Life is Beautiful.

Oh yeah...

2010-10-09T15:37:00.004+11:00

Larger version available on my tumblr.

Hello, friend

2010-04-05T00:40:00.024+10:00

Remember that last blog post I wrote? Oh, you know... that one about a piece I drew when I was 7. What I forgot to mention in that post was how the discovery got me inspired and itching to illustrate! 40 minutes ago, it was the 4th of the Fourth month which is when I experienced an incredibly immense illustration itch! I drew 3 pieces... which is something I haven't done in a single day in a long, loooooooooong time! Also, 4 happens to be my favourite number... coincidence? I'm not actually sure; maybe my subconscious had something to do with this surge of productivity/creativity...

Anyhoo, here are the 3 illustrations in the order of how much effort was put into them.
(I saved the best for last! Heehee.)

I've been envious and inspired by her art since we met! She showed me her sketchbooks

from last and this year recently; I am still in awe of the things I saw! Keep up the indescribably

amazing work, Helen!

This could quite possibly be the first drawing of a scene I've ever done that doesn't look terrible.

I think it'd be nice to sing and watch a duck on a wooden bridge in a park on a nice day! Looky,

there's even a little toadstool!:D

This is the first time I've drawn a pigeon (quick doodles aren't counted!) despite having taken hundreds of photos of them. I like pigeons!

My new friend, Sara Peanut Butter(the camera), appears in the last 2 drawings. It just goes to show how much I like her! I can't wait to get the film developed!

I hope you liked my drawings! Tell me what you think of them.:)

I'm going to sleep well tonight! Good night!

A drawing from 1997

2010-04-01T22:44:00.004+11:00

It says, 'I am going to be an artist', I drew/wrote it when I was 7 years old! I think my 7 year old self would be proud of what current-me can draw and for persisting with drawing for all these years. I wonder what I'd be like if I had stopped drawing somewhere along the way... what would I be doing instead? I can't imagine it! Heehee, I'm living my dream...

Blooper!

I wore a red beret in a feeble attempt to look more artistic!:P

The end of a comic dry spell

2010-02-27T19:46:00.004+11:00

It's based on and inspired by a conversation I had with sir Chad! Don't get me wrong though, I am excited that Alice in Wonderland is coming out... it's just that... everybody on earth marching forth at the same time would be a huge demonstration of unity! It'd be nice; there's not too much global teamwork going on nowadays, I think.

As per usual, I have doubts on whether my comic has even just a smidgen of entertainment value. I sure hope it does for your sake!

This just in...

2010-02-21T23:19:00.007+11:00

Up there? That's a blurry gorilla just like Damon Albarn. I've just discovered that he's the lead singer of the bands Blur and Gorillaz. I LOVE GORILLAZ. I feel really weird... I feel like I've reached a pivotal point in my life. I feel better now that I've let it out. Time for some deep breathing!

OH MY GOD-D-D-D-D-D-Duh.

(Disclaimer: I didn't draw that Gorilla.)

Ant, Moth, Me

2010-01-17T14:21:00.009+11:00

I found a dead moth in the kitchen and brought it to my room, planning to bury it in the morning. As I slept, ants nibbled away at the moth. The ones that were still there when I woke up were squished as I reclaimed what remained of the moth. Now it's in the garden, resting under a tiny tombstone... and I dislike ants.

I've had an urge to express the mundane events and activities I've involved myself in lately. :|

The number of the day is...

2009-10-09T12:13:00.002+11:00

employed and deployed

2009-09-15T22:26:00.005+10:00

Yes, dear friends, I, Feng of the Chen genre, have landed myself a job! After constant tweaks to my resume & writing cover letters to no avail, I was nonchalantly offered a position by chummy chap, Chad at his mother's boutique at the Docklands(which I accepted, obviously). 3 shifts, 3 souvlaki lunches and 2 weeks later; I am awarded my first pay... which I used to treat my mum to dinner today!

During my daydream while waiting for the food to arrive, I noticed the moles on my skin... and appreciated them. I continued thinking about how even though they are imperfections, I still love them. Perhaps it's another step I've taken to being comfy about who I am.:P

Mole sharing time!

Highdrayshun station

2009-08-31T20:44:00.012+10:00

28th July, 2009: Feng is in the shower... having a shower. She finds that her regular shampoo is no longer available in its bottle, but notices that fortunately, her mother has bought a different brand of organic shampoo to replace the previous one. Feng's imagination is sparked upon reading the text on shampoo's label.

'Hydra stabilising' is the topic of her thought for the duration of the shower, after which, she forgets about everything she dreamt up until she is reminded by friends(Janice & Annita) of her un-updated blog. The shampoo and the reminders from her friends then inspire her to birth her latest comic:

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LOL! I wanted to try writing a post in third person... it felt funny, I was giggling the whole way.XD The crazed, green hydra head is my favourite one... though I think it looked funnier in the draft version of the comic. Oh well~ My first non-food-related comic!:O

Do you get it?! Or is my sense of humor too lame/weird... or did I not lay the comic out well..?!D:

Comic I drew yester-yesterday:

2009-06-24T16:44:00.006+10:00

I decided to take advantage of my comics not having boxes seperating each frame and playing around with things a little... the lady and man don't actually become the same person, okay? ...I don't know, is it too confusing?

Also, whaddya think of this blog becoming a comic blog? Lately, I've been getting lots of inspiration to draw comics... and it's really fun doing them and then reading your comments & feedback. Based on the comment count, it seems that my comics are more interesting to read than stories about my life.:P

This time, I have Mr.Andy Yu to thank for the inspiration! Yep, it only took 2 lines...

(9:41 PM) andy: what kind of soup did you have?
(9:41 PM) (tu) Feng: cream of chicken n mushroom
(9:46 PM) andy: yum
(9:58 PM) (tu) Feng: it was...
(9:58 PM) (tu) Feng: warms you up from the inside
(9:58 PM) (tu) Feng: it's like LOVE.
(9:59 PM) (tu) Feng: Soup is like love...
(9:59 PM) (tu) Feng: I could make another comic from that

Have you noticed that all my comics so far have been based around food?o.o Oreos, Coffee, Bacon and now Soup!

Doof si doog!
Food is good!

Another 'Comic I drew yesterday:'

2009-06-18T13:37:00.007+10:00

My comics are slowly making less and less sense, I think...

Oh! And, thank you, Mr.Vincent Ma, for inspiring me to draw this comic by *drum roll* chatting with me on msn!

(22:52) vincema: we cannot be friends any longer.
(22:52) (tu) Feng: why naut?OAO
(22:52) vincema: -insert depressed emoticon-
(22:53) (tu) Feng: Sent an ink message: (it was a piece of bacon)
(22:53) (tu) Feng: BACON FIXES EVERYTHING
(22:53) (tu) Feng: omg
(22:53) (tu) Feng: BRB I NEED TO DRAW

I looooooove bacon, I really do...

