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Day 12 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful One of my favorite subjects to sketch is old rustic scenes / architecture. There’s just a charm to old places that intrigues me and draw me in. They make me wonder who had lived, worked, or played there, and what sort of things had happened. I first discovered this old police post a couple months back when my cycling buddy Yujin brought me to explore the Green Corridor. This place stands a stone’s throw from the end of the GC, called Spooner Road, between Kampong Bahru and Spottiswoode estate, just on the outskirts of Chinatown. This old, dilapidated (excuse the misspelling in the sketch) post looked completely out of place amidst some construction site and modern residential places. I knew I had to come back and capture it. And so I did yesterday, when I went on my National Day solo sketchride. I couldn’t find much info about this police post per se, but boy, did I get major chills down my spine when I read about the spooky history of Spooner Road (the green flats in the background). Turns out this was considered the most haunted neighborhood in Singapore! 😱😅 Historically speaking, those flats (built in the early ‘70s) used to be staff housing for Malaysians who worked at the now decommissioned KTM (M’sia-owner Tg Pagar Railway Station). Later residents who moved into the estate reported hearing eerie sounds of crying and spotting weird happenings, not just outside, but within the flats themselves. 😬😂 Good thing I was there at noon. 😂 Currently this old police post is kept up by an old man, whose belongings are seen strewn around the house. Didn’t get a chance to chat with him. Perhaps I might the next time I visit. That is, IF it was in fact an old man that I saw. 🤭😬 #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #usksg #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketching #urbansketch #sketchwalker #sketchrider #sketchride #spoonerroad #spottiswoodepark *Instagram: @synchopat

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Day 2 of Weekend Sketchers’ #28daychallenge for P2HA2… Theme: Beautiful Things. Knowledge is beautiful. Proverbs 18:15 NASB95 The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. After a major decluttering exercise during #circuitbreaker last year, Jac and I reduced all the books we want to keep to this one shelf. No point keeping what we don’t read. No point reading what we don’t practice. #28daychallenge🏆 #usksg #urbansketchers #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #homesketching #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #noodlersbulletproofblack #artist #artistsoninstagram #livingspace #personallibrary #repository #knowledge #reading https://www.instagram.com/p/CRzIZ86rRdw/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 15 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful Added wash to a piece I did only the line work for during last Dec’s Sketchwalk at Raffles Marina. While the rest braved the hot sun and sketched out at the Boardwalk and Lighthouse, Mdm Tia, Tony, Terrez, James, Karen and I decided we preferred to sketch and eat in the shaded comfort of the RM Bistro. 😊 What a fun day out it was. Beautiful memories. ❤️ #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #usksg #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketching #urbansketch #sketching #sketch #sketchbook #sketchbooker #sketchwalk #rafflesmarinabistro #steak #cafesketchers #foodsketch *Instagram: @synchopat (at Raffles Marina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrUTRwJuRw/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 14 of #28daychallenge� during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful From last Friday afternoon, while waiting to see my urologist for suspected bladder cancer – I had peed blood (a lot) the night before, and ultrasound scans showed no stones and I didn’t feel pain, so doc feared it might be something more serious. Ended up having to do both a cystoscopy and an MRI of my middle section. Sketching gave me something to focus on and calmed my nerves as I waited for results. These flowers and tabletop sculpture were screaming to be sketched. Thankfully, results showed 2 stones (one in the kidney and another in the tube) that were playing hard to get with the ultrasound scope. Opting to take the natural course and let them come out on their own. 🤞🏼😬 #28daychallenge� #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #usksg #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketching #urbansketch #sketching #sketch #sketchbook #sketchbooker #flowers #sculpture #urologist #kidneystones #mindfulness #artistjournal *Instagram: @synchopat (at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSo5Cf-pssg/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 7 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. (Running behind…) Theme: All Things Beautiful Sketched from memory / imagination: a scene too many Singaporeans have taken for granted (myself included) during normal times. It’s only when we can’t freely do it now that we appreciate what a simple joy and pleasure it is to be able to just pick anything we want from a hawker centre or kopitiam, sit down and just dig in, right there. Hope we can return to our usual SG heartland lifestyle again, soon. Cos THAT is a thing of beauty. #sketchwalk #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #cafesketcherssg #homesketching #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #hawkercentre #kopitiam #dinein #thingswetakeforgranted #everydaySG #heartland #beauty #thelittlethings #simplepleasures *Instagram: @synchopat (at Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSGWscoH8qJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 21 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay. *Hero 578 fude nib FP, Daniel Smith Artist watercolors, Stillman & Birn Delta Sketchbook #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #sketching #sketch #sketchbook #sketchbooker #usksg #urbansketchers #urbansketch #gbtb #gardensbythebay #flowerdome #flowers #bloom #greatcompany #gratitude *Instagram: @synchopat (at Flower Dome, Gardens By the Bay, Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTM0VUVJu38/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 19 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful So glad to be able to spend a Sat morning with my sketching buddies at Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay. Besides the wonderful company and catching up as we sketched, just being in the presence of beautiful things (and people) lifted my spirits, and observing and sketching these was the meditation I’d needed. 😊 ❤️ #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #sketching #sketch #sketchbook #sketchbooker #usksg #urbansketchers #urbansketch #gbtb #gardensbythebay #flowerdome #flowers #bloom #greatcompany #gratitude *Instagram: @synchopat (at Flower Dome, Gardens By the Bay, Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTEf6KKnq2c/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 6 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful My piece from this morning’s Sketchwalk. Was supposed to have headed out to sketch, but woke up to torrential rain in the west. So, stay at home and sketch based on two themes: 1. All Things Beautiful and 2. Something Patriotic (Or Home, Truly), the theme of our sketchwalk this morning. This is my work desk in my bedroom (no choice, not enough room to have a dedicated workspace). To the right is half of my work table, and to the left, a long cushion-turned-storage area. Most times of the year, it’s a mess. But it’s MY mess, and it’s beautiful (to me) in its own way. ✌🏼😁 It’s the view I see every single day, as I spent most of my day here due to WFH arrangements during this pandemic. It’s MySpace; the real one. Out the window is the gorgeous Ulu Pandan skyline. It was only this morning when I was looking for something Singapore-related that I realised the mini flag was there (have been since last year’s National Day). Happy 56th Birthday in advance, #Singapore! You are Home, truly. I’m proud to be one of your sons, and will always be. #sketchwalk #usksg #urbansketchers #urbansketch #urbansketching #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #cafesketcherssg #homesketching #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches *Instagram: @synchopat (at Singapore, Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR_Pc9WpU_C/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[Repost: More accurate colors] Day 18 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful So glad to be able to spend a Sat morning with my sketching buddies at Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay. Besides the wonderful company and catching up as we sketched, just being in the presence of beautiful things (and people) lifted my spirits, and observing and sketching these was the meditation I’d needed. 😊 ❤️ #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #sketching #sketch #sketchbook #sketchbooker #usksg #urbansketchers #urbansketch #gbtb #gardensbythebay #flowerdome #flowers #bloom #greatcompany #gratitude *Instagram: @synchopat (at Flower Dome, Gardens By the Bay, Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS8QHa4p0wf/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 18 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful So glad to be able to spend a Sat morning with my sketching buddies at Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay. Besides the wonderful company and catching up as we sketched, just being in the presence of beautiful things (and people) lifted my spirits, and observing and sketching these was the meditation I’d needed. 😊 ❤️ #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #sketching #sketch #sketchbook #sketchbooker #usksg #urbansketchers #urbansketch #gbtb #gardensbythebay #flowerdome #flowers #bloom #greatcompany #gratitude *Instagram: @synchopat (at Flower Dome, Gardens By the Bay, Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS4GZDOpEKa/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 17 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful With things re-opening up, these local makan sights could not be more welcomed! 😋 #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #sketching #sketch #sketchbook #sketchbooker #percussions #memoirsofpapapat #sghawker #sghawkerfood #sghawkerculture #kopitiam #makansketcher *Instagram: @synchopat https://www.instagram.com/p/CSzqPaZBWkZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 16 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful My happy corner filled with my happy things. Can’t resist a good rhythm, or a funky beat. Having a good woodshedding time on a drum set or any of these usually lift my spirits when I’m down. And although I’d played just about every role (vocals, guitars, bass, etc.) on stage over the last 25 years of gigging, my favorite place is always behind the drum set or one of these. Rhythm is a lot like life. In the same way that syncopations (off-beat accents aka punches) makes a piece of