July 3rd, 2008 i got a lot to do

my room is a complete mess, i haven’t done any washing for more than two weeks, i have about four dvds that i’ve borrowed that i haven’t watched yet, and the bathroom is dirty.

i did however, buy a nikon f80 and use it untested when shooting some friends for their promo photos. it is also the first time i’ve developed seven rolls at once (not all photos of those friends, though). i’ve also been designing the cd cover for said friends, and right now i really should be working on the gig poster…

we also are going to japan together in less than a month. argh!

anyway, photographic proof…

June 23rd, 2008 into the fish tank

when i got home, this was awaiting me on the kitchen table, and when i opened it, this is what i found:

the lettering on the metal badge is weird - it looks like a word, and then it doesn’t, and then it looks upside down, but actually isn’t. or i need more sleep.

and this letter now makes me an official fan of them:

yeah. i guess i can do with some corrupting indulgent music sometimes.

June 16th, 2008 what a librarian wears to work

a few months ago in hong kong, i found a copy of a book that seemed vaguely familiar - pretty and full of pictures for my chinese challenged brain, i walked out of the arts centre with it under my arm.

once i ripped it open in my hotel room, i came across a pullout that looked like this:

a couple of months later, i got myself a new mobile phone, one with a camera that actually works. so idea + camera = this. ever wondered what a librarian wears to work? you may make your own conclusions about what librarians are actually like…

l-r: top: from david jones, skirt: bought in hong kong; cardigan: limi feu, skirt: emily temple cute; jacket: lee, shirt: forgot, skirt: my first made in china; cardigan: mum’s, top: ozoc, skirt: atelier pierrot; cardigan: uniqlo, shirt: cue , skirt: astrid and cyril

l-r: top: the gabriel chelsea, skirt: izzue; shirt: y’s, skirt: from stina; top: alannah hill (thrifted), t-shirt: dunno; top: muji, cardigan: limi feu, skirt: jacqui e (thrifted); cardigan: from aunt, top: myer underwear department, skirt: thrifted

the book in question is my fashion moments 87-07 by winifred lai. she is a famous stylist/fashionista/writer in hong kong, who started working for city magazine in the 90s, and then became chief editor of amoeba, a very pop fashion and culture magazine. she now writes columns, looks after her son as a single mother, works freelance with magazines, collaborates with fashion labels, and has many women admiring her.

i still wish i had kept the couple of copies of amoeba i used to have:

the photoshoots were bright and wild and creative, and mirrored a little the attitude of cutie magazine in the late 90s. i remember seeing zeny kwok and steven cheung in there as models (1998?) as well.