じゆう - 自由 - 자유 - FREEdom in the 8th world

Of late the theme of freedom has been bugging me ...













When was the last time you truly felt free ?




Free to speak your mind ? without hesitation !

Free to fart in no one's presence ? with much relief ! (pardon the crass comparison here)

Free to love whomever you wanted ? with reckless abandon !

Free to do whatever you loved ? whatever your heart desires !

Free to be yourself ? dress in any way you want, walk any way you feel like !

Free to catch the next flight to wherever it may be ? mighty glad to be alive and living life !


BE WHO YOU ARE, WHO YOU WANNABE!

Watching Jim Carrey's latest comedy - YES MAN definitely set the tone for "what if''s" and "what nots" ? in life. His other films like THE MASK, BRUCE ALMIGHTY also play with the theme of uncovering your heart's innermost desires and what kind of hell/heaven might break loose!


Got my hands on the last copy of MISIA'S "EIGHTH WORLD" live concert DVD at HMV yesterday ! As the screen pans towards the massive audience and their entranced gazes towards the diva onstage, I can't help but feel their spirits soar together in that consolidated silence of salute to her ballads, surfacing mixed feelings buried by the daily humdrum of life and decorum dictated by the society you live in ... Her concerts feel like a temporary playground for grown ups. With DJ's scratching remixes into catchy tunes, your whole body itches to move to the beat and sway to the wave of collected freedom. For that split second, you are more than yourself. Collectively YOU ARE ONE ! This is the reason why I will not hesitate to catch another one of her "live" concerts if she ever pops by the little island of Singapore! Deep down I am compelled by the urge to head to the Land of the Rising Sun and follow the whole tour of her next new album. The infectious beats and dazzling laser displays are a spectacle not to be missed in this lifetime ! Kudos to the team behind these wonderful tributes to a voice of the century... a voice that spans across the globe, the universe, the rivers, the oceans, the forest and the 7 seas. Get lost in track #6 and sing along to its lyrics if you feel like it ( unfortunately no english translation is available at the moment )


http://www.imeem.com/boiar/playlist/qNL6J2o1/misia_eighth_world_20080109_music_playlist/

http://www.corichan.com/lyrics/albums/misia-eighthworld.html#06

PHOTOFUNIA... fun beyond words!

Realize your dreams of fleeting stardom on PHOTOFUNIA !!! This site is TOO MUCH, and i emphasise again, simply TOO MUCH! fun to keep to myself. It's super user friendly. No complicated steps to add your pictures. Just one simple step and you have a personalised superimposed image of your lovely self on the chosen template. This is self indulgence at its playful best! Time flies when one is having fun and as one template leads to another.. a good hour or two would have passed in a flash.

Imagine seeing yourself emblazoned on JC Decaux ads throughout the lamplit streets in Paris.

Get a kick out of making it to the countless billboards in Japan as the imaginary spokesperson of SOBA SO GOOD ???

Get your 5 minutes of fame in your Andy Warhol moment as you take on the myriad colors of a chameleon in an art gallery or museum.

Or gracing the cover of a magazine! In Madonna's song - Strike a pose! Vogue..

Have fun ! Throw caution to the wind and grab that 5 minutes of fame before it passes you by..

www.photofunia.com

Liberte with language profundities

Take liberties with the language if you dare! Many of us develop a set of "quirky" dictionary in the course of our conversations with friends, and more friends.... Seemingly nonsensical terms find their way into the "unofficial dictionaries" of our vocabulary when they take on a perceived meaning making sense only to an individual based on their personal slangs developed over time. Here are some "quirky" new additions to my "dictionary" : -

SASHIMIFY (pron. sah-shee-mee-fai) - to beguile one unawares with nothing but the raw truth

"CHEEMIFY" (pron. chee-mee-fai) - to beat around the bush around something simple

"CHEEMITOLOGY" (pron. chee-mee-taw-le-gee)- the art of BS at its best when you are just full of "air", you airheads !

"MYEONGWOLISM" - teachings from famous korean gisaeng Hwang Jin Yi, one of the many modern heroine's who were brave enough to challenge the status quo and championed women's rights, winning many a sexist battle with brains rather than brawn.

This is all I have for now... a great many new words escape my mind for now. I shall come back and update when these random discoveries decide to rear their heads again...

Adding to this quirkdom of my personal vocabulary this 1 July 2009,
1) Kimchify - as in personify
2) ..... words escape me now but i shall be back with more quirky vocab.. until then..