When I was in Brazil, I went slightly crazy shopping for shoes. This is partly becos my colleague keep telling me Brazilian leather is very good. So I ended up buying a pair of boots, a pair leather heels and 2 pair of Havaianas (one World Cup limited edition).

I won’t need to buy another pair of shoes for a very very long time.

Last week I received a packaged which was wrapped with bubble wrap. This has triggered my obsession with pressing all the bubbles! Dav thinks that I’m making a lot of noise when I do that at home (mainly cos it’s already very late at night). So I carry the bubble wrap in my handbag everywhere I go. I did that for a good one week until a friend asked me why I carry a piece of bubble wrap… hahahahaha

So I took the bubble wrap to office and left it on my desk. Today I started pressing it again when I saw it and couldn’t stop myself. I think I annoyed the hell out of everyone who sits around me…. until one of my manager told me off (jokingly of course)… hahahahahah

My journey to finish pressing all the bubbles continues…..

The bubble wrap is on my office desk waiting for me!

So far I’ve read the following 3 books:

1. Conspiracy in Kiev – Not a very good crime/ thriller book. It’s a trilogy. Do not intend to read the second book.
2. Hush, Hush – Trying to cash in on the current vampire stories (whether its movie or books), it’s a nice read overall.
3. Postmortem – An old classic by Patricia Cronwell. Definitely a good read!

I am currently reading, Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup. The same author that wrote Slumdog Millionaire.

So, I came home late on Thursday night and found a nicely wrapped box on the bed, waiting for me. The box was shipped from Amazon, USA. There can only be one item in there… indeed it was the Kindle! If you have never heard about this gadget, it’s an electronic book reader. I’ve always wanted one.

It is a black and white e-book reader, about the size of A5 (half of A4). The look and feel is very sleek and smooth.

Look how slim the e-reader is.

So besides Dav giving me a present, I’ve also decided to give myself a present to reward myself. I finally bought myself a DSLR. I got the Canon 7D. Now I can proudly say I’m a owner of a DSLR!

The building was meant to start today (Sat). However I was quite disappointed when I received a reply from the company organising the event early this week. It say that due to ‘huge level of interest’ they are turning this into a ticketed event, free of charge. But basically they are handing out tickets on a first come first serve basis. As this is not exactly near to London, there’s no way I’m gonna make a trip to Dorking, early Saturday morning on my own!

Plus I’ve already bought ticket to attend the ‘Simply Red Picnic Concert’.

Anyway I thought that this was quite a unique initiative and wanted to be part of the experience. James May is quite an eccentric person. Back in April 09, he actually created a garden using plasticine at the Chealsea Flower Show AND won a special award for it! It was the first of its kind!

So now he’s gonna attempt to build a life size house using only Lego with a fully working toilet and stay in it for a few days…

Apparently people actually started queuing at 0430! If I have a car… I might just re-consider….

Check out these photos Dav and I have taken. The application also allows the user to add a short description to your pictures. Just like when you write a short description to your polaroid picture!

This pic was taken by Dav when we were on the train heading home. I was busy playing Sudoku.

Salmon sashimi in Kulu Kulu Sushi. Went there for dinner with AA today. Very fresh! Definitely will go back with Dav in the future.

Do not mistaken this with Transformer. Gundam is a metaseries of Japanese anime, featuring giant robots, or “mecha”, created by Sunrise studios back in 1979!!

What do you think?

Taking pic at this ratio somehow distort the picture abit.

A view of our living room. I like the black and white contrast.

Dav trying to jump into the picture.

View of Wimbledon War Memorial as the sun sets.

View of Wimbledon Village. Check out the clouds… so nice! I like.

At the restaurant, waiting for our drinks.

It looks and feels like those old cameras. It’s not exactly a SLR. I wanted a compact which can produce quality pictures like the SLR. It even has a Leica lens. Our household do not need 2 SLRs …. not yet anyway… hahahaha

I just received the camera today. So I will need some time to learn how to use it and also I will need to really understand what is shutter speed and aperture to maximize the usage of the camera.

Will write more about the camera and the quality of the picture it takes in the near future.

Note to self: good camera + bad photographer does not produce good pictures.