Back from Genting...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

天马行空

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...

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...