13/3/08，vietnam dong

$10，000 vietnam dong = $ 2.20 ringgit malaysia / $ 1.00 USD = $19,860 vietnam dong

13/3/08，mien luon

油炸成条状鳗鱼。
九层塔，薄荷，芽菜。
粉丝，清汤。

mien luon（eel with glass noodles ）
唯一重复吃第二次的食物。
狼吞虎咽。
我们点菜的方法是，
看着他人的桌子，
说：this one, this one, and this one。
:P原始兼夹没礼貌。
还好大家都是笑嘻嘻。

13/3/08，Papa Joes Coffee

咖啡，

越南的灵魂。

我的精神。

a vietnamese filter is a small coffee pot.
it looks like a hat and sits upon the top of a coffee cup.
inside is a chamber for coffee and room for hot water.
It is very basic and simple, and works!

13/3/08，bat trang

路上。

去 bat trang ceramic village。

bat trang,
the most famous and long-standing pottery village in vietnam.

on the left bank of hang river and about 10 km from hanoi in east.

12/3/08, bún ta

hanoi的第一天，
午餐。
各有所思。
店叫bún ta，
bún是面/粉丝。
bun ta restaurant (Our Bun)
offers many distinct varieties of bun (vietnamese rice vermicelli).
the restaurant’s slogan is “everything is vermicelli”.

fern，
x.hui，doreen。

12/3/08，hồ tây/west lake

interContinental, west lake
hồ tây (west lake ) is the largest lake nearby the west center of hanoi with the border is about 20 km.
it was created from a curved part of the red river.
it is a popular attraction in Hanoi with many pagodas, hotels, and restaurants.

12/3/08, hồ gươm

hồ hoàn kiếm一带的店
hoàn kiếm lake,
lake of the returned sword / lake of the restored sword,
also known as hồ gươm (sword lake).

12/3/08，ciputra international city

doreen家附近。
ciputra hanoi international city is a self-contained city,
being constructed in one of Hanoi's most desirable locations,
between hanoi city centre, noi bai international airport and west lake.

12/3/08，lô'i га

机场。
lô'i га即是出口。

12/3/08, 空中

凌晨班机。
刺眼的日出。

easter

keng fatt

http://1324worldmag.blogspot.com/

有人说：
人与人之间最遥远的距离，不是生与死的距离，
而是我就在你面前，你却不知道我爱你。

但是我要说：
人与人之间最遥远的距离，不是生与死的距离，
而是你就在我的面前，而我却不懂得去爱你。

宣教最大的挑战，并不是飞越千山万水，到遥远的地方；
宣教最大的挑战乃是推开紧闭的栅门，走出我们的民族堡垒， 轻轻地，亲亲地走进我们邻舍的世界，去认识，去感受，去拥抱，去爱。
美丽的脚，走过万水千山；美丽的脚，也驻足邻舍门扇； 轻轻敲门，亲亲等候。　


文/ 伟恩

a man of sorrows

he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows,
and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised,
and we esteemed him not.
surely he has borne our griefsand carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted......

他无佳形美容，
我们看见他的时候，也无美貌使我们羡慕他。
他被藐视，被人厌弃，多受痛苦，常经忧患。
他被藐视，好象被人掩面不看的一样，我们也不尊重他。
他诚然担当我们的忧患，背负我们的痛苦；
我们却以为他受责罚，被神击打苦待了......

on vacation

someone please look after my plants.....


found from net, i love the best answer that i never heard before :)...
sound like a piece of installation work.

(asker: I'll be away for a few months...how do I keep my plant alive while I'm away over the summer? )

best answer from Francios JV:Go to your nearest hospital/clinic/drugstore and ask them if you can get a number of empty drip bags (those things they use in hospital to slowly administer medicine/liquids) with the control thing on the tube still intact. Refill a lot of them and tie them one way or another above the plant and set the drip to a very slow drip rate. Please test the volume it will administer and work out how long it will last. Possibly you will be able to go away and come back in a few months time with the plant well watered and still alive.

You must get a lot of the drips to be able to set it at a very slow rate but the quantity of water must be sufficient to sustain the plant. Alternatively you must be able to organize a big container with the drip gadget on to last the time that you are gone.
Hope your plant survives.

If you are one of those who talk to the plant, you must leave a recording of your talking on a timer as well !

A fever isn't an illness

doctor, i have a fever; and sore throat, cough, muscle aches....

1. a fever isn't an illness itself, but it's usually a sign that something out of the ordinary is going on in your body. Fevers aren't necessarily bad. In fact, fevers seem to play a key role in helping your body fight off a number of infections.... (mayoclinic.com)
2. have a sore throat, a dry cough, tiredness, mild headaches or muscle aches? hmm...then may have a cold of flu.
3. to treat your cold and flu symptoms

• get plenty of rest, especially while you have a fever.
• stop smoking and avoid secondhand smoke, which can make cold symptoms worse ( is alright, i wasn't a smoker).
• drink lots of fluids like water and clear soups. fluids help loosen mucus. fluids are also important because they help prevent dehydration.
• avoid alcohol (....too bad).
• gargle with warm salt water a few times a day to relieve a sore throat. throat sprays or lozenges may also help relieve the pain. (familydoctor.org)

konnyaku jelly / mix, boil, pour, chill

easy.... not really healthy but tasty.
the only thing to remind: mix the powder with the sugar before pouring it into the boiling water.
and, stir is the key word.

farewell. 9/3/08, sunday, 7--10pm

annabelle as subject matter

drew after paola rego.

