I had recently returned from Penang, an island in Malaysia–the inner city of its capital, Georgetown, is an UNESCO World Heritage site. On our final day there, we visited the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, also known as “The Blue Mansion”, built in the 1880s, it was the home of an illustrious Chinese businessman, Cheong Fatt Tze…
I’ve returned from my bi-annual trip to Bangkok with a refreshed mind and happy tummy! This trip brought both Art inspiration and fond memories of my life in Bangkok. At every annual (and if I can spare the time–sometimes bi-annual) trip, I would always visit Siam Center. It’s recently gone through a glamorous and high-tech…
It all started on a visit to the Louvre Museum many years ago. Enthralled by the paintings, I was told paints were not invented at that time (it didn’t really occur to me, I was just admiring the paintings), and was told that the paints were made from things found in nature, by crushing flowers,…
It started out late last year, when Pantone announced that their colour of 2013 is Emerald Green. Since then I had looked for opportunities to blog about Emerald Green. During the Hollywood awards season (Golden Globes, Oscars, Grammys), the celebrities donned Seafoam Green and skipped Emerald Green. The idea of blogging about Emerald Green still…
It was about a month ago when a client noticed from my Facebook posts that I enjoy cooking, especially Thai food. She proceeded to say:”I love Thai food!” So many people do. I suppose we all love Thai food because of the complexity of flavours: Sour, Sweet, Salty, Spicy and Bitter. My learning journey with…
I just had a wonderful lunch. Wonderful because I’ve reconnected with an old friend. I hadn’t seen him for about 7 years. But it seemed like yesterday when we worked together as co-trainers. I guess that’s what happens when you have a strong friendship. So far, I’ve been rather successful in being happy (one of…
Kerry Washington seems to be the new style star to watch. This star seems to be gaining as much buzz for her work as an actress, as her style choices at Red Carpet events. Kerry Washington – Keep her on style watch at celebrity red carpet events. Photo by David Shankbone At a recent…
There had been much publicity on the subject of Happiness and there’s no letting up! Singapore, our prosperous city-state had ranked low in many international happiness surveys for a number of years now, but what really got our attention I think was when we ranked the lowest in 2 separate Gallup survey findings released just…
I started the first official workday of the year with beautiful and yummy Ladurée Macaroons that a good friend bought for me while she was on her year-end holiday in Hong Kong. It brings me back to my holiday in Paris in June 2011 when it seemed I was exposed to Macaroons everywhere I went (to…