Oxford

Arrived - my best loved city :)


It was a sunny day to be here... lovely~

love this familiar smell and sight...

My favourite music shop in Oxford... :)

Another of my favourite shop...


Crowded and busy as it may appear, it is very organised. And one often doesn't take long to find or not find his item...


Each time i step into Oxford, my mood turns warm and brown... :)

I was fairly surprised to see Oxford being packed with more tourists than before... spotted many chinese too...

I continued to walk quite a fair bit after departed with Sue... was right in the centre of the market street when i took this pic... though i was feeling a little tired and moody, it felt good to have me-space amidst the crowd and noise... :)

I had been craving for chips since i'd arrived 5 days ago. However, since it's such a common food that I feel I could get it just anywhere, I didn't make any deliberate effort to look out for them. Then as I was making my way back to the Oxford railway station, feeling a little moody, I spotted this...

I was asked, 'salt or vinegar?' I replied, 'both, plus mayo.' Hehe, as sinful as it sounded... but i felt good... :P

Then i popped into this open, found a bench and started eating... it was a little un-glam, but nevermind... who cares... ;P

Oxford looks especially beautiful in a sky that is clear and grey... :)

There were 3 wedding couples (one of which is a pair of chinese bride & groom) taking their wedding shoots that very sunny afternoon. This handsome couple was one of them... :) To all my getting-married-soon friends: How nice it is to have wedding shoots done in Oxford! Worth a thought! :)

I happened to snap at the right moment... so sweet and candid ya :)

The cake that described the Royal Wedding... how lovely ya!!! ^^

Our First Trip Together

Our very first trip together... after 12 years! To Edinburgh~

Merging into one OR Spliting into two... ?

The mocha with cream that saved my/our tired and walk-alot-afternoon... love the look of the scottish dollar notes...


Old Waverley Hotel - old, beautiful & charming, just like Edinburgh... :)

There is almost always 'something'... at the end of the street... and I love the wait :)

That was how bad i needed my fair share of dark sky, especially in summer... it was around 3am then... everybody was sleeping soundly... I didn't deliberately tune in to the UK hours, I let my jet-lag took over me - happily sleeping at 7pm and happily waking up at 1am... just so that I could still get my 3+ hours of dark sky. I can't function properly without me-space + dark sky :)

One of the many beautiful sights in Edinburgh - City Arts Centre~

A stylish Starbuck entry, that contains more browns than greens... :)

The Music Department, of the University of Edinburgh~

St. Giles Cathedral... Alma walked into my picture, without me knowing... ;)

St. Giles Cathedral... from the inside...

Love this street...

Castles~ ^^

My favourite version of trees... they look awesome against any skies, grey or clear blue alike... :)

The walls - telling their untold stories in their very own unqiue ways...
斑驳的墙总有道不尽的故事... :)

Reid Concert Hall - one of the earliest surviving purpose-built musical museums in the world...

That particular day had exactly what an ordinary summer should have! Alma and I couldn't agree upon a common eating place. She wanted sun; but i opted for shades. Something perfect for her would be too bright for me, and vice versa. Came across some interesting shops while walking and browsing for food... so it wasn't a bad thing to disagree afterall :)

Love this shop~

Love this shop more! Had almost decided on one design but gave up eventually. It was too much hassles to bring it back to London, then back to Singapore... especially when I am not (and NEVER) a light traveller :-/

Love the smell of the books... :))

Couldn't resist the charm... :)

This place have the most lovely potato soup~ Yummy :p

Arrived in London

That was a cosy corner of Alma's room... pretty bed & mirror... and in the mirror, was my just-woke-up, hair messy, pyjamas-keyboard look ;P

People i LOVE~ Lovely PEOPLEs

Defintely a cosy way to work... :)

Business cards

From random thoughts to blueprints... then to sketches... and to printings... it felt great!!! :)

The lady at the printing shop warned me, 'Erhm... I have to let you know before the printing that I do not have any boxes for namecards of your size' I told her it didn't matter.

That means I had to source out my own namecard-holders, which i did not mind at all, but had totally no clues where should I and where would I get the boxes that fits. I just believed not all things have to be done in the conventional manner or using the conventional approach.

I went from bookshops to giftshops, from accessories shop to fashion boutiques... finally, I ended up at NTUC Fairprice Extra (a local supermarket in Singapore)

I chanced upon these petite snack boxes which were easy to open, easy to contain and sturdy enough to hold. I reckoned It could serve as a good container for my stack.

I dropped my bundle of cards in to see if it fitted, and to my delight, It did! :)

So I bought 4, (2 for Alma & 2 for myself)... I chose black of course, as it matches the colour of the cards, tore off the labels...

Ta-da!!! Look good??? :)

Brahms Birthday 2011

As usual... celebrated Johannes Brahms' birthday with just myself... and waiting in great anticipation to see him in June... :)

Didn't have Brahms' favourite coffee though, had tea instead... and made wishes on his behalf, but for me... :)

It was quiet, peaceful, spacious... yet not lonely... I was extremely thankful :) Happy Birthday Brahms :)

A Little Gift

A Chinese New Year cum Valentine's Day gift for a faraway friend who happened to briefly drop by Singapore...

The Lunar New Year’s case; the Valentine’s Day’s taste…
The Lunar New Year’s imaging; the Valentine’s Day’s packaging…
The Lunar New Year’s miss; the Valentine’s Day’s kiss…

Hoping that your days are packed with the wealth of the Lunar New Year deal;
Plus a tinge of romantic sweetness of the Valentine’s Day feel…

Happy Valentine’s Day!

春节的样貌；
情人节的味道。

春节的框框；
情人节的包装。

春节的祝福问候喜气的沉淀；
情人节的心思思念挂念的浮现。

愿你的日子延续着春节的愉悦，
并添加了情人节的的浪漫感觉。

虽是送给一位远方好友的介于春节与情人节之间的小小礼物；
也是我送给我所有好友的小小浪漫的祝福...

情人节快乐!!!