Wednesday, 19 August, 2009 (Geometry)

Vanishing Point
Philadelphia, PA

First of all, I love how the brickwork looks like rows of dotted lines in this picture.

So today was my last day in Philly for the summer, and I decided to spend it wandering South Street, one of my favourite areas in the city. Its really close to the historic part of town, so its really pretty, full of old buildings, beautiful old houses (with marble steps), gardens and parks. There are also a ton of boutiques, independent bookstores/record stores, galleries, and tasty food places. Spent a few hours at Chapterhouse, this really great coffee place on 9th street. Finished Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut.

And here's the important part of the day.
I fed myself with:
- a panini caprese I stuck in the oven (given to me by this barista at closing time last night! what a good deal)
- fro yo (tart pineapple with lots of strawberries and mangoes)
- an ice latte (no sugar, either)

All in all, a pretty good day by myself. A great way to end my summer here. ;)

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-Jing

Zhong Zhi and Airport Rooftops"

My kitchen/rough drawing of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Malaysia

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*apologies for the extra picture, I just had to compare them!*

Mum made zhong zhi last night, even though the Rice Dumpling festival was long over in May. It'd be the last time you kids'll be eating them together for a long time since your brother's leaving for Vancouver in a few days, your sis's getting married and you'll be heading back to the US, she said, without turning to face me. She continued stuffing rice, stewed pork and duck egg yolks into the bamboo leaf pyramid, tied it with leftover bamboo fiber and patted it firmly. Then she looked around and wiped her hands on her shorts. What time'll you be coming back tonight, she asked, all ready with the keys to leave. I don't know, I said, but I'll be back for dinner. Let's have dumplings for dinner, I added, closing the door.

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On another note, I wonder if the architect of the KLIA, Kisho Kurokawa, derived any inspiration from rice dumplings while thinking of a design. A voice inside my head goes, but then again he's Japanese. Oh, who knows :)

-Darell

"Parallel"

Seven Seeds Cafe, VIC

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I associate Geometry with lines, angles and more lines. I was having a Latte (no sugar, please) in Seven Seeds today and had my dSLR in my bag. I looked up and saw the geometrical formations that unfolded as time went by and the sun changed its position.

So I took a picture.=)

- Jian

"the substitute."

bedroom.

i uploaded a photo before this,

but it's disappeared.

:(

maybe it got sucked into a different dimension.

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-june.

"Division"
On a slide, Microscopy Room, NUS

*Taken using a confocal microscope

This confocal image was taken after completing a TUNEL assay, which allows for the detection of DNA fragmentation in apoptotic cells, as the terminal ends of nucleic acids are labeled. If you look closely, you can see the DNA fragments. This was taken at 100x magnification, with 3x zoom :)

~Tian