Beauty Mark

Shanghai Sisters

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Your beauty mark
You are desire on printed skin
Even as you draw me in
Your every touch a ten­der valen­tine
A kiss, even missed, trem­bles with your salty shine
We shiver as we laugh and try again
To kiss, to devour, and to stake my claim
We’ll pre­tend I was the only one who left this beauty mark on you.

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Cred­its. Model is the enig­matic and effer­ver­scent wife of one of the gen­tle­men in the All You Need Is Love col­lage. She isn’t usu­ally a set of Shan­hainese twins. I just made her this way. And before any of you ask why isn’t there a beauty mark on her face, con­sider — there are other places where such beauty finds their mark. Ahem. Pho­tos & design © Kenny Mah.

73 Comments

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    Note:
    For my read­ers whom I promised a new post today, well I hope you aren’t too dis­ap­pointed with some­thing this light, but it is Mon­day and the start of a new work week is heavy enough with­out me mak­ing it heftier, eh?

    Plus I just had the hugest lunch at Deli­cious where all the girls ganged up to skip the main course and order only desserts. We must have ordered every sin­gle item off the dessert menu. I must say their Peach and Banana Crum­ble with Vanilla Ice-Cream is to die for. Yums…

  • helo helo! short and light but effec­tive! just LOVE it:) love the shot — makes her look so cute yet mys­te­ri­ous.. .won­der where’s the beauty mark … :P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » cumi­d­an­ciki
    Hehe, where’s the beauty mark? That you have to gotta ask the hus­band lah… They are both such good-looking peo­ple, I guess there’ll be a line of girls ask­ing the same ques­tion of Mr. Cute & Mys­te­ri­ous. LOL

  • Neil Lim wrote:

    where do u find all these beau­ti­ful girls?? lucky fler! :P

  • she’s so cute! is this your other half? such a lucky girl! :)

  • kenny beauty marks pun can inspire you to wax lyri­cals and pro­voke unthink­able thoughts!

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Neil Lim
    Hey, what makes you think it isn’t the other way round and the girls are the ones who find me? LOL

    Just kid­din’. Every­one is beau­ti­ful if you know how to appre­ci­ate them, bro.

    » Anna
    Nope. She is another lucky fler’s other half. (See pre­vi­ous post.)

    My Other-and-Most-Definitely-Better-Half remains in the back­ground, like Fran Walsh to Peter Jack­son. Shy lah. Not every­one is a social but­ter­fly slash atten­tion whore like I am. (Strangely enough not my words, but all my friends seem to never tire of remind­ing me so.) :P

  • well i’m sure ur other and bet­ter half is really lucky too! :)

  • haha its a plea­sure to read any piece of urs, long or short la…take it as there come!

    yes, she n the other half r damn sweet together hor..

    maybe the twin shud hav been him instead..(can u pho­to­shop that?)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » kak teh
    Pro­voke unthink­able thoughts? I should hope not! I’d thought it through thor­oughly that if one can think those thoughts, then those thoughts unthink­able are thor­oughly thinkable.

    :D

    » Anna
    I hope so, I really hope so. I do my best but… :P

    » lot­sofcrav­ings
    LOL. Pho­to­shop him in with her? But I already had the Hus­band in a com­fort­able posi­tion with Another Man in my pre­vi­ous post. Also lovey-dovey some more. Oh, die lah if cause scan­dal… LOL

  • hmmm, now you put it that way, the unthink­able, when thought thor­oughly must be think­able! Back to square one.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » kak teh
    LOL. Hope I didn’t cause another round of spooner­ism in you, my dear, through my awful allit­er­a­tivism by asso­ci­a­tion. (Oops, did it again!)

    One day, we should have a tongue-twisting tour­na­ment. :D

  • *aih*… kenny, kenny, kenny…

    u never fail to give me dia­betes… but den again all’s good eh… ;)

    as long as u keep belt­ing out obsenely sweet-diabetic-good-ness… u still owe me yam­cha ses­sion… :P

    model is cho kiut la… love the pho­tos… v nicely done… so can i bully u into help­ing me change my ban­ner per­haps… kekeke… kid­ding… :lol:

  • Pre­tend! I am not sure who has left more marks. Remind me of the Soong sis­ters though they are 3. The first love money, the 2nd China and the last power.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » asstha
    Now, now, as sweet (pur­port­edly) as my posts may be, I’m sure no one is in dan­ger of devel­op­ing dia­betes from my blog. (I cer­tainly hope not!)

