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2010-01-07T09:09:00.000-08:00

Gasping...

2008-11-04T06:59:00.000-08:00

Its been eons since i last blogged... i'm wondering are there still people reading or visiting this site... Working life haven't been all rosy and nice, it has took at least 5 years off my life. Working till 11pm, reaching home at 12, sleeping at 1am (occasionally if gin calls, then maybe 2), sitting in office at 8.30am... i wonder how long i will last...

i'm definitely prepared to work, beyond working hours, doing whatever needs to be done but its abit too much to ask for isn't it, for someone as new as me? Its just doing what can be done and hoping things turn out right. As the schedules keep changing and changing, i see no end to this project. Looking at all the people who came in at the same time as i did, sometimes i wonder, what ended me in this position? Wish those that knock off punctually will just go off... Ok i get it, you are done with work, yes i know you are going back. Heck, just leave!!! Please, do me a favour... don't say goodbye. They say, don't torture myself, but i don't see myself adhering to this impossible timeline if i don't stay late.

Well a colleague of mine told me, you sometimes get the feeling tha you will just quit tmr and find another job, but once its over, you will be glad you persevered. Well, i'm getting the feeling already. I will walk straight up to my boss and tell her, i quit!!! :P But that will make me a quitter... haiz... no worries, i won't quit, at least not yet. Joan placed me there with high expectations (at least thats what i hoped), and if there's one person i should not disappoint, its her. Lets hope everything ends well for me to experience the transient "RIP" feeling Ashley was telling me about.

Haven't had time for myself, no time for family, working through weekends, through nights... i'm seriously underpaid. Well i have to say sorry to gin, haven't got time for her (*feeling emo.. sob sob). Remember myself telling Ashley and Yanni, i enjoy coming to work, really, thinking back, is it still true now? Well yes, to a certain extent, but i shall make a change to it. I don't really enjoy coming to work because of the work, rather, its the people. It used to be Caralle and ashley-s (both ashley)before, now its Yanni and Yong En (Ok to a certain extent michelle). Really thankful that now at least Yanni is sitting in front of me, all the talking cock and me disturbing her and vice-versa really cheered me up. Well i m thankful, and she is kind of an eye candy really =x So happy when splash came in, thought i could start small and start learning. Now... too much to handle, just not up to it. Lets hope everything is worth it.

Hope... but Hope never escaped from Pandora's box...

Well, enough of complaining... i'll get through it just fine, like Pinky always do =P

Yoda...

2008-08-27T23:57:00.001-07:00

Was having lunch with Caralle, Adeline and company then Adeline mentioned Miklos was a die-hard fan of star-wars, she was wondering whether I could fold a Yoda with paper. I've done that before, so nothing too new... but this time i folded it with two papers glued back to back so that there is color change. Goodness i discovered brown wrapping paper, if i have used two pieces of 70gm or 80 gm paper, the resulting paper would be too thick to be folded efficiently.

Its now "standing" in front of the yoda, on Miklos' desk. Good colour change model :)

Merlion...

2008-08-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

Can recognize what is this? Its actually my 9th attempt (or maybe its 10) at folding a merlion... can recognize or not? The below is a simple fish tail but the problematic part is the head, the overlapping flaps are too messy and complicated... but still dunno how to distribute them properly.
This is my best attempt so far... need more time and tries. But work is getting busy... fast and furious... start to OT liao... kaoz... have less time for origami... how? Will origami end here? haiz... let hope not... merlion... how ah? very difficult leh...

What pollution did to my evening sky...

2008-08-06T09:46:00.001-07:00

No wonder recently my room so hot... all the pollution and green house gases... ugh~!!!!

Random folding

2008-08-06T06:15:00.000-07:00

Working life has been fine... enjoyable actually, but still... abit slack... Look what i did in the office today... its a super small cat, slightly bigger than a dollar coin, cute~!!!!

Other than that, for the past few weeks, some random works...
Sparrow...

Hedgehog side view...

Hedgehog top view, they say it looks like esplanade...

Terrier...

Perch owl...

Birds in flight

2008-08-01T21:34:00.000-07:00

Haven't been blogging much ever since work started, but still, folding never really stopped~!!! Anyway, folded a couple of birds last week and its kinda detailed. Quite happy with the final outcome. The first was a flying crane, created by Roman Diaz. Especially liked the feet with claws, but not to be folded with normal paper. Its quite a recent discovery, that brown wrapping paper makes very good folds as well, mainly because its thin and at the same time relatively strong. To top that, it takes folds very well and makes shaping after folding easy.

Second work is another of my creation, but i feel its like the best so far. Its folded from a flying goose base, and with my newly discovered brown wrapping paper, i am able to incorporate much of the details in with ease. The focus of my hawk is on the wings and posture, so the rest of it are very much simplified. A pity is that the feets don't come with claws. Will work on that, when i have time. But the next thing i will do is to try the Satoshi Kamiya ancient dragon on brown wrapping paper.

Pinky in Perth... Part 4 (AQWA)

2008-07-08T07:55:00.000-07:00

Next stop was a trip to Aquarium of Western Australia (AQWA). Its not as big as think it would be, its almost the same as in Sentosa, but the marine animals, like turtles etc are definitely cleaner (at least not moldy). Just take a look at the pictures. I simply love the jelly fishes...

At the entrance of AQWA, on the wall... got something that looks awfully familiar... Art club should know... the decor looks like my 'A' level's art project... Pinky was ahead of his time ok... but the difference is what they have was a photo while my art project is painted with oil... Haaaa~ brings back memories...

My art proj...

Pinky in Perth... Part 3 (Little Creatures)

2008-07-03T06:09:00.000-07:00

Well, up next, we drove down to Fremantle, initially planning to have Cicerello's for dinner, together with Danny, Miriam and Weiliang, but they were closed for that day, perhaps we went too late or something. The other restaurant, Kaili's was also closed... Oh shit... so what to do, go to a bar nearby, called "Little Creatures" for dinner.

Little Creatures is an interesting place, but its really really expensive. Its something like a brewery at the back and you can actually see how they make their beer, ale whatever there is. Its kind of an open concept which makes it really interesting. Nothing fantastic but not a bad place to visit. Must try the ales and chilli mussels there!!! And also the wood-fired pizza, especially the leek and potato, darn yummy...

But we returned there again the next day, determined to have seafood. Contemplating between Kaili's or Cicerello's, we decided on Kaili's since gin have tried Cicerello's before. According to gin, the fish at Cicerello's is nicer but Kaili's oysters are juicier and lobsters are slightly better... No wonder they have loyal crowds although they are like just side by side..

After food, take a walk nearby, cos its near the sea, you see alot of seagulls, i was so excited.. first time see seagulls... so swakoo, then u can walk to baskin robbins for ice-cream... wonderful... try world-class chocolates.. recommended by Gin.. and its darn smooth...

Food in Australia is like super ex... but its the norm.. requires some getting used to... :P

4-leaf clover...

2008-07-02T08:54:00.000-07:00

Pinky had a dream again... dreamt up the folding of a 4-leaf clover... it is derived from the base as the kawasaki rose leaf from youtube... kawasaki also used the same case for a 3-petal leaf. Its kind of like an improvisation rather... This is prototype one...

It is folded from two pieces of paper... the stem is stick on... Now prototype 2...

It is folded from one piece of paper, a 2 x 1 rectangle...

This is how the behind looks like... This is not exactly easy, its more like moulding than folding already... So its like very much more difficult than the 3 petal kawasaki leaf.
Then there is the 3 leaf clover which is a more common site... its done from a square piece of paper... and looks like this...

These are all inspired by the 3 petal kawasaki leaf which looks like this...

This is folded by Pinky too...

Pinky in Perth... Part 2 (King's Park)

2008-07-02T07:08:00.000-07:00

First real tourist destination was a park near UWA, called the King's Park. Its a scenic and beautiful place, lots of beautiful trees... the way the trees curves... the branches...the grass... and fresh air, cool weather... i love it!!

Gin embracing mother nature....

Me taking the path to "The Secret Garden"...

Gin and me... so loving right?

In a corner of the park... there is a "duck pond" where ducks swim... its so relaxed and comfortable watching the ducks swim. We were watching, watching then me and gin decided to chase the ducks.. haha, when ducks run, they wag their 屁股 when they waddle.. so comical... then they will go to the edge of the point and hop, "plonk" into the water... and i ask her to chase again so that i can take a video... haha...

Gin by the "Duck pond"...

Gin chasing ducks...

