Random Stupidity from Singapore
I have been taking photos of random interesting scenes when I’m out, particularly stupid ones. Haven’t really got the time to transfer them to my computer but nonetheless I did and here are some nice ones, in no particular order.
From John Little, Northpoint Shopping Centre. Can someone tell me how do I test Shampoos in a shopping mall?
From Carrefour, Plaza Singapura. Not very original product packaging for SunSilk’s new shampoo. I know probably some other company provides the bottle designs but for SunSilk to use what Lux already have is just not very appropriate. Lux’s is so much more beautiful and well-thought.
Plaza Singapoura 2F. Some Indian guy peeping into the ladies. That’s brave!
Monk on a holiday in Yishun MRT Station. He’s shooting particularly at the ticket-vending machines and when he saw me snapping him, he turned around and walked off and took the train in the South direction. I’m wondering how come a monk can afford a video cam. I have nothing against orange, Buddhism nor monks. I’m just wondering whether the money we donate to them and their temples are really going into religious or charity purposes? Makes one think twice huh?
If you pay more attention to your surroundings, you’ll find lots of demonstrations of stupidity in public. If you have a camera at hand, why not capture them?
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DK on Apr 21, 07 – 12:59 am
If you go Sim Lim Sq, you’ll often see monks shopping for electronic goods there too.
Aen on Apr 21, 07 – 5:36 pm
Hi DK. I go Sim Lim sometimes but I have never seen monks shopping for electronics before. Haha that cracked me up.
flukux on Apr 23, 07 – 10:40 pm
hi aen
that’s interesting… and quite funny ;)
hope to see more creative images from you
a friend from paris, comming to your shores pretty soon…
Aen on Apr 23, 07 – 11:10 pm
Hi flukux. Yeh funny things happen all the time and considering that seemingly up to 50% of the world’s population has IQ below 100, the number of dumb people is by no means small. As annoying as some can be, some of them actually provides teh rest of the world with free and genuine humor. Like what you see above.
So you’re coming to Singapore? Where’re you from?
flukux on Apr 24, 07 – 8:31 pm
hi aen
I”m french, living in paris… i will be comming to singapore before the end of the year to work on a cinema postproduction project.. i’m quite curious about cultural activity there .. and that’s how I came to your blog… very nice ;)
i love to see people having fun in their artistic process, and your current post on free genuine humour really underlines the ludicrous aspect of art…
take care ;)
Aen on Apr 24, 07 – 9:59 pm
We don’t really have any real or true culture here as a matter of fact. Don’t believe what our tourism board tells you. Haha!
We are not multi-cultural, we are an ugly mix of races and religions made to harmonize under a cloud of deceit pulled over our heads since elementary school. As a result of this cultural soup, we developed our “Singaporean Identity” which is in fact a not very elegant mix of bad English, unoriginal TV programs, boring citizens, over-worked and under-paid blue collars, insane amount of taxes for all sorts of make-believe crap.
I can get into trouble for posting such negative comments online but heck who cares. I don’t like it here. Haha…
Care to shed some light on this cinema thing you’ll be involved in? Sounds cool. I’m always excited when French creativity gets imported. :)
Aen on Apr 24, 07 – 10:00 pm
Btw I’ll recommend these sites/blogs if you want to know more about Singapore.
http://tomorrow.sg/
http://ping.sg/
http://mrbrown.com/
flukux on Apr 25, 07 – 6:31 am
we have to meet ;)
I have to admit i have lived in singapore for 4 years long ago (about 10 years), i know exactly what you are talking about… and i’ve never heard anyone describe the gloomy picture as well as you .. you kick ass ;)
now the thing is that you might think europe is very creative, and you’re right, but actually we have to deal with the same shit here: loss of identity, US/ British cultural invasion thanks to agreessive and criminal world companies who buy and distribute TV mainstream culture, disapearance of all sensible knowledge, love and doubt, creation of a virtual society that parks people right behind their working desk
I don’t like it here either ;)
but i think this degraded mondialisation sort of brings us closer : we have to share the same vital flux to make and offer art, as long as humans still populate this planet there will still be enough space for us to create, and noone said it was meant to be easy.
And here i am on your blog, and i really love your paintings, and well… you’re from singapore right ?
The project that brings me to singapore is still quite unclear, but it comes down to taking part in the creation of a cinema post production facility, that involves talents in video editing and sound design for film and advertising… I can’t really tell you more here and at this point…