fariskassim.

2012-01-19T20:22:00.003+08:00

all alone in the outskirts of seoul, somehow managed to find my way to paju-si. trying to know what happened. i had 3 cameras on me but i wasnt even in the mood to take 1 photo for keepsakes. perhaps i didnt even want to remember this day. didnt know how to get back to the nearest Korail train station so i sought the help of a pork butcher who called a cab for me. one of the worst days of my life, a day still etched in my mind.

2012-01-08T23:58:00.001+08:00

GLASTONBURY.

2012-01-05T21:24:00.000+08:00

stuff that went down 2011.the alya twins turning 1, THE full year in the green of SAF. that accident i had on the KJE. laneway, how a motley crew of 10 or so local football lovers started the LATW crew and how it has progressed by year's end. Jiayi's equaliser at Bukit Jalil. birthdays. the year i moved to malaysia. and finally, DECEMBER.here's to a good 2012.

2011-11-26T16:39:00.001+08:00

2004. 2005. 2011?

2011-11-20T05:28:00.001+08:00

aud's 21+1

2011-11-16T10:42:00.001+08:00

not good enough.

2011-10-07T00:58:00.001+08:00

busy busy these days.

2011-09-23T23:01:00.003+08:00

trust the bus driver to take you to your destination, safely.
trust the cookhouse auntie to cook food that's safe for you to eat.
trust that guy in the red car to stop when i'm crossing the road on a green man.

you don't know them.

2011-09-07T18:31:00.002+08:00

by bravo company.

2011-08-17T19:09:00.000+08:00

JL's 21st.

2011-08-06T13:14:00.007+08:00

it's about time i finally blogged this.

photo credits. FAS, Luqman, Herdi and Freak.

about a week ago, singapore played malaysia in a 2-legged tie in the 2nd Round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. we bagged the home tie 5-3 on the 23rd of July at Jalan Besar and then it was time for the boys to finish the job once and for all in KL, Malaysia on the 28th, the following week.

With about 300 other Singaporeans, I headed up north for the game, setting off on the matchday morning in about a dozen coaches in total. those who didnt travel gathered at Brewerkz to watch the game together.

about 14 or 15 of us from the LATWcrew made the trip with a handful already there in KL the night before. Riding on a 2-goal advantage from the 5-3 win in the first leg, the mood was pretty upbeat and light. a good number of us travelled wearing a non-red shirt, haha bearing in mind all the mortal stuff that's been said and heard in the press and on the web.

cleared customs in both countries without any problems, and mervin handed us the all important match tickets as we went on towards the malaysian capital, having 'pitstops' at 2 or 3 locations.

we picked up the malaysian papers along the way and they carried headlines like "Balas Dendam" (Revenge) and "Kami tidak goyang" (We Shall Not Be Moved). haaaaaaaaah.

and check this infographic out featured in one of the malaysian papers. their singapore line-up prediction was a total mess. haha. shaiful, right legged? safuwan on the left while jumaat takes his place in the middle? HAHAH. that's not all, apparently hariss has been marauding in the wings all this while. oh wait, don't even get me started on the 4-4-2. hahaha. but i guess the icing on the cake was when i read in the article..."they have their Captain, Ismail Yunos suspended in today's game" hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

we got to KL unscathed and pretty soon, we had the 90,000 capacity Bukit Jalil National Stadium bearing down on the horizon. i must say... it looks better in photos. HEH. i just don't have a thing for stadiums where i can see the concrete underside stands from the outside. like our old Kallang Stadium.

4.30pm. and we finally stepped foot on grounds of Bukit Jalil. but not before having some guys actually CARRYING A CAR to allow space for the coach to park! only in malaysia.

while waiting for everyone from the other coaches to alight and join us, we took photos, mingled with the malaysian crowd. and soaked in the carnival atmosphere.

something we do not see in singapore, merch (be it fake) vendors hawking their goods in the open and under the canvas tents. good stuff!

we made our way to the 'Blue Gate', braving friendly banters and not so friendly gestures from the boys in their red, white and blue (no, not the americans).

turnstiles opened it at around 5.30 (30 mins early) and in we went into the cauldron them malaysians call home. and we were greeted with banners here there having a go at our 'Foreign Talents'. last i checked, they had red passports with our State crest on it. meehhhhh.

dude. how low can you go? messing around with national flags now? and how dare you disgrace it with your SPELLING!

