Passionate Peyton & My Passiveness to Pursue

 Interframe: I'm not sure if it was because of the holiday or what but suddenly I'm obsessed with drawing, cooking, and taking photos. I used to like that three things but not as obsessed as now. Gosh gosh gosh. I'm sure it was because of the holidays...


I used to be a One Tree Hill freak during my high school days. I love the casts because the they fitted the characters perfectly. Anything to do with OTH would make me go gaga during those days, even the theme song, 'I don't want to be' by Gavin DeGraw.

The casts of One Tree Hill

Peyton Sawyer is the girl with blonde curls... Isn't she stylish and pretty?;)

Among the colourful characters in these series, there was one female character that caught my attention because she's unique among them. Her name is Peyton Sawyer. It was her passion for arts and her love for drawing that caught my attention, because I have that same passion, it was just that it was a long time since I last drew anything complete. The things that I drew or sketched during my boredom attack would be incomplete or merely some rough sketch that did not make any sense.  

Peyton Sawyer's style

Below are Peyton Sawyer's work of arts which I grabbed from this website - Peyton's Art. 

Although it wasn't Hilarie Burton herself who actually drew it, I was inspired by the character she played. She invested her time and money in what she liked to do. I wish I am willing to do that. Her work of arts, her drawings, if you noticed, are her mediums of expressing herself. She wasn't drawing just for the sake of drawing but to express what she had in her mind.

 

 

 

 

 I like the style of her drawings, the dark comic kinda essence in it. It's so cool and so herrrr... 

And because of Peyton's character, I am excited and motivated to resurface my love for drawing at the moment. These few weeks, I had tried drawing the faces of the kids I observed during the day, and during night time I would try to draw the faces of my friends [which do not resemble their faces at all -_-" ]

The holy picture that I drew in order to save money on buying one. (-_-")

I realized that I was very passive in pursuing my love for drawing before, and I only draw when I wanted to save money or save time. Yeah, I was cheapskate to that extend. I remember there were only two complete pictures I drew during my stay in USM hostel; one was a picture of Jesus, and the other was a picture of my friend Susanna. Well, I drew the face of Jesus because I realized I didn't have any holy picture with me to paste in my room, so I drew the picture myself to save money on buying holy pictures (please don't condemn me huhu) and well... I drew a picture of Susanna because I thought of presenting it as a gift to her during her birthday (so that I need not to spend any money on presents, please don't condemn me)..  And I ended up keeping that drawing myself because I didn't want to give her a drawing which didn't look like her at all. It didn't do justice to her real pretty face. Unlike those who are passionate about arts, I didn't spend enough time on drawing,  nor spending money to buy the materials and tools for producing artwork. I would just use the 2nd best material or just borrow some of the stuffs from my sister.  (-_-")

The so-called portrait of Susanna. Maybe I should call it her caricature instead. A caricature which doesn't look like her at all. Hadey!!

But now I am beginning to spend money on my hobbies (hopefully I won't stop halfway like before). Currently, I have bought sketch book, drawing book, 6B and 8B pencils to improve my childish drawings.  All of them cost about RM10 if not mistaken. (O.. what an improvement on spending for hobbies) Just hope that I would be productive during these remaining holidays. May time moves slowly...

Happy Raya Aidilfitri in advance for those who are celebrating it. I just sooo love holidays. :)

Passionate Peyton & My Passiveness to Pursue

 Interframe: I'm not sure if it was because of the holiday or what but suddenly I'm obsessed with drawing, cooking, and taking photos. I used to like that three things but not as obsessed as now. Gosh gosh gosh. I'm sure it was because of the holidays...


I used to be a One Tree Hill freak during my high school days. I love the casts because the they fitted the characters perfectly. Anything to do with OTH would make me go gaga during those days, even the theme song, 'I don't want to be' by Gavin DeGraw.

