No More

No more Skype calls.
No more super long texts.
No more sleeping mid-text.
No more sleeping to the sound of your voice.
No more Facebook chats.
No more texts.
No more visits.
No more dates.
No more night calls.
No more cuddles.
No more hugs.
No more kisses.
No more you.







No more communication.

But they were all fading away slowly anyway.

Typography Advertisement

Had my first Typography Design class today. I fell asleep during the lecture ._.

However, by the end of the day, i deemed it as (one of) my favourite subject(s) of the semester, ergo the subject that i would like to score A in, by all means possible.

There's just something about typography that intrigues me. The way that letters can be arranged together to make structures or even represent images. The way different typefaces have their own individual personality. The way words can be designed to make a simple sentence hold more meaning than it ever could.

I'm not sure if i like typography because i love books. I mean, i've always had an affinity for reading stuff. (Except for terms and conditions. Who reads that anyway?) It's not that, however. It's the content, the meaning behind those words that gives you a certain sort of feeling. I'm being quite vague here, i know, but i just have this feeling when i read a certain passage or paragraph, like i can understand. I feel like i'm able to connect and truly recognize the meaning behind those words, and i love that sensation.

Anyway, back to Typography class. We had to produce a black and white newspaper advertisement for an MPH book sale (yay!) using the sales text given below:

Headline:

MPH Books Sale

Up to 80% off* 

Subhead:

3-9 September 2012

Expo Hall 5

Fri: 3pm – 9pm, Sat & Sun: 9am – 9pm 

Great titles at bargain prices starting from RM2.

HURRY OVER! 

Adult Fiction, Self Help, Cookery, Business, Travel, Paperback, Bestsellers, Children Books, Graphic Novels, Magazines & many other titles 

Fine prints:

*Whilst stocks last

*Terms and conditions apply 

[MPH Logo]

www.mph.com.my

 I THINK we were given creative liberties, so i went ahead and mixed in whatever i thought would look interesting and out of the norm. The result i got was this:

Yeeeeeah. Not what you'd expect from a newspaper ad.

My brother said it looked like an ad for a jazz concert. A friend of mine said that it feels like every word is clamouring for your attention. Well, i'll just have to see what my lecturer thinks about it next week or so.

I can't wait to learn more. Maybe then i'll be able to do posters like these!

Type is the new hype,
Wenzes Yap

This Isn't Goodbye

As i'm typing this, you're probably already on the plane, leaving for Minnesota. Leaving for a place with greener pastures, to further your studies in engineering.

I just came back from the airport.

When i came home, everything felt the same somehow. Nothing has changed, not really. But yet something is different. It's the thought that i won't see you in person again, not for a year at least. It's the thought that we won't be able to hang out and eat together. It's the thought that things just won't be the same anymore, not without you.

All these memories flashing through our heads, reminiscing about the past. These nostalgic moments were the ones that drew all of us together; maintaining our bonds of friendship. We grew up together, had our experiences in school, made fun of ourselves, became friends.

I'm not gonna pretend that i was your closest friend, and that i was always there for you, but you were a really good friend of mine, one of the best i ever had. And i would like it to stay that way, even if you're all the way on the other side of the planet. After all, i don't want to waste the 7 years of friendship that we have. Lets make it a decade before we stop talking to each other, eh? Heh, i'm joking.

Leon Lim, have fun in the states. We all miss you, and we all love you. And you'd better come back again to see us all someday, or I'll go over there just to drag your sorry bum back here.

But i bet you already knew all that =)


This isn't goodbye,
Wenzes Yap

Birthday Surprises

I absolutely love birthday surprises. Especially if I'm included in the planning. And even more so when they're a complete success!

Today, we managed to surprise one of our college friends, Soon, for his 20th birthday that happened 2 days back. Bought a cake (Chocolate Cream Cheese!) and met up at the bus stop so that we could catch a bus to his house.

We waited for about 40 minutes for the bus to arrive? From about 9.30am till 10.10am. *sigh* The Malaysian buses don't really follow any fixed schedule. I guess it would be kinda hard to stay true to the timetable as there's the jam to handle in the morning and evening. Wish the public transport was better though. But I'm thankful that we even have public transport =)

So yeah, since it was our first time heading there, we were quite clueless as to where the place is and what bus to take. Fortunately, one of our friends, Ant, lives close to him, so he guided us there. Skipping the bus drama, we got to the apartment around 10.30am =)

Ant already knew where he lived (having followed him yesterday, haha) so he lead us to the front gate where we lighted the candles and rang the bell. That sleepyhead took so long to answer the door; Ant had to call him with the pretence that he wanted to ask Soon something, haha.

Anyway, he was REALLY surprised. And he JUST woke up too! Which made it even better because I caught his bed hair on video! Hahaha. I'm gonna try to edit it as soon as i can (in about two weeks time). I've to get a head-start on my video editing or i'll be lost sometime in the distant future when i'm doing my assignments ._.

