Durian..Durian...

Alhamdulillah... last night Mr Hubby and I finally got to devour the King of all Fruit, all that we can eat... and it's all F.O.C!!!!

Freshly imported from Balik Pulau, Penang... there were severals type of durian.. high graded one... we have the D604, Tumeric King, Musang King, Red Prawn, and many more la ... which unfortunately I cannot recognised one.. hahahaa... I only know how to eat.

Oh yea.. where did we luckily landed the invitation from? Yes, Thanks to Maxis for organizing the Maxis Customer Appreciation Party and invite Spansion (I am Spansion representative anyway to the event, not many people wanna volunteer to come, I wonder why??).. where the theme of the night is Meet the King: Maxis Durian Party. The Durian party was held at Mount Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort by the poolside. Make you wonder, maybe after all the heatiness from eating durian, you might find yourself jump into the pool to cool off :p

I must say that I ENJOYED the durians VERY MUCH. The aromatic smell, the creamy, bittersweet taste, the tender flesh... it's truly the KING!! Mr Hubby and I ate about four durians (very big size one) ... never think that I could be so full of durian. You know why.. because each time you think you had enough, then you say.. maybe I have just one final piece and you end up eating more and more... hahahahaakss.

Some of the durians that we had... enjoy the pixs!! (^^)....

Moustaches and magic tricks

Sometimes it takes a five-year-old to remind you what really matters in life. This is my little nephew Pablo sporting three of his favourite things: his koala bear ears (homemade); having a huge milk moustache; and being a (world famous) magician in his living room (my sister even made him his poofy magicians bow tie - so cute!)

young designer::erin lightfoot...

Our family has a huge soft spot for Erin Lightfoot. She was the first friend Jess made when she went off to a new high school not knowing a single soul. I'm still not sure I've been forgiven for that! They sat together in the cavernous assembly hall and they've been friends ever since. Even survived weekly after school flute lessons together. And a whole pile of other things I'm sure it's best I don't know about!

Now there is another reason to love Erin...not that we need one. Look at the amazing fabric, clothing and jewellery she is designing. 

Erin was recently featured on the Finders Keepers blog. You can read her interview here.

Now Erin, when I come off my self imposed 100 day don't buy anything I don't really need challenge, there's this chair I have that needs some new fabric...

and those beautiful bangles would make some nice gifts too don't you think :)

That's Erin on the right, my girl in the middle and their friend Matt. I may get shot for posting that. But I'm overseas so they'll have a hard time finding me:)
You can see more of Erin's wonderful work on her website...

images of erin's work from her website; family snap by me 

I'm on Misako Aoki's book!!

On 2009, the japanese model Misako Aoki came to Barcelona as "Kawaii embassor" from Japan, and with Yu Kimura, they were at the first Tea Party fom the japanese brand "Baby, the Stars Shine Bright".

So, as today I was wearing my BSSB Halloween printed skirt (my favourite one), I discovered that Misako has released a book with her "adventures" around the world... and I'm there, with lots of pictures! If you click on the picture below, you can see it bigger! I was wearing in some of those pictures my red lolita dress, and my punk putumayo skirt in some others!

So, isn't it nice?

Polka dots top - Cache Cache

Halloween Skirt - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Shoes - Irregular Choice

Bag - Shirley Temple

Hat - Oysho

Sunglasses - Vintage

Drawing Chairs in Iran

Since 2003 when I made my very first trip to the Middle East (Jordan, Syria, and Egypt), I have been drawing chairs in most of the hotel rooms I’ve occupied. And there have been quite a few.

I love to draw chairs for several reasons: drawing them helps me practice perspective, grounds me in the here and now (this city, this hotel room, this chair), and later helps me remember where I was and what the room looked like. I also take photos of the room and the view from the window. More grounding I suspect. And probably chronicling too.

I draw the chairs in permanent ink on little 7 x 5 pieces of paper. I carry a small bag of colored pencils, along with pens and paper. Once I’m done drawing, I use the pencils to color in the chair, just as if I were at work on a coloring book when I was young. I even try to stay inside the lines. Shadows have been interesting to me lately and I’ve been trying different ways of executing them.

I've taped the drawings into my journal which was actually, before I altered it, a book entitled Oriental Rugs Today by Emmett Eiland, a rug dealer in Berkeley, CA. So what you are seeing as the background of some of the chairs are the rugs pictured in the book. Nice, don't you think, given that I was in Iran and all.

So here they are, my chairs from Iran.

 Tehran                                                        

Hamadan

 Zanjan

Tabriz

Mashhad

Shiraz

Yazd

Esfahan

Which channel???

All this built up frustration and anger, expanding every second of the day... where could I posibbly channel it to..?? aishh.. tension jerr...