Pooh-pies

For the hallway!

2009-01-16T01:03:00.000+01:00

www.bubblecalendar.com to buy!

Moss for our new balcony in summer 2009?

2009-01-16T01:01:00.002+01:00

Turns out; moss is maintenance free, loves shade and can withstand a paddy attack.

I wanted something green (grass) in our new terrace which we intend to cover with wooden decking/tiles in summer, but now I can think about having a patch of moss in our little concrete box!

2009-01-13T10:55:00.001+01:00

Quit your job friends and go here!!

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/402027/1/.html

The best job in the world!

Paddy

2009-01-04T15:28:00.002+01:00

From Paddolee

First Snow

2008-11-23T18:10:00.000+01:00

Finally, winter has set in. Our terrace and front yards are covered in a light layer of snow.

Moving

2008-09-22T19:03:00.002+02:00

End of an era. We are fed up of the high rent, the anti-social neighbours and the lack of functional space. We will however miss our first home/paddy's 1st ever home.
We are moving...just across to the next block as of 23rd September.
Yay! Huge living room + view of lake!

Paddy's new hobby

2008-08-21T12:24:00.004+02:00

Paddy is rambunctious and needs his daily run to keep it together.
Finding this big stick near the lake was a godsend for us.

As you can see, Paddy, loves his stick

this is his best "look into my eyes and don't take my stick" impression.

dragging it along, no matter how heavy it is

not giving it up...ever

learning to curtsy for the stick.

letting mummy seat on me so I cannot get the stick

more new things

2008-06-12T19:16:00.002+02:00

all images from www.orlakiely.com

finally they have arrived! my orla kiely order. justified by the fact that i need the rain boots to walk paddy in the nasty weather here...and of course...the bag was also on offer! more than 50% you know!!

My new toy!

2008-06-12T18:56:00.003+02:00

Thanks to the fire & a very understanding boss...

this is what i get to work on/bring home/stroke

Paddy is Teething!

2008-06-03T14:38:00.000+02:00

Paddy is growing up so fast...he has just lost his 1st tooth and it was bothering him the whole day, making him whimper like he never ever did before.

Some ice cubes and soaked food later..he's back to his old cute self again!

Shopping List

2008-06-03T14:26:00.000+02:00

Things to buy when back home in Singapore:

Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet

Paddy the cute

2008-05-07T15:59:00.002+02:00

Day out in Holterberg

2008-04-30T19:36:00.003+02:00

So warm, so quiet, Paddy tried to hang himself to sleep over the chair beams.
Finally awake again, after sleeping 3 hours.

Enjoying the grass in Holterberg with GJ on a sunny day!

Foward Ho! Her Royal Cuteness...Evi Polling

Incredible, that you could be outside in shorts in April in Holland.

Bloemencorso

2008-04-30T19:10:00.003+02:00

To accustoms Paddy to traveling and people, we decided to take him to the Bloemencorso (read: giant flower parade in Lisse, where GJ's station is.) Jinn came along and I am so proud of Paddy. He only barked once at Leiden Central and that was because he had to PEE...other than that, he was comfortably sleeping at my feet or being the object of affection for all the tourists!

In fact, he loved his first day of bright sunshine and warm weather...a bit warm, but still..he LOVED IT!

Paddy's in Transit

2008-04-30T18:44:00.002+02:00

Paddy's a Traveling Dog

On the Bus

At Delft Station

In the Car

Let sleeping dogs lie

2008-04-30T18:19:00.003+02:00

In various poses:
the I'm-a-pig pose
the I'm-listening-for-an-earthquake pose
the I'm-raising-a-right-angled-paw pose

Proud Parents

2008-04-30T17:55:00.002+02:00

Paddy's First Dogsit

2008-04-30T17:24:00.003+02:00

Thanks so much Ren & Giulia for dogsitting so I could go to Brussels for a baby shower and GJ could go to his AJAX match!
Wonderful God Parent that Ren is, he even taught Paddy to sit and lie down! (my dog is a genius...)

Paddy Week 1

2008-04-30T17:17:00.004+02:00

He is the cutest, quietest dog ever....so far, we have not had much trouble with him. He learnt not to pee and poo indoors since the first night and after the 1st week of being SUPER EXHAUSTED, we learned to let go and let him sleep through the night on his own.

The upside is we discovered a new mint flavoured chew toy (bye bye puppy breath) which we can fill with snacks, which makes him go crazy and chase it all around the house.. (exhausted/exercised paddy) making our lives and his much easier.

Getting Paddy

2008-03-28T20:03:00.006+01:00

Well....some people know, we always wanted a dog! A golden retriever or a Labrador preferably.

This all started when I went off to work on my bike and passed this most amazingly beautiful chocolate lab puppy, who wouldn't stop looking/cooing at me for the longest time.

Which got me thinking..hey let's look on marktplaats (Dutch Ebay) for a puppy ...JUST FOR FUN!

Guess what? There was a advertisement, to pick up some puppies for free! SUPER EXCITED...

BUT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A HOAX (STUPID CRUEL PEOPLE)....

But within that 12 hours of waiting to find out if we could get a puppy, I basically managed to plan the scheduling of having a puppy, find out all the information we needed and REALIZED....hey! IT IS DOABLE!

GJ & I were disappointed, but we decided we shall look further and see if anything comes up.
Now, the going rate for a pedigree lab is EUR850-1000, which is ridiculous, given that our first car cost just as much.

We wanted a pet, not a show dog/breeding dog.

On Good Friday itself, we saw and advert in the morning about new pups ready to be taken home from a farm, they JUST turned 8 weeks (PERFECT!)

GJ whipped out his phone, made a few calls, and VOILA...we could visit en route to his parents for Easter celebrations.

An hour of driving on god-forsaken country roads! we came to the farm and got a VERY WARM greeting from Paddy's mother and choose Paddy for the following reasons!

1) We wanted a boy, he was the only one...
2) He was the most composed dog, 2 of his sisters were ADDish... and the other one hid in the corner
3) He is quite blond, a little tubby, has a little tummy and was quite cool and relaxed about EVERYTHING (sounds like GJ!)
4) When he was in GJ's arms, he leaned over and dived into my cleavage...which...ticks all he box about having a dog that is like a carbon copy of GJ!

We followed the farmer, paid the deposit and it was 2 LONG DAYS of waiting to pick up Paddy!

Finally on Tuesday, after a half day of work, we jumped into the car with supplies and blankets to pick up Paddy. We got a long talk with the farmer's wife about Paddy's upbringing and his passports, schedules etc. Then it was off in the car with Paddy.

He was terrified as we placed him in the car on the blanket on my lap in the front seat. It was his first car ride/blanket/high speed movement/people other than the farmers/without his family! Luckily, the farmers were smart enough to withhold his food that day, which saved us a session of cleaning vomit.

