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THE St Kilda beach experience
Friday, October 30, 2009
HEY SWEET PIES!!!
I know I haven't been blogging at all! But here I am now~
So what's been up? Well, I AM DONE BEING A FIRST YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENT!!! I QUIT!!!!!!!!
As if. I submitted my final folio on Monday and now I'm on my holidays! Wooo wooo! That explains I have been busy preparing my folio, and now I'm busy having fun. Heehee. But since I actually have time to sit around right now (though I am leaving in like 3 hours and won't be coming back till tomorrow), I thought I should blog about the epic day at the beach yesterday~
It was just Listy and I sitting around the dining table. Was a peaceful day. Had a day of halloween costume tryout and sleepover the day before and I thought I would actually spend some time pigging in. Alas!
Listy: "Isn't it sunny today..." Me: "mmhmm.." Listy: "Days like this I feel like going out" Me: "mm....I just came home"
In the end we decided to go St Kilda beach. Yea baby!!
My camera (we named her Viewna) died on the way there since I forgot to charge it. So we ended up taking all the pics using our iPhone (only 50% batt left by then) and Blackberry. Cam whores.
It wasn't intentional, but we wore the exact same colours that day. People must have thought we were sisters or twins. Caught a lot of manly attention that day... not neccessarily good ones... Will elaborate this point further in the next few pars.
Which reminds me I saw this extremely nose-bleedingly cute bikini at MYERS but it was 90 bucks and I know I wouldn't wear it too often anyway. Shit.
The beach was pretty quiet that day. Not much people around. The weather was INSANE! Loved it to bits. Listy and I walked down the shores when this 50 year old man with dark sunnies wearing a blue tee and loose pants with a bike approached us. I wasn't too keen on chatting with him since it was my nature to be wary of strangers I guess. But he kept talking and saying things like "oh lovely weather!" "oh what beautiful water isn't it?" that it would be rude to just ignore him completely. Listy did most of the chatting with him. Then after a while, we parted ways.
After that we met three surfer dudes and one was pretty excited to see us.
Then we reached this place... which is the setting of an unforgettable event:
WARNING! If you are under 18, please please do not read beyond this point seriously? Well, I am under 18 too but kay whatever. It's for your own good.
Listy and I were enjoying ourselves, just sitting there listening to music, chatting, taking pictures, enjoying the weather. That was when that bike man came along...
Him: "Well seems like we meet again girls!"
We just smiled politely. He sat down on the bottom left of this picture, facing the water on the left. Can you imagine his position? Good. Again, his body faces the left.
again, warning do not read (or at least don't look at the picture) if you're underage.
Well we chatted again. I couldn't be fucked about what the man was rambling on about, so I just gave 20% of my attention to him. Listy was more socialable so she did more of the polite nodding smiling and "yeah"s.
Until the man talked about education and how it affects the people nowadays that I gained interest in the conversation and started to join in. I don't know since when, but he started to move his body from his initial position (body facing left) and he faced us completely.
He talked a lot that man. I listened to him, and from the corner of my eyes I saw Listy look away from him, which is quite odd. She took out her phone and fiddled with it. Soon, I got an SMS.
"do you see?"
I turned to the man again, flicked my eyes to the place where I thought was a bit exaggerated... Like... he opened his legs so wide it was weird. I looked and... I saw... (you can enlarge this picture by right clicking, copy the image URL, and pasting it on a new window)
SHOCK!!!!!!
I was SHOCKED!!!!!!!
For the record, my eyes are still virgin to a real life actual mature PENIS!!! And that THING, that... Oh god...
He nagged about how technology is making people move further apart from one another. Well I can see for sure he is the man of nature. He refuses to be anything but natural. He thought nature should be exposed for the world to see. But ME, I do not want to see a stranger old man's nature!!! OKAY??
PLEASE COVER UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For what you know, he might have done it all on purpose. Sick ass... Fortunately he noticed Listy and I were dreadfully quiet and he said "well, I'm going now! Nice meeting you loves!" We smiled politely, and I saw him get up on his bike. Quickly I turned away before I could see the big gaping hole of his pants again.
