pictures from various sources
my entire afternoon was spent browsing furniture. i'm into extremely simple setting: wooden floorings, carpets, curtains, freshly painted walls, a worktable by the window and scented rooms filled with sunlight. but then again, when you really have a nest like those above, you would have to work doubly hard on housekeeping. i'm looking forward to it.

aha. nevermind being ugly and all that (the uglier the better, it adds flavor to portraits like these), i particularly like that display of pique. yes, and the light especially. no, thats NOT me.

it is nice to come back home to a room which smells of tangerine & green tea after a night of steamboat. you know how your hair and clothes pick up those smell and make you a walking meatball.

now you can click on this photo which will probably take you somewhere where you can get to see more photos. i am only trying to make use of the free upload since it's already coming to the end of month, so... this will NOT become a trend (unless someone sponsors me a pro account!) got that hint?

2 days ago i went all the way to geylang just for these. they sell heads, collar bones, intestines and the remaining that you see here.

and now i have huge photos that you guys can't click on. thats really unintentional. :)

since i've moved all my art to projects, i should be making a conscious effort to photo blog and such. this is one of the photos i owe since 12th june, where we celebrated raymond's birthday. thats the day we badminton-ed at a ridiculously cheap cc, tried yum cha tim sum buffet, made chengyang believe that we booked tickets for naked jane at yangtze cinema when we caught the incredible hulk in the end. 

and raymond will always be remembered for enlightening me, though unintentional, that the difference between 'stressful' and 'exciting' is simply a choice of mindset.  

just so because i come online, do up my template, paint, go out with you people, and seem to be going for holidays all the time even during the school terms, does it mean that i have any less commitments compared to any of you? the world is telling me that it is wrong to be efficient, to be effective, to be spontaneous, to find time for people that i cherish, and to do stuff that i enjoy. maybe people should be asking themselves why they never seem able to stretch their 24-hours, why they are so tired all the time, why they can't achieve more. why should i be tagged as idle just because i choose not to do a 9-6 job. why should i do that when i can earn way more though i sleep more, go out more, learn more, and feel more enriched with the kind of lifestyle i'm living at the moment. just because i'm "too available", or is it sour grapes. i can at any time make myself less available and hey perhaps then, i need not make so much effort to work around my schedule: my daily planner, both the hard and soft copy (brain) looks like a piece of over-scribbled junk especially on those months that i do go for a holiday.

like i was telling bq and gene just now that i dont understand why some people need to take more than a day to reply a simple message regarding lunch, dinner or going out. it's understandable that occasionally people DO overlook sms-es and forget about replying. but if the delay is a result of any other reasons, please either change your telecom operator, or go for decision-making classes. put it bluntly,  if you need an entire day to make a simple decision for something this simple, you probably can't go very far in life. be a little bit more decisive, be a little bit more responsible for your decisions. this is why i find it hard to accommodate see-hows because you dont know how this see-how might be a pain in the neck to other people's plans. you've got to understand that the rest of the world each has his own commitments, we dont have time to sit around and wait for you to address your see-how.  

i dont think we need those kind of people to drag us down when we're trying to add more bounce to life. keep up, or you'll be left behind thats all and dont you dare ask why nobody asks you out anymore. it's been my struggle to comprehend 'empty your pocket if you want more' but now i've laid my foundation. sorry that i sound so impossible, but im hoping that people around me could be a little teeny bit more appreciative (and decisive) just like how appreciative and glad i am when you guys take the initiative to date me out. ive been overly concerned about people's reaction to my honest opinions (thats why i always dream about losing my teeth) so have been apprehensive about setting this issue straight. this entry kind of sums up what i've got to say and havent said for the past months, that is if you noticed my countless wordless entries, hence this verbal diarrhoea.   

here's the reason why my prof said, if you want things done fast, throw them to the busiest person. she has made a huge impact to my life and i hope i would be able to make a difference to other people's lives too as i live, age and grow wiser.

continue to watch this space as i work on this second piece. it's kind of obvious already which artist im working on this time. 

good news' that i have an vague idea of what my subject will be and that dawn's back. bad news is i'm down with a cold. panadol's just full of pseudoephedrine; that partly explains the cause of my sleeplessness. 

when loved-ones has to fall into the category of sacrifices, give them a role to play in your big dreams. let them be a part of it, and you wont find this fight as lonely.

if you dont dream now, then when. inspirations dont wait.

adapted from The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali; as inspired by the stack of postcards seen at the esplanade

the originals had cats as their subjects; i havent thought of mine yet so i'm leaving the huge center area blank. it's time to work on some other artists.

let's stop asking the following questions

1) why cannot click huh

2) why no archives

3) why no tagboard

if i have some spare time next week, i might just do something about it.

while i see this on my mac as peach pink (which is a really sweet color), pc flashes a flat boring pink.

i can probably deliver personalised pop monkeys

just imagine how you'll look like as one

it looks wrong. i'm guessing it's the upper body especially the face; robots cant have uneven skin tone. see below for bq's original.