portabello mushroom burger w/ sweet potato fries @ charlie’s
summer tan
a case of the greens
quite obsessed with this ring from amado gudek (sg) btw
want want: vintage cacharel shades
brunch: salmon, green tea, blueberry yogurt
osaka/nagoya/takayama in one week 
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i think this may be the best thing i’ve ever picked up at Muji.
Tupera Tupera‘s epically straight forward “Picture Work Book” is full up on pages of blank faces and sweetly illustrated stickers of cartoony noses, candy-colored eyeballs and silly facial hair with which to decorate said faces.
in short, i am in love.
i meant to give this to my nephew as a present but i kinda want to keep it.
in other news i’m going to Osaka in March !!!
planning planning planning
Spent the end of the year at Tagaytay
angus rib eye steak at Verbena / lipstick from Chuck’s brother
turon
dimsum at Shang
Tried chicken feet for the first time… kinda slimy and springy. A little too many ligaments for my taste.
roadtrip staple
seed pods and fungus
New Year’s Eve Dinner back at Verbena
chilean seabass croquette with mango-lime salsa
baby lobster tail pomodoro
pineapple sherbet w/ tagaytay rosemary
duo of braised short ribs and bistro steak w/ potato gratin, chestnuts, red cabbage
secret antique store treasures
korean omelette party
Very simply, I like the way that this year began.
Christmas Eve dinner at Shangri la Hotel
wagyu prosciutto
fresh figs
Christmas Day: had lunch at one of the only places still open for the day at Little Tokyo
spicy wings
tempura everything
and finally, the pièce de résistance :
This beautiful, beautiful Aquamarine Snakehead necklace by Nick von K that my boyfriend got for me (c/o his buddy Gino).
I love how grotesque the design is paired with the delicateness of the stone.
So obsessed : )
Happy Holidays, guys!
Last Saturday my brother and I decided to grab lunch at the Salcedo Weekend Market which is always super fun.
I ended up having the Inihaw na Hito (Grilled Catfish) with Paella Negra, and my brother had roast Italian chicken and little Japanese style pancake things.
So good!
Took some black and white photos of my cousins, half-siblings, extended familia a couple of Sundays ago. Film takes freaking forever to get processed and scanned over here, but on the plus side it’s also leagues cheaper compared to SG.
Finally, the box of all my errant Singaporean belongings has arrived after exactly one month and one day.
Treasures include:
a new Rhino ring to replace my original that fell on the floor and BROKE IN HALF
My silver skull ring from Japan that I had considered lost forever had my boyfriend not found it under his shelf
A couple vintage pins, magazine, tons of clothes, dvds, books, etcetera etcetera, all lovingly packed and sent.
Thanks bb!
Good morning.
Favorite breakfast habit: Genmaicha and Jasmine leaves
master of disguises
Here is a happy coincidence: the smaller diamond cut acrylic ring was a gift from my boyfriend from the MOCA in LA, and the bigger translucent one was from a boardgame called (embarrassingly enough) Pretty Pretty Princess that I used to play with my cousins when I was maybe 6. Miraculously I’ve never found it in my heart to part with it.
I think it’s a funny reflection of how 17 years on, my taste in certain things remains the same.
Spent my last week in Singapore packing up my things, saying goodbye to familiar faces and eating lots of food.
Decided to pass by The Little Dröm Store on Ann Siang Hill one more time. Just because.
Rhino ring, ho!
We also happened by Bookactually / Polymath & Crust
Uhhhh, somewhere along the way this happened too:
Finally, on the night before I left Chuck had an exhibit with two of his friends at the Night and Day Gallery.
Needless to say, it made me very sad to leave.
little inspiring things lately:
léa seydoux on the cover of l’officiel
irina lazareanu shot by cecile bortoletti in please! magazine #7
bought myself a copy of ‘the selby is in your place‘ as well as a nifty ring from déjà vu vintage
planning to battle post-graduation melancholia by watching adrien brody kill (or get killed) by predators this afternoon
Passed by the new Parco wing at Marina Square tonight to check out the:
Plastic Vases and Pop Up Wallets
Then we made our way to the Next Next section that houses all the young designers, and we checked out some friends’ stores like Mae Pang and Veliani.
Veliani was at her shop and she had the coolest specs framed in wax drippings. It was so clever and amazing!
Afterwards we went up to the 3rd floor and there was a tiny Japanese store selling noodles and crackers and candies and drinks. It made me really nostalgic for our trip last year, and I searched in vain for some peach juice or yuzu tea like I’d had in Tokyo :{ They didn’t have any so I settled on some peach hard candies.
Finally we had a last minute dinner at this ramen shop called Nantsuttei which was totally unplanned, but it was so full of people and we were too curious we couldn’t resist.
BEST DECISION EVER
I got the regular ramen with an extra egg, and the broth was so good! It’s cooked Tonkotsu style (just like the bowl I had at the Ramen Museum in Shin-Yokohama) which I never see here in Singapore.
Gorging.
A good sign that ramen is legit is when I finish all the soup like I did tonight. And I say that with all sincerity because I usually really hate soup.
For a second during the meal I pretended I was still in Shinjuku and that we’d just ducked into a ramen shop for a brief moment of wonderful hot soup before having to go back out into the biting cold.
It makes me sad sometimes. I really wish I were still there.
