Showing posts with label readings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label readings. Show all posts

Saturday, January 22, 2011

rest



well i was reflecting on the past months - it's been quite an interesting experience, observing a product photo shoot, proof reading (giving tuition comees in handy), looking for stories, encountering things like writer's block (i did have such blocks in architecture and i've learnt, it's the same everywhere, to overcome these blocks you just keep doing and you'll get at it eventually, that and reading/ looking out); calling myself a writer instead of an architect - you get more blank stares than the 'wow's that i used to get and i do get some satisfaction seeing my works published. the gist of it is this, my ex-boss was right - it's the same everywhere, so i think architecture was good training. i will always be a part of both.

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today i went to borders to hunt for the ever elusive apartomento; instead i got monocle issue 40 - monocle mag always makes me happy, there is so much potential that consumes me for hours. on the home front, we have a new addition courtesy of artemide; on the beauty front, they've stopped bringing chanel teint innocence foundation to singapore - a horror because it was the perfect foundation; just that little bit of glimmer with a not too oily texture - so i've forced to experiment.

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i like these looks very much - flow and pattern - one resolve this year is to have more colour in my wardrobe. photos from this is glamorous

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Making an Elephant




"Children aren't stupid or impercipient creatures, but they have a benign, if also vulnerable, capacity to enter wholeheartedly into the spirit of an invention. The average adult is embarrassed by things made up. He or she prefers the no-nonsense efficiency of vaccine and syringes; magic made scientifically transparent. If you want to destroy the power of fiction the best way to do it is to give it material form ..." - page 11

having sisters that read means your home library is expanded - i read my eldest sister's book Waterland by Graham Swift meant for her literature class and went on to read his other books. He has a way of analysing things around him that i love. This new book by my bedside is a collection of essays, poetry and reflections on his life and people he meets. i am already hooked on the first chapter.