Giving trees

by Shel Silverstein

CHOIXOOANG

CHOI XOOANG focused on the society that normal people live in. The more structured and modernised the soceity becomes, the system, in order to manage people efficiently, standardize, materialise and structurise them. In other words, most people are compelled to adapt to this world and without knowing any reason, they are unconsiously controlled as if they are in 'Vegetative State'

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In the Spirit of Diaghilev

Few weeks ago, I went to Saddler's well to watch 'In the spirit of diaghilev'. Sergei Diaghilev was a founder and director of Ballets Russes which became the sensation in the western art culture. Their unique productions into which combined contemporary art,visual art, music and dances, hugely influecned 20th centruy's arts. Their collaboration with contemporary dancers, artists, composers which includes Najinski, Bakst,Picasso, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov was simply outstanding.
Diaghilev was not artistically or musically talented person. However, his passion and love for arts and music and his ability to gather many of the great personalities into one company enabled Ballets Russes to be successful worldwidly.

What can I say about the modern challenge to revive the spirit of Ballets Russes. They were simply amazing in my view. Having never seen the actual Ballets Russes performance, I had to satisfy with the modern version.Still, they were perfect in my statndard. All four performances,Dyad, Afterlight, Faun and Surprise me were breathtaking and out of all, my personal favourite was Faun:

"Performed against the backdrop of a sylvan wood, this fluid, delicate duet portrays an encounter between creatures who are human and feral, mythological and alive. In their artless, vulnerable discovery of each other"-Judith Mackerell

Henri Poincare

I am going to study mathematics in university. I do not have a special talent or deep interests in this subject. However, the reason I want to take maths as my course is because maths is the fundamental language out of all human logics, philosophy and sciences. there is no doubt many great philosophers were mathematicians as well; Platon, Aristoteles, Leoranrdo Da Vinci, Descartes, Bertland Russell and the list wont end. My own belif of my existence is that I am here to learn and to think. I do not want to induce what i believe to be truth to others because it is their own mission to discover them. Further on, I want to enjoy the world I am living in, no matter what I see is illusion or fake, I will still enjoy as it is.

Science is beautiful. It is as beautiful as arts or ballet. I personally like what Poincare said:

"The scientist does not study nature because it is useful, he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living."

Many overlook science as boring and dried which lacks beauty. Some artists often argue science is incomparable to arts in terms of creatiity. However, both have their complex roots in human curiosity, imagination, a sense of beauty, memory and a capacity to dream.

I have not read the famous 'Two Culture' by C.P Snow but this is the must read for me when my enlgish gets better

SAMARKAND

SAMARKAND was a central point on the silk road between the east and the west, largely influenced by both Islam and China cultures. As it happened, the city was conquered by several different dynasties: Alexander the great, Arabs, Genghis Khan, Turkish and Russians. Despite the sad history, the outcome was invaluable architectures in which Islamic style structure is merged with cobalt patterns and I found these structures marvellous and extraordinary.

My impression of most Islamic temples were more of deserts and schorching sun, where plants and trees are dried up and animals are hidden, like desolated palaces. However, sapphire coloured dome and patterns make the place so lively and fresh. It is a true oasis for deary merchants, travelled long way from the Mediterranean to the Pacific in a hope to exchange and share beauty of each other.

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Trees

I went to Richmond Park today. Having woken up early, i could not resist going outside and enjoy Wonderful Autumn weather. At first, I planned to go to London, to visit Brick Lane, the famous place for its vintages and lively atmosphere, but as I was heading to the station, fallen leaves somehow allured me to Richmond Park. I havent yet enjoyed the fall season yet and cloudless weather and dazzling sunshine further induced me.

My expectation was right. The park look astonishing with warmly coloured trees, simply representing how beautiful and rich the autumn is. i had never walked Richmond park before, eventhough I frequenlty rode bike along the roads; the nature of the park attracts many bikers around London area which included me:D. Feeling breeze and charming views make it perfect for riding. Anyway, I never knew trees were full of individualistic. Each were different and had its own identities. Somewere old&young, dark& light or thin &thick. Like humans, the older they are, the more wisdom they displayed, the younger they are, the more vulnerable they looked.

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This is my first time I cooked in my life! Eventhought this was extra extra simple work, I grabbed the feeling of satisfication. I never thought that i would ever cook in my life. However, getting close to university life, there was a pressure from my parents that i should now learn to make my own food. So, i chose this recipe as this looked easy and i love aubergein.



My cousion is staying at my house for about 5 weeks. She is very very cute and I absoultely love her. She is chariming and does so many baby things which keep remind me of my own childhood. She doesnt stop laughing and this makes home so lively:D. I hope she would stay at home longer

Siddartha by Hermann Hesse

I just finised reading 'Siddartha'. Hermann Hesse is one of my favourite because of his insights into various religions and his depictions and ideas are rather easier to understand than other books. Out of all this was my best, maybe because of my family background: my parents are all buddhists and i frequently visited shrines when i was young. Eventhough i regard myself as atheist( i dont believe in any god), my mind is dominatly occupied with buddhism. I love , not those non-sense 'cycle of suffering and rebirth', but the idea of meditations, the cultivation of mindfulness and wisdom. These practices makes me calm and peaceful. After having got rid of worries and anxieties, i feel happy and satisfied.

"Siddhartha does not, in the end, learn true wisdom from any teacher, but from a river that roars in a funny way and from a kindly old fool who always smiles and is secretly a saint" At the end, what really inspired me was the river and the ferryman. The ferryman, Vasudeva, is a kind of man that I want to be: calm, benevolent, generous, the mind to learn and his ability to criticize when neccesary.

Atlas Sound 'Logos'

I dont know Deerhunter. I dont know Bradford Cox. I dont even know how this album came to myhand but what a masterpiece this album is.

Melancholic melodies flow and captures 'sort of sad, exhausted, and fragile emotional state'

I dont know how to start

Starting something has always been difficult for me. Until now, i've always been depedning on my parents and even this blog is such a big start and Im not accustomed to it.

My primary plan for this blog is that i am going to mainly focus on my life: thoughts, imaginations and experience. Whatever that come across on my mind:
music, books, fashion, sciences, news, i will try to put them on here. Eventhough i am not sure how much effort I am intending to use, i am now keen on the idea that i finally have a matter to communicate with the world because until now, i was alone and had nobody to discuss with.