My mechanical romance

Today I dug up and dusted the lomo camera I had picked up as a hobby about 6 years ago.

It's a Holga 135BC - a completely mechanical toy camera that my friends couldn't believe doesn't run on batteries.

Sadly, I no longer keep any film rolls and couldn't find them in any photo shops in such short notice.(#TeamHybridKL is having a day out riding ATV in Kemensah tomorrow - I had thought I could bring the Holga along).

I remembered the first time I saw a lomo camera. In 2011, at the height of the lomography hype, a colleague had brought it to the office and I couldn't keep my eyes off it. A few months later, I picked up my first - a Superheadz Ultra Wide and Slim.

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Photo credit: The Odyssey Online

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Well, fancy that

Fancy we found each other like this

In the rhythm of our chatter

And the roars of our laughter

Fancy we found each other like this

When I finally have season tickets

To the theatrics of politics

And the symphony of the eccentric

Fancy we found each other like this

You, a precocious seed planted in toxic land

Where I wither in the wrong set of hands

*too much feels, brb watching that pen-pineapple-apple-pen shit*

Cooler Lumpur Festival 2016

The Cooler Lumpur Festival is one event I will put aside time for each year.
It is my Good Vibes, my Coachella.
I clear my schedule for the weekend it is held and block my time for the forums, talks, or exhibitions I am interested in.

World within me

No amount of coaxing can come from the dearest people in my life that could egg me into travelling.

My romantic idea of a vacation is a quiet retreat in a five-star hotel room, wrapped up in cloudy soft white sheets, having mental conversations with what I am reading and then falling asleep watching TV.

This means I could not care less about stories or conversations about "travelling", which makes me an unchallenging (read: boring) sparring partner in discussions of said topic.

I am willing to concede I will enjoy meeting people of cultures different from mine, or witnessing picture-perfect views of beaches or mountains. Also the notion that travelling "changes" you.