What have I done during quarantine?

Assalamualaikum

Since we are in the midst of a pandemic, to me this is a great time for us to try new things or do something we have been putting on hold. I am having my semester break right now. My new semester will start in early October. Almost 2 months from now. Since I finished my last semester at the end of June, I have been filling my free time doing the things I have been wanting to do but cannot find the time to do it until now. I am sure some of you are like me, using the most of our time staying at home. These are a few things I have done to fill my days.

1) Embroidery

I have been loving stitching since I was in primary school. Whenever I had a cat, I always find old t-shirts and turn them into cat’s clothes. Remembering it now, it is funny how I created the clothes. Sometimes it was too big and sometimes it was too small. The cat never like those clothes but the kid me still insist for it to wear it. Of course, just for a short amount of time. I would not dare to force a cat, knowing it would scratch me haha

Okay… we are getting off the topic now.

It was my first time trying embroidery in my life. I have always wanting to do it since I look at those talented people on Instagram doing them. It never ceases to amaze me how much patience they have, especially when doing intricate design. I bought the kit from shopee for RM 12. If you’re interested, this is the link to the product.

This is the design I have chosen:

Overview:

I finished this in 2 days. I did it day and night, whenever I feel bored looking at my phone. Overall, it was a nice experience. Only pricked my fingers 4 times! It was bleeding once but nothing serious. I give it 5/5. 100% will do it again.

2) Paint by numbers

This is also one of the Instagram influence. I always love painting even now I am still painting – I bought new watercolors the other day but that is for another post. I bought this from the same shop I bought the embroidery kit. It cost me RM15 for the whole set. Here is the link to the product. It came with canvas, three brushes, and tons of paints.

Overview: the process to finish this piece is tiring – both for my eyes and body. If you want to do this, make sure to find a place where you will be at your most comfortable, or else you are going to break 3 of your bones every day. Especially your neck area. It took me days for me to finish this. I only did it when I took a break from reading or when my phone was charging. That’s why it took a lot of time. The process was tedious but the outcome is very satisfying. I give this 4/5. If I’m going to do this again, I’ll find a design that will include a lot of different colors and not monotone as this piece is.

3) Reading

I finally am catching up with my reading material. I don’t know if I ever mention this before but in December 2018, I went to my first Big Bad Wolf event. I bought 8 books in total. You can click here to know what book I bought. Can you believe that I have read only 3 of them? I haven't continue reading the Throne of Glass series yet.

Unfortunately, I am not living in my house in Selangor. We are here at Terengganu since my dad has to transfer here. I have been living here since the start of quarantine until now. I have not been back home since January. And all my books are at home in Selangor :) when cross country was allowed, my sister came to us and that is when I asked her to bring one of my books.

Overview: I finished reading the first book in 9 days, then I bought another 2 so that I can read the whole trilogy. I bought the book from bookxcess. Very affordable if you are looking to buy I am halfway of the second book now. The story frustrates me to no end! I have to pause and take a breather because the character is so frustrating I feel like I want to choke them if they are in front of me.

Patrick Ness is one of my favourite authors. I really recommend him if you are looking to read good young adult book. I have reviewed one of his book, More than This. If you are interested in reading my review, you can click here.

Should I give a review and my thoughts on this trilogy when I finish it? Maybe I will, but we will see.

Well, this post is getting too long now. I have to stop here or else it will be never ending reading for you.

What have you done/are doing during this quarantine? Share it with me!

Until I write again,

Assalamualaikum