Entries from October 2009

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Breasts and Balls crochet artist

According to her website, artist Shannon Gerard aims to spread awareness of early detection of  the cancer of the breast and the penise. 
This ‘project  initiates conversations about our bodies and confronts the idea of human frailty.’ through soft crochets. Pretty cool!
Source: http://shannongerard.org/index.html
And there is more to crochet than to comfort, to beautify and to propagate [...]

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Sailing down the bund nimbling on 上海汤包

Like a child i am so happy to be flying the Singapore Airlines.
it will be cold in the streets, down NANJING LU, the uncouths will inadvertently be spitting, no national campaign to deter this nasty habit.
There will be plays, a trip to Moca, plenty of eating with Tommy dearest and hopefully a crooning sesion and [...]

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

sleeping past 2am, i dreamt of the earth losing its gravity & the ocean pouring out into space

Prowlers of the night comes out to ZOUK only moments before midnight, perhaps to catch the last precious minutes before the end of the Happy Hour. The taut of youth, the hopeful faces unstained by disdain and body unbulged by aging dance precariously on the dance floor.
When you are packed like sardines, the concept of [...]

Friday, October 16th, 2009

So many cities, so little life

One of my earliest aspirations is to travel. there is something magical about going to a foreign land, and that surrogate country is but the starting point of someone else’s dream to venture somewhere entirely. In that final destination, someone is saving up to leave, even if it is momentarily.

Taipei was dark and grey, and [...]

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Dark clouds Grey City TAIPEI

We landed in Taipei with very little expectations. Typhoon is looming, set to arrive in a couple of days and the rain well, just keeps falling incessantly.
The determined tourists in us are unwilling to stay in the warm cosy rooms and so we venture out right after checking in:
Day one- Shilin Night Market
Just north of Ximending, [...]