tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61373434768453018682012-03-14T11:40:49.630ZJacqueline likes to take photos.Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-71701815817077239912011-12-24T00:00:00.000Z2011-12-24T16:57:46.565Z

Never forget to give thanks for loved ones.

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Cold Storage Jelita, Singapore 2786281.3179278 103.78592331.3159433 103.7834558 1.3199123000000001 103.78839079999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-49479996348637576182011-12-22T00:00:00.000Z2011-12-22T10:16:02.213Z

One of my favourite noodle shops in Singapore: Hock Lam Beef Noodles

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com038 Seah St, Singapore 1883941.29597 103.8550751.2939855 103.8526075 1.2979545000000001 103.8575425tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-83826404513842641982011-12-13T00:00:00.000Z2011-12-13T00:00:06.425Z

If you look close enough and pay enough attention, you will find many beautiful geometrical patterns in your everyday environment. Then, the connections will start to form in your head. Nothing is ever there just because. Never take anything for granted.

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.8198361.098096 103.503979 1.6060699999999999 104.13569299999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-48096309907520305772011-12-12T00:00:00.000Z2011-12-12T09:07:53.367Z

It is almost like a ritual for me to eat at this hawker centre every time I return to Singapore. There is something frighteningly comforting in nostalgia.

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 2294951.312228 103.8397241.3102435 103.83725650000001 1.3142125 103.8421915tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-62662842717211522312011-12-04T00:00:00.001Z2011-12-04T15:27:22.811Z

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Millenia Walk, Singapore 0395961.292683 103.8598111.2906985 103.8573435 1.2946675 103.86227849999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-33851889371976091692011-12-03T00:00:00.000Z2011-12-04T15:23:16.852Z

The very first SMITH dinner was held in collaboration with Stuart Langley's Disappearing Dining Club. It took place in a cosy private dining room in the basement of 123 Bethnal Green Road. DDC only recently located to this new venue a few weeks ago.

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0123 Bethnal Green Road, London E2 7DG51.5253212 -0.0711851999999453351.4880322 -0.12083369999994532 51.5626102 -0.021536699999945327tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-56494183731823053862011-12-01T00:00:00.000Z2011-12-01T11:58:01.385Z

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Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-35813100727535449462011-11-27T00:00:00.000Z2011-11-27T00:00:00.715Z

Brixton Village Market seems like the closest I can get to a 大排档 in one night. We ate at 3 different places for dinner in one night. We started with a spread of Thai food at Kaosarn, a simple family-run restaurant with space for about 25 people. Then Honest Burgers for good burgers but even yummier triple-cooked chips. The chips are crispy which is how I like it. We finished up around

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Brixton, London SW951.462123324515176 -0.1139923925902621751.40162582451518 -0.16715039259026215 51.52262082451517 -0.060834392590262173tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-58107767463098851962011-11-24T00:00:00.000Z2011-11-26T23:36:46.133Z

Awhile back, I was invited to shoot some behind-the-scenes stills of the filming of an episode for the BBC Hairy Bikers programme at the Meantime Brewery. The guests had to pick the most appropriate choice of drink to match their food. They had to decide between beer chosen by Meantime Brewmaster and Founder Alistair Hook or wine chosen by Wine Master Tim Atkin.

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Old Royal Naval College, London SE10 9LW51.482986 -0.00838951.480514 -0.0133245 51.485457999999994 -0.003453500000000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-55676791237002665642011-11-22T00:00:00.001Z2011-11-24T08:14:47.179Z

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0South Bank, London51.5082818 -0.097811351.5058113 -0.1027468 51.5107523 -0.09287580000000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-77445609422104100732011-11-17T00:00:00.000Z2011-11-22T17:43:06.339Z

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com2Liverpool, UK53.4107766 -2.977838353.335059099999995 -3.1357668000000003 53.4864941 -2.8199098tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-8696079413199564422011-11-09T00:00:00.000Z2011-11-10T11:35:23.029Z

Finally got round to checking out Notes, Music, Coffee before heading to Battersea Park to enjoy the beautiful fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night. I like coloured lights. They make my heart dance.

