Happy New Year!!!

Goodbye 2007, Hello 2008!

2007's been a great year indeed...(Here's a quick look at what i did)
-Started the year off with my 3rd semester doing my Foundation in Art & Design at Kolej Bandar Utama and finished in May...
-Got bugged by mum to write essays for Astro Scholarship Awards application..(thanks mum!)
Send in application and waited for reply, along the way, searched and applied for design universities in the UK. Had our eyes on University of the Arts London, spesifically London College of Communication.
-Went around with a good friend of mine, Jinchi, to Melaka, Singapore & Penang, helping her take photos for her Master's thesis...
-Worked as a life-drawing model in KBU to earn some pocket money
-Got reply from few Uni's, namely, UCE Birmingham, Middlesex Uni, & University of the Arts, London.
(For those wondering why i chose UAL, its because you can say its like the Harvard of Art & Design, a very prestigious and renowned Insitute. My college, London College of Communication, or previously called London College of Printing, has a history that goes back to the mid 1800's....how can you beat that??!...well, what can i say?...i love my University!)

(back to the list...haha!)

-Got a call from Astro, got shortlisted, went in for 1st interview (went in there and talk talk talk oni, hahah!...)
-Waited for a while
-Got another call from Astro, congratulations, got shortlisted again, went in for final interview (again, went in there and talk talk talk oni....even talked about my hair!...well, Ms. Lai Kuan started it, not me... :) )
-Waited for what seemed like forever!!
-Got a call from Astro, congratulations, accepted to receive the Astro Scholarship Award... (woohooo!!!)

(long story short)

-Flew to Heathrow, London on Sept 11...(dun worry, i'm alright)...
-Settled down in my new home, (Uni Halls of Residence)...
-Sight-saw around London for a few days (while waiting for college to start)
-College starts, here we go!
-Along the way, had a great great time, learning so many things, experiencing so much, made alot of friends...
-End of 10 week term, handed in work for assessment...(we had 2 projects...One, write, design and produce a book. Mine was an 80 page book. Two, write, design and put together a functional website)
-Got our grades, i got a Merit Plus...(wanted a Distinction, but the standards are super high, only a few got that)...
-Christmas break came, hooray!
-Did a pencil drawing of a homeless guy called Anthony
-Spent Christmas with a few friends somewhere outside Central London
-Went up to Sheffield to stay with my best mate Richard for 5 days (beautiful place!)
-Came back just in time for the New Year's Eve celebration in Central London, me and my friends were among the 700,000 people that were out on the streets of London to invite the New Year..(it was crazy!!..but brilliant..)

Goodbye 2007, Hello 2008!

Well, its been an awesome year altogether. So many things happened. Never could've imagined studying overseas, furthermore, in a place like London, and in a university like the UAL. (again, thanks Astro)...
its been an exciting year.....but...the best is yet to come!

Chiswick Park

That's where i spent my Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day...at a friend's friend's house at Chiswick Park. (Thanks to you guys, Gerry and Sam, i didnt have to spend my last few days alone, and it means alot to me)..

So yea, i spent those days at Dana's house, Sam and Gerry's friend....it was 6 of us guys, the 5 of them Indonesians, and me, the odd Malaysian...(for the few days, i was such a jealous indonesian wannabe coz of their uber cool indon accent..ahhh!)

What did we do the whole time?...haha!...ironic..
all the way the other side of the world, and we were playing Winning Eleven the whole time!!!...(well, over here, they call it Pre Evolution Soccer, and that was the only difference), but yea..Wining Eleven, Eat, Sleep, Winning Eleven, Eat, Sleep, Eat, Sleep....hahaah!..at least it was better than spending Christmas alone :)

On Boxing day, (today), i woke up early, (coz i fell asleep early), and went out for some photography in the neighbourhood...it was a beautiful morning...

Thanks again guys, you have no idea how far such a small gesture goes...cheers!

Anthony

This is Anthony...
(well, a drawing of Anhony...or rather, a photo of my drawing of Anthony...well actually, a image on your computer screen of the photo of my drawing of Anthony....or, hahaha!)

Anthony is one of the many many homeless ppl that live out there on the streets of London..He's been living out there on and off for about 3-4 years now.

The reason i wanted to draw again, was because, i didnt want to get a part time job during my Christmas break to get money...coz i thought it was a waste of my time and my skills in art and design...so, i figured i'd draw and try to sell my drawings, hoping that i'll make some good money from there...havent sold this yet, but i'll let you guys know....

Why homeless ppl?..well, why not?..
to cut the long story short, most pencil artists draw important ppl, celebrities, models, and friends and family...well, i do that too...but one day i thought, "hey, not many ppl like to draw the homeless....why not?.."...so, i decided, i'd do it...and seriously, why not?..
*think about it*
isit because they're hopeless scums, who brought their fate upon themselves?..
because they screwed up, and they dun wana do anything about it, contented with getting sympathized and given spare change?

well, i'd like to see them the way God sees them...and He sees, we're no different from them, and them from us..
so again..why not?

Sejuk?..

Cold?...you bet!..and they say its only gonna get colder...
That day was one of the first with frost, so yea, we were playing outside, taking pictures and stuff...
Also, i'm still amused with the 'smoke' that come out of my mouth when i speak and breathe and stuf..ahaha!..
(what?!....i'm Malaysian lah...Malaysia where got such thing..Genting oso not much liao)

The people in the photos are my friends, Richard and Annabel...Rich's my best mate here..


COMING SOON - a vlog on school so far, and one more on church..(might be a long one, warning)

It ain't easy...

It aint easy being away,
aint easy not having friends and family from home nearby,
aint easy living in ridiculous weather,
aint easy having so little daylight,
aint easy having so much work to do, but no one to do it with,
aint easy thinking that once this holiday is braved i have to start all over again,
aint easy not being able to have home cooked food,
aint easy not being able to just go out to get a tan,
aint easy not being able to eat Malaysian food whenever i want,




it aint easy....


...but its possible...


God help me.

Buck up

Waaa...so stressed..

Sorry that i havent been updating much here, and that's coz i've been so so busy with my work..when ppl from church ask me how my week was and what i did, i always say, "oh, i was busy, doing homework"...that would be my answer everytime!
coz, its true!

anyway, yea, 2 projects...first one, i have to write and design a book (minimum 40pages), and i have to create a website..and i have to come up with everything in it... (basically, alot of work)..

spending alot of time working on my projects, but not enough lah..
back when i was in KBU, i would spend SOOo much time on my work, now, i dun spend as much, so i need to get back to that, i need to buck up..

so yea, getting busier and busier here..its getting colder and colder (it might have been below zero that day)..

missing homecooked food!!!

missing friends and family!!!

but all's well though, i'm having the time of my life here, and there's no need to worry for me, i'm doing fine..

hopefully i'll be able to show you more of my work in the future, so you can see what i'm talking about..hahah..

Jason

Follow the Bouncing Ball

Here's an animation that I made for one of my college's workshop homework..
Made entirely with Photoshop, took me 7hours straight!!
(let me know what you guys think)..you have to click on it to open and view...

I'll be posting up my work on my DeviantArt website and here every now and then..:)