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my life in b/w

 

A string of evocative photographs captured on B/W film with my Holga. If you look closely, the black stains on the photos are actually caused by a loose sponge in my Holga that rubbed against the film every time I wind it. I really like it though, there's sorta like a grungy touch to it. A fortunate accident indeed.

Visit my gallery to view more of my shots. I was even considering of publishing my own zine to showcase my works. Who knows...

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i'm on a blogroll!



A close friend, a mentor, a fellow journalist and a soon-to-be shopping buddy. Sophie is one of few who definitely made my stay here in Sydney more pleasant and enjoyable. She first became my mentor when she was still a volunteer at Christians in the Media. She says it wasn't just coincidence that we met, but it was God's bigger plan for me to reconnect with Him through Sophie. In my own words, I say she's God's gift. :)

My blog was recently featured on her blog - the first of any kind of feature really! So you can imagine how excited I was to see my little virtual journal published on someone else's webpage. Here's a little post dedicated to you as well my dear friend!

Storms dressed as stars is the name of her blog, and its stocked with pretty pictures, inspirational designs, nifty stuff that are worth a gander. Look, I'm already inspired!

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let's cook!



Invigorated by the Australian reality TV series, MasterChef, Christine and I enrolled ourselves in a dessert-making class on an impulse. That was three weeks ago. And true to our words, we quickly found ourselves whipping up 1-2-3-4-5... 5 delectable desserts at one of "Let's Cook's" classes. Led by sous chef Brendan Too and his brother Kevin Too, the dynamic duo has concocted a series of delightfully yummy recipes for us to learn and sink our sweet tooth into. Yum yum yum! In no particular order, they are:

1) Chocolate Tart with Raspberry Sauce
2) Panna Cotta with Strawberry Sauce
3) Banana Souffle
4) Apple and Pear Danish Pastry
5) Poached Pear in Cinnamon White Wine Sauce

I say it now, with gravest confidence, I can cook! Not only are they actually EDIBLE this time, but god damn it, desserts that will make you smack your lips and go "mmm..." with every bite you take out of that piece of miracle. ☺

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a sweet affair







Patisse... sounds like a title that jumped right out from a French romantic novel. Well it's not. But in my case, it should be. I got to be in two places at once, Patisse brings Paris to Sydney, and is certainly a café like no other. It’s sooo pretty, and even its signage looks good enough to eat! If I were to ever start my own café, it would just be like Patisse’s long lost companion. A perfect place to chill out with friends and loved ones, I had quite a tasteful Saturday with the boyfriend, Ray, and his sister, Christine. It wasn’t planned or anything, we just happened to stumble upon it by accident. The leaning tower of macaroons was what that caught my eye and before I knew it, I was pressing my face hard against the glass counter, with my hot steamy breath fogging it up. Behind it was filled with generous lashings of sugar, frosting, cream and butter, packed into all sorts of yummy savoury treats. At that point, my goal weight suddenly became almost impossible to reach.

As always, I had to have my daily dose of caffeine and a hot mocha was a perfect start. For mains, I had a handsome dish of portobello mushroom & goats curd on sourdough. Hearty, but I would also like to think it was a very healthy choice. The dessert was one I could not wait to sink my teeth into. And oh my god! Even a teeny tiny bite of that strawberry cake was enough to put me on cloud nine. The caramelized top melted in my mouth like cotton candy, and that eight-layered buttery delight with the chunks of strawberries was just full of goodness and bursting with flavour. It was definitely the winner of that day. With my taste buds spinning out of control, it got me all pumped up for my baking class with Christine this Saturday. For all you know, I may be the next Julia Child.

Patisse is located in a quaint little corner of Shop G01, PYD Building at 197 Young Street, Waterloo, NSW 2017, Australia. One in Singapore perhaps?

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the inaugural post (one of many)

After six soul-corroding months of endless tweaking, fussing, nursing and fine-tuning, I couldn’t be more pleased with my virtual tot. I have lines on my face now (the horror!), like permanent incision scars buried deep beneath my eyes. I’m hardly even 22, but I feel like a thousand years old. And I would do it all over again. Embarrassingly enough, I found my knack in HTML/CSS coding when I was 10 – except it was through my obsessive dose of Neopets that got me to come to terms with my spanking new skill. Ahh yes, the thrill of the unexpected… Evidently, this blog is and will be a transparent transmitter of my every thought and find. My main aim is to highlight and document emerging and established creatives of all sorts that I think are an inspiration to my readers. A captivating read in just 15 minutes per visit, you’ll soon find that life can be pretty darn interesting.

Feel free to click on any of my awesome and FUNCTIONAL links (I just have to say that out loud.). This is my first post and I am just bursting with excitement so please do forgive my senseless rants. I think we are off to a good start!

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