RANDOMNESS STRIKES~!

So far, Life's good. Came back from my trip from Lion City 16th - 18th October 2010. Will post them photos once I get down to them. =D

On a more random note; craving for more Mcd's. Cheers~!

Word

The funny thing would be I come often to my blog not to update but rather to remove those irritating blog comments generated by unknown people that serves links to some unknown place.

So please my peeps, do NOT click on those link like things in the comments. Sorry to those who wish to share a genuinely cool site...

I'm still alive if that's anything. Lost my groove to do what I like... sounds weird but I'm like LOST LOST LOST to the power of n (where n is a really really big number).

Think I need some time to put things in order. If anything, this blog is NOT forgotten.

Cheers~!

DC Week 05 Sketches

I did some sketches / doodles as often as I could while I was in Design Centre every monday, wednesday & thursday.

This one was the start of the doodles. Photoshop to clean up and add colour. I won't put all the drawings but rather the ones I like.

Week 5:

30th March 2009, Monday

The start of the doodle sketches. Week 5, BABY~!

1st April 2009, Wednesday

It was April Fools' Day, no serious pranks.

2nd April 2009, ThursdayThis is one of my favourite character... he's not really death but rather transition man. [lol] I created him to remind me about making video / animation / website transition. [grin]

Week 6:

8th April 2009, WednesdayIt was near happy easter's day. It's a public holiday back in Melbourne.

Shall update my drawings for now. ^_^

Time Warp

Hey folks. Long time no see. My apologies for the epic disappearing act but I shall put more effort to cover my tracks.

To begin, frankly the main reason why the blog has been dead [prods it weak and sad being] is that my old laptop where I had stored all my 2009 photos is gone.

My poor compaq presario v3632tu...

(Taken from the Internet, though if I look hard enough through the mountain of photo folders I have, I'd probably have a photograph of my old faithful)

Now I'm typing this post using my 4 month old labbie, ASUS A52J

(Another Internet image one - sorry, the photos I take of the new labbie is not as nice as the Internet one [lol])

Anyway, I didn't get a chance to backup some stuff so I have actually lost photos dated between 090208 Chinese New Year and the day the laptop was stolen 100131 (managed to get some photos in between - those that we were lucky enough to backup somewhere) If anyone can give me at least photos of me during that timeframe, that would be awesome (though I'd prefer the whole folder).

So the post in these in-betweeners will be shorter and more haphazard than usual... I still wish it to be chronological order of some sort.

As some of you may or may not know, I was studying my Honours Degree in Design Centre, Swinburne University of Technology last year, started in Feb 2009 - ended in Dec 2009. (more info about design centre - http://designcentre.info/. I worked on Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays from 9am - 5pm in the Design Centre Office for the 1 year (aka 2 terms).

I did quite a few motion graphic work during my time in Design Centre (http://www.vimeo.com/yychan/videos) and my portfolio (http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/portfolios/users/ychan). Our multimedia team was always very small compared to the others - communication design and industrial design. 1st half - Andrea, Sayeed, Stephen & Evelyn; 2nd half - Andrea, Peter & Evelyn.

I really had a great time. I met some good people who I had the chance to know better over the course of the year. There was a lot of noise, drama, friendship, conflicts, fun, happiness, sadness and sometimes just pure craziness in the air of the Design Centre office; something I really cherish.

A working studio with lots of fun people (Took this photo from Jesse's facebook - thanks Jesse) {I still laugh at Tim's facial expression}
Some of my best mates in Design Centre (Sirinit, Lily, Amelinda, Nani & Evelyn) (Photo courtesy of the brilliant - Nani) [grin].

The 3 photos below are just more of our whackiness while in Design Centre (Nani, Evelyn & Lily) using the mac laptops we use to do work.


My whole design Centre family, though my multimedia manager Dylan was not here at our farewell day. =( [another photo taken from facebook]

Gosh, so many things happened in 2009 but I've lost photographic evidence. Hahahaha~!

091124 Evelyn's Birthday
We celebrated Evelyn's birthday in Design Centre. The photo was taken with my camera phone (forgive me for the epic blurness)
Lily actually baked that awesomely delicious strawberry cheesecake.