Taking a slow walk through the park, i've never felt so "good" in a very long time.. but it also depends on who you walk the park with. Singapore lacks such places, its really the place where u get inspiration.. i should have came here during my A levels art project.. but oh well, still got A muahhahaha (*haolian)!!! Reaching the edge of the park, its a breath-taking view of Swan River and Perth city. According to locals, swan sometimes swim inside the river.. thus the name... the night view is equally sublime.

But going to King's park at night to watch the lights, be careful, cos this is a real life experience. Me and Gin were driving home from King's Park at night after watching the city lights, when we saw a white sheet fly towards us and over our car roof. As it passes, the roof crackled and screeched. I was like stunned. On both sides of the roof were super tall trees so its not the branches, and there were no street lamps so i didn't have a very clear view but it was definitely something. I thought it was just me, so i turned and asked Gin, "You saw that?" She was like "No?" But she was slowly sliding down her seat, so I asked again, "You sure? I saw like an apparition or something..."
Then she yelled at me "YES! YES! I SAW IT!! YOU JUST HAD TO ASK AGAIN!!!" Then she went like "AHHHHHH!!!" for like 30 secs... Creepy~...

Pinky in Perth... Part 1 (Introduction)

2008-06-29T07:07:00.000-07:00

Finally back from Perth... but its a good trip and a fun experience. Actually should have blogged it long ago... haha but there the network super erm... haha nvm... and also lazy and short of time... so i shall do it now :P

Took an afternoon till night flight, could no slp on that plane, so watch sunset!!!! very pretty...

Perth is like really really cold la... its like 4 degrees or something on the coldest night. Thats pretty cold ok. Got me shivering to the bone. I remember on the coldest night, i pee then got smoke... wooo~

And there was this lemon tree below gin's room... i was like so amazed and thrilled cos i never seen a lemon tree before...

Lemon tree, taken from gin's window...

Ok... for like the first few days, i was like keeping gin company studying in school cos her exams are still going on, and she studies in school, more efficient. Other than that she still has to do testing, and they do testing on humans.. haha, dunno test for wat la... human guinea pigs..

This is the human movement testing lab...

Look what they do, weird tanks and computers linked to the treadmill with wires...

Gin fixing the wires..

Look!! They can power a computer with that cycle (like hamsters)!!! Amazing~

So what do i do in the mean time? origami la... and i did quite a lot there, littered gin's table with it and wow-ed her classmates.

Thats me doing origami on Gin's table...

Thats something new I did!!! Origami eastern dragon!!

Lets do some introduction of her classmates... alot of wonderful people.

This is Danny. My origami disciple as you can see, happily folding. He is a gym instructor and a Human Movement (HM) student.

This is Weiliang, soccer coach (the dodgy and no certificate kind) and HM student. Also my euro-buddy in Australia.

This is Esther, according to legends, she is a burper. But she cooks damn well... HM student as well...

This is Aaron. HM's 副班长. People call him Fishball Yeo cos his face is round.

This girl beside Danny is Miriam, also from HM. She was the one who sent me to and from airport. She is a professional church choir singer. Don't see her so smiley, she is the holder of the Singapore A and B Division record for 100m and 400m hurdles. One of them is broken by a Singapore sport's school student, I forgot which one, the other record is still standing. Fierce~!! (somehow she reminds me of 何润东, I think they look alike)

This is Taku, a Japanese doing his HM PhD. He is like one of the top swimmer during his time (I think in butterfly or freestyle), and is ever ranked 4th in his country. He also had a world ranking... dun play play... (the food he cooks are delicious)

To be continued...

Chronicles of Pinky...

2008-06-12T01:13:00.000-07:00

In the world before time, the fight between human-kind and dragons plunged the world into darkness. Dragon knights and dragon riders vanished because dragons turned against the human race...

The human race is losing the fight. There was but one last obstacle, standing between dragons and the human kingdom. The hope of peace lies on the shoulders of "piggy-knight" Pinky (aptly name cos his ride was pink).
With the hopes of bringing peace to the land, Pinky flew over high mountains and vast oceans on his pink pig (How the pig grew wings and flew is still a mystery. I suspect its genetic mutation caused by radiation when CJ-7 fell on earth) straight into the lair of dragon king (DK).

They fought for many days and many nights. Hundreds or maybe thousand rounds. Finally, with his great determination, Pinky plunged his spear into DK and return peace to the land.

Pinky now roams the land on his pink pig, living amongst us (I suspect he is a professional butcher now)...

When the need arises... lets hope again, for the knight in shining armor to come forth, riding his pig with silver wings (the wings are silver... use some imagination) when the land requires their aid...

Leaf grasshopper

2008-06-09T00:25:00.000-07:00

Back in Malaysia, saw one ah peh weaving grasshopper with palm leaf (or maybe its coconut leaf), darn cool... so i tried to learn, but he do so fast... so irritating.. nvm, i figured it out anyway... can this be considered origami? Leaf origami ma... haha.. but ah... coconut leaf or palm leaf cannot easily get in Singapore leh... but ah... heng ah... dunno why below my house basketball court got palm tree.. haha other than that dunno where else u can find, other than seaside...

Back from Genting...

2008-06-09T00:00:00.000-07:00

Went to Genting over the weekend... with family and aunt... brother and sister gave it a miss again...*as usual*. Been sometime since i last visited there, the last time i went still not legal to go into casino... so now was hoping to go to win some money... but got cheated... go there to take care of kids (my 3 little cousins)... nanny pinky, brought them to the amusement park so the "adults" can go gambling haha. Oh well, at least all expense paid and i did enjoy the rides...

Quite a nice place, cool weather (compared to the heat wave in Singapore the past few weeks) nice view, above the clouds, great sunrise... but but but... lousy hotel... black out, tv
spoil, no shampoo and and shower foam. I had to bug the reception for them. Where got hotel black out one... first time leh...

Shaoming, Dehan and me...

Ning Ning and Shaoming making fun of the sleeping Dehan

Ning Ning and me...

Japanese snow monkey

2008-05-31T14:13:00.000-07:00

Who was it that ask me to do a monkey? Initially i thought its quite impossible to make a realistic monkey cos not really distinct in shape and features, so quite difficult, at least i can imagine how a paper elephant or horse can look like... but a paper monkey? quite tough... Hideo Komatsu thinks otherwise and proved me wrong. This is a japanese snow monkey... tough fold, can be better though, try again when i have time...

Dwarf 2

2008-05-23T09:16:00.000-07:00

did another dwarf... this time its much neater and i managed to pleat out a little moustache above the beard... heh... next thing i'll do is to make it play a musical instrument... but i think require larger or thinner paper... cos the number of layers really too thick... cannot shape properly, will tear. Ok... next project.. dwarf 3... muahahaha

New TV

2008-05-23T08:47:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my TV blew.. haha.. It deserves a long service award as it served my family for 18 years... since 1990 when i first moved to Woodlands... woohoo... its mixed emotions... sad and happy at the same time... sad cos TV spoil... happy cos new tv. Actually want to buy new tv liao, but this one nv spoil buy le like waste money.. so we all 等时间 onli.. then yesterday my brother had the honours of burning it out... it just went "TIU~" then no more.. haha..

Ok lets observe one minute of silence for the longest serving TV of my home...
*after 1 min...*

OK!!! Introducing the new member of the family... Samsung LA37R8... sleek and stylo.. woohooo... let you all see 4-D results somemore... haha

went to buy it at harvey norman yesterday, the sales person almost killed me, hahaha.. i asked for a good plasma tv, he intro me sony... i see price... flip... i tell him i want budget, so he show me sharp... then he talk talk talk... then ask me how... i tell him i want that Samsung... haha...

Joisel's Dwarf

2008-05-21T01:53:00.000-07:00

Well if some of u remembered? I once folded a dwarf by Eric Joisel, but i nv blogged it, i simply left it on my msn display pic. Why? Cos some aliens say that it looks like a frog... grrr... nvm... that was then... but now... having levelled up... i gave it another try... still not very pro, but decent la... can see a dwarf... this Dwarf is difficult cos dun have folding sequence... only can be collapsed from crease pattern and its not the easiest thing to do. Though its easier to make out box-pleats but still... anyways... tada~

Working the creases... *Box-pleats

After collapsing...

Finally...
Great model, got beard, eyes, nose, fingers... what more do you want?

Some simpler Seiji models

2008-05-20T14:01:00.000-07:00

Did some simpler models from Seiji Nishikawa... Giraffe, tiger and a wagtail... the tiger is erm... haha i find a bit cute... haha got a face... i mean usually origami artist puts emphasis on the form, but here its a different thing... the emphasis is on the face... making the folding easier... interesting model... haha though i dun remember seeing a tiger with tat face...

