fish

Thank you for all the birthday wishes.

That morning I woke up and I looked at my phone, Leslie asked me out for breakfast. Says he wants to treat. But I couldn't get up so early so we had lunch instead. Thanks man. It's been finally 10 years knowing you, cause I've known you half my life, since primary school.

After that I pretty much did nothing at home.

We had dinner at the glass house fish n co. Yes I know what happens when you have birthdays there. But the cake. Hahaha walao. They got me a spiderman cake. Thanks guys.

So this year's celebration wasn't that bad after all.

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now it's on to more pressing matters. like assessment! =O

tides of ashara

Huge relief that there is no more SAS DnM for me on Fridays

=]

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unbelievable

Shit day today.

Went to school early, but..

Lost my wallet, got it back (someone returned it, good) but no money inside.

Backtracked..wasted time

Lost $50 just like that.

And I need a Mac. Yes a Mac not a laptop because virus control is KEY.

Without a MAC, I will forever always be using the laggy computer to do my essay and digital artstuffs. But no lui how to buy?

Every time I save money it somehow manages to fly away~

Like today. Sian. Either I have to buy this or that for school. Or it just flies away.

Shouldn't have worn this pair of jeans today. Lost my money because of it.

i am not rocking man

ungrapsable

Oh yeah we started on nude drawings like a week ago.

the left arm looks as though it's dislocated but i assure you it's the camera =]

and the legs too. i suck at photos

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graps

Yay I cleaned my printmaking drawer!

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come to terms

Finally I have come to understand.

However, to not succumb under the circumstances, is to yet follow another set of societies.

So to prevent the following discussions with other enthusiasts, being a hippy is a good thing to do.

Why bother, when we can wait and enjoy?

Then again, we need sustenance. Conformity is the way. But that doesn't mean we have to conform a 100%.

We were born into conformity, sadly. But don't be emo. Be Buddha.

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booms

"WHO'S YOUR ARTIST REFERENCE???"

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he doesn't look anything like that. that's his bang kai form.

a tree

Because we give meaning to the world. Without us, without meaning, there is no world. This is semiotics. Semiotics means, a tree is a tree because we say it is a tree. And how is it reinforced? Simple. It's cause 90% of the people agree they want to call this a tree.



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so where does god come in?

pmr

who did you say i was again?

urgh! essay

...What makes the ideal of commodity fetishism persist and encourage its growth is mass culture. Elites rule the society through the means of leadership and persuasion and not force and bold power as these might bring about resistance. This control over society is commonly referred to as hegemony. The social elites of the capitalist society, namely the capitalists themselves and industrialists, impose and promote ideals that play towards the capitalist movement. These ideals control the thinking of the society and lower classes and influence them. They are usually nothing more than just ideals brought up by the dominant class and are usually ideals of material expression. So that these ideals stick to the society, they represent a common universal interest to all members to the society. They are also represented as the only valid and rational ones. Thus, the people are controlled because they buy into these ideals and have come to take them for granted. As such, they do not question them.

An example of hegemony is employment. While people can primitively live off the land - hunting, gathering and living only on necessities such as food, shelter and water, this is not the case. People work for quite a number of erstwhile luxuries that have been taken for necessities. The idea of employment is hegemonistic because not only do people fail to question it, they actively seek it out. This plays into the hands of the capitalists, who want a source of willing labour. Therefore, mass culture is the culture of the dominant ideals set by the elites of the society for commercial purposes...

busy busy busy

I'm busy busy super busy. Things are starting to get hectic. And the nights are getting later. Should I slack abit, go about at my own pace, knowing that I will eventually finish everything on time? Or should I chiong and finish, and eventually have free time to do EXTRA work, or finish with a lot of spare time? (but burn myself out eventually)

Health's starting to not feel good. Been coughing and having muscle strains (not cramps, thats feminine) rushing here and there for time, waking up later, stressing about the quality of work.

When you just don't know what is expected of you at the table, and you have no idea what others are bringing to the table, you just don't know what to do right. Like should you reprint that edition that you don't like, or go and touch up that statue of David drawing because you feel slightly insecure.

But why am I thinking so competitively. Why can't I just do art for art's sake and learn it naturally and not train ahead?

For grades.

The world is commodified and competitive. In school it's about grades. That's the underlying death.



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happenings 6.2321

Happenings. In random order.

