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20050222

Being A Blog Politician For A Day.

I have a theory, that not everyone is interested in your life. The people that would come to bring themself to read your loonng posts are people either in love with you, good friends with you, damn bored, have a liking for you, or to find out what you wrote about them or your other friends. It likely could be all of the above too. Cynical enough?

But the truth lies evident; I myself find it sometimes boring to continue reading posts all about one self ("I saw a frog... kissed it and it turned into a princess. I was amazed and went home." .. along those lines). Sometimes blogging is meant to inject abit of humour, political issues and the disturbance of emotions. Like any other form of reading text actually. There's no point puplishing posts if it's meant to be self-dominant, you might as well get a TeenGirl's Diary or something; stuff kids central would allow to be advertised.

I'm glad enough that most of my friends don't try to bombard their readers with small details about their lives ("I brushed my teeth harder today.") where this pattern is miraculously obvious in bloggers of primary-school level. No offence, guys. But if you've got a weird hobby (you like catching insects) or a weird job (you work in the asylum) and blog about your day, it'd be pretty interesting. Well, if you're like the rest of the remaining average people, couldn't you just go nuts about your mum's bad cooking? Or how you have this sadistic thought of pushing your teacher down the stairs (I'm not initiating anything..though it'd crossed my mind before) or anything.

Come on people, it's time to talk about your projects, hobbies, political issues, social problems and stuff like that. Hey, I bet your English teachers bug you on how journal writing improves your English.. you might like to try that. If we continue wasting time on hoping people would actually stop and read something that everyone else finds normal, it's already boring. You don't get me? Just continue blogging, but this time think about Bush and his political views. You'd get the point.

(and I was meerly trying to act like a politician.)

SY wrote at 5:15 pm



20050219

chingayyyy

Damn, I think this Daniel dude is some psycho-freak that's gonna be some communist (or a nazi...whichever's more predictable) soon. Daniel S the crazy moofer

Really enjoy his harsh statements on random shit. Bush is one hot topic.. yeah, I know why. If you're keen to become any major marketing company's enemy, please do go take a look. He'd prolly bust me since I'd be consolidating babbling moofers under his name...whatever.

Went swimming with TL, Wen Song, and Walter (who had his friends tagging along) at Jurong.. was my second time there, really fun - tong liang was in love with the wave pool (c'mon... they're just automated current initiators inside a pool..). Wen Song damn poor thing.. first sprained his leg running to the pool then lost his goggles in the lazy river... man.. bad luck x2. I almost lost my locker key, but luckily found it in a wading pool.. HENG man.. or else cannot get my stuff from the locker liao, thank God... Was beat after I came out, almost feel alseep while standing up in the mrt to somerset.. and this auntie was like staring at me..lol.. cause when i fell asleep (still standing) my knees couldn't stand my weight and I almost fell over. (she was prolly thinking I'm was possessed, heh)

Wanted to meet up with family for chingay, eventually couldn't find them.. (told me to wait at robinsons' then they went to the opposite side to get a better view.. haiz.) so in the end watched alone (taken a liking to go out alone, do stuff alone... I'm becoming more introspective I guess..)... was pretty good, the costumes were damn nice.. kinda jealous of those ticket holders sitting on the grand stand watching while we had to ache over other ppl's heads just to catch a glimpse. And I ain't that tall.

Heh, if everyday was like today, it'd rock. Tired as usual...goodnight.

SY wrote at 11:39 pm



one way; jesus

one way; jesus

SY wrote at 12:01 pm



to Rockskin

Guitar!! I'm nuts trying to get my hands on one..but yeap, it's been unsuccessful cause I don't have the cash (which leads to temp jobs > holiday period etc.) and the idea of borrowing did cross my mind.. but hoops is kinda down now and I guess I shouldn't make it worse by borrowing something. Hope you get well soon, I know it's been tough, but you can't give in to your failures...k, nth more i know to say.. heh.

Tim and I went to far east plaza yesterday, he wanted to buy those coloured sex bands (wtf? some fad for guys now..). Ok, they're known as the basketballer's ID band and they come in loads of colours and all that shit. I like the yellow one pretty much, but... I don't go with fads la.. so screw it.

Damn tired after the prefects' commendation... wah shit, I had to bao dim the cameramen, was like some psycho dude running in the cathedral while the ceremony was taking place. Feet ached like hell. After getting his sex bands, just slept on the bus back to tp.. the gal behind me had to shake the handle before i woke up... embaressing heh.

