bedok at night

At this coffee shop opposite Temasek Junior College in Bedok, men were seen drinking beer in bottles kept chilled in a big tub. Young and sexy Chinese girls would go around to serve and pour the beer for the customers who were mainly middle age Singaporean men. Beside drinking, most of them were watching TV provided by the coffee shop owner and some were seen reading the evening Chinese newspaper. This lady in my sketch appeared to be so bored while the husband was drinking his beer and reading the papers.

another demo

A quick demo piece in A3 size to a group of students in my drawing class at the campus.

salty dishes

That's a quick sketch of my husband at a family dinner. We were having the fish soup steamboat and the crab vermicili at the coffee shop next to Siglap Centre. Both dishes were so salty! We will probably not visit the stall for a very long time to come.

shopping therapy

I don't like shopping but I like the coffee break when I go shopping. This is a sketch after my favourite Kueh Lopes and the brewed coffee at Oleh Oleh Teahouse at Parkway Parade in the afternoon.

Kueh Lopes is one of the many popular Malay desserts made from glutinous rice wrapped in individual triangle using banana leaves and left to boil for a few hours. They are served with grated coconut and palm sugar syrup.

result of november sketchwalk

I did three watercolour pieces at today's sketchwalk. At Teck Lim Road, I was attracted to the view of UOB Plaza through a narrow passage and the playful light and shadow. At the corner of Keong Siak Road and Teck Lim Road, I liked the scale and proportion of the rear view of the row of shophouses and a colourful triangular car parking sign powered by a solar panel attached to the top of the sign. The third location, I was again attracted to the interesting light and shadow cast on this building situated at the corner of Jiak Chuan Road and Teck Lim Road.

November Sketchwalk

Hi all, here is the sketchwalk plan for this saturday. We will be reprising Keong Saik for the new comers and covering Bukit Pasoh too, which will be a new area for us all. If you come late, please find us along this route.

Meeting/Endpoint - URA centre Atrium

Location #1 - Junction of Neil Road & Teck Lim Road

Location #2 - Keong Saik road

Location #3 - Bukit Pasoh (Majestic Hotel)

Date : 26th Nov 2011

Time: 10.00am --1.00pm (Sketchwalk)

         1.00pm (Show & Tell @ Atrium)

at the airport cafe

My youngest son was selected by his school to visit the Venice Biennale and we were at Changi Airport last Thursday night to send him off to Venice. We were waiting at the coffee club before he joined his 6 other schoolmates and 2 teachers at the check-in counter.

lunch at waterloo street

I had lunch at my favourite chicken rice stall at Waterloo Street on my off day. I was surprised there was no queue but as I finished the plate of chicken rice and a cup of coffee, the lunch crowd started to build up. People were standing next to me but I did not know whether they were looking at my sketch or they were waiting for me to leave so they could take over my seat at this busy lunch hour.

Skinny Pizza

Black in colour, the squid seafood pizza was so good! After splashing some coffee, I started a sketch. Teety from Skinny Pizza, Raffles City was so in awe when she saw me sketching her restaurant. She repeatedly said "my god" like more than 10 times.... Ha!

heavy rain

At Saturday ad-hoc Sketchwalk. I did three sketches with two under the heavy rain at second location. This was done at the first location at Ann Siang Hill just outside URA building. Ann Siang Hill is characterised by the old clans buildings at both sides of the road.






At second location. Started a sketch at Boon Tat Street and it began to rain like cats and dogs. Got to find the shelter along the narrow five foot way on the left of this location.




My third sketch at the junction of Amoy Street and Boon Tat Street. Some of us took shelter at the narrow five-foot way along Amoy Street looking at Boon Tat Street. I was sitting near to the umbrella you see here before the rain started. Finally a group picture for the great turn out. The heavy rain did not deter the spirit and we had a great time sketching together!

Video of Sketchwalk on 12 Nov 2011

URA talk and Sketchwalk at Telok Ayer

Meeting point - URA centre
1) Location #1 - Ann Siang Hill Park (deck infront of P.S Cafe)
2) Location #2 - Junction of Amoy and Boon Tat street
3) Location #3 - Thian Hock Keng temple
End point - URA centre

Date : 12th Nov 2011
Time: 10-10.30am (Talk by URA Planner)
         10.30--1.15pm (Sketchwalk)
         1.15-1.30pm (Show & Tell)

My husband was busy so I brought my son and daughter to Katong Village for Korean BBQ dinner. We booked a table earlier so we were given the side room with about 5 to 6 tables. The main dinner hall, where the buffet table was located, was so crowded and smoky. The 3 groups of dinners next to our table were all foreigners with our immediate neighbouring table speaking in Thai and other people in other tables speaking in Korean language. I did the sketch after our wonderful dinner on a new Muji Sketchbook.

Our hair and clothes all smell of smoke and meat when we left the place.

USKSG book launch photo collage

the book poster

Support "Give a little, Ge a sketch!"

collage of sketches for Oct

last page of Oct Muji sketchbook

Hurray, last page of October muji sketchbook. I love the olio pasta at Coffee Club Siglap in my neighbourhood.

Interestingly, I started this Muji Sketchbook with a sketch at Coffee Club and ended the book with a sketch at another Coffee Club outlet.

Korner at the Scarlet Hotel

Took a day leave to send the books overseas in the morning and went to deposit two books to the library, a requirement for a publisher like me. Before going back to URA centre to help man the book sale counter, I went to chill at the nearby cafe called "Korner" on the ground floor of the Scarlet Hotel at 33 Erskine Road off Club Street. Korner is the latest addition to the increasingly trendy scene on Ann Siang Hill and Club Street, however, the interior though cozy with all the ornaments, patterned ceiling and colourful throw cushions; is overkill for a small space in the otherwise narrow shophouse envelope.

in the local newspaper

We were featured in the two big local newspaper Lian He Zao Bao 联合早报 and The Straits Time dated 23 Oct and 29 Oct 2011 respectively.