Bali, part two

This bunch is a mix of day one and day two. We went surfing on day two which I was the most nervous about. I love the sea and I’m a pretty good swimmer but I don’t like idea of me rolling with the waves very much. While I survived it and managed to stand steadily once!, my instructor actually said I suck at it which means a lot to me, him being so comfortable to speak his mind within the span of an hour. Memorable stuff.

These two photos were taken at the very beautiful Hotel Ayana. We travelled deep into Jimbaran with grand plans of watching the sun set at Rock Bar (check out both links for better photos). But we got there too late and the bar was too packed.

As I previously mentioned, we ended each day with a dip in the pool.

Setting out for a dinner at a five year old’s birthday party (friend’s friend’s daughter if you’re wondering)

This little girl gave me beef for sneaking a shot of her topless, she had every right tho!

We proceeded to get slightly buzzed at the kid’s party which is terrible of us but once again, memorable stuff!

Twigs+leaves

I had some pictures involving these twigs and leaves on the blog before, those were taken during the making process. I’ve finally finished them and they’re now available in my etsy store.

The idea behind it was initially to create a decorative piece that would have movement to it. I wish I could for the life of me remember the exact point in which this idea was conceived though it definitely was a mish mash of several things I was inspired back in November combined with the origami leaves I was already making. Essentially, they’re made out of real twigs, origami leaves, string, beads and some hemp. I kinda do really love them and felt a sense of achievement when I finally figured my way around executing the exact idea I grew in my head (I, for one, don’t always succeed in that area).

I could go on talking about them forever but I’ll shush now. Do let me know your thoughts your feelings anything in your comments? Would love and appreciate that. And oh, clicking on the images will take you to the etsy listing!

4 girls, 2 kids

As promised! I only took one roll of film and used up an underwater camera though, so there will probably be enough for two more posts. Six of us went up to Bali to celebrate my good friend, Farah’s, 25th birthday. It was pretty epic, we did the magic mushrooms, we surfed, we thought we were gonna die when we heard the tsunami alert and we slept under the stars. Well while I failed to capture the fun moments, I did manage some shots I’ll remember for life I think.

My heart goes out to anyone who has been affected by the damage in Chile.

First morning at the beach, dead fish lined the shore, welcome to Bali!

Shal and Mel on the right

We played A LOT of bridge, almost everywhere we went

My pretty Melanie

A bowl of Bakso for lunch - noodles, meatballs, crunchy something

Sambal chilli for those who can

Legian - shops with air conditioning, yessss!

The lady we bought our drinking water from

And we always end the day with a dip in the pool.

It’s good to be home

Bali was epic. I’m very tanned and still not entirely recognizing my limbs. The rolls of film are being developed so I’ll share some with you guys tomorrow. It’s so nice to be home tho, I’m a softie, I miss everything - my cats, my pillow, my bed, my bathroom, my boyfriend. And then I remembered these last few photos I have yet to share. They were taken at home, in the kitchen to be exact.

See you tomorrow!

Last time, pinky promise

See how huge the snake-like kites are? From where I was sitting, they took my breath away, in a terrifying way. They looked evil like aliens wanting to take over our world. The photos definitely don’t capture it but you take my word for it yeah!

This is the last bits of photos of kites, I think I overdid it on the blog a little!

Anyway I’ll be off to Bali with some friends on Thursday and over the weekend but we are so cool, we haven’t gotten a place to stay. If you know me well, I am the biggest freaker-outer ever. So yeah… hooray, adventure!!

{Photos taken with Canon EOS 66 using Fujifilm Superia 400}

Three heads

Hello.
And g’weekend from all of us.

{Photos taken with the Canon EOS 66 using Fujifilm Superia 400}

1AM in the park

There was this one night we were sick of being in front of our computers, so we headed to the park in the middle of the night to try flying our kite. The kite didn’t fly so well, my plan to read wasn’t so bright an idea and having passersby stare down at us only gave us more reason to cycle for supper instead! We tried to write a song and got stuck after two lines… haha, we’re probably never doing this again. Did you know “there’s a first (and last) time for everything” is one of my favourite lines?

