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臺灣（下）－旗山/美濃

2011-11-05T23:03:00.002+08:00

So. I am back in Taipei where there is good, stable wifi. Time to catch up on like, 5 belated posts :|
Well this is from Day 3. En route to Meinong, we stopped by QiShan which is the self-proclaimed "Kingdom of Bananas", because the area was a top producer of bananas back in its heyday.

And there's this shop selling banana ice, yumzzzz:

After stopping having some QiShan bananas, we headed down to Meinong, a Hakka town which is teeming with Hakka culture. It's also a very beautiful and quiet place, and we went up to the Xinwei Forest Park where you can see the town from a bird's eye view:

And went to the 古味客家菜 restaurant and had some super good Hakka food:

臺灣（下）－恒春

2011-11-05T23:00:00.000+08:00

Before we left Meinong for HengChun, we visited the 黄蝶翠谷 (a really ulu-but-beautiful nature-walk-place):

The highway en route to HengChun is along the coastline:

HengChun is like, one of the oldest towns in Taiwan I think. Or at least the part of HengChun where the old city walls are still around. And this is where alot of 海角七號/Cape No.7 was filmed (and it's one of those films that everyone should watch!) I just love the atmosphere of the place:

And... it has a super beautiful sunset which can be viewed from 關山:

臺灣（下）－高雄/旗津

2011-11-03T21:20:00.004+08:00

Didn't have WiFi the past few days, so couldn't upload! It's not that I was being lazy (again), haha. Well anyway, after the previous post, this post's photos are from day number 2. (It is day number 5 today already :s)
Anyway, so yes, I was in Kaohsiung on Day 2, which is a city that's more southern.

I think everyone in Taiwan knows how to cycle. Everyone cycles. And they even have these bicycle rental stations! Quite cool huh. ~~Except that I can't cycle :/~~

We explored the Pier-2 Art District, which is this bunch of old-warehouses-turned-art-area.

And in that district, there's this really cool museum called the Museum of Labor. Which, basically, is to acknowledge the workers which helped to build Taiwan. At first I thought it'd be quite dry, but turned out it's just as arty as the district it's in! A bunch of artists actually created characters for each of the jobs, and the design of the exhibits are really good.

And... there's a teddy bear exhibit going on there too. Good for all the teddy bear enthusiasts out there.

Anyway. We then took a tour around the district of Takao which is packed with history,

And took a ferry to the opposite island of Qijin.

臺灣（下）－高雄。

2011-10-30T02:19:00.004+08:00

Hello from Taiwan (again?). I've decided it's time I should really get back to my blog and stop being lazy with editing all the photos from my travels, I still haven't done the photos from New Zealand and the other Taiwan trip. Oops.
This time, I'm in Kaohsiung. Welllll not much photos, because it was a afternoon flight = reach Taoyuan airport at night, afterwhich we took the HSR straighhht here.

G'night.

glory in the highest;

2011-10-05T00:36:00.000+08:00

I don't know 'bout you, but I'm getting excited for Christmas~~~:

loverholic robotronic loverholic robotronic

2011-09-22T22:52:00.001+08:00

loving the teaser videooooo, but still sounds better in Korean though. :/

terra/cotta

2011-09-08T01:43:00.006+08:00

I was finally able to go to ACM and catch the Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy exhibition yesterday. One of my great loves (haha, the exaggerated term for "interests") is archaeology, and we all know that the Terracotta Army is like one of the biggest archaelogical findings, especially that of Chinese history; so I was as excited for this as I was when the Mummies and Pompeii came to NMS.
Anyway. Pardon the super-LQ photos below, but I couldn't help but share:
One of the things that caught my eye there was this... stone thingy. Can't remember what it was meant for, but look at the design. It's supposed to be a geometrical stylization of two dragons (facing each other mirror-imaged). Like how cool is the design man.
Ah I want to work in a museum or something. Something that can let me design/take photos/travel/get exposed to such history. Anyone know of such a job? (Or career path or uni course?)
:/

pieces of taiwan from my phone.

2011-09-04T21:27:00.005+08:00

Ain't gonna arrange them properly, but anyway these are just super-random shots that happened when I got too lazy to take my camera out.

i like space invaders

2011-09-04T00:51:00.000+08:00

aotearoa in 35mm

2011-08-25T14:36:00.002+08:00

aotearoa in 35mm, a set on Flickr.