Well the orange one is a seated-lion in case u cannot see.. rather iconic type of style, created by Guspath... rather cute also la

Another dragon

2008-05-14T02:14:00.000-07:00

Folded another dragon... the original design wasn't like tat.. its improvised... its kinda like dragon in flight, but i added legs folded the same way as chuka ryu... turned out pretty well, so its always good to have a list of folds you can use...

Smilodon -- The Sabre-toothed cat

2008-05-12T13:50:00.000-07:00

Similarly i have done this before but nv on A3 paper... also by satoshi kamiya...

天马行空

2008-05-12T13:44:00.001-07:00

I have done this before but always on A4 paper... this time i used an A3 paper... much larger and i have better control of the whole model... turned out much better... a little neater and more grace than before... rekindled my love for kamiya's models... And for goodness sake, this is a pegasus, not a unicorn... so its supposed to have wings and no horns... unicorn has a horn but no wings.

Boar? Its a Boar God...

2008-05-10T08:06:00.000-07:00

You want a boar, you got it... but none can compare with this... Inoshishigami, literally meaning boar god... Damn tough... a killer fold by the godly Satoshi Kamiya... he is out of this world...
Folded out of A3 paper cos its not manageable using A4... 2+ hours on this...

困兽之斗

2008-05-09T11:12:00.000-07:00

Ok... i spent my whole day with dragons today... examining, figuring out, folding... shiok!!! satisfied!!! happy!!!
First was this half dragon, i think his dad is oriental who married a western dragon... the body look like oriental dragon but have wings one leh.. haha reminds me of the dragon in mulan... well i liked it very much... thats why i folded it in the first place.

But then got this little pig who rules piggidom, say something about dragon nv breathe fire or something... Wah... dun play play... gimme inspiration... Then i decided to make fire... with paper... haha. Well if you think its just crumpling a few pieces of paper then ok lo.. u are a genius... cos my table is strewn with paper after tat. I incorporate creases and soft folds for the fire... folded it with two square pieces of paper.
Voila~

Very good... quite satisfied... then this dragon can breathe fire but very lonely... so i folded another dragon... a western dragon this time... haha so they can fight...

Battle of the dragons...

After the Rubic's cube... the Magic Cube

2008-05-08T12:14:00.000-07:00

Remember when me, Jasmine, Ginger, Martian and MBA eating teppanyaki... Jasmine say she only interested in modular origami... cos its useful... heh... Jasmine... look at this... Modular origami at the highest order...

Not only can it hold stuff... it holds a secret... and when you let the secret unfold it self... you will get the answer...

*unfold... unfold... unfold...
"Lo Behold~!!!!"

The Magic Rose Cube~

Red Bull...

2008-05-08T12:07:00.000-07:00

Second try...

Bull and pig

2008-05-07T22:43:00.000-07:00

Well i forgot who asked me to fold a bull... Was it tak tak or was it someone else... i remembered at least two person asked me to fold that... well forgot who... but i folded this bull... inspired and folded out from the base used by stephan weber... though the finishing is different... but aiyah... use wrong paper.. should use red paper, more fierce, red bull... haha
This one i quite confirmed its jasmine who ask me to fold it. Showed me a picture of a pig one fine day, tell me very cute... ask me to fold. Its a traditional design, so dunno who created it, but i added softer folds for the finishing to soften the edge, make it look less rigid.

This rat was folded some time back... long time no fold me favourite model of all times... so folded it, this is smaller than my last try...

Happy Mothers' Day...

2008-05-07T22:02:00.000-07:00

Hi all... very very sorry ah... no entries so long... busy la... a lot of things going on... then sometimes nuah... lazy to blog. Kk... I've been going to the library... browsing books on flower arrangement... then i arranged this bouquet specially for mothers' day... but not for my mum leh... for my aunt.. haha. Mum ah, she say she got enough of that lying around the house...

Its kinda an origami purist work... all paper and a bit of glue... no cutting... pure folding... its made up of roses, and a pleat folded holder, added lotus leaves to bring out the roses... pretty neat huh!! Took me like a few days to conceptualize and 2-3 hours to make... Pretty!!

Doggies revisited

2008-05-04T11:22:00.001-07:00

Folded dogs again... after my lousy tries, got down to folding some more pro models... all designed by Seiji Nishikawa... all out from the same "4-legged base". Nice models... well actually its possible to create a whole range of dogs from that base.. great proportions... luv it...

Afghan Hound...

Common hounds...

What Sunday soccer did to me...

2008-05-04T11:09:00.000-07:00

:'(

The Story of Sadako Sasaki and the 1000 Paper Cranes

2008-05-02T10:10:00.000-07:00

The paper crane is a symbol of peace and hope. This idea was popularized by the familiar story of Sadako Sasaki. She was just a child when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, but at the age of 11 she was diagnosed with the "atom bomb disease" or leukemia because of the direct exposure to the radiation.

With the encouragement from her friends and family, Sadako decided to fold 1000 paper cranes in the hope that she would be cured. She believed in the old Japanese legend that said; a person who folds 1000 paper cranes will have his/her wish granted; she was confident that each paper crane represented a wish and certainly a thousand wishes could not be ignored...

She used every piece of paper she could get her hands on; the medicine paper, newspapers, magazines, scraps, and other papers her family and friends brought her. She folded and folded hundreds of cranes as she watched her friends die in the hospital along side her.

Eventually, she realized that here wish had changed. She no longer wished for her own health but rather that this type of violence should never happen again. That there should be no more bombs or wars, her wish was for peace so that children like her and adults alike will never have to suffer and die.

She managed to fold 644 cranes before she could fold no more... She passed away on October 25, 1955.

Everyone was so moved by her story, her friend, classmates, and family folded the remaining 356 cranes to bury with her.

A few years later a monument in her honor was erected in Hiroshima Park as an example of her courage and dedication and her wish for peace. The monument has engraved the following:

This is our cry,
This is our prayer,
peace in the world.

T-rex fossil

2008-04-26T10:31:00.000-07:00

Finally finish exam... and awaiting graduation... I folded this a two days ago... took me two separate days to finish it, approximately 10+ hours? somewhere there... its as complex as things go... most tedious model i folded so far... pretty impressive i would say... like it very much...

纸飞机的折法...

2008-04-24T08:04:00.000-07:00

Still remember how to fold a paper plane... 2 people tell me they forgot... so i folded a propeller plane and a fighter jet (F5e Tiger II)...

一帆风顺

2008-04-17T22:00:00.000-07:00

新作品

一帆风顺，事事顺心，忘了不愉快的一切，加油加油！！！

Tortoise revisited...

2008-04-15T13:00:00.000-07:00

Second attempt at the tortoise... used an 80gm A4 paper instead of cartridge paper... turned out quite well, but for more details still need larger paper... just now come back forget to buy.. argh.. then lazy to go out again... so make do with A4... rather small outcome... 5cm x 7cm... cute cute

Tortoise going right...

Small tortoise on my hand...

Reflections (Disney version)

2008-04-15T07:42:00.001-07:00

Nice song from mulan... can only find the film version though... not the pop version... lacking the bridge... but had fun playing :)

Going green...

2008-04-14T08:23:00.000-07:00

Unveiling my two latest creatures... Froggie and Tortie... muahahaha... spent a lot of effort on this two... very complex models, not one for the faint hearted, though not the toughest i have tried... still... that frog is amazing... so much detail... bulging eyes, fingers and toes, the best frog i have seen so far... previous few come no where close...even i m impressed i managed to fold that... so satisfying...

For the tortoise... not tough... just technical, cannot resist but compare it with the tortoise mama (eileen) folded for me... 3-D shell leh.. dun play play... but have another try... more complex... took me 2 plus hours i think... Tortie's albino cousin.. heh...

Precreasing... took me 45 mins for this part... due to the odd distribution, 39 parts above and 78 parts below...

Identifying and shaping the shell...

Pinching and finalizing the form...

After 2 hours... The tortoise... heh... not bad for a first try... but the paper is too thick as can see from the neck part.. its bulging... either use a bigger piece of paper or a thinner paper... will try 70gm or 80gm A3 paper next time...

Dragon and Lion

2008-04-12T08:51:00.001-07:00

Attempted the Lion by Satoshi Kamiya and and easier version of dragon... Satoshi is god... woo... how complicated can his mind be... couldn't get the folds of its mane right... still working on it.. the folds are... out of this world... but pretty decent for a first try... the recommended folding paper is washi paper... what the hell is tat? a 40cmx40cm washi paper.. can anyone tell me where can i get that?

