^ Meji Dippy!
fr: yun
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
1st time as a sister! (Part 2)
After all the "slaughtering" & traditional stuffs, went for a outdoor shoot @ club st! I didnt expect this, i thought i can sleep all the way to Clementi(Groom's parent hse)
^ The ideal couple - Jason & Yenli
^ Groom & Bride, Brothers & Sister!
^ Changing into a "kwa" (traditional chinese dress) She look pretty in these!
^ Wah, I dont know I can get "pay" being a sister! Went home for a quick nap(slept only 2hr bef the day)
^ The wedding dinner is at Raffles City ballroom! View from the hotel room is great!
^ Bride in progress!
^ Part time receptionists for the day - ms baoli(bride's little sister) & me!
^ Ms fern & ms yenli
^ The dinner gift!
^ A low cost "angbao" pack for them created by me.
Bcos i forgot to charge my camera battery when i went home for a nap, that's all for the day!
fr: yun
^ The ideal couple - Jason & Yenli
^ Groom & Bride, Brothers & Sister!
^ Changing into a "kwa" (traditional chinese dress) She look pretty in these!
^ Wah, I dont know I can get "pay" being a sister! Went home for a quick nap(slept only 2hr bef the day)
^ The wedding dinner is at Raffles City ballroom! View from the hotel room is great!
^ Bride in progress!
^ Part time receptionists for the day - ms baoli(bride's little sister) & me!
^ Ms fern & ms yenli
^ The dinner gift!
^ A low cost "angbao" pack for them created by me.
Bcos i forgot to charge my camera battery when i went home for a nap, that's all for the day!
fr: yun
1st time as a sister! (Part 1)
Since long that I have to wake up @ 5am in the morning! (especially I'm jobless now, haha) But for the sake for my good friend, ms yenli which known her since pri sch & we even stay in the same block.
It's her big day on fri!
^ Our beautiful bride in making!
^ Took a shot bef everyone starting to arrive!
^ Sister in action! (Sharping our "knives" already)
My 1st time as a sister! Nice flower!
^ Final finishing for the bride while we still waiting for the groom to arrive!
^ Finally, the groom & his brothers came. (they late for more than half an hour) Our "knives" are ready for them.
fr: yun
It's her big day on fri!
^ Our beautiful bride in making!
^ Took a shot bef everyone starting to arrive!
^ Sister in action! (Sharping our "knives" already)
My 1st time as a sister! Nice flower!
^ Final finishing for the bride while we still waiting for the groom to arrive!
^ Finally, the groom & his brothers came. (they late for more than half an hour) Our "knives" are ready for them.
fr: yun
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Couple divorce after online 'affair'
Saw this online from ANANOVA.com
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A Bosnian couple are getting divorced after finding out they had been secretly chatting each other up online under fake names.
Sana Klaric, 27, and husband Adnan, 32, from Zenica, poured out their hearts to each other over their marriage troubles, and both felt they had found their real soul mate.
The couple met on an online chat forum while he was at work and she in an internet cafe, and started chatting under the names Sweetie and Prince of Joy.
They eventually decided to meet up - but there was no happy ending when they realised what had happened.
Now they are both filing for divorce - with each accusing the other of being unfaithful.
Sana said: "I thought I had found the love of my life. The way this Prince of Joy spoke to me, the things he wrote, the tenderness in every expression was something I had never had in my marriage.
"It was amazing, we seemed to be stuck in the same kind of miserable marriages - and how right that turned out to be.
"We arranged to meet outside a shop and both of us would be carrying a single rose so we would know the other.
"When I saw my husband there with the rose and it dawned on me what had happened I was shattered. I felt so betrayed. I was so angry."
Adnan said: "I was so happy to have found a woman who finally understood me. Then it turned out that I hadn't found anyone new at all.
"To be honest I still find it hard to believe that the person, Sweetie, who wrote such wonderful things to me on the internet, is actually the same woman I married and who has not said a nice word to me for years."
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Relationship are complex!
fr: yun
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A Bosnian couple are getting divorced after finding out they had been secretly chatting each other up online under fake names.
Sana Klaric, 27, and husband Adnan, 32, from Zenica, poured out their hearts to each other over their marriage troubles, and both felt they had found their real soul mate.
The couple met on an online chat forum while he was at work and she in an internet cafe, and started chatting under the names Sweetie and Prince of Joy.
They eventually decided to meet up - but there was no happy ending when they realised what had happened.
Now they are both filing for divorce - with each accusing the other of being unfaithful.
Sana said: "I thought I had found the love of my life. The way this Prince of Joy spoke to me, the things he wrote, the tenderness in every expression was something I had never had in my marriage.
