Starscream

After years of playing the role as the role as the token bishounen (pretty/beautiful boy) in pretty much every Transformers continuity he appears in (except for the 2007 movie), Starscream has finally been upgraded (or downgraded, depending on how much of a fangirl one is) to become the ultimate Chin (TM) in Transformers Animated. Behold, the Chin in all his (prototyped) glory:

One thing's for sure, you can never call him handsome/hot/cute no more. Well, cute might still be possible. Who knows.

Hamsterload.

Remember when I blogged about the two hamsters I bought some time ago? Turns out that one of them is a female after all (the grey one). All those obligatory snuggles and occasional buttsex was actually the real deal itself, so I ended up with a runty litter of 4 shortly after that. A litter of runty, possibly inbred little hamsters. How could I have made that mistake? Well, for one thing, russian dwarf hamsters, like their namesake, are dwarves, including the males crowned jewels. It was fairly impossible to tell if the squirming little bugger in your hand had a Pride and Joy when he is still young. Whereas with Syrian hamsters, you wouldn't have to face this problem, not when the males have unmistakably big, lugging gonads.

Here's some photos of the runty litter of 4. I call them the Famous Four.

Baby hamster at around 2 weeks old. I think.

Runty inbred male hamster seeks vivacious, sexy female. Must be good at snuggles. Related by blood not necessary.

Hamsterload.

Well, that was about five months ago, and now, the dad of the inbred, runty litter is dead. The mother and daughter was given away to Mona and I kept the other 3 male babies and their father. And today, after arriving home from Bukit Mertajam, I discovered the grey offspring of the lot was missing. For a moment I had this wild idea that maybe one of his brothers ate him up (one of them was significantly bigger than he was before I went to BM) but after poking around in the cage for awhile, I came upon a suspiciously hard lump under the wood shaving. The Grey Hamster (that's what I usually call him, although I did toy with the name Frenzy, the name of a tiny Decepticon thug, very suitable for this hamster, considering how he's such a bully, and the ironic thing was that he used to be the smallest) is dead. Not sure how long has he been dead, but it looks like his brothers have been sleeping with his dead body for quite awhile now. Morbid.

Transformers Animated

Oh em gee, I can't wait! If it can reach Beast Wars' legendary level of kick keister awesomeness, all the better. I'm not too sure if I can afford to get all the toys, but I'll definitely get Prime, Megatron, Starscream and BlackArachnia (because I'm such a sexist). I can tell you I hate Teletraan-1's voice the most so far, she sounds drugged.

Got Cheeks?

Sean Galloway aka Cheeks:

Because this guy's style kicks some major ASS. There's something so refreshing about his style. Something about the dynamic poses, exaggerated proportion and curves, there's also a certain charm in it, and dare I say...cheekiness? Which is why his nickname "Cheeks" suits him so well. I find his work very inspiring, hope to do stuff like his in the future.

In case you're wondering why his style looks famliar, it's because he's done work for various cartoons (like Teen Titans) if I'm not mistaken and he's also a comic artist, but somehow I've never seen it around in Kinokuniya.

After browsing through his blog, I saw that he's also got artbooks out, another WANT. Check out his blog or deviantart gallery for more godly awesomeness. Be prepared to drool.

Blog
Deviantart Gallery

Hello, my name is Tin Ning.

LOL OK. My final project (a poster for our imaginary exhibition) for "typography fundamentals" was actually featured in TOA's website. Check the 7th page of this link.
I'm gonna printscreen the page since it will probably be the first and last time my work is ever featured on TOA's website because I have this amazing ability to remain invisible.

Do you see anything funny about that page? Do you? In case you don't, lemme slap the mistake into your face :


I don't quite understand how they could've made that mistake, my name was clearly imprinted on the poster. I've lost count the number of times people misspelled my name. Lemme see:
-My nametag(s)
-Pustakawan certificate
-Senior page in high school's yearbook-I'm not surprised about this though, I've always been the Wallflower in that class, not that I care, I've never liked most of my classmates (especially the guys, retards who only knew how to bully the autistic kid in my class)

Lim Yin Ming, Lim Ying Ning, Lim Yee Ning, Lim Ying Ning, Lim Tin Ning and so on and so forth. Somehow, people find my name very fun to toss around, I don't blame them though, but if my name was already clearly written for you, I don't see how you could have made that mistake.

Anyways, the poster. I have to say that class was something like a nightmare, we had to rush our works often, and the lecturer had a fairly short temper, sometimes, some of us had to react quickly to placate him/her before s/he exploded, kinda like rushing to grab a thrown grenade that had its pin removed to be lobbed back at the enemy before it gets the chance to explode.



