Category Archives: books

Hirameki

Posted on May 15, 2017 by transez

Been traveling Europe and haven’t got much done at all! Pfft … This is from something I found in Barcelona so many weeks ago … browsing at the store at Casa Milà And found a doodle concept that I have … Continue reading →

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English gifts

Posted on February 24, 2013 by transez

All my homecoming trips, I’m always pampered by my dear friends. It is not different this time. The gifts were many more than what I’ve put up here, thanks to dearest Pauline and Fauzie, who celebrated my March birthday early … Continue reading →

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♥

Posted on February 14, 2013 by transez

To all who love the concept of love, Happy Valentine’s Day. Last night, for some weird reason (or maybe not, since I had a coffee late evening), I was fully awake till 2 am. Sam was at the Jerusalem International … Continue reading →

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EcoScholars 1

Posted on November 4, 2012 by transez

One of the many things that my friend Lynnette has planned to do with her new home is to make it a breeding ground for ideas – ideas for design, ideas for life, and everything that falls in between. So, … Continue reading →

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Lunch at Lynnette’s

Posted on October 14, 2012 by transez

My good friend Lynnette recently finished renovations at her new home, which she also calls the EcoSoho. This project is well-documented on her website, so do check it out to find out how you can make a cozy home out of … Continue reading →

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Xitang

Posted on July 8, 2012 by transez

I took a couple of days off last week to clear the remainder of my annual leave from last year. On Thursday, I went to the bank to pay my US visa application fee so that I could secure an … Continue reading →

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My Panda World

Posted on March 24, 2012 by transez

We went for dinner at Joycity last night, and look! I found my family! My friend Yunqin started a project “Blueprint31” where participants, including me, will fill up a sketchbook with random drawings. I got mine in January, but have … Continue reading →

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March 8

Posted on March 10, 2012 by transez

International Women’s Day. In celebration, the company gave all female employees half a day off to enjoy this beautiful sunny day (after weeks of rainy weather, it was miraculously sunny this day onward through the weekend). So, us four ladies … Continue reading →

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In A Strange Room

Posted on January 7, 2012 by transez

Today, I finished the book Sam gave me. This book records three of the author’s personal stories: “The Follower”, “The Lover” and “The Guardian”. How the author writes as an observer and then putting himself back in the first-person perspective … Continue reading →

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Christmas Gifts (of words)

Posted on January 3, 2012 by transez

Christmas came and gone, the gifts remain close to my heart. On my last trip home end of November, my two best friends, Pauline and Fauzie, gave me the first gifts I would receive for this season. I was browsing … Continue reading →

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Saturday sightings

Posted on June 6, 2011 by transez

After lunch, Sam had to go apartment hunting. Peipei and I decided to randomly roam from the vicinity of my workplace to The Bund. After all, the Oriental Pearl Tower had seemed so close, and one of the girls at … Continue reading →

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Hidden gems

Posted on April 30, 2011 by transez

When the parasols go up, it’s all green against green at the Coffee Tree Cafe. Love it. As we walked back to the metro station, we passed by the hole-in-the-wall bookstore – 1984 – which I’ve always wanted to enter, … Continue reading →

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Ankoku Geijutsu

Posted on April 17, 2011 by transez

Now this is a really weird way to start, definitely ironic, but my fresh obsession with Japan’s alternative (ankoku = dark) arts and their perpetrators, namely the Ankoku-butoh (Tatsumi Hijikata), Gekiga (Tatsumi Yoshihiro), and Mishima Yukio, began with the Hanami. Well, yes, the cheery … Continue reading →

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