Rocky Road cupcake Originally uploaded by mirvettium Latest photoshoot after another haphazard collaboration with Restaurant Girl where she made gorgeous looking food, styles it and exits the kitchen while I took some shots. Despite it being relatively unplanned, I ended up taking a lot more time thinking about lighting. I had my flash reflected to… Continue reading Rocky Road cupcakes
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On the year of the rat
watching the news on the plight of millions of Chinese trying to make their way to their village a few weeks ago, I thought bemusedly to myself “why is it so important?” My family doesn’t celebrate Chinese New Year, despite having the right bloodline for it. I think the tradition died with my grandfather. When… Continue reading On the year of the rat
sorry, small word, a whole history of meaning
Though not everyone agrees… Wilson Tuckey Mr Rudd’s speech was not greeted with unanimous approval, however, with Mr Tuckey telling Sky News shortly before 9am he doubted the speech – which has bipartisan support – would change anything. “So the Prime Minister reads a speech, apparently some people stand up and sit down and then… Continue reading sorry, small word, a whole history of meaning
Makan@Alice
There’s nothing like uploading photos of food when facing a crap day, and what looks like a crap week and month to boot. Makan@Alice Originally uploaded by mirvettium Makan@Alice is a little bit of an institution to those who live in the North and love their Malaysian food. I first heard of it from Y… Continue reading Makan@Alice
Strawberries and cream
Strawberries and cream Originally uploaded by mirvettium Second shoot was supposed to be a chocolate mousse concoction layered over filo pastry and cream. Due to some technical difficulties involving the filo pastry losing its shape, the understudy ended up taking centre stage. Pictured here is the strawberry and cream alternative. It made me realise how… Continue reading Strawberries and cream
Home made studio
Petal1.jpg Originally uploaded by mirvettium I’m so woefully behind touching my photos that I have a line of lynch mob waiting their turn. A long weekend started by listening to the Hottest 100 seems like a good start to tackle some of them, so expect more posts for the rest of the weekend at least!… Continue reading Home made studio
Ravelry’s golden ticket
Ravelry is the next hot thing for knitters, in the same way that Burdastyle brought sewing to the 2.0 era. I waited for two weeks for my invitation and it was definitely worth the wait. Since ravelry is the Holy Grail of all knitting sites, something like google knit on crack, but this entire sentence… Continue reading Ravelry’s golden ticket
Holiday, what holiday?
House sitting my parents place means I don’t have access to a lot of my files and my photos. Finding it difficult not to fidget thinking about wanting do stuff. A laptop would have been handy, but I need to save money for other things. In the meantime, nursing a dog with an itchy hot… Continue reading Holiday, what holiday?
On 2008 and feeling a day behind all year round
Eventhough the time difference is only 4 hours I’m struggling to keep up with dates and time. For some reason I thought today is the 7th, but did manage to get the day right. While I try and get my bearing, here’s something rather fun. If you know The Nail’s song “88 lines about 44… Continue reading On 2008 and feeling a day behind all year round
2008
It’s back to this time of the year again and it always feels s little surreal to look back and think that a year has gone. Rather than writing a to do list i thought i’ll start a new tradition and mark up the things i have achieved. Decisions that would hopefuly mean i will… Continue reading 2008
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