AFTER THE LONG WAIT, here are (bits & pieces of) my photos from the NZ trip! Uploaded the ones of film first, since it saves me from the time-consuming process of filtering through the photos, as one has to do with digital photos. Click on the set link to view more.

纸飞机的折法 / 快乐是永不忘的呀,

2011-08-22T01:04:00.002+08:00

每天早上吃鮪魚飯糰，每天晚上暍綠茶多多的日子。

2011-08-20T00:58:00.003+08:00

時間一瞬眼，過去了。美好的時機總是這麼快的不見。好想念過去的十天，好想念輿我度過那十天的朋友。

又

回＿＿到
現實的

世＿界

＿＿＿＿＿＿了。

以下的歌，是獻給那四位朋友的（你们知道啦！）：

這不是儚！

ni hao from Taipei.

2011-08-09T02:37:00.002+08:00

Didn't bring my laptop though, so won't be able to put up much photos :/
Will only be able to do so after I come back, but then that means I might procrastinate and all like what happened with the NZ photos. Hmmmmm.

明月几时有，把酒问青天

2011-08-05T03:36:00.003+08:00

What I've been up to these days:And if you need some music for atmosphere and ambience:
(Man, I love modern songs that incorporate wayang into it)

acoustic live k-pop.

2011-08-02T18:50:00.003+08:00

Couldn't stand it. I've been wanting to post this for some time.
I just blogged the post below, and thought I'd leave this post to another day.
But no.
Can't take it, I need to post it nowwww.
Below's a bunch of good live/acoustic performances that I can't get out of my head. Just to prove the point that K-Pop isn't all just dancing and looking good and autotune. They can sing as well, and some of them are really strong singers! (This is to all the anti-kpop-people-who-read-my-blog-which-isn't-really-alot-actually, but WELL.)

And yes, I believe the above were all really sung live (and not pre-recorded), you can tell from the way to sing la.

curious coincidences and heart-warming bakes,

2011-08-02T18:03:00.003+08:00

So today, I finally borrowed this book on modern Chinese design, which I've been seeing on library shelves for quite some time already.On the way home, on closer inspection of the cover which is basically just a load of colourful Chinese words arranged randomly, I see this (I drew the orange outline there btw):COINCIDENCE MUCH??? :O
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On a side note. I've been wanting to blog the below photo for some time now. But basically yeah, perk of the job when the newsmaker is so happy with the article he asks his daughter to bake cupcakes for us:Times like this I feel I want to stay on with this job. But welllll, we'll see!
And today I tried Bakerzin's Bamboo-Charcoal Bun Filled With Custard:I love odd flavours like such. But point is, the bread was good! Like really soft and fluffy and goooood, definitely gonna try the other stuff when I pass by Bakerzin's bakery next time!

new music.

2011-08-01T21:31:00.002+08:00

not that I've been listening to alot recently, but in the past few months I've made a few new discoveries, in a variety of languages and genres. Just some songs and people to listen to when I get bored of my iTunes library. Enjoy.

(Can't stand how Aaron Yan is channeling Hwang Tae Kyung/Geun Suk in that last video ._.)

i am unhealthily addicted to mcdonald's and ya kun.

2011-07-25T22:59:00.005+08:00

Been so busy nowadays, with work and church. Especially when my working hours are odd timings, it just makes me lazy to do anything else I need to get done (e.g. NZ Photos). Or blog. (Therefore my very dead blog, haha.) But yes, I do plan to get my blog back on track, hopefully before Taiwan in 2 weeks, so that when we're there I can blog about it!
Anyway. Here's some photos that's been in my mac rotting and waiting for me to do something about:
All the photos are from work by the way. Shows how my life recently is really consumed by work, hahaha. NZ PHOTOS SOOOON!!!!

hello my dead blog.

2011-07-09T01:38:00.000+08:00

I shall revive you soon!

g'bye singapore/

2011-05-08T16:42:00.000+08:00

\kia ora, new zealand.

in life,

2011-04-26T20:22:00.002+08:00

o _ k a y.

2011-03-30T01:14:00.003+08:00

why so many problems suddenly? oh God give us all the courage and wisdom to go through it all.

