Good Intentions

So I work at the Doris McCarthy Gallery at school, every four weeks or so, a new exhibition is put into place. I was fortunate enough to be helping out during the opening nights of the exhibition! So here's a bunch of pictures from the event.

The exhibition is titled Good Intentions by Jon Sasaki, a Toronto based artist.
The premise of the whole show is the idea of having good intentions and earnestly trying hard to achieve something but failing miserably. You'll understand more with pictures..


So first off, this welcome mat.. it's being put there for good intentions however, seeing it's white and all fluffy and pretty - it obviously is not a good choice for a welcome mat. The artist's intentions were for the mat to actually get dirty and gross by the end of the show.. It's on its way there.


This is a blow up doll however, the air blowing into it never seems to be strong enough to get it all the way up. You actually have to be in the gallery to see it in action, all it does is.. hopelessly flop up and down. It really makes you feel sorry for it! Good intentions..


I realized I didn't have photos of the short films that were displayed as artwork throughout the gallery. However, this is a shot of most of the work. There were three video installations in this room and another in another room. All of them went along with the theme.. For one, a person is seen trying to climb a ladder to reach somewhere up high. It is never seen what he is trying to reach or get to however, he is seen constantly stacking ladders on top of one another. It indeed is kinda nerveracking to see it.


This piece was also apart of the exhibition. It's a real person pretending to be a statue. Named Spirit of Individualism..



Artist talk for the evening



The gallery also got a new mascot, so cute!



Free snowcones are also being given out as apart of the exhibition. The idea of giving out snowcones in the middle of the winter seems bizarre but obviously with good intentions of generosity!

Good intentions is on until Feb 24th! You're free to come visit me on Wednesdays.. I'll personally make a snocone for you :) heh

down and gone

Last weekend, yeyea, I really enjoyed the sun glares!!

half way out the door

Taken in Japan.

I don't know why but these architectural/geometric-ish photos have been catching my eye since I'm just randomly picking pictures to edit.

There's really no way to reach me cause I'm already gone

I love airports.. just as I love train stations.




I love these shots.
These were taken at the HK airport.
Yay.

but i would just stand and stare

throw back to the summer.
I took a gazillion pictures during my vacation. I.. just haven't had enough time to edit them all. I believe the more I look through the pictures, the more treasures I will find!
These three aren't the greatest but they will suffice for now! I took these all on a moving double decker so yeah they are kinda blurry. Oh well :)

I would like to blog more often, even if I nothing to say.
I guess that could be a new years resolution.... what else?
- improve studying habits, stop wasting time (ie. now)
- spend less money on food!
- i miss my girl friends :( spend more time with them :(
- take more pictures, be more assertive with it?
- eat healthier, no chips everyday!!
- be more loving, thankful, and grateful..
- improve interpersonal skills -__- im socially handicap :(
....I can't think of anymore at the moment. I will add more later if I have to !

all good things

The holidays are winding down and I’m glad I’ve been relaxing and busying myself enough to not have time to blog.

I don’t even know how to do this.. be prepared for a long long long post.

Lol. k.. skating! I guess no outdoor skating this year.. maybe next year?

Hehe, worthwhile trip because I learned to skate backwards! Woooh

Boring Christmas Eve spent at home.. but very exciting Christmas! Got to open tons of presents from my own personal santa and his famfam, hehe. I’ve already started using, eating (yes, I get snacks for Christmas :D) and wearing most things already. Headed over to his cousins for Christmas dinner.. mmm.. love the food. I didn’t get to take a picture of the food.. but there’s cookies!



There was a santa picture on a chocolate piece of the dessert!

Boxing day shopping was .. horrid. I got nothing… Anyway, after that fail.. went to get ice cream at marble slab! Ice cream on a rainy day.. is not bad! I ordered cheesecake with marshmallow and cookie dough addons and he ordered… peanut butter banana with chocolate chip addons (how boring!!). haha. Mine didn’t taste amazing though…. Bad choices on bad part still. Waffle cone was pretty good though..


Raptors game against Detroit Pistons. My first basketball game! It was pretty exciting!! But I was stupid and forgot my zoom lens! :(


Sat around Union station to waste some time :)

I love being at the station, reminds me much of the Nuit blanche exhibition. I would honestly sit there all day and just people watch.. places like this and airports!!
Dinner at Joe Badali’s. Maybe it was cause I ordered the wrong things..or I don’t know. I didn’t particularly like this place. The calamari was really disgusting cause the batter had no seasoning whatsoever. The dessert was amazing though and made everything better. I don’t even recall the names of the pastas.. these Italian restaurants and their menus.. For dessert we got Brownie Cheesecake!! It was so delicious.




Finally got the see the girls for a Christmas dinner! Thank you secret santa ;)






The rest.. can be found on my picasa. You’re smart if you stalk me on the regular and already know! Anyhow, just ask me or… something

Wow this post is sooo long!! New Years Eve! Could have been better… but spent with the ones I love so that’s all that matters..


Japanese noodles for long life.. hehe.

He does all things graceful. I swear. Haha.

Japanese new year celebrations today..at his grandma’s place!




Dessert was amazinggggg, mud pie and some jello cake thing!


Hi baby. (Japanese babies are the cutest!)

Played some games, made a 3 year old friend, and he showed me books he read when he was young.. heh.

New years reflections/resolutions next post… way too long. Jees -__-