When I was still at the university taking up my Fine Arts course, I would hover around this glass cabinet that to me, looks like a “refrigerator” located inside the National Book Store in SM North Edsa (Philippines). Inside these refrigerators are premium painting and drawing supplies such as Dewart, Winsor & Newton and Carandache brands. In my eyes, those are my kind of highly-coveted objects of desire – something that is a bit too expensive for a typical student like me.
I managed to get myself a set of Carandache coloured pencils (I’ve purchased it some 10 years ago) and a small box of Carandache chalk pastels. 
- my 10-year old Carandache Coloured Pencils, a remnant from my Fine Arts days.
After 8 years of leaving the university, I’ve been carried away by this wave called “work” and somehow, I haven’t created a “serious” artwork since then. The realization that I’ll be turning 30 soon and I haven’t really created an illustration or an artwork that I would want to show in an art exhibit in the next few years had me running up to an art supplies store.
I found this shop in Bras Basah Complex called Art Friend. My heart went wild and my heart palpitated to a maximum speed. If only I can, I would love to dance around with joy at the sight of all the “jewels” that sparkle in front of me. I am surrounded by an interesting collection of oil paints, coluoured pencils, watercolour, canvases, acid-free watercoulour papers and brushes and all sort of knick knacks for arts and crafts.
I know you might think I’m kinda weird or something, but that’s exactly how I feel. I’ll stop all my overly dramatic blabber now and just show you my valuable finds.
Here’s my new set of Daler-Rowney Watercolours and Brushes and St Cuthberts Mill acid-free watercolour papers. 
Hopefully, now is the perfect time for me to rock and roll and paint! :)
Thanks Camille, for letting me borrow your new digicam. :)
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