Albright-Knox Art Gallery.

December 24, 2013.

Grand Cherokee.

December 21, 2013.

Arrival gate during Christmas time is really something.

Reunion. Hugs. Smiles. I'm one of them this season.

December 11, 2013.

Genius Bar Work Authorization

Problem Description/Diagnosis

Issue: Top case keys unresponsive after minor liquid spill, after a minute trackpad is always right clicking with only one finger applied
Steps to Reporduce: Verified in good OS
Proposed Resolution: Replace topcase, test trackpad, if it needs replacement contact customer
Cosmetic Condition: Minor scratches to topcase display housing cover with playing card under
Estimated Turn Around Time: We'll call you in 3-5 days

Repair Estimate

661-5871 Housing, Top Case, with Keyboard, Backlit, W/O Trackpad - $139.64
922-9773 Trackpad - $52.36
S1490LL/A Hardware Repair Labor $39.00
Total with Tax - $261.03

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Human error and spill. Ugh.

December 3, 2013.

November 28, 2013.

Roeses are red,

Violets are blue,

Coffee.

November 24, 2013.

During his famous Stanford commencement address, Jobs said the following:

"You can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well worn path."

I often look at the people who have achieved certain status quo, values, or lifestyle and wonder how did they connect the dots to reach the place. At the end of those thoughts, it comes down to reassuring myself that I'm one of them, young and in progress.

Knowing that dots only make sense looking backwards but not forwards, it raises the question of what little things I do and what little decisions I make everyday. Most days of the year are unremarkable, but it's hard to deny that each days are the dots that we are laying in our life. This is really hard.

November 21, 2013.

Stunning cinematography. Gravity was brilliant.

Season's Greetings.

Team Evernote.

November 7, 2013.

Tu Vas Avoir Mal Aux Yeux.

You will have sore eyes.

November 1, 2013.

Carmina Burana with the Toronto Symphony.

Unit 509.

What modern man wants is a monk's cell, well lit and heated,

with a corner from which he can look at the stars

- Le Corbusier

Man and His Symbols.

Reading the Man and His Symbols by C.G. Jung has been a pure pleasure and meaningful experience- perhaps to the level of synchronicity. As much as I appreciate the previous works of Jung, number of texts written by Jung's pupils were intriguing as well in their various applications of the concept of connection between unconscious and symbolism; ancient myths, visual arts, and individual analysis.

Examination of Man and his Symbols is in effect an examination of man's relation to his own unconscious- step towards the process of individuation, which Jung believed is the essence to become whole, integrated, calm, fertile, and happy.

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"For most people the years of youth are characterized by a state of gradual awakening in which the individual slowly becomes aware of the world and of himself. Childhood is a period of great emotional intensity, and child's earliest dreams often manifest in symbolic forms the basic structure of the psyche, indicating how it will later shape the destiny of the individual concerned."

"The only adventure that is still worthwhile for modern man lies in the inner realm of the unconscious psyche... Trying to give the living reality of the Self a constant amount of daily attention is like trying to live simultaneously on two levels or in two different worlds."

"An accelerated maturation to an independent and responsible manliness. It represents an initiation into the reality of outer life, a strengthening of the ego, and with this a completion of the first half of the individuation process. The second half- which is the establishment of a right relationship between the ego and the self- still lies ahead."

Lac Desjardins.

McGill Outdoor Club.

Good people. Nature. Drinking. Singing. Cooking. Sleeping.

A weekend with the McGill University Outdoor Club; 

it was all I ever wanted for university experience.  

Salon de Nuit.

In Montreal.

October 13, 2013.

Happy thanksgiving.

The City is My Church.

Nuit Blanche.

October 5, 2013.

"The rose is without why; it blooms simply because it blooms. 

It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees it."

McCaul Street.

IKEA Homecoming.

September 28, 2013.

I've been recently thinking about the 'Allegory of the Cave' again.

"All we perceive are imperfect reflections of the ultimate forms, which subsequently represent truth and reality. In his story, Plato establishes a cave in which prisoners are chained down and forced to look upon the front wall of the cave- and become inherently mistaken as to what is reality."

Two things that astonishes me; how often I get surprised and bewildered by my own blindness and how much I'm trying to cope those newfound awareness into my own previous knowledge and understanding. It's terror of knowing that my perception of the world, the set of reality I'm living in, is a vision that is new, fragile, and inexperienced than anything.

September 20, 2013

20 years old; entering the phase of twenty something.

There are still so many things that I need to work on, but I am more confident than ever.

Principles of Soil Science.

Don Valley Brick Works.

American Side.

Nightcrawler.

September 15, 2013.

September 10, 2013.

"He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural.

We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.

There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself? That is why life is always like a sketch. No, "sketch" is not quite the word, because a sketch is an outlines of something, the groundwork for a picture, where as the sketch that is our life is a sketch for nothing, an outline with no picture."

Plastics.

Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.

September 2, 2013.

"Hey Ken, how's all? I guess you're either on your way or here already. College is once more upon us, gone are the days of summer isn't it?"

"Even if I'm here, it always feel like I'm on a journey. So what difference does it make. It seems like this endless traveling is our unavoidable fate and I don't doubt you feel the same way. Gone are the days of summer but not the ones who've gone through."

September 1, 2013.

August 27, 2013.

Multicoloured.

August 26, 2013.

Last weekend with my family. 

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Many issues that I faced in the past came from the illusion that a moment is going to last forever; that I'll have plenty of chance to spend quality time with my family, that I'll eventually do the things that I thought of doing, that the girl I like would always stay single. A mindset somewhat like the line from Pink Floyd, "You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today".

Though having a life cycle based on flight tickets taught me the importance of appreciation and gratitude. When there is a specific arrival/departure date, you realize the time you have is limited and any given moment can't be taken as granted. Countdown clock starts as soon as passing the arrival gate and you know you are going to end up in the same place as you arrived. Doesn't mean I make the best of each moment in between, but at least constantly trying. 

Beat of Your Heart.

Gyeongbokgung.

Robert Capa Exhibition.

August 21, 2013.

Superdry.

As the Guardian puts it, "unisex, ubiquitous yet anonymous; sporty yet not technical; designed but not designer." "It combines Americana styling with Japanese inspired graphics, yet the company is based in Cheltenham".

August 15, 2013.

City Compact.

Changing backpack indicates a phase change; Hot Shot to City Compact.

August 12, 2013.

How can I stop memories from fading away?

Cityscape.