doodle

got the idea one day when a woman walked into the mtr with a closed/ still dripping umbrella. she began drawing simple geometric shapes with the water dripping off her umbrella. i appreciate the difficulty to attempt drawing in such medium....1) line weight depends on how fast you move across the canvas 2) you hav to finish it in (almost) one continuous line, if you lift your umbrella/brush, ink/water drips and ruin your drawing if you didn't purposefully planned for that dripping effect. 3) you cannot undo your mistake. you either start all over after its dried or add to it and work over it.

we like to doodle, whether it is on the magna doodle board when we're still a baby, or in your textbooks, or later on your meeting notes. we may not be good at drawing, but nonetheless there is the urge to make marks on a surface, whether it is out of boredom/ make fun of someone or just to let the leonardo inside you shine. therefore i believe my ridiculous idea of having some sort of magna doodle boards (perhaps one that works on pressure rather than magnets) in the MTR trains will somehow entertain that niche group of people who would love to doodle...on anything... with anything...about everything that matter to them, or not.

the doodles will exist temporarily in the journey between stations, doodle, have a laugh.. upon arrival of the next station, drawings will be erased as the doors open/ close, just like the mechanism on a magna doodle board. train accelerates, and you doodle again~ (comon this has to be more fun than playing majong/ silly games/ watching movies on a 3inch screen on your actually-not-so-smart phone or nds or psp, no?)

wiki link to magna doodle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Doodle

Ambience

spent a couple hours at the high-end department store Lane Crawford last weekend... i rarely venture into this store alone... it has this shield of glitz and glamour that protects itself from the filth on the streets... it makes a person who can't afford the stuff inside to feel out of place...feel small to be precise...

for me, a twenty-something... - i timidly followed my parents.... and in keeping with previous experience - the young/casual wear dept is filled with rather high end fashion that would look great on a 20-30 yr old but with a price tag the average working 2x-3x could never afford, well obviously it takes a rather special 2x-3x to hav such a disposable income - or the average Joe to spend all his wages on clothes, either way - its for show - and this corner is not short of that wow-factor..the bright/ showy/ impractical outfits r stylishly dressed on the manequins and screaming at u 'this is THE stuff' ...having a rather humble/ dull/ lazy/ wardrobe myself, it was a litte too difficult to comprehend this wt some people choose to wear. i do think that nice clothes makes people feel great - but maybe too great in this instance...

moving on...somehow someone smooth talked to me abt sunglasses - i was partly at fault to hav laid my eyes on a pair of glasses for more than 5 seconds, attracting the salesman to come over...- i started trying - rayban....blablabla. and many others i dun know - most are flamboyant in style - normal sunglasses protects ur eyes - these carefully sculpted pieces frames one's face and i feel make people want to see wt lies behind the shades... (if u hav a nice face n physique that can pull off the look - its just like clothes i suppose.)

the brands they stock are obviously carefully sourced from the world, with designers who has no intention of tailoring their clothes for the hot / humid summers that most hongkongers has to bear in the summer - and like many other retailers temperature inside the store makes one feel like u r still in autumn - hence u convince urself that u need the 'layers' - or ever more so likely to over estimate the versatility of an item of clothing....which in my humble opinion just complements the super-cool air-con culture in hk

its stylish, its pompous, its lane crawford...

開blog

I guess it would be appropriate to start the blog with a justification of why i feel the need to start one...

1. have always had a lot of crazy/critical thoughts and little theories - but probably too 'out there' for general conversations or just not clicking with the people i am with - hence i am looking for a way to channel some of that out and hoping for some interaction...some 'resonance' i suppose.

2. a collection of thoughs > kinda like a diary - start to feel that if i don't record it somehow - it would be difficult to dig it out of my brain again - esp when my brain function is set only to decline in about 3 yrs - it would be a nice thing to look back on i guess

3. have always been asked the question whilst in a relationship - 'wt r u thinking?' well, most of the time the ans is absolutely nothing... but sadly 'nothing' seems to be the most intriguing ans in the world.. it can almost be translated as nothing> all things bad... anyways, maybe this could offer some insights into wt else is in a boy's head or wt does it really mean by 'nothing'

i hope - with this blog - i would be able to connect with people who may share the same ideas or be challenged by people who don't - try write some decent english/ chinese and try to tell/ present things in a stimulating/ interesting/ succinct manner that hopfully could sustain people's interest.

p.s. would like to thank james and connie in encouraging me to open a blog. here u go - the historic first post~ will try to keep it up...