reading! :)


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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Side Project: A Present For Me!

Sometime in April, I received a text.
A surprise he said, that left me perplexed.
Oh my, oh my, a present for me!
Can you guess, what it could be?

It folds and holds, and never grows old.
But if you leave it alone, it may grow mold.
How lovely it is, and made of teak.
So strong and sturdy, it is not weak.

Useful indoors and outdoors as well.
Can you believe, my name it does spell!
Rain or shine, it will never feel blue.
What could this be, do you have a clue?


Yup! You guessed it! It's a foldable stool!
 
Thank you so much for making this surprise gift for me! 💗 ;)




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