Shingeki no kyojin (attack on titans)

I cried watching this anime. Seriously,this is not a cartoon with mindless fights over questionable objectives.

It's raw emotion. They bleed and suffer and you bleed and suffer with them too.

This is reality.titans are like the powerful,corrupted people who devour people's flesh,eating them inside out. Still the sad reality remains.we cannot do anything to fight these titans. Not yet. Not without unity.

And to learn this from an anime is just mind blowing.

a lesson learnt.

Today at the airport, I saw someone that resembles my favorite lecturer back in UTP, Dr. Alan G Downe. Whilst reminiscing the good old days in college, I smile. How I have missed that enthusiastic face of him telling the whole class about a topic on corporate communication. He might not remember me, but I'll never forget that energy he transfers to us every time he stands in front of the room. You can tell that he's enjoying what he's doing. That same joy excites us to go to his next class. What's interesting about him is that he values his students' opinion. He would make us write about our past experiences for example, and reads them out loud and discuss about it together. Communicate. That's what he did to us. He influences me in a way that I've accidentally discover my own passion.

Tell. that's what I've always wanted to do in my life. It could be in various kinds of medium, be it in a tiny logo, or a gigantic billboard, or even a short movie. A conversation. Or lyrics. Maybe a novel. Conveying a message to someone might appear to be simple, but it's not. You have to understand your demographic, or in a simple word, your subject to tell. The message might been heard or seen, but is it understood? That's the hard part in telling. To make them understand, and even better, act. why would anyone prefer pepsi over coca cola for example? They must be a message that had been heard, understood and "motivated" these people to choose the brand.

I hope that someday, I would be able to tell more. and by more, it need not be in how many people that listen to me. "Always prefer quality over quantity when it comes to communication", he said, ending one of his lessons on one afternoon, few years back. Yet his voice is still as clear as I could remember..

p/s :  if my English sucks, I put the entire blame on my cough syrup. nite :P

perempuan dan bola.

Orang selalu cakap, bola ni permainan lelaki. tapi aku rasa, maskulin tak maskulin, boleh je tengok bola. sama la macam sukan lain kan. badminton takde pulak orang cakap, "eh, pelik betul minat tengok badminton."

Hmm..mungkin sebab secara harafiahnya (tak tau la apa maksud, aku main hentam je sebab bunyi macam sedap. haha) bola sepak ni memang selalu kaum Adam je layan kot..

Lagi satu soalan tak boleh belah orang selalu tanya kalau perempuan minat bola ialah, "ni mesti minat spain kan? ke itali? sebab ramai player yang kachak2.."

Jawapan aku ialah, memang tidak dinafikan ada pompuan tengok bola sebab nak tengok christiano ronaldo, bukan sebab nak tengok christiano ronaldo main..lumrah la kan..sama la macam lelaki tengok female beach volleyball..kitorang sebagai perempuan, mata kitorang mesti nak scan player kachak2 punya. ahaks. tapi bagi aku, aku tengok bola sebab aku suka the adrenaline rush bila contohnya lah..seorang pemain menuju ke padang perlahan-lahan dengan semua mata tertumpu ke arah beliau. negara yang beliau wakili sedang bermain dalam final.90 minit dah habis, tambah lagi 30 minit. lepas 30 minit masa tambahan, masih seri. maka nak tak nak, kena sepak penalti. mata sekarang ialah 3-3. kalau dia gol, maka menanglah pasukan dia, negara dia. kalau dia tak gol, dia dah hampakan 30 billion rakyat negara dia..

impak main bola ni universal, sampai negara yang bergaduh pun boleh berhenti bergaduh kejap dan main sekali. sampai rakyat yang tengah mogok pun duduk kejap tengok bola. moral daripada memenangi bola boleh jadi moral kepada sebuah negara yang sedang dilanda krisis. greece dalam euro semalam contohnya, pasukan "underdog" yang serba kekurangan. derang datang dengan reputasi sebagai bekas pemenang euro 2004, tapi disebabkan krisis ekonomi,memenangi euro 2012 memang misi mustahil. nak menang dengan poland semalam pun hampir mustahil..tapi dengan 10 orang, derang berjaya seri dengan poland yang disebut-sebut senang nak menang game semalam. just like that, moral rakyat greece terubat sikit..

sebab tu aku suka tengok bola :)

nota sarung kaki : malam ni jerman lawan portugal. aku sokong jerman! haha. dah 10 tahun sokong jerman sejak zaman miroslav klose muda-muda dekat world cup 2002 sampai la zaman orang baru macam mario gotze. sejak tu jugak lah derang tak penah menang major tournaments. badi aku kot. haha :P

projek kreatif.

Di suatu ketika dahulu, sebab minat sangat dengan j-pop, aku mula berjinak-jinak dengan photoshop sebab nak edit gambar ikemen-ikemen (tsk. apa nak jadi) tiba-tiba tersuka pulak. tersuka gila. so dari "fool around" aku jadi serius buat benda edit-edit ni.

so aku masuk pertandingan reka cipta poster dekat ofis. dan aku menang :D

start dari tu orang kadang-kadang suruh aku buat benda-benda kreatif ni.

"benda-benda kreatif ni" memang nampak senang tapi nak carik idea dia mau makan masa jugak lah.

tapi aku tak kisah, sebab aku suka :D

orang kata, kalau ko suka buat satu benda, banyak mana buat pun tak jemu.

bagi aku, benda yang tak jemu buat ialah "benda-benda kreatif ni"

so aku berkolaborasi dengan rahmah dan ojan untuk buat ni: sugartown

yes, sugar town as in nancy sinatra's song yang summer nyanyi dalam 500 days of summer. haha.

er. back to topic..sugar town is focusing on candy buffet business..senang cerita kitorang akan lambakkan gula-gula dalam jumlah yang banyak di atas meja sampai boleh buat kau mabuk gula..

tempting huh? *angkat-angkat kening*

then go visit now! *gaya nazi*

ad attempt #1

I actually made this for a HSE poster competition in my workplace, but decided to submit another poster.

took the photo from another brilliant ad campaign and made a new one.

I've always been fascinated by ad campaigns. Some are just so creative in conveying the message. Been dreaming to become one of those people behind great ad campaigns, but for now,let's just make it a hobby :)