However, Paddy being Paddy, decided to grace us with 15 farts along the way home. Which given the position he was in, was ALL directed at GJ, but trust me...it stank....
Amidst the fog and stink of dog farts, it was a miracle GJ got us home without much hard curves to avoid scaring Paddy!

Now the adventure of Paddington can begin!

Welcome the Newest Addition to Klopsteen 8

2008-03-28T19:56:00.002+01:00

We are proud to announce, on 25th of March, we picked up Paddington (named after the tube station, not the bear!) from Langbroek, UT from the Van Dijk Farm!
Born on 25th of January, Paddy is precisely today 9 weeks old and weighs no more than my handbag!

His god-parents/ voluntary dog-sitters are:
Ren & Charmaine

Proud Puppy Parents,
Wendy & Geert-Jan

Things on my dining table now

2008-03-09T16:01:00.001+01:00

OMG its GROWING

2008-03-09T15:59:00.000+01:00

Against all odds, the curse didnt take place this time, something actually stayed alive in my house.
In fact, the paperwhites have GROWN so uch, they are touching the lamps above the tables.
Judging by the fact that they were only 3 inches high when we bought them. GASP

GJs Birthday

2008-03-09T15:54:00.002+01:00

We finally had a birthday party for GJ at home, his family came, including his sister and her ADORABLE 2 kids.

Evi, trying out for vouge

Little evi again, on an outdoor shoot. poor thing.
The wind was mighty strong that day, and this cute thing in her new french navy peacoat, got blown over.
Then playtime was decidedly over.

Lieke, my favourite, was all energy and fun.

Spring Time Arrangements

2008-03-09T15:50:00.001+01:00

I wanted some bulbs (narcissus and hyacinth) in house for the CNY.
Bought a bird bath at the local garden centre, filled it up with bulbs on offer, moss and stones.

Of course, we decided to adopt another ficus plant. In the hope that this one lasts for more than 2 months.
At current posting time, he is still well and alive, not molting or dead because no water was given.

Chinese New Year 2008

2008-03-09T15:46:00.000+01:00

We celebrated the 3rd day of Chinese New Year at the atrium of the Stadhuis in Den Haag.
This year, was so crowded....we couldn't see much of anything.

Gave up in the end and went for a lovely Tapas dinner instead.

Antwerp Feb 2008

2008-03-09T15:35:00.002+01:00

Mint Tea in Antwerp

GJ & Mom

Inside the Rubens house

GJ's Photo shoot in Antwerp...featuring his HEAVY H&M coat

We went down to Antwerp for a day trip over Chinese New Year.
Lovely weather means all the terraces are full. But my god...they have New Look and HABITAT in Antwerp.
Now i know where my next furnishings are going to come from! Yay!

Spring Time

2008-03-09T14:21:00.000+01:00

Star of Bethelhem with Cherry Twigs.

Visit Wendy 2008

2008-03-09T13:55:00.003+01:00

Dad came on a stop over from Singapore. We had pancakes in Delft and Dim Sum in Den Haag.

Then my beloved cousin lizzy came to visit with her boyfriend for a day. Sushi dinner!!

London 2008

2008-02-04T08:39:00.002+01:00

Day 1: Arrived by Eurostar smack into the centre of London at St Pancras, after much effort, found Hoxton Hotels which turns out to be a godsend. Spiffy area or "SWANKY" according to charmaine. After a nice brazillian dinner at Favela Chic, we give in to the down blankets and eygptian cotton sheets.

Day 2: Decided it's time we finally see London from the water and took up the River rover hop on hop off service from Tower Pier. Since we're sooooo early, we needed to take some 'french' pastries and tea.

Day 2: cont'd Boat was tacky but gives you fantastic view and wind chill.

cont'd : Towards Canary Wharf and Greenwich. Some exciting apartments along the river, maybe it is time to move?

Of course, get some seafood down at Greenwich, see the Royal Naval College and a skating dog near the meridian.

Day 3: Spitalfields! We had breakfast at Canteen @ spitalfields (so not worth my water cress salad + snootty staff..GJ had a awesome eggs benedict though). Everything in Spitalfields looks nicer but is much more expensive...save your money and go to Camden instead.

Walked around London, before meeting up with Charmaine.

cont'd : Camden Lock...where GJ had his first ever Starbucks experience is even better with Boh around, took us to Primrose Hill, where we had a celebrity sighting of Helena Bonham Carter and maybe...Tim Burton...followed by a lucious Hache steak as part of the BOH 2 Day London Tour itinerary. Mei came along graciously, but was struck by a bug midway through dinner. Get well soon!!

Romantic views of London from Primrose Hill..as boh suggested let's catch the sunset...

Day 4: On our way back...had to give the english food another go to clog up our arteries before we left.

Luuurve London.
I would go back there in a heartbeat.

Charmaine @ Holland

2008-01-24T20:23:00.000+01:00

Boh attempts to photography Koolhaas's underground station

Boh looking chic on a bike from behind

Boh cycling in Delft

Boh playing with other people's children on the tram.

Things I want in 2008

2008-01-22T21:07:00.000+01:00

January is the time to plan your entire year...or so you think.

Nonetheless, the eternal optimist is going to try again.

I want to:

Get settled here with the permit, the phd and everything.

Look good or get comatose (either ways) on the beaches of Corsica by June/July (found new swimsuit, half the work done!)

Bring my mom and Nixon for a nice trip in Rome, Italy in the summer when they come.

Make a craft room for myself out of that dingy study we have. (inspiration from My Aim is True)

November 2007

2008-01-13T20:12:00.001+01:00

Finally, a break with GJ just the two of us, in Limburg, Ardenne and Luxembourg.

September 2007

2008-01-13T20:12:00.000+01:00

Conference in Glasgow.

August 2007

2008-01-13T20:11:00.000+01:00

When ma was here for my graduations.

November - Work Parties

2008-01-13T20:10:00.000+01:00

There is nothing better than getting rowdy and drunk after a hard day of work ( or end of work) with good colleagues and bosses.

new words of the day, week, months

2008-01-08T13:29:00.000+01:00

In the course of doing my work and reading about it, I come across the most peculiar words.

Ersatz: is a German word literally meaning substitute or replacement. Although it is used as an adjective in English. (Wikipedia)

Concomitant: existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: an event and its concomitant circumstances. (Dictionary.com)

8th January, 2008
Tickety-boo : Going smoothly, doing all right (Urban Dictionary)

23rd January, 2008:
Diurnal : (Websters)
a: recurring every day <diurnal tasks> b: having a daily cycle <diurnal tides>2 a: of, relating to, or occurring in the daytime diurnal noises> b: active chiefly in the daytime <diurnal animals> c: opening during the day and closing at night <diurnal flowers>

the list shall continue...

