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tremor

tremor
Date Joined: August 28, 2010
Last Online: February 1, 2013

Country: Singapore

About Me

Allo! I'm a filmmaker wannabe-former film school and art school grad-periodic slacker-perpetual nocturnal creature-daydreamer-semi-moderate idealist.

And I'm from the tropical, cosmopolitan island city, Singapore in South East Asia. It's a multi-cultural and racial society where the East and West meets and the old and new converge. I speak English, Chinese/Mandarin and Cantonese. (I learnt some Elementary Japanese but I've forgotten most of it!)

I'm into films (indie/horror/sci-fi/documentaries/arthouse/experimental/Asian), music (indie/postrock), theatre, Japanese anime, Manga, toy photography (Lomo/Holga/Polaroids), gigs, installation art, graffiti, poetry, fanzines, mail art, stencil art, graphic T-shirts, paranormal, graphic design, web design, travelling, cats, Tibetan Buddhism, Graphic Novels, collecting toys, all things Gnome/Matryoshka/Cats/Rabbits/Owls/Teddy Bears/Domokun/Cheburaska/Totoro/Hello Kitty/Sakura/vampires/zombies/robots/vintage, quirky cake toppers, quirky/cutesy/kawaii stuff, ferris wheel, flea markets & DIY terrariums.

Places I've been to: Canada (Seattle, Vancouver), US (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Diego, New York City, Brooklyn, Long Island, New Jersey, Boston, Salem, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Niagara Falls) , Mexico (Tijuana), Hawaii (Honolulu), Japan (Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Tokyo), Hong Kong, Taiwan (Taipei), Thailand (Bangkok), Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane), France (Paris), UK (London, Bristol)

I suppose my motto in life is to try to live with as little regrets as possible.

It'd be great to meet like-minded individuals to swap interesting stuff with on this site!

"How come no-one told me, all throughout history the loneliest people were the ones who always spoke the truth?" - Kings of Convenience.

Favorite Music

American Analog Set, Animal Collective, Antony And The Johnsons, Arab Strap, The Black Heart Procession, Belle & Sebastian, Boards Of Canada, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Catpower, Calexico, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Camera Obscura, Death Cab for Cutie, Early Day Miners, Andrew Bird, The Album Leaf, Mogwai, The Twelves, Delphic, Vampire Weekend, Fang Island, Eleventh Dream Day, Elf Power, Elliott Smith, Explosions in the Sky, Fujiya & Miyagi, Galaxie 500, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Grandaddy, Hayden, Kings of Convenience, Klaxons, Her Space Holiday, Iron & Wine, Knife in the Water, Labradford, Low, Mercury Rev, M83, Mew, Modest Mouse, Mum, Mus, Neutral Milk Hotel, Peter Bjorn and John, Richard Youngs, Saso, Sea and Cake, Sigur Ros, Silver Mount Zion, Spiritualized, Sufjan Stevens, The Album Leaf, The Decemberists, The Handsome Family, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, The Knife, The Magic Numbers, The Magnetic Fields, The Fiery Furnaces, The Microphones, The New Pornographers, The Postal Service, Tortoise, Trail Of Dead, Wolf Parade, Empire of the Sun, humpback oak, selfkill, Stealstealground, 甜梅號 Sugar Plum Ferry, The Faint, A Place To Bury Strangers, my little airport, Alok, Deastro, Midnight Juggernauts, Datarock, Mystery Jets Official, Sparklehorse, Empire of the Sun, Santigold, Grizzly Bear, This Will Destroy You, Red Sparrows, Jesu

Favorite Books

Rebel Without a Crew, Or How a 23 Year Old Filmmaker With 7000 Became a Hollywood Player, By Robert Rodriguez, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, Short story, Substance, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, The Work of a Legendary Critic, Let It Blurt, America's Greatest Rock Critic, Please Kill Me, The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, Maus a Survivors Tale, My Father Bleeds History, Maus, A Survivor's Tale, And Here My Troubles Began, Persepolis, The Story of a Childhood, Persepolis 2, The Story of a Return, Squee's Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Favorite Movies

