Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Doodle

Water color paintings of rural farmlands and tea fields in Western Java. I obtained these paintings while vacationing with my family there. The first two depict tea harvesting.






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2002 Coutet St. EmillionHave you tried L'Occitane Green Tea Shower Gel before? It's quite nice and uplifting in the morning. It reminds me of Tai Ping Hou Kui (monkey king) green tea, but sweeter.

Photo: L'Occitane

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope you're using the shower gel for your body and not your mouth. I know it can be confusing that early in the morning when you're still groggy.

I like the paintings. The second one is my favorite.

Anonymous said...

I like the watercolor paintings. Did you try any Indonesian tea while you were there? What's it like?

~ Phyll said...

Thank you, The Simple Leaf. The only decent Indonesian tea I had while I was there was the Jawa Oolong from a local store. I wrote a bit about it here:

http://phyllsheng.blogspot.com/2006/08/jawa-oolong_18.html

Anonymous said...

I love l'occitane and tried the green tea. It is lovely in the morning.

~ Phyll said...

Thank you for your comment, gr8face. I agree...it's very refreshing and...ummm...lovely in the morning. Makes me feel so trendy metrosexual :)

Nowadays, I'm using its Eau des Baux line. Very calming yet refreshing at the same time.