August 2011
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“When we are afraid, we shoot. But when we are nostalgic, we take pictures.”
– Susan Sontag, On Photography
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SHINee concert!
I’ve finally stopped being lazy and decided to post some photos of the SHINee concert I attended in Nanjing a week ago. Before you un-follow me in disgust (or follow me in delight, lmao), know that I only went to accompany a friend who’s a major fan. Kpop music really isn’t my thing, FYI, though I’ve become resigned to its existence. It did mean, however, tons of awesome...
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I had a dream, once.
The sky spanned a wide blue prairie, swung open like a window on a sweet summer morning. I looked at him – us – crouched stiffly on the last visible strip of land, and wondered if anyone would save us from the drowning world.
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“A fake painting falsifies the history of art. A fake photograph falsifies...”
– Susan Sontag, On Photography
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“My heart aches with places lost and things remembered.”
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James Blunt concert!
Thank you for all your lovely comments and support for my A-level grades, guys, haha; I love you all. In other news, I also attended a James Blunt concert in Guangzhou today for free (whoo, cousin’s connections!) Overall, it was incredible: people actually all got up in the middle of the concert, i.e. not sitting down poker-faced like Chinese people normally are. And James Blunt...
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university!
Okay, so my art foundation year at Kingston is unconditional, but that’s besides the point. My grades still matter for my re-application to UK art unis next year. This morning, I woke up at 12:45 AM, because exam results were supposed to come out at 1PM here in China, but found out that everyone else had already accessed their results hours ago, which was freaking irritating.
My results...
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“There’s no such thing as perfect writing, just like there’s no such...”
– Haruki Murakami
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the moulin escapists
I remember her face as being small and white, perfect as an upside down egg and as illuminating as a wide, un-shuttered moon.
“The show must go on!”
Those were always the words she uttered backstage to our crew, words of sorcery that lifted the dust from our spirits and banished sullen demeanors. Gone were the thoughts of days hard to come by, of tomorrow, of yesterday. We lived only for tonight,...
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“At nineteen, she fell in love with a legend: she fell in love with an allegory...”
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The Opening, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek: from Total...
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london riots.
I love London. I love its streets, its history, its diversity, its culture: thus, these riots seem all the more repulsive to me. They were not started by disgruntled people with no jobs. This was not about race, or the discrimination against minorities. This was started by violence and absolute fucking stupidity of mindless teenage youths mimicking each other and reveling in the crimes they have...
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“If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.”
– Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
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“It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
– Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
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