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I’m glad the inking process was over. For a first-timer to getting a tattoo, I think sitting there and taking 4 and a half hours of constant poking and sharp pain, I did pretty well.

And a job well done by Moon my tattoo artist. Not only has he brought to flesh the ideas in my head, he has brought to life the picture he “painted” on my arm.

I’m looking forward to getting the rest of my designs out. Next being the Lion. Check the finished bull below and live recording of the process.

View from the side of the arm.

A shot more towards the front of the arm

I guess this entry was long time coming; ever since I started talking on Twitter about getting a series of tattoos done, I’ve been bombarded by various questions. So I thought I’ll just compile them into this neat FAQ.

Q: What tattoo are you getting?
A: Image of a bull(ox), lion, eagle and Jesus.

Q: Is that four tattoos or one?
A: Four.

Q: Are you getting four in one go?
A: Nope. I will do it over the course of 18 months to 2 years I believe.

Q: Where will be the tattoos be on your body?
A: Left arm (around the deltoids) for the lion, right arm for the bull, the upper back for the eagle, Jesus on the left chest.

Q: How big are the tattoos going to be?
A: In short, it will not be small. The one on the arms will be a proper half sleeve. The one on the back is going to extend  from one edge of the arm to the other. One on the chest is going cover the full pectoral if possible.

Q: Which one are you getting done first?
A: The bull. Seen here as a mockup. Followed by the lion. The eagle is third. Lastly Jesus, which is probably going to be the toughest.

Q: What inspired you to get the tattoos done?
A: I wanted to get a tattoo done over a year ago. Just not too sure what I’ll get until one Sunday afternoon, I heard this message from my pastor in church. The message is pretty much embodied by this bible explanation I found online here.

Q: Why not just get a cross?
A: See above. A cross would not be the complete picture I want painted on my body.

Q: How long is the bull tattoo going to take to finish?
A: About 4 hours.

Q: Who is your tattoo artist?
A: His name is Moon. And his work can be seen here.

Q: Can I see the finish art?
A: Yes. In fact you can watch me get inked live on Ustream. Login here for stream and info http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kevin365. First Live show to happen this Feb 18th at 1030am in the morning.

Had the opportunity to shoot with Callan again today. A fresh face wanted her shots taken and we obliged. Today we experimented with a one-light setup and I think it went pretty well. Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Anyway, pictures to come soon.

Kicking Around

There is an attractive force that comes from an environment such a school. I remember that day when I stepped into Ngee Ann Secondary; the atmosphere felt different, the mood was different. Positive and hopeful. Youthful energy reverberated throughout the grounds. At least I thought so; the teachers, some had tired faces, and it is no doubt from all the paperwork they are charged with.

I remember being in school back then, a school not so dissimilar; running around after classes have ended, playing ball games, chasing each other around. Such is this capture. It brought back memories. And how appropriate and ironic, that I should remember my younger days in the company of an old friend.

As I sit down and pen this entry, my eyes begin to water and close. It has been one heck of week. Mostly doing stuff to occupy my senses. Visual, tactile, aural.

I’ve been avoiding projects that bore me lately and opting to fill my time with things that do not necessary make more money for myself. That may not be good since I am a business owner and making money should be intrinsic in all I do. Perhaps what I do now will eventually make some but I cannot guarantee much. Anyway, I am happy though at the same burden by the things that I have avoided to do this week.

Let us see what we have done this week, shot for a friend at one of his workshops on Tuesday, Wednesday helped set up part of another friend’s solo exhibition debut, Thursday spend a couple of hours in the evening shooting for tattlermag.com at Oosh.

I shall have to make up for the lost time very quickly. Though, I know myself; the more someone tries to push me along in one way, the person will more often face resistance (albeit silent one) than not. So I pray that I have the strength and focus to finish what I need to do and get it over and done with. Anyway, I am thinking of abandoning the moodstats, it is not working out for me. It is somewhat tedious and not necessary an accurate gauge. Perhaps a photography daily, one starting on 1st August would be more appropriate for myself at this point.