COS my new love

2007-04-13T09:19:00.000+02:00

I've discovered a new love. Affordable, excellently designed clothing from COS (Collection Of Style) by H&M, designed by Rebekkah Bay. How can anyone not love architectural, origami like clothes, with exquisite (NATURAL) fabric that surprise you at every turn. Been to the Den Haag store, bought the top on the left for only EUR29? It drapes beautifully and has a neckline that looks like a beginning of a paper boat and feels like paper but is cotton!
The store is beautifully minimalistic and the sales staff a dream and you should know that usually is hard to find in the Netherlands. Clothes come to you gorgeously wrapped up in tissue, in a solid paper bag with a beautiful striped ribbon as handles. The menswear section is equally delicious and I might just steal some of that even if the womens wear does come to a size 18.

London Research Trip 7th-10th April

2007-03-25T11:11:00.000+02:00

Victoria Station:
Example of major transportation hub which carries and generates 24/7 activities and fringe activity that grows around it

Area around Leicester Square and Covent Garden..start of Soho
Night- time leisure hotspot generated by type of industry and a general vibe for 24/7 activity.

View of Oxford Circus at 2 am.

i heart anthropologie

2007-03-18T22:44:00.000+01:00

Pitched at the affluent 30-40 year old weaned off Urban Outfitters who want one of a kind pieces...

Sign me up...

I'm dedicating 20% of my future annual income to anthropologie.com for my wardrobe and maybe even shares....

HARD CANDY

2007-03-18T22:32:00.000+01:00

SURF SAFE WEAR RED

In life, on line, in general...
Should you hunt the big bad wolf or does the hunted become the hunter?
Be aware, be wary, of energy predators, people who require energy from you to survive.
Give energy and goodwill by all means to people you love, but beware the suckers who drain you. Don't give them the chance.

London withdrawal

2007-03-18T00:38:00.000+01:00

Whoever said that London had bad weather was not there the weekend of 7-10th March. We had perfect weather and saw part of London that we did not get to see before, going down to Camden Lock, Westminster Abbey, British Musuem, Temple Church, without the pressure of doing the touristic route, well the main spots anyways.

If there is a place for breathtaking architecture, new and old, there is none more varied than in London, where you can literarily feel the layers pile and peel off each other. And what do you get? a musuem that opens till 23.00 from thursday nights onwards, now that's cosmopolitan.

We took the Da Vinci Code walking tour which was amusing at best, thanks to the effort of our knowledgeable guide, Maria, who despite the cancelled talk from the Temple Master (since 1 year ago....not updated on brochures) and the closure of Temple church, made a very interesting afternoon around London, showing off Fleet Street, Templar Remains, coded churches by Jean Cocteau.

We got to see the Rosetta stone, Ramses, touch some 3000 year old relic, in a musuem that is FREE....because the civilized believed that culture and knowledge is something to be shared. The king's library and the reading room with it's round vaulted ceilings in robin's egg blue is a wonder to behold.

This time with an eye on my research, we paid special attention to the Soho, Camden areas, hanging out till late..which is refreshing that shops DO NOT shut down at 10pm and that people and transport companies apparently do still operate after sun down unlike here in Holland.

GJ found his new addiction of Caramel Macchiato in starbucks and my continued amazement as to why why why? american chains have not yet invaded the dutch coffee front? I know it's not strictly good coffee, but I would like the choice of sickening syrups in my coffee and whipped cream please.
We had a lovely stay at 291 suites, which is so hip it does not have a name, the HUGE room with all attached mod cons/amenities is well worth the location and the price, note to self, will no longer stay in hotels in europes, period.

It's also a great time to fly around Europe, less than EUR 70 for both return from Eindhoven to London, but only 1 piece of hand luggage allowed and remember only 1litre of liquids allowed in 10, 100ml bottles or else you will be treated like a terrorist.

And of course, a small world, given that I met an old childhood friend at Stansted airport at 6am in the morning.

It's shrinking world.

2007-03-18T00:25:00.000+01:00

We celebrated Geert & Jeanne's 35th Wedding Anniversary with the entire extended family in Ameland, so that 8 adults, 4 toddlers and 1 baby, schleping to a small but incredibly beautiful island in the North of Holland. We had beautiful weather and the villa that was rented was amazing, open fireplace, sauna, whirlpool and surrounded by rolling dunes, the sea and 3 rabbits and horses. It was all about just spending time relaxing, cycling from one tiny village to another along the coast of Ameland.

Chinese New Year Steamboat

2007-03-18T00:22:00.000+01:00

Happy Chinese New Year! It's the year of the Pig/Boar.
Thank you for all who turned up for the steamboat on the 7th Day!
If only Charmaine was also here to makan...

Love Renzo Piano

2007-01-09T18:38:00.000+01:00

How can you not love a man who thinks of his problem child type past and calls himself a rubbaro? Check out his interview with Metropolis Mag (Renzo Piano)

Wish List

2006-11-27T09:41:00.000+01:00

This is for you GJ, because you never know what to get me. (It is in no particular order or rank)

what's ur guilty pleasure?

2006-10-22T14:28:00.000+02:00

come on, come on, fess up fess up
#1: VOGUE - in the words of divine Carrie, "sometimes i just felt like it fed me more
#2: online goss HOLLYWOODRAG! makes u thankful for ur mediocrity
#3: TCM - turner's classic movies - they don't make them like they use to
#4: design*sponge - because the world is too ugly otherwise
#5: Nissin Spareribs instant noodles - with soup that doesn't taste like dishwater!
#6: Any Next Top Model show - reality can be cruel to models too
#7: Wallpaper*
#8: http://www.asos.com - cheap, imitations of things too expensive to afford and online
#9: H&M - fashion equivalent of instant noodles, online shopping too!
#10: custom personalised stationary - email just doesn't have that edge

new place

2006-09-10T10:50:00.000+02:00

I am lazy and now i finally found someone who actually took pictures of our new place. HAH!
We all live in the towerblocks in the background...don't you just love the lake view?
City centre living to the max..we had a samba band parade right out our window...
Our living room, both sides...

ever wished?

2006-09-08T20:35:00.000+02:00

that you could go send a message to your future self so that you can send a message or sign back to yourself to save you from making stupid decisions?

you can just turn the mute button on some people and turn the blind button on some?

people would come with their descriptions and price tag like something you buy online?

that the arseholes of the world get it socked to them like they deserve to?

your parents would never grow old?

love is...

2006-08-16T15:57:00.000+02:00

dried orange skin cut out into letters in a silver frame
his list, my list, being on each others list
3 hour discussions on the merit of KH,KB & SJ
being next to SJ on the list.

constructive critcism on flatulence
style, loudness and fragrance all play a part
congratulations on a good one to boot.

you're invited

2006-08-14T00:19:00.000+02:00

party.drink.eat with us @ 7.30pm at our new home

address:
klopsteen 8
2496SM Den Haag
06-30448289

if you're coming, let us know...

Seeing Double

2006-08-09T22:40:00.000+02:00

Why do I have 2 taskbar? And how can i get rid of it.

I sat down with all intentions to blog my heart out but i got sidetracked by the fact that now i have 2 recurring taskbar and there doesn't seem to be a way in the world that I can get rid of them.

