Feeling a Little Like an Itsy-Bitsy Spider. // June 28, 2010

Currently raining cats & dogs, except there aren’t really any cats & dogs, just the usage of a tired, old expression that everybody understands but no one really uses.

Kurt Vonnegut books I was planning on photoreplying to Zet’s Tumblr post.

A favorite passage from “Wonder Boys.”

I actually really like rainy days, especially if I don’t have to be anywhere. I can stay in, take a shower and jump right into pajama pants, and read and read and read. Today, my mother made beef stew for dinner. I’m excited.

What about you? Wet weather = yay or nay?

 

Three Great Art Shows, and a Big Frakking Lunch at Omakase. // June 24, 2010

Last Saturday, before dropping by 20/20 at The Collective, I hung around my family’s gallery because it was the last day that three great shows are going to be up. New ones would be mounted on the following Tuesday, so it was my last chance to see the shows. Glad I went to take a peek! These are probably three of my favorite shows to be mounted at the same time. Quite a combination, I was super impressed.

Kaloy Sanchez.

Frederick Sausa.

Michael Muñoz.

The shows were by Kaloy Sanchez, Frederick Sausa and Miguel Muñoz. I honestly can’t pick a favorite among the three. I’m super attracted to the aesthetic of Sausa’s work. It’s really the kind of look that I love, especially this one piece that was all wrapped up and ready for pick-up (sniff, sniff). You’ll see the photo later. I love the ideas behind Muñoz’ work, and obviously, the look is very striking and bold. Sanchez works for this show are mostly black-and-white, but his show is far from muted. The strokes are bold, and the resulting look is intense.

Obviously, I’ve lost a little bit of my ability to articulate these things in an art majorly manner, but I hope the photos speak for themselves.

M.m.’s calculator watch! Jealous.

(After my viewage of the exhibits, I had lunch with the parentals, M.m. Yu, and Nona Garcia in Omakase. The pictures I took of the food sucked, but the company was great and I left the restaurant as happy as a stuffed clam. Not that I know how happy stuffed clams get.)

Click for the actual photos. The pieces are quite lovely.
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PHOTO POST: Shanghai, Birthdays & Homecoming. // June 23, 2010

Last Shanghai installment, finally! These are photos from the last two days, the 11th and the 12th, during which my sister celebrated her birthday and we flew home. Not very detailed, but I just wanted to remember.

pretty shirt from Bayo.

Hi.

Papa & Isabel.

Papa and Kuya.

We got lost.

LOL this couple was super cute. I have more pictures of them.
I am not ashamed. Just kidding, I’m slightly ashamed of my creeper self.

Airport.

Hehehe.

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