LATWcrew REPRESENT! Alas and me giving them the Malaysians a little reminder. HEH.

the thing about the stadium is that there were so many people blaring their airhorns that it was really hard to hear anything on the other side of the stadium. case in point, we couldn't hear the 'ultras malaya' although they were quite alot of them in their 'curva'. thus of course nobody could hear us too i bet. but heck having the players see a blob of red in a sea of yellow and black is already a huge boost for our them.... maybe.? hahaha

match kicked off at 8.45pm. our boys hauled home a 1-1 draw, enough to see us through to the 3rd Round at the expense of our fiercest rivals. there's no better feeling in the world than that. i'm not going to write much about what happened in the game. the security gaffe, lasers and what not. but heck, after Jiayi slotted in the equaliser, all of us in the stands went nuts. i saw benny in tears, alas with his shirt off and for the next 10 mins till the full time whistle, all 300 of us put the National Day combined-schools choir to shame. HAHHA!

even after the full time whistle, we were holed up in the stadium for a good 1 and 1/2 hours due to safety reasons.

all in all, nobody got hurt, everyone got home safe, big ups to the malaysian police for escorting out of the stadium, into our buses and out into the highway amidst all the abuse and stray UFOs.

P.S : the malaysians wouldnt be too happy if they found out some of us got access to their hallowed pitch after the game! hahaha

MAJULAH!

2011-07-27T23:24:00.002+08:00

tmr morning. i'll be joining about 400 other singaporeans as we head up north to get our boys to see off the job in the 2nd leg. they scored 2 goals in 60 seconds last saturday. tmr them malaysians will have 90 mins to do that.

COME ON YER'LIONS

2011-07-18T01:39:00.002+08:00

good year. 2009

2011-06-27T02:14:00.001+08:00

as we bid adieu to the 2rd Lion City Cup, i'll look back, grateful that there was a chance for us to be at the stadium every other day for the crew to actually sing and push our boys on as the all important date with malaysia and their hordes of ultras looms near in july.

it's been a fan-fucking-tastic experience. here's to more. majulah.

2011-06-18T02:11:00.002+08:00

The fire fades away
Most of everyday
Is full of tired excuses
But it's too hard to say
I wish it were simple
But we give up easily
You're close enough to see that
You're the other side of the world to me

On comes the panic light
Holding on with fingers and feelings alike
But the time has come
To move along

- kt tunstall

2011-06-09T17:06:00.000+08:00

"...and it was all yellow."

2011-06-09T16:43:00.001+08:00

well i wouldnt call it nomadic, but in the past 12 months or so, i've moved houses twice.

as one of my friends put it, i seem to be moving northwards in a circular-esque motion. and pretty soon in a few months or so, i'll be leaving woodlands for johor in malaysia. haha

2011-05-09T13:07:00.001+08:00

amos yong. F55.

2011-05-06T18:39:00.000+08:00

"It's comfortable on the other side, but some prefer the freedom to run or walk as they like."
edwin koo.

2011-04-22T18:24:00.002+08:00

2011-04-09T10:12:00.001+08:00

top of the table.

2011-03-17T18:20:00.001+08:00

three things i'd never be in my life.

a cook. food critic. storyteller.

2011-03-12T00:11:00.002+08:00

2011-02-27T17:51:00.000+08:00

best shit evaaa back in the 90s

2011-02-26T13:22:00.002+08:00

exactly 1 year ago.
when i was 19.
on my own,
flew to seoul, south korea.
it was the best 7 days in my life.
i want more.

2012, europe.

2011-02-13T18:26:00.001+08:00

god help him back on his feet.

2011-02-12T12:41:00.001+08:00

february, thus far.
photos, ll & sr

2011-02-06T20:11:00.001+08:00

the best friend i never had, never met.
maybe on your wedding day, i'll come over.

2011-02-05T13:44:00.000+08:00

agyness.

2011-02-03T20:33:00.001+08:00

1 year ago, on chinese new year.
errol, aud and me were the only kids who came to school.
putting the finishing touches to our graduation project aka FYP.
lines of tweening codes, chinese new year cookies,
lighting up in school and afraid of getting caught.

school. good times.

