my latest customized design work

my previous post was obviously done while i was in a state of emo and sad and angry and .... oh, nevermind. let's just have something happy to talk about.

i wanna show you my latest design work (in case you're not a follower of my facebook page or my design blog). it's a customized blogger design for a lady who's into Coach bags and bento. :D

live preview: becoming a bentoholic

a painful farewell

this is a picture of my dog, Hachiko and Mulan.

i know. Hachiko and Mulan are plural, so it should be my dogs instead of my dog. that's because ONLY Hachiko is my dog. Mulan is the dog we rescued about a month ago. some heartless prick dumped her at the roadside in front of my apartment along with another sibling of hers that we named "Badut". after 2 weeks of feeding her and Badut, one morning, we find that Badut has gone missing. someone has probably decided to adopt her - which was great! and not wanting to leave Mulan alone at the balai raya where they used to live, we decided to take her home 2 weeks ago to foster til someone adopts her.

the day i dreaded the most finally arrived today.

Mulan found a new home at my cousin's place in Inobong. me? i was left to cry and sob like a mother who lost her baby...

we never intended to keep Mulan as our pet, for we are living in an apartment where pets are not allowed. having Chiko alone is already against the rule!

the thing is, i've already grown attached to Mulan. she'd come and sit by my side all the time. she'd sleep beside my bed every night, under the cooling air of the air-cond. gawd, just typing this makes me sad and want to scream again!

I HATE HAVING A KIND HEART TO ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DOGS!

I HATE BEING SAD WHEN A DOG LEAVES/DIED!

I DON'T WANT TO TO FEEL LIKE THIS AGAIN!

the last time i cried this much was when our pet, Lucky died. i was so devastated, i wished the earth would just open up and swallow me.

i wish that too right now.

i just wanna lie down and die...

It's Giveaway Time!

Hi!

I have a short announcement to make. But before that, I'd like to know if you like this font?

This font is called Mr Lucky. And if you've been reading my blog, you'd know that I recently lost a puppy ..and his name was Lucky. It so happened that I was so in love with this font that shares the same name with my pup.. so I bought it. The whole collection.

Now I'm gonna share my love for Lucky and Mr Lucky font by giving away the font collection (yes, you read it right, THE WHOLE COLLECTION) of Mr Lucky font (valued at $40) to ONE lucky winner. (see, the lucky winner wins a lucky font. lol)

How to win?

1. Visit my Facebook Page: Pink Powder Puff

2. Click on the "Giveaway" tab

3. That's it!

No purchase necessary. Just some "luck". :D

Good luck(y)!

how to give that bump look on your hair

a few weeks ago, i typed "how to bump your hair" on youtube.. and a few videos popped up. i picked one with a beautiful girl with shoulder-length hair, about the length of mine. halfway through the video, i got bored and was about to click on another video when she mentioned "armpits".

like, what? armpits?

i replayed the part where she said "armpits".. and it turned out to be "bumpits"!

the girl on the video used a bumpits to give that bump look on her hair - and it was SO EASY! like eating ais kacang! actually, eating ais kacang lagi susah. you would have to chew those kacangs. sometimes they got stuck in between your teeth and you got so annoyed, you wanna just korek your gigi right in front of everyone so you can continue eating the ais kacang.

anyway, to make story short... i went ahead and bought the bumpits online. and because i'm nice, i'm gonna show some pictures for those of you who has never heard of bumpits. ;D

this is the bumpits box. i just got it in the mail today. yay!

there's an instruction paper inside. pink and black color combination. saya suka!

and the main items inside........

tadaaa!! the bumpits!!! :D

small little pieces that you can use on your hair to give it a little groove, especially if you're into classic looks. macam that movie, 'breakfast at tiffanys'. heeeee

now you must be wondering how it looks like on the head, right? yes? no? oh whatever. i'm showing nevertheless!

