day's end 24 may 2007

seen on location recce today:wouldn't they make sad "interesting" toys? ...*read another long mundane ramble after the jump - but only if you want to*i have what is known as "ailment of the job" (which i suspect there are folks out there like me ... i hope? :p). my dayjob is in production design and art direction, for the (local) media industry. and whenever i view any programmes/films/et al,

xmas dinner@changi village

my family's version of a "christmas dinner" was down @ Changi Village's "famous" Nasi Ayam Penyet (fried smashed/flattened chicken served in a wooden bowl with a heap-helping of uber-spicy chilli *yikes*), yummy Satay and Tahu Goreng ~ *slurp*~ altho chicken was too dry and salty, and the chilli was waaaay spicy (im weak lah, i know :p), but t'was the company that counted, innit? ... and of coz

comics and me

"from CMYK-Superheroes to the black'n'white alternative comics era. from chinese/mandarin martial arts practisioners, to funny animal books. from the painted style of realism, to the heavy inked linework of hyper-realism. from the inhuman psyche of mystical folk of fantasy and lore, to the grime and gritty heroes that peppered the dark alleys of the world = my tastes and collecting habits went

thirty-seven

let it not be said (not that anyone has ever remarked as such) that this blog of mine has become so impersonal (as compared to the mindfcuk splattered indiscriminately before) where you'd know not an iota about me; da man and not just the blog (deliberate, i admit). and on this day of my thirty-seventh birth (yes, alas i am unable to "hide" my age anymore, given the emerging wrinkles, ever

a spot of randomness : orh nee and me

what is Orh Nee? = "a Teochew yam paste / hot dessert made of yam, pumpkin, etc., ground into a smooth, creamy paste, mixed with oil and sweetened. topped with pumpkin, gingko nuts and water chestnuts" [paraphrased via] ie: my favourite all-time Teochew dessert, with intense memories of my dad cooking this dish decades ago, a grey-hued purplish base (color of yam) with a bright orange pumpkin

saturday surprise

guess who came for a "visit" today? *welcome!*

of chinese new year "tossers"

during the period of Chinese New Year, i dun really mind if peeps called me a "tosser" (no, not the British term, mind ;p), primarily becoz tis the "act of tossing" - "yu sheng", for which the "ceremony" is known here as "lo hei". and tis one of the fav part of CNY for me :)"Lo Hei" (a Cantonese-term) is the act of tossing "Yu Sheng" - the higher you toss, the better luck you'll have! ... just

mr.gaiman and me

took me a hella time to get this "show" up and running, ever since i'd left it hanging last time round ... but it's done (for now) and there's even a quicktime video of him i made too (yes, i is such a geek *blergh*) ... tho there's actually still quite a bit i wanna go on about him, but i guess it'll stay within me, for now ... so view and read, if ya want ... tho t'would've been great if i knew

a day of comics

i was lucky enough to be in the exceptional company of two fine gentlemen today: Neil Gaiman and Bruce Wayne.and that's all i can muster-up at this point in time, coz im pooped-out and me head's throbbing a gawdawful D&B (back-masked, no less) ~ probably from the gawdawful diet-coke me sis bought from GV ... more whining + complaining about the gawdawful mess that was the "brit-council-experience

gaiman in singapore

tis now confirmed = Neil Gaiman's coming to singapore on the 4th of July 2005! and im jumpin' up and down like a dorky-fanboy (which of coz i truly am)the schedule herescreening of the MirrorMask Trailer in cineleisure + extras + a talk = nothing will stop me from going for this ... come hell or highwater i will be sitting in the darkened theatre and swoon to the visuals! (am fearing the flick