Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Pompeii
I am not really fond of museums. They bore me. There's only one museum that piqued my interest and it is New York Museum of Natural History (remember Night in the Museum?). I went there about 10 years ago and I still remember how amazed I was with the giant dinosaur display. And the cherry blossoms outside the museum were beautiful.
The past few days, I've been passing by the National Museum of Singapore and there's one particular tarp that never fails to catch my attention: the Pompeii exhibit. Finally, today, I actually took time to visit the exhibit.
Pompeii is a town in Italy that got buried in ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The exhibit aims to capture the life in this almost lost and forgotten community and it is really amazing to see what life is like 2,000 (?) years back. I'm most impressed by the fact that social structures already exist in Pompeii back then.
The past few days, I've been passing by the National Museum of Singapore and there's one particular tarp that never fails to catch my attention: the Pompeii exhibit. Finally, today, I actually took time to visit the exhibit.
Pompeii is a town in Italy that got buried in ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The exhibit aims to capture the life in this almost lost and forgotten community and it is really amazing to see what life is like 2,000 (?) years back. I'm most impressed by the fact that social structures already exist in Pompeii back then.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Perspectives
Living in a different country is such an invigorating sensorial experience. Every sight I see, sound I hear, food I eat, and person I meet is a window that opens to a different view. And this is the reason why I am in Singapore - I want to see the world in a new perspective.
What led my feet here in the Lion City was my desire for a fresh outlook. I am 22, I am young, and I believe that this is the right time for me to explore the world and see what lies beyond the horizon. It is the time for me to wonder and to wander. To marvel and to get lost.
After graduation, there were a lot of arrow signs that point to where I should go and what I should do but I was more keen on exploring a path less traveled. Something different and unexpected. I wanted to breakaway from expectations and fixed directions.
Now that I am in Singapore, it feels like I am looking at the world in the eyes of an inquisitive child. Everything seems to be new and unfamiliar. Being thrust to this realm of unfamiliarity made me realize that I have a lot more things to see, to eat, to know, to meet. To learn.
(pictures are taken from the Keynote slides of my creative test for the company I am working in now)
What led my feet here in the Lion City was my desire for a fresh outlook. I am 22, I am young, and I believe that this is the right time for me to explore the world and see what lies beyond the horizon. It is the time for me to wonder and to wander. To marvel and to get lost.
After graduation, there were a lot of arrow signs that point to where I should go and what I should do but I was more keen on exploring a path less traveled. Something different and unexpected. I wanted to breakaway from expectations and fixed directions.
Now that I am in Singapore, it feels like I am looking at the world in the eyes of an inquisitive child. Everything seems to be new and unfamiliar. Being thrust to this realm of unfamiliarity made me realize that I have a lot more things to see, to eat, to know, to meet. To learn.
(pictures are taken from the Keynote slides of my creative test for the company I am working in now)
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Beginnings
Today marks a beginning of sorts.
It is the beginning of a new year, a new adventure and a new blog.
The beauty of beginnings is the feeling of having limitless possibilities. The thought of starting on a blank, clean slate busies the mind on what can happen among a spectrum of possibilities. Being in this bubble of tabula rasa is fleeting. It induces positive feelings of enthusiasm and optimism. But in a way, this bubble can be a trap. The danger of being in a state of possibilities is to be crippled by being too overwhelmed by the totality of things and consequently be unable to realize these.
Today, I am amidst new transitions. From 2010 to 2011, from Philippines to Singapore. Bundled with these beginnings are great possibilities which will only happen if I make it happen.
And so, let this new year, new adventure and new blog be about carving something beautiful from a slab of possibility.
It is the beginning of a new year, a new adventure and a new blog.
The beauty of beginnings is the feeling of having limitless possibilities. The thought of starting on a blank, clean slate busies the mind on what can happen among a spectrum of possibilities. Being in this bubble of tabula rasa is fleeting. It induces positive feelings of enthusiasm and optimism. But in a way, this bubble can be a trap. The danger of being in a state of possibilities is to be crippled by being too overwhelmed by the totality of things and consequently be unable to realize these.
Today, I am amidst new transitions. From 2010 to 2011, from Philippines to Singapore. Bundled with these beginnings are great possibilities which will only happen if I make it happen.
And so, let this new year, new adventure and new blog be about carving something beautiful from a slab of possibility.
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