Delving Deep

Finger Lickin' Good

2010-05-20T03:54:00.005+08:00

Honey Bee, I just can't get enough.

Qué Será Será

2010-05-18T02:37:00.011+08:00

Bob Marley
(March 2010 - May 2010)

For a small blue imp of a fish, you surely brought me jupiters of joy.
And for that I thank you, little buddy. R.I.P.

"Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right." - Bob Marley

Bombay Sapphire
(16 May 2010 - Present)

For being as turquoise as the Mediterranean, I welcome you.
Do stick around boy; I think you'll like it here.

Artwork of the Week

2010-04-17T07:11:00.011+08:00

Words are unnecessary,
so very unnecessary,
because today
I present to you
the first song to ever be
featured as a part of AoTW.

Title: Satellites
Artist: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Quotable Quotes

2010-04-17T06:51:00.004+08:00

"So you sailed away, into a grey sky morning.
Now I'm here to stay, love can be so boring."

~ Vertical Horizon in their song, Best I Ever Had

Vaisakhi Di Lakh Lakh Vadhai Hove

2010-04-16T04:35:00.015+08:00

ੴ

ਆਵਹੁ ਸਿਖ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਕੇ ਪਿਆਰਿਹੋ ਗਾਵਹੁ ਸਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ॥ ਬਾਣੀ ਤ ਗਾਵਹੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਕੇਰੀ ਬਾਣੀਆ ਸਿਰਿ ਬਾਣੀ ॥

“Aavoh Sikh Satguru Kay Piaarho Gaavoh Sachee BaaNee, BaaNee Ta Gaavoh Guru Kayree BaaNiaa Sir BaaNee”

Come, O beloved Sikhs of the True Guru, and sing the True Word of His Bani. Sing the Guru's Bani, the supreme Word of Words.

~ Guru Ramdas, Raag Ramkali,

Aad Guru Granth Sahib, Page, 920-4 & 5

☬

Tick-Tock

2010-03-15T02:32:00.019+08:00

We all know people who wait for a certain event to mark the start of their life. To some, it may be the day they finish high school, to others, the day they find love.

What then, does everything preceding that dictate?

Life is what happens every day; it has,
from the day we took our first breath.

I look at a recent picture of a once vibrant teacher from primary, and wonder how long has it really been. From when I wondered when I would be done with uniforms. Then, when I would get into medicine.

And now, when I would graduate.

What is a 19 year old to say about the length of life, you ask? To me, those 19 years now seemed to have flown past. When did our eyesight deteriorate? When did our parents grow older? When did we move out? When did we have to make our own decisions?

When did we take all of that in passing?

No, I don't deem those milestones insignificant.
I say that they are, in every sense of the word, milestones.

Milestones of a journey that had a starting point.
Not a journey where we wait for one.

Breaths are going to be taken, the heart is going to pump.

Realisation is all we need to comprehend how
we can live today, tomorrow and the next, with flair.

How I can enjoy reading about the
biomechanics of breathing, and perhaps,
not dream about the day I see biologically mechanical lungs.

How I can start getting into shape now, and perhaps,
not wait for a day when I seize the luxury of time to join a fancy gym.

How I can learn more about my religion, and perhaps,
not wait for a day when I have to.

How I can make my parents proud, and perhaps,
become a distinguished doctor.

How I can go to sleep right now, and perhaps,
wake up for class tomorrow.

Artwork of the Week

2010-02-24T16:32:00.006+08:00

If sex were to be personified, it would with surety, take form of the tiger.

This Artwork of the Week (or of the year rather) just arrests. And as I type this on my faux tiger skin bedspread, admiring the print of a magnificent Bengal Tiger that shall soon adorn that empty spot of wall above my bed, I am reminded of a childhood dream. A dream of how someday I would in fact, rear a tiger of my very own.

But I now realise how selfish a dream that was. We live in a time where the Bali, Javan and Persian tiger species are already extinct; The rest that remain are sadly endangered.

I now have a new dream: A dream to see these striped felines I adore so much, survive the generations of time. A dying world, as many choose to see our Earth as, just cannot afford to be sans tigers. It just can't.

