Scary Ever After

Hanging out @ Garden, 1Utama.

Lifestyle boutiques and cafes are all the range these days. 'Garden' seems to top em' all in terms of sheer elegance (in my opinion,anyway). I personally prefer this to Fullhouse, which interestingly enough, happens to be under the same management. No comment about the food, though. ;P

Shirley with the trademark white piano...

Me enjoying a 'jug' of iced lemon tea :)

Deep Thoughts.

It's 1.30am. A warm night and an odd hour to be finding myself pondering about the meaning of life and death. Reflecting on the string of less than pleasant news in the past few months, I find myself wondering...

My mum's health (which has me worried. i pray the detoxification method works), then my little god-sister has suddenly contracted a blood sickness at the young age of 21 (she is waiting for a suitable B+ bone marrow donor) and today my mother-in-law has me and my wife concerned. I'm surprised how bad it can all seem at first.

But it's simple really.

"The good news is that life is just an illusion. A playground of sorts for spiritual adventurers to learn of their divinity. Where absolutely anything can happen, thoughts become things, and dreams do come true" - Mike Dooley from his book, Notes from the Universe.

What a way with words. I find myself drawing inspiration from his writings. Here's my favorite : "For every fork in the road, there are often two paths from which to choose ... the one you 'should' take and the one you want to take. Take the second. Always take the second."

I guess in spite of what we see around us ... we must never stop believing. And in doing so, be better, stronger and wiser for it.

Saying goodbye!

It’s a wonderful feeling to know your work is finally getting published. My first graphic novel is about to hit the bookstores and as I write this, I’m thinking of how the beginning of one dream means the end of another.

Today I have to say goodbye to my free online comics website : Scary Ever After. It’s the 11^th of April today and it would have been 18 months since the website was launched. I guess I’ve been putting off this day, whether it had skipped my mind or silent procrastination, I can’t tell. But no goodbye is ever final. In a way, Scary Ever After is about to take on a new life!

An unexpected Sunday.

I woke up at 11.30am feeling like sunshine. I love Sundays. Even though my Sunday afternoons are mostly spent teaching, but still…Sundays are cool.

Today was different. I had to cancel class so I could visit my godson in Pantai Hospital, Melaka. Poor thing had contracted dengue. Me and Shirley grabbed a Subway sandwich at Centrepoint and I thought since we’re here, I’ll just drop by the Mind Shop and grab my monthly fix of Thor and X-files. It’s been 3 months since I’ve bought a comic book *fingers itching*.

An hour and a half later I found myself sitting in the children’s ward watching a movie on Astro with my godson. His forehand was swollen from the glucose drip and I frequently had to open the toilet door for him and the glucose drip thingy. They were inseparable. I brought him some grapes (which was practical) and a Spider-Man comic book (which was not so practical). *I remember being 6 or 7 when I was admitted to the hospital for a week. The one thing I looked forward to was my dad bringing me lots of comics!*

Being a Chinese educated boy, I don’t think my godson is into Spider-Man comics. Judging by his reaction, I think he’d much rather watch TV. Actually, he does rather watch TV. Oh well…

For dinner we had rice balls and chicken at Jonker Street. It’s my third time here. Frankly, I think the famous Melaka rice balls are way overrated. Strolling along Jonker Street in the drizzling rain after that was loads of fun. The cool night air coupled with the ambience of red lanterns reminded me of the night markets in Taiwan.

Along the way we discovered a mysterious passageway and a curious Toy Museum. “RM 5 per head!” said the museum keeper. We stepped in and for a short while it felt like we were spirited away into a maze of toys, masks and life size figures.

My First Attempt for Body Painting

A snapshot before leaving for the wedding dinner.:)

While waiting for the makeup artist, i did this body art for shirley..

Okay..time to paint on the bride!
#1 - use eye liner to draw the design.

#2 - start painting the colors with body paint..

Kat - be careful ar..
John - shh..don move ler

Wish I had more time to experiment..body paint works differently from the usual poster color..mixing was difficult and i had no time for mistakes..;p
I had about 30 mins before the bride had to meet the guests... swt swt..

Adding the finishing touches..
#3 - Dab in the glitter and foundation powder and we're done!

Shirley & Katherine ^_^

More Sketches from Tampin & Melaka

Artist on the street...

Tada! This is the Finished Sketch.

It took me 20 mins to complete this..the same time it took an enthused kid to get completely bored..lol

Kids are the trickiest to draw because they're almost never still.
These are Shirley's little cousin brother & sister.

The creepy roots @ Tampin.

Xmas @ Smokehouse, Fraser

A-typical..the first thing i do is take out my sketchbook while my wife enjoys her tea and scones..lol

sketching is always a hurry-up-and-wait give me 10 more mins kinda thing.

here's the finished thingie...;)

lets do something to that tree...

look what santa got me! a sketchbook..*not funny*

i booked the whole cottage just for ourselves..hahaha..i wish...
*here's the trick,reserve a room on a wednesday..chances are there's not many ppl if any*