誰能跨過艱難，誰能飛越沮喪，誰能看見前面有夢可想，

2011-03-25T13:51:00.005+08:00

(The intro is incredibly wrong, you might want to skip to 0:40 if you want to get to point immediately.) EDIT: I meant incredibly LONG :/

/ 上帝的心看見希望，你的心裡要有眼光

you know what,

2011-03-21T21:46:00.004+08:00

God's there for you, whether you believe in Him or not.

so many people around me are being so sad. And it makes me realize how fantastic it is to know God;

to know there's always someone there for you when everyone else is gone,
that there's a hope you can hope for even when all else fails,
there's a source of strength you can draw from when you feel so weak & helpless,
there's a love you can believe in when you feel that you're nobody at all, that you're worthless meaningless useless.
There is a love far bigger, greater, than that that any person can give you.

And it's already there for you, just waiting for you to accept it.

My prayer is only that you will open your hands and receive it.

to put meow in my portfolio or not, that is the question.

2011-03-21T21:36:00.001+08:00

like a amateur lei.

grass-bunnies,

2011-03-08T00:06:00.001+08:00

Uber long-ago photo. Just clearing my desktop.

_ l o n e

2011-03-05T21:39:00.004+08:00

I have a friend whose FYP was about Loneliness and Being Alone. Loneliness being the darker part of the scale and Being Alone just means enjoying Being Alone.

I belong to the latter. And yes, I enjoy it.

hi there.

2011-03-03T21:24:00.005+08:00

I've not been blogging.
Because I've not really been free until 2 days ago, despite the fact that FYP ended 6 days ago.
Because I've been working from Sat - Mon.

Why is nobody applying to be a photog in TNP??? It's prob the best photodesk to be in the whole -1000 TPY North-, C'MONNNNNNNNN.

Well anyway. And the fact that I still have The Last Presentation (hopefully) tomorrow. Which really doesn't make that much a difference until Sunday because I STILL HAVE WORK ON SAT (see paragraph in bold again.)

I really hope I don't get the external examiners so I can finally embark on my to-do-after-FYP-list.

red riding/

2011-02-23T00:38:00.002+08:00

Always loved his illustrations!

whaddya

2011-02-21T00:52:00.003+08:00

want from me.

weddings in stop motion.

2011-02-16T00:22:00.003+08:00

What a really cool idea to document weddings. Some frames of the second video in tilt-shift somemore, waaa~ And what incredible composition and lighting. I wanna do this kind of 另类 kinda stuff eh. Open a paper goods shop. Or do handmade parties and weddings. And take nice photos and blog about them. Ahhhhh~

一天一天不知道过了几天;

2011-02-14T22:36:00.004+08:00

Another new discovery! Not exactly new, I found out about this song couple of weeks ago, but didn't have time to blog about it. (Not that I should have time to blog now either :/) Mandopop needs more musicians like this.
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泉中水墨丹青花瓣落地也有声; 青丝砖瓦白日梦飞到了另一个时空

2011-02-13T21:53:00.002+08:00

This, at first glance, seems like a super cheena song. Well honestly it is (I mean the name of the song is Chinese Painting), but it has the modern twist, like 菊花台 or 千里之外. I love this kind of songs, the modern-traditional mix. And check out 2:01 onwards, when he switches to the Peking Opera style (he's some modern-Peking Opera singer of some sorts), super niceeeeeeeeee :O :O :O

key+taemin for eastpak+kipling

2011-02-08T21:44:00.001+08:00

OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH

OHMY POTC4 IS COMING SOON, I CANNOT WAIT.

2011-02-08T17:58:00.001+08:00

The only sad thing is the fact that Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom are no longer in it :(

I'm not gonna make it.

2011-02-06T11:56:00.002+08:00

I know it.
算了。。。

uwaaaa this performance is loooove:

2011-02-05T23:26:00.000+08:00

(2 parts to the whole thing, why didn't anyone just condense the whole thing into 1 video :|)Onew at 0:50 is... breathtaking :O
I can't stop listening to the whole performanceeeeeee

a-yo, 힘이 들 땐 둥타닥 rhythm에 기대어, oh,

2011-02-04T18:07:00.003+08:00

实在没心情啊～
BUT, HAHAHAHA OHMYTIAN:(What am I doing on tumblr and blogger?!)

