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<b><span style="font-size: large;">"PUBLIC WATER </span><span style="font-size: large;">FEATURES ARE BECOMING</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">MORE PREVALENT, BRINGING </span><span style="font-size: large;">THE FEEL GOOD FACTOR </span><span style="font-size: large;">TO OUR CITIES"</span></b></blockquote>
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<br /> Inventive and beautiful, the lighting designs created by <a href="http://bocci.ca/">Bocci</a> astound and amaze. The company launched in Vancouver in 2015 with just one product, ‘14’, which became an instant classic and remains a bestseller. Today, Bocci’s creative director Omer Arbel creates pieces that explore the intrinsic mechanical, physical, and chemical qualities of materials. His interdisciplinary practice spans multiple scales and cultural-economic contexts to include architecture, industrial design, sculpture, invention, and high craft manufacturing.<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fblogger.g%3FblogID%3D4581870558027886765%23editor%2Fsrc%3Ddashboard&media=https%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-1Uw4KrOdiQ8%2FVYKgoz9ma2I%2FAAAAAAAArE0%2F9DHzhEA6Hmc%2Fs400%2Fbocci-1.jpg&xm=h&xv=sa1.36&xuid=g_PzJ4mEnwij&description=" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; left: 153px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; top: 93px; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fblogger.g%3FblogID%3D4581870558027886765%23editor%2Fsrc%3Ddashboard&media=https%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-1Uw4KrOdiQ8%2FVYKgoz9ma2I%2FAAAAAAAArE0%2F9DHzhEA6Hmc%2Fs400%2Fbocci-1.jpg&xm=h&xv=sa1.36&xuid=g_PzJ4mEnwij&description=" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; left: 153px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; top: 93px; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03996840765038127210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4581870558027886765.post-80073802001714135752015-06-18T03:36:00.002-07:002015-06-18T03:39:51.577-07:00A Mini Breathing Space’ <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />A welcoming oasis amongst dense urban sprawl with a nod to modernism. <br /><br />The garden space is filled with lush, wild seasonal plants, adding a peaceful, calming aesthetic.<br /><br /><br /> Very easy to reproduce. Fill containers, concrete work well with tropical finds, add seating, dining and RELAX!<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03996840765038127210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4581870558027886765.post-22476899548864323502015-06-18T03:32:00.000-07:002015-06-18T03:32:02.617-07:00Vegan House: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam......Sleep, eat, cook......More reasons to visit! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once an old rundown building in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the 3-floor terraced Vegan House has been transformed into a culinary cultural hotspot for people to meet up and cook traditional Vietnamese food, which – as you’ll guess from the building’s name – is predominantly vegan.</div>
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The house’s owner had collected a wide range of furniture, window frames, shutters and lampshades before approaching <a href="http://www.blockarchitects.com.vn/default.aspx" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;" target="_blank" title="Block Architects, Vietnam">Block Architects</a>, also based in the city, to create something entirely unique. The architects wanted to exploit the secondhand windows, a typical aesthetic of the once French colony, into a creative colour blocking façade. Also the shutters are ideal for the hot humid climate, providing shelter and ventilation and with the interior walls painted white they become the focal element of the building.</div>
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At the front the ground floor holds a large kitchen space in which people can come together, cook, talk and experiment with vegan ingredients, while a large dining area sits to the rear. The original atrium’s open central staircase takes you up to bedrooms, toilets and bathrooms on the first and second floor before leading to a small roof garden where the colourful shutters continue as part of the roof.</div>
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West London boutique hotel <a href="http://www.blakeshotels.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a;" target="_blank" title="Blakes">Blakes</a> has opened a pop-up bar in its courtyard for the summer. Filled with floral art by Rebecca Louise Law, exotic textiles by Matthew Williamson and curiosities such as a taxidermy peacock sourced from Rockett St George, this Hendrick’s gin-sponsored bar is a superb celebration of summer. Law’s signature piece, a beautiful canopy of hydrangeas, dried roses, peonies and juniper berries, contrasts with the punchy prints and exotic colours of Williamson’s textiles, created in collaboration with Osborne & Little. So what are you waiting for? Head there, order a Gin Basil Smash and kick back on a pile of colourful cushions.</div>
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Artefacts from Southeast Asia have been given a modern setting in the Sai Kung villa of an expatriate entrepreneur.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">In Hong Kong village home, Asian antiques get pride of place<br />Ar</span>tefacts from Southeast Asia have been given a modern setting in the Sai Kung villa of an expatriate entrepreneur</div>
