Author: Si’ar Siyu

  • fruity haiku

    sweet and juicy
    a mix of yellow, red and green
    delightfully refreshing

    — fruit salad

    bed of flour
    carrying pearls of taste
    soft delight

    — fruity sponge cake

    in cooperation with a rhyming snail

  • Review week 33/2025

    Plus

    • went to an inspiring exhibition on expressionism
    • had a creative get together with a rhyming snail leading to some blog posts yet to come

    Minus

    • still get annoyed by the construction site and the noise
    • had some struggle prioritising

    Next

    • make time to visit another exhibition that interests me
    • write more blog posts to vent out my frustration and anger about the construction site
    • try out different prioritising methods
  • Dorfromantik: haiku

    tile by tile
    building beautiful landscapes
    in co-operation

    — Dorfromantik: The Board Game

    cherry blossoms
    setting the theme for the terrain
    a second variant

    — Dorfromantik: Sakura

    Wikipedia: Dorfromantik (board game) and Dorfromantik: Sakura

  • course

    Picture, picture on the wall.
    Tell me your secrets,
    I want to know them all.
    I can tell you tales from far away,
    From mysteries all around you.
    I'll show you places beyond your imagination,
    Hidden jewels right in front of you.
    I take you to landscapes of dreams,
    I teach you how to build them yourself.
    You'll need to be open minded,
    Making new experiences.
    Forge trough life with keen observation,
    Take what is useful and discard the rest.
    Try new things, learn from mistakes,
    Pay attention and act decisively.
    Then someday when you look back
    You'll hopefully be able to say:

    This was a life lived to it’s fullest!

  • walking orchestra

    slap slap slap

    shuffle shuffle shuffle

    tap tap

    click click click click

    THUD

    patter patter patter

    rustle rustle

    squish squish squish

    clop clop

    scrape

    tip tip tip

  • encouraging questions

    What often can be seen:

    Child: Why? - question
    Parent : Because ... - answer
    Child: Why answer? - more questions
    Parent: Because ... - more answers
    Child: Why? - even more questions
    Parent: I don't know, stop asking questions.

    What ideally would happen:

    Child: Why? - question
    Parent : Because ... - answer
    Child: Why answer? - more questions
    Parent: I'm not sure. Let's find out together!
  • repetition

    getting up
    doing morning routine
    going to work
    working
    working more
    working still
    getting home
    eating dinner
    going to bed
    repeat
    for at least 5 days a week
    for 40 to 50 years
  • in remembrance

    the blink of an eye
    forever frozen in time
    just went by
    never returning
    never the same
    only memory lingers
    tales are told
    songs are sung
    but moments fade away
    treasure your thoughts
    live your ideas
    you never get the same chance again
  • Review week 32/2025

    Plus

    • made huge progress with my summer school assignment
    • finished this project that was lying around for months
    • got really motivated by a book I finished reading

    Minus

    • didn’t get to finish my summer school assignment this week like I intended to
    • found out that the finished product won’t work for the intended purpose
    • read some negative reviews about this book and began to feel insecure again
    • got really upset about the construction site near my office mostly because the noise makes it really hard to concentrate

    Next

    • finish the last summer school assignment task before the next weekend
    • try one of the alternative ways to use the finished project or at least be pleased with the result and learn from it :)
    • gather some more information regarding the content of the book and then decide how to move on
    • channeling the frustration and build up anger into creative outputs like new blog posts
  • everything is awesome

    Bricksburg
    … which is constantly under construction

    The Old West
    … which depicts a romanticised cultural stereotype

    Cloud Cuckoo Land
    … where everything is perfect goes wrong

    Octan Tower
    … a cliché villain’s lair

    Real life
    … the domain of the Kragle

    Wikipedia: The Lego Movie and The Lego Movie Videogame