Silly meme. I thought you would be much more interesting. Via Flying Backwards.
And here's my sentence: "Man I miss that website"
So so underwhelmed by the result of this. Someone else try it, you're bound to get something more interesting than mine.
I watched Corpse Bride today. Alone. Should have caught the trailers so I could see the one for 40 Year Old Virgin. That would be me in 20 more years! Another significant event today is the consumption of Spam in a restaurant specializing in Spam.
I came away from the experience with the precious knowledge that Spam is overrated.
Just to make things clear that little pearl of wisdom was gleaned from the eating part of the narrative, not the watching a movie part. Just wanted to be crystal clear on this.
Watching movies alone.. sob... alone..
Uhm.. so on to more disturbing things. Aardman Animation (purveyors of claymation, creators behind Wallace & Gromit) had a nice little bonfire at their warehouse. Why bring this up? When I read that this morning, my heart broke in sympathy for Nick Park and his wonderful team of animators down there. I mean.. losing 15 years of such rich artistic history. It's gotta suck. But then I read what Nick Park had to say about the subject.
Even though it is a precious and nostalgic collection and valuable to the company, in light of other tragedies, today isn't a big deal
And then it struck me. I was more moved by a disaster that happened to a bunch of sets in engerland than I was by the plight of an untold millions in the Asian earthquake. It is somewhat disturbing that I cared more about art work than I cared about people. It is something that occurs to me quite often really. I'd rather love an abstract idea more than a person.
So, Semiotheque Guy. Or as I like to call him, Tom Green (this ought to be self explanatory really). Daaaamn Yooooou! The Best Way To Be Broken, Part 1 just made me so jealous with it's earnest honesty and writing that just aches to be made into an indie song. It's just so reminiscent to the lyrics of Deathcab (new album soon wooo!) that I fall in love with it so readily.
And yes, I am aware how disturbing my man-crush on him is. So painfully aware.
I've made up my mind to restart Vocabulary Notebook over the sem break. The new design is pretty much done already, it just needs to be made into a template. I also may change the format to something similar to semiotheque where I will write when I feel like it. Being forced to write every weekday is just plain exhausting. Or maybe I'll make myself write twice a week instead, we'll see.
Oh yeah, the pitifully short sem break is upon us! All shall rejoice and dance without pants! The last few weeks were seriously draining, going into crunch mode to complete the sudden deluge of final projects. Gah.
The UP Cursor party was a welcome release for the stress. Pictures will be posted later. As for the digital art competition, I came in tenth. I'm choosing to look at that positively, focusing on the fact that I got into the finalists.
My results for this trimester is pretty good, I'm averaging at 3.16 now. I can take an average grade for my last subject and still retain a 3.0 GPA. Huzzahs all around as far as I'm concerned.
Weird pictar of the whenever:
A CD-ROM drive ghettoed onto a tricycle! It was just so strange to see what a PC component on a normally low-tech vehicle. Another strange sight I saw on the roads here was a pink painted truck euphamistically named "Roadside People Caretakers" (or something to that effect, exact name escapes me now). It had a flower painted on it. And it had a cage inside it. Yeah. Police state scariness.
Like, DUDE! @rte Attack. There was a digital art competition on the theme of "Art and Technology United". And like... TOP 10! Moi!!
They're on exhibit at Melchor Hall 2nd Floor Lobby, UP Dilliman from August 26 to September 2. I may just head on over there to have a look see. Even if I don't get anything its still my work on exhibit. Whee!
One Singapore Minute, a project by Monsieur Brown that uses flickr to chronicle a slice of time in Singapore. An interesting idea. Perhaps I'll do something similar except for the Singapore part.
Why post about this? I came across this shot of the downwards view from a HDB balcony and it struck me how absolutely Singaporean it is personally. It's a simple yet vivid expression of how the Singaporean everyday joe sees life. The majority of people in Singapore live in apartment blocks, living vertically. I only came to see this vertical perspective with the change of my own environment. Over here in the Philippines most people live in houses that at the most will reach four storeys.
Maybe its a strange idea, a national identity based on how high up you live but its real to me. Visiting friend's flats (apartments) on the upper floors and looking down to the concrete expanse below and being somewhat nervous at the thought of falling down. It's a memory that my mind has irrevokably connected with Singapore.
I'm still searching for my place in the world. Philippines is a homeland. I cannot help but identify with the people. From what I see, there is a great potential in the Filipino. There is talent there is boundless optimism and cheerfulness and there is warmth. Then there is also government. The largest factor for the failure of the Philippines in my mind is the administration. There is too much crap in it.
But still.. Singapore. It's my adopted homeland. The cynicism, the competition, the modernism, the multiculturalism and most importantly the friendships that were forged in that crucible. I've pretty much assimilated the language and the cultural protocols. It's another kind of home. It's home in the way that you just love that old shirt. You know it's feel, you know how it wears. Despite of, or because of, all its faults you love it. Or maybe the faults are just peripheral things I've grown to embrace. Maybe Singapore is just home because that is where my heart is (cue crappy National Day song please).
Jurong East is in the Minister's pants! I mean.. pocket! Also.. wtf-alien is going on with those feelers...
Look! Random output-orama! My first animation exercise! Simple-ish and rather shaky but it's still animation right? Also, Chortus. Ehh.. I played the bass and sister was on the guitar and vocals. It's pretty much the final push into the finals for this trimester. A few more weeks and I get a break. Hurrah.
EDIT: Wah lew... found satay pic in the photostream. Now damn hungry for Singapore food at 3 am. Anyone can send me Roti Prata?