EDIT: Don't worry, Vincent didn't reaaaally mean what he said... I think. o___o

I did it!

2009-06-08T19:04:00.005+10:00

I made friends with the sewing machine(of doom) ...and made a dress while I was at it. The dress isn't that important (or spectacular, for that matter) though. What's important is that I USED THE SEWING MACHINE long enough to creative something!

What for? For the 'Challenge Yourself' brief presented to the happy students of Communication Design @RMIT by Elizabeth Farlie, Reinar Rivera and Chris Hewson(listed in the order of most dependable when it comes to attendance to least. Chris is such a rare pokemon...)

For my challenge, I decided to address my fear of the sewing machine(of doom). It's plagued me from my childhood 'til now, starring in my nightmares as the evil sewing machine(of doom) monster... I think I first started being scared of it watching mum work on it as a child. It made strange loud noises, shook the table and the super fast moving needle didn't make it appear more friendly either.

Before I started trying to work with it, I got mum to teach me the ropes. (Also got her to promise that it wouldn't eat me.) It helped a lot just knowing what things were for... made the contraption a lot less confusing/mysterious/scary.

I owe a huuuuuuuuuge 'THANK YOU' to Mummy dearest for supervising me through the whole thing, and to Elizabeth, Reinar and Chris(too; since he did help me that one time he showed up to class) for getting me to do it! Maybe, with enough time and practice, I can be a sewing machine-machine! Geddit? (I'm so lame when I'm feeling proud... :P)

Stressfrump

2009-05-26T21:02:00.014+10:00

How to tell that your local Feng is experiencing stress? Look out for these symptoms:
-anxiety
-cravings of junk food: McDonalds, candy and a lot of bacon
-loneliness; wanting to meet up with friends, but doesn't ask to because
time is needed to fix whatever is causing the stress. (i.e. folio)
-runny nose
-further inflammation of eczema on the neck
-trippy nightmares of dooooom
-darker drawings

Oh, lookie what I drew today~

30min speed paint on Photoshop

I expect to recover by the 9th of June, that's when the folios for all my subjects are due. Until then I'm going work my bum off... Work/study hard everybody! Good luck!:)

on the side_
*giggles* I stole that from Sandra's blog
Anyway, some of you have noticed that my animated banner has been replaced by an art nouveau style design. This is temporary as I am currently developing the widescreen version of the animation. It will also be updated since my drawing style has changed since this blog was first made. Of course, I'll work on it after my folio work is complete.:P

Comic I drew yesterday:

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I love & hate my scary coffee mug...

I had a really good drawing day yesterday! 6 pages of Feng-scribbles for me to amuse myself with in the future (assuming my sense of humour stays as childish as it is currently.)

My (day)dream

2009-05-08T13:08:00.007+10:00

I had a daydream yesterday, it was weird... It felt exactly like a dream that one has at night while asleep, but I was sitting up and my eyes were open the whole time!(I know this because my eyes were feeling very dry by the time I snapped out of it.) Oh well, it was a nice (day)dream... I haven't had Oreos in a while.

(If you're one to pay close attention to detail, you may have noticed that in the frame where I'm showing the guy at the counter my empty biscuits, he's suddenly holding something. That's exactly what happened in the dream.:S)

Sweetbitter

2009-04-27T19:27:00.013+10:00

(No doodles in this post... or any post from now on until someone can help me find a safe keygen for Adobe Photoshop CS4.)

There's nothing that makes me feel more motherly than baking a cake! I'd love to bake cakes for my (future) children (if any)! That being said, I plan to properly ensure that they do not become obese from my treats either. (Seeeee! I'm going to be a responsible mum! ...If I ever become a mum... I have many fears about childbirth. Not that you really needed to know.:P) Anyway! Back on topic, I made a chocolate cake on Friday!

Tadaaaaaaa~

It turned out pretty well; nice and moist. It was fairly easy to make, and surprisingly it wasn't messy... unlike my life-drawing class today...

Today, I, Feng Chen (also sometimes known as 'Chloe'), drew my first nude drawing. I got really nervous right before the class as my friends and I waited in the corridor for our lecturer. Especially when Jess complained about the previous week's model mooning her in a pose... but when the clothes came off (just the model's, of course) and the drawing commenced, I managed to draw the naked lady unflinchingly. So what was so messy about it, you ask?

The Charcoal.
I accidentally forgot and rubbed my itchy cheek as you
can see by the mark on my face!:(

Oh yeah! In case you were wondering about the title of this post, 'Sweetbitter'... it's like the word 'Bittersweet' but yeah, you know, swapped a bit. 'Sweetbitter' would be what I would use to sum up this post in one word... since chocolate cake is sweet and charcoal... I imagine to be bitter! ahh~ my lameness knows no bounds~

My Blog made it through it's first year!

My traumatic, near-death experience

2009-03-24T17:49:00.007+11:00

No internet for a month! It was a miracle that I SURVIVED. (It actually wasn't too bad but yeah, I need something to write about...) Why didn't I have internet? I was moving house.:) I currently reside in fair Canterbury, close to the beaaaauuuutiful Maling Road. The process of packing everything into boxes made me realise how much junk I own... but that same process has allowed me to unearth precious photos of my childhood! Dammit, I used to be cute.:(

I also started moving house the same time I stared uni! I LOVE MY COURSE. My lecturers are all nice and have their little personal quirks. So far, my favourite is Alex, my Illustration lecturer. He shows us a lot of interesting animations and artworks from various artists and gives little honest comments of his opinion on pieces. Like, "This artist, I find very weird, his works are very grotesque, and I actually don't like his works that much... but oh well!" and continues showing us that artist's works for a bit. He's got a good sense of humour too, and has interesting approaches to illustration. In our first lesson, we were given a potato and were made to feel it in order to draw it instead of doing regular observational drawings. Then, in our last lesson, we got to make characters from PLAYDOUGH! Everyone was feeling happy and nostalgic~

My playdough lady, she has a very pretty spatula head.:)

Banned

2009-01-20T11:54:00.003+11:00

...from potato chips. I developed a chips addiction ever since I started bringing bottles of Nandos peri-peri sauce around with me... potato chips + peri-peri sauce = a marriage in my mouth. However, since potato chips are unhealthy, I've decided to place a ban on myself, I am prohibited from:

Consuming potato chips belonging to another, even if offered.
Purchasing potato chips from any establishment, with the sole exception of "Chickie Babes" a.k.a. 'Asian Charcoal Chicken', Mt Waverley.
Entering the premises of "Chickie Babes" unaccompanied.
Forcing friends to go to "Chickie Babes" with me.

*breaks down crying*

I haven't decided how long to sentence myself to this ban for... at the moment, it's probably going to be for about a month, but if I'm 'lucky' (in other words, 'have no self-discipline') I may release myself on the grounds of 'good behavior'.

