Anyone still on livejournal
Amazingly found the time to update this. But is anyone still on love journal. That's the question.
hello again
Hello everyone, you've not heard much from me lately, have you?
Enter 2012 Saito, alot of work is afoot.
I've now managed to get a printing and fabrication startup off the ground - anyone into mass-manufacturing or printing do drop me a line. There are lower overheads in southeast Asia so there is a marginal advantage working with us - www.thecheeseshaker.com
Besides that I've been hitting the gym alot lately
Enter 2012 Saito, alot of work is afoot.
I've now managed to get a printing and fabrication startup off the ground - anyone into mass-manufacturing or printing do drop me a line. There are lower overheads in southeast Asia so there is a marginal advantage working with us - www.thecheeseshaker.com
Besides that I've been hitting the gym alot lately
An Apology and a way forward: SDAM 2010 Survey
Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to invite everyone (All interested parties, friends, affiliates, even naysayers) to take part in our first annual SDAM survey.
I personally have spent a bit of time considering how we have progressed lately and realised that it is due time that we seek a more integrated approach to managing SDAM. I've come to the realisation that I have let everyone down with my personality, particularly a fair dose of narcissism and running the show like a tyrant. This has been particularly taxing on the team - so please accept my sincere apologies. It is in the best interests that I take a more service-orientated approach using what tools at our disposal to formulate a more tangible improvement over mistakes committed.
Looking forward, I've spent some time putting together a database driven survey (rather than relying on survey monkey that has limited applications) that would be highly effective in getting quantifiable feedback from all community members and beyond. Communication, afterall, is the key :)
Please don't be daunted by the scale and detail! Not all sections are mandatory and you can return to edit your submissions up till June 2010.The survey has a wide range of options that cover most if not all areas of the SDAM machine. Completing the survey will greatly aid us in the decision making process of how we can advance. In coming weeks, I will be trying to program an algorithm to process the backend of the survey as well which could have various positive uses for the community.
If I missed anything, by all means, please let me or Dalsix Höðr Visser (dalif [at] sdam.sg) know.
The survey is located here:
http://www.sdam.sg/SURVEY2010
Please note you have to register on the site (This is mainly to prevent repeat submissions for accuracy)
Hope to see more of you at Heart of Darkness tomorrow:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?…
I personally have spent a bit of time considering how we have progressed lately and realised that it is due time that we seek a more integrated approach to managing SDAM. I've come to the realisation that I have let everyone down with my personality, particularly a fair dose of narcissism and running the show like a tyrant. This has been particularly taxing on the team - so please accept my sincere apologies. It is in the best interests that I take a more service-orientated approach using what tools at our disposal to formulate a more tangible improvement over mistakes committed.
Looking forward, I've spent some time putting together a database driven survey (rather than relying on survey monkey that has limited applications) that would be highly effective in getting quantifiable feedback from all community members and beyond. Communication, afterall, is the key :)
Please don't be daunted by the scale and detail! Not all sections are mandatory and you can return to edit your submissions up till June 2010.The survey has a wide range of options that cover most if not all areas of the SDAM machine. Completing the survey will greatly aid us in the decision making process of how we can advance. In coming weeks, I will be trying to program an algorithm to process the backend of the survey as well which could have various positive uses for the community.
If I missed anything, by all means, please let me or Dalsix Höðr Visser (dalif [at] sdam.sg) know.
The survey is located here:
Please note you have to register on the site (This is mainly to prevent repeat submissions for accuracy)
Hope to see more of you at Heart of Darkness tomorrow:
Bridging is fun
Things are coming together nicely :)
I never realised PHP was so nifty - did some basic API communications and the same old satisfaction of bugfixing. Guess I forgot the satisfaction of technical success for too long :)
a surprise for goth-land coming soon :) going to ba as hardworking as I can to give to SDAM this year, starting with this new platform :)
I never realised PHP was so nifty - did some basic API communications and the same old satisfaction of bugfixing. Guess I forgot the satisfaction of technical success for too long :)
a surprise for goth-land coming soon :) going to ba as hardworking as I can to give to SDAM this year, starting with this new platform :)
Singapore Dark Alternative Movement on Razor TV (Straits Times) - continuing
Large Post! - The remaining four parts of the Razor TV coverage, with an emphasis on Fashion. Razor.TV promises to focus more on the musical and social aspects in the following week
PART 2: Vanessa & Goth Fashion pt.1
PART 3: Vanessa & Goth Fashion pt.2
PART 4: Goth Chic
PART 5: Saito
PART 2: Vanessa & Goth Fashion pt.1
PART 3: Vanessa & Goth Fashion pt.2
PART 4: Goth Chic
PART 5: Saito
Singapore Dark Alternative Movement - on Straits Times Razor TV
Razor.TV did a very nice story on Singapore dark Alternative Movement :) This represents very good exposure for our local Gothic and Alternative community.
