Ahmed Alsoudani

Ahmed Alsoudani is an Iraqi born artist.A first glimpse of his work actually reminds me of Picasso's strokes especially in die out(below).His main inspiration focuses on war ,and the other anxieties and turmoil brought along with it.I believe that his passion for great heroic scenes with swift bold agile movements are comparable to that of Goya's depiction of war.What left me in awe was his fresh intepretation on the subject and breath taking,exhilarating textures.I truly believe that his creations are very inspiring and powerful. Visit this link!
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/29097/ahmed-alsoudani

Ahmed Alsoudani's opened out

Die out

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Zhong zi

Just for you to know,my grandma was born with an exquisite and refined taste.She was a highly intelligent woman but because back then women didn't have equal rights to education,she wasn't allowed to go to school.Her greatest hobby is to travel and spends most of the year traveling to visit her children or another country.She loves to hear stories and I would always tell her scenes of gossip from my life and she would listen intently like a child.











End result is just mouth watering...


These are leaves to wrap the glutinous rice and the rest of the filing.

this is a pandan leaf,which I had to steal from my neighbor.


Glutinous marinated rice.The marination involves wine,pork fat and..he he family secret


vege string used to tie the zhong zi


water chestnuts


Garlic,meaty herb





salted egg yolks
SPILL THE BEANS?
Here's how to make my grandma's iconic zhong zi .Its an extremely grueling process because it takes hours to prepare for the ingredients.It involves the frying process of the pork,marination of the glutinous rice,preparation of the water chesnuts....the list goes on .But the end result is just superbly fantastic.No one makes zhong zi like she does and it only comes once a year.So it has really been a priveledge just watching her.

Sculpture by Deidre Wong

I love the elegance and composure bursting out from this photo.This is an image so poetic and elegant that it makes me wonder about the techniques used by him to create the shot.

Irving Penn

I think Clinique copied Irving Penn's work(below) for this advertisement.





This portrait on the left was shot by the grand prize winner for the KL Photo Awards 09,whose composition is quite similar to Irving Penn's Minnie(below).

Irving Penn

These are some pictures of the flowers series.The composition's are utterly unique as well as the colour.Flowers are given a sense of identity and delicateness.Penn also photographs still life and found objects in unusual arrangements with great detail and clarity.






Irving Penn has spent many years doing fashion photography for vogue magazine.He was among the first photographers to pose subjects against a simple grey or white backdrop and used this simplicity more effectively than other photographers. Expanding his austere studio surroundings, Penn constructed a set of upright angled backdrops, to form a stark, acute corner. Posing his subjects within this tight, unorthodox space, Penn brought an unprecedented sense of drama to his portraits, driving the viewer's focus onto the person and their expression.

Marion D' Cruz

At the Anexe,Central market

I went to check out Gostan Forward,a solo performance by Marion D' Cruz,which represents an excavation of Marion D'Cruz's dance memory.Gostan forward literally means the somewhat stagnant state of contemporary dance in Malaysia.There are pioneers and innumerous new talent who are trying to push the dance scene forward,where at the same time there are traditionalists who are moving it backwards.It was so beautiful it left me speechless.I never knew dance could be so moving,especially when she performed Terinai(a traditional malay wedding dance).She quoted Malay dance being the most challenging of all dance forms,as you had to feel the soul of it.There was also an unconventional dance form where she had to depict an emotionally tormented prostitute by incoperating dysfunctional hand gestures and body movements.Really brings a chill down to the spine.Oh,and she once spent 11 months choreographing a dance piece that was only 30 minutes long!!For me, it was a very eclectic and passionate performance.If only i were a dancer!!I wish i could understand the language of dance in depth.

Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti quoted that he was not sculpting the human
the human figure,but the shadow that is cast.But overall,his attenuated
figures are visually stunning.

Woman with her throat cut(above)
Tete Noir

Man among man
Table