Another addiction of mine that some of you have noticed is *drum roll* WoW. Otherwise known as 'World of Warcraft. I got sucked in upon hearing that you could have pets as a hunter... which was a big deal for me because:

a. in every RPG I played, I would opt for the character class which employed the bow and arrow in combat.
b. I looooooooooooooooooooooooooooove animals, and I've always wanted a pet!

...mix 'em together and whaddya get? Feng's DREAM COMBO! How could I possibly resist my DREAM COMBO? It wasn't my fault that I joined WoW............

By the way, feel free to ask me out to Chickie Babes, kay?;)

Why, Hello there!

2008-12-15T18:26:00.007+11:00

It's been a while since my last blog post... not to say I had forgotten about my blog! I kept telling Helen I'd write another post 'soon'. I got around to it eventually, as you can see.:) Anyway, results came out today! I did... better than I thought I would, though not something I'd broadcast to the world... the internet is daunting like that. I guess you could ask me though, it doesn't feel weird if I tell people one-on-one I think. Also, a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge Congratulations to Ivy, Helen & Jenny who got impressive results!

Today is also the day I got my first advisory letter following the interviews! I applied and went for interviews for Visual Communication at RMIT and Monash(Caulfield). It was today that I got a reply from Monash reading:

"...I am pleased to inform that you have met these pre-selection requirements. This means that Monash University is prepared to make you an offer for this course in the main round of VTAC offers provided that you achieve an ENTER of at least 70.00 and other selection criteria as set out in the 2009 VTAC Guide."

Yay! Looks like I'll be going to Monash next year... unless RMIT decides that they wouldn't mind having me in their course too. Then I'd be the one doing the choosing.:P

"Like receiving a love letter on valentines day~"

EDIT [16/12/08]: I got a similiar letter from RMIT today... which one, which one?!

So what's been keeping me busy? Well... there were... dates with Helen, 2 uni interviews, Cal's party, Rock Band at Phil's, charcoal chicken with Chad, schoolies at Somers, Richie's 18th, lazing around, sleepovers... oh. By the way...

I dyed my hair.
*runs away*

R.I.P. Kigengire-san

2008-10-30T15:02:00.006+11:00

Yesterday, my wallet was stolen... in it was 3 dollars in loose change. :P Hah! However, I did lose my dear, 期限切れさん(kigengire-san) who guarded my wallet valiantly. He stayed at his post to the bitter end. It's quite ironic, 'kigengire' means 'expired' and now, Kigengire-san is dead to me because he is gone.

Coincidentally, the only photo I have of him is one where he is on a paper boat. It's as if he's going across the river styx. (The river styx is the boundary between Earth and the Underworld in Greek mythology, going across it would mean dying.)

Ahhh, I miss you , 期限切れさん!

Last day of Highschool

2008-10-21T22:00:00.012+11:00

Pursuing high achievement,
For excellence we strive,
Mount Waverley, Mount Waverley
Forever may you thrive.

Mount Waverley, Mount Waverley
Your praise we loudly sing,
We learn to live and live to learn
Knowledge conquers everything.

The Phoenix and the Unicorn
Rose up above the flames,
Mount Waverley,Mount Waverley
You're flying high again

Mount Waverley, Mount Waverley
Your praise we loudly sing,
We learn to live and live to learn
Knowledge conquers everything.

At sport we aim to be the best,
Our will to win is strong,
Mount Waverley, your victories
We celebrate in song.

Mount Waverley, Mount Waverley
Your praise we loudly sing,
We learn to live and live to learn
Knowledge conquers everything.

Our school song is so corny but because I'm so soppy, it has sentimental value to me.:P

I'll miss school...♥

Time flies

2008-10-11T14:42:00.001+11:00

I don't feel 17 yet.

Uncapped!

2008-08-04T18:32:00.008+10:00

...aaaaanyway, yesterday was the Monash Uni (caulfield campus) Open Day, to which I went with Helen! I found it really helpful in solidifying some stuff I knew and also, learning about some new things. For example, I had no idea that the multimedia course was ENTER-based!:O No interview/folio-presentation required... Yay! ...The open day seemed to have adverse effects on Helen though. It seems that it confused her more instead... がんばってねちんいきち!しっかり! It'll all work out!

The faculties had set up displays showcasing student works and such. There was also a lot of candy up for grabs. What struck me most, however, was a display from the visual art faculty in which a box of lego was presented on a table, along with a sign which read, 'What does art mean to you in a few blocks?'

I made a smiley face! For me, Art would be... happiness (I think) because art makes me... happy!(duh.) Due to my poor colour selection, it turned out to look more like a frog... but sure, anything goes, I guess. ;)

Then, we went out for some lunch. Since the Korean restaurant was closed and Helen hadn't tried Thai before, we ended up at KFC and had dessert at the Gloria Jeans next door. Now, what I'm about may shock or surprise you but... Helen (yes, Helen Oh in yr12 at MWSC) treated me at Gloria Jeans! The tables were turned! Not only was I the one being treated, it was Helen doing the treating! (Helen = the person I treat the most + very economical) I'm still in shock... but thank you, Helen!♥♥♥ Being treated is fun... I should do it more often! (too bad it doesn't really work that way..)

Then, I had to go home to finish off viscom since the final of presentation 1 was due today!:( I'm thankful that I managed to finish with time for sleep (instead of pulling an allnighter, like with the last folio..) but I'm not entirely happy with it... so I'll probably refine it a bit more sometime later.:) Here's a little snippet from the full piece though;

The scales on the armour took a while... but I think it was worth the time/effort.:)

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Now to add onto my collection of 'shaped' food, (refer to the post I made on the 8th, July if you have no idea what I'm talking about) I present...

Fish heart! Eww... I mean, Heart-shaped fish?:S

Egg Smiley-face!:)

(Explanation for those who can't see it: The yolk is a huge nose, sort of clown-like. Then, the 3 splats of soy sauce are the eyes if you focus on the clearer splats.) ...and okay, fine! I guess it isn't that clear that it's a smiley-face... but I didn't intend it to be! It just turned out like that... so it's a pretty good smiley-face for a coincidental one!

Consumed at different times between the 8th July post and now... I think.

My questions?

2008-07-26T12:54:00.009+10:00

It's peaceful. I sit and eat breakfast to the sounds of a well-played french accordion floating from the speakers to my ears. Just me; sitting, eating, listening. Enjoying the tranquility of an unemployed kitchen. It's so perfect... or is it? What if it isn't perfect? What if I'm not 'greedy' enough to seek out more? That's okay then, isn't it? As long as I'm happy. Or at least, as long as I think I'm happy. How would I know? Maybe the monks have a point... living a life without attachment...? Being brought up in a materialistic world, would I be able to ever feel what they feel? Oh well, too late. It's alright, I'm happy... I think. Well, I like it this way, that I'm sure of. Now... how long can it last? Will I be doing the same in 5 years? Even 10? Sitting, eating, listening... contemplating?

speaking of my future... what will it be like? Will I be successful? What is 'success'? I suppose, for me, happiness = success. Will I still think the same later on? How would my drawings look then? They change every year, they get better every year... can I keep improving like that? I hope so... but even if they do, where would I go with them? Will I ever give up drawing...? I can't imagine that at this point in my life... I've been drawing throughout my life... what is life like without drawing? Wait. Why do I draw? Is drawing my life...? Is it like breathing, for me? Do I need it?

