Girls' Day Out - PS Cafe / Greenwood Fish Market / Canele

believe it or not, but we've known each other for 14 years and that was when i first joined the banking industry. after i left the bank in 1999, we kept in touch till today. CT and i are working together in another bank in our serial ventures in foreign banks, while JL and JC remains in the same bank since. fortunately or unfortunately for me, i'll be going back to that same bank again.

perhaps a bond slowly developed over the years among 4 of us or that we have something in common (interest/views/opinion/characteristics) or simply because we speak the same language . somehow even though our group (we have 11 of us actually) is much bigger, we 4, have this special affiliation for each other.

we managed to come together for this long awaited day just to chill, chit chat, update each other on what's going on in our lives and have a good laugh. though the road to dempsey was all mud, wet and a little cold on our drenched clothes and feet (as 3 of us shared one pathetic red brolly) and didn't manage go to jones' the grocer as planned (we couldn't! with just 1 brolly..geee), CT, JL and I still had a great time yakking away while the rain was hitting against the glass panels of P.S Cafe and while we waited for JC to knock off from work. 3 hot mochas and a big double chocolate cake with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream made us forget that wet, cold and slow walk to dempsey.

Lucky for us, while it was still pouring, JC picked us up in a cab and we headed straight for dinner at Greenwood Fish Market. we ordered a hot platter (grilled lobster & fish, little necks, mussels, crabs, octopus) and spaggetti crabmeat vongole. perfect dinner with perfect company.

we proceeded to canele at orchard for a continuation and since JC didn't join us for tea in the afternoon, we had alot more to chat and laugh about with her participation. there we ordered 2 pieces of well-decorated cakes with each a pot of tea.

really, we had a great time. valuable time. we spoke of the past, the lessons we've learnt, life, friends, sharing and our future.

i'm already looking forward for our next Girls' Day Out. i'm thinking of jones' the grocer since we didn't manage to reach the destination this time, if not, casualpoet at nostalgic chinatown which i'm quite sure they'll like (and guess what gals, they have free wi-fi!!)

till the next time, thank you ladies for making my sat so meaningful and fulfilling. i can't wait for the next round and hopefully, that'll be a beautiful SUNNY day for us!

Pop a Towel!

Simply add a little water, and the 'pill' expands into a mini travel towel.

Photo? Look again!

Yes, this is actually a painting! By photorealist painter Diego Gravinese (Argentina).

Creatures of Imagination, Plastic Tubes & Bottles

Oh my god! BRAVO!!

Evolving, alive, sculpture-creatures created by Dutch artist Theo Jansen.

Being Generous Beyond His Means

Thought this ad was touching. Reminds me of dad.

being different and happy

if the colors does more to brighten up this special day, why not? i find the gown really pretty. makes you smile just looking at it. great photography by Aaron Delesie.

knock knock

it's a sat afternoon and i realised that no one is home cos no one seems to be online now.

but with all this time i had on hand while D is preparing for our lunch tomorrow (yes, it's tomorrow..the meal takes 8 hrs to prepare..am i lucky or what!), i'm just doing CV modification for C, blog browsing (check out casualpoet..seems like a nice place to visit and relive the past), eating the dried cuttlefish chip i got from muji and nothing much.

lovely...

"The little wild garden of love"

Installation created for Moroso at Milan Fair 2008.

Tord Boontje, "rainwater is the lifeblood of our garden..."

Check out the Rain Collection too:





TranSglass Mirror (star mosaic):



Hope you enjoy these updates from the magical world of Tord Boontje.

When did you last challenge yourself?

7 August, 1974. 7:15AM. Philippe Petit. New York’s Twin Towers, World Trade Centre. This preview of the film "Man on Wire" shows the artistic crime/dream that took 6.5 years to fulfill, 1,350 feet (411 metres) above the ground.

Inspired by the book, "To Reach the Clouds", the Sundance 2008 film festival winner has just been released in US. An inspiration to live our lives to the fullest.

"See everyday as a true challenge, then you live your life on a tightrope."

'Schedule' Chalkboard Clock

Simple and fun design by Estudio 5 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Draw your mani/pedi appointment?!

They've also got a soap pencil - use it to write messages on the toilet walls. Steam reveals the words.

Do Schools Kill Creativity?

I literally applauded at the end of this talk.

by Sir Ken Robinson

5PF : was just listening to one of sammi cheng's old song fm the radio played softly by another dept...
and thot of u...nostalgic..... only if it was yesterday.....once again...

Water : Time flies... Things change...But the memory is always ours!

"watch-cufflinks"

Curious hybrid of the mechanical movements of luxury timepieces integrated into cufflinks. The piece here is by Lucien Piccard. Browse at Watch-Cufflinks.com for more of these one-of-a-kind handcrafted creations.

"Silk Denim" by Naked and Famous

This simple-looking jeans is composed of 30% silk! Together with one of the best denims from a particular fabric mill in Japan, Naked and Famous aims to create the softest jeans in the world. Most of their jeans are priced below USD$150. Available in Canada (place of origin) and America.

Lazy Convenience..

Ya, they're actually selling it! It's like something many of you may have thought of, but never went beyond that. Well, someone actually developed it. Check it out - Nat 2 Shoe.

Conceptual Artist cum Product Designer John Nouanesing

Some of these are actually going to materialize & be available commercially! Keep updated at John Nuoanesing's site.

Lunch Time Buy...

an impromptu mon afternoon off & the chinese herbal craze!

well..the fact that i needed to "chase my dreams"..and that i didn't feel like going back to the office after that, i decided to take a half day afternoon off for myself. anyway, i didn't sleep well last nite and wasn't in the best condition to work (yes. just an excuse.). you see, i had a sad dream about a friend and my cousin. felt so drained (i read that sad dreams are because my 'yin' is not enough and i need some tonics for that!) after i got up today and had no mood to work at all. plus, my work now is not challenging anymore. it's probably a waste of my time to just sit in the office and not using my brain cells. rather than waste my time feeling useless, after i "chased my dreams", i met up with D for lunch then we headed to kino @ taka for our latest craze!

we've been quite into chinese herbs recently and have been reading, buying and cooking dishes with them in it. we love the taste and smell of those chinese "bu' (nourish) soup. we've been having so much fun. everytime we have them, we feel so revitalised. ahhh....not sure if it is psychological or really true, but so long it do us good, why not? yesterday, we did black chicken herbal soup and that we read is for blood circulation. must be the portions of herbs we added or that the guy from the shop we bought the herbs from didn't give us the right details, i felt so HOT (must be my blood circulating like mad!) after drinking the soup. ha! D seems to have the same problem and he had problems sleeping. so we decided to get some books to read more about the herbs. especially when D is so particular about taste and getting it right, it's good to learn more.

in fact, we have also bought several glass storage containers (only $1.5 for small; $2 for medium; $2.5 for large from ikea) to store our chinese herbs. this wkend, we'll be heading to chinatown to get those little pots for boiling our herbal soups. we want them in a per person portion.also, we might be cooking (and experimenting) shaoxing wine with steam crab and assam fried mee hoon! hehe...can't wait!!

080808 Yes, it's Olympics

No better day to receive this from Water than on the opening day of Olympics in Beijing.
Though I wonder why Band-aid ... ummm...