The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning

BOAT POSE

Location: Be Yoga, Ground Floor, Metropolitan Square, Damansara Perdana

'Time has stopped before us,
The sky cannot ignore us,
No one can separate us,
For we are all that is left.

The echo bounces off me,
The shadow lost beside me,
There's no more need to pretend,
Cause now I can begin again.'

(SMASHING PUMPKINS
OST Batman Forever)

Itu Kamu

Location: Yoga Zone, Plaza Damas

'Tiada mengapa taupun sampai bila,
kerna cinta enggan kenal mengalah,
Memanah masuk hatiku yang letih,
Setelah kau nampak tetap ku masih menunjukkan erti hidupku
Yang mahu bersama kau buat selamanya...'

(ESTRANGED
In Hating Memory)

NOTE: Itu Kamu is Juara Lagu 2008,
heartiest congratulations to Estranged.

Fitter, Happier

BOAT
Location: Ted Adnan's studio
Photographer: Anna-Rina
Pants: adidas by Stella McCartney

' Fitter, happier, more productive,
comfortable,
not drinking too much,
regular exercise at the gym
(3 days a week).

. . . . . . .

Favors for favors,
fond but not in love,
charity standing orders,
on Sundays ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants),
car wash (also on Sundays).

No longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate,
nothing so childish - at a better pace,

. . . . . .

A good memory,
still cries at a good film,
still kisses with saliva.

No longer empty and frantic
like a cat
tied to a stick.'

(RADIOHEAD
OK Computer)

Foolish Games

KNEELING PIGEON (Variation)
Location: Studio 807, Jalan Ampang
Photographer: Anna-Rina
Shorts: adidas by Stella McCartney

'You're always brilliant in the morning,
Smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee.
Your philosophies on art,
Baroque moved you.
Do you love Mozart?
And you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar.

Well excuse me!
Cause I've mistaken you for somebody else,
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself.

These foolish games are tearing me,
you tearing me,
you tearing me apart,
And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart.
You're breaking my heart..'

(JEWEL
OST Batman & Robin)

Semua Tak Sama

SPLITS

Location: Yoga House

Photographer: Fid Fathir

Special Appearance: Atilia

'Dalam benakku lama tertanam,

Sejuta bayangan dirimu,

Redup terasa cahaya hati,

Mengingat apa yang t'lah kau berikan.

Waktu berjalan lambat mengiring,

Dalam titian takdir hidupku,

Cukup sudah aku tertahan,

Dalam persimpangan masa silamku.

Coba 'tuk melawan getir yang terus kukecap,

Meresap ke dalam relung sukmaku,

Coba tuk singkirkan aroma nafas tubuhmu,

Mengalir mengisi laju darahku.'

(PADI
Sesuatu Yang Tertunda)

Big Girls Don't Cry

HERO (Variation)
Location: Studio 807, Jalan Ampang
Photographer: Potatoe
Pants: adidas by Stella McCartney

'And I'm gonna miss you
like a child misses their blanket,
But I've got to get a move on with my life,
It's time to be a big girl now,
And big girls don't cry.'

(FERGIE
The Dutchess)

Boston

BOAT
Location: Mines Beach & Spa Resort
( Photo: Special thanks to Atilia )

'I think I’ll go to Boston,
I think I’ll start a new life,
I think I’m starting over,
where no one knows my name.

I’ll get out of California,
I’m tired of the weather,
I think I’ll get a lover..'

(AUGUSTANA
All The Stars And Boulevard)

Nobody Knows

EAGLE
Location: Studio 807, Jalan Ampang
Photographer: Potatoe

'I pretended I'm glad you went away,
These four walls closin' more every day,
And I'm dying inside,
And nobody knows it but me.

Like a clown I put on a show,
The pain is real even if nobody knows,
And I'm crying inside,
And nobody knows it but me.'

(TONY RICH PROJECT
Words)

The Beauty of Gray

SPINAL TWIST
Location: Studio 807, Jalan Ampang
Photographer: Joe
( Shorts from adidas by Stella McCartney )

'This is not a black and white world,
to be alive.
I say the colors must swirl,
and I believe
that maybe today,
we will all get to appreciate.'

(LIVE Mental Jewelry)

I Don't Wanna Be

HALF LOTUS BIND (TOE BALANCE VARIATION)

Location: Studio 807, Jalan Ampang
Photographer: Anna-Rina
( Shorts: adidas by Stella McCartney, special thanks to adidas [M] )

'I don't want to be,
Anything other than
what I've been trying to be lately..

All I have to do,
Is think of me
and I have peace of mind..

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms,
Wondering what I've got to do,
Or who I'm supposed to be,
I don't want to be anything other than me.'

