Honest Shots,

Photo credits to YuKeeChongYanAsyafYuMinAini

Pictures allow you to remember & appreciate the good times you had.

Especially for people who lacks the ability to remember. like me. sometimes.

Or how nice you look when you smile :)
Carrine and Carolyn!

Lovely masterpiece. clap clap*

Or your hard work and efforts.

& the tons of disagreements while at it.

Worth it eyh? Good job partner! :)

Or sometimes just your favourite part of the dance. Good one yuks, love it!

I have an honest passion for photographs,
but not so much for photography (practice of taking and processing photos).

Hmm, ironic.

Haha! Good day ahead! :)

i attended a flash mob! :O

None other than GLEE! L!

As many knew, i had this mania for the series GLEE. I completed Season1 in 2 days? Anyhoo, the flash mob was at The Garden's Midvalley last Saturday.

We gathered at 12ish at the ballroom in the hotel. When the time came we went to the middle of the mall where we were positioned to dance. We had to hang around there and play-act as the public/shoppers while being in suspense for half an hour since the songs might be played any second.

So anyway. The song played. About 600people altogether in different floors danced! It was a bit messy at first. But not long after, we had a second round and everyone's timing was soo much better;D

At the end of it, i just felt so thrilled to be part of the flash mob:)!





I had sucha good time with Rachel:) Ice-cream, Glee, Pasta, Krispy Kreme!

p/s: this dear girl got 12As in SPM. yes, a random note but i like to brag for her. :) she's too humble you see:)

Spot moi?

Time to Gleek out! L! :P

a furry friend of ours.

The prenominals have accidentally bump into a friendly 'fur' in the middle of their video session. I felt a sudden softness in my slipper and found this!

Gently shook it off of me, took a picture and a short clip for further research back at home, this furry encounter is named 'fulgorid planthopper', an immature ones, a nymph.

for further info, you can check it out at http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/30/possibly-fulgorid-planthopper-nymphs/

It won't look nice after it evolves, coz it sheds.i thought it'd be a breakthrough for us hahahha! but it existed, and yet to be identified further for its name as mentioned by some researchers on the net.

Hey Ladies!

"Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot,

A guy who calls you back when you hang up on him.

Wait for the boy who kisses your forehead.

That guy who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats!

That boy who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you' re just as pretty without makeup on.

That guy who will keep reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have you.

..the one who turns to his friends and says, hey that’s her." ;)

Though a typical boy-meets-girl, but a lovely and cutesy film!

a MUST WATCH :B

P/s: Go ahead and sue me for being corny>( hee.

A sneak peak of Green Musical 1 & 2!

By weDEFINE creative and The Prenominals.

Coming soon! :B

M.I.A. - Mustafa In Action!!

...presenting Mustafa aka TawTaw...





*drums*






uhuh...







alright, quite playing around!







HAHA..





*tada*

yeah Mustafa!! you go girl!! AHHA!!

Vintage love.

The post of tomorrow;

or rather just some beautiful things that i love.

These pieces are clear, p l a i n and straightforward.

I never fancied people who run around the bushes.

Just get right to the point, right?

.. because i have innumerable captured moments;

Afterall, a photo speaks a thousand words no?

Most impressive gadget invented, i'd say.

And then,
Imma travel around the globe!

Priciest hobby. But never not worth it.

Enjoying my perfecto breakfast with love ones,
with fine matching cups and plates.

& a picturesque scenery

Mm too much? but how lovely it'd be!

Because my clothes are just too dear to me;

They speak my mood and character for me.

Makes my day :)

Perfume first.
Flowers next.

GO AWAY CHOCOLATES!
I HATE LOVING YOU :(

& of course a blissful marriage.
Can't wait, can't wait! :D

I'm already praying for that right him.

somewhat coincidential?

lemme show you some interesting images of the day, it is said to be shot originally, with no digital editings and other visual effects. Believe it or not? this is it.....








911?!! was it a prophecy? :O




















something tells me you're in big trouble.
















i'd say the angle was chosen perfectly.

















maybe an artificial footage? who knows....




















now this is the art of nature.

These are the weird ideas people came up with.
Perhaps you have more interesting ones to share?

Rubbish Joke.....

I got a Super lame creative Joke for u ~

Why Butter Cannot be RICH ?

Because

Butter

is not ...............................................................

" KAYA!!!!! "

LAME RIGHT ?

Magic Morpho Towers -- Two Standing Spiral !

