July 5th, 2008 by emila

I received 9 awards from Jean Chia ! Woohoo, I feel like a star! Thank you so much Jean for all the awards.

Jean also tagged me on 5 Annoying Things, 8 Habits and 6 Quirks.

5 Annoying Things:
Slow drivers on fast lane, food not available on the menu, people overtaking queue, stupid questions and traffic jam.

8 Habits:
Lazy (loving it!), gotta have something to munch while watching tv (especially kuaci), pick dry skin around my nails, cracking knuckles and changing my mind often.

6 Quirks:
You can read it here.

July 4th, 2008 by emila

Beauty is in the hair | Digital

I posted this in Monday Artday. The challenge this week is to draw ‘Hair’. Early this year, I made a resolution to take up the Monday Artday’s weekly challenge but I somehow failed. The last time I posted an illo in there was on January 11. Resolutions are very hard to keep, remind me not to make any next year. On wacom, 45 minutes.

Today is not even Monday.

July 3rd, 2008 by emila

Shading practice | watercolor

Hah, this is old! My husband found it lying in-between pages of a book. I think I have made this drawing a bookmark. Anyway, drew this back in 1999 merely for the purpose of shading practices using watercolor. It was based on a photo in a magazine (can’t remember which). I hope I’m not getting sued for this, I’ll give proper credit if the photo is yours.

July 3rd, 2008 by emila

I watched Miss Potter, the most enchanting tale of all, the other day. It was a biopic of Beatrix Potter, who created Peter Rabbit, Jemima the Puddle Duck and few more others.

Miss Potter tells the story of how writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter managed to achieve independence and artistic success at the turn of the 20th Century. The film follows her first attempts to be published and her relationship with Norman Warne (son of her publisher Frederick Warne). Set during the time when Beatrix wrote and published her most famous tale about the beloved character Peter Rabbit, this is the story of one remarkable woman’s journey to love and fulfillment. The film reveals how the imaginary world of her stories was inspired by her real life and the people and places she knew. (Image of Beatrix Potter © Frederick Warne & Co ).

The film was directed by Chris Noonan (Babe) and starred by Renée Zellweger (as Miss Potter) and Ewan McGregor (as Norman Warne).

Now that I watched the movie, I want to start a collection of her books. I can’t believe it that I haven’t bought any of her books or even read them yet! I am ashamed of myself for being such ignorant. A complete listing of her books that I should get:

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit
The Story of Miss Moppet
The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or, The Roly-Poly Pudding
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
The Tale of Mr. Tod
The Tale of Pigling Bland
Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes
The Fairy Caravan
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Wag-By-Wall (decorations by J. J. Lankes)

Here’s a homage to Beatrix Potter who inspires me to wake up and start doing something with my talent, for real.

Homage to Miss Potter | Digital

Sketched using Wacom tablet and pen, 1 hour. I use chalk brush stroke in Photoshop.

July 2nd, 2008 by emila

Yay! I found AuthorHouse! I’m still in the reading process but I just wanted to share this piece of information with you. I was just looking around for a way to self-publish my very first children’s book and found out that AuthorHouse offers the best solution to self book publishers looking to maintain control of the publishing process. Through their exclusive self publishing process, we maintain creative control of our book. From editing and proofreading to cover design and page layout; from royalties and distribution to marketing and returnability, we choose what we want for our book.

So whether you’re writing children’s book, novel, historical fiction, mystery, action and suspense, poetry or any other genre, AuthorHouse can help you reach your book publishing goals. It’s worth checking. They accept authors from all over the world too.

July 1st, 2008 by emila

My good friend Mike R. Baker illustrated me riding a goose! I’m so touched by the gesture and really hope that I will overcome the goose fear! Huzzah!

Thank you so much Mike, I’ll print this out and frame it! Much love from Malaysia!

Emila is afraid of geese by Mike R. Baker

June 29th, 2008 by emila

Goose Run | Digital vectors

As a kid, I’ve had incidents being chased by one particular fierce goose. I did not provoked her but yet, she would chased me for no reason. There was one time, I fell and had cuts and bruises on my both knees. I developed a goose-phobia since then. I know I’m still not over it because whenever I saw one, my heart will start beating faster.