Next was a western dragon... an easier version compared to those by satoshi... not as nice.. but passable...

Kingfisher to Humming Bird

2008-04-10T10:50:00.000-07:00

Back in Malaysia, what was i doing during my free time? Fold paper lo... haha... other than the paper money of course... all in the good spirit of Ching Ming... haha... i was thinking if i fold dogs and burn for my ancestors, does it mean they get to keep a pet?

Haha... so i folded horses, rats and whatever those little kids wanted (that i knew of course) and also humming bird... yeah... the humming bird is folded from a similar wing base as the kingfisher... this is the first bird that i tried using the spreaded "fan fold" wings. Also to make the origami more interactive for the kids, i integrated the idea from the traditional flapping crane model (the one where you pull the head and tail for it to flap) in to the hummingbird... by just inward folding the wing edge and base, i am able to gain control of the flapping movemen using only two fingers and a pinching motion... much better right?

To Malaysia and back...

2008-04-10T10:14:00.001-07:00

Just back not too long ago from Malaysia. Went over to pay respects to my ancestors and visit relatives of cos... went one level up and across the family tree and well, visited alot of tombs which, i dun really know... but ok... part and parcel of Ching Ming...

Been very long sinced i travelled all the way up to Ipoh, and the first time since i gotten my license. Last time, my dad would drive and the rest of the family would just sleep, but now that i gotten my license, i had to do my part and drive too... haha. Now, i would sit beside dad and help look out for traffic, make sure he don't fall asleep, especially after the accident that took away 4 from a family of 5... CHOY~!!!! Pinky is safe and sound... and blogging... along the way it was scenic...

The trip from Ipoh back home was a whopping 6+ or 7 hour drive... tedious... so we started the journey early in the morning before day break... along the north south highway, Dad promised me a beautiful daybreak if i don't sleep... and it was worth it, i saw the daybreak... pretty cool and beautiful... not something i would see in Singapore... 看了真舒服...

Took a few pictures here and there.. and some interesting things...

Nice sunrise.. got me awake the whole drive... then there are some.. erm... queer things.. malaysians... haiz...

Need tissue? Its next to the bin... Who dare use... Yucks~

音乐才子? Jay Chou is porridge king la... Sedap~!!!

真不是人唱的歌...

2008-04-03T10:25:00.000-07:00

Two cute songs... originally sung by non-humans... erm... some sort but not exactly... haha
see you all can guess what songs they are..
enjoy...

替我爱你

2008-04-02T07:37:00.000-07:00

Love this song.. who have the mp3?

Guitar

2008-04-01T02:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday nite, Chiew Yen and I were talking... then she asked me how to make paper guitar... woah... Chiew Yen suddenly interested in origami... something not right... dunno for which guy... haha... Chiew Yen dun shy dun shy.. i wun tell ppl... shhhhh~!!! haha

Ok lo, so i tried it out.. how tough can a guitar be? haha since i have had some experiences folding violin, just need to make some adjustments... so here is it Chiew Yen.

Then this Chiew Yen ah... nv say thank you...

CY: Lousy de leh... can be better

Pinky: How to improve? you tell me add string i box you...

CY: haha... u add hole in the middle lo...

and so i did... with a pencil... LOL :P

Hideo Komatsu

2008-03-31T10:27:00.000-07:00

Hideo Komatsu is a master of origami... his animals have a certain likeness and realism... luv them... two of them here... the Kingfisher and the giraffe... super tough... especially the giraffe... i didn't seem to get the the legs and neck right though... need more practice... the precrease (preparing the paper before the actual folding) took like 45 mins to one hour...

This is the giraffe precrease... a blurry intersection of lines... the giraffe turned out fine, except for the legs, abit too thin... must be something i did in between...

But the kingfisher is super neat... a super clever model. He modelled the wing part with a fan fold spread out at the ends... super smart fold. Love the wings, its probably one of the best birds i folded... probably the best winged animal so far. The wings i have folded previously were just angled fan folds, just creasing in and out to suggest the wings, something to examine when folding winged creatures next time, addition to my "arsenal" haha... amazing model, in queen-pig terms, HEART the kingfisher...

PUPPIES!!!!!!!

2008-03-31T10:10:00.001-07:00

Well i think its saturday... yep, saturday, nothing better to do, wanted to fold a dog, but other than the one i folded the last time, like no good models around. But a dog should not be that difficult right? hehe... so i created one... actually i couple... just change the head... but its created out of a simple four legged base, similar to the one i used for the rabbit. Hmmm... i think it took me like 3 hours? maybe 4 and about 10 sheets of A4 paper to get my first proto-type. Presenting... heh

This is prototype one. First successful try. However, you can see that the legs are not very well done, relying purely on pinch folding but pretty decent i would think... the form of it is quite obviously a dog, or puppy rather...

This one was a more successful try. Folded this with a daschund in mind, included a couple of sink folds to make the forelegs part look thinner, hence making the legs seem longer. Double creased the forelegs to make them look better, though it shortens them. But overall a better try than the previous.

Third one, created this with a pug in mind... but failed, though it now looks like a St. Bernard puppy. However the limitation of this model is the proportions, the legs are too short, if i lengthen them, the body will have to be thinner, then they look malnutritioned. So all of them look like puppies rather than dogs... well... work on them more... but pretty proud of them. My third personal creation after the rabbit and lizard... So satisfied :)

No more hall

2008-03-31T09:55:00.000-07:00

Haven't been blogging... again.. lazy? No... internet problems... but no more internet worries... goodbye starhub, cos i'm Mio-ing... haha

Officially moved out of hall, went to sign the official document to leave hall today... sob sob... so sad... haiz... hall life have been fun, though missed the hall two days more with ryan as my roomie, with andy, J. Lo, the two alvins, weisiong and william... those were the days.. havoc... Explains why my year one grades so sucky... haha. Anyways, its a beautiful evening today, if anyone noticed... been a long time since i remembered seeing such pretty skies.

Goodbye , goodbye hall 3...

(and hall 2 too)

Bunnies or rabbits...

2008-03-26T09:11:00.000-07:00

Nothing to do... as usual... wats new... haha...got down to rabbits... one by Fumiaki Kawahata, the other by Hideo Komatsu, and one by Pinky :P
White one is created by me one year ago, blue one is by kawahata, and the pink which is my favourite is by Komatsu... much much tougher than the other two... but... i luv bunnies...

Greek Art

2008-03-16T08:21:00.000-07:00

Visited the National Museum Singapore... heh... here are the photos...

Some sublime works by artists thousands of years ago... such intricacy and details... amazing

Walking down the slope to gallery of Singapore Heritage
"Ghost busters"

Never trust China people to take photographs, or at least teach them how to zoom

Banana Walnuts - Coordinagger = ???

QQ trying to be funny...

Look!!! They are smooching...

Melissa and Harry Potter's invisible cloak...

PCK Pte Ltd, Best in Singapore and JB...

扉をあけよう --- Tobira wo akeyou

2008-03-14T09:23:00.000-07:00

Love this song... have been wanting to try it, but saw the score, got turned off... too tough.. haha at B-flat minor, its got 5 flats and the chords are killer... however still a very nice song from Yukie Nishimura... simply luv her... Have time to practice cos... FYP OVER OVER OVER OVER OVER!!!!!

This song apparently means "open the heart"... such a nice song, the bulk of the songs are played in black keys if you noticed... i simplified the song abit, omitted a few notes here and there but retain the original melody... hope you enjoy it as much as i played it...

For Queen-Pig's reference..

2008-03-11T02:58:00.000-07:00

Found my long lost squirrel diagrams buried deep within my computer... my com's in a utter mess and i shall format and clean my lappy up once FYP is submitted... just in case i deleted something important...

Anyways, two different diagrams by two different folders with very different approaches. The Western approach by Michael la Fosse (American) and the Eastern approach by Hideo Komatsu (Jap). The focus is different, both look like squirrels, but for Hideo (yellow squirrel), his focus was more on the tail, making it more 3-D, limbs and other features are simplified, for Michael (Green squirrel) his focus was more on details and forms than making it 3-D. Michael model is flat if you noticed, whereas for Hideo's its "airy, bloated", and cannot be flattened.

Both are folded from A4 paper and equally challenging. Not tough, but will be a handful for most. Which do i like more? My vote goes to Hideo... Simply luv the tail...