(GAVIN DEGRAW Chariot)

Better Together (PART II)

BEST TOGETHER

Location: Ted Adnan's Studio
Photographer: Anna-Rina
Special Appearance: My bestfriend, my soul sister, Asma
( Pants by adidas, special thanks to adidas [M] )

'Too many things I have to do,
But if all of these dreams might find their way,
Into my day to day scene,
I'd be under the impression,
I was somewhere in between,
With only two
Just me and you,
Not so many things we got to do,
Or places we got to be,
We'll sit beneath the mango tree now.

It's always better when we're together,
Mmmm, we look at the stars when we're together,
Well, it's always better when we're together,
Yeah, it's always better when we're together.

I believe in memories,
They look so, so pretty when I sleep,
Hey now, and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me..
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing,
And there is no, combination of words I could say,
But I will still tell you one thing
We're better together.'

(JACK JOHNSON
In Between Dreams)

Be My Somebody

KNEELING HALF LOTUS IN PRAYER POSITION
Location: Studio 807, Jalan Ampang
Photographer: Cris Chen
( Outfit: Shorts by adidas by Stella McCartney,
special thanks to adidas [M] Sdn Bhd)

"So be my somebody tonight,
be the one who'll hold me tight,
honey, please, please,
'cos I've been so all alone,
and no one will pick up the phone,
so honey, please stay.

I held your head up, do you remember?
when you wanted to make a blanket outta me,
oh I can't lie, I've been keeping score,
and it's your turn to wring me out,
and lay me down to dry."

(NORAH JONES
Not Too Late)

A Year Like This One

SIDEWAYS SPLIT
Location: Rimba Kiara Park
Photographer: Cris Chen

'After a year like this one,
I'm surprised I did not hate your guts.
And after a year like this one,
I'm surprised I still love music just as much.
After a year like this one,
I'm suprised I did not eat my arm.
After a year like this one,
I'm sorry if I'm not cordial to everyone.

.....

And after a year like this one,
I want you to choose the restaurant.
And after a year like this one,
I'll need a good whole sixteen months alone.
After a year like this one,
I think I'll make the west coast beaches my new home.'

(ALANIS MORISSETTE
unnamed EP)

A Long December

SEATED PRAYER
Photographer: Potatoe
Special Appearance: Atilia & her Mini Cooper

'And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe,
Maybe this year will be better than the last,
I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself,
To hold on to these moments as they pass.'

(COUNTING CROWS
Recovering The Satellites)

Waiting In Vain

GOD OF MONKEY POSE
Location: TTDI Park
Photographer: Anna-Rina

'Ooh, boy.. ooh, boy.. is it crazy?
Look, I wanna know now,
For I to knock some more.

You see,
In life I know,
That there is lot of grief,
But your love is my relief.
Tears in my eyes burn,
Tears in my eyes burn,
While I'm waiting,
While I'm waiting for my turn.'

(ANNIE LENNOX OST Serendipity)

All I Really Want

HALF LOTUS TOES BALANCE
Location: Yoga House, Medan D'sara
Photographer: Anna-Rina

'All I really want is some peace, man
A place to find a common ground.
And all I really want is a wavelength, aheyyy..
All I really want is some comfort,
A way to get my hands untied..'

(ALANIS MORISSETTE
Jagged Lil' Pill)

Butterflies And Hurricanes

BUTTERFLY
Location: KLPac, Sentul West
( Photo: Special thanks to Asma )

'Don’t let yourself down,
And don’t let yourself go,
Your last chance has arrived.

Best, you've got to be the best,
You've got to change the world,
And use this chance to be heard,
Your time is now.'

(MUSE Absolution)

Near You Always

SEATED FORWARD BEND
Location: Damansara Heights (special thanks to Shamyl)
Special Appearance: Atilia
Photographer: Anna-Rina
( Outfit: Both tops from adidas /
both shorts from adidas by Stella McCartney,
thanks to Adidas [M] )

'Please don't say I love you,
those words touch me much too deeply,
and they make my core tremble,
don't think you realize the effect you have over me.
And please don't look at me like that,
It just makes me want to make you
near me always..

Please don't kiss me so sweet,
it makes me crave a thousand kisses to follow,
and please don't touch me like that,
makes every other embrace seem pale and shallow.
Please don't come so close,
It just makes me want to make you
near me always..'

(JEWEL Pieces Of You)

Love Boat Captain

BOAT (Variation)
Location: Damansara Heights (special thanks to Shamyl)
Special Appearance: Atilia
Photo & Art Direction: AJ

'Is this just another phase of earthquakes making waves?
Trying to shake the cancer off us stupid human beings,
Once you hold the hand of love,
it's all surmountable.

Hold me, and make it the truth,
That when all is lost there'll be you,
'cause to the universe I don't mean a thing,
And there's just one word I still believe,
.. and it's love.'

(PEARL JAM Riot Act)

Iris

HALF LOTUS TOES BALANCE
Location: Yoga House, Medan D'sara
Photographer: Anna-Rina

'And I don't want the world to see me,
'cause I don't think that they'd understand,
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am..'

(GOO GOO DOLLS
OST City Of Angels)