If I can find a company to work in that was like Design Centre, I would be very happy indeed. I know that it would be almost impossible to find back here in Malaysia though so I'm making moves to find a job and be happy working there.

Til next time, cheers~!

I'M BACK~!

Hey there folks. I'm finally back in Malaysia. ~_~

Was back since New Year's Eve really... The reason why I'm updating this later than that is because I just unpacked the laptop bag. [lol]

Will be busy this month with my elder sister's wedding. I've been placed in charge of the wedding car decoration. [swt] I shall remind myself of the KISS motive {Keep It Simple, Stupid!}

Been out everyday til yesterday... Lovely to meet up with my peeps~!

I'm making good progress unpacking the stuff. [lol] The room still smells of mildew but I've gotten used to it {this is not a good thing...}

Last but not least, HIRE ME HIRE ME HIRE ME~! yup, I'm coming out to venture into the big bad working world. [takes a deep breath] Haven't started looking persay but if there's any openings in your company, I won't mind the heads up either. [grin]

thanks folks~!

ps: HAPPY 2010 (or '@)!)' for those people who kept the shift key pressed) =D

cheers

Time certainly flew out the window

[opens the window shutters] [fluffs out the blankets and pillows]

my goodness. the stale air of my blogs. the poor things...

the blog is still stuck in the beginning of the year. and here we are at the end of the year...

oh boy~!

been slacking with the blog I know but at this point, my focus is on the last 2 animations that needs to be done before the course is over (10th december).

I've just finished editing the audio clips, doing the transcription and drawing out the storyboards.... a lot to do. [sigh]

at least i've finished the website that might be shown in the exhibition.

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/portfolios/users/ychan

there you can see what i've more or less been up to while I'm here and also some old works from The One Academy. [snicker]

I think I'll actually be continuing writing down what happens in my 2009 year in Melbourne when I get back home on the 31st December. [lol] Like I said, the Internet here at home is bad bad bad.

love you all and missing ALL of you dearly. cheers~!

22nd to 24th January 2009 Outings

22nd January 2009

I've been keeping in touch with some of the girls from primary school but never had the opportunity to see them. So when they invited me to go out to yum cha, I was pretty happy. [lol] I've not seen most of them since standard 6...

There were some primary-school classmates that I saw while I was in Form 1 & 2 since I went to IDJ (Institute Desa Jaya - I think...) and also Mrs. Ang (was it... for maths tuition class). Hmm.. So I guess the last time I saw them would be form 2 perhaps... [shrugs]

Here's Jacqueline. ^_^ Back in primary school, teachers would ask her to write on the board since her handwriting was pretty. Not only the teacher... We would nominate her as well. [lol]
Was a librarian.

Next is Chui Mun. When I saw her, I nearly couldn't recognize her. [lol] She looks much more mature over the years (I'm not saying that she looks old but rather she's someone that I would trust responsibility with). Back in primary, she was very close with Jacqueline and Hui Jing. Also a librarian. [grin]

This is Ming Foong. She is one that has not changed over the years. [lol] I remembered that she was the very first person I had asked if I could be friends with her... which she promptly rejected. hahaha~! no worries, we're in good terms now. Back then, she was practically one of the boys (aka tom-boy). Very energetic and out-spoken.

Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce you to Kar Yeng. ^_^ She was in the M class (note that the previous 3 were in the same class as myself, the K class). Although she was in the other class, we know her well enough to know that she's the smartest kid in our batch. [bows down to her]

I'm still wondering if she even knows me or not. XD I'm one of those below average in class.. [shrugs] She's plenty friendly.

[edit: This is Hui Jing. Hmmm... let's see if I have a better photo of her...]
[swt] right, actually met up with her, ming foong, chui mun and jacqueline at another yum cha session on the 3rd february at the same place. [grin] If I remember correctly, she was the shortest girl in our class (during assembly, we line up in the assembly area according to height - I was near the back). had met up with her more recently than the other girls.

It was nice to catch up with the girls. Chui Mun and Ming Foong are working in the same company. small world. Jacqueline and Kar Yeng are still studying. Hui Jing just finished studying and is working now... I think... XD. I think Kar Yeng has also finished studying and is actually here in Australia... somewhere. [twiddle fingers] Can't remember...

