This is my 2nd day in Tokyo.
Good and bad...
Good...from tiny surprises...
Bad...from too much anticipation.
First day is horrible.
Mainly because of the rain.
Dun get me wrong, I love the rain...
But the rain stop me from taking some interesting pictures...
And my legs are too tired to walk me further.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
TOKYO!
I reached Tokyo at 6.14am.
Board the 7.30am train.
Forgot to transfer to an express train...
Stuck in a slow local NON-express train ride....
Reach UENO station at 9.45am.
Wasted some time at the travel information counter for plenty of free brochures...
I SHOULD HAVE LEAVE MY GUIDE BOOKS AT HOME!
THEY ARE DAMN HEAVY!
Anyway...struggle with my 20kg backpack to walk 150m linkway from UENO to HIBIYA line...
2 stops to MINOWA.
Where I alight...and walked past 5 traffice lights(which is hell long...)
And finally reach my hostel.
BaKPaK Tokyo Hostel.
Check in.
And use the free internet service right NOW!
Meeting YQ at Senso-ji, 1pm,
Meanwhile...I felt like sleeping.
Btw, Thai airway has horrible in-flight TV program.
Horrible Horrible.
As in BAD, not scary.
I was mistaken as a japanese at least twice today.
Not a good thing when people assume you know when you actually don' know.
If you know what I mean.
That's all for now.
Board the 7.30am train.
Forgot to transfer to an express train...
Stuck in a slow local NON-express train ride....
Reach UENO station at 9.45am.
Wasted some time at the travel information counter for plenty of free brochures...
I SHOULD HAVE LEAVE MY GUIDE BOOKS AT HOME!
THEY ARE DAMN HEAVY!
Anyway...struggle with my 20kg backpack to walk 150m linkway from UENO to HIBIYA line...
2 stops to MINOWA.
Where I alight...and walked past 5 traffice lights(which is hell long...)
And finally reach my hostel.
BaKPaK Tokyo Hostel.
Check in.
And use the free internet service right NOW!
Meeting YQ at Senso-ji, 1pm,
Meanwhile...I felt like sleeping.
Btw, Thai airway has horrible in-flight TV program.
Horrible Horrible.
As in BAD, not scary.
I was mistaken as a japanese at least twice today.
Not a good thing when people assume you know when you actually don' know.
If you know what I mean.
That's all for now.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
I almost did!
I plan to cut my hair today actually.
Until my big brother made a comment that I decided to postpone.
He said..."You will be special when u reach japan.."
And so...I found another excess to eep my hair..
Actually...I am special ANYWHERE I go...with this length...
But I really intend to cut it soon..
I SWEAR!
Until my big brother made a comment that I decided to postpone.
He said..."You will be special when u reach japan.."
And so...I found another excess to eep my hair..
Actually...I am special ANYWHERE I go...with this length...
But I really intend to cut it soon..
I SWEAR!
Monday, August 11, 2008
FIR concert, 2008, 8th August , 8pm
Faye...in her lovely white gown....
Special Guest...Xiao Jing Teng!
National Day Gathering at Red Star!
My personal favourite for that day is actually the egg tart which is not in the picture...Because I am too busy eating...
Sunday, August 10, 2008
东风破
These 2 particular phrases is my favourite from 方文山's 东风破.
" 一壶漂泊浪迹天涯难入喉 你走之後酒暖回忆思念瘦 "
Due to the fact that my computer cannot type chinese..
I can only cut and paste the content.
I really like the subtle comparison of wandering life to wine that is hard to swallow...
Great lyrics.
" 一壶漂泊浪迹天涯难入喉 你走之後酒暖回忆思念瘦 "
Due to the fact that my computer cannot type chinese..
I can only cut and paste the content.
I really like the subtle comparison of wandering life to wine that is hard to swallow...
Great lyrics.
青花瓷
词:方文山曲:周杰伦
素胚勾勒出青花笔锋浓转淡
瓶身描绘的牡丹一如你初妆
冉冉檀香透过窗心事我了然
宣纸上走笔至此搁一半
釉色渲染仕女图韵味被私藏
而你嫣然的一笑如含苞待放
你的美一缕飘散去到我去不了的地方
天青色等烟雨而我在等你
炊烟袅袅升起隔江千万里
在瓶底书汉隶仿前朝的飘逸
就当我为遇见你伏笔
天青色等烟雨而我在等你
月色被打捞起晕开了结局
如传世的青花瓷自顾自美丽你眼带笑意
色白花青的锦鲤跃然於碗底
临摹宋体落款时却惦记著你
你隐藏在窑烧里千年的秘密
极细腻犹如绣花针落地
帘外芭蕉惹骤雨门环惹铜绿
而我路过那江南小镇惹了你
在泼墨山水画里你从墨色深处被隐去
天青色等烟雨而我在等你
炊烟袅袅升起隔江千万里
在瓶底书汉隶仿前朝的飘逸
就当我为遇见你伏笔
天青色等烟雨而我在等你
月色被打捞起晕开了结局
如传世的青花瓷自顾自美丽你眼带笑意
Friday, August 08, 2008
If I win the 8 Million TOTO...