"It was amazing, we seemed to be stuck in the same kind of miserable marriages - and how right that turned out to be.
"We arranged to meet outside a shop and both of us would be carrying a single rose so we would know the other.
"When I saw my husband there with the rose and it dawned on me what had happened I was shattered. I felt so betrayed. I was so angry."
Adnan said: "I was so happy to have found a woman who finally understood me. Then it turned out that I hadn't found anyone new at all.
"To be honest I still find it hard to believe that the person, Sweetie, who wrote such wonderful things to me on the internet, is actually the same woman I married and who has not said a nice word to me for years."
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Relationship are complex!
fr: yun
Early Mooncake Celebration!
Our 1st time big chef (Mr don don don...) & "extra" helper (ms finco) were preparing our main dish, chilli crab for our dinner @ ah hui place!
[Look out for the making of the chilli crab on youtube! Joking lah]
Yoyoyoyo da tou & er tou in the house!
A surprise sunset view from the kitchen window! (Original no effect)
The Feast! Too bad for those who couldn't join us. *droop*
Lanterns!
Of cos, mooncake!
Played our usual "fireworks stunt". Mr don don don having his 1st try!
The "fireworks stunt" queen, ms cow. [The star & the heart "stunts"]
Seeing the heart "stunt", mr don don don & ms finco decided to make one. After a numbers of try out, finally got it, yeah!
fr: yun
登陸猩球！Part 2
Sushi Farewell lunch sponsored by office! *moved*
Before (right pix) vs After (left pix) Abit of waste that we couldnt finish the sushi.
A BIG THANK U to all the (ex)colleagues/ex-colleagues/friends who comes all the way to joining me for lunch & dinner!
fr: yun
Friday, September 21, 2007
登陸猩球！Part 1
From the day I tender till my last day @ Rocket X, time really flies!
Leaving a place I have worked for 2yr+, sad to leave such a good place with alot good people!
Farewell email for Rocketeers!
Farewell card from Rocketeers! + vouchers. (Thanks, voucher just in time for my needs!)
A last look @ my workdesk! :{
Super Cute Panda Camera (using 110 film) from ms shirley & ms finco! Thanks alot, i like it! (will bring to Aust to take beautiful pictures!)
A very thoughtful gift from ms wendy! (cos she thinks my "office cushion" too "dirty"! Haha) Thank for the stickers too. (I love stickers) Pasted on my notebook!
fr: yun
Leaving a place I have worked for 2yr+, sad to leave such a good place with alot good people!
Farewell email for Rocketeers!
Farewell card from Rocketeers! + vouchers. (Thanks, voucher just in time for my needs!)
A last look @ my workdesk! :{
Super Cute Panda Camera (using 110 film) from ms shirley & ms finco! Thanks alot, i like it! (will bring to Aust to take beautiful pictures!)
A very thoughtful gift from ms wendy! (cos she thinks my "office cushion" too "dirty"! Haha) Thank for the stickers too. (I love stickers) Pasted on my notebook!
fr: yun
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
BREAD PITT... at Maxwell Market!
Went Maxwell Market for lunch this noon & saw this!
3 bread for $2 (kaya, red bean, wholemeal etc) Try it!
fr: yun
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
8 ways to drive a graphic designer mad!
Saw this online, hahaha...
fr: yun
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As everyone knows, graphic designers are the reason there are so many wars in this world. They get inside our heads with their subliminal advertising, force us against our will to spend money on the worst pieces of shit, and eventually, drive us to depression and random acts of violence. And of course, most of them are communists.
So to do my part to save the world from them, i made a list of things you can do when working with a graphic designer, to assure that they have a burn-out and leave this business FOREVER!
1-Microsoft Office
When you have to send a graphic designer a document, make sure it's made with a program from Microsoft Office. PC version if possible. If you have to send pictures, you'll have more success in driving them mad if, instead of just sending a jpeg or a raw camera file, you embed the pictures inside a Microsoft Office document like Word or Powerpoint. Don't forget to lower the resolution to 72 dpi so that they'll have to contact you again for a higher quality version. When you send them the "higher" version, make sure the size is at least 50% smaller. And if you're using email to send the pictures, forget the attatchment once in a while.
2-Fonts
If the graphic designer chooses Helvetica for a font, ask for Arial. If he chooses Arial, ask for Comic Sans. If he chooses Comic Sans, he's already half-insane, so your job's half done.
3-More is better
Let's say you want a newsletter designed. Graphic designers will always try to leave white space everywhere. Large margins, the leading and kerning of text, etc. They will tell you that they do this because it's easier to read, and leads to a more clean, professional look. But do not believe those lies. The reason they do this is to make the document bigger, with more pages, so that it costs you more at the print shop. Why do they do it? Because graphic designers hate you. They also eat babies. Uncooked, raw baby meat.
