Took the Sunday a little off the beaten path in support of my dear, talented friend, Deborah, who was curated by Red Bull out of many other young budding artists to design a cooler for them! The Red Bull Canvas Cooler Project, Singapore is Red Bull's way of giving students space to showcase their creativity on their own coolers, as a common issue here is artists not having enough space to truly express themselves artistically. With the famous arrest of The Sticker Lady, I guess this event is even more meaningful for artists here in Singapore.


The Pop-up event was held at The Reading Room at Tanjong Pagar - what a great space! I loved the high, sloping ceilings, and how they did the whole area up with the coolers on their own little tables. Pretty classy for a Red Bull event, actually. Most of my impression of the brand is girls baring their midriffs and handing me free drinks, so thumbs up for them!


And here's the artist herself! So proud of her, chasing her dreams in a society that prizes studies over art. Respect!


With said cooler! Deborah used acrylic paints on canvas for this to convey the "psychedelic, ethereal journey of The Lotus Eaters". I personally love how bright and trippy the colours are. You can't really see it with the lighting so I grabbed some of these pictures that Deborah took herself of the cooler.

Yay! There are perks of having a dear friend like Pei Li who lives just 300 metres away from me and bakes awesomely! Came over for a tea time snack and just-out-of-the-oven marble cake, something she decided to bake on a whim. We've been friends ever since primary school that fateful day when my little sister and I stuck our heads out of our dining room window and saw her and her little sister, Pei Ting playing badminton downstairs. We ran down to join them, and the rest is history! Anyway she just left for her round the world grad trip while I stay here in little old Singapore for the rest of summer. But we had a nice time catching up anyway, we're different but we feel the same about lots of things, and I hope she has a ball of a time!!! Can't wait till it's my turn :)

Justin's passion is cooking, and there's hardly any fun in doing so without sharing it with some friends! As usual, to celebrate the end of semester, we hosted a cookout at Justin's house and invited over 20 friends over to feast! Cooking for 20 people was no mean feat. Justin started prep 4 whole days in advanced, and I just helped wherever I could like chopping veggies and such (hey it's hard work).

Here's the menu!