This week's eye drawing

 

Trying to get this angle right...so here's another go! :)

Workspace Wednesday - an upcycled envelope

 Hello friends, I'm getting back to creating again. :)

Had this Kiehl's envelope hanging around and just had to make it pretty! *winks*

Yep...just a bunch of random stuff put together. :)

A page from the Gratitude Journal - the yusheng from Kuriya Dining

 

Today's page from the gratitude journal is about the yusheng from Kuriya Dining (my fave local Japanese restaurant).

Yusheng is a raw fish salad dish typically eaten during the Chinese Lunar New Year in Singapore and Malaysia. There are lots of "auspicious" ingredients in this dish and we would gather around the table with our chopsticks to mix the ingredients together while exclaiming prosperous phrases. 

I love the one from Kuriya Dining because they include other sashimi seafood like prawns and scallops in addition to the raw fish...you know I love my sashimi. *winks*

P/s: It's not a historical Chinese practice but a marketing gimmick that really appeals because the Chinese character for fish is Yu which means abundance...so eating this dish signifies that you will get abundance for the year.

More eye drawings from the sketch book

Haven't felt like doing anything creative other than drawing eyes.... so here they are! 

 Hope you are having a great week so far...

Wednesday - page from the gratitude journal

 

Today's page is an ode to the roasted meat at East Ocean Restaurant, a local Chinese restaurant. The texture and taste...just yummy! :)

Tuesday - recent eye drawings

 

Getting back into arting again this week. Here are some of my recent eye drawings. :)

Someone got a few Nanobags...*winks*

 

So this girl may or may not have gotten a few Nanobags at a recent sale. She bought 8 and got 7 free...*dramatic music plays in the background*

These are incredible light and strong reusable bags. The standard bag can hold up to 30kg and weighs like 50g. Best of all, it tucks right back into its own bag without any need to fold it properly. Check out the two premium ones I got...the ducks and the foxes. Super cute. I exercised restraint of course. This girl is an adult. *LOL*

 

My grandma passed away

Hello friends. We lost grandma yesterday. Taking time off this week to celebrate her well-lived life with my extended family.

P/s: If you were wondering why my uncles and aunties have the surname Giam, it's because that's our actual family surname. But when they registered my dad's name, it was recorded wrongly and no one discovered the mistake because he went a Chinese school and never had to spell his name in English.

The one where we went to Siloso Beach

 

I scored a full-day parking coupon at Sentosa Island in September so we went to Siloso Beach. Woohoo!

We went out early so that we could hit the beach before it got really hot.

There are 3 beaches on Sentosa Island and they are all lovely because....they are manmade! Yep, Singapore is mostly manufactured. *LOL*

Here we have the folks all ready to tackle the sun at the beach...okay, maybe just mum, dad had to borrow my sister's cap because he forgot his. *winks*

My sister and I both had F & B vouchers to spend so we had lunch at Shake Shack!:)

It was a lovely morning to enjoy the sea view while doing some grounding. :)

P/s: All my fun stickers came out to play! Yay!

The week in eye drawings so far....

 Yes friends. New month. Let's get in more creative time! *high fives all around*

The week in eye drawings so far....is looking pretty good. *winks*

Happy Wednesday friends!

This week's double page spread from the gratitude journal

 

You can tell that my gratitude journal is getting fat! *winks*

This one features a double page spread of two different locations. The left page features the yummy treats at Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur's Club floor. Which incidentally was the last place I went to back in 2020 before the Covid lockdown.

The left page features a dish from a new-to-me restaurant that I discovered on this particular trip...only because the old faves shut down during the whole Covid situation.