Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Nara Park, Nara. These deers prefer to eat the cookies that's usually fed to them by tourists compared to eating wild plants. Surprisingly, they are also pretty good in posing for photographs. So it's a win-win situation, we feed them, they pose for us. A perfect indicator that man and animals leaving in harmony
Sunday, January 27, 2008
The art of ceramics (i used to call it pottery) has fascinated me for a long time. This particular sculpture entitled 'laze', made by a friend of mine, is intended to leave behind the laziness within himself in the form of a heavy sculpture. Well, i think i need to make one of those sculptures myself
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Convert. A handy application that I've been using for while now to convert back and forth between many types of units such as Metric unit, British unit etc. It will convert the most popular units such as distance, power, volume etc. Get it here
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Tō-ji, Kyoto
This 5 storied pagoda is simply the symbol of Kyoto. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to go inside it. As a consolation, we can enter the Kō-dō (lecture hall), which is part of Tō-ji. This is what I heard from an European women leaving Kō-dō.. fantastic!
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Sudoku. A decent puzzle game that can be very difficult sometimes. If u think u can solve it w/out pen or paper, then try playing it on your computer. Try not to use the 'Shift' or 'Ctrl+c' key that often. Get it here
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Photofiltre. A super light weight photo editing application that does the job quite effectively. Get it here
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Lawatan ke kilang pembuat kerajang/daun emas
Hakuichi Co. Ltd., Kanazawa. Visit to gold leaf industrial art works specialist. I didn't even know there were gold based cosmetics being produced. More details here
Hakuichi Co. Ltd., Kanazawa. Visit to gold leaf industrial art works specialist. I didn't even know there were gold based cosmetics being produced. More details here
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
The Corporation. This lengthy documentary is certainly an eye opener for everyone. Some of the things that caught my attention are..(i) the explanation of the term 'externality' (ii) higher wages ≈ people are less desperate (iii) genome of living creatures are being patented!! (iv) etc. More info here
Aku memang dah lama minat pelukis ni
M.C. Escher. The details of his art is ingenious and captivating. This particular virtual version of his art entitled Belvédère, there's something strange about it. View the answer at the download page here
M.C. Escher. The details of his art is ingenious and captivating. This particular virtual version of his art entitled Belvédère, there's something strange about it. View the answer at the download page here
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