shock shock horror!

my English is apalling. when i speak, there are additional syllables floating around. when i write, my grammar is horrible - yesterday was today is happening. i hate this.

it would be a great time to start reading. these are the unread books that have been gathering dust, some for more than 2 years...

tuesdays with morrie (1/4 through)

design of everyday things (1/3)

midnight's children

the alchemist (5 pages)

im sure there are a couple more, i don;t remember them so they're not significant enough to mention. let's see how this experiment would help my English. ugh.

inspiration

judging by the amount of time i have been spending surfing the internet and the celebrity circle on facebook, i lack inspiration. i need a new muse. an idea. some vague direction. a journey.

there's no reason to be static. it's time to take out the diana, nikki, the passport and hop skip and jump around the world a bit. (bank account permitting ofcourse...)

my daydreams are of long train rides, country hopping by ferry (richard hammond style). driving around aimlessly. i don't know. go from singapore to london by land... maybe.. i just want that slight bit of the unexpected in this world of all expectations. a craving to discover, dream and come to life!

and then let it take over, be my muse and inspire my soul...

you may say that i'm a dreamer, but i'm not the only one..

i woke up this morning startled by a dream that a pinch would not be able to bring me out of. if it is to make any sense at all, the space in this dream, much like in inception ,was architecturally intriguing, interesting and inspiring. (that's a mouthful of i - words..)

anyway, it was an entirely new concept of urban life. the connectivity that the world offers makes it so much easier to work from home, your bed, or let's say somewhere in the ocean. in this dream, we all exist in a society where we work from home, so much so that for the faint willed and tough to motivate kind, you can rent desk space near your home and communally work with people who live near you. you share the infrastructure of the office, like printing and internet, snacks, lounge and what not. the cool part is you get to work with people from varying specialisations, cut the commute to the office, probably be working in another country and sit right beside your family while you work. i was amazed at the reality of this office space, the cocoon of existence, the independence and the control that you have over your life. the best part were the details... never fear, all desks can be converted to be used in any profession (maybe not for doctors or nurses) but definitely for architects. it's a malleable workspace, you can draw, sketch, dock your laptop and do anything you would be doing at work next week.

lovely, isn't it?

Visit Sri Lanka 2011

i love sri lanka

truly, madly, deeply.

The No Excuses Policy

Since the 1st day of September 2010, the controller of Insee's Mindworks has decided to implement a no excuses accepted, "No Excuses Policy". (#Ref Article No. 0.0) Strictly speaking, no excuses will be entertained. You are recommended to always get to the point or get the job done.

Signed by Controller in Chief (Amelie) in the presence of witness (Insee).

PS: God have mercy on the innocents.

tsamina mina eh eh, waka waka eh eh...

*oei hui hui*

lemony fairy cupcakes. sweet.

home. love it.

room. very much in like with it, idiosyncrasies included. supersized bed. undersized room. oversized bedside table.

life. enjoying it.

football. missing it.

attitude. changing it.

transition. embracing it. enjoying the challenges. learning from mistakes.

prejudice. overcoming it.

decision. making it.

today.

living it.

love. dissipating it.

happiness. creating it.

waka waka, eh eh.

The 9 most annoying types of people on facebook

la mer est chance. non, non! mais je suis coco.

the intention was to reach home by 9 and go for a long run. just to let the legs go wild. then shower and sleep by 11.

obviously that didn't happen.

as random as it gets, i went for a hen party. crazy make up and bunny ears. very fun :) happy girly night out.

i come home and open up bonne 'chance chanel'. then i treat myself to a jar of miracles. ;)

gifts and gooodies like this are always welcome. the cosmetic junkie within has been satisfied thoroughly.

now i write, while my eyelids gravitate toward the floor. so bon nuit. a la weekend!

first train home i've got to get on it

i love trains, cats, roses, and 2 seater planes.

i haven't written in a long time. i realised i don't even carry a pen in my handbag. this is disjoint. i will bore you with mundane facts. maybe explanations.

every 2 years in life, there comes some major overhaul. some change, which is a good thing. managing it can be tough. good or bad, it's how we learn and move forward. miracles come in handy, no doubt ;).

don't play with fire. dragon friending or otherwise. i will show you why on flickr soon. but like charlotte says, just don't play with fire. it tends to get you some black diamonds. (hell i wouldn't mind them, just don't say its the colour of my soul ;))

since saturday, ive got 10k under my heels. running at night, with planes taking off at your side was otherworldly. beautiful.

