Whirlwind / Rollercoaster

7 May
11.00am: Meeting with Berlinda
4.30pm: Meeting with Des
7.00pm: Ion to buy luggage and MUJI bottles and dinner. The luggage I wanted was out of stock, but they reserved one for me at Suntec.
10.30pm: Too knackered to pack, but made a packing list.

8 May
6.00am: Master packing begins.
9.40am: In the office, left at 10.10am
10.30am: Met Des to set up etc
11.00am: PPM which went swimmingly for about 95%. Unfortunately, the 5% that was not approved was an extremely crucial 5%
1.00pm: Went to Suntec for lunch and to pick up luggage.
3.00pm: Back to office to look for music references.
4.30 pm: Des called. Didn’t agree with how “done” the track was, but agreed “not to go there”.
6.00pm: Left for Morrissey concert.
6.30pm: Had drinks at Fort Canning Hotel with YW. Passed him PhotoJojo lenses.
: Called Des again. This time it was ok.
9.00pm: All I need is Morrissey
10.30pm: Back to Bayshore, the perfect travelling apt. Showered and left.

9 May
1.00am: Terminal 1, Gate C20, Emirates
2.00am local time: Touched down
3.30am local time: Checked itno Cinnamon Hotel and slept.
9.00am: Breakfast
10.00am — 2.00pm: Listened to music till my ears fell off.
2.00pm: Got ready for the Partner Conference where J was presenting “Engaging Customers Digitally”
7.50pm: Beach party at The Beach Hut Mount Lavinia Hotel
12.00am: Took the first shuttle back. Fell asleep in the bus and missed the hotel! No-one woke us up.

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All I need is Morrissey

How Soon Is Now? / You Have Killed Me / You’re The One For Me, Fatty / When Last I Spoke To Carol / Black Cloud / Shoplifters Of The World Unite / I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris / Alma Matters / First Of The Gang To Die / Meat Is Murder / Let Me Kiss You / I Know It’s Over / I Will See You In Far Off Places / Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want / To Give (The Reason I Live) / Ouija Board, Ouija Board / Everyday Is Like Sunday / Speedway // Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

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Damm you, kids!

What we watched yesterday — Bill Cunningham New York is a wonderful documentary about Bill Cunningham, the original Sartorialist.

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Dr NakaMats

“Long life should be longer. Speech should be short.” — Dr Yoshiro Nakamatsu’s eight-word acceptance speech as he received the 2005 Ig Nobel Prize in Nutrition for photographing every meal he has eaten during the past 35 years.

He’s 83 this year, so it isn’t too late for anyone to start. Especially since he believes that he’ll live till 144 — it’ll only be too late if you’re 111. And to make his job easier, he only eats one meal a day, 700 calories, in the evening.

He also holds some 3,357 patents (“compared to Thomas Edison’s 1093″ he’ll have you know). Amongst them is the “Love Jet invention – a potion that women can wear behind their ears or spray on their genitals, which removes the need for foreplay. “I have tested about 10,000 women,” he says. “I am not doing the sex. I check the meters.”"

via The Inventions of Dr NakaMats, which I watched on April 30, 2012.

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Seabass Hobo Pack

Lucked out with some seabass from Sheng Shiong today and decided to make a hobo pack, something that we last made way back in Punggol. We always mess fish up. It’s always undercooked or overcooked. The only times we have fish that’s done properly was when Mom made it. So we’re particularly pleased that today’s giant seabass turned out perfectly cooked and seasoned!

Main ingredients
1 seabass (probably about 1kg)
10 (or more) fresh shitake mushrooms

Aromatics
lemongrass, 4 sticks
ginger
onions
1/2 lemon, slice
kaffir lime leaves, julienned

Seasoning
1 bottle essence of fish (from the hospital)
palm sugar
sesame oil
soy sauce
half a lemon

Read all the instructions before you begin because the aromatics go all over the place.
Preheat the oven to 220°C on fan-assisted grill setting.
Arrange the lemongrass, ginger, onions, kaffir and mushrooms on an extra large sheet of aluminium foil.
Stuff the fish with some aromatics.
Put the fish on top of the aromatics and mushrooms.
Pour the seasoning over the fish.
Top the fish with slices of lemon, and a sprinkling of julienned kaffir.
Bake for 20 minutes.

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In the Carpet Shop

With Pinterest around, it’s harder than ever to find blog-worthy nuggets. But I think this photo from “the sausage photographs, 1979″ by Peter Fischli and David Weiss is definitely worth blogging about. [via Design Bridge]

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Red Line

The most important thing a creative per­son can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not.

via Swiss Miss and Explore, who got it via the superawesome brain pickings.

Set in New Century Schoolbook, relooking at some oldies.

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Definition

The Sentence of the Month for July is Lil Wayne: “My picture should be in the dictionary next to the definition of definition.”

Last week’s Sentence of the Week is Haruki Murakami’s assessment of marriage: “Marriage is perhaps rather an ongoing process of each partner exposing what the other lacks.”

And this week’s Sentence of the Week is a text from my sister, who studies the indigenous language Sahaptin: “This one word, awiyatxnuwáynana, means ‘going by, he gave it a kick.’ ”

via New York Times

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Branding Served

How nice to end off a super-long (four-day) weekend with news that our identity work for 28 HongKong Street has been picked for Behance’s Branding Served.

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Quinoa, Pumpkin Herb & Cheese Patties

1 cup (or more) pumpkin, steamed
2 cups quinoa
2 packs Italian parsley
1/2 cup Emmental cheese
1 egg
paprika
sea salt, to taste
breadcrumbs for coating

Forget about frying, it’s a big waste of time. The patties won’t stay together.
They stay together better after resting the mixture for a while when the quinoa has had a chance to absorb some of the egg. Coat in breadcrumbs and place on oil aluminium-lined tray. Bake in preheated oven at 180°C for 20 minutes or until the crumbs are golden brown.

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