scream fest

any chance of me maintaining a dignified air to this blog is out the window once i make this post...

Mark and I had it in our brains to ride the reverse bunjee and the bunjee thingy together on the same day. We tried to rope Jon and Loy in, but they flatly refused (actually Jon agreed for about one day, saw some people do it first before us and put his foot down on the negative) haha.

I love these rides. I WILL scream, WILL bitch and moan and express regret (funnily, whilst on the ride, when it's too late). And if you can overlook these things, i'm pretty much up for almost everything. (poor saps don't know what hit them)

So we met at Central yesterday, where it was drizzling slightly. This added on to Jon's fear, i think he thought the lightning would strike the metal bunjee poles and we'd all be fried and dead before you could say "darniwishididn'tdothis".


Why so glum Jonny?


That's more like it!

Extreme?! Who gave you that shirt?! haha =D

Ok, in all fairness, Jon's just more on the safe side, we respect that. =)

The 3 eye candies in HLM.

Yummy Goat's Milk ice cream!! Loy's recs. It was delish and the Turkish guy selling it had the BEST antics!!

Mark, still plotting.

haha.

Ok, we are nearing the funny part. Don't ever drink tea before you go for the ride. you'll keep feeling the urge to pee. However, the Zen tea probably calmed my nerves! Mark had a latte, Jon had a very sweet drink, i forgot what it was and Loy had a drink which he customized himself!! (coolness), and i liked the taste, i forgot what it was 'cos it's such a long order, but it's delish. It tastes very much like Kueh Salat, so true to his own Peranakan roots.

If you think about it, in a way, our drinks showcase some part of each of us!

This is going to be such a huge and embarassing post, for both me and Mark, but for very different reasons.

First two videos taken by Jon and Loy.

NOTE: I DID NOT pee in my pants. i said i just felt like i was going to... 'cos of the tea. haha. and the ride.


I edited down the third video 'cos its very long. (and very embarassing)

Go ahead, have a laugh at our expense, i KNOW you want to. Heck, i couldn't stop laughing myself.

I have mixed feelings about my scream now, having lived on this earth for a couple good decades, i never truly understood why people always said i was loud etc. etc. I mean, i know i have a voice louder than most, but i never knew i sounded like this. Nevertheless, I am exceedingly proud of my scream, only because of this; after we finished the first reverse bunjee, the guy who has tended the bunjee shop, for i think 8 years, said that i have a very unique scream, "very loud", i quote. Why am i happy? Well, for a person who listens to screams day in and day out for at least 8 years, to say that i have a loud and unique scream, well, that says something doesn't it?

But omg... i really was so embarassed. Mark said my scream attracted lots of people, Loy said it reverberated throughout the Singapore River. I think Jon was just thankful he didn't sit (humiliate) himself that day. Well, i was wondering why there were suddenly so many people standing around at the base...

In any case, it was all good fun. I haven't done something like this in a good few years, so it was certainly good to get the blood pumping.

I definately bitched and moaned on the way up to the high point, but on hindsight, it's just those things you want to do over and over again, regardless of how shit scared you were the first (couple) time/s. Sounds kind of like a mad form of schizo. =P


If Mark has any regrets for this ride, it's only because he did it with... er, someone.

I'm the sound effect to your horror cartoon show. Mark threw up his hands (for help away from me perhaps?).

haha.

some facts of life are unavoidable.

reiteration.

Ok, i hope you guys had a very good laugh.

xxoo

Cheers to screams, drinks and most of all, joy.

"Botanical Series"

omgoodnessme..... finally after about 5 days of drawing drawing and more drawing, i have completed 2 out of the 4 Loy and I are to be creating.

Am hoping to finish by the end of this week. My EYES!! are so painful right now.

Although i have looked, and looked at it. I don't really see anything very botanical about my drawings. Plus i feel like redoing one of them 'cos i wanna improve it's appearance, but NO WAY. Maybe in the near future, but not now. I think i'll get berated from my precious visual orbs.