23rd January 2009
The next day, I had arranged to meet up with Melissa Bong. ^_^ I'm the type that would arrange according to the other person's convenience since I guess I don't have much of a life? [shrugs]
Met up in Midvalley. Took this photo since I thought the trees were pretty cool like that. ^_^ [edit: I look at it and go "layers~!"]
Midvalley's CNY decor 2009
Plenty of red and lit and also yellow everywhere (to represent gold colour I suppose)
Most of the decor is focused in the Centre court. With the big stage and stuff. If I'm not mistaken, there were some performances arranged every other day... not that that was my purpose for coming here. [lol]
Ta-da~! ^_^ This is Melissa Bong. I call her Mel... which isn't a good move since I know 3 Melissa... hahaha~! Errmm... I met her when we were in the student comity in TOA. Considered in my books, wild girl [grin] In all honesty, she's a nice person to talk to. Outgoing and friendly. [hugs]
Later that night, I met up with another Melissa. [lol] This, my peeps, is Melissa Wong. Carefree and happy-go-lucky. [hugs some more]
And her younger sis, Clarissa (Clare for short). We went out for dinner at Sunway Pyramid, thai food. Gyuu~! Love Thai food.
[grin] Solo photo of Clare.
And that's me and Pui Yee. Teehehe~! [glomps Pui Yee]
Solo photo of Mel.
Hehe. The previous photo was blur-ish so I added the non-blur version of her (photo). Fufufu~!

Was a nice sit-down and catch up meal. Went to Mel's house later that night and meet up with her mum. Aunty is nice and a warm person. [grin] I have a smile on my face, remembering about aunty.

24th January 2009

It's like one meeting after another. [lol] I enjoy my time with my friends. It's hard to organize everyone that know each other to meet at a particular date. Plus, it's less of a hassle to meet up with them when they are free. I like the one-on-one time. ^_^ Was hard to make up the time to meet up with Keng Yen, even though she just lives in the same neighbourhood of me. [lol] Had set up a few meetings to meet up with her. she's super busy with work and stuff. In the end, I won though. The key: Persistence.
We went out to a nice lunch in One Utama. Our drinks.
My lunch. Like the sausage. hehehe~!
We ordered an appertizer to share.
It was ermm.... meat wrapped in bacon I think.
And this cheese baked goodie~! Sorry if I forgot the names of the dishes....
Hehehe~! "Wanna a bite?"

I'm looking forward to meeting up with my friends when I get back home. I don't meet up with lots of people in Aussie, though I do meet up with Su Jin and Chek Lee when they invite me. No one else though. At least not that I can think of...

Everyone's busy and stuff so yea... [sigh] Let's meet up when I get back k? Cheers~!

18th January 2009 to 21st January 2009

18th January 2009

I got to meet up with Sze Sin after a long long time. She's one busy gal. So when she proposed to have breakfast together, I jumped at the chance to meet up with an old friend. Hope all's well for her.

I think after our meeting with her, I was helping around the house in the spring cleaning bit... Was pre-CNY after all. helping daddykins with the painting. This year we painted the wall around the house, the black gate and the white grills of the house, ermmm... and the ceiling of the patio / verandah. hehehe~!

helped mumsies with the cookies / biscuits. ^_^ did kuih kapit this year... and dragon biscuits (that looks more like snakes.. hahahha~!) I'll try to remember to take photos of all of my mumsie's delicious cookies. heheheh~! I love my mumsie's cooking and baking. XD that's a good and bad thing. Good thing is that I have lovely food but the bad bit would be my over-indulgence....

19th January 2009

The next day, I met up with the girls (Yoong Yoong and Jaslyn) at KLCC for dinner. Something like a "let's update how's things since we came back" sort of meeting? hahaha~!
We had a good time just hanging about and chatting and catching a movie. Can't really remember what was the movie we watched. But I took that opportunity to invite them to my house for CNY. note though that I normally heavily consider who I invite to gauge the chemistry of my normal gang... I love to spend time with my gang and stuff but sometimes people and people don't get along...

however it was carelessness on my part and also intense curiosity to invite them into my normal gang. [sigh] I fear that this year's chemistry was most disappointing. On a side note, I love it when I get invited to other people's house. I'm more or less the only one who organize bigger gatherings though... [swt] extremely grateful for my parents' generosity. without it, can't have them gatherings at my house wei.

