It was lovely being back in Melbourne again catching up with family and friends, but I’m actually looking forward to going back to Newcastle too and seeing the boy again.

Since moving to Newcastle, I’ve started taking commissions for dolly faceups again, and this was one that I’d recently completed that I liked very much.

She’s a Volks Amelia, and the owner wanted her to be feminine, yet somewhat sexy. Generally, I do feel that this sculpt looks better as a male doll, but I had fun repainting this one as a girl anyway! Somehow, she reminds me of an old hollywood beauty.

I’m going to be flying back to Melbourne tomorrow for a short holiday, so won’t be able to work on any faceups for the next week or so, but when I’m back, I’ll be waiting on a few new commissions to arrive, so am looking forward to that!

I guess that’s partly why I losing the enjoyment of sharing my dolly hobby with others in forums and on Flickr? I still love the dolls I have, but it’s become a more personal interest – I find I have the need to share and get approval (in a sense) from others.

Anyway, I’m off back to Melbourne tomorrow till Saturday. Cannot wait to see the family and catch up with a few friends again!

I’m going to be moving interstate in a few weeks’ time, and being back in Melbourne earlier than originally planned, I decided to make a headstart on spring cleaning and packing.

What better things to start with than my collection of doll stuff?

It’s amazing how much stuff I manage to find in my wardrobe that belong to the dolls! I filled up 4 boxes with wigs alone! Doesn’t matter that I only have 8 dolls – I think wigs are the best things to easily change a doll’s look without too much effort. Clothes don’t always work, and new repaints take time and a lot of effort.

Anyway, I’m happy with how I’ve sorted their stuff; guess it’s time to tackle the other things now!

Let’s just say I hate technicalities – they screw up stuff too often.

Minor positive note is that I still get to be here for The Doll Affair, which was something I was looking forward to on this trip. I’m finding myself treating the doll hobby as a more personal/individual form of enjoyment of late – TDA should be a nice change – it’ll be something I can enjoy with other doll enthusiasts, but yet, not feel obliged to be totally social (since I reckon it’ll be pretty packed at the venue on the day). Plus, it’ll probably be the closest I can get to an event like the Volks Dolpa for a while.

Oops, haven’t updated in a few days as promised! I am going to blame the weather as it has been so so humid constantly, and even with the few showers we’ve had, it hasn’t helped. If anything, the rain just made it feel more humid after it’s stopped. But all in all, it’s nice to be in Singapore again, and getting reacquainted with everything. I’ve even missed our house (living room pictured above).

Anyway! Been out catching up with a few friends, so it’s been good fun. I didn’t realise how much I’ve missed the food here (truly!) until I walked into your average foodcourt in a mall and find myself wanting to sample everything at once.

I’m off to help out at the toystore I used to work at tomorrow and Sunday, so that’ll mean a chance to catch up with my ex-boss (whom I adore and consider a friend), and also a few ex-colleagues I used to work with. I’ll have my camera with me, so hopefully I can take some photos too.

Am sort of sick (still) and tired, so shall update when I am up in the morning.

I’m leaving for Singapore in 2 days for a 6 weeks’ holiday, and tonight, I’m starting to think (and feel) that I’m coming down with a cold. Have a sore throat since dinner time, and now I’m starting to get a runny nose too. I’ve take some cold/flu pills, so hopefully after a good sleep tonight, it would go away tomorrow.

Anyway, can’t wait to go back to Singapore! In anticipation, I went and got a new prime lens for my camera! So so excited about it! It’s a fast 30mm f1.4 lens, so it should be good in low light. I’ve taken a few test shots with it already, but can’t wait to put it to better use once I’m in Singapore.

Should probably go to bed now seeing it’s nearly 3am. Still have this cold to starve off, and lots more packing to do.

We had a morning tea in the office, and my colleagues also gave me a going away gift of a laptop/travel bag with a diary, pens and a travel tag. So thoughtful!

Although I’m happy to be going away on holiday and also to get away from work (it was notorious for double-handling work when there was no need to), I’m going to miss having a set daily routine, and also miss a few of my colleagues there. My supervisor was a lovely lady, who I hope is now a friend. I was genuinely sad to not be able to work with her anymore. Also, sad that I don’t get to work with Sarah anymore too (no more gossip sessions on our tea breaks or having dolly days at work!), but I still get to catch up with her outside of work, so that’s okay.

Anyway! Have to pack my bags now; going to Newcastle this evening, and will be back on Tuesday. Really hope to sort out the mess of a relationship out with the boy.