day 30 - a congrats banner for finishing the challenge
I felt like drawing something zombie-inspired so. Hahahaha
I miss this drawing challenge already :(
1: Apart from tumblr, what do you like to do in your spare time?
Internet-wise, I’ve been trolling 9gag a lot more than tumblr. When I’m not drawing on the computer, I’m either sleeping or drawing on paper. Lol. I read and paint on some days.
2: Name a favorite of each: food, drink, color.
food: dimsum
drink: water. but I like having milkshakes every now and then
color: as of the moment, I’m into the darker shades of yellow.
3: If you married rich and your spouse gave you $100,000 a week, what would you spend it on?
oh baby there’s no predicting what I’d be spending my money on ;-) but a big chunk of that would be going to family, books, and clothes. And then I’d probably save up for a beautiful house, but with a rich spouse, it’d be safe to assume that I’d already have a wonderful home right? :)) So I really don’t know. Lol. And I’d really like to use some money for funding scientific and medical research, as well as art restoration. I don’t think many kids my age think about those things.
4: Name a favorite of each: book, movie, tv show.
book: oh my. hmm. this is hard. at the top of my head, I’m going to say “Please Stop Laughing at Me”
movie: not much of a movie buff… if it helps, the last movie I watched was “Changeling” and I really liked it lol
tv show: Big Bang Theory!!!
5: If you were given the opportunity to spend 48 hours with absolutely anyone (living or dead), who would you spend it with and what would you do?
can it be someone fictional? Hahaha! Dang this is hard. I don’t know.
6: Name a LEAST favorite of each: food, drink, color.
food: eggplant. dinuguan.
drink: hmm I’m not a particular fan of alcoholic drinks.
color: orange
7: What do you spend most of your money on?
useless things lol
8: What kind of underwear do you prefer wearing?
the type that covers the most lol I’m not in the age to be wearing sexy lingerie hahaha
9: Name a LEAST favorite of each: book, movie, tv show.
book: every book I’ve discontinued reading lol the most recent one was entitled “Away From Home” I think.
movie: I tried watching One Day but I didn’t like it :| it isn’t my least favorite but it’s the most recent one I’ve discontinued so
tv show: not much of a TV person… I’m not exactly a fan of filipino TV shows though, partly because of the storylines (predictable), partly because of the acting, and also because of the filming quality (sometimes I think the audio sounds out of place)
10: If you were sat on a plane beside your favorite celebrity, what would you do?
ask for a picture omg my heart would practically die! just imagining it is making me feel all flimsy hahaha
11: What is the strangest thing you have in your room? (You are not allowed to explain why you own it.)
*looks around* hmm. I don’t have anything particularly suspicious. I do own some safety scissors. lol
12: What is a weird habit you have, or people have told you have. (Weird, not bad. No nail biting or any of that nonsense.)
I used to wipe my nose using my upper lip when I was in elementary. HAHAHAHA but thankfully, I’ve outgrown it
13: What would you consider to be the biggest insult to yourself?
“You can’t design for shit” or maybe something family-related. Expect a fantastic waterworks display or better yet prepare for a power kick to the groin. I’ve done it before and I could do it again you know
14: What are five things you absolutely have to have in your dream house?
1. It must have a room just for myself! I plan on painting the walls myself and then decorating one side with frame after frame of my photographs (those I’ve captured, and maybe some self-portraits,) paintings, and illustration prints. Near the window, I’d station my reading area. In a small corner, a door would lead me to a photo developing room. This room would also be my office away from my work office, so I’d have canvases and paint stocked inside, as well as a trusty Mac and PC computer (I want them both, your argument is invalid. Dream house is a dream.) ahhh <3
2. walk in closet
3. entertainment room with well lots of entertainment. I can’t be bothered to maintain a conversation with my guests with no game background music
4. gym with a full-length mirror and big windows
5. garden
15: If you could be reincarnated as any animal, which would you chose and why?
sloth/panda. hahaha but really though. maybe a penguin.
