Smile.

Here's something for a change...

“If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.”

- Proverb

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The Rake's Progress

This is not spammage..

Really enjoyed yesterday's outing
First pubbing experience - yeah ginger ale that is..

For past few days,I've been complaining/ranting about the boredom that has plagued me.
After days of wall-banging,I've realized that I HAVE something to do.Well tons of it.
So this holidays there will be no transactions made in both my bank account.In English,I will not be working.
Yeah, because I will be in Vietnam for OIP for the next holidays -6 weeks to be exact.So have to make use of this holidays to "enjoy life".

Here's what I'm supposed to do..

Reading:
Past few weeks I've been buying lots and lots of books..Yeah those THICK,NON-FICTION books and I haven't really got the time to sit down and read.Don't talk about chapter 1,I'm not even done with the prologue *slaps forehead*

Art:
Portfolio-Don't even ask how was it,It's not even halfway done or perhaps even better- one-quarter..

CD:
Guess what? I've been heavily investing in this kind of things and yet I've listen to only like 24% of my out 134 classical CD( figures are not exaggerated).(plus,It's the holiest month of the year,I can't lie..)

CCAs:
Holidays season=performance season.. Please gently remind me to attend all practices...

Concerts:
I've been MIA from concerts hall for months now...I know those staffs at Esplanade have missed me LOTS!! *vomits blood at your own risk*

Oh yeah, apparently or most shockingly, I found what others might find boring or ______(insert your own words) -to be purely entertaining and interesting.That is watching OPERAS..Plan to watch about 20++ this holidays,don't ask why...

I found several Russian songs online...
Posted it on my blog..

Well,so much for trying to keep a short post..

Bye..

Boredom

Boredom...
It either brings out the worst in you..
or the most creative in you..

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”

-Ellen Parr

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The Rake's Progress

Aberration

Madness kills all vows..
She'll never keep it now..

“One is very crazy when in love.”

-Sigmund Freund

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The Rake's Progress

Alienation

Society will treat you differently..
Just because you're not one of "them"...

There's no cure for the lonely...

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”

-Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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Hadal

The oceans hides many secrets..
Secrets unknown to us..

To uncover it,
You have to explore what lays underneath it..
Only then you'll find what you've seek for..

The key to unlocking secrets in life...
..is to find purpose in one..

“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans”

-Kahlil Gibran

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Pediophobia

Tell me...
What are you most afraid of..

A porcelain doll..
Pale expression with eyes close or open..
One that looked almost human-like..
But It's non-living..

Yet it's downright chilling when you see one..

“Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.”

-Robert Benchley

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P.S. Seriously, so-called ' friends'

Morality

There's no good and evil..
It's the choices we made in life...
That others will judge whose right or wrong..

“Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.”

-Friedrich Nietzsche

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Philip Glass

Influential composers of late 20th century..
His music will stays in your head once you listen to it..

I highly recommend the following :

-Symphony No 4 "Heroes Symphony"
-Metamorphosis (cycles for piano)
-The Light
-Akhnaten(opera) Dance (Act II Scene III)

“I just thought it was very interesting, ... How do you write a 30-second piece? Everything is extremely compressed. ”

-Philip Glass

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Tranquility

Escape...

Free yourself from daily stresses,disturbance and strains
Clear your thoughts..
And be in one with nature...

“When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man.”

-Don Williams,Jr

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P.S. Tomorrow is the day..

Somnolence

Disconnect thyself human...
From realm called "Earth"...
And enter the realm of dreamland..
Where peace is everlasting..
And you never have to wake up to face reality again..

“The dark-veiled silhouette that solitary form patrolling without visible strain or vainglory a demented dreamland of fearful potential.”

-Kathryn Hulme

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élan vital

Life is like a journey on a long,endless road ...
We're constantly walking...
Enduring physical and mental fatigue..
To see what awaits us at the end of the road..

But it's not about the destination that matters most...
It's about the journey itself..

“When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are only halfway there.”

- Japanese Proverb

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P.S. Wish me luck..

Dolls

Inanimate..
Lifeless..
Innocent as it seems..

But if one could speak,
It would tell a different tale...

“I once had a sweet little doll, dears, / The prettiest doll in the world.”

