What I Draw At School I

I’ve heard that I don’t post my school stuff here anymore… I think it’s because either everything is a WIP or I just can’t be arsed after rushing for submissions ^^;

Anyway, the post will be split into two parts. This first half is more of an exploration while looking for a direction for the project. I really liked drawing the female character instead of the male one :P

The character and her room. I drew a panther as her pet. Ink outline and Photoshop.

Outlined in ink and colour penciled.

Draft in red pencil and coloured in Photoshop.

This was just starting into a new direction, namely Modigliani.

Tomorrow is part two! Also the day I come back :DD

Modesto & Bakerzin

Ade and I had an early dinner at Modesto in Vivocity. At first there was only a family dining there, but soon after at about 6+pm there was a couple, 2 ang mohs, a japanese family, and a family who dined al fresco. Seems like this place is pretty popular with molecules containing children!

I really appreciate the menu having life-sized pictures to gauge the size of the regular and mini pizzas! +1.

The plate was amusing. Cute! Also, the glass of water came with a slice of lemon (sometimes while drinking I wonder if it’s meant to be for washing hands after eating chilli crab…)

The olive oil and vinegar reminded me a lot of my first time eating bread this way at Prego.

We had the Salsiccia e Scar-something. It’s what I can make out from the photo of the menu. The meatballs were not bad, and the thin crispy crust was yummy!

After that we paid cash and after the bill had been sent to the register, realised that we could be entitled to a 10% discount using Mastercard (which Ade has). Ade hurriedly called the waiter over and flashed a card straight from her wallet, asking if we could change our payment mode. Something was wrong with the card she was holding… It was pink and it had a barcode. That was her NRIC la! And she didn’t seem to be holding any other card in front of it. Damn funny!

Apparently Ade always has her credit card at the front of the pocket, but recently she had to change the address at her NRIC card that’s why it was where her credit card was supposed to be.

Ade said that Bakerzin has monthly promotions. June’s promo is New York Cheesecake for 50% off. I usually don’t trust gel-like toppings, because they seem to promise loads of artificial sweetening which leaves me exceptionally thirsty after, but this one seems to be just nice; not too thick a layer while having a tinge of sourness. I was so mesmerised by the gel that I didn’t really notice the cheesecake…

I also found out what kind of things Ade has been saying about me. There was one time KK drove her and his sister over to drop something off at my place. When KK’s sister saw me, she exclaimed how thin I was, to which Ade reassured her that I may look thin but my butt size was 38-40 (and KK’s sister was like, that’s my size!), and both she and Ade bonded over my big butt in disguise.

Thanks a lot Ade, I will always remember this! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Waraku & Nectarie

I know the recent posts have been food-centric, so much so that Herbie had to comment on the trend XDD In all fairness, the only interesting thing happening in my life so far has been food; other times I am drawing naked prepubescent girls for Mumble’s research project… pretty boring eh? LOL

(I may post a few of those concept art later on… the older ones are clothed, but I have to censor out the ‘naughty bits’ in the recent ones or else no hosting site would host them.)

Anyway, I was supposed to meet with Eve and Leaves to celebrate Eve’s birthday last Wednesday, and also because they’d just returned from their grad trips. Leaves brought along two surprise ex-classmates! One is XinY and the other is SJHH (whom I’m more close to than to the former).

We had dinner at Waraku. I fought for my asparagus bacon, and in the end we compromised by ordering the mixed dish that contained it, among others. But what was  really interesting was this platter for two:

ARE YOU SURE IT’S NOT FOR FOUR PEOPLE?!?!?!
Okay maybe it can serve two people if said customers are willing to forfeit other yummy dishes :P

After that we headed down to the pub area (the one with the colorful roofs at Clarke Quay) to try some desserts at Nectarine. The waiter was cute XDDD I didn’t catch the names of the stuff we ordered, because XinY was the one who took charge and I was too bloated to think properly. But I think these 3 were what he recommended.

This one was not bad, very crunchy.

