Tiny Beautiful Things
I would like to thank Isaiah Lim, my good friend and colleague, for recommending this book.
TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS is unputdownable. It brought me to tears AND made me laugh out loud. It’s a book that I can’t stop reading.
The Song of Achilles
I started reading The Song of Achilles about two days ago.
I'm now at 63% and loving it. The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is special and sexy.
The Witcher Saga
I finished The Witcher Saga today!
It was an exhilarating journey for all the six books in the series. I spent pretty much the whole of February reading the first five including binge-watching The Witcher on Netflix.
Imperfect But Still Beautiful
I wondered about the story of this bird that we saw at a halal café called I am..., which is located at Haji Lane. Mr Bear and I were having breakfast at the café before we went about our morning errands. The bird’s right claw was missing three front toes. Was it born this way? Or, was he involved in some accident?
Sketch: Paddington Bear in Singapore
I asked Mr. Bear what to draw this evening and he replied, “Mini Bear!”
I looked around the apartment and saw […]
Sketch: The Gifts of Imperfection
"When we're looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, able to bend, and, most of all, we need someone who embraces us for our strengths and struggles. We need to honor our struggle by sharing it with [...]"
Blind Contour Drawing
I’m inspired by Austin Kleon’s “Blind contour drawings” and wanted to quote Nicolaïdes from Kleon’s blog post:
Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see — to see correctly — and that means […]