| Faux Snow |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|12:41 am] |
7:30pm My eyes are getting a bit cross-eyed, my head is getting a bit giddy. Been here for a few hours already, and my mocha frappe seems never ending! oh, and not forgetting my aching neck.
7:57pm Looked out, and there was a crowd forming outside Starbucks. Christmas songs were playing, and suddenly, there was this avalanche of snow! Kids were covered in faux snow, their heads a mohawk of snow, picking snow balls up from the floor and throwing it at their parents. Some kids were very well prepared indeed, wearing their swimming costumes and even, goggles! And of course, we had to join in the fun too :) It was a visually captivating sight, drizzles of snow in Singapore; an ironic yet beautiful juxtaposition of two elements. Initially we kept within our comfort zone, away from the drizzle of snow. Everyone was beaming, and they looked so happy. But after awhile, we could not escape and even attempted to take photographs. Attempted is the word as we used my noob e71 camera as none of us brought our cameras out today.
Someday, i want to experience Christmas with real snow. :)
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| Grey |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|08:32 pm] |
 
Today in class we were talking about colours, and designs for our collateral. A few hours later, with my caramel machiaato, it dawned on me that Grey is a beautiful colour. It's not as dark as black, and not as pure and pristine as white. Rather, grey elicits ambiguity; soft yet comforting. Shades of grey also connote a plethora of emotions, darker grey for days of mystery, and lighter grey for lightheaded and carefree days. The cohabitation of rustic, yet at the same time modern.
But could grey also mean, displacement? |
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| Memory |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|06:50 pm] |
And so it's final, my laptop hard disk crashed, along with my recent documents, photos, chatlogs and what not. Surprisingly, i'm pretty calm about it, and even optimistic even. Just got this feeling and a glimmer of hope that someday, somehow, the information can be retrieved. Or maybe it's just because what i deemed the most important, is already stored away in my portable hard drive.
But it got us thinking about Loss, Memory and the whole idea of Rememberance. The loss of special people in our lives, and how this loss translates into the subsequent loss of our memory of them. They say that memory lives in the hearts of people, but how much can we actually remember to their finest detail. As humans, we have weaknesses and natural instincts such as forgetfulness. And as we forget and try to remember, this process of remembering may be just our perspective of it, how we desire for that memory to be shaped and reconstructed. In this reconstuction, the realness and essence of it might be diminished. But essentially, what is real and what is not? And as we try to preserve moments by cautiously trying to savour moments, we are ironically altering the reality of it all. Afterall, what we have are just moments, fleeting moments. It scares me.
Does it scare you that you cannot remember everything? |
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| Raindrops keep falling on my head |
[Nov. 1st, 2009|06:27 pm] |
There is much comfort sitting at home on a reclining arm chair while gazing upon the distance indulging in the thunderstorm outside. Much serenity and peacefulness amidst the chaos, kinda parallels my internal state of mind. Which is a good thing, isnt it? :) And with Dominoes Pizza for dinner (which most of it got swallowed by my brother & friends i must add), this is how i like to enjoy my Halloween. Oh, and not forgetting the Starbuck's Christmas Edition of the toffee nut frappucino and the very pretty cup i got just now while out with T, the fuzzy feeling of Christmas is creeping up!!
Can't Wait :)
 
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