I'm not posting them yet though, i prefer to post when everything is done up =D

xxoo
Cheers to pen and paper.

Refinery

Loy really was so kind as to agree to have dinner with me the other day. We had a nice Subway sandwich whilst watching a very good rendition of Chinese Orchestra! I was very impressed as this was my first time listening to it. Appreciating the performance's art was not a hard thing to do as they were really skilled. In Loy's words, we could see the mountains and the rivers/lakes.


Loy managed to find a nice seat!


The Chinese Orchestra.


We made our way to Max Bernard's Chocolate Bar in the Esplanade! We had Chocolate Fondue, but the main star was the Chocolate soufflé. Can you say yummy? It was the most amazing, decadent thing EVER. Warm RICH, i repeat RRRIIICHHHHH chocolate ooooozing out. You can imagine the rest.


Chocolate soufflé = Orgasm


Our leftovers (after the ice cream has melted). Doesn't it look like a snow panda bear melting down?

A nice walk along the Esplanade's perimeters. Managed to get some half-decent shots of Singapore's skyline.


Got this view on top of the Esplanade's roof garden! We saw a cat run across the road, meowing loudly and (we wager) losing one of it's 9 lives in the process.

Thanks Loy for bringing me around!

xxoo
Cheers to Esplanade Outtings!

A Day in the Life of... Part ll

I cannot remember exactly which nursery it was, but i think it was JiMei at Thompson.

They had a really nice, big cool room full of tulips (gorgeous), roses and other exotic cut flowers. I loved the colours on this bouquet. Yummy! I love flowers with yummy colours. Colours that look good enough to eat.



In Jon and Mark's words, these flowers really do look "vicious". I feel like that are almost spitting venom. Very much my kind of flower. Exotic and fierce. Plus the blue tinge looks so beautiful!



I just thought this sweet basil looked so interesting! It reminds me of a young, spotty little primary school kid going to school.

I'm sorry Jon, i just can't resist...

Don't you know Kuriosity Killed the Kitten? I can't believe Jon touched the cactus on purpose. After which he cried out that it was sharp...

Mr. Cactus in shock. Doesn't he look like he really has hair?!



I think this picture speaks for itself.

=P

xxoo
Cheers to frosty glasses and spiny cacti.

The Day in the Life of...

Ok, these are not all of them, just SOME of the photos. I just wanted to post my favs first, more later.

Going out with friends is great, you get to expose yourself to outtings and situations where interesting and often times, beautiful moments, get to be captured.

Here are just some seemingly random, but cool moments in a day's outting to the Thompson area.

I am, somehow, so drawn to the simplicity of this photo. I really love it. The colours just work for me. It's so so so wierd, i just love it. Maybe it's just me. =P

The same plant as the picture from above, just a different angle. What a difference eh??!!!


I don't pretend to be a know-it-all. I really don't know the name of this plant. Would love to be informed though.

Yes, truly. Long lost hair buddies. Jon found this plant interesting, i pointed out it had a similar texture to his own hair.
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There Jon, i tired to help you. =)


Lastly, i love this shot!! It was such a random picture which i took, but i love how Mark looks like he just saw the most amazing plant he ever saw in his entire life!! (prob some Nepenthes).

Haha! No advertisment for this one, he attracts enough attention as it is already... =P

Ok ok, that's all i could post today. More tomorrow!

*Tomorrow, tomorrow, i love ya, tomorrow, it's only a day away!*

xxoo
Cheers to plant nurseries!

Keeping Busy (or at least trying to)

This is what i've been trying (unsuccesfully) to be doing more often...


Teach me kitty... teach me!

Caryota mitis. Loy jumped into this concrete fenced area to try and get some Caryota seeds! Unfortunately they weren't ripe, but they had the most LOVELY flowers! Sort of like a dusty pink, in big clusters!


I was with Mark here and i SWEAR this tree has a FACE!!


SEE?!?!?!?!?! I told you so...
I have another picture of Mark imitating the tree's countenance, but let's not embarasss him.

xxoo
Cheers to tree faces.

Poor Little Reject...

