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Singapore Toy Games Comic Convention 2011

2011-08-25T02:51:00.000-07:00

Went to Singapore for 3 days (20-22 Aug). The event was on 20-21 Aug.

Its my first time there. Well, i could say nothing much to see. My aim was Play Imaginative which we don't have it here in Malaysia. I've snap few photos... cos too lazy to snap and too long didn't touch the DSLR... =D

Let's see some snapshots... =)

Mini starwars...

tofu...

6.5 inch Mickey Mouse...

a range of spongebob square pants...

chinese zodiac figure by Joe Ledbetter...

devilrobots creater... =)

Lastly, my shopping spree in Singapore... =)

The National Musuem

2011-06-15T06:33:00.001-07:00

It has been years since my last visit to the national musuem. As I remember, the musuem doesnt look as good as today or as advanced as what we see in the musuem today. There are four gallery in the museum. The galleries basically introducing Malaysia's history starting from the Paleolithic age till today.

Malaysia have been through stages to form a country by itself today. Leaders and Rulers of Malaysia been through different difficulties and challenges to form this country. It is interesting to see and learn how Malaysia government and citizens go through the difficult times. For example, during the Japanese Colonial.

Things that catches my attention in the musuem is the currency and money they use during early century and the changes in shape, material and value of Malayan currency. Its really interesting where in the early century, they only barter trade, and slowly introducing coin made of silver, gold and copper. There are also money in the shapes of animals and plants. And finally, the paper money was introduced. Its really an "eye opening" to see big piece of paper money with small value. Unlike today, the smaller the value the smaller the piece of money. That shows how the economic were back then.

gong xi fa cai!!!

2011-02-04T20:20:00.001-08:00

strategic brief

2011-01-18T08:48:00.002-08:00

Project Definition

The project is to redesign a commercial website.
To redesign Krispy Kreme's website.
To improve the interface design and better site navigation

Current Site’s Analysis Goals

To look at the Krispy Kreme’s history, doughnuts menu, latest news and privacy policy page
Another away to show the doughnuts menu instead of using flash
Better view of news banner
Bigger space for content
Gives a better typ treatment

Client’s Analysis

Doughnuts shop (glazed doughnuts and served warm)
First shop was in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA in 1937
When the hot light is on, we are making hot original glazed doughnuts!

Short & Long-term Site Goals

Increase the business value by putting up promotions
Highlights of the month
Introducing new recipe (doughnut)

Target Audience

Family
Youngsters / teenagers
Adults
Children

Competitor Analysis

More interactive navigation
Focus on their promotional item
Selling their services

Idea & Concept Implementation

They have their own identity colour which is hallmark green, white and red. They also have their identity pattern which is the dotted green on white background. The identity colour and pattern will remain the same.

Will put the latest news and sneak peak of each section as a shortcut on the main page. Doughnuts section will not be in flash and better type treatment on privacy policy page because of the overloaded info. Bigger space for content but will remain the concept of no scrolling.

site content structure

2011-01-18T08:48:00.001-08:00

moodboard

2011-01-11T09:12:00.001-08:00

url of design tutorial

2011-01-09T09:48:00.001-08:00

www.grafpedia.com/tutorials/design-an-awesome-colourful-layout

www.pvmgarage.com

www.webdesignbooth.com

sixrevisions.com

url of code library

2011-01-09T09:44:00.000-08:00

beautiful website

2011-01-09T09:36:00.001-08:00

www.pumatalk.com

www.polargold.de

nikebetterworld.com

www.benthomsonphoto.com

screenshot and analysis of competitor's website

2011-01-09T09:17:00.000-08:00

Big Apple Donuts

-too many visuals make the web looks messy
-well organise navigation and info
-color just right
-no focus point on the homepage

Jco

-simple/minimalist
-strong identity color
-well organise

Dunkin' Donuts

-very tidy/clean
-well organise
-very formal and corporate(doesnt look like a food website)

krispy kreme website

2011-01-09T08:58:00.001-08:00

web design 2

2011-01-09T07:43:00.000-08:00

complicated

2010-11-20T01:23:00.000-08:00

recently there are many ups and downs... was doing slow in assignments, emotional break down a little and people around me are not doing good too...

this semester is hectic... assignments are just like hills... feelings are just like roller coaster...
but anyhow, we still need to face the fact... and find times to release out some feeling and recover all back to normal...

November, is a busy month... birthday celebration every week... rushing assignments...
and... going out too often... hmm... i should put a fullstop somewhere...
maybe today will be the last in this month... cos, anyhow, i still need to concern about my parents feeling... eventhough they did not comment anything, but i should limit myself... this will probably make me feel better in a way to appreciate their letting go of freedom on me... =)

another 3 weeks left to semester break... hope this 3 weeks pass as fast as possible... cos i do not want to see my "hill of assignments"... and looking forward on the singapore trip that we planned since the very start of the semester...

