Hello from the Cambodia Airport.

let’s bullet point some things I’ve learned.

-huge pedophilia going on here. (old white men adopting families……)

-huge white men w/ local women here..

-Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom are the most amazing places ever. (It doesnt help that we had the best tour guide ever)

-After 2 days of temple hopping, we were templed out.

-lots of begging children= lots of poverty

-weird relationship with Tuk Tuk driver

-our first meal here at a local restaurant was the best. everything after made us poo.

-wasted lots of 5 rolls of film on temples.. er.. yeah..

until later.. going to Laos now.

Bebe eating a plum on Vimeo
So Bebe’s been having a tough year. She was about 8 or 9 years old and her health has been on the decline; with eye infections to pooping. This past two weeks has been the worse as her eye infection took a turn for the worse, she stopped eating her rabbit pellets, stopped using her litter box, and just lost weight. During Thanksgiving, her eyes would bulge and it seems like she knew death was knocking on her door. We gave her a bath in her rear end today and her shortness of breath was evident. After the bath, her body was completely limp. Could barely sit up straight. I rushed her to the vet, knowing that the inevitable was to come. He said she probably has pneumonia and that with her age, her health will continue to decline. He said he can do some x-rays and give her some meds but it is unlikely to help since she will become dependent on the meds. The only reasonable thing to do was to put her to sleep. It was tough. She’s my first and only pet. I balled like a baby.

She’s lived a long and full life. She’s in bunny heaven now, screwing around like she always wanted to, and enjoying all the food she can eat. I’m quite devastated but what can you do.

It sure was a surprise to come home to this. Tomorrow is my flight to Hong Kong.

from the show.

I head to Asia for warmer weather on Wednesday. Not going to miss Syracuse one bit. If you want something from the Orient, leave me a note/email/etc. Can’t promise anything but I’ll try.

Just have to get thru tonight’s final exam… which I should be studying for.

Our show was last night. There was a great turn-out. Most were really surprised, including me, on the turn-out considering we are only juniors on the hierarchical pyramid. I’m a proud mama of my work. I think you have to be at this point. We’ve gone through so many critiques over the past 2.5 years; a sense of knowing “this is right” is key. The thing that hit me this semester is knowing confidence is essential. I may be a shy person but when somebody speaks of my work or I have to speak of it, the confidence exudes.

It was a great night and I know all my hard work paid off.. and would surely do it again.

kitchen dining room table at aunt/uncle’s place.

This college kid has never really done all nighters. It’s my junior year and I’ve avoided it like the plague but it caught up with me and made me stay up 4 days straight, averaging from 2 to 5 hours of sleep each day. (The 2 days I got 5 hours of sleep was due to oversleeping…bah!) Though it seems like I’m complaining, I’m very much proud of staying up so long! The digital lab has been my second home lately thanks to my lack of confidence in scanning and color correcting therefore it’s probably why I’m taking just as long or longer to make prints that are analog. (plus I’m a perfectionist) It’s well worth it. My work is only half way completed.. spotting is the worst! (especially if the processing lab fucks the negs up.)

Our junior photo show will be at Spark Contemporary Art Space on Friday from 6-9pm (prolly). We’ll be running around like headless chicken right up to the opening. Hey, there will be free food.. as well as my awesome work (along w/ others.. ) (well, that was cocky of me).

New Delhi by Rishi Singhal

One of my “mentors” is leaving Syracuse and heading back to India. Rishi Singhal is the go-to guy for digital questions or anything for that matter; philosophy, art theory, employee gossip (i’m kidding), etc. If our Lord of the Digital Lab isn’t present, most head to Rishi for help. He’s great and will surely be missed from LightWork. Check out his work on Flickr. It’s just a sample of his great portfolio of work. Oh, what will we do without Rishi around? you’ll be missed!

my cousin/aunt/uncle’s place. another digital sketch so excuse the dark exposure. i am too delirious to think as i am staying up all night to shoot for my lighting class.

now, i wonder how i will get thru this coming week.

on the 13th, i’ll be flying to hong kong by myself to live off my sister for a month. i’ll also be heading to cambodia (angkor wat), thailand (bangkok and chiang mai), and laos. fly back to the states on the 13th of january. nuts!