Ecooking

As houses and apartments get smaller, it is important to maximise your limited space. Designed by Massimo facchinetti, the Ecooking is a hub for all cooking appliances.



As you can see, a wall of the module boasts a small vertical garden so you can plant and cook herbs. (Not too sure where the sunlight to feed it will come from.) Water from the sink goes through a filter and then used for the dishwasher. A retractable tap disappears in the sink when you are not using it, and also an air treatment system in the hood to purify ambient air. Not to mention a fridge at the bottom of the structure.

If it comes with an induction cooker or voice-activated commands, I'm sold!

More info here.

Air Shower Concept

So you just had a nice warm soothing bath, but before you can towel yourself dry, the cool air from outside seeps in and you can't help but to go ahh, ahhh, ahhh choo!

Designer Adrien Lefebvre often faced this problem, thus the inspiration for the Air Shower.
Contrary to its name, you do not shower with Air.



It works just like a normal shower cubicle save for a dryer right beside. After you bathe, just turn on the dryer to dry yourself and/or accompanied with a towel, and you're good to go.

Personally, I quite like this idea.

More info here.

I get hurt when I hurt you

I get hurt when you get hurt too.
The times I've disappointed you, the times I let you down,
They will be a part of me.

They are a part of us.
But it doesn't mean I'm gonna give up.

Yes, we are not in the honeymoon period.
We get disappointed with each other.
We cry with each other.
We laugh together.
We hurt each other.

But that doesn't mean we don't love each other.

Many moments I wish I could go back in time
But I can't.
So I lick my wounds in private
and move on.

While I want to make your life easier,
I know there are times where it gets harder instead.
Sometimes, words get miscommunicated,
Sometimes, signals are misread.

To find that balance,
as we walk together towards the future,
and invest in the present,
to learn from the past.

It won't be easy.
There will always be insecurities.
There will always be misunderstandings.
There will always be hurts and hugs
There will always be hits and misses.

What is more important, is will you still stick on?
Cause I will.

I am.

Benefits of Lenticular Printing

This is very cool. As you can deduce from the image above, an adult and a child will see two different images, thanks to lenticular printing. Only children (or vertically-challenged adults) will see the image of bruises on children, and hopefully spur them on to report any cases of child abuse to seek help without fear from their aggressor.

Sleeping on balls

Wouldn't it be fun to sleep on balls? The soft foamy kind.





Comprising of 120 foam balls linked together by elastic strands to ensure you don't get caught between balls, this Feel Seating System Deluxe allows you to structure the balls anyway you like it. This means you can change it from a sofa bed to a couch to a bean bag design. And all in comfort.

More info here.

Thank You

On one of the rare times I get to watch over you as you sleep, I can't help but be grateful.

Thinking back on how we met, the chats we had, and how it escalated to you and me being us, I am blessed.

Sometimes, I hope that you'll wake up, look around for me, smile upon seeing me and fall asleep. That doesn't mean I don't thank God for the times I slept soundly with you by my side. 

You have taught me how a relationship isn't about you or me, but about us. Not me giving and giving like in previous relationships, but in both giving and receiving.

Sure, there are times I feel second place cause work snatches your attention from me. Yet it just makes me treasure the times I do have your attention even more.

Thank You, and I can't wait to spend a lifetime with you.

Beard Advertising

I used to wonder with so much advertising happening in the world, would we ever hit a limit or a threshold where we have ran out of space to advertise. Now, we are one step nearer to that with the introduction of Beard Advertising.





Ads are placed on tiny billboards that are clipped onto beards.

Honestly the first thing that came to my mind was, their model has more beard than hair on his head.
But that's not really the point. This form of advertising is cool, but in a rather weird way. What's next, though? Beards trimmed to form a QR code?

If you think you (or your beard) has what it takes, you can sign up or find more info here.

Seashells meets the iPhone

It's said that the you can hear the song of the sea by putting a seashell to your ear. It's also said that the song of the sea can calm you down and help you to relax.

With this seashell speakers, you just might be able to let the sea sooth your frayed nerves.



Going for $75 USD each, it is a speaker shaped like a seashell.

With so many different designs and types of speakers out there, one can only wonder what other novel designs companies will come up with.

More info here.

Family

Family need not be someone connected to you by blood or race or religion or ethnicity or relation.

Family can be someone with whom you feel a sense of belonging, like a colleague.

Today, a colleague of mine became tomorrow's ex-colleague.
Today, I sobbed in the arms of my girlfriend.

Some may think crying be a sign of weakness. Some may think crying dramatic. But I understood what he felt cause I've been terminated before. The shock, and loss, coupled with immediate regret and an earnest desire to turn back time and un-right the wrong. But, time does not allow us to do that. If Father Time could turn back as frequent as our requests, we will never learn from our mistakes. We will never get stronger.

When I was terminated from a previous job, I sobbed in private. I put on a brave front, even as I faced disappointment on my team mates. Even in front of my then-girlfriend whom was none the wiser as to how I truly felt.

I confess I don't really like his character. I mean, he had told me I should play around for experience' sake. But not liking his character, does not mean I neglect his good points. He never failed to help, to assist when requested to. I may disapprove of his tendency to do everything at the last minute, but that doesn't mean I dismiss him off as a failure. In my eyes, he will always been deemed as a success. And an even greater success, once he perseveres through this ordeal.