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Klas Ernflo

Love love love her drawings to bits. Her works speaks of her as a designer and illustrator. Minimalistic and downright sterile style. Her works are simple but I am attracted to the queerness of the things Klas illustrate.

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is it hard to be someone you are or someone you are not?
i dont know that answer for myself either. if i am who i am, i wouldnt be like this.

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Time Ticks...

So this is officially the last week of 2009. At first I thought this week is so unnecessary. Might as well skip to January! But I was thinking I need some time to write down some new year resolutions. I never did write anything for the past few years cause I don't think I am the type to follow lists.

But I might make this change for the coming 2010. It's a nice number, I  hope it'll be a nice year like 2009 too. It will mark 5 years of us being together. And marks me officially not a part timer and being a real Graphic Designer. I am loving my job and the design studio I am in. But I am really hoping my pay would be a little higher once I joined them full time.

Work aside, I asked Ayul, What's the highlight of 2009? And yeap, it's definitely Bali for both of us. This year is so eventful I am afraid the sweet memories would go away. Which reminds me I've to print out my family pics and compile in a nice album.

Lots of things to do and many dreams to achieve.....

But only one thing hope for is for my grandma to have a long life ahead. She is getting weak by the day and I am just not ready for her to go...Hmmm...

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I HATE FEELING STUCK AND BRAIN DEAD.

IHATE DESIGNERS' BLOCK. I need a walk. I need some dinner and I will think about it again tomorrow before I pass it to the client for approval..

URGGHH.. what's wrong with me? My creative juices running dry?.. THIS IS BAD.. 

Inspiration sites is one thing. I wanna do good work. I don't want to do cut and paste stuff. Am I expecting too much or thinking too little? Or still lacking that experience and creativity. I wanna be a student all over again.. hai..

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AWESOME AVATAR...

The movie was awesome in terms of graphic! But the storyline is a little too predictable and draggy. I enjoyed some parts of the story, like the cultural and historical aspects of the People. And how they have adapted some human civilisation before. 

But other than that, the story is fine. I was appreciating the graphics like ALL THE TIME! The colours are so rich and I just love how everything feels normal to watch. Unlike those SCI-FI crap or way too fantastical movies. I guess technology in 2000 and beyond made James Cameron 1995 ideas and concepts came to live. Kudos to him for that! How fascinating movies are these days. They just got tougher and tougher and way way beyond imaginable.. =)

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I'm BACK!!! And I am ssssllleeeeeeppppyyyy...

Oh gosh I really missed Bali. Awesome awesome time there. I didnt wanna come back. URGH!!!

I am so freaking sleepy at work. Seriously man. Work piling up but I just cant wait for the weekend. We're having Christmas dinner at Tanglin mall today and some livemusic + drinks afterwards. I think I'm just gonna scoot off after dinner since I won't be drinking.. BUT! I wanna listen to the live music!! BUT!! I also want to compile the Bali pics and load some up.. There's just too many after we compiled everything today.

I won't put everything up though.. haha. I wanna see the videos again!@ Especially the Kechak dance! =)

Hmmmm...

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I really love looking at posters...There are a couple of really great websites I go to when I feel stuck at work. Like when I have the designer's block. I tend to look at things to get my mind working..

NOTCOT

I like this one. Really random and the website design is something I would much like for my own portfolio website. Which I dont know will happen or not, cause I figure out that maybe keeping a blog folio would be easier to update and more user friendly for tech idiots like me...

Build

Really cool works man. Simple and clean...And a lot of their projects are really good quality.

AisleOne

Inspiring... Quite a few nice reads...  =)

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Goodness it's TOMORROW!

I am really forward tot his awesome trip we're going tomorrow! BALI is somewhere me and Ayul will go to unwind. Both my girlfriends are coming too. But they will arrive on Wednesday and leave on Sunday. But me and Ayul will leave next Tuesday!

=) Can't wait for all the adventures, entertainment and massages. It'll be whole load of fun stuff man... Trekking up Mt Batur, going to see Kechak Dance, eat seafood dinner at Jembaran Bay and all...

We didn't have any itinerary or plan anything. It will just be freeflow freedom of choices and decisions.. Hope we won't squabble a lot. Hahaha. We really need some quality time.. Been really busy months..

Bali... see you tomorrow...

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From New York

Some gifts from my colleague at work. Oh my! How do I concentrate at work with Taylor staring at me, oh wait, me keep staring at Taylor.. Haha.

I don't know if Ayul will be annoyed or pissed when we watch Twilight tomorrow. Probably he'll just leave the theatre cause I was making too much noise oggling at Taylor.. haha.

Hmm can't wait!!

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poster poster poster!

I thought I wanna experiment more with poster. I always like making things looking so rugged and dirty with clean type.

but there were restrictions as usual. nevertheless I like what I designed.. =)

been a really busy week. went BBQ chalet/dinner at Bibik's chalet at Sentosa. The Costa Sands chalet there was so much better cause the environment and surrounding was controlled. It is like a very expensive resort. And it is like a heaven for children. Arcade, swimming and lots more stuff.

Food was good and a lot! I can eat chicken all day! Haha. I am seriously excited for Bali next week but I am worried for nenek's health. I hope she would be fine in the next few days... I don't think I can go with an ease mind with her sick like that. Worst, i am afraid she would leave me while I am there. Insya'allah NOT!!! 

It's raining in the office area now, cold like crazy but I am dying to get out. Getting restless in my tiny little desk. Hmmm...

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Pondering...

My 76 year old aunt left the world yesterday. But she left lots of good memories for her 8 children I guess. Kakak, her eldest daughter could not fly home from Cairo cause of time constraint. But she witnessed everything via web cam. Thank god for hi-technology. Otherwise she would have to wait for a video file or something.

When I was at the graveyard for the burial, I was struck by so many thoughts, guilty thoughts especially when the guy was saying some prayers and reminding us about life and death, the world and the world 6 feet down below. I haven't been close to Him. I haven't been a good Muslim. And I am not even talking about being a great, obedient Muslim. I just want to be an average Muslim; one with strong faith and one who follows our beliefs. I want to change for the better but I don't know why I keep procrastinating the change. Life is short but I am still in my own world...

My mum always reminds me not to live for the world now but live for the world we will be in after we die. Whatever we do in this world will be accounted for the comfort of life after death. This is so true... I heard so many stories about life after death. What will happen as soon as your family members stepped 7 steps away from your grave, what will happen in that world before Qiamat..

All these questions and pondering in my head. I want answer badly but I don't know if I have the guts to hear them all...