preparing for our friday dark movie night

before i migrated over from blogger, the previously embedded video here worked perfectly fine. but there’s nothing here now. nothing. empty. zero. zilch. and i’ve completely forgotten what the video was, so there’s no point talking about searching for it again. GAH!!!

brit invasion.

i will finally finally finally be relieved off my duties to help my girl friends in america get their seasonal dose of topshop!!!!
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/around_town/fashion/Topshop-opening-date–leaked.html
for now, like later this afternoon, i still have to continue searching the racks for the clothes in the topshop catalogue photos they spam mail me with and ship to them…. but not for long!!!! yyeeharrr!! cheers to my freedom!!!! haha

just random…

the usual fashionista quote –
“…… in these harsh economic times, buying clothes that go the distance is actually a smarter way to shop. Good designer frocks typically last longer (meaning you can wear the bejeezus out of them without them looking it — and lower your cost-per-wear), are often more impactful and versatile (re: you can impress your future boss in that interview as well as that cute guy who just asked you out) and retain resale value (when something no longer works for you, you can take it to your local consignment shop or Ebay it and actually get some green, as opposed to having your frayed Forever 21 finds rejected by the girls at Buffalo Exchange …… and having to toss it in the bin and say goodbye to your money forever …… “

well, except for the fact that my gal pals and i recently splurged on 3 supposedly “good designer frocks” at “good designer frocks” prices (eye-rolls) – not on the sale rack, mind you – the first to give way was from this “highly-acclaimed singapore designer” – the buttons at the side details fell off while i was walking on the streets (!!) after 1 gentle hand-wash, and my friend’s zipper couldn’t zip up smoothly after 2 wears. how embarrassing it is, that i was strongly recommending my friends who haven’t been back in singapore for a while, to support singapore designers who have made it big abroad and come with international-designer-price-tags. then, that fabulous dress with that “fabulous” price to match from this internationally renowned designer, was obviously not designed properly for wear after our 1 night out dancing in them. the design was made in such a way that the heavy intricate piece on the chest part kept on pulling down the dress in front, and we had to keep pulling it back like every other 10 minutes. imagine how long that night was. we should force that designer to wear it on himself. the third, another badly engineered top that was only meant to look pretty when you try it on in the changing room and swing around in it for that 5 minutes or so. but then it just couldn’t be worn for more than 15 minutes without needing some adjustments and fidgeting. mind you, we are all size 0s and 2s. and do not have bendy weird body shapes. if it doesn’t work for us, then it won’t work for anyone, right?? -____-

maybe the so-called designer frocks have to cost at least 4 digits and above to be that good.

out of nowhere…

people with crude bad taste should be arrested and not allowed to publish any print material at all. did you see the 2nd last page of the life section of today’s straits times newspaper???! *gag*

too many sweet distractions to work…

yep. there are simply too many sweet distractions for me to concentrate on work! even if it’s like the crazy year-end holidays, which doesn’t help at all. so anyhoo… i’ve been leaving many of the work responsibilities to my dependable (most times… haha) fairies and elves. been way too busy to be online either, other than to get work done. sorry cute folks! meeting up with and socialising with some of littleoddforest’s most regular clients here in singapore has been pretty awesome, thank you cute peeps for such great times! 🙂 and i’ve just restocked our shelves over at isetan scotts this morning. so go check it out before we check out from there! 24th dec! 😉

i simply can’t can’t can’t wait!!! for the year-end getawaysssss. you got that right, plural! ;D and for 2009 to be here soooonnnnn!!! can’t wait can’t wait!!! *jump jump hop hop skip skip* weeee!!! i’m super excited and happy!! although some people (you know who, mao!) are just very stressed. well. everyone copes with new endeavors differently. ha.

but yes. how can i possibly force myself to have the time to be here to put up a post, if there’s nothing to bitch about! lol!
http://www.eightyonedesign.co.uk/blog/2008/09/why-does-everyone-think-they-are-a-graphic-designer/
yes.
why on fucking earth does everyone think they are a graphic designer. or “designer” even.
good article. and read the comments too. thanks for sending me this article, meredith! i can’t tell you how good it feels to know that there are plenty of people out there reading my heart and mind… i miss those days when we (me and my proper graphic designer friends) have bitching sessions about bad taste and people who think they are such godly designers.i think i am entitled to some ego since my art design degree didn’t come cheap. hahahaha go ahead and slap me for my cockiness.

i totally agree that a design education does not mean you are some godly designer either. but like the article states, you have to at least have a certain amount of technical and theoretical knowledge to back up your creative ability (if you had any to begin with). otherwise, it’s just going to be good ideas & bad execution, or great execution and stinky poo design!!

i hate it when the exact same people who can’t tell a good font from a bad font, a print font from a web font, take on graphic design jobs, perpetuate the bad taste with their bad taste clients, and charge dirt cheap rates. i guess not everyone understands that when you pay peanuts you get monkeys. because they can’t tell which is monkey and which is not. urgh. my dad used to be in the timepieces business (watches and clocks), and as a kid, i used to question him on some of his purchases (yes, i might have been opinionated bitch since a kid.), those gawddamn ugly watches! eewww! and his very comical reply was
“dada, there will always be people with bad taste in this world. and we want to earn their money too.”
wahahahahhahah!!!

just because you have the moolah to buy photoshop and a macbook pro, does not mean you a graphic designer and are allowed to create atrocities with fonts and images. photoshop is a pixel-based program meant for photos, not vector-based for proper illustrations. don’t you just love it how everyone is so photoshoppy nowadays. yes yes yes, we know you have photoshop. but do you know how to use it? dang it.

