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| Friday, 18-May-2007 14:00 |
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trance
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i watched with near-morbid fascination as he scattered the burning coconut husks with his bare feet. his face showed no fear, but a different sort of emotion: glee.
such a different countenance from when he first came out.
as the fire slowed down a bit, one of the performers squirted some fuel onto the husks, and the fire sprang back to life, perhaps with a bit more vengeance. he got just as excited.
meanwhile, the rest of the performers watched with casual nonchalance at the infernal spectacle unfolding just a few feet away from them.
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| Thursday, 17-May-2007 15:00 |
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faith
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belief
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faith:
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion: the firm faith of the Pilgrims.
(definitions obtained from dictionary.com)
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| Wednesday, 16-May-2007 15:00 |
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tradition
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ketjak
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a mesmerizing dance, created from elements of the sanghyang exorcism and portions of the ramayana epic.
now i know where the soundtrack for the anime version of akira got its inspiration from hehe (although the gamelan portions in some parts of the soundtrack are dead giveaways).
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| Tuesday, 15-May-2007 14:42 |
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second chances, or reflections
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reflections
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taken at the bird park last sunday.
didn't really think much about this picture when i looked at it on the miniscule lcd screen of the d70. i actually thought that an earlier shot of the same bird was better.
boy, was i wrong.
luckily, i decided to delete the 'rejects' only after viewing them on my laptop.
i guess we should always give a picture more than one look, before really chucking it out the window.
especially when viewing it under not so favorable conditions.
life seems to present us with many similar situations, where an opportunity may not really appear to be favorable or preferable when we first look at it. perhaps, our emotions judged more than our rationale did.
quite similar to viewing a picture on a small 1.7-inch screen, don't you think?
if given the time and space, we should reflect on the opportunity again. aspects that were hitherto hidden, may suddenly present themselves, giving more meaning to the opportunity.
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| Monday, 14-May-2007 12:07 |
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fields of green
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tegalalang
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wish i could've gone down the terraces, instead of just taking a picture from the top.
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| Saturday, 5-May-2007 09:29 |
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those yesterdays
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memories of yesteryears
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the familiar musty stench permeates his senses, as he looks around.
it really hasn't changed all that much since sixteen years ago, he thinks to himself.
his mind races through the memories he had as a thirteen-year old. here was the place he would take a bath, when the toilet at the prep school was inundated with the other boys, sometimes in the dark before the arrival of dawn. those early morning baths always had a tinge of fear laced with excitement, because of the reputation of the place. they would always be very short baths. even now, the thoughts send a slight shiver down his spine.
but he would not have it any other way.
as he turns away from his memories, he semi-seriously considers that it should be forbidden to develop kk, least of all his alma mater.
and the memories shall remain.
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| Friday, 27-Apr-2007 11:17 |
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jamming
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greatful sounds
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trying something different here.
a friend had commented that he was bored looking at 'normal' pictures. i asked him what he meant by that, and he referred me to this page. i pressed him further on the subject, and after a rather long-winded explanation (peppered with some near-miss misunderstandings), it finally dawned on me that he was looking at the pictures differently.
how i see the pictures on fotopages: pictures that try to capture a particular moment in time, perhaps with some tweaks here and there to make it look more interesting.
how he sees the pictures on fotpages (or rather, what he wants to see): digital graphic art, freely crossing over into manipulation, sometimes resulting in images that look like paintings.
two very different schools of thought, but neither being wrong.
either way, the picture above was the best i could come up with, given my limited photoshop skills. his verdict? still a ways to go.
whatever the case, tomorrow night, i'll be expecting a great performance from the people in the image above.
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| Sunday, 15-Apr-2007 14:18 |
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jimbaran sunset
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tomorrow, perhaps
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the end of another day.
will tomorrow bring better fortunes?
ps - after reading mynn's and reza's comments, i've decided to redo the picture, sans the sharpening of the ocean. took me a while to figure out how to use the history brush tool to selectively apply sharpness to the picture (22/4/2007).
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| Sunday, 1-Apr-2007 15:07 |
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ben zephaniah
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ben zephaniah
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i believe this poetry reading by benjamin zephaniah was the first poetry reading i've ever attended. i'll admit that i was there to shoot some pictures as much as i was interested to see what kind of event a poetry reading is like.
especially when the kind of poetry being read is dub poetry.
heh.
at the end of it, i must say that i came away with a rather positive feeling about poetry readings. the three poets who read/recited their works (and also the informative and entertaining shadow play by the kg berembang children) renewed my interest in witty wordplay, although i don't think i'll be able to support myself with poetry.
my regrets?
i didn't get to sit upfront, but that's the photographer in me talking.
and where were the pretty girls?!!!
hmm, i guess dub poetry just ain't their thing.
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| Sunday, 1-Apr-2007 11:49 |
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in the elusive pursuit of peace
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peace of mind
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kich,ini bukan kat uluwatu kan?mine was at uluwatu.my kecak's pics didnt come out as expected.like i said,it mostly raining on most days i was there and instead of watching the kecak dance with the beautiful background,we had to shift it in a 'khodi' hall.but compared to barung dance,i prefered kecak's more.though in every dance performance,i had a very hard time to understand the story lies behind it (geez...i need to learn more bout indonesian accent/language). pening seyy...banyak sangat dewa.and they look kinda spooky too 
