Wednesday 7 October 2015

Scribbles to Memories

This week is the last lesson for creative thinking.
Therefore, instead of the usual groups of 5 group work & presentation,
Ms Tan Ai Khim told us to draw a short comic for a random classmate.
She said this is the chance to create memories with this classmate; a memento.

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Firstly, we all obtain a piece of a4 paper, and was then instructed to scribble randomly on it from a start point and to an end point.

Secondly, we are then told to fold the paper into 6 boxes, and then use a marker to mark the fold lines.

Lastly, Ms Tan collected all the a4 scribbles and hand out each randomly to everyone.

What I have gotten
I received Shirley's scribbles.
Wow, this must be fate. Somehow we always "encounter" each other by chance. Whether it's religious beliefs, rants, the number placement in the attendance sheet; her's just below mine, interests that aren't common(at least among girls); we both play Dota 2, we were so shocked when we both found out, didn't expect each other to play. And the fact that we sat together for the very first lesson of college, becoming friends.

Surprisingly, we don't really share the same wave length though.
Fate is sure weird.

Everyone's ready
By using the lines, we're to use our creative skills to decipher what each line can look like and make a story out of it.
It's time to let imagination do the job!

Finished drawing
Halfway through this drawing, Ms Tan started to play interesting videos for us to watch. It was quite distracting as I was working and I wanted to watch the videos too.

This comic I made for Shirley is an inside joke that only her or Dota players can understand.
The joke is basically just about the Dota character, Pudge which is Shirley's most hated character in the game and game tropes.

Shirley, scarred for life
Hmm.. If I were to describe Shirley..
First impression, she's an aloof person; cool and distant. However that doesn't mean she's unfriendly, she's probably just thinking what to eat for lunch. I am certain it's 100% Mos burger. She has this mysterious air around her, kinda reminds me of a cat.

She's also..
Fashionable! I think everyone can agree with me on this. Judging from her in game profile picture, I believe she's really into fashion models, especially Western/European.

Independent. She does things on her own. She's not subjected to be in control by others, capable of thinking and acting for oneself. I guess she resembles a lone panther then?

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Ugesh, why so tall lah
When the lesson was ending, I was thrilled as I wonder who made a comic for me.

It was Ugesh!! He's really huge; thanks to his almost daily workout. It was a new experience to take a picture with someone as big as him.

My experiences with Ugesh isn't much but I can tell that..
He's a really cool person. As in, very calm & composed and has his own style that stands out.
He's friendly. I was slightly intimidated at first because he's really tall, but when I spoke to him, everything went smoothly, he's really chill!
and finally, I feel that he's really mature, I'm not sure how to describe it but, it feels like he's really an adult, I guess? maybe because of age differences.

Surprise!

This is the comic that he made, about life journey & love.
A man's rough journey and at the end he is able to find his one true love at the end.
At the back of the page, he added on with saying that I should keep moving forward and shouldn't give up for at the end I will meet a good life.

But does a good life equates a good love story? I guess love is an element that contribute to a good life.


Debbie, a sweet girl
If I were to describe Debbie..
She's a meticulous person. You would mistaken her for a JC student or a Polytechnic student studying a math/science course. She's always punctual, in fact she's always arrive early to class.

Like her name, she's cute, and she LOVES cute things. She has that child-like cuteness. That doesn't mean she's childish though, she's actually a very serious person.

She's good at speaking. I'm sure everyone has noticed that she's always the one speaking in presentations in her group. She's vocal and isn't scared of attention.


Siew Kei, SK. Not SK Jewelry.
If I were to describe Siew Kei..

She's diligent. She always completes her work on time and you can really see her effort in her works. And the fact that she works to upkeep her stay in Singapore as she is from Malaysia.

She's independent. Like what I mentioned, she works to upkeep her stay in Singapore. To add on, she lives alone. That's admirable.

She's also fashionable. Always wore clothes that fits her and it's obvious that she keep up with fashion trends.

She would make a good big sister character.

Liliana, sweet enough for diabetes
Liliana is very adorable.
like her mannerism and reaction and stuff. Very adorable.
I really think she's incapable of being angry. She's also very tease-able despite being 2 years older than me. I love her company; she's really easy going person & amiable. Charming in her own way.

If I were to describe Liliana..
ADORABLE


Huei Hao aka the most admirable person I know
If I were to describe Huei Hao...

