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Its been a long time since the last post. Working is just ho hum. Nothing particularly exciting. Have to work harder on my stuff.

keep to the straight and narrow

In this time of the month, keep to the straight and narrow. Walk on foot paths and to avoid taking short cuts. Who knows what you might step on, in this day.

august

Its only august, why does it smell like december?

no tv for a potentially long time: update

The TV went up again. Seems like the wiring was too old. It just took a bit of shifting to get it working again. Now everyone is watching again.

anachronism in a digital age

Lately i was struck by the save icon used in many of the softwares. It employs a diskette to signify a "saved" function. In this day and age where diskette seems to be so outdated that computers don't come with the floppy disk drive anymore. How interesting it is to see an icon that makes sense probably in the 80s or earlier surviving now in this world where the smallest storage capacity goes in a few hundred megabytes. Wherein our default mode of storage is the thumb drive.

So it begs the question. How would we express the "save" function that makes sense and reflects our digital age today. Would it be a welcomed change? Or something that is irrelevant and bears no consequence. How would future generations who have not seen a floppy disk relate to it? Would it be a seen as a quirk of people and their thinking?

no tv for a potentially long time

The TV broke down after a long time of service. I don't think we have the money to think about getting a new one. So it is interesting to try and live life without TV for a while. Up till a time where we can't take it anymore...

The first two days without television is certainly restless. Keep pacing around, not knowing what to do. Have to get somewhat used to it. Free up the mind and opportunity for some things worthwhile to do instead of vegging out in front of the goggle box.

So we shall see.

A picture a day

Sometimes a whimsical picture with splashes of gold is nice too. ffffound

Dissing

Recently one of my stuff was featured, and it got some comments! But it is certainly not complimentary.

Haha but it is certainly a interesting experience to read the dissing comments. I can say I take a perverse interest in it. I wonder how the future comments will be like?

A picture a day

Poster I ffffound. The message is certainly clear and impactful. I like! Clever.

A picture a day

I have decided to try and blog about images that capture my attention. Maybe share some thoughts? Or not. Tentatively titled, A picture a day.

Pictures I found through ffffound.com. Credits go to http://www.wetanz.com/district9/. Just wish that I can draw to this level. I shall keep trying.

the last bit

The graduation exhibition ended today. After that 1 month and 4 years of toiling, complaining, stressing, it seems surreal that everything is ending and winding down. We pick up the pieces decimated from the hurricane of work, and move on to new adventures and beginnings. Of course there would be that sentimental bit left behind, the bonds forged through work, bitching and everything else under the sun. Hopefully that would bring us through the coming years ahead. Our beginnings as designers from NUS. Where our first questions to each other were, "why did you decide to join ID?"

I am glad that I made this accidental discovery; of stepping into this world of design. A truly serendipitous moment for me, not one bit of it a calculated decision. I think I have come to know myself better, marginally. Although I am still floundering in this huge ocean of life. May the future smile upon us, as it has done now.

I am very happy that fate allowed me to meet this dynamic bunch of people whom I call my studio mates. We did all sorts of nonsense together, occasionally giving each other grief. But at the end of the day, all is forgiven and forgotten. I hope. I will miss them very much.

time to take on the world

After the last winds of the storm died away. known as hurricane thesis.. We pick up the pieces and move on. Its time to take on the world again.

2 more weeks

It's 2 more weeks to the final thing. final. final.. final. finale.

Ha. Was trying to work on my portfolio. Thought an X-rayish V would be quite appropriate as an icon for one of my projects in the portfolio. Took me quite a while to remember how to create the x ray effect. I'm still not sure whether its the one too.

On creating a x ray effect using photoshop.

1. filter - noise - median

2. play around for desired effect

bento

Mom made a bento set today in order to join a bento making competition.. helped her with the photography and submission of entry. Thought it would be interesting to post it up. Adds variety that sort of thing.

last interim

The last interim of my academic life just came and went. It sort of sinks in when I realized that there would not be any more chances to redeem myself for any inadvertent screw ups. There is always the thought that there would be another interim. But this is it. There would not be anymore. The next time we meet could possibly be the end, or the beginning of something else. Hopefully. It will be the beginning of something wonderful. Till then.

impulse buy

Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm in a bit too deep when my impulse buy is a block of teak wood. Never mind that it may not be used, or that I do not have the heart to use it less i spoil the wood. I'm perfectly happy just owning that block of wood.

something interesting. using brands to talk about mood

Grad show discussion took an interesting turn today. We ended up using brands to describe the sort of mood that we had in mind for the show. It turned out to be quite effective in pin pointing the kind of feel that we had in mind. Keywords were too vague and ambiguous for this discussion. There were too many different interpretations on the keywords proposed.

It seems kind of interesting and novel to use something unconventional to chart out the mood for the grad show. And i think that's what makes it exciting to be in design sometimes.

ceramic

did my first ceramic today. spent a total of 8 hours. hope it turns out decently without much mishaps. gonna fire them tmr. woohoo!

a paragraph i found on a book

"Most days I can't tell where my life ends and my work begins. I dream about my projects while I'm sleeping and get some of my best ideas while I'm walking the dog. But I don't feel at all like my life is overshadowed. Instead it feels like a balance - like I'm the same person all day, no matter where I am, rather than a person divided between the worlds of office and home. That's the only way I could work without feeling like I was living a double life, a contradiction."

hmm sort of what I feel sometimes when doing projects. Not the walking dog part though. My best ideas comes in the shower or on the bus..

ninna nanna

ha love the songs by pink martini..

thesis + looming deadline = hysterisis

Got this from a line in terry pratchett's "small gods". Had to change it a bit from the original to reflect the current state of mind now.

2nd interim, and going downhill. It's a funny case of everyone's projects seem more interesting than my own..

birthday

19th was my birthday. woohoo. happy birthday to me.

chinese new year 2010

Chinese new year came and went like the wind. There was the usual preparations for it, the frantic buying, fitting of clothes, the hopes and aspirations for the new year. When the day finally comes, the whirlwind of visits made the days go by in a flash. Plus the non stop eating. And then again come next year, there will be the usual routines again. The same families, an occasional baby, new families, new packets. But things somehow are the same.

eating prata

I was eating prata yesterday morning when it struck me that using a fork and spoon may not be the most appropriate. Prata is usually eaten with the hand from what I've observed. So if i have to use a utensil to eat prata what would it be like?

some days

Ah thesis. Some days I feel that everything is fine and progressing while other days I feel that I'm going down a path of no return.

starting the semester

oh man. the semester starts in 2 hours time. It seems like this blog is becoming a milestone kind of thing. Logging down most things in life.

Looking forward to being a student for the very last time. Skiving off work, and just learning. Doing stuff without consequences since its all academic and theoretical. Not having to struggle with the forces of life. Hope this positive feeling can continue for quite some time until I'm depressed by thesis all over again.