So there I was, browsing through Facebook and i saw a new posting from Joe Tanaka who runs Toy-A-Day.
A new toy to play with this week! Angry Birds style. *nods*
Thinking of where to put, i realized that my kidnapped Lego man was sitting on is isle like humpty-dumpty and with a grumpy face (expressionless, i could say)
I think all he could do was really, stare at me with his face.
Seems to me that he’s pondering why am i ignoring him.
Boo! You need a new face!
Hence, silly me downloaded the template from Joe on his blog and got Grumpy Lego Man a new face
Here you go, a new mask! =) So stop being grumpy!
I see that you’re no longer grumpy, but cheeky-looking!
Fancy a little make-over on your desk? You may get the PDF file from this link here! Now, go get an army of Angry Birds with you! May the force be with you!
I was never great or even good at folding things (except my clothes). Really, origami is my worst nightmare and still is! Can you imagine that i can’t even fold a proper Crane origami?
I guess all fears must be conquered and there i went, trying to fold this cute lil’ shirt + tie from a YouTube video i saw. Took me about 30 minutes to fold the entire thing, and additional 10 minutes to figure out certain foldings. (See, told you i was bad at origami!)
Oh well, it was worth the try and tadaaaa~~~~~~ my beautiful first Shirt + Tie origami! With RM10 note!
For those who wants to try this out, feel free to check out the instructional video here:
Enjoy the origami folks! Oh, please do share your favourite origami so that i may start working on perfecting my origami skills! =)
I’m sure we’ve all come upon watching great Thai TV commercial that you’ll laugh till you rolled on the floor, shed a tear that was true from the heart. Doing all these, when there was not even a subtitle (or very limited subtitle) to tell you what was the commercial about.
You understood truly from the way they conveyed their message, and felt it was close to heart. And then, you secretly think: i could have done that too!
oh, really?
Just the other day, during training that we did some little exercise. Each were given a piece of message to work on within a short span of time and to tell your audience, your exact message. And you thought it was as easy as playing Taboo? Oh boy, you’ve got to really play it to experience how hard it is to use words to describe that word you got! Imagine doing it with only grunting, expressions and body language! The whole training process took us 3 rounds to get even closer to our message, and yet: it was not even the exact message!
Key learning:
never assume that your audience will understand your message through your idea
be VERY single-minded on what you want to say
be VERY straight forward in what you want to convey
There are indeed more, but that was from what i learnt through the process.
How does this relate to my Thai commercials? Why were these commercials so true and close to the heart? They’ve done their job – they’ve found the one most important consumer truth that will make audience stop and watch, that reflects how they think. It’s true consumer insight, i tell you. A consumer insight that has the strongest truth and a product truth which relates to the consumer. After that, you’ll just need a bridge to bridge these 2 together. Easy you say? You just gotta try it to check if it’s easy or not.
So here, there’s this one commercial:
Oishi Slimming Greentea
For the women out there, it’s a norm to take a peek at the lady beside – to silently compare if you’re looking better than her, dressing better than her and all those little bits of checking to make sure you can tell yourself – OMG, thank God that God is fair! I’m ugly but she’s got this super huge bulge around her tummy! (in the current commercial’s context). T
Surprise surprise! When the bulge goes up to where a women should have, it immediately made the larger lady want to have similar effects! Oh well, that happens when you drink Oishi Slimming Green Tea!
There you go – 1 super strong product truth, 1 super strong consumer truth
Product truth (Oishi Green Tea) Burns fat faster than your average green tea product
Consumer truth (women) We are all image-conscious, even in the toilet (LOLZ)
Message: Oishi Green Tea helps you take away bulges from the wrong place (your tummy) and make you instantly the perfect woman admired by all (especially women).
Be my judge and tell me if i’ve gone wrong! Your feedback is important to me! =)
Other Thai ads for your indulgence:
Thai Health Board – Daily Exercise, the best prescription for a healthier life
So, I have not been here loyal enough to even bother. To not bother about telling people how I felt today, or just now while i was having my lunch break, or even about yesterday, when I felt I was gonna crumble again into pieces. I did not even bother about sharing my little moments, or little highlights in my day, my week, my month, or even at least – my year.
