stationery galore

this stationery shop is one of the oldest in town. i once visited it probably around 1998/1999, buying some ring-binder for a journal project (yes, i made journals since then) and never visit the place again until last thursday. after spending the early morning at the gym (which was just across the street from the shop), i decided to re-visit the store to look for some PVA glue.


i didn't get the glue. but i did got some nostalgia. very interesting!



old notebooks with interesting graphics on the covers.



old postcards.


various old rubber-stamps.

am thinking what to do with these letters, numbers, and writing stickers. and look at the old-style desk-calender behind the display window! interesting!

stuff i brought home! can you see the glue? lol! i'm sure the shopkeeper must be very glad, having these finally out of the store :P

this used to be their playground

my grandmother from my mother's side used to live in jakarta, but because of this and that, she has decided to move in with her sister, who lives alone in an old house in bandung.

generation to generation has been living in this house. the last generation who lives here were my grandmother's sister and her husband. but after her husband passed away last year, she then lives alone in that old-style big house. a house which has many rooms with high ceilings, you know those kind of old-style houses. both my grandmothers decided to sell the house because of the high-maintanance, and moving into a smaller house. but they haven't found a buyer yet nor a new house.

meanwhile, they're already starting to pack and give away old things that are scattered all over the house. me? instantly happy to explooore the house looking for goodies to steal. hahaha. like these chairs ;) i'm sure no one would like to have these. see.. :))

this is the current living room of the house, which is daily quiet (no one's around). the picture was taken on Idul Adha day, when the family gathered around after the morning prayer.

and i got these from exploring! ;)

surely no other grandchild would be happy having them like i do :P next mission: the iron stamps! got the info from my mother who told me that the family once owned a set of those stamps which was used to mark the kitchen utensils. oh! very next mission! :))

new way of saying

 
we received this from oma anna about a week ago.


 
looking good on nataya. adding to her hairpins collection :P

sibebo's flowers

i ordered them to wear on the eid mubarak day. the stripe blossom is for me while the roses are for nataya. after a loooong journey, they were finally in my arms ;) not to worry, it wasn't sibebo's fault nor the courier's, it was purely the error receiver :))

nataya's looking pretty in the rose, but she wore it only in the morning, as soon as we arrived the family gathering's place, she put it off :( and gave it to mommy. (see picture on the previous post)


this was a day before eid mubarak day, doing the trial, she wore it long enough :) 

and these are our outfit on the day. how about it? does it look good on me? ;)

new fabrics!

went fabric hunting at gang tamim bandung, an area of fabric shops, last thursday. i was actually looking for one piece of fabric for a wip project. but who can't resist looking at the others? ;)

will post the result of the wip project as soooon as it's done! :)