He rode off, Listy and I silently looked at each other. I smacked my hands to my face, she put her head into the bend of her legs, we trembled in quiet laughter until the man was safe out of hearing, and we burst into heavy laughter and screaming and freaking out.
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!! VINAAAAAAAA!!!! LISTYYYYYY!!!!!!! PENISSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN TO US????????????
Anyway yeah.
Yeah..
I shook the image out of my head but everytime we saw a 50-ish man wearing blue with sunnies on a bike, it just felt wrong.
For dinner, I tasted the BEST drink I've ever had! It was called Mojito (the green one below)
I know it looks pretty weird. It's a mix of rum, sugar (usually from sugar canes), mint, lime. And it is the best drink for summer. Seriously, it's like lemonade but 100 times better. I absolutely loved it. Next time you guys should totally order it from the cocktails section. Worth!
On the tram back to the station, an asian woman sat in front of my and Listy. Then I realised that... MAN! She had a whole forest under her arms!!! WTF?? I was seriously grossed out and felt nauseasous. So, lesson for all:
Wow what a surprise I'm blogging! Hehhe. Well today I have a day off from uni~ Supposed to use this time to work on my projects but...yeah. I spend the whole morning sleeping and in the arvo I went to this far off place where I dropped off my stupid camera to get fixed.
Jimmy, answer me! please!!!
Priceless. You stupid chick.
Anyway I forgot to mention in the previous blog one aspect of my birthday that was just great. That was when we were on the train from Lilydale back to the city. The sky was getting dark right, then Esther pointed out that there's a rainbow to the left of the train. I glanced back and so there was.
Then we realised, that the rainbow stretched all across the sky, and our train was actually going through a "rainbow gate". In front the sun was setting and the clouds were dark with pink/orange lining. It was absolutely gorgeous :)
Remember to love your cats :3
Blackbird
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Well hello!
I know it's been ages since I last blogged but I have my reasons! Yes, the projects what else.
So what's been happening? Well taking the spotlight would be my birthday on the 25th September. I turned 17! =)) Sure feels different. Next year I'll be 18 wow.
So I celebrated my birthday at Tesselar Tulip Farm all the way at Lilydale... It included a time freeze of over 1 hour standing in the cold pouring rain amidst woods beside the road waiting for the bus to come take us home. Was quite the experience. Probably the most unique birthday every =.=;
During the night we had dinner twice at docklands. My birthday celebration went on from 12am where we opened the wine bottle till 12am the next day. You can imagine we were quite tired -_-;. Anyway I won't talk about my birthday anymore because it's been days since then.
Right now I'm supposed to work on another project but I'm too lazy!!! I'm beat... I slept at 4.30am yesterday working on my website... The whole day I spent really active... I didn't play Sims 3 at all surprisingly.
Morning - went to Collingwood Noon - modelling for Listy Night - web design
So yeah the second one is what I'll be blogging about. Listy had this fashion illustration project and so I became a model for the day. Yay.
This one is my favourite (the one on top). I think the mood captured here is just wonderful! Soft sunlight, breeze, the flow of my top and hair, and the expression. Of course, photoshop's Selective Colour tool helped create the atmosphere by a mile.
Some really good shots! Nice work Listy :D
Posing is harder than I thought... Especially for me who sits all day on a regular basis. I had to bend and twist and hold positions my weight concentrated on these painful heels. I walked home limping.
But! It was fun. :)
Sadly, my birthday tulips died that day T_T I was quite sad... People always say things like "I bought you (an item) because flowers die too easily", and now I understand!! It sucks because throwing the flowers away is something so hard to do but if you keep it... where do you put it? I scavanged the petals but in the end I only have 3 tulips left with me.
So anyway I shall be tremendously busy until the 26th October. Not expecting to have any time in my hands to update too much :( but we'll see. Laters!
Yes I did. That was a pain. And now we're given a new project where we are supposed to take a photograph that "intrigues and leaves room for the viewer's imagination".
