Sink or Swim

I’ve been meaning to buy a few outdoor chaise lounges for our terrace. When I get tired from working (which is most of the time) and I badly need to step back from the computer, I find myself wanting to sunbathe. Weird I know, but I’m such a sun worshipper and dream of the beach all day long. We have enough shade outside our room where the terrace is so I can put one or two lounge chairs there. If I fix it up really nice, maybe I can work there too when I’m having designer’s block. It’s highly recommended to change work places when you are working from home anyway. Besides, that’s what laptops are for. So you can be mobile and work whenever you want. I just hope the sun won’t be too high when I decide to do this.

Follow-up to last week’s question:

Do you keep all your unread books together, like books in a waiting room? Or are they scattered throughout your shelves, mingling like party-goers waiting for the host to come along?

Here’s my last week’s list of unread books.

As for my answer, no I don’t put them in one place. In fact, all my books are scattered all over the house. I want to be able to have something to read available wherever I am. This applies to new, rare and second-hand ones. However, to verify if one book is part of the “unread” gang, one just have to look closely to see that it’s almost always gathering dust.

Before you judge me, I do take good care of my books and they get dusted every week.

Too much fat burner will do this to you.

Beyonce / Elisha Cuthbert

Kidding, of course. If you eat like a horse (or ahem, like me), a fat burner could only do so much.

These photos were photoshopped (duh!) but still, have you seen the stars from 90210? They need some serious eating to do. I’ve been known to obsess about my weight from time to time but I think I’m still way inside the healthy line of dieting. Which if you translate will mean no cakes if you eat ice cream. Okay a small slice is okay if the ice cream flavor was anything but chocolate. On the other hand, you can have chocolates as long as it’s dark, not white. Or you can eat as many plates of pasta as you like and you won’t gain weight at all. I could go on and on but I’m afraid you might try my diet.

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Corregidor, Philippines

80’s rule!

Although I have to say I’m not exactly old enough to have enjoyed the 80’s, it won’t stop me from enjoying music from that era.

I’d probably write a hundred songs but since this is Ten on Tuesday, here’s my top 10 songs from the *0’s.

With or Without You – U2

I Melt With You – Modern English

Every Breath You Take – The Police

Eternal Flame – Bangles (Oh God, high school prom!)

When I See You Smile – Bad English

Patience – Guns N’ Roses

Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds

I’ll Be Over You – Toto

Regret – New Order

Every Rose Has It’s Thorn – Poison

“So here today I present to you an Unread Books Challenge. Give me the list or take a picture of all the books you have stacked on your bedside table, hidden under the bed or standing in your shelf – the books you have not read, but keep meaning to. The books that begin to weigh on your mind. The books that make you cover your ears in conversation and say, ‘No! Don’t give me another book to read! I can’t finish the ones I have!’ “

Great topic this week. Here’s my list:

The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Marquez
Lady Chatterley’s Lover – DH Lawrence
Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky

Both by Nick Bantock:
The Venetian Wife
Forgetting Room

They are unread because I am actually saving them. I want to read them when I have a whole day free with nothing to do but read so I can give them my undivided attention.

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With all the junk and sweets that I’ve been eating lately, it will be no surprise when I start shopping for Solo Slim online. But I will restrain myself. Instead of feasting on mango bravo/chocolate turtle pie/choco walnut cake/triple choco mousse(see, the names alone will make you want to eat), I’ll hit the treadmill OR better yet (exercise is always my last resort), I’ll just drink coffee and nothing else.

Okay so I may not be proposing the healthiest way to eat here so please ignore me. Do enjoy these beautifully designed coffee though. Reminds me so much of Coffee Prince days.

Coffee, anyone?

I’ve been meaning to buy these nice contemporary rugs for our living room. Ever since I saw them online, all I can think about are white bookshelves, white sofa set, and white workstation. I wonder if they do this in car mats as well? Not that anyone would see but it would be a nice touch. Anyway, take a look at them yourself and let me know what you think.

1. Dropping names of famous people they know.

2. Body odor. I’m not talking about bad odors that was caused by your diet. I’m talking about scents that just go straight to your nose because the person you’re talking to would rather not waste time on something as irrelevant as taking a bath.

3. Bad breath. It’s fine if we’re together and we just enjoyed a garlic pizza together. But to go to work or meet a client with your last alcoholic drink still noticeable on your breath is unacceptable.

4. Unless you’re a farmer or gardener, I don’t think you should go out having dirty fingernails.

5. Barely there tops and skirts. There’s a thin line between looking sexy and looking like a slut.

6. When people are rude to waiters or other customer service oriented staff.

7. Related to number one, being brand conscious. It’s one thing to be able to afford them but another thing to buy expensive things when you can’t even make ends meet for the sake of appearances.

8. Snobs

9. Know-it-all guys when clearly they don’t have a clue. It might be forgivable if you really know what you’re talking about.

10. Social climbers. Befriending someone just because they’re rich.

Playing with keywords on twitter is my latest favorite thing to do when I’m bored. So far, I’ve tried designer, web design, real estate, celebrity income, diet pill, interior design, money online, exotic food and many more. No matter what I enter, the results never cease to amaze me. And just a couple of minutes ago, I came across japanese toys. When I clicked on it, here’s what I found. An article on bizarre Japanese toys from incrediblethings.com.

Tuttuki Finger Game Box – pass the time by poking several things on the screen.

God Jesus Robot

Lokuloku Pig Toy – now this is interesting. No matter how many times you squish this toy, it always manages to bounce back and retain its shape.

 
H-Bouya USB Toy – this baby will blink whenever you type H on your computer. H stands for “hentai” which is the word for porn in Japanese. So if you type H too many times, it just shows how a pervert you are.

Weird I know.

Hex Bug Robot cockroaches – for those who want to have cockroaches in their house but don’t really want to deal with the real thing.  These toys have sensors that lets them change direction when they encounter a wall and they also run away when they hear loud sounds.

I woke up this morning looking for a clean / minimalist design inspiration for a jewelry website that I’ll be designing next week. I’ve visited a few websites that sells diamond and pearl jewelry too to see the current trend but none of them appealed to me in a creative way. So I’ve decided to search designs instead using clean and white as keywords. That is where I stumbled upon this post. It’s perfect because every element that I’m looking for is already compiled in one article.

They are not exactly “white” but they all use white spaces accordingly, making them all look professional and classy. Here’s one example of what I’m looking for from monashcarpet.com.au.