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Get Organised + Quinoa Tuna Salad

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:42:06 +0000

This was my “bed” (couch) for the past 3 nights … Surprisingly I slept well — probably only woke up twice during the nights.

In the mornings, I would check my emails (or my YouTube subscription). I ain’t gonna miss this room, now that mum is discharged.

Yeah we are back home now! And it was time to de-clutter this guest room. Yikes.

So for the first Project Get Organized activity, I started with something simple. Mum is staying here tonight.

This was my last oil painting … I saw so many nice abstract floral oil paintings at the hospital and now I feel like painting something again.

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For lunch I made a healthy quinoa tuna salad. I replaced the mayonnaise with yoghurt and trust me, you won’t know that it’s yoghurt. Here’s the recipe.

Healthy Quinoa Tuna Salad

Ingredients (4 to 5 servings)

1/2 cup natural plain nonfat yogurt (without sugar)
2 tbsp dijon mustard
Salt and Pepper
1 can tuna, packed in water, drained
1 cup diced cucumber
1 cup corn kernels
1/2 to 1 cup cooked quinoa

Method: Mix everything together. Simple as that!

lalala

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:08:50 +0000

My latest painting.

My 2nd oil painting

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:15:54 +0000

My 2nd abstract (18′ x 36′). I messed up the right part but managed to patch it up by painting over the old paint. I’m using better oil paint (georgian oil colours) and brushes now and I can feel the difference when painting.

Oil Painting

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:55:56 +0000

The day before yesterday I went to Sim Lim Square to get a new adaptor for my notebook and since I was in town, I decided to drop by ArtFriend which sell all sorts of art and graphic related materials. I wanted to paint something. I’ve only painted with water colours before (that was 10 years ago!) and know nothing about painting with oil. With the help of the shop helpers, I got my basic ingredients for my oil painting. Prices vary. I chose the cheaper China brands. (Edit: next time I would choose a better brush).

Today I took the brushes, paint and started to paint. I didn’t have any design in mind. I just wanted something abstract (I love abstract art). It was basically just take the brush, use several colours (I wanted earthly colours), solvent if required and just paint on the canvas. Within 30 mins I was done with the first canvas. Maybe I should have taken my sweet time and perfectionate each stroke instead of rushing to finish it.

This is the end result and I’m pretty satisfied since this is my very first oil painting. The round stuffs are thicker paint. I also did another similar one with the second canvas (they will be hung beside each other). Now I just gotta wait for them to dry before hanging the two somewhere. I’m gonna get bigger canvas in the future. It is definitely cheaper to paint your own canvas. This 50 cm x 50 cm canvas costs $13 only.