Rational Vanity

Birds

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:39:00 +0000

Filling Station, London

Violinist in tartan

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:24:00 +0000

Nostalgia

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:35:00 +0000

Cappadocia, Turkey

Mind the human

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:06:00 +0000

Contemplation

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:24:00 +0000

Burj Khalifa, Dubai

"It's lonely at the top."

Explorism to Escapism

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:37:00 +0000

What is the purpose of travelling? For Ray Bradbury half of it would be about the aesthetics of lostness. That would probably also be my answer but expressed in a less aesthetic way if asked the same question in my younger years. Now it has become more of an aspiration. With time a journey has taken a step towards being an escape, from home, from work. Time has become a rare commodity and whenever time allows it will likely be spent on a trip somewhere. With time being so precious going on a totally unplanned journey would risk not fully satisfying our expectations of an experience out of the ordinary. For the one not expecting something out of the ordinary, why not stay at home and experience the ordinary? To generalize, before the trip starts we know where we are going, where we are going to stay and most likely what we want to see and do. I for example fall well into this generalization. Where has the glory gone of going somewhere and leaving some room for chance? Maybe knowing is and has been the norm. Only that the traveller in the past or if we wind back even more the settler wished but rarely knew what soil they would step into next. With that in mind I will definitely appreciate the aesthetics of lostness whenever I see it.

Tadao Ando Reading Corner

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:11:00 +0000

This is my idea of a perfect reading spot. The simplicity of being surrounded by tatami-sized concrete blocks creates a space focusing on what's important for the moment. Tadao Ando is growing on me.

"Architecture, which acquires tranquility and balance thanks to geometric order, obtains dynamism thanks to natural phenomena and human movements."

After Rain

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:54:00 +0000

London Fruit Exchange

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:12:00 +0000

Nothing to see here

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:20:00 +0000

In search of something in London.

One In A Million

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:54:00 +0000

One hundred million hand painted porcelain sun flower seeds in Tate Modern, January 2011

Are we really that different?

Solitude

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:59:00 +0000

Como, Italy

Step by Step

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:32:00 +0000

This photo was taken exactly one year ago during a walk up a mountain and it perfectly describes the start of this year, a beautiful walk uphill with the sight of what's below you but unclear path ahead.

Faux Summer

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Restart in Thin Air

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:05:00 +0000

Sunrise, East Borneo

Today, just two days before stepping into a new year I came to think about a trip to Mount Kinabalu. Somehow I connect this place with this time of the year. The dormant feeling and the cold air, like waiting for a new beginning.

Stairways to Heaven

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:55:00 +0000

Vor Frelsers Kirke, Copenhagen

Divina Proportione

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:32:00 +0000

Lisson Gallery

A place, a moment for a break

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:53:00 +0000

Tea at D&D's place catching up after a long time no seen.

Lu Yu

Top of the town

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:28:00 +0000

Cherry stall in the valley

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:29:00 +0000

Abandoned cherry stall in Cappadocia, Turkey

Connected

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:17:00 +0000

Ankara, Turkey

Sugar cane juice in plastic bag

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:07:00 +0000

Sugar cane juice, random hawker centre

Retrospection. I remember it took me a while to find this rare way of having an ice cold sugar cane juice in Singapore. This carry-and-go drink prepared in a few minutes, the time it takes to squeeze out the liquid from sugar cane, is definitely an experience that in many ways exceeds that of having a Singapore Sling at Raffles Hotel. Maybe it's the quirkiness of drinking from a bag rather from a glass with the "Singapore Sling" print that could be bought for 22 SGD that makes it more real.

Singapore Sling, Long Bar @ Raffles Hotel

On the canvas

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:02:00 +0000

This sight in Bergamo gave me the impression of a painting rather than a wall.

Ray of light

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:35:00 +0000

Bergamo, Italy

Left behind

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:31:00 +0000

Half past seven from my window.