smell the clouds。

进行式

Melvin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:07:45 +0000

“有一天，我们都将被世界完美地馴服”

《生活》的时候没察觉，回想的时候才发现。

smell like books

Melvin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:43:31 +0000

In this fast moving cityscape that’s continuously building upwards rather than developing sidewards, how I wish for our own version of Samcheongdong – an oasis i can run away to when i want to smell like books and when coffee drinking is a fulfillment rather than an enhancement.

das ist living, not livelihood.

Crazy World Cafe 瘋狂世界
http://www.crazyworldcafe.com/
24 Temple Street, Singapore 058569

Forty Hands
http://www.40handscoffee.com/
78 Yong Siak Street, #01-12, Singapore 163078

Orange Thimble
http://www.theorangethimble.com/
56 Eng Hoon Street #01-68, Singapore 160056

The PigeonHole
http://thepigeonhole.com.sg/
52 & 53 Duxton Road, Singapore 089516

Shots
http://www.shots.com.sg/
8 Ann Siang Hill, Singapore 069788

Books Cellar
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Books-Cellar-Bookstore-Cafe-Bistro
19 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore 089833

The Book Café
http://www.thebookcafe.com.sg/
20 Martin Road #01-02 Seng Kee Building, Singapore 239070

Drips
http://www.drips.com.sg/
82 Tiong Poh Road, #01-05 Singapore 160082

Group Therapy
http://www.gtcoffee.com/
49 Duxton Road #02-01, Singapore 089513

The Coffee Daily
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Coffee-Daily/
75 Brighton Crescent, Singapore 559216

traveling

Melvin — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:30:59 +0000

“never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome.” – from the movie, The Beach (2000)

just finished watching the Danny Boyle classic. a flash thought about traveling – traveling traveling, not as in vacation traveling. traveling is a selfish activity – it’s an activity which you hope to cover as many miles within you, as your feet does.

Objectified (2009)

Melvin — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:10:16 +0000

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]

There’s so much to this documentary-film – Objectified.
If only I had came across it much earlier..

ten principles for good design by Dieter Rams
Good design is innovative
Good design makes a product useful
Good design is aesthetic
Good design makes a product understandable
Good design is unobtrusive
Good design is honest
Good design is long lasting
Good design is thorough, down to the last detail
Good design is environmentally friendly
Good design is as little design as possible

In light of the national day – the morning after

Melvin — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:39:01 +0000

“There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society with a large segment of people in that society who feel that they have no stake in it; who feel that that have nothing to lose. People who have stake in their society, protect that society, but when they don’t have it, they unconsciously want to destroy it.” – Martin Luther King Jr

the morning mark twain woke me up

Melvin — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:48:23 +0000

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.… continue reading »

梦想的颜色

Melvin — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:37:55 +0000

儿时的梦想，常常都是上了vivid的pastel colors.
长大后的梦想，似乎比较黑白灰。
where are my color pencils?

casual poet

Melvin — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:22:03 +0000

casual poet – 2011-03-27 – second by 1003casualpoet

North South Exchange

Melvin — Sat, 07 May 2011 04:02:10 +0000

When a man fears the worst and the worst happens, he can at least be glad for he saw it coming.

Count our blessings

Melvin — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:56:29 +0000

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm

This is simply too saddening. Haven’t been able to take my eyes off the news for large part of this weekend.
Being able to wake up in the morning knowing that everything’s well is a blessing in itself.