We only had a week to do it so it was a pretty tight schedule. Wednesday night, a few hours before the shoot, I was testing out my Nikon d5000. Then at that moment, of all the things that could happen, the camera died.
I was too shocked for words. I stood there and my mind went blank for a while. If I were still a few years younger, I would have cried out in exasperation or something like that. But I was quite surprised at myself when all I did was sit down, and think of the things I could do to still make the deadline. I came up with several plans. In the end, I went out to loan a Canon 350d from RMIT. It was the last one remaining so I was lucky Nita told me about the pre-booking.
concept ONE
At first my concept was the imaginary friend. Then halfway through it changed to the story of a little girl who broke a leg off her doll and since then she's always followed by the ghoul of one leg... This was the final product:
Of course, I made compressed the image so we can all see it here without crashing your browser.
That photo was such a pain to take... actually that was before I rented the 350d. I used a camera I borrowed from the homestay brother. It was quite old so the screen was really small and it was so prone to blurring. At first we took it in the living room. I readied the set and Esther, my housemate, to go behind the curtains and be the 'foot model'. When Chelsea (the kid) came, I asked her to sit beside the curtains. But she saw the single foot below the curtains and FREAKED. She ran away and didn't want to get close to the curtains at all.
Even after bribing her with ice cream, she refused... It must have been quite a trauma to her... In the end we went to her parent's room where she would be more comfortable, and then shot her separately with the one foot. I merged the two together using photoshop.
concept TWO
Of all the three photoshoots, this set was the most elaborate. It almost made me faint because I had to move really heavy potted plants around and all that bending made my blood pressure go haywire. I even had blackouts a few times that night.
I stole a plastic bag from an unknown person to make that crime scene tape look-alike thing when it's actually a Western Union bag. Then I stuck cut-outs from fashion magazines and stuck them to the toilet wall. I moved pots of plants. I wrote and stuck the writing "OFF TO MEET KRZYKIDD_01". I borrowed Listy's mac. I wrapped a white light with red paper, and a yellow light with blue paper. But in the end I only used the blue light because the red one was too overwhelming. This is the final outcome:
The concept lies in the setting. The fashion magazine cut-outs show the identity of the person who might have been in this place, who is a teenage girl. The plants symbolise 'growth', because teenagers nowadays seem to be growing up with technology to the point that they become obsessed and even take their laptop with them when they go to the toilet, and meet people from online communities. In this case, she went off to meet 'krzykidd_01'. Then something happened to her - therefore the crime scene tapes.
concept THREE
I was getting pretty stressed because when I was shooting the toilet stuff, I was feeling like a mess and the pictures all looked like crap. But I think that picture I showed was decent. I guess you really need to see it from the computer to judge anything, not that small stupid screen of a 350d.
So thinking everything looked like crap, I was getting very much depressed. I told myself not to be frail but I got pretty down that night. Luckily Listy was there and gave me mental support. She snapped at me when I started whining and though it wasn't pleasant at the time, it really brought me back to reality.
After around half an hour of trying to come up with something, I remembered what Shelly told me - that David did not require a long concept (or any at all) as long as the photo is intriguing. So having that in mind, I thought what the hell. Why don't I just come up with something fun. I don't even care anymore how much I will get for the final results. I think I should just relax with this brief.
It doesn't really have a concept. Whatever. I'll think of something later. I used the same lights as from concept two. Blue on the mannequin, red on the other side of the bed. The mannequin's name is Sally. If you're wondering why the heck does a mannequin have a name, it's because Listy borrowed it from the homestay mom and during that time, I was reading ghost stories to her regarding imaginary friends for inspiration. The imaginary friend happened to be named Sally. Listy was freaked out by the story so I thought it would be funny to name the mannequin Sally so I did.
These photos aren't on my facebook but they're here exclusively for people who actually read my blog =D long live blogs!
Didn't I tell you I decided to have fun? Other photos aren't uploaded because they are a bit too shameless.
