January 1 rolled in quietly just like any day. I guess there was the sense of uncertainty as to what is in store for the new year after the ‘epic’ 2020 that we all had. Since 5-6 years ago, I started choosing a word to help me navigate through the year. 2020 was so strange…
Category: Shanghai living
Happy Little Moments X Postcrossing Crossover
Last Sunday, 25 August, 2019, was the Happy Little Moments and annual Postcrossing Shanghai meetup crossover event, held at the Shanghai Mass Art Center. The event was originally slated for 10 August, 2019, unfortunately, was postponed due to typhoon Lekima that hit Shanghai. As this was the third year running, the number of people coming…
Happy Little Moments | The Exhibit
As I’m writing this post (albeit a late one), I am still feeling like it’s all surreal, to be having a solo exhibit… #documentinglife has become something of a mission after I discovered digital scrapbooking when I just had kids. It became a way for me to capture those every day little moments in Shanghai…
Watercolor Adventures
These days, I’ve been trying to get out of my comfort zone and actually going out and meet new people! The fact that these are like-minded people makes it somehow easier to socialize… This weekend was one of the rare occasion where I actually showed up at 2 locations! 06.22 Sketching Jiangpin Road Draw Shanghai’s…
#oneweek100people2019
Another challenge done! The just-concluded #oneweek100people2019 initiated by Marc Taro Holmes, Liz Steel, and Suhita Shirodkar was a fantastic way to brush up on drawing people again. This year, my goal was to (1) understand more about gestural drawing and (2) be quicker with drawing people so I can incorporate into my urban sketches. These are…
Artist-in-Residence at Alila Anji
Super excited and honoured to be a guest at the Alila Anji for a series of weekends dedicated to artful explorations with kids. The program is called “Artist-in-Residence” which is part of the pop-up series of events. I’ve been asked to develop a series of art workshops for kids and adults who are guests at the…
My Design Has Been Plagiarized
I cannot believe that my work which is given as a free download is being plagiarised and sold from here! Thank you to Maud Fournier for bring this to my attention. PLEASE STOP BUYING FROM THIS SITE! I am definitely taking action to protecting my work! Because of this, I am closing my Downloads for…
First TN Meetup in Shanghai
This post is a wee bit long overdue. For some reason, I keep forgetting to post this! Anyways, last 28 May, was the very first official Midori Traveler’s Notebook meet up that was sponsored by Midori. It was quite an honour and a privilege to have been invited to join, one of the very few…
‘Happy Little Moments’ Workshop
So excited to share with you all about the recently concluded Planner/Journal Market (手帐集市）that was held last May 1. This is the third time that I’ve been to this 1-day event but this time around, I was asked to give a 40-minute workshop about decorating with Instax photos, wash tapes, stickers and etc. on the Midori…
Shanghai | Today
A glorious day in Shanghai today with clear blue skies and some sun. In spite of the cold cold temperature, the aged p’s are out and about enjoying the weather. Snapped these photos at the Fuxing Park.
December around here…
… has been a blur with a flurry of routine stuff + the preparations for the holidays all keeping us busy.
Around here…
… our days seem to go in a blur! … keeping a journal handy with my fauxdori (courtesy from the fantastic Happie Scrappie) and custom-made insert to document our Week in the Life … school homework takes a big part of our evenings … work has been hectic with deadlines all sort of happening at…
