Jasmine Chia

asian for asia

2011-05-02T00:34:00.000+08:00

While going through my blog reader, I came across an article on The Miele Guide requesting voters to vote for restaurants in Asia. It’s the equivalent of the Michelin Guide except this is for the Asia region. After going through the facts on their website and also the past winners that make it to the top 20 list, I conclude it’s complete crap to me. More than half of the restaurants on the list

early sign of dictatorship

2011-04-28T00:15:00.001+08:00

Valerie: You are beautiful (or) not? Me: Yes. Valerie: I'm beautiful (or) not? Me: No. Valerie: Yes. Me: No. Valerie: Yes, I'm beautiful.

Free spirit

2011-04-27T12:26:00.000+08:00

bold or wimpy?

2011-03-28T00:57:00.000+08:00

Don Draper's Tobacco Letter from Mad Men Recreated from the last season of Mad Men via screen captures and scripts. After losing the Lucky Strike account, he places this full page ad in a New York newspaper.

Comfy wear

2011-03-26T02:58:00.000+08:00

When I travel, comfortable is the keyword. So this is my usual ensemble, I like the hoodie attached because I can simply just cover my head (avoiding the paparazzi) when my hair gets messy after a sleep on the flight. This is me after a 3 hour flight.

dinner @ pizza uno

2011-03-26T02:35:00.000+08:00

I have been extremely lazy with posting (hmmm somehow I always find myself explaining why I have been posting sparsely). Not that my life is mundane or uninteresting but I'm just too lazy. Then there is also a part of me that get slightly bother with people that start having opinions of my life and somehow made me can't be bother to blog. Not that I care what others think but I don't want it to

One door closes another open

2011-03-02T05:47:00.000+08:00

I've finally closed a chapter of my life, that is ending my life in Singapore and rebuilding another life back in Malaysia. Although most may think both places are not very far and since I used to come back often there shouldn't be a lot of adjustment. Wrong. Anyway I won't bored you with the details. The point is after my stint in Singapore I took a very long break from work and plunge into a

Knit hat for kids

2010-12-19T22:42:00.000+08:00

Finally I can say that the hat that I have been working on the last few days, it's finally ready to be seen. Yes I'm quite happy with the final product, unfortunately my original model isn't really cooperative enough to model for me. Very hard to get a good angle with moving kid. So I got another little one to model for me instead. =) Valerie is more interested to play with her mates than pose

Knitting my first hat

2010-12-18T01:14:00.001+08:00

My last 3 days has been an intensive one. I've been keeping myself occupied with knitting my first hat for my niece and I'm almost done with it. Knitting a hat from scratch is really a time consuming piece of work yet at the same time when I see the final product slowly unravel before my eyes, I get swarm with a sense of satisfaction and I really like the feeling I get out of this. Of course

Stumbled

2010-12-07T23:25:00.004+08:00

I came across an image on the Internet and thought that it will be interesting to share it with you guys. I just came back from movie with my cousins. We were watching Rapunzel in 3D in my hometown, Kluang. The show is funny throughout, totally enjoy it. You guys should go and watch it too, just for a good laugh. I'm amazed to learn that there is 3D cinema in this little town of mine. Anyway

image conscious

2010-10-20T23:31:00.002+08:00

Valerie helping out with making pizza A conversation took place earlier today after I bathed my 2yo niece. Still warmly wrapped in towel, we walked to her room and I was thinking at the back of my mind what sort of attire to let her wear. Then I saw a blue dress with huge flower print in her drawer. I thought this dress will look cute on her. Me: Valerie do you want to wear this dress? (I

a fragment of nz through my lens

2010-10-05T22:32:00.000+08:00

The past two month has been a whirlwind feeling. Like a kid feeding freely on cotton candy land. A part of me is still unwilling to wake up from reverie. Feeling nostalgic today, I'm going through my photos and posting fragments of my memories. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19

Ming Court 明閣

2010-10-02T02:53:00.001+08:00

My recent trip to HK is mainly a food trip. With my mum and my aunty, 2 main chef in the family tagging along, it will be injustice to our family to bring them eat mediocre food. By bringing them to eat good food, we can bring some of the taste back with us. *light bulb moment* One of our nights there, we had dinner in Ming Court, Langham Place at Mongkok. Since Mongkok is more well known as a