16: Which band (current or past) would you want to go on tour* with? (*Travel with, not preform with.)
hmm. I don’t know. I’ve never thought about something like this :)) I usually like bands because of their music, not because of the band members… so… I don’t know… maybe Linkin Park or Paramore? But I’d like to go with a KPop boy band as well hahaha but I don’t think we’d be able to converse properly so ;__;
17: Name a favorite of each: band, album, song.
band: oh goodness. well. one of the first bands I’ve ever liked is Forever the Sickest Kids. so. maybe?
album: oh crappity I’m really not particular with stuff like these but I really liked the earlier albums of Linkin Park
song: hmm. How to Save a Life by The Fray
18: Why is your favorite band your favorite?
they were the first electronica band that I liked, and they pretty much started my whole electronica craze
19: How many concerts have you attended? Which was your favorite? Least favorite? If none, who do you want to see live the most?
1. Hahahaha. So N/A, and N/A, and right now I’d really like to see KPop bands Teen Top, Boyfriend, and BAP. Yeah. I’d like to go to an Adele and Linkin Park concert too.
20: What is one of your favorite song lyrics? (Who is it by?)
”Pon Pon Wei Wei Wei” - Kyary. Loljk
“And I’ll learn how to fly
Though it’s not easy to tell you goodbye
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won’t forget the place I come from”
by Kelly Clarkson
21: Who do you ship?
I’m quite the fujoshi :-) but on another note, I’ve been shipping NaruHina for a long time now. I used to be a die-hard NaruSaku but lately Sakura’s been getting on my nerves and I really hope she doesn’t end up with anyone hahahaha sorry. But Naruto’s just so…. well you get my point, I hope
22: What band merch do you own? If any, whose is it and when did you get it? If none, whose do you wish you owned?
None. I wish I had some Paramore merch, their stuff’s pretty cool :))
23: How did you learn of the band that is currently your favorite?
random YouTube search hahahaha
24: What celebrity do you idolize the most?
oh. hmm. Bianca Gonzales, most probs :)
25: Which member from which band would you most want to lather in nutella?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh please just imagining this is making me blush. Secret. :))
These past few nights I have been thinking about my life and all the other “routes” I could have taken. I could have stayed in my hometown and took up Psychology in a local university, or maybe I could have studied Information Design in ADMU like I had originally planned. I’m glad I didn’t. Friends and strangers would always ask me why to the point that I started losing faith in my decision, but now I realize that despite all the burdens studying in Singapore has brought me and my parents, it’s probably one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself — and my family.
If I had stayed in CDO I would have never been able to escape the fixed image of “Yanka”. I know my city, and my city knows who I am. It knows where I’ve been, what I’ve achieved, and the dreams I’ve dreamed but never ended up chasing. I will be bound to that name; that girl that I have outgrown. I won’t be able to explore the various facets of myself because I’d be stuck in the same environment, living with the same people, struggling under the same conditions.
Proceeding to Manila would’ve been an okay decision, but still it wouldn’t be the best. I have high school batch mates there. They’re pretty much like an extension of my home’s city folk. Plus the people and culture are pretty much the same with that of my hometown. And the metro is a city of vice and dark alleyways, especially for a lone college student like myself. And let’s not forget how uncomfortable I feel whenever I listen to Taglish.
Singapore isn’t exactly a utopia, either. Generally, Singaporeans don’t like the foreign populace. I’ve read article after article about how they partially blame us for the cramped MRTs, fewer job openings, and lesser home spaces. But Singapore is a beautiful place. Including my lecturer, on some days my class only has four people, but we are all of different races — Singaporean, Indonesian, Malaysian, and Filipino. We like to discuss about each other’s countries, and it’s very interesting listening to each of their stories. On another note, things aren’t cheap here, though. But financial woes aside, it’s a pretty neat place to be.
