Logos Hope

Logos Hope, the world's largest floating book fair, arrived in Kuching on 27th October 2011, and is open for visit from 28th October 2011 to 13th November 2011.

I've never visited a ship before, especially such big one, so I was so excited when I finally get the chance to go this morning.

The first thing we see when we entered. Forgot what it's called.

Photos on the wall, with the telescope in the middle.

Right in the middle of all the photos hanging on the wall.

The Nautical Bell.

Don't know what's this.

The Sextant, as stated on the sign.

Need me to explain this? This is the bookshelf. LOL.

After you visited the bookstore, you will pass through a road with pictures on the wall, telling a story about a guy who left house and met a group of "bad friends", and did all kinds of bad things, and finally regret, so he went back home, and was forgiven. This is the picture of the guy leaving his house. This picture actually have depth, but you can't really see it in this photo.

This is the next thing you'll see after passing through that road. You can put your head and hands into the holes. I did not play, though. Haha.

Then you will reach the cafe.

Pictures hanging on the wall of the cafe. Very nice indeed.

Oh, this puppet... When I see him, he's standing still. So I thought I could snap a clear picture of him, and...when he sees me, he wave his hand! Argghh, he's trying to be friendly, but this is what happen to his photo. -.- Actually I wanted to take a photo with him, but he just keep move forward with all the kids around him, and away he go...

Before we leave, we visited the toilet.

In front of the big mirror in the toilet with my camera. =)

High-class flush. Haha~ haven't seen one in Kuching.

When we're leaving, I saw sailors cleaning their ship. Unfortunately, we wasn't allowed to visit the whole ship. It was kinda disappointing... We were only allowed to visit such small part of the ship, and the book fair wasn't as large as I thought... I'm silly to think that the whole ship is actually a bookstore. Maybe I'm over excited, so I'm very disappointed. =(

I was very unlucky to bump into a group of primary school and middle school students paying a visit to the ship. You can imagine the place crowded with all the school students, running up and down, pushing and knocking people, and even blocking the way! They just stand in the middle of the road and talk, without realizing they are blocking the only road connecting the two rooms, and not hearing us saying "excuse me" until the old man behind me have to shout at them. -.-"

Harvest Moon SNES

Hahaha~ I'm still playing Harvest Moon SNES even though it's a very old game. And, I just finished it last night!

Some screenshots from my Harvest Moon SNES ending. =)

Ann's dad and Nina's mum is getting married. This is an ending you can only get if you're married to Ann. (Yup, Ann's my wife. xp)

Kisssss~

See my baby is sitting beside the dog! You definitely won't see this in the game!

My big family photo~ =) but but, hey, both my babies are toddlers already.

The End. The screen just stuck there forever, which means unlike other versions of Harvest Moon, you can't continue playing after the story ends.

Love Potato

Ever see potato? You must have seen all kinds of potato with all kinds different shape. But do you ever see a love one?

My mum saw this in the market, and she bought it~ lalala~

P/S: Can I eat this with Monkey? xp

Contemporary Art Exhibition

I went to the Spring with monkey the other day, and saw this Contemporary Art Exhibition held behind Padini. At first, I thought we wasn't allowed to take photos, but after I saw everyone in there held up their cameras and phones, and I couldn't find any rules saying that we must not take photos, so there I go, running up and down asking monkey help me snap a few photos for my blog.

First thing I saw when I entered. You can even see it from the outside, it's just right in front of the door.

These art pieces were provided by Sarawak Art Society, students from Lim Kok Wing, UNIMAS, and so.

By the Sarawak Art Society if I'm not mistaken.

3D Rendering by student from UNIMAS.

By student from Lim Kok Wing if I'm not mistaken.

Monkey like this.

Made of rusted metals and so. This is what I call recycle. =)

Some of the artwork are even for sale. You can pay a visit there if you're interested in buying or just for a look.

This one is by a student named Emanuel (if I'm not mistaken) from Lim Kok Wing. And it's for sale.

I'm not going against the rules to post the photos here, am I? Let me know if I am.

There are still many other arts that I did not post here. You really should pay a visit there. =)

Hitobashira Alice

Lately I came across a creepy song, called Hitobashira Alice, or Alice of Human Sacrifice in English.

