Just woke up in cold sweat from yet another strange dream. This time it's all about hens, chickens, chicks and eggs. How bloody bizarre. I was worried about my chicks not hatching in time or something, which come to think of it is kind of funny and absolutely didn't make any sense. Perhaps it's the mounting pressure of everything crushing me and pulling me in all different directions.

I have some bad feeling crappy feeling that awful things will happen when I'm abroad. Such as, collapsing in the middle of nowhere due to anxiety attack over a nasty phone call, and probably mugged, and then dragged and locked up in someone's basement and basically skinned alive or tortured to death. Saddest part, no one back home knows what ever happened to me or where I am. Not a body to be buried. All because of a nasty panic attack of some sort. Far-fetch. But, a possibility for one or two of those I mentioned to happen. After all, it's a pretty sick world out there. I just hope I don't get mugged, don't get kidnapped, or get locked up in some torture chamber.

As much as travelling is what I really love to do, I am most definitely aware of the dangers.

Hope for starters, I don't collapse in the middle of nowhere.
Or perhaps, if someone is planning my murder, my collapse in the middle of nowhere probably has been perfectly orchestrated since eons ago and there's no escape of it.

"Are you, the one who is reading this, trying to kill me?"
The opening of a psycho-killer-flick...

Gastic flu is making me feel nausea. World is pretty much spinning out of control.

Time to bring my wary head back to bed.

Much has happened this week. From raining hail stones around my area, which was Tuesday, to a nasty case of stomach flu on Wednesday. I'm feeling a whole lot better now. Which is good. But this nasty stomach flu still wants my life. I can still feel my stomach churning.

Ever since I've been down with my nasty stomach flu, I've been getting a series of really bizarre nightmares. From, moving to a strage home that made no sense, to losing my wallet while I'm in Tokyo Japan, to meeting a neon bright orange slimy monster in an airplane. Bodily discomfort is indeed creating some whacked out dreams for me.

Just realised I'm drinking tea as I'm writing this.
Shouldn't be drinking tea while having stomach flu. Need to pour all that stuff away now.

my response to the haze affecting Singapore...

shit's on fire yo.

via hypetrak

DIRECTED BY FLEUR & MANU
PRODUCED BY DIVISION W/ CAVIAR

 Dynamic visuals and energetic techno-style beats, not forgetting that intriguing touch of scientists and laboratory technicians in white lab coats, and armed men in unusual outfits. Finding this all disturbingly attractive.

Bruno Mars — Treasure for a Hazey Monday

I'm not a big fan of Bruno Mars, but this song certainly has a great vibe and ring to it. Kinda makes me feel like he is reviving that good ol' Jackson 5, and young Michael Jackson soul along with that nice funky house tunes.

And, yes, it's that time of year that the haze is back, hovering over this little sunny island. It's terrible. So bad, the underground train station reeks of all that smokey haze too.

Paid the supermarket a visit and spotted a handful of cute.
The can of cat says: YoHo brewing Wednesday's cat. Cute & hilarious. The way I like it.
The bottle of ginger ale just screams nostalgic x warm x potential-hoarding syndrome.

a'fat's 8th birthday

celebrated my little corgi's 8th birthday last Thursday and she made plenty of effort to pose for the camera 

Ms Excited Corgi was pacing up and around her little pandan flavoured cake

after wolfing down her share of cake, Ms Lazy Worm flipped to her back for a nap

create-a-monster at Monster University

digging quirky, adorable looking monsters by Pixar's Monster University

and I'm having some saturday night/ wee-sunday-morning fun

here's my little monster

have a go over at Monster University: Create a Monster

colourful Tuesday — from Ronda

Samba - Loop from Ronda on Vimeo.

Dia de la Tierra - Discovery Kids from Ronda on Vimeo.

Nick IDs from Ronda on Vimeo.

spotting some madly adorable animations from studio, Ronda.
getting inspired by their amazing characters and colours.
impressive stuff!

fight Monday with an unexpected surprise

“A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.” 
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

Came across this while scouring the web for ideas. Picturesque old NYC.



And another show-stopper, a horrible "new room-mate prank". I won't deny it's funny to watch these people freak out. But, imagine if one of those folks has got a gun in their bag. Unimaginable.



considering to take up pottery classes.

alright. back to mundane Thursday.

Interview with Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami's first live-action feature film, Jellyfish Eyes, has been ten years in the making. The Creators Project sits down with the legendary Japanese artist to discuss the filmmaking process, advances in CGI, and his overall artistic influences at his recent exhibition Arhat at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles.

via TheCreatorsProject

painting for the weekend

after watching endless videos about various painting techniques for the last light years, I am finally getting my ass up and doing something about it. 

there's just so much in my head — so much I want to do, from so much I've seen — I need to start crossing out the unnecessary or stuff that won't turn out great.

anyway, I visited the local Art store, Art Friend at the heart of Orchard Road in the evening to pick up some art supplies with Shawn. couple of tubes of acrylic paint, primer, acrylic medium and a handful of canvas. 

the weekend begins with me priming my canvas. 

while waiting for my primed canvas to dry, I'm painting a box used previously for last semester's project. painting it with spearmint looking good. can't wait for the paint to dry so I can lay it with a layer of vanish so another coat of color can go on. I'm hoping I can store all my socks in it. going to name it "Box of Socks". 

there's early morning gallery sitting duties for me to do tomorrow. 

will need to turn in early tonight.