Paula’s Cafe had been on my list of places to visit since it had appeared on some of my favourite food blogs. Renowned for its amazing empanadas, I was eager to try out the empanadas and the rest of the Chilean cuisine they’ve got on offer. V had an errand in Fairfield today so I...
I had some difficulty recently finding a web tutorial specifically aimed at the use of Django and Jquery. There is an immense wealth of information on each topic but little on using them together – how to pass arguments to Django, how to receive it and what data formats JQuery expects back. After playing around...
It happens slowly but predictably this time of year. Over time, the cravings become greater. Then, the occassional fix isn’t enough; I start feeling cold, even irritable. I need it. I need… ramen. My stomach can tell, like the House of Starck, winter is coming, and it shoots neurons to the primordial part of my...
Another year, another Supanova Good times hanging out with photographers, Raymond and Noel. Learned a lot from these guys on the day. Stand out cosplayers for me were definitely X-Force… Other pics from the day below. Check out last year’s photos here.
Wow, was this taken that long ago? Taken during one of my lunch time photo walks a couple of summers ago, I was eager to play around with my 85mm f/1.4 lens. The 85mm is a standard portait lens that every photographer should have in their kit. At the time, I was still learning how...
I haven’t drawn in so long I’d forgotten how leisurely it can be. This is a still from this week’s episode of Mad Men (S06E09). Five minutes on a trial of Sketchbook Pro. So far I’m really digging this program. Unlike Photoshop, it’s optimised out of the box for digital drawing and painting. Most functionality...
Most places have an iconic dish that immediately springs to mind the moment you utter its name. The U.S. has me thinking of ribs and buffalo wings; Italy stereotypically implies pasta and pizza; Japan would conjure images of sushi and ramen. Singapore, on the other hand, is all about its Chilli Crab. Chilli Crab and...
I’m really getting into riding at the moment. In the last week alone, I went on two group rides and one solo ride. I could have done another two group rides but I think my girlfriend would have filed a Missing Persons report!
I was in Manila in the first half of April visiting family. While I was there, I took the opportunity to take in some diving. Thankfully, this is an embarrassingly easy thing to do in the Philippines. Blessed with 7,107 islands, the keen diver has a nigh endless supply of dive sites to choose from....
V and I slept in after a boozy BBQ at Gonz’s last night but we weren’t about to spend the day indoors. It was too gorgeous outside to let the last fleeting days of this late summer go to waste. We decided to do a tour of Bare Island, an old fort built in the...
We were discussing Vietnamese restaurants with our good friend Liz recently and she directed our attention to one that immediately got mine and V’s attention. Occupying a specially designed space created by award winning designer Matt Woods, the newly opened restaurant oozes style. It’s supremely trendy and chic, which is only fitting for a place...
I did an intermediate rider training course last weekend at HART called Dynamic Handling. It was a very educational morning learning and refining cornering and braking techniques. Bonus upgrade: due to the inclement weather, learned a bit about wet weather handling too. The course itself is excellent, covering correct riding posture, quick stops, cornering, steering/countersteering,...