I wanted to talk about my hunkering for asian culture and food since I'm living in the Netherlands now and how i chose to delete the fact that I am overseas and settle for the phrase "living in'' because there is no real overseas and whoever said the grass was greener on the other side was just confused because he/she actually crossed over to the other side of the lawn and looked at their own lawn. so there is no other side. there is just the side you are looking at.

i miss a lot of things back there but i cherish a lot of things out here. superficial things. things not worth mentioning. it doesn't matter that i feel like i'm living a lie out here, because i just had the impression that studying overseas was meant to be more of a suffering experience, but i'm having perhaps too good a time.

who can tell, meanwhile, if you want to help me...tell me how to get rid of the double taskbar.

self inflicted pain

2006-08-04T03:06:00.000+02:00

I love my new laptop,

but it's 354 X 284 X 35.2 mm

it doesn't fit a single thing. Not

no sleeves or totes or cargo slim

I NEED A CUTE, DESIGNED BAG which a girl can carry around without relegating myself to be a plaid shirt wearing, khaki pants dragging tech student.

WHY ARE THEY ALL SO EXPENSIVE OR UNAVAILABLE IN THIS FUCKING COUNTRY!??

New house, New Laptop, New state of mind

2006-08-04T01:20:00.000+02:00

It's been a long break from Blogger.

I was angry at your picture uploading speed, It's just such a god-damn hassle, but then again, I might not be doing things right.

Welcome my new house, it's 70% done in terms of decorating to my taste, like an uphill slope, you know those last 5% are always a bitch. I am up late at night doing laundry, vaccumming, cleaning and watering my plants, which is crazy but makes me strangely calm. Subscribing to the huisje, boompje, beestje (house, tree, pet...it's dutch, don't ask) mentality after all these years of declaring non-mediocrity.

Welcome my new laptop, I finally decided to return to portable computing after reluctantly admitting that my IBM is more than gone and I'm just holding on to a headstone of it. It was so small and so light and so damn cute for it's time, but those times are gone and I'm settling for a powerhouse by ASUS, because I'm an APPLE girl at heart with an ASUS budget and yes...mostly I am cheap. I need to know I'm getting bang for my buck and APPLE, you better make your 700EUR more than just on good looks, even though I know more than anyone good design is frankly worth a lot.

Dear Sonia, I hope you are happy where you are and I can't believe that barely a year ago we just left after a nice coffee at International Plaza and you've finally made it out after your long awaited exile on that island.

Will try again with pictures soon..thiS is my dream

Outta Here

2006-06-04T16:38:00.000+02:00

Many people are moving around lately.

Sonia is in Melbourne.
Boh is thinking about coming to visit.
Jan has left NYC to go to London..good ol london town to visit.
Tony just came back from Seattle.

I AM LEAVING THIS CRAP OF A HOSTEL. and moving into a new swanky maisonette which i can decorate all by myself(cue gleeful evil decorator's laugh)

Promise to put pictures and more details soon.
Wish me luck with the dutch menial labour force and contractors.

ME.You

2006-02-20T21:09:00.000+01:00

Arena

(known to self and others)

independent, organised

Blind Spot

(known only to others)

caring, intelligent, powerful, spontaneous

Façade

(known only to self)

adaptable, extroverted, observant, sensible

Unknown

(known to nobody)

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You can make your own Johari Window, or view W_T_G_Z's full data.

Riverside

2006-02-01T12:01:00.000+01:00

I feel like a sua ku (mountain tortoise = ignorant country bumpkin) who's been away from Singapore for too long. I can't believe it, they bloody went ahead and started to construct a dome that's covering the old river side, to protect it from the elements... or eithere that in my abscence, we've been taken over by the Galatic federation, or more likely, as successful as our local governments bid to push Singapore as a ideal convention destination, we have won the bid to host the Intergalatic Games this year. But it's beautiful, and I don't care, I'm gonna meet someone for drinks there, before I leave!

Mom's Cooking

2006-02-01T11:58:00.000+01:00

My mom is the best cook, par none. She cooks something she's tasted once, right down to the exact detail and even better...most of the time. So since her only daughter, me is back after half a year of potatoes, she's making all efforts to force good food down my throat, before I fly back and get emaciated with potatoes. It's the true chinese custom of feeding your children to make them fat, perhaps because in the past, they sell the children off by the kilo. I'm making my mom one rich mother.

Genting - Singapore

2006-02-01T11:48:00.000+01:00

Ink Tattoos: things you do on a very bored road trip on a very asleep brother, who has no skin sensors left due to army training! Awesome...but the ink ran out after i drew his skin, either the skin was too bumpy or too oily...Groosssss

Genting Day 3

2006-02-01T11:39:00.000+01:00

I love Coffee Bean And Tea Leaf, they serve the nicest frappacinos and of course the most delicious tea. Spend the day, reading magazines and wasting time away with Nix and Tony. and when we're hungry we just go up to Tong Lor Wan for a quick meal ofFried Golden Rice with Caviar and Prawns, that's a Ribena (Cassis) Creme float and that's tony and nixon making a fool of themselves watiing for our food.

Coffeee...I miss blended ice chocolate covered coffee bean drinks ...

Genting Day 2

2006-02-01T11:10:00.000+01:00

Woke up bright and early, dad and nix tried on the new shirts we bought them. Too lazy to translate now, but it's funny...for sure.

Spent the entire day hanging out at the cafe's watching FEARLESS with Jet Li in it, and then getting ready for the New Year Reunion Dinner, which is as big a dinner as it gets in our culture.
Check out photos below,
then spent the rest of the night, staying up for the crackers and outdoor celebration with fireworks, while poor nixon battles a case of food poisoning. Really letting go of the old year and receiving the new, for his case!

Genting Trip Day 1

2006-01-31T05:32:00.000+01:00

Waking up bright and early to head up the road to drive to Genting. We've been doing this for a couple of years, and every year...it gets easier to wake up, but i seem to get sicker on the road. so Finally, after 6 hours of driving, stopping for greasy foood and the warm warm weather of smog and plantations along the Malaysian Highway, we arrived at Genting. Immediately, mom and I manipulated dad into letting us go down to Kuala Lumpur for shopping, because of the following reasons:
1.We don't care if the bus will make us sick, no one sells cheap BAPE Sta and underground brands like Sungei Wang
2. Come on, it's half the money, since the exchange rate is almost 2 to 1
3. I know, I know ...they have the best hongkong style cafe food outside of Hong Kong, this side of the world

So we make our way down, to the shuttle, took us 1 hr 45 mins on the huge bus, with tony falling into different states of sleepiness and trying to maintain his look! Halfway, we hear people say that we're headed to Pekeliling, but we thought we needed to go to Sentul, so I was making fun of my usually directionally challenged mother that she got us lost again. But thank goodness, we arrived there, hopped onto the new light rail system (TAKE THAT MOBILITY!) and went to shopping heaven.
I love it when the light rail is attached surgically to the facade of a shopping mall, how can there be any other more elegant solution, get on train, get off train, smack right into the window display. HeaaVEN.