I like to hang upon my memories – to help me relive those moments and to help provide support and encouragement for me to go on. Really, was it so important for me to keep clinging onto my past? I used to blog and blog, till all the cows come home and yet, i did not feel any satisfaction. I felt more depressed. My emotions were so strong it took over me and gave me a soul i could feel and create. (the irony of being depressed)
Now, i’m soulless, still searching for that little puzzle that could help put me back together as a whole again. I chose to turn my emotions off and to be numb of all situations that could make me cry my heart out, laugh my tears out and screamed till i felt dizzy. None. I couldn’t feel anything at all, because i chose to.
Lately, i’ve been attending this training where i thought “it’s just another training to help me in my career and to lead me to where i want to go”. But where do i really want to go? i did not even bother deciphering that thought. I left it there – “where i want to go”. Where was my destination? Why do i want to go there? How am i getting there?
Wrong. i was so wrong. I was in for a huge surprise – a training which i simply could not understand at first. I got nervous and started to panic, realizing that i wasn’t doing well at all. I questioned myself again and again – where did i go wrong? why couldn’t i make it work? why am i so weak? I did not cry, i did not laugh, i did not feel anything but nervous energy sucking up and surrounding me in whole. I couldn’t breathe at all.
I felt like i could die just feeling like that – died as a nobody and lived a nobody’s life.
Was that what i wanted? NO.
I was more than that. I had the courage but chose not to use it. I had the capability but chose to shun it away, afraid that i would hurt myself in the learning process. I had the real me hidden inside. Who is the real me? I’m a selfish person who would not bother what people thought of me. I rather walk, eat and run alone than having to beg for a companion. I’m comfortable in seeing people coming and leaving my life. I don’t like blending in for the sake of pleasing others. I will laugh till my tears roll down and will cry as if my life depended on it. I am who i am.
Why did I choose to deny my true self throughout these years? Because i was afraid of being judged and seen as weird person.Or perhaps to the extend of a crazy woman.*faints*
Another month to go for this training. Whether i do well or not, to me at the moment, did not matter. As long as i can tell myself and pat myself on the back – “you did great mel.”
So, I have not been here loyal enough to even bother. To not bother about telling people how I felt today, or just now while i was having my lunch break, or even about yesterday, when I felt I was gonna crumble again into pieces. I did not even bother about sharing my little moments, or little highlights in my day, my week, my month, or even at least – my year.
I like to hang upon my memories – to help me relive those moments and to help provide support and encouragement for me to go on. Really, was it so important for me to keep clinging onto my past? I used to blog and blog, till all the cows come home and yet, i did not feel any satisfaction. I felt more depressed. My emotions were so strong it took over me and gave me a soul i could feel and create. (the irony of being depressed)
Now, i’m soulless, still searching for that little puzzle that could help put me back together as a whole again. I chose to turn my emotions off and to be numb of all situations that could make me cry my heart out, laugh my tears out and screamed till i felt dizzy. None. I couldn’t feel anything at all, because i chose to.
Lately, i’ve been attending this training where i thought “it’s just another training to help me in my career and to lead me to where i want to go”. But where do i really want to go? i did not even bother deciphering that thought. I left it there – “where i want to go”. Where was my destination? Why do i want to go there? How am i getting there?
Wrong. i was so wrong. I was in for a huge surprise – a training which i simply could not understand at first. I got nervous and started to panic, realizing that i wasn’t doing well at all. I questioned myself again and again – where did i go wrong? why couldn’t i make it work? why am i so weak? I did not cry, i did not laugh, i did not feel anything but nervous energy sucking up and surrounding me in whole. I couldn’t breathe at all.
I felt like i could die just feeling like that – died as a nobody and lived a nobody’s life.
Was that what i wanted? NO.