Needs. I need so many things... but why? I have them... and I need them... am I addicted? If that's how it works... then I'm addicted to friendship, or at least, positive human interaction. I use that term because I'm not sure what 'friendship' really means. Dictionary.com didn't help much either...

_friend·ship
_n.
_{1. The quality or condition of being friends.}
_{2. A friendly relationship: formed many new friendships over the summer.}
_{3. Friendliness; good will: a policy of friendship toward other nations.}

3, would probably be the most helpful... for the other 2 you'd need to have interpreted a meaning to 'friend' for yourself, and me being the indecisive person I am, have not. Anyway, 3, 'good will'. So, a friend is a person you have 'good will' towards? Oh wait... it could also be a person who has 'good will' towards you... well, then 'friends' are people who wish each other well. It's easier if it's plural.

Could you answer any of my questions?

---EDIT:

~바보~ ღ says:
*starts reading lastest blog post*
~바보~ ღ says:
*stops reading latest blog post*
(tu) みねまる says:
nah dw
(tu) みねまる says:
I read over it after I finished writing
(tu) みねまる says:
and was like
(tu) みねまる says:
HAW SOUNDS SO EMO
(tu) みねまる says:
but I wasn't emo at all
(tu) みねまる says:
I was just thinking about stuff
so, yes! Don't worry if you got worried that I was going emo... because I'm not! (yet:P) Was merely thinking... and meeting a lot of tough questions.^_^;;

A Dazzling Day

2008-07-23T17:22:00.009+10:00

Lalalalalalalalala~♪ I'm in a good mood! I had a wonderful day today! Mr.Young (my physics teacher) was away for the double so I had no classes after break! I played soccer with some guys and a few yr9s, where once again, I showed the silly prejudice yr9s that girls CAN play soccer; by continually tackling the ball from them... it's always rewarding to see their initial dumbfounded expressions.:) My left knee seems to have had to pay the price though, I blocked two mid-level switches using it and was later damaged by Terry monster-truck Chan whom I collided with in a tackle... damn, no wonder people never tackle Terry, Terry hurts! I got winded by his elbow in a separate tackle attempt... ah well, I wouldn't be playing soccer if I was afraid of getting hurt, right?;)

During lunch, I was informed of the restocked the Hot Chocolate powder in the kitchen!♥ While Helen, Jenny, Minki and Ivy prepared for their debate, I slowly contemplated crashing it... and ended up doing so.XD Thanks to Edwin, who told me what I needed to bring in and Darren(Ichwan) for lending me his copy of 'Maestro' I successfully snuck and blended in with the ESL students. Ahhhh~ it's good to be asian~ In return for the favour, I diligently took notes from the debate for Ichwan... and luckily so! The teachers went around checking everyone's notes later on! I was even praised by the unsuspecting teacher who checked my mainstream-english-standard notes! hurhurhurhur...

After the debate, we went to play soccer again! At first, I didn't manage to tackle the opposition, Simon and Paul are good at sheilding the ball... then my epic streak kicked in and I tackled Simon, dribbled, shielded from Mong and ran on to score my first goal!:D I couldn't have wished for a better first goal... it was so clear! It wasn't a rebound, I soloed and it's not like the goalie wasn't there either! It felt awesome, though I highly doubt I'll score another any time soon. No matter, I'm happy just tackling the opposition.♥

Also, whilst we walked home together; Helen, Narae and I made cute, japanese, 'guy' names for each other! Helen is ちんいきち(Chinikichi) because her Japanese/Chinese name is Chini, Narae's is なれたろう(Naretarou) and mine is みねまる(Minemaru) since Feng translated into japanese is 'mine'~ ahh~ Friendship is so beautiful~♥

I hope your day was as fantastic as mine!

Trudge, trudge, trudge

2008-07-16T17:26:00.004+10:00

School's started again... how fast the holiday flew past! My mind and body are still very much in holiday-mode. Work is piling up... fortunately, the weather's been great! Sunny skies on cool days, cool but not cold; I hope it keeps up.

The wonderful weather is no match for my disinclination against school though... the motivation to work hard slowly seeped away during the holidays and I find myself loafing around during class time.:( Viscom mock-up for pt1 of folio 4 due in less than 2 weeks! Ah well, at least I finally got inspired for the major Studio Production for Art. My theme is conformity and freedom. Can't wait to get started for that... I have a few ideas I want to paint out! Too bad I'm busy playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon instead... ^^;

It's wonderful wu liao fun! When I first started, I did the personality test and came as the 'jolly' type, ending up as a Munchlax............... after playing the first 3 dungeons, I decided I couldn't spend the rest of the game playing as a fat, weird-looking cat so decided to use a FAQ to become a Piplup (water pokemon can take shortcuts in some dungeons!) I also rechose my partner as a Chikorita and decided to name her, 'Helen'. Helen the Chikorita and Feng the Piplup later formed an exploration team which I named, Team Seishun! (Seishun = 青春 = youth, I don't know why, I just have a liking for 'seishun'... similiar to my fondness towards 'noutenki') When I told Helen at school today, she didn't seem very enthusiastic about it.:P

I hope to either finish this game or get bored with it soon so I can properly concentrate on school work... maybe I shouldn't have started it the day before school started............... Speaking of concentration, I've been daydreaming a lot lately. Daydreaming isn't normally too bad but I sometimes when I blank out, I come back finding someone staring at me directly. See, what happens is that I start daydreaming in someone's direction, they look up and see me 'staring' at them(when I'm actually daydreaming and not paying attention to the information being relayed from my eyes) and they stare back... very, very, very, very awkward!

staaaaaaaaaaare...

I will end this post and attempt to do some work with Kim's tag. I normally don't respond to tags but ah well~ For Kim!

In order to answer the tag questions, name 5 people you can think of right off the top of your head. For those whom was tagged, please don't read the questions underneath unless you already write the names of all the 5 people. This is a lot funnier if you randomly list the names first.

1. Kim
2. Peter
3. Darren(Cheah)
4. Helen
5. Xandie

1. How did you meet number 1? (Kim)
We were in the same class from yr5 onwards at G.I.S.

2. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your friendship with 1? (Kim)
∞ *gets shot for not following rules and being corny at the same time*

3. How long have you known 4? (Helen)
Since yr10 through the Badminton round robin, I remember my onigiri was a conversation piece somewhere at the start.

