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i totally dig the vintage looook posted on 30.12.08, at 01:48. literally digging these old photos, because i've been diggin up the past and looking at my parents' share of their history (i must admit im 2% influenced due to the little nyonya tv show). but now im so in love with the vintage, old camera kinda effect - blurred, messy, runny colours and a never-know-what-you-gonna-get outcome - but it is exactly these flaws that the picture comes out as beautiful and oh-so unique. ^ my personal favourite. beautiful place, even more awesome with the lomo-ish effects. and believe it or not, this is in singapore :) id go back everyday to watch the massive fields of cat-tails glimmer and busk in the golden shower of dusk 'cept that it is infested with killer mosquitoes eating you alive for dinner. Labels: artworks, life

BFABFABFA posted on 29.12.08, at 03:00. BFABFABFA the irony in all these BFA fabulosity. BFA = Bachelor of Fine Arts. exactly what im slogging my life out for now. am i happy? is it worth it? will i go far? am i wasting my time? is this really my life? quoted from: "Cause I Have A BFA!" facebook group 50 Things YOU Can Do With A BFA 1. drive a school bus 2. throw a frisbee 3. lecture for the lecturer 4. wear Jesus sandles 5. wear a silly bandana 6. contradict yourself 7. create art for an artist... because they're obviously wrong... because they dont have a BFA 8. pass out wristbands 9. apologize about being an ass hole... and then do it again... and again... and again... 10. say you have a BFA all the time 11. use your BFA to justify all your actions 12. say juxtaposition all the time 13. apologize for it 14. say it again 15. yell at people for being 5 minutes early because they are actually late for not having a BFA 16. be able to count 17. but not divide under 100 18. have a tiny phone 19. with a really gay ringtone 20. give lectures at ungodly hours of the morning 21. wear nut huggers 22. talk about your looserness of waiting tables until you got your BFA... then your just awesome 23. always be right 24. think your a badass... with your BFA! 25. shave for an even scruffier look 26. beable to ruin any and all enjoyable experiences with your very pressense 27. be able to wear plaid flannels every other day 28. wear your BFA hat to hide your BFA hair 29. being able to use hand gestures in every situation possible 30. allowd to be a Big Fucking Ass hole 31. give directions to someone with a map 32. say camp is fun... then ruin it 33. you MIGHT just BARELY be better than Chuck Norris 34. but then again maybe not 35. you cant jump 36. you can be totally wrong but thats OK because your actually right 37. you can starve children 38. Grinders is amazing because you have a BFA 39.be able to love male local artists 40. frown but actually be pleased 41. frown but actually be displeased 42. nothing is your fault when you have a BFA 43. dicrect traffic 44. you can only gel your hair when the parents see you 45. be pissed off when other people follow your directions 46. get a BFA for your BFA 47. hire teachers that have never taught before and have no teaching education 48. repeat... repeat... repeat your words 49. bore people to death 50. anything... because you have a BFA hurhurhur, kinda nice for some bitter laugh. nice thinking that BFAs are pretty coolshits. and we do what we want when we want how we want to who we want. and we say "juxtapose" so much it is irksome. starting to get on my nerves, really. abuse of its use, especially for WAH "Juxtapose two or more works.." but notice you cant really do anything big with your BFA. nothing about a career outta a BFA. ahhhhhhh~ & this is a friendly countdown reminder i have on my mac dashboard. i absolutely look forward to seeing its number deplete day after day. oh, yay. seven whole days. Labels: life

real.psd posted on 27.12.08, at 01:27. and this has GOT to be my fav design/artwork of 2008. photoshop at its most awesomeeeee. you've really gotta click on it to see the larger version for the little details. splendid. Labels: inspiration

bunnaybaggay posted on , at 01:02. veh cute bunnay plastic baaags o my tian! guess who invented these? the japanese of courze! Labels: inspiration

merry christmas posted on 26.12.08, at 01:07. this christmas i spent doing well, almost nothing. i guess its the quality time with the family that counts :) i want to spend my christmas immersed in a winter wonderland with beautiful white snow falling gently outside while listening to warm laughter ringing from celebrating families and loved ones as they exchange presents by the christmas trees and eat turkey for dinner. i dont wanna stay in singapore. Labels: artworks, life