20th January 2009

Oh oh, it was more fun on my side to have met up with Darren. hahaha~! It's hard to tell if he enjoys my company or not. [lol] then again, I think he's the sort of person who won't meet up with you if he didn't like you. so in that view of thoughts, I'm honoured, darren~! [lol some more]

well, the last time I met him (would be this one), he was still teaching at the One Academy. this meeting was a lunch together at murni? (i think it was murni's) would be great to meet up with some more cd42 people. ^_^ I accept any invites to meet up with friends and try to attend them if I can~!

21st January 2009

went to pyramid. got to see all the chinese new year decorations. ^_^ this was on one part of the building...
and this was the other... love it and stuff... but as far as I know, blue isn't a good colour for the Chinese. [lol] But I can guess that this part of the decor is to include the other races (forgive my use of that word) into our celebration. It was pretty nonetheless.
Was suppose to meet up with Eugene for dinner but he was late so Khuan and I ate dinner first and then waited for him.
Hehehe~! the man himself. I believe he had forgotten about our meeting time and overslept our agreed meeting time. But he still quite quickly made his way to meet up with us. note that he stays in Klang. XD

on a random note; I want to know how to drive down to Klang and go to his house. would be nice to bring pui yee and sabs down to Klang to Eugene's place. ^_^ His mum is a lovely person and she lights up when I come over to visit them...

Thinking about it, I think I will still invite people over to my house for Chinese New Year (just a select few) and maybe some other occasions so that my house would be filled with joy and laughter and presences. With my parent's permission as always that is. Hehehe~! Cheers~!

The New Year Party 2009

You cannot believe how happy I am that I'm finally getting the blog from year 2008 to 2009. Hahaha~! Though the photos in here are technically taken on the 31st December 2008... [shrugs]

It was a small get-together party. I had wanted to meet up with peeps that I was more or less dying to see after being in Melbourne for a year and stuff. ^_^ no offense to those that I didn't invite la. I didn't have much days to prepare, though note that my mum always and lovingly goes beyond her call of duty? [lol] for me. The smaller the group, the better. =P

Things won't go this smooth without my mumsies. hehehe~!
The amount of food that we got for the night.
It was my first time to try to bbq the fish. That's Jess' (mok - to differentiate the few Jess I know..) fingers by the way. [lol]
The setup was about this simple. 2 BBQ sets ready and set to go. fufufufu~! That's my maid there manning the fire by the way.
Kimmy, Jess and Khuan here... to help with the preparations. [hugs] thanks~!
The feast... I apologize to those who hasn't eaten anything yet... hahaha~!
Manning the fire. ^_^ pretty fire....
You can see that the food is sizzling off the grill~! [salivates]
Jess armed with a skewer~! RUN~!!! [lol] I think that this skewer might actually be more deadly than her kendo stick... [lol some more]
The fire was going on so good that we were practically cooking faster than we could eat. Hahaha~!
Yum yum~! It's lovely just to watch the fire... I'm sometimes distracted by fire to the point that the food is a bit too "well done" [snicker]
The food that mumsie and the others handle are superb... mine is slightly charred. Fufufu~! I still eat it anyway.
Soon, the evening became night.. and we're still having loads of fun~!
Zie is so cute~! [cuddles] She's like a satay man~! hahahha~! So serious.. In case you're wondering, she's applying honey... or was it butter... [shrugs]
Oh, this was the first time I met Sou Leng? Forgive me if I got the spelling and even the name wrong~! Hahahahha~! She was one of the late ones...
Pui Yee was a bit late too. >;3 at least she came. kekeke~! To help finish the food, right? hahahah~! Yes~! That's beer~! Goes so well with roasted marshmellows... [drools]

[lol] Other than them, we extended the invite to my aunt's (mum's sister) family and grandma~! They were inside the house... having steamboat. hahahha~! So it was a steamboat and bbq party. =P Originally it was just a bbq party but grandma wanted steamboat SO yea. [lol]

The party went on... we ate our fill, cleaned up, packed up and waited for the new year fireworks. Cheers~!