Of course, I cannot resist photographing tony, the vain, with a nice backdrop of Caesar Pelli's twin towers...too bad we don't have time to go shop there, there's like an entire podium of 7 storeys worth of shops there. Hmm..last time i remembered, prada was there, with her apricot lighted stores. Got off and all of us were just plain hungry, having eaten nothing since 6 am. So mom suggested we hit a small hong kong style cafe, which of course she couldn't find and remembered. Cue 30 mins of wandiering around in different directions around the building block, and finally finding the back entrance of the cafe pretty much by mistake. Too tired to complain, just ordering food and drinks before we get ready to shop till we drop.
Mom and Me
Oooh, Ice tea, the real kind, with sour plums inside with coffee and tea mix called Ying Yang. Guaranteed to give you your caffeine kick.
This was well worth the long walk, pumpkin baked fried rice, with porkchop and an egg on top and oven baked in a fresh pumpkin, you can literarily scoop up the creamy pumpkin flesh with each scoop of your rice....it totally melts in your mouth So this is how we spent the rest of the afternoon, trawling through Sungei Wang, buying Juicy Couture, Obey, DCSHOECO, no label and BApe Sta stuff..at dirt cheap prices. They are all real, but just really really cheap here.
Tony at Zang Toi's, right after he bought his second leather BAPE Sta...
After hours and hours of shopping, we were just sooo beat, we had to stop for tea at Zang Toi's cafe for a nice nice mint ice tea. Yummy and of course, it doesn't hurt that you're sitting in the middle of a few designer's cafe Busy Busy Sungei Wang, so after taking the light rail in the wrong direction, we had to cross 2 stations, to get back on the right line to head back to Pekliling to take our shuttle bus back up to Genting. Of course, this time..It was totally my fault, with the train directions.
So on the way back, our shuttle broke down halfway between KL and Genting, and we were just sitting in there, waiting and waiting, while tony checked out all his BAPE sta that he bought up in Sungei Wang....and you people complain that girls buy too much shoes! HA!
We ended up at night, trawling through first world, and nixon saw a ferrari which he loved.

Home Day 4

2006-01-26T09:42:00.000+01:00

I finally ran today. by the beach yoooppeee!!
I need to shower and swim...
but went to parkway to get a hair straightener instead. Ceramic plates from Revlon. Hope it works
I almost forgot the sensation of being stung by a mosquito and itching ot death. Thanks to the great mosquito legions we have..they haev made it their duty to remind me.
Start to clear up the blog block and try to blog about home as much as possible.
Tomorrow we'll be on the road to Genting/Malaysia for CNY again.
don't think i'll be contactable.

Home Day 3

2006-01-26T09:17:00.000+01:00

Breakfast with grams and my aunt .. because mom wanted to give her money for CNY.
Trawled around parkway..which is totally different now and decided to head home to go to Bugis Junction with mom. Had my first iced coffee...mmm..i missed that so much

IAP friends at conference hall.
We made a mistake and forgot about daniel..OOPS
Promised to take him to dinner once instead.

Rushed back to Katong for my manicure/pedicure appointment. Love what anne did. It actually matches my phone!!

Had all the jeans tailored to fit and went home instead.
Sleep deprivation is catching up with me. I lie there at 4pm..and I concussed.
I didn't see daylight anymore...woke up at 11 am..feeling groggy and drowsy..chatted online with V &M and whoever else online.
decided to go back to sleep, but ended up watching las vegas, jeremiah and what not on tv before drifting off

Home Day 2

2006-01-26T08:59:00.000+01:00

Wake up to go to meet grandma and aunty to go get my cousin Ricky who just arrived from Oz and is staying at his wife's apartment on Holland Road. He's marooned here, on his way to Delhi, but his wife is at a conference so we collected him and took him out for breakfast so he can meet my grandma.

Drop him back home to rest, went to get my hair colored. Which was SUCH AN ORDEAL. The colorist, i don't particularly like, but he's good at what he does. He decided haircut no.1 is a disaster and after bleaching my hair, re-cut it...hence haircut no.2...
he might be an asshole, but he knows his shit.

Ricky came by for dinner,and he got a haircut too... We had good ol home curry, ribs , prawn fritters and rice. Mom took him out walking around old Katong, where he used to visit with his dad to bring back some nice memories. Stop for lemon gelato on the way...umm..good when it's 28 degrees in the evening.

Tried again to sleep..this time...i wanted to finish watching chicken little on dvd..and halfway through it, mom comes in...all insomaniac..and we just took off for midnight noodles at Bedok..and take the chance to finish New Year shopping for the house.

I love Singapore..everything is 24 hours...at least the things you need. We bought mandarins, goodies, cookies, and even a brocolli (don't know why, don't ask) at Bedok..at 3 am in the morning..and we had help carrying everything to the car by the shop assistants. If this is not good service, I don't know what is.

Bedok North Blk 85's Famous minced meat noodles

Fried Carrot Cake, which GJ totally misses

Crawled back to bed... mom wants to run again tomorrow...

Home Day 1

2006-01-26T08:52:00.000+01:00

Home sweet home, even the weather is co-operating

It's 26 degrees , breezy but not super sunny or warm.
I can totally survive this weather.

Had to buy a new crystal studded havianas (well not have to, i could have bought $2 slippers, but of course i buy the cushier havianas) and a mini skirt and shorts because i'm so stupid with packing, I only had jeans and this is too nice a weather for jeans

Went around with mom to get food for a nice welcome home dinner with steamboat and grill, we had sashimi, sliced beef, chicken, pork and a fantastic dinner

Tried so hard to keep away that night, for fear of messing up the time again.

Very very painful...but I managed to get haircut no.1 at least that day. Try to sleep as mom promises morning jog tomorrow at the beach

Flight Home

2006-01-26T08:43:00.000+01:00

Waiting at schipol for my flight home...this will be 6 months since i was last home..
a little apprehensive about the flight, well and mostly about being home.
But the prospects of good food, family and ang pow is helping me stay on the flight.

