January 05, 2006
robert's pimpy [funky] new shoes
i don't know if it's having to do with us being in milan or what, but robert's been wanting to get a new pair of shoes since we got here. we searched high and low and at first i spotted a pair of the above shoes at the camper store in the monte napoleone district. somehow robert didn't like the soles of the camper ones.
so today, while we walked down corso di porta ticinese, which is probably our favorite part of milan right now, we found a nice little shoe shop called panca's, and they had the same model of the camper shoes without the chunky soles. after debating on what color to get, robert finally decided on black and white.
woo hoo! how pimpy are these shoes, baby? :)
Posted by Yasmina at 11:19 PM | Comments (8)
November 06, 2005
new toys! :)
robert, patray and i were on an antwerp walkabout on saturday afternoon when i found a fab comic/design shop, called bries, that sold these really beautiful handmade comics as well as illustrated books and wonderful collectible toys like the ice-bots, dunny, and smokin' labbit.
i bought three blind-assortment 2.5" figures: a Ci-Boys "Crazy Cuties" series, a 2-Faced Dunny and a Series 2 Dunny. i'm really happy with my new vinyl figurines. they are supercute! i wish i'd gotten an Ice-Bot figurine as well, but i guess that'll wait for next time :)
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October 06, 2005
ewwww
ok, so a few days ago, we'd noticed a strange smell in the bedroom and we couldn't quite figure out what it was. robert is always tidy and cleans all the time, so we were quite puzzled as to what it could be. nevertheless, we frantically cleaned and tidied up some more in the hope of eliminating the odd smell. *gue sampe bakar-bakar incense segala, dan selalu buka jendela walopun diluar dingin banget*
then, robert noticed the stack of wedding presents lying next to the TV in the bedroom. we'd unwrapped all the presents the day after the wedding but because our flat had been the central meeting place, and sleeping place for out-of-town visitors, and was in such a mess, we wrapped everything up again and placed them in a neat stack in the bedroom, to be unwrapped and used another day.
one of the gifts was a beautiful bowl from laszlo and lesh. only now did we remember that when laszlo and lesh gave us this present, they had put two bananas in the box with the bowl! ewww... so that's what the strange smell was!
soooooooo disgusting, ewww, ewww.
but don't you think the bowl is beautiful? and so blue?
Posted by Yasmina at 03:18 PM | Comments (6)
September 13, 2005
twenty-four-and-a-half
this is laszlo's light in his livingroom, isn't cool? we went over to his place sunday night to see his holiday pictures, and eat a lot of moroccan take-away food from bazar. he and lesh went to morocco for a couple of weeks.
morocco through laszlo's eyes is just gorgeous. laszlo just bought a D70 camera and i think he is still learning to get to grips with it. his photos of marakesh and essaouira reminds me of tunisia, actually. i need to scan in my negatives from my tunisia trip and show them to robert. i'd love to return to tunisia with robert.
anyway.
so today i find out that i still have 24.5 holiday days left. omg. omfg. that's a lot of days. that's practically 5 weeks off! and i have no idea where the half day comes from, but it's really weird, maybe it's because i changed my working hours back to full-time, plus i had the sabbatical leave this year.
i had to recheck twice to make sure i got the right amount of days, and it's really true! so now i have to see what i'm going to do with my days off. :)
robert only has 10 days left this year though; he had 1 month in indo last march and 1 week in august for the dutch wedding. so we were thinking we could have a short one-week break at end of october and another in december, getting out from work early for the christmas holidays.
i'm really happy. can't wait to get away with robert for a little while. he's been so busy and working so hard lately; it would just be nice to travel together someplace. any suggestions?
Posted by Yasmina at 08:00 PM | Comments (5)
January 22, 2005
stuff on kurt's desk: marvin the martian
Posted by Yasmina at 11:02 AM
January 21, 2005
stuff on kurt's desk: lava lamp
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January 20, 2005
stuff on kurt's desk: dalek
Posted by Yasmina at 09:18 PM
December 23, 2004
italian throat lozenges
... nice packaging. objects around the house.
Posted by Yasmina at 11:05 PM
December 22, 2004
soaps with nice packaging
objects around the house
Posted by Yasmina at 07:04 PM
November 19, 2004
milk
it does your body good...
Posted by Yasmina at 10:26 AM
October 31, 2004
brazilian gifts: minancora
minancora is a balm, similar to asia's tiger balm *spt balsem gitu lohh* and it's something that most brazilians know and use...
Posted by Yasmina at 08:43 PM
October 30, 2004
brazilian gifts: a book
os cem menores contos brasileiros do seculo: a century of brasilian short stories. and i mean, short. like, 2 sentences. :)
Posted by Yasmina at 02:19 PM
October 29, 2004
brazilian gifts: polvilho
this is talcum powder that you can put inside your shoes or sneakers for when you are not wearing socks. i love the packaging!
Posted by Yasmina at 09:12 PM
October 28, 2004
brazilian gifts: market bag
joão says the bag is made from the same material used in making beach chairs that line ipanema & copacabana beaches. i love it.... i'll take it with me on tuesdays to work when it is market days in town... :)
Posted by Yasmina at 09:59 PM
October 27, 2004
brazilian gifts: phebo soap
the soap company got a new packaging, which i think is fantastic, and the soap smells heavenly too... :)
Posted by Yasmina at 02:14 PM
September 18, 2004
wind-up toy part 4
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September 17, 2004
wind-up toy part 3
Posted by Yasmina at 10:14 PM
September 16, 2004
wind-up toy part 2
Posted by Yasmina at 01:13 PM
May 23, 2004
an alarm clock for my boyfriend
Posted by Yasmina at 04:07 PM
May 19, 2004
biba chandelier
the chandelier over our table at biba tonight.
Posted by Yasmina at 12:25 AM