太阳

2010-11-11T20:56:00.001-08:00

今天太阳下山了。。。可是。。。还是有光的。。。

moodboard

2010-09-23T10:14:00.001-07:00

HOW TO...

2010-09-16T08:50:00.000-07:00

How to plan a holiday

Who am I = Traveller
What is it = A planning
What for = A holiday
1st Task = Choose a holiday place within budget
2nd Task = Decides on hotels/ chalets
3rd Task = Plan your activity
Outcome = Enjoyable holiday
Showcase = Gallery

How to make her surprise

Who am I = Organizer
Who is she = She is my friend
What for = Birthday celebration
1st Task = Set up the planning
2nd Task = Prepare materials (ex: cake, balloon n etc.)
3rd Task = Act as normal as though there's nothing gonna happen
Outcome = How we bring out the surprise
Showcase = Gallery

How to build a gundam

Who am I = A toy collector
What is it = A toy
What for = To play/ Hobby
1st Task = Buy a gundam
2nd Task = Place pieces apart
3rd Task = Fix the pieces together
Outcome = Ways to pass time
Showcase = Gallery

beautiful websites

2010-09-16T08:42:00.000-07:00

Websites which i think its interesting and beautiful

www.meomi.com

www.unoplus.com

www.mrmen.com/uk/

tutorials...

2010-09-16T08:31:00.000-07:00

Illustrator Tutorials

vectips.com

vector.tutsplus.com

www.ndesign-studio.com/tutorials

Photoshop Tutorials

psd.tutplus.com

photoshoptutorials.ws

www.photoshopstar.com

hungry ghost month...

2010-08-22T10:28:00.000-07:00

如果六个月前... 奇迹出现... 该有多好...

to all driver... drive safe during this month... =)

its harder than what i've thought...

2010-06-28T04:35:00.001-07:00

in life...
in family...
in friendship...
and in many ways...
its not as easy as it is...

happy birthday, winnie!!!

2010-06-07T06:14:00.000-07:00

today is winnie teh ah yi birthday...
celebrated yesterday in oldtown, bkt tinggi...
another surprise this year.... haha... and hiding another time...
last year she hide behind the cupboard in her house...
this year she hide inside the toilet of oldtown kopitiam...
so... next year??? nobody knows... haha...
although it doesn't goes as what we planned but still the surprise is there...

cake bought by suhan
it was last minute and the bakery shop is about to close...
so only gets to draw five love shape on the cake...
first time huh...

tears of joy...
tak boleh nampak la...
(dslr no battery halfway... so have to use my 5mp cam... sorry...)

happy birthday, winnie!!! =)

new semester life...

2010-05-25T22:40:00.001-07:00

started my year 2 sem 1 already...
timetable is definitely not good...
cos i'm having class on sat afternoon... haih... what to do?
this semester is getting tougher every week...
many research and development have to be done...
flash animation to do... and many more to come...

due to the assignments i have mention above...
i've less time to spend with my family and friends...
cos most of the time i'll be sitting right infront of my laptop and do my assignments...
and not to forgot... facebook too... =)

last weekend, was celebrating my sis birthday in look out point...

dinner in gasoline...

why so many people born in the month of may??? and its end of may when everyone is broke... =(

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-09T08:52:00.000-07:00

had a simple mother's day celebration...
dinner with family in aeon bkt tinggi...
this year is the first year celebrating mother's day without my brother...
so, just make it simple... and its kinda quiet without you fighting with me... =)

how i wish that there's a Happy Brother's Day!
niway, there's always good and bad...
good is that u will be special on that particular day...
and the bad is that me as a sister have to spend money... =.=...

may!!! is the month to be bankrupt... =(

i love toys!!!

2010-05-08T02:37:00.001-07:00

my very first qee...

thanks to cut out mag... =)

in love with devilrobots, eightyfourcube, nooka, and many more great designers...
can't wait for malaysia international toys fair... =)

badminton

2010-05-07T11:08:00.000-07:00

date : 06.05.2010
time : 500pm - 730pm
venue : badminton ko, teluk pulai
players : yen ying, evan ng, khor suhan, winnie, kah mun, erica n ezerina

let the pictures do the talking...

yenying n evan vs suhan n winnie

cam-whore while waiting the guys playing...

suhan n winnie... =)

evan n erica vs kah mun n ezerina

facebook...

