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Christmas 2008

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

During the festive season last year, we designed and made a little LED light box to give out to friends. Goes well with  the Christmas tree and makes a great night light.

This year we decided to bake some cookies. After all, what is Christmas without cookies? Trying out various recipes was not the only fun part. We went window shopping for the materials to package the cookies.

Trying to keep the budget affordable, we headed to Daiso the $2 shop. There was just such a huge range of paper and plastic bags, boxes and wrapping material to choose from.

I found a nice transparent bag with a recipe text printed in a dark chocolate brown colour. Unfortunately, it was the last pack on the rack. We bought another 2 packs of bags in other designs.

We already had a plastic bag sealer and when we gave the cookies out to friends, many people were unsure if they were bought off the shelf or hand made. I guess the ultimate compliment was when a colleague asked where to bought the cookies as they tasted really good.

 

 

Taxi

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

A long time ago, there were only a few types of cars used as a taxi in Singapore. It was either a Nissan Cedric or Toyota Crown.

Today, there is a myriad of new taxi companies and with it a dazzling range of vehicles. Honda Airwaves, Toyota Estimas, Toyota Wish, Skoda Octavia to even 4WD Mitsubishi double cab pickups. Mercedes E200 are now commonly used too. No wonder all new privately owned Mercedes on the road are never white.

When I was searching for a used car with the lowest depreciation, the Nissan Sunny came up one of the lowest. Of course there were cheaper cars but this was made in Japan and it was a proper mid sized sedan. To me it did not look great as compared to nicer styling like the Honda Civic or Mazda 6. But hey, it gets me from point A to B. At least no one will mistaken my car for a taxi unlike the many Airwaves and Wish on the road.