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The day after my recital, I decided to take a day off and finally got to enjoy Taipei in a sunnier and drier version. It has seriously been raining for the whole past freakin week -_- Honestly, I didn't know Paul Smith as a fashion designer that well before this exhibition but I know his "pink wall" a bit too well through Instagram. (hah)  So I thought, hm why not check it out today - and I ended up enjoyed it so much. I think he is very inspiring in a way that, he is observing and collecting ideas and information all the time - no matter it's something special or ordinary - and he can make it work and transform what he sees through his eyes into his works - it's quite amazing     

At one point, I was wondering how does he put all these bright color together and they still make sense to me - fyi I only have boring colors in my closet -

This Leica really caught my eyes at the moment that I still can't figure out why - it just seems so simple but special - and I finally found my answers from the words he wrote below

"Start something new
take pleasure seriously
life is not about shorter hours or longer hours, it's about every hour
stop making sense...logic is predictable...think differently
seeing by doing... doing by seeing."

He is not trying make sense, not trying to use ordinary colors, patterns, fabrics - he does it because they are pleasures and they are well worth it - that's definitely something I really admire about. It's okay to mess up, it's better to be yourself :)

Thank you for stopping by again and hope you guys enjoyed the photos  and some hsindy thoughts - until next time :p

singapore - eat and see

 Nylon Coffee Roaster

I have been wanted to share with you guys what I did in Singapore and how I survive taking photos only with my iphone 6. I feel like I am always behind on sharing new things with you, but I really have been busy until I finished my recital two days ago. (phew) Okay lets jump right in -


WHERE TO EAT -

 This acai bowl and their pancakes were on point - from Sarnies

If you love pretty wall and coffee like I do, check out - Bicky and Brew

Light, healthy and colorful option on a hot and sunny day - A Poke Theory

I would say this was probably my favorite meal - Song Fa Bak Kut Teh

 Looking for a cozy and perfect latte art? hit up - A.R.C Coffee

Some other yummy places that are not photographed -

Tasty Imperial Chicken from Boon Tong Kee
Local eats from Tiong Bahru
Fancy Traditional Singapore food from Violet Oon
Laksa from 328 Katong Laksa
Favorite speakeasy cocktail bar - Maison Ikkoku


INSTAGRAM WORTHY PLACES -

Walk through The Helix Bridge and take in the entire Singapore bay view 

You can'y miss this cool arch thingy if you are into any white things / weird shapes like me - it's by the Gardens by the Bay

 One day I am going to stay at this goddamn cool spaceship and go to that Infinity pool that I didn't get to see this time - Marina Bay Sands

 I love how they have really hipster shops in these old buildings - they are colorful and vintage feeling - I think this was around Arab Street

This cute old man was singing and playing ucalaly by the river - from here you can walk around the water and check out the old bridge - Cavenagh Bridge

I love symmetrical things -  although this was at the bathroom of Victoria Theater and Concert Hall  

 Night viewssssss - I think I was on the top of Raffle City, and I remembered that I walked into a bar, sat down, took the photo and left :p

Another great place to check out - the top of Esplanade

 Just loving the architectures - Amoy Street

 

Beautiful Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay

 Another must sea - Supertree Grove, they are very cool both in day time and night time

 Guess what they also have beaches at Singapore and it's only a 20 minutes drive from the city- Sentosa

Yup, so that pretty much sums up my 10 days trip there. I really enjoyed it, especially the last day when I finally explored with my feet and take the public transportation. That made me feel like I have completed this experience. The weather there was very humid but I guess it's not as bad as Taiwan (where is super moist with 100% humidity all the time) I love how the people there were very diverse and friendly! I would definitely want to visit again just for travel and eat purpose tho (hah) I wish I packed my camera with me so I would have more desire to capture all the cool little details - but thanks to iphone, so I can still share all these with you. Thanks for stopping by, looking forward to more wanderlusts ;) 

Recent

I wish I have more time to write this regularly, but recently I am literally racing with time. Came back home after graduation and now in Singapore doing a violin festival - It's more like an excuse for me to escape home and travel but I actually learned a lot here and lucky to have so many lessons with different professors. Being here also forces myself to get back in the habit of practicing everyday - my recital in Taiwan is in 2 weeks (ahhhh!) These roses were shot when I was still in my comfortable little corner in nyc. I was just so in love with the colors - hope you guys like them too. 

I received this super cute bracelet as my graduation gift, and I am loving it. And plus you all know I am obsessed with bears hehe. It's from a spanish brand Tous. I really like the simple design and how it literally goes with everything. Normally I don't like to wear accessories on my wrists because I have to take it down when I play violin, but this one doesn't bother me at all, very light and comfortable to wear. You can find it here.