The shoot for the second and third concept went on from 8pm till 1am. Setting up the location and thinking of a new concept took time. After the shoot, I was going to upload the photos to my laptop but for some reason the camera refused to be connected to my laptop. So many bad and unlucky things had happened that I wasn't surprised anymore. I just went to sleep. The next day I tried it with Listy's laptop and it worked. Many of my classmates facebook status-ed 'this project is so easy it was a breeze' but for me it was several days of trial.
But what's important is I learned a lot from this right? :)
So the next day it was Listy's turn to get her photoshoot done for her fashion design project. The theme was retro / personal space. She styled her hair and clothes to seem as retro as her wardrobe could manage and I was given the job to direct poses props and of course take the photos.
Did I mention my photo editing skills have greatly improved? =)
And guess what I did today. I went to church! Whoa. Then after that Listy and I went to Queen Vic market and I did a bit of shopping. I bought a cowboy hat (wee~) and a black lace top in this really chic shop. I wore the cowboy hat home and when I was at the station, going down the elevator, this guy suddenly stood next to me, and asked 'so how was your day?'.
I think he said something before that but I wasn't listening because I didn't even know he was talking to me. I looked at him a bit, then looked away again and just ignored him while smiling. Then he continued... "I like hats." "...alright (I answered with an amused smile)" "Especially straw ones."
Haha okay... I think his name was Alex, not sure. Listy ended up giving her name to him and she was the one who heard.
Anyway long day. I'm beat now and not feeling too well... See you later :)
When's the last time you've seen me start a post with my narcist photo huh?
Yes, 'simple is best' they say. I never understood why, and I guess I still don't. Complications always seem more attractive to me, and this is not just in the design context. But yesterday, and today, I feel oddly, simply, happy. Like it's just a day, and you do what you have to do, you finish, you socialize, you rest. Aren't human lives simple actually?
So anyway, I wore my one and only white shirt today (soooooo sick of black) with jeans, and I feel more friendly and easy-going. Oh and my yellow leather jacket. Chu called me a bottle of sunshine. Trust me when I say it's rare for someone to associate me with sunshine. Dude don't ask. Usually it's blood, violence, vampires, murderer, or the like. How could they ey? To a girl with an innocent face as such?
Anyway... today I guess I do feel a bit like sunshine. Let's list a few points why.
The weather today is just right! Cool but warm when under the sun.
I had a good cup of mango flavoured frozen yoghurt topped with peaches for some after-lunch dessert.
I smiled more than I usually do today. Smiling makes you happy.
I had a bit of KitKat dark chocolate. Chocolate makes you happy.
I didn't have a bit of black on me at all! As in my clothes. Oh my shoes were black but... yeah.
My concealer didn't flake as much today.
I feel so much more satisfied with the redesigned shampoo labels than the previous one!
Seriously, I like the redesigned versions SO MUCH FRKEN MORE! I really didn't like the previous ones... You guys saw it right? It's quite obvious the new ones are better... though I didn't show the old male version which was just too bad to be shown. Everyone who commented said they liked the male one more, which is surprising because at first instinct, the female one is more 'pretty'.
But I agree with them, I like the male label more too. It's more interesting shape-wise.
For those who can't read the text, the shampoo for male is called Drunken Hunk Hair Shampoo. You can use it to gain instant high without the hangover. Ain't that great, cowboys? For ladies, we have the Relaxed Lass Hair Shampoo. A single pump of that milky goodness will unwind all the tension and stress, made especially for you hardworking cowgirls.
Well actually they're not literally meant for cowboys and girls. It's just that I based the designs on the Wild West culture. More of the pasture stuff for the female.
So yeah! I'm relieved that project's over! Phew! It really caused me major pain. I bet even David would agree that there's a lot of improvements since the previous design. My next project for his class would be taking an intriguing photograph. Quite looking forward to it. Not sure what I'm going to do yet. Due in one week oh no!
I have to confess something - I have an obsession for beauty products. No I didn't count, but it must total up to approximately 40. And they're all scattered all over my room. I really should start throwing old ones out but I'm the kind of person who finds it real hard to throw anything (that's why my room is so full of rubbish).