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One of the benefits of expatriate living is the opportunity to learn about a foreign country's unique art, crafts and heritage. For Canada-born Catherine LaJeunesse, this experience has translated into a home full of treasured artefacts that reflect her peripatetic lifestyle.</div>
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The former banker lived in Hong Kong from 1990 to 1996, before setting up home in Singapore, where she lived for 13 years. It was there that LaJeunesse - who had developed a love of Chinese antiques while living in the British colony - established her eponymous business, LaJeunesse Asian Art, which became a fixture on the antiques circuit thanks to her passion for sourcing remarkable Thai, Burmese and Chinese works.</div>
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"It was a fascinating time and I learned a great deal, particularly about Burmese Buddha [figurines], thanks, in part, to a close friendship with Nicoline Lopez, author of The Art of Living in Singapore," LaJeunesse says.</div>
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In 2009, the family - LaJeunesse, her husband, Andre, who works in the financial industry, and their son and daughter, now aged 13 and 11, respectively - returned to Hong Kong. In 2013, LaJeunesse founded an agency, Quoin, that specialises in executive-level placements in capital markets.</div>
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Having lived in Hong Kong before, the couple knew they wanted to be based in Sai Kung.</div>
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"It is so relaxing and tranquil but you are still close to the city. We had rented another home overlooking Emerald Bay for several years and knew we wanted to stay in the same area," says LaJeunesse.</div>
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Their current home, a rented, two-storey, 5,000 sq ft detached house with panoramic sea views, is decidedly modern, with open-plan living areas, floor-to-ceiling windows and a large garden complete with a terrace and a swimming pool.</div>
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LaJeunesse says she had expected moving from the family's sprawling Singaporean black-and-white home to a modern villa in Hong Kong would be a challenge, but she found that antiques work just as well in a contemporary setting.</div>
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"My primary objective is to make our home comfortable with, for example, the sort of sofas you want to sink into. Next, you need to surround yourself with things you love.</div>
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"That doesn't mean I don't appreciate modern style," she says. "I love working with unexpected combinations, like covering traditional-style armchairs in an unusual leopard-print fabric or mixing simple, ethnic-style African stools with an ultra-contemporary table.</div>
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"Even small details such as using an antique silver trophy to display flowers or arranging a collection of colourful glass vases created by my brother-in-law, Michael Trimpol [Little River HotGlass], on different levels of a staircase add a personal touch that makes a home much more interesting."</div>
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Mixing styles and eras often highlights the value of each, LaJeunesse says, pointing to the dining room's glass-topped, wrought-iron table, minimalist cream dining chairs, elaborate French 19th-century chandelier and tall burnished dark gold 19th-century Buddha.</div>
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"A favourite Buddha is the life-sized lacquered Burmese one that now stands in one corner of the living room. It has watched over my children since they were born. This Buddha is part of the family and even though in my [former line of] business you become accustomed to parting with antiques you have fallen in love with, I could never part with it."</div>
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Elsewhere in the house can be found an eclectic collection of Chinese Ming chairs, Tibetan prayer rugs and African hides. Side tables display unusual artefacts, such as an intricately decorated antique silver cuff or Burmese lacquer items.</div>
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"I'm not exactly a minimalist," she laughs, adding that her son shares her passion for collecting. His bedroom feels like an adventurer's retreat, with a number of animal prints by a 19th-century Swiss naturalist, vintage suitcases and a carved ornamental Batak stick.</div>
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A nod to the past can be found even in her daughter's bedroom, which appears to confound expectations with an ode to bright pink. In one corner is a Georgian-style doll's house complete with miniature replicas of vintage furniture, rugs and artefacts.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #666666;">I Love the work of Caratoes and it was a Pleasure to Interview the Super Cool and Super Talented Muralist and Street Artist Caratoes for todays Post Magazine. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #666666;">Caratoes has just left PowwowHawaii where she was part of Pow Wow Hawaii Festival which brings over a hundred international and local artist together to create murals and other forms of art, and is now in Miami. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1723709/muralist-cara-leaves-her-distinctive-mark-all-over-hong-kong">See the story</a>..... 'Muralist Cara To leaves her distinctive mark all over Hong Kong' Anji Connell </span></span><br />
