hello there, this exists to help my failing memory remember things I would want to remember a few years down the road.

Hello, here's another chunk of words because

lately, everyone feels guilty when hanging out for no rhyme or reason, since it's 1 Month & 20 Days to 15th Jan 2010 when we will probably not sleep for days... (HA, Classmate, why are you here reading this? Go download the countdown widget) this space has been filled with words awkwardly strung together, 'cause at 4am, the brain doesn't wanna think about colour schemes but wanders everywhere else, and the body is shaking to the likes of Mama Mia Sountrack & MJ's Number Ones to keep awake. (ah, see, what a long awkward sentence)

This evening,

Mandark + yt + zy and I attended the launch of a new magazine at Asylum.


This is probably the first time we forest girls attend a design event of sorts.
(We attend a lot of exhibitions, just not events where people come tgt and chat and they seem to know one another)
L: Gosh, I think we have really been living in the forest. I don't recognise anyone, besides _.
Z: It's okay, I don't even recognise _.
We then spent a really long time talking listening to Lays rattle.
Ah, it's like the good old days in Y1.

At Asylum, we were tempted to play the game of counting thick black frames.
Now now, How did that become a designer (wannabe?) fashion statement we do not know, though yes, some of us are guilty of owning a pair, probably much bigger than our faces.
Strange.

I expected THE ISSUE to be kinda localised, especially since it is designed by local collective Hjgher who also did Kith Cafe, where we wanted to take refuge while everyone goes for the after launch party at Zouk, hahahaha.

While trying not to look like odd lost ducklings, we read what's on display and I cleared my doubts of whether it's yet another publication with you know, pretty classy layout and that non-mainstream faded blurred photographs printed on textured thin paper.. Kudos to wonderful dedication to create a typeface just for the magazine, for living up to the Honesty they want the mag to portray, and that amazing 12-column basegrid thing, woah I never knew.
And they are so thoughtful, there's suggested music to listen to while reading.
Each article speaks to you in a quiet voice.

"Images are prevailing exponentially. One cannot help but question whether design and visual culture are creating a false sense of our reality...
...Boundaries between image and reality are becoming blurred, because images are increasingly taking the place of real experiences while our real experiences are based on existing imagery
...it is time to sincerely consider the consequences of the images you place in society and appreciate the importance of working within the beauty of reality and what it means, rather than continuing to taint it.
- Beth Nellie Wilkinson, What's Your Image?, Underscore- The Issue 01, Chapter 2

If you have read blogs or marvel at Friend X's Facebook photos and the time of his/her life he/she is having, yes this article applies to you.

Support local initiatives, and grab your copy.
15$ at Asylum, Ann Siang Hill, Chinatown.


While we are at this topic of local talents,
Here's Inch Chua.
(Stumbled upon her one early morning when the mind decided to be distracted)



Local, 20+ girl, who said she would release her first album before she turns 21, and she did.
Songs all original and composed by herself.
You can download it (legally) at her site.

Enjoy!

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The enemy of Best is not Worst, or even Bad,
it's Mediocre.

Don't settle for second best!
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