taizai suru

Here’s my illustrated version of Liyana from the band Estrella. Click it for lyrical version

estrella

And this is the band hit single “Stay”

Sing along!

Sounds straight from the twilight
Has me up all night I can’t
Fall asleep coz I keep thinking of you
And I saw a shadow, outside my window
And it’s you!

C/o
All my sorrows flew away,
Hush keep quiet hear me say
I don’t ever want you to go
Please stay

With the moonlight dancing free
And there’s no one but you and me
There’s no reason to go astray
Please stay

-bridge
Making up a story
It’s the way you’re looking at me
If you think that this is funny
It’s just you

Try and think about it
If your heart is closed don’t lock it
Keep your keys back in your pocket, think this through

Repeat c/o

Please stay with me
Just stay with me
I’ll take you to foreverland
Just stay

arashi no senshi

It was way back in 1998 when I watched The Storm Riders. It was good then. This should be my very first review on a Hong Kong movie. It is the anticipated Storm Warriors or as in the Malay-translated comic, Pedang Setiawan!

Not really a fan but I must say, as a designer I like all the artistic elements in the movie. Some heavy abstract graphical sequences caught my attention. It was Striding Cloud’s poses made everything seem very, very cool! The casts were great especially Whispering Wind when he became er something else!

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Although it jump-started with action scene, don’t expect too much on the storyline. Even the dialogue was so very little. It was basically a combination of 2 episodes of a TV series joint into a movie. There’s no focus in the movie and there were a lot of plots, as if one plot was not confusing enough?

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Somehow I have to admit, the movie is very inspiring and appealing to me in an illustrative graphical eye-candy kind of sense!

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oujo to kaeru

Let’s get away from other adventures for a while as I review Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.

Do you still remember the first time you watched a Disney’s animated movie? Most probably Alice in Wonderland or The Jungle Book or maybe my favourite Pinocchio?

If you grew up with Disney’s cartoons, you will sure like this movie very much. It brings back memories as you watch it along the way. Really! I believe the filmmaker achieved this by doing the traditional hand-drawn animation. It may seem like old and outdated but don’t be fooled as they achieve a different level of Disney animated movies.

Anyhow, the storyline is typically Disney good. The scenery and “special effects” was refreshing! Loved the shadow spirits. I will always enjoy the Disney feel good humor from the funny characters. The first two songs make me sleepy though, as they are not my tea. Did I mention the storyline was good? I liked the first-impression-annoying-but-afterwards-lovable Ray’s story in particular. I bet you will too.

This might not be true but in my opinion, the animation was not as smooth as I expected or as I wanted it to be. When I think back, probably when I was younger I wouldn’t mind any details of Disney’s cartoon but as I’m much older now I look things more into details. That’s life I suppose?

You wouldn’t have much to think back then, as we’ll just enjoy anything that we went thru. Obviously that was very opposite from today.

I can imagine the frogs & all characters in this movie gonna be in Disneyland! Wish I would have another chance to go there again!

Now I can’t wait for another Disney movie – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

sayonara oneechan!

I admit somehow I missed my sister already. Even though we did not see each other that much here in KL, you feel your family is near all the time, and you could just meet them anytime you want to. It’s a weird feeling when a family member expatriate to a place faraway. It’s like you lost a piece of puzzle in a jigsaw

Her flight was at 2am so we fetch her to the airport that midnite and say good bye. Hope everything goes well for her and that she’ll be happy.

Good luck and all the best sis. Take care! Don’t forget the iPhone(s) haha

Before going back to the car, there should be a last pose even one person shot!

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ai o kome te kataaru he

It’s actually Hari Raya Haji. Usually we did nothing special but today my mom invited our families and close relatives for a makan-makan doa selamat because it is too small to call “kenduri”

Some might wonder what’s it for. They thought I’m gonna get married Well, as you reached a certain age, there’s this one particular common question that you will hear everytime you meet a relatives – “So, when are you gonna get married?”

Anyhoooowww, today is the day when my elder sister starts a new journey in her life. Stop guessing, it’s not marriage. Congratulations to her on getting a job contract with Qatar Airways! Obviously she will be based in Doha and as for me I want free flight tickets only.

More on this tomorrow. For now, here’s some magic trick from Cyril eh, Cyti eh, Siti! *tepuk tepuk tepuk*

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