LOOKIT HIS SHIRT :O

2011-02-02T15:58:00.001+08:00

and let the sun rain down on me;

2011-02-02T11:59:00.002+08:00

YESSSS P!ATD IS BACKKKKK

How true. I like rainy blue days.

like a swiss army knife;

2011-02-01T23:38:00.004+08:00

I watched The Green Hornet today. It was gooooood.
One thing that continually confuses me is why Kato is Chinese when Kato (or Kay-toh, zz) is obviously a Japanese name. So, I wiki-ed it and found out Kato was once Korean and Filipino too. He is originally Japanese, but because of WW2 they just named him as "oriental". Hmm. AND in this movie, he was supposed to be played by Stephen Chow. HENG Jay Chou replaced him, like seriouslyyy.

Anyway. Green Hornet reaaally reminds me of Batman, though after watching the whole movie I realized they were quite different. But still:

BRitt Reid and BRuce Wayne? Plus the animal-related superhero names.
They are both rich, womanizing shao yes.
Both lost their parents.
Doesn't the Black Beauty remind you of the Batmobile???
They are both normal-human kind of superheroes. As in the no-superpowers-kind.

So yes. Watching The Green Hornet is making me excited for all the other superhero movies coming out this year, woohooooo~ [E.g., Green Lantern (with Ryan Reynolds :O :O), another X-Men movie, Thor, etc~]

the jazz and the bluesss

2011-01-29T01:17:00.003+08:00

Maybe Savantism is God's way of showing us that there is so much more to disabilities and disorders.

But anyways. I am so going to start learning jazz piano after graduation!!!

and soon I will discover whether birds of the summer fly in circles or just fly away,

2011-01-27T23:24:00.002+08:00

here.

太阳出来咯

2011-01-24T06:47:00.001+08:00

This is so cool. The photos are reaaaally good too. What's with the whole random-person-picks-up-lost-film-and-develops-it-to-find-super-good-photos thing nowadays?

laugh to see a pudding crawl.

2011-01-22T21:44:00.000+08:00

I discovered a new phrase today. The above is a UK phrase which means, "someone who would laugh to see a pudding crawl is easily amused and will laugh at anything."

The phrase itself is so amusing.

好想睡觉 T_T

2011-01-22T02:42:00.000+08:00

没人了解我的苦啊～

2011-01-20T23:51:00.000+08:00

I'll be fine, I will recover,

2011-01-17T00:44:00.004+08:00

and you will learn to love another.

不懂为什么，

2011-01-15T23:38:00.002+08:00

一直在发冷。

也不是因为天气冷。
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/You paint me a blue sky, and go back and turn it to rain,

hade ni sakebu no sa keep the faith,

2011-01-13T22:21:00.002+08:00

Hahaha. I kinda miss KAT-TUN.

some inspiration and a horse.

2011-01-13T00:06:00.002+08:00

KEY??? :O
Anyway. What a cool bike. I will learn to cycle if someone gave me this bike:

fantastic, fantastic, elastic, elastic,

2011-01-10T23:49:00.000+08:00

Top 5 Ridiculous Uses of English in K-Pop:

SM has succeeded in brainwashing Engrish in me: there have been too many occasions where I reply “elastic” when I hear “fantastic.” SM has continued to use made up rhymes as they prove to be a crowd pleaser. Please refer to BoA's "supersonic bionic energy," SHINee's "loverholic, robotronic," and f(x)'s "mysteric, hysteric."

well go get your shovel, and we'll dig a deep hole,

2011-01-10T21:14:00.003+08:00

Ohman, this is too brilliant to not share and blog about, especially the end:

I couldn't stay away, haha.

2011-01-09T22:02:00.006+08:00

Just needed somewhere to rant. Most people wouldn't understand what I'm gonna say anyway, so please do ignore this post, ha. Wait, is it a stereotype to think people won't understand all these terms???

If only more people had an optimistic attributional style, attributing things to external, unstable & specific reasons. If only they attributed the cause of negative events to situational attributes, and positive events to either situational or dispostional attributes. (Either or, because it could result in self-enhancement, but also false uniqueness effect/self-serving bias.) Oh, and it would help if they made the fundamental attribution error less often too. The world would be a much happier place, really.