The Video Producer and the Member:

Sachiko Kodama "Morpho Towers -- Two Standing Spirals" (2007)

Collaborator: Yasushi Miyajima (Sony CSL)

Special Thanks:Satoru Saito, Kingo Arakawa, Takeshi Aoki, Osamu Sumiya(UEC), Megumi Sato

Music: Tetsuhide Hidaka, PIRAMI

The 1st time when i watch this video.... I ask my self ' What the Hell is this ? "

Slowly , i saw some liquid , keep spinning around the small tower , before that i thought is a small machine .....

But , when i clearly know what is that i was SHOCK ! How can liquid become a beautiful Arts ?

In the Video , The two spiral towers stand on a large plate that hold ferrofluid. When the music starts, the magnetic

field around the tower is strengthened. Spikes of ferrofluid are born from the bottom plate and move up, trembling and

rotating around the edge of the iron spiral.

The body of the tower was made by a new technique called “ferrofluid sculpture” that enables artists to create

dynamic sculptures with fluid materials. This technique uses one electromagnet, and its iron core is extended and

sculpted. The ferrofluid covers the sculpted surface of a three-dimensional iron shape that was made on an electronic

NC lathe. The movement of the spikes in the fluid is controlled dynamically on the surface by adjusting the power of

the electromagnet. The shape of the iron body is designed as helical so that the fluid can move to the top of the

helical tower when the magnetic field is strong enough.As there are two towers in the installation,

complicated expressions of surfaces become possible. Each tower’s surface pulsates, like one creature calling to

the other.

Fuild moves synthetically with the music, as if it breathes, and the condition of the fluid's surface emerges as

autonomous and complex. In this art we want to harmonize several opposing properties, such as hardness (iron) /

softness (fluid) and freedom (desire for design) / restriction (natural powers such as gravity). This work emerges as an

autonomous transformation of the material itself: sometimes it seems like a horn, sometimes a fir tree, and

sometimes even like the Tower of Babel.

In this Video , I would like to say :

This stuff was awsome. But in an architectural point of view , there might be huge gap between……

If I have to choose one….. I’ll choose the other side of architecture. Bravely .

ice-skating

i know this is kinda lame, and i don't know what to post about. oh wells, immabout to show you a video about kieran and i dancing on the ice skating ring! i know.. damn gay right? ;)

*bluek*

psst.. women.. sorry man!!

women, women, women...

INSTALLING A HUSBAND

Dear Technical Support Group,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as:
· Romance 9.5 and,
· Personal Attention 6.5,

and then installed undesirable programs such as:

· NBA 5.0,
· NFL 3.0 and,
· Golf Clubs 4.1.

Also Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.

· Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?

Signed,
Desperate

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DEAR DESPERATE,

First, keep in mind,
· Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while
· Husband 1.0 is an operating system.

Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme. html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.
· If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1.
· Please note that Beer 6. 1 is a very bad program that will download the Farting and Snoring Loudly Beta..

Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)

In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0-program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0.

And,

Good Luck!
Tech'l. Support Group (TSG)

p/s: well... good luck men...
(shh..!!)

Idea, thought & passion.

P/s: forgive my poor sense of direction at that moment.

(Correction for picture above: it's RIGHT, not left)

Goedemorgen! :)

It'a Good Morning in Dutch Language. I've decided to investigate the video entitled

BMW-Defining Innovation. (Go ahead and Youtube.)

Here goes my little investigation:

What is it?

It's about a Dutch artist whom is also a kinetic scupltor. His name is Theo Jansen (pronouns as thi-o-yan-sen). Jansen builds huge works which look very similar to the bone structures of animals. These structures are able to move using only the wind. His works are usually done on the beaches of Netherlands (Jansen's hometown).

As i would like to put it short, 'It's a fusion of art and engineering' -quoted from Wiki.

What's the history to this?

Jansen says 'The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds'. A simple quote which simply explained the history of this art. Allow moi to ellaborate;)

Jansen has been occupied to create new forms of life since 1990. It's merely idea, passion and innovation that got him started I'd say.

Who is Theo Jansen?

Jansen began his artistic career in the 70s after leaving his studies in physics. At the same time, he was interested in aeronautics and robotics. At the beginning of the 80s, Jansen began to create algorithm programs of artificial life simulation. Jansen then began his series of kinetic sculptures 'Strandbeest,' a project which has brought him international recognition. Among other awards, Jansen has received the special jury prize in Ars Electronica 2005.

Other interesting facts?

Jansen uses yellow tubes only for his kinetic sculptor so the best part of it is these 'animals' need not feed on anything at all.

What's his next goal?

Hopefully these skeletons will improve in their survival skills by facing natural elements such as storms and water. Eventually, Jansen wants to put these skeletons out in herds on the beaches to live on their own.

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I shall not get to the physics where i might talk about how the whole structure works because that will simply make would want to click that 'X' button on the top right of your page._.

