25岁

心里那一块……最平静的……

这阵子，总是在思索着那些失去的和拥有的…… 想要在这一切找寻平衡点。

曾经坚定地告诉自己，对于做出的抉择绝不能有一丝后悔的情绪。

但最近，总想回头。

回头看看当初是在什么样的天时地利人和下，促成如今的局面？

现实，现在看来，是很朦胧的镜子。我选择不去凝视，

因为不想正视那般绝对的肯定或否定、快乐或懊悔等极端的情况。

因为我不是那种人。因为我喜欢悬在那头。

也许，这只是为“逃避”包装得过于形而上学…… 

在未参透这一切之际，我还是给自己时间去慢慢摸索。

去骑车，去看海。听张悬的歌，偶尔想想快逝去的回忆，和感受当下的暮霭。

Random self-portrait

As the days whizzed past

Something's lost but something's gained in the living every day

记得当初看了Joni Mitchell分别在1970年和2000年的现场演唱，我哭得不像话。

一个人，要走的路真的好长好长…… 当初听过的歌、看过的电影、爱过的人，30年后到底会有什么改变？

i really dont know them at all...

hello..... after a long hiatus mode

image taken from here

hello there.. i'm typing this entry in the midst of my endless work. it has been a long time since i last blogged. and  i have SO MUCH to say !!! 

all in all, i'm still doing good..  stressful yes, but grateful that i have wonderful people around me, assisting and supporting me all along. so i shall cut down on my whining and give out a more positive vibe ! currently i'm learning pottery, yes very fun !!  and hopefully i can have the time to update on this ~~ 

feeling hot and cold

i'm enjoying every bits of this old and tattered book. if you are interested on philosophy but know nuts about it, i'd say this is a great book to begin with.

and this song has been on a loop for a couple of weeks now. that pretty much sums up the 'facade' that i portray haha! (okay, mrs cold is acting cold again.. this time nursing pimples in her rabbit hole boohoo )

oh laid back day !

picnic by the sea with jack johnson's songs in the background  :)

 and so we embarked on our cycling journey

 

 

 

 

my first trip to the ubin island ! was looking forward to the sumptuous seafood meal only to find out that all shops were closed by the evening. but overall, i had great fun. yea i'm a happy pea again :)

hello hello

 

 

hello hello, things are staying pretty static.... i'm trying hard to perk my life up with more painting and shopping :D  finally started on one of my mushroom series, hopefully more will come on its way!

任性

星期五晚上，下起了雨。

我搭上车子，戴上耳机。

情绪和城市的线条一样，模糊。

we never change, do we?

take everyday as a practice

tmr marks a new start and everyone is already feeling the jitters. hopes and fears always accompany us. that's the inevitable fact when we can't eschew. so just like what my fav singer Cheer Chen sings "take everyday as a practice. to use present in exchange with the past. to use tomorrow in exchange for what was lost" (loosely translated), don't take life too hard as we still have sooo much to learn :) 

会习惯的，那种合理的不快乐。

熬夜是青春的专利。心知肚明，筹码也没剩多少了。那一晚，w 说人一生也要醉个一两次。可当发现筹码没多少了，又想玩很大的时候。只能感叹当初为什么一直要那么节俭。因为，到了某个点。你就会发现，身体机能已经在抗拒熬夜和宿醉这回事。

只有秘密可以交换秘密

－夏宇　《你正百无聊赖我正美丽》

on a night like this

Singapore Biennale 2011 (in biased fashion II)

the flooded mac

changing facades of thailand

a massive collection of local newspapers, everywhere !!

somewhere in the old kallang airport lays a forsaken shutterbug's paradise. feel like a child letting loose in the wilderness amongst concrete jungle

even the toastbox looked incredibly adorable

but we missed the merlion hotel! damn!

in retrospect, i personally prefer the second event which had works that were more impactful and could easily resonate with the audiences (esp to novice like me). but biennale never fails to inspire me and bringing us to places which we could hardly gain access to. 

few days back, i came across an article that had pple complaining about the inaccessibility and the stifling heat in kallang airport.. yes it was warm but couldn't we be a little appreciative when it's not easy to have a place that can hold so many artworks across the world ? 

Singapore Biennale 2011 (in biased fashion I)

singapore biennale is THE art event that i look forward every two years. both S and i were completely awed by the installation arts featured in 2008, and we even wanted to volunteer for the third biennale event (then again we had no time).

sadly, it was not held on the supposed year 2010, and i secretly pondered if it was the withering economy, the diminishing art scene, the low support from local crowds... nevertheless, to my great relief, sg biennale finally arrived presenting a new theme "open house". to WX, here are some of the works that i really like to introduce to you... 

just so happens that my fav work comes from a local artist Michael Lee (whom i've coincidentally mentioned in my past entry ). his work features the architectural practices from a local legendary architect called KS Wong. 

Wong's works resemble childlike fantasies,both ludicrous and whimsical.

this design was inspired by the incompleteness of a disfigured war victim

doesn't this look like spongebob ??

and this is called god's villa.

you may be now wondering how on earth would you not know about such an insane bizarre local maverick, or you may be now googling but to no avail.. this was exactly what i did when i reached home only to realize that KS Wong is a frictional persona.

diving through the infinite knowledge of books, this is metaphorically intriguing.

you are what you eat. having what sorts of food you store in the fridge represents not only your biology but also in the forms of social status.

the scribblings of our ever nonsensical and ironical lives

drawings on book pages that left very interesting notes