Star wars?

2008-03-11T01:02:00.000-07:00

My violinist really that bad meh... my friend told me it looks like star wars figure... :(
never watched star wars... but hey friend... guess what... i made a star wars figure anyway... Jedi Master Yoda... Too bad i dun have double sided colored paper... the cloak is suppose to be a different color... nvm... after that, Eileen Kieo's bear... bugging me for a bear so long liao... slipped my mind...

Grandma's Birthday 2008

2008-03-10T07:17:00.000-07:00

Finally tidied up a couple of photos... these are taken during grandma's bdae... although a bit long liao but still... hehe... everyone present... except for dear sister... cos she 画圈圈... haha

Violinist

2008-03-10T07:13:00.000-07:00

Had another go at violinist again... not very neat but can see its form... human forms are much tougher than animals for sure... more practice... jiayou...

Leafy Music...

2008-03-06T11:22:00.000-08:00

Haven't been blogging... busy... FYP and stuff.. but its finally over... relief... FYP not something spectacular but at least i finished it decently, in my opinion that is... hah... Anyway, a couple of things to be happy about, got an A for my imagining imprisonment, much to the dismay of many... and YES JASMINE... its an A... dun suspect anything... now dilemma dunno which to SU. I thought maybe because my class a lot of Indonesian and well i gotta thank them in some way. Well Prof also said he gave credit to those with good handwriting because there are some atrocious ones that doubled his marking time... haha, so it pays to write neatly, or at least legibly.

Ok... hit by an inspiration this morning and decided to pen down this melody, jot down the chords and wrote it in overture (a software for musical transcription), and printed it out, cos I dun have manuscript pad in my hall, drawing lines are too tedious and untidy... haha... its kinda like a draft one, still need to refine...

Well, here is my first composition of 2008, "The Lass Faraway"(didn't know what to call it, Gin suggested this), for the special girl in my life, well she is pretty faraway... enjoy...

Next is a song by Ah Sang... 叶子... nice song... like it, but if you watched the MTV, i thought Selina sang so much better than her... ok, personal view...

从开始到现在

2008-02-19T07:17:00.000-08:00

A song sung by Jeff Chang, the Jay Chou of the 90s. One of the tune from Winter Sonata... soothing, nice, sentimental... A whopping 7 page...

Creepy~

2008-02-06T06:38:00.000-08:00

Strange but interesting. This is a car advertisement from Great Britain. When they finished filming the ad, the film editor noticed something moving along the side of the car, like a ghostly white mist. They found out that a person had been killed a year earlier in that exact same spot.

The ad was never put on TV because of the unexplained ghostly phenomenon. Watch the front end of the car as it clears the trees in the middle of the screen and you'll see the white mist crossing in front of the car then following it along the road....Spooky!

Is it a ghost, or is it simply mist? You decide. If you listen to the ad, you'll even hear the cameraman whispering in the background about it near the end of the commercial. A little creepy but pretty cool!

Sad Pinky..

2008-02-05T20:13:00.000-08:00

Haiz... sianz... very sad... lost IH finals, though not bad, still runner-up, but disappointed la. We would have won had Ryan played la... call him, ask him rush all the way back from Jakarta, stupid, never let him play. Haiz, politics, internal strife, woohoo, best team!!!

Haven't blogged for some time, deadlines after deadlines, meetings after meetings, almost couldn't breathe... *pant pant* CNY round the corner, wish all health and wealth through the year, more angpows and makan!!! What have I been doing the past few days? i sincerely dunno... wasting my life away, haha busy with making other ppl's v-day wonderful, haha *好伟大啊*

Origami also no new diagrams to try, either too simple or not nice, others too complex to understand... but maybe cos they never document properly... heh... hence hence hence, played piano instead.. Came across a song, written by Singapore's very own JJ for Vivian Hsu, absolutely love it, but you can't help feeling Vivian did not do justice to the song. The JJ version is so so much better, check it out on youtube when JJ sings it live during his concerts. Figured out the chords, though not all, only the main parts, gave it a try... played by ear, no score, even if have also won't share, go figure it out yourself... *selfish*
Dedicated ppl with smiling beautiful eyes, keep them smiling...:D

Then there is Yukie Nishimuras #$^%^&%@#* song. Dunno how to read or what it means, just feels that its super nice and soothing.
あなたに最高のしあわせを <-- only know how to read 最高の in there...

Next up, all time favourite, haha and a request from gingin, wanted to upload this song long ago, but thought its too personal and private *gingin fell in love with me after i played this song for her, so it kinda marks the start of our relationship*
Since she wants it up... hehe so here it is, Sundial Dreams... composed and performed first by the super talented king of contemporary moods (at least to me he is) Kevin Kern. But here, it is performed by also super talented... PINKY :P

Final, to end it of today's sharing session, all time JJ favourite, a very classic JJ composition, 一千年以后, enjoy :)

p/s: all videos taken with my new Samsung G600 with 5 megapix lens... super cool, luv it

Ferrero Rocher...

2008-01-28T22:39:00.000-08:00

V-day round the corner... wanna budget then dunno how to make paper rose then there is something easier...

First eat a rocher... spread out the paper and fold two adjacent sides towards the middle. Estimate the fold to be about the height of your rose bud. By folding in the two sides, this is to make the middle of your rose golden, if not it will be an ugly silver...

Next roll the foil taking constant note of the centre of the rose, it should not be too cramped or too wide, no hard or fast rules, as long as it looks right, its ok.

Then pinch the downside of the foil to form the stalk. Pinch, dun twist, you would probably twist the foil till it snaps. Twist it after pinching as the foil will be slightly stiffer after pinching.

Shape as desired make the stalk thinner, open up the inside with a needle or mechanical pencil. Curl the opening side slightly and attach the ferroro rocher sticker for the leaf. Done. Put it in a small bottle or test-tube with some sand...

Hey cheapskates... v-day so cheapo... !!! buy flowers from me la... hahaha

Disclaimer: This is something I thought out and not the original rocher rose. For the original one, visit http://www.ferrero-rocher-I-am-a-cheapo.com/

Banana Walnuts outing

2008-01-22T06:00:00.000-08:00

Today is the outing of Banana Walnuts... here are the pictures taken... pls download them at ur own convenience... and Melissa, pls take care in Queensland... remember to bring a float... wait... i can make u and pair of wings... then u can fly... in ur bee suit... Buzzzzzz... careful of QQ the BuzzFender... :P

Also, this is my TVC for BM214, Marcom... A+ dun play play... enjoy...

Peacock (revisited)

2008-01-21T11:10:00.000-08:00

Found a tedious model, the peacock... unable to resist the temptation to start folding it...

My previous peacock was pretty average, a very simple and down-to-earth attempt with a few very, erm... a few flaws la... this new model is not perfect but made attempts for improvements... designed by Jun Maekawa, its one of the most tedious models i have ever ever folded, it seems easy... but try folding it from a Crease pattern, just collapsing the model to the base will kill you.

Attempt number 1...

Pretty decent, but decided to do something stupid, thought the tail part could be improved... the idea was to create patterns by creasing lines in an alternate manner, hence, by more repetitions, i can create a more majestic tail... boy, it didn't occur to me that the closer the lines, the more lines, the tougher it gets when you collapse the model to the base. The difficulty increases exponentially, it took me 45 mins to do the first one, but it took me near 3 hours to do the second... but... satisfied... haha... yes... not bad... pursuing perfection? haha...

2nd try...

Midway through

Collapsing...

Finally...

Try it... this is the crease pattern

CESIM presentation video (AB311 Strategic management)

2008-01-17T09:53:00.000-08:00

Well, they say marketing students are only good at making videos... thats not totally true... we are good at other stuff too... but yeap we are also good at making videos...

Hello 2008...

2008-01-08T06:10:00.000-08:00

Been really busy these past few weeks, with catching up, roses and FYP. Yes, I agree with RX, we all luv fyp don't we... Haiz... anyway, welcome 2008, hope u will be a good year for the rat... make lots of money *ding ding*

Ok... starting with dedications, chocopinksoda requests, so I do... Chopin's Valse in A minor (A 小调圆舞曲)

And next up... a new love... Yukie Nishimura!!! Classy, elegant, pretty, talented... what more could you ask for... sometimes god just ain't fair... Her atmospheric playing is just too good to be true... ideal for easy listening, will heal you when u are hurt... haha, yah as if... ok, the following is courtesy of "Nissanskyline", an acquaintance on youtube, well, she sent me the score for yukie's "a letter" or "手纸" so thanks there. Got Yukie's book from Kinokuniya last weekend, so will try to find time to play them... a whopping $45... for a thin book... :(

Happy Boxing day...

