oh sweet sunday please don't end.

SITTING ON A CORNFLAKE

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

some random thoughts before i leave for work:

psychedelia, vegetating, ideas images concepts theories as i lay down on a grassy slope with possibly a tree closeby.. i shield my eyes from the sun lazily with a bent arm, the shadows my fingers cast distracts me and they start to flap and dance, like a bird and sometimes, like a phoenix.

when i'm ready i'll rise, and i'll enjoy my barefeet steps brushing gently the stoic grass, i'll approach the lone tree and i will hug it.

goodbye, see you soon.

TODAY PICKS OLD DAYS

a spot of smile at lunch...

Yvette: hi darling

had your lunch?

Shivanan: having..

Yvette: whats for lunch?

Shivanan: fired noodles..

Yvette: fired!

poor noodles...

Shivanan: yes it was doing a poor job of being noodles

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excerpts of my playlist picks for today:

Richard Hawley sways me with his lullaby tunes and dreamy guitar rifts.. not forgetting his deep soothing vocal reverbs. oh.

The Divine Comedy - reminded by Richard Hawley's vocals, I pulled out some old Divine Comedy tracks, feeling reminiscent of similar bassy vocals.

Patrick Watson I've been going on about him recently (ref. sidebar playlist for samples). I love the creative layering in his music to complement his haunting vocals. It's theatrics in music! Awesome.

AN INDIE POST-ROCK AFFAIR

recently someone brought to my attention, or rather, commented succinctly that he's not as into post-rock music as i am. it was just odd, simply because it was so obvious, and yet i never really categorised it myself. it IS true that post-rock as a genre, has been gaining grounds with my music preference since the year 1999 and culminating in 2004/05/06, and it has sorta plateau at its peak since then.

i suppose it began with Tortoise's second album, 1996's Millions Now Living Will Never Die, which i only picked up in 1998. the indie ambient experimental sounds drew me in and would get me transfixed for ages. on with more tuneful Stereolab, Laika, Sea and Cake.
gradually the next wave of indie post-rock saw further growth in its sounds, and bands like Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Explosions In The Sky, gave greater depths and wider expanses in their music landscape! The rebellious riot tones of rock as we remember it takes a backseat in the theme for post-rock groups. With fusions of various genres, post-rock manages to create an androgynous and softer means of subversion. It is akin to the use of 'rock instrumentation' for non-rock purpose, which i guess, worked out really well for me.

back in the beginning whilst exploring the genre, someone (else) once proclaimed mogwai is shite, now that i know better it's too bad i won't have the chance to clarify if that was a statement of conviction or parody.

SOMETHING AFAR APPROACHING STIRS

i need a project

something to brew up stew it buckle up gel it

raise high the roof beam NOW, seymour!

TURKEY TURKIYE!!

SATURDAY MORNING HOME WORKS

this blog is closing on being defunct.

does anyone still visit this?

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made him brekkie consisting of heartstopping bacon grilled to a tanned brown crisp, 2 eggs - sunny side up, buttered toasts and cuppa coffee.

i had my own (!) homemade yoghurt with cereal and dried mulberry fruitbits (from Turkey!) and cuppa coffee.

it's now 2.5 hours after, and he just bought me my 2nd cup of kopitiam kopi, enroute back from buying the News Paper from the neighbourhood.

kopitiam kopi tastes good sipped through a straw. probably bad for your health, melting plastic and all (??), but yea, i've always liked it that way!

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cousin-in-law's wedding dinner tonight. i heard it's full bollywood style with dancing and home-made music videos et al. hehe!

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SOMETHING RED COLOUR THIS WAY COMES

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

wow, so who else is on Live Messenger 2009 (beta)?

i remember when i used to be in the know of these techie updates… now i’m barely aware of what’s new!

alright, this isn’t considered a proper 2009 first blogpost.. i’m trying out a new engine of blogging, let’s see how this goes for now…

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!

CONTEMPLATING COLOURS

home-front: we're moving forward, lotsa decisions, i'm nervous about the colours chosen.. *really* nervous. hmm. i should have more faith... in comedy(!), if you have belief in comedy, it'll be fine. it'll always be well. 

right?

it's all still raw now, mostly in our heads... and i'm pretty sure we don't all see the same visions... i'm close to bursting out of my skin from the adrenaline of second guessing my own decisions!!! 

comedy.

if you have belief in comedy, it'll always be well.

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we met sri for drinks and pub grub dinner last night, which as usual turned out really nice. whenever our discussions on architecture got deeper, shiv had the epl match on telly in the pub to distract himself and would occasionally yell out or sigh in exasperation which would make me jump a little in shock.. hehe.. guess i should get used to that. sri is doing well at school, and we're all really proud of him. making plans to head down for the end-of-semester exhibition this time to support his work (on exhibit! woo!). 

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my room has been sounding a little like a hard rock cafe lately... playing lotsa ELVIS. hahahaha. yea. tell me about it. but c'mon. he's the king. of. rrrock.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

• green tea
  
• grapefruit 
  
• grapefruit juice
  
• brown paper bags
  
• a string of plastic mushrooms possibly alternating between pink and purple in colour
  
• lucy in the sky with diamonds
  
• strangers in the night
  
• frank sinatra
  
• rereading old books
  
• the colour green
  
• sake
  
• fresh seafood
  
• steamed broccoli
  
• Kaelen sings BOBBB THE BUILDDERRR - CAN! HE! BUILD! IT!
  
• VJC Library