Fine FI’s Veitsen Terällä/ on the blade

How can a high end kitchen knife designed by F.A. Porsche get any better...

droog design

.....more than an aesthetic level...

http://www.droogdesign.nl/

topoware, eating is a journey

MocoLoco interviews Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino and Karola Torkos about their Topoware:
.....taking inspiration from the recent popularity of geography as a media [sic] of communication (with Google maps) and more specifically with topographic maps, which define heights of a landscape two dimensionally, Topoware in turn, "outlines" the dining experience."
Made up of cups, plates, bowls, placemats and a tablecloth, the collection explores the visual and social landscape of dining by using outlines and descriptions to describe, question and push our eating experience, making it really feel like a journey.....
http://www.topoware.org/

世纪末的华丽/朱天文

很迟发现。
虽是文字，视觉元素好强。颜色/质感/气味延绵。。。

这是台湾独有的城市天际线，米亚常常站在她的九楼阳台上观测天象。依照当时的心情，屋里烧一土撮安息香。
违建铁皮屋佈满楼顶，千万家篷架像森林之海延伸到日出日落处。
我们需要轻质化建筑，米亚的情人老段说。老段用轻质沖孔铁皮建材来解决别墅开天窗或落地窗所产生的日晒问题。米亚的楼顶阳台也有一个这样的棚，倒挂着各种乾燥花草。

米亚是一位相信嗅觉，依赖嗅觉记忆活着的人。安息香使她回到那场八九年春装秀中，淹没在一片雪纺，乔其纱，网绸，金蒽，纱丽，绑扎缠绕裹垂坠的印度热里，天衣无缝，当然少不掉锡克教式裹头巾，搭配前个世纪末展露于维也纳建筑绘画中的装饰风，其闲翘楚克林姆，缀满亮箔珠绣的装饰风。
米亚也同样依赖颜色的记忆，比方她一直在找有一种紫色，想不起来是什么时候和地方见过，但她确信只要被她遇见一定逃不掉，然后那一种紫色负荷的所有东西霎时都会重现。
不过比起嗅觉，颜色就迟钝得多。嗅觉因为它的无形不可捉摸，更加锐利和准确。
铁皮篷架，显出台湾与地争空间的事实，的确，也看到前人为解决平顶燠晒防雨所发明内外交流的半户外空间。前人以他们生活经验累积给了我们应付台湾气候环境的建筑方式，轻质化。不同于欧美也不同于日本，是形式上的轻质，也是空间上轻质，视觉上轻质，为烈日下拥塞的台湾都市寻找纾解空间。贝聿铭说，风格产生由解决问题而来。如果他没有一批技术人员帮他解决问题，罗浮宫金字塔上的玻璃不会那样闪闪发亮而透明，老段说。
老段这些话混合着薄荷气味的药草茶。当时他们坐在棚底下聊天，米亚出来进去沏茶。
清咧的薄荷药草茶，她记起九零年夏装海滨浅色调。那不是加勒比海缤纷印花布，而是北极海海滨。几座来自格陵兰岛的冰山隐浮于北极海濛雾里，呼吸冷冻空气，一望冰白，透青，纤绿。细节延续八九年秋冬蕾丝镂空，转为鱼网般新镂空感，或用压褶压烫出鱼鳍和贝壳纹路。
米亚与老段，他们不讲话的时刻，便做为印象派画家一样，观察城市天际线日落造成的幻化。将时间停留在画布上的大师，莫内，时钟般记录了一日之中奇瓦尼河上光线的流动，他们亦耽美于每一刻钟光阴移动在他们四周引起的微细妙变。虾红，鲑红，亚麻黄，耆草黄，天空由粉红变成黛绿，落幕前突然放一把大火从地平线烧起，轰轰焚城。他们过份耽美，在漫长的赏叹过程中耗尽精力，或被异象震慑得心神俱裂，往往竟无法做情人们该做的爱情事。
米亚愿意这样，选择了这种生活方式。开始也不是要这样的，但是到后来就变成唯一的选择

pixelgarten

....indulged into white, desperately....

pixelgarten are Adrian Nießler and Catrin Altenbrandt/ based in Frankfurt, Germany/ work includes art projects as well as design, typography , Photography and illustration /a lot of projects are somewhere in between art and design / design all kind of Printproducts (Posters, Books, Magazines, Flyer, Cover…).
http://www.pixelgarten.de/

ZAnPon

ZAnPon:Born 1981 in Osaka/ entered Osaka University of Arts in 2000/ started drawing in January 2004 / his style of line drawing goes beyond imagination and explores freely from abstract art to concrete art, from life drawing to animal drawing/ it surpasses any of current art genre and gave birth to his own genre.
Text: Kyoko Tachibana/Translation: Junko Isogawa