While waiting for the girls to pay for their part-time courses, noticed the following scene.
So~ is the campus encouraging a puff before and after classes? Or a gentle reminder of the similarities between the exhaust and the pipe? Go figure =P
And yeah... the sticks are really larger than life =O love the effect that the leaves and branches have in the final picture, so bronchi-like...<br />Publish Postku83okN2I/AAAAAAAAAPY/NJoATBiQglU/s1600-h/CIMG1436-resized.JPG)
Back from a long break =P laptop broke down and sadly lots of great pictures were lost =(
The followings were taken at the Singapore Airshow 08, had the opportunity to be there and view the aerial display ^_^x
Personally felt the RAAF Roulettes really did a great job with their display. Tried to give you a flavour of the performance with my basic digicam =P
Also, not forgetting the Black Knights, though most of their display were too quick for my digicam and shakey hands. Well~ at least we managed to capture a nice shot of my favourite display ^_^x
In line with the shadow arts of Pilobolus, I also came across the works by the couple, Tim Noble and Sue Webster. Look Deeper, or rather, Darker.
Falling Apart. 2001. Mixed Media.
Real Life is Rubbish. 2002. Mixed Media.
Kiss of Death. 2003. Taxidermic animals (Carrion crows, Jackdaws, Rooks, Minks, and Brown Rats), Various Bones.
A Pair of Dirty Fucking Rats. 2005. Mixed Media.
Dirty White Trash(with Gulls). 1998. Garbage, Seagulls.
HE/SHE. 2003. Wielded Metal. 
HE (Dayview). 2003. Wielded Metal. 
Sunset Over Manhattan. 2003. Cigarette Packets, Tin Cans, Wooden Bench, Air Gun Pellets.
The Crack. 2004. Wielded Scrap Metal.
And if you all don't get the last work, there is a reason why it is called the crack. Treat the shadow as positive space instead and you might see the hidden portraits =P
At the 79th Oscar Awards, Pilobolus took center stage and did a shadow play of the various films featured in 2006. Happy Feet, Little Miss Sunshine, The Departed, Devil Wears Prada, and Snakes on a Plane.
And they were also featured on OPRAH. There a couple more great videos of them on youtube. If they ever come to Singapore, I am definitely going to catch them ^_^x
For all those bored during this CNY, waiting around during the lull periods between visitings, try this for a time killer :)
The fan-made Nanaca Crash is made after the eroge "Cross Channels". Detailed instructions about the game can be found on its Wikipedia article
In this game, you replay a monday morning, in which Nanaca crashes in Taichi (the poor guy) and send him flying sky high.
With each bounce, Taichi has a chance to "unintentionally" bump into the girls of the anime series, and get whacked even higher into the air.
Through out the game, you can also summon Nanaca to perform a "mid air-collision" aerial boost to send Taichi higher towards the stars. The red upwards boost can be used 3 times, while the blue downwards boost is recharged with each bounce. 
And... if you manage to hit the specific girls in the right sequence, as shown in the special bar on the right, Taichi might be in for a "double-team". Remember to click on the word "Special" to activate it though :p
Difference special boosts affect Taichi differently, like the sword boost shown below.
Finally, after a hard day of being smacked around like a rag-doll, Taichi finally ends the day with a rather soft landing ^_^x.
Hilarious game that it easy to pick up, but hard to master. My high score is as shwon above ^_^x. Manage to get it by completing the elusive Youko special ^_^x Too bad, didn't get a screenshot of that amazing boost though :(