2010-04-20T01:13:00.000-07:00

never miss log into facebook everyday... haha...
i'm sure not only me... =)
will on facebook from noon till night... sometimes midnight... but still got break in between la...
watching videos posted up by people...
reading status posted up by people...
comment friends status...
only one thing i don't do is playing games... hehe... later addicted susah la... =)

sometimes late at night will disturb friends status with comments... haha...
keep spamming friends page with comments... sometimes we'll spam till 2-3am...
and everytime if i'm still online at 2-3am... someone will ask me through chat box... dowan sleep ar???
hahaha... its my brother's friend...
i'll always tell him... soon... and i'll continue spamming comments... hahaha...
and lately he tells me '... u always say soon... but u still online...'
hahaha... i laugh when he told me...
then now he'll ask me to offline first, then only he off... hahaha...
he's my brother's best pal... he use to stay up late at night...
so... he's always the one who spot me on facebook 2-3am... and ask me 'still dowan sleep ar??' haha...

this reminds me of my brother... hehe...
there's one time i was commenting on my friend status... and his friend(not the one i mention above) was there commenting too...
and it was quite late also... bout 1am...
so they were out in some kopitiam with wifi...
and my brother was sitting next to his friend reading the comments that we type...
and the funny thing is... my brother ask his friend to ask me go to sleep through commenting...
he says '... your brother ask ko mai kun ar???' hahaha... i laugh like nobody business in my room...
cos we're talking bout something else... and suddenly he ask me still don't want sleep ar???
and telling me through his friend... cos he don't have a laptop...
i'm like... wadda... u also still haven't sleep what... hahaha...
so... that's the joy of facebook...
from one topic to another topic in people's status... haha...

ok... all i want to say is...
i will sleep la... don't worry... hahaha... =D

lately...

2010-04-19T23:27:00.000-07:00

hmm... after busy with final, funeral, prayers, packing and many ups and downs...
finally... i have space to breathe... hehe...

p/s: to mr. edvin... u left alot of problems to us that need to be settle down... =.=...

so... was done with so many things...
first, the funeral was on the week of my finals...
but i manage to complete my finals and my 3rd semester...
second, the funeral... i could say... its a blast...
many of his friend came... even my parents had a shocked...
they're from puchong, kl, pj, klg, and etc...
many of them are unknown to me... hehe... and was busy burning papers...
third, is the prayers... with the arrival of 'ching ming'...
went to sg. besi to pray my grandparents first...
then the next day went to fairy park... and was caught in a jam for hours... =.=...

next, is the packing... if u know him well... u should know that he had many things... as in MANY... hehe...
let me tell u the rating...
1. magazines
2. car accessories
3. collectible items (cars, gundam, stickers n etc)
4. empty boxes (don't know why he likes to keep empty boxes)
5. clothes, CDs and etc...
and now his room look so... neat... he'll be happy seeing it...
cos got people help him clean his room wor... sure happy la... haha...

done with everything... and its time for relax...
last week, went to kl by train... ktm and putra lrt...
went there alone for jalan jalan cari jalan mission... haha...
first stop was klcc for kinokuniya... went to the arts & craft section...
and my jaw drops... omg!!! i'm in heaven! i don't even know where to start...
i skip the fine arts section... haha... sorry...
spend few hours wandering with the books... and left for lunch... =)
after that... since i'm here in KL... went and look for basheer bookstore in Bukit Bintang Plaza/BB Plaza...
asked the concierge and get to know its only 15min walk... so... i walked...
from one place to another...
klcc - jalan pinang - pavillion -lot 10 - bb plaza...
fuhhhh... at last i found it... =.=... jaw drops again... =)
hmm... was telling myself... luckily i didnt purchase any books from kinokuniya... haha...
why??? its a secret... hehe...
spend few hours wandering with the books too... and bought one... =)
walked back to klcc happily...
wanted to go to central market... but its late already...
reached home at 5pm and felt satisfied with the mission... =D

last weekend, went to midvalley with my mum...
first place i'll always go is the bookstores... hehe...
was in mph looking through books from pageone...
then heads to borders... there's another basheer in borders, midvalley...
jaw drops again... ok... not that kua cheong la... haha...
i skip architecture and interior design sections... sorry... =)
pay a visit at every rack... =)
bought a book and a magazine...

that's all for today... =)

the history of the past...