2007-12-26T11:05:00.000-08:00

Gift from my gf... love it...

A "Back to the Future" Holiday

2007-12-24T10:53:00.000-08:00

WOOOOOOO...!!!! Just came back from Malaysia... Shiok... Had a hell of a time. . Allow me to start from the beginning... I came to this place called Sungei Pelek, in Sepang which apparently is in Nilai and which is also apparently in Selangor and in this neighbouring country called Malaysia... Nothing too spectacular over there... its a very backward place and ppl there live a simple life... nothing too flashy, just TV, nothing to do go fly kite, go field kick ball, fishing or go seaside relax... wonderful getaway from Singapore, at least for me...

Its actually daddy's hometown, and he grew up there, been here a couple of times but did not really enjoy it until now... introducing my cute nephew, Elwyn, and his fluffy dog 小扁!!! can play with him and his dog the whole day, Elwyn really resembles me when i m young, curious with everything, so ended up teaching him origami and playing with his dog during spare time. He is one part of a twin but he is closer to me than his younger brother. Got so attached he almost wanted to come back to Singapore with me...
Elwyn tried to show me how he intends to train his dog how to walk, i found it so hilarious i got him to do it again on camera, but got stopped by his aunt, haiz... wasted... the initial demonstration got me rolling on the floor.

Other than Elwyn and 小扁, one other "attraction" was a trip to the beach, Dad showed me a thing or two about the beach and what they used to do when they were young. Catching fishes etc etc... feel so swakoo after that... suddenly feels dad is so super... haha, so i joked with him, that he can be a fisherman after retirement. Resting Manta...Jellyfish

it's guestblogger gingin today

2007-12-13T08:51:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone. reporting today is guestblogger gingin, employed to blog for mr (im-so-talented-how?!) pinky while he goes to bath..

went to causeway point today after meeting pinky. decided to give munchy donut a try but really. its nowhere near donut factory... the donut is too soft, jus like a bread texture, while the filling was too wet and dun seem to set on top of the donut v well.. we were slightly disappointed but oh wells.... krispy kreme is the best. really.. wins even donut factory but donut factory is good enuf...

pinky did 2 horses last nite...

horse #1 aka the blue one was christened - chan, with fond resemblance to the namesake, fitty (rain) chan.

horse #2 aka the grey one is named horsey... cos... its a horse.

personally i tink this is better but cos its the 2nd time pinky is makin it so naturally its much more lifelike.

lastly, today he made a white horse for me... my 白马王子!!! haha

i didnt get a pic of jus the white horse alone, thou i took pics of the 3 horses together...
pretty rite... i like this pic... quite majestic in a sense... heh..

and then... pinky attempted to make gandalf from LOTR... last i heard (seen) its in recess.. its really tough and pinky said he is taking a break.. its tough to him. to me... it simply did not make any sense... sincerely.. its too difficult for me already but pinky is determined to conquer it... good luck!!! gingin will be jiayou-daqi-ing for u! by feeding u chips.. haha

after that... pinky proceeded to play the piano...

played 月亮代表我的心 (his mummy's fav song) and took a vid...

p/s: all pics and vids taken by gingin hoh...

after tat had yummy dinner at woodlands checkpoint. had bbq fish and char kuay teow... wah. super nice. heh.. *burps* opps..

and to backtrack abit...

went shopping at taka... pinky bought some v nice peices of shirts and a vest.

pics taken in the fitting rooms...

hard at work solving rubic's cube at starbucks...

=the end=

gingin: how's tat pinky?

tis post can pass or not...

[this is edited version 829480284 cos version one could not pass. =( ]

Christmas mood...

2007-12-11T10:41:00.001-08:00

Christmas is round the corner... not quite.. but soon no mood to do anything... will be spending my christmas overseas... Malaysia, by the beach in near Port Dickson... Drew something for my gf... hope she likes it... Cast all unhappiness aside... get ready for a brand new start... heh its the season to be jolly... lalalala...

Restless, papers are lying around, so got back to folding again... but dunno wat to fold, decided to fold turtles, after seeing the turtles Eileen folded for me, the mutated turtles that went bonkers from the radioactive ooze... haha did not turn into ninja turtles, only got deformed... LOL...

Also folded a rat, but this time challenged to fold it as small as possible, so I have decided, the rat is my favourite model... cute, comical, slightly challenging and technical folds, shaping and molding... this is my smallest yet, slightly shorter than my eraser, small enough to carry a Rocher rose... hehe

My turtle...
Eileen's turtle...

Moo... Moo... Moose...

2007-12-09T06:54:00.000-08:00

Chanced upon an advanced model and decided to attempt it... super tough... with many layers... one of the toughest by far... but its ok... I'm not too bad myself...:P

Had a tough time with the antlers, need more tries with it... Tats from an 80cm x 80cm paper...

Questions...

2007-12-07T08:09:00.000-08:00

Is it more important to find someone you love or someone who loves u? Supposing you have a choice between two person,
1) someone you love, but does not love you as much, have a high chance of two timing...
2) someone you love less, but is absolutely in love with you...
What's your choice?

When a guy asks a girl out together with his friends, is the guy interested in the girl? What are the chances?

Conversely if a girl asks a guy out with her friends, is the girl interested in the guy?

There is such a large difference in perception... guys have a very bad name... haha... thats why I feels its easier being a girl... no wonder they call guys 男人（难人）...

Flowering...

2007-12-07T07:32:00.000-08:00

Decided to stay at home today, gin gin meeting lun go out... throw me alone *sobs* (hope u are reading this gin...) so wake up early morning, decided to be mama's boy once more, cos past few days go out, house getting messy... pretty efficient today, vacuum floor, tidy bedroom, packed cupboard, clear up my table (aka workstation) tidy computer table, mop floor, whipped up lunch... all in good time, just before mum comes back...

After that dunno what to do so, play piano, went online and chat then make flowers... whole day, while watching Narnia again... got some new stunts, some new creations...

Super small roses...

Rat moving rose... for who? Heh...

My workstation

Passing time...

2007-12-07T06:59:00.000-08:00

Found a new love... Rubic's cube, super fun super amazing how to solve... learnt it online... various tutorials teaching you how, describing the various algorithms involved... everyone should give it a try...

also finally downloaded the standard chartered marathon pics into my com...

Get enchanted...

2007-12-04T05:35:00.000-08:00

These few days have been hectic... packed with activities... wow pinky is for once busy duh... haha but busy going out and enjoying myself, went to watch enchanted a couple of days back fantastic show, classical Disney filmed into life. There is a fusion of a couple of Disney cartoons, like Sleeping beauty, Cinderella, Snow White and a couple more la... Nice song, entertaining script haha a little fairy tale (with the happily ever after) with some humour. Look out for Pip.. favourite character of the show... haha super funny especially when he is acting... super cute.

But these few days go out leg still aching like hell... whole body also aching but recovering well la... spent the nite drawing and folding as per usual... still cannot find my past 功力 but still err... can la.. haha

Standard Chartered Marathon

2007-12-02T06:35:00.000-08:00

Almost died in that stupid marathon... pay to suffer... legs killing me... haha i think i will be in the bed for the next couple of days...

The run was ok for the first 21 km but when everything starts coming in.. cramps stitches... woohoo in for a time of your life, its worst than anything i've ever done. But its already past the mid point and everything is in good time its probably very stupid to give up... haha, maybe cos i have not conditioned my body enough...

But finishing the race is quite an achievement by itself... FOR PRIDE AND HONOUR!!!!

Ok... Lateral thinking question again.
There are 10 bottle of similar looking pills, each contains vitamins except for one that contain poison. Each vitamin pill weighs 1g while the poisonous pill weighs 0.1g more. Assuming you do not know how many pills each individual bottle holds and u cannot tell the difference in weight between all the bottles. There is an electronic scale which you can only use once, it will only give you one reading. How can you tell which bottle contains poisonous pills with only one use of the weighing scale?

Red Devil and something to think about

2007-12-01T05:27:00.001-08:00

Attempted Devil by Jun Maekawa... its an indication of an advanced folder... tough model...but handled it relatively well... super detailed model, it even has fingers and tongue...

Anyway here is one problem for those with nothing to do to think...
A tank is 30cm x 30cm x 30cm, completely filled with water. There is another perfect cube, 10cm x 10cm x 10cm. How can one fill exactly half the cube with no other equipments whatsoever... Think out of the box... haha

Pretty boy~

2007-11-30T12:12:00.000-08:00

It hasn't been the first time people say I have traits of a girl... hmmm... come to think of it, its not totally without truth, to a certain extent, I would agree...