    As for the yam cha ses­sion, hey are you sure it isn’t you who owe me one? That’s why I’ve been wait­ing for months since our last one to hear from you… ;)

    » Chin
    I think this one loves her hus­band more than those three things. :)

  • I’ll give you one guess where my beauty mark is. :lol:

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Jemima
    Just one guess? Hehe, then let me guess… Hmm, let me pop the ques­tion in absolute secrecy… Safer… In case I get it wrong… or in case I get it right! LOL

  • the soong sis­ters was a good movie. michelle yeoh was such a strong woman. :)

  • crimson@venger wrote:

    i bet u have seen many, many beauty marks, kenny… ;)

  • Calypso wrote:

    A kiss, even missed, trem­bles with your salty shine”

    so beau­ti­ful. sighs

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Anna
    I’m sure I’ve seen that movie, but I don’t really remem­ber much of it. I do recall one of the actresses was a Cana­dian Chi­nese who acted with Ewan Mac­Gre­gor in “The Pil­low Book.” Weird, how mem­ory works some­times… lines that con­nect one thing to the next… a maze of trivia.

    » crimson@venger
    As they say, that’s for me to know, and for you to… Ahem. :P

    » Calypso
    That line is so true for me, it’s scary.

  • eh! I had that exact Peach and Banana Crum­ble, and MARVELOUS right?!!!
    we’ve suc­cess­fuly gone through the tough­est ordeal of the week. Monday.

    =P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » J2Kfm
    Haha, so you had it too today? Yeah, it’s bril­liant… the warm crum­ble paired with the cold ice-cream. Mouldy Mon­day is all but over… Now for Ter­rific Tues­day! Whee…

  • Calypso wrote:

    We’ll pre­tend I was the only one who left this beauty mark on you.”

    i wish i had a guy who felt this way bout me

  • Shang­hainese twins. Hahaha :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Calypso
    I’m sure there is, dear. Some­times it’s not about wait­ing but about see­ing with renewed sight who is really out there who feels about us the way we want to be desired and treasured.

    » Paul
    Glad some­one caught that one! ;)

  • Light or heavy, still as romantic.

    Aha! Food­blog­ging is infec­tious, no? See, you can’t do a post with­out a men­tion of food huh.

  • Calypso wrote:

    thanks, kenny! u really know how to make a girl feel good about her­self. :)

    HUGSSS

  • girl-in-picture wrote:

    oohhh!!! I love the last 3 lines!!! and this is such a cool pic­ture!!! And yes, mon­day and heavy read­ing just doesn’t work.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Tum­mythoz
    Infec­tious? Well, this is an infec­tion I’ll be glad never to be rid of, cos I love food and pos­si­bly food bloggers/writers even more so! :D

    » Calypso
    Now you’re mak­ing me blush! A grown-up man, at that. Haha…

    *hugs back*

    » girl-in-picture
    Yay! So glad you approve… When I have the time, I will load the orig­i­nals on Face­book and you can see what I’ve done with them. :)

  • Calypso wrote:

    u shouldn’t blush. i meant eveyr word. so does all ur read­ers. :)

  • Selene wrote:

    u sure have a lot of female fans, don’t u? ^ _ ^

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Calypso
    *blushes even more*

    » Selene
    Hahaha. Let’s see, how to reply this one. Ah, I’ve got it:

    a) I don’t have fans lah. I’m not a celebrity like … well, like celebri­ties lah. I’m lucky to have any read­ers in the first place!

    b) What makes you think they are really female? This is the Inter­net, remem­ber? Any­one can be any­one… :P

  • she looks vaguely familiar.……hmmm.…

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » fat­boy­bakes
    Looks vaguely famil­iar? Oh, all the most beau­ti­ful women do… ;)

  • Selene wrote:

    hahah, true also. they might be all old, hairy men!

  • kristopher wrote:

    not true, bro. u have guy read­ers too. romance isnt just for girls! ;)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Selene
    They juu­ussstttt might. Not that there’s any­thing wrong with old, hairy men. Some of my favourite ladies are old, hairy men.

    *runs and hides*

    » kristo­pher
    Too true, mate! ROMANCE is for EVERYONE! (Damn, that should be my new tagline, haha.)

  • oooo.…so very sexy *sizzles*

  • feel like singing all u need is love again… sings…

  • Selene wrote:

    be care­ful they dun chase u!!! :-P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » sc
    The woman or the words very sexy har? LOL

    » Anna
    Oh do sing it, sing any song that makes you happy over and over… Novem­ber appears to be Sing-along Month, ja? Hehe.

    » Selene
    They chase, I run lor… :P

  • nice and sim­ple. just like all marks of beauty should be.

  • Selene wrote:

    i will chase u also. lol

  • this “mark” is more than just a mark, me thinks.
    it’s more of a RAM than a ROM.
    per­haps that’s why it’s called a mark.

    nicely col­lage, dude! :)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Michelle
    Beauty is Sim­plic­ity, so some say. :)

    » Selene
    Sure, you can chase but can you catch me? LOL

    » Nic (KHKL)
    Ah, but it’s the volatile mem­o­ries that we hold dearer, no?

  • BEST blog i read in long time. keep writ­ing, kenny!

