It's been mighty cold these days many thanks to urgent rainclouds who sees fit to empty their collective bladders on our very soggy island.

Ah, I just want to curl up in bed & nurse a cup of steaming milo. Then I'd be happy.

You know what would make me even happier?
If my milo was served in a teapot that looked like this:
Need. To. Get. Cute. Teapot. NOW.

$120 from here (click).
OUCH.

Anyway, my older sis saw my endlessly adorable green dinosaur painting all snazzily framed up on my wall & requested I paint a green monster for her!

So I did!

Watercolour & acrylic

School's started & we pray for it to be better than the last one. Please.

This is a holiday well spent.
Sleeping, eating, playing computer games & painting water colour dinosaurs.


I could do them over & over again.
GIVE ME MORE HOLIDAYS!

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I was investigating a queer looking shop in Bali lane called Doinky Doodles.

Rainbow paint & a natty blue pelican looking all pleased with himself welcomes you.

It is filled, literally FILLED, with the damnest of cutest handmade goods ever since the sewing machine was invented.

And guess what I found?

MOMSHOOs stuff!! Fluffy Eyeball pins.
Why does Momshoos stuff crop up in cute places all the time???

33 Bali Lane. Don't miss the bright yellow exterior & a vastly happy yellow seal sign.

My awesome watercolour fan art inspired by All My Friends are Dead, Monson & John. I'm gonna hang this on my wall.

I've found a new book place near the Chinatown area called Littered with Books .

It's not as rustic as Books Actually or quiant as Woods in the Books - but it exudes an old world charm that makes you half expect a hirsute old professor smoking a pipe to magically pop out somewhere.

It's at 20 Duxton Road. Slightly behind the church.

Oh, & it's big.
I'd reckon it is even bigger than Books Actually. And it's 2 storeys.
It has a HUGE variety of books. Literature, cute kids books, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thrillers ... you name it.

Lacquered wood panelling & moody oak furniture. 2nd level.
Soft red couches with a view to kill screams at you to sit on it & smoke a pipe.

You HAVE to check out their Penguin novella collection.
I have never seen Penguin books with cover pages as gorgeous as what they have here.


I'm blown away by the paper used for the covers.
Thick, creamy, cloth-like card stock you'd get at Fancy Paper. I could just buy them books for the covers alone.

Dappling sunlight streams through the window. Illuminating a cool big map on the wall. Ahoy mateys!!

View from outside. Stairs leading to the 2nd level.

Tried the creamiest & most delicious snow ice ever.
Followed a warm bowl of almond soya milk.
On a rainy day.
Life doesn't get better than this.

It's a tiny shop tucked beside the Chinatown MRT, beside the McDonald's. I have forgotten the name in my heady euphoria of sugar-induced gushiness.

Developed new film with the Lomography ISO200!
This is my first time using it & I'm okay with the strong hue the film produces. The grains are kinda like the Solaris - not that tight. But that's really ok.

Comes in a neat box.

If you are a fan of egg yolk hues & massive saturation, this is the film for you.
Above shot taken in bright sunlight with a hyperactive older sister.

A jump-shot that didn't make it.

Works admirably indoors. Kinda.

Interestingly, the vignetting is more subdued compared to Solaris film. Hmm... Curious, curious.


Altogether, a solid spanking film. But looking at orange drenched shot after shot can get a bit old. Actually, this reminds me of the Wong Family Gift Xchange - Secret Santa present from my dad for Christmas, budget of $20, which led to me recieving 3 Solaris film rolls, lovingly wrapped in the store's plastic bag, with the receipt still attached stating - $18.20.

Thanks dad.

"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make. "

Dracula, 1931
Directed by Tod Browning, starring Bela Lugosi.
Damn, this is good stuff. Lugosi as Drac is simply fabulous. Exotic, creepy & sexy. Watch the part where he smashes the mirror from Van Helsing's hand & marvel as his beautiful face contorts in rage. Then back into his beautiful face all in one smooth motion of acting magic.

Bela Lugosi: one very attractive Dracula.

The guy who plays Renfield must have set the standard for crazy roles in acting. Right there up the loony barometer with Jack Nicholson.

"I am Dracula. I bid you welcome. "

For other heart-stopping creepy old films, go watch Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock.
I could barely watch the last part without covering my eyes & peeping through the gaps of my fingers in sheer, undiluted terror.

I wanna live in a treehouse.
Yes, a treehouse. Whooo~ a treehouse
No, I don't care about plumbing & the heights.
I just wanna live in a treehouse &, I dunno, eat cheesecake all day long.

Your shoulder
The mooring for me
Like water lost in the sea

I'm in love with Feist.