June 27th, 2008 by emila

Thanks to Constance for tagging me. This tag is about bloggers and their professions. I just need to add my name and profession and tag fellow blogger friends.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Copy and paste everything to a new post and Add your name next to your profession (or profession-to-be for undergrads) in the list. Make sure your name is linked to your blog.

Tip: For easier capture of links, paste into your blog using the “Visual” (for WP) and Compose (for Blogger) modes (not Edit HMTL or HTML).

2. If your profession is not in the list then simply add it to the correct alphabetical place. For example, if you want to add PLUMBER then it should be placed in between ONCOLOGIST and QUEEN.

3. Tag as many people as you can and witness how your technorati will explode!

4. Don’t forget to link back. In your case, link back to Arlene.

THE WORLD CLASS PROFESSIONS
Blogger -
Banker - Ida
Doctor -
Engineer - Hani
Graphic Designer/Illustrator - Emila
Nurse - Mckhoii
Programmer - Ina
Stay-at-Home-Mom - Mai, Alpha, Yen, Constance
Secretary- Arlene
Teacher -
Tutor-Fliffy
University Employee- Suzanne
Work-at-Home-Mom- Liza

I am tagging Jean Chia, Mariuca & Fliffly.

Jean Chia tagged me on TRAVEL TO 7 CONTINENTS.

Rules:
1. Start Copy from "Begin Copy" until "End Copy".
2. Put your blog’s name and url write in which continent you live, add the country you live in.
3. Leave your url post in here and you’ll be added to the Master List.
4. Please help spread this tag by tagging your friends as much as you can.
5. Don’t play unfair! If you have more than 1 blog, you can participate all your blogs for this tag. BUT you will have to post this tag to all your blogs as well.
6. Please come back again to copy the update of the master list, often. This process will help new participants to get the same gains as the first participants.

Master List:
A. Asia : 1. Moms… Check Nyo (Philippines) 2. Aeirin’s Collections (Philippines) 3. Jenny and Belle (Philippines) 4. Hailey’s Beats and Bits (Philippines) 5. Appleofmyeyes (Saudi Arabia) 6. Deranged Insanity (Philippines) 7. PROJECT HEAVY TRAFFIC (Singapore) 8. Rooms of My Heart (Indonesia) 9. Blessings and Beyond (Philippines) 10. lancerlord (Singapore) 11. allinkorea (Korea) 12. kimchiland (Korea) 13. korean food (Korea) 14. idealpinkrose (Korea) 15. Pinay Mommy Online (Philippines) 16. Momhood Moments (Philippines) 17. Business Mars (Philippines) 18. Maiylah’s Snippets (Philippines) 19. Picture Clusters (Philippines) 20. My Wanderings (Philippines) 21. Hit-or-Miss (Philippines) 22. Life Quest (Philippines) 23. FunFierceFabulous (Phils) 24. and Life Goes On for… (Philippines) 25. Moments of Colours (Philippines) 26. Making sense… (somehow) (Philippines) 27. Day To Day (Philippines) 28. My Happy Place 29. Me and Mine (Japan) 30. Little Peanut (Japan) 31. Creative In Me (Japan) 32. Pea in a Pod (Japan) 33. A Slice of Life (Phils) 34. Jenny Said So (Phils) 35. Live it Up… (Philippines) 36. A Sweet Taste Of Life (Philippines) 37. Through The Rain (Philippines) 38. Sugarmagnolias (Japan) 39. ParentZine????? (Singapore) 40. We are Family (PH) 41. Reference Notes (Hong Kong) 42. The Sweet Life 43. A Great Pleasure (Malaysia) 44. Lalaine’s World ( Thailand) 45. Proud Mommy (Philippines) 46. The Real Deal (Malaysia) 47. Petty Ramblings of a Petty Queen (Malaysia) 48. LadyJava’s Lounge (Malaysia) 49. LadyJava Life’s Pages (Malaysia) 50. Being Woman (Malaysia), 51. Cat Tales (Malaysia) 52. Make Money Online (Malaysia) 53. LadyJava’s Food Paradise (Malaysia) 55. Cat Tales (Malaysia) 56. Make Money Online (Malaysia) 57. LadyJava’s Food Paradise (Malaysia) 58. Lourdes’ Mia (Philippines) 59. Miss Write (Philippines) 60. Me, Myself+2 (Phils) 61. Moments of My Life 62. My Deepest & Honest Thoughts (Malaysia) 63. Crissy’s Haven 64. Strangely Out of Place (Philippines) 65. Frozen Moments (India) 66. NER: Never Ending Resolve (Philippines) 67. Mindjuice in Full Throttle 68. Straight from the Heart 69. Creative Thoughts (Philippines) 70. Emila’s Illustrated Blog 71. WilStop (Philippines), 72. Alanzain-home decor world (Malaysia) 73. Let’s talk-everything in one space (Malaysia) 74. Tiklaton (Pilipinas) 75. Digiscraptology (Philippines) 76. A Life in Bloom (Philippines) 77. Because Life is a Blessing (Philippines) 78. Day to Day Miracles 79. Budget Traveler 80. The Success (Indonesia) 81. Lets Travel Philippines (Philippines) 82. enlaceré. tordu. (Singapore) 83.Blessings in Life (Philippines) 84. Tere’s World (Philippines) 85. Journey in Life (Philippines) 86. Thoughts and Beyond (Philippines) 87. Geng’s Journal (Philippines) 88. e-Shopping (India) 89. Tippy-Tips 90. Life and Me (Singapore) 91. Xploring Asia ( Singapore) 92. Baboyita (Philippines) 93. A Place Of Being (Philippines) 94. Bits and Pieces (Philippines) 95. Asian Mutt International (Malaysia) 96. An Anonymous Journal (Malaysia) 97. WebGeek Journal (Philippines) 98. BlogScope (Philippines) 99. The Mind The Heart The Lines (Malaysia) 100.BoBo the Bimbo (Singapore) 101.Sjtl (Philippines) 102. Crissy’s Zone (PHIL) 103. [S]hiphire [D]ominion (Malaysia) 104. All about your children (Singapore) 105. Hardy Chen Power Blog (Indonesia) 106. Rien Mais Tout, Nothing But All (Malaysia) 107. A Nice Thought (Philippines) 108. Choc Mint Girl (Malaysia) 109. KaDusMama (Malaysia) 110. Chorva (Philippines) 111. Geek Chic Guru (Philippines) 112. your turn

