While Waiting

Dark clouds trying their darndest to take over the other morning.

We stayed at Reflections Hotel in Bangkok. It's a little old but I really liked it. They're undergoing renovations now so it should be spanking clean once again soon.

Pictures of rooms have yet to be developed so I guess I'll show you another day.

Hari Goes to Chatuchak

Hari went to BKK

and met a real hedgehog.

We saw two of them in Chauchak Market. They were really, really cute.

Clouds are my only source of entertainment on way to work

I can read on the train but not on buses. So I amuse myself with the sky instead.



The lamp posts turned out curvy.

This is Ben

He always acts like he's on the chill pill.

Ben used to be more of a greedy monster when he had Pippi (a black kitten that passed away in an accident) as a companion. With Harry, he acts like an exasperated older brother. And he's a total cat - does his own thing at his own pace, stares at you with knowing eyes.

That's Harry.

Harry is a greedy little monster that seems more dog than cat sometimes. Total attention seeker. Hyper-active. But he gets away with it cos he's so affectionate and cute.

More Harry another day.

(I was cat-sitting over the National Day weekend. These are the first photos taken with Hari.)

Slow down

Lately I've been anxious, and wishing for more hours in a day.

Anxious because I haven't been blogging.
Cos I have rolls of film staring at me in that reproachful manner, waiting to be sent to Uncle Mike.
Cos I have stacks, stacks of magazines unread.
And books, let's not forget the books strewn all over my room.
And speaking of my room, it needs tidying.
Blogs, so many blogs I need to catch up on and discover.
Anxious because there are films I need to catch, both online and in theatres.
Because I am very behind on Kangxi.
And I keep thinking I should be out taking pictures.
Or hanging out in nice cafes flipping through my magazines.
Or in bed reading.
Anxious because I need to spend time with the mother.
But I need more time for myself.

In other words, I'm torn between living slower and living fuller. Some people have got it figured out, how to live slow and full. I can't seem to manage that. I want a piece of everything.

Of course, I am aware of the irony of my quest.

I guess the first thing to do is to stop feeling guilty or panicky that I haven't managed to do everything.

Right. The above picture is a haphazard one I took a bus ride to work using Hari (nickname for my Digi Harinezumi). Think I shall head out with him and a magazine to visit Uncle Mike.

fuck, my heart skipped a beat

so near (online shop, local) yet so far (spending freeze).

I want this so bad

(Image from here.)

The Digital Harinezumi. The latest irresistible toy from Superheadz.

It's analog digitised. You can take pictures and you can make films. It promises to inspire filmmakers around the world with its "melancholic image quality".

Melancholic image quality. Doesn't that just sound so desirable?

A review of the camera here and its Flickr group here.

It's kinda expensive at more than 200 bucks. But I think I want to put it in the queue of things to get.