The casts of One Tree Hill

Peyton Sawyer is the girl with blonde curls... Isn't she stylish and pretty?;)

Among the colourful characters in these series, there was one female character that caught my attention because she's unique among them. Her name is Peyton Sawyer. It was her passion for arts and her love for drawing that caught my attention, because I have that same passion, it was just that it was a long time since I last drew anything complete. The things that I drew or sketched during my boredom attack would be incomplete or merely some rough sketch that did not make any sense.  

Peyton Sawyer's style

Below are Peyton Sawyer's work of arts which I grabbed from this website - Peyton's Art. 

Although it wasn't Hilarie Burton herself who actually drew it, I was inspired by the character she played. She invested her time and money in what she liked to do. I wish I am willing to do that. Her work of arts, her drawings, if you noticed, are her mediums of expressing herself. She wasn't drawing just for the sake of drawing but to express what she had in her mind.

 

 

 

 

 I like the style of her drawings, the dark comic kinda essence in it. It's so cool and so herrrr... 

And because of Peyton's character, I am excited and motivated to resurface my love for drawing at the moment. These few weeks, I had tried drawing the faces of the kids I observed during the day, and during night time I would try to draw the faces of my friends [which do not resemble their faces at all -_-" ]

The holy picture that I drew in order to save money on buying one. (-_-")

I realized that I was very passive in pursuing my love for drawing before, and I only draw when I wanted to save money or save time. Yeah, I was cheapskate to that extend. I remember there were only two complete pictures I drew during my stay in USM hostel; one was a picture of Jesus, and the other was a picture of my friend Susanna. Well, I drew the face of Jesus because I realized I didn't have any holy picture with me to paste in my room, so I drew the picture myself to save money on buying holy pictures (please don't condemn me huhu) and well... I drew a picture of Susanna because I thought of presenting it as a gift to her during her birthday (so that I need not to spend any money on presents, please don't condemn me)..  And I ended up keeping that drawing myself because I didn't want to give her a drawing which didn't look like her at all. It didn't do justice to her real pretty face. Unlike those who are passionate about arts, I didn't spend enough time on drawing,  nor spending money to buy the materials and tools for producing artwork. I would just use the 2nd best material or just borrow some of the stuffs from my sister.  (-_-")

The so-called portrait of Susanna. Maybe I should call it her caricature instead. A caricature which doesn't look like her at all. Hadey!!

But now I am beginning to spend money on my hobbies (hopefully I won't stop halfway like before). Currently, I have bought sketch book, drawing book, 6B and 8B pencils to improve my childish drawings.  All of them cost about RM10 if not mistaken. (O.. what an improvement on spending for hobbies) Just hope that I would be productive during these remaining holidays. May time moves slowly...

Happy Raya Aidilfitri in advance for those who are celebrating it. I just sooo love holidays. :)

It Happened Yesterday...

  I was riding in a Rapid bus. After an argument (as usual) with my sista, I felt tears in my eyes, and I didn't want it to roll down my face (especially in front of the other passengers), so I tried to look away, distracting my attention away from my emotion and tried to focus on the passengers that recently walked into the bus.

( I know people would think I'm congek a.k.a crybaby, but I will correct them by saying I am emotional instead.. :P.)

So I observed a father and daughter who recently came into the bus, and both of them looked extremely happy. There was no doubt they were enjoying each other company very much. The little girl looked like she was around 6, and the father looked like he was thirty something.

After they were seated, what I saw made me failed to hold my tears. 

They were communicating in sign language.

The father was mute. 

The little girl gestured the sign language to tell something to her father and smiled happily and the father replied back in a sign language. I had no doubt both of them were communicating nice things to each other; perhaps what they would do at their destination later.

I imagine this is the front view of them. I was observing them from their back actually.

Gosh I felt hot tears streaming down my face and quickly wiped it. My plan to hold these tears had failed. But this scene that I was looking at somewhat hit me hard. These father and daughter had every nice thing to say to each other yet the impairment caused them not to be able to say them out in words, so they depended on sign language instead, and here, I was able to say nice things to people around me yet I chose to speak hurtful, mean words instead. It was one on the spot moral lesson.

But still I wondered, when will I ever put into practice this lesson God had shown before my eyes?

