how the entire universe conspired to help me find my first love
“I love you so mad so mad. And I miss you so bad so bad.” Celeste Koh #190520# Today is 520 Day! It is the second unofficial Valentine’s Day widely celebrated by couples in China after the western holiday. The date “520” was chosen as a couple day because “520” sounds somewhat similar to 我爱你 […]
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“Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together.” Jules Verne (as quoted in the Aquaman movie) #190406# I call this a replacement painting for my previous one 4TH ANNIVERSARY: PDA OF TWO LOVE BIRDS. That painting was badly damaged with a large hole in the […]
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#190302# & #190308# It was already planned since the start of January that I would be spending Taenggu’s birthday, which falls on 9th March, in Perth with my family. Somehow I had an intuition that I would not be able to celebrate her birthday on the actual day itself as liberally as I would want […]
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#190214# Anybody who is in a relationship would love to celebrate Valentine’s Day with the love of his/her life, isn’t it? I also don’t want to feel left out on this special occasion which is widely celebrated by couples all over the world, despite knowing that my lover wouldn’t be there physically by my side […]
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#190129# While I had done our anniversary painting on the earlier weekend (see my painting at 4TH ANNIVERSARY: PDA OF TWO LOVE BIRDS), our actual 4th anniversary fell on a Tuesday in the following week. Since it was a working day, I planned for a dinner date with Taenggu at Dazzling Cafe which is conveniently […]
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“Believe that anything is possible, even pigs can fly.” Celeste Koh #190205# The period between December and February is definitely a busy time for me with regards to making artworks. Almost immediately after I sent out 2 separate batches of 69 christmas cards altogether to Taenggu, I had to start working on a new series […]
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“Without love, we are birds with broken wings.” Unknown / “Let the raindrops kiss the rose petals. Let the sunshine kiss your rosy cheeks. Let the nightingale sing welcome songs. It’s the season of love and romance. Let’s twitter like two love lorn-love birds and kiss away each other’s pain.” Smita Sharma Dabas #190129# It’s […]
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#180529# 29th May was also a Vesak Day holiday in Singapore. But for me as a jobless person then, it made no difference for me as everyday had been a holiday since I lost my job in April. As a Buddhist, I wanted to celebrate Buddha’s birthday by attending a free talk and meditation event […]
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18 December 2018 Ever since Taenggu posted a video of herself building and decorating a winter tree at her house in preparation for the upcoming Christmas Day and seeing how beautiful the tree looked at the end, I felt tempted to get a Christmas tree to display at home for myself too. At least a […]
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“A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers.” Suzy Kassem / “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” Salvador Dali / “Let me be as a feather. Strong with purpose yet light at heart, able to bend. And, tho I might become frayed, able to pull myself together again.” Anita Sams #181225# […]
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