July 2011
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May 2011
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December 2010
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July 2010
1 post
“Henry: You take Spider-Man’s pictures, right?
Peter: I used to.
Henry: ...”
– Spiderman 2
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
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April 2010
5 posts
Rain →
When it rains, I get lost in the music of the rain and transfixed by the optical magic of the drops. There is also an exquisite sadness in watching the rain. It is so beautiful and melancholy, it makes me feel alone in the face of geological time and the cycles of nature that existed before life on earth.
An article that has a short video worth watching.
March 2010
2 posts
Game theory explains the constant shortage of...
You can think of this traditional concept of the search for marriage partners as a kind of an auction. In this auction, some women will be more confident of their prospects, others less so. In game-theory terms, you would call the first group “strong bidders” and the second “weak bidders.” Your first thought might be that the “strong bidders”—women who...
December 2009
3 posts
on-time wall clock | blankanvas →
Know those times that you set your watch 5 minutes fast so that you will be on time? Well this is like that - but cooler.
redpen:
Morricone’s The Mission - Angèle Dubeau...
November 2009
3 posts
1 tag
Stop and hear the music
A man stood inside a Metro station in Washington, D.C. and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Many minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and...
October 2009
1 post
September 2009
3 posts
“And as for the rest, let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right,...”
– Rainer Maria Riike
August 2009
24 posts
Quite contrary
Sister: Let's go shopping!
Me: Let's!!!
Sister: I don't have money.
Me: I suddenly don't feel too well.
Eximus Maximus
And so it has come down to me buying the Eximus. Took some nice(what I thought to be nice at least) photos around buona vista and in NUS. Cannot wait to develop them!
But first I’ve to finish the film.(And make some progress on my FYP. Argh)
Funny how this simple melody chokes me up...
Mr Wang Says So: Language, Culture and the Chinese... →
Children’s Rhyme Grandmother, last night I dreamed again I was a child dancing round and round a wooden table. Singing a song you gave me in your tongue years ago, about the boy with his goats out in the cold climbing mountains crossing rivers in search of home. In the morning I woke and summoned the lyrics to myself. But that memory escaped me, dived into the depths from which all dreams...
jonathanend - morning hesitates, sun caress upon... →
nice!
The truth may floor you. You only live but once.
A $150 versus a $5,000 Camera →
What he says makes alot of sense. Makes me feel like I shouldn’t have gotta that dSLR.Shucks.
