#44 - NIGHT LIGHTS

Hello night owls. I went for a theatre show recently titled #UnicornMoment by Checkpoint Theatre starring Shu An. Now, I entered the room with low expectations not thinking that I'll come out with feeling the total opposite. Like what in the world did I just watch?? That was AMAZING! Let me elaborate.

First, I've never heard of Checkpoint Theatre. Second, I didn't think Shu An could act because I've only ever seen her on TV doing variety programs like Tried & Tested for example. Anyway, the lights dimmed and Shu An comes out re-enacting scenes or moments of her hosting gigs before getting her game face on and brings us on a journey of her story. Not only was the story humorous but it was real and relatable. I felt as if she was acting the story of my life, it was so SO similar. Getting angry at my parents at certain annoying things they do but only to love them even more because of it and laughing it off. Going to my Ahma's place only to speak to her for a while before getting distracted by technology only to realize that it was pointless to make a trip there if I am going to do the things I could've done at home. (In short, I didn't spend time with my Ahma.) The world telling you to be yourself, be yourself, JUST BE YOURSELF only to realize that 'myself' is defined by society. Putting my trust in others only to have trust thrusted back in your face. 

Personally, I found the set so simple but well-used. It was the set, a character, a stage and a screen. One thing I caught was how she opened one of the doors and it showed a warm orange light. Silence descended upon the audience and you can feel the mental gasps like 'wo...wo..woah.' LIKE THAT ALSO CAN. Shu An's acting was really on point. She made me laugh so hard and sometimes making it hard to hold back my tears. Is it okay if I say she is one person to look out for in the theatre scene? (I said it anyways. lol)

All in all, if this were to be ever shown again, I recommend y'all to go watch it. :)

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After the show, me and A went up to the roof terrace 'cos I've never been up there. Again, I was amazed by how beautiful this part of Singapore could be. I was smart enough to have brought my camera but not so in bringing an extra battery. pft. Anyhow, I still managed to capture something.

(photos on http://foxusphotos.tumblr.com)

We had a talk about life, work, people, dreams and relationships. I guess the skyline really does something to you. It just gives you the feels and makes it the perfect time to connect to someone on a deeper level.

Cheers, friend.

Here's wishing you night owls a restful holiday.

Thanks for reading and be blessed, x.

#43 - SUSHI

Hey y'all! For lunch on Saturday, I made myself S U S H I! It was delicious and my first ever experience making one. It definitely is an art form making the perfect sushi which obviously, mine isn't. The ones professionally made are always colorful and so appetizing mmmmmmm... :P

I've always loved Japanese cuisine and I decided on sushi because we had rice in the fridge as well as seaweed on the side. I made 2 types - chicken and veggie maki's. Simple ingredients I used were capsicums, mushrooms, onions, eggs, carrots and pop corn chicken. The maki's are inspired by the ones I ate at Maki San :) Since I'm on the topic of sushi, I highly recommend Maki San for your own personalized sushi and Koh Grill and Sushi Bar for the heavenly, out of this earth Shiok Maki.

Maki San: [ $10 > ]

2 Handy Road, #B1-17/18

Singapore 229233

Mon - Thu: 11:30 am - 9:30 pm

Fri - Sat: 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Sun: 11:30 am - 9:30 pm

Koh Grill and Sushi Bar: [ $10 > ]

435 Orchard Rd 

Wisma Atria Shopping Centre #04-23

Mon - Thu: 11:30 am - 9:45 pm

Fri - Sat: 11:30 am - 10:45 pm

Sun: 11:30 am - 9:45 pm

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Thanks for reading and be blessed, x

#42 - MAKE YOUR OWN STICKERS

Hey y'all! I've got something creative to share today. Since it's restful day ('cos I prefer rest over labor), I thought I would do some stickers for myself. I've actually done this for two of my friends and I figured it's a great way to give. Why make stickers yourself when you can buy them? Personally, I would like to receive handmade stickers since time and effort has been put in to create them so it's really from the heart. Same thing goes for why would you wanna bake a cake for someone when you can buy it easily right? Anyway, let's get sticky....

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You can get these at Popular, Art Friend, craft stores or selected stationery shops. I'm using the cheap matte paper ones which costs $3.60 for 10 pieces.

I love having music playing to keep me going and sometimes, it can also give inspiration. One music player I go to is Spotify. Spotify is unique because it has different playlists for the mood you're in. It also has quite a big database for music which includes top music chart artists as well as indie bands. You can also check out my Spotify account for my playlists; here I am listening to my The One with the Chill Jam playlist ^ ^

I turned to my hard drive for my own pictures to use them as my background. Alternatively, I went on Tumblr/Pinterest for really nice photos. After finding the photos I liked, I saved them to one file where I will then work from. Simultaneously, I search on Google images for tumblr quotes for inspiration on the typography and design.

Personally, I used illustrator to do all of my text designs. One perk is when the image is being blasted to a huge size, the text will not turn pixelated. I also used Photoscape to crop my images into a circle. Alternatively, here are some free photo editing applications that are available for use/download: pixlr | photoscape

For one of my friends, instead of having a background, I used plain colors instead which turned out really classy and it has a clean edge to it. So, use a blank canvas if you run out of pictures! On illustrator, I use these settings: CMYK in 300dpi and in 16bit/32bit.

For unique fonts, I go to Dafont which has a bunch of free downloadable fonts in many styles!

The fun part is getting to design! It doesn't need to be super profesh. Just treat it as a blank canvas and design as how you feel! It can be anything, really. A name, a word or even an alphabet. After designing, I put the templates onto a word document before converting into a PDF file. 

Before printing, I made sure that the print settings are in color (if I want them in color, but you can print in monochrome as well.) and the size of the images. I've wasted ink almost 5 times just because I didn't print in the right settings so I hope that this will not happen to anyone else. Ensure that the back of the sticker paper is facing upwards so the images get printed on the blank side. 

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I hope this might give inspiration to those who are in need of one and helpful to those who plan to do something like this! Here are some shots of my end product :

Have fun and be blessed, x