2011-02-02T22:07:00.002+08:00

for the umpteenth time. last weekend was, fantastich.

2011-02-02T13:50:00.000+08:00

2011-02-02T01:54:00.002+08:00

One's not enough
I won't stop 'til I've given you up
Clear-eyed as I am, it's hard having fun
It's much easier said than it's done

Hold me like before
Hold me like you used to
Control me like you used to

No
You don't move me anymore
And I'm glad that you don't
'cause I can't have you anymore
But I thought you should know
You don't move me anymore
And I'm glad that you don't
Because I can't take it anymore
Oh

The room's still now when I'm lying
'cause the well of the night has gone dry.

2011-01-30T20:23:00.000+08:00

2011-01-30T04:06:00.000+08:00

laneway fest earlier today.
fantastichh.

i'm addicted to this. i want more.

2011-01-22T03:37:00.000+08:00

seeing each other once every 6 months, isn't going to work.
game match point.

2011-01-14T19:45:00.002+08:00

i pretend to be on the phone sometimes.
to avoid small talk with you.
sorry.

2011-01-10T00:03:00.003+08:00

2011-01-09T12:38:00.003+08:00

should make a movie about the different pens that i've had.

one got crushed by a 3-ton truck.
one dropped on the MRT subway track.
one got stuck in between the doors of the SBS bus that swings inside.
one disappeared in the washing machine.

anyway, dropped by school yesterday for the first time since may 2010.
it's been that long.

as for work/army, seletar camp now. a good 10 minutes from where i'm staying.
pretty convenient and everything else seems to be alright around there.

though, i am deeply missing something right now.

2011-01-02T03:30:00.002+08:00

2010. things happened.
2011. 1 full year in the army.

2010-12-31T18:41:00.003+08:00

oh yes.

2010-12-26T22:47:00.001+08:00

christmas eve.

2010-12-08T22:36:00.002+08:00

looking back. the 94th minute goal by the pinoys....
and we're out.

2010-12-06T20:02:00.002+08:00

http://www.formspring.me/fariskassim

2010-12-02T22:07:00.001+08:00

haiyaa....

2010-11-27T14:55:00.001+08:00

2010-11-21T01:43:00.002+08:00

deerhoof.
too good.
just too good.

2010-11-14T16:47:00.003+08:00

2010-11-07T18:53:00.001+08:00

would you wait?

2010-10-23T17:09:00.001+08:00

photos from a long long time ago.

i'll never forget this. these people were doing taichi somewhere, we just joined in, snapped and go.

good times.

2010-10-09T21:19:00.000+08:00

wynne's 21st.

*photos from ll.

2010-10-03T18:20:00.004+08:00

4 months over.
24 km route march from changi to marina bay.
first ever batch to pass out on the mainland.
now for the footage.

*images courtesy of zai, larry, sr and weijun.

the march.

the parade proper.

majestic much.

POP LOH.

temasek design school reunited.

hahah bitch.

chevrons and bars.

REC. 2LT. CIVILIAN. 3WO. 2LT

hahahahah

till then.

2010-09-18T21:22:00.000+08:00

don't laugh. too bored.

2010-09-18T20:55:00.000+08:00

we go days without sleep.
with our macs working overtime. (except aud)
swapping discs during presentations.
going to the toilet not because i want to take a piss.

the things we do.
god damn i miss school.

2010-09-17T23:04:00.000+08:00

PLAYLIST FOR SEPTEMBER.
one of the best stuff i laid my hands on all year.

2010-09-11T16:27:00.003+08:00

2ND PLATOON.

2010-09-05T13:09:00.000+08:00

생일축하해
happy 21'st babe. :)

2010-09-04T01:30:00.000+08:00

1 more month to POP. at marina too.
BMT so far in scorpion coy. all photos courtesy of SAF's cyberpioneer.

dinesh/ grenade battle course.

range day. cp khai with a platoon 2 mate.

gabriel somehow finds himself leading the all-female platoon 3. haha

find me somewhere inside. haha

that is all. for now.

2010-08-29T00:40:00.000+08:00

now listening to:

2010-08-21T17:27:00.002+08:00

time will pass? yes?

