Category: The Daily Post

  • You Have Always Been There

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Close Up.” You Have Always Been There You have always been there Though I have never known Have I not looked down Have I not zoomed in I would have never known That you have always been there Have you spotted what I saw? =) Enjoy! Cocoa’s…

  • Half and Half: Beauty Edition – featuring Sephora Kiss Me Lip Balm in #01 Creme Brulee | Product Review

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Half and Half.” Sephora Kiss Me Lip Balm in #01 Creme Brulee The Sephora Kiss Me Lip Balm (picture below) is similar to the EOS Lip Balm in concept, with the product popping out in the shape of a hemisphere from the lower half of the container.…

  • Singapore Skyline | Travel

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Half and Half”. Enjoy.

  • Love Letter Leaf

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Close Up.” Love Letter Leaf I must be the luckiest person alive. The tree. Not the tree. Probably Nature. Is telling me, “I *heart* you”. That leaf is so beautiful! It is a perfect heart shape. *Spot the leaf mentioned from the photo below before reading…

  • Half and Half: Symbol Edition – Roosters and Ba Gua

    In response to The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: “Half and Half”, and “Symbol”. Half black and half white, the roosters make a pair, reminding me of the Ba Gua symbol. Interesting to note that the white is larger and plumper than the black. This scene struck me for three reasons. First, I have not seen…

  • Half and Half: Food Edition – featuring Asian Cuisine

    In response to The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: “Half and Half”. Singapore is a melting pot of cultures, and is no stranger to differences. Where there are differences, there will be combinations and marriages. One area of marriage is food. Here, I present to you some of the most delectable Asian Half and Half.…

  • Half and Half: Beauty Edition – featuring EOS Lip Balms | Product Review

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Half and Half.” Half and Half is such an interesting concept because it transcends different fields and industry. In this post, I am going to take Half and Half into the world of beauty and makeup. The beauty industry is not new to the concept of dividing…

  • One half each and the relationship will not sour

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Half and Half.” The saying goes, “One-half each and the relationship will not sour.” This line is a translation from part of the lyrics in the popular Hokkien (a dialect of Chinese) song, One Half. There is also the version sang by a stage singer, Liu…

  • Learning to see the world in my childhood – Colours of the Rainbow

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “ROY G. BIV.” I remember repeating the colours of the rainbow over a long period of time, actively attempting to memorise the colours from red to violet, and recite them backwards from violet to red. I repeated the colours of the rainbow in Mandarin, “红 (hong),橙…

  • Conversation with myself – David Copperfield

    In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Futures Past.” As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? How close or far are you from that vision? I wanted to be David Copperfield. Had I wanted to be like him – famous and commercially successful? Had I wanted to be a…