B. Australia : 1. Reflexes (Australia) 2. Emcee 3. Outback-Pinay 4. Collect and Connect (Australia) 5. Stand My Ground (Australia) 6. Alive (Australia) 7. your turn

C. Afrika : 1. Doudy Sketche Watercolor Paintings 2. Optimizing for Search Engines 3. Painting Artworks 4. Pictures in Egypt 5. your turn

D. North Amerika : 1. Simple Life, Simply Me (USA) 2. Pinaymama’s Diary (USA) 3. 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires (United States) 4.Traipsey Turvey (USA) 5. Dabawenyako (USA) 6. Icelog (USA) 6. The Misadventures of an Ordinary Housewife (USA) 7. It Is Nap Time (US) 8.A Mother’s Journal (USA) 9. Journey And Journal [USA] 10. Life is good and beautiful (USA) 11. Tasteful Voyage (USA) 12. Jenny’s Wandering Thoughts (USA) 13. Mom Knows Everything (Canada) 14. Filipino love stories (USA) 15. A Mom’s Note (USA) 16. Life with the Two Crazy Dogs 17. BLOGSILOG (USA) 18. Juliana’s World ( New York, USA) 19. My Daily Discourse (USA) 20. My Point Of View 21. My Blog Entry (USA) 22. This Side of Eternity (MI, USA) 23. The Paper Vision (USA) 24.Beyond Being A Mom (USA) 25.My So called life (USA) 26. Blogging By Sandee (USA) 27. Comedy Plus (USA) 28. My Life… My Journey! (USA) 29. Your Fun Family (USA) 30. Big Money List (Canada) 31. Life Expressions (USA) 32. DOTBLOGGER 33. your turn

E. South Amerika : 1. Oscar Luiz (Brazil) 2. dibujandoarte (Argentina) 3. your turn

F. Europe : 1. My Imaginary Travels (Netherlands) 2. Juliana’s Site (Netherlands) 3. Picturing of Life (Netherlands) 4. SuperMae (Portugal) 5. The Callalily Space (The Netherlands) 6. Portia (UK) 7. Daily Grind (Germany) 8. Amel’s Realm (Finland) 9. Mummy Diaries (England) 10. Mirage as Usual (Austria) 11. Say Cheese (DE) 12. Ramblings of an ad hoc doctor (United Kingdom) 13. Love Defies All (England) 14. your turn

G. Antarctica : 1. your turn

~ End Copy ~

I’m not tagging anybody in particular, feel free to join if you like.

