Amekaze
Note: Foreign entries before 9 AUG 2006 will be in Chinese Simplified or Japanese encoding. Entries thereafter will use Unicode encoding.

   

<< February 2010 >>
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
 01 02 03 04 05 06
07 08 09 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28


Target List

Photography
Nikon D3
Nikon D700
Nikon D300
Nikon FM2

AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G
AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G
AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G

AF-S NIKKOR 17-35mm f/2.8D

AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4D
AF MICRO-NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8D
AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D

AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G

NIKKOR AI-s 28mm f/2.8

Nikon Speedlight SB-900

Design/Work
ColorMunki Photo
Pantone colour chart
A3 printer
Scanner
MacBook Pro
24" LCD Monitor
3.5" Internal HDD
2.5" External HDD
3.5" External HDD

Lifestyle
Playstation 3
Nintendo DS Lite
Sony PSP
iPod touch
Slim compact digital camera
Bluetooth headset

Bigger wardrobe
Bigger computer table
Single Day-Bed
HD-Ready TV
Standalone multimedia player

Change of wardrobe fashion
Ray-Ban aviator shades
Running shoes
Tote bag

Subscriptions
Computer Arts
Computer Arts Projects
IdN
Lurzer's Archive
Creative Review
Territory


Keen To Pick Up

Class 2B
Underwater Diving
Powercraft License
Photography Make-Up
Wakeboarding
Sign Language
Skydiving
Aircraft Flying


Want To Master

Japanese Language

 

If you want to be updated on this weblog Enter your email here:



rss feed


Friday, February 05, 2010
2010 Pirelli Calendar (NSFW)

Warning: Everything in this post is NSFW (not safe for work)!

Sexual but not overly so, honest and inspiring and most definitely beautiful!

Very interesting to hear the photographer's thoughts and seeing the trust between him and the models, to the extent that everyone can just be so comfortable being in their own skins.

The Making of the 2010 Pirelli Calendar by Terry Richardson from Rafael Rubira on Vimeo.

Here's a full look at the calendar.
http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2010/01/28/pirelli-calendar-2010-a-full-look-nsfw/

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
10 Precious Slots

Fighting with 72 + 40 + 64 others.

Monday, January 25, 2010
Beyond the Surface

There is something that is just that quite attractive about her.

Sunday, January 24, 2010
The One Word That Drives The Survival of the World

Why?

Friday, January 22, 2010
Weird Dreams

I dreamt I was attached. Again.
And that MUJI was on sale at super low prices! Wootz.

Sunday, January 17, 2010
Why I Don't Have A Girlfriend

4 page thesis by Peter Backus, a fourth year PhD student and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick.

Why I Don't Have A Girlfriend

Tell me about it. Haha.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
You Still Don't Understand What It Means To Come From The Heart

Lighting was like a little bit of charting into unknown territories for me especially after hearing horror stories from the photography majors. But sitting in class and listening to Wayne, I think this will be one of the modules I'll be liking the most at the end of it all.

And Wayne talked about shooting from the heart. To do that, you need to understand what's coming from within. And I think I can feel where he's coming from. I think he's right. I should try stepping out of that introverted self and maybe just try to understand myself better.

Hopefully Wayne and Danne this semester will allow me to at least see some light at the end of the tunnel.

Monday, January 11, 2010
开学咯!

School starts today!

May it be a good semester ahead!

Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Shrouded in Uncertainty

As every semester goes by, it seems to affirm the unescapable fact that I just do not seem to cut out as a graphic designer. If results are anything to go by, it would only hint that I am more a typographer than a graphic designer. I wouldn't say I put in the most of hard work into graphic design, but I think I pride myself with whatever I do to say that I've put in enough. Yet increasingly, all it does tell me is that I do not have the talent to cut it out.

Yes, the future is shrouded in uncertainty. Gone were the younger days, where dreams were made of fantasy. Where I could dream of myself being the next footballing son, the next top character designer for Square, the next this, the next that. Maybe it's because I'm a pefectionist, that all I can think of is, "If you're not the best, then why bother?" As the quote goes, "The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action." Because we all start to see the complexities and shades of grey in something, that dreams are not so simple as they seemed to be before.

I think I've said this many times before, that I have seemed to lost the drive to become the best there is. It's easier said than done. Things like, "you're not working hard enough", "take action", "passion drives you" and all that nice sounding phrases. And I'm always saying, yet not taking action, because it feels like a chore. I don't think that is the way it should be. I don't think passion should feel like it's a burden. Maybe I just haven't found the path I was set to walk on. Yet as you grow older, the reality creeps in. I'm only formally trained in what I'm doing now, and if I fail, what else can I do? I'm 25 this year, and there is little time for failure left. Reality often conflicts with what an individual really wants. I really do not want to work just for the sake of putting rice on the table, but I have to take up the responsibility of earning the keep of the family sooner or later. What you want to do, is slowly taken over by what you need to do. And because money makes the world go round, there's little choice for us middle income individuals.

Maybe I'm just having a bad day. That I woke up from a dream, or call it a nightmare if you want, that left me feeling unwell. Not that I was physically sick, but more like I was mentally traumatised. Then for the rest of the day, I just lay on bed, refusing to get up from it, sleeping to escape from the realities of the world, hoping that nightmares wouldn't haunt me again.

When I got up, it was already dark. Yet, not feeling any better, and still feeling depressed and unmotivated, as I write this entry. Knowing that I've been all alone these 25 years, with not a single other that I can bare my soul out to, does not help one bit at all.

Friday, January 01, 2010
What's Your New Year Resolution?

First post of the new decade!

So what's your New Year resolution?
Mine's 4288 x 2848, 1920 x 1080 and 1680 x 1050.
No prizes for guessing what kind of resolution and which they belong to. Quite straightforward isn't it.

And these are the kind of resolutions that you hope you will keep changing! Especially the 4288 x 2848 one. Rumors has it that a replacement is coming... Heh heh heh

Have a happy 2010 dear readers!

Next Page