Well, this is the drawing (Slipper Orchid outline) which took 2 WHOLE days (my poor eyes man...), which i decided to "throw out". I've got a new concept in mind.

~sigh... hate to use this paper!! It never seems to scan as well... anyway, will be out to buy new paper tomorrow. NEED TO FIND NEW PAPER. I refuse to use that one anymore. Horrible.

All is not lost... this is practice for me then. =D

The Kitty That Eluded Me

I should have posted this a long time ago! Well, i had an expedition Hua Hng, a well known wholesale plant market. I love goin to that place because the price is reasonable and there are sooooooooooo many plants to look at and choose from.

Needless to say, it was one of the hottest days ever!! My shirt was soaked through with so much sweat, i think i could've wrung water out!

Just some snapeshots to share!


This is kinda what you do when you have lots of spare time on your hands... Apply psuedo thought-bubbles onto otherwise perfectly nice photos of your friends.

I always remembered my mother buying tourist postcards of the Flowers in Singapore with rounded edges. This brings back a wave of nostalgia.

Loy has an excellent eye and spotted this beautiful flower right away. We both loved it and decided to capture its splendid image for inspiration.

The Kitty That Eluded Me. I spotted this white cat from afar. I was at one end of the plant aisle, and it was at the other. I gave a meow in hopes of capturing its attention for a photo, perhaps i sound too aggresive as a cat? It ran to the next aisle hoping i would not follow. (You'd think they'd know better by now)

I, of course, gave chase, and only just managed to capture it's retreating posterior before it trotted away into the back.

Everyone went home happy with their green purchases of the day!! I really enjoyed it!

Cheers to travelling to the other end of the earth (Singapore) !

xxoo

At Your Service: Mega Kitty Post

Once again i have taken to snapping pictures of my favorite resident cats (they reside at my apartment's backgate). Lets welcome Medal Cat, Auto-Cat (my mom's choice of names are not exactly fancy) and Crooked Tail!

The curved back of Medal-Cat is genius!! I love it. So smooth and cool. When i look at her back i think of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

This is my absolute favorite out of ALL the shots. I love how she just sits there, so utterly relaxed and exuding such a cool feline charm. Her body language is that of such calm confidence, its as though the land ahead is her exclusive territory, and just like a little queen, she is self assured in the knowledge that no one can take what is deserved to her.

Almost makes me want to rename her Queen Sheba actually.

FIERCE eyes!! I seem to have a penchant for angsty looking, kick-ass cattitude cats!


Oh yea, Auto-Cat may LOOK like she's gentle and docile, but scolling down you can see she has a Don't-Mess-With-Me look too!! I love these cats, so many dimensions to their personality.
Auto-Cat is really short for Automobile Cat, 'cos she loves to have a nice little lie-in on the roof of warm cars.

Haha. Ok, i'm pretty sure you can guess which black cat is Crooked Tail. The one with the crooked tail. And it looks like our dear little Auto-C just finished a fight with poor Crooks. I love how i managed to capture that little kink in her tail. It moves seperately from the rest of her tail!! It's like she has two tails! Hmm... Two-Tail... not a bad name either!

I hope you enjoyed my huge kitty post! I had more photos but i think these were the best. =)
My next post will be more about plants and stuff! More drawings to come soon.

xxoo
Cheers to amatuer photography!

I'm Watching You

I fell head over heels with this catitude. She/He (?!) is my new-found dha-ling! If i were a cat, i would be flashing this feline's coolio-cat pose. I honored this sassy Felis catus to be my thumbnail picture!

=P

cheers!

In case you were wondering, this is a Nepenthes A.K.A, Pitcher Plant (my rendition anyway). I have this crazy friend who loves them like crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think its very well done 'cos i didnt have a real plant in front of me and i used a picture of my crazy friend's plant. Plus i get very nervous when i draw for others!! I should shut my eyes and not think!!!!!!!!
It is a carnivorous plant and eats insects etc. etc. If you look closely at the alphabet you can see a fly hovering nearby! =P

Mmm......