An Apple a day breaks my bank away

In light of the omnipotent hype surrounding Steve Jobs and Apple with the recent launch of iPad and iPhone 4, i could not help but give thought about how Apple came about achieving such incredible fanatical fanboy/girl loyalty. pledging allegiance to anything Apple, unswayed by the fact that they would need to hold their phone in a funny way so as to not block the antenna. If I were to ever want to build a business selling products, i could use a leaf out of their CRM textbooks.
This then i googled, which is spot on
Strategies Apples Use To Create Brand Loyalty

Anyhow, Steve Jobs just has a knack for creating products which we never knew we needed,
and after we start on it, we can't live without it.
I'm guilty as charged.

Shadowplay

I've been trying out spot-metering on my Pen and its so much fun! it helps that i've got a spontaneous model for a friend who is willing to pose and humiliate herself in public. lol. i think i may have just developed a new penchant for silhouette shots cos they don't provide the viewer with a clear idea of everything that's in the shot, leaving much to wonder about. a little mystery there.

Camera, Lights, Action!

Our love was lost, but now we've found it

it only gets better when the songs i dig has amazing videos

Love for Camilla Åkrans

Numero Issue #106










































































via linadimoda.freshnet.se


This swedish female photographer is so inspiring

Mind-fucked, alright.

After half a year of anticipation for what i'd know would be no less than a masterpiece from Christopher Nolan, Inception did not disappoint.

With highly stylized CGI-ed visuals, intricately weaved scenes to depict what a-dream-within-a-dream-within-a-dream (say whattt?!) would mean, this guy is without a doubt, at the top of his game. I'm so curious at how his mind works. This is seriously some nifty storytelling brilliance, as is Memento, although there were instances where it got so confusing and technical that I wished I was dreaming that I was watching this movie.

While trying to interpret the idea of a-dream-within-a-dream, I got reminded of my own experience of that 3 weeks ago. which of course had nothing to do with extracting or implanting ideas in someone's subconscious, but rather, i dreamt that i was dreaming. it was really weird.
in my dream, i was sleeping and dreaming of my mum on the hospital bed, all wrapped up in white cloth except her head, and she smilingly told me how she was looking forward to recovering and going home. Then in my dream, i woke up in tears knowing that that was never happening, that my dream was just a dream. And in reality, i woke with a wrenched heart and tears streaming down my face, also knowing it was never gonna happen, that my dream-within-a-dream was just a mishmash of the events i experienced 5 months ago. she was always looking forward to getting well enough to go home, but never got a chance to, and the white cloth was the torturous sight of her lifeless and cold body wrapped in it at the morgue. i knew what my dream meant. it was the worst dream ever. I don't think i've ever spoken about it, but yeah it still hurts.


I quote The Charlotte Observer:
Nolan’s tale is not only a trip through mental labyrinths but a reminder that memories may cripple us, unless we learn to let them go.

Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved

it was a tumultuous few days wrought with waves of emotions stemmed from different bothering thoughts/events. finally,i managed to shake off that feeling of displacement. and as the overused saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining. in this case for me would be seeing things in a new light, knowing who are the ones that i need more/less of. i do not enjoy bitching on a public sphere so moving on... to things i'm looking forward to this week!


1) Inception
by my adored director of my favourite Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight
i need to get mind-fucked by Christopher Nolan's brilliance once again.

2) Night Festival 2o1o
yay! arts + great phototaking opportunities

















A shot i snapped at last year's night festival


















3) Whitney's Birthday Meet-up

4) Dinner with Stepho Mammo and co before she flies back to Melbong

5) Ongoing endless mindless whatsapp conversations with MitchyBitchy
until that girl goes to nuuu york and render my phone lifeless for 2 weeks:(

The Element Of Freedom

And the day came

When the risk it took
To remain tight and closed in the bud

Was more painful
Than the risk it took to bloom