(ada muka macam cikgu ka? he he)

what do you think? nice kan the bump? you no longer need to tease your hair and use cans of hair spray to achieve that bump look. just use a bumpits and your bad hair day problem's solved! you're welcome.

you can get the bumpits online. i think you can get them from the lowyatt forum as well - they're pretty cheap, tho i'm not sure about the authenticity of the product. but hey, yang penting can bump! another way is to get them off their website or ebay.

until my next post, this is me signing off with a bump on my head. :P


PS: this is NOT an advertorial post, tho it would be great to get PAID for saying nice things about this product. ahahahah!

the story of a girl and her pink obsession

once upon a time, there lives a girl who has an obsession of the color pink. she practically lives in a pink space with pink items all around her. she painted her office wall pink.. even painted her work table pink. she also has a vast collection of pink colored pens, pink candles, pink toothbrush, pink clock, pink..pink..pink! one could go dizzy just staring at her collection of pink items.

then one fine day, as the girl was surfing the internet to find more pink inspiration, she chanced upon a beautiful picture of a pink canon calculator. she was instantly in love! determined to have one for herself, she called the company that advertised the pink calculator; but to her disappointment, it was out of stock. not wanting to give up, she called another company that sells stationery items online - another disappointment.days go by. calls after another, emails and more emails was sent out: all came back with hurtful news.

as a girl who wouldn't stop at nothing (for pink), she called her brother as a last resort.

"you HAVE to help me!"

"what's wrong?"

"go walk around low yatt and hunt for a pink calculator for me. canon brand."

and thus, the journey began. her brother would hunt around klang valley for a pink canon calculator. he found a pink one, but it was a giant supermarket brand. and it wasn't that pretty. he sent the girl a text along with a photo of the calculator... of course, it wasn't a canon, so the girl despised it.

back home, the girl scavenges all around town. from one stationery store to another, hunting for that beloved pink canon calculator. to her dismay, NONE of the stationery stores in kk sells them.

days turned into weeks. weeks turned into months.. still no signs of a pink canon calculator. not even ebay has it.

and just as the girl was about to give up, a whatsapp picture message came through her phone:

there sits a beautiful, sexy pink canon calculator in the hand of her brother.

IT'S A PINK CANON CALCULATOR!

"you'll have it when i get home this christmas" was the message that came along with it. a short, simple message that brings happiness and total sadness at the same time, for christmas is such a long wait. a 2 weeks worth of wait!

xxxx 2 weeks later xxxx

her brother made her the happiest girl on earth!

xxxx present time xxxx

she now has a pink canon calculator:

she also has another one, a smaller version of pink canon calculator that she also made her brother to get her:

(photo is a bit blurry because the girl who took this photo belum makan breakfast lagi. even while posting this, her family happy-happy makan bubur ubi di sana while she had to post this dalam kelaparan!)

....actually, she has more than that:

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ha!

the girl found another pink canon calculator in one of the store that sells christian books! (she believes it was in kolombong? oh my, her sense of direction is really THAT bad!) imagine her feelings when she found that the christian bookstore had those pink canon calculators all these while!! even her fiance made fun of her and said, "when all is lost, seek Jesus. he has the pink canon calculator!" -_-

so she bought another TWO.

in total, she actually has FOUR pink canon calculators..... but her mother made her give away one to her favorite baker (who happens to be her friend) because her mother said, (i quote) "you have too many calculators! and beside, sharing is caring. christmas is about giving and sharing.."

so she shared her joy of pink canon calculator with the baker and the girl lived happily ever after with her 3 pink canon calculators.  but there's no saying that she'll stop at 3. she might buy another one..because, (in her words) "kurang asam betul! time kita cari berabis, semua kedai tiada jual. sudah kita beli jauh-jauh di kl... tetiba banyak pulak di kk!"

The End.

The evolution of a woman (in illustration)

These are vector art I did for a customer of mine:

She evolved from having a nicely-blown hair to a messy-haired woman to a woman that wipes a table like an amah or a worker at a coffee shop. Except that she's so much prettier than most of the "P" women you'll see at our local coffee shop here in KK. lol

What I'm trying to say is: working in the designing field is no walk in the park. Things might be pretty in my eyes, but to the customer, it might be the other way around. Like they say, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Sometimes I get customer who instantly agrees with my design, sometimes I don't.

Which is fine with me. :) Really. As long as people don't send me rude emails with broken English: that could really trigger the anger in the normally-happy me. Ha ha ha.

By the way, the image above is not the final image for the customer. I just got an email requesting for some minor changes in the illustration.

I will have to do it tomorrow, because right now, I need my beauty sleep. It's 1:50 a.m sudah! Matai!