9 years ago

Custard cream biscuits, coffee

Current read: Lonely Planet Vietnam, printed 2005.
i wonder how much information in this edition is still valid.

art news

Green bean and pumpkin soup

Current reads: Brochures and magazines that i picked up from Artstage over the weekend.
Not working today. Yeay!

happy new year

Chocolate cream biscuits, coffee

Current reads: Mr Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Finally finished the book today! One of my favourite book covers till date. Recommended!
“...The code is both complicated and simple. Complicated because an uppercase F is different from a lowercase f...To crack this code, you need to think typographically...”

A late Happy New Year to everyone! i hope you’re looking forward to more breaks in 2014 (:

september in nepal

Cheese and almond bread, coffee

Current reads: Lonely Planet Nepal

For my coming trip in September and October. Feeling quite excited!

grace

Chinese New Year ti-kueh (sweet sticky rice cake with sweet potato), coffee

Having my favourite snack again.

Current reads: Grace, A memoir by Grace Coddington

Starting on this tonight :)

i’ve also just finished the book – Under the Hawthorn Tree by Ai Mi, and now really wanted to catch the film which was directed by Zhang Yimou. i’m sure it will be good, just like his other films.

a for alynn

29 January 2013. Sunflower seed toast, coffee

Current reads: Eye Magazine, No. 84
Monotype special issue. Love!

nothing to envy

Toast buns with ham and cheese, coffee

Current reads: Nothing To Envy by Barbara Demick

Started this one month ago and i’ve only read like 20% so far. Getting very slow with my reading recently, i need to buck up.

sf22

French toast, coffee

Current browse: SeptFest program guide

Substation turns 22 this September with a month-long celebration... Not sure if i’ll be going to any yet... i’ve been so busy this month (lots of activities and catching up with friends), maybe i should spend september chilling at home.

mental as anything

Chocolate bread roll, coffee

Current reads: Apartamento, issue #09

It’s my current ‘coffee/tea breaks book’. Whenever i am taking a break, i’ll read a random article or two, taking my own sweet time to finish the issue.

trilogy

Lemon tart topped with meringue, camomile tea

Current reads: Fifty Shades (trilogy) by EL James

i bought this book totally out of curiosity – for those who doesn’t know, this book set the record as the fastest-selling paperback of all time, surpassing the Harry Potter. i’ve just finished the first book, and all i can say is, it’s... umm... very descriptive.

the face(s) of rock & roll

Spicy tuna toast, strawberry and mango tea

Current browse: Subculture, volume 007
This super cool poster is going up on my wall.

(David Bowie, PJ Harvey, Ian Curtis and John Lennon)

eye

Sugar loaf, coffee

Current reads: Eye Magazine, No. 82

The latest is already issue no. 83, i’m one whole season late. So late.

not juice

Split green bean soup (tao suan) with fried fritters

Current browse: Juice Magazine, June 2012

no two dreams are the same

Red bean roll, coffee

Current browse: The Eye Image Portfolio Winter 2006

Was looking for ‘purple’ things around the house and chanced upon this old issue of Eye Magazine supplement copy. Still a joy to browse after so many years.

come fly with me

Butter bread, coffee

Current browse: Juice Singapore Magazine, April 2012

Love the travel spreads this month. Top of my travel destination amongst the listed (... London, Melbourne, Paris and Tokyo) will be Berlin, followed by Stockholm. i hope i don’t have to wait too long :)

new read

Steamed sweet potato, red bean bun, camomile tea

Current reads: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Now that 1Q84 is out of the way, i can finally pick up this book that has been lying on my desk for months. i’m only at the first few pages but should be able to finish it quite fast... that is as long as i don’t get started on watching any online drama series.

two moons

Toast with orange jam, coffee

Current reads: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

This must be one of the longest read i ever had for a book. It’s such a heavy hardcover, everytime when i was reading it, i feel as though the book was trying to kill me with its weight. i’ve got about less than 100 pages more to go, finally going to finish it tonight after 5 months :)

behind the scenes

Pandan cake, coffee

Current browse: H&M Magazine Spring 2012

Marni at H&M! Are you eyeing on any of the dresses yet?

gorgeous kate

Glutinous rice balls in red bean soup, mini chinese sponge cake

Current browse: Harper’s Bazaar UK

Kate Winslet looked so gorgeous on the cover and inside spreads of this November’s issue.

almost black and white

Glutinous rice balls with black sesame paste

Current reads: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

i’ve only read a quarter of the book so far... as of his previous books, the story is somewhat weird but very interesting.