Looks like I'm having a packed week. I've filled them up with bbq outing, work discussion, client meeting and design workshops.

Yesterday after school, ping and i went over to adam's bbq outing at sentosa. I think the highlight for the day was the chicken chop. Yummy and delicious. The beef however, was over cooked so it turned out tough and hard to chew. Like another beef stronganov.

Met up the Kakis today to polish up our work for crowbar award. Mind you, it's $27 per entry. It's not cheap but luckily there's 5 of us to split the cost and we're gonna submit them under the different categories. Hope we don't come back empty handed.

For the next few days, i'll be brushing up my portfolio and attending design workshop. Gonna meet the design gurus. So cool but argh so damn sad because I can't attend the illustration workshop as it clashes with mpm meeting. There goes a wasted opportunity. Crap!

Was talking to euphe now and she mentioned about that alice game. Makes me feel like playing. Don't care! At the next kakis' outting we must play that game!! Ultra thrilling!

Labels: work

Yesterday afternoon, I came home and took a nap. Manage to wake up in the evening and happened to peer out of my window. Something magnificent was presented before my eyes. I just thought it was beautiful. It was always there but i hardly took notice of it. At that instance I just had to take a picture of it and capture the moment.


The view that I had was amazing. I remember when I was younger, I often used to stand by the window and just watch the world goes by. Quite a cool experience.

Much later in the night I went to catch a movie with TM. Although I badly wanted to watch Defintely Maybe but Forbidden Kingdom was great too. After that was trying to fix up her blog's html code. Pretty interesting because it's like solving some mathematical sum. Finally had them all fixed at 5.30a.m. Wasn't really tired though probably because of the nap I took earlier on. Thanks too for sharing with me about God. I guess it cleared some air but I think I still need time to ponder over certain things.

Alright I think it's time I make a move. Had to go back school to drop off my creative process journal for sampling.


Goodbye little black book and take care. I won't be seeing you anytime soon so don't miss me.

Labels: sunday

Some people say as you grow older, you begin to have more distractions in life and because of that, your faith starts to wobble. I think that statement rings true for me.

I complained to God that being a Christian is so difficult. Let me use this analogy of attaining a scholarship in order to subsidise for a degree course. There's a requirement of A,B and C in order for me to qualify for this scholarship. I have A and C but i didn't have B. Due that, I'm considered unqualified. Entering the kingdom of God is similar. You have to fulfill all 3 requirements before you are qualified to enter. It made me lose hope because there's no way I can fulfil criteria B with my capability. Sad truth. But he said,"I've put my spirit within you and the spirit is capable of fulfilling all the 3 requirements. It's just that your heart is controlled by human nature. That's why you're unable to fulfil criteria B."
It's chao sian because it'll take every single ounce of me to put that human nature down. I'm just not prepared for that.

Labels: faith

1 week of holiday have passed and what have I accomplished so far?
-Master the technique of silkscreening
-Read up for my input
-Done Tm's blogskin
-Cutey lil friends' cartoon pic
-Clear virus from my comp

Looks like I haven't found anything enjoyable to do except mastering the technique of silkscreening. I think i need to keep the energy alive or else it'll die off. Maybe I should indulge myself with some design books and this holiday is a must to find an internship in an ad agency. I really wonder how it feels like to work in an ad agency. Should be very stressful and irregular working time i suppose. This also means that I need to build that portfolio of mine so that it can face the world.

1 shocking incident. I actually spoke to the fashion designer Celia Loe face to face and not knowing who she was! It was only when i tried to verify if she's who I think she is. Can't believe she's from our church!! No airs at all. Too shocked to believe. But it's quite cool to be such a sucessful person. When would it be my turn? Haha. I think i can slowly dream about it. I need to do something that I really enjoy so that it can sustain me long enough.

Something within is extremely dry...I think I need a revial.

Do you believe that this is taken in singapore?

Labels: holiday, shocking incident

I've been wanting to learn silkscreening since a long time ago but I only manage to figure out the paper stencil method. It was until yesterday I learnt a new method that could do up prints with fine lines. Great! Now I can print what ever design I want unto shirts, tote bags...etc. So cool! This holiday is not a waste because I picked up a new skill.


My first silk screen. Oh..and I found an old cassette tape in my drawer which inspires the above design.

Labels: Z/a-z

Great! Final assessment has ended and school is officially over for me too! Hmmm... I think the final outcome didn't really mattered anymore. I gave in my best shot already. No regrets.

Here's the new print ads.

Sorry addi, I made you look old. But with this new look he looks like a creative director to me.




I looked at this and it just gives me an alice in wonderland feel.


Once again a big thank you to mel and bel. This new batch of people really look model-ish.

On a side note, here's more post birthday treat. Adam made jelly hearts for me and it taste great! This fella is insane. One day before the final assessment and he still can spare time to make jelly hearts because he promises to let me have a taste of it. Really true to his words! Thanks for the effort!

