RE: Peter & Jason -Baseball

Friday's baseball game rebroadcast to you by Napkin©

Commentary: There were the game, the light/shade cast by the roof, pigeons on rafters, and super-sized food/beverages. Simultaneously, the stands smelled like popcorn, the group started the 'wave' and the audience performed the funky chicken dance. Now you are up to date on Baseball Friday!

RE: THE Amigos -the forbidden city

Although I met you wonderful lot shortly after this trip to the forbidden city, if we had travelled together, we would have:

 Seen the many layers of the palace...

Tried to figure how they designed the royal gardens:

Stared at paving and get excited over alignments:

(A woman peered at my sketchbook and ventured a guess that I was Singaporean for looking asian while scribbling in English. May I be a honorary Singaporean, my real Singaporean pals?)

Finished off the evening by following the south axis and arrived at a street filled with food vendors. Interior of a small noodle restaurant:

What a way to travel!

RE: Roya -Beijing

Last summer, while I waited outside a subway station for you, a man in his twenties glanced over this sketch and commented in mandarin, 'Not bad.' The conversation was short but we parted with a wave. It seems universally agreed upon that the random person sketching next to you is always friendly and easy to talk to -chances are, they are right.

Deciphering rushed scribbles, sentiments on that park you brought me to after dinner.

 "Roya brought me to this amazing park. Now I truly believe when she says the park below her apartment is always bustling with activities. I believe that parks are vital in our everyday life, especially if one lives in an apartment or overtime routinely -this is one pace where we shed our day's trouble to be merry and partake in something larger than ourselves."

Shopping trip for the temporary disabled

If you have ever twisted your ankle and embarked on a shopping trip, you know you will eventually find your way next to to a potted plant, clothing racks, etc. -sitting. Luckily pen and paper are never lacking when you need it most in a mall, and you're never short on muses.

Chairs at the cosmetics, never fails.

Apparently there's ink on the labels that help security identify shoplifted items. For a moment there we thought those ink blotches were meant as graphic patches of blood to discourage shoplifters, hm... now there's an idea.

If you carefully observe the leopard print (or 'urban cougar print' as someone has so fondly volunteered), noticed the pattern repeats itself approx. every 4" at the scale of a shirt. Guys, observe discretely or better yet, look when the shirt is hung on a rack.

 Nearby library.

Life is Good.

A good friend of mine didn't even bat an eye when I asked for photos of her dorm room. Here's one good turn for another. 

Good Mood Food

On the bus

Ready, Set, Go!

A small sketch from 2006 jump starts this blog, may this be the first of many. Toast.