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Another cute lil’ dessert shop in Publika, Kuala Lumpur.
Plan B (at Publika), a cafe by the same people behind Ben’s Independent Grocer serves great food in a trendy space. Our Wild Mushroom and Lamb Shank pasta was great. The desserts were great too.
My eyes lit up the moment I stepped in. It looks and feels like an independent grocer but it’s massive, and really cool! There’s a deli, a coffeeshop, a chocolate shop, and also a pantry of kitchen tools and gadgets. So strange to say this, but this is my favourite spot in KL – Ben’s Independent Grocer.
The life and death of Boots the Piñata at Kayleigh’s birthday party.
Bespoke Piñata from owithdoubledots
After many hours of cutting and pasting, I am so happy to finally be able to write this post. I had just completed a piñata for a kid’s party. It was a lot of work, and I can’t imagine many people having the time and patience to make one at home.
If you are keen on getting a custom-made piñata for your party (birthday, wedding, showers), you can write to me at my shop. You can choose from original, pull-string or decorative piñatas.
Here’s how I made Penny the Piñata :
1. Blow up two balloons. Make a glue paste from 1 part flour, 1 part water. Mix well. Tear newspapers into strips and cover the balloons with newspaper using the paste. After two layers, leave it to dry overnight to dry.
2. Make sure that the newspaper’s dry, pop the balloon. Remove the balloon from the paper mache. I then formed the body of the dog with the 2 balloon-shaped structures by taping the two side by side and stuffing the empty areas with newspaper. I then added legs, face and ears made of cardboard, stuck everything together with masking tape, making sure that it’s sturdy. Then cut a hole on each of the balloon structure so you can put in the candy later. Once I got the basic shape, I cover everything with another layer (or two) of newspaper. Let it dry over night.
3. Once it’s dry, I poked multiple holes on where the balloon structures were with a cutter to ensure that the piñata is breakable. Make a lid to cover the hole for the candy container. Then cut strips of coloured crepe paper (or wrapping tissue), fringe it, and start pasting from bottom up.
4. Poke wire through a small piece of cardboard and through the top of the balloon structure to make a hook so that you can hang the piñata.
school of jacks
beautiful coral
The very poisonous blue ring octopus
Just came back from the best drive trip I’ve had to date. Not a single boring dive. We were constantly surrounded by fish, lots of them. From big stuff like mantas, barracudas, bumphead parrotfish to small finds like blue ring octopus to one of the smallest seahorse, the pontohi pygmy seahorse.
Stayed on the Black Manta, with a great crew onboard.
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By Yayoi Kusama at the Singapore Art Museum
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