(Disclaimer: Banner is from Imaginary Travels)

June 27th, 2008 by emila

I received so many awards from Marzie who is having an Awards Gala over at her blog! Thank you Marzie, you are so generous! I also received the "I love you this much" award that I created from Heather (HLK). Thank you Heather for including me in your list!

June 25th, 2008 by emila

Would you like to win my sweet dream totebag?

Emila’s 6th Giveaway

All you gotta do is leave a comment in the comment box saying why you like this bag. Poems, verses, limericks will also be accepted.

The best comment will win this bag.

Closing time will be at 12.00 midnight, Monday, July 7 (Malaysian time). I’ll be announcing the winner the next day. International comments are welcome! I will send the bag via standard international shipping rate - approx 2 weeks to reach you wherever you are. For local, expect 3 days delivery via Poslaju.

About the bag:
Bag size is 30cm x 30cm. String is 30cm as well. It is decorated with my own hand-stitched needlework. The bag is purely made out of raw fabric. It is fully cotton and the needlework on the bag is based on my sweet dream illustration.

June 25th, 2008 by emila

As a freelance graphic designer/illustrator, my income is not on monthly basis and solely depends on incoming jobs. No jobs mean no money and to ensure that I have some extra money at the end of the month, I do reviews and place sponsors ads as well as affiliate programs. From my tiny home office, I would sometimes wander far in the World Wide Web to search for sites that could actually help me make money. I found quite a number of them and today, I found Clickbooth Affiliate Network which has a great relationship with leading advertisers such as Yahoo, AOL and many more. Enticing enough, I registered with them. Step one requires me to fill in the usual personal details. Step two is a bit complicated where it requires me to enter my phone number for verification. I was reluctant at first but I entered my phone number anyway. Upon doing this, I actually received a call from them, giving me the access code to continue to step three, which is to enter my website details. Right now I am awaiting approval which takes up to 72 hours to register. I am hoping my site is good enough to be approved. Till that happens, I can only dream that, if I get to be Clickbooth publisher, I can get full access to its feature that I like the most, to custom built ads rotators and request for banners in any size for any offer.

Photo Credit: ClickBooth

*Updates: Yay! It’s not even 72 hours, I just got an email saying that they have just approved me! Click here now to join: Clickbooth - Make Money!

June 25th, 2008 by emila

This is a drawing by my son, entitled "A Safe Town". It’s a safe town because it’s protected by superheroes like Ben 10 and Ultraman. I am proud of him because he can basically create a full composition of drawing. You can see a house (lol, a town with only one house!), a road, parking lots, Ben 10 Aliens, Ultraman (different kinds of them), a sea with a yacht at the end of the road and few unidentified objects! I forgot to ask what’s SOTC.

I remember that Jean has asked me what is Ben 10 Fourarms. OK, this is fun because I think I’m enjoying the show haha (no choice!) Ok Jean, Ben 10 is an American animated television series and the story is about Ben Tennyson, his cousin Gwen, and their grandfather Max. During the summer camping trip, Ben found an alien pod in the woods. Stored inside the pod was a mysterious, watch-like device, called the Omnitrix. The Omnitrix somehow later attached to his wrist permanently and gives him the ability to transform into a variety of alien lifeforms, each with their own unique powers, quite similar to DC’s Dial H for Hero comic. The Omnitrix can transform him into 10 different aliens: Diamondhead, Fourarms, Ghostfreak, Grey Matter, Heatblast, Ripjaws, Stinkfly, Upgrade, Wildmutt and XLR8.

Credit: Ben 10 Downloads, Cartoon Network Asia.

Ben 10 is now showing in Malaysia (Astro, Cartoon Network, Channel 616) for almost half a year, I think, but in US, Ben 10 has been around since 2005.

Anyway, my son is into other cartoons as well, namely Camp Lazlo, Dexter’s Laboratory, Codename Kids Next Door, My Gym Partner’s A Monkey, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Powerpuff Girls and Teen Titans. He loves to repeat the scripts from the cartoons and the one he often repeats is "You stupid dog, you make me look bad" fromCourage the Cowardly Dog.