Wong Kar-wai, Fruit Chan, Tsui Wing, Tsai Ming-liang, Edward Yang, Wan Jen, Zhang Yimou, Hou Hsiao, Hsien, Lee Ang, Takeshi Kitano, Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kim Ki, Au Revoir Taipei, Kim Ki-duk, Chan Park Wook, Takashi Miike, Majid Majidi, Jafar Panahi, Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Amir Muhammad, Garin Nugroho, Sean Pen, Ek Ratanaruang, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Wim Wenders, Lars von Trier, Pedro Almodovar, Aki Kaurismäki, Danny Boyle, Pierre Jeunet, Darren Aronofsky, Todd Solondz, Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith, Spike Lee, Terry Gilliam, Errol Morris, Terrence Malick, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Coen brothers, Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 海角七號 - Cape NO.7, Mary and Max

Favorite Television

Ugly Betty, Lost, Wonder Falls, Arrested Development, CSI: Miami, Dead Like Me, Prison Break, Heroes, House, The Office, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Samurai Jack, Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Dexter's Lab, Arakawa Under The Bridge, The Powerpuff Girls, Bleach, Naruto, Trinity Blood, Samurai Champloo, Fullmetal Alchemist, Rouroni Kenshin, Hellsing, Full Metal Panic!, Blood+, Musashi, xxxHolic, Night Head Genesis, Death Notice, Hitman Reborn, D Gray Man, Busou Renkin, Claymore, Love Com, The IT Crowd, United States of Tara, Undercover Boss, Drop Dead Diva, Glee, Lie to Me, Detroit Metal City, Mind Your Language, Fear Itself, Black Books, The Walking Dead

Favorite Crafts

Toy Photography, Installation art, Graffiti, Fanzine making, Mail art, Stencil Art, Graphic T Shirts, Terrarium making, Doll making, Cassette tape wallet making, Polaroid postcard making, Paper or Digital Collages, Postcard Making, Card Making

Ratings

SusiLetter rated for I <3 Postcards International #11 on Feb 1, 2013
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phoerauf rated for Super QUICK E-Card Swap on Feb 28, 2011
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Comment: Thank you for choosing an e-card so perfect for me. That's one of my favorite paintings!
Response: Pam, Glad you liked it! :) It never fails to cheer me up! (I think his painting perfectly captured the brilliance of sunflowers.)
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Comment: I LOVE the card you sent! Not only is it gorgeous, but of course I love the lyrics you chose as well. I just re-listened to that album so this was a fabulous treat...if we ever meet again in a swap feel free to send me more of your art work :)
Response: ..it's such a relief to hear that, thanks! :D i was a tad anxious in creating this card as i'd the plan but the execution proved to be trickier than i thought. but it's impossible to listen to Radiohead and not feel inspired to create something. the trial-an-error really mirrored the song in that sometimes when striving for order/normalcy, internal chaos will ensure despite the best laid plans. so, when do we stop listening to our heads but to our hearts just for once?
hull33 rated for Quickie PC swap #4 on Sep 17, 2010
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Comment: Thanks for the great PC!
Response: ..great! glad you liked it, :)
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Comment: I'd love to be the poster child of Woodstock :) and I am grateful to be kicking around this earth doing what I love. Thank you for all your kind remarks.
Response: ..thanks, i'm glad you weren't offended by my long-winded, dorky remarks! :)
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Comment: Thank's for the cute lyrics postcard :)
Response: ..you're most welcomed! :)
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Comment: Wow! Thanks for your comment and for even looking thru my flickr photos & etsy store! :) I totally understand about just buying fabric because it's pretty or cool. I've developed a 'stash' of fabric that I just bought because I liked it and know I probably won't end up ever using it for anything, lol. It was great to meet you! :)
Response: ..haha, yes, the impulse to buy pretty fabric & keep them is quite scary! but i stopped right in my tracks when my friend asked me, "So, what are you going to do with it?" that's when I recall my lack of talent in the sewing etc.. department.
Sapphyre rated for Quickie PC swap #4 on Sep 8, 2010
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Comment: I love that card so much!!! That was my favorite movie for a long time - I need to add it to my list. I love the book also. Similar, but not the same. I highly recommend!
Response: ..i'm really glad you liked it! :D i was a bit worried that you might not fancy it but it all just fell into place (for me) as I made the card. yes, i'll pick up the book soon. "Blade Runner" & "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" has never ceased to fascinate me even till this day, :)
bibiana826 rated for Super QUICK E-Card Swap on Sep 6, 2010
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crowningmoment rated for Super QUICK E-Card Swap on Sep 6, 2010
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Comment: Thanks very much indeed for your lovely, cure. splendid ecard. i love it so much. i want to give you 10 hearts.
Response: ..haha, i'm so glad you liked it! i really love teddy bears too! :D
ElizabethMD rated for Super QUICK E-Card Swap on Sep 6, 2010
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Comment: This was so great! Thank you very much for the fun photos. I just love that cat with the cherry blossoms. The amineko, miniature, and embroidery photos are awesome and very inspiring for sure! Thanks! :) The amineko drawing himself was really funny hehe
Response: ..haha, you're welcomed! :) now, i feel very inspired to make an amineko myself. i found a free pattern online but gosh, it looked so complicated!!
sluvsm14 rated for Super QUICK E-Card Swap on Sep 5, 2010
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Comment: Thanks so much for the Twilight card, loved it!!!
Response: ..you're most welcomed! i actually liked it too! :D
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Comment: Thank you for the very sweet comment you left on my profile. You sound like a wonderful & wise person. Smiles :)
Response: ..thanks so much for your kind comment, :)

