220209 ・ 她一直都没有变

Just another trip to Chinatown after I woke up on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Mixed feelings - feeling abit frustrated (cos tomorrow is Mon again) while enjoying the scenary around me on a Sunday pace.

如果说新加坡的牛车水是个施上浓妆的城市妇人，巴黎的牛车水则是脂粉不沾的乡下村妇。

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Driving around Paris, crossing La Seine, the winter scene, everything around me spells nostalgia. The bare trees and the grey skies. I wind down the windows, listening to the people on the streets, some random tunes I remembered listening to over the past week was playing inside my head.

Maybe it is because I am not the one driving that I get to enjoy the pleasure of a passenger - taking in everything my 5 senses gave me.

Also, I began snapping these pics while the car was moving. Not my best, and some at pretty weird angles. Still, I think they deliver the right kind of winter vibes.

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As usual, I'm on a high mood after a trip back from Chinatown. There must be a reason why trips to supermarkets and pharmacies thrill me (especially those in Japan!!). While I was feasting on the winter scene in the car, something light up in my head like a bulb.

...which got me doing this

Contents: Salad (mâche, 1 of my fav salad in France, they have very good fresh salad here), cherry tomatoes, salad sauce (in bear bottle), onigiri (rice balls) mixed with 3 different kinds of furikake (dry Japanese condiment meant to be sprinkled on top of rice), fresh prawns,Korokke (curry flavoured croquette), katsuobushi on chawamushi (steamed egg mastered perfectly & topped with fish flakes)
Finally, I understood the concept of space and colours in bento-making.

Last week of Feb.
2009 is zooming past me like nobody's business.