It Happened Yesterday...

  I was riding in a Rapid bus. After an argument (as usual) with my sista, I felt tears in my eyes, and I didn't want it to roll down my face (especially in front of the other passengers), so I tried to look away, distracting my attention away from my emotion and tried to focus on the passengers that recently walked into the bus.

( I know people would think I'm congek a.k.a crybaby, but I will correct them by saying I am emotional instead.. :P.)

So I observed a father and daughter who recently came into the bus, and both of them looked extremely happy. There was no doubt they were enjoying each other company very much. The little girl looked like she was around 6, and the father looked like he was thirty something.

After they were seated, what I saw made me failed to hold my tears. 

They were communicating in sign language.

The father was mute. 

The little girl gestured the sign language to tell something to her father and smiled happily and the father replied back in a sign language. I had no doubt both of them were communicating nice things to each other; perhaps what they would do at their destination later.

I imagine this is the front view of them. I was observing them from their back actually.

Gosh I felt hot tears streaming down my face and quickly wiped it. My plan to hold these tears had failed. But this scene that I was looking at somewhat hit me hard. These father and daughter had every nice thing to say to each other yet the impairment caused them not to be able to say them out in words, so they depended on sign language instead, and here, I was able to say nice things to people around me yet I chose to speak hurtful, mean words instead. It was one on the spot moral lesson.

But still I wondered, when will I ever put into practice this lesson God had shown before my eyes?

Koleksi Lampau

Dulu-dulu aku suka baca Gila-Gila. Hampir setiap bulan beli majalah lawak ni. Kakak pulak beli majalah Ujang. So rasa best time tu, kami dapat exchange sesama sendiri untuk baca benda-benda berfaedah *sila jangan batuk* macam ni.

contoh cover majalah...

Sebab time tu rasa best dan cool jadi pelukis kartun atau komik, aku pun ada menyimpan cita-cita nak jadi pelukis komik lawak. Rasa best apa, boleh ekspresikan pandangan melalui kedua-dua lukisan dan perkataan.

Jadi, pada suatu hari, semasa aku masih 17 tahun ker 18 tahun aku dah lupa dah, aku pun ambik kertas dan cuba buat satu comic strip sendiri...

Alamatnya, keluarlah comic strip seperti kat bawah.

Please click to enlarge

Sekarang bila aku belek-belek fail aku dan ternampak balik comic strip ni, aku tersedar. Patut la cita-cita lampau aku nak jadi pelukis komik ni tak kesampaian.

Sebab lawak aku ni tak cukup general dan lebih bersifat 'inside jokes dengan family'...

Koleksi Lampau

Dulu-dulu aku suka baca Gila-Gila. Hampir setiap bulan beli majalah lawak ni. Kakak pulak beli majalah Ujang. So rasa best time tu, kami dapat exchange sesama sendiri untuk baca benda-benda berfaedah *sila jangan batuk* macam ni.

contoh cover majalah...

Sebab time tu rasa best dan cool jadi pelukis kartun atau komik, aku pun ada menyimpan cita-cita nak jadi pelukis komik lawak. Rasa best apa, boleh ekspresikan pandangan melalui kedua-dua lukisan dan perkataan.

Jadi, pada suatu hari, semasa aku masih 17 tahun ker 18 tahun aku dah lupa dah, aku pun ambik kertas dan cuba buat satu comic strip sendiri...

Alamatnya, keluarlah comic strip seperti kat bawah.

Please click to enlarge

Sekarang bila aku belek-belek fail aku dan ternampak balik comic strip ni, aku tersedar. Patut la cita-cita lampau aku nak jadi pelukis komik ni tak kesampaian.

Sebab lawak aku ni tak cukup general dan lebih bersifat 'inside jokes dengan family'...

An Enjoyable Night at Enjoy Cafe

Interframe: Although we do not meet often, me and my besties Amanda, Stephanie and Peter still bonded with each other during a night outing we have everytime we are back at Sibu. This night outing is like some sort of tradition for us to update each other and spend quality time together. Yo... I hope we can always keep in touch like this though we are far apart from each other, guys~!

