my ah gong seems to like the cake..

so as per our family 'tradition', the children recieve a bible for our 21st bday (a nice one) - and a nice cheque apparently.

i then went on to do photoshoot of my beanie buddie baby boo boo. he's so photogenic. OK not really. he refused to look at the camera. so i just made him put his head on the floor - the way he does when he looks all emo (like his owner).

buddie is the cutest thing on 4 legs.

ONWARD TO FAIL MY MIDTERMS!

drinks anyone?

is it right to say "alternate reality"??? if it is 'alternate', then how can it be reality? so that phrase dun really make sense... it's just imagination. yes. it's nice to have IMAGINATION to fall back on, when reality is totally ****ed up.

OH! and JD is set to reprise in his role of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates 4! as well 2 other disney films - Lone Ranger and Tim burton's Alice in Wonderland as MAD HATTER. =)) there's also rumour that he'll be the riddler in the next batman...hiuk. that wuld be soooo interestin. <3

to all i love but am separated from by time and space:

same side of the moon - corrine may
I'm looking out the window
Where we sat to watch the stars
There's a chill within the air
It makes my heart long for your touch
You may be miles away
But as I kneel to pray


I see the same side of the moon
That we'll be looking on when the world turns blue
And know that time and space
can't come between me and you
We share the same side of the moon
And though you'll never see all my tears shine through
I know I can't be that far from you
If we're both looking on the same side of the moon.


I picture you across the oceans
In your corner of the world
I pray the wind will blow my voice
And gently whisper in your ear
Your night may be my day
And though the seasons change


It's still the same side of the moon
That we'll be looking on when the world turns blue
And know that time and space
can't come between me and you
We share the same side of the moon
And though you'll never see all my tears shine through
I know I can't be that far from you
If we're both looking on the same side of the moon
I know I can't be that far from you
If we're both looking on the same side of the moon

there's an initial attraction between seow and light

she finds herself being strangely drawn to it

i feel very horrible.
it was so hard to say goodbye..
on so many different levels..
for so many different reasons.
i wonder why i was the only one who cried so badly.
if i had let myself, wouldv'e bawled.
but can't throw face like that.
in front of so many ppl.
can't make a scene..
and make shang feel bad.

but yea.
you're gone..

didn't get to hug yer b4 u went in..
din get to say 'take care', 'love you' and 'i'll miss you'.

well..
so..

take care shang.
love u shang.
and i'll miss you so much.
i'll see you soon.




onward ^ study ^ mid terms ^

Maggots, 2004, Pham, Ngoc Duong

Next was a work by Singaporean Artist Jane Lee called Raw Canvas. firstly, it's HUGE. Secondly, it looks like a Pollock. Thirdly, it might be even better than a pollock. Fourth, you really wonder how many tubes of paint she used on it, and fifth, they must have been really huge tubes of paint. finally, like...WOW.

Then, me and sara found a work that shang and seow missed. a three channel video work called El naufragio de los hombre (the wreck of men), by Nijensohn, Charly. so basically, what u see when u look at it is 3 different videos - though they all show images with the same kind of theme and feel. they depict scenes of water and sky, sometimes you can't tell where one ends and the other begins. and there's always the silhouette or silhouettes of men, who are just standing very still on the water. the work was captivating and haunting..

Onward! the very pretty FLOWER work! we walked and it's an immediate WOW. ppl instinctively get on their knees on the floor to get a photograph of it. so fun ta watch them. and something which we din notice until later was that one side the flowers all black, but the other side was all in colour! haha..the fun was in the watching the black and white turn to colour as u walked from one side of the artwork to the other. definitely one of my favourite works - Blackfield, Ben-David, Zadok.

The next one i really liked was this 3D painting/sculpture. What's so great bout this one is the technicality. as in..OMG. i dunt even noe how to describe how impressed i was by this one. like..it looks damn 3D when u look at from a certain angle..and u'd expect the 3D figures to be popping OUT right?!?! but they weren't, they were cut IN!!! yet they looked like they were poppin OUT! omt..must have stared at it fer a long long time..and felt so miserable because i know that i would never have thought of such a thing in my life..

see! pooping OUT rite???

but WAIT!!! not really! it has been cut IN!!! WOW!

Ok, then it was off to south beach development. which once again, because of disgustingly absent signage, we got a little lost..walked one whole big round around the whole place before we found the entrance... by the time we reached the place, we were hot, sweaty and dead beat. so really had hard time appreciating the works there..NO AIRCON man..stuffy shit..and the place looks damn haunted. we din even finish walking the place. but while we were there, caught this interesting photograph. how befitting. =)

so. Biennale was quite fun overall. though i think that it couldv'e been better. Biennale 06 had more gimmicks. and to kids like us...u noe...WE WANT THE BADGES AND THE SOUVENIRS!!! we also want aircon..(haha. ok that's not a good reason) But Yea. i think that it was very encouraging to see so many great works by so many artists..especially Singaporean artists. makes us art geeks feel..that we might not end up being poor struggling artists after all. so that's that.

me and my baby buddie booboo bean bean..

that's zinc dozing during south asia lecture.