-Charles Kingsley

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P.S. Why some people people gave up too easily?..

Desertion.

When your loved one abandons you..
Who else would you turn to ?

“It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.”

-Chuck Palahniuk

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P.S. Avant-Garde is the word..

Solitude

Isolate yourself..
Exclude yourself from social interaction..
Disconnect yourself from the world..
Place yourself in a remote,quiet location..

Now,reflect...

“I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.”

-Sabrina Ward Harrison

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P.S. I'm into progressive metal..

Discrimination

I believe in equal rights..

Learn to accept people for who they are..
Not what they are..
Live and let live..
You would not want others to judge your lives, do you?

“Equal rights for all, special privileges for none”

-Thomas Jefferson

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Elegy..

The price for peace:
Millions of blood sheds.Innocent blood shed.
A war to end all war..
But sometimes peace can't be achieved from war.
War might be a root cause to start another war..
Just look at World War 1 and World War 2..
Post-World War 1 events crippled Germany..
And because of this, it allows fanatic like Hitler to rise to power..
Because of Hitler, nearly six million Jews were annihilated..
They were innocent people...
They prayed to the same god,but in different language....
Seriously,think..
Do you have to resort to violence just to achieve what you longed for..


We,as human being,will never learn..
History will always repeat itself..

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
~Ernest Hemingway

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Fear

Face your darkest fear...

And I begin to admire Gothic lifestyle...

"Boy, there's a demon for everything!"

-Anonymous

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Victims of Fascism

What was once a paradise..
Now lay on ruins.

What was once filled with innocent laughter, lively music and interesting conversations..
Now even a feather drop might be heard..

What was once living ...
Now lifeless,breathless and resting in peace..

What was once white..
Now smeared with crimson red blood..

Written on the wall in blood
"All people are good..."

Ich bin Kunststudent.

Human

Human..

All of us were once born innocent...

“Humans were not created to be trusted.”

-Anonymous

Silence

Silence
Sometimes,what we have in mind..
Our thoughts and opinions..
Are better left unsaid..

For silence is golden..

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

-Abraham Lincoln

Genocide.

When you talk about genocide,
You'll talk about the survivors..

Remember,
There will always be survivors,
Who will live to tell their tales..

"There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."
- Martin Scorsese

Pop Art..

I can't resist turning everything : photos, artworks or posters into Pop Art..
Well, you can't blame me for being an artist..

The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.
-Banksy

It's been a year ago since I watched fireworks display..
But this year's definitely the best so far..



Naxos recording No.103
La Creation du monde is awesome..
Go listen to it...

“You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.”

-Maria Callas..

Do you cherish what you have in life?
or perhaps, take everything for granted?

Remember..
Life's fragile..
Please cherish what you have now..

Live as you will have wished to have lived when you are dying.

-Christian Furchtegott Gellert

Justice..Two words.... FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!

If you notice...
That my post seems to be short
Apart from quotes,poems,Artworks,etc..

Well,It called Minimalism..
Less is more..
Simplicity..

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”

-Ashley Smith

Nights..

I never use art as a medium for propaganda..
But rather as a form of self-expression..

In deep thoughts..

Exams are around the corner....
Hate to have this feeling of nervousness..

We are not just musicians,
We are sound engineers...

"I count myselt in nothing else so happy.
As in a soul rememb'ring my good friends."

- William Shakespeare

Watercolor pencils...
The most essential tools..
I still carry the Faber-Castell 36" with me all the time..


Sometimes the answers you seek is just right in front of you...

Swords, axes

The most powerful,

but they're in the hands of cowards..

They say pictures speaks a thousand word...

Nights..

Turn back time...

..Change history..

..Why would I ?

Last lesson for Communication Toolkit today..

Gonna miss Ms. Elaine Toh..

After all, she said my group presentation was the best.. :D

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..Hear that sound..

...All I Hear...

........Is silence..

* Inhales deeply*

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*Pause*
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*Exhales*..... .
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It seems everyone's falling sick nowadays...

My flu's making a comeback..
I got sore throat..
And it's irritating cause I can't concentrate on my studies..

Well, I'm not the only one..

Today probably might be the worst Saturday ever...
I won't elaborate...

Empty classroom..

....Teacher's nagging..

I miss those days..