bad news hit when my powerbook died all the sudden. good news is i bought the new imac G5. its really cool. the new imovie is really easy to use and with its processing power, i just edited a mini clip i shot at the car wash this morning.it comes bundled with a new software photobooth- takes picture of the user with the in built isight. what's cooler is it screws up faces.
i am writing this because...
1. i am very happy
2. i love this pussy cat
3. i am in love
4. i got a new ipod!
5. i have to blog more often from now on
I'm lying on my bed back at my mum's writing this entry sms texting style with my mobile phone. I'm just too lazy to go out searching for a unsecure wireless network with my laptop. Its way pass my bedtime anyway. With too much work on hand and alot on my mind, its funny how i could still think so much while i was walking home from eva's. I saw a cab pulled over and i remembered how i thought it might be cool to be a cabbie for the hack of it, then i told myself i'll be the best cabbie i can if i ever land myself a job as one. It made me think of how i have been toying with the idea of expanding my horizons beyond my current business. Would i be a chef? An artist? Or even venture into the wedding videography business without having to do anything except provide the equipment and wait for money to grow. The possibilities are endless. Its not hard to imagine. Any one needs a job as a videographer?
thankfully, something's here to rescue mao mao from the muzzle!
it became my favourite movie. its amazing. it wasn't really a sad movie but i do recommend it if you are feeling shitty. you will come out feeling much better after seeing what this family went through. got to see it!
4 trips in 4 months after, i am finally enjoying my days resting, doing almost nothing in laid back perth. 2 days of work and 5 days holiday, not bad for a change. i am enjoying evey bit of it before i head back to the crazy schedules back home. clients are already calling, chasing deliveries, deadlines, etc, etc, etc...
the stay here is good. its not as laid back or slow as i expected it to be. i love the swan river, i just love water- there is so much life where the river flows. the city isn't really all that developed. thats probably good since there is so much potential with what the WA government can do.
a $3 million house with a river view, that is just not possible in singapore. on a more down-to-earth side, a house for $300k just unheard of back home. how about this- a ferrari for $300k? you can buy 3 here for the price you pay back home. ha. a hyundai getz for $18k, you can't even get a van with that kind of money.
its one thing to be holiday and another to be living in this city. its one lovely town to be in. perhaps i might live here someday.
retirement maybe? hahaha
one good reason to shift to perth, western australia
2300 touch down at perth international airport, being the singaporean that i am, i asked david where we could grab a bite after he picked me up.
nope, no supper place, at least not in the area where we were. he went on by saying that its not easy to move around here without a car.
after settling in, earn showed me around the house and pull out some instant-life saving-noodles.
i am officially happy.
all ready for perth this coming week!
working weekend. felt unwell. still stayed up to finish up work though. feel very inspired. bebe came for supper. very happy. nice picture.
finally-a day off after a long a chain of crazy happenings-
and i hit the water once again... looking forward to more zzz.
rand and i walked under the bridge next to roxy square, saw the penguin and laughed out loud after saying that there might be a human head in it. turned out that this has been a really bad case of vandalism. someone must have unrooted the penguin outside standard chartered bank from acrossed the bridge and lugged it all the way across. we stopped for photos. this thing has got a concrete base!!! guess, the vandals must have had a good laugh doing it.
copied amelie poulin
day 6. akihabara was super high tech. great!
keio ticketing officer was very low tact when dealing with 2 non japanese speaking tourist trying to get bus tickets to go to mount fuji. not great at all!
day out with best pals. superb!
lost in translation was one of my favourite movie for a while. it made me want to visit japan, particularly tokyo. so here i am in tokyo, ate, drank and am merry. lots of beers, all you can drink in that one hour spent in the karaoke. its time again to get some Zz. more walking tomorrow...
the sun came back today. its been a really long day. i shall not attempt to write about it- think its best viewed
zzz
things done today
1. Good Design Presentation at tokyo big sight
2. Onsen
with less than 5 hours to my flight to tokyo, i am all packed and ready to go. so excited i got a cut while shaking. sayonara singapura
I'm sitting in the cab searching through my bag hoping to find my mp3 player. Can't find it. Of course its not there, the headphones are on me. This will be my first mobile phone blog entry. Mobile telecommunications has made blogging while rolling over the sheares bridge at 100km/h possible. Perhap doing one thing at a time will help me concentrate and not forget where i put my things. Shucks! Its pouring in the west. Guess the shoot at the zoo will have to be postpone.
