I’ve never truly madly deeply ‘idolized’ anyone before because I’ve always thought it was ridiculous to do so to another fellow human being.

And well, Sunday School always taught me that we shouldn’t be ‘worshipping’ anyone else apart from God, if we made that choice to be in him.

That was when I was in my tweens then of course, not understanding the concept of admiration, looking up to, a role model. Which did not necessarily mean that I idolize/worship anyone in any particular way.

So 16 years on, after hitting the quarter-life crisis mark, I’ve grown to realize that in order to expand my creativity cap and fuel my motivation to improve on my photography & personal style, I needed to seek inspiration of all sorts from all sorts.

And that’s when I chanced on knowing who Bill Cunningham was. He strike me some sort of a Fashion Maverick. Doing the things he loved, independently with no regards for having to fit in. And though he mentioned that he was not a good photographer, was too shy and not aggressive enough (2002 – press article); I loved that he stuck to his passion through & through.

I reckon for someone to have a passion for fashion & photography and be in it for so long without having to conform to the lifestyle, to be part of it is just absolutely mind-blowing & fascinating.

And I am just waiting for it to be opened in cinemas here to watch it. (And of course if I was in the states, I would have already caught it, no?)

Friends have been asking me how I’ve been spending my break so far. Well, I’ve been baby-entertaining for the past 4 days from age 4 months – 13 months and its been rather enjoyable though exhausting.

It results in me having to take a nap.

I’ve also officially learnt how to clean baby’s poo, cheer a babe up from tears to smiles, feed, baby bjorn, pram him and more. Woohoo.

I’ve not met my godson in the flesh since the day he was born, and Skype does not count, so when sis-in-law said she was going to be back for a month for the little guy to meet the family …I was excited! I’ve spent a day and a half entirely with him so far and oh boy it takes so lots of energy energy just to keep up with his crawling, carrying, standing up, peek-a-booing and more.

I even learnt about diapers & prams in a day and had no idea there was so much logic/reason/pros/cons to it. Wow.

More photos to come, definitely!

Did a walkabout with Liew (& Cindy) yesterday and captured a few shots which got me realizing…how beautiful Singapore has progressed into.

…and protected we are from natural disasters.

(Please help Japan in any little way you can)

I don’t know if its the colours or the contrast of them, the typography used or the label being written, the style of photography or the angle at which it was shot at, the peek of the beautiful skirt or how the flow motion is succinctly captured …but somehow it all works together and that’s what made me do a right-click off Garance’s always-amazing site to set it as my current Desktop wallpaper.

At least it makes working on the laptop a little more delightful with the virtual eye candy.

tres beautiful!

Hope Tuesday’s treating you well.

I’m terribly exhausted from my 4-day shopping marathon with some girlfriends over the weekend (more about that later) and I’m hoping the clock will tick just a little faster till 6pm…

PHOTO © KEVIN TACHMAN 2011 (from T magazine)

From the New York Fashion Week photo diary of Skye Parrott at Narciso show

Max Azria - Runway - Fall 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

At the Derek Lam - Front Row show. One of my fav fashion editors to watch & read about

Just looking at these fabulous scene shots from T magazine & Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week make my week all cheery & inspired.

I would love love love love love to have a chance to indulge in taking such photography some day :)

Happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrated it. And in Singaporean-style…”HUAT ah!” may prosperity in all forms fall upon us.

I almost forgot about this…till I received a call from a friend saying ” I love the photos of you & Viki!” after my very long morning con-call earlier today.

My reaction was a pause, followed by “???” as my friend kept exclaiming “Facebook! Facebook!, I want to take similar photos too now. You inspired me!” that I realized she was referring to the session where David invited Viki & myself to be the subjects of, a very good friend I got to know from church since I was a kid, some months back when he was in Singapore for a short visit.

Logged on to FB a few sec later, and saw a series of very beautiful photos posted up by the very wonderful & talented David Henry – a very close family friend.

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