the not-so-news

So every now and again there are things that i want to keep in this mini journal that don't exactly fit into the general scheme of things. Yeah, I'm one of those people who likes to email people random but could-be interesting news tidbits.

like LIFE-SIZE GUNDAM for instance. Call me slow, but I had read about this weeks, maybe months ago, and it really only hit me now how awesome this lifesize gundam is. there's really nothing more amazing than a life-size gundam, imho. I still have the plastic assemble-it-yourself gundams that debby and denise bought me a few years back. One more reason to visit Japan. >.<

if there was one person to bring along with me for this one, it would be GEKSHAN! lol She was the one who lent me the whole few seasons of Gundam anime in sec four, resulting in a many sleepless nights and days of annoying Adeline by sleeping in class. Oh god the days of being a anime and manga nut. I still have the entire series of Fruits Basket and Cardcaptor Sakura at home. I am such a girl.

and how Blur completely rocked Hyde Park, even though again, I'm in the wrong city. I've always had a thing for Blur, since way back when my uncle used to subscribe to cable (MTV) and I would spend my mornings and early afternoons watching music videos in primary school. (It was during this time that I fell in love with Suede as well.)

speaking of cities, Paris: Christian Lacroix's latest and maybe even last show. It was stunning, and heartwarming to think how the community came together to lend money, shoes etc to pull the whole thing together. The New York Times has a good coverage of this, and the general Parisian trend of paring down fancy looks.

also, back home: would like to highlight this local writer Low Kay Hwa, who's been challenging the odds and writing and publishing his own books, written mainly for a young audience, teens, maybe young adults. I haven't read any of the books, but I think what this guy is doing is very admirable.

This is a buzz-period for me, those times when every lightbulb in your brain just lights up with ideas, images, songs, and different things. It's exciting, energizing, refreshing and liberating, and I begin to feel like myself again. :)