And some nice zhi char packaging, brown paperrrrr~
Oh and:

machi rollercoaster ride,

2011-01-03T23:30:00.004+08:00

This song is so addictingggg.
Anyway, I shall take a blogging hiatus. There's so much to blog about, but FINAL CRIT IS IN 3 WEEKS so I must control myself and not waste time blogging. Ciao~

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EDIT: One last question to ponder before I never ever come to blogger.com again until March.
When I say I'm doing on autism, why does everyone automatically ask, "So you went to the school to take?"
Since when did autistic kids = found in special schools? Is it a stereotype formed by our society, that people with autism can only be found in special schools? There was a line in this book on autism that I read, where a maid, upon seeing one of these special schools, told her employer "Oh so this is where all the disabled children in Singapore are."
Isn't it sad, that our society has somehow 'hidden' these children in a place where we think they should be, physically and in the fringes of our minds. And it's unfair for them also, to be just pushed under this huge umbrella labeled "Goes to a Special School" when obviously not all of them do. Just because they have special needs, doesn't mean they are definitely in a special school. Plus I always thought it's even more unfair for those with milder conditions, to just be generalized together with those more severe which society always sees.
It's the severe that the public always sees. The super odd expressions and gestures, the spastic look. But nobody sees the other people whose conditions are not as severe, but they're just thrown into that perception of autism anyway.
Therefore, it is my objective to show the public this other end of the spectrum. That autistic persons ≠ odd expressions & gestures & whatever ugly perception that most of the public has.

DISTINCTION OR NOTHING.

Merry Christmas Eve!

2010-12-24T00:33:00.001+08:00

Kokshen and I got cut out of the picture by the polaroid frame :/

if I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast.

2010-12-23T00:35:00.003+08:00

The world is so big and I am so small.
There are so many things to do and I am only 1 person.
BUT, alas I am not just 1 person. God's behind and around me, and the Spirit is in me.

/我憑著信心領取你豐盛的應許
世界也不能奪去神美好的旨意

Christmas is coming soon,

2010-12-20T21:17:00.003+08:00

And I feel so lazy to do anything.

And would somebody kindly put a terrarium in my Christmas stocking? I've alwaaayyyssss wanted to have a terrarium, and lookie, there are places in Singapore that sell pretty ones too:

shine Your light so I can see You; pull me up, I need to be near You.

2010-12-18T19:49:00.001+08:00

I was trying to find some music for a stop-mo video I'm doing. And then I saw this, and ho-hey, it's a SUPER NICE stop-mo mv! It's just amazing. The song is equally amazing. Watch:

我以为痛苦可以分散; 于是我忙到不能再忙, 忙到忘记了洗掉你所有短讯;

2010-12-16T00:08:00.003+08:00

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Whoo, today was another ____ down (I can't remember the word. Step? Brick? Wall?) Makes me feel like relaxing now, but I can't! Wayyyy behind time after that change of topic, so I have to pick up my pace. And, as CY says, Distinction or Nothing!

too cute.

2010-12-14T22:37:00.002+08:00

Today I went to a kindergarten/childcare place. The kids are so cuteeeeeeee. I hope I don't get into any trouble from the parents/kindergarten for posting pictures of uber cute kids who wanted me to take photos of their super cute cuteness:

goodnight, goodbye; by the time you turn around, I'll be gone, I'll be gone.

2010-12-14T00:04:00.004+08:00

Out of the past 40 hours and 17 minutes, I slept only 2 hours.
I want to sleep, but I think I'd have to add another hour or so to that 40 hours, because of our dearest FYP. Oh yes, if you happen to know any autistic persons, please let me know! Gam sia~

Yesterday:

replay, replay, replay,

2010-12-11T01:06:00.005+08:00

Today was Turf Club again, and for some reason, all the snails started coming out so everytime we went to shoot, we had to watch where we're stepping. Baby snails are quite cute actually, but I just feel sad for them that they're so prone to being stepped on, hahaha.
And when I came home, this pretty cat was at the lift landing. I think I should start some "A Cat A Day" photo project, hahaha. (Ya I hate the noise in the first picture too :|)
Meow.
_

Feels irritating when it seems like you're the only person trying to do something and nobody else wants to help. ~~Specifically: nobody bothers answering one simple question, which I even gave examples of answers to.~~ Have you ever felt that way? But that's all it is, a feeling. Because you don't know what other people are really thinking. Either way, the feeling sucks.

