Ok, I lied.

I couldn't help but to do another posting.

It was that korean dad that I want to talk about.

Nowadays, actually only since last week...
he will just be right THERE.
THERE.
As in there in the living room where I teach.
He will be sitting quietly back facing me at the corner of the house...reading a book.
Rather intriguing.

Then, when I was about to leave...he will turn and we will exchange bows.

That was it.

Good night...yawnzzz....

One last entry for the day...

Though I was dead tired already...

4.47am.

One last photo to share for the day...

The view from the laundry area of my flat...

On a particular normal day...among the HDB...

A strangely beautiful sunset was there
right before me...

My dear Soobin...

This is a nice painting done by my student Soobin, during a good mood day few weeks ago...when she thought her parents has agree to let her adopt a doggie.

Browsing...

Was browsing through the photos I took many months ago...
Going through my life...like reading my little photo diary...

And saw the blue screen....

Yes...the legendary blue screen that scare the shit out of me...the hellish nightmare which I am too confuse to make up my mind if I actually I wanted to cry or simply too pissed.

It was all over now...yet...the sight of it still send the chill down my spine and make my heart stop that one beat.

Ladies and gentlemen...

May I present...THE BLUE SCREEN...


Serious....no kidding...

ZAKKA!

The term I learn just minutes ago sent me into a realm of endless fantasy and thoughts...

ZAKKA according to wikipedia...

Zakka (from the Japanese 'zak-ka'（雑貨）or 'many things') is a fashion and design phenomenon that has spread from Japan throughout Asia. The term refers to everything and anything that improves your home, life and outlook. It is often based on household items from the West that are regarded as kitsch in their countries of origin. But can also be japanese goods from mainly fifties, sixties and seventies. In Japan there are also so called asian zakka stores, that usually refers to southeast asia. The interest in Nordic design or Scandinavian design, both contemporary and past, is also part of this zakka movement. Zakka can also be contemporary handicraft.

Zakka has also been described as "the art of seeing the savvy in the ordinary and mundane". The zakka boom could be recognized as merely another in a series of consumer fads, but it also touches issues of self-expression and spirituality. Cute, corny and kitschy is not enough. To qualify as a zakka, a product must be attractive, sensitive, and laden with subtext.

So far...I am quite a fan of the Japanese and Taiwanese Zakka...and a lot of eurpoean zakka...which I discovered from books I read in kinokuniya...

All about HAND-MADE...with an ATTITUDE!