I popped by Seah Street Deli after mailing a parcel out at the post office for some take out lunch. I got pretty excited because the items on their menu are named after a borough/landmark in nyc. I had such a hard time deciding between the food itself or choosing a place i like the most. Anyway i went home with two lunch boxes – a Queens burger and a Fifth Ave salad. Both didn’t taste good, i wasn’t transported to nyc and back, i could have done better myself!
Some things before Christmas came;
Some photos from Christmas eve dinner;
I hope everyone has some reason to be jolly this holidays. I miss my brother and my mom so much although i didn’t tell them that. I have to get ready for Christmas dinner right now. The place we originally planned to eat at jacked up their prices to $168 per stomach which is brow-raising when that was what it cost for two stomaches last year!
Merry Christmas everyone!
This isn’t quite a Christmas wishlist since I don’t ask for anything for Christmas. I have an aunt who gives terrible presents every year – the unneccesary address book, questionable useless black pouch, random key chain with a letter C? – so i never expect much where presents are concerned, but the food has to be good. Anyway i’m sharing some things i’ve had bookmarked, some favourites on etsy and so on. I’ve messed up my sleeping patterns again, i sleep at 4pm and up at 12am, so i haven’t gone out much less wore anything worth mentioning, i haven’t done anything exciting except play Guitar Hero (attempting medium mode right now). And i hate to go quiet here so here’s something till i have something better.
1. See by Chloé Chambray Trapeze Dress 2. Eames® Molded Plastic Rocker 3. Katherina Print 4. Large Baggu & Chevron Baggu 5. Feather headband 6. See by Chloé Knitted Striped Sweater 7. The Big Apple – 8×10 Photo 8. Alex & Chloe Diamond Ring 9. Night Owl Bank 10. Small Slab Tote 11. Ultimate Tape Writer Kit 12. A wide angle lens but i haven’t done my research yet, i only know i want one 13. Your Saddle or Mine Wedge 14. Malababa bag 15. Mociun + Corwin 2009 Calendar 16. Bess Studded Low Moccasin
Yay you read that right. The store opens on Sunday at Vivocity but i was lucky enough to get a preview of the store this evening. Yknow what these Ogilvy people do (the organisers) – they build up anticipation so well. The store location wasn’t stated on the invite and so the bloggers met at a carpark to be greeted by “an exhibition crew of SUVs” that would take us there. That was a little something something i appreciated.
Some of the SUVs. There was apparently one car for each blogger (about 12 of us i think) so it was a pretty cool thing to witness. A whole line of tall cars – crew gang club scary!
He’s “Big Bear” and his ride was the biggest and tallest and i was a little sad cos he didn’t hear me when i said i wanted to take his, and someone with a louder voice got it instead – haha. I get terribly awkward and shy at these things, meeting a bunch of strangers and such.
So the store is on the first level of Vivocity, and this is what it looks like from the front of the store.
Those are cushions made to resemble rocks!
This is the wind chamber for customers to try on Gortex jackets so you know it really works and keeps you warm. The screen there allows you to monitor your body temperature. I thought this box was smart! Definitely one of the popular aspects of the store.
Something i wanted to purchase, it’s a video camera of sorts. But no one seemed to be buying anything so i’ll come back next time! And a few other things i’d want for my home.
This is a first in Asia, the only other store is in London. The bigwigs of NatGeo (the man above is one of them, he’s a funny one!) shared quite a bit on the concept of the store. Go there, be inspired, be edutained (they kept using that word and i thought it was hilarious) about our life earth environment. They made it easy to do with the interior of the store. It feels like home, only 100x bigger and with very very cool things. There’s alot more to look at but i was pretty much drawn to the ‘old gentlemen’s club’ parts of the store so my pictures only say so much.
Oh! and he shared something, he mentioned NatGeoFood which is a site you can get tips/info on food from all around the world!
Thank you Pat, Tania and Brian!
I’m not sure how many of you read the livejournal community ohnotheydidnt – these people who post there often end a post with a ridiculously good animated gifs. And my boyfriend couldn’t stop laughing at this Sarah Palin one! So this gif-bug rubbed off on me and i made some of Saturday. Not funny ones though!
Hi! I’m Melly. I share photos of my life & my handcrafted goods here. I live in Singapore & currently shooting with an Olympus Pen-F.