June 23rd, 2008 by emila

My son was all pretty bored yesterday. The neighborhood kids were no where in sight. It was just after the rain stopped, I guess they rather stayed indoor.

So, we let him play. With the water.

And went to KLCC in the evening. Played the kiddies rides on each floor. Had dinner and bought his favourite toy, Ben 10 Fourarms. Planned to see the Kung Fu Panda movie but had second thought. Our son is not the type who could sit still for a minute. So we cancelled the plan and hanged out at the fountain area instead.

He came home a happy boy and slept with Fourarms.

June 23rd, 2008 by emila

I am so happy that this dragonfly visited our garden yesterday. Managed to capture macro shots of it. You can view more pictures over at the other side of emila. This is a place where I post my photography.

June 23rd, 2008 by emila

Yay! My brother, Azrai, has just broken the news; he will be the father of a baby girl! My sister-in-law will deliver early September during the first week of fasting month. I just can’t wait for the new arrival. Talk about baby, my elder sister has also given birth, to a baby boy, Adam, over a month ago. I’m one happy auntie and I plan to buy them baby clothes. Found one great site called Jojo Designs. The baby clothes are all so cute, beautiful, unique and trendy! Jojo’s Design carries infant boy and girl baby clothes, as well as toddler’s clothes, available in a great selection of different sizes, colors, and styles.

Just look at this adorable minky dot chenille and cotton outfit! Precious, is it not?

Photo Credit: Jojo’s Design

The top is made with an upper chest part in cotton, and the gathers are from beautiful minky dot chenille fabric with lace trim. I just love the lace and rose flower embellishments. This one is only for $22.99. The original price is $69.99, so that means I will be getting more than 50% discunt! Wow! I am definitely going to buy this for Azrai’s new baby girl. As for Adam, I am still looking for that cute baby boy clothes, just as cute as him.

Oh…I just love to shop for baby clothes. I shopped for my friend’s baby a little over a year ago and I wish that I could have found Jojo Design’s earlier.

June 22nd, 2008 by emila

Took a Latte test that I came across at Mariuca’s Perfume Gallery. Here what it says about me:

You don’t treat yourself very often. You find that indulging doesn’t jibe with your very disciplined life.

You can be quite silly at times, but you know when to buckle down and be serious.

You have a good deal of energy, but you pace yourself. You never burn out too fast.

You’re addicted to caffeine. There’s no denying it. You are responsible, mature, and truly an adult.

You’re occasionally playful, but you find it hard to be carefree. You are sophisticated and daring, but you are never snobby.

What Does Your Latte Says About You?

Let me know your result, I’ll link you to this post. People who have taken Latte test:
Marzie | Emila | Bless | LadyJava | Willie Baronet | Mangosteenskin | You!

June 22nd, 2008 by emila

I just changed my theme last month and I am happy with the look and feel. But you never know, I might change again. I’ve changed my blog theme for few times already and this one is the best for me, so far. The previous ones conflicted with my taste. I hope you like this theme as much as I do.

This blog is Wordpress powered blog and one of the websites that I look for wordpress themes the most is topwpthemes.com. They have tons of great themes and you can download quality and professional designed themes for free here.

I personally like the Seashore template on the left. Have downloaded and kept it readily available in my themes dashboard ;P

Photo Credit: topwpthemes.com

June 21st, 2008 by emila

Wanda the Wobin Hood | Digital vectors

‘Wanda the Wobin Hood’ hoards on teddies, so you better keep your eyes on yours. She might ‘took’ them from you with the charm of her cuteness. But it’s for good deed, she’ll give away all the teddies to children who needs them. Her mom didn’t know about her ‘part-time’ job, so she hid all the teddies in a hole of a big tree in the forest.

Illustration Friday’s challenge this week is ‘Hoard’. According to Encarta, hoard means to collect and store, often secretly, large amounts of things such as food or money for future use. Hope this one fits. I dunno whether if I use the word ‘hoard’ correctly on the first line. My grammar is bad, let me know if it’s wrong.

I use the girl from my ‘Mom’s Garden’ book and transformed her into Wanda the Wobin Hood. The story is a bit ridiculous but I hope you like it. Came up with it right before I started the illustration.

Dedicated to my niece, Wanda, who loves all my ridiculous stories.