"It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight" ~ Survivor

Title: Tiger

Artist: gencebay55

Please do leave comments on what you think of this majestic photograph, and what it does for you.

Far to Go

2010-02-23T05:56:00.011+08:00

"Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,

Thursday's child has far to go,

Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for his living,
And the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay."

~ Mother Goose

I was born on a glorious Thursday, some 19 years ago.
Then, I grew and I grew.
I learnt and I learnt.
But what if, on that eventful day, I hadn't been born?
What if it all was written out differently?

Should we question all the little what ifs,
and wonder how the picture would have been painted?
Or should we just be thankful and peer positively into the horizon?
To look past all the storms ahead.
And still have the zest to want to reach the sky.
And then some.

I know, with every fibre of my being, that I have far to go.
So much further.
But a casual look behind me,
fuels the desire to not only want to continue on;
Rather to charge, with grace and goodness.

It sure helps to have a genuine smile
plastered on my face whilst I'm at it. =)

Quotable Quotes

2009-04-26T09:48:00.003+08:00

"Are we human? Or are we dancer?
My sign is vital. My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees. Looking for the answer
Are we human? Or are we dancer?"

~ The Killers in their song, Human

Artwork of the Week

2009-04-26T08:55:00.007+08:00

Out of the blue.

That's quite the comeback for this chapter that I started sometime back.

This AotW offers a different take on things.
Is what we perceive to see really in fact what is there to be seen?
Or is there always another viewing-angle;
another set of eyes to view things through?

Title: The Sex in the City
Artist: Massimo Gamacurta

Please do leave comments on what you think of this series of photographs, and what it does for you.

Resu-erection

2009-04-12T00:43:00.007+08:00

I haven't done this in the longest time, almost forgot how to.

Anyway, going AWOL all this while has made me want to
delete this thing that people call a blog. But you know what?
You don't give up on something just because you're lazy.

I'm sorry, but for whatever godforsaken excuse I can chalk up,
laze will not be one of them. Haha, okay who am I kidding?

I just decided against it, on account of so many people having
deleted theirs. And I just don't go with the flow. A rebel perhaps? ;-)

So here I am, lying in this sea of a bed.
Sprawled. Supine. Smiling.
Nothing else could be better.

And the antibiotics I'm on seem to be making me all woozy.
So jack this bitch, I'm going to sleep.

Oh, and by the way, how clever is the title? =P

I Might Have Forgottten

2009-02-25T20:16:00.004+08:00

to say goodbye.

So better late then never.

P.S. Its been great. =)

To All My Friends

2009-02-17T15:37:00.005+08:00

who are flying off for studies and such, please take a cue from this woman, if you are unfortunate enough to miss your flight.

Smile

2009-02-11T19:32:00.034+08:00

(Sigh of relief)
After months of agony, I can finally smile.
And not the fake kind of smile you reserve for old aunties.
The genuine type, you know, that is infectious. Annoying, really.

I found out that I'm going to Monash University to pursue my MBBS.
Orientation starts on the 23rd, which is freaking me out because I can visualise the day. You know, like how when you have an exam,
and its nearing, and you can actually see the day it starts
in this little calendar in your head.
Okay, maybe its just me then.

* * *

And don't be silly.

No, I'm not going off to Melbourne in 13 days.
That would be insane. I'm going to be at the Sunway campus.
But somehow, I don't really understand why the reaction that I seem to be getting is that I'm just going to KL. Fine, fine, its only a four hour drive from Penang. But it'll be the very first time I'll be moving out.
Dude, laundry? How the hell does anyone figure out ironing?

Haha, don't mind me. After such a tumultuous journey,
I'm just finally contented. Contented, and smiling.
Now lets go drink! =)

Artwork of the Week

2009-02-07T23:52:00.011+08:00

Perfection. Nuff' said.

Title: Mission One
Artist: Yves Behar

Please do leave comments on what you think of this insanely cool bike, and what it does for you.

Bric-A-Brac

2009-02-07T23:36:00.007+08:00

All good things come to those who wait.
BUT
Time and tide wait for no man.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

BUT
Actions speak louder than words.

You're never too old to learn.

BUT
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Slow and steady wins the race.

