December 2010
27 posts
Puffer Fish; it's Poisonous!
My first time eating Puffer Fish/Fugu two days ago. It is a Japanese delicacy but since the fish contains deadly poison in its organs, only licensed chefs are allowed to prepare them. I must say it is poisonously nice and addictive! I read that there are more than 40 types of Puffer Fish and the most deadly ones contain poison that causes instant death. I also read that interestingly the...
A Sushi that Does not Break Apart!!!
Finally a local sushi that does not break apart easily when held with chopsticks and after dipping in sauce! Oiishi too!
Design Forum One: "Something Big"
I attended a first part of two design forum last Sunday where local designers (whose product designs are showcased at the NMS Imprints exhibition ) shared their design inspiration and process when designing from childhood memories. A big salute to these local designers!
An Outing in Search of Paradise and Caramel
Went out with long time friend Shirley 3 days; had a late lunch at Paradise Dynasty @ Ion followed by Christamas shopping and finally dessert at One Caramel. See the full gallery on posterous
Singapore Toy Games & Comic Convention 2010
I went to the Singapore Toy Games & Comic Convention 2010 (in short STGCC) last Saturday. My takeaways from the visit was: It is interesting to have to enter a several loop continuous walking queue before being able to gain entrance to the exhibition (I went at 11 a.m.). In the process of the above I met two boys. Last year I did not have to pay for entry to the convention. There is a...
My First "Film from Japan" (@Moving Image Gallery...
I watched a “Film from Japan” screening of “Princess Raccoon” last Friday night; the movie was entertaining, I had a great time laughing and the feeling of watching a movie at night at the museum was a relaxed one. I will reiterate my earlier Twitter post: “Princess Raccoon is the most 1 of a kind/out-of-the-box, theatrical and fairy tale like movie I have ever...
Stained History
Taken at National Musuem of Singapore
Beautiful Sunday in the Museum
Taken at National Musuem of Singapore
Apple Engineer Re-Builds 2,000 Year Old Computer...
via macstories.net Wow this is cool!!! Check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk and the relevant website http://acarol.woz.org/antikythera_mechanism.html The Antikythera Mechanism is awesome!
A Very Green Initiative: WWF file format
via engadget.com WWF file format by WWF of course. The WWF format is a PDF-like document file format that does not allow the document to be printed. It in some way ‘forces’ us to be ‘comfortable’ with not printing out our documents. Everyone can go green through adopting this technological approach: by deciding that a document can do without the ability to be printed and...
Foursquare Bookworm Badge
I’m a bookworm and a nerd!!
A MAAD Day; Pompeii; Imprints and Mint Museum of...
See the full gallery on posterousIt’s a ‘mad’ day last Saturday; a museum ‘mad’ day! Firstly it was the Market of Artists and Designers (MAAD) at the Red Dot Museum that takes place only on every first weekend of the month. Many craft things to see and buy! MAAD starts from outside the Red Dot Museum and extends into the inside of the...
Unstoppable and Ippudo Ramen Singapore
Went out with Alvin Ang yesterday for the movie “Unstoppable”. It was an exciting and good movie; very touching to me too. Both of us agreed that this is one of the few movies that has the ‘right pace’ and engages the audience throughout the movie. The other movie which we coincidentally felt has the same engaging element is “GI Joe”. Dinner was ramen at...
Invasions @ 8Q SAM
See and download the full gallery on posterousInvasions Toy Market Place and CosPlay at 8Q SAM last Sunday. I saw CosPlay of Aizen from Bleach, Secret Corp Guards from Naruto and an uncle Super Mario.
Takashi Murakami Designer QR Code for Louis...
via engadget.com
This QR Code is So Cool!
QR Codes stands for “Quick Response” Codes and they are found everywhere in Japan. I’m sure you would have seen one somewhere. It looks like a complex square motif (in black; the one shown here in this post is a specially designed one and thats why it looks cool. Otherwise QR Codes are usually in plain black ‘patches’) and...
Pocket Frogs Collection 04 Dec 2010
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Georgia Can Coffee from Japan!
Thank you Alvin Kang for bringing back these two cans of Gorgia Zeitaku Expresso Gold coffee from Hakone!!! It’s so previous to me I shall drink one can every 6 months until I get to go to Japan again! :p
Visit to Singapore Art Museum (SAM) Trans-Cool...
See the full gallery on posterousVisited the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) today for the “Trans-Cool Tokyo” exhibition at 8Q at SAM and the “Made for SAM” design mini exhibition/sale at the main SAM itself. Of course I also went into the various Art galleries in SAM. I love the design and art things I saw and needless to say anything related to...
Is there No Better Sushi?
How I wish I am in Tokyo right now and having sushi at the famous 大和寿司 (Daiwa Sushi) at Tsukiji Fish Market! I totally cannot forget the wonderful experience eating there!
On my second visit to Tokyo my friend told me we MUST go to this Tsukiji Fish Market and eat at this particular sushi restaurant there. At first I was like -.-” huh? Spend so much time go all the way to a market and eat...