An All Nighter That Crashed

There are sixteen colour studies to be done. I have only gone through half of them. Is it just me or does my work seemed bland?

This brings back memories of staying up till seven or eight in the morning, trying to rush some last minute works to the print shop. That stage has yet to arrive this sem; I am slowly but surely training my body to kick into that mode. There is just this satisfaction of staying up till the wee hours of morning doing the things you love. And you're doing it for a living. This will be my career. Anytime I feel like shoving my works down the toilet, I shall remind myself of this.

There are really not that much work to do, they just seemed overwhelming in quantity. Colour studies, typo journals with unending labellings, cutting and pasting, tissue box edits, Toyota Yaris ad sketches and worst of all, a whole packaging concept that I have yet to give any real thoughts.

The thought of mounting works excites me. The reality of facing them made me want to puke.

Tomorrow I will have a post to show my progress. Yes I will. Just so you see.

Eason Chan Rules the Universe!!!!

Today was supposed to make my day. :(

My handphone rang at 11:30 am, and I saw the reminder I set in it from some time ago: "Moov Live".

On the 9th of March, Eason Chan held a mini concert where he sang all the songs from him upcoming album: Eason Chan and the H3M Band. Then on today, the site is going to release all the videos from that mini concert so that the fans get to hear all his new songs before the release of the album.

Happy happy la I go online. Then I saw the videos~ yippee! And then, rupa rupanya there were only two videos which are free to watch. The rest were only available if I signed up as a member. Which will not prove to be a problem apart from the fact that the registration was only open to Hongkies.

Crap la... but I did have a whole ten minutes of satisfaction just watching that two available videos. Do you know, I can fall for him all over again every single time I watch him sing live. Again and again. Over and over. Is it any wonder how I am completely and utterly besotted by Eason Chan, the best singer ever!!!!

His album is going to come out on 23 March 2009~ whoa!! But I wonder if it's going to be a worldwide release. I can't wait! I am willing to sacrifice my time just listening to his new songs and completely indulge in them. But then again, this is no sacrifice at all, yes?

Sweet. Just. Look. At. Him.

Really, and you wonder why I am crazy over him and only him?

Pictures courtesy of: http://easonchan101.blogspot.com

Tissue Mock Up

Yeh~ done the mock up for the ugliest looking monster/housewife. I have been getting some mixed reactions for this illustration. Sometimes, I just don't know if they were going to bowl over from laughter or wrinkle their forehead in confusion. Anyhow, will be getting this in for tutorial later. If it didn't work, well, it just means extra work. No biggie... right.

Ugh... this is one cranky auntie to pull off. Haha... having those pair of blue eyes staring at me the whole time is a lil' unnerving..

edit 4.36pm: lawrence gave my monsteric tissue box the nod with some changes i can live with. just a little tuck here and a little nip there, and we'll be done! but before all that, there's still the typo journal due tmr...

From the Crooked Smiley Face

A bit late in posting this, but I got something sweet in the mail from a certain cranky weirdo way down south in the city where merlion spits sea water.

You know I love you too, despite all that was said and not said.

ps: okey~ i have officially used up my quota for mushy stuff this month. am gonna revert back to the cold heartless stereotype that everyone's saying i am these days...

And So I Told Myself...

Right before the day starts, I told myself, "You're allowed to go online to check on blog updates, check email and strictly no MSN." I went online, checked my blog and email, and shucks, logged on to MSN.

When I came back from uni at 12pm, I told myself, "You're allowed an afternoon nap, get enough sleep so that you can stay up late. " I slept till four, and napped again at eight.

I woke up to have dinner, I told myself, "You can watch Grey's Anatomy while eating your toast garlic bread but work starts straight away after dinner." After dinner, I washed up, and lay in bed to watch the rest of Grey's Anatomy disc 2.

Today's result? Five hours and I have just finished this pitiful outline. So lazy... you get me?

Because It Tickled Me So

Below was an sms exchange between my mom and I.

Mom: I got the bk chg of hrt.

And I thought "Waa.. bak chang season here d ka? Aiyo... why wait when I'm not at home only eat bak chang? Is hrt somewhere near where grandma lives or it's the place where mom normally get the bak chang?

Me: Where's hrt?
Mom: I got the book change of heart by Jodi Picoult la.

Aiyo... say la.. made me think of bak chang. Now so hungry... T_T

Why Do You Bother?

This was another one of those dull nights where there's really nothing much to do and all I have for company were my thoughts. I stumbled across some pictures with Danielle and simply putting them together made me smile. The girl was silly and crazy. Her tears were these big drops where they really seemed like they can drown the whole world. I miss the little munchkin. Her huge grins, tears and indignant screams.

Have you ever have one of these nights when a little prompt can either make you smile or frown? I have been thinking again. Dangerous, I know. Possible, you think? Definitely. I felt like a fool most of the time when things like this happened. I tried to put it off but it came back again and again to haunt me. Until I saw it. Ah... it has brought me back to reality once more.

This won't make sense to you. I doubt it will to me next morning. I need sleep.