music interesting, life’s curved balls is what makes for a richer and more colorful life. Training myself to welcome syncopations in the rhythm of life, and to roll with God’s punches. Cos life is worth it. #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #sketching #sketch #sketchbook #sketchbooker #percussions #rhythm #cajon #djembe #doumbek #remodjembe #remo #schlagwerk #meinlpercussion #memoirsofpapapat *Instagram: @synchopat (at Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSwSPFPJj2c/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 9 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful For today’s challenge, I added color to the piece I sketched during #ALSWHanoi2019, but didn’t manage to finish ‘cos of a major ink spill. Hanoi, to me is one of the most sketchable cities in the world, especially the Old Quarter, where everything is either rustically gorgeous or gorgeously rustic. Or both. There is just an energy about it, which I attribute it to the very industrious yet friendly people. And not to mention, the Food! 😋 Unfortunately I didn’t get to do a lot of sketches during that trip due to responsibilities. Can’t wait till when I can visit Hanoi again, and sketch the Cory with my USk buddies. 🤞🏼😊 #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #cafesketcherssg #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #vietnam #hanoi #alswhanoi2019 #hanoioldquarter #usksg #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketching #urbansketch #sketchwalker #sketchwalk #sketching #sketch #sketchbook #sketchbooker #asialinksketchwalk *Instagram: @synchopat (at Hanoi, Vietnam) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSN7Lw-JQdh/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 5 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful Anyone who knows me enough would know I have a soft spot for sneakers. Too soft. Don’t even ask me how many pairs of sneakers I own (or have gone through). By most people’s standards, the number is a prolly little obscene. For a guy. My age. OK, go ahead, call me a shoe-whore.✌🏼😬 Well it’s been a while since I’d gotten anything sneakers-related, and when I saw this pair of AF-1s, it was love at first sight. 🥰 White leather body, with a cerulean blue denim Swoosh, and has a harden compressed cork material for sole and back strip. But I was good; I actually held off buying a couple months. ☺️ The last time I owned a pair of Nike Airforce 1 was over a decade ago - a pair I got from the States that I adored. Made the horrible mistake of washing it thinking it would be ok ‘cos that pair was made of canvas; all the designs came off. 😭 And AF-1s have sorta mysteriously disappeared from the market, till the last couple years, when these new, thicker sole series came out. I was a bit iffy about ‘em at first, but when I saw this pair, it was a no-brainer. They’re just awesome. Super comfy, they look awesome, and they last. And John Mayer wears them on-stage. 😊 They arrived today. Can’t wait to clock miles in ‘em. 😊 #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #cafesketcherssg #homesketching #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #shoewhore #sneakers #NIKE #nikeaf1 #nikeairforce1 #shoes *Instagram: @synchopat (at Singapore, Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR6qaV6LNZX/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 4 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful For today’s challenge, I added color to the piece I did when Cafe Sketchers met at an staff eatery at SGH for lunch n sketch, right after our March 2021 Sketchwalk. I had to leave earlier and so only managed to finish the line work that day. This was seriously one of the best Laksas I’d ever had, even when it was cold by the time I ate it after sketching it. QQ chor beehoon, succulent fish cakes, super fresh prawns ans juicy tao pok filled with thick gravy that explodes in your mouth from the first bite. I broke my keto rule that day and slurped up every last strand. Love that I get to sketch my food and eat it too… got to sample the dish with both my palate and palette; maybe that’s why it’s called 美食. 😋 #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #cafesketcherssg #homesketching #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #yummy #sgfoodie #SGlaksa #laksa #comfortfood (at Singapore, Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR4VwtQLUbT/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 3 of #28daychallenge during P2HA2. Theme: All Things Beautiful Today has been a frustrating day… lots of blocked goals due to circumstances outside my control. Lost it with myself a few times. Thankfully my training in Positive Intelligence kicked in, and with a few meditative exercises, I was able to bring my triggered amygdala under control. One of the exercises was this, the art of Zentangle. So this simple tangle shall be my thing of beauty today, ‘cos being engaged in it helped me to look past the challenges of the day, and see the wonders and positive effects of a beautiful mind. Prov. 23:7 “As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is.” Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” #28daychallenge #AllThingsBeautiful #weekendsketchers #singaporesketchers #homesketching #keepsketching #beatcovidwithart #Phase2HA2 #phase2heightenedalert2 #sketchingthroughpandemic #Phase2HA2sketches #zentangle #meditation #positiveintelligence #rightmind (at Singapore, Singapore) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR1UJzXLsln/?utm_medium=tumblr

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