Tag: Illustrations
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Getting “screwed” at the dentist’s
After bidding farewell to my Tooth #19, and patiently waiting for my gums to heal, I finally got on with Part 2 – getting my tooth implant in place. Nurse: “How are you feeling?”Me: “Erm… nervous?”Nurse: “Don’t worry, you got your tooth removed with local anesthesia! This is going to be a breeze!” True enough,…
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2020: August/September #1secondeveryday
August was all about reading more (💪🏼 #SummerStride yay!!!), sulking less about the weather @loveyoutothesutrotowerandback, and drawing birds @alternativebirdfeeder September felt like we are inching out of a long hibernation… reconnecting with people and the great outdoors. { Afterthought } San Francisco turned orange on 9 September. On hindsight, I did notice some strange behavior in the crows and…
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Rethink conventional birdfeeders
Last year this time, we started a rooftop party for the backyard birds with two pairs of worn-out Converse shoes and a broken suitcase – it was great for many months until we made an “extraterrestrial discovery“. Not only did we need something that could withstand the city’s strong wind, perpetual fog, and crazy rain, it has…
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2020: July #1secondeveryday
So many exciting projects/experiments in July! Parchment paper-wrapped sticky rice dumplings were my greatest innovation that satisfied comfort food cravings Preserved the last green onion flower in resin Closed the sustainability loop by reusing bicycle inner rubber tubes to make an unconventional rubber stamp and window drafts
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The Singaporean 🌳
{ This post was originally posted on A Little Daily Dose } Jon pointed out the 🌳 in earlier days when we started seeing each other. He made me say “Three trees” a million times and I have corrected many 🌳 into Three. Non-English conversations are almost non-existent after I moved to San Francisco in…
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2020: June #1secondeveryday
June was all about self-improvement and learning how to make the world a better place.
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We Are One: May 29 to Jun 7
I miss making dog ears out of my film festival catalogues and looking for seat numbers in the dark, but I’m not complaining. Today, twenty-one global film festivals have come together, as one. Before I was able to travel, films played a big part in my late-teenage years and early twenties. It was the portal…
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Experimenting with colours
As I started drawing again, I wondered if I should experiment with colours and wandered off getting a watercolour paint set. It has been twenty years since I last dabbled with watercolours. I had fun doing that bit of colouring for the day, but soon realised the constraints we would face with coloured illustrations. Nobody…
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Little steps towards the greater good
Jon has sent me a draft to his novel and tasked me to draw. I’m not sure I’m up for it, but I’ve started on the littlest character in the story. The Western Honey Bee is a new friend that has turned up on our rooftop since March. Every day, the busy bee buzz around…
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