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HellllllllllloooooOOooooooo Again
The Conniving Lawyer and His Evil Dentist Son send their love and coldest greetings!This is what happens to Little Children With Itchy Fingers! My brother Winston and the now going on 5 year old Xander...
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Day 408- Sans! By Renata Jansen
I have yet to see her or hold her or experience her in any way up close but already she is singularly my most precious possession. You know, the kind where someone ask, if there is only one thing you...
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A New Queen In The House
She is Amitis Shahbanu and she's the reason why I haven't been able to get back to working on minis like I was planning to this weekend. I, who am not Persian. We brought Amitis home from the local...
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Day 411- She's Here!
As a matter of fact, she's been there sitting in a little corner at my office since Monday, 11 November 2013. She came snugly packed in this box which was in turn secured in this one. Now tell me, how...
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Day 412- Elevating The Mundane
Mundane is when you start having to worry about laundry. But it does not mean there is no art involvedor meaningor the celebrating of genius. Laundry day at the abandoned house is every bit art,...
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Day 412- Worn Shoes
I have a pair of ballet shoes that look like they are 100. But in them, you can still hear the musicand see the gracefeel their passion. So I kept them, this pair of shoes. Worn, empty but more...
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My Trip Away
Siem Reap,Cambodia -En route to Kampung Pluk Fishing VillageIt was a trip I had planned since August last year. I did not know then that this was to be a trip of farewells. Luang Prabang, Laos- Village...
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Floating In Cambodia
Floating village houses in Kampong Phluk, Tonle Sap, Cambodia Some of the best moments on my Indochine trip last December was spent on a boat. Apart from the slow cruise down the Mekong River, a river...
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Day 414- Late Bloom
I have had the most amazing few months but I have also been aching for my mini world.Dear friends, just know that you are often on my mind, so much so that some of you might have even sensed them? In...
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Day 413- Shambles
One of the consequences I had to face up for being away for so long was the sad state of my tribal house. Almost everything was falling.. and apart. I was gone so long other inhabitants have moved in...
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Day 414 - Of Friendships, Gratitude and Blossoms In A Pot
Flowers really speak to me. In the language of beauty, they conjure up stories, evoke memories,convey feelings. Silently and in a single stalk, we can say I am sorry, I love you or I am really happy...
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Day 415- Painting Nature
When Nature fades, is there really no stopping the perish?Can we not pick up our brushes, dip them in the most vivid of coloursand paint it back to life? No, not just lifeBut Immutable! Immortal!...
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Days 412-416-From Candle Light To Wood Fire
I still can't believe sometimes how long it has been since I first chanced upon the Abandoned House. It is of course hardly abandoned now but naming it thus reminds me of how it once was before life...
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Celebrating National Day
Mass rapid transit train (metro) running in front of a block of flats We celebrate National Day today. Exactly 49 years ago, Singapore gained independence from Malaysia after a rather unceremonious...
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Day 410- Sarees And The City
I had planned this for a while, making a box vignette for Winni on her birthday the way I did for Uncle Vasu's 80th just a few months back. I wanted to make a box that is essentially her, someone who...
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Colours of Bangkok
External Wall of Building With Birdhouses as Mailbox for Tenants This trip took a while coming, happening almost 7 months since Indochina. After much persuasion, we agreed on a short sojourn, our 1st...
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Day 418- Spanish Guitar, Desert Rose
In the days when I was void of any creative inclinations, inspiration came to me from the most wonderful sources and in unexpected ways. Last month, it came to me in a tiny box filled with ginormous...
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Day 417-418- Garden Variety
Ginger flowersThere's something soothing about the commonplace. Star LiliesIn its uncomplicated and unremarkable way, it works its magic. Digging, potting, seeding. Earth, gravel, dirt. Oleanders In...
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Day 417- The Perspective Of A Fruit Tree
I was "growing" a fruit tree for the Abandoned House when I was once again confronted with the issue of "scale". It was some rambutans I bought from a Thai artisan which I wanted for my tree but these...
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Days 420-422 Water Garden
I am a water garden. I am home to rare orchid and sacred lotus, wild flowers and rambling reeds.Life in my pond is quiet but vibrant,restraint but free....
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The Day He Left - Nirvana
This was a mini sculpture I made in October last year. Shortly after, my dad was taken ill and was admitted to the hospital. He never came home. What do you say when someone you thought would be there...
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Days 426 & 427- The Garden's Living Room
If I am to sit in my garden, watch weeds grow, earth settles and stones erode; It will still be time better spent then meddling with the madness, chasing wants, lamenting regrets.I knew when this...
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Days 426, 427 -Chinese Tea
The pleasure of tea is doubled when you have company sharing it.Great having you over, Carmen, Claude, Fabiola, Veronique. Thank you for bringing your own cups. Happy to see familiar faces from way...
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Day 419- Still Life
"A Small Blue Table" by Sans!October 2014 ************************************************ A small blue table sits at the east of my abandoned house, right under the rambutan tree. It is a still life...
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Day 423 - 434 The Heart of The Home
What conjures up a home? Surely it must be the sounds and smells emanating from its kitchen.Home is the tranquil song the tap sings when water runs through a colander of potatoes and fresh greens;the...
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