Currently I own 7 bottles of lotions and I can't say I use them all. And yet I keep buying new ones! Something about the packaging of these lotions, and their scent, their 'new-ness' draws me to them and I can't help but fall into the trap of purchasing it.
I bought Covergirl's TRUCONCEAL concealer the other day and it must have been the worst product I've ever used. It completely caked my face and made me look like I had rotting skin all over. Fortunately it was a cheap $10 buy, so the next thing I did I went over to the MAC shop on Chapel St and got me another bottle of concealer for $30. And it still flaked. Maybe that means I need a better moisturizer below it. Should I buy another moisturizer? What will I do with my two old ones? And how about these concealers, what do I do with them?
See, that's a problem.
There are way too many beauty products in this world and few that work. We consumers end up buying and buying then wasting all that money on products that make you look better without make-up.
Luckily, there are testers for those products. Oh yes I know how bacteria-infested those are, but what's better, risking your skin for one day or wasting a whole lot of cash, and risking your skin/appearance?
On another note, testing concealers and foundations on the back of your hands does not work (the skin colour is not even the same with the face). Foundations should be tested on your jawline, while concealers must be tested under the eyes (if you're planning on undereye coverage). Lipsticks should be tested on the tip of your fingers. The only product that should be tested on the back of your hand is probably eye shadow. But correct me if I'm wrong.
Getting good make-up outcome also depends not only on the product itself but also the way you apply it and the little layers and details that go into creating that final piece. Hell, it's more complicated that it seems.
But why do we females bother with so much products anyway? What happened to all-natural skin? Well, our natural skin includes blemishes, uneven skin tone, oiliness/dryness, wrinkles, and for me, my biggest enemy - dark under-eye circles and eyebags.
To be honest, if I didn't have those last two, I wouldn't even have that many make-up. They are a pain... I'd surgically remove them. No, it doesn't matter how much I sleep, they stick to me. :(
I'd go on for another hour complaining about my eyebags but let's not go there. Good day, folks. Don't be like me and please throw out your old make-up that's been there for a year or over.
Yes I do. Wish I were blonde. Because can you imagine how easily you can colour your hair?? Into any colour at all?? Without having to bleach?? And the colours look better on blond hair too, it seems softer n stuff. Daaaaamn so jealous of you blondes.
I've probably mentioned it several times before that I want to dye my hair. I was planning red with blond highlights. Then I thought of keeping my current colour and dyeing all the lower and inner part of my hair pink. And just now I saw this epic photo:
OMG that girl totally rocked green hair like I've never seen anyone do it before!! A few months ago I was pondering and asking myself why people dye their hair all the colours in the world but not green. And that photo my dears, is so awesome. I think anyone would want to dye their hair green after seeing that.
IT IS HOT PERIOD
Then I went on to google "Harajuku Hair" because harajuku has it all. Those scene hairstyles are influenced from Harajuku too aren't they?
Analysis: Bleached hair, with inner/lower hair kept black, and highlighted purple green, blue, red. Hot hot hot.
I was just wondering how much it costs to highlight in so many colours. I'll go to a salon next time, pop in and ask.
This one is also hot. I don't really like all the stuff at the back... what's it called. Forgot. But that fringe is great!! Plus the amethyst contacts. Whoo. All you Japanese are insane and I love it to bits.
Can you imagine dyeing your hair that colour though? Let's just focus on the fringe. From black you dye half brown and bleach the other half. Then as the hair grows, black will come out and you have to re-dye it again. In two different colours. How much is that going to cost... Scary to think about.
Oh and that's a doll somebody left beside the train station at 11pm. Maybe a kid got kidnapped. O_O
Tonight we went to Box Hill's Korean BBQ restaurant to celebrate Xaxa's birthday which was on the 4th!
It costed $26.50 for one person...that's a lot! For buffet. That's why we ate so much:
Ooooh meat. Lovely meat. But I think I ate SO much that now I just feel sick thinking of meat. Perhaps I shall have myself salad tomorrow.