2010-08-20T09:53:00.003+08:00

내가 여기에서 집에 가고 싶어요, :(

2010-08-10T21:51:00.002+08:00

it never rains on the 9th of August. never ever.

2010-08-08T15:41:00.002+08:00

everything with fries.

photos by grace.

2010-08-08T12:54:00.000+08:00

FAVORITE PICTURE EVER TAKEN OF YOURSELF.

2010-08-07T18:51:00.001+08:00

inception last week. mallory cried. i don't know what for.
hahahah

2010-07-25T03:31:00.001+08:00

mehhh meehhh mehhhh

2010-07-25T02:51:00.001+08:00

losing my patience with people.
losing touch with design.
losing grip on the world.
losing time losing you.

it's a lose-lose situation.

2010-07-16T19:51:00.001+08:00

thanks for the wishes. : )

2010-07-10T15:34:00.000+08:00

it's been awhile.
right now, at home. down with flu. :(

2010-06-19T21:55:00.000+08:00

my latest work while interning with Asylum.
http://www.chocolateresearchfacility.com/v2/

2010-06-19T16:53:00.000+08:00

excerpts;

"taurus to the left, whiskey to the right. where i'm standing. S Coy."

"we, stuck on an island. them people flying to their dream destinations taking off in their airliners just above us. every single minute of the day."

"having a good view of mainland Singapore from your bunk, good or bad? i don't know."

"june 28th, i can't meet up. :("

"do you see this?"

2010-06-03T01:04:00.001+08:00

2010-06-02T14:14:00.000+08:00

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGE.

of the top my head.

1) no national service.
2) slash the goddamn cost of taking public transport.
3) local football do good.

2010-06-02T13:59:00.002+08:00

asylum.

2010-06-01T23:48:00.000+08:00

FAVORITE COVER OF YOUR FAVORITE SONG.

i don't have a favourite song. but i'll name my favourite cover of an original song.

Knife - Grizzly Bear (Covered by CSS)

2010-06-01T00:06:00.000+08:00

EARLIEST THING YOU CAN REMEMBER.

trying to climb a sofa, apparently at my old grandma's house at aljunied.

2010-05-30T21:14:00.002+08:00

WHAT YOU IMAGINE PARADISE TO BE LIKE.

to me paradise is heaven. of course, no one knows how it looks like. but i guess everyone has their own perception or imagery in their mind of how it's like.

for me. i've always had it in my had that it's vastly empty and minimal. yet there's everything you can do. that's paradise to me.

2010-05-29T19:33:00.002+08:00

THE FIVE SONGS YOU WOULD HAVE WITH YOU ON A DESERTED ISLAND AND WHY.

Cute Without The 'E' - Taking Back Sunday
- gotta be the only songback from my 128mb MP3 player days that is still ever present in my current playlists . never gets old.

Monday, Monday, Monday - Tegan & Sara
- my favourite song from my favourite act.

It Means Nothing - Stereophonics
- contrary to the title, you really sucked up by the words of the song.

Cause = Time - Broken Social Scene
- little pistols and companion halls, desperation tentacles, i've been alone since '89.

Calendar Girl - Stars
- i can listen to this over and again on repeat, deffo one for the deserted island.

2010-05-28T22:57:00.001+08:00

SOMETHING THAT INSPIRES YOU.

the internet. basically everything and anything that i see online. videos, photos, blog posts. interestingly, i thought of doing my korea photo vid after going through sanroye's bkk album.

kinda hard to imagine that before the advent of the internet, how designers source for images, inspiration etc. books books books.

2010-05-27T19:32:00.003+08:00

GUILTY PLEASURE.

making friends online.

i want to travel the world, see the sights, make friends. but right now, i have throw away 2 years of life first. so for now, i'd have to make do with this. i get some sort of thrill, meeting someone from another country, different culture, putting to use a new language that i've learnt when i was with her. that kinda stuff.

2010-05-26T01:53:00.001+08:00

i will miss you guys.

2010-05-25T23:02:00.001+08:00

just a week before i enlist.

still working these days. honestly, i don't really mind not having a break before army. well at least that's how i feel for now. thoughts might change in the coming week. haha.
work has never been a chore really, and especially this week, i've got nothing to do anyway since i'm done with the website.

finally had the time to meet ivan today for lunch. i'm amazed that dude holds 3 passports and his family heritage is pretty messed up 'nationality-tiscally'. bulgarians, croats, macedonians, you name it, he has someone in his family from such a country.

anyway. crunch time on thursday. let's see where it goes.

and you, please don't do this to me.

