(5+5=10) Other Things About Me

6 May 2009By Zhu 18 Comments

And this is the second and last part of the “about me” photohunt! Last part of the assignment, then I will stop being so self-centered, I promise.

Scarlet has already completed her (5+5): who else wants to participate?

Pens, Lots of Them!	I like drawing, I like color and I like art, photography, literature or painting. My father is an artist (Philippe Bossard) — it probably explains why we, the kids, like to see the world with a different eye. Eh, after we grew up in the jumble of buckets of oil paint, acrylic paint, gouache paint, watercolor and charcoal crayons… It took me many years to appreciate my father’s work, because his drawings seemed so abstract to me as a kid (see his paintings inspired by the Genesis, his drawings on subway tickets, his experiments). I think I get it now. I think.
Three of my Scarves	I seem to have a thing for scarves. Maybe it’s the weather… maybe it’s just me. Some women are into shoes — I’m not. Scarves are usually cheaper, one size fits all, and they are soft, unique and comfy. These are three of my favorite: the dark red (from Guatemala), the whool one (from Canada) and the stripes one (from Bolivia).
Our World Map	I have always loved traveling, and I turned it into an almost full-time activity as soon as I finished high school. Work, save money and go — that’s how it works. So far, I have traveled/ backpacked in China, Hong Kong, Australia New Zealand, Canada, U.S.A, France, England, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Finland, Tunisia, Greece, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Equator, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil… and hopefully there is more to come!
Cute (Chinese) Bear In Buenos Aires	I like Winnie the Pooh, Probably more than I should considering I’m 26 years old! I have four little “Winnies” and I usually carry one in my backpack when we go traveling. Seriously guys, don’t laugh, that’s my deepest secret. My Winnie-dependence.
Tuney's Pasture OC Transpo Station	As everybody knows by now, I don’t drive. Well, technically, I can: I learned, I have a valid license and we have a car. But I was never too comfortable driving — who knows why! So I rely on the bus quite a lot. I wish I could say it’s for environmental reasons, but the truth is, it’s because I’m too fucking scare to drive to the supermarket by myself. Maybe one day…

18 Comments »

Feng said:

I like drawing as well except I such at it.

We do have something in common and that is I was never very comfortable with driving either. Probably something to do with riding the bus for half of my bus. Either that or I was chauffeured all the time in my past life

# 12 July 2009 at 3:50 am

Graham said:

…and there is more. These are so amazing. Your artwork is fabulous. This is where I really get jealous hehehe! as I would love to be able to put my hand to drawing, but never could. I rely on the camera. You have the amazing talent of being able to do both equally as good. It must be quite therapeutic to be able to let your emotions flow through the pencil onto the paper and come up with the images that you create. I am truly in awe!!

There is an expression “Why bark when you have got a dog?”. If public transport is reliable, why drive? As you are probably aware,the public transport in England has a reputation of being so very unreliable ~ always late and comes to a complete stop if we have the “wrong” weather, and in England we are ALWAYS having the wrong weather!!! LOL! Zhu, I love your work, I love reading about you, I love seeing your photos and I think you are an AMAZINGLY wonderful person! A++++ for your “10 things about me” interpretation.

# 16 May 2009 at 4:13 pm

Gail at Large said:

I wish I could say my father is an artist! Sadly, he is the opposite… not an artistic bone in his body. I don’t really know where the three of us get our artistic bent, maybe our mother’s side. We were never really encouraged to pursue art, though.

# 13 May 2009 at 1:40 am