Nanoboy @ Bookfest 2008

didn't know Nanoboy had so many flower-giving fans...


couldn't tell whether these were fans or helpers


an overseas fan!!!


Gimme a five, Nanoboy!

how to build an office-step 01

New office at Toa payoh..

Sightings of nanoboy in school

Secret identity of Nanoboy-revealed!

Any volunteer to fit into those trunks?

It's coming alive ..soon

Look who's here

Real men's talk

Real men's conversation before meal arrived

My memories of Wally-a week after the show

Whatever remaining memories of Wally-E a week later. What's yours?

Wall-E thoughts

I'm sure most of us enjoyed the movie that night. While we wowed and awed at the greatness of pixar and their amazing team of artists, I walked away with a very different message. A social message of the importance of being green, and not sitting on our fat asses, not moving until we literally lose touch of what is happening around us. A presentation of the dangers of being stuck in front of our computer screens (albeit a little exaggerated, but already happening around us in the office) until we literally lose the feeling of a human touch.

As we go about our daily lives, and as I observe the attitude of the younger generation today, I can't help but wonder if what I saw in the film is not THAT exaggerated after all!

I am talking about the mentality of "aiyah, one more plastic bag won't make too much of a difference" or "it's only one more styrofoam or plastic box, why are u making such a big fuss ?" or "never turn off monitor only what, how much electricity can it consume?"

I think we all know the basic principle of - every little bit counts. And where do those little bits come from? It comes from no one else but YOU!

Every plastic bag you reject, every plastic box you recycle (instead of getting the shop to give you a new one), each time you remember to turn off that switch - they all add up. It then becomes a question of convenience - are you willing to make that extra effort to bring your own cloth bag when you go shopping or buy your lunch? Will you run back into office just because you remembered you didn't turn off your monitor? If not, then what difference is there between us now and those refusing-to-move fat asses comfortably sitting in those automated hovercrafts we saw in the film?

Being green is not about paying lip service. It's about making a commitment to make a change, and sticking by it, even of it means taking that one small step out of the comfortable hovercraft we are in.

In the words of the then legendary Michael Jackson, "if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change"

Wall-E part2

Wall-E

Scrawl Dinner @ TCC

yozz, haha i know i'm posting these really late, but anyways, here they are~
sorry that some pics are a little blur n orangey.. (it gives the mood of the place tho.. ;P)












can't forget the yummy food! just a few pics of what we ate.. mm it was a great dinner :)






cheers to the bosses for organising the dinner~

Scrawl Dinner @ TCC

YO!!!! Post the pics u haf for the night here lei~~

Here's some frm my cam:

Our DIY Fisheye lens LOL

Now everybody's experimenting wif their glass n cam~~ hehe

Sayonara Scrawlers~~

at hooters

while the rest of us were cracking our brains, these 2 were thinking of sthg else ... guess who...

A conversation with an intern

Intern came into my room ..(to protect intern's identity, I shall call her intern JH)

Intern JH: I understand we have to perform on the last day, will it be graded ?

Me:I dunno.. i thnk you better ask Chikong

Intern JH: Chikong?I dunno who. "Si bu si mei you tou fa na ke"

Me: errrr..the one sitting beside the accountant.

Event posting - There You Go! 1st May, 10 am onwards

Exhibition this coming thurs at Haji Lane.

http://organisationofillustratorscouncil.blogspot.com/2008/05/there-you-go.html#links

U & me baby ain't nothing but mammals so let's do it like they do on Discovery Channel

okay folks, this article is not animation related but more of current affairs.

Arent you glad you are outta school now??

i wonder what's next... maybe my frens in teaching have to teach classes like 'how to make out', 'how to create the perfect hickey' and 'Crash course in French kissing'. So exciting.

Headline -> 'A different kind of homework for Singapore students: Get a date'

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/29/asia/29singapore.php?page=1

Finding a Niche

article Ervin sent out, check it out

http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3618&page=1

Cartoons u watched when u were really young & will never forget

it all happened on a sleepless sunday night when i stumbled across a download link to The Last Unicorn OST link and instantly, the memories just came gushing back, hazy memories and fleeting images of those ageless and magical films you watched when you were like 5 or 6 and they have stuck in your head ever since.

Moments later, i wondered if others around my age or older recalled these films.

hence the birth of this post, to spread the love ... as they say....

image taken from Wikipedia




1) The Last Unicorn (1982)

(taken from Wikipedia) In an enchanted forest, a unicorn (Mia Farrow) realizes that she is the last of her kind and decides she must embark on a quest to learn what has become of the other unicorns. The Unicorn discovers from the addled dialogue of a butterfly (Robert Klein) that something known as the Red Bull has herded all of her kind to the ends of the earth. Venturing into unfamiliar territory beyond the safety of her forest home, she begins a journey to find them and bring them back.

can read more here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Unicorn_(film)

Notable info : While Rankin/Bass provided the film's dialogue and story based on Beagle's work, the animation was the studio Topcraft. The studio was later hired by Hayao Miyazaki to work on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and their core members eventually went on to form Studio Ghibli.[2]

its on tudou! (man, i love tudou! )

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/IDsf4eS1DiA/

but quality very poor and low resolution, cannot see the artwork clearly..




2) Labyrinth (1986)

(from wikipedia) Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film, directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas, and designed through the art of Brian Froud. Henson collaborated on the screenwriting with children's author Dennis Lee and Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones. The leads are David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King, and a teenage Jennifer Connelly as Sarah Williams. The plot revolves around Sarah's quest to rescue her little brother from the Goblin King while trapped in a world that is an enormous fantasy maze. Most of the other significant roles are played by puppets or by a combination of puppetry and human performance. It was shot on location in New York and at Elstree Studios in the UK. It was the last feature film directed by Henson before his death in 1990.

can read more here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_(film)

i heard that The Dark Crystal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal) is better but haven't had the chance to watch it.
Anyone out there who may have the DVD? Please lend me!

Anyway, beside the puppetry, it starred a really young and gorgeous Jennifer Connelly who was only 17 then.
And David Bowie was so suave and charming as Jareth the Goblin King in this movie that i started paying attention to his music and stuff after watching this film.

See it for yourself!




He has a low sexy voice and the way he was seducing Sarah in the film to forget about her brother & stay with him was really bua tahan loh!

lastly, more pics from the movie. all pics taken from IMDB.














































3) The Flight of Dragons (1982)

(fr IMDB and Wikipedia) A young Boston writer goes back in time into an era where wizards and dragon reign and science is just barely known.. He meets three wizards, two dragons, and the beautiful Princess Melisande (Alexandra Stoddart), who is a Wizard's foster-daughter.

read more here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flight_of_Dragons

Personally, I din like this one as much as the first 2 but nevertheless was enchanting to me cos of the mediaeval theme and the dragons looked impressive to me then.



SO, which cartoons did you watch when you were really young and can never forget? *winks