i never imagined that i would ever have achieved this, ever. but i tend to surprise myself. addicted to running, i will go halfway by the end of this year.

nitin sawnhey is a genius. acoustic evening blew me away on friday. i have been meaning to call classical heritage for a year now. maybe finally, it's about time. i think i've found the perfect song for a duet.

for the record, the cello is no doubt the sexiest musical instrument.

this saturday will be barefoot morning, for a cause i support. i believe everyone has the right to a safe, comfortable home. in my life, home has been the pivot, the nesting space, recovery zone. when this space does not offer the safety, security and certainty that it should, my life has tumbled and turned. we are privileged to have a roof over our heads, but for those who don't, lets bare our soles, make a statement and take several steps to change this reality.

there was something else i wanted to talk about, oh yes, it was food.

do try the cellar door, the hand burger, toby's cafe

do not try cafe cartel

these places call for a junkbox update, for which you need to wait. till then, i want to be blown away by jake gyllenhaal, and you should too.

It's crazy I'm thinking, just knowing that the world is round. I'm here I'm dancing on the ground. Am I right side up or upside down?

Dave Matthews Band - Crush
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Crazy, how it, feels tonight.

Crazy, how you, make it all alright love.

You crush me, with the, things you do,

I do, for you, anything too oh.

Sitting, smoking, feeling high.

And in this, moment, ah, it feels so right.

Lovely lady, I am at your feet, oh, God I want you so badly.

And I wonder this could tomorrow be so wondrous as you there sleeping.

Let's go, drive till, the morning comes.

And watch the, sunrise, and fill our souls up.

Well drink some, wine til, we get drunk, yes...

It's crazy, I'm thinking, just knowing that the world is round.

I'm here I'm dancing on the ground.

Am I right side up or upside down, and is this real, or am I dreaming?

Lovely lady, let me drink you, please, I won't spill a, drop no, I promise you.

Lying under this spell you cast on me.

Each moment the more, I, love, you. crush me, come on. oh, yes.

It's crazy I'm thinking, just knowing that the world is round.

I'm here I'm dancing on the ground.

Am I right side up or upside down?

Is this real, oh lord, or am I dreaming?

Lovely lady, I will treat you sweetly, adore you, I mean, you crush me.

Oh it's times like these when my faith I feel.

I know, how, I, love, you. come on, come on, baby.

It's crazy, I'm thinking just as long as you're around.

I'm here I'll be dancing on the ground.

Am I right side up or upside down?

To each other, well be facing.

My love, my love, well beat back the pain weve found.

You know, I mean to tell you all the things I've been thinking, deep inside my

Friend.

With each moment the more I love you. Crush me, come on, baby.

So much you have, given love, that I would give you back again and again.

Oh, the love, many now hold you but please, please, just let me, always

Snow Prince

"The gods made winter cold so that we do not forget each other's warmth."

what's my back up plan?

now that my worlds on fire n theres so much trafffic in the sky, what should i do next? a castle on a mountain would be nice.

or you could just take me to berk...

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bagpipes and the beat

burn

you don't flicker? you lazy flame...
Originally uploaded by insee

nostalgia is listening to hanging by a moment and iris. remembering those teenage years; my favourite songs. ten years along the line, the songs are the same. good, but deeper in meaning. because we are older? the longer the candle burns the more we have felt. the flame is still blue, it is stable. it is calm, yet i can see that it reflection in it's glass cage is blurry. each year becomes a layer of smoke. we know where we are heading. we will waste away and disappear.
in time we disperse into a string of smoke being remembered only for the light we shed.

explode!

explode!
Originally uploaded by insee

air compressed tight to explode...

one foot in the middle
a step on the edge
light at the doorway

a walk in the water
a stream in the sun
no shadows are fading

a breath of magnificence
a gulp of fresh air
beauty; delinquent.

powerful and aware.

Aha!

lala lala lala lala lala lala la la...

aha! caught you now! cost you to keep me quiet!

love the cello. can't wait for the video. aha!

dance to to the beat of your life!

