Chado...
went to Chado exhibition at e Japanese Association w wendy on sunday....we were brought thru 4 unique experiences: e tea cermonies in spring, summer, autumn and winter....besides being an onlooker, i took part in e autumn tea cermony as a "guest", and had to kneel down throughout e whole process...e stages of e tea ceremony consists of e guest admiring the scroll and flowers in e room/outdoor setting, e host cleaning e cups and preparing e tea, and lastly, e guest admiring e tea cups and tea lids..it was realli q embarrassing cos at e end of it, i couldn't even stand up cos my ankles were numb...and when i tried to walk, i had a rush of pins and needles and was rooted to e ground for 5 min?!but i was truly amazed by the tea ceremony process...it realli reflects a form of discipline in the Japanese, the beauty of their culture...all e little intricate details and thoughts that are put into designing the layout of the room, each step of making e tea, and even the actions of how a guest should receive and return the tea cup to e host...
and they even have matching tea cup designs and japanese cakes/desserts that are specially created for the different seasons of e year...(got e pics below from Wendy's book) 
too lovely to be eaten!...was talking to wendy, discussing our japanese essay...wendy is realli an inspiration...her passion for design, and her ideas towards certain issues (regarding design, lifestyle and culture) are alwiz brought across strongly...and she alwiz manages to tell me so many interesting stories cos' she reads widely...from books, magazines....she's truly an amazing person... =) it's realli funny how one can realli feel cultured, reflective and philosophical when talking to wendy chua.
somehow, feel that she'll realli make it big in e design scene one day... =)
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