On a side note, I bought my Pocket Wizards Mini and Flex TT, my sister will carry them for me. Hopefully.

I was happy to help Stephie out today, shooting her new inventory for her blog shop. The morning started out pretty dreary and for the last few days I have been sick with flu. So wanted to sleep in some more today actually. But I am glad that we got this done today. (more…)

I had a good time last night at Zsofi Tapas Bar with my new found friends, my wife and Ellery. It comes to no surprise that I enjoy doing the whole social thing, it was something I’ve always wanted to do since there was IRC. Meeting new people and making new friends, keeping them, it is all intrinsic and integral to my being.

Twitter has become the new IRC. Amazing has quickly people get together over common interests. At first it was over beer and then it was over photography. So much interest was generated, that the media picked it up. There will be more, I promise. In fact, something is in the pipeline.

I had a brief moment to talk El last night; he sent me a worrying sms earlier that day with regards to Jay. He dropped the bombshell, and apparently they are in a bit of a spot. Details of which I shouldn’t share but all I can say is: what the hell went wrong? But honestly, I wasn’t all that surprised. Shocked, yes. Surprised, partly. Is it due to her age perhaps? She is just turning 23.

I hope that all will be well and that is just another bad dream.

It was not too long ago when I had to buried our last boy, Carrots. The other boy, Corn, Carrot’s son, died a month prior.

I am quite sure that no matter how big or small your pet is, there is always a sense of loss felt when they die. Seriously, I felt sad. They are small yet somewhat affectionate characters. A lot of fun to have around. It took me a while to actually clean up and put away the empty cage.

Well, it so happened that we were at Great World City yesterday. As with our usual habit with us and Great World, we would always make a quick trip upstairs to the pet shop. There they were, in a tank on the bottom shelf were 3 small baby Syrian Hamsters.

They looked too adorable to ignore and the wife looked and me asked if I wanted one. Somehow I knew she wanted another boy to replace the ones we just lost. I nodded. Honestly, I was a little hesitant at first, but no one can deny the boy we picked had such a cute face. We bought him and brought him home.

There you go, that’s how we got Michael. If Peas, the old girl, is still around, we might just mate them.

4th of July, as I remember, was the day I received Christ and believed the gospel at New Creation Church. The year was 1999. So that was my independence day; free from the wages of sin.

Ten years on, here I am. A little wiser and a whole lot happier. Didn’t think I’d make it that far in life, or being here in this position. But I am thankful.

Anyway today I went down to UniSIM to pay my school fees for the semester starting mid-July. Part of me is not looking forward to school because of the school work I’ll have to do but another part is happy that I am. Let’s see how it pans out, I am taking some modules that I am interested in, so I suppose that would help to soften it up for me a little.

On a side-note, UniSIM should really consider opening more counters during the weekends to collect payments. There were at least 250 people in the queue ahead of me and the wait was no less than 2 hours. Should the administration not be expecting the huge turnout over weekends? They cannot be expecting everyone to turn up during the work week.

Right after, I rushed home to get May. We were supposed to attend a marriage seminar organized by our church. Thankfully we made it in time, with a little nagging of course. The seminar was good in pointing out faults, but it made me feel lousy and very self-aware. Things that you never really care to think about in the first place until you commit the error. I am still learning.

Later that evening I met up with Tania and Ling over at Night and Day bar. We talked about my plans for #ShootUrTweeple over a few beers. Hopefully we could use the place and get at least something going there. Tania seems hopeful, I’m just slightly reserved. Nonetheless, I will draft out an email and send it over to Kelley the owner of the place soon and see how far this rabbit hole will take us.

This is my first post. Firstly I like to welcome to those who just happen to wander on in here. I hope to bear my soul more as the time goes by. As for now, everything is a work in progress. In the meantime, please bear with me.