childhood memoirs.

1*cross ring

2*gold medallion ring-lovisa jewelry

3*deer ring-lovisa jewelry [[present from catherine]]

4*claw ring-lovisa jewelry.

no joke - lovisa has nice rings.

life as i know it. 

a present from mother a few years back.

after taking a picture of my tea... i painfully spilt it all over my art diary, which i had put on top of my 

11 year old hi-fi stereo. almost had a heart attack when i thought it was broken - a lot of static noise coming from the speakers. this baby sings me to bed at night. i promptly began to attack it with a hairdryer. all good. 

paper clay mini-thing i made + drew on as procrastination. 

it was during the summer holidays! it wasn't procrastination, just boredom, then.

claw ring.

^                        somebody teach me how to get rid of that little black smudge in the corner.

my new rug. tree of life.

© Rena Zheng.

toodles.

rena.

take a vote.

hey guys,

happy chinese new year! 

the weather in sydney's crazy, but it's nothing we should be complaining about considering what's going on just slightly north in queensland.

so as with chinese tradition, i did get some pocket money from family + friends, and i'm just figuring out that i want to invest in another lomo with a proportion of it...

and i need a job. fast.
 so i currently have a diana f+ clone [[cmyk]] pictured above...
and i'm considering either a sprocket rocket or a fisheye 2.
so which one's better? i'm leaning toward the fisheye 2, but i'm really just looking for a camera that'll take 35mm film to make my life a little easier.

 

toodles.

rena.

interview: Alien Space Bats

hey guys,

here's a bit about Alien Space Bats, in case you didn't know them already...

i'm referring to the Australian band, of course. they answered my questions in a good old paragraph, just the way i like it. [[dude, their first 3 influences are: the pixies, radiohead, and smashing pumpkins]]. only my three favourite bands! 

[[i can't really single any band i listen to down to favourites, it's just too hard]]

from john, of Alien Space Bats:

I would say we are quite influenced by 90s rock music and can see a little of that projecting into our sound. It is still a
pretty new thing but i guess basically i would describe it as rock n roll. Touring and playing shows all over has always been
something I would love to try with the band, so hopefully in 2-5 years time we can be doing that, but who knows maybe it'll be rehab
and writing albums in prison hahaha. We have all been playing some kind of musical instrument for quite a number of years, but i started
drumming ~8ish years ago. Our Bassist Tim came up with the name for the band, I think it came about from some readings? I don't really have a good story
for the name, it's kind of a mystery to me hahaha.
I am really into dance and eletronic music, so going raving is always a bit of fun. But music is probably my biggest hobbie.

i hope you can decipher this and see the questions i asked.

i'm free! i'm done done done with all my work! until final yearlies come up next term, but that doesn't matter, because for now, i'm done! can't explain the freedom i'm feeling right now.
nothing's changed though, i'm still sleep deprived. ahhhh, spring, i love you.

oh, that reminds me, i need to:

1. get my photos developed
2. get my camp gear ready
3. get a disposable camera for camp, which means i'll have all my photos on funky film which looks totally awesome! i'm rather fond of disposables...
4. clean my room
5. just a random though... ever get that feeling you're starting to hoard too much, but you don't want to throw anything away?

rena.