Edison's Lab

A concept for game art and planning, a dark and eerie version of Thomas Edison's lab and his inventions. The concept was a team effort (Iffah, Ee Wen, Felicia, Justin and I). I think it could actually be a real fun game.

"If you don't signal how am I going to know to let you through first!?"

We Are Malaysian

For my Final Project Studio class I am working on my very own interactive/static/printed comic strip! The topic? Criticising Malaysia and Malaysians for all their faults! Here's a few quick drawings. I'm still developing my style so comments welcome =)

"Those who have the least faith require the most self reassurance."

Inappropriate Viewing

Some of you may be wondering how to think out of the box and be original. Well here is a collection of fantastically unusual videos that may get your brain cells working! Interpret them with your own logic, strange and possibly disturbing videos below. Enjoy!

"Selamat Hari Raya to ALL Malaysians! NOT just Muslims!"

Gaming on Virgin Grounds

As I am working strenuously on a recently conjured image that my mind has formed, that seems has a strong reliance on storytelling along with decorated language, do excuse me if the way my writings express themselves seems to be of unconventional use. It is merely practice for an endeavour I fear that I have set targets at heights even I would have difficulty reaching.

Yestermorn I finally received the order I had been so long in waiting, an intricate and complicated and not to mention powerful tool which prior to this I had deemed inadequate and unsuitable for my particular style of design executions. I had been mistaken and am not afraid to admit it. I called laptops a waste of time and wealth but I realise now that my judgement was based solely on my perceptions of technology long obsolete. I pondered the possibilities of obtaining such an item and searched for what laptops had become in recent years, if they had remained as overweight, wannabe desktops costing far greater a sum than traditional systems. What I found I admired and desired.

A Dell creation caught my eye and made me want for it. What I could do with such a capable machine would extend my abilities further than they could ever had reach thus far and I would not let such a bargain timed so opportunely escape me. I split the cost with my father and waited, and even though it has arrived early by a week, the wait seemed almost persistent. I sought my old games through piles of unorganised junk, removing items too many to count to find what I should have kept safe all this while. Picking four games which had imbued in them a property as important as game play itself I installed them and now am pondering which world I should return to first. That property is replay value. An essential element in modern games, I sought to participate in universes that would hold the most long-term promise.

And so it begins again.

"I have come to the conclusion that morality and religion, although bound together, do not seem to require each other to exist."

The Benefits of a Laptop

I have finally managed to order a laptop and it should be here within a week! Previously I had not thought a laptop would help me a great deal but now that I study the possibilities, there is so much more I could do:

• Staying at The One working until midnight will now be no problem


• I will never have to book a lab again


• When in classes, I don't need to use those computers anymore


• I can backup my files on my laptop so I can clear my portable drive


• I will have extra time wherever I am to conduct online/offline activities

Other than that I have been DYING to get back into gaming! I really miss the days where I can spend time gaming especially because it's going to be a major part of the industry I am entering. With a laptop I can just hang out somewhere and game for a while no problem and it won't really take up much of my work time.

Yes I can do all this because it's a pretty powerful laptop but I'm sure it's definitely a worthwhile investment.

I can't wait for it to get here!

Edit: I just thought I'd try putting a list in this post and wth the points are flowers... 0_o

"Computer power doubles every 18 months."

Scarlett DA Additions

Although my Scarlett project isn't finished, I have uploaded a few things to my DA. Do check them out =D Here are a few to get you interested:

"Coding seems impossible to learn at first."

Interesting Facts

As I do a lot of random knowledge searching and do want to mention them on my blog from time to time, to get the message across fast and easy I think I'll just do something like this.

JESUS ALONG WITH MANY OF THE OTHER CHRISTIAN/JEWISH PROPHETS ARE ALSO IN THE QURAN! HE'S JUST NAMED ISA. IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE!

No not all of them are going to be religious tid-bits. They will be on all topics which I remember or learn of from any source and from any point in my life.

"In case you didn't know."

Power & Representation

After a fun and enlightening trip to Petrosains, located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, I was told of a specific mission before entering. I was to discover and explore the possibilities of the relation between the two words, Power and Representation, and to be inspired by what I experienced, then write an article based on that. What I saw the most at Petrosains based on these words was power, in any form, being put to use to educate, and what most people do not realise is that power, or rather energy to be more accurate, can not be created or destroyed, merely transformed (yes I did realise this long before the Transformers movie so don't get on my case).

So my point and relation to my given topic is of course, power being represented in other forms, invisible energies transformed into a visible representation or inert materials combined to create new and more useful power, seen by their representation, their reactions and the culmination of an intended (or not) byproduct. The result used to our advantage be it to assist, educate or entertain.

A few examples I can recall off the top of my head is the power of sound waves affecting metal rings which vibrate so we can see sound, or an electric tube which flows electricity through your body so when you touch a light bulb it lights up so that you can feel light, or even a device which when you interact with it, it reads radiation levels so you can hear radiation. Creating representations for such powers allows humans to interact with energies in ways which would have been otherwise impossible and what humans can interact with humans can learn to control and use. The best and most appropriate example is petroleum. Things died millions of years ago and turned into a black sludge. This turned out to be a powerful source of fuel, stored power in a new form and used by humans (though we really should stop).

The importance of the representation of such powers is understood when you realise the dangers or benefits that exist in our universe and how much we have yet to learn. There is so much stuff we cannot see, hear, touch, taste or smell yet it exists. If we cannot discover these powers, detect, measure and calculate them, what would we do when we unknowingly encounter them?

Power is everything. Being in the information age gives us the privilege to be the ones to discover and control many of these powers but what will we do once we gain control. What does the representation of such invisible powers mean for us?

The Mossy Forest

I finally found my old shots from photography class last term (I lost them when my hard drive died...). I got the CD back from Meng and I picked my top 3 of the shots I took from The Mossy Forest at Cameron Highlands and uploaded them =) Do click on the images and check them out on my DA. Comments and Criticism welcome!


Mossy Forest



Moss Dawn



Red Sphagnum

"I hate how I always get sick by catching it from other people..."

20

So today is the last day that I'm a teenager )= but no worries! Nothing seems to have changed =D I don't allow chronological events to determine who I am. So just for fun here's a collection of songs from YouTube in no particular order:













Proof you can make a song about anything. Do watch them, I'm sure you'll love at least some of them =D

"=P *FrenchCough!*"