Painstakingly made...

I don't know why I've come up with lame titles these days.

Ugh, screw my writing skills.

Well anyway, I spent my Friday checking out some cool portfolio websites, and then I finally got inspired to make one. I'm actually developing a Deviantart account, where I post my all-kinds of artworks I did in the past and store them all up there, but I guess Portfolio is something that's more major-focused.

So, ta-da...here goes my kind-of-unofficial-because-I'm-not-formally-trained portfolio!

 

Nothing in particular is up with me these days. I went to see Cabin in the Woods with a friend, after she successfully dragged me to watch it (despite all my "I don't see horrors" excuses). The movie turned out to be interesting, even better than what I had expected. I might write a review about it.

 

I also got to attend my friend's surprise birthday at Village California Bistro and Wine Bar at Santana Row.

By the way, if you're wondering when I'm ever going to write the continuation of Orlando for Winter story, I'm currently working on it. Homework and exams are in my way though, but that's what I'm in college for!

Strokes across the canvas

Phew it's been a tough week for flyer-making. Club day is just a day away and I've been getting requests to make a flyer for some clubs. I only took two requests though, before the demand is getting higher and I would have to end up sacrificing my studies.

Anyway, again, I feel lazy enough to scan my recent drawings or any 2D works. The glue sticking on the construction paper and all that can be hella a pain in the butt.

PADI flyer:
Made this flyer for a candidate party running for the upcoming term's election of Indonesian Student Organization on campus. The rice plant vector belongs to stockphoto.com

KDC Flyer:

Guess what, I just finished it right before I wrote this post. I'm surprised of how it turns out to be.
At first, I only planned on putting 2 Kpop group pictures on the upper left hand corner, but since their position wouldn't make the composition seem stable, I added some more on the right hand side to balance the whole composition.

Mountain Lion Brochure:
Hmm what should I say about this one? I created this for Environmental Science presentation project, where my group happens to present a topic about mountain lion. A brochure from each group is to be given to the instructor that should contain some materials from the presentation slides.

Continuum:
I might say this one is not entirely original. Not that I copied it from somewhere. This is actually my first abstract, conceptual graphic art I've ever made, based on a tutorial, except the fact that I did a huge alteration. Some elements from the tutorial can still be easily spotted.

KDC Logo:
Right after I created the Continuum project, a friend dropped a comment on Facebook in response to the piece saying that I should create a logo for his (actually mine too) club, to which I happily complied :)

That's all for today folks.
 
OMG it's friggin 2.14 am now.
I'm gonna be a walking zombie by morning AGAIN

Go Aggie!!

This totally made my day.

Alhamdulillah.

God is good :)

However, I didn't get into UCLA, exactly like what I have anticipated.
Anyway, the admission decisions out today finally conclude months of journey of waiting for university acceptances. After series of pounding heartbeats, I can finally settle down and hopefully I'll be able to choose the right school to go to.

P.S: By the way, the new Blogger editor is annoying. Hopefully I'll get used to it soon >.<

spring break frenzy

First of all, I'd like to wish you a very...

Just thought I'd like to take a break from writing "Orlando for Winter" :)

The graphic I made this time was quite lame. I tried my best to create an egg on Illustrator only to find out I failed to do so *doublelame*

Hope you guys had a great Easter! I wish I had some real eggs to decorate here, but apparently they have gone rotten so I had to dispose them (did that a while ago).

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So you might probably remember a post that I did previously about me staying here in the Bay Area for spring break for a week, while a lot of people I knew fled out of state for vacation. Well, it looks like my break wasn't as boring as I thought it would be. Although not as satisfying as winter break, I definitely had a good time during spring break and most importantly, I had never saved as much money like I did in other breaks, so that adds to the point.