25th december posted on 25.12.08, at 03:33. may you all have a blessed and warm christmas, spent meaningfully with your loved one(s). i also pray that everyone's christmas will be waaay better than mine. im staying up to wait for santa claus to send me my present(s). Labels: life

this is for you. posted on 24.12.08, at 18:15. i cannot believe you could do all that to me. how could you. why me, why the bloody hell me? perfect timing for christmas, the season of love. you do not defame someone on your blog like that. no one, i repeat, NO ONE, will put me down in this manner. NO ONE. fuck you & you, especially you. Labels: life

Diaries of Jane posted on 23.12.08, at 22:29. while unpacking my stuff after my home renovations, i collated all my previous journals + diaries and oh my goodness gracious that is a LOT of crap ive written/ doodled/ drawn since i started journal writing at eleven. eight years worth of secrets aye. the middle hugeass ring bound one is my entire two years in ac. uni stuff is still in hall; not yet added to this sweet collection :) i heart me paper + notebooks! and it's christmas eve, tomorrow!! Labels: life

admadmadm posted on 21.12.08, at 00:14. (you see if you type "adm" consecutively you get admadm. its a mad school alright. makes mad people madder. as in crazy mad. oh, but then again, maybe angsty mad too.) by the way, oh yay i uploaded my 4D videos. have fun watching them and critiquing them. i am open to good/bad/constructive/deconstructive criticisms just try not to defame me on the internet even if you dont like me hurhur thankyouvehmuch :) Journey: Stereotype of a Female City Textures: Light&Shadow Labels: artworks

Santa posted on 18.12.08, at 02:37. I used to believe in Santa Claus. Not many local kids have been through this phase in their lives. Singaporean parents simply don’t bother. They’ll dismiss the Christmas movies and cartoons that their children see of Christmas Father. They tell them, “Santa Claus exists in America only lah”. I am one of the (arguably lucky) few who had a Santa. Santa Claus would visit my younger sister and I on the night of every Christmas Eve, and leave us presents, which we would delightfully find beside our pillows on Christmas morning. Oh, the joy and warmth I felt every time I received one of those magical Christmas presents. The entire world was so magical and amazingly wonderful. It was foolproof – what we saw from the media through the telly also complemented our belief in Santa Claus. How he lived in the North Pole, riding flying reindeer, being able to tell if we had been good or bad, and coming through all those chimneys. The only problem was that we didn’t have such chimneys in Singapore. I would stay up late into the wee hours on the night before Christmas, wondering how Santa could miraculously enter my room through the window grills. And how he could make it in time to deliver so many many billions of presents to so many many billions of children throughout the world. Then came The Year when I found out it was all one big conspiracy. My parents, my elder sisters, the Christmas carols, the tv shows, the story books, the world. Santa does not exist, as the burly rosy-cheeked old man who dons his red suit and delivers presents magically every Christmas. Santa only existed as the burly rosy-cheeked old man who dons his red suit and walks about in shopping malls. And if you looked closely, all the Santas were of different looks, different sizes, and different styles. No two Santas were the same. I was heartbroken. During The Year of revelation, I was nine. It was kind of painful, having someone slap you in the face and telling you that you have believed in a lie all these while. Of course, parents do not intentionally mean to hurt their kids or to psychologically and emotionally damage them. Of course, I do not blame my parents for trying to pretend and (white) lie to me about the existence of magic, and Santa. Of course, Santa is but a figment of imagination and fantasy meant to make children happy and believe in fairytales and magic. But that was not all. From then on, I became one of Them. In order to allow my younger sister the fairness in the duration of belief (and hence the joy of receiving Santa’s presents), I had to go on to pretend with my parents and elder sisters that Santa did exist, and lie to my younger sister about it. Four years I pretended to a loved one that something that did not exist, existed. At nine, I was taught to lie, feign truth and play pretend. To my own sister. I sometimes wish I hadn’t eaten the apple from the Garden of Eden, or opened Pandora’s box. This paradoxical world that we live in is so beautiful, yet so ugly. Regaining a child’s innocence and being ignorant to the horrible truth and awful lies in the real world will be the most joyful Christmas present anyone can ever get. Gosh, I managed to turn beautiful Christmas into an ugly lie. Again, a paradox, people. Paradox. Did anyone also happen to realize how similar “paradox” is in spelling to “Pandora’s Box”? The resemblance is uncanny and they are almost anagrams of each other. Okay, using http://wordsmith.org/anagram/ I managed to rearrange the word “pandoras box” into “paradox snob”. And to my utmost amazement, "santa claus" rearranges to be "can assault" and "us anal acts". Or, maybe just simply rearranging "santa" into "satan". Wow, the English language itself is a paradox too. But wait, before its too late, I shall stop with this nonsensical verbal vomit. But I would also still like to dedicate this to all people who have ever been cheated into believing a lie. Merry Christmas yall. :) Labels: life