So I went round all over the PMR saying Hey I need pictures for my blog.

not mine.

hi max.

vivian's. i didn't do this not mine. will try it someday though. if i''m brave enough. we'll see. its nice right?

tri-coloured etching is the shit man.

not a print.

alien life form thing.

gallery sitting is boring.

but good money.

not a print either.

the killer.

One more day till Julie gets back. And Oh no..my IIIA essay is still left hanging. No mood to do. 800words. But I have my History essay all nice and done. We'll see.

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KATHMANDOOOOOOO is just next door

selamat hari raya 09

selamat hari raya

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impossible is nothing

So here I am.

I just finished a 1500 word History of the Visual Arts essay and I'm happy.

And going crazy too.


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YOU LIKE ETCHING EH BOY? OH YES YOU DO.
you know i just realised, with etching, the lines are way smoother than what i could do with a pen.
that and editioning but we'll see

next post got pictures. promise

good

OK. So it reverts back to its normal self. Or maybe it just doesn't work on my laptop.

But I'm lazy to upload pictures now. Because I'm doing my history essay and it is mind-boggling.

And no I don't like to copy and paste. I rephrase every damn shit.

That's my vice what's yours?



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can you say firetruck ?
say Ohhhh truck..

test

Trying out posterous. Let's see how it works.

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See and download the full gallery on posterous

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hmmm

I don't know what's wrong with my blogger. Or is it my internet? I cannot upload pictures and stuff. I can only type. So how to show imba sketches? Just kidding.

Maybe it's because I'm using google chrome? Tried with mozilla, didnt work. Internet explorer too. I'm stuck with this =\

OH and for no apparent reason I have a tumblr. I thought I'd try other blogsites other than blogger. Couldn't understand wordpress, as in the cuztomisations. But oh well. We'll see how it goes.

I have a twitter now lol.


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dear me

OK. It's been a very long while since I've posted. It's very hard to post pictures without my phone. Nothing unusual has happened lately. Schoolwork is schoolwork what do you expect, puasa is puasa.

Puasa doesn't seem like puasa anymore.

It doesn't feel like it did and should(?) anymore.

Followed mom to this introduction to Islam class last saturday. I dunno why but I just went. Currently, religion isn't feeling like religion anymore. What is religion? What is worship? How to worship?

There are atheists, and monotheists and polytheists but what about the people out there that acknowledge that there is a god, but don't want to indulge in religion? What of them?

They say disbelievers are thrown into hell. But seriously, who is disbelieving who?

So many questions and NO time. Values change, priorities change. Paths change and minds change.


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sonova

MY PHONE IS DEAD AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE FUCK THAT HAPPENED. AGAIN.

I DO NOT HAVE SOME OF YOUR NUMBERS SAVED IN MY SIM CARD.

SO I APOLOGISE BEFOREHAND WHEN I ASK ''..oh and by the way, who's this?"

WALAO EH.

walkabout

Post long overdue. Print stuffs, camping stuffs and some figure-disfigure drawing.


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creep

Happy birthday dear Julie, happy birthday to you.

Her birthday falls on the 08 of 08.

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oh

David. Not finished obviously. That day couldn't focus much. Turned out quite OK. And I hate to do charcoal on NON-charcoal paper. Very irritating. If only I had a charcoal pencil.

But anyway today me jianwei catherine and olivia came to school (on the only day we don't) to do our prints. Lo and behold. The word is out. Please remember to wash your plate ONLY after you finish printing and NOT after every print. Wasted our time man =\

Overall printing is a nice challenging experience (especially if you dont fuck up the sides with your dirty fingers dzaki) and you get to bully jianwei to wipe the press and tear the papers. Kidding uh. I do some of the work too okay.

Why my hand always kena one. I wash and scrub and clean already sure SURE kena.

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my first drypoint

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happenings

Discussion time!

I don't believe there is anything wrong with my hair. Everyone should just look at it in a deconstructionalist point of view and think of it as just hair. People should not be judged by how they look but how they present themselves when meeting new people. Smile, firm handshake, Hi how are you? Smile and be polite and considerate.

Good example. Metal people. People from Lamb of God, Metallica or Trivium to name a few. Sure they all had their fair share of 'fuck you's and headbanging metal shit. But off stage they are nice people. They talk nicely and are just like you and me, only much much richer and talented.

So about my hair. It's just hair. You want to judge me, judge me by how I speak and how I interact with you. Judge me by my achievements or failures. Of course first impressions count but hey, we're all different. Set our differences aside and try to look for common ground.

And that's it. Don't be so fucking judgemental.


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