Who would ever think of something that can bring art and engineering together. To me, Jansen's kinetic sculptor is truly a marriage between art and engineering. This is what it means to push boundaries and climb out of the box. This cannot be done without passion and hard work.

If you'd like to understand further about Jansen's kinetic scluptures, here's the link.

http://www.strandbeest.com

Hope you enjoyed or have learned something new. :) Oh what's intelligence without meaning?

Toods! :)

Morpho Towers -- Two Standing Spirals by Sachiko Kodama

The first time i saw the video on 'Morpho Towers -- Two Standing Spirals' in out Creative Thinking Class, i had no idea what it was. Well, try looking at it. I'm sure at first look, you're like "What is THIS??". Actually, it reminds me a little bit about a sea anemone. In my opinion, it moves like one but in reality, it is not a living creature at all. Not even close.

The Morpho Tower is actually two ferrofluid sculptures that moves synthetically to music. This is made possible because when music is played, the magnetic field around the ferrofluid is strengthen. The shape of the ferrofluid is affected by magnetic fields around it. More information can be read from this web site http://www.kodama.hc.uec.ac.jp/spiral/

The idea of ferrofluid caught my interest. Here's a video which explains more bout ferrofluid.

We are able to see this amazing tower today thanks to this lady (claps)

Sachiko Kodama

A little bit about Sachiko Kodama.

Sachiko Kodama was born in 1970. As a child she spent a lot of time in the southernmost part of Japan. This area is rich in tropical flowers and plants, edged by the sea, and washed with warm rain. Sachiko loved art and literature from an early age, but also had a strong interest in science. After Graduating Physics course in the Faculty of Science at Hokkaido University, In 1993, Sachiko matriculated in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Tsukuba, studying Plastic Art and Mixed Media. Then she completed Master's and Doctoral Program in Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. She studied Computer and Holography Art in her doctoral research.

Art of The Japanese

Sachiko Kodama, Yasushi Miyajima "Morpho Towers -- Two Stand"

this is the video from youTube.com
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me5Zzm2TXh4)

theprenominals.blogspot.com, featuring, Out Of The Box , decided for the Morpho Towers.

What is it? (i'm going to explain it briefly in points, so it can be understood clearer!)
- it is mainly two Ferrofluid sculptures that moves synthetically to music
- it enables artist to create dynamic sculptures with fluid materials
- contain one electromagnet, and an iron core extended and sculptured
- the sculptured surface was mainly made up of electronic NC lathe
- movement of spikes controlled dynamically on surface by adjusting the power of electromagnet
- shape of the iron body designed as helical so that the fluid can move to the top when magnetic field is strong enough
- when there is no magnetic field, tower appears simple
- large or small spirals depending on how strong is the magnetic field
- activate analogue physical phenomena, precisely by utilizing digital metadata
- the metadata consist of musical information, such as beat position, chord progression, and melody block information, and Ferrofluid control information such as, DC blast voltage and AC pattern
- time when the protuberance of the spike reaches its maximum size is coincident with the beat of music
- each tower's surface pulsates, like one creature calling to the other
- fluid moves synthetically with music, as it breathes, and the condition of the fluid's surface emerges as autonomous and complex
- harmonize several opposing properties such as hardness (iron) / softness (fluid) and freedom (desire for
design) / restriction (natural powers such as gravity)

Ferrofluid

...so, what is Ferrofluid?
a stable colloidal suspension of sub-domain magnetic particles in a liquid carrier. The particles, which have an average size of about 100Å (10 nm), are coated with a stabilizing dispersing agent (surfactant) which prevents particle agglomeration even when a strong magnetic field gradient is applied to the Ferrofluid. The surfactant must be matched to the carrier type and must overcome the attractive Van der Waals and magnetic forces between the particles. The colloid and thermal stabilities, crucial to many applications, are greatly influenced by the choice of the surfactant. A typical Ferrofluid may contain by volume 5% magnetic solid, 10% surfactant and 85% carrier.

..so, ever wondered basically how this theory works?

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvtUt02zVAs&NR=1&feature=fvwp.htm)

Ferrofluid is designed as a component of a device and therefore it must meet specific performance objectives of the device. The selection of Ferrofluid depends on many factors such as environments, operating life, etc.

The performance and operating life of a product that uses Ferrofluid can be significantly affected by the characteristics of the Ferrofluid. From Ferrofluid with low evaporation rate or vapor pressure to Ferrofluid with viscosity-optimized products, the characteristics of Ferrofluid can dramatically shape the capabilities of the end product.

Thermal conductivity of a Ferrofluid depends linearly on the solid loading. Fluorocarbon based Ferrofluid have the lowest thermal conductivity of all commercial Ferrofluid, therefore they are the least desirable materials for heat transfer applications.

