[070406] cat day off

started on 1/14th or 1/23rd (assuming zero carry over) of e way towards not forfeiting any leave days for e year =) been wanting to wander through a relatively uncrowded & quieter Orchard during working hours, & while away a lazy working day afternoon eating cat food & flipping through magazines with beautiful photos & looking at artsy stuff & great design, so....

bus art on SBS 14:



Wisma Atria - Ding Tai Fung - sliced pickled Japanese cucumbers - U2 - Ngee Ann City - Bossini - 2 tops - Cold Storage - ikura + tamagoyaki sushi - cat feeding time (is there a term for brunch eaten in e afternoon?) - Art Friend - Kinokuniya - kusudama origami kit - Japanese magazines - cat reading time - Watsons - Wheelock Place (a favourite building) - Sun with Moon Japanese Dining Cafe visit #2:



view from window seat:



matcha parfait:



top layer = matcha ice cream + azuki red beans + yellow chestnuts + pink & green dango + cream; second layer = matcha syrup + white dango + matcha jelly cubes; third layer = matcha 'cake'; bottom layer = cornflakes + matcha syrup

bottom left = MOOK 古民家スタイル no. 2 magazine (cover below) on modernising interiors of traditional Japanese houses, from e restaurant's magazine rack =))



on one panel of e big fat sheets of washi paper covering a section of e restaurant ceiling (look up!!), an English translation of part of a haiku by Basho [ From time to time ]/The clouds give rest/To the moon beholders (雲折り折り人をやすむる月見哉 Kumo oriori hito o yasumuru tsukimi kana)....

maybe cat heaven has one of these restaurants? ;)

epSITE Epson Imaging Gallery - Best Shots 2nd Edition photo exhibition - [A Decisive Move] by Fukuda Katsuko & many other beautiful pictures - CityLink - Buckle....Richardson....plenty of RGS girls walking around in house T-shirts after their sports day (no Hadley/Waddle/Tarbet spotted) *想当年* - HMV - 「いま、会いにゆきます」Ima Aini Yukimasu OST CD by 松谷卓 - Raffles City - KOKON TOZAI kimono fabric store - THELIFESHOP - Buddha images covered with pink felt-like material - Cafe Cartel - pig feeding time - pig walking time - City Hall - Empress Place - Asian Civilisations Museum - Power Dressing: Textiles for Rulers & Priests from e Chris Hall collection special exhibition:



a very different meaning to OCC aka. 'old clothes collection', with pieces from 5th-6th century BC =P

[100506 update] photos of e exhibition from yesterday.sg

if they don't mind being picked up & moved around, one could play 碁 go with them on e tiles around e time capsule buried when Singapore was 25 years old:



across e Singapore river:



Cavenagh bridge cats:



Raffles Place - Change Alley:



end of an era:



today's loot:



museum exhibition leaflets + kusudama origami 'kit' + Ima Aini Yukimasu OST CD + white top + green top + museum tickets + notebook pages full of notes & sketches from e day's worth of art & inspiration & sights & sounds, & Wednesday night's walk through IKEA

good food + good photos + good art + good reading + good design + good music + good poetry + good exhibitions + good company + good service. *happy* =))

10-Q to all who sent their cat day wishes =)

& yup e cat can still do splits & cartwheels 2 years after reaching e original target of a quarter century human years of age. wonder if it will still be able to do so when its 30?

dinner @ Sofra with e SPS bunch to follow....

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