Whenever my besties and I wanted to hang out, the golden question (soalan cepu emas) that popped from Steph's mouth would be "Where to eat?" cause she was the one driving. Lol. The rest of us would scratch our heads looking for inspirations and searching for suggestions to find a suitable dining place at Sibu. Thanks Steph for driving us during our every hanging out session. *wink2*

That night (which was just last night), because we were not very hungry, we wanted to look for a place where we could eat some light meal (eg: snacks). So Peter came up with a suggestion - Enjoy Cafe~!

Enjoy Cafe & Restaurant is located at the Rejang Medical Centre area, Pedada Road, where a lot of dining places are located too, such as Uncle Dom's, Sushie Tie, etc.

Enjoy Cafe & Restaurant looked kinda exclusive from the outside, I thought it is a cafe with a bar concept.

 When we entered, 

TA DAA~!

It looked somewhat like family restaurant too. 

The ambience inside this cafe gave us the feeling of privacy
- just what we needed.

The view of the bar from where I was seated.

My drink - iced lemon tea. The taste was just like the average lemon tea, not as special as the price though. :P

Steph's honey lemon green tea - forgot to ask her how it tasted but I guess just the average too.

Amanda's peppermint tea, its taste was nice, according to her. ;)

Peter's watermelon juice, is served in a very cute glass lol. 

Each one of us ordered a snack from the snack section inside the menu, and the four of us picked these lucky four chosen snacks. 

Salad calamari - ordered by Peter, it was crispy and tasty.

Fried tauhu (not the exact name in the menu though lol) ordered by Stephanie. It was nice. :) I guess Steph is tauhu fan... ;)

Salad cha kue ordered by Amanda. Again, not the exact name of the dish based on the menu. It was crispy, plus there's onion and pork inside. ;)

I forgot what was the name of this snack already..  (-_-") but there's pork inside. It was damn crispy too. :)

So far, so good. We were satisfied with the food, the portion and the price. And one thing for sure, this would not be our last visit here. Wait for our comeback, Enjoy Cafe~!

Us, after finishing our snacks. Our happy faces were the proof that we were satisfied with the servings.. ;)

 

An Enjoyable Night at Enjoy Cafe

Interframe: Although we do not meet often, me and my besties Amanda, Stephanie and Peter still bonded with each other during a night outing we have everytime we are back at Sibu. This night outing is like some sort of tradition for us to update each other and spend quality time together. Yo... I hope we can always keep in touch like this though we are far apart from each other, guys~!

Whenever my besties and I wanted to hang out, the golden question (soalan cepu emas) that popped from Steph's mouth would be "Where to eat?" cause she was the one driving. Lol. The rest of us would scratch our heads looking for inspirations and searching for suggestions to find a suitable dining place at Sibu. Thanks Steph for driving us during our every hanging out session. *wink2*

That night (which was just last night), because we were not very hungry, we wanted to look for a place where we could eat some light meal (eg: snacks). So Peter came up with a suggestion - Enjoy Cafe~!

Enjoy Cafe & Restaurant is located at the Rejang Medical Centre area, Pedada Road, where a lot of dining places are located too, such as Uncle Dom's, Sushie Tie, etc.

Enjoy Cafe & Restaurant looked kinda exclusive from the outside, I thought it is a cafe with a bar concept.

 When we entered, 

TA DAA~!

It looked somewhat like family restaurant too. 

The ambience inside this cafe gave us the feeling of privacy
- just what we needed.

The view of the bar from where I was seated.

My drink - iced lemon tea. The taste was just like the average lemon tea, not as special as the price though. :P

Steph's honey lemon green tea - forgot to ask her how it tasted but I guess just the average too.

Amanda's peppermint tea, its taste was nice, according to her. ;)

Peter's watermelon juice, is served in a very cute glass lol. 

Each one of us ordered a snack from the snack section inside the menu, and the four of us picked these lucky four chosen snacks. 

Salad calamari - ordered by Peter, it was crispy and tasty.

