Netphotography Journal

My apartment is looking very girlie here. I am thinking that some of her clothes and shoes can be used to decorate my apartment. Those colours really go well with my books.

Chocolate & Green Tea Pudding

• 1 cup chocolate soy milk
• 1 tablespoon loose green tea leaves
• 10 ounces (one bag) semisweet vegan chocolate chips
• 12 ounces silken tofu
• 1/4 cup soft tofu
• 2 tablespoons matcha tea (green tea powder, available at any good tea shop), optional

Pour the chocolate milk and tea leaves into a small pot and bring to a boil. Turn off heat and let the chocolate milk cool. Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler (or you can do this in a small pot over low heat, stirring constantly).

See the rest of the recipe here

The ancient Persian Goddess “Aredvi Sura Anahita” the divinity of Water associated with Fertility, Healing, and Wisdom in the universe. She is also associated with War, Protection, and Peace. Anahita means “the immaculate one”.

Sculpture was first created by my grand uncle Jallil Ziopour. He was a Fine Arts university professor, cubist artist, and anthropologist. I think he reproduced the sculpture of Anahita based on his many findings during his excavations in Iran (not too sure which area exactly. ) He gave me that print in person when I was 6 or 7 years old.

The date on the artwork says that it was built about 50 or 60 years ago. ( notice the beautiful Alien shape eyes! )

His reproduction of Anahta was later on destroyed by his first wife over relationship issues. My uncle, being a visual artist, was always surrounded by beautiful women and models, and that didn’t have the best effect on his marriage.

So that small print is perhaps one of the very few original ones left from that amazing art work, and perhaps how Anahita might have looked like.

Also a good indicator that Persians worshiped much better looking gods before the Arabs take over and enforce their ideology on people for the next 1400 years.

I only post the ones that are true!

It was my Dad’s 58th Birthday. We made this movie using the isight camera on my MacBook Pro.

So … 1, 2, 3, 4, … 58!

My mother is an interior designer: Peach Interior Design ( www.Peach.ca )

Yaletown Condo Kitchen Design

West Vancouver Kitchen Design

West Vancouver Kitchen Design

I am sitting the in Bean Around the World, on Marine Drive, West Vancouver. We seem to be getting a little bit of summery days during the first few weeks of Fall, and I think it would be such a waste if I stay in my studio. Here I can tune out, and tune in to get some writing done. Bean Around the World, sells very good coffee, which is roasted right here on the North shore. It is far superior to Starbucks coffee ( any coffee is ) in terms of taste, color, aroma and flavor. Bean coffee is the best place to be early in the morning, the place is packed with people, staff are so friendly and laid back. I hardly ever seen an unhappy face on the people working here.

I often try not to anchor here with my laptop and use this spot as my work space. These guys get a lot of walking traffic and it wouldn’t be fair to occupy their seats, although the traffic seems to be a bit slower around afternoon, so I think it should be fine if I spend a couple of hours here to switch on my creative side, get some work done, while I do some people watching.