I dun remember what I had wanted in the past during my lottery fantasies...
But I guess they are more or less the same...except for during the period during my depression in UK...where I simply want to go home if i win the lottery.
Here goes the list.
1. Confirm and bank in my winnings .
And below in no particular order of preference.
1. Buy a house in Singapore and Thailand for my parents.
2. Bring my parents to travel.
3. Go travel myself! Dive dive dive!
4. Buy my own house.
5. Set up my studio with facilities and equipments and materials.
6. Have a nice well equipped kitchen.
7. Have a library of all the books I like.
8. Learn Yoga, tango, music, caligraphy, ikebana, ceramics, ....
9. Publish my books...write books and travel journals...
10. Do plenty of art works and have plenty of exhibitions.
11. Do charity.
12. open a cafe gallery and art space.
13. Invest.
14. Invite all my friends for dinners and KTV.
That's all.
I am happy and contented.
As for husband and kids...
I will leave that to fate.
But I guess they are more or less the same...except for during the period during my depression in UK...where I simply want to go home if i win the lottery.
Here goes the list.
1. Confirm and bank in my winnings .
And below in no particular order of preference.
1. Buy a house in Singapore and Thailand for my parents.
2. Bring my parents to travel.
3. Go travel myself! Dive dive dive!
4. Buy my own house.
5. Set up my studio with facilities and equipments and materials.
6. Have a nice well equipped kitchen.
7. Have a library of all the books I like.
8. Learn Yoga, tango, music, caligraphy, ikebana, ceramics, ....
9. Publish my books...write books and travel journals...
10. Do plenty of art works and have plenty of exhibitions.
11. Do charity.
12. open a cafe gallery and art space.
13. Invest.
14. Invite all my friends for dinners and KTV.
That's all.
I am happy and contented.
As for husband and kids...
I will leave that to fate.
2008, August, 8th, 8 MILLION!
8888888!
The chinese love the number 8.
And today is the big day.
Probably the day most chinese are getting married.
And for Singaporean, today is also the day for the BIG 8MILLION TOTO DRAW.
And so as always...
I will throw myself in a pool of fantasy to think about what if I win the draw.
As always...I will enjoy fantasizing until the result is announced.
I do not mind not winning...
Because the process of fantasizing is entertaining enough.
The chinese love the number 8.
And today is the big day.
Probably the day most chinese are getting married.
And for Singaporean, today is also the day for the BIG 8MILLION TOTO DRAW.
And so as always...
I will throw myself in a pool of fantasy to think about what if I win the draw.
As always...I will enjoy fantasizing until the result is announced.
I do not mind not winning...
Because the process of fantasizing is entertaining enough.
I cut my hair...
in my dream.
I dream of myself cutting my hair again.
I had this kind of dream many times...
and each time...there are different scenerio and emotions.
There are time where I will feel so much hurt and regrets that
i will cry and cry over my cut hair...
While there are times where I am happy and cheerful after cutting.
This time...I am simply puzzled.
I look into the mirro wondering if I am dreaming...in my dream..
that I have cut my hair...
until it was so real that I was convinced that it was cut off...
Suddenly...it became long again in african plait...
and then I realise I was dreaming....
As far as I can remember...the hairstyle was very short...
and I had a hard time taming my hair.
But I did enjoy the part I had some fringe on my forehead...
Oh well...
It is only a matter of time I cut my hair...
Just wonder what kind of hairstyle.
I dream of myself cutting my hair again.
I had this kind of dream many times...
and each time...there are different scenerio and emotions.
There are time where I will feel so much hurt and regrets that
i will cry and cry over my cut hair...
While there are times where I am happy and cheerful after cutting.
This time...I am simply puzzled.
I look into the mirro wondering if I am dreaming...in my dream..
that I have cut my hair...
until it was so real that I was convinced that it was cut off...
Suddenly...it became long again in african plait...
and then I realise I was dreaming....
As far as I can remember...the hairstyle was very short...
and I had a hard time taming my hair.
But I did enjoy the part I had some fringe on my forehead...
Oh well...
It is only a matter of time I cut my hair...
Just wonder what kind of hairstyle.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Plan B
Is to go Holland to do my MFA.
But...honestly..