4. How do you know number 3? (Darren)
Knew him as 'the other Malaysian person' at school during the whole of yr10 , then as 'Vanessa's admirer' throughout yr11, got to know him better towards the end of last year and now he's a 'valued' friend.:P

5. Where is 5? (Xandie)
hmmm... she's not online atm, so maybe at uni?

6. A fact about number 1? (Kim)
She's very energetic and we become super hyper in each other's presence!XD

7. Who is 4 going out with? (Helen)
If she were going out with someone, it'd be with me. *gets shot by Helen*

8. What does 1 do for a living? (Kim)
She just graduated from G.I.S. so she's not earning yet... (Kim, what do you want to do for a living?)

9. Would you live with number 3?(Darren)
I can't really imagine it...

10. What do you like about number 2?(Peter)
He relates to a lot of people and connects to many different wavelengths. I often find him striking up a conversation with a person he's just met. In short, he's easy to talk to.:)

11. Do you miss number 5? (Xandie)
Yes! I've only seen her once this year and because of VCE I can't sing with her anymore!

12. What’s you opinion of number 2? (Peter)
He's a really friendly guy whose heart's in the right place, quite a funny drunk too.

13. What’s your favourite memory with number 5?(Xandie)
Singing and dancing Seishun Amigo together with her at karaoke and on the streets in the city.

14. What would you do if number 1 and 2 were going out?(Kim & Peter)
Woah... very unexpected!O__O I think it'd be really interesting... though I don't think they're each other's 'types'... if it did happen, I'd muse, "Small world~".

15. Ever had a long conversation with 5?(Xandie)
Yeah, I think I have...

16. Have you slept at 2’s house?(Peter)
Yep, when I got locked out or when the bumming lasted until fatigue got the better of me and I dozed off.

17. Do you hang out with 3 alot? (Darren)
I think so, kind of... talk to him in school, play soccer and sometimes lan?

18. Who have you known the longest?
Kim, about... 6 years of friendship?:D

19. How often do you talk to 1?(Kim)
We used to chat on msn everyday but recently her internet's been iffy and none of my messages get to her! She's in Malaysia too..

20.How about 2?(Peter)
We used to chat on msn quite regularly, but he's been going out a lot.:P

21. Have you ever thought 3 more than a friend?(Darren)
Nope

22. Would you go out for a date with 5?(Xandie)
haww... I don't think so, if she accepted, she might force me to crossdress

23. Do you dream about 2?(Peter)
He probabaly has been included in a dream... I can't really remember any though.

24. What did number 4 do to you that you can never forget? (Helen)
All the random inside-jokes we shared, I'll treasure them... TwT

25. What have you done for 1 that the person never forgets?(Kim)
All the random drawings I've drawn by her orders... I can't say for sure, since I'm not her, but I definitely hope she doesn't forget!:P

26.What's 3’s hobby? (Darren)
err... dota? Having weird perverted fantasies...?

I tag;

-Xandie
-Kim, if you want to redo:P
-Peter
-Darren
(just because I tag you, doesn't mean you have to do it, honestly I don't actually particularly enjoy being tagged normally:P)

The Joy of Cooking

2008-07-08T13:51:00.003+10:00

Yesterday's dinner consisted of...

Lamb flower!

Cucumber flower!

Mashed-potato flower!

Cauli-FLOWER! heehee, geddit? Geddit?! ah~ the lameness never ends~

~~Failed mushroom flower~~ Mushroom man!
(For the sauce to go with the lamb)

I also found a scarred apple (which my sister brought to work to eat today). Despite the huge, ugly scar; I found the way in which the pattern swirls according to the crevasse really pretty...

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this has been a text-lacking, image-heavy post from a lethargic Feng. I hope you were somewhat entertained regardless.;)

Aiyaaaaaaaaaaa... catch up time!

2008-06-22T13:45:00.007+10:00

Okay! So I've had an eventful week. I was meaning to blog about it since the fun started... but never got around to it til now............. Oops.>w>;;;;;;;; sigh... we'll make this a long post then. Props to you if you actually read to the end.:P

13th June, Friday
The GAT... that was actually kinda fun. -nerd- I found it difficult to write about diamonds... but it was easy for me to write the opinion piece. It was a personal issue! I ranted about how artistic 'heroes' weren't given the recognition they deserved, being cast into the shadows of the 'heroes' stealing the spotlight (e.g. sportsmen). It's a personal issue because for all of my school-life my artistic 'achievements' have always been overshadowed by the sporting 'achievements' of others....... :( ah well~:P I had about an hours worth of free time after completing the multiple choice questions so I doodled...

^I made a animals out of the first 2 columns of my multiple choice answers! (This would be terribly embarassing if they're all wrong..........)

After the GAT, I went home, napped then started the face-painting(make-up). Helen came over to get her face painted by me too.:) Then... stuff started going out of the time allocated to it and my planned arrangement shattered to pieces... hence Jenny(who hitched a lift off me) and I were 45mins late to the formal............................... just in time for the appetizer though!:D The meal consisted of Pumpkin Soup, Beef/Chicken/Vegetarian-something and a strange Slice(?) of Ice Cream.

Oh yeah... more importantly than the food... Everyone looked SOOO GOOOOD! All the girls were so pretty!TwT People with partners looked cute matching their partners!:D It was also fun getting partners to dance together... IvyxDarren! Both so shy... so cute! Darren even bought Ivy a bracelet!OoO Quite impressive *nod of approval* ...though I noticed that they seemed to sit further and further away the more they were teased... oops~!

Dancing was fun too... though dancing was often interrupted by the mean photographer lady! She was very rude:( and apparently, quite strange. o.o She went to Dilini's table, sat down and started talking about how she felt Asians either look really young or really old and how she couldn't determine an asian's age. Hmm...

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16th June, Monday
I'd been underestimating the fun to be had at VA all this time... VA is super cheap fun!OoO $3 an hour?! It's $2 for about 5mins of DDR in an arcade! Anyway, upon arrival I found Darren(cheah), Darren(liauw) and Elton playing COD4 against the yr10s (and getting owned by them..). So I decided to play too!:D I've never been really any good at shooting games... Well, later everyone else came and teams became more even.:) We started winning, sort of... Then I decided to go on the yr10s team as a 'sitting duck suicide' kind of player...;) The year 10s were getting annoyed from the opposite side of the room.:P
"WTF IS SOLUS DOING?!"
"WHO IS SOLUS?!"
"SOLUS, YOU'RE ON THE WRONG TEAM!"

Then we played DOTA!:D ahhh my first game of dota~ *reminisces* I remember how excited I was to try out Mirana's skills... and I remember being taught to farm... and was happily farming away UNTIL the evil, conniving, merciless Elton Lee Yew Kuan killed me! No matter~ I will avenge myself one day.>:)(edit/update: which I already have)

^PoTM Feng:D

After eating at Tea House (some weird restaurant which only Cheah favours) we decided to go to Elton's house. Darren(liauw) kept getting attacked by his house!XD He tripped over a random hole in the grass... and then whacked by the long stalk of a flower. Going to Elton's house kind of reminded me of Malaysia with the the loud banters he had with his brother. It's quite amusing that Elton and Douglas are like polar opposites from each other...

