Florence + The Machine

found a clip i like.
just wanted to share.
love her humble character (and her dress!)!

Sesame Steet

Was looking at Feist's videos, and saw these.
Haven't watched Sesame Street since my early years — kinda fun to watch, no?

Feist


Norah Jones


Destiny's Child

Margaret Atwood

During an exchange at lunch today, my co-workers talked about the time Margaret Atwood attended the 2009 Hong Kong Literary Festival as a participant (and of course, I wasn't in Hong Kong back then). I was quite surprised and was all-eared. I recall this poem I loved during high school. In fact, this poem was the reason I held onto the ‘text book’ for so many years. I’ll let you interpret it yourself – here it is for you to enjoy:

Tricks with Mirrors

by Margaret Atwood

i

It’s no coincidence

this is a used

furniture warehouse.

I enter with you

and become a mirror.

Mirrors

are the perfect lovers,

that’s it, carry me up the stairs

by the edges, don’t drop me,

that would be bad luck, 

throw me on the bed

reflecting side up,

fall into me,

it will be your own

mouth you hit, firm and glassy,

your own eyes you find you

are up against   closed   closed

ii

There is more to a mirror

than you looking at

your full-length body 

flawless but reversed,

there is more than this dead blue

oblong eye turned outwards to you.

Think about the frame.

The frame is carved, it is important,

it exists it does not reflect you, 

it does not recede and recede, it has limits

and reflections of its own.

There’s a nail in the back

to hang it with; there are several nails, 

think about the nails,

pay attention to the nail

marks in the wood,

they are important too.

iii

Don’t assume it is passive

or easy this clarity

with which I give you yourself.

Consider what restraint it

takes: breath withheld, no anger

or joy disturbing the surface 

of the ice.

You are suspended in me

beautiful and frozen, I

preserve you, in me you are safe.

It is not a trick either, 

it is a craft:

mirrors are crafty.

iv

I wanted to stop this,

this life flattened against the wall,

mute and devoid of colour, 

built of pure light,

this life of vision only, split

and remote, a lucid impasse.

I confess: this is not a mirror,

it is a door

I am trapped behind.

I wanted you to see me here,

say the releasing word, whatever

that may be, open the wall.

Instead you stand in front of me 

combing your hair.

v

You don’t like these metaphors.

All right:

Perhaps I am not a mirror.

Perhaps I am a pool.

Think about pools.

You cannot teach a man anything; 
you can only help him discover it in.

—Galileo Galilei

National Geographic: One Cubic Foot

Photograph by David Liittschwager

Thought the website photos are nice until I saw the ones in print!

See how this was done at different sites.

Life is full of wonder. 

Long Time No See

Thought no one looks at my blog anymore, until recently, a friend complimented on my writing. Thank you, this makes me want to write again.

Thinking back, things have been going on at an extremely fast pace. My graduation, the Europe trip, the Philippines trip, the Taiwan trip, and of course, the Hong Kong trip, and going back home for a short visit. What do I want to do? What kind of purpose do I want to serve in life?

It seems like my life have just begun…

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A Tiny Apartment Transforms into 24 Rooms

Have forgotten about Gary Chang's apartment until my friend Bonnie uploaded this video on Facebook. Read about this hidden gem a while ago, I got kind of confused when I was first reading about it—The New York Time's images are stunning, but I couldn't quite grasp the spatial configuration. This video shows us how these incredible movable walls work and I can finally see it in 'real'. Interestingly enough, had never thought of this as an eco-friendly apartment.

Featured in The New York Time's Home & Garden section.
I think it was Man Dao who sent me this last year. Thanks again!

When you have a chance, don't forget to read MCCM Creations' book by Gary Chang himself.