Great...I get the cow herd of holland again on my flight. This is a phenomenon whereby everyday, normal dutch citizens get REALLY REALLY nervous and panicky when they have to fly or travel.. symptoms observed:
1. They all line up at the check in counter like it's for free diamonds , the queue is messy and LONG....why??
2. They are rushing at the gate to go through the detectors, they line up all the way around the corner, pass the toilets, down the travelator side and pass the other gate...while there are empty seats around in the waiting areas
3. Once they get through, they start to queue to enter the plane, even when it's not time yet...observes queue the goes all the way and joins up with that of the detector queue
4. Shoves and pushes through the aisle of the plane, and you get jams because 2 fat ladies like to stand IN THE AISLE for FOREVER to put their luggage, adjust their hair, etc etc
5. You sit, and your surrounded by sounds of BOE BOE BOE , because of course..the cows say boe in holland
6. You notice, if one cow turns, the others ALL FOLLOW at lightning speed.
7. You're next to a couple and the female cow, has obviously never been on the plane before, so whatever you move or touch or take during your flight, she will photo-copy you.
8. There is another old cow in the aisle, telling people he's a major etc etc, and talks so loud, that 2 attendants have to come and "forcefully smiling" persuade him to sit down , or else
9. You hear talk about travelling and being to places SO INACCURATE AND FALSE...you just don't know what to say anymore....how can people claim to be to places they have obviously never even been to before
10. You have no more elbow room even as you're on the aisle seat, because the cow next to you is so big, she takes your elbow rest, and on the aisle side, some cow is standing with her huge ass next to you, as she's chatting to the other cows mid-flight..

everyone go: BOE BOE BOE BOE BOE

that and 4 hours of turbulence on a 13 hour flight....
I got really really nauseous

Friday's Two Faces - I AM DRUNK & HAPPY

2006-01-26T08:34:00.000+01:00

Got to G's, smell of good cooking wafting through the old canal house.
This was celebration night, for all of us and the 2 teachers for surviving the semester, but clouded by RMR's over eagerness of desire to share our grades with us. still, we stuck to the plan of making too much cocktails too generously, so that everyone will be drunk enough not to notice.

Headed back out to the nearest AH for ingredients and booze... had time to chat with Anais, who is actually the sweetest thing alive, like liquorice...
TOo much booze, too little men to carry them, lesson learnt: never send the boys to get booze, they blew the budget and got whiskey too.

Got back, started to man the lemon pressing station while M starts the Mojitos out, gets alcohol-free RMR to take some, but overheard him telling Dirk and Gepke that their reports sucked while walking in to serve drinks....OUCH....tell M to start making stronger Mojitos
Manning stations between hallway (aka the BAR), the dinning room and the kitchen, feeding the cook cocktails and his friend, Alta got a non-alcoholic one by mistake.

Night went by under a haze of mojitos, malibus with pineapple juice (YUUUM) and tequila shots and pasta and vegetable stews ( needed more salt). Then the party began, with a drunk V, hugging everyone including G and boyfriend telling them in whispers (loud whispers) "I'M NOT DRUNK...REALLY .... I AM JUST PRETENDING" of course, everybody knows the universal rule that drunks protest their own state when they are gone and drunk.

He was great entertainment , snapping his fingers at people to FOCUUS on him (fucous - f*** us) ... i'm tempted to clip the movie of him i filmed here..but i have no idea.
He started to pour out his life story to us, and hugged everyone....

I was so sad that i had to leave early, i wanted to witness his embarassment more, as we kept pressing whiskey in his hands. Tried to hand him his hoodie, which he proceeded to shove his right arm into the left sleeve of. Decided, with a pang of guilt, maybe I should take him home, but he didn't want to, so we just let him be.

Heard after that he literary jumped on people, hugged them the night through.

Made our way back with M, Fleur and Shih Chi, to delft, too tired and gone to walk home....so..we caught a mercedes cab from the station....and decided since this is our first cab ride in a LONG time (yes, we are that deprived in delft) to wave like Queen E / Paegent Queen in the car..:D
I've got that hand movement down to a pat + tilted chin and elegant gaze...:D

We have to do this all again...the drinks, the company, the drunk and of course the fun
(pictures will be posted later)

Friday's Two Faces - I AM ART & CULTURE

2006-01-26T08:29:00.000+01:00

Got up real early, caught the tram to the station with M to be on our way to Den Haag for a day of culture and refinement visiting the nation's musuem with our esteemed professor, RMR...
tried to be late..well not tried..was just late..because of said tram/train...it's not my fault the stop train came first.
But still we were met up by the group and had a whole morning/afternoon of dutch impressionist and romantic artist in the Mauritshuis, where we saw van Mieris (humourous guy...great thing to have in a house full of dead artiste with dead drawings of deader people) who had brothel scenes, with copulating dogs and oysters as inspiration, a nice sojourn through a pouring (1 degree) rain and a nice lunch at a cafe on the square in front of the musuem (free lunch! thanks to RMR)
Proceeded to Amsterdam for th Rijksmusum, where I got a picture of a fat boy..I LOVE IT..it's just so weird it's funny. Saw dollhouses built for adults, without their working miniature fountain and garden (alas) and walked the line down Keizergracht for a night of cocktails at G's place.
(pictures will be posted at a later date)

Sassen and test

2006-01-26T08:27:00.000+01:00

Just finished the final test...yooopee
we had like 5 inches thick of papers/readers to read for the open book exam
out of which..perhaps only 10% was evident in the test questions.

Lovely...
to boot...the dutch students had a different reader from the internationals...but hey guess what..
in the spirit of equality...everyone gets the same test.

Now ... we await the results

Hello...i'm from Singapore

2006-01-19T01:02:00.000+01:00

You know what you hear and think about all Singaporean kiasu kias...well i'm one of them and I'm super grateful for the MOE to drilling me into a book-eating, text-digesting machine. I can eat and lap up any bloody subject and text as long as you tell me i have an exam on it. And frankly, I think i bloody earned this ability, after 18 years of having to do it 3 times a month at least and hearing the words, okay, you have a mid-term exam tomorrow...and you go like wah..again?
So..now i'm super pissed..there are these buggers from god-knows-why "developed" better countries who think they are so smart...they can't even read english articles properly...they waltz in and in a "friendly-exchange" try to weasel you out of your notes and information to pick your brains....
Forget it man...no fucking way I'm gonna help educate you while i'm here studying my brains off...no way..you don't even know what time the exam is. Besides...do i look stupid to you? I've got 6 years of primary, 4 years of secondary and 2 years college of hard-core test and exam studying under my belt...you think i'm gonna past my notes to you?
Helllooo..I'm from singapore and I'm proud of it

Final Presentation (REALLY)

2006-01-12T23:42:00.000+01:00

We had our final presentation of the semester at the Province House of South Holland in Den Haag in the Parlimentary Room. You cannot imagine the relief...the first part was an exhibition, where everyone shows off their panels and presentation and after which we debated. FUN
Setting up the panels ... imagine walking with them in the fog and cold at 8 am in the morning.
Me, Vic n Fleur...Gorgeous in Black of course
Our beloved studio master, Remon ... with his wildly individual pants
Debating session
Wireless Group
Group 2 ... well mostly everyone...of course
after that..we all went off for a oily greasy good chinese meal in chinatown....YUM

HELLO MOTO

2006-01-12T23:40:00.000+01:00

Meet my new phone ... isn't it FABULOUS? it's pink...it's thin..and it's metal...oooh
now all i need is the corresponding metal pouch to keep it winter proof ... imagine when it's freezing and you have to place the cold metal to your face ....HA...instant face lift...take that botox!

end of wireless

2006-01-12T23:37:00.000+01:00

After 3 months of being at each other's throat, my perspective studio is starting to wrap things up... FINALLY....we all need a holiday

2006 with a few bangs

2006-01-12T23:25:00.000+01:00

Happy New Year...
that's GJ with Poes...whom we hope will still see another year...bless her geriatric soul..she's 13 years.

