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Bad Habits?

December 30, 2007 at 4:17 am · Filed under General

Questions :

How far this bad habits influences you?

Is it due to depression?

You ain’t happy with your life?

You ain’t happy with what you achieve today?

Ain’t happy with what you have?

Don’t you care to change?

Don’t you think that it could embarrass yourself or even your family?

Me couldn’t answer.. Me do have a bad habits, everyone does. Let’s make some improvement..

Let’s think and do it for ourselves, and for the sake of family..

http://depression.about.com/cs/selfhelp/a/breakbadhabits.htm

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Songket

December 30, 2007 at 12:08 am · Filed under General

Time for Baju Kurung!!

My interest is still on Riau Pahang design. I felt in love since the first day I saw my MIL wore it long long time ago. I started to have a collection of these design since then.. till I get pregnant. So far I found a tailor who really into this which located in Kuantan, Pahang. Perhaps, there is someone here in KL will be able to tailor it as neat as Makcik’s Laila does.

Recently, I started to surf for songket. grrr.. Who Am I? hmm.. I’m going to get at least a set for my lovely riau pahang

one of the process... thats make songket expensive

“Songket

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Songket is a fabric that belongs to the brocade family of textiles. It is hand-woven in silk or cotton, and intricately patterned with gold or silver threads. The metallic threads stand out against the background cloth to create a shimmering effect. In the weaving process the metallic threads are inserted in between the silk or cotton weft (latitudinal) threads. The term songket comes from the Malay word menyongket, ‘to embroider with gold or silver threads’. Songket is a luxury product traditionally worn during ceremonial occasions as sarong, shoulder cloths or head ties. Tanjak or Songket headdresses were worn at the courts of the Malay Sultanates.[1] Traditionally Muslim women and adolescent girls wove songket; “some boys and men are also weaving today”.[2] Traditionally-patterned Sumatran textiles embody a system of interpretable emblems.

In Indonesia, songket is produced in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Bali, Sulawesi, Lombok and Sumbawa. Outside of Indonesia, further production areas include the east coast of the Malay Peninsula and Brunei.[3] Songket weaving is historically associated with areas of Malay settlement, and the production techniques could have been introduced by Arab and Indian merchants. Historically, production was located in politically significant kingdoms because of the high cost of materials; the gold thread used was originally wound with real gold leaf.[3]

Songket have been widely marketed as fashion apparel since the 1990s”