A flat grey latte, please

"Off the wall" Street Party at Singapore Art Museum 27 May

2006-05-18T06:30:23Z

Hey guys,

Just calling out to all who might be interested for a street party and Cosplaying.

In conjunction with Fiction@Love
An exhibition on contemporary love in an urban context explored through anime, comics, graphic communication and manga. Organised by Singapore Art Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai.

OFF THE WALL PARTY
27 May (Saturday) • Mural lightshow: 7.30pm • Party: 9.30pm till late

Produced by Style Asia in conjunction with International Museums Day celebrations. Prizes sponsored by Nokia. Mural supported by Nippon Paint.

Calling all Cosplayers and party people! SAM transforms into a mythical Neverland with a one-night only street party hosted by The Sweetalker Sleepwalker. Check out the massive mural on the entire SAM façade by the superpowers of street artists:Clog02,THE KILLER GERBIL, Syco, TRASEONE, ZERO, OneTwoDelta, PFT, SLAC01, Speakcryptic, Maes2ro and ANTZ. Catch Tiramisu live, watch video artworks from the exhibition or just freak out to DJ sets by POPTART. Unleash the imagination and come dressed in your most outlandishly Manga costume or other fantasy characters and stand to win Nokia mobile phones from the N series!

Free entry. Goodie bags for the first 200 party animals to turn up.

The Sweetalker Sleepwalker The usual unusual suspect in the Singapore electronic music/club arena.
The voice to Heineken Music events in Singapore such as the Thirst Asia DJ competitions and Elevation, Re:Percussion parties and most recently, the Motorola Street Style Awards 2005, he has provided live vocal accompaniment to internationally renowned DJs such as Kid Loco (FRA), The Herbaliser (UK) and Lo Fidelity Allstars (UK).

POPTART thought of it first with their club night featuring a little bit of britpop, indie, shoegaze, alternative, grunge, postrock, twee, punk, electro and synthpop – all the music that meant something to you in those youthful carefree days. Winner of the ‘Best New Club Night’ in Juice magazine’s Best of 2005, POPTART has performed at Baybeats, as well as Mosaic Music Festival, Phuture, Zouk KL. POPTARt happens every month at Home Club.

Tiramisu A band with mystical sexualities and morbid desires for music. A mini clown rock jamboree and a devastated disco discontent, balancing kitsch and cock rock with the serious subject of human condition. Their live performances are known for aimless surprises, spontaneity, and the infamous chicken dance routine. The band will be releasing their first album at the end of the year, but if you can’t wait for that, come to the Party!

 Visit www.singart.com for programme updates and details
 Call 6332 3220 or email nhb_sam_programs@nhb.gov.sg for enquiries and registration. All information is correct at time of printing. The museum reserves the right to amend or alter programmes without prior notice.
 Singapore Art Museum is located at 71 Bras Basah Road
 Enquiries: Front Desk – 6332 3222. Opening hours: 10.00am – 7.00pm (Daily). Free admission on Fridays: 6.00pm -9.00pm
 Daily guided tours available.

qinz @ 2004-09-13T22:07:00

2004-09-13T12:09:25Z

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Blue skies and open fields

2004-09-12T09:04:21Z

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qinz @ 2004-08-28T22:26:00

2004-08-28T12:27:29Z

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Cheesecake exploring

2004-08-24T10:20:14Z

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Cloisters

2004-08-23T10:18:20Z

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Driving around Brisbane

2004-08-23T10:15:30Z

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qinz @ 2004-08-08T18:00:00

2004-08-08T08:02:29Z

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qinz @ 2004-07-21T13:31:00

2004-07-21T03:30:41Z

_{I'm sick again.}

the migration has started towards, lucentstreak

Reminder to self

2004-07-18T01:49:53Z

- I am no longer 16 therefore I have no business trying to out run a 16 year old on a soccer field.

- I am not flexible at all, therefore balls that hit my pinky and try to bend it backwards hurt me. I ought to call injury time but didn't.

- I am not invincible, if a ball comes into hard, brutal contact on the side where I have a stitch running at the same time, I will not try to get up 5 seconds later and nods to the ref and yell, "play on"

- There are always news parts of the body that ache after intense soccer games. Each week is another lesson of "well...I didn't know I had muscles there."

