...in retrospect...
i complained about the weather that day, but i have this to thank God for: a great husband who folds my spectacle cloth after it's been in the wash and puts it into my spectacle case before i wake, cooks for me, switches on the computer knowing that i'm going to use it, plus all the other little things that matter. love you!
Showing posts with label husband. Show all posts
Showing posts with label husband. Show all posts
Sunday, August 14, 2011
weekend
yesterday i had a nice dinner with parents at sixth avenue - coffee shop western food - followed by ice cream at guthrie house.
and today, husband decided we should go to town and i bought a pair of brown suede and leather shoes to replace my faithful massimo dutti brown leather heels that has been faithful to me for the past three years. i'm going to try to prolong its life somehow. once in a while when we decide to go on these impromptu trips to town it's always nice and sweet, sharing a chin chow drink and a red bean japanese snack along the way. we tried tampopo for ramen and decided it was not bad. they put little crabs (live ones, for the special menu) in a glass bowl at the entrance to show you its tiny size. the crabs were red and translucent and blew bubbles. like babies.
then we came home and took some pictures with mingyao's new film camera because we were nicely dressed up for town. i went for a run after a long while...need to build up my stamina...
yesterday i had a nice dinner with parents at sixth avenue - coffee shop western food - followed by ice cream at guthrie house.
and today, husband decided we should go to town and i bought a pair of brown suede and leather shoes to replace my faithful massimo dutti brown leather heels that has been faithful to me for the past three years. i'm going to try to prolong its life somehow. once in a while when we decide to go on these impromptu trips to town it's always nice and sweet, sharing a chin chow drink and a red bean japanese snack along the way. we tried tampopo for ramen and decided it was not bad. they put little crabs (live ones, for the special menu) in a glass bowl at the entrance to show you its tiny size. the crabs were red and translucent and blew bubbles. like babies.
then we came home and took some pictures with mingyao's new film camera because we were nicely dressed up for town. i went for a run after a long while...need to build up my stamina...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
happy second!
yesterday we celebrated our second wedding anniversary. we slept in late and after husband sneaked out to watch television in the morning i dug into the wardrobe and brought out his present from Milan - a set of Biba oil and vinegar blown glass containers from Skitsch, designed by Dovetusai Studio - I recall in amusement all the animals I have brought home for him from abroad; this time from Milan it is a wooden shark bottle opener and these duck-silouhette containers. we don't use olive oil and vinegar in abundance but the containers were too beautiful not to have. in the evening we treated ourselves to a dinner at Equinox restaurant, on the 70th floor of Swissotel where there was a grand view of the Marina Bay Sands and the surroundings and we had dinner as the sun set. It was a nice evening of dolling up and going out and ended off with a stop at the supermarket in the basement.
image: what a great wash of colour; photo from new york times; these are not the containers i bought! i'll take a picture soon.
yesterday we celebrated our second wedding anniversary. we slept in late and after husband sneaked out to watch television in the morning i dug into the wardrobe and brought out his present from Milan - a set of Biba oil and vinegar blown glass containers from Skitsch, designed by Dovetusai Studio - I recall in amusement all the animals I have brought home for him from abroad; this time from Milan it is a wooden shark bottle opener and these duck-silouhette containers. we don't use olive oil and vinegar in abundance but the containers were too beautiful not to have. in the evening we treated ourselves to a dinner at Equinox restaurant, on the 70th floor of Swissotel where there was a grand view of the Marina Bay Sands and the surroundings and we had dinner as the sun set. It was a nice evening of dolling up and going out and ended off with a stop at the supermarket in the basement.
