syncopation

Two years ago today!

jace — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:47:36 +0000

Lago di Como, originally uploaded by free range jace.

Spotify – yes? no?

jace — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:35:18 +0000

I am sick of waiting for open beta of Spotify and took my chance at spotifyinvite.se. I have heard so much good things about Spotify but have yet to try it. Spotifyinvite.se, would you please grant me the precious access to the little green app?

I’ll be back should I get my invite and let you all know about it… or you are thinking SCAM, RUN JANICE, RUN!

Hopefully that’s not the case.

Stay tune.

Contrasts and Constants

jace — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:30:50 +0000

Beep went (window) shopping with me many times, and sometimes suggested/picked out things that he thought I would like for me. After a few failures, he gave up, simply because my taste is to difficult to understand:

I love solid jackets that could possibly stand up on its own.
But I also love cardigans that could be smushed into a ball and rolled out flat.

I love black, grey and white.
But I also love all the sharpest colours you can name.

I love super clean modern cuts.
But I also love vintage stuff.

Yet, there are always a few rules that are constant:

I hate pastel colours.

You have to give me very good reasons to make me wear lace.

I don’t buy things that doesn’t go with anything in my wardrobe.

Quality trumps quantity…

Miss shopping with Beep!

champinjon

jace — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:20:29 +0000

I have never seen mushroom growing out of a non nature context… Dalia what kind of mushroom is this?!

Happy Australian Day from Google!

jace — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:28:47 +0000

On top of Australian Parade, wind pipes, soaring fighter jets, and flying Australian flag, we also have…

Australian Open 2010

jace — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:30:05 +0000

There’s no doubt that you have to be a brilliant tennis player to play in the Australian Open.

But you also have to be very persistant to survive the Australian Open as a spectator, battling the ever-changing weather: being drizzled on in the late morning, being incubated by clouds in the early afternoon, being fried by the sun in the late afternoon, and of course, it would never be a perfect day in Melbourne without being froze in the evening.

Yep. I’ve done it all in one day.

Can I have this in my bedroom?

jace — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:14:19 +0000

It’s called Spencer Secretary… coincidence??!?!!!

4-orm by Paul Guzzetta

Melbourne is not on the list!

jace — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:19:55 +0000

I was looking for a Moleskine City Notebook of Melbourne so that I could document all the places I love in Melbourne before I leave – and apparently I have thought too much of Melbourne as a city important enough for Moleskine to publish a city notebook…

Interestingly, neither is Sydney important enough or any cities on the southern hemisphere..!

But I thought I am pretty good at going to important cities :P

~~Amsterdam~~

Athens

~~Atlanta~~

~~Barcelona~~

~~Beijing~~

~~Berlin~~

~~Boston~~

~~Bruxelles~~

Chicago – technically yes, but I never got out of the airport.

~~Copenhagen~~

~~Dublin~~

Florence

Frankfurt

Hamburg – if the train station counts, than yes.

~~Hong Kong~~

Istanbul

Kyoto

~~Las Vegas~~

Leipzig – same as Hamburg.

Lisbon

~~London~~

~~Los Angeles~~

~~Madrid~~

Miami

~~Milan~~

~~Montreal~~

Moscow

Munich

~~New York~~

~~Paris~~

~~Philadelphia~~

~~Prague~~

Rome

Saint Petersburg

~~San Francisco~~

Seattle – same as Chicago.

~~Stockholm~~

Tokyo – same as Seattle.

~~Toronto~~

Turin

~~Vancouver~~

Venice

~~Vienna~~

~~Washington~~

~~Zurich~~

And yeah, I know, I know, Moleskine is an overpriced piece of crap.

HK tram in the global context…

jace — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:52:18 +0000

Old news, but apparently Hong Kong tram’s were elected last year by National Geographic as one of the top ten trams among the 500 world’s greatest tram ride, the following is not in particular order:

Toronto’s 501 Queen Street car

Seattle’s George Benson waterfront streetcar

New Orleans’ St. Charles streetcar tour

San Francisco’s Streetcar F

Hong Kong’s trams

Melbourne’s Tram 96

Budapest No. 2 tram

Berlin’s Tram 68

Amsterdam’s No. 2 tram

Lisbon’s No. 28 tram

I love trams in Hong Kong :D

BUPD thesis – Cycling and Women – check!

jace — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:45:22 +0000

Okay, time for me to reactive this little blog before everyone thinks that I am dead. This also leads me to tell you… I am done with my thesis!!!

For those of you who don’t know my thesis topic, it is on Cycling and Women: a comparable case study of City of Bayside and City of Hobsons Bay. I chose this topic mainly because of my exchange in Lund, Sweden where biking is life and everyone cycles (including toddlers, skinny men and women, big men and women, and old gents and old ladies who all bike faster than I do…). But when I came back to Melbourne, the scene is completely different. Majority of the cyclists are men in lycra who race for their life. Therefore I decided to investigate the underlying cause of this phenomenon… and have it completed today:

I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to:

Leigh, my supervisor

my parents who I have ignored for half a year because of this but are still very supportive of me….

Yat who inspired me to do something that is representative of my international experience (which took me forever to, hopefully, finish this degree, but…)

Josh who I tortured by making him proofread my entire thesis

the urban planning team of Davis Langdon who gave me time-off from work so I could concentrate on finishing the thesis

By extension, I would also like to thank Vic who taught my how to bike before I went to Sweden when I was 21 years old… and everyone who had involved in a bike crash with me, especially… Simon. You all made me a better cyclist. :)

Lastly, I would like to draw your attention to the beautiful cover which the main picture is not my work but Marc of Amsterdamize.com. Marc granted me the permission to modify and use the picture for my thesis. I picked this picture because the mother was teaching her daughter to cycle which symbolises a sustainable future which could only be achieved if both men and women help minimising the carbon emission by adopting non-motorised transportation; and we can ride in casual clothes as oppose to lycra! In my eyes, this picture is exactly what I want for Melbourne’s future and is a magical fit for my thesis! Thanks Marc :)

Now, if Inner North Melbourne public transport planning assignment can get out of my way, I can’t wait to bike again!

If you are interested in the topic and don’t mind reading 15,000 word of academic writings…. please feel free to use the contact form and ask for a PDF copy – I’d be happy to share my findings with you!