I like quiet nights like this. If only there's no school tomorrow so that I can stay up till dawn and bombard my blog with tonnes of nonsensical posts.

Today, my favourite colour is blue. Coz it reminds me of Danielle.

Me and D

I was saying...

It's only 2.39 am and I can't keep my eyes open. I need more practice in staying awake. I blame it on the boring research I was doing.

Went on Facebook and saw the result for the Liverpool VS Manchester United match. Rui, you must be on such a high tonight, I doubt you'll get any sleep..

Ta~ night.

A New Bathroom For Grumpy

I got a new bathroom for Grumps! Finally have enough money to do this. Go green, to match his colour. If only my nieces were here with me, they would have loved this. They usually laughed uncontrollably at the sight of him jumping into the tub and getting showered.

Creme De La Crop

I take ugly pictures. I mean, I tend to look really stupid and retarded in most pictures. Most of them on my own accord, and some, well, I tend to blame the photographer. Below is a picture that I took on my own liberty from Kelly's blog. She was not online for me to ask permission, but at least I credited her here. Anyway, do scroll down and becareful not to piss in you pants.

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The creme de la crop of my personal ugly picture collection. =D

Tissue Box

Ah... blogging about GD assignments. This is what tells me the new semester is ready to roll!!

Some really crazy stuff is going on. For GD this semester, we are basically stuck to doing one major project, which will drag on from hence forth till the end of sem. Packaging. Nothing like that Barbie thing I did last sem, but packaging all the same. Another minor assignment is this, design a tissue box. Below is the mock up for my design.

It's a little too big. I will have to fit this in an A2 size paper and the printing of that is superbly expensive, not to mention, absolutely unneccessary for such an insignificant assignment. Not that this is not important, but come on... Am I supposed to fork out 20 bucks just to print a stupid box that's only gonna be sold for what.. rm4++ if you buy four boxes at the same time from Giant?

Will have to minimize it and try keeping it in an A3. A3 printing only cost around six bucks. =D

ps: my GD lect is another living dinosaur. he has tonnes of experience teaching, i guess. but he is sometimes a bit hard to get. so far so good, i guess.

this is my post ke-satu hundred!!!!!!!

over the span of one year~~~

Pink Is The New Blue

Yeh~ this is a follow up post on the Putrajaya Typo trip. These are some pictures I stole from Shiau Fong's blog. The reason? Coz I can see myself!! This is the woe of always being the photographer, I have a limited stock of my own pictures. But if you were to talk about plants, bricks and pebbles, I have tonnes of them.

We went into the Putrajaya mosque, where we have to be covered from top to bottom in this pink robe. I went there the first time in Form 3 with Rui and HF. It was nicer then coz we were allowed to walk inside within a restricted area, and look up at the dome. But this time around, we were only allowed to linger outside for a mere five minutes.

Haha... these are the people I hang out with here. Pretty, huh? Despite what it looks like in this picture, I am NOT the shortest. A certain someone making a pig face IS the shortest one, and was trying to fool people by standing to the front a little bit more and standing straighter.

Oops... revealed a little bit of my thigh pula!

Hehe... told Shiau Fong I will advertise her blog here in return for these pics. So, please do, check her out: http://www.xfong.blogspot.com She is simply this crazy funny girl who's always first in line for fun!

The Quiet Sun

Blue

It was another typo trip out on an incredibly sunny and bright day. The sky was this fantastic blue, and the clouds were beautiful. Besides feeling dehydrated and barbequed alive most of the time, I got some really nice pics. We went to Putrajaya, and it felt like were not even in Malaysia with the amazing surrounding architectures and parks. If only there were more people living in that part so that those fascilities didn't seem like they were going to waste.

When you go out today, lift your head up to the sky and simply absorb the sun and admire the blue of the sky. And if it was raining, smell the air and enjoy the coolness on your face. In short, relax, have a good day.

939

9 has always been a number I love to hate but hate to love. I like nine, because it is just one short of a perfect ten. Flawed. Almost perfect, which is a good thing, coz, come on, perfect's boring!

Yeh, I am offically twenty two years, three hours and 5 minutes old. 22:03:05 Dank. 22 is really a far cry from being 21. It's like two different worlds. When you're 21, it's all shiny and new coz you have finally, entered adulthood. And when 22 comes, the novelty has rightfully wore off, and all that lies in front is this long stretch into the twenties.

I am being a little of a pessimist, huh?

I had a great pre - during - and - post birthday~ thank you so much to everyone who has messaged me through phone, gave me phonecalls, and also all the birthday wishes on Facebook. Pretty awesome getting those notifications of people writing on my wall. For just a moment there, a whole bunch of friends, have given me a thought. Nothing could be better than this (besides a macbook, that is). And a special thank you to Chia Li, for dedicating a post especially for me~ wee~~~ first dedicated post.

I was determined to stay happy on my birthday. Come to think of it, it was my first birthday spent away from home. I didn't get terribly home sicked, thanks to the company of people around me. But I still loved getting those mushy phone calls from my nieces and nephew.