In addition to the heavy meat consumption, we were also quite addicted to the strawberry ice-cream! I took 4 scoops in total, and our queen of ice-cream is Sarra who took SIX! o__O dayum!
And Xaxa bought us a bottle of Korean spirits. I drank like 4 or 5 shots can't remember. Angel had half a shot and she got SO HIGH! Hahahha. Oh Angel oh Angel... She started laughing and laughing like a lunatic all by herself (okay I admit, I was laughing along with her too).
We also took a fair share of sunkist - a lot of it actually. Plates and plates of it. It was nice to have after all that BBQ meat!
Omg I just noticed that on one side they all have dark hair and on the other all light. Well but I think it's the flash.
We spent like... I don't know how many hours in that restaurant just chatting on and on. Finally we decided to go back. It was around 10:00pm.
We took pictures at the train station :3
Today I earned a new nickname, "roti" and/or "makanan". Because according to Elvina, my face looks like "makanan", which is food. And Juen once told me when she helped me shoot for the movie poster that my face looks like bread and thus "roti".
I look like food...?
I must look very tempting.
Anyway have I ever introduced to you my friends? I don't think I have. So here's a group pic:
Angel, me, Elvina, Anita, Joy, Xaxa
Sarra is not in this photo cos she was the one who took it :(
But you can go back to the orange eating pic and she's the one on my left :)
That's a dog I found in my neighborhood. It's a lost dog! I would've helped him/her find its owner but it went with this other neighbor so I was like... okay. I think the dog is safe with its owner now though because Listy said she saw a similar looking dog walking with a grandpa the other day.
Also, have I ever told you about this homeless guy who sits beside my RMIT building? I saw him last week crouched by the street wall and it was rather cold. The poor guy was shivering with a hat on the floor open for donations. His eyes were closed and he pulled all the fabric he had close to him. And you know what I did? I simply walked past him!!!
WHAT THE FUCK?!? A few seconds I did that I felt sooooooo bad. Seriously major bad. This happens to me so often. Like the lost dog too. I always regret walking away. Always regret not taking action. I hate that side of me so much.
But! Today when I was walking after class, the guy was there again! I took out a bunch of coins from my coin pouch and gave him $2 I think and I heard him mumble a thank you. I felt much better after that. It's not fair for a man to be shivering on the streets while I go eat korean BBQ buffet for $26.50.
Oh and that's the shampoo label I was working on these past few days. That's the female one. I'm not going to show the male one because I hate it and whatever. I'm going to change the design again later because the lecturer gave us a one-week extention. It's a pain period. Hope this project finishes soon...
On another note, I got my project result back for the Studio E "Colour of Typography" and I got a High Distinction! Yaaaay so happy because I really did not expect to get that. Thank you Niko love you!!!
To all designers and design students out there I ask that question. How the heck do you do it?? Well come over here and teach me...! o_O
Once again I am in one of those crisises. Oh how common of me already. But seriously. I feel like I'm under pressure right now because I'm just not satisfied with the design I came up with for my shampoo label. But hell, I can't push myself to fix it cause you know what, IT'S DONE. I'm not going to re-do it because it's a total pain in the ass. I seriously hated making those labels and still it turns out bad. That just cannot be good.
I just don't understand why but I can't seem to enjoy these projects. Is it greedy for me to expect every project to be enjoyable? Yes. And completely naive. Alas, knowing that, I still feel this hand pulling me down to a mental phase of utter lethargy. And though I am doing something else like browsing around facebook or watching a DVD, I just can't seem to get my mind to be completely free of stress from the projects. It's horrible.
And you strive in every project to make it something of value. To create something quirky and/or beautiful. Something creative. But damn, it's hard. Especially when you're already not enjoying what you're doing. But you can't just drop it.
Look at it this way: you’re going to school to do what makes you happy, so why be miserable?
Good point.
The reason why I took design was because I enjoy it right? So why am I making myself so miserable? Don't know. I'm all emo now but I'm trying to convince myself it's okay because I'm still young and have a whole life ahead of me.
