Shingz-gapura

Shingz-gapura, oh Shingz-gapura
Funny island, shat in the sea
Shingz-gapura, oh Shingz-gapura
Pretty flowerz boomz for you and me.

Stranded Play

Just got a new camera.
I was REALLY tempted to get a mid-level DSLR and make my grand entry into the cult of the lens.. and decided that I'm really not the kind of person who would lug around a 1 kg camera and $3000 of photography equipment. Besides, I seem to have the strange mutant superpower similar to X-men's Jubilee - electronic stuff tends to self-destruct in my hands.

So lo and behold - shots from my NEW point-and-shoot Canon Powershot S90.

Cute, lightweight, and inconspicuous.

Childhood Miniatures

A poster done for a friend's concert - inspired by childhood whimsy, toys, nursery rhymes and dreams...

Amazing UFO Structures in Singapore

I was driving near my place when I suddenly came across these things that literally stop the car in the middle of the road, walk over and take a few pictures:



These gargantuan UFO things, about 6-8 storey tall, just emerged from this endless field of overgrown grass, with a little dirt road that scurried along the side. It's just absolutely surreal to see something like that in Singapore. I just wish I had better photography skills to capture these structures in their full glory.


Upon closer inspection, I realised they are water towers for some Newater storage facility. Where, you may ask? All I will reveal of their location is they are somewhere near a large furniture shop in the east. =)

Avatar of Vengeance RRWW

4/3
Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes a target of an opponent's spell or ability, you may pay RW. If you do so, Avatar of Vengeance does 2 damage to target creature or player and you gain 2 life.

Vengeance: blind, blatant and bloody.

Avatar of Decay GGBB

7/7
Flying
Avatar of Decay comes into play with three -1/-1 counters.
Tap, Remove a -1/-1 counter from Avatar of Decay: Each player sacrifices a land.

I imagine Decay to be a wispy female figure with a long rustling gown of skeletal leaves and wings of papyrus.
She is faceless, with only a beaked mask as her visage.
Her left hand is made of spotless, shiny steel, constantly twitching and squeaking - the only sound that she ever makes.

(Yeah I used to be a Magic cards geek =) )

Naturalization of My Personal Space

Another fun activity I've been involved in: redecorating! Was thinking of how to create designer-looking stuff for my room at a fraction of the cost, while keeping in my favoured theme of nature-inspired forms. Here's some of my mini-projects. And yeah, I have kinda quirky taste sometimes.


Cactus Spine Lamp -
Made from $5 Ikea lamp and 3 x Polyetylene spiky mats to keep birds off surfaces (dunno what the hell is that called)

Foliage Frames -

White frame from Ikea and 3 different artificial grass tufts that I got from Daiso.

Monstera Clock -

I ripped out the clock mechanism + hands from an old obiang clock I've had for years, and cut out a Monstera leaf pattern (you know, those tropical ferns) out of Bristol board. Kinda like this one the best. =)

The Architecture of Archival

Recently I've been intrigued by the language of archival and instruction, and the way that diagrams map out the complex organisation of the world. While the illustrator of the diagram seems to be engaging in a very scientific, methodical process, there is a subconscious point of view that is being reflected.

These are experimentations in digital collage: basically I stitched together a composite scene from images of a 19th-century illustrated encyclopedia, and an IKEA furniture assembly instruction manual. Both, to me, are forms of archival that pay specific attention to an object that evokes hidden worlds: the foreign exotic lands, or the idealised domestic realm of the catalogue home. These collages aim to unveil the hidden fairytales and scenes that have supposedly been torn apart by archival.

Enjoy.


Geological Shrines

The Budkeeper's Ritual

Happy CNY