peonies&ponies

Site: National Museum of Singapore

Coupla of my favourite pictures from the pinhole camera we made at AKI school for an assignment to observe and capture light on a site. The pictures from the Dirkon (previous post) didn’t turn out fantastic; these are from a matchbox pinhole camera which provided more support (when operating the shutter), produces sharper images (shorter focal length than the Dirkon) and is much easier to make. The only downside is that i seem to capture my fingers in the pictures subconsciously and the shorter focal length (as compared to the Dirkon) requires a shorter exposure time, thus a higher possibility of overexposure. Sheesh, enough geek speak.

Anyway, i’m 3 weeks deep into AKI school and it has insane(ly fun); it’s where you find out that you don’t really have a life (other than school) anymore because, lets just say, AKI has eaten it up, there’s no monday blues because there’s no weekend to look forward to anyway & that sleep is for the weak sleep is optional. 

I’m sure i’m making it sound worse than it really is, but am loving (& living) every moment of it ;) 

The first day of Aki school has been crazyyy, but look what we made today! Now, all that’s left to do is to figure out the mechanism to actually make it work :3

(Owl rings, thelittledromstore)

Spared my brain cells annihilation (and my heart, ache) when i decided to get these kitschy owl rings in both pop colour combinations of grey+teal+pink & purple+grey+green; much to the chagrin of my company whom had kindly offered to help carry my boots in black and suede. 

On an unrelated note, learnt through the school of hard knocks that the world of online shopping is a brutal one. ASOS rule #1: Always add to cart. i mean, i had the item of my desired size selected in one window but that very same item/size was OOS in the next window?? ;( Tragic.  

Anyway, do pop by thelittledromstore- a whimsical treasure trove of handmade papergoods, kitschy jewelleries, glowing rabbit lamps and memorabilia from one’s childhood, well, at least mine. 

7 Ann Siang Hill
069791
6225 5541

Oh, & Happy 46th Birthday Singapore! You’re one gorgeous old dame ;) Happy National Day folks! 

Now, it’s off to camping on ASOS for me in the hope that my item expires in someone’s cart.   

{/Edit: My item did expire in someone’s cart, after countless times of refreshing the same window, yay!}

(Forever21 knit top, Topshop suede shorts, Ralph Lauren fringe bag, Topshop sandals, YSL ring, thrifted watch)

Sometimes i swear i wear too much knit. In this weather, at least.

Not one to take photographs at night normally because i’m a sucker for sun rays-streaking-subject kind of pictures and frankly believe that everything looks aweful with flash, but all this changed when i raided Oakham Market (more about that later) and prowled about the city at night with the lovely Gen.

Singapore may not be most beautiful in terms of natural landscape (cue images of meadows awashed with golden dandelions) but it’s built up environment and landscape could be astonishingly beautiful too, at times.

Warmly lit buildings, laughter and merriment from a nearby pub, lighting feautured skyscrapers every time one looks up- i don’t know why but it feels like home.

hello August.