But you know what?
To hell with design.
I'm sick of all that talk and I want to get a life out of it.
So I know I haven't been blogging in a week now. I realise that I don't really blog when I'm on holiday because...well, I have plans and all that. Enjoying myself you know?
I don't think I'll blog about my 1-week holiday in this post, but I will share a very short video of me riding the Puffing Billy train! wee!
I was going to wash my laundry just now. I opened my bedroom door, and this big package sat on the floor in front of me.
I wasn't wearing my glasses so I thought Listy dropped off the printing papers or something but that's just weird - why'd she do that?
So I looked closer...and saw... the words Frankie Magazine
OMG!!!
Last month I bought Frankie Magazine for Blair's project and I saw the free giveaways section. I e-mailed them and stuff.
But I totally didn't expect to actually get those shoes!!!
There were only 2 pairs to give away!!!
And I got one of them!!!
OMG
Opening the package step by step...
Inside the pink paper package with the Frankie seal, there was this:
And the back, with a pretty black bow:
Inside:
Taadaa!
Here's what's written on the magazine:
Click your heels three times and be whisked away to Japan with the latest offerings from Dames and Divas. Their limited edition shoes are entirely handmade using vintage silk kimonos and eclectic fabrics, making sure each pair have a little personalilty of their own. We've got two beauties up for grabs.
I love it!
It kinda hurts but I love it anyway!
I LOVE MELBOURNE!!! I can actually wear the shoes here!!! If I get some offer like this in Indo they probably wouldn't have my size. Haa~~
So thank you Frankie Magazine!! I shall buy all your magazines from now on.
Oh and I was looking at the shoes just now and below one of it, there was a little round label '$120'.... whoo yea. I'm one lucky gal.
Update: Irene told me that she checked out Dames & Divas website and turns out the shoes all cost $190! o_O
I know you're probably wondering why I'm blogging twice today. Something I don't usually do. But it doesn't matter.
The above video is a Twilight parody... I love it!!! So funny. Watch it guys it's worth your 3 minutes. Watching it made me remember how I hated (hate) Bella's dumb stuttering... "I..wha..n-no..! Y-you can't, Edward!'
Seriously I was so annoyed. She talked like she had something blocking her nose. Which can never be good.
Tomorrow I am watching a piano recital with Juen and her friend. I'm quite looking forward to it~ Oh wow I haven't met Juen in ages.
Right now I feel so tired... I have no motivation whatsoever to get working on any of my projects... I haven't even read the briefs so I don't know exactly how much work is in store for me. But for sure I know it's A LOT. They keep coming in...! Argh...!! And I keep getting lazier by the day. So not good. Is it just me? Or is everybody feeling the same way since the projects are getting incredibly annoying. I hate having to use indesign all the time!! I long for photoshop.
Actually I don't know what I long for. It seems right now all I want is to get away from all that design shit. I thought packaging would be fun but I can't even cut something neatly and my presentation standard is quite bad. So...
I don't like graphic design either. And I am quite sick of making posters. What exactly do I want?? What a hard one to answer. Since I am always changing drastically. I hate what I liked and like what I hated.
I remember I was on the phone with my student supervisor's son the other day. His name is Al, and he told me: "Did you know that the average retirement age for designers is around 30? Because they can't stand having to be creative all the time."
Perhaps I'm not yet 30. But I do feel that creeping in... that tiredness of picking fonts and varying the scales and angles of things making them look nice. Using special effects...
If I think about it, the only thing I haven't been bored of as yet is my blog. I don't remember ever saying "I'm bored of blogging". Perhaps "I'm not in the mood to blog" but never bored of it. Maybe it's because blogging is such a personal thing. And personal things interest me (maybe because I am a narcist? haha) much more than other stuff. But what the heck. You can't make a living out of your own personal being. Who wants to pay you just to know more about you?
