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Friday, June 01, 2007

020607 III

yes, omg! if this blogspace have any form of feelings, it would go,"this must be written down in the history of blogging by bee!!". i wouldn't be too surprised myself. I totally acknowledge the fact that I need to indulge in further blogging to possibly improve my standard of English. But the retardation of the speed of which i am typing my words at is causing me to be highly irritatable and volatile to giving up- of which is condition is not merely caused by my unhealthy stomach, my menstrual cycle, the strain on my neck, the not so kind weather and not forgetting a body with aches and illness (like fever). gahhh.. Oops.That wasn't a formal English Word is it? Well, in any case, I will have to forsake my irrational fear of blogging. The risk is quite low, really- this blog receives NO publicity. XDD

Okay, so basically, I started out coming online become I wanted to improve my linguistic ability having inspired by my old piece of work. That's kinda sad, isn't it. So I shall start on the topic on ShinHwa, Photoshop and the World.

6 years back, I ended off my 1 year infatuation with a taiwanese boyband. It started out really passionately when I was in Primary 6 but it ended off messily by the end of Secondary 1. At that very point of breakup, I sought after new blood- ShinHwa, another boyband, but from Korea. There was no break in time, no buffer zone. I'm a heartless lover.

It was the slow and tidal rise of the Korean Wave in Singapore that soon consumed the entire world. And the Korean Wave did more than just to introduce me to a new language, culture and people- it thought me how to see the world.

There might have been some underlying exaggeration back there, but the idea is clear. ShinHwa brought me music, dance, videos, joy, international friends and closer to the world than ever before. To be explicit, the world was compressed into a single forum on the internet known as Soompi. It was a forum originally intended to cater Kpop to (for)the masses. Having said that, it still caters to other popular demands, such as Kdramas or Kmovie and things nonetheless that has nothing to do with the Korean Industry such as Current Events (world news). My little sacred land of enjoyment lies mainly in the FanFiction area, alongside the ArtWork forum- Both of which falls under the Soompi Artist section. The ArtWork forum has never failed to amaze me. Art there stretches from charcoal drawings to digital pixelated graphics. I was inspired.

I starting messing around with PhotoShop with pictures of ShinHwa. I could create backdrops for desktops, banners and avatars by controlling colours and blends. My creations were just random. Finally, for my very own fan fiction, I decided to create a poster. Because this poster had a context, I had to look for supporting pictures also known as stock pictures. Stock pictures soon became a central for my deep appreciation for nature. How marvellous it was to see a flower growing through the very small hole of the chipped tile roof- It demonstrated perserverance and strength. How sweet it was to just see the silhouette of a couple embracing in the glow of the sunset.

Don't be too worried if you are, as concerned about stock pictures as I do, yet do not seem to appreciate it as much as I do. I didn't realise how much stock pictures changed my life as well, until that very moment I was blinded by the light reflected by the empty bag of potato chip from the evening sun. It certainly caught my attention. At that moment in time and space, I searched for a reason to explain my strange phenomena of thinking 'That's beautiful' to something that has effectively interrupted my reading pleasure. Then it hit me-'I want to take this picture and save it'. That was how I started realising how the world has changed before my eyes. I no longer see dumpster as a smelly and filthy place; I see it as a place of habitat for the less priviledged. To most, that would have sounded callous and extreme. But I would like reenforce that the very nature of Nature, herself, is extreme. Most people don't realise that. But that's another whole new issue though. I shall not venture into philosophies and further burden upon this ailing body to compose more supposedly higher-depth essays with insights. (Oh yes, if only examiners came out with this kind of questions. I would be more than happy to oblige to the question.)

With that kinda of scary and abrupt ending due to my strained neck, hahaha, CIAOOO~~~ going to find next topic!!!!

By:: ice
Time:: 11:10 PM

020607 III

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