The Last Supper Cross Stitch

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IT'S BEEN AWHILE

It's been a while since my last blog. Well, I just having my 3-month leave from my work in Saudi Arabia. I've been here in Sydney since 1st October 2008 but I don't have the time to sit on infront of the computer firstly because my son is using it and secondly the speed is so slow that I got bored waiting. It is much faster now after we updated it to a bigger data memory and a much higher subscription rate. I don't know if the service provider intentionally slows the transfer of data so that you got irritated and updated your account in the long run.

For the past months, I've been doing my cross stitch project, to kill the time, entitled "The Last Supper" by Leonardo Da Vinci. I started it on 5th October and finished 2 months after. I could not upload the pictures of it because I am only a guest to this computer and the administrator, my son Karlo, is already in the Philippines, with his mom, having their summer holiday. They will be back on the 1st of February 2009 while I will be returning to Jubail, Saudi Arabia on the 30th of December 2008 and will be arriving there on New Year's Eve.

I am alone in this unit, preparing for my Australian citizenship test tomorrow, 17 Dec 2008. I hope I pass that test. Fingers crossed.

8th Week - Cross stitch

After 2 months, this is the result of my cross stitch:

Cross Stitching - 6th to 7th Week

Here is the unfinished cross stitch for the period 12 - 25 March 2008:

4th and 5th Week of Cross Stitching

Here is the result of my 4th and 5th week of stitching Philippine artist Jose Blanco's painting "Paul at Eight".

4th week - 27 February to 04 March 2008

5th week - 05 to 11 March 2008

Vicente Manansala's "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread"

This is my finished cross stitch based on Vicente Manansala's painting entitled "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread". It took me one year to finish this materpiece but not always working on it daily. I was just doing it when I had free time considering that I was working then.

This is my second work. The first is Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa". It is now in my cousin's possession. I do not have time yet to have a photo of it.

Third Week of Cross Stitching

The progress of my cross stitch project is hampered by my MYOB self study course. For the third week from 20 to 26 February 2008, my project looks like this.

Mahirap gawin pero masarap panoorin habang unti-unting natatapos.

Second Week of Cross Stitching

After 12 - 19 February 2008, my cross stitch looks like this....

How to Kill the Time

(The first week 05-12 February 2008)

My friends are asking me how I managed to pass the time in the Middle East aside from the 7-6 job, Saturday to Thursday.

Well, I choose a hobby that kills the time. First, I pursue my liking of writing short stories. Then, I teach my self how to cross-stitch. Cross-stitching is a kind of embroidery that you make a "cross" or an "x" on an Aida cloth.

My first cross-stitch is The Mona Lisa of Leonardo Da Vinci. I gave it to my cousin Gloria.

My second is a painting by the Philippine National Artist Vicente Manansala entitled " Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread". I am now making my third masterpiece, a painting of Jose Blanco's "Paul at Eight". Week by week, I will pose on this page the progress of my work. I started this endeavour on the 5th of February, 2008.

Matagal ang paggawa ng isang cross-stitch. Inaabot ng buwan o taon. Nakakasakit ng mata at iba pang parte ng katawan. Wala lahat ang sakit kapag isinasabit mo na ang iyong "Obra Maestra".