June 20th, 2008 by emila

Think you’re geeky enough to design geeky greeting cards? You are? Then, you’re it! Grab a cup of coffee, sit down and read this:

Artwork Credit: Foldees.com

“We Are All Geeks” contest opens to you if you’re above 13, regardless of where in the world you live.

This contest is organised by Foldees.com, a Malaysia based website created to showcase and market greeting card designs from talented freelance designers around the world. Designs will be moderated for content and professionalism, but once it goes on their site, they’ll pay you a royalty every time someone buys it!

Gearing up for their Merdeka Day launch on August 31st 2008, they need your help to participate in their first ever contest, entitled “We Are All Geeks” (full brief below). Contest starts now and closes on 17th July 2008. After the submission deadline ends, they’ll put your cards on the site for any registered user to vote for, and the highest rated card wins.

Winning designs will be featured in all their promotional materials, and the highest-rated design will be distributed with every Don’t Panic pack in the month of September 2008. To make it worth your while, the winning design will also earn RM2,000 in cash plus some awesome prizes!

1st Prize – RM2000 cash + WACOM Intuos3 A4 Size (worth RM1699)
2nd Prize – RM1000 cash + WACOM Intuos3 A6 Wide (worth RM1039)
3rd Prize – RM500 cash + WACOM Bamboo Fun Tablet A5 Size (worth RM699)
Consolation prizes x2 – WACOM Bamboo Fun Tablet A6 Size (worth RM399)

The Brief
Geeks have now taken over the world. We spend more time typing than speaking, getting fit on a Wii, and buying iPods in matching colours. Foldees.com wants cards that speak to this new generation of geeks, in ways that current greeting cards are not. They are currently looking for Birthday, Flirty, Office, Sorry and Thank You card ideas, but if you’ve got a card that’s way out there for anything else, feel free to submit it as well, as long as it’s within the geeky theme.

How to Participate?
Simply download the AI template here, use it to design a card and upload the complete AI file back to the site with your details before July 17th 2008!

The Challenge
You’re not allowed to use any raster images for your cards. All cards have to be created using only solid colour vector art in Adobe Illustrator. This excludes not only JPG or TIFF images, but also any form of shadowing, filters or transparencies of colour.

I am all geared up to a geeky weekend! I already have a ready idea for a geeky card. The geeky watercolor drawing I made last year. I’m gonna make it solid vectors! With few changes of course, especially that tabletopia and the left shoe (it has a feeling of the right shoe) ;P

Thank you Chak for letting me know about the contest.

June 19th, 2008 by emila

Phew! I did a spring cleaning just now and have constructed a 19-tier shelf! This is just a cropped image of the shelf, you can click HERE to see the whole shelf. I added the link to the award page on the top navigation. I’ll map each award to the awarders soon as I can. Thank you!

June 18th, 2008 by emila

Uncle BokJae and Jean awarded me with I’m A Daily Blogger and Sharing The Love awards respectively. Thank you so much for including me in your list of awardees, Uncle and Jean!

Sharing The Love award is a bit different coz it’s all about raising awareness of the need for Organ Donation.

This award is created by Crystal in honor of the donor who saved her son’s life. Her son, Noah, had to have a heart transplant when he was just over a month old. This award is supposed to help raise awareness of the importance of organ donation.

So, here are the rules Crystal gave:
“The rules of this award are: SHARE THE LOVE!!! Share this award with all those blogs out there that you love. All the people who make you smile. All those that make you laugh. All those that make your day. All those that leave uplifting comments on your blog. **All I ask, is that you include a link to this post with the award and ask your recipient to do the same. As you may have recently seen on my side bar, I have finally created a custom blog award!! I have wanted to do this for a long time but never came up with something that “fit”. I didn’t want just anything. It had to be something that meant something to me. And what could mean more than Sharing the Love by giving you pieces of my heart?? So I created this award in Honor Of The Donor That Saved Noah’s Life. I share this award with those of you whose love and friendship have enriched my life and made my world a better place. I hope by passing this award around the blogging world we can all help raise awareness of the need for Organ Donation."

I am passing these awards to all of you who have passed here and read my blog. Thank you so much.

June 17th, 2008 by emila

I helped my husband putting animated background and elements to this video. This is just a segment out of an episode. I’m not all satisfied with the end result and thought that my husband would’ve done this perfectly. Kudos to him for all the animations that he had done!