In devices, Ferrofluid come in contact with a wide variety of materials. It is necessary to ensure that Ferrofluid are chemically compatible with these materials. Furthermore, Ferrofluid may be in contact with various types of plastics and plating materials. The surface morphology can also affect the behavior of the fluid.

Additionally, Ferrofluid may be expected to perform at temperature of 150°C continuously or 200°C intermittently, in winter conditions (-20°C) and space environments (-55°C). They may also be required to withstand nuclear radiation without breakdown.

..here's a clearer video or picture, of what is a the action of magnet on Ferrofluid?

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHr95f0S5po)

is it possible for a human mind to define/create such art?
why not?
Sachiko Kodama did..

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ6SB4JvJoU&feature=related)

About Sachiko Kodama?
The Japanese female artist Sachiko Kodama was born in 1970. As a child she spent a lot of time in the southernmost part of Japan. This area is rich in tropical flowers and plants, edged by the sea, and washed with warm rain. Sachiko loved art and literature from an early age, but also had a strong interest in science. After Graduating Physics course in the Faculty of Science at Hokkaido University, In 1993, Sachiko matriculated in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Tsukuba, studying Plastic Art and Mixed Media. Then she completed Master's and Doctoral Program in Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. She studied Computer and Holography Art in her doctoral research.
In 2000, Sachiko began work on a Ferrofluid art project that she named "Protrude, Flow". The dynamic movement of liquids is the theme of this project. Kodama is currently an associate professor at University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo. Her work has been exhibited at Ars Electronica Center /Linz, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Wexner Center for the Arts/Columbus, Skirball Cultural Center /Los Angeles, Science Museum/ Tokyo, The National Art Center/Tokyo.

Awards:

The 5th Media Arts Festival, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Grand Prize (Digital Art Interactive Division)2001
The 16th Digital Content Grand Prix, Digital Content Association of Japan, Art Award, 2001
Japan Information-Culture Society, Art Award 2002

Solo Exhibition:
Sachiko Kodama Exhibition (Gallery Kobayashi, Tokyo) 1996
Sachiko Kodama “Breathing Chaos”(Telic Gallery, Los Angeles) 2004
Dynamic Fluid: Sachiko Kodama’s Magnetic Fluid Art Project (Science Museum, Tokyo) 2005
Sachiko Kodama "Morpho Tower" (Gallery Sakamaki, Tokyo) 2006

p/s: She's pretty awesome harh? Tell me about it.. :P

after listening, reading, and watching;
..do you think this sculpture or structure is able but designed as a building?

as i said before, why not?
wanna know how, ask me! :D
why?
cause it's easier to explain than to type.

does it make sense?

we shall soon find out..!

Japanese innovation

ThePrenominals have gone through a video of spiral- fluid like structures ( the morphing towers of Sachiko Kodama’s ), fascinated with our jaws dropped, we went through several researches to understand more about this magnificent artwork.

But of course, behold! Sachiko~

After Graduating Physics course in the Faculty of Science at Hokkaido University, In 1993, Sachiko matriculated in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Tsukuba, studying Plastic Art and Mixed Media. Also, she completed Master's and Doctoral Program in Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. She studied Computer and Holography Art in her doctoral research.

In 2000, Sachiko began work on a ferrofluid art project that she named "Protrude, Flow". The dynamic movement of liquids is the theme of this project. Kodama is currently an associate professor at University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo. Her work has been exhibited at Ars Electronica Center /Linz, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Wexner Center for the Arts/Columbus, Skirball Cultural Center /Los Angeles, Science Museum/ Tokyo, The National Art Center/Tokyo. (with references from kodama's website)

This is not your ordinary CG animation, these structures are real. And to our surprises they moved synthetically to the music, but it’s just an artist’s expression, the fluid doesn’t move on its own. Back to the point where we said it’s real and exists in our world, yes it does, it is a kind of fluid/oil – by the name of ‘FERROFLUID’ that can be polarized ( eg. spiking of the structure ) on a normal-field instability factor – magnetic fields are not stable due to environmental factors, like gravity and all. So now, these morphing towers are not simply generated by any magnets, but electromagnetism, strong enough to draw the magnetic fluid up the structures, varying in sizes as it approaches the tip - electromagnetic strength decreases.

Let’s cut the chase, i’ll make things a little shorter, this incredible work of Sachiko’s basically pictures the ‘Creativity’ in us – simple yet free in our imaginations, able to soar above in the blue skies, with boundless spaces for us to explore. Maybe the structure’s a fluid, but with our imaginations, nothing is impossible.

quote of the day : You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization. — Denis Waitley, American personal development expert