We love tu tu kueh and buy this traditional Singaporean snack almost once a week together as a family. We always patronise this stall in a Jurong West hawker center and my daughter likes to watch this elderly gentleman in action. So this week, I had a brainwave and gave my little iPhone and asked […]
An Amigurumi Selfie – Elsa from Frozen
Fascinated by amigurumi for years and years before I actually taught myself using Youtube Videos only about a year ago. My daughter loved the movie Frozen (who doesn’t right?) so I decided to make an Elsa amigurumi doll for her. I found many instructions online for an Elsa doll but they were not the look […]
Vietnamese in The West
Quite recently, a new Vietnamese stall opened in the hawker center that we always patronize. Good hawker centers being fewer and fewer in Singapore, I risk blogging about this hidden gem for fear of it becoming another “Old Airport Food Centre” where all the good food has been replaced by overrated, overhyped and over reviewed […]
Thoughts on Singtel’s New Logo
Seems like everyone is changing their logo nowadays… Some of the more notable ones being Pepsi, Starbucks, AirBnb and a super #fail from GAP. As a bonafide logo designer who have been designing logos professionally (yes, that means getting paid for my designs) for over 12 years now, I do get into a lot of […]
Hand-sewed Clothes for Bear
*This old bear.* It used to belong to Alicia (Grace’s aunt) but Grace took a liking to it a year ago and it follows her wherever she goes. I wandered into a Build-a-bear workshop some months ago and was totally fascinated by the dressed-up bears. Although I loved the idea, however, each “costume” costs over […]
A S.E.A. of Photos
Simply, some of my favorite photos from the Singapore SEA Aquarium. Jonathan took most of these using his trusty Nokia 808 which is touted by some as the best smartphone camera ever. (If you want to be bored to sleep, just ask him to tell you all about his precious N808. At times, when he […]