JC art mates used to address me "姐妹" (esp that Kellynn), friends have said that I have the patience and hands of a girl, doing meticulous craftworks. Ginger said I would be better off a girl, others have said pink are for girls. Relatives also say why I so girl go and do origami (origami for girls meh? Top origami masters including the father of origami all guys leh). Girlfriend also say why I do housework at home one? I love window shopping (but tats why gf likes to go out with me, hehe), but no other guys do window shopping meh?

Browsing through my childhood photos with my gf, it dawned on me why all this happened...

I really think its my parents... esp my mum... I think its common for people last time to hope tat their first child is a boy, to carry on the bloodline or wateva, then probably mummy hoped the next in line is a girl. But alas, I'm born with gold between the legs so she was probably very sad. So much so that she brought me up treating me as a girl. My evil mum!!!

Not only did she gave me a girl's name, teach and train me with housework, I used to do simple needlework... worst of all she dressed me up like a girl... grrrr... *angry* ... but its ok since I think she really wanted a girl and my sister did not turn out quite the way she expected her to be *lolz*

Then schooling life, my surrounding or environment is 阴胜阳衰, JC art class all girls (except me of course), 7 flowers of the school in my civics class, NBS also the ratio very weak in yang energy, project work always do with overpowering yin energy... kaoz...

But ok la... I think I'm still quite visibly a MAN (at least 101%), but come to think of it, I look quite cute in a dress... haha (thing of the past, not anymore)... Pinky WAS a pretty boy~

聪明的女人

2007-11-29T20:26:00.000-08:00

如果有选择，你会希望女朋友是个聪明的人，或者是可爱的傻大姐呢？
跟太聪明的人交往应该会把自己的脑细胞“整”死吧，一会儿要猜想她在想什么，另一会儿要想法子抖她开心，交谈的话题不能太庸俗，得带一些内涵。反过来如果自己的心思全被她识破，她就会说你没创意。如果性格刚烈，老对你发脾气，把你的尊严吃了，那就看开一点儿吧，找一个灵位敬贡你的尊严，lolz 。

傻大姐呢？太傻的话，可能达不到自己的要求，猜不到自己的心思，更难讨自己欢欣。男人真是麻烦。聪明又不能太聪明，傻又不能太傻。还是做女人好一点，hahaha 。

其实聪明的女人也不是不可爱，看她多了解，多爱你吧。
看这位聪明的女人肯不肯为了你而装傻...

Therapeutics...

2007-11-28T08:49:00.000-08:00

Folding paper is therapeutic... did another simple flower arrangement for my beloved mum... who is like so into my works now... feels like doing art project all over again...3D-art... haha

Also by popular demands... actually not very popular... only 2... jazzy and piggy... ask me why no have full house song... so here it is... K-pop... full house... enjoy

I love my mum... hugs

2007-11-25T03:34:00.000-08:00

(Over breakfast...)
Mum: Son how's exams? Miss you alot leh
Pinky: Ok lor... wun fail... why miss me?
Mum: Miss you play piano, then no one help me do housework lor, see leg pain pain, house so dirty, later vacuum then mops clean clean ok?
Pinky: Wah thanx ah mum... feel the love... (No wonder my gf says I'm Cinderella) Eh my hand is artist hand leh... not do housework one ok...
Mum: Housework also one form of art, not everyone can do, ur siblings cannot do properly le...
Pinky: *flipz*

I think my mum is falling in love with me... haha... but ok la... i luv her back...

One can nv imagine what it is like when your mum "dehz" at you...

(While folding orgami roses...)
Mum: Eh son, so nice leh... Why u nv make roses for me ah?
Pinky: errr... cos you not my gf? make for you for what?
Mum: Make for me la... i like very much leh, make nice nice, put in vase gimme la... dun like tat la...
Pinky: *feels a little guilty* ok la.. i make for you...

Mum: WAH!!!! SOOOO NICE!!! lets go to your aunt's place, i wanna show off... Daddy nv so romantic before...
Pinky: wat the... (-_-")
Daddy: *glares*
Pinky: Eh mum you not my type... Too fat too old...
Mum: Si Gin Na!!! (死孩子 or dead child in hokkien)
Pinky: *bleahz*

Oh... My Donuts...

2007-11-25T03:12:00.000-08:00

Bought 12 doughnuts from Donut factory yesterday, send gf home after tat before heading home... her mum ate my blueberry donut!!! Awww... sad sad sad... could not say no... nvm... i still have 11...

Reached home... decided not to snack... running marathon in a few weeks time... no no no... must resist temptation, strictly no supper... went to bed... i can always have them for breakfast, better keep them properly, left them in the oven, closed them, hope no one gets to them haha...

Early morning, walked to the kitchen past my brother, he was munching away at my FAVOURITE DOUBLE CHOC!!!!! ARGH!!!! Rushed to kitchen, sister munching at Strawberry... opened the box, left 3!!!! one kaya, one peanut and one hazelnut. Kaya and peanut is buy for my mum and daddy one... :( Grrrr... angry... *stares at sis*

"Eh relax... i only ate 2, yummy, kor kor ate the rest... damn nice leh... thanx ah" *walks off*

Mum and dad appears after tat, "hey son, waiting for you for breakfast..." so in the end each had one... makan only 1 after i bought 12!!! boohoohoo!!! super sad... *sobs*

Sis ate 2, mum, dad and me each had 1, gf's mum had 1, tat means my brother ate 6!!!! half a box... ARGH!!!!!
"SILENCE!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!"

End of Exams

2007-11-24T09:17:00.001-08:00

Finally end of exams... after a tedious but enjoyable sem... finished all my CORE modules le everyone... preparing to graduate only... study somemore i will go crazy... this is as far as i can study... haha...
Nothing to do le... now is to chiong for FYP and play play play... anyway my roses quite pretty... got orders for them... ask me to do bouquet one leh... glow in the dark... but hor... i think this is like the last few times i doing... if everyone has then abit not so special le. What good is it if they dun do it themselves? macam i do for their gf... i think i help the last few poor souls then i dun do le... tedious stuff ok... folding paper... especially folding 12 of the same kind... haha
Christmas round the corner... its the season to spend money, lalalalala... haha must start planning... so many things to do... training in the mean time for standard chartered full marathon... first full marathon... hope dun die... jiayou jiayou... so long no train and sports.. last time still got play volleyball train abit... now really 堕落... getting small and fat... must regain fitness... grr...
Finally once more... YAY... no more EXAMS!!!!!!!!!!!

Tribute to Jay...

2007-11-20T05:40:00.000-08:00

Still in the midst of exams... but already feels like its over... disturbing all other people... so must apologize to all those i disturb, including jasmine, queen pig, QQ, tak tak, juergen chan-ster, ginger, xindy etc etc... haha but nothing to do wat... not my fault wat???!!!

Anyway, thank goodness have my piano in hall with me... at least got things to do, and jay released his new album at the right time, got things for me to play, wonderful album, one of his best so far i reckon...

Piano battle extended version...

My favourite song in his new album...

Also one of my favourites...

Bunny Returns...

2007-11-17T08:02:00.000-08:00

Yay... Girlfriend come back le... just came back after picking her up... haven't seen her to close to a year... missed her... anyway goodbye to lonely days and say hi to company, exams ending soon, all seem to be happening alittle too fast... in a blink of an eye, seems like i just came back from Xi'an. Must be getting old, things before me are zooming away...

Got a request yesterday to make glow in the dark flowers, had that idea for a couple of months le, but never really worked on them, so make use of this chance, do it, as GMS and 311 says, Joint venture reduces the risk and allows the risk to be underwritten by more than one party, so can eliminate production trial cost on my side... the order was for a dozen roses, so i linked them up using a $2 device from Daiso (oh while i was there i also bought a mini christmas tree to decorate my room, 增加气氛).

I really respect ah tiongs lor, dunno why attach bulb and everything, check that circuit is closed le bulb still refuse to light up, one hell of a time man, wished i paid more attention during physics lesson. *disclaimer: not i stupid ok, i know how circuits work, but it really refuse to light up*

Took me ages to get it light up but all was worth it... simply gorgeous, awed me to my knees.
Moral of the story: make friends with ah tiongs, they will settle this is 2 mins.

While at it made an extra one for my "Hunnybunny"... hope she likes...

