Things to Do, Stuff to See, Teehee!

I don't actually go 'Teehee!' in life; squeal, screech, go all high pitch...

So anyway, it's already year end and I've planned some of the things I want to do next year. There's tonnes of stuff that I want to accomplish in the next 4 to 5 years of college. And I do want to do all of it in that amount of time.

1) Improve on my Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese mostly)

Yes, I'm one of those Chinese people who can speak the language but sound like a foreigner who'd just learned to speak the language. Totally ang-mo-ish. Listening skills... Meh... At one time I didn't even know that my gramma was saying the word stove in Cantonese.

Gramma: (in Cantonese) Stove. Do you know what that is?

Later that same day.

Gramma: (in Cantonese) Peanut. Do you know what that is?

Never again, I say!

2) Learn to do the salsa

I love watching people do Latin dances. Salsa, tango, samba, rumba... But, my hand and eye coordination is just Bluek. A proper word cannot be used to describe it. Since I was a kid, I always dropped things or fell down for no apparent reason.

I don't do that often now but that's just saying something, you know? Weird little kid.

Even though I am athletic, even though I can find the rhythm, even though I want to learn... I know it's going to be the most challenging, exhausting and painful experience ever.

3) Set up a blogshop to sell my artwork

I've been saying that I'm going to do this for some time now. And I'm going to do it. I mean, I not sure whether just selling sculptures in a bottle will be interesting.


More of my work at LilNote@DA.

There has to be a variety. A fruit stall can't only have apples, right?

4) Learn a new language

Yes!!! At first I was thinking of starting Japanese. Then it turned to Spanish, Korean, German, French...

I can learn Japanese from my aunt. And I've already decided to take Spanish. You can only do one thing at a time if you want to do it right.

5) Work as a part-time guide

One of the ways I plan to meet people. And also a reason why I want to learn languages. There's this Malaysia Tourism site where people can apply and to be a guide around the country. Or so my mom says...

Shall research.

That's about the stuff I can remember for now. I suppose these are the main things because I can recall them.

Sometimes, it's the boring stuff I remember the most.

Russell from the movie Up

Also, tomorrow there's going to be Walkabrella at One Utama. Sis and I just bought tickets to the event. It's actually a charity event where people will walk 6km with open umbrellas throughout the course. I do want to stay longer... since sis was like, "Let's go 2 hours then come back."

Anyone else going to the event? I'm trying to contact Nic but she isn't using her cell number anymore. Dang.

Anyway, visit Walkabrella.com for more info. Come and join us tomorrow!

Not Just Doodles: #2

Remember the graffiti project not too long ago? I've begun to collect the snapshots. It's fun and funny because some people think that it's just defacing public property. But, like disco (as seen from So You Think You Can Dance), it can be beautiful.

Beautiful might not be the right word. Wickedly awesome... Yes. That's it.

Who Was Here?

Seriously, who was here? I can never make out the signatures on graffiti. R can be A, B can be G... Apple can be Banana!

Taken somewhere in KL with me lame camera phone (2 mega pixels and a bit of editing). Tallen informed me that the streets of the city is filled with awesome wall-art. I agree but I'm not sure I dare to journey there alone to hunt for them. Stories, you know?

I'm stuck in the house today. Literally. I couldn't find the house keys so my gramma had to come over to bring her spare. She just lives next door... Seriously.

Shall get started with my Secret Santa gift. It's a project that I signed up for in my club on Deviant Art. The person I got likes fairy-tales, and anything that has to do with mer-people. Already have sketches and ideas.

A reason to start sculpting again. :D

Unorganized Thoughts

I just have to say that some people never learn. I'm still pissed but there's really no point right now because what's done is done.

I'm no genius (not everyone is) and I know that I get some things slower than others. It's frustrating to be surrounded by people who can just 'get it', you know? And a not-so-good memory doesn't really help much. But I'm not stupid. Even though some people make me feel like I am.

Slow learner = Stupid?

Wrong! I'm capable of much greater things. Things that I have not even begun to imagine. Things that are not provided for us in the system that I have worked so hard on and tried perfecting. My music, my writing, my artwork... are but a few.

I just suck at the conventional subjects that 'we are supposed to know'.

I don't want "You can always do better..." or "What's with the emo post?" or "Right, do your best". I don't need that. What I need is for you to open your eyes a little bit and see the real picture.

Hm, I just realized that this post was to no one in particular. It's just all the frustration and 'ARGHHHHH!' moments that had been building up in me and burst into an explosion of unorganized thoughts and feelings.

Feeling... a little better.

Take Me Home!

Hello peeps! Just a short post today since I have things to do. Mayhem to plan. Projects to finish. Concoctions to... concoct.

A friend of mine made some adorable voodoo-buddy plushies. She just starting out by posting her work on Facebook. If you're looking for affordable and cute handmade gifts this holiday, this is it!

Below are just some of the voodoo-buddies she'd posted up in the Take Me Home! collection.

Don't hesitate to email her if you have any questions! - gigiwhz93@hotmail.com

RM 10.00

RM 10.00

RM 10.00

RM 6.00

Also, Benny and 2 other artists (Abby Zain and Felicia Loh) are show casing their artwork at Zoo Negara. The exhibition ends this Sunday so I might make it during the weekend if I can get someone to carpool/drive. I actually saw the launching date wrongly and thought it was starting on the 22nd of December.

The problems of multi-tasking...

Naiveté is a quality in art that is designed to imitate the presumed innocence of the seven-year olds in the handling of colors, lines, and shapes. The results often seem pre-meditated with the irresistible charm we often encounter in jokes not intended as such, but still leave us roaring to the ground. The sheer act of laughing gives us an immense satisfaction, an experience not unlike the one engendered by the sets of imageries Arbaayah, Bennylita, and Felicia bring forth in their works.  from Benny's FaceBook Note

Feel like you're in a rut or uninspired to do anything? Then get off your couch/chair/bed and get away from the computer/television/fridge and go out and do SOMETHING. Go check out exhibitions, learn to whistle or make plans to dominate the pizza industry! Like a great toy store owner once said:

Unlikely adventures require unlikely tools.  

- Mr Edward Magorium from the movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Draw Your Mind: #8

Interests

Do click to enlarge. :D

This one's actually inspired by Chocolatita on DA. I knew Lieong loves cats and classical music but I didn't know what scene to merge them together in. There's a possibility that I was thinking about the Aristocats from Disney.

Lieong shares my passion for music although not the same genre. I'm glad she likes what I've done. I was hoping for a simple and calm sort of feel.

You know the type of friends who are never judgmental and will always listen to you even though you blab the hours away? She's one. To be honest, I seldom feel sure around people (even my friends). I'd think about what they think about me and start to worry - paranoia, I call it.

Do they even like me? Why does this person even want to talk to me? And it goes on...

I feel the walls that I've put up throughout my life just disappear when I'm around her. It's something serious, yes. Seriously good! I mean, don't you feel relieved when you know that you don't have to worry about being yourself?

We put on masks for people all the time (the ones we like and don't like) and some people do it throughout their lives. But was there a moment where you didn't have to worry about doing something or saying something that might turn heads and make people say, "Oh that's dumb..." or "What the hell are you talking about?" or "She's crazy!"?

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Two more people to go and I'm done with this project! Doing illustrations for 28 people is NOT easy.

Since we talked about felines... We found 3 kittens in the library last time. Doesn't the one on the furthest right remind you of Spinel from Cardcaptor Sakura? Just a little bit, I think (it's the eyes). Shah named them all... From the left:

Timid, Dave the Barbarian and Blacky