It's creepy, but I kinda like it, I wonder why... I am very interested in the lyrics, and have read a lot of references regarding the song, but I still can't get exactly what it means. Any idea on what happen to Rin and Len?

Balloon Animals

Do you like balloons? Though I'm not young anymore, but I still love balloons! So I bought a bag of 8 long balloons (you know, the long long type which clowns use to make all kinds of balloon toys for kids) and made my own balloon animals!

In the photo: a light blue mouse, a red "whatever", a blue elephant, and a pink pig.

Not bad for first try eh. You may ask whether did I burst my balloon(s), and yes! I burst one of my red balloon into two pieces, and so I couldn't make my tiger, and end up making the "whatever" animal in the photo. I nearly cry for my tiger.

Here's the order of my balloon animals I made:
1, a red dog - success!
2, an orange monkey - quite success, except that everyone keep mistaken my monkey for a poodle...
3, a white monkey - failed... it looks exactly like a poodle, and it's white! T__T
4, a pink pig - half success, you can't see it from the photo, but actually I didn't finish the body, cause I'm afraid it would burst...
5, a light blue mouse - success! And it's the cutest animal I made other than my pig, I guess.
6, a blue elephant - success. But I didn't quite like it.
7, a red tiger - failed! Like I said earlier, it burst!
So here goes another 7, a red "whatever" - I let my brother play around with the two pieces, and after combining it together, I don't know what this animal is.
8, a green balloon - gave it to monkey to play. Didn't know what he is going to do with it.

SPCA Exhibition

I went to Boulevard few days ago and was lucky to see the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Exhibition. I managed to snap a few photos of the animals. Sorry for the low quality cause we have to keep a distance away from the animals and I was snapping those photos by phone.

The Snapping Turtle. It looks like a dinosaur! Very cool turtle.

A...tortoise? I think...

A type of turtle... Haha, I know I'm not a good narrator. xp

Another turtle~

Er, "naked" turtle...? Notice the skin color is different from the other turtles? The color make it looks "naked" though...

Chickenss!! Why do they have to squeeze to the side?

There are still many other animals, but I didn't take photo of them...

Easter Tile

Easter Monday is just around the corner. I'm currently working on some icons for Easter Monday, and I made this tileable wallpaper too:

Hope you like it.

Wishing you a very Good Friday, and Happy Easter Monday. Cheers!

Nature Tile

This is the very first tileable wallpaper I made, and I named it "Nature". I just named it now, while typing this post... (Simply came out with a word I can think of, haha)

I guess I'm falling in love with making tile. Cause it's easy, cute and fun. =)

Contact Icons

Another icon coming right out. It's contact.

I made three different contact icons. Which one do you prefer?

I think I'm gonna take a break from Photoshop. Have been playing with it since last month... @@"

Improved Piano

I made some changes to my old piano icon.

I think it looks much better now. I removed the keys' reflection on the black "board" on top, added some gradient to my black keys to separate the "board" and keys and some gradient on the white keys to show some shadow, and tune down the lighting, so it doesn't look as glossy as before.

Map Icons

There wasn't much things happening around me which I could blog about. So notice how my recent posts were stuck into things related to Photoshop? Cause that's the only thing I've been playing lately.

Yet another icon I made for iPhone. It's map icon, and guess what? It's Malaysia!

I do respect my country, don't I? xp

Oh, and bout my piano icon I made not long ago, I never view it in other monitor other than my desktop until today, now, I'm viewing it in my netbook, and I realized how glossy it is! I guess my desktop monitor is REALLY dark that I never notice! And for your information, my dad turned down the brightness since the day the monitor came to my house, cause he don't like it bright. Guess I will be redoing my piano icon after this post... Sigh.

YouTube Icon

I made another icon today. It's YouTube! I don't like the original YouTube icon for iPhone. But my skill still isn't good enough, and end up making this...

Monkey said it's too flat, so he added some details for me. Here's the final product:

Notice any difference?

Angry Twitter

Since there's an Angry Bird, so why aren't there any Angry Blue Bird a.k.a Twitter? I redid this a few times, cause my first one end up like plastic.

You probably don't wish to see twitter with an angry face as it will spoil your mood, so I made a few other facial expression to represent different mood.

By the way, the last one shows neutral... (at least that's what I'm planning to show) I have a bad skill in expressing the mood. Bleh.