Putting off the inevitable



This week's update picture looks pretty good, compared to two weeks ago. You can see the hair, and the wing has got lots more filled in. Unfortunately, if you look really closely you can see lots of small holes all over, and those are all the one stitches that I've been putting off, because I want to catch up with Eel! I keep thinking that if I do the bigger clumps, I'll catch up quicker, but I know that will just be my downfall at the end. I actually have no idea how far behind I am, since we haven't done a total count for quite awhile. I guess we should do it this week, together with our bank balance update.



Over the weekend, I managed to watch Mamma Mia (finally!). The musical production is coming to Malaysia, and I really wanted to get tickets, but they sold out really quickly. One week after the tickets came out, I went to the box office to buy some tickets, and they were sold out, all shows and all prices! :( So, I had to content myself with the movie instead.

It's a really entertaining, fun movie, especially if you know the songs. Sophie, is getting married, and she doesn't know who her father is. She found her mother's diary, and discovered that her mum slept with three guys a few days apart, so any one of them could be her father. She invites all three guys to her wedding, as she's convinced that once she sees them, she will automatically know which one her dad is.

Two of the candidates are well-known, the main guy is played by Pierce Brosnan, who can't sing well, but looks so charming. I've always loved him, he cuts such a dashing figure! The other guy was Colin Firth, who I first got to know about from Pride & Prejudice (the BBC version). Although he played a very stiff, reserved kind of role in that movie, somehow he appeals to a lot of women. I remember my friends and I all drooling over him. There was one scene where he dives into the lake, and one of my friends loved that scene so much that she replayed it over and over again!

As I said, it was a really fun movie, but it was a bit sad that the people in the cinema didn't sing along to the lyrics. I felt a bit shy singing along, and it'd probably annoy the other people since they weren't singing themselves. It's definitely a show to watch if you like the ABBA songs.

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Prize Money Contributions

EeL's Contributions: AUD$471.63 (USD 415.69)

sAe's Contributions: RM$1681.51 (USD 494.56) (updated Apr)

Total Contributions: USD$816.12

(As of October 2009)

Competition Rules

Competition Begins: 1st May 2008
Competition Ends: Chinese New Year 2013

Goal: Complete a HAED design by the time allotted.

Designs chosen are to be of approximately the same sizes. Contestants are free to change their design half way, however it must also be of the similar size to the original design chosen.

Each month, each contestant will deposit USD$20 into a separate bank account.

Every fortnight, each contestant has to update this blog with updated progress pictures.

Prize Money:

If only one contestant completes her design by the deadline, she gets the total amount of money saved by both contestants.

If neither designs are complete, the entire sum of money is to be donated to a charity that is agreed upon by both contestants.

If both complete it on time, the money is divided in the following manner:

60% of the total goes to the contestant who completes* her design first within the deadline.

40% of the total goes to the contestant who completes* her design last within the deadline.

* For EeL, completion means full completion. For Sae, completion for the 60% winner total is 210,400 stitches, with the remainder stitches to be completed by the deadline.