March 10th, 2010





Here’s a number of random photos from the weekend just past.
I’m guilty of a massive backlog of photos from Singapore. I’ll be organizing and posting them up soon, I promise.
On Saturday we reached the Shanghai Art Museum at 4pm for the Marc Riboud retrospective, turns out the museum closes at 4.
A chance detour over to MoCA for a sampling of Zhou Tiehai’s Desserts which left me intrigued and puzzled. Did you know Zhou doesn’t paint his own works ?
I spent some time petting a big dog and holding a six month old baby in my arms. Not at the same time though.
Pleasantly surprised by the packaging of the chamomile tea bag at brunch. I think it looks nice with the twine bit curled.
One of the few things I like about winter is being able to wear nice patterned tights.
Watched an Adam Sandler comedy on Sunday night that wasn’t so slapstick funny after all and then bed immediately after.
I felt sick-ish the entire weekend and it escalated some the past two days. Been taking meds and drinking LOTS of water to try make it go away.
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March 8th, 2010

Statues of Burmese monks, if I don’t remember wrongly.

Interesting presentation of artefacts focused on shadowplay.

Intricate glazed figurines of Taoist gods…

… and demons in elaborate ceremonial outfits.

Memory trippin’ back to simple childhood joys. Teeheehee !

Best out-of-service sign I’ve seen in a while. Made me smile.

This reminds me of the Shedu’s I’d seen in Paris.
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March 7th, 2010
So obsessed with platform sandals in recent weeks that I painstakingly went through ALL the entries in elle shoe diary looking for them. These three are my favorites, with the Pierre Hardy being my favoritest pair of the lot. Sigh, a girl can dream, can’t she ?
On a separate note, I wonder how fashion interns afford/ lay their hands on the latest trendy goodies (and we’re just talking about shoes here, remember there are still outfits, bags and accessories). Where I come from, interns don’t earn alot of money and it is just incredulous to see these interns dressed to the nines.

Steve Madden Platform Sandals

Pierre Hardy Platform Sandals

Stuart Weitzman Platform Sandals
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March 5th, 2010




I’m back in Shanghai as such I have finally framed and put up the recently-purchased prints in a lovely corner. I stumbled upon the bigger print, Sue by Madrid-based illustrator and designer Blanca Gómez at rockstar while I got the smaller gocco print by Scottish illustrator Jen Collins on Etsy.
Despite being not able to afford very much at the moment, I like to support art when I can. Thank you Jen for the heartfelt package with handwritten note and the cutest little badge (now pinned on my very worned-out Le Pliage tote along with wake me up at <insert destination> and The Little Dröm Store’s Mr. Squirrel badges) ! Your print is especially apt now that I’m starting a (happy) home of my own.
Tags: shanghai
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March 3rd, 2010
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March 2nd, 2010
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March 1st, 2010

Duck rice and laksa with the family for lunch. As a student I would have never gone to hawker centres if I was eating out with friends. Nowadays I love meeting up with friends at hawker centres. The atmosphere, variety of food, good food (I actually think Malaysia does it better but hey we’re in Singapore so let’s make do) and wallet-friendliness – there’s no where else I rather be on a weekend night out.

Nothing can beat the Singapore breakfast. Mee rebus and wanton mee at Blk 58 New Upper Changi Road hawker centre with the family. We used to live in the neighborhood so this was where I hung out when I was growing up. The mee rebus is still cooked by the same Makcik who took my orders more than 20 years ago.

And of course, some kuay chap (flat, broad rice noodles eaten with braised pig offal, pork, beancurd, eggs and a spicy tangy chilli sauce) and tau huay (a snippet of the purple bowl in the corner of the picture) to complete the breakfast. Hooray for hawker centres !
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February 28th, 2010

More pampering from mommy. As with family tradition, we begin the new year with a vegetarian meal. (Bak kwa here I come after this.)

For dessert we have dumplings, something I usually eat out of obligation (i.e. because mommy says eat !). No different this time.

A good spread of bak kut teh, steamed prawns and greens. Yay for meals at home !
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February 27th, 2010

I like this print by Youngna Park so much I was on the brink of making it my first 20×200 purchase. The thought of chippy triangle flags brightening up the room minus the hassle of stringing them on the walls… I can already picture the print in a white frame. But I had to let it go at the last minute because I cannot afford the shipping cost – more than the price of the print itself ! Sigh, next time. For now I have to be content looking at it on the laptop screen. SIGH.
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February 26th, 2010
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