蝙蝠峡不会飞,

2010-12-10T15:45:00.002+08:00

loveaholic robotronic;

2010-12-10T01:19:00.002+08:00

I have let myself down. I have started listening to more k-pop. And I have become addicted to SHINee's songs (of all the groups!!!! D:).
Maybe because I am going crazy.
Because I must be crazy to change my FYP topic at this kind of time. Yes folks, I have really decided to change topics:

and they call her one-eye-jack,

2010-12-08T01:09:00.000+08:00

I want to do cat photos leh :|

young man, there's no need to feel down; I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground!

2010-12-07T16:44:00.001+08:00

Threadless is having a $9 sale now. So many nice shirts. But alas, mei you qiannnn~

you don't know me, you don't know me,

2010-12-07T00:30:00.002+08:00

Saturday:And, recently, I have become very addicted to this song:This is not good, I pledged allegiance to J-Pop :|

a dilemma of sorts / s t r u g g l _ .

2010-12-05T21:52:00.002+08:00

Cotton wool for brains,

2010-12-02T21:11:00.003+08:00

I NEED TO GET WELL SOON D:

and we could pretend it all the time; can't you see that it's just raining, ain't no need to go outside.

2010-12-01T20:35:00.004+08:00

I wish. Rain or shine, we've gotta make the weather work for us.

I've been down with a cold for 4 days, since Sunday. Meaning 3 days striked-off the FYP calendar, meaning 12 days to Crit 2. OHMYTIAN, 12 DAYS?!?!?! That's less than 2 WEEKS, and from that 12 days, minus off days working, I would be left with ~7 days to shoot 40 images?! Which means 5 good shots each day. NOOO I'm not gonna make itttt D:
How I wish I could just do some series on stray cats in Singapore. But that's quite shallow and all. Sigh.
Anyway, I only realised last week that SingPost's scooters are Vespas. So vintage.

FYP, I WILL OVERCOME YOU.

2010-11-29T21:41:00.001+08:00

Through You I can do anything, I can do all things / 'Cause it's You who gives me strength, nothing is impossible!

silhouetter masterpiece theatre.

2010-11-24T19:49:00.002+08:00

This guy is just ingenioussss:

Dear Mr. Kingfisher, fly the other way

2010-11-23T13:08:00.003+08:00

There's a black-capped kingfisher stuck in school. It keeps trying to fly through the glass window. My heart breaks every time it tries flying through again. And the real opening is on the other side which it doesn't ever fly towards. I want to help it but the area is like... inaccessible.
I don't like big glass windows. It deceives birds into thinking they can fly through it. It looks nice to humans, but not for birds okay.

the moon is yellow today,

2010-11-21T19:19:00.004+08:00

Oh how I love my house; I get to see sunrises, sunsets, moonrises and rivers. And I seriously need to get a new camera D:

我没做错什么却把一切错过;

can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars;

2010-11-20T01:33:00.003+08:00

Tonight, the rain drifted like sparkling snowflakes, to land gently upon the ground.

joo chiat, katong and around.

2010-11-19T00:07:00.006+08:00

Do you know, that Joo Chiat is named after a guy named Chew Joo Chiat, and Katong is(was?) a species of sea turtle found in Singapore? I think I can go become some tour guide of Singapore after FYP.

And, I really want to thank God for the fruitful trip today. Met nice people, and had good weather. It almost rained at around 2pm, but it didn't, thank God!

watch the sun it paints an orange sky, lay me down and feel the days gone by.

2010-11-17T18:02:00.002+08:00

Oh, unproductive days.

old playgrounds.

2010-11-15T22:09:00.003+08:00

With all my recent craze/research on heritage and old places and nostalgia, old playgrounds were one of those things I wanted to shoot. (Alas, I thought things through and eliminated the playgrounds from my ideas.) You know, the kind made of cement and mosaic tiles with sand (not rubber mats!!!!). Apparently there's only two of such playgrounds left in Singapore, one in Toa Payoh and another one in Dover.
Anyway, the point I've been wanting to make all along is... LOOK AT THESE PINS FROM THE LITTLE DROM STORE!!! They are so creative can. And smartly tapping on all this nostalgia craze going around after Royston Tan's Old Places (see video above.) Which I've yet to watch :/

我雖行在困苦患難中你應許必將我救活,

2010-11-14T23:11:00.001+08:00

我要歌頌耶和華作為因你的名大有榮耀
我呼求時你必應允我鼓勵我使我心裡有能力!