On the other end of the spectrum

- Worst porn movie names ever.

Another restless night spent doing nothing

2004-07-15T12:40:24Z

_{1. 2. 3.

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qinz @ 2004-07-14T22:38:00

2004-07-14T12:46:41Z

Yeah...I did both ankles in again tonight.
For those who haven't met me in person before, I'm the person whom the world created to be a weapon of greater destruction on heels than the WMDs in Iraq.

As one of my girl friends would tell me, "God, qinz, you would even trip over flat land. Please kindly move to some country where there isn't any stairs before you kill yourself."

Yes, I'm not terribly coodinated when it comes to human movement and neither am I rather graceful when it comes to dance.

But a blessing that came out of all those trips and falls in my youth is that I have perpetual unusually bendy ankles. Like I would be able to balance on the outer side of my both my feet for extended peroids of time. And even if I roll both my ankles in soccer, I'm usually back to peak form in less than 5 minutes.

While people snap ligaments like crazy in soccer and have bruises the size of a square on a soccer ball, I have bendy ankles that seemed to soak the up the pressure and boney shins that seemed to bring people down and they stay down.

Frightful isn't it?

Tonight, I landed on both ankles in different incidences badly. The second one more serious than the first considering, I was tackling the ball but got tackled/stomped back in the left ankle at the same time.

I'll be fine a bit but I think I need thicker ankle guards. The ones I'm wearing doesn't really hold my ankle together and still allows them to go bendy really easily.

Day off

2004-07-13T08:41:42Z

I need some sleep
time to put the old horse down
I’m in too deep
and the wheels keep spinning round

qinz @ 2004-07-13T08:30:00

2004-07-12T22:37:57Z

I am getting slowly tired of the RPG. Perhaps I've just put too much into it and there are no signs of fruitation yet. The struggle to try to keep waving the flag while smiling is a little hard. The fact that I don't know if I should push or not to push makes it doubly hard

Perhaps I ought to take the day off and head out somewhere. That I will. Head off to the city once again and sit at the edge. Find a greasy food stall and buy a burger, munch on the beetroot and watch people walk past me.

Or I could go to the art gallery and immerse myself in the sanctity of art but only to be disturbed by knowing faces of my ex-colleagues. Perhaps I will go to borders and spend the next 2 hours there swiping my dad's credit card to no avail and charging it under research but really just read the comics and the art magazines.

I am at lost of what I want and how to get it. The two psyche hasn't really matched up really. I'm still pondering if I should move my journal to lucentstreak and just save it all. But I realized that I have about 1 years worth of entries left in this journal which would be totally eliminated if I leave.

What is worse is that I had done it with morwath too and lost about 3 years worth of words. How can words be measured on a journal, through time?

And there was light

2004-07-11T09:19:15Z

New people have moved into the building and as usual we had the welcome party in which I got hideously drunk again. Was supposed to head out to the valley fiesta but never made it out of my house thanks to vodka etc.

Just found out that my brother nearly totalled my dad's car 1.5 weeks ago while he was out. I don't know what to say but. *sigh*. Thank god he only injured his left arm but to have totalled the car, I can only imagine how much my dad would have hurt considering that its his prize possession which is only about 3-4 years old. Sigh..lets not mention about the mortgage.

I don't think I have anything worth writing.

Reasons why not to have an afternoon nap

2004-07-06T12:11:47Z

It's 10 pm and I'm more fucking awake now than at 10 this morning. *groan*

In other words, I won the icon contest at xmen_icontest for this week for the first time. And my first entry too. Interesting...considering I never really made an icon before until this year.

Funny how like shabby this journal is in comparison to lucentstreak. I'm thinking if I should extend its paid account thingie because the only thing I like about it is the lay out and the font for it.

It's hell damm neat. Or I could do the reverse and get a paid account for this and fix up the same old stuff.

Lastly wondering if I should be using both accounts.

Jobs and procrastination.