Of course..what's new year without fat OLIEBOLEN a la Geert on New Year's Eve and cheap champagne (Cham Poo Poo) and €50 worth of fireworks thrown up in the sky in a big nice bang.
or a gourmet dinner with so much meat..you swear you're vegetarian for a year (WHO AM I KIDDING)
and of course a quiet night of klaverjas after that...to just rest our minds and beat the crap out of his parents..:D hehehe

it's Christmas

2006-01-12T23:24:00.000+01:00

time for all grown ups to be a kid again

Her Ultimate Cuteness

2006-01-12T23:23:00.000+01:00

Christmas in Meppel

2006-01-12T23:19:00.000+01:00

Christmas in Meppel was great food, fun and family. We had christmas night dinner with GJ's sis, her guy and her precious kid. I made portobellos with gorgonzola in a pastry shell and we had varkenhaas with pepper cream sauce and 2 kinds of BEAUTIFUL desserts, a blueberry cheesecake with a bomb alaska...good....:)
mmm...
i got to open my christmas gift from marcela...I LOVE THE GLOVES
and i got GJ a Singapore airline model airplane that he always wanted. For the oldies..we got them winter survival kits of whisky and beauty stuff

Merry Christmas.

FROZEN

2006-01-12T23:17:00.000+01:00

the water outside my apartment froze over...
and then... IT SNOWED...WHEEE

Christmas in Delft

2006-01-12T23:10:00.000+01:00

Come to delft friends, for your dose of medieval-faux christmas spirit...
After jostling with a lot of old people to get into the square at 7pm to watch them light the HUMONGOUS christmas tree...i nearly lost my scarf in the crowd...we watch them turn on the lights with a little anti-climatic Beep...followed by a nice light show on the nearby church and "ancient" carollers strolling the streets..doing BAD rendition of acappella christmas tunes around a faux medieval market with jostlers and weird ladies in costumes with flashing red eyes ...
You gotta love it ...

WEIRD / WIRED

2006-01-12T23:08:00.000+01:00

Weird or Wired...
Sushi in Amsterdam = LOVE

Birthday Girl

2005-12-07T22:42:00.000+01:00

I got a funny pink thing for Sinterklaas from Vic, after i dropped choclate letters in all their mailboxes for a surprise. He gave me that weird pink thing with chocolates and biscuits. Really weird...

Finally, GJ & I went out for a long overdue date before my birthday. We had unlimited spareribs, delicious and strolled around delft on a pretty clear night. When we got home, he surprised me with my birthday and christmas present all rolled into one. YAY!!!

I got an iPod in ear earphones because my ears are so small, the normal ones hurt me and slide out at the drop of a pin and an armband for me on the treadmill. I LOVE THEM!

it's easier to shop for me now I guess, since I got an iPod.

Long Live Apple.

TeQUILA

2005-12-07T22:38:00.000+01:00

Cathy's leaving for her Europe Trip and going Home after! So for a farewell dinner, we had DRINKS and marcela broke out her bartendering skills and we broke out the liquor store. Victor brought Fernando, his friend from Mexico and Tequila and Guacamole (HEAVENLY) and refried beans and chicken with mole. I bought amaretto with orange juice and we had mojitos and rum a la Marcelaa.

It was just a bad night of drinking after drinking. We played manutaso, and the loser takes tequila shots...when we ran out of that, we did rum with strawberry shots (GROSS) , and later whatever shots of alcohol we could find. It all ended really drunk and really fast. BEcause it gets dark here at 5, so you think, okay let's start drinking.
Believe it or not, we got home at 11, and slept and was pretty sober the next morning, which is of course the day I fell off my bike...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

2005-12-07T22:31:00.000+01:00

Yes. It's not december Yet. But not if I can help it.
We've been checking out christmasty hats and I got a reindeer headband, which broke because I'm frantically nodding my head to hear the bells ringing (Can you hear the bells ring?)
Marcela has been trying on her tiger claw sloffens and I got GJ a penguin slippers for Sinterklaas. Of course, we decided to head back up north with Marcela to visit his parents and it snowed!!! But Marcela was too dead in the car to notice. The next morning, we were sitting around having a breakfast and talking while GJ's mom picked up a receipt and went, who bought a penguin slipper? Hmmm...I can see here, PENGUIN SLIPPERS FROM BLOKKER..I was going red just trying to eye her and make her stop talking ... but of course...doesn't work..EVERYONE was laughing like hell, and before she realised it...the surprise was ruined. He got his present way before he was suppose to. OBLIVIOUS...
Went up to Zwolle with Marce and came back all nice and relaxed.

A few days later, after a long day of lectures, we decided to head to Ikea, but not before I fell down from my bike, after my front wheel kissed Victor's back wheels and according to eyewitnesses (V & M) I BOUNCED, SLIDED and was all on my face when i fell. Luckily, I got off with a VERY BRUISED right knee and scrapes, but no bad cuts or fractures. THANK GOODNESS it was winter and I had a coat and jeans...but my poor white MNG coat needs dry cleaning now.

Beverwijk

2005-12-07T22:28:00.000+01:00

Decided to head up to Beverwijk with Cathy and Marcela for cheap CD's DVD's and good oriental markets. On the way back , we decided to take site photos for our projects. Of course, I egged Marcela to climb up an abandoned water storage tower for her site photograph, hoisted her up there manually and threatened to run away in the car while she was up there. Any one intersted in the hilarious video, email me.

Poor Marcela, she climbed up there to find no view of her site and a scary dusty surface which she had to climbed down of. Of course, on her way down, her toggles get stuck on the pipes and she was just hanging there, half up. - half down.

Hilllaareeious

Rorrrttterrrrdaaam

2005-12-07T22:25:00.000+01:00

Went to Rotterdam with Andres, Marcela and Victor on a whim. To buy pens ...yes pens....drawings pens...expensive ones..mind you..at Harold's...your very own designer/drawing candy store. We ate and shopped, checked out Stella Mc Cartney's newest collection at H&M, got Victor to model a winter coat and played with interactive lights near the central station.

Cathy's finally back from Bordeaux, we met up for a chicken rice dinner and of course, had one of the girl's nice nights in again.

Our newest playground, the IKEA store. I love that place, cheap food, good atmosphere, I'd like to work for IKEA...you hear?? IKEAAAA?

Amsterdam - Almere

2005-12-07T22:14:00.000+01:00

AMS trip with led by Gerhard, one of our studio tutors, a little after school exploring with a lot of fun and beer drinking. After all , we're in holland, if you don't get propositioned for cocaine by a street dealer in the dark alley of the Warmoestraat with the lovely gay fetish shops, what are you doing here for?