In exchange of not traveling anywhere, I (sorta) "warned" my parents that most expenses for a week would be on food, clothing, and movies. I ended up rewarding myself after an exhausting quarter with bunch of food, a pair of new clothing, a good book to read, two movies, and a quality time of blogging :)

Yep, I bought The Hunger Games!!!
I felt so tempted to read the book after seeing the movie. The movie was unexpectedly good, although I heard a couple of my friends said it sucked. I was totally blown away by Katniss' character and her upbringing delivered by Jennifer Lawrence. The whole atmosphere and cinematography also successfully drew character into the situation the characters were involved in. Sooo...intense. I'm definitely looking forward to finishing the book.

May the odds be ever in your favor!

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I wish I could show my new clothing, but too bad I don't have that particular "fashion blogger" quality. Anyway, I spent some time at H&M and Forever 21 buying myself a new hot pink shirt with a string (more like a belt) attached around the waist, a floral dress (a super duper very rare occasion for me to buy a casual dress, but then I remember that I might need one for summer or spring), and a jeans jacket that matches with the dress.

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Moving on to the food!! Ah, here comes my favorite part of all spring break time. Aside from my extreme liking on food, my goal by the end of the break is to at least gain a pound of weight since I'm a little underweight. Oh how hard is it to gain weight? -_-

Tenma Ramen is one of the most awaited food I'd been dying to have ever since spring break starts. This authentic Okinawa ramen is rich of garlic flavor, making it so undeniably luscious.

After seeing 21 Jump Street with ISV folks, the remaining of us went to Harumi Sushi to munch on 65 sushi rolls. Yes, you got it right. Sixty-five rolls for five people. That's hella a lot.


Chicken Curry with Rice after 3 hours of playing badminton! Had this at Tandoori Chicken. I got to say that the rice was not as tasty as I thought it'd be, but the curry was absolutely mouthwatering.



Grilled chicken with fried potatoes and mushroom sauteed with Cajun Sauce!
I don't quite recall the full name of the food, but I believe it's one of the signature food at Applebees.



Pho with Beef and Soft Tendons at Downtown Mountainview.
I'm never quite a fan of this Vietnamese noodle soup, but whenever I'm hungry, I can never resist this dish!


Sauteed Chicken Marsala at Elephant Bar.
It's a you-pass-it-everyday kind of restaurant, but who knows the food can be so promising?


I had beef and tofu rice at Top Cafe right after playing at Golfland with some friends of mine, an activity that finally concludes my whole spring break event.

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So the rice plate wraps up my simple spring break! I know I expected much than just culinary tour and shopping: I wished to travel out of state (been saying this for hundredth time now), but on the bright side, at least I got to save some money for my future needs and especially university tuition :)

See you in a bit. Spring quarter starts tomorrow and I need to get enough sleep to slam early morning class :)

ORLANDO for winter. pt 6: rolling in the deep

Previously: But we luckily got to hop on our scheduled shuttle and went back home to the hotel. Before going straight back to the hotel, we stopped by at McD (it became like our daily ritual) to have ourselves meal for breakfast.

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- DAY 3: DECEMBER 20, 2011 -

Okay, fourth day! It's time to get off a little bit from our Disney frenzy and move to aquatic life. Seaworld Orlando visit is TODAY!!! Although I've been to aquariums before, like Seaworld in Indonesia, Underwater World in Sentosa Island, Singapore, Downtown Aquarium at Denver, and Monterey Bay Aquarium, I have never been to an official Seaworld theme park, which obviously provided wider range of aquatic exhibits. So you wouldn't imagine how exhilarated I was that day.

By the way, the Seaworld visit that day was a bit sudden, as we actually planned to go there after we went to Disney's Animal Kingdom. But due to some specific reasons, there had been a change in plan that all of us had to book and print out the ticket a night before the visit...pronto.

ORLANDO for winter. pt 5: it's a high-tech world after all

Previously: Seriously, I didn't feel in a Disney park. This whole vibe didn't convince me I was in one, at least.

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- Morocco:

The whole setting transported us all back to the times of Arabian nights! I was blown away with again, a different atmosphere it offers. The jasmine-accented shops sold various Arabian-related attributes, from carpet to furnitures and decorations, like they were all out straight from the movie Aladdin. The exit of the shops led to an entry to the marketplace, where more Arabian attributes and items were offered to the tourists.