Featured In Lime Magazine, August 2008

ι click on the image to read the article

I was pretty stoked to find out that one of the photos I took during a shoot for Leon (and Daphne) was used for the August 2008 edition of Lime Magazine. I took the main photo on the page of this article. Leon is DJ Inquisitive and you have to check out his myspace page to listen to some of his beats. He’s an awesome DJ who has won the Singapore DMC Championships twice in 2006 and 2007. He also achieved a top 4 placing in the DMC World DJ Championships.

Fences Keep Feelings At Bay

ι Locking your unhappiness out or locking your happiness in

[View of the Sydney Airport from the parking lots at the break of dawn. Our A380 arrived pretty early and we were waiting for other passengers to arrive before the shuttle bus made its first trip of the day into the city.]

The Sky And The Sea In Sydney

ι The sky is the sea is the sky

[My view of the bridge across the water from the benches where I was sitting at the Sydney Fish Market while waiting for a grilled lobster, heaps of salmon sashimi, and gigantic seafood platters to come.]

Escalate

ι Trust your heart, not your emotions

[Standing on the down-escalator one late, lazy afternoon at Circular Quay, Sydney just two weeks ago.]

A Change of Perspective

ι Blurred into beauty

[Strong, sharp stage lights that blur into visions of pentagons rearranging themselves with every blink of my eyes.]

My recent spontaneous coffee sessions have evolved into spontaneous random night walks. I thought I was over certain things then recently I realised I was not, so these walks have helped to take my mind off things. Or rather rearrange my perspectives. Sometimes, emotions and attachments are harder to kick than bad habits.

Side-Portrait

ι Shell – Image 2

I must admit, I was slightly frightened after the hair cut. I initially wanted to go for a little trim, just so that I would look neat at my upcoming graduation ceremony. Then I decided to go with my feelings and get that hair cut. The second my hairstylist snipped off the hair from above my ear, I had a little panic attack in my inside system. Of course, on the outside I seemed cool. It was totally uncool to appear uncool and shaken. I kept trying to make up my mind as she cut my hair whether I had made a correct choice or not. I could not decide.

As I walked away from the hair salon, staring at my reflection in the mirrors of the overhead escalators, it got me thinking a bit. About confidence. And how in this modern day, people bank so much of their confidence on their outward appearance (coincidentally a topic of conversation I had earlier on with my beautician). I suddenly had to deal with the uncertainty of not feeling confident in a ’safe’ hairstyle. Felt slightly stripped bare and had to readjust what I had confidence in. Now, as I look at this photo, the irony of it is pushed that bit further with the image of a long-haired girl I have on my top. And if you look closer, you see the crack of the paint on the wall behind me. Read between the lines?