Finished this piece with my newly bought gouache tubes. A bit weird though, having so got used to watercolor. This dark bird has a fantail and I wonder how it feels being amid of colorful flowers. Hmm ain't black is one of the colors too?
.: February 12, 2013. Tuesday :.
The last day of Chinese New Year holiday and we set off to The Prive, at Keppel Bay island for, what else, a brunch. This was a second visit for us. The Prive located overlooking the marina, just the perfect spot to sip coffee and read books.
~ Look how heavy the clouds were. And it was exactly this kind of weather that makes it such a perfect day to sit and daydreaming ~
It was a cloudy day, with the sun shying behind the clouds, such a perfect moment to sit outdoor and enjoy our meal. We ordered a pancake (with a honeycomb! *excited*), wagyu beef burger, and eggs benedict. Oh love the eggs benny. And… as often than not, we ordered too many. In the end, we didn't finish those beautiful stack of fluffy pancakes :(
~ Pancakes with honeycomb ~
~ My new favorite, Eggs Benedict ~
Yesterday, I bought this huge book, some sort of encyclopedia book of natural organism on earth. I love painting birds, flowers, butterflies, and I want to know what I paint; name, species, breed, and their natural habitat. And while finding this book brought thrill and excitement to me, there is one section of this book that I want to get rid of… for good. The reptiles section, that is. Oh God knows how scared I am of those things, so I asked hubby to glue all the pages that has snakes and worms picture in it, and poor hubby, he had to go through all six hundred over pages to filter out those haha.
This is a yellow-bellied prunia bird, found in South East Asia. I adore the yellow-bellied with a contrast darker shade on its head and back.
.: Saturday. February 09, 2013 :.
Alrighty, the first entry for this project. Well, we went to Jones the Grocer unplanned, wanted to try the Barracks at first. Turned out the Barracks cafe was closed that morning, so we wandered aimlessly around Dempsey Hill in search of another likely cafe. Dempsey Hill is a secluded area full of conservatory, old, colonial building surrounded by plenty of greenery. Though you got that "secluded" feeling, it's actually within a short distance away from the hustle and bustle of Orchard district. So I'd like to think of Dempsey Hill as a little oasis.
And since we were at Dempsey Hill, we weren't too worried about not finding some cafe to eat other than the Barracks cafe. True enough, just a few steps away Jones the Grocer invited us in. It has a humble look from the outside, simple yet classy inside with a "clean" look. I love it. It has a high ceiling so you don't feel stuffed. I ordered a Spanish Eggs 'en cocotte' and iced black forrest coffee, hubby settled for a traditional english breakfast and iced cappuccino.
~ Spanish Eggs 'en cocotte' ~
~ Iced Black Forrest Coffee ~
In late 2012, me and hubby got a chance to visit Amsterdam. It left a strong impression on me with its many canals and adorable red brick houses. I heard about those canal houses before and seen the picture, but I never thought I'd fall in love with it. Seeing Amsterdam first hand really made a difference, huh? Maybe it's a fact that Amsterdam was the first European city I ever set foot or the city itself is indeed beautiful, either way, I heart Amsterdam and the way it inspired me.
On a typical lazy Saturday morning, hubby and I start our day having brunch at our favorite places, and it isn't many, believe me, it's either a French bistro, a dim sum, or a Japanese restaurant. Always those three, and I'm thinking I want to take a break for a little while and trying out the other brunch places. Hence, this little project of ours. Brunch 52, to try out different cafe for brunch weekly, how fun is that? A different place every single week. And I think we need that, we both love cafes and making a mission out of that certainly adds some flair, don't you think?
We started off a bit late, we're already in the second week of February and usually any 52 project commenced in the beginning of the year. Oh well, don't mind that. Let the brunch hunting begins!
