Oil paintings

最近可能去到樽頸位，不太熱衷畫油畫，總之就是覺得畫來畫去都沒進步。

被嫌棄的一幅：




今日與家人一起去art jam，大家都畫得不錯。

E的作品：



母親作品：



我挑了幅（以為）比較簡單的，怎知acrylic比oil實在太快乾，結果做不到想要的效果。





只能說，我實在沒天份！

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Jazz at skylark lounge

很少現場聽爵士樂，上一次是在韓國三清洞，機緣之下由一位第一次見面的韓國人帶我們去一間jazz club, 中港韓四個女子談談天聽聽音樂，相當愉快的一個晚上！

星期六晚跟朋友去了這間位於中環的jazz bar, 是夜有Bobbi Taylor and band表演，氣氛很好，演出很精彩！老外都興奮得忘形高歌起舞，我們比較內斂，但仍然非常enjoy!

相比蘭桂坊的喧嘩、迷失，這裡更適合我們這些中女！





  
Skylark Lounge
地址: 中環雲咸街63號巴力大廈1樓

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Creperie

Tried these Creperie lately:

1. Fleur de sel
Located in causeway bay, we had a savory one (called galette) each and shared a sweet crepe. The sweet one was not bad...until we tried the second Creperie






Address: 銅鑼灣富明街1號寶富大樓2樓J室

2. La Creperie
Located in wan chai, crepe was really good but you have to be lucky to get in coz when my friend went, it was closed 3 out of 4 times! (opened by French, what can I say?)













Address: 灣仔皇后大道東100-102號鉅芝樓1樓

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CNY @ Bangkok

So it was Chinese New Year and we decided to fly somewhere to 避年. Somehow we never liked staying in HK for CNY coz it's too much hassle doing the "I visit you, you visit me" thing. And we've passed the age which you can collect red packets shamelessly without being asked "when is it your turn?". So we fled.

Why Bangkok, you may ask. Yes we've all been to Bangkok before and we all know it's full of hongkies, but we thought it may be nice going to a "hot" place after months of cold weather in HK. And for me, if you know me well enough you'll know how much I love the summer (and dislike winter)! Having just come back from Norway with the lowest temperature of -20 degrees, I can tell you I simply cannot tolerate having to spend so much time putting on my coat, scarf, earmuffs and beanie whenever I go outdoors and taking them all off once you are indoors where you can actually sweat like a pig with the warm packs. Again, too much hassle. And the winter clothes, they are not really flattering either, we all looked pretty stupid with so many layers of clothes on!

So, I was quite excited when I packed my singlets, shorts, sandals and bikini into my luggage, expecting it to be hot as usual in Bangkok. But, as it turned out, it wasn't that hot in Bangkok. I had to wear my cardigan during nighttime or when going into the malls and I almost caught a cold! (How ironic, we almost had fever in Norway and now, getting a cold in Bangkok? Are you kidding me?)

Anyway the highlight of this trip was a cooking class we signed up for in a restaurant/ cooking school called "blue elephant":

The place was really nice.




And we have five dishes to learn:
- Satay Kai (Chicken Satay)
- Plaa Thod Rad Prik Saam Rod (Deep-fried Fish topped with 3 flavored sauce)
- Keng Leang Nue Tai (Southern Yellow Curry with Beef/ chicken)
- Yam Woon Sen (Spicy Glass Noodle Salad with Prawns)
- Kha-Nom Kluay
(Banana Pudding in Banana Leaf Cones)

There's a demonstration room:

And a practice room:

We were all given a list of ingredient name in Thai and a recipe. After you've seen the teacher demonstrate, you will go to the practice room to cook. But of course, just like any other cooking class, even though they said they will let you "practise cooking", in reality all the ingredients are prepared with the exact portions and all you need to do is just to mix them altogether, boil it, taste it and garnish.

At the end we had our dishes in the restaurant:

It was quite an interesting experience and we all enjoyed it. But will I cook these dishes at home? Probably not, there are too many spices to prepare and the taste of Thai food is sometimes too strong for us. So, unless my future other half is a fan of Thai food, it's hard for me to find a reason to go through all the troubles in making these dishes!