image: what a great wash of colour; photo from new york times; these are not the containers i bought! i'll take a picture soon.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Goodbye Weekend
over the long weekend we, in fairly chronological order:
+ went to park way parade after touch down and had lunch at crystal jade - charsiew and duck rice and siew mai to share
+ a walk through parkway borders and saw with delight someone reading the magazine
+ bought salty green bean bun from the food court for tea time snacking
+ watched recorded runs of 'the noose', which wasn't so funny this time
+ watched jack johnson's 'en concert' dvd, which was beautifully shot, and wished were were able to go to his tokyo concert, and hope that one day we can attend one of his concerts
+ had east coast charcoal-grilled chicken wings before dinner, which was east coast braised duck rice with super chili(s) - plural because you have to mix both the salty and sour chili into one paste
+ had little scoops of anderson's cookies and cream ice cream from the tub
+ cycled out at night and shared a carl's junior fish and chips meal for supper (it wasn't really supper, just a tempting treat when you're out)
+ had super crab beehoon in soup at far east square and ordered extra yam (that tastes awesome with the sour chili) but decided after that that there was too much yam and next time we would have to share one extra portion.
+ went to strangelets in great anticipation of the sale but didn't buy nothing because the things we wanted were not on sale or even after sale were above our budget
+ had korean food at katong - bulgogi and hite beer and kim cheeeeee!! and had to walk home half way cos we were too full. on the way home mingyao said he wanted cadbury easter eggs. we finally found them at the the esso petrol kiosk's 7-elevan and binged on chocolate eggs at home
+ went to church very early on sunday at 630am and went to chinatown after that to do marketing (which usually means husband selecting the food and talking to stallholders and me just following meekly/ half-sleepily behind holding the plastic bags, sometimes choosing the vegetables and fruit) and had awesome yong dao foo again except this time - where were the chestnut bits in the fish paste???
+ had bengawan solo kueh kueh for tea (i had kueh lapis and pandan chiffon) because brunch was so early
+ read latest monocle, elle decoration uk and vogue uk - mostly bought to try to spend off my last euros as the duty free magazine stand; and the latest issue of apartamento arrived in the mail - yay! but i can't read it yet because i have to study for my final theory in three weeks. this time cannot fail!
what an awesome weekend with husband! and all the wonderful food - to satisfy my cravings for local food after ten days of pizza, pasta and weird local italian cuisine comprising too much cheese and too bland risotto, some even cold (although there were some respites of familiar chinese food in between, ironically those were the happiest meals) - there's nothing like the food culture back home! in between the events above i took naps to recup from the tiring trip and jet lag (could barely keep awake during friday's church service) and did a bit of sketching that was quite a nice feeling.
pants felt a little tight by sunday so i went for a short run in the late afternoon. note to self: always check if the radio has more battery or else the running music is terribly interrupted. but still it was a nice run because it was not too hot and the park connector is cooler, sheltered by trees. i did discover though the damage the walking in milan had done to my knees and had to have a more careful run.
now as the week starts we are back to staples and i'm loving husband's double-boiled watercress soup and herbal steamed chicken for tonight. and next week we are a-celebrating!!!
over the long weekend we, in fairly chronological order:
+ went to park way parade after touch down and had lunch at crystal jade - charsiew and duck rice and siew mai to share
+ a walk through parkway borders and saw with delight someone reading the magazine
+ bought salty green bean bun from the food court for tea time snacking
+ watched recorded runs of 'the noose', which wasn't so funny this time
+ watched jack johnson's 'en concert' dvd, which was beautifully shot, and wished were were able to go to his tokyo concert, and hope that one day we can attend one of his concerts
+ had east coast charcoal-grilled chicken wings before dinner, which was east coast braised duck rice with super chili(s) - plural because you have to mix both the salty and sour chili into one paste
+ had little scoops of anderson's cookies and cream ice cream from the tub
+ cycled out at night and shared a carl's junior fish and chips meal for supper (it wasn't really supper, just a tempting treat when you're out)
+ had super crab beehoon in soup at far east square and ordered extra yam (that tastes awesome with the sour chili) but decided after that that there was too much yam and next time we would have to share one extra portion.
