11.28.2006

Horn of Africa!!!

it was a forum lecture night... lecturer was Odile Derq... interesting stuff...
but.. best part... dinner afterwards!! finally.. i tried the ethiopian food.. its neat! eat with hands!!! lets get eating:

veggie platter for 2 ~ yummy!

sean.. enjoying himself... it was good... nice dinner.. nice chat... here's a quote: "I admire your sensitivity to your emotions" - sean

its something along those lines... very different comment... sean.. you're very sensitive too.. more than u realize... but.. thx... i take it as a compliment :)

Horn of Africa

11.24.2006

1 week left... almost done...

hehe.. this is the update this week....
not much to say... just enjoy!

this is the part i like, i edited this part here the most....

another close up....


hehe.. just one more week.... one more life drawing session... oh no!!! i will have to finish... stay tune for the next entry!!!

11.15.2006

Life Drawing update!

ok.. the weekly life drawing:

as most ppl can see.. i added more blues... more cold tones... its not just blues.. its grays... and greens.. to balance out the drawing.. and add more depth....again.. i worked on quite a few areas... hard to just tell u exactly.. u guys can compare it to the previous posts.. haha... but.. below is a new pose i added:

only one comment here.... actually.. no comments.. j9 will see it.. i'm sure :P (great minds think a like.. or should i say.. dirty minds do too!)... of course... i'll get a comment from her saying... no selina.. what were u thinking?.. ."i see nothing" - quote j9

haha.. oko..enough.. i realize i'm dirty minded.. but.. really.. i didnt intend for such details.. it just happens... with all the overlaps.. its bound to happen.. no? (hehe)

anyways... enjoy! feel free to comment

11.11.2006

I Still Believe: Vivian Hsu & Gary Cao

nice song:

good to have some music on this blog... bye !

11.08.2006

Suishi Garden and Weekly Life Drawing

hehe.. cally and jon came over on the weekend... they were writing their dentistry exam ... good luck to them!!! but... before they left.. we had a gooood dinner at suishi gardens.. my favorite restaurant in Ottawa... :P

below are our pictures:

cally and jon

cally and i

lovely shrimp

me and sashimi... and shrimpi.... hehe

and... now... life drawing today... below is the weekly update:

i added a male head.. and more stuff along the bottom left... and the arm on the right for the body with the butt... and added a arm/hand at the foot of the butt... so... comments anyone?

11.04.2006

"small" people.... 小人

in chinese... we use "small people" (literal translation) to label those in the story below:

actually... i dun believe i should go into the details of the incident... but perhaps... summarize the morals of the story....

isnt it amazing how people can twist the truth into gossip... just because the truth is something they rather not believe... or they are too jealous to believe...so what do they do?... they turn the story upside down.. and spread it like gossip...

just because of jealousy or lack of their own merit/judgment ... gossip spreads like wild fire and weeds... there is a poem in chinese: 野 火 燒 不 盡 , 春 風 吹 有 生 "fire cannot destory all weeds, for spring wind blows upon new sprouts"... i love this poem for it signifies exactly this situation...

weeds are the small people/the jealousy... they will always be around.. nothing can extinguish them... for gossip will always be spread like the spring wind... that fertilizes the small people !!!

conclusion: i am always the water... perhaps it is me.. that helps to grow/create jealousy in the small people... or.. it is me who destroys the fire that is unable to eliminate the weeds... in the end... i should just go with the flow... and reflect in my own pond of water

full poem:


poet: 白居易
title: 賦得古原草送別


poem:

離離原上草,一歲一枯榮。
野火燒不盡,春風吹又生。
遠芳侵古道,晴翠接荒城。
又送王孫去,萋萋滿別情

for more detailed explanation: description (provided by keith.. thx)