JUST

AROUNDBY JONATHAN LIM

SMOKING

Just Smoking Around By Jonathan Lim Wei Jun FNBE August Intake 2014 0321119Culture And Civilization Spaces and People

E-mail: jonlimwj@gmail.com

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Printed and bound in Malaysia

IntroductionThis book mainly consist of photos about the interaction between people who smoke and the spaces around them. The photos tell us that smoking is a form of socializing between people who smoke. It does not only show the people who smoke cigarettes but also other forms of smoking such as the traditional Arabic Shisha and the modern day Vapouriser. Smoking is a said to be a form of relaxant. Hence, the pictures in this book would mainly be about young adults and above chilling while having a 'smoke'.

"Slow Ride, Take It Easy" -Foghat, Slow Ride, (1975)

In Kuala Lumpur, the roads are usually congested with hundreds of cars. When traffic slows down, what other to do than roll down window and light up a cig. It also relieves stress caused by the horrendous traffic jams. Its a slow ride, take it easy.

Coffee &Cigarettes-A movie starring Bill Murray, (2003)

"Coffee and cigarettes, man. That's a combina-tion." Taken from the 2003 movie Coffee and Ciga-rettes starring Bill Murray. The perfect duo for a smoker with a taste for coffee. Hip coffee joints

such as "The Coffee Club" provides such an expe-rience. They provide an outdoor seating area for customers to enjoy their coffee while smoking around the company of their friends.

Smoking Cliques

Smoking cliques are not uncommon in Malaysia. Usually formed by chain smoking. But as the say-ing goes, the more the

merrier. However, the man in the taupe colored long sleeve shirt happens

to be smoking a vapouris-er whereas the Grey shirt man is smoking the con-

ventional cigarette.

Shisha SessionThree best friends enjoy-ing each others compa-ny while having a shisha on the side at an outdoor food court. "We get to-gether every Wednesday to shisha. It is our way of keeping in touch." said one of the three friends. If any longer, it would become a tradition amongst them.

Cloud Chaser Cloud chasing refers to the Va-

pouriser challenge when Vaper's (people who use Vapourisers) com-

pete with each other to see who can blow a cloud of smoke to the furthest distance. Mark Ergus with

his mint condition Vapouriser seems to be up to the challenge. But for now, he just vapes for the flavour

and because blowing dense clouds of smoke is fun. A real human smoke

machine.

Smoke Break"We can't smoke in the mall, so, here we are." said the man. Malls, restaurants, post office and almost anyplace indoors does not allow smoking indoors. Hence, smokers would have to exit the building and find a place to just chill and smoke. In this couples case, just beside the lane of the carpark exit will do. Smoke disperses through the air as they continue in their conversation.

Smoking In The Moonlight Where would be the best the place to smoke under the moon? Where else besides the roof. Up high where the wind is cool and the air is thin at 5:00 am in the morning. Don't forget to bring friends along to share the moment. And also to save you if you trip. An indescribable feeling.

AcknowledgmentThank you to my lecturers Miss Sufina and Miss Ida for providing guidance and support throughout the project and for further advice.

Next would be my thanks to my friends who have helped me by supporting and advising me throughout the project and finally to my family for supporting me throughout the entire course.

Names of the people whom should be mentioned: Allester Shaun Adib Ismail Hiren Siva Yazzed Razali Qayyum Shahmie Azim Kadri Adam Tan

AuthorJonathan Lim, currently 19 years old, studying Founda-tion In Natural and Built Environments since August 2014

in Taylors University. He is planning to continue his de-gree after foundation and looks forward to achieving

higher goals.

“Why dont you do smoking culture?” -Adam Tan

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