MUAHAHAHA.

i captured it with my webcam

tsk tsk tsk.

terrible woman.

i'm deaf in my left ear.
went swimming yesterday at toa payoh with zinc.
then i guess water got into my ear.
and it's been sitting there ever since.
it hurts now.
and all the sounds around me seem to be muted.
mebe it's not water.
and i really am deaf in one ear.
that ought to be interesting.

anyway,
the pool at toa payoh is sooooo dirty.
u look from one end to the other...
and u can't see the other side.
cos it's so 'misty' and 'cloudy'.
that means it's just damn dirty.
a CLEAN pool allows u to see the other end crystal clear.
oh man.
then zinc said she heard someone spitting into the pool!
omg..my skin crawled..
and u noe ppl can just pee in there without others knowing?!?!
then while i was swimmin,
could see like stuff floating around...

haish.
dun mean ta be a brat.
but it's just really quite gross.
and u're like putting ur whole body and face into the stuff.
and like some will get in ur mouth.
ARGH!

and i just realised that every thursday's Life Page is on Singapore Arts Scene!
that's so awesome!
did u guys noe that?
so i went to dig up all the past thursday life pages.
such cOoL stuffx.
OH AND BIENNALE OPENS TODAY!!!!






since this week i'm so 'free', i better update something which happened quite long ago, but i din get the chance to put up. i actually talked about SYF already..but got the pictures from ms lye some time ago. =) such rare, precious pictures..so definitely must share. i never got my face with my painting before this also...so..definitely very very valuable photos.

with principal mr kwek!

with parents

with the three teachers! really special picture!

we're each imitatin one of the 'sinners' in my painting btw. mrs ng is sloth, ms hew is wrath, and ms lye is greed. i'm lust...dotx..so farnii! haish..makes me really really miss aep days..when the teachers were all there..now...they're here, there, everywhere..but not together. sad.

so many ppl are leaving..
ppl i know, ppl i don't know..
so many are leaving.
the time for those going to australia has passed..
the time for those going to america has passed..
and now...
the london-bound ppl..
scholars, shangyi, my brother's friend, an ~old friend~, ppl i don't know but know..
they're all going..
or...they're already there.



but i'm still here.
i should be there.
but i'm here.



still here.






it's thundering outside. i love it. i love the sound of thunder. i love the sound of rain. i love the smell of rain. i love everything about rain except being out under it. i hope it rains like hell tonight. then maybe i'll find some peace in sleep.

so shangyi helped me send out my packages to the respective ppl today. thanks shang. i'm crossing my fingers, hoping and praying that they wun just toss out my stuff...after i spent so much time and effort on it. i hope they call me up fer interview....or...if dun need interview all the better. i just hope...that they'll think i deserve it..that they'll give me a chance..that there is good humanity out there..who will help me reach for my dream. i hope. i pray. i hope. i pray. pray for me too. (again)

ok. enough of the emo-ness. lemme update a lil of what's been happening the past few days:



went back to NY to visit. ms hew wasn't around unfortunately to entertain us...not like she needs to entertain us, cos obviously we can entertain ourselves. seowling was playng with my banana pencil box..it's a real A.A. she affectionately named it "NANABA". we then played around with gabriel's feathers etc. bla bla bla. i was TRYING to get some studyin done. but of course...failed miserably. mrs ng came later in the day. =) so nice ta see her..always so much fun with mrs ng. haish..i love the aep teachers. i love aep.





met up with sL and shang fer dinner one day. the purpose was to meet with shang's fwen, claudia, so she could tell me bout her lee foundation application etc. it was quite a success.





then on saturday. i painted another pair of shoes. for janice. it was her bday celebration that day....so thought i'd better get it done, so i could give it to her as part of a gift (the gift being my handywork) she loved momo...so i designed a momo theme fer her. =)






just yesterday. met up with aep geeks..old ones and fellow ones. some seniors came...though it was all the guys. some fellow ones came too...and one honourary one aka seowling. it was mainly to celebrate andre's bday and farewell shang...but guess..it was sorta a lil' reunion as well? for the seniors bah. most of our batch couldn't make it..quite sad. but glad to see those who came.

cathleen

NUS FASS freshy
turning 20 this 12th July

ARTIST

desperately seeking
FREEDOM
PURPOSE
LIFE

lament.

maybe in some other time
some other place

inspire.

though we travel the world over the find the beautiful
we must carry it with us or we find it not

the sky.

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a perfect paradox of constancy and change
always there but never the same

i love.

family
buddie baby
precious friends

LONDON

i must down to the seas again
to the lonely sea and sky
and all i ask
is a tall ship and star
to steer her by

talk to me.

i carry your heart.

e.e. cummings

i carry your heart with me
i carry it in my heart
i am never without it
anywhere i go you go,
my dear;
and whatever is done
by only me
is your doing,
my darling

i fear no fate
for you are my fate,
my sweet
i want no world
for beautiful you are my world,
my true
and it's you are
whatever a moon
has always meant
and whatever a sun
will always sing
is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
here is the root of the root
and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky
of a tree called life;
which grows higher
than the soul can hope
or mind can hide
and this is the wonder
that's keeping the stars apart.

i carry your heart
i carry it in my heart

angels.

cheng hong
claudyne
esther
inn poh
janice
joan
kai ying
mandy
seow ling
sara
serene
shangyi
sook chan
tze yin
xian min
xinli
zhixin

aep blog

listen.

here
there is love



Love is patient,
love is kind.
It does not envy,
it does not boast,
it is not proud.

It is not rude,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.

love never fails


Corinthians 1:4-7

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