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Comments

fuzzington on Feb 14, 2011:

I see you like graffiti and urban art. Perhaps you'd be interested in a new swap I just created: Handmade Graffiti Postcard! Hope you check it out! :)

http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/83709

user3894 on Sep 6, 2010:

Amineko are fun to make! If you can do single crochet, and crochet in the round.. you can do it. If you check the Crochet Pattern Central website (tons of legally free patterns for everything crochet), there's a lot of free ones.. maybe can find a smaller amigurumi that won't take as long too :) Easy and quicker = feeling successful hehehe

Lmere11 on Sep 4, 2010:

Hi! I'm one of your partners for the Read and Comment swap. Your profile was so interesting to go through! I've never been to Asia (only certain places in Latin America) but Singapore is definitely on my list of places I want to visit. I'm SO impressed that you're multi-lingual. I'm trying so hard to learn spanish and its more difficult than I thought it would be, so Im amazed when anyone can speak two or more languages haha. Your choices in entertainment are fabulous. I have to say I love Arrested Development (it immediately jumped out at me) and its so awesome that you've got a whole group of Cartoon Network Cartoons mixed in there. I fully agree with making sure you have no regrets in life. So many people get caught up in silly things and don't take the opportunities and chances they're given and end up missing out on so much. I'm never going to be one of those people and it doesn't seem like you will be either :) I really really enjoyed reading your profile! I hope you're having a fabulous day!

keribearsmiles on Sep 3, 2010:

Hey there! Stoppin by for the 'Read Profile and Leave A Comment Swap' What's it like in Singapore? That is on our list of places we need to go, but it wont be for a very long time. Looks like you travel alot. My boyfriend and I have been traveling quite a bit lately. Our favorite place so far is San Diego, what were your thought of that city. We loved it! I would actually like to live there someday. Im not much of a reader so I am not familiar with your likes in the field sorry. So do you like looking at graffiti or do you actually create it. When I get a house I want to make one wall in our entertainment room graffiti style art, I think its awesome! I love your taste in music, we have alot in common there. I'd be happy walking front art gallery to art gallery listening to music on my pod! Well I hope you have a great day and remember to keep smiling! -keribearsmiles (Keri)

saskia on Sep 3, 2010:

I am verry glad that I have to write for you the comment for Read My Profile and Leave a Nice Comment ! I read your profile: You are a very interested and interesting person I think. It is good to be an idealist and standing for the thruth. How good is your qoute from Kings of Convenience! I live on a quit different place of the earth The netherlands) and I am always curious how it is in Singapore. My friend just went there (one week ago) to live there for 3 years with her husband. I hope you like liveing there!?!

Have a good day!

Saskia

Karenmomofthree on Aug 28, 2010:

Welcome to the Gnome group do us proud! I hope you will join some of our swaps soon! Karen

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