HYP Fest / Lebanese Festival 2010, Melbourne - IMG_8976
Originally uploaded by g e n o t y p e w r i t e r

colombo; it was lovely to be home. time spent mostly with family. a touching surprise from mummy and my conspiring friends was the cherry on top.
bombay was bombay. dirty, pretty, exceedingly materialistic, tasty, noisy, so on and so forth.

imogen heap in concert was a beautiful experience. fairytale-like. fulfilling all those years of listening to her mesmerizing sounds.

then there's those runs coming up, n there's that book to read. there are also those photos to develop and upload. and of course the camera that is feeling very much neglected.

it's been over a month since i've been on holiday. i am still recovering from the after effects. an entire load of things to do and finish is piling up with every moment. yet somehow, i am enjoying every bit of this adrenaline rush.

so ask me why i am writing with this photograph by g e n o t y p e w r i t e r .

and then i'll tell you that this is exactly how i feel right now.

her majesty

her majesty
Originally uploaded by insee

the sky is overcast.
like the human heartbeat the waves call me. the ground breathes with each motion. repeatedly. as we were all meant to.

to feel this power in the presence of nature is consuming. i want to show you what i can see. what i feel. when i am here-- like a mermaid on the shore, beckoned to the sea.

spare a minute

for the "most fun survey ever" (o_O) right...

http://bit.ly/teesurvey

JX's 5 mins of whistling fame!

dreams

i had a restless sleep last night. i dreamt that i purchased another dslr entry level camera. the canon 500D. the reason for doing so was because then i can carry it around since it is much smaller than the one i have already. my emotions are distinct, i love the nikon D5000 too much to be able to use it anywhere and everywhere. weird i tell you.

anyway, i was so mortified by my decision to buy another camera worth so much, i think i cried in my sleep. this episode probably happened around 6am as you can see on the graph.

on the tangent of purchasing digital camera accessories, i impulsively purchased a prime. i think now, i am settled and i WILL NOT step into a camera store again.

adios a tata,

amelie

the curious three and the case of the tightey whiteys

i am a big bang theory fan. i never thought that any episode on that series would bear resemblance to anything at all in real life. i have been very wrong.

3 days ago, we had 3 conspicuous people ring our doorbell. a girl who barely spoke english, and two guys who didn't. upon opening the door, what do we see? a lady pointing at a man's crotch and saying 'your tree outside'. the barriers to communication in such an instance are higher than the uob plaza 1. similar to panty pinātas, our 4th floor friends were indeed looking for flyaway tighty whiteys perched on our tree.

i'm not sure who was more embarrassed, the owner of the said under garments, or my friend who had openend to door!

Halo, Beyonce

Remember those walls I built

Well, baby they're tumbling down

And they didn't even put up a fight

They didn't even make up a sound

I found a way to let you in

But I never really had a doubt

Standing in the light of your halo

I got my angel now

It's like I've been awakened

Every rule I had you breakin'

It's the risk that I'm takin'

I ain't never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now

I'm surrounded by your embrace

Baby I can see your halo

You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more

It's written all over your face

Baby I can feel your halo

Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo

I can see your halo halo halo

I can feel your halo halo halo

I can see your halo halo halo

Hit me like a ray of sun

Burning through my darkest night

You're the only one that I want

Think I'm addicted to your light

I swore I'd never fall again

But this don't even feel like falling

Gravity can't forget

To pull me back to the ground again

Feels like I've been awakened

Every rule I had you breakin'

The risk that I'm takin'

I'm never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now

I'm surrounded by your embrace

Baby I can see your halo

You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more

It's written all over your face

Baby I can feel your halo

Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo

I can see your halo halo halo

I can feel your halo halo halo

I can see your halo halo halo

I can feel your halo halo halo

I can see your halo halo halo

I can feel your halo halo halo

I can see your halo halo halo

Halo, halo

Everywhere I'm looking now

I'm surrounded by your embrace

Baby I can see your halo

You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more

It's written all over your face

Baby I can feel your halo

Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo

I can see your halo halo halo

reflect me

reflect me
Originally uploaded by insee

i am spring cleaning my visual memory, documentation and perspective. there's always those good ones, then there's those i dare to call great. when you look back at these images, you see the past. the beautiful and the ugly. and through this, you see yourself. the projection of yourself.

the trajectory of time opens new dimensions. this closes some old ones. forever. and in these reflections you may see a hollow-- but its in these hollows where tomorrow begins. When you see that, you will enjoy every minute of it!

sun re sajania...