Maybe I should consider the direction of a goldigger... Hmm
Sometimes I have this slight feeling of fear for the future. I guess everyone do. On my part, it's because I know myself, and I know I am quite restless, always seeking something different, if not extreme. I don't think I can live without change... that would be so depressing. But change can't be too good either. If I get married one day, I can't just easily decide to change because I'm bored of my partner. If I get a good-paying job I can't just quit because I'm sick of it (or can I).
Whatever. I believe in taking responsibilities and the older I grow, the more there will be. Responsibilities will cramp my world until there might be no more room to change and I'll have no more choice but to live the way it already is.
Perhaps when I turn 60 and have retired, I shall consider becoming a hippie or something.
So my Mum SMS-ed me early this morning, telling me that she opened the pages of KOMPAS (jakarta local newspaper) and was shocked to see me and my brother in it.
I think this is the first time I've been in a newspaper... lol. Thanks to Uniprep I now have the experience of both newspaper and brochure feature~
However!!!
I can't believe they let there be a mistake in the ad!!! This was what I wrote for the Uniprep testimonial originally:
Uniprep provided me the set of mentality and skills that prepared me for Uni. Lessons (especially Design class) helped me build critical thinking, and opened my eyes to what Design really is and how to approach it. It was more complex than what I thought initially. I was fortunate enough to have the Uniprep experience so I do not struggle in the first few weeks of University life.
This is what was on the newspaper:
Uniprep provided me with the mentality and skills that prepared me for university. Lessons helped build critical thinking, and opened my eyes. It was more complex than what I thought initially. I was fortune enough to have the Uniprep experience so I do not struggle in the first few weeks of university life.
I read those words I put on bold for you and was like... what...? Lessons opened my eyes. I was fortune enough.
And why is it that my brother's quote had nothing wrong with it?? =.=;
Ah well whatever.
My brother asked me to make him a poster with a photo of him, and the words 'Rocking the centre stage like nobody's business' and 'Austen Kosasih proudly plays Ibanez bass'.
So I did.
It was rather fun but I think I would die if I had to spend the rest of my life making posters...
Uh-oh did I just say that.
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2nd semester lessons are being really dry and ... simply quite horrible.
If you're weirding out and wondering what the heck's with my sudden sailormoon obsession, well... the answer is, mychonny.
Watch till the end and you will see an epic dance I now watch on my iPhone every night right before I go to bed.
So today uni was just an excruciating pain in the ass. It was sooooooo...........ugh. Esp Tania's super long lecture... I wanted nothing more than for it to end. And then we had David's class where we presented our fringe stuff. Then he said something about some 25% of us still being 'naive in design' which is so... *stab*. I might be one of those 25%... because my fringe item was so messy and I didn't cut it neatly and I used wood glue on paper which cause ripples n shit. Oh nooo...! T_T
He also mentioned how in 2nd semester we will find out who will go on to the 2nd year... omg!!! *is afraid of getting feedback sheet and seeing a Fail or something*...
So it was all just so mentally tiring. And when we were done, it was SO COLD outside!!! Omg! It struck me then it's still winter. I was shivering and stuff and then I decided... I needed some alcohol.
And thus. I pulled Angel into the liquor shop beside my building and made her pay for my 200ml $5 purchase. Of course I paid her back once we got outside the shop. Then we found a seat outside and I just drank and we just chatted and all that. Drinking on a Monday noon is probably weird since according to Angel, people stared at me ._.
Haha whatever~ I don't care. I'll drink when I want to. Besides it's not like I'm addicted to it or anything and buy it all the time.
So does that answer your question why I drew usagi and mini usagi (what IS her name)? Because the mini usagi is underage, which is me. And then there's sailormoon. Because I AM OBSESSED WITH THE SAILORMOON THEME SONG!!! Gee thanks mychonny...
fighting evil the moonlight...
winning love by daylight...
never running from a REAL fight!
she's the one named sailormoon!
Little update: I forgot to mention this just now but... I cut Anita's hair! She has loooong black thick hair but there are lots of split ends and stuff. So I took out my scissors and trimmed all her hair!! Was so fun!! Wanna do it again!!
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