why the world needs superman posted on 16.12.08, at 03:21. sometimes i wish i were a superhero, just so i'll have powers to play with. (but spare me the donning of spandex and underwear over tights thankyouvehmuch) one power i would love to have is the ability to turn back time. silly jane yours truly is always full of regrets. "i wish i'd done that" or "i wish i hadnt chosen this". i wish i could go back in time, before adm, back to the happy colourful days of Early 2008. even if i cant be a superhero, i'd like to meet one. i need someone to save me. everyone needs a saviour, a god, be it a physically human one or not. a being that knows, and can grant us the comfort and peace we seek in times of peril. when we feel like all hope is gone. let my saviour be superman. i want to watch him fly around and save my crumbling world. i'd ask to fly with him to space and watch the stars up close. and for him i'd gladly destroy any kryptonite. even if i would have to die. shu: 1. this has nothing to do with anyone prior to this having some superman pencil box. 2. superman is a muscled man yes, but he is not a gym rat nor does he down protein shakes. :) Labels: life

Yulia Brodskaya posted on , at 01:40. remember those primary school art class days, whereby the art teacher gave you strips of coloured paper shredded from the paper shredding machines, and you curled them up to form pictures of flowers and butterflies (only to have a terrible time getting them to stick in as little a mess as possible with all that white glue) Yulia Brodskaya. omg i adore her craftsmanship. Labels: inspiration

MERRY CHRISTMAS posted on 8.12.08, at 02:44. MERRY CHRISTMAS, originally uploaded by seventimestwo. im in the mood for christmas already. Labels: artworks

FACEBOOK FAIL posted on 7.12.08, at 11:36. i thought this was pretty amazing. facebook can predict the future, wow. Labels: inspiration

ジェーンまだ痛い posted on 4.12.08, at 14:37. been a little crazy over jap anime movies, caught the girl who leapt through time and howl's moving castle within a couple of days. but still, spirited away is the winnar. i love the quirkiness of these japanese. they're so creative and weird and think totally out of the box, genius in fantasy plots and all that. totally needed this fantasy get away. anyway since we're in the japan-ish mood, i posted 1-click on my blog some time back, but when i recently went to visit it again it has changed. pretty cool - very disturbing, but cool. japanese are sooooo weird. but i like. Labels: inspiration, life

its december, baby! posted on 2.12.08, at 03:53. EVERYONE SHOULD TOTALLY GO TO CLARKE QUAY AND DO THIS! 24 days to christmas :) star gazing its these colourful little rubber fellas when you stick 'em into the backlit board, tada! gorgeous lights. pee <3> Labels: artworks, life

time waits for no one posted on 1.12.08, at 04:39. okay i've stopped being stupid and done something useful with my life. new blog layout! ta-dahhhh. haha. i've decided that life is too short to be wasted on stuff that do not deserve my time. i repeat, do not deserve my time. there is a wonderful world out there, and im happy to be alive and to be able to see, smell, hear, touch, taste and do all these amazingly awesome stuffs. life is too good to be wasted on things that do not deserve my time. i wish all my dearest friends who are in love all the best, for love doesnt come easy, and treasure the one you have now. oh, and please, remember to keep any promises you make; trust and trustworthiness are of utmost importance, lest you hurt your partner. and for those of you who are single like me, cheers to singlehood! freedom still reigns over love after all this time. x) Labels: life