Anyway, this animation was done for Syuhadah Advertising (on behalf of Television Airtime Services) and will go on air in local tv station (TV1) every Tuesday at 7pm. I think the first few episodes have been aired. My husband and I did the content graphics and animations. The montage and breakers were done by other designer.

June 15th, 2008 by emila

Found some good punchlines from the web, thought I illustrate them.

There so many punchline variations for ‘Why did the chicken cross the road?" beside the common "to get to the other side". These are some of my favourites:

Darwin: It was the logical next step after coming down from the trees.

Barack Obama: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!

John Lennon: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

Bill Gates: I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Chicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

(Note: If you’re the author of these punchlines, please let me know. I’ll give proper credit).

Let me know if you have your own unique punchline to "why did the chicken cross the road?". I’ll put it up in this post and link your name to your website, a free link love. No rules and regulations, this is just for the fun of the crossing chicken.

Here’s mine:

Emila : I dunno, am not the chicken.
Jean Chia : to get away from his mean owner and to a greener pasture!
Cata : the chicken crossed the road because she is going to her yoga class
Sushi : to have a little break from his tantrum thrower chick son
Yan Chai : I think the chicken don’t even know that is the road….just walk..walk and walk
Roxychick : because she can’t be staying there forever.. can she?
Mariuca : to get to KFC and visit its cousins!
LadyJava : coz someone has to…
Deano : It was easier than going around it.
Connie Martin : The chicken crossed the road since he thought that the used car lot on the north side was a better bet than the KFC franchise on the south side, where he started out.

Fadhil Isma :
1. Chef Wan : The chicken saw me coming… that’s why she crossed!
2. Pak Lah : Err… did the chicken really cross? I didn’t know about that. Let me check with my Agriculture Minister.
3. TDM : Dia tak seharusnya melintas, bahaya tu… ayam ni mudah lupa.
4. Anwar Ibrahim : Of course the chicken will cros over. I has said so! And there’s no money involved.
5. Chief of Police : It’s alright for the chicken to cross. As long as they don’t assemble more than 5, they are not breaking any laws.

Yours next!

June 12th, 2008 by emila

Fida Abbot tagged me on this one:

1. At what age do you wish to marry?
- 6 years old. Used to play ‘kawin-kawin’ (fake wedding) with the neighbourhood kids back in my hometown.

2. If you can turn into anything, what do you wish you can turn into?
- A fairy godmother.

3. If you were stranded on an desert island, who are the 3 blog buddies you would take with you? Why?
- Mariuca , LJ and Jean Chia . Bobby if I can add one more. We can all blog together.

4. Where is the place that you want to go most?
- New Zealand

5. If you have one dream to come true, what would it be?
- A millionaire.

6. Who is in your mind right now?
- My son.

7. What are you afraid to lose the most right now?
- My Family.

8. Do you want your first born child to be a girl or boy? Why?
- Regardless the sex, being blessed with a baby was the most wonderful thing. I got a boy with a curly hair.

One year old Yassin. He’s 4 years 7 months now.

9. If you meet someone you love, would you confess to him/her?
- I already met someone and confessed. I am married to him.

10. List out three good things of the person who tagged you!
- Fida is pretty, friendly and generous.

11. What colour do you like? Why?
- I work with colors everyday, I like all of them.

12. What type of person do you hate the most?
- Backstabber.

13. What would you do if you won a million dollars?

I posted this before >here <

14. What is your ambition?
- To be a children’s book writer and illustrator.

15. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?
- My tantrum.

16. What would you most want to achieve right now?
- To believe in myself that I can achieve No. 14.

17. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
- My family.

18. If there’s one thing in your life you want to do but yet unable to, what would it be?
- Live by the sea or mountain.

20. Among all the questions asked, which one do u like most? Why?
- They’re all ok.

June 12th, 2008 by emila

I dread for this moment.

Thank God it was a scissor not a cutter! But still it was a dreadful moment and my heart stopped beating for awhile. I panicked and check whether he has inflicted other than his hair. Lucky there wasn’t any. It was all my fault, I left a scissor on my working table. Normally, I put it up high on a wall shelf. I quickly took him to a barber shop near our house. I called my husband and told him what happened. He told me to get our son a No. 4 cut. But the barber told me it has to be No. 1.

No. 1 it was. Of course I got a scolding. I already hid all the scissors and cutters.