So make sure you ask them to put smaller margins and really, really small text. Many different fonts are also suggested (bonus if you ask for Comic Sans, Arial or Sand). Ask for clipart. Ask for many pictures (if you don't know how to send them, refer to #1). They will try to argument, and defend their choices but don't worry, in the end the client is always right and they will bow to your many requests.
4-Logos
If you have to send a graphic designer a logo for a particular project, let's say of a sponsor or partner, be sure to have it really really small and in a low-res gif or jpeg format. Again, bonus points if you insert it in a Word document before sending it. Now you might think that would be enough but if you really want to be successful in lowering the mental stability of a graphic designer, do your best to send a version of the logo over a hard to cut-out background. Black or white backgrounds should be avoided, as they are easy to cut-out with the darken or lighten layer style in photoshop. Once the graphic designer is done working on that bitmap logo, tell him you need it to be bigger.
If you need a custom made logo, make your own sketches on a napkin. Or better yet, make your 9 year old kid draw it. Your sketch shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to make. You don't want to make something that's detailed and easy to understand, because the less the designer understands what you want, the more you can make him change things afterwards. Never accept the first logo. Never accept the 9th, make him do many changes, colors, fonts & clip art. Ask him to add a picture in the logo. Bevels. Gradients. Comic Sans. And when he's at his 10th attempt, tell him that you like the 2nd one the most. I know, it's mean but remember: graphic designers are the cause of breast cancer among middle aged women.
5-Chosing your words
When describing what you want in a design, make sure to use terms that don't really mean anything. Terms like "jazz it up a bit" or "can you make it more webbish?". "I would like the design to be beautiful" or "I prefer nice graphics, graphics that, you know, when you look at them you go: Those are nice graphics." are other options. Don't feel bad about it, you've got the right. In fact, it's your duty because we all know that on fullmoons, graphic designers shapeshift into werewolves.
6-Colors
The best way for you to pick colors (because you don't want to let the graphic designer choose) is to write random colors on pieces of paper, put them in a hat and choose. The graphic designer will suggest to stay with 2-3 main colors at the most, but no. Choose as many as you like, and make sure to do the hat thing in front of him. While doing it, sing a very annoying song.
7-Deadlines
When it's your turn to approve the design, take your time. There is no rush. Take two days. Take six. Just as long as when the deadline of the project approaches, you get back to the designer with more corrections and changes that he has time to make. After all, graphic designers are responsible for the 911 attacks.
8-Finish him
After you've applied this list on your victim, it is part of human nature (although some would argue weather they're human or not) to get a bit insecure. As he realises that he just can't satisfy your needs, the graphic designer will most likely abandon all hopes of winning an argument and will just do whatever you tell him to do, without question. You want that in purple? Purple it is. Six different fonts? Sure!
You would think that at this point you have won, but don't forget the goal of this: he has to quit this business. So be ready for the final blow: When making final decisions on colors, shapes, fonts, etc, tell him that you are disappointed by his lack of initiative. Tell him that after all, he is the designer and that he should be the one to put his expertise and talent at work, not you. That you were expecting more output and advices about design from him.
Tell him you've had enough with his lack of creativity and that you would rather do your own layouts on Publisher instead of paying for his services. And there you go. You should have graphic designer all tucked into a straight jacket in no time!
fr: yun
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As everyone knows, graphic designers are the reason there are so many wars in this world. They get inside our heads with their subliminal advertising, force us against our will to spend money on the worst pieces of shit, and eventually, drive us to depression and random acts of violence. And of course, most of them are communists.
So to do my part to save the world from them, i made a list of things you can do when working with a graphic designer, to assure that they have a burn-out and leave this business FOREVER!
1-Microsoft Office
When you have to send a graphic designer a document, make sure it's made with a program from Microsoft Office. PC version if possible. If you have to send pictures, you'll have more success in driving them mad if, instead of just sending a jpeg or a raw camera file, you embed the pictures inside a Microsoft Office document like Word or Powerpoint. Don't forget to lower the resolution to 72 dpi so that they'll have to contact you again for a higher quality version. When you send them the "higher" version, make sure the size is at least 50% smaller. And if you're using email to send the pictures, forget the attatchment once in a while.
2-Fonts
If the graphic designer chooses Helvetica for a font, ask for Arial. If he chooses Arial, ask for Comic Sans. If he chooses Comic Sans, he's already half-insane, so your job's half done.