;你必成全關乎我的事你必不離棄你手所創造的

balestier and around.

2010-11-14T14:27:00.003+08:00

Belated post, I went to Balestier/Whampoa some day last week. Never knew it was so full of history and heritage, and never knew it was so near. I always thought it was super far away somewhere near the west or somthing.

或许，消失这回事，就是为了带给我们一些，唯有留在心中才显得珍贵的什么，而存在的。

2010-11-11T23:54:00.001+08:00

Corridor from Isazaly Mohd Isa on Vimeo.

quote from today's zaobao.

you realize the sun doesn't go down, it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round.

2010-11-11T20:31:00.001+08:00

what is considered overworking? where is the /ine?

only the young can break away, break away; lost when the wind blow, on your own, ohh...

2010-11-10T23:34:00.002+08:00

slightly/disorientated

cardiology, is guiding you and me; through ancient history,

2010-11-08T00:03:00.002+08:00

Another thing I need to save up money for: Good Charlotte's new album!!!!!!!!!!!
Been yearssss since the last album. And no I will not download the album, I MUST BUYYYYYY ~~(even if the lyrics which is this post's title doesn't make sense)~~

I guess things are not how they used to be; is everybody going crazy?

2010-11-07T21:45:00.005+08:00

Back at the Turf Club today and Friday, and liking the pace of it. Somehow I wish I could do racing everytime I go back to TNP, haha.

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Today I saw a mother and her daughter when I was taking the train back home from Serangoon. The daughter, probably 8 years old or so, was wearing a ballet suit, pink tutu, leotard and tights. But what made me feel... shocked (or slightly angry or disturbing) was that the mother was listening to music (or whatever it is) through a earpiece, the white iPod kind, which was connected to her iPhone. In both ears, not like one side of the earpiece hanging dangling.
It made me wonder how are daughter would feel, how she would grow up to be like. I don't now about you, but I was feel uneasy when I see people listening through their earpieces while they are talking to their friends. If my friend did that to me, I'd feel unrespected, I'd rather they not talk to me and go listen to their music. No need to entertain me if listening to music is what they want to do, I don't mind. I don't know if it's becoming a trend or culture or what, I see alot of young people (as if I'm not young, HAHAHA) doing that nowadays, especially secondary school kids. Is it supposedly cool to show off your iPod/handphone's-music-player-function while talking to your friend?
Listening to your mp3 is a way of shutting yourself out from the rest of the world, a sort of "Do Not Disturb Me" sign. So, how can you command the respect of others when you don't show them respect by showing that you're listening to them (and not your mp3)? Maybe respect is another disappearing value in Singapore. (People don't even give way to the elderly anymore.)
Back to the mother. Seriously, I don't know why she did that. Shutting herself out from the rest of the world including her own daughter by plugging into her earpiece in both ears. Is it just me, or would you all feel disturbed by that sight too?
Sheesh, I miss the Simple Plan from back then.

now put 'yer hands up,

2010-11-07T00:45:00.002+08:00

Rediscovering good, acoustic covers ~~while taking my own sweet time to do my presentation which is on Monday~~:

fyp is messing with my head, part 2.

2010-11-06T09:10:00.003+08:00

Why did Royston Tan do Old Places. now I have to think of something else, something different from what he did, but still about vanishing trades and places. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

But then again, maybe in some part of my subconscious, my idea was first sparked off by Old Places, for all I know. zzzzzzzzzzzzz

fyp is messing with my head,

2010-11-06T00:09:00.003+08:00

there are so many thoughts that fly through my mind, and none of them are adding up into one clear idea. they are all related but unrelated. my head is exploding with all the thoughts that are like lines of yarn getting tangled together in one huge mess arghhhhhhhhhhhh

and I've yet to start on doing the presentation.

:(

what's wrong with Singapore? losing always makes me feel so sore!