Long story short, we ate the cake and walked back to have lunch at Manhattan Fish Market (because they have a promotion! =D). Now, i don't always eat there, but after the service that they gave us, i'm not sure if i want to go back there again.

Okay maybe i'm being a little oversensitive here. The staff weren't rude to us, but they weren't exactly super polite either. It seems to me that they're a little impatient. It's not really much of a big deal, but it was a slightly unpleasant experience for all of us. The food was alright though. Not the best, but it was edible =)

So we ended the day with a happy note of promises to go out sometime soon. Yays.

Tata,
Wenzes

Photography Exhibition

Setting up photos

Our class had to set up out photos on display in the exhibition hall today! It was really hectic; in the morning, most of us bought our materials from the art supply shop and started cutting, slicing, sticking and decorating in accordance to our respecting themes. There was rubbish flying everywhere.

You can see how considerate we are about the cleanliness of the college.

And you know what DIDN'T help? The fact that the exhibition hall was so narrow and you could smell the sweat everywhere cause it was so cramped. Seriously, i kid you not; the second you step over the boundary into the corridor, you could feel the mustiness clinging to you in the air and there'd be this hot, stuffy feeling all around you, like the feeling of wet socks. Ew.

But on the bright side, we got everything done by evening! =)

My photography assignment was about the night market. Or as we call it in Malaysia, pasar malam. Initially, my idea was to capture the contrasting elements in the night market, but because of the way i edited it, my lecturer said i sorta 'forced' people to look at the point of interest. The way i edited it was by desaturating the entire image, but only leaving the point of interest in colour. Sorta like the colour splash method, but i left in the object of interest instead. So..yeah. That kinda ruined the whole assignment for me.

I was really, really, really, REALLY disappointed at first, but i tried to accept it as a learning point and move on from there. So i asked my tutor to help me check through all the photos i took during the past 6 weeks and recommend the photos i should choose. In the end, the topic focused on the shopkeepers and their products in the night market. Most of the composition consists of repeating patterns and leading lines.

I titled it 'Minders of the Market', because the photos focus on the shopkeepers = shop-minders.

This is my spot! =)

This was how we booked our spot. By sticking our picture there =D

Some of the decorations were really crazy. Here are some of my favourites!

Follow the chains for the storyline.

 I really like this one cause of the chains, eventhough the storyline went haywired towards the end. You can see how everything clumps up, haha. It portrays the storyline of the Black Rock Shooter OVA(or was it anime?) with photos of chibi figurines. Or nendoroids, as my classmate says.

Mamak Store!

 I particularly like this one because of the banana leaves that my classmate used. I think the combination of the banana leaves and newspapers really contributes to the theme of the mamak store. But the leaves will probably turn brown by the end of the two weeks, heh.

A number of people commented about how unfortunate this bear was. 

Heh, i took that portrait of my friend and edited it! =D I like this one because there's a bear!! Haha, no really. I only like this because it's funny. The bear is a girlish item and yet it's holding the photo of the photographer, who looks like she's about to kill someone. In fact, that one photo is completely in contrast with the whole theme of this shoot. Heh. But it wasn't my fault that we had to shoot according to first impressions.

Lego people! =D

The classmate that was shooting this focused on Lego people. Hence, the whole yellow colour. I think i like this one because of all the effort put into it. Eventhough the finishing was a little rough, i really liked it because he took the time to stick all the Lego people inside the frame for display. He even cut out plastic sheets and stuck them over the frame so that no one could steal them! 

Camera!

This topic was about street photography. The camera display is interesting, but you can see that the buttons are cut off because there's not enough space. I really really like the instagram box, though. Heheh.

Crinkled up brown paper!

Somehow this display gives me this warm and fuzzy feeling inside. Sorta antique. And i really like the photos cause they make you think, too. It shows the relationship between the mother and the son, but through objects. Quite interesting =)

How the exhibition hall looks like after most of the displays have been put up.

My classmate, painstakingly cutting out frames for each of his 12 photos out of cardboard.

Poor guy. I heard he stayed up all night to do this. But it turned out quite lovely in the end =)

So yeah, that's basically a summary of our first individual exhibition! =) I'd write more, but if i did, i'll be going on and on about how i felt and that would be boring.


Signing out,
Wenzes

Empty

Whoa, this space is empty.










(See what i did there? Hahahahah. Okay lame.)
No matter, it'll start to fill up soon enough =)

Basically, i created this blog to start anew. I needed to hone my writing skills more (my English is deteriorating, seriously!) Not only that, i really wanted to record down my memories and thoughts as i go through life.

Looking back at the past year, i just realized how much i've forgotten when i don't write it down. So this will be a new start, another attempt on cherishing the events that have long gone past. So that when i look back, i can relieve it all over again and say: 'Ah, those were the good/bad ol' days'. Damn i sound like a grandma.

Till then, cheerio!
Wenzes Yap