far and nearly faraway.

i am in school right now as today is the Kickoff meeting for the Sony Ericsson project. this means that we have a sit down consultation with Claus and Charlotte our two tutors and really talk about the project, make sure everything is set straight, (or at least any broken bones are set properly in good casts) before we move ahead into the cadding and prototyping stage for the final presentation.

when i arrived extra early in school today, studio was almost deserted except for one person who is like the usual designated music player in our side of studio. i did a doubletake...it felt rather familiar. not unlike back home when we go to school on saturday sometimes and unexpectedly find some warmth in the little cluster of people there. well, you find home at the strangest moments sometimes.

it was actually a rather rough night for me last night but thanks to timely online prods and shake-ups from great friends i am blessed with, i made it through. special thanks to my journeymate man. it was exactly what i needed to hear. thank God for you!

oke lah, time to get ready for the Kickoff liaos. take care you all. for those i'll be seeing in Milan, can't wait!! be well meanwhile. :]

helsingborg>>>krapperup : går, walk, jalanjalan..

Marta invited me to join this walk tour thingy her mentor Yang told her about...so off we went at 8am with one hour's worth of sleep (at least on my part..) to Helsingborg by car before embarking on the walking tour to Krapperup with a group of friendly warm elderly swedes. I really enjoyed the 10km walking trip tour hike thing. saw the sea, took in the breeze, bathed in the sun, smiled much, walked lagi much, sat on the grass to eat, and even managed to talk extendedly in swedish to at least one of the ladies, Ann-marie, with her cool shades in the picture above..

i was super tired, but happy. more walk hike trip things like these to come i hope!!

you can check out more pictures from the day trip at my flickr page ...

some nights : cause and effect.

how..how..how to not get fat when living with corridormates who are super at cooking!

oke beef pho is now ranked favourite supper comfort food.... wah it was really nice!

some mornings.

quick catchup post 5 : frisbee, soup, flowers, makan, dressups, more makan..

spartan frisbee! i was in tshirt and shorts!! beep me if you need proof haha.


vilken soppa! a warm and wonderful soup and beer fest we had in school in IKDC, felt almost like our all-year-round oktoberfest parties in studio back home in NUS.


sometimes even the down days are made a little better with flowers popping up left right and centre regardless of your mood...




and down days are lifted up just a little more when corridormates leave food for you when you come home late and are feeling absolutely too tired to cook. thanks much. :]


frodo and the wizard of oz! we dressed up for a costume party at one of the Swedish corridors in our block..



and no week can go too wrong when we have our unbeatable international dinners in the best corridor in the world - the one and only EF international corridor of Sparta!

evidences of spring

spots of spring..




flowers are seasonal....



but evidently, cigarettes are not!

dinner at berit's // and i can use an oven now..

berit, a friend from church, invited me and peiching for dinner and cakes at her place on saturday. haha we ended up baking till late and we stayed over cos it was too late to try to find our way home. it was a crazy unexpectedly funny night! a blessing.



and then the next day when i was back home i was so inspired by the oven that i baked my lunch... mystery fish fillets, broccoli and mushrooms with generous amounts of olive oil, butter, lemongrass, grapefruit juice, thyme and pepper.


haha it wasn't too bad! i finished the lot of it!

quick catchup post 4 : pancakes, ollievisits, johnturns21, sketchingclass, claireturns22!

24th feb 2007:

artistic pancakes(a butterfly? two heads?? someabstractnonsense?? :) made with Marta and her free oatmilk lactose-free pancake mix she got free from a school field trip to a oatmilk factory. she's studying food science!


2nd march 2007:

ollie visits!! and gets secretly caught on phonecam in one of the most interesting museums i've seen so far. skissernas museum of public sketches. so the ideas and sketches are exhibited instead of the final art pieces. cool huh?
more about ollie's visit as blogged by thomas the good neighbour..


4th march 2007:

john turns 21! remains of the cake.. the super power cake made by gabrielle..


6th march 2007:

sketching class during workshop week in IKDC...intense stuff but i have finally forced myself to learn to make perspective drawings...not been easy though! but a super patient teacher in Daniel Paulin and 6 survivors at the end of day 3. didn't complete my final marker rendering but it was still an achievement definitely for me.



and claire turns 22! just realised that john and claire actually have the same birthday, just that the birthdays were celebrated a day before and a day after their shared 5th march birthday...


OH YES!! and my bike has been successfully zhnged!! thank God!! i can now ride uphill all the way home from town!! woohoo!! it is no longer a 25 mins walkstruggleridegiveupshiver journey home from town, but a 10 mins quick and cheerful zip home on bike!! joy.