I remember this was nice too.

Didn’t really fancy this strudel, and now that I look at it clearly, that color looks a bit odd for something edible ^^;

For size comparison. A bit the small. I can’t remember if the five of us had to pay $3 or $5 each.

That’s it for now! Next post, Chinatown!

楽

This post was also a long time coming, but basically last Saturday the extended family went to Raku (10 Greenwood Ave) for dinner to celebrate Pa and Gu’s birthdays. The buffet cost $59++ pax. It was a mortifyingly extravagant. I took pictures like crazy then gave up because the food just kept on coming orz

Here are the ones that made an impression:

The magical non-stop refilling of sake from the bottle that Melissa bought. At first I kept surprising myself that I didn’t seem to drink that much judging from the cup, but after realising that the waitress actually had refilled it while I wasn’t paying attention…

Wasabi on the left and century egg on the right. Amazing!

Thick nommable slices of sashimi <3

Chawanmushi, or basically anything with ikura (roe) is an A+ in my book.

Love the pinkish watermelons against the green plates.

The birthday cake made by someone Melissa knew.

I forgot what the drink was… something like Choyu, according to Ti. He liked it muchly, and I thought he was being sissy because it was exceptionally sweet (which I don’t like)

Verdict: try the ala carte. The steep price is just not worth it! I didn’t even have the stomach to sample my favourite items a second time T^T

Marmalade Pantry

Not good… The weather these days is the kind where brains get fried. Am having a heated-brain-induced headache but I’ve been putting off this post for far too long.

Anyway, I met up with Yuunsama after she came back from her Japan trip last Tuesday- she had funky Kit Kats for me! We dined at The Marmalde Pantry at Palais Renaissance. Oh also, for some reason alcohol was going for $6 instead of the usual 2-3 times the price. I think it said something about ladies night everynight, or something to that extent :P

The short glass with the lime was my daiquiri (am a sucker for that name and inevitably always order that despite the taste) and Yuunsama’s marvelous Lychee Bellini. The aftertaste of the bellini is something like beer XDD

Effervescence! Back to the chemistry lab.

For $22, I was seriously disappointed that my Kurobuta Pasta came with a serving for half a person.

Yuunsama’s Crab Linguini was better, and it was really exciting to see steam burst out from inside the mound when she broke it apart. Unfortunately, this dish also cost $22 and personally I think the main meals are a little too pricey for my tastes. What you should go there for are the desserts and alcohol!

These 2 were taken by Yuunsama on the super yummy desserts Marmalade Pantry had to offer. The Brownie in the forground was really good! I liked the crispy outer layer… but then the Banoffi Pie (background) was served next and IT TOTALLY BLEW ME AWAY. Both are $12 each.

The Banoffi Pie was reccommended by the waiter when we asked what else was good. It’s banana and apple in the filling and the white thing on top is cream. We were engaging in blissful sin and gushing about the desserts when Yuunsama continued with, “And the banana tastes fresh too.“.

Cue silence and much noms. And then I said, “Eh how can you tell that it’s fresh?“.

It became the running joke throughout the meal; I laughed until my stomach ached XDDDDDDD

蟑螂世界

今早的家楼下满地都是小强…六脚朝天的小强们…

太恐怖了啦!!!!!!

绕了一大圈走，然后发现那是错的选择…选的路实在是大错特错。

竟然走进了小强战场啊! 唔唔唔~~~ 心脏受不了了啦 orz

一只伤得很厉害的小强还在我面前走过说…

不知是因为见到这么多尸体(也有迷你小强喔!),还是因为我就是怕死小强,但是走那段路就是好恐怖,好恐怖啊~

老爸也说他昨晚回家瞄到床边有着小强,一份怒之下用了双手抓了它,然后把它塞进喝过了的可口可乐罐子,再把罐子的盖砖180度,小强就这样被困在里头了…

老爸太强了吧…但洁癖的他竟然空手抓小强,真正目演过了但还是有点不敢相信哈哈!