its been a year since i last contributed to SHIFT
i have always loved writing and it is brilliant to be contributing once again
its been a year since i last contributed to SHIFT
i have always loved writing and it is brilliant to be contributing once again
after being tour guides for the evening, it was time to be tourists ourselves
while my japanese friend was off to the airport, my sis and i were off to tuas....off to KL
it is strange to be back here....entering KL, it all seemed familiar
numerous trips to KL…walking on the streets on new year eve…night markets…filming…sitting under the twin towers…standing on the sky bridge…crazy taxi driver at bangsar…it all started to come back to me
infact we stayed in the same hotel as my studio stayed in during our year 01 field trip
this time round, the old places have changed …chinatown has changed... my luo han guo drink is now served in a cup and is 20 sen more expensive
mid valley used to be so empty…it is so packed and different now
walking along the streets, i was wondering if i would bump into a familar face that i have seen in sheffield...
from top row:
overlooking chinatown | star hill gallery at BB [i love the new look]
dinner at chinatown [claypot chicken rice]
us clubbing
us waiting for ramly burgers [very wong kar wai lighting if you ask me ] and yes that was the bottle of vodka we opened at the club
everyone flies SQ
well almost …
my second visitor from Sheffield…
my Japanese friend in transit
ran away from work to have dinner
a quick tour of the city …
with the help of my sister…
botanic
orchard
city hall
esplanade
merlion
boat quay
then it was off to KL
the marina bay is indeed quite beautiful at night...looking forward to the IR
i forgot that i use to adore her, that i used to be obsessive of her, that she inspired me, motivated me, taught me....i had become indifferent...then i found her again...i should love him as much as i love her...afterall he is her creator...i hope to remember him again...somehow sin's words of me being more buddhist than christian comes to mind..
my grandfather gives me comfort...it is always comforting to take a trip to his grave and visit him....sometimes he appears in my dreams...and sometimes he appears in the mirror...but less often in the mirror nowadays
his grave was very pretty this time round...compared to the last time, this was fantastic...i think its brilliant
makan time
singapore is indeed a food haven...hopefully i dont gain that much weight...been trying to swim on my free days...
desserts are to die for in spore...i will stuff myself with them before i leave
i am the creator of smurfs...literally making blue study models...very smurf
the design is coming along well...just that i need to distract myself ever so often...
it has been a month since i have returned to singapore
it has also been a week since i have started working
everyday i have to go through malaysia to get to work....you see i have to cross the railway lines ....and that is property of malaysia...
the morning crowd on the trains are so stressful...no wonder people hate working...we should have school buses and play in them like when we were kids...
images [from top]
malaysia
jtc converted lofts
cool water tank
colbar is a 3min walk away..and i thought fish + chips was ex in uk...
our green balcony
our tables
are you oriental or asian?
i am asian here but oriental in the uk
themed potluck ...asian food from asia
from left clockwise
yipei early bird 01 - helping weijiet + engfu roll viet springrolls...a woman's touch
engfu - wetting the springroll skins all the way from vietnam! wj + mom in the background
weijiet - frying springrolls and eating the spoilt ones
colin - trying to take photo of the creations
food! - chinese dumplings, kim chi soup, garlic chicken, thai noodles, fried rice, century eggs, salad
kneeding the dough - boss + jiaxian + mel mel's hands hard at work