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Battersea Park, London SW1151.48154325386849 -0.159044265747070351.47907125386849 -0.16397976574707032 51.484015253868485 -0.1541087657470703tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-72942115821495620252011-11-04T00:00:00.000Z2011-11-04T00:00:04.301Z

I work with The Tasting Sessions and we launched thisissmith.com last week at the top of the Gherkin. The Katinka Girls performed their magic on their guests' faces with painted prints, rocking sideburns and pretty-lace-on-face. Olivia Rigg, the traveling costumier of Bizarre Bazaar, transformed people into characters. Peter Gregson played

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com030 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8BF51.5144523 -0.080152751.5045708 -0.0998937 51.5243338 -0.06041169999999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-3834353313240931482011-11-03T20:22:00.002Z2011-11-03T20:24:40.059Z

The day we had an event at the Gherkin, I was visually blessed with 360 degree views of unexpectedly different yet beautiful outlooks.  Dark clouds loomed over London, like the scary scenes in Batman. It rained ever so gently and then gradually came to a pause without anyone's notice, the same way a child would sneak away to hide. The sun started peeking through the fierce

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com030 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8BF51.5144523 -0.080152751.5045708 -0.0998937 51.5243338 -0.06041169999999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-31899260613029705172011-11-01T00:00:00.000Z2011-11-01T11:45:41.701Z

 Everybody has their own life - their own story. Everybody has their own history to deal with.

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Clerkenwell, London EC151.5279587 -0.107203151.5254892 -0.11213859999999999 51.530428199999996 -0.1022676tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-89187049679048050362011-10-30T00:00:00.000+01:002011-10-30T23:58:53.374Z

I like markets because they come alive with people. It is almost as though they are the confluence of the life story of one stranger and another. We humans, he continues, live our lives in the midst of a specific flow of events, the medium in which we are. - The Social Animal by David Brooks My mum was the one who taught me the beautiful impact of

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Columbia Rd, London E251.5284602 -0.070677751.5259907 -0.07561319999999999 51.530929699999994 -0.0657422tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-76406139317379873772011-10-29T22:50:00.002+01:002011-10-29T23:28:08.560+01:00

Oxjam is a music festival featuring local musicians in order to raise money for saving lives around the world. It was held at Islington for the first time on the day that Sharliza was performing. I have to say I really give it up for performers and how they can be brave every time they have to put themselves in front of a crowd. Shermeen and I went to support

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Islington, London51.5349798 -0.103737951.4559638 -0.26166639999999997 51.613995800000005 0.054190600000000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-81666413967327354772011-10-25T00:00:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:28:15.069+01:00

When visitors pop by London, I like to take them to Borough Market, especially if they've never been before. I was delighted that my favourite cheese toastie stall is finally back again. For awhile, we were guessing (sadly) that the stall was gone forever. It was nice to catch up with Jon and properly meet his new wife Christel. We both came from business

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com08 Southwark St, London SE1 1TL, UK51.505026 -0.09002351.495143 -0.109764 51.514909 -0.07028200000000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-54450053040596737642011-10-24T00:00:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:28:21.707+01:00

Koya is my favourite udon place in London. London is quite short on good udon and ramen joints on the whole. Paris is a bit luckier with a whole street of them at Rue Saint-Anne and I used to be very enthusiastic about visiting the udon places whenever we went to Paris. The thing I like about Koya is the good blend of consistency and surprise. The udon is consistently perfect but

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com249 Frith St, London W1D 4SG51.5135972 -0.131631251.5111267 -0.1365667 51.5160677 -0.1266957tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-57445376089670569832011-10-21T15:30:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:28:28.711+01:00

I remember going to Brixton Village way before it has become the cool place it is today. Katrina is one of my good friends from the MA Innovation Management course I took and she was working with Space Makers then to rejuvenate the market. Brixton Village — also known as Granville Arcade — is a 1930s indoor market in South London. By mid-​2009, a

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Brixton, London SW951.4609323 -0.116023951.4584588 -0.1209594 51.463405800000004 -0.1110884tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-49284415078670483892011-10-14T14:48:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:28:34.419+01:00

My favourite hat shop in London, CA4LA, had their first ever sample sale here in London and we started the day by going a bit mad with the hats. This day was one of those days where we went to quite a few places in one day. Surprisingly, it made me feel more alive. One of my new perspectives in life is to live - to really life life, and to not

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.5001524 -0.126236251.1838419 -0.7579502 51.8164629 0.5054778tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-65633225551591690682011-10-08T00:13:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:28:42.466+01:00

The Zetter Townhouse Cocktail Lounge is one of the locals that I conveniently turn to for many good reasons. They open till late. It's quiet enough to have conversations that are worth having, you know, the sort that you will never regret having. It's warm and cosy. It's discreet. It's like visiting someone's home in a way.