19th June, Thursday
After school, Jenny, Ivy and I went to Chadstone to shop for Richard's birthday present. It was hard because most of the shops had a sorta surfer-fashion for guys and because Richard is picky with clothes.:P We ended up buying him a jumper-hoodie with an hour left to roam around... which is when I saw a pair of boxers saying 'DO NOT ENTER' on the front.:) Presents for an 18th have to be somewhat sexual, don't they? I also ended up buying him a pretty princess crown along with the boxers.

As soon as I reached home, I was whisked away to the city for 哥哥's birthday dinner. We went to 全聚德烤鸭(Quanjude Roast Duck). The food wasn't that great... and all the dishes/cutlery had a weird chinese motif on it with a weird-looking cross-eyed dragon! Either that, or it was duck-shaped dishes.:P We ended the meal with cakes from Laurent~

^Fell in love with the Bacio(Chocolate & Hazelnut) mousse

^Duck chopstick holders

20th June, Friday
Rushed home from school, changed then rushed back to school with Helen. We met everyone in the VCE centre and bussed down to Rowville... Ben lives in a shopping district laid out like in America!O_O Then we walked to his church where we played soccer and football..........?o.o Anyway, at about 7pm people were being sent to the Ice-skating centre. Richard, Darren(cheah), Mong, Shun, Elton, Helen and I were the last round to be sent. We had a bit of waiting to do before getting picked up so we mucked around a little... Darren(cheah) discovered that he'd been mistaking SF's "Hadouken" with "Abugen" all his life...........

Arriving at the Ice-skating centre in Oakleigh, we all proceeded in, put on our ice-skates and made our way to the rink. Instant pros: Helen, Richard(barnett) & Kih! Going round and round in circles was unexpectedly fun!:)

...then I went home and played dota, making my first 'official'(meaning that the person didn't let me kill them out of pity) kill against Edward!:D

21st June, Saturday
Richard's birthday! Went to the city with Ben, Helen, Ivy and Narae and walked to Yoyogi only to find that there wasn't enough space to fit everyone. Then the manager came out to tell us that when we did get a table, we'd have to hurry up because there was another booking later... this is after Richard attempted to book a week in advanced and the attendant at the phone claimed, "Sorry, we don't take bookings anymore." Very, very suspicious. =_=

^The crowning of Sir Richard Hinze

Because of this, we went to Ajisen Ramen instead... after eating, I snuck the pretty crown on Richard(as depicted above) while Andrew(challis) and Steven chugged sake... Helen and I got curious and took a sip. IT WAS SO BAD! I definitely do not like the taste of alcohol at all, let alone the smell! How can people drink that stuff?! ...and why was it only me.......... Helen and Jenny didn't gag on their first sip...

Then we went to FotoWorld (or something similiar in name) where Steven scored most people some plushies! I got a smiling pink pile of poop!:D Then we took purikura in a machine... which edited photos to make it look like everyone wore heavy eyeliner...

22nd June, Sunday
(I give up writing in detail!T_T) Made cupcakes with mum. They were Lemon cupcakes with Raisins in them. Later on, we decided the lemon flavour wasn't strong enough so we added dollops of lemon icing on the top.

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Notice that the I wrote less for each day as the blog post progressed... with the exception of Richard's birthday.;)
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Did you seriously read it all........?

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

2008-06-11T18:42:00.011+10:00

heehee... geddit? It's me in the freedom gundam!*gets shot for lameness* Anyway, yes! I am FREE now! No more motion/structures&materials/electronics studies for the rest of my life... maybe!>w> Today is a GREAT day!

Preparation for physics wasn't all thaaaaaat bad... I'm proud that I actually stuck to the study schedule I arranged without procrastinating at all!OoO Could it be? Is my self-discipline... improving?! Anyway, the main thing that made the 5 days of perpetual study bearable was study group on Monday at Darren(cheah)'s house! (5 days without human contact would have driven me on the verge of suicide, I think...) Helen and I were the only ones who got work (W=fdcosg *gets shot again*) done... the guys dota-ed. =w=;; Oh yeah! Darren can actually drive!O__O His driving's really scary though... he doesn't watch the road enough, turning around to join in the conversation at the back....................... song selection wasn't bad (despite Harith's disapproval) though!^^ Journey home was reaaally random. Dropping Shun off at Clayton, we then had a pit stop at Red Rooster for toilets. Then, we went through the drive-thru for a box of fries only to park outside a desolate Bunning's warehouse to eat them. Well, seems like we all managed to get home alive. :)

Tuesday was pretty dramatic... so many mood-swings! From feeling relief to losing the will to live.......... I spent the day doing past exam papers, cramming on transistor amplifiers and creating a neat, comprehensive summary sheet to make myself feel a bit more secure. Special thanks to Vincent for the pick me up!TwT

Okay, this'll be a shorter post. Stay tuned for my next post about the Formal on Friday!:D ahh~ Can't wait to see everyone in glamour-mode! Also, can't wait to see the pairings together! HelenxBen, RichardxNarae, DarrenxIvy (,JennyxFeng)... you guys better dance together!;) It'll be sooooo cute!TwT

Makeup OVERKILL である!!!

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Extra:
Dedicated to Peter since he may have wanted to know to what extent the content of conversations Helen and I share is considered 'weird'. Here is one we had today after being shooed from the courts in school by a meaaaaaan teacher:
Ｆ：　てめ・・・
Ｈ：　う～～～～かなしいね・・・
Ｆ：　はあい。ざんねん。
Ｈ：　う～～～ぼくケーキすきなのに。
Ｆ：　わたしわサッカーすき。
Ｈ：　う～～～～～ばか！(refering to the Richard... for no reason?)
Ｆ：　う～～がっこうばが！・・・がっこうバーガー。
Ｈ：　がっこうバーガーうまくない！
Ｆ：　まずい・・・
Ｈ：　our conversations are so retarded...

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EDIT: Added extra 'E's to the title~;)

Exams = study?

2008-05-31T21:29:00.008+10:00

Not completely.:) Well, sure. I have been studying... I'm just saying that studying isn't the only thing I've been doing~ So here I will blog about all the things I've done, excluding studying, to get my mind off studying.

First up, in preparation for studying, I borrowed Shun's physics notes, courtesy of Jack to photocopy for my own since I was too lazy to go to the lessons, thinking that I didn't really need it. (Still not sure whether I needed it or not but ah well, better safe than sorry~) Unexpectedly, Shun handed me a huge pile of notes... there were over 50 pages! I am now pro at photocopying!