Fried tauhu (not the exact name in the menu though lol) ordered by Stephanie. It was nice. :) I guess Steph is tauhu fan... ;)

Salad cha kue ordered by Amanda. Again, not the exact name of the dish based on the menu. It was crispy, plus there's onion and pork inside. ;)

I forgot what was the name of this snack already..  (-_-") but there's pork inside. It was damn crispy too. :)

So far, so good. We were satisfied with the food, the portion and the price. And one thing for sure, this would not be our last visit here. Wait for our comeback, Enjoy Cafe~!

Us, after finishing our snacks. Our happy faces were the proof that we were satisfied with the servings.. ;)

 

Daring You to Document...

It's that time of the year again...

for...

*drum rolls*

Yeah baby.. Freedom Film Festival 2010~!

And yes, I am now a KOMAS crew. Though temporarily.. ;) hehe.

Don't believe? Here's the proof. Me and my two lovely seniors.

I got to know about this volunteer thingy from a friend of mine, Man Lee. Though it was in the exam season, I could not lose this opportunity to participate in something happening like this. So voila, me, two seniors and two juniors jumped up to this opportunity to volunteer in Freedom Film Festival 2010 at Kompleks Penyayang Pulau Pinang, and the rest of the process, as they say, is history...

The two of us with Sarah, one of the organizers.


Counter girls in action!

Me and my seniors & juniors kept switching roles and taking turns in our duty so that each of us could have the opportunity to watch the movies.

We switched between the duty as registration receptionist and the usher - which is also a good thing to train us to be more versatile (hak3) besides being not bored to death to stuck with one job the whole day.

The three winning films for this year are namely;
1) Pilih (by Loo Que Lin)
2) Hak Dinafikan (by Abri Yok Chopil & Shafie bin Dris)
3) Kisah Tauke Mancis & Minyak Tumpah (by Sheridan Mahavera & Siti Nurbayah Nadzmi)

Pilih is briefly about the student body election in Malaysian campuses and how the AUKU (Akta Universiti and Kolej Universiti) had put a boundary to the students' freedom and rights in decision-making.

Hak Dinafikan, on the other hand, portrayed how the orang Asli protested against a proposed new land policy, and among the faces there I recognized is Kak Tijah, one of the orang Asli active spokeperson.

Kisah Tauke Mancis & Minyak Tumpah depicted the story of the extremism regarding the relocation of a temple - and how some intolerance occur among neighbours in a neighbourhood. This film is somewhat daring for portraying a little sensitive issue regarding races and religions.

Among the three, I liked Pilih the best because it was something I can relate to, which is the student body election. I never really knew my rights as a university student until I watched this film.

There were a lot of other films but I did not get to watch them because it was about the overseas countries.

Quite a crowd turning up during the night of 13th November. ;)

Last but not least, say hi to the friendly usher, my junior Vera. ;)

Actually, KOMAS did come to Sarawak for this FFF screening at Miri but the feedback was cold. Not many who turned up for the screening. Perhaps the issues being shown were not that relevant to Sarawakians compared to here at Peninsular. Thus, we Sarawakians were encouraged to propose and idea for short films to document it back there so that the other Sarawakians can relate to it. Issues? haha. I have no trouble looking for issues as the first issue back in my hometown Sibu would be about gangsterism. How many of us Sibu people are daring to do some short film about that? Hmm..

What I can conclude from my experience here was that there are many issues around the country but many do not dare to document or even to speak about it. Most of us just kept quiet, since it did not affect us directly. Well, I am one of them. When I saw injustice, I rage and vent my anger over it but I did not do anything which may lessen or even make a little difference to that injustice.

Wow you may say that I start to involve politics here but that was not it. I want to talk about social responsibility. Since I couldn't do something about it, all I can do for now is to blog about it.

And yeah, I had fun volunteering at FFF for the priceless experience!

PS: Thanks KOMAS (as if they are reading my blog lol but anyway) for the free t-shirt, free food and the pocket money lol. Thanks for rewarding me for doing something which I would do for free!