Days of Yore

I just had a long, personal chat with a colleague I adore and will miss when she has to leave. I hear sounds of trickling water from the prawn tank she inherited from someone else, the beeping tune of reversing trucks from the construction site next door and the low whirring of my tiny, overworked laptop.

It is 10pm on a Friday night, and this loser is still in the office.

I can't help but think about the incredible Sri Lanka holiday, so near yet so far. Food, kites, tuk tuks, nausea, curry, trains, tea, curry, nausea, braised cabbage...

Here's a photo I took at the train station - the little boy who made time pass in the blink of an eye.

Shadows, textures and shapes

More beauty around than we can wrap our heads around. Went to the Bukit Batok Nature Reserve last weekend and was floored by the amazing shadows, textures and shapes created by mother nature. The way the baby ferns are all curled up at first and how they slowly unfurl their delicate sheets left me in awe.

The Garden

I went to The Garden and had a very emotional rush of happiness. Also felt unbelieveably inspired.

Imagine flying around a city in a helicopter then drawing the landscape of the city purely from memory. Impossible? Think again. I hope he does one of Singapore one day.

Letterpressinpsired

Everytime I feel a little bored with work or when I'm looking for something to feel inspired all over again, I'd visit a couple of staple blogs on the links list.

Over the past month, I've been increasingly drawn to the idea of starting a little letterpress hobby. The problem is getting the letterpress machine. Shipping them from the US seems really expensive. Does anyone have any idea??

Brown leather bags

I've been finding for a simple, sturdy brown leather bag since forever. Visited the new Ion in Orchard Road and got lost multiple times. Brands that were within budget just didn't have the bag I was looking for, and everything else was way beyond my budget. Longchamp's Legende bag (pictured above) is a dream - photo above does it little justice. It has a frame at the zipper on top that keeps the bag wide open when pulled apart.

The Sofia Coppola range for LV caught my eye many months back when I spotted it in magazines. Not a fan of monograms, this bag is possibly the only item I would gladly purchase from LV if I find myself a cool SGD6000 richer overnight. Pity (or fortunately) they don't have it in the brown I've been looking for.

Too cute

from Vanilla Bug via decor8blog