5 parts in total
special thanks to all involved!
especially to Bryan De Silva
Start here
Part 1:
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"Fear can turn to love - you'll learn to see
to find the man behind the monster:
this repulsive carcass, who seems a beast
but secretly dreams of beauty"
5 parts in total
special thanks to all involved!
especially to Bryan De Silva
Start here
Part 1:
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"Fear can turn to love - you'll learn to see
to find the man behind the monster:
this repulsive carcass, who seems a beast
but secretly dreams of beauty"
ALTERNATION (feat Absinthe Garden: Goth art exhibit)
Join us as we initiate the new wave of goth parties with revival of ALTERNATION, Singapore’s longest running alternative music night on record.
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More Information:
Singapore Dark Alternative Movement -
DXO -
RSVP your attendance at our Facebook page HERE!
I've decided to be happy - through cat therapy
Da da da da!
*inserting cat on keyboard*
as09-rjpmfm okr-]sffav fij890pl;,knhvr75zhgkjkkk
Since lucky wants so much attention hehehe
I dont understand her. She meows for food, so I give her dry food. She eats it for 5 seconds, comes back. I pretend to re-arrange her dry food. She sniffs it, puts up her nose and goes to bug some other human. So I cave in, give her wet squishy goodness Whiskas nonsense. Then she eats it for the best of 2 minutes.
An hour later she's arguing with the neighbourhood Tom over the dominance of her food dish.
No matter how nice I treat her, clean her poop, her loyalty is to food and food only. Even that seems to be dubious at best. Sigh...
hmm...
I really should be studying Business Finance
*inserting cat on keyboard*
as09-rjpmfm okr-]sffav fij890pl;,knhvr75zhgkjkkk
Since lucky wants so much attention hehehe
I dont understand her. She meows for food, so I give her dry food. She eats it for 5 seconds, comes back. I pretend to re-arrange her dry food. She sniffs it, puts up her nose and goes to bug some other human. So I cave in, give her wet squishy goodness Whiskas nonsense. Then she eats it for the best of 2 minutes.
An hour later she's arguing with the neighbourhood Tom over the dominance of her food dish.
No matter how nice I treat her, clean her poop, her loyalty is to food and food only. Even that seems to be dubious at best. Sigh...
hmm...
I really should be studying Business Finance
Contrast
Kardinal offishall was relatively smooth other than a few technical glitches. And I'm very excited to see Peter step into a new realm of opportunity with this international debut. It was fairly evident from the 'show stress' that he was under the hammer and even though there were certain challenges in the event, it was a very appealling show. Kardinal and solitaire (his emcee wingman) were supreme emcees indeed. I can learn alot by taking a page from these hiphop artists in terms of engaging the audience. We will certainly have (several) beers soon Pete
I managed to catch Meza virs at the main stage at Baybeats - the mixing was a tad off from where I was standing but I was sure those in the moshpit could appreciate the elemental savagery that Cedric and gang projected. Lauren was a nice gimmick; dragging and whipping him after a costume change. I particularly enjoyed "In Darkness I betray" - could not stay long as I had to head back to DXO and my dear companion found the contrast between live metal and a hip hop show rather amusing methinks
Chris Choi is back in town from England. Looking forward to catching up with him on thursday - due to my insane schedule I could not have a decent conversation with him. Rather lamentatble on my part, as I was trying to play the good host (I failed). Its sad yet endearing to see that he has found sanctuary in his travels. If only he stayed on to be part of SDAM, we might have seen some degree of development that is missing in this picture.
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Some people promise overtures of passion, glory and affection yet deliver none while others wait in silence with true salvation awaiting. Some people indulge in intimacy and accessibility, but at the hour of need, they are no where to be found. Yet others show restraint and compassion - when the time calls, they will be up in arms.
Contrast abounds.