He's super hardworking & diligent. I cannot emphasis in words, how hardworking he is. He's work ethic is simply, superb. I'm not sure how he manage really, I can't imagine being in his situation.
He goes back to Malaysia everyday, 5 hours a trip. If we were to count back and forth, that's 10 bloody hours. And to add on, it's 5 SGD a bus ride (or was it RM?), that's 10 SGD! AND his drawings are really good! You can tell that he is really serious about his studies. He also works 16 hours a week to earn some money to upkeep his studies.

He's ambitious. Ambition correlates with diligence. He aspires to be an comic book artist, specifically, an manga artist in Japan. That's why he is studying Illustration & animation (same course as me!).

He's also level-headed; a composed and sensible person.

I'm really glad that I met someone so serious and ambitious like him as it motivates me to work even harder too.

P.S Do a speech in the future when you're successful Huei Hao!







Friday 2 October 2015

Food challenge

From left to right, wefie of me, Debbie, Siew Kei, Liliana & out of picture Huei Hao
Today is our last group work for creative thinking.
Because it's our last group work, Ms Tan Ai Khim allowed us to form our own groups.
*Cue happy music and noises*

Me, Liliana, Debbie, Siew Kei and Huei Hao, formed a group of 5.

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Our objective is to open a restaurant, starting with the menu.
The menu must consist of appetizer, main course & dessert.
We also need to design a logo & name for the restaurant.

Sounds fun!

The challenge is that we only have 3 random ingredient available to use; a chef nightmare.
We are given a intended audience too, for example, kids, junkies, athletes, etc.

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Ms Tan told every group to send one person to the front to do a lottery of the 3 ingredients & intended audience.

I went to the front, thrilled at the thought of what I will get.

Maybe something easy and interesting?

As I reached my destination, it was my turn to draw.
I hesitated for a short while; looking at the papers, hoping I can decipher what it is.

Heart beating in anticipation, I drew one.

"MARS BAR, APPLE, APRICOT JAM"I giggled, liking what I have gotten.
Feeling great, I drew the second.

"WEIGHT LOSS"

What.
That was my reaction. I had no idea what to do weight loss.

Maybe creating a dish that has 1 cm of a mars bar, apple, apricot jam can help with weight loss?
Or, since definition says "Fibre-rich", we can make the main dish just cut apples, like 1 kg of them.

My train of thought was broken when Ms Tan says that we are allowed to re-pick once.

Oh boy.

I called my group members over, discussed whether we should re-pick or stick with this.
They were just as lost as I was.

Siew Kei said to change the intended audience, and everyone agreed with it.

"Okay" I said.
 Intuition telling me that I shouldn't; feels like a bad idea.

Re-picking can't be too bad right?

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"DIETING"

What.

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What we random'd
I went back to my group, placed the lottery results on the table, and watched my group mates reactions.

Their reactions were hilarious.

Most comments went to the Mars bar. "Dieting people don't eat chocolate!"

Hey, at least we got apple, that's 100% diet-able.

Debbie writing everybody ideas on her writing pad

This is when the brainstorming starts.
The group discussion was lively; everyone was contributing and bantering.


Brainstorming results
  1. Appetizer: Apple slices served with melted chocolate & apricot jam.
  2. Main course: Mashed apple mixed with apricot jam, with melted & chunks of chocolate served with cold apple juice special beverage
  3. Dessert: Melted chocolate sticks skewered with apple coated with apricot jam

    Sketches for logo & food was done.

    We split work up based on what we have contributed in the brainstorming,

    Logo: Huei Hao
    Appetizer: Debbie
    Main Course: Siew Kei & Liliana
    Dessert: Me
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Process of work


The making of logo
An apple tree is used as our main ingredient is apples.
Since dieting is the intended audience, the logo has a slim woman figure, replacing the trunk of the tree.

Logo is inspired from Starbucks cafe.

Everyone working hard
Everyone was quiet, as attention was put into work.

Pricing the items
Titling & touching up
We had to borrow markers from other groups because we do not have much colouring materials.
Thankfully, the group infront of us lend us what we needed.
Welcome to Apple Tree

Best dieting cafe you will find in Singapore.
Order our full course only at $32.70!
                     
                        GST not included.

Our menu
Please visit Apple tree!


And this concludes our activity for today, glad that we finished everything on time.

Next week we're going to present our cafe.