Here in Singapore, no one knows me. No one knows who I was, and it’s so refreshing. Even though I could’ve been whoever I wanted here, I’m glad I chose to take the mask off and just be myself. I feel more “at home” here than in my hometown somehow… You know how they say your true self shows itself when you’re alone? I guess that’s one of the reasons. And the fact that I’m taking up design… ahhh just the thought of it makes me excited! I’ve never been so dedicated over something in my life.
Well… maybe I didn’t exactly choose the “best” path if I weighed the pros and cons (since being closer to my family would’ve been the biggest pro ever,) but tonight I can sleep soundly knowing that although I am one of the most indecisive people ever, I have made the right choice for once.
day 28 - anything you’d like
something random because I didn’t really feel like drawing today.
day 26 - something you don’t like
Crowds.
my internet connection last night was anything but amazing, so I wasn’t able to upload this on time.
day 24 - a couple
Today’s challenge was to draw a couple. It’s Valentine’s day. Coincidence? More like conspiracy! Thanks for rubbing it in, challenge. lol.
The only time I’ve ever seen flowers being given to a person other than in birthdays and funerals was when I was in high school, so I decided to draw a random Corpus Christian couple! HAHAHAHA I am very well aware that PDA is a huge no-no in campus, though. So friends, there is no rush! There is nothing wrong with being single on Valentine’s day, or being single for that matter. It’s easier to get into a relationship than to get out of one, so let’s all treasure these string-free years of ours! :)
day 23 - something you need
I need to be more faithful and just stick with one boyfriend loljk
I think I really need to stop fawning over fictional characters… and celebrities that would never know of my existence lololol but I doubt that’s ever going to happen soon so hello beautiful youth
You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe, and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your energy, every vibration, every Btu of heat, every wave of every particle that was her beloved child remains with her in this world. You want the physicist to tell your weeping father that amid energies of the cosmos, you gave as good as you got.
And at one point you’d hope that the physicist would step down from the pulpit and walk to your brokenhearted spouse there in the pew and tell him that all the photons that ever bounced off your face, all the particles whose paths were interrupted by your smile, by the touch of your hair, hundreds of trillions of particles, have raced off like children, their ways forever changed by you. And as your widow rocks in the arms of a loving family, may the physicist let her know that all the photons that bounced from you were gathered in the particle detectors that are her eyes, that those photons created within her constellations of electromagnetically charged neurons whose energy will go on forever.
And the physicist will remind the congregation of how much of all our energy is given off as heat. There may be a few fanning themselves with their programs as he says it. And he will tell them that the warmth that flowed through you in life is still here, still part of all that we are, even as we who mourn continue the heat of our own lives.
And you’ll want the physicist to explain to those who loved you that they need not have faith; indeed, they should not have faith. Let them know that they can measure, that scientists have measured precisely the conservation of energy and found it accurate, verifiable and consistent across space and time. You can hope your family will examine the evidence and satisfy themselves that the science is sound and that they’ll be comforted to know your energy’s still around. According to the law of the conservation of energy, not a bit of you is gone; you’re just less orderly. Amen.
day 22 - something you miss
shopping with my mom in Hong Kong :))
and on another note, I now remember why I loathe making backgrounds. Never again. For now. :))
I haven’t watched the anime but I’ve read this in the manga, and omg I think if I watched this scene right now I’d be bawling my eyes out ;____;
day 21 - something you want
first of all, I’m very happy with how this turned out :))
There’s so many things I want — a ticket home, a beautiful house, raise beautiful children, a wallet that would never run out of cash… but even so, I want a mohawk so badly. Hahahahaha! I’ve wanted to have a mohawk for sooooo long now, and when I told my parents about it last month they just laughed and said that I’d look like a guy if I did. I also want to dye my hair red someday, although that would be highly unlikely since I wouldn’t be able to pull that off lol. I also want to learn how to do eye make-up properly :)) such selfish wants, I know, but this was what I felt like drawing today so whatever anyway.
A friend of mine requested me to draw something for her, so I drew something inspired by her instead :)) She really likes domo, so I included a plush of it. The second photo is a 50% zoom of the detailing, so I guess it’d be safe to say that the original is a rather big drawing :))