THE LIMIT DOES NOT EXIST!

Life is short, and we should NEVER let anyone else decide for us what to do or how we should live. For everyone in bad situations, keep fighting for what you believe in and what you know is right. Don’t let anyone try to dictate how the events of your life should play out. You are the only one in control. NEVER BACK DOWN!!
Spend some good time with your close friends. One day, things will change, and you won’t get to spend the same amount of time, or even be in the same country or continent with them. You might regret not calling them up more often.
Don’t bother being disappointed with disappointing people. Obviously they are not worth the effort, the exasperation, and most of all, they are not worth your time. It’s time to move on and only spend time on things and people that are important to you.
Stop holding on to the ideas of certain people being in your life, especially if they don’t want to be in your life. Don’t be sad about it.
Learn to be happy. Even in the darkest of times. Keep holding on. There’s only one way out.
I have to get out of here.

izkstrn: Woke up this morning with an impulse to do something...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:36:18 +0800

izkstrn:

Woke up this morning with an impulse to do something out of the ordinary. One cup of coffee later and this happens…

Some original lyrics over Onra’s Boundless Boundaries off Chinoiseries Part 1.

I’ve never done this before. Don’t judge.

View of Liberty Island from Battery Park, New York...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:13:23 +0800

View of Liberty Island from Battery Park, New York City
(Photograph by David Chan)

Statue of Liberty(Photograph by David Chan)

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:12:28 +0800

Statue of Liberty
(Photograph by David Chan)

Rockefeller Center, New York City(Photograph by David Chan)

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:11:30 +0800

Rockefeller Center, New York City
(Photograph by David Chan)

Rockefeller Center, New York City(Photograph by David Chan)

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0800

Rockefeller Center, New York City
(Photograph by David Chan)

Rockefeller Center, New York City(Photograph by David Chan)

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:59:00 +0800

Rockefeller Center, New York City
(Photograph by David Chan)

Evening at the top of Rockefeller Center, New York...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:58:00 +0800

Evening at the top of Rockefeller Center, New York City
(Photograph by David Chan)

imogenheap: A big assed moth! (was a big assed silk worm)...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:22:54 +0800

imogenheap:

A big assed moth! (was a big assed silk worm) (Taken with instagram)

I LOVE YOU FOREVER

nythroughthelens: V-J Day in Times Square re-imagined....

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:13:27 +0800

nythroughthelens:

V-J Day in Times Square re-imagined. Brooklyn, New York City.

We live in times where other eras are referenced and re-appropriated rapidly and with wild abandon. One could potentially craft dozens upon dozens of essays critiquing our post-post-modern times (and many great critiques already exist).

I came across this rapidly decaying piece of street art last year in Brooklyn. It barely stood out since it was on a store gate that was almost entirely enveloped in shadows. This image is of the famous V-J Day in Times Square photo taken initially by Alfred Eisenstadt on on August 14, 1945. V-J Day was a day in 1945 when the surrender of Japan occurred resulting (loosely) in the end of World War II. It was one of the first times that Japan’s Emperor Hirohito broadcast anything publicly to the Japanese people over the radio and it was to announce the surrender. I am currently taking a class called Asian American Memoirs where we have been covering this time period in a rather intense fashion from the point of view of Japanese Americans. It’s a sobering experience and it makes my heart swell with sadness.

This enduring image has come to represent elation, victory, romance, abandon and joy. However the context is important because when you peel back the layers you realize that history isn’t so tidy and that there are many sides to the story that unfolds with this kiss and subsequent image. One could argue that over time this eternal image of a kiss between a sailor and a nurse has come to develop its own meaning detached from what the subjects were celebrating.

It seems fitting that this image was re-appropriated as a paste-up decaying rapidly yet captured by the same snap of a camera much like the original image was captured.

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nythroughthelens: Occupy Times Square. Part of the Global day...

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:12:32 +0800

nythroughthelens:

Occupy Times Square. Part of the Global day of protest worldwide related to Occupy Wall Street called Occupy Everywhere. Times Square, New York City.

Hobbled over to Times Square earlier to attend the Occupy Times Square protest. It’s still early but estimates seem to indicate there were anywhere from between 15,000 to 20,000 protesters that filled Times Square today. It was part of a global day of protest worldwide known as Occupy Everywhere related to the Occupy Wall Street movement that has spread. The protests today took place in 1500 cities worldwide.

The event coincided with Zombiecon, an annual gathering of zombies and so zombies showed up to protest along with the growing crowds of protesters. :)

If you would like to see all the photos I have (which are around 50 or so), feel free to go through the album on my Flickr:

Occupy Times Square Flickr Set

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Alternatively, as I always do, this post is cross-posted to Google Plus where you can view the full album of photos large and on black over there:
Occupy Times Square on Google Plus

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YOÜ AND I

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:25:57 +0800

YOÜ AND I

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:24:00 +0800