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » masni
    You just offi­cially made my day! :D

  • what abt u, kenny? do u have beauty marks too? :)

  • the_lighthouse wrote:

    i agree with masni, u write very well. the pics are incred­i­ble too. are u a graphic desinger?

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » win­ter­girl
    I have marks on me … but not so much beauty marks as in cuts and acne scars and old age + liver spots… all sorts of ewww-y signs of aging and all round unsavouri­ness. But my dar­ling doesn’t com­plain (much) beyond thrust­ing the lat­est in male cos­metic mois­turiser prod­ucts onto me, so I guess it’s okay.

    :P

    » the_lighthouse
    Thanks, but no, I’m not a graphic designer in the full-time sense any­way. I’m com­pletely self-taught and will do assign­ments for clients on a case-by-case basis. It doesn’t pay the monthly bills though. Just feeds the pas­sion. ;)

  • Jeffer wrote:

    I like how you inter­spersed the woman’s face with the Chi­nese designs. Is it archi­tec­ture or cal­lig­ra­phy? I noticed the pic­ture on the front page of the blog is slightly dif­fer­ent from the pic­ture on this post too.

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Jef­fer
    I actu­ally took some snap­shots of some antique win­dow details from an old Malac­can Hokkien clan house and lay­ered it over the front page’s pic­ture. I reduced this effect for the pic­ture fea­tured on the post proper so that there is a softer, not so abrupt effect, so the girls (or, girl, sin­gu­lar, as it were) have this ele­gant Old Shang­hai feel to them.

    No cal­lig­ra­phy were used for this par­tic­u­lar design though I’ve applied them in the past. See if you can spot which posts! :)

  • Jeffer wrote:

    That explains the dif­fer­ence! Thanks for explaining.

  • the_lighthouse wrote:

    u can defin­tiely be a full-time graphic designer. any good com­pany will snatch u up! :D

  • Neil Lim wrote:

    the other way round? haha, even luck­ier! lol

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Jef­fer
    No wor­ries, anytime.

    » the_lighthouse
    Hahaha, we’ll see… Right now, I’ll stick to my day job, methinks. :P

    » Neil Lim
    Haiya, just kid­din’ lah. (Mostly. Tee hee.)

  • ur just being mod­est. i bet even ur age spots are cute like u, hehe.

  • Howler wrote:

    We shiver as we laugh and try again

    Sex should always be this fun and relax. ;-)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » win­ter­girl
    Trust me. They are so not cute on me. LOL

    » Howler
    Well, not just sex… but you get the idea, yes. :P

  • I read your lil poem and went “Awwww”… and then I read the P.S. and went HAHAHAHHAHAA you pervo!

    I love this post so much. XD

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Jesse
    Hehe, me a pervo? The very best, m’dear. ;)

  • 1 scowl one grin . Per­haps that is an essen­tial
    mark of the beau­ti­ful jour­ney of life

  • bro, not per­vert lah. just roman­tik ma… dun try to deny it. mr. lover lover… haha

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » back­Street­G­lut­tons
    I just hope we smile more than we scowl, mein Fre­und! :D

    » KC
    Cheh, why does every­one keeps insist­ing I’m roman­tic. Those days of can­dle­light and rose petals scat­tered all over the bed are over lah. Seri­ously, just ask my dar­ling dear. LOL

  • no more can­dles and roses? too expen­sive these days, issit? :-P

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » KC
    No lah, roses and can­dles can still afford one… but no more “pre-planned + pre-packaged” romance ma… Real romance is every­day lovin’, bro… ;)

  • For a moment, I tot they were con­joined twins!!! HAHA~

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » gina
    OH NO! Tell me it ain’t so! The model is gonna kill me for this… :P

  • Hmmm… i like the “devour” and “stak­ing claim” part… such under­ly­ing tones of pas­sion and ger­am­ness. We humans, like most ani­mals, love to stake our claims, don’t we? Ahhh… that reminds me of my furkid who loves to stake his claim at every bush, car tyre, pil­lar, lamp post when­ever i take him out on walks.… hehe! (jeez… talk about being out-of-topic… sorry!)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » Pureg­lut­ton
    LOL… Not alto­gether out of topic, we can feel quite a lot of lurve for our furry and feather friends too ma… But yes, pas­sion is the name of this game… you don’t want to just go through the rou­tine. Love isn’t a series of steps; it’s stomp­ing and scream­ing and sooth­ing and saliva and sauce and scrawl­ing and sim­per­ing and sizzling…

    Uhm. Yeah.

  • *ai*… it’s not that I’m not free la… i can’t leave com­ments on blogs as often as i like to now… mostly silent reader… but am still around… will see what i can whip up… will buzz u soon… ;)

  • Kenny Mah wrote:

    » asstha
    Silent read­ers are bet­ter than none at all. Thanks for read­ing! :D

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