I managed to catch Meza virs at the main stage at Baybeats - the mixing was a tad off from where I was standing but I was sure those in the moshpit could appreciate the elemental savagery that Cedric and gang projected. Lauren was a nice gimmick; dragging and whipping him after a costume change. I particularly enjoyed "In Darkness I betray" - could not stay long as I had to head back to DXO and my dear companion found the contrast between live metal and a hip hop show rather amusing methinks
Chris Choi is back in town from England. Looking forward to catching up with him on thursday - due to my insane schedule I could not have a decent conversation with him. Rather lamentatble on my part, as I was trying to play the good host (I failed). Its sad yet endearing to see that he has found sanctuary in his travels. If only he stayed on to be part of SDAM, we might have seen some degree of development that is missing in this picture.
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Some people promise overtures of passion, glory and affection yet deliver none while others wait in silence with true salvation awaiting. Some people indulge in intimacy and accessibility, but at the hour of need, they are no where to be found. Yet others show restraint and compassion - when the time calls, they will be up in arms.
Contrast abounds.
Forward
Livejournal my dear friend, how long has it been?
Well I guess this is Karma 101. Seems the tribulations of last night eclipsed what have would
been a perfect evening transiting into a memorable night. Someone close to me has done something really hurtful... ironically with someone else who was close to me. Its difficult to attribute blame or distribute a notion of wrongness. Given the several hours that have passed and slightly more cheerful texts exchanged with the former, I find myself poised on the brink of madness. This is the second sleepless night spent pondering the fabric of my own logic. Given my prior transgressions this should be poetically sound; that I DESERVE this, but yet I dont WANT this feeling. There are too many things at stake to be utterly insecure about this scenario. The most practical solution is extraction - yet I find myself unwittingly rooted to this person... embedded so close to my hidden self that childlike persuasions have taken over my ability to act and react in this situation. There are similar delicacies involved - I've experienced equal drama in the aid of others and had some dexterity in untangling the intangible dynamics of this blasted peer bonding experience. But not with my own. Oh no, Saito has too much pride, but also too much caution. How I wish this was something more mathematical, more instrumentally sterile that I could simply pluck the answer from hard facts and weigh the probability with Damocles blade.
Right now the examination which is merely 6 hours away is barely weighing on my unbearable attempts to turn the wet pages or the pangs of work which wail impotently within my spectrum of communication.
But I do have purpose. I see a path, though tangled, it might just have the insanity to work. Alas, we must move forward and I can forgive what is known, and hopefully forget what isn't. There is a horrid dance that reconciles the wants with the want nots, more notably yours - pray my feet don't get severed. The tacit understanding is that we take slow steps to construct everything... and that you believe in me.
I'm only worried if you are alright
Well I guess this is Karma 101. Seems the tribulations of last night eclipsed what have would
been a perfect evening transiting into a memorable night. Someone close to me has done something really hurtful... ironically with someone else who was close to me. Its difficult to attribute blame or distribute a notion of wrongness. Given the several hours that have passed and slightly more cheerful texts exchanged with the former, I find myself poised on the brink of madness. This is the second sleepless night spent pondering the fabric of my own logic. Given my prior transgressions this should be poetically sound; that I DESERVE this, but yet I dont WANT this feeling. There are too many things at stake to be utterly insecure about this scenario. The most practical solution is extraction - yet I find myself unwittingly rooted to this person... embedded so close to my hidden self that childlike persuasions have taken over my ability to act and react in this situation. There are similar delicacies involved - I've experienced equal drama in the aid of others and had some dexterity in untangling the intangible dynamics of this blasted peer bonding experience. But not with my own. Oh no, Saito has too much pride, but also too much caution. How I wish this was something more mathematical, more instrumentally sterile that I could simply pluck the answer from hard facts and weigh the probability with Damocles blade.
Right now the examination which is merely 6 hours away is barely weighing on my unbearable attempts to turn the wet pages or the pangs of work which wail impotently within my spectrum of communication.
But I do have purpose. I see a path, though tangled, it might just have the insanity to work. Alas, we must move forward and I can forgive what is known, and hopefully forget what isn't. There is a horrid dance that reconciles the wants with the want nots, more notably yours - pray my feet don't get severed. The tacit understanding is that we take slow steps to construct everything... and that you believe in me.
I'm only worried if you are alright