2010-04-14T21:44:00.000-07:00

its a shocking news to hear that my brother passed away...
not only to me but also to his friends, family members and relatives...

he passed away bcos of an accident between he and himself...
hmm... how should i say... ok... from the beginning...
he was on his way back home...
according to his fren, he was driving very slow...
suddenly, out of no where, a stupid nissan gtr came and poke his back...
so... my dearest brother just can't hold his back and start to speed... =.=...
well, that stupid gtr not happy and play dirty...
that fellow hit slightly on my brother's car and the car flew to the opposite road...

do you know why a slight hit can make the car flew? haha... i also don't know...
but the expert did explain...
he says that when a car driving at 180kmh a slight hit will do... and the car will sure lost control...
and... let me add something... he's having a vtec engine with him...

and the best thing of all... he didn't put on his seat belt... =.=...
so... he had an impact on his chest... very huge impact... even his steering go out of shape...
the conclusion, he died of internal bleeding...

his fren which is following behind him reach the place and try to pull him out from his car...
they keep calling him but he's not giving any response...
so, they immediately send him to the nearest hospital...
when i reached the hospital... he's gone...
but his eyes was not fully closed... until all his fren came and see him...

that's it... i was very down for the first three week...
after that i know that he wouldn't want us to be unhappy...
and all his memories which is playing in my mind makes me wanna smile and laugh...
bcos he's such a cute and humorous person...
so, his memories will always be remembered in our heart forever... =)

I'm Back...

2010-04-11T23:22:00.000-07:00

it's been more than one month i didn't update this blog... hehe...
bcos... many unhappy things happening around...

so... i'm back to pay my 'hutang'... haha...
which is the long lost spring and the missing clock...
beside, i've alot of thing to share...
hmmm... where do i start first....
let me think of it... and it will be in the next post...
bcos there are just too many things to say...
stay tune... =)

Long Lost Spring and The Missing Clock...

2010-04-11T23:19:00.000-07:00

Long Lost Spring...

The Missing Clock...

RIP

2010-02-28T17:36:00.000-08:00

to, my beloved brother,

when you are born,
people will smile or feels happy,
but you are crying.
when you leaves us,
people are crying and feels sad,
but you are smiling.

there are still so much things i have not learn from you,
too many issues to talk to you,
jokes that have not heard from you,
craps that you talk a lot,
but now, i lost it.
what i can say is that,
i hate you for leaving us so sudden,
i hate you for leaving us so early,
i hate you for not waiting for us to say goodbye.

i miss you so much...
rest in peace...

photo editing

2010-02-19T10:12:00.000-08:00

before

after

holiday...

2010-02-11T23:58:00.000-08:00

finally... the chinese new year holiday starts...
but... it doesn't seems like a perfect holiday...
many assignments to do during the 1 week holiday...
oh gosh...

niway... just came back from sunway...
our class MM0905-1... organize a 'reunion' gathering...
we had yee sang... steamboat... mee... chicken... etc...
and... many many photographer too... =)
having a good time tonite...

so... chinese new year is just 2 days away...
wish everyone Gong Xi Fa Cai.... and...
good luck in your assignments(toa students)... =)
all the best!!!

user-test...

2010-01-28T06:39:00.001-08:00

This is a questionnaire for user-testing.
The icons below are interface icon design.

Q1: Do you think all the icons represents what it should be? Yes? No? Why?
_________________________________________________

Q2: What do you think is the theme of the icons?
A. Farming
B. Thief
C. Police
D. Garden

Q3: Is the interface design easy to understand without the labels?
A. Strongly agree
B. Agree
C. Disagree
D. Strongly Disagree

Q4: What do u like the least about the icon/ design?
______________________________

Q5: Is there any room for improving or any other suggestions?
________________________________________________________

If you have any other opinion, feel free to comment.
Please voice out your opinion on the pixel and vector icons.
Your comments will be appreciated and thank you very much.
Have a nice day!! =)

flowchart

2010-01-27T17:54:00.000-08:00

Why do you want to use flowchart in your mobile interface design?

Flowchart can help people to make their decision and go to the next level with the decision they made. In mobile interface, we need flowchart to go through the steps to get to the decision we made. It helps to make it easier to understand and solve problems.

How will it help your users to meet the interactive goals?

Flowchart helps users to make a decision from the starting to the ending. By making decision through the flowchart, users can get their conclusion or the answer to meet the interactive goals. It is simple and easy to understand for users to get to the goals.

icon...

2010-01-16T15:50:00.000-08:00

learn to do 3D icon/button...
follows the tutorial given n we all practice in class...
and the outcome is...

ta da!!!

the strepsil with my initial... hehe...

my alarm clock is still in the process...
so... will be posting it once its done...
and the book... hmm...
will practice... =)

gotta start doing my project icon...

buddy...

2010-01-15T23:34:00.000-08:00

class exercise for digital design for multimedia

my buddy... benny

10 things that descibe myself

2010-01-05T22:44:00.000-08:00

bamboo: cos i'm thin and tall
nemo (the clown fish): cos i have big eyes
panda: having dark circles around my eyes
car: cos i like cars (influence by my brother)
stone: sometimes i may stunt for few seconds to get a trick
organizer (book): organize and plan well before doing something
pig: cos i like to sleep... =)
house: family always come first (home sweet home)
ice cream: hope to be fat... and chocolate ice cream is my favourite... =D
snow: cos i'm fair(complexion)and hardly get angry