2004-07-06T01:16:40Z

As I draw near to the end of my postgraduate studies, I stare out there and wonder, "what I am going to do?" The whole reality bites angst has been expected to fall onto my head soon but I'm still staring at it wondering how I can put my foot to it.

My lecturer has offered to put the word out for me and when she does, she really does it. However, the problem is more that I have to decide where I want to work.

Brisbane seemed rather comfortable at this time especially with the new found ties with the soccer team and people. I guess I'm easing to it but I fear its too comfortable for some one my age.

Sydney and Melbourne are ticks there but can I afford the move?

Let's not mention America and the United Kingdom.

How on earth am I to work out where I want to work when the first question that hits me whenever I think about it is whether I can afford the move?

Some old shots

2004-07-05T15:33:25Z

_{Thinking of moving the photos to lucentstreak}

Tonight

2004-07-05T14:27:05Z

And tonight,
I will sleep.
Forgetting the tortures of having to walk up at 4 am for a scocer game.
Forgetting the sharp rejection.

Live again to see another day,
to play another match,
to make more icons maybe.

How dour.

Portugal vs. Greece 0-1

2004-07-05T01:28:05Z

How to make a qinz

Ingredients:

5 parts friendliness

3 parts silliness

5 parts instinct

Method:
Blend at a low speed for 30 seconds. Top it off with a sprinkle of wisdom and enjoy!

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

4:45 am - 7

ugh

7-8
crazy greeks driving down the main street hooting horns.

ugh

Winter cleaning

2004-07-03T23:57:54Z

Now and I would get into the mood of trying to regiment my life once more after the entire frenzy of essays. Treading on the carpet, I realized it had been ages since I last vacuumed it and to me it was an affront to my abilities to live as a single female.

Grabbing the vacuum cleaner, I did the carpet quickly and realized the whole room was dusty. My mom would have been so proud of me to know that I actually used dettol to mix with the water to wipe the dust off nearly every surface of my room. *grin*

Where is this going? I think everyone needs an opportunity to clean up their life in however small aspect it might be.

Spiderman 2 and all

2004-07-01T11:49:44Z

_{You are a WECF--Wacky Emotional Constructive Follower. This makes you a candle burning at both ends. You work until you drop, and you play until you can stand to work again. You have so much enthusiasm that you can find it hard to control on your own, and you appreciate the guidance that channels your energy and lets you be your best.

In a relationship, you require lots of attention and support. You often over-contribute and end up feeling depleted and cheated. You may benefit from more time alone than you grant yourself.

Your driving force is the emotional support of others--especially affection. You can run on empty for miles if you have positive energy behind you. Without it--as it occasionally must run dry--you are depressive, listless, and difficult to motivate.

You need a lot of affection. Get it any way you can, but never at the cost of your self-respect or well-being.}

Hmmm...how true... Went to catch Spiderman2 today. It was great but what was better was having dinner with Meg and Kelly again. It has been 5 months since I had catch up with them ol' folks and we sat and chatted.

I'm tired. very tired today and haven't really got anything to add. I'm moving most of the icons making and logs to lucentstreak but keeping the photography on this page. I guess makes sense at one stage.

Moving on to animated gif icons [I belong in iconoholics anonymous]

2004-06-28T15:36:57Z

_{1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.
7. 8. 9.}

Inane soccer update

2004-06-27T07:41:11Z

"You LLLLOOOOVEEE THE BALL!

YOU WAAANNNNTTT THE BALL!

ITS YOUR BALL!!"

--> Soccer coach 2 weeks before.

"LIKE A TIGER!!
GET THE BALL!!"

--> Soccer coach last week's training

The girls' interpretation

"Like a Tiger!
For the very first time,
Like a TTTIIIIGGER!!"
_{to the tune of Maddie's "Like a virgin"}

*face palm*

qinz @ 2004-06-24T10:55:00

2004-06-24T00:58:16Z

Words and images fill up my mind.
Late night chatter of men, maritial affairs and soccer tactics over cigarettes and a glass of wine. White printed paper with incomprehensible thought and written diahorrea spewed across.

Creative projects numbering one to x filling up the desk space

_{And I can sleep now
Resting my head on these floating ideas and despoiled paper.}