BUT
Time and tide wait for no man.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

BUT
Many hands make light work.

Birds of a feather flock together.

BUT
Opposites attract.

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.

BUT
Faith will move mountains.

Silence is golden.

BUT

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Wise men think alike.
BUT
Fools seldom differ.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

BUT
Out of sight, out of mind.

Look before you leap.

BUT
Strike while the iron is hot.

Hold fast to the words of your ancestors.

BUT
Wise men make proverbs and fools repeat them.

Wow

2009-02-03T00:10:00.004+08:00

Can't you help but stare?

Quotable Quotes

2009-01-23T16:03:00.003+08:00

"I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
Just prayed to a god that I don't believe in"

~ The Script in their song, Breakeven

Artwork of the Week

2009-01-23T15:02:00.012+08:00

It seems that as though, for these past few weeks, all my posts comprise AotW's, with intermittent thoughts that stir in my mind.

I have, of course, myself, and only myself to blame.
I just haven't been in the right frame of mind to express myself.
No, it is not writer's block. Its a thirst for inspiration.

And on the quest for stimulus, I came across this poem that changed something. So as the first poem to ever grace AotW, I present it to you, as how Wordsworth would have intended.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed---and gazed---but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

William Wordsworth

Please do leave comments on what you think of this poem, and what it does for you.

Heartless

2009-01-21T09:09:00.007+08:00

They say that God is a woman.

Heartless - Kanye West

Artwork of the Week

2009-01-16T18:09:00.009+08:00

Hello dear readers. This week's AotW caught my eye instantly, when I first glanced upon it. Might I say, its probably one of my most favourite posts to date.

The simplicity of the ivory backdrop provides a perfect platform for the unique piece to stand out. And the colours seem to emanate off the geometrical shapes, with such fluidity.

Click to enlarge

Title Unknown
Artist: Jonathan Puckey

Please do leave comments on what you think of this picture, and what it does for you.

Hope is the Thing with Feathers

2009-01-13T16:47:00.012+08:00

The universe works in mysterious ways.
Whatever you want, its harder to get.
The things you are already blessed with,
you take for granted.
That's the order of things.

But just because it is, doesn't mean it should be.

So I think positively. I picture myself with what I want.
Pensive, in the realms of my mind, everything is as it should be.
But then I take that harsh journey back to reality.

And suddenly, I just don't know what to do.
How do I move on? Why me?

I try my best. I put myself out there.
I dedicate myself to the world.
I immerse myself in the waters of Life.
Of Love. And of Sense.

Whatever said and done, I am still going to pick myself up.
I shall muster the strength, and will to succeed.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can? No.
I know I can! I know I can! I know I can!

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high.
And the dreams that you dreamed of, once in a lullaby
I will find my rainbow.
And those dreams will become reality.

But, who can say where the road goes,

Where the day flows?
Only time.

Artwork of the Week

2009-01-09T19:34:00.005+08:00

The human body is a beautiful thing.
A woman's body is even more ravishing.

This week's AotW celebrates the exquisiteness that is the female form, juxtaposed against vibrant hues.

Click to enlarge

Title: Shondra II
Artist: *JZino

Please do leave comments on what you think of this picture, and what it does for you.

Gaga over GaGa

2009-01-07T22:08:00.003+08:00

Lady GaGa is the shit.

Check out Starstruck below.

Artwork of the Week

2009-01-02T19:10:00.002+08:00

This week's piece is very simple, but that does not take away from its brilliance. I'll let the picture do the talking.

Title: HAPPY WANDERER
Artist: *THOM-B-FOTO

Please do leave comments on what you think of this picture, and what it does to you.

Hellogoodbye

2009-01-02T18:46:00.007+08:00

Its 2009. A new year. A fresh start. However, I only say that because its what people want to hear and believe.

But truth be told, is there really such a thing as a fresh start? We carry along with us, the skeletons in our closet, the friendships of our past, and everything along the way. So what is this fresh start that we humans strive so hard to obtain?

Yes for most of us, a new year is a new experience. But in a lifetime, we don't get the chance to keep on wiping our slates clean, just because its the new year. We just don't.