Tim Ho Wan 添好運

2010-10-01T18:01:00.006+08:00

Just in case you’re wondering what we’re doing at the end of the queue there, we’re queuing for possibly the cheapest Michelin restaurant in the world. After trolling heaps of comments and ripples of blog posts on the Internet, we took our chance and waited for 45 minutes. It's best to go in group then you can have someone to take turn to queue rather than wasting time together, unfortunately

fishing on Lake Wakatipu

2010-09-08T19:12:00.000+08:00

We chartered a boat to fish in the lake. It was an interesting experience for all of us as it's first of its kind experience to us. I tag along even though I have no interest in it but just so that in future I can say that I have done it. My motto in my life is that we should always try everything at least once in our lifetime so that we don't live with regret. While they fish, I camwhore It's a

This week in Queenstown

2010-09-08T08:35:00.000+08:00

Gay Ski Week P/s: Don't break your back.

Morning greeting

2010-08-31T21:30:00.000+08:00

Greetings from Queenstown, a morning view from the room on my second day here. I'm beginning to love this little town.

11 hours and 5419 miles away, I'm now in Auckland

2010-08-31T21:09:00.000+08:00

Hello all, I will be traveling for leisure this whole month, so I won't have access to internet as much as I would like to. So I will be posting some back a series of back dated posts that I wrote when I was not connected. Otherwise, happy holiday everyone... =) Auckland on arrival... Arriving at the Auckland airport this morning, I got fascinated with the smoke that was coming out from my

traipsing Singapore

2010-08-25T09:17:00.000+08:00

Got up 5AM this morning to watch Up in the Air (and it’s a weekday). Not exactly something I have plan but due to some unforeseen circumstance. Lucky for me, I don’t have to work after this, so I plan to hit back to bed after blogging. Just realized that it’s going to be a month since I quit my job. Many friends have asked me how does it feel being jobless or what have I been doing. These days I

Weekend is over?

2010-07-12T13:38:00.002+08:00

While the world is cheering for their favorite team during the World Cup final; I was nicely tugged in bed renewing my interest for Raymond Lam and figuring out all the physics metaphor he was telling me. I just finished watching a 24 episodes detective HK drama over the weekend. Crazy – I know. That just helps my Monday blue even more blue now. I know it’s really bad, so while in the middle of

silhouette life

2010-06-07T17:54:00.000+08:00

Some thoughts before I retire for the day: I haven’t visited my blog for many days and somehow this new skin looks like a stranger to me. Gone is the world of black and white silhouette. Now it’s pure minimalist, probably not too different from the previous skin. It’s a nice weather outside, grey and cloudy with a spurt of evening dim sun at the end of the horizon, all these is making me

Olivia - You and Me

2010-05-09T10:09:00.001+08:00

On a beautiful sunday morning, I'm listening to Olivia's "You and me". Love it. Enjoy!

I needed to clean up the pores, so I tried Kiehl's mask

2010-05-05T17:08:00.005+08:00

I had the opportunity to try out Kiehl’s Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleansing Masque for a few weeks. This is the first time I am using this brand because I am attracted to the clinical feel in the store. It gives me the feeling that there is nothing fancy just products that is good to my skin. In the mask, I found out that they have included Amazonian White Clay (Kaolin) from Marajo Island from South

Finally a weekend in Singapore

2010-05-02T10:39:00.004+08:00

Ah it’s weekend again. Finally, after so many months of traveling out of Singapore on weekend, this is probably the first time I’m spending weekend here since CNY. Manage to meet a good friend whom I have not met for many months. Always good to meet up with friends, especially on days when you are feeling a little under the weather.Enjoying my coffee @ Pacific Coffee, VivoWith all the cakes ahead

starting a new passion

2010-04-30T22:51:00.004+08:00

Hey guys, lately I have been super busy with life. Other than the weekly meet up with friends, Japanese classes and endless working. I have recently started my own online business. What does this mean? At least for a start, it means I’m springing into action scrounging for online customers, hopping around (like bunny) scouring potential forums that can bring me authentic clients and making