3-More is better
Let's say you want a newsletter designed. Graphic designers will always try to leave white space everywhere. Large margins, the leading and kerning of text, etc. They will tell you that they do this because it's easier to read, and leads to a more clean, professional look. But do not believe those lies. The reason they do this is to make the document bigger, with more pages, so that it costs you more at the print shop. Why do they do it? Because graphic designers hate you. They also eat babies. Uncooked, raw baby meat.
So make sure you ask them to put smaller margins and really, really small text. Many different fonts are also suggested (bonus if you ask for Comic Sans, Arial or Sand). Ask for clipart. Ask for many pictures (if you don't know how to send them, refer to #1). They will try to argument, and defend their choices but don't worry, in the end the client is always right and they will bow to your many requests.
4-Logos
If you have to send a graphic designer a logo for a particular project, let's say of a sponsor or partner, be sure to have it really really small and in a low-res gif or jpeg format. Again, bonus points if you insert it in a Word document before sending it. Now you might think that would be enough but if you really want to be successful in lowering the mental stability of a graphic designer, do your best to send a version of the logo over a hard to cut-out background. Black or white backgrounds should be avoided, as they are easy to cut-out with the darken or lighten layer style in photoshop. Once the graphic designer is done working on that bitmap logo, tell him you need it to be bigger.
If you need a custom made logo, make your own sketches on a napkin. Or better yet, make your 9 year old kid draw it. Your sketch shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to make. You don't want to make something that's detailed and easy to understand, because the less the designer understands what you want, the more you can make him change things afterwards. Never accept the first logo. Never accept the 9th, make him do many changes, colors, fonts & clip art. Ask him to add a picture in the logo. Bevels. Gradients. Comic Sans. And when he's at his 10th attempt, tell him that you like the 2nd one the most. I know, it's mean but remember: graphic designers are the cause of breast cancer among middle aged women.
5-Chosing your words
When describing what you want in a design, make sure to use terms that don't really mean anything. Terms like "jazz it up a bit" or "can you make it more webbish?". "I would like the design to be beautiful" or "I prefer nice graphics, graphics that, you know, when you look at them you go: Those are nice graphics." are other options. Don't feel bad about it, you've got the right. In fact, it's your duty because we all know that on fullmoons, graphic designers shapeshift into werewolves.
6-Colors
The best way for you to pick colors (because you don't want to let the graphic designer choose) is to write random colors on pieces of paper, put them in a hat and choose. The graphic designer will suggest to stay with 2-3 main colors at the most, but no. Choose as many as you like, and make sure to do the hat thing in front of him. While doing it, sing a very annoying song.
7-Deadlines
When it's your turn to approve the design, take your time. There is no rush. Take two days. Take six. Just as long as when the deadline of the project approaches, you get back to the designer with more corrections and changes that he has time to make. After all, graphic designers are responsible for the 911 attacks.
8-Finish him
After you've applied this list on your victim, it is part of human nature (although some would argue weather they're human or not) to get a bit insecure. As he realises that he just can't satisfy your needs, the graphic designer will most likely abandon all hopes of winning an argument and will just do whatever you tell him to do, without question. You want that in purple? Purple it is. Six different fonts? Sure!
You would think that at this point you have won, but don't forget the goal of this: he has to quit this business. So be ready for the final blow: When making final decisions on colors, shapes, fonts, etc, tell him that you are disappointed by his lack of initiative. Tell him that after all, he is the designer and that he should be the one to put his expertise and talent at work, not you. That you were expecting more output and advices about design from him.
Tell him you've had enough with his lack of creativity and that you would rather do your own layouts on Publisher instead of paying for his services. And there you go. You should have graphic designer all tucked into a straight jacket in no time!
Monday, September 10, 2007
The New 7 Wonders!
Bcos the fat1 is always asking & she's too lazy to go online search for it!
The New 7 Wonders of the World were announced at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07
- Great Wall China, Machu Picchu, Petra, Colosseum, Taj Mahal, Christ Redeemer, Chichén Itzá
View them all in 360 degree interactive panoramas at http://www.panoramas.dk/7-wonders2
fr: yun
The New 7 Wonders of the World were announced at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07
- Great Wall China, Machu Picchu, Petra, Colosseum, Taj Mahal, Christ Redeemer, Chichén Itzá
View them all in 360 degree interactive panoramas at http://www.panoramas.dk/7-wonders2
fr: yun
Friday, September 07, 2007
SMAP!
Surfing online today & came across this guy Kashiwa Sato, a creative director from Japan (http://kashiwasato.com)
He did alot of great stuffs & i like the way he use colors!
Smap, one of Japan most popular group band have done alot branding stuff. (by him)
Posted some of it. (how nice if there's a company who let me to do a branding campaign for their brand! haha, maybe i try to go in branding!?)
fr: yun
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