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Poi – Maori Performance Art

September 5, 2009 / Culture, Dance and Music, Internet Finds

While doing one of my random YouTube surfing, when I stumbled upon poi, a traditional performance art from the New Zealand’s Maori people. Traditional poi is made of a string and a ball. But what really intrigues me is modern poi – the one with LED lights and glow sticks. There’s just something very entrancing and…



Maru the Japanese Cat

August 5, 2009 / Internet Finds

My boyfriend, my parents and my ex-housemates can all vouch for this: I am obsessed with cats. Before I go off to bed every night, I must get my fix of I Can Has Cheezburger and Cute Overload. And whoever is unlucky enough to be around me then would be coerced into sharing joys of…



SOYJOY Challenge 4: Much Effort, Little Effort Video

June 28, 2009 / Daily Life

So our last SOYJOY challenge is a video/slideshow to show Much Effort, Little Effort. I decided to tell a story of two brothers Much and Little Effort with my wonderfully awful drawings that failed me my art classes in school. Please excuse the watermark on the YouTube video. I had to use a free converter since…



My History with Cell Phones!

May 31, 2009 / Daily Life

So I stumbled upon Lennel’s entry on cellphones and was inspired to write my own entry on my history with cell phones. Motorola StarTAC My very first phone was a hand-me-down from my dad. It was 1998 and I was 12 at the time. Before you accuse me of being a spoiled kid, it was really a…



YUI Yoshioka – My New Idol

May 5, 2009 / Dance and Music

Sep 1 ‘09 Update – Replaced with a working video! People who know me in person, have read my blog long enough or have browsed through my Last.FM will probably notice this about me: I absolutely hate rock music. Aside from Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, I have no other rock song on my iTunes playlist of 3,000…



My Valentine's Day in Singapore

With my boyfriend still in Canada, I spent my Valentine’s day with a friend this year. We went to some nice places, bought some clothes, and had an mini adventure of sorts. Food For Thought Our first stop was the Food for Thought. It’s not everyday you can walk into a quaint IKEA-laden store that serve only…



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