Silliness!

Husband would accuse me of being silly,

and I, him.

and because I am the one with the camera

I have the upper hand

see?

The Day We Overthrew the Fundies (for now)

On 28 March 2009, a group of unknown women took control of a leading feminist group called AWARE during its AGM.

It later transpired that these women were members of  the same Christian Church with alleged rightwing fundamentalist leanings. They told the press that they were unhappy with that they perceived to be AWARE’s pro-gay/pro-lesbian slant in its programmes and wanted to step in to bring about a change.

Never before has the term “Steeplejacking” ever been used in this country, especially since it has always prided itself in being a secular state, made up of people of various races and religions.

The nation was therefore transfixed by the saga.

The ousted “Old Guard” of AWARE convened an EGM to seek to pass a resolution for a vote of no-confidence against the new ExCo.

2 May 2009 was the EGM date.

More than 3000 men and women turned up for the EGM. Many were new members of AWARE, having signed up at the last minute simply to vote at this EGM.

These pictures were taken during the 7-hour long meeting. 

Victory!

Final count:

1414 – yes to removal of ExCo

761 – no to removal of ExCo

 

The Red Room

We have big plans for the Red Room.

It will be a place to hang.

and watch the going-ons in the neighbourhood

it will be a place to get work done

if only we can motivate ourselves…

Bali – a noir recount of our journey

we booked a cab to drive us to the airport

we waited at my void deck

it was my birthday. i had spent the bulk of the night before staring at myself in the mirror

watching myself leave my 20s behind

we sat next to a lone traveler on the plane

was he going to bali on holiday? did he have a south east asian love child to vist?

was he there to escape?

we arrived at denpasar airport.

there was a scare – we thought we had lost j’s luggage

no matter.the luggage was found.

the journey

continues

we ended the day with a bottle of champagne.

i had by then forgotten that it was my birthday.

at this point, my black and white hungarian film ran out

we spent the rest of the holiday in colour…

sidney (part 11)

talk

with words

 with a look

in circles

darkness and light

final exit

my love affair

with black and white holga portraits 

continues…

hakone – the forgotten roll

look what santa left me after the cloudy haze of booze intoxicated days have ebbed away… b&w holga shots of hakone i had forgotten!

ending shots of last year

i collected the last roll that i loaded in japan from the photo lab on 31 dec 2007. i had forgotten that it was a roll of fuji neopan 1600.

these are my last few shots of japan. it could well be my last few memories of 2007.

all journeys end, i suppose.

here’s wishing all of you a wonderful and memorable year ahead. do not forget to collect memories!