Sky covered with quilted blanket

I saw this the other day. The sky was covered with a quilted blanket.
It's closer and more overwhelming than it looks in the picture. ( iPhone camera has a wider angle lens than our human eyes.)
It's something between unreal and surreal. It gave me a strange sensation that could be what philosophers called the moment of sublime?

Autumn in Spring

Nature must have lost her diary or something.

Autumn popped in this week. Gorgeous weather. Cool, dry and blue sky.

Love the smell that came along. That intense scent/sense of Autumn. Words are useless here. The closest description I can think of – a bit like, you're in love.

That's cute!

"That's cute!" – the compliments I've got wearing this tee lately. All from females.

This struck me that females, even in their thirties, adore cute things. I know a few friends who still keep stuffed animal by their side. They talk to them, sleep with them, and even goto gym with them. Once my friend was taken aback when someone introduced her little buddy to her.

Advertisers can use more cutie stuffs when talking to our ladies. Why not? It's immature, too playful and not "corporate" enough? Who cares? Apparently except the marketing people. And ironically they are largely female (Just ask how many cute merchandises on their office desk).

We may not be as Kawaii-laden as the Japanese, but surely we are not as grown-up as we think we are.

Loosen up a bit, stay a little younger. What's wrong with that?

The Omnipresence of Pun

Strolling around Central, found these 2 pieces of sign. If you know Cantonese, you'll see how the puns work.

"FORM PRINT" => "CONVENIENT" (in Cantonese)

"WRONG design" => "KING" of design

We call it "食字" (literally means "eating word") in Hong Kong. Arguably, THE most overused ad copy trick in the past decade and there seems no stopping.

Banksy

Love this guy's works. You can goto here to see more of his street art. And this is an interesting note I found on his site:

"You shouldn't mess with graffiti writers. The longest recorded piece of graffiti was painted by a student in the toilets of his college at Changsha, China in 1915. It consisted of over 4000 characters criticising his teachers and the state of Chinese society.

After completing this masterpiece the student handed himself in and was paraded in front of the school and threatened with expulsion. The student was 22 year old Chairman Mao. A graffiti artist who later founded the People's Republic of China and was responsible for the deaths of over 30 million people." (Chieh Fang, Chinese Army Magazine, December 1968)

Long Live Graffiti Artist!

howies

I fell in love instantly with this brand.

I haven't owned any of their product yet, but I've downloaded all their wallpapers.

They give life back to copywriting. You inevitably felt happier, fresher and more positive towards your environment after sipping through some of their writings. It's optimism full of wits. You know how hard it is to do creative for the good cause. Either they are using shock tactics or just self-indulgently boring.

When today, most ads are very visual-driven, this is a breath of fresh air. Too many brands are hollow and stand for nothing anyway, they (at least it seems to me by brief observation) hold onto some values and beliefs above just making profits.

roof top2

In Hong Kong, we crave for space.

The roof top up high is our backyard. We hang our clothes and play with our kids. Taller skyscrapers engulf, privacy is a luxury. But then again, nearly everyone is too occupied to look out.

roof top

A moment outside my office window.