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Archive for August, 2009

Making progress

I thought life after the wedding was going to be more relaxed… wrong!!!
It actually got busier and IĀ feel tired a lot more easily these days. There’s too much distractions in both my working and personal lives to prevent me on concentrating on getting a task done. Simple things such as finish reading a book, or [...]

Singapore stopover — Arrival

Life has been so super busy so it has taken this long to finally get to the second part of our trip. The destination is… *drum rolls*… SINGAPORE!!!!
After spending 6 days in Taiwan and finally done with all wedding receptions, we finally set out on our way to Maldives for our honeymoon. But, we decided [...]

Men vs. Nature

I write this entry with a heavy heart, because it is about a grave disaster in my home country — Taiwan.
On August 8th, Typhoon Morakat flooded half the country. It dumped 80 inches of rain in a short span of 48 hours. Imagine that. I heard that the rain poured down like waterfalls. While it [...]

Little brave steps

I am experimenting with this painting.
Freer, bolder brush strokes, no pencil sketches, more design-oriented versus subject-oriented. More brave marks on shadowy foreground directly with local colors.
So far it’s going well.
This is a 22″ x 28″ oil on canvas. Loosely based on a photo I took in my neighborhood. Title will be determined upon completion.
If this [...]