last week, someone approached yet another friend again this time, who does freelance illustrations, to do some serious graphic design work. and again, i’m so proud that mh is a friend of mine. because he actually rejected the good-paying job offer, telling the client that he is able to do all the illustrations needed for the project, but not the main graphic design and font work as he is not qualified to do it, and recommended another of our friend, a properly trained designer to do the job. even with the client’s insistence that he trusts my illustrator’s friend good tastes. a gazillion kudos to you, mh! or your principles and integrity 🙂 although i have to agree that you are most probably able to do a good job if you had taken it on 😉

so, the question is, are you a software executer, a graphic/web design prostitute, or a graphic/web designer?

gotta go catch some sun at the pool now! it’s been so rainy!! i think i might be growing mould.
*muacks!*

add-on~
oh oh oh! i forgot to give thanks!!!! big big big thanks to all of you super duper awesome peeps who made your way down to fashbash @ cathay and sweated it out there shopping!! well. i know i was sweating. i apologise for the spectacle of me serving your needs while holding on to my hand-held piggy fan. hahahahah
you all made the sweating so worth it though :)))) xoxoxoxo!!

a good lame one to add on!

okie! this is a quickie! in the middle of updating inventory but i can’t help but share this with you
(hwee yee! yours is hilarious! a few pieces of cloth sewn together!!!!! hahahaha!!!! *faints*)

was yakking on the phone this morning with my sculpture artist friend, and he wants to chip in his story too!
he did a series of wooden sculptures for a collective art exhibition, all pieces were for sale

seemingly serious buyer comments
“why would anyone in their right mind pay so much for only a block of wood?”
friend replies earnestly
“well, how about i add on a few more pieces of ply wood for you?”
seemingly serious buyer looks shocked and couldn’t move for a few seconds.

HAHAHAHHA!!!!!!!

more later! busy busy now!! xoxoxo

why cook when you can buy

Brandon…. is Bacterius says: (6:36:35 PM)
wah
Brandon…. is Bacterius says: (6:36:43 PM)
u need to eat pig gua now
littleoddforest™ says: (6:39:23 PM)
u cooking?
Brandon…. is Bacterius says: (6:39:49 PM)
pig gua v easy to cook
Brandon…. is Bacterius says: (6:39:56 PM)
i go huo guo always cook
littleoddforest™ says: (6:40:15 PM)
but u need huo guo soup, so you cooking that?
Brandon…. is Bacterius says: (6:40:37 PM)
er no.
Brandon…. is Bacterius says: (6:40:41 PM)
i Request
littleoddforest™ says: (6:40:59 PM)
request from who. heaven and the gods ah
Brandon…. is Bacterius says: (6:41:04 PM)
can request ma la or yao chai from that stall
Brandon…. is Bacterius says: (6:42:17 PM)
famous and delicious
Brandon…. is Bacterius says: (6:43:21 PM)
juz ask and pay $ and prob solve

***pig gua = pig’s liver
***huo guo = steamboat
***ma la / yao chai = 2 steamboat soup flavors to choose from, spicy or ginseng tonic soup

from our chat 2 weeks ago, when i had the monthly cramps.
don’t you just love him? hahahha

an 80s cartoon a day….

keeps the stress away!!! wooow!

he-man, you look so ridiculous now, your hair-do is soooo… she-man!!! hahaha!! i can’t believe i used to make you and g.i.joe do such unspeakable things to my poor barbie dolls…. my cousin lina, who used to be my playmate every sunday, liked she-ra more (i couldn’t stand she-ra for some reason, maybe i thought the whole twin sister thing was bullshit and they were banging each other), and we would fight every sunday morning because of this.

and you wonder how america brainwashed my childhood? ha!

gnomes are the dope

you know that world in my head? i know for sure that this has been subconsciously influencing me and my life choices and molded me to some extent. i love gnomes. i love animals. i don’t like humans. i love the outdoors, the woods, and nature. my label is littleoddforest.

as j puts it “kids do stupid things nowadays because they don’t have such cartoons anymore”

but…. wassup with all the nose rubbing!!!?? dude!!! i’m so going to have nightmares tonight. and the troll? looks exactly like that stupid obnoxious supplier i met last week. that long big red disgusting nose. lol!!!

off for short getaway with our homecoming pals this weekend!! have been only getting about 4 hours of sleep each night for this entire week… (x ____ x)
and it didn’t help that mao was in town and in a strange 1am supper mode… i’m going to force rub noses with you later. hahahahahh! happy weekend, folks! muacks!

p.s. i have so many surprises up my sleeves i’m almost gagging on all of them! expect new item range! new designs! new purses! new collaborations! and more! soon! i’ll be spewing them out slowly, one at a time… give my eyes, my fingers, and my head a lil’ break yeah! xoxoxo!

the name that escapes me no longer…

have been exchanging emails with j about the cartoons we grew up with and utterly love. and then he sent me this link, and i went crazy. like crazy happy. because i have been trying to remember the name of this series for the past 3 years (can you believe it!!!!!!????) ever since pat and mao started the topic one fine night, about smurfs and all. and no one. not a single soul. for the love of gawd. knew what i was describing, needless to say, know the name. fraggle rock. ahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! *goes crazy again*

i love it. i had a most awesome childhood, and grew up with the best stories, best cartoons, and best shows. jim henson was one of my many heroes. so many of the cartoons now are so terribly dull and uncreative. you know, just like how retro is always in. haha! can’t believe that actually came out from me.

i don’t have time for youtube, but j is sending me more. heeeeee!
i’m drowning in work, and this for sure helps with the stress relieving… *muacks! thanksss!!
soon! you’ll see what i’m busying myself with! weeeeee!