2010-11-05T01:35:00.000+08:00

colors changing hue, morning fields of amber grain;

2010-11-04T20:27:00.002+08:00

I wonder if you get tired of seeing me post photos of the sky from my house. But well, I'll never get tired of seeing the beauty of it; the clouds, the sun rising or setting, the blueness of it all, the paddle-pop colours.
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And, another piece of sky from a fantastic guy called Parker Fitzgerald:

gone to the birds,

2010-11-04T20:05:00.003+08:00

more from yesterday. I realized that there's many pigeons in Little India, so spot the birds:

little india and beyond.

2010-11-03T20:39:00.007+08:00

Today I went to Little India. It's hard to define these areas, where exactly does Little India start, and where does Chinatown end? Where is the line between Kampong Glam and Bugis? Well in any case, today was the first time I've really walked and explored Little India, the last time being a secondary school excursion (and that wasn't really exploring either).
And I think its fantastic. There is so much culture, and some times I don't even feel like I'm in Singapore because it's so untouched. Unlike Chinatown, which is very much redeveloped and becoming some hip spot for indie stores and design companies.
I took many many many photos, and therefore this post is quite very long, hahaha. So, after a good Ya Kun breakfast (it's becoming one of my favourite things to do), I took the train down to Little India and began my journey at Tekka Market/Centre.
I always go past Tekka on the way to somewhere else, but I never knew what was inside. Definitely surprised me to find a hugeeee wet market (albeit the redeveloped sort) on the first floor. I think I am sua ku, but well.
It's Deepavali this friday, so they have this Deepavali Bazaar along Campbell Lane (and there's one near Mustafa too). It was super crowded. But colourful fascinating.
After I squeezed my way out the other end of Campbell Lane, then did I realize the rustic-old-niceness of Little India. Well on with the pictures:
Thank God for the beautiful weather today (despite abit of a sun burn), because the sky was blueeeee, hoorayyyy. And I discovered so many things and places that I never knew existed in Singapore! (Maybe it's just me, hahaha)
And to make myself feel in sync with the place, I got a henna done at the start of my exploration at the aforementioned Deepavali Bazaar, HAHA.

"But is not that same culture. Very sad. But for progress, we can't help it. Each of us has to sacrifice here and there."

2010-11-03T00:11:00.004+08:00

- from "Can Survive, La": Cottage Industries in High-rise Singapore by Margaret Sullivan, 1990

So many places to go, so many things to do,
so little time.
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chinatown and beyond.

2010-11-01T21:26:00.006+08:00

I love Chinatown. It's really really big, bigger than the usual central part people go, and if you actually take time to explore, you'll find jewels in places you least expected.

there are things we can't recall, blind as night that finds us all;

2010-10-30T22:12:00.005+08:00

It's sad how children nowadays are always glued to their PSPs and DS and iPhones (yes, THEIR iPhones). I feel like I hardly ever see children playing Scissors, Paper, Stone, or 2-0-5 (translate that into Chinese please, haha), or skip rope or play ji gor bak (spelling?). I wonder if they even know what ji gor bak is. It's so sad.
And it's this essence that I want to capture in my FYP, this loss of memories and things. The question is how.

there are sailing ships that pass all our bodies in the grass; springtime calls her children 'till she let's them go at last.

2010-10-29T23:59:00.000+08:00

On Wednesday, I finally climbed up Mt. Sophia and went to Old School for the SIPF.Then today I ate a nice, pretty cupcake (been the longest time since I last ate one!),And it seems like today we finally see some blue sky. The photo isn't from today though, but it shows blue sky! Hahaha. At the bottom of the photo is a river near my house called Sungei Serangoon, and it's one of the reasons why I love where I stay, hehhh._
And FYP is making us all tear out our hairrrrrr T_T

Yap Ning's SIP Report Revealed!

2010-10-27T22:30:00.007+08:00

The thing that ate up half my real holiday before FYP -_-
And now, as for FYP............

there are times that walk from you like some passing afternoon,

2010-10-26T00:02:00.002+08:00

I like to take photos of HDB blocks. Especially when it's from my window. Sometimes you get to see amazing sunrises.
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There are things that drift away like our endless, numbered days;

Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world,

2010-10-23T18:50:00.002+08:00