Beautiful Amnesia

Scuba Cat

OMG This is a scuba diving cat!

I woke up this morning from an insightful but stressful dream that carried along well into my waking hours. It injected a huge dose of self-doubt and confusion into most of my morning. In fact, I am still recovering from the murky depth of the whole event that seemed to have transitioned so seamlessly from subconscious into consciousness. I was going to write about it here and then realised that it was much too personal so I’ve written about it somewhere else at great length and in detail. I do understand that it takes from any content this post was going to have, but when I said in my previous post that I was hoping to have more thoughtful posts, I definitely got way more than I bargained for.

For now I am satisfied that as I am writing this, I am actually yes, sane. I can’t testify to this same statement a couple of hours ago. Still a little confused but definitely sane. Although I can see why if you are reading this, you may think that none of this actually makes sense and would rather disagree with my sanity.

Therefore, to make life seem a lot more simple, here are some pictures taken yesterday at St Kilda. I took Jeff who was here for one little day for some Grill’d Burgers and a stroll by the beach. St Kilda is always magical at sunset – at least to me. It has been home to my solitude many a times, and my reminder that humanity is not all there is – yes some of my favourite insights have been born there. The little penguins seem to think so too!

All photos were taken with my iphone, which was all I had on me yesterday unfortunately. Taking pictures keep me anchored, and I am especially grateful to its role in my life especially after this morning. Taking a picture, also justifies for me, quite a lot of everything.

It’s been a while since I updated the blog. I knew this would happen … I’d get caught up with things that are faster, easier and require much less thought … like Twitter. You know, writing a line here, putting a punctuation there, and developing ADHD along the way.

But just quickly (if it’s possible to blog anymore quickly than this), the weekends have been spent getting out of the city. The most recent jaunt was to Warburton. I had never been there before but I can’t think why not. It’s only a 40 minute or so drive (if you’re lucky with the traffic) out of Melbourne and it makes a world of a difference.

The light rain was refreshing, the downpour was exciting and the fog was mysterious. Here are the photos. More thoughtful posts to come in the near future I hope.

This whole article’s a flooze and intentionally so but you got to love what they come up with!

Barbra Streisand, long-time proponent of gay marriages, was elated by the news and couldn’t help but wish her confreres a joyous life together, “While this most certainly will not help Keanus limited acting abilities, the fact that he sleeps next to another man every night, makes me proud to be ugly and American.” Streisand, who lost most of her talent back in the early 60s, followed that up with a Yiddish salute, “Mazeltov, gay men…mazeltov!”

Read the rest of this hilarious article here :

via Keanu gets married!.

I am so glad it’s the weekend because I woke up this morning with images in my head. They were made up of colours … mainly natural colours. Textures and details. Intricate yet bold.

So I rolled over, grabbed my laptop and here’s what I came up with. An old photograph I had forgotten about has been re-looked and given a breath of new life.

Yes to weekends and lazy mornings. Yes to sunshine. Yes to a nice drive out to nature later in the afternoon with my camera. I’m looking forward to it.

K: anyway, who am I to say what’s nice or not nice …
Me: precisely, that should be up to me.

What I have to deal with on a Monday morning.

E-mail Sent out on Friday

> To: Undisclosed-recipients
> Re: Course in 2010 – Information session at 1pm Monday 2 Nov in Arts Centre-509

Dear students,
>
> This is to advise all students interested in enrolling in *** course in 2010 that at 1pm this Monday 2 November,
> ***, the coordinator of the subject, will be running an
> information session about the course and the enrolment requirements.
> Please find the details below:
>
> Information session for students interested in enrolling in the ***
>
> Date: Monday 2 November 2009
> Time: 1pm
> Venue: Room 509, 5th floor, Arts Centre
>
> All students who are interested in enrolling in the course are
> strongly advised to attend this information session.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> ***

E-mail received this morning

From: ***
To: Wen
Re: Course in 2010 – Information session at 1pm Monday 2 Nov in Arts Centre-509

Hi Wen

I would just like to know where abouts the meeting will be held on Monday.

Thanks
***

I’ve been whining about being homesick for Singapore the past couple of weeks but it was a day like yesterday that really reminded me why I have clung on to Melbourne.

When the weather is makes a long anticipated turn from an extended winter into a subtle spring … moving quickly into summer – the skies get a deeper shade of blue. Everything feels fresh … yes this is why. And I love the wide open spaces, just minutes from the city. The ability to get into your car and just drive for a short time or forever. Or jump on to a push bike and pedal along to get almost anywhere you want, on the road or along train tracks, rivers or streams if you like.

The unpredictability of the weather is also amusing – turning quickly from a warm and dry 33 degrees to a cool and windy 24 degrees in the space of an hour. The spontaneous beach jaunt didn’t last very long but it was worth it just for the first few minutes we were there.

The clouds came in quickly in the evening, the lightning spreading across the sky in quick white sheets as if someone was continually peeling a label off our planet earth. What a show it was from inside a divine Turkish restaurant in Brunswick East (Babas if you must know) whilst having wine and slow cooked lamb amongst other interesting samples and fabulous company. The rain started pouring suddenly and intensely before it lost its furor and the night turned balmy and just slightly chilly.

It was perfect for when we finally adjourned to Kim and Bo’s roof terrace where more wine and stunning views of Melbourne city followed. Yes, I still do love you Melbourne.

View of Southgate Footbridge.

View of the Yarra and Southgate.

These photos were taken last Friday night whilst walking home from the city. It had been an evening devoid of any picture type inspiration until the end when I decided that I might as well peek through my viewfinder. Suddenly there they were, in a whole new dimension – the city lights came alive and started flirting with me.

I’m hoping to work on a series of photographs around melbourne and start a project called “Melbourne in Bokeh“. Seems like the nights are getting warmer! I’ll keep you posted.

This is an actual e-mail I received earlier this afternoon.

From: —————–
To: Wen
Subject: RE: Beef Ribs

Turn on oven to low fan 180 degrees, you can put the beef in once the oven has reached this temperature
Cover the pyrex dish that the beef is already in with aluminium foil tightly (I scrunch it at the sides)

Put into the oven and cook for 90mins adding mushrooms in the final 30mins with 1/2 cup of water

After that time eat and enjoy!

I guess this also proves that I am spoilt :p