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Joshua Hoong
06.09.92
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Self-Proclaimed-Certified-iPod-Evangelist

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Revelation

With reference to one of Pastor Prince's sermons, I painted a mind's picture of how very secure my life in Christ is. I see my life as a Journey; A pathway of flat ground with daffodils flanking the borders. I'm running towards God, persuing him. He's running towards me (not away, making the journey easy; effortless), closing the gap. And when we meet, we'll hug and our bodies will fit seamlessly.

I learnt from the message that when you persue God, Goodness and Mercy will persue you from the back. Blessings on two fronts. There's no escape. They WILL get you. How much better can it get?

In this painting, there's no darkness, no Satan. Because he cannot exist when God resides in me. When you fall in love with God, you fall out of love with Sin.

...And I thought I couldn't draw for nuts.


Sunday, November 9, 2008

Someday i'll toss all your presents
and bury the letters left unsent
cause it's bad to do what's easy
just cause it's easy
and i wanna do what pleases me but i can't
but the heart, we know,
when it's lovin it's leanin toward bein alone

Friday, November 7, 2008

A criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his forehead to warn us away. Criminals sit next to us on a bus. They pack our groceries and cash our paychecks for us and teach our children. They look no different from you or me. And that's why they get away with it.

But believe it or not, there's a relief to finally getting caught. The moment I gave up my clothes for a baggy orange jumpsuit I also peeled off the skin of the person I've pretended to be. In a strange way, I belong here more than I did out there. Like me, everyone in jail has been living a lie.

For twenty-three hours a day, I stay up in my cell. The last hour, I am granted a shower and a turn around the exercise yard, where I do my best to breathe in deep and get the smell of jail out of my nostrils.

It never gets dark in jail, and it never gets quiet. The sound is a symphony: the wheezing snore of the guy one block down; the creak of a door being opened. Rain on the roof and the viper hiss of the radiator. The ping-ping-ping-ping of the metal on metal as a corrections officer walks down the corridor side with his attitude, hitting the bars of the cell to wake up all the nearby occupants.


Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Squeeze Me



I love the MV of Sqeeze Me by Kraak and Smaak! It just reminds me of the time when i spent my entire day trying to do a motion picture first by perfecting each picture, but perfection i never saw, and went on to do stick figures. It turned out equally messy so i screwed it and forgot what i did next. Anyhow, enjoy the video!


Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Hello World! I just bought a Red Holga 120CFN today! For many of you who are clueless to what this wonderous gift from God is, it's a toy camera. And it's S$125. Yes, but it's a cheaper alternative to the Diana+ which is  S$170. Both are members of the Lomography clan. Well, it's also a cheaper alternative to the Canon 50D with 18-200mm lens kit I'm hoping to buy which is about S$2700.

I'm captivated by the misty, soft-focussed, double-exposed, vignetted images produced by these cameras. It shows you what the world should look like.

Will be bringing it to New York next week and will post the pictures thereafter.

In an attempt to burn off PEF (Post-examination Fats) that Jonathan so likens with, i toured around Duxton Hill, Little India and walked to Bugis. 30D died on me throughout always focussing the image but the shutter does not go off. So no pictures babe but 2 kilos gone.

The end of "O" levels draws near. 12 down, 2 left to go. I feel so liberated. After this, I'll be justified to say "screw school!", for once.