I just realised one of my seniors is gay......man... he was like, abit broken wristed la.. but didn't expect he would be..erm..homo. Read his blog and he wrote there met this guy; damn cute whatever.. I wonder what his bro thinks man (whose straight...whew to mankind lol)... I'm kinda shocked and disgusted. But, luckily he's outta out sch.

Off swimming.. I guess, ciao.

SY wrote at 8:14 am



20050211

Darwin's Retraction on 'Evolution' Theory.

Ernest Sia and Luke are damn smart people. Absolutely clueless with their authentic, huge general-knowledge-filled brains. Ernest's probably had too much discovery channel and luke too many history books. I don't know anything their talking about... so, great way to beef up on stuff is through socialising. We had a big talk on evolution and how people invented it to explain our genetically advanced selves. But I did say due to adaptability people do evolve still.... yeah yeah.. loads of crap talking with them.

But Ernest proclaimed Catechism as a deviation of christiany, and Luke said he guessed catholics would be saved. What the.. I believe in Him 100% that if we repent against our wrongdoings there's nothing that can falter our faith, and why such a catholic antagonist on this matter? Nothing wrong with us, we're all His children and that's probably the most sane thing on display.

Enough of religion. It's best to really stay multiracial. So I apologise for this skin...(always manage to find faults with it).

Welp, it's time I get another Hillsongs United CD. And count my ang pao money now hehe. Yeap.

SY wrote at 4:18 pm



20050210

New Skin

Changed blogskin after those two cousins were chiding how unoriginal to use the arabic version of an default template. Have to thank em both for thinking me (their oldest 'malay' cousin..as they teased) cannot do a meer thing like html-editing...HAPPY? Ammy always seems to think she's smarter cause she's straight A-ed.

Well, this is kinda good enough.. wanted another column on the right but I'm clueless.

And thanks alot ot Amelia for daoing me when I asked for Yi Hui's blog link. TY.

Please go visit marco's pic link: Marco's Photo Album advertising cause there are really some very good snapshots there.. and of course he'd be updating with all the new photos and all that soon.

As for now, I'm chilling huffing at my hellofawork on this new skin, fat mass growing again and all that.

Anyone played 'Bandan (21 points)' before? We had loads of fun on that.. Josephine whined over losing 2 bucks. Sian.. also lost 2 bucks to my mum on that gambling spree...she's pretty lucky, hit jackpot both times. Welp, as she says it: "It's my year!"

SY wrote at 10:33 pm



20050207

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Spending too much cash... just diminished my $160 work salary during hols to a meer $37.

Haiz.

Went with Iven to get CNY clothes and Hanif for the movies Elektra & Constantine... it was all spending power. Yeap.

With Iven, got some great clothes I'm happy with. My mum usually has loads of stuff to say about my taste so it was great not to have her around while I got my stuff...wanted to get those converse shoes (the black and red ones).. but it somehow didn't go with my jeans and Iven reminded me someone would complain I copy his choice of black-based converse shoes. So, I got the denim/levi's looking pair which was damn damn nice.. Anyway Iven wanted to get a good pair of nike shoes but had to degrade to converse after he almost over-budget himself hehe.

Iven looks better with the red/black one, definitely. It's meant for thinner peeps.

Hanif and I watched Elektra last Friday... we agreed Typhoid Mary was DAMN chio! And her powers were damn cool - can age people/things or spread typhoid to them (FYI that's some deadly contagious disease..sth like TB but worse). Realised that character was played by Malthe... a half malaysian/norwegian model. But the bosses were introduced in the movie too slow, and died too fast...

Then today watched Constantine - premiere. This girl had some cool watches and she promoted them to us and I got one... $15.. great deal... finah has other watches so he'd pass, but I got it heh. It's quite cool.. but the hell's bible and that angel who betrayed God was kinda sensitive... satanic stuff. Couldn't understand the storyline towards the end though.. cause that 'angel' gabrielle was mumbling halfway then Lucifer didn't want his son to rule earth? I dunno... need to get the DVD to actually turn volume full blast and hear wth their saying... Hanif agrees.

Finished reunion dinner... time to slack and solve bloated syndrome.

Happy Chinese New Year!

SY wrote at 11:27 pm