There's a reason why you pay
28 January 2008, 6:47 pm. 13 Comments. Filed under Design, Miscellaneous, Rants, Work.
Why do you pay for a design when you want to dictate every single detail of the design yourself?
So she gave me minuscule design details at the beginning, and now she's trying to change every single element of it. The colour scheme I picked had maroon, brown and cream, which fitted closer to the description she gave me. In the last email she changed it to maroon, brown, saturated orange and really light saturated blue. I may have brown, orange and blue put together in the current site design but trust me, those colours do not look right on her design.
But what can you do? Clients are always right. I should give her the PSD and she can do all the rest of it. It pains me to output something so aesthetically wrong in every way.
On another note, about that arm in the previous post, I'm not going to post the face just yet because another gay guy like Xuan would come along and drool all over the computer at him.
Xuan: Holy shit, Ryl-Ryl, is that your boyfrienddd? *taunts* He's a cutie. Very cute, in fact ... (The ellipsis sounds so freaky.)
Me: Take your eyes off him. He's not your next target kk?
Xuan: ...DAMNIT! Foiled again...
He's still cute though. Don'ttt denyyy ittt.
Maybe someday when I get my Photographs page up. And I'm still fuming over the hideous design. Grr!
Hint: Blonde and blue eyes. Lol. 
How they say no
4 January 2008, 5:54 pm. 36 Comments. Filed under Personal, Rants.
There are many times I just can't help but wonder how my parents could ever come up with such amazing "reasons" of why I can't do this and that—as a result, I get blocked stunned and speechless.
Now for the most recent examples of epic illogical Asian logics used to say "no":
- I want to stay at school accommodation during summer school because I have two hours of class per day and bus takes two hours per day.
They said: If you want to go, move out now or don't think about going. We have a house. You stay at school accommodation and you'll get laughed at.
My reaction: Uhh?
Friends' reactions: What? - Anson's coming to pick me up for our Maths exam this morning.
They said: A guy's taking you? Oh my gawd you owe him something! No you can't let him take you. Because if he asks you to be his girlfriend you can't reject!
My reaction: What. The. Fuax.
Anson's reaction: LOL LOL LOL - Suki invited me to have a sleepover at her place.
They said: Why are you sleeping at her house when we have a house? Her mum's going to think you have no place to return to and you'll get laughed at. Lose face!
My reaction: Dammit. Not again.
Friends' reactions: Gawd... Her parents...
Every time I want to ask my parents for something I'm always afraid of them saying all the random crap I can't respond to. One of the most common: "If you don't like it here go be someone else's daughter." I'm wondering why they can't learn to argue things the "proper" way? But I guess it's just what it's like under authoritarian control...
How would you respond to such things?
Death of spirits
24 December 2007, 6:46 pm. 23 Comments. Filed under Holiday, Rants.
What happened to all the joyful spirits we used to have on our happy holidays?
Valentines Day
Back when I was still in the junior years of high school, lots of people sent chocolates and roses to their lovers within the school. In 2006, this event didn't go on but I guess I wasn't in a position to complain since I still received a bunch of roses from a "Secret Admirer". (I never found out who he was.) In 2007, Valentines Day was dead.
Not only has the Valentines spirit died down, but this modern era is in absolute lack of romance. What's wrong with cliche romantic ideas of evening strolls on the beach or some steaming hot sex kissing on the sand? Perhaps a candlelit dinner or handing your credit card over to the girl? Sadly, it's all about clubbing, binging and drunk-driving these days.
Help save romance: the next time you see an attractive person, walk up to him/her and say "I love you".
Halloween
We still have leftover packs of biscuits and chocolates in our cupboard. I think we had ten kids come to our door on Halloween this year; some of my friends had none. In my trick-or-treating years, the streets of 31st October were filled with kiddy ghosts and baby monsters. Nowadays however, it's as if big ghosts and monsters don't reproduce anymore.
Merry Christmas Hohoho!
Not a single customer expressed Christmas excitement when I asked how their Christmas shopping was going. Playing the same old Christmas music in every single retail store for three weeks isn't going to help raise shopping spirits either. What sucks even more, New Zealand and Australia have white-free Christmases under the Summer sun.
Cold truth is, people are "maturing" by growing out of these fun spirits. Kids like me are sticking to Pokemon Crystal instead and those Asian parents of mine fail at singing Christmas carols. But with all the ranting aside, hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
