welcoming 2008

I ve been slacking a LOT during the holiday. So much that i overdose. I got sleepy easily these days. Must be the new year bug. Nah... thats probably because i hardly drink coffee now. Anyway, for some not-so-funny reason, i did a lot of calendar this year. Starting from Business Presentation Class, Promotional Design class, Collateral Design class and one not school related calendar. There are certain rules that you ve to follow in the process. Like the font size, colors and practicality. Therefore, since this is for personal purposes, here i present you how a calendar would look like "my way"..... bye bye restrictions.



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But i like the different colors to substitute the word "Monday, Tuesday...etc" It gets depressing because it remains you on how fast time goes by. "Ack!!! its Friday already?!!" nah.. so if its in color it is less depressing. It'll go like this, "Ack!! its Purple already?" sounds crazy i know. But again, it is personal.


p/s so how many of you out there check the dates from your mobile phone? cuz i do that too.

Horizon

Three days before his boat was swallowed by Moby Dick, captain Jack Narrow and his faithful cabin boy Brian made a discovery about the earth and they are going to prove it.

Gotta love Wacom

Since i got my tiny weeny A5 drawing tablet, we are like Siamese twin already.
Ve to say it is much more easier to draw with tablet than drawing with mouse. First drawing with tablet. i'm kinda pleased with the result. *beams
the model is from Dazed and Confused magazine (august07)

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Sorry for the lack of updates. My internet is slower than an aging snail. Been very busy the past few weeks. Something happened and I'm still dealing with the aftermath.

Heroes creeps me out. It seems that everyone i met had watch the series. Try it yourself. ask your classmates, college or neighbors. I bet 8 out of 10 people are watching. and at least 5 are addicted. including Jie and Jen. Heres something for Jie.

If hamster could talk

this is probably what hamster A would say. i forgot to feed him for two days.
i know.. i deserve to be stoned.


i will post more next time.

Grow

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i'm not secretly scared of growing older.
i know its unavoidable.
so i just hope that i can be a happy old lady.

Watercolor with photoshop

Between you and me

The story line is SO SO, but the execution is WOW WOW. The film is made by stitching
more than 2000 photographs to create motions. Super cool!

Sorry for the lack of update. I'm busy and the internet is being royal pain in the arse. Its so painfully sloooow that i can chew my hair.

Good Moring sunshine~

nothing beats the "open" air early in the morning. i love to stand and watch the sunrise and drink coffee. or play Titanic with the balcony rail. or do my laundry. the morning air is so refreshing and delightful. here's the actual picture.

what our itchy hands did during lecture

the yellow ones are drawn by Shenyin. =)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jie!

To the most wonderful sister on earth! Happy 30th Birthday!
just kidding. Happy 23th Birthday! =)
I was supposed to post this last night but i fell asleep.
Her birthday is not today but yesterday. 22nd September.

Now, lets rewind a bit so we both wont feel so old...







Cant find the babies pictures. Dunno where mum put them. Anyway, i think this 'll do.
You dont ve to guess it... the shorter one is me.



I cant remember where we were but i remember that red umburella~~ ella~~ ella~~

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i know i shouldn't sit down and blog. I should start digging the store room for my old artwork for compilation and brainstorm ideas for Monday. but the words, "kancil" , "collateral" and "identity" gave me goosebumps and stomach cramp. i need to do something outside school work before i emotionally and physically combust. the above is Grace Kelly from Rear Window. kinda simply done. blessed live trace.

PAUSE!!! plueezzzee GOD, please pause for a while. i'm like sitting on this moving very fast punya merry-go-round. non stopping. i havent digest old stuffs from previous term and this term already come in full force. forget merry-go-round. my life now is a freaking washing machine. just when i thought it couldn't get any worse, i caught flu from the chameleon-like weather. ha ha! ha ha ha ha... ha ha
unf**king believable! >:*( …snort

The day I worked at Carefour

I thought of showing this short next month, but now i think is appropriate. It won the best Europe best short film in 2002. The title is "10 minutes"
10 minutes for a tourist in Rome means something else for a kid in Sarajevo.

