You Got Spam!

Am thoroughly amused (after the irritation, that is) by the fact that majority of my emails (for the past few weeks) has been those that exhort me to relook & (re-measure?) the size of that male appendage that I have between my legs.

"She won't complain about your size and she'll never stray from your bed."

"Click here to gain 3 inches"

"Our formula is all natural..."

and the cream of the crops; "You'll be more man than she can handle,and she might even invite her girl friends over to see it !!"

No wonder the Devil's Dictionary defines email as "e-mail, noun : A method of electronic communication, primarily used to inform you that your penis is too small"

Aaargh! sumthin's wrong with Blogger again! see the right panel? truncated & the banner is gone too...all these because the template somehow got cut-off...grrrrr! Oh God give me strength....

Bring Me To Life

Am reviewing life-plan for the next 10 years while listening to Evanescence's Bring Me To Life mp3 (Kevin Roen mix). Note to self: nice song to drive with (thinking of Great Ocean Road, Down Under)

...how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where I’ve become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home...

Crafting Change

Am exhausted now after so much travelling. Either self is working too hard or is simply getting old, cranky, fragile, and crumbling to death (okay, sorry for the drama). Finally got to Downtown East for the Handicraft Fair & Exhibition 2003 organised by the Prison Service, SCORE and ISCOS. Missed entirely the morning performances but am feeling somehow "compensated' for all the hard work (i.e making / designing posters, flyers, coupons and banners) after seeing products of hard work displayed prominently all over.

As expected, business of selling prison inmates' handicraft is not really moving on as fast as desired, but methink the intention of making the public aware that prison is NOT a place of idleness is a success. And that prison inmates are given a chance to make good of their time inside in preparation for the successful reintegration into society (party tag-line here, hehe) is aptly presented. Will be going there again tomorrow for "pasar-malam" duty (bleagh!)

Heres a pic :

Got bored and did this (if you are a race Queen, forgive me but I'll do it again) :

Whats with these Race Queens anyway? Why are they there? Do they sort of rev up the testerones of the drivers or mebbe just pull in the crowds? How do women feel about this actually?

MAYA 5 Launch

Hehe. Went to the MAYA 5 launch today at EMBASSY, Restaurant. Bar Entertainment (Esplanade Mall). Before I get into the Launch itself, lemme just say that having a product launch at a pub is cool. Especially when the pub has a mezzanine floor that is all glass and ladies wearing skirt and with voyeuristic inclination will find themselves at home. But I am digressing.

MAYA version 5 Launch. Me being a CG wannabe wanna learn all there is to know about Computer Animation so as to achieve fame and fortune by way of becoming a 3D animation guru. Which self is not. Truth be told, self can't even put together a decent 2D animation. But hope springs eternal. And attending seminars, workshops and product launches make self feel INTO the community. Getting the same vibes and grooving to the same tune as all other CG gurus. OK, sort of.

MAYA v.5 can even export to macromedia .swf format! The presentation on the smooth collaborative workflow between Adobe & MAYA was really astounding, really smooth how these two softwares (Adobe & MAYA|Wavefront) complement each other. Hmmm...salivating at the thought of Indesign-Photoshop-Go-Live & MAYA combination...yummy...

Am so busy today. Which is not to say that I am not busy any other day. Finished designing poster, flyer, banners and 6-panel posters for the upcoming Handicraft Fair & Exhibition 2003 (basically a pasar malam sort of event - you'll find handicrafts made by prison inmates for sale). And all these are ECA (extra-curricular) apart from my core duty which is...umm...which is....whatever.

Also went to see this prisoner at Sembawang DRC who can really design. Learned a thing or two from him about preparing finished works for printing. Damn he is good. He know his way around Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop like one knows the back of one's own hand. Am impressed. Realised also how amateur self is with regard to design works and stuff.

Here's my amateur work :