I'm gonna tell you what the concept is:
-the butterfly symbolises life and beauty, just like the cobweb, which is beautiful especially when there's dew on it
-the cobweb- it traps insects which will later become the spider's food, harsh, but something necessary
-the leaves were where the butterfly once seeked shelter and food as a caterpillar, now the leaves have "betrayed" the butterfly by supporting the spider's web
-this seemingly harsh cycle of nature is to represent life itself, where it sometimes suck but is oftentimes beautiful, hence the title "beautiful life"

Well, it's up to you whether you want to read it or not, it's just to make myself happy, since I did not say most of this in my presentation out of fear at being laughed at, this is something I do often because I feel so self conscious and insecure when I have to present something I did so I'll just rush through and only tell the small bits when I've put so much effort and thought into my work, which often results in my work sounding shallow and boring. It's a curse, I can't help myself. Why why why why why?

The Lion King

As a kid, I enjoyed watching Disney movies, but as an animal lover, the one movie that has always been my favourite was The Lion King. This is a clip from the beginning of Lion King, the song is the Circle of Life:



I love this song alot, it's very powerful, coupled with beautiful visuals, I always get goosebumps and teary eyed watching it. Call me a wimp if you want, but I think this is a beautiful movie. Although, logically, if I was one of the antelope or zebras or whatever herbivorous animals that live there, I wouldn't be too happy about Simba's birth. One more lion to dodge when grazing the fields.

Also, there's The Lion King 2. I think I watched this before, but it's not as strongly imprinted in my mind compared to the first movie. Funny how the swamp lions are skinnier and duller looking compared to the ones who live in the grasslands. Simba is a prejudiced bastard lol.



Is it just me or is Kovu (the dark male lion with black mane, reminiscent of Scar, Simba's evil uncle from the Lion King) actually kinda....sexy? Zoophilia anyone?

Holy Macaroni Batman!

Watch this clip from an anime called "Dangaioh":



Watch as the bot lands at 0:35.
At 1:01: "Crap, busted my eyes!" but watch as how the bot pulls back and stops gracefully. Beautiful. The swirls of smoke, and the explosions.

Can you believe this was an anime from the 80's? Can you, huh, can you? I hardly watch anime or any cartoons, but I think the animation is very slick and smooth, it's definitely way ahead of it's time in terms of design and performance (is this the correct term? my brain feels like it's watching TV while drinking beer and eating nachos to me, AKA not responding properly). Alright, so the effects are pretty primitive, give them a break, this is the 80's, when computers were giants, back then they had to rely on trusty ol' cell shading. I've seen the trailer for the newest version of Dangaioh, and it's not even half as good as this.

Also, I really like the song they use in this clip too, it's weird, granted, but interesting. Although it does sound like an advertisement for Mydin and Malaysia (till my friend pointed out it was "Mighty" not "Mydin") Wonder what the song title is.

Oh! Oh! There's also another MV featuring, well, basically missiles and explosions (hmm, I know a friend who might like this, giving his love for explosions, although I think the explosions are probably not impactful enough to receive his seal of approval), it has a song that sounds like it's by the same artist:

I'd take a stab and download the whole album by the artist just to get that song, but with my internet's abysmal performance, it'll take a couple o' centuries to finish.

WTF

SHIT. No, I mean it, other than the fact that is IS about shit (or more accurately, potty training).



If my parents were to sing whenever I used the damned potty and made a big fuss of it, I think I would still be wearing diapers now.

On another note, I discovered two amazing scents in Body Shop today (Body Shop always remind me of food, no thanks to the ingredients they use to make their products): peppermint and brandied apple. Unfortunately, the peppermint scent was only available as a foot cream and the brandied apple-essential oil for burning. If anyone could find me perfume with these scents (no, not both scents combined together) I'd love them forever!

Skoob skoob skoob....

Dear Mr Prime Minister Education Minister ah, sod it-Whoever-who-is-in-charge,

According to a survey, the average Malaysian reads only about 2 books a year not including magazines and the newspaper, which brings to the conclusion that the average Malaysian hates reading. Well, then how do you explain this??:

Motherload of people and books (photo stolen from my cousin)

Granted, it could very well be just the average Malaysian's sense of Kiasuism showing up wherever and whenever there's cheap goods for sale, but it could very well mean that perhaps an average Malaysian reads more than just two ruddy books in a year. It's probably the price that's holding us back. If the government was to subsidize the price of books instead of wasting their money sending people to outer space or paying for overpriced screwdrivers, I'm pretty sure the "2 books a year" census will increase.

In case you didn't know, Penguin Books is having a warehouse sale till the 21st of November, with over 200, 000 books sold as cheap as RM 4.