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com049-50 St John's Square, London EC1V 4JJ51.5227564 -0.103050151.520286399999996 -0.1079856 51.5252264 -0.09811460000000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-52437680945495596652011-10-07T19:04:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:28:50.757+01:00

The Whistling Shop is the sort of place that feels like a secret. I first went there soon after they just opened and was most intrigued by the chemistry lab in the middle of the space. I remember being impressed by the concept of 'removed cream' in their Black Cat's martini. The cocktail looked as clear as water but tasted so richly of cream. I am intrigued by things that

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com063 Worship Street, London EC2A 2DU51.522187 -0.084364551.519717 -0.08929999999999999 51.524657000000005 -0.079429tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-26191265180326331682011-10-03T05:00:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:28:56.513+01:00

The latest espresso bar in town opened in a quiet lane off Carnaby Street on 26th September 2011. I like how spacious Speakeasy is and I think the lighting levels are pretty comfortable. Lighting is very important to my overall feel of a place. All in all, a good spot to sit down and scribble some thoughts or read a magazine.

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com03 Lowndes Court, London W1F 7HD51.5135855 -0.139072451.511115 -0.14400790000000002 51.516056 -0.1341369tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-50811559655420324152011-10-02T00:00:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:29:02.806+01:00

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0ZSL London Zoo, London NW1 4RY51.535651 -0.15569651.525774 -0.175437 51.545528000000004 -0.135955tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-17695021354720018022011-10-01T22:58:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:29:08.594+01:00

The vibe at this Monmouth site is much nicer than their other two. Lots of interesting people and amusing kids to watch. It's on a quiet side street so everyone is free to line their chairs on the sidewalk or sit on the pavement. http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/shops/bermondsey

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com034 Maltby Street, London SE1 3PA51.4983245 -0.075902751.495853000000004 -0.0808382 51.500796 -0.07096720000000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-15892809033963695852011-09-07T16:17:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:29:36.221+01:00

Jay and Joe were sharply dressed in the most beautiful baby blue and pink outfits for their civil ceremony attended by close friends. Everyone adjourned to the St Pancras Grand Champagne Bar after that for drinks. The St Pancras Grand Champagne Bar is the longest champagne bar in Europe and the metal architectural

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0St Pancras Station, Upper Concourse, Euston Road, London N1C 4QL51.53066 -0.1231751.5281905 -0.1281055 51.533129499999994 -0.1182345tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-24628488376954285772011-08-13T14:31:00.000+01:002011-11-08T09:53:07.308Z

Honoured to meet Peter Gregson for the first time. He's a very talented electric cellist. Check out his website at http://petergregson.co.uk. There was also Alex Kammerling whose Ginseng spirit has changed my impression of Ginseng in anything. It is a blend of 45 natural botanicals including ginseng, fresh grapefruit peels and manuka honey. Read more about the spirit at http://

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com030 St Mary Axe, City of London, London EC3A51.5144736 -0.0803485999999793423.792307100000002 -59.84597359999998 79.2366401 59.68527640000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-37598304548135883802011-08-06T23:34:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:29:42.728+01:00

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Valencia, Spain39.4702393 -0.376804939.2741203 -0.6926619 39.666358300000006 -0.0609479tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-72533409737470501012011-07-30T23:16:00.000+01:002011-10-29T23:29:47.854+01:00

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Central Denmark Region, Denmark56.00456430000001 8.83384950000004255.415634300000015 7.051734500000042 56.59349430000001 10.615964500000041tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137343476845301868.post-2906943634365565532010-10-31T00:00:00.000+01:002011-11-23T08:57:21.302Z

The Tasting Sessions celebrated its 2nd Anniversary on Thursday 07 October 2010 with a Champagne and Sparkling experience of epic proportions. At The Twilight Hours held at the Brunswick Gallery, premium Champagne and Sparkling from around the world were showcased. Marcella Puppini, a musician and composer, was mistress and main storyteller of the night. She was

Jacqueline Changhttps://profiles.google.com/113778271260068261544noreply@blogger.com0Brunswick Gallery, London WC1N 1AW51.52440535953175 -0.1240897178649902351.52317035953175 -0.12655721786499025 51.52564035953175 -0.12162221786499024