Cashback (2004)

Cashback - Le court métrage
Uploaded by yom_

don't call me pervert. i do agree with the main character. i like this movie. nominated for oscar. its about a group of people who work in a supermarket and how each of them had their own way to deal with the 8 hours late night shift. this one is the original short. 18 minutes. warning: female nudity here.

heres a favourite line, Ben: ".....the more you look at the clock, the longer time goes"

IF: Alphabets

i wont call this illustration ah.... its typo. =p but oh well...

PunchThePineapple, Do It Yourself

Inspired by Jie's post on how to cook Tom Yum. Heres a recipe i did recently.

back with vengeance

recycled some of my simplified figures homework.






its officially term break. but still ve classes. CI and photography. received an e-mail. CI postpone to 5th of Sept. banged head on table. partly happy partly angry. wat d hell??? habis sudah saya punya term break. grrr... class'll start on 10th.

went to saloon the other day. asked for a new hairstyle. all i asked is short and stylish. went back home with an "aunty-hairdo". i'm wearing cap to school.

I Heart Live Trace

thats like the best tool in illustrator! awesome!

1987

i feel old

IF: Emergency

Prisma color markers n Berol italic.
Last month ad visual assignment. It thought it might suit this week topic.=)

J'attendrai le suivant (I'll wait for the next one)

Nominated for Oscar.
This movie is heartbreaking. I hate the ending! but the unexpected ending is what makes this movie interesting.
Its just 4 minutes but managed to tell a lot and conveyed the message precisely. The performance from the actress is impressive. Bittersweet story about finding love.

IF: Missing

Its tuck behind my ear all the while…

Sometimes my desk is very cluttered, full of unimportant stuffs that looks important. A cup of half empty coffee from 3 days ago, pack of ketchup,crumpled papers and unidentified objects. Because its so unorganized, things go missing easily.

National Museum trip

Muruku~~~~.... sedap ui!
I wished i bought more. sigh.



super cute! wrapped with paper wan! eco friendly.



few stuffs that i found interesting

Dora From The Looney Land

I'm sorry for the lack of updates...=.=''
Its been crazy buzy downright scary week. Everything is spiraling out of control and i still manage to sit here and type this calmly.

Updates:
1) According to mum, baby hamsters are doing well! yatta!
2) I watched "Dead Silence" already! COOL!! the twist, the plot n d cast r awesome!
expected from The Saw trilogy director James Wan. (he is still very very young)
have to coax Jen to watch the movie or end up watching Surf Up. Thanks buddy!
3) Rina went back to Indo liao. Theres a lot of things that we promised to do when term break comes. I guess all the plans 'll ve to go down the drain.

Anyhoo, last Monday, while my group mates n i were having discussion in McDonald, we sat beside the playpen. Then, suddenly appear this super very exaggeratedly astonishingly The CUTEST kid i had ever seen!!!! The critter is damn adorable!!!!
she is like barely three years old. --->You know I'm a sucker for anything cute especially a breathing one, so i helped her up to Ronald McDonald's lap.

Note to parents all over the world, it is VERY dangerous to leave your children alone even in mc donalds playpen while you are ordering food. What happened if i'm a bad guy eh~~. So much for don't talk to strangers. The kid is actually getting cozy and comfortable with us. She is not aware of what i had in mind. I swear the kid is SUPER CUTE and innocent. arf arf... now i had made myself sounds like child molester, or worst a pedophile. then the dad came and, ALAS!!!! he is HANDSOME!!! oui~~~~~~



The reason why the world is overpopulated. Who can resist such cuteness????

Beng Chong gave me these postcards. THANKS A LOT!!!! i really like them. really really like. Reminds me of the movie, the one with Chow Yun Fat wan, "SHANG HAI TAN" 上海滩. I like the vintage, classy n oldies style, those 1930s wan. When they had to hand-paint i mean hand drawn the advertisement themselves. salute!



Ahem, you know that i LOVE to watch short movies. So much to tell in a short period of time n less drama n time saving. So now every month ill post a short movie form youtube or dailymotion. Trust me, watch it. Worth every minute.

