My art tote bag

There was a Groupon deal that I couldn’t resist, and I gathered my two girlfriends along for this.

This place called artistique in mandarin gallery, they let u paint, and eat. For this Groupon deal, we painted two panels, and you get to velcro this onto a tote bag (black, white, grey base colour), for your very own customized tote bag!

My empty canvas, and my empty palatte.

The paints sit below your easel. A full range of paintbrushes provided for.

I didn’t know what to paint,  but the thought of vegetables was very appealing to me that day. So I painted vegetables! One side whole vegetables,  one side cross section of the veggies. The title of my “art” is EVERYTHING COMES IN PAIRS!

This is how it looks on the canvas bag. I picked black as my base colour.

This is now my laptop bag. I love.

Rings that go round and round

I got to see my wedding bands today.

We picked the french inspired bands, where the middle bit is made to revolve 360degrees if you spin it. It is suppose to remind you that u have to give and take in a marriage. Melvin and I sucked up to the sales talk and we got this.

We got to pick the inscription too….. here
it is….

Pancakes are fluffy things

Today, I made pancakes for my siblings.  They were fluffy and cooking it made my house smell divine.

1.5 cups all purpose flour
3.5 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1.25 cups milk
1 egg
3 tablespoons melted butter

Mix dry, then add in wet. Mix mix mix. Then get them on the frying.pan. yums!

Blogging on the android

I’ve taken to blogging on my mobile phone.

1. I can blog on the go
2. Pictures taken on my mobile are easily uploaded

Oh, but the horror of typos and bad English! Blogging on a small screen, and with touch key pad has its boo boos.

Will I continue blogging on my android? hmm.. yes!

 

 

My fishball noodles

I love bak chor mee.

At the noodles store, I will always order the minced meat version with chilli, vinegar and tomato sauce, like it used to be seasoned back in the day. The bak chor version is also more flavourful, because of the stewed mushrooms (love!), and little bits of meat.

There’s a store at 112 Katong’s foodcourt, that only sells the fishball version. I adore! Every order serves you six big and bouncy balls that float around in the clear and tasty soup.

In today’s papers, I found out who the makers of these lovely balls are. Thanks to their 13-15 hours of work everyday, I get to satisfy my frequent noodle-y craves.

Challenging ourselves

I read somewhere, from a book that humans like to challenge ourselves. Most times we do so without even realising it.

The author explains that as children, and being children, they would do things such as stepping on tiles without touching the lines. They would set boundaries on themselves to perform the simplest tasks, and make it more difficult to complete it. The amazing thing was, children everywhere in the world, from France to the kid I was in Singapore, would go through these similar and seemingly meaningless acts.

I found this little fact to be true even in adulthood. I just bought a five year old off peak car, and I had to get a manual one. In today’s ‘auto car rules’ context, most of my friends frowned on my manual decision. In additional,  I have been riding for the past 8 years, touching a car occasionally.  The last manual car I drove was in 2003!

So I think I did one of those challenge myself scenarios when I handed my downpayment to the car dealer.

Hello clutch!

Changi Expo

Changi expo is like a dessert in the east. I can see planes taking off and landing from my office meeting rooms, I swear the temperature is 2deg hotter than anywhere else on the island and the food selection is pathetic, in comparison to what I used to have at Robinson Road.

However, traveling to work has been very pleasant. Apart from rainy mornings, I breeze through the ECP and I admit that I gloat when I see the jam on the other side of the expressway.

The journey is not only breezy because of the very manageable traffic, it is also scenic. Tanah Merah golf course on my left and the sea on my right. Palm trees and bougainvillea planters dot the roads and the sun shines in my eyes.

I get to work feeling pleasant, and not hustled like I used to be when I have to navigate through the heavy traffic to exit at Prince Edward. Cheers to the pros and cons of everything in life!