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| Take a moment
To look out your window and enjoy the show mother nature puts on for us
Every evening and every morning without fail
In my case, evening, since I'm hardly ever awake to see sunrise
Such gorgeous colours and contrasts from the car window...makes me stop for a moment just to look in wonder
I hardly even notice the cars, the road and the lamposts
All I can see is the sky and how beautiful it can be at dusk, with the sun just starting to make way for the night
A few moments more, the sun fades, to barely a hint of fire in the sky, as the night takes over
Almost makes the long meeting on a Monday afternoon insignificant and bearable
And I can almost forget Eric's cynical comment...the sky is so beautiful because of all the pollution in the air
Almost...not quite
It's still beautiful and I still enjoyed it
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| Piggyfest at El Cerdo
On Tuesday was totally sublime
Sue Lynn was laughing at me cos I was so happy at the prospect of a piggy dinner
There were 6 of adults; Irene, Eng Hui, Eric, Teck, Sue Mue and I ( and Tenzin, Irene's 6 year old) so we could order a nice selection of delcious babi goodness
So, so awesome for a pig lover like me...
Pics are a bit dark but the food was seriously yums
Seated and waiting to order
They also have a selection of hot and cold tapas on the blackboard
Water first
Then fresh, cold Hoegaarden from the tap while we wait for our food
Complimentary soup to start. It was ham and pea. Tasty...
My favourite dish of the night. Some kind of ham and melon. Lighter and more refined then proscuitto. Melt in the mouth yummy with the cold, sweet rockmelon...divine. This I want again, the next time I go there
Our concession to a balanced diet, a Caesar salad to share, altho it had lovely bacon and anchovies in it
Schintzel done well... tender, light and yums. Not too sure about the blueberry jam thing that it came with tho
Iberico pork ribs. Very excellent...one and a half servings of this to share so it was split onto two plates. The pineapple salad in tomato cups was a good accompaniment
A tapas sized chorizo and tomato bruschetta to share. Not a big fan of chorizo served like this but it was ok
The piece de resistance of the night, our little piglet friend, or half of him anyway. Marinated in white wine then roasted...Crispy skin but tender enough to be cut by a plate (which you are then supposed to smash for good luck). He was a very well done little piggy, melt in the mouth and he came with brown sauce and a side salad
Paella Eng Hui ordered as our carbs for the night..which hardly anyone had, so he ended up finishing most of it
It's a guaranteed repeat visit for me, when I'm over my pork high and OD. We must go back there when Henry is back from Abu Dhabi
Pork is a nice sweet meat
PS El Cerdo is on Changkat Bukit Bintang, opposite Werner's
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| A long, long time ago....
Pete was cleaning out his room and found some of my stuff still there a couple of weeks ago
Mostly odds and ends
Old costume jewelry, keys, DVDs and other bits and bobs
He was nice enough to pack most of it up and pass it back to me
But there was one thing that he found that made me laugh when I saw it
Two boxes of slides
Leftover from one of my college assignments
I think it was from when I was 19 or 20 years old
I know right...a lifetime ago 
It was a Production module in college and we were learning the basics of DTP and colour separation
And the assignment was to produce a magazine cover of yourself from start to finish (to colour proof stage)
Open brief, any type of mag you wanted but with yourself on the covers plus all the blurbs, layout etc
Our Lecturer was a bit of a dictator and specified we had to take our pictures using slide film and output in slide for the colour seps
I got my then boyfriend to help me take the pics (I was in Biz Comm, he was a Graphic Design student a year ahead of me)
Being in college and a bit of a rock-grunge wannabe who only ever wore ripped jeans and sneakers (yes, sooo different from now right? ), of course it had to be a music magazine cover right?
Even tho I couldn't sing or play any kind of instrument
Cut a long story short, I found the slides from the so called "shoot"
Cracked me up....I don't even remember looking like that, altho I do remember the shoot. Have a look... I scanned the slides so the quality is quite horrendous
 
We shot at some forest/park place. Can't remember where exactly altho I do remember that he actually did a recce a couple of days before. It was a blazing hot afternoon after class...and by hot I mean REALLY hot...at in 2 p.m. in the afternoon hot (I also remember complaining). The scans just made everything look dark and kinda blurry
Oh yeah, we "borrowed" his brother's guitar as a prop. Yes, then almost every guy had a guitar or wanted to be in a band...at least the guys I knew 
I think I saw a bug or some other small creature scurry by...and he just kept shooting. Check out how long my hair was then...almost to my waist and all one length...damn!!
 
The close ups...I get self-conscious staring straight at a camera (if it's just me alone...I still do) then I start giggling or making funny faces...like here. Looking away always works better for me
 
Maybe I should grow out my hair again cos I really like the pic on the left...then again, that hair was a bitch to manage and I doubt I'll look like I did when I was 19
 
Hahahaa... these shots are just short of being cringe-worthy...what was I thinking...and I don't even know how to hold the guitar properly
 
This was some alternative shots he wanted to try, sans the checked flannel shirt. Was "just in case" I think
This was the shot I finally ended up using for my mag cover. Mostly because you couldn't see much of my face
I'm actually kinda happy I found these old slides. Blast from the past
Laugh if you must
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