Apart from photocopying and studying, I have also been drawing A LOT lately, which makes me happy! It's like a huge surge of inspiration combined with the nagging urge to draw finally took over my laziness and got me to be productive! Also, I found that I had somehow magically improved suddenly. o.o I'm still in the experimental stages of CG though... my next piece will be an experiment on colour!^^ Here are the pieces I've done so far:

(click on the thumbnails to see the larger versions)

All 3 were done in Photoshop CS2 with the brush tool. I like leaving the brush strokes in instead of completely blending them out, i think it makes the piece more interesting.:) My viscom teacher seemed impressed, so I'm happy!

Oh yeah, I've taken up Soccer again! Yay for exercise! Exercise is supposed to relieve stress (from studying...?)!^^ I actually really like playing soccer... it's more fun than I remembered. I used to play in at breaks and lunchtimes in yr 5 or 6 at G.I.S... but stopped when one of my toenails came off.................... anyway! My soccer skills have deteriorated! I have been reduced to only being able to steal the ball from the opposition. Sure, I do that relatively well... but when I do get the ball from the other player, I have no clue what to do with it. Pass it? Yeah, chances are it'd be passed back to the person I stole it from or someone in their team.TwT Also, the only person who passes me the ball is Darren(cheah)... probably out of pity. OTL Appreciated under normal circumstances, Darren. However, I am not involved in normal circumstances in soccer due to my lack of skills........ I MUST IMPROVE. I will improve. It would help if the ball would stop flying at me though.:P

Now for the more photo heavy segment of this entry; 'What I did today'. I STUDIED and procrastinated studying with the help of Mr. Camera! I had fun exploring perspective...

^hand^

^hairclip^

After taking many macro shots of objects (pencils, notes, calculator, keyboard, handphone, mints, brushes, lamp) I got bored and turned the camera on myself.... Perspective under shots aren't flattering at all but oh well!:P(note: No laughing at my weird Appolo Justice hair!>.> I was physically in studying mode!)

and then came the silly shots...

how bad would these look if I had a double-chin?:P

sigh... blogging break is over. Back to studying~ Good luck with exams, everyone!

Dear friends,

2008-05-18T21:09:00.023+10:00

I am tired............... and am staring at the computer screen with my eyes half open, writing this entry. Slit-vision, yay! Who needs night vision... when you can have slit-vision instead? Great, now I'm so tired I've gone a bit weird. (To those who are thinking about writing: 'but you're always weird!' in a comment; I SAW THAT COMING... and this is proof.:)"

Today was an action-packed day! It started off with a photoshoot by Josh's request. He had been yearning to do an autumn shoot despite my cries of protest which consisted of the one argument: "but... I'm a pizzaface... T___T" (figure out the metaphor yourself!:P) So Josh drove down mont albert rd while Chan(Sarah), Helen and I scouted for a nice street where trees knew it was autumn. It was hard! About 80% of the streets had at least 1 green tree or consisted completely of green trees. Josh then suggested calling his friend Albert (who lives on Mont Albert Rd) and asking if we could photoshoot at his house. Little did us unsuspecting girls know that Albert... lives in a MANSION. It was huuuuuuuuge!OoO We felt overwhelmed just waiting outside at the gates. The same experience Haruhi must've felt on her first visit to Ouran High... Here are 2 photos from the shoot, click for larger image (as if you need them any bigger...):

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Next, the Japan Festival! My stomach was very, very happy by the end of this. I had Takoyaki, Yakisoba, Dorayaki, some sushi and Calpico(soda)~ There were many stalls and rooms to explore. Helen sat down to challenge a man at a game of go which lasted a while... so Andy(zhang) and I kept ourselves entertained by abusing the unoccupied go board. Since we didn't know how to play go, we played a slightly more advanced form of Tic-Tac-Toe and Checkers instead. It was amusing that we gathered a crowd, misleading them into thinking we actually were playing go!:D Peter also showed up later, he challenged a man to go and won!

Later, we went to the town hall to watch some of the performances. We watched a Tea Ceremony Dance, Naginata & Kendo demonstrations and a Band (instruments: Piano, Violin & Shamisen). Photo above is of the Kendo group putting on their helmets, shot at 1 sec. exposure. Hopefully they don't hunt me down for adding those captions... but that's what I thought when I saw the photo after uploading it from the camera!>w> I was dead tired upon arriving home from the festival but couldn't relax the rest of the day away as I had an Art SAC to prepare for. Thus, what I thought would be a boring part of the day commenced. It wasn't boring!:D I found an apple with a bum when going to get a snack! My theory: Peach + Apple = Apple with a bum~ Makes sense, doesn't it?!

later on, my sister arrived home for dinner from her trip to Germany! According to her, the houses look exactly like the ones you can roll up in the Bird-Elephant 500m level in katamari!!!O__O She also brought me back a box of chocolates! Possibly the most beautiful box of chocolates I've seen as of yet!TwT Even when the chocolate is gone... I will still cherish the tin it came in.................

How did you spend your day?^^

Yours sincerely,

Feng

P.S. I missed out on rock-climbing!!!i_i Completely forgot about it... ah well! Let's go sometime!:)

Writing this entry...

2008-05-14T19:10:00.003+10:00

with an On-Screen keyboard!i_i

...have to click each and every letter! No touch-typing for me... OTL (and I'm making typing mistakes in every word!) My keyboard recently went rogue on me; everything I type using it comes out as incomprehensible gibberish! For example, if I were to type the sentence, 'the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog' using my keyboard, it would come as: 'yet wuik br5sowfx] ofx]gj/uvm,pyetd ovm,yetr 5syet lyet dogj/'. So those of you whom I frequently chat with on msn would notice that I have resorted to using the pen/handwriting tool...^^;

On a happier note... a big , in fact, HUGE 'Thank you!' to those whom I was allowed to scab food from during break time today!:D Namely, Ben Chang for half an LCMs bar, Ivy for a fraction of her sweet-salty rice cracker, Richard for half a hash brown and Jenny for a nibble of her funny-tasting/textured canteen-provided potato cake! This hungry little hobo appreciated it a lot!TwT ahhh... friendship... so beautiful... *sniff*

Speaking of friendship... Mikey's party was full of it! Seeing friends I hadn't seen in a while was great!TwT Chan, Janice, Xandie, Will, Rodric, Fade... AND it was Allan & Feng, Oppa-Dongseng 1 year anniversary!!OwO That high-5 we performed was Epic!*inserts llama emoticon* Super Smash Brothers was good too! heehee waddle dees... If only I were better at it... ah well! At least I stand a chance in providing competition when using Kirby instead of just being a punching bag...

La-La-La-Love

2008-04-29T20:15:00.021+10:00

'sright! This post is all about L-O-V-E. I had recently & temporarily fallen victim to teen angst on the subject of Love... and so, decided I needed to let loose- what better place did I have to do so in than my own blog?

First up! With my lovely assistant, Joy, I have compiled a list of suggestions for guys on girls! If you are searching for ideas, this would be the lifeline that Joy and I have dropped for you:

6 Simple Suggestions for guys to follow(if they opt to):
(some of them apply to girls too)
#1. Say "I Love You" like you mean it! This is very important.