MIA
i haven't miss blogging cos i was living in the adventures of photo boy and video girl. i was actually really busy rolling in the money, chasing clients for payment, starting new projects. that is just the consequence of not being inspired enough to get the work done on schedule, struggling to put things in place before i leave for tokyo. that was why i was Missing In Action on dear-diary-how-are-you-land. i have always intended this blog to be an online diary, not knowing what that might bring with people reading it. well, i found out that people can complain that i have gone MIB- Missing In Blog.
i am back for now.
so here goes-
dear blog,
i am happy today. not cos ida bachtiar suspects that i am gay but cos i have reconciled with an old friend. the friendship soured awhile back. i basically did not want to have any association with this guy. well, i was wrong. something happened earlier this week. i had a thought- life is so short. and so i thought- why not lose a foe and regain a friend. so the chance came today for me to send him a bottle of wine and flowers for his exhibition opening. well, that wasn't an excuse for my absence at the event. i was actually laughing my head off listening to a visiting pastor from norway on his take on the new convenant and the church around the world now. he was really funny.
i just thank GOD for his insight. the pastor's.
i also thank GOD for bringing two friends together again.
so what is this talk about the adventures of photo boy and video girl?
perhaps i will find time to tell you more tomorrow blog.
so the two friends live happily ever after...
1. you could pretend to be boogey man.
2. you could think about what you like to have for dinner.
3. then you could think of where you could go to get that really nice dinner.
4. you could think of your girl.
5. you could try juggling for a bit.
6. you could think of what you like to do when you are in japan.
7. or about the dive trip after that.
8. or about the rest of the year.
9. even ponder about life- what is my long term plan coming up...
10. or simply stare into blank... ... ...
funny enough, i am going to be using water in my work again. i shot rain in '03, got my phone drown 3 days ago and now i am going to work with water again.
its been a very dry year. all work and no play. of course i have been resting, its just no play as in no fun doing work. i just haven't been actively doing my arts. perhaps i really did too many last year. well, it looks like its time for me to do some art again.
the intentions of having an underwater show staged popped up in '98. i think it should be materialised very soon. and what better way to do it then to go back to diving.
what happen to dive and drive 2002? got into diving and still i haven't booked the advance theory test since i thought about it last week.
resolutions are beginning to resurface again. life just can't get more interesting.
Mistral
The new Mistral is a modern version of the original double hose regulator invented by Aqua Lung founder Jacques Cousteau and Emille Gagnan in 1943.
Modern single hose regulators release exhalation bubbles directly from the mouthpiece in front of the diver. These bubbles can obstruct the diver's view and have long been a complaint with underwater photographers. Double hose regulators have the unique advantage of releasing the diver's exhaust bubbles behind the diver's head and not obstructing the field of vision. Double hose regulators also perform very well in icy waters where single hose designs could freeze up and quit working. This is because the diver's humid exhalation doesn't pass over the moving parts of the regulator, which could cause ice crystals to form.
i haven't dive in a while. to be precise, i haven't dive in 2 years. reading this got me all excited. yes, fishy here i come.
i started my day this morning with a moment lost in translation. stepping out of my room i see a stranger, a japanese girl whom i later learnt had slept over in my housemate's room.
"akiha!" she announced her name as i shook her hand and before i could introduce myself, she went on "yes i akiha, you akira" i did not know what to reply at that moment, being just out of bed.
i asked if she would like some coffee and then i went into the kitchen to make us some. we sat on the tatami (how appropriate this household item came to be) and chatted over coffee. akiha pointed to the post it pad on the coffee table again saying "akira!" it was my name she was refering to. apparently that turned out to be my name translated to japanese.
"you mean like kurosawa?" i chuckled, amused that i share first name with the famous film maker. PAWS decided to show up and she got introduced on the post it pad too.
kinokuniya, seiyu, takashimaya, murakami all were involved in my efforts to make akiha feel more at home. she has come to singapore all alone to stage an exhibition with a singaporean girl this wednesday.
i know i won't leave home for japan without any post its.
akiha comes from a family of creatives. dad is a graphic designer, mum a copy writer, eldest brother is a painter and second brother a photographer. she is still training to be a printmaker and she lives with her family in tokyo, japan.
all this time i have been around, i have never stepped into the istana. i guess, my job really brings me places. it was the NUS cenntenial medical dinner and LKY was Guest-of-Honour. security was at its usual all time tight. the assignment was boring. the place was less of a fortress and more like a garden. its a visit i would recommend.
i couldn't sleep without having the cd delivered to fotohub. so at half past two in the morning, i took the bike out for a ride. on the way back i decided i will work on a little project, journaling my travels on the bike. 79km after, i am still in one piece and ready to get out there for more. i got to sleep now. haven't done something like that in a while. it just started raining and the morning traffic is building.
its time for me to dream
i had a cat when i was a boy. i can't really say that she was mine. she was more like a stray that hung out at grandma's.
i don't hate or dislike dog, i just prefer cats though i have forgotten the reason for the choice. its only PAWS's first week here and i have learned a little more about them.
dog lovers would claim that dogs are more attentive, affectionate and responsive. i believe that that is mostly true.
just constantly being aware of PAWS at home had me understand more about cats. she isn't affectionate, not yet, but i do remember cats being coy, flirtatiously shy but not insociable, generally. she hasn't been the most attentive little cat but i do find that she has become more responsive in my presence over the days.
give it a couple of weeks i was told and she will be a cool companion to have. i once told a friend that maybe i should look for a girl who prefer cats to dogs. my exs been dog lovers so far. Jean just got a miniature schnauzer, whiskey, he is a boy.