A Cookie Splashed

A Cookie Splashed
Originally uploaded by Lisa-Mari

i love this photo by lisa-mari. it's tea afterall. the waves are phenomenal. hungry anyone?

midnight rambles, tambles and toos

it's 3 am and it must be cold out...

clarke quay is eerie at this time. it's a monday. the night prowlers' day of rest. the worker bees shall work. be it late, early or whenever. we all need to get some honey. my brain is quite agitated with thoughts of being magnificent (a piscean can never be 'ordinary'). i didnt meet the moon today, mind you. i only saw the stars.

tomato face and rare steak...

i watched these birds in the day sky. clouds too beautiful to forget. and a lesson learned. changi beach area is the hottest place in the world (in a very myopic sense). i have a neatly carved burn on my nose, thanks to my shades. my shoulder on the other hand, feels like a piece of cooked meat. its looking like that too.

incoherence, ideatic.

i have this poem in my head. ringing a tune. maybe it's a song. i never made my music. i never had the tune. the words are playing and the sounds are mute.

my paintings waiting for a brush to move.

the camera's sitting, dehumidifying. waiting for its next holiday.

i'm watching my fingers type nonsense in front of me. it's quite fun. i hope you enjoy this as much as i did.

i bid good night, and good morning -- and leave you with something to chew on...

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”

Charles R. Swindoll

you autocomplete me

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dancing in the wind

dancing in the wind
Originally uploaded by insee

it was a windy and hot day. this little lady looked too pretty to ignore. i think the composition of the photograph could improve. but, the flower's beautiful anyway you look at it-- dancing in the wind.

contentment and change

i was having this discussion with a close friend on the topic of being content. i have a lot in my life, yet i am not happy with all that i have achieved or gained. it could always be better. based on most of the entries on this page, im sure you can sense humourous skepticism and a certain amount of bitterness. i feel this is the personal quality that inhibits true contentment. i am happy mind you, but discontent. a weird combination that encourages me to reinvent and keep changing my life day by day. in this way i am able to explore, experience new things, mostly because i tire of the old and i know all its faults. new always brings an opening up experience, the 'wow' factor. once the dust settles you see the sharp edges and the things that don't go too well with what you like. and then i am no longer happy with what i have. this is why i must change, either the surroundings, the materialistic item, or even myself. in the corporate world, change is necessary. but as an individual, how much can we change without diluting our true selves?

the shoes i ate

the shoes i ate
Originally uploaded by insee

mash it up

everything i am thankful for

its been some time since i have visited any place/exhibition interesting or worthy of mention. it has been some time since i have done anything of the sort (interesting) apart from shopping. a special note to v, who spiced up my life and inspired me in a day, talking and walking non stop. lots of teh tarik. and thai food. i am yet to see the beautiful photographs (most of which feature the two of us and a sea, i mean mer, lion). since then i have red polka dots and topaz blue, downed a packet of tim tams and still have 2 chocolate shoes to devour (after being aptly photographed and documented ofcourse). within a month, and almost in a frenzy i have updated my collection of cameras and electronics. together with my fluorescent sticker buddy i will hopefully exhibit some of my million photographs. on a sideline, i also question myself 'do i have it in me' while 'running along'. something i have forced myself to do and discover. and, thanks to inspiration and support from friends, i have been able to overcome a lot of insecurities and begin 'running along'. i also have a wip painting that i am so itching to bring closer to completion. i do have a lot of things on my plate right now, so ill put the palette off till later. i have not been able to blog on junkbox because of my budget constraints. all this new acquirement has taken a toll, and there go the pretty little pastries. im wondering whether i should go the budget way and blog about lunch, and rename it 'lunchbox'. until march, my travel plans are grim. march is exciting, and how can it not be! after march the travel plans are much greyer. i will however, go downunder in the downunderspring. krabi for a weekend in july. and if God is on my side, and permits, i may touch the golden sands in the desert. this is too tentative to be excited about. the only realistic attractions that i am looking forward to, one in fear, anxiety and dread on the 28th of feb and the other in excitement on the 29th of march. plus the first week of march, to those who know, will know what the excitement is about, (what's up by the 4 non blondes still applies). i have sent my 3rd lomo roll to develop. i hope this one survives the trials of life and doesnt end up like the other two. i am also looking forward to receiving 3 fuji 110 film rolls in the mail. no, thats a farce, im just excited about using the worlds smallest slr, and this will be in march again. (fingers crossed and i hope it works! 25 years can take a toll on things). my ever evolving places to visit has put okinawa on its list. and if im going to make it to japan, i want to do the whole nine yards, and make it to hokkaido as well. for the time being, maybe i should learn japanese. my iphone has opened up the amazing possibility of mobile publishing. i just wish the keyboard was designed for fat thumbs and long nails. i love the digital lomo, i love the sleepcycle thing, unblock me and i love the rimshot. i have new toys to play with and i have people to love. home i miss you. srilanka i miss you. i thank God for my precious family and all my friends. you light up my life and my life couldnt be any better right now.

There goes the resolution...