A lot of stuff has happened to make this day into something great. Seeing Kelly again after so many months. She thought she got me the DVD I listed in things I want for birthday, but it was actually the sequel. Nevermind that though, I have wanted to watch Part 2 after the first one. But to think that she actually remembered and cared enough to go look for it, therein lies the priceless gift. And Tze Yee, you know very well what you have done to make this birthday especially memorable for me. Enough face given. Enough said. Thank you girls, it was a great day out and I had fun.

=D

ps: i got a very chocolatey birthday cake~ though it was supremely delicious, may i hope for a tub of ice cream next year?? with candles on it? and my mac book!! don't think i'm giving up on it just yet!!

Regret

Let's talk about regrets.

Have you watched 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'? It is a movie where a baby was born an old man, and as he ages, he becomes younger. For normal people like us, we are born young and ages forward (duh~). As we get older, there will be times when we look back and see the things we have not done due to the absence of courage or opportunity (or whatever else). This is regret. But for Benjamin Button, earlier in his life, there is a lot of things he cannot do because he is old. When he ages backward, he gains the ability to do the things that he missed out when he was older physically. He gets the chance to do things over and avoids regrets, a case which people like us, can only look on in envy.

When we become old, we regret about the things that we should have done. There is no turning back, just like how there is no turning back time.

There was one moment when I thought of this that I felt a shudder of fear. Will there be a time in the future, when I look back at today, and regret about the things that I should have done. Will there be a day in the future of begrudging myself for not really living in my prime, and merely see it pass. I stand here now in the present, hoping like hell, I have truly lived my life.

Have I? Have you?

What I Want For Birthday Is...

Every year, I have in mind something so unreachable and impossible (read: expensive). I know there's no way I am going to get it, but that doesn't stop me from having one such thing in mind. If you're superbly rich and have no other outlet to spend your meaningless cash, or if you love me so much you're willing to dispense with your hard earn money, I implore you, beg of you, get me this:

Oh, so you're not friggin' rich or not willing to spend thousands of ringgit just to satisfy my material wants, no worries, there's something for everyone here. Get me a VCD/DVD of Leslie Cheung's movie "He's A Woman She's A Man". I cannot find it anywhere...

Okay... so you do not have the time to look in every shop in Malaysia just to find a movie for me. Don't worry, there's another thing here which is a Fit For All! Borders Gift Card! Put in any amount and I can just purchase anything I want from Borders!

A person cannot get more considerate than this, don't you agree? Get me any of the three things listed and you'll just make my birthday this year. You can send the gift card in from anywhere, no matter you're in Australia or Singapore *hint hint*!!

Yes? Okay? Thank you in advance~~

追

Have you watched Leslie Cheung's "He's A Woman She's A Man", where he costarred with Anita Yuen? If you're interested, go Google the synopsis. The soundtrack of the movie was "追", meaning Chase. Leslie Cheung was the only celebrity whose death I still feel sad after all this time. It was when he sang that song in the movie that I first fell for him. This song evoked both feelings of bliss and sadness for me. Definitely my favourite song and movie by him.

追 Lyrics

追曲：李迪文 詞：林夕 編：George Leong

這一生 也在進取 這分鐘卻掛念誰

我溶 是唯獨你不可失去

好風光 似幻似虛 誰明人生樂趣

我溶 為情為愛 仍然是對

誰比你重要 成奶F敗了也完全無重要

誰比你重要 狂風與暴雨都因你燃燒

一追再追 只想追趕生命裡一分一秒

原來多麼可笑 你是真正目標

一追再追 追蹤一些生活最基本需要 原來早不缺少HA......

有了你 即使平凡卻最重要

好光陰 縱沒太多 一分鐘又如何溶P你 共同渡過

都不枉過 瘋戀多 錯誤更多 如能從新做過

我溶 願能為你 提前做錯

一追再追只想追趕生命裡 一分一秒

原來多麼可笑你是真正目標

一追再追追蹤一些生活最基本需要 原來早不缺少HA......

只得你 極s我彷彿人群裡最重要

有了你 即使沉睡了 也在笑

ps: this is the first time i embed a video in my post!!! hehe~

Flower Power in the Details

So, we went to Butterfly Park, Hibiscus and Orchid Park plus the National Museum. This little trip that took us all day from eight in the morning till five in the evening, was actually to capture pictures that has organic/geometry shapes. We managed to go to only half of the places on the list. I'm not so sure I'd like to go back to the same area again and take pictures of about the same things.

Nevertheless, these are some of the pics I took that I'd really like to share.

Those brown little things were ants.

Amazing, isn't it, the colours flowers come in?

This was somewhere in Hibiscus park. It was a shaded area where people can just rest and look at the surrounding flowers. The place was a little unkempt, but I thought it added to the fantasy-dreamy feel there. If you were to be there, you might think it's just some run down spot in the park.

Messy, unkempt, yes. But I thought the place looked pretty.

A wounded butterfly. Amazing colours, though.

I felt pretty good about the pictures I took of the flowers and plants. Don't know how I am going to apply into the journal, though.

We went to the National Museum to get pictures of geometry objects. Seeing that I have nothing worthy to show of that place, bet you're able to conclude on your own how interesting I find that place.