#2. Make them feel beautiful. 99% of girls suffer from low self-esteem. Tis very sad...

#3. Surprise her once in a while! It could be as simple as... a sandwich with a jam-heart...?!

#4. If she's cold, offer her you coat. If she refuses...
jĸaoo ! says:
GIVE IT TO HER ANYWAYS
jĸaoo ! says:
AND THEN HUG HER

#5. Follow the basic etiquettes of courting! For example, confess your feelings in person. Not through sms, instant messaging, e-mail etc...

#6. joykao ! says:
DONT FORGET IMPORTANT DATES
such as, your 1-year anniversary. Many girls seem to care about these things and even if yours doesn't, she'll still be touched that you remembered!
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Now on a different branch on the subject of Love... I find myself amused by the question, "Can we fall in love now?" posed by DOPING PANDA in their song, 'kiss my kiss'. The song isn't the best but I am addicted to it because of that line. It's so strange... but I think what amuses me is the straightforward nature of that question... and how it seems to portray 'Love' as an effortless choice. It has a reckless charm.......

Love,
Feng :)

I now abruptly drop my Art on your browser

2008-04-15T14:58:00.008+10:00

As the title states, here are some of my recent little works:
(click image to view larger version)

^Mahjong night at Jenny's. I went to watch and learn (while accidentally stuffing Wang up in many ways). If you were an intense gamer, you'd probably see Spyro and a Chocobo.

^Also drawn on Mahjong Night. I enjoyed drawing the hair ornament! It consists of a Flower, couple of feathers, hanging beads and a shell/orchid<--open for interpretation.....
^Drawn for Viscom. It was one of the concepts for the surface design of the package (for a hair product.) Here, I was exploring shape and pattern in the hair using a complimentary colour to define. If I do end up using this concept, I will change her face; I feel it is much too snobby as it is now.

^Drawn today during Art class and coloured with Markers at home. He looks like a corpse because I don't have a flesh-toned marker to colour his skin with...

On the topic of "today"... today was a good day! I stood only around half a metre away from 2 magpies. (It was a good feeling when they didn't fly away in fear of me.) What actually happened was that while getting home from school, watching the ground as I walked; I suddenly noticed the 2 magpies to my left. I looked at the one closest to me... it looked back at me... then silence fell where all 3 of us paused.

I regained my senses and kept walking on, laughing to myself about having an awkward moment with Magpies. Who wudda thought it possible?

Onigiri Appreciation

2008-04-13T12:19:00.003+10:00

(^That's Onigiri I made for a picnic at the zoo in the background)
It's been 2 years from now since I first started bringing Onigiri to school! Since then... I've never brought a sandwich in for lunch! I don't think I'll get sick of it any time soon... so many flavours! Though my favourite has always been うめぼし(pickled sour plum) from the beginning.

When I find a favourite something, I usually stick to it like my life depended on it.................... For example, my favourite type of Bubble Tea is the Red Pearl Milk Tea, the plain original. I've never tried any other flavour (though I am sometimes tempted to try the Red Bean Pearl Milk Tea). Also, Quagsire! I know its stats aren't the best. I know it's not the cutest pokemon. I know it looks like a blue & purple dinosaur........... but look at that nonchalant gaze!!!! *swoons*

I suppose it's one of my many little policies... "Find a favourite and stick to it." could this be counted as a form of loyalty?:) Speaking of policies... One often finds setting a few to live by are extremely helpful in keeping oneself happy! (Though I suppose it depends the type of policy one sets... ) Here are a few of mine:

1. "What hurts me but doesn't kill me only makes me stronger."
I've always liked this one especially... I get an amusing mental image when I think of it!

2. "A day without laughter is a day wasted."
This one tends to be easy for me to carry out... doing so makes me feel accomplished everyday!:)

3. "Those who drink to drown their sorrows should know that sorrow knows how to swim."
Okay, this one is quite irrelevant but I thought I'd just throw it in. I got it from a fortune cookie back when I was about 9 and it has always amused me.

I should end this image intensive entry before I crash someone's computer browser... with another image!! This is what I may look like if I were an anime character:

^Taken on Friday by mum. Don't know what I was doing... probably staring into space... perhaps day-dreaming?
Hooray for overexposure and a shaky-handed photographer!

Humble Beginnings

2008-04-10T18:10:00.006+10:00

(^that's supposed to be me... but it's hard drawing myself as a Chibi since I'm quite far off from Chibi... anyway:)
Yes, welcome to my new blog! This one will be filled with my little doodles, my revelations, hopes & dreams among other things. Ah... I'm getting self-conscious already.....

Wang made one with me! His is called "Death is Ugly". Geddit? We have matching blog names! Here's his: http://rawrikon.blogspot.com. Oh yeah, brace yourself for a generous helping of lameness if you continue to follow my blog... ^^;

hmm... I suppose I'll explain my blog URL, "noteandkey". There are many ways of interpreting it.... it could be:

a. "Note" as in "a brief letter" with "Key" as
"Device that is turned to open a lock". This
could imply something like a key with its use
explained in the note e.g."Front Gate Key".

b. "Note" as in a Musical Note with "Key" as
a piano key. (This one's straightfoward so I
won't explain~)

along with many other combinations depending on the definitions of the two words. Alright, enough beating around the bush~ "noteandkey" is what I perceived "noutenki" to sound similiar to. Noutenki in this context is "脳天気". It refers to one being positive no matter the situation; someone who sees the brighter side in everything! Why don't I just use noutenki in my URL instead? It was taken. OTL If you visit http://noutenki.blogspot.com/ you'll find yourself at a blog written in Japanese, main subject being vegetables.

Why noutenki in the first place? I like being noutenki. :) Also, the little yellow man hanging off my DS has "脳天気" written down his tummy.

The editing is Japanese Pop Culture-esque! I've been inspired by their style of graphics/editing for a long time... I want reference materials in this style! Any recommendations?

Oh speaking of art! I want to pay a visit to the Top Arts and Top Designs exhibitions!!! A student from Mt.Waverley got included in the Top Arts exhibition this year! Ms. Sigmund (Art teacher) mentioned the student making a marine-life inspired wedding dress, I look forward to seeing that! Someone please go with me!TwT

~~~on a completely different note:

Some of you may know that my uncle is staying at my house during his visit to Melbourne. I'm now... try... to avoid him... because of this conversation:

He went on for an hour and a half. (I'm not exaggerating! He really did go on for that long... though he didn't exactly say "in fact let me tell you the rest of my life story" that was me telling you what he did next without having to extend the comic too much.) I was trapped! Too polite to dismiss myself... yet too worried about homework not being complete to enjoy this one-sided conversation. OTL

(note: Apologies for the messiness of the comic... I will try to refine the comics in the following posts! Also, I hope the font isn't hard to read!)