Finally, a nice page :)

This new page is by far my favourite I think, its going by really fast. Which is something I really, really needed. Its all nice and clumpy and its just flowing naturally. I hope my next few pages will be like that too! Sae's literally thousands ahead of me now and though I have 3 years to catch up, I definitely don't want to fall too far behind.



Time is really whizzing by fast isn't it? In one month, we celebrate our 1st year anniversary of this HAED competition. I wonder if we've really done about 1 year's worth or whether we're both behind.

On the money side, our accounts are starting to look quite nice and big. Its very tempting to take it out and go buy something nice ;). But of course I won't do that...though I wouldn't mind some new shoes...or books...or games. Sae's account must look even more tempting since its in Malaysian dollars.

I'll update the progress chart soon too, I want to get around to counting my progress properly. I've discovered a HUGE mistake in my previous count! For my full pages, I forgot to minus the bottom 3 rows and left-most 3 columns because I would have done them as part of the previous page. So I've actually been thinking that I've done more than I actually have. Its really depressing to find that out! Especially with Sae being all motivated and zooming along so fast. :'(

Sae, I think you need a HAED break :)

2 comments:

Manja said...

Hi Eeleng and Sae,

I'm a fellow cross stitcher from the Netherlands and I really enjoy reading your blog. And what a great idea to start a race! My sister is also an addicted cross stitcher and maybe we can also start a race. I am going to suggest is to her.

In the meantime good luck to both of you and I'm looking forward to your progress and new posts.

Regards
Minie

sAe said...

Hi Minie,

Thanks for visiting our blog! I must say that the race has been very good, without it, I probably would have lost interest in my HAED ages ago. :)

You do need to have endurance though, with such a large design, it will definitely take years to finish, but it's very enjoyable.

Good luck if you decide to start one!

sAe aka Sarah

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.