Post Mortem Report

This information is for the eyes of YokeEe and only hers, less she chooses to disclose it to people.

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Other posts are class exercises.

DMF is
the best module i've taken since enrolling in poly
a pressure-less and stress-less module
most fun module ever

a billion thanks Yoke Ee, the icing on this DMF cake

Pain Immeasurable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt4-lBOqUzk

The cruelties inflicted upon the citizens of Gaza in 30 seconds. May peace be with those that have parted, and may it come to those that aren't. Israel's invasion of Gaza isn't the peace that the world wants to see, it is unilateral peace that Israel is achieving. Their brand of peace. Instead, the peace that the world desires is bilateral peace. Israel proclaims to want bilateral peace, but their actions shows otherwise. WATCH THIS VID, 3-party debate on Gaza's Genocide.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6307481251e8e28d/

NOTA BENE: THIS ISN'T A MOCKERY OF CHRIS DAVIES OR HIS VIEWS, NOR AM I UNDERMINING HIM, IN FACT I AM SUPPORTING HIS IDEAS AND VIEWS ON GAZA.

Detergent Opera

I applied the "Director's Cut" to this video clip; made from several different unedited clips, I've amalgamated all of them into this final piece. Applaud before my awesomeness.

Tan Yong Hong & the Exhibition

We departed from our usual DMF class, and ventured to an art exhibition known as At Home Abroad hosted by 8Q sam where they featured both local and foreign artists, such as Choy Ka Fai, Sookoon Ang, Zulkifle Mahmod, Jason Lim and Ming Wong. Their collective exhibition blog under 8Q sam can be found here.


This piece reminds me the fragility of life, how it always hangs in the balance of unforeseen events. The chair and table are elevated with the support of 3 wine glass at their respective legs, leaving one leg unsupported. On the chair is one empty wine glass, while the table has several glasses, including broken ones, with 4 glasses filled with water that's supporting several empty glasses vertically, having a round glass coaster/saucer in between them. One thing i noticed that stands out if viewed from afar, other than the black chair, is the branch sticking out at the side of the table.


Well, they weren't kidding about the Advisory bit, warning parents to veil the innocence of their children from the mature-ness(?) of adulthood. This short-film was about the struggles of a German widow finding new love in the form of an Arabian, who's race were regarded as sex-minded and filth's by the xenophobic German society. So I guess, with the cultural diversity that this film is trying to address, it is a paradox then that all the characters of this film was casted by only one same actor.


Among the other exhibits were Choy Ka Fai's Rectangular Dreams,



Zulkifle Mahmod's False Securities,



and Sookoon Ang's White Green,



That's about it as far as 8Q sam's At Home Abroad is concerned. Marvelous exhibition indeed. Now, to more random-related issue.

If you're wondering who Tan Yong Hong is, then ponder no further, he is what, in the language of Japanese, is referred to by me and my classmates as Nakama.

Happy 10 and 8th Birthday

I get sticker-ing the face, but why the nipples too?

Another year closer to old age and death

This post is the current record holder for Most Pictures Post in DigMeFun

Auditory Orgasm of Melancholic Music

Experiencing Awesome Music for Dummies:

1. Look for the Imeem Player on this post
   
2. Press the Repeat Button for both songs (as highlighted to the right of the image)
3. Press Play (as highlighted to the left of the image)
4. Play only one song at a time
5. Appreciate Fukuda-san's brilliance

Music by Chikayo Fukuda-san, looped by moi with the aid of Adobe Soundbooth.

Mild and elegant yet despondent and pensive. If there's a list of music that I'd die listening, both of them would be definately in it.

Blue and Orange

Raster and Vector. What is the difference? I shall save your little grey cells from pre-maturely committing the seppeku by just showing you a "video" prepared by my DMF tutor YokeEe on the difference between Rastor and Vector. Thank her for making it, thank me for uploading it.

You might want to go fullscreen and hit the pause button every few seconds.

This is short post

はなことば

Literally translated as Flower Language; Hanakotoba, the Language of Flowers, is an allegory of flowers in Japanese Culture. This relationship of flowers stretches back to feudal Japan, where many nobleman such as the Samurais were aesthetes though it's after the WWII that Hanakotoba began to bloom with the introduction of European flowers.

Even till today, this elegant and poetic fashion of conveying a message is being used by people in Japan; in the form of Celebration Cards, Poems, Gifts, and even Manga/Anime. One of which would be Kubo Tite-san's Bleach. The use of Hanakotoba is apparent in this Manga adopted Anime, by the 13 Division Imperial Guards or Gotei 13 where each division bears a flower, which is usually reflected of the divisions style. For example, the third division bears the flower Marigold.

(Image Courtesy of kurosaki4)

As Kubo Tite-san in the form of Izuru Kira (one of my favourite characters), perfectly puts it

三番隊の隊花は“金盞花”。　花の持つ意味は“絶望”。　それは即ち三番隊の矜持だ.　戦いは英雄的であってはならない。　戦いは爽快なものであってはならない。　戦いとは絶望に満ち.　暗く。　怖ろしく。　陰惨なものでなくてはならない。　それでごそ人は　戦いを恐れ。　戦いを避ける道を選択する.　僕の斬魄刀侘助は。全ての斬魄刀の中で最も。その三番隊の考えに即した刀だと僕は思ってる。　斬りつけたものの重さを増やし続け。斬られた相手は重みの耐えかね地に這いつくばるそして必ず。侘びるかの様に。頭を差し出す.故に。「侘助」

which translates to (credit goes to SleepyFans)

The 3rd Division’s flower is the Marigold. Its meaning is Despair. That is our pride. War is not heroic. War is not exhilarating. War is full of despair. It is dark. It is dreadful. It is a thing of sorrow and gloom. That is why people fear war. That is why people choose to avoid it. I believe that out of all the Zanpakutos (Soul Cutting Swords), mine is the one that most closely adheres to this philosophy. It increases the weight of whatever it hits, until my opponent can no longer bear the weight and falls to the ground and then they bow their head, as if in apology. That is why it’s called the Apologiser

かっこいいな～

Apologies for the major digression. I couldn't help myself. Anyways, here are 2 of the flowers from Bleach that I've made using Illustrator's Shape Tool and Pathfinder: The Marigold (3rd Division) and Daffodil (10th Division).

2 Less Petals for this Marigold

By using the Shape Tools and Pathfinder Shape Modes, you could avoid using the onerous Pen Tool, proving useful for noobs. I mean beginners, useful for beginners. Here're some tips to get you started on using Shape Tools and Pathfinder:

The Shape Tool (the rectangle box) can be found on the panel to the left side of your screen. It has 6 default shapes, including a Flare Tool. To reveal these tools, click, hold and slightly drag your cursor. Additional tools that are hidden are marked with a small triangle at the bottom left corner of each icon.

When creating an even shape, press and hold the Shift Key of your keyboard. This will prevent you from creating shapes with disproportionate dimensions.

Other than using the Selection Tool (Black Cursor) to rotate, you could use the Rotate, Reflect, Shear, and Free Transform tools for your reshaping needs. This four tools can be located just below the Eraser Tool.

For the alignment of the Shapes that you've created, higlight (click and hold) your shapes and look for those (See Image Below) icons at the top

of your screen and click one of the icons, depending on what you want. Note that this set of icons will only appear after you've highlighted your shapes.

For more shape manipulation, you'd want to use the Pathfinder, which can be found on the panel to the right side of your window. Then experiment with the useful functions that it has. If you still can't find the Pathfinder, press and hold Shift+Ctrl+F9 on your keyboard.

Here are other examples of what you can achieve with those simple tools.

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