I was more than that. I had the courage but chose not to use it. I had the capability but chose to shun it away, afraid that i would hurt myself in the learning process. I had the real me hidden inside. Who is the real me? I’m a selfish person who would not bother what people thought of me. I rather walk, eat and run alone than having to beg for a companion. I’m comfortable in seeing people coming and leaving my life. I don’t like blending in for the sake of pleasing others. I will laugh till my tears roll down and will cry as if my life depended on it. I am who i am.
Why did I choose to deny my true self throughout these years? Because i was afraid of being judged and seen as weird person.Or perhaps to the extend of a crazy woman.*faints*
Another month to go for this training. Whether i do well or not, to me at the moment, did not matter. As long as i can tell myself and pat myself on the back – “you did great mel.”
It was a little squeak at first. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes and took the plunge from the brink.
‘Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh..!!!!’ Good enough. I got the knots all sorted out and I went bursting into tears I knew that will never stop for quite some time.
‘You did good, Mel.’ A pat on the back. Everything inside of me was flushed out and there I went, babbling through sobs.
It felt better. I didn’t know I had such an awareness, I found that deep knot in me which was hidden for so long and now it has been pulled out and sorted out.
Everything I did before this was all right again. I had so much courage now, summoned upon my awareness that I feel proud of having that in me.
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We danced our hearts out, feeling every single beat, every movement and pulling everyone into our circle. I was amazed, I truly am – a group of unknown friends became even closer in a short span of 2 weeks.
I saw a clearer and better picture ahead. I saw wonderful people who would give their hearts out for their passion and I saw determination glittering in their eyes!
‘I see gifts of you of full passion, determination, courage and I see your true self.’
I know and I acknowledge that.
Thank you!
And I specially dedicate this post specially to those all at 95% Shanaz, Janet, Felicia, Jon, Hezni, Uzair, Yong, Amelia, Eileen, Jason, Asha and to my new self from a hidden mirror.
Such an adorable idea! Reminds me dearly of those kindergarten days where we use to swing each other up and down, see-saw style! And now it’s for you to have a duel with your partner or roomie or deskmate or buddy or bff to save up!
Introducing the Duel Saving Bank~ tadaaaaa….
This rocking saving bank turns saving into a game.
How? By throwing a little competition into the mix!!
Two compartments allow for the user to decide between the options: handbag vs. food, travel vs. restaurant…you choose your dilemma and can change your mind often since this white porcelain can be easily written on and erased over and over again…
The red silicone band slides on and off to make cashing a breeze. The middle partition shows in a playful way who is leading or which dream can be fulfilled first.
For once on my usual catching-up-on-sleep weekends, i had the chance to catch a free movie – Legend of The Guardians. (Courtesy of MSN in providing the tickets to KTheBlogger and he shared it with me! ^^ )
A little background check - The movie is based on the first three books in the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series written by Kathryn Lasky.
The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father’s epic stories of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones.
While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd, scoffs at the notion, and yearns to hunt, fly and steal his father’s favor from his younger sibling.
Kludd’s jealousy has terrible consequences–causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right into the talons of the Pure Ones. Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other brave young owls.
Together they soar across the sea and through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the legendary Guardians of Ga’Hoole–Soren’s only hope of defeating the Pure Ones and saving the owl kingdoms.
My thoughts
Throughout the movie, i was totally enthralled by the detailed treatment throughout the movie! Dazzling visuals that sucked me right in!
Oh, and the movie is available in 3D! I would have totally enjoyed it even more if i could watch the flight scenes in 3D! It would just be extremely exhilarating, seriously! Imagine swooping down smoothly while watching your surroundings turning into lines. Ain’t that a good experience digitally?
My Ratings (ranking it from 0-10)
Treatment: 7
Storyline: 5
All in all, never regretted spending my usual napping Sundays out for a movie for a change! Perhaps, i should really go out more often than usual!
Thinking of where to put, i realized that my kidnapped Lego man was sitting on is isle like humpty-dumpty and with a grumpy face (expressionless, i could say)
Here you go, a new mask! =) So stop being grumpy!
I see that you’re no longer grumpy, but cheeky-looking!