2010-05-24T14:35:00.001+08:00

'only man' - audiobullys

2010-05-22T07:53:00.002+08:00

i have graduated. with no matric card to boot.
spent the night with some of them. that is all.

army, please take me.

2010-05-21T01:15:00.004+08:00

thought i'd post this.

- julian yeo.

2010-05-18T18:45:00.000+08:00

totto renna. love it.

2010-05-11T18:37:00.002+08:00

keep forgetting to bring a sweater to work.
it's freeeeeeeeeezing. brrrrr

2010-05-11T00:41:00.001+08:00

i should take a break.

2010-05-08T00:45:00.001+08:00

intelligent black child.

2010-05-05T14:43:00.002+08:00

ok so some of the lads are heading up north to Kuala Lumpur for roadtrip that has been in the works for some time but it only recently materialised and they're actually going next week.

i've giving it a miss due to a few reasons.

firstly, o&m still hasn't cleared my invoice, thus my pay is still not in yet. and i dont think it'll come so soon.

secondly, i don't think i'll want to get unpaid leave from an internship with Asylum that's only for a month.

and lastly, i'm really planning to do something big after i'm done with the army.
like get a job at an agency/studio somewhere in the world. then again, i guess i'll need to work for a few years in singapore first cause nobody will hire a noob lacking working experience.

yeah sure 400 is not alot. but i guess it'll really help me in the long run especially when the pay in the army is shit for a recruit.

and to the rest of you, travel safe. have fun.

2010-05-05T13:32:00.000+08:00

last thing i ever want to read, first thing in the morning.
i guess we never had anything.

2010-05-02T22:34:00.000+08:00

what happens when,

all the books in the world have been written.
all the stories have been told.
all the songs have been written and sung.

what happens then?

2010-05-01T02:59:00.001+08:00

men's needs - the cribs.

2010-04-30T01:47:00.003+08:00

i've gotten my enlistment letter from the army.
going in on the 3rd of june.
which means i cant play tour guide and bring jinny and her friends around
when they drop by singapore at the end of the month.
what a bummer. really damn sway.

chaos in bangkok has caused some of my friend's trip to BKK to be cancelled.
now, myself, contemplating tokyo, or maybe another seoul rendezvous (minus punches and breakups)

hoping to be a 'yes' man for a little while before NS but
last month's pay still not in yet.

already a week into asylum.

and oh? it's friday already?

2010-04-28T01:36:00.001+08:00

no one reads this. right?

2010-04-25T18:45:00.002+08:00

train rides from tampines to pasir ris. fucking bumpy. very roller coaster-esque. i wonder why.
maybe, when the workers were building the tracks, they chionged that part since they were almost finishing the whole thing, with pasir ris being the last station.
you know, similar to FYP. good stuff at the start, and rubbish work towards the end.

just what i thought.

2010-04-20T23:05:00.001+08:00

2010-04-17T15:45:00.001+08:00

fifa online session april 17th.

syam90 4-1 faris44.

haahha kena whack 8-0 in one of the games.

2010-04-17T03:31:00.001+08:00

was at starbucks on friday night. and bumped into sean, who was going to meet yong teck. both of them, fellow former primary school mates. so i joined them after the lads left and boy was it a heck of a catch up session.

till then.

2010-04-15T01:00:00.001+08:00

i need to start updating this forsaken place.
twitter has been feeding on my blogging urges.
so anyway, i'll do a quick one here. in photos.

diploma show. didn't get much offers right after the show.
wunderman didnt get back. :(

ogilvy-redworks. started freelancing here last month.
they've got some really great people in here.

i like this place. the smoking 'room'.
and that's elijah humpmi. resident bear.
you'll find 'it' at the most obscure places, like the fridge. haha.

jalan besar stadium is not far from the office. so i went to a couple of saffc's home asian champions league games, against the likes of Gamba Osaka and Suwon Samsung.

late night supper. paul driving the subaru around. eating somewhere. late at night.

the alya twins are finally home. :)

and next week. asylum.

that is all.