1 layer of jelly, 1 strawberry, 1 layer of cheese and 1 layer of digestive biscuit. Yummy!


Present from ping. Wow! The spectrum toy thing is really cool!!!

Yes and thanks to the kakis for the surprise too!! Super unexpected. After school we went ktv because I promise them that I'll join them once we're done with school work. So it was 4 hrs worth of singing and at the very last half an hour, Ivy and Joy came in with the cake. *stunt*

Labels: Y/a-z

To be happy is a blessing and i would like to associate it with sweet treats.

It's a monday morning and I was in a daze. One sms received from Jo, with Sherri's contact and some encouraging text which was good enough to lift up my mood. By noon, it was a call from Joy. When i shared that Sherri can't model for my ad, she suggested Elaine instead. So I tried asking Brandon to help me get Elaine. At the same time, I was frantically trying to contact Isabel. Only to realise I've been calling and sending sms to an invalid number but I finally manage to get through her somehow. Similarly, Mel replied my email and she's willing to help me out too and she's also available the following day! Yes, God made miracles happen. Two kind souls saved my day. After the shoot, Mel was telling me that it's quite good to have church friends because everyone is nice and are willing to help. Come to think about it, that statement rings true. I've used half of mpm members in my ad project itself already.

Thank you Lord for the extra sugar topping that made my day sweet.

Labels: X/a-z

This is bad, looks like Sherri can't make it within these 2 days and the rest are uncontactable. I've only got till tuesday which makes that exactly 2 days. What's next? I really have no idea. Looks like I've got no choice but to give up after that. If it's gonna be a boring campaign then so be it. Even if the efforts are not justified, there's nothing I can do about it. I just have to accept it as a major setback. I'll admit that I'm slow to realisation. I think i finally understood what my lecturer is trying to drive at but there's no chance for change already.

If only the Lord still allows for a miracle to happen...

Labels: W/a-z

I didn't start panicking until this evening when I got back home from mass. It suddenly daunt on me that my last print ad is not settled yet and there isn't much time left to work with too. Was doing my CPJ halfway when my thoughts start to drift. What if I'm unable to get a model by this week before my final assessment? Oh my, that's terrible!! I started getting all worked up and began thinking of alternatives. Went browsing my friendster instead for potential talent but none seems to fit what I'm looking for. I thought of a few people initially but on a second thought, i figured that they're just not the best. That's very stressful! I was at my upmost desperate moment when I decided to click "messages" in the friendster web page. To my surprise, Sherri replied! Prior to that, I didn't know how else to reach her because I have no idea who has her contact, so the only way was through friendster. Yes, she has agreed to help too! That's like a major relief for me! Perfect candidate for the ad and plus she's from the performing arts faculty too! But now the problem is time. I really hope she reads the replied message soon and hopefully be available during the next few days or else...*gasp. I have to think of other alternatives then, which I hope I don't have to result to.

Now I felt much better. Alrighty...shall pray harder tonight and hope everything goes well.

Labels: V/a-z

Cheers! The client has chosen the latest logo which i really liked alot too. Cool. Just need to wait for them to send the new images and i'll be done with it real soon - I guess?

Final assessement next week!!! Still left the last print ad. Can't seem to get the female model yet. Hopefully it'll be soon. On top of that, there's still the CPJ(Creative process journal) task to complete. I plan to fill up the entire book but currently I'm only halfway through. Looks like it'll be a little impossible to do so within such a short period of time. Hmmm...shall see how. The days are passing by so quickly. I have to be fast! Must compile the different projects soon! I think i need to plan and re-organise my schedule again.

Anyway thank you tm for the laughter. Come to think about it, we really had a funny conversation. (To know more...visit tm's blog)

Labels: U/a-z

I feel happy today. I think that feeling could last me for awhile more. It's the pre and post birthday syndrome. Thank you all for making it so happening. Received a few more presents today and i've got another cd added to the collection. Haha. One thing I concluded, it's a music filled birthday! Yes and euphe almost gave me a shock when she started singing techno songs and said the gift is a techno cd. Haha a trick that tries to mislead me. Nice one but i didn't buy into it. Hehe.



Anyway, wasn't able to dine with the kakis today because the talk ended late and I've got an appointment with Cheryl too. But we shall dine again soon after the final assessment. Had our dinner at wan chai's hong kong cafe at junction 8. Wow, the baked rice portion is huge and the complimentary soup was delicious! But I still prefer kim gary's baked rice. Nevertheless, i had a good catch up with Cheryl though!

Oh..tuning in to Joanna wang's cd now. Haha another laid back music and I'm set for the holiday mood man! Speaking about holiday, I've got a couple of holiday plans already! After assessment we'll be celebrating Brandon's 21st birthday and the girlies finally materialise our chalet plan which dated way back to our secondary school days! Cool and I'm looking forward to plan my play schedule with my cutesy lil friends too. But for now, let's buck up for the final.

I'm thankful for being blessed with friends to fill my days with love and joy.

