A new wallet

I just bought a wallet on Shopee. My old wallet was already old before the MCO started, and recently, after a long bout of disuse, it started flaking off when I picked it up to use.

Not wanting to go out and browse wallets in shops, I took to browsing online. It is really hard to find a wallet I like anyway...so imagine how many places I would need to go to before finding one that suits me!

My last wallet was bought at a stall in Prangin Mall (I don’t remember exactly which part, but I might recognize the area if I saw it again). They had several pretty designs. And I was pleasantly surprised to see that some pretty designs that I saw on Shopee was from the same brand!

I opted for this wallet because of the numerous card slots. That is usually what I need the most!

One thing I don’t like so much about this wallet, after receiving it, is that there are not two coin slots...the two sides are connected, so the coins can slip from one side to the other. I guess this is what allows it to have so many card slots, so I can’t really complain...it’s quite a fair trade-off. There is also a small risk of coins dropping out the ends of the wallet when the zipper is open...so I shall have to be a bit careful about that.

Here’s what the old wallet looks like now:

The inside still looks pretty new at first glance...but the outside is a whole different story! Blue flakes are in my handbag, and my hands sometimes get a few pieces on them too!

And by the way, from the last photo, you can see the brand name imprinted on the “leather”: Prettyzys. When I realized that was the brand I was looking at, I felt more reassured to buy from them, because I already knew how their wallets feel to the touch! Otherwise buying things online always have this risk that we may not like how the fabric feels when we receive it.

Dark forces of nature

The theme for this week was force of nature.

I was hoping to get a photo of heavy rain, hopefully buffeted by winds. But I didn't...instead, I saw some dark clouds moving in on a bright sky, and tried to snap that.

The dark clouds are actually on both sides of the photo. The contrast between light and dark is not as clear in the photo, but the colours still look pretty nice! (as long as we turn the brightness a little higher on our screens... :P )

Balancing a pen

Because this week's theme is balance.

Magic potion

Brewing a magic potion is just a fantasy.

It's actually herbal tea! (luo han kor, to be more precise)

The lock and the keys

Our Fuda key was not working very well; it was very hard to turn the key from the inside. And it's just not one key, a few keys have been "broken" after they were dropped a few times to the floor. I told my father that this particular key shape was probably less resistant to being dropped, and we should probably just change the door lock instead of buying the same key again and again.

My father: *Fiddles with the door lock until the key can turn, then shows us that every key, including the older "broken" ones, can be used* See, it works now!
Me: You need to try turning it from the outside too!
My mother: The door is open now, you need to try turning the key with the door closed.

Did we miss any use-case scenarios? :P

For eternity

Bugs are eternal.

Isolation

Last week's photo theme was isolation.

It turned out that my autogate broke down and was stuck in a semi-open state. To open or close the gate completely, isolation of the gate from the motor was needed.

This is what it looked like after the disconnection process. Luckily the knobs were not attached very tightly, it was easy to loosen them with the spanner, and then I could just take them off with bare hands.