Linking them all together
Putting them in a bouquet...
For that bunny... lights off!!!
With some light...

Its Brain's Birthday...

2007-11-14T03:38:00.000-08:00

On this day 21 years ago... Brain was born...

Best Wishes Brain...

From Pinky... :P

Happy bird-day Siti, Happy Bird-day Siti, Happy Bird-day Siti... Happy bird-day Siti...

<---This is Brain's Self Portrait...

Exam blues...

2007-11-12T07:28:00.000-08:00

Exams round the corner... feeling the heat though not as much as previous semesters but still... ok la... still acceptable since lowered my expectations and targets already with nothing more to work towards... GPA more or less there le... sadness...

Got my beloved Casio digital piano finally... it will keep me company through the days of my exams in my hostel... haha yesterday play till so late security guard come and knock on my door... dunno which idiot complain... nv ask you all to pay for my performance still wanna complain... kaoz... 不识货!!!

I will keep everything short today, cos received a freaking long case study for exams on Nucor... a whopping 23 pages... one of the longest cases I have ever seen... there are longer la... just that I usually don't read them. So long and dry I think it shortened my life...

Nonetheless, my A+ group yet again created then "imaginable" and "expected" getting an A+ for the final GMS project... woohoo... although all within expectation *嚣张* haha... still super happy to see that grade just before the exams... boosted my morale a whole lot...

Pinky and the Brain *不爽* ... see Picasso's Guernica at the backdrop

"A+" Wonder group at our battle command post

Right here waiting...

2007-11-02T22:19:00.000-07:00

Have been terribly sick... haiz... must be karma...
Anyways, nothing to do... pulled out an old classic to upload. Dedicated to Miss Bunny whose coming back from Australia on the 17th this month... just to tell you I'm "Right here waiting..."

Foreign Bullies

2007-11-01T08:56:00.000-07:00

After watching this video super pek chek.... super fire... wah... wanna scold vulgar language... cannot take it... got mama give birth no papa teach... its bad enough to make fun of the uncle, got cheek to film it... what the... somemore don't wanna pay...

I hope you all get run over by taxis, go hospital ambulance break down, reach hospital hospital black out, surgery doctor leave tissue paper and knife inside ur body, discharge already immediately get struck by lightning, chao tar already bird go and eat u up, bones get chewed by dogs, intestines let hawkers make kway chap!!!! If got children i hope they all grow up into steven lim!!! GRRRR....!!!!

Super angry... poor uncle... next time see them remember call police ah... but never mind... i remember you, next time i see you i let u ferry me around... haha don' worry, i will pay one... cos i singaporean...

Piano Battle

2007-10-31T21:15:00.000-07:00

Playing first excerpt of piano battle... Raised the camera so that can see finger movement more clearly...

Not uploading to youtube... cos can see my face... and I shy... hahaa

Roses again

2007-10-31T11:09:00.000-07:00

Its roses again folks... this time made some more improvisations... one more layer of petals... now the petal level looks so saturated I think if I add another layer, it will look like a peony... haha... ok... but this is my best one so far... I think... its like the farthest I can go le... so I think my exploration on roses should be final le ba....

斗琴！

2007-10-30T08:03:00.000-07:00

Whoever watched 不能说的秘密 would remember the 斗琴 scene in the movie... haha just now went to Carrefour to look for my keyboard which my friends have all kindly donated for me to buy, but offer was over, but then there will be one soon so the salesman beckoned me to wait. Since I have nothing better to do, played the piano on display for a while.

Along came a young little girl, started playing in front of me... I sensed a challenge... hmmm...

She started playing Canon in D so in reply I played Fur Elise, then she played Ballade pour Adeline, then I challenged her with Mariage D'amour, then she switched to pop song, playing 不能说的秘密, I answered again with 曹操, but before I let her start, I decided to strike first in the next blow, then I played the short excerpt from 不能说的秘密, the movie, the first song in their piano battle...

Then she left... haha... I win!!!!

Childish? But fun leh...

Present 2

2007-10-29T09:15:00.000-07:00

Ok thank you all for the wonderful day, esp Hazel and hubby... What is a birthday without a cake... haha so u all sum it all up nicely... thank you...

Okok and Chiew Yen and Eileen, and Chin Chun... for the wonderful dinner haha... but the origami turtle abit off... cannot see how it looks like one... but ok... full marks for effort.. haha~!!!

ok, which one of u is a turtle?

Ok, last but not least Ginger and woodlands gang for the contribution "casio privia keyboard fund." Will go and get it probably wednesday or thursday... so that I can stay in hall thru the exam period...

Finally, Happy Bdae to me...

Birthday Present 1...

2007-10-29T01:16:00.000-07:00

Birthday present given by Huimin, Jasmine and Seow Huei, the three martians... haha pretty cute, esp the pooh bear... the lamp also pretty cute...hehe... thanks martians...

But the rose on the card abit no standard... compared to the ones i making now la...

haha...

Happy Birthday...huh?

2007-10-28T12:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday...huh?

Finished drawing it today...

Castel Colored pencils on Cartridge Paper

Dream a little dream of... lizards!!!!!

2007-10-28T07:38:00.000-07:00

Nobody will ever believe what I dreamt about this morning... I forgot what the dream is about... but it was about folding paper. I dreamt up the folding sequence of a lizard... haha incredible... I couldn't believe it myself. I dreamt up the entire folding sequence, then I woke up, but I lay on bed close my eyes and try to recall... I hopped up after I am confident then I immediately rush for a piece of paper before anything else then sat at the table... stone awhile, trying folding the entire thing mentally again before starting.

My brother see me stoning, ask me what happen, I told him to SHHHHH... then I started folding... when I completed, I showed him and my mother, he laughed and laughed while my mother mouth open big big astounded... then say "Ah boy, 你中毒太深了". So funny... pretty decent lizard if I were to say so myself...

This is the one I refolded cos the original one ws done on magazine paper and was very roughly done... cos I folded everything in a jiffy...

Hope I dream up a lion's cub one day... been wanting to fold one but cannot find any decent diagrams... haha...

Happy Pooh...

2007-10-27T04:04:00.000-07:00

Happy Pooh
HB & 2B pencil on Cartridge Paper

Friendship...

HB & 2B pencil sketch on Cartridge Paper

Who's that?

HB & 2B Pencil on Cartridge Paper

点歌...

2007-10-25T02:11:00.000-07:00

A song requested by Huimin...
Nice flowing piece, Moon River...

Next is a song to Melissa...
Think she's refering to this Für Elise by Beethoven...

Then is the song for QQ's roomie (Ailing)... Couldn't find a better version of the Lemon Tree.. But ok la this one decent enough...

Squirry...

2007-10-23T10:44:00.000-07:00

Had a go at origami all over again... nothing to do... restless ever since ending the 315 presentation, really feel so relieved... heng is do with a bunch of smart ppl... if not die... This time i went back to primary school days... reminiscing the dinosaurs i did with chee hong and gang... remember when we folded them in class, kept them under the table where all our text books are suppose to be? yah... the table is full of dinosaurs...

Anyway, folded them, only remembered tyrannosaurus, saurolophus and velociraptor... others need to slowly recall... maybe will do them when i remember...

Also did Squirry!!! cute squirrel by michael la fosse... not bad... been in my computer for as long as i can remember, just never do out and post... so here is it... SQUIRRY!!! haha... then free as i may be, got so many things to do over weekend... need to post up special requests from erm... a couple of ppl la... knowing that i m very free, they so kindly gave me a direction as to how to spend my weekend... might not do everything.. but see what i can accomplish...

Obsession with roses...

2007-10-22T11:24:00.000-07:00

Nothing to do today... so folded roses again... was at Kinokuniya during the weekends, picked up a book by Toshikazu Kawasaki where he discussed the process of rose designing, the symmetries and the folds.

Some tips and insights he shared, which i remember and memorize... decided to try out today. the book is like 30+ and i decided its not worth it... haha instead read and tried to remember key points, folding the rose in my head...

Dun remember everything, only the part about increasing number of petals with staggered folds... here is the rough try... pretty decent.. need more practise i guess...

The rose looks full bloom now, but dunno whether its "over-bloomed" ... must pack the folds neater together... will try again...

你...我是傻瓜 (宫插曲)

2007-10-21T00:08:00.001-07:00

One of my favourite songs...

问候歌 - 转角遇到爱插曲

2007-10-20T02:31:00.001-07:00

QQ's "Happy song"...

不能说的秘密（钢琴版）

2007-10-19T22:24:00.001-07:00

Jay Chou rox too...