Cappadocia, Turkey
November 18, 2012
October 17, 2012
September 29, 2012
July 13, 2012
Explorism to Escapism
What is the purpose of travelling? For Ray Bradbury half of it would be about the aesthetics of lostness. That would probably also be my answer but expressed in a less aesthetic way if asked the same question in my younger years. Now it has become more of an aspiration. With time a journey has taken a step towards being an escape, from home, from work. Time has become a rare commodity and whenever time allows it will likely be spent on a trip somewhere. With time being so precious going on a totally unplanned journey would risk not fully satisfying our expectations of an experience out of the ordinary. For the one not expecting something out of the ordinary, why not stay at home and experience the ordinary? To generalize, before the trip starts we know where we are going, where we are going to stay and most likely what we want to see and do. I for example fall well into this generalization. Where has the glory gone of going somewhere and leaving some room for chance? Maybe knowing is and has been the norm. Only that the traveller in the past or if we wind back even more the settler wished but rarely knew what soil they would step into next. With that in mind I will definitely appreciate the aesthetics of lostness whenever I see it.
June 27, 2012
Tadao Ando Reading Corner
This is my idea of a perfect reading spot. The simplicity of being surrounded by tatami-sized concrete blocks creates a space focusing on what's important for the moment. Tadao Ando is growing on me.
"Architecture, which acquires tranquility and balance thanks to geometric order, obtains dynamism thanks to natural phenomena and human movements."
May 14, 2012
April 23, 2012
April 7, 2012
March 26, 2012
One In A Million
One hundred million hand painted porcelain sun flower seeds in Tate Modern, January 2011
Are we really that different?
March 6, 2012
January 18, 2012
Step by Step
This photo was taken exactly one year ago during a walk up a mountain and it perfectly describes the start of this year, a beautiful walk uphill with the sight of what's below you but unclear path ahead.
January 7, 2012
December 30, 2011
Restart in Thin Air
Sunrise, East Borneo
Today, just two days before stepping into a new year I came to think about a trip to Mount Kinabalu. Somehow I connect this place with this time of the year. The dormant feeling and the cold air, like waiting for a new beginning.
December 13, 2011
November 29, 2011
August 25, 2011
August 23, 2011
August 5, 2011
July 19, 2011
July 13, 2011
Sugar cane juice in plastic bag
Sugar cane juice, random hawker centre
Retrospection. I remember it took me a while to find this rare way of having an ice cold sugar cane juice in Singapore. This carry-and-go drink prepared in a few minutes, the time it takes to squeeze out the liquid from sugar cane, is definitely an experience that in many ways exceeds that of having a Singapore Sling at Raffles Hotel. Maybe it's the quirkiness of drinking from a bag rather from a glass with the "Singapore Sling" print that could be bought for 22 SGD that makes it more real.
Singapore Sling, Long Bar @ Raffles Hotel
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