+ went to strangelets in great anticipation of the sale but didn't buy nothing because the things we wanted were not on sale or even after sale were above our budget
+ had korean food at katong - bulgogi and hite beer and kim cheeeeee!! and had to walk home half way cos we were too full. on the way home mingyao said he wanted cadbury easter eggs. we finally found them at the the esso petrol kiosk's 7-elevan and binged on chocolate eggs at home
+ went to church very early on sunday at 630am and went to chinatown after that to do marketing (which usually means husband selecting the food and talking to stallholders and me just following meekly/ half-sleepily behind holding the plastic bags, sometimes choosing the vegetables and fruit) and had awesome yong dao foo again except this time - where were the chestnut bits in the fish paste???
+ had bengawan solo kueh kueh for tea (i had kueh lapis and pandan chiffon) because brunch was so early
+ read latest monocle, elle decoration uk and vogue uk - mostly bought to try to spend off my last euros as the duty free magazine stand; and the latest issue of apartamento arrived in the mail - yay! but i can't read it yet because i have to study for my final theory in three weeks. this time cannot fail!
what an awesome weekend with husband! and all the wonderful food - to satisfy my cravings for local food after ten days of pizza, pasta and weird local italian cuisine comprising too much cheese and too bland risotto, some even cold (although there were some respites of familiar chinese food in between, ironically those were the happiest meals) - there's nothing like the food culture back home! in between the events above i took naps to recup from the tiring trip and jet lag (could barely keep awake during friday's church service) and did a bit of sketching that was quite a nice feeling.
pants felt a little tight by sunday so i went for a short run in the late afternoon. note to self: always check if the radio has more battery or else the running music is terribly interrupted. but still it was a nice run because it was not too hot and the park connector is cooler, sheltered by trees. i did discover though the damage the walking in milan had done to my knees and had to have a more careful run.
now as the week starts we are back to staples and i'm loving husband's double-boiled watercress soup and herbal steamed chicken for tonight. and next week we are a-celebrating!!!
Friday, March 04, 2011
tonight we are going to a birthday party.
i thank God for the loveliest husband who tolerates my occassional lady meltdowns and is willing to listen to all my whims. BFF!
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yesterday i went to view my completed project. i can't really describe how i feel. if there's something that will draw me back to architecture, this really is it. i feel that no one in singapore comes close to the work yh does. no one at all. i mean, who would have thought the panton triple spiral lamp would look awesome here? it takes a great mind to really open up my mind. it was nice to see my friends again and the best clients. i was glad i took my husband along to witness what i had been doing the past year.
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i think gold is coming back. it's already back! silver is...blah - too safe, not enough character.
source 1, source 2
i thank God for the loveliest husband who tolerates my occassional lady meltdowns and is willing to listen to all my whims. BFF!
+ + +
yesterday i went to view my completed project. i can't really describe how i feel. if there's something that will draw me back to architecture, this really is it. i feel that no one in singapore comes close to the work yh does. no one at all. i mean, who would have thought the panton triple spiral lamp would look awesome here? it takes a great mind to really open up my mind. it was nice to see my friends again and the best clients. i was glad i took my husband along to witness what i had been doing the past year.
+ + +
i think gold is coming back. it's already back! silver is...blah - too safe, not enough character.
source 1, source 2
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
awesome
last night the husband said - can we celebrate valentine's day on one of the days in tokyo? and i asked why and he said, just please and i asked what will we do and he said - you'll see - or something to that effect.
the perfect husband strikes yet again.
image source
last night the husband said - can we celebrate valentine's day on one of the days in tokyo? and i asked why and he said, just please and i asked what will we do and he said - you'll see - or something to that effect.
the perfect husband strikes yet again.
image source
Sunday, February 27, 2011
a dream away
last weekend mingyao and i were away - the plane rides were relatively long but the holiday was nice. we cycled pass the mekong river, had the pool to ourselves, and cycled out to the morning market to buy curry powder for future attempts to make Kalle Pat - awesome Lao duck curry that we had two days in a row within the resort.
now it's writing craze for the next two weeks.
last weekend mingyao and i were away - the plane rides were relatively long but the holiday was nice. we cycled pass the mekong river, had the pool to ourselves, and cycled out to the morning market to buy curry powder for future attempts to make Kalle Pat - awesome Lao duck curry that we had two days in a row within the resort.
now it's writing craze for the next two weeks.