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Born in Belgium to Hong Kong parents, the artist, who also goes by the name Caratoes, has been commissioned to decorate bars, restaurants and homes in the city for a couple of years</div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><b>What brought you to Hong Kong?</b> "I wanted to discover my roots. I was also restless; I didn't know what I wanted to do [with my life]. I planned to come here for four months with my boyfriend and we've been here for two years now. I'm so happy because it has allowed me to make a living from art. It's like a dream come true."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><b>Did your parents encourage your artistic side?</b> "They bought me A4 block paper and I remember treating it like treasure. I started creating posters for the TV shows I loved the most. I don't remember anyone pushing me to pursue art. I would just see art all around me in comics, TV shows and especially on the internet. It drove me to want to be as good as them."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><b>When did you know you could draw?</b> "When I was 20, I studied graphic design for a week and, as part of this, we did life drawing. I was surprised that the other people seemed to have trouble with this, yet it was natural for me. I thought every-one could draw."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><b>How did you make the transition from working in advertising to being a muralist?</b> "I started painting on the street and through this I was invited to participate in a group exhibition. It was here that [Sheung Wan gallery] Above Second saw my work and offered me my first solo show, 'Drowning in Dreams'. The commission for the mural in [Hollywood Road Thai restaurant] Chachawan came along at the same time."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><b>How would you describe your style?</b> "I'd say it's elegant; some works are detailed, others abstract, linear and geometric, or a mix. I have quite a few styles. I like to be led by the material I'm using. If it's paint, I like to experiment with it, to see what the texture of the paint is like, to see what I can do with both the paint and a brush. Sketch work is finer; spray painting is very different."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><b>Where can we see your work?</b> "As well as at Chachawan, I've done murals for the Bellbrook, Fatty Crab, La Cabane and Bibo restaurants. The Bibo commission [a painting on the stairs] was a dream. I was so honoured to be part of it, along with the incredible artists involved in the project. My latest project is in the new Hong Kong Facebook office [in One Island East]."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><b>What are the main differences between being a street mural artist and working on interior commissions?</b> "If I'm working within an interior space, I think about the atmosphere I want to create and design something specific for it. The clients also play a part. Whereas, on the street, it's only me and it's of the moment. Out on the street, I have to assume I don't have a lot of time. It's rougher and quicker."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 13.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Valentines day </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">has been associated with romantic love since the Middle Ages when courtly
love flourished. From the 18th-Century, lovers have expressed their love for each other by giving
flowers, sweets and hand written greeting cards know as 'valentines'. In Europe, Valentines Keys
are also given as romantics symbols, an invitation to unlock the giver's heart.
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Hearts, cupids, doves are all symbols that we associate with Valentines Day.
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">In China Valentine's Day is called Lovers' Festival. Men give chocolate and flowers to the woman
they love, celebrating the legend of a cow herder and a maid being allowed to be together. It is not
celebrated on the 14th of February as it is too close to the Chinese New Year, but one month later
on the 14th March often know as White Day.
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">In recent years, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China have begun celebrating 'White Day'. In
Japan, women give men chocolate gifts 'chocolate of love', on Valentine's day, and men
reciprocate, giving women gifts on White Day.
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">The term sanbai gaeshi, </span><span style="font-family: 'STHeitiSC'; font-size: 11.000000pt; font-weight: 300;">三倍返し</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">meaning 'triple the return' is used to describe the rule that the
return gift should be two to three times the worth of the Valentine's gift. Typical gifts include
cookies, jewellery, white chocolate, white lingerie, and marshmallows.