I apologise for a rather somber post, but for some unexplained reason, I'm not feeling too good right now. I had an awesome New Year's. And I'm usually a very happy person. I guess I'm just waiting for things to fall into place. All I can do is wait.

The thing is, I'm not a very patient guy.

My Story So Far

2008-12-29T17:10:00.004+08:00

This year has, as cliché as it may sound, been the most memorable chapter of my life, thus far. It has made me grow as a person, in ways I never thought possible. It has shown me the good, the bad and the ugly. It has changed me, for what I pray is for the better.

But this journey of mine does not end here. I will continue to leave my footprints in the sand, to soar as high as I can, and to live without regret. All I can do is recollect 18 years of experiences and memories, and make more to add into my sack.

As I peer into the near future, I see so much of change in line for me. 2009 will be an experience quite unlike any other.

So from a week which started in one year and which will end in the next, I shall continue penning this story of mine. And I don't see myself running out of ink anytime soon.

Happy New Year. May you be the best that you can be.

Artwork of the Week: Dedicated to Victims of the '04 Tsunami

2008-12-26T11:37:00.009+08:00

Another Friday, another post (but this is no ordinary Friday). Anyway, it is so very strange how when I was reviewing possible pieces to put up here, the ones that really caught my eye were riddled with images of the ocean in all its form.

Call that chance, or whatever you may, but I feel otherwise. So, in memory of the many many thousands who lost their lives in the 2004 Boxing Day malady that was the tsunami, I present to you this week's piece of art that struck something, somewhere, somehow.

Note: Piece is best viewed when enlarged. Click on image to do so.

Artist: pedroinacio
Title: From my window IV

P.S. I really could use this guy's work every single week because it is so stunningly beautiful, but I try my best to diversify the pictures. Also, please do no forget to tell me how you interpret this piece, or anything really, about this work of art.

What the Funk

2008-12-24T16:51:00.007+08:00

Haha, I came across this on Tracy's blog.

(click to enlarge)

So how hobo-like do I look?

(Btw, this picture was taken at the start of the year)

Nocturne

2008-12-18T19:43:00.005+08:00

Since I'm on holiday, I have the liberty of being nocturnal. And boy, I'm in my element. I guess a career in medicine, what with all the odd working hours and all, will suit me perfectly.

Here I share with you a poem I once studied in my Literature in English class. The title seems apt, or apt enough to describe my lifestyle.

nocturne

Muhammad Haji Salleh

tonight we have the sea

and sky to help us live.

the winds that blow from behind us

persuade us to go into the future,

tell us not to fear

tranquility or difference.

late tonight we borrow the music of nature

to mend the rhythm of our souls

newly broken by the pace of machines

i hold your hand

to marry my body to your lucidity.

in this dawn

we find a world

that understand us.

we string our experiences

as proof of our humanness.

Artwork of the Week

2008-12-16T18:33:00.009+08:00

I know its not Friday, but seeing as to how I missed last Friday's posting, here is this week's artwork of the week.

This piece depicts so much imagery and is so potently truthful in these times.

Please do leave comments on what you think of this picture, and what it does to you. Its really welcoming to hear how one single picture can mean so many different things to various individuals. That my friend, is the beauty of art.

Title: GQ Magazine - II

Artist: ^archanN

Double Frick

2008-12-16T17:40:00.002+08:00

Well, in my previous post I had mentioned that my SACE results were going to be released on Monday, and this conclusion of mine was drawn after multiple visits to the SSABSA website.

HOWEVER, these sneaky mofos cleverly decided to be so very vague about things. So after putting me through a sleepless night of turmoil, I discover that my marks are going to be out tomorrow, on Wednesday, at 8.30 a.m. South Australian time which is at 6.00 a.m. here in Penang.

So tomorrow is really THE DAY.

Wish me luck, people!

Frick

2008-12-11T15:22:00.003+08:00

I recently found out that my SACE results, which everyone thought was going to be out next Thursday, is going to be released on Monday, the 15th of December. Dude, thats in like 5 days or something. Weak man. Totally weak.

I shall return to panic mode shortly.

On a side note however, my WiFi router has just decided not to work, so I have to rely on my brother's computer to use the internet. This might explain why I haven't posted anything here in almost a week.

