We, flowers, welcome the IMF/World Bank delegates

finally went out with my new camera on another mini photo outing... with the knowledge that town would be more flowery than usual :P well, wasn't disappointed... but at same time rather amused how intentional everything is! even all the shops are giving delgates special discounts.. why they so special! ha.

Isn't this pretty....

So i discovered rows of sunflowers lining the pathway right outside SMU... not sure it they will be permanent. in any case, they're so pretty; made me wonder why we dun ever plant sunflowers along our roads... too high maintenance i suppose.

and so i discovered this strange phenomenon of sunflower-lined roads...

this was closer to suntec... well... it is rather obvious that they have been intentionally planted.. can still see the original bunches and wiring....

this week or two is prob as happening as Sg can get...? everything has been planned to coincide with IMF/WB meeting rather intentionally, so as to showcase the island to the supposed 16,000 or so delegates arriving... sadly i can only hear about the big names in the papers; no chance to attend any public lectures and such... of course i'm happy that there are many things i can do during the weekend, yet at the same time, feel like everything's but a show. it's cool that passers-by get to appreciate Salvador Dali's sculptures in front of Taka... but me wonders if these transplanted sculptures would soon disappear after the buzz is gone? reminds me of friend's documentary... that we dun bother to slowly cultivate and allow things to slowly take root... we only want instant gratification...?

had three 'arty' events lined up back-to-back last weekend... caught Forbidden City on Sat; watched Tony Takitani at The Picturehouse on Sunday; then attended an Asian Film Symposium screening at the Substation yesterday evening... though i was left with little time to take a good rest; they were totally necessary for balancing out the draining forces at work ha. the former two were nice (though Tony Takitani wasn't very easy to figure out i have to say) but the last one was really really cool . I got to watch a documentary titled Singapore Standard Time produced by my very dear friend! and it was extremely good. Sadly, i don't think it's going to be shown anywhere in sg anytime soon, but the producers say that it might be screened on Arts Central come Jan 07... so watch out for it! ;P if only i can produce something half as good one day! ;P hee still haven't totally tossed out my far-fetched dream of making documentaries one day... but knowing me..... hai.

i still cannot really decide whether it's good to keep feeling 'sore' over having to do things you HAVE to do but dont' like to do; or whether it's better to just accept that there will always be things you dun like to do but HAVE to and be 'resigned' to fate... hmm i guess either way you still end up having to do these things you dun like to do haha. so perhaps BEST way is to think... how can i eventually not need to do things i don't like to do?! aiyah maybe i'm just being irrational and childish and spoilt... i suppose there are always things one has to learn/do, but doesn't enjoy learning/doing... and perhaps slowly tipping the scale towards things you like to learn/do is called active management/exercising control over own life? :P