{Photos were taken with a Canon EOS 66 using Fujifilm Superia 400}

14 of feb

Ben & I went our separate ways for dinner tonight, both of us had dinner with our own families. By the way, it’s Chinese New Year here and tonight’s the night for reunion dinner. Just in case you’re wondering what’s up with the whole separate dinner with family thing. So anyway I came home to a sleeping giant and I decided to be kind and let him sleep. At about 2AM, I got hungry which is when I saw this box of cupcakes! Awww cupcakes for me! Geez, they’re so freaking pink tho. Awww he bought me cupcakes! Is it a lame attempt to be all Valentine’s Day. Awww awww! Imma gonna eat them anyway because I just have to. The internal struggle I have, over a box of cupcakes…

Well, I had two of them and immediately felt a heartburn coming on. But I really like the silver cups they’re sitting in tho.

So, happy new year to my fellow Chinese people and if you and your significant other celebrate Valentine’s Day, have a romantic day, learn something new about each other and kiss lots.

P.S. Some of you had real nice encouraging things to say in my last post. Thanks a big big bunch. Means much and I’m keeping your words close to my heart now.

Changing sights, changing scenes

Ahh, this was taken right after the locksmith left. The awesome day where we paid $60 to get into our house after a morning run. It was my fault! I took the wrong key.

Lizards don’t do so well in our home

My last photo of Ada, we were about to jump into a cab and I quickly snapped this one

It’s been a little quiet here and I think about it everyday. I’m kinda dealing with a shift in me, I know it’s there and taking place, I just haven’t been able to adapt so well. But it’s all good, great actually. I only need to get used to the new voices I hear in my head.

Are there question marks above your heads right now? Haha, well for example, I really don’t feel like picking up my digital SLR and shooting with it. And I kinda want to be stubborn and shoot purely on film. Even if it’ll take me a month to finish a roll and leave me with no material for my blog, I still want to. And if that’s not enough, I want to shoot only when there’s awesome sunlight to work with. Which is really hard considering how nocturnal I am. Yeah… shite like that is stirring in my head.

No need to come to me, when I can make it all the way to you

This is The xx playing at The Esplanade on Sunday. Can’t say enough THANK YOUs to Young for turning me on to their music! I’ve been youtube-ing the band all day. And it was so nice to see my friends on Sunday too, have I been home that long?

Good Tuesday, wherever you are and happy dust for each and everyone of you.

Seeing a show

I try real hard to be a morning person, to keep at the routine but from the sounds of it, yeah, I don’t do it so well. I even think I’m more prone to be awake at 8AM only because I haven’t slept the night before. Having said that, these two photos are rare because I took them when the first ray of sunlight came in through my kitchen windows. On top of that, I did sleep the night before!

Going to see The xx play tonight, very antsypants about it.

{Photos taken with Canon EOS 66 with Fujifilm Superia 400 film}

A kite has taken over our lives

Yes. We spend way too many afternoons and evenings at the park now. I’m sunburnt and sporting an ugly tanline cos I had my sunnies on. Apart from that, I wish the park is bigger cos it seems a lot of people like flying kites too, and playing Ultimate Frisbee and soccer and playing fetch with their dogs and there’s simply not enough space for everyone. Half the time strings get tangled and oh, I neglected our kite and it got stuck in a tree for awhile, did I mention I suck at it?

The photos are from two different days, kite-flying-days.

We met this older guy who’s pretty knowledgeable about kites and he taught us that this is called the delta shape and also the easiest type to fly.

{Photos were taken with a Canon EOS 66 using Fujifilm Superia 400 film}

Farewell Ada

I know this isn’t a stunning photo or whatever but this afternoon, I packed a box and sent Ada off. She’s headed to London. And this evening, I collected my roll of film and saw this photo, my heart kinda sank and jumped out at the same time, if that’s even possible! I forgot I took this, and thinking back now, I’m pretty sure I took this photo unintentionally too. Subconscious mind, probably.

{I knew a week before I took the photo that she’s due in London. I checked my emails and iCal to doublecheck.}

I’ll be back tomorrow with some photos from the newly developed roll. I thought Ada deserved a post of her own today.

a simple band

I got this friendship bracelet from dores. It came last week? And I’ve been wearing it everyday since, even in the shower, I know, how terrible. I never wear accessories anymore so it must mean I’m in love with this one. Stephanie has a blog and it’s been one of my absolute favourites since I found it, psst, and a vintage store too.

Couldn’t have found it all without Megan of Commas and Clauses, she’s the root of all good things I tell ya.

Open doors

Happening tomorrow and Sunday! Sarah’s selling her handmade goods at this one of a kind ‘unique finds’ market! She has badges, hand-bound books, handmade jewelry and possibly bags and buntings for sale for you. Her stall will be on L1, well anyway, just look out for the fairest girl with the sweetest smile, hee! Dawn of handmadelove will be there too!

Bring cash and bring your own carrier!! x