Have a nice day =)

Artwork of The Week

2008-12-06T01:01:00.005+08:00

I'm about an hour late, but here it is. I think the best thing I like about this piece is its title. And the fact that its really really cool.

Please do leave comments on what you think of this picture, and what it does to you.

Title: The Mere Shell of a Man

Artist: BrainsgoBoink

Happy Birthday Mom

2008-12-01T17:33:00.003+08:00

To the greatest woman who has had to put up with the hardship of raising three sons, I thank you mom.

Have a wonderful birthday. I love you so very much.

Your Momma Really Should've Told Ya

2008-11-29T01:20:00.007+08:00

I just don't quite seem to understand why people use the word 'random' so loosely.

Seriously. Omg. Wtf. Bbq. Osama. Random.

Some people (see how I'm not generalising, here *halo*), after careful deliberation, find it so very necessary to flaunt their ~~seemingly~~ flawless command of English, by using 'random' at the whim, in a conversation.

Sebagai contoh:

Randomboi68: Like, how random is it that the sky is randomly blue today?

Beyonce Knowles: If I were a boy, I'd be a better man.

Randomboi68: How random of you.

Beyonce Knowles: Your English is impeccable. Marry me!!!

Randomboi68: Randommmmmmmm. [*I am so effin clever*]

I have nothing more to say here. So watch this totally random video.

(Random)

Mumbai Massacre

2008-11-28T01:56:00.003+08:00

In wake of the recent events that have plagued the capital of India, my thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims and their families.

Lets observe a moment of silence to pay respects to all who are suffering.

*moment of silence*

It is truly unfortunate, or disgusting rather, that even though we as a populace have moved on to such great heights in our evolution, things like this continue to push us to our own demise.

God bless us all.

Artwork of the Week: A Prologue

2008-11-28T00:30:00.001+08:00

This is just something I've been meaning to do since I've started my blog. So I shall get to it.

This shall be a weekly section which will be published every Friday (hopefully), in which I will showcase a particular piece of art that has piqued my interest.

And as I write this, I am quite certain that I will not adhere to these terms (see, now you know a little more about me *wink wink*).

It may be a piece that has made me smile, made me think, or has raised my eyebrows.

It may be in vivid colour, or exclusively black and white.

It may be a painting, a photograph, a song or a poem.

Nothing is off limits, as art is well, art.

I may come back to an older post far off in the future and possibly hate every aspect of it, but that's basically what this section is about.

It will show something that at some point of time in my life, has caught my attention, for some reason or another.

So to commemorate the start of this section, let me share with you a piece of work that to me, seems to signify the dawn of a new beginning.

Title: Icarus Project - Study III

Artist: pedroinacio

Why. Oh. Gee. Aye. Bee. Aye. En.

2008-11-27T01:39:00.005+08:00

So stupid.
So so stupid.

Springtime

2008-11-20T16:22:00.002+08:00

There's a tune in the air, of bittersweet rasps,
It wisps through your hair, without many a grasp.

A rhapsody of song, it neighs, it prongs,
Poignant it may be, its seemingly wrong.
Your mask of tears, of woe, of fear,
Diffuses through the melody, it makes it unclear.

Tangerines of scent, they twitter and fly,
Now look, dainty maid, at the butterflies cry.

Curls and furls of unjust lust,
Poof, these tendrils, they turn into dust.
We had our secret recipe, my delicious wife,
But time has come, where I shall sample your life.

.dss, undated.

I Now Have A Blog

2008-11-14T19:50:00.000+08:00

Hello and welcome. I now have a blog.

Yes, I know, its very unlike me. This coming from a guy who swore he'd never get one. But don't get me wrong here, I still stand by my belief that blogs are totally gay and most of the ones that I have read are stupid beyond belief. So so stupid.

However, after a conversation I had with a friend some time back, it got me thinking. Having a blog makes it that much easier to keep in touch with friends that you come across along the way. I mean, how often is it that you actually meet up with the people that were once an integral part of your life?

As the tides turn, and the winds shift, I shall go against my word of never setting up one, in the name of change (that's the only way I'm going to justify this).

So hello and welcome. Brace yourself for an experience quite unlike any other, for I now have a blog. =)