People say don't judge a book by it's cover, but it's a lil easier said then done, especially when one is confronted with a book with a cover like this:

I'm strongly reminded of Transformers when I see this. Very retro! So you know, the pinks is of foil material, so it's all nice and shiny

Pink foil edges, nice!

But no, I didn't buy it. The powers that be told me not to.

Latest haul:

I bought alotta books, but I have a feeling I might regret buying at least 2 of them. What to do, when one's in a hurry, one tends to buy compulsively.

"Stripper visits school in booking mix-up"

A STRIPPER performed for a classroom full of British teenagers, spanked a birthday boy and asked him to rub cream all over her after a booking error by the teen's mother.

It is believed the mother thought she had booked a gorillagram to rush into her 16-year-old son’s classroom for a birthday surprise - but a stripper turned up instead.

The Daily Mail said the teenager's mother had told the teacher beforehand that a “birthday surprise” would walk in during the class and requested that it be filmed.

Instead of a gorilla, an adult performer showed up at Arnold High School in Nottingham dressed as a policewoman and spanked the boy 16 times in front of his classmates, the newspaper said.

She stripped to her underwear while dancing to a Britney Spears song and asked the teenager to rub cream all over her body before the “stunned” teacher called an end to the act.

One student told the newspaper that the performance occurred in the middle of a drama class.

“The teacher suddenly announced: ‘Something is about to happen’,” the student said.

“Then a woman in a very short skirt walked in dressed as a copper. She asked the lad to stand up, which he did, and told him he had been a very naughty boy because he hadn’t been doing his homework.”

The performer put on some music and had the teenager put a collar on her.

“No one could believe it,” the student said.

“Next she ordered him to get on all fours, led him around the classroom and hit him 16 times -one for each year - on the bottom with her whip.”

The newspaper quoted the student as saying that it was wehen the stripper pulled some cream out of her bag that the teacher took action.

“To be fair to the teacher, you could tell she was just stunned, and when the cream came out she told the stripper: ‘That’s it. That’s enough’.”

The student said the birthday boy ran out of the classroom while the stripper packed her bag.

Now, why didn't stuff like this happen in my school? It would have been the highlight of my rather dull school life. When people ask me what was the most unforgettable occasion in secondary school, I will roll my eyes skywards and say, "Ahh, the day my classmate celebrated his birthday..." *cue nostalgic music*

You probably think I made this up, so check the original article here

Damned Brits, they get all the fun.

Hamsters!

There's a new pet shop in Sunway Pyramid. Well, it's not that new, it's been there for perhaps a month or so. Everytime when I deemed I didn't have much assignments, after college, I would go to Sunway to drop the hamsters displayed in front of the pet shop a visit. Just 2 weeks ago, right after college was over and term break started, I went to the pet shop and went home with a pair of Winter White russian hamsters.

"Brokeback Hamsters"

This breed of hamsters is not exactly my favourite, my favourite has always been Syrian hamsters (because they reminded me of my childhood, which pretty much revolved around...hamsters), but they're definitely better than Roborovskis, titchy minuscule, hyperactive breed of hamsters that bite alot.

They're both males, well, according to the pet shop assistant, but if I ever catch them humping each other, they (the assistants, that is, not the hamster) will have alot to answer to.
One hamster is of warm grey colour, calmer of the two, likes to hoard food and spends most of the day sleeping.

The other is of a dark brown colour, extremely hyperactive and "kan cheong", panics easily. The darker one dominates the running wheel most of the time, the grey one gets his exercise scaling the top of the hamster cage ala spiderman.



The reason why they're called "Winter White" is due to the fact that their coat will turn white during winter, well, at least in the wild. If I'm not wrong, domesticated ones won't turn white. That's just too bad, I'm very tempted to put my hamster in the freezer to test it out (my sister and I once put our hamster in the fridge for a minute or so when we were kids).

Burnt Umber

Since Debbie sent me some cool stuff some time ago from Japan (interior stickers, baby!), I decided to draw her something:


Messed around with the drawing in Photoshop.


Today was Visual Fundamentals, we learn how to draw simplified figures in this class, today was females, so I doodled in my sketchbook abit.




"Burnt Umber"

Seriously, I'd never thought I would get my self a blog, since the idea of having an online diary where whatever you said will be aired publicly is not a very appealing one to me, but after knowing some of my friends have one, I couldn't help jumping on the bandwagon :P But then again, I realized that you don't necessarily have to write about personal things all the time, so I guess I'll use my blog to post sketches and pretty much anything I want. Ought to be quite fun, if I could keep it up. I plan to create my own template for this blog when I have the time, and when I decided to be a little more hardworking.