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The routes of Valentines Day go back to an ancient raucous Roman fertility festival called
Lupercalia. Later, the Christian church chose mid-February as St. Valentines Day in order to
Christianise it after a cleric named Valentine was sentenced to death for performing marriage
ceremonies in secret. Emperor Claudius 11 had banned marriage for young men, believing single
men made better soldiers. At the end of the 5th Century, Pope Gelasius 1 declared Feb 14th. the
day for honouring the soft-hearted Valentine, 'St. Valentine's Day.'
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">It wasn't until the 1300's that people started to associate the day with love and romance when Feb
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The first written valentine card was in the 1400's and by the 17th. Century a tradition in Great
Britton of exchanging cards or letters and poems had begun that soon took off in the USA.
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">More than 62% of Americans celebrates Valentine's day with romantic dinners and gifts candy
flowers cards. It's their most popular holiday.
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Valentines Day has exploded. 1 billion valentines cards are sent, more than for any other holiday
except for Xmas. 35 million heart shaped boxes of chocolates. With a 20 billion US Dollar yearly
spend [US$130 per person per year]. 4 billion dollars annually is spent on engagement rings with
6 million couples getting engaged on the day.
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">We now have a '</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13pt;"><b>Valentines Week</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">'...........A week to be your most romantic and passionate, to
spoil your beloved with roses, propose, pamper with teddy's and hugs, a promise, followed by
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<span style="font-family: Miller; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 700;">It’s often said that “time flies when you’re having fun” </span><span style="font-family: Miller; font-size: 9pt;">– and this is certainly evident in the case of Juliet Risdon, who first moved to Macau from the UK more than two decades ago. As with many expats, when Juliet initially arrived in Macau with her then-boyfriend (now her husband), Keith Lawson, she never anticipated they’d stay so long and would grow to become a family of four, with two adorable pet dogs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Miller; font-size: 9pt;">Keith, a former professional golfer, had a business opportunity in Macau and was later head-hunted by Mission Hills, before being asked to return to Macau to open a luxury golf course. Juliet witnessed a boom in the city’s economy – not to mention a surge in arrivals of fellow expats and foreign investors. She identified an opportunity and set up JML Property, a real estate company that presently manages more than 100 properties, more than a decade ago. With her husband onboard, the growing business keeps the couple on their toes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Miller; font-size: 9pt;">Most rooms are given unrestrained lashings of colour, such as the kitchen in fire-engine red and petrol blue, which she’s paired with decor proudly displaying the Union Jack, among other keepsakes recalling the family’s British heritage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Miller; font-size: 9pt;">The spacious, light-filled living room takes on a distinctly more demure approach with licks of soothing slate-grey paint on the walls and chic Asian-styled furnishings from local furniture shops. Here, the outdoor terrace that looks out over beautiful seaside views is the focus. The sitting area is punctuated by ruby-hued souvenirs purchased throughout Asia, while the light-filled TV area has yellow- and chartreuse- toned soft furnishings discovered while vacationing in the UK. “Everything in the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Miller;">home has a meaning because I tend to buy things that make me think of a place,
a time or a person,” says Juliet. “I like to buy things when I’m with people so I can
remember that moment in time.”</span><span style="font-family: Miller;">There’s no shortage of outdoor space in this home. On the second floor, the cou-
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water. There’s also an ample rooftop on the uppermost floor, which is a frequent spot
for parties. Next to the rooftop terrace is a large, covered games room, which doubles
as a man-cave for when Juliet’s husband brings his buddies over for whisky and cigars.</span><span style="font-family: Miller;">The home is also a gathering place for the couple’s two children and their school-
mates. The blackboards in the kitchen and in the children’s bedrooms are covered
with messages and the names of their visiting friends. “They write down their names
every time they come by – and when they return they’re excited to see that their names
are still there,” explains Juliet.</span><span style="font-family: Miller;">Situated within walking distance of open-air bakeries and restaurants, and set
along the waterfront promenade, Juliet’s home couldn’t be further removed from
Macau’s booming casino scene. “Coloane is a gem; it’s a little oasis in Macau,” says
Juliet. “I’ve looked at lots and lots of properties in Macau, and I can still say that I
haven’t seen another property that I’d prefer to live in.” </span><span style="color: #e40513; font-family: Miller;">// </span><br />
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