We started with good clean fun, VERY cheap fusion food of japanese, thai and chinese 2 doors down from the famed Nam Kee which looked really dirty, so we chickened out and went to this cute clean place instead which was opposite a temple in chinatown in the middle of EUROPE ...imagine that.

the entire group met up at Dam square and started to explore AMS by nightfall. We went towards Bijlmeer, which was suppose to be your ghetto area, but really, we saw closed shops and not a lot of people, but ..of course, we were just on the periphery. We went towards the Arena and a giant furniture mall, which had a GIANT bed, which of course we all ended up on, why not?

Followed by ending the walk down the alleys, to the Prostitute Information Centre which seemed all very legit and official, other than the mode of business they support. To give ourselves the ultimate reward, we got sodding drunk in a Beer Place, I don't know the name anymore...I drank that much, but really, the selection they have there is AMAZING....think about it, your bartender offers you types of beer like a wine selection, do you like dark, what flavours you like...etc etc...LUUURVELY.

Met G's very lovely boyfriend, they seem like a lovely couple, then struggled to go home to Tra My's in Almere for the night, because we were avoiding the Night Train back to Den Haag. The rest of the Group went of for Musuem Night in AMS, but of course, we're spoiled so we choose for the warm bed and the dad-driven car to Almere Muziekwijk, where we were fed like pigs for slaughter by Tra My's mom and dad. They can cook..fantastically. I've not had such good Vietnamese foood for ages.

Before we left Almere, we took the obligatory look at Koolhaas's new urban design area for the town, had a lovely Creme Brulee coffee in the square and just wasted the afternoon away with coffee and sandwiches. I miss Coffee Bean.

Chicken Rice

2005-11-04T22:16:00.000+01:00

Look MA! I made chicken Rice..and my own chilli, and my own ginger mix and my own Stock!! WOOHOO and CHICKEN FLAVOURED RICE made from the fat of the chicken that dripped valiantly above the sink...I didn't cheat with just white rice!!

Colors of Autumn

2005-11-04T22:15:00.000+01:00

Smell it
See it
Suffer it ( the wind only i mean)

Den Haag = Da Home

2005-11-04T22:12:00.000+01:00

You know you're in a foreign country when going to eat at a cheapo chinese restuarant in chinatown with a very stupid sound for word chinese street sign for a VERY dutch street name makes you feel happy. And even so when you go into a chinese supermarket there and you exclaim up and down every aisle, because you see food that makes you feel at home. COME ON...they have MAGGI MEEE.....and DIM SUM IN A PACKET TO GO

The trip to Den Haag was also er culturally stimulating. Check out Rob Krier's Urban Design come to live! and of course us girls who look like we're just realeased from prison.
Half right..PRISON OF GROUP WORKING HELL

Perspective Work

2005-11-04T22:10:00.000+01:00

I'm so proud of it. You would be too, if you had to bang it all out with some chulo breathing on your hand. AssholeIt is now standing proudly on the gallery outside the 8th Floor of Facultiet Bouwkunde in TU Delft. Just turn the corner behind the lift!

Perspective Presentation Pictures

2005-11-04T21:56:00.000+01:00

WOOOOHOOOOOO!! My Perspective Presentation just ended. I'm as happy as a happy meal (to quote Victorism). It was 3 weeks of very hard and very annoying work. But of course, ours turns out the best. WE ROCK!

Some pictures from the final presentation.
Worthy Quotes:
"I think your presentation got the director of the provice planning division excited"
"That's almost a streekplan (Regional Plan)"
"Consider the natural Layers"
"She matches her presentation powerpoint!!!"
"AH EGGS!"

Winter Wardrobe

2005-10-10T03:27:00.000+02:00

New Winter Coat from MNG.
I know it's stupid to buy MNG when i'm all the way here. Who cares. It's a toggle coat, it's cream, has a hood..which really helps, boiled wool.
Perfect.

Ooh New boots too.
Suede,
Brown
Round-toe
Chunky 3 inch

I want winter to come soon!

Billy Beer

2005-09-28T22:41:00.000+02:00

Group 2 Urbanism wemt out for a celebratory dinner after the 1st major presentation. Nothing fancy, but, UNLIMITED spareribs for €12 @ Billy Beer (means bear, but we had loads of beer ) so, 15 people, 8 girls, 7 boys, 5 dutch, 2 french, 1 italian, 1 chinese, 1 taiwanese, 1 american, 1 mexican, 1 el salvadorian & 1 singaporean. Too muhc beer, too much ribs = pounding of table, shouting like idiots, throwing pepper and coasters and each other, 1 stolen pepper mill, 1 kick to the head and a horseback fight on the streets of delft.
We're crazy and we love it

Cathy & Tra My & X

Take 2

Fleur & Shih Chi

Tra My & Victor

Marcela & Fleur

Group 2, Fun Group + Girlfriends

Luca & Me

Victor with somethign up his nose again

X & what he ate

Cathy

Tra My, X, Anna & Hilda

Tra My

Marcela

Anna!

Jaap & his Ribs

Luca, Marcela, Tra My , Cathy & X

Group 2 in the dark

Again

The Happy couple!

The aftermath.

Maria van Jessekerk

2005-09-11T20:21:00.000+02:00

Schitterend. I'm going back Friday night for Godma.

Rotterdam on Saturday

2005-09-11T20:05:00.000+02:00

You watch street tango at the corner of the Lijnbaan

You get comfy on the terrace of Dimdaily...
Order food in cantonese...

You bitch about the people walking past...

And you satisfy your craving for sushi and har gau, siew mai (sorry ate that too fast to photograph)...

and have a bloody good time, till it rains and you get soaked and cold.
Then, you drive back to Delft and then learn that a tunnel in Rotterdam was flooded (0_0'')
Whoa...that's good timing.

Gaudi in Delft

2005-09-11T19:47:00.000+02:00

Cathy, Marlies and I went for a lovely lecture on Sagrada Familia by it's present head architect, Dr.arq. Jordi Bonet Armengol in the beautifully restored church of Maria van Jessekerk on the Burgwal on a rainy Delft evening.

Amazing how beauty is present in everything from mathematics to the human form. Really provokes the thought, when you see so much beauty and desire to beautify , especially when it is present in the form of faith and fervour to glorify the religion.

Excursion...

2005-09-11T13:30:00.000+02:00

Hey guys & gals, I didn't get all your email at the end of the day. So I'm posting it up. Anyone who wants a higher resolution is welcome to it. Leave me ur email here.

Most of the people on Bram's van.

Luiz (? I'm sorry if it's wrong), Cathy & Tiffany!

Monique n me @ Katwijk!

My Family Potrait

2005-09-06T21:31:00.000+02:00

Thank You http://www.blissphotography.biz/index.html ! Thank you Photoshop! and thanks to the ppl at Bliss Photography!

SCHOOL!

2005-09-05T22:19:00.000+02:00

My Bike Ride to School
Bouwkunde Building = SCHOOL! Moat around School: Do they keep crocodiles or administrators there????