Labels: T/a-z

Happy Birthday Jacq! You’re 22 this year and hope you felt good yesterday!



Woke up early in the morning, went for a jog and the phone is still beeping continuously. Received a whole lot of birthday wishes. That’s good to keep me smiling. Had my favourite bun for breakfast too, luckily there’s pandan flavour. Decided to go online and check out tm’s blog entry for me but I was caught up with the game instead. Ex colleague told me about the game we had previously worked on had been posted online. So cool! Guess I was too engrossed with the game that I nearly missed my time. After that was rushing to meet addi for the photo shoot. Glad that I wasn’t late but on time instead. After the shoot, went home and prepare to meet the girlies in the evening. I’m back at clark quay again because I requested so-just thought that the ambience there was great. But it’s quite surprising because I told the girlies to decide on the place to dine for dinner and I wasn’t expecting waraku because I thought I wouldn’t have the luck to dine there. Oh my!!! So happy! We dined at pasta de waraku and the food was excellent especially the pizza. Juicy scallops!! After that were drinks at the clinic bar. Can’t believe this, just a few days ago I was laughing at how hilarious it was to see people sitting on wheel chair seats and now I’m in there. But we didn’t sit on wheel chairs, sat on hospital bed instead. Drank from the drip too but the drink was terrible and it wasn’t worth the money. Actually the drinks there are pricey. It’s like $50 for one. Luckily it was a treat and I had a good time with the girlies. It’s been a long while since I last felt like this which reminds me of our secondary school days. Yup, that should sum up my superb birthday celebration.

Oh, there’s also a surprise-a letter at my door step, so sweet of dot because it's personal delivery. Last but not least, thank you all for the birthday wishes and lovely gifts too. Haha...and to date, I have another 2 more high society cd added to the collection. Yay! Soon it'll be 3 if piggy decides to get high society's classical lounge~ That's like a whole of music to listen to but I think i'm still into colbie caillat's song for now.


The game graphic I was working on last internship.
Play it while you're bored. (^_^)
Click on the image to go to the website.

Labels: S/a-z

It's been a pleasant day and I'm in a super laid back mood right now with the company of colbie caillat's songs. Makes me just wanna just sit back and watch the world goes by.

Anyway, it's a good evening spent with tm. Luckily she woke up late~ Can't imagine us at vivo. I think I would have regretted big time if I'm there. While on the train to vivo, waraku's ad seems to be calling out to me! It was then I changed my mind and told tm to meet at clark quay instead. Unfortunately, I'm just not fated to dine in there because of the long queue. I can only browse at the display...that's pathetic. Haha! So we settled at another Japanese restaurant called "Ma Maison". Hmmm wasn't too bad just that the beef was too tough! Bite till my jaw ached and the funny thing it's called beef stronganov omelette...some kind of sign to indicate that the beef is strong? Hehe. Anyway, to make up for that, I had my yummy dessert at azabu. Yay! Thanks tm for the treat! Oh and we toured around clarke quay for awhile too. Finally saw the clinic bar and it's so hilarious. Especially with people sitting on wheel chairs which made them look like handicaps.




Tm's food


The tough beef!


To azabu!!



Alrighty and thanks to my cutesy lil friends for the present too. Good choice of music. Nice!

And the card they gave...is like some riddles. Using colbie caillat's song title and all. I'm very sure it's cranky yy who thought of such things because mm is too bimbotic for such stuff. haha.


While yy's into love songs, mm is into bimbo songs and I'm into decent songs. Thank god they bought nothing of their kind. Hee.

And so touched...my birthday partner came all the way to church just to pass me my present. So sweet.

Labels: R/a-z

The crit is over but it's another slap in the face. Ouch! One thing I realised, my lecturer's expectation is really hard to meet. Discount and bargaining doesn't exist at all. There's no such thing as...you're a student and therefore you can produce a slightly lousier quality work than professionals. It's unfair but that's how it goes. So you just have to try harder. The new range of print ad is still not working. Reshoot for like 1,2,3 times already and it's still not there yet. My lecturer just have this thing against my model and the expressions. She said the entire campaign looks boring for now. It needs the magic touch. Looks like the most crucial item is my print ad. Once I perfect it, the whole entire campaign will be brought to life. It's tiring but I don't have a choice. I choose my own happiness-crap! Wonder why I came up with this tagline in the first place? It's smacking me real hard. I don't want another round of depression. All the hard work is not justifiable for the grade I'll be getting. Who said the world is fair anyway?

After the crit, I came home and took a nap. That's like 1/4 recharge only! But I still feel lousy after that. 2 more weeks to the final assessement which means I can still touch up that ad project. One last chance to redeem myself. I need to go on a model hunting. Looked at my work the second time, I think I figured out what's lacking. It's the energy that's missing.




Not even a single shot of annabel's one worked. Ended up using mm's one instead. But it's funny cause everytime I looked at this. The song 808 by sammi cheng just keeps playing in my mind.



As photos alone, I think they looked great.

Labels: Q/a-z