The title is called "Inside Out" (1999) It is a silent movie, no dialogs but the music is very nice. Its a story about chances you'll make a connection with strangers. Its a funny heart warming movie. Starring Lena Heady. This is before she made it big in Hollywood, before The Cave , The Brothers Grimm and 300. Oui~~~ her smiles are blinding.
enjoy, its only 7 minutes.

Inside Out
Uploaded by CharlesBukowski

Lastly, I ve been thinking a lot... maybe i missed my true calling, maybe i'm supposed to be in digital animation, illustration or multimedia and not advertising. Its like going to church wont' turn you into Christian and doing advertising and graphic design wont turn me into a designer. Maybe i ve no talents???? i swear its not for lack of trying. I'm very serious in what i'm doing. Three years are going to end very soon. And i still yearn for more. Its scary to think about the future. =.=''
Thats it for now, ta ta.

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Its been very hectic days and a lot of projects and overdue assignments not yet finished. I'm so burnt. Anyhoo, ~~~ always look on the bright side of life~~ duuu duu dudududu~~~




No matter how worse the condition is, i'm loving what i'm doing now~~ duu duuu duuu♪♩♬♫

I Heart Smart Guide

Sharpening "pen tool" skill with "smart guide". Awesome!

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recycling my advertising visual assignment. colored with Prisma marker. Damn expensive pantone!but worth the money.

occasional ramblings

AAAArrrrrrrr.... enough enough enough already!!!! its like a mad race. I feel like splitting the subjects and get my WEEKEND BACK!!!! when they said 3rd year means hell, it really is. There is always something to worry about everyday. Rejected works, shitty ideas and unfinished works. I'm tired to deal and working with people anymore. It seems like no point and I wonder how some guys and had no sense of gallantry. I had enough. Sometimes I tried to be uncooperative and difficult but failing miserably. Pathetic, i know.
I have no time to do what i like now. The "Lost" season3 Jen lent i haven't even touch it yet. =(
But still i'm happy and content with life now. If compared with wad cousin Put is facing. I guess i'm in much better state.
Put, GANBATE! jom sama sama berjuang! you melawan preman i melawan assignment!

Anyhoo, some good things that happened this month,

1) My hamsters have kids!!!! name them hamster A-jr, B-jr, C-jr, D-jr and E-jr. The first three baby hamsters didn't make it because mama hamster ve no experience and didn't know how to take care of her babbies. I'm glad when mum called and said that the five baby hamsters are doing great.

mum: "they are tiny, red, bald and ugly" (AAAAAaaaaawwwww!!!!!!)

2) Catch up with Dewi n Jen. Finally can relax even though feeling wee guilty for skipping class. Dewi might come to KL and study! awesomeness! now we can all go shopping!!!

3) Suah n Julian came back for holiday. Its great to see them again. They didn't change a bit! Physically changed but they are still... well Jullian n Suah (jolly good fellas! i'm really glad to see you guys again!)

4) My prayers are answered!! Finally, a BIGGER library at school, and now i can feast upon all the ARCHIVE, Idn n other art magazines which i had to sacrifice my lunch or dinner to afford. Thank GOD!!!!

5) Mum bought me a rice cooker. I guess its time to learn proper cooking.


WILL POST MORE WORKS once i find the time! bounce bounce!
ve to work extra hard!

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After months of searching and searching, finally some kind soul uploaded "West Bank Story"!!!! =D
Go and watch it!!!! its the BEST short movie i had ever watch so far.
It is a musical romantic comedy about a muslim fast food cashier girl with an Israeli Jew soldier. Unfortunately, their families are rival fast food joints built side by side. Their competition is darn funny! and theres also a lot of singing and dancing. Listen carefully and you will realize that they are singing in English and the lyrics are super hilarious.Its only 20 minutes but highly entertaining! WATCH IT!!!! The movie won OSCAR 2007 for "best short film"

Oscar 2007 Best Short Film
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IF: Your Paradise

my idea of paradise is REALLY GOOD SLEEP and nice dreams

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