“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.” Melody Beattie
Starting 2024 at Candy Festival!A big win and a good start to 2024 catching a big Dale Chipmunk!Thank you Chun Kiat for the Xmas Gift!Getting ready for school!Pairing for a new car key! Decoding in progress…Pairing for a new car key! Decoding in progress…Sleeping at 爷爷奶奶 house…发奋图强 INGMonopoly in progress…Many Millipedes here!Nat here to play…Swimming practice…Playing while I read the papers…Adventure!Onsen… Hakone…
“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.” Melody Beattie
Health Check here!Got my new monochrome printer set up! Can support wifi printing from mobile! yay!Last Day of School!Still love Grandma to feed him…Candy Festival!Awesome breakfast!So many coins/ Tokens to play!Got his toy!This Dim Sum Express really power… $1.50 per dim sum and buy 10 free 1… win…Catching up with YK and YX! Thanks for all the help guys!Catching up with YK and YX! Thanks for all the help guys!Ending 2023 with a Temple Prayer!
“I don’t trip on that much. I just like to enjoy life and be happy.” Roy Ayers
Quick Breakfast!Buying Joss Paper cheaper than SG!Buying Joss Paper cheaper than SG!Furniture Shopping…Quick Lunch at Halal Ding Tai Fung…Thanks for the Christmas Gifts!
“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” Winston Churchill
Christmas Present from Santa Claus!Christmas Present from Santa Claus!He likes the children encyclopaedia more than the music box… Gift for Francis!All wrapped up waiting for his Bestie to show up…Besties catchup on Christmas!Duck Tours!Duck Tours!Heavy rain…Got his Christmas present from me…
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” Edna Ferber
With my new Logitech K400 Keyboard mouse set!Got my covid vaccine done!Thanks Huimin for the chocolate!Done up the present!Got the boy back!Xmas partyyy!With Grandpa at the xmas Party!Having the good prawn noodle and one prawn co… super nice!Super nice Hot Wheels set!Super nice Hot Wheels set!Starting him on my favourite author: Roald Dahl Breakfast…Going on to another lego…Our Chicken Christmas Dinner at A&W! Love the chicken, curly fries, root beer float! Yummy!!!Merry Christmas!
“Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster.” David Icke
Work, Tea and snack!Christmas presents for the colleagues!Training continues!Presents from colleagues!Mum’s love…A good day!Ar, hard to take out the triple sensor…Took it out after 23545435 tries… full of barnacles…My name engraved in gold!Looks good!Thank you Swiss gear! Hello Tumi!
“We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.” Virginia Satir
Pineapple tarts from Taiwan!Dumplings!One person Caifan lunch!Royce Chocolate!Xmas Present! Thank you Deanly!2 Double Fillet O Fish for lunch!Christmas Present!Christmas Present!Dental Scaling and Polishing here! Royce is quite good!Dental Scaling and Polishing here! Royce is quite good!Hair Cut at Clipper Barber! Not bad!
Documenting the super time consuming process of changing the halyards for head sails and main sail. It took me quite a few weekends to finally change all the halyards.
Tried different methods:
1. Using raffia string as mousing lines (too light no good), using rolling hitch to tie up the rope is not good. ropes can stuck because the angle of pull within the mast.
2. Using a proper thin string as mousing line. No good. Rolling hitch got stuck in mast because ropes are too thick.
3. Using thin string sew onto existing line using fishing line/ dental floss- THIS WORKS!
Then it comes another difficulty: the lines get stuck easily at the connecting part because:
a. the end was too stiff (and long) because it was cut with heat knife so it was inflexible to negotiate the bends within the mast. So need to cut it to make the stiff ends short and hence more flexible.
b. sewing technique makes a difference. Need to always end and secure at the end of the line so that when you pull, it minimises the chances of getting stuck within the mast.
c. use a tape around the ends to make it easier to negotiate the bends within the mast.
Now to the other lines/sheets… slowly…
Cloudy dayRunning the mousing lineNeat trick to tape around the ends makes it easier to negotiate bends within the mast…Replacing raffia string with mousing line as temporary solution while I figure out how to fix the mess I created…memorable stupid moment where the line is stuck in mast… took some time to undo my stupid mistake…needle + dental floss / fishing line is good!This combination of sewing works, except I used too much of the heat knife and burnt too much of the ends so very inflexible.Rain… take a break…Need to cut the long stiff ends…Pulling the lines up…Tried raffia string rolling hitch on haylard: failed…Rolling hitch on mousing line: failed…Yes it works!All 3 halyards changed!
“While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.” Mary Wortley Montagu
Thanks Steve and Wayne for the engraved parker pen!Thanks Jeanette for sharing your fresh yogurt strawberry cake! from Paris baguette! Wefie with Prof Choo and Joe!Airport fun!Yummy dinner!Biking!Helping with deliveries!