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It seems Off the Edge magazine was revamped for the December...

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:18:00 +0800

It seems Off the Edge magazine was revamped for the December 2009 issue, and about time too. More articles, sleeker graphics (love the pink background for the article titled cosmological pork), a couple of great typographic choices, good articles; December featured Joel S. Kahn (great writer on Malays / Malaysians), and of course Farish A. Noor and UM’s own Azmi Sharom. Price was higher though (RM12), double the original price. I didn’t realise it until the newspaper vendor held my RM10 note and looked expectantly at me for the remaining balance.

Oh, dah naik harga ye?

But buy it you / I must.

Cookie tables at wedding receptions! OMG! Must start now!

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:56:14 +0800

Cookie tables at wedding receptions! OMG! Must start now!

20 of the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries - Oddee.com...

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:50:00 +0800

20 of the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries - Oddee.com (beautiful libraries, amazing libraries…) This one captioned as “Jay Walker’s Private Library” is amazing.

Holiday Books 2009: Observatory: Design Observer

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:47:09 +0800

Holiday Books 2009: Observatory: Design Observer:

Book List 1

PHD Comics: Your Computer Desktop: This is so true it’s...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:30:00 +0800

PHD Comics: Your Computer Desktop: This is so true it’s not even funny.

A Three-Bedroom Apartment in Mumbai: Stunningly beautiful and...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:11:00 +0800

A Three-Bedroom Apartment in Mumbai: Stunningly beautiful and simple. And I admire those photographs behind her set, that streak of saffron against that grey wall.

The empire - when animated - frankly, becomes cute. (via)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:06:00 +0800

The empire - when animated - frankly, becomes cute. (via)

scout: phuuuuu / accidentallydomesticated / thewaythingsgo /...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:42:55 +0800

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scout: unicornology (via youarebonbon)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:24:38 +0800

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unicornology (via youarebonbon)

I hate playing tag. But this makes it look fun. (via)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:21:26 +0800

I hate playing tag. But this makes it look fun. (via)

(via scout) Seems sweets are on my mind

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:47:55 +0800

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Seems sweets are on my mind

Op-Ed Columnist - Triumph of a Dreamer - NYTimes.com

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:18:12 +0800

Op-Ed Columnist - Triumph of a Dreamer - NYTimes.com:

Any time anyone tells you that a dream is impossible, any time you’re discouraged by impossible challenges, just mutter this mantra: Tererai Trent.

Love & Architecture: Aline and Eero Saarinen

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:12:00 +0800

Love & Architecture: Aline and Eero Saarinen:

A relationship based on mutual admiration, love of aesthetics and the ideals of modernism.

scout: fromme-toyou: on top of Beacon Hill Boston, Mass

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:42:58 +0800

scout:

fromme-toyou:

on top of Beacon Hill

Boston, Mass

(via scout) Who knew the sight of a penguin can get me so...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:34:31 +0800

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Who knew the sight of a penguin can get me so excited?

claytoncubitt: Ari Marcopoulos, ‘Alice Temple, New York City,...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:53:21 +0800

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Ari Marcopoulos, ‘Alice Temple, New York City, 2008’ (via, via)

I have a thing for skulls.

scout: (via gatekeeper) This looks unreal.

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:45:27 +0800

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This looks unreal.

"Greatly in need of comfort and support, I said to Elder Corelli, “I don’t suppose you’d let me hug..."

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:48:07 +0800

“

Greatly in need of comfort and support, I said to Elder Corelli, “I don’t suppose you’d let me hug you?”

He shook his head. “You know I can’t, Sister Welker.”

I stared at my hands, tangled in my lap. “Can I hold onto your shirt sleeve, then?”

He nodded, so I grasped the edge of his sleeve between my thumb and forefinger and held it, trying to pretend it was a form of human contact that offered any solace.

In any event, it was all I had.

”

- Excerpt from Holly Welker’s Modern Love - A Mormon Missionary in Taiwan

Just got back from the Anthropology Department’s talk by...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:54:00 +0800

Just got back from the Anthropology Department’s talk by Roxana Waterson loosely based on her book Paths and Rivers : Sa’dan Toraja Society in Transformation. Very worthwhile albeit short talk, and afterwards she was gracious enough to answer our burning questions. Memorable points:

Ambivalence, on the difference between the roles of women and men - being equal / same but different, OR, of being different but basically the same. And I thought ambivalence usually meant a love / hate relationship. Conceptually significant.

Cross-dressing priests, the idea of which when one is in touch with both the feminine and masculine within oneself, the interaction with the deities will be more significant since the deities themselves are believed to be hermaphrodites. Also of the priest who went to the haj pilgrimiage twice, once as a man and once as a woman.

Toraja roof eaves, that of the extended roof ridge curving upwards. This pattern is repeated throughout the Austronesian region, and was built using various techniques. This meant the overall aesthetics was symbolically significant, and was not derived from a constructional constraint (say, like the Chinese bracket system). Also, I love that her blurred hands in the photo above seems to trace the shape of the roof eaves.

scout: (via maxistentialist)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:52:03 +0800

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