Happy Holidays!

balcony basil

thai basil flower

Oh and Happy Thanksgiving and Eid!

And Happy Canadian Thanksgiving seeing as we missed that one a while back too....

First attempt at a pumpkin pie didn't go too badly!

Bird Park

Grapejuice bird-whisperer

The aura of grapejuice

turns out grapejuice is a mystical genius so says the official aura reading:

The 'Library'

When Grapejuice left the house he told me he was going to the library.... I found him here...

The Long Now in San Francisco

One of the highlights of my recent time in California this autumn was a visit to the Long Now foundation.

These are the chimes of the 10,000 year clock; a clock which should be able to keep an accurate time for the next 10,000 years. It should be maintainable with bronze-age technology, possible to determine operational principles of the clock by close inspection and improvable with time. A real example of long term thinking.

ATP New York Sep 2009

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Finally getting around to posting pics from our recent trip to North Amerikey. Grapejuice was part of the incredible Caribou Vibration Ensemble playing at ATP festival in New York.
So to the ATP Round Up that corresponds to the images: We stayed in a cabin, watched some bands, dressed as yetis (then got told off for dressing as yetis), admired the venues' decor and spent 10 hours in a van...

For more pictures see the picasa album.

things to see and do in a mall in singapore

what we did

baking, chinese homework and a spot of gardening

Cranes

Down by harbour front whilst this buddha statue is sat meditating, the docks are busy loading and unloading container ships with these cranes that look like lego dogs.

On the bus

red run.. red run...

walk to the library

A couple of snaps I took during our walk to the library in Bugis. I love that so many of the buildings here are painted bright colours. The 'Keep Out' sign is also a really familiar sight here on all the construction sites, it is written in all 4 of the national languages; English, Malay, Tamil and Mandarin.

Happy Halloween

grapejuice as the balloon boy and our crew which included zoro, a mexican drug dealer, super mario, a couple of hippy travelers and myself as penanggalan

At the 350 event

we went to the 350 event to show our support for bill

Dim sum

Having lunch with grapey in a favourite little dim sum place

Happy divali!

Lights at the market in little india

Climate change in Google Earth

From the new Google Earth microsite:

Explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet Earth and find out about possible solutions for adaptation and mitigation, ahead of the UN's climate conference in Copenhagen in December (COP15).

See what is happening to our neighbours in Borneo:

It is blog action day and this is my post for the environment..

Even the dolls have to wear swine flu masks

Eminent frog porridge

The Hungry Ghosts Have Gone Home

This past lunar month was Hungry Ghost festival 中元节 in Singapore. I love that time of year with the smell of smoke everywhere and strange and interesting offerings to be found on every street corner and gaudy concert on makeshift stages all around the city. The story goes that during that month the gates of heaven and hell are opened and your ancestors come and walk the earth, so people lay offerings such as fake money and burn them for their dead relatives, the concerts are to entertain these wandering ghosts to stop them getting bored and creating too much mischief.

I was away for much of the month and so sadly missed the great photo opportunity. Check out this guys photies of Singapore during Hungry Ghost.

Thanks for coming to Harvest!

Thanks to everyone who came down last night it was a fun time for a great
cause.
Here's a mobile snap of gj setting up our autumnal lanterns before the
show..

Autumn's Dawn in Singapore - Event in September

On Saturday September 26th...

From the people who brought you 'Seahuggers':

Celebrate Autumn's Dawn.

An evening of: Grain Silo Psych, Compost Techno, Almanac Synths, Wheatfield Soul + Visual Foliage

Feature Film: The Wicker Man (1973 UK Pagan Cult Masterpiece)

DJs: Dendrochronology (Caribou CA) + Prairie Co-op System

Doors: 7:30, Film 8pm, Music ∞

$15 on the door including one free drink. All funds to support Post-Museum for their soup kitchen project that feeds the poor in Singapore.

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