singapore

Last year was my first in singapore for a business trip. First in my agenda was to go see the F1 racetrack, and how hard could it be, the track is the road :) I thought it was going to be fairly easy. So I said I will not settle for the track, but I will see the pitstop up close.

Easier said than done.

I really got close to the track, it being the streets of singapore.

But it was another story for the pitstop.

The closest I got to it was to see the back of its walls. The guard did not allow us to enter, even for just a peak. Oh well.

Singapore is also the home of Boon Tong Kee. They serve the yummiest hainanese chicken.

The pyramid rice goes well with the chicken. You can opt to use the oragami wrapped spoon and fork or go with the more traditional chopsticks. Either way, the meal is delightful.

Hainanese chicken with soy and ginger, yummy!

They also give you flavored peanuts (sweet at the same time quite tangy) to munch on while waiting for your order. A wet tissue is also given for you to use after you're done with the chicken :)

I came back pleased but tired during that trip.

Although a little disappointed because of the 'almost pitstop'.

Next time, maybe.

beijing's water cube now

Beijing's water cube was one of the most spectacular venues at the Summer Olympic Games. One may best remember it as the place where Michael Phelps won eight gold medals.

To mark the second anniversary of the start of the summer olympics, the water cube was opened to the public as Asia's largest indoor water park. The water park takes up about 130,00-square-foot complex and features a wave pool, lazy river, spa area and 13 water rides, one is even stands at seven-stories high!

Here are the drawings during the planning stage.

And here it is now opened to the public at a $30 entrance fee.

the bear

I got hooked with bear, Bear Grylls that is. I have the complete Season 1 of Man vs. Wild on my file.

I find him fascinating and fearless. To say that he is extremely adventurous is an understatement. The things the he do and the food that he eats, and the dung -- that will forever be etched in my memory-- he drinks....omg...not for the faint hearted.

I saw this "tastefully" done print ads for the show. Neat.

Bear was plagued by the authenticity of his survival scenarios; the show being scripted and that he has food and warmth carried by his crew during filming. Some even wrote that he actually stays in a hotel after the shoot and comes back at the location the following day. Don't care, i still find him fascinating and his show educational, full of entertainment value and, Bear is not a hard man to look at.

Bear Grylls.

Man vs. Wild.

random finds

put order into hay-wires

love the feeling that the colors evoke

helvetica only, no arial

originality? what's that?

i am always working

There was one weekend when i had to spend the entire two days working on a presentation that i have the following Monday. I was using a new program for my presentation and, aside from being slow coz I was still trying to learn the ropes, it really fascinated me and made me want to finish my presentation quickly so i can view it.

Every now and then i would stop to take care of some household stuff: check my son's bag and notebooks for any project or assignment, prepare the uniforms of my kids for the entire week (i do this all the time coz i get home late from work and i don't want to worry for some missing socks or hanky needed the next day), prepare food for my husband and kids, ask my daughter if she needs anything for school. And then i would go back again to my computer to work on the presentation.

Come Sunday night, i was already in bed but i was still busy typing on my laptop. My son and my daughter were in our bed watching tv. There was this commercial where kids describe their moms when my daughter blurted out "my mom is always working, if she's not working she's cleaning".

That made me stop from whatever i was doing. I actually felt lumps of solid something creeping up my throat that i know will turn into a sob had i not controlled myself.

I told my daughter that I am so sorry that i was working the whole weekend and we barely had time to do anything together, promised her that I will not do that again especially on a weekend. Asked her what she wants to do for the following week, "we can just lie in bed, eat ice cream and watch tv" she said.

All my kids want is me, my time, my time with them. And I am making sure that i will spend those time with them.

If I have a choice, i would like to be at home, not working. I would prepare my kids baon for school. I would wait for them to come home. We will study together, prepare projects together.

We can just lie in bed, eat ice cream and just be together.

new from zara

loving this look

web finds

1. perfect for basti's room

2. perfect for AJ's IPad -- kung meron syang IPad :)

3. hello kitty as...

copy with pride

basti is sick

my son, basti, is sick. we were admitted in medical city last saturday...

and we're still here.

but he's been so brave and he's getting better everyday.

no more crying when he sees needles.

he even asks me not to hold him anymore during a blood extraction.

i'm a proud mom.

i'm praying that he gets well very very soon.

do

get up. drink coffee. think. spread ideas. be active. be creative.

create. research. brand. establish.

know. learn. share. collaborate.

today's the day.

reach for the stars. achieve. success.

brainstorm.

seek help when you need it.

give advise when you're asked.

observe. try. fail. try again. experiment. run riot.

communicate. inspire. impress.

believe in you.

today changes everything.

appreciate every new input.

a focused mind is half the battle --

do.

a chair and some books

i would so love to get this for my daughter.

she likes to read. she has a lot of books

and this would be perfect for her :)

the draper

i am so diggin' don

let's all do our share

if you don't use it, turn it off. wwf.

:(

sometimes we will feel small and insignificant :(

logos

found these simple logos.

like its simplicity and straightforwardness.

where's the key?

Helvetica

You can say I love you in Helvetica.

You can say it with Helvetica Extra Light

if you want to be really fancy.

You can say I hate you in Helvetica.

You can say it with Helvetica Extra Bold

if you want to be really .....