I am also tempted to go Taiwan or Thailand to practice.
Give up stability to practice.
I am still thinking.
Seriously.
But...honestly..
I am also tempted to go Taiwan or Thailand to practice.
Give up stability to practice.
I am still thinking.
Seriously.
Plan A
Is gone.
My plan A was set 8 years ago.
Or even earlier...probably 10 years ago.
My plan is to get the scholarship from JCCI to go tokyo for my MFA.
Be a part time lecturer in some tertiary school...
Practice full time as an artist.
But eversince 2 month ago...Plan A is gone.
I am quite lost actually.
I need to rethink my future.
I activated my Plan B.
Plan B...
My plan A was set 8 years ago.
Or even earlier...probably 10 years ago.
My plan is to get the scholarship from JCCI to go tokyo for my MFA.
Be a part time lecturer in some tertiary school...
Practice full time as an artist.
But eversince 2 month ago...Plan A is gone.
I am quite lost actually.
I need to rethink my future.
I activated my Plan B.
Plan B...
I am 28 now.
Time is running out.
For my art practice.
I need to establish myself before I reach 35.
Before I can start my stable life as an artist.
If I settle for stability now, it could mean compromising my art.
I have to give up my stable now...
So that art can be with me for the rest of my life...
with a stable life.
If i practice now...with my BA...
my part time will be low paid..
And my work will not be well funded.
And I have to struggle...and
cannot make both ends meet.
If i finish my MFA,
my part time will be better paid...
and my work will have a higher chances of getting funded.
Until I am independent and
finally practice full time eventually.
What I want is really simple.
Find someone I love who also love me...
to live the rest of my life with...
have a place I call home to live and work in...
have many kids...
share my life in the form of art...
Do what I love and make a living out of it...until I die.
Maybe...not so simple afterall.
For my art practice.
I need to establish myself before I reach 35.
Before I can start my stable life as an artist.
If I settle for stability now, it could mean compromising my art.
I have to give up my stable now...
So that art can be with me for the rest of my life...
with a stable life.
If i practice now...with my BA...
my part time will be low paid..
And my work will not be well funded.
And I have to struggle...and
cannot make both ends meet.
If i finish my MFA,
my part time will be better paid...
and my work will have a higher chances of getting funded.
Until I am independent and
finally practice full time eventually.
What I want is really simple.
Find someone I love who also love me...
to live the rest of my life with...
have a place I call home to live and work in...
have many kids...
share my life in the form of art...
Do what I love and make a living out of it...until I die.
Maybe...not so simple afterall.
Let go ...and grab it...
I am aware that I am feeling very uncertain about my future.
And I am also aware that there is something really HUGE that has been stopping me to express.
I am too careful.
I am afraid.
I am afraid that I will end up with nothing.
While I am trying very hard to stretch out my hand for my artistic expression....
Yet, holding on to stability with the other hand...
In the end...I always only can see but cannot reach art...
When I couldn't let go of stability.
I have to let go...
And grab it.
And I am also aware that there is something really HUGE that has been stopping me to express.
I am too careful.
I am afraid.
I am afraid that I will end up with nothing.
While I am trying very hard to stretch out my hand for my artistic expression....
Yet, holding on to stability with the other hand...
In the end...I always only can see but cannot reach art...
When I couldn't let go of stability.
I have to let go...
And grab it.
Every now and then...
I redefine my past all the time.
Because I grow and learn new things.
Because I begin to understand things that I do not understand in the past.
I redefine my love history as something I cannot avoid.
Although it is my greatest mistake for making such choices,
I cannot say I regret it.
You love because you love.
Even if you know there is no future.
At that moment, there is no need for future.
What is right before your eyes is the truth at that moment of time...
And afterwhich, it will become a past...
to be remembered if worth remembering...
And will make you what you are in the future.
If you only see the future...
Then your future will be a result of your meaningless past...
which will be meaningless as a future.
Nothing for you to look back on..
Always overlooking what is right before you.
Have you overlook your present.
Have you missed out what is right before your eyes now?
Look around around you now.
Because I grow and learn new things.
Because I begin to understand things that I do not understand in the past.
I redefine my love history as something I cannot avoid.
Although it is my greatest mistake for making such choices,
I cannot say I regret it.
You love because you love.
Even if you know there is no future.
At that moment, there is no need for future.
What is right before your eyes is the truth at that moment of time...
And afterwhich, it will become a past...
to be remembered if worth remembering...
And will make you what you are in the future.
If you only see the future...
Then your future will be a result of your meaningless past...
which will be meaningless as a future.
Nothing for you to look back on..
Always overlooking what is right before you.
Have you overlook your present.
Have you missed out what is right before your eyes now?
Look around around you now.
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