Jul
17
2010
Sitting by my workstation, I must say this is my place of Zen. Where a major fraction of my creative concept happens. The remaining 10% is left where I head out and have a well-deserved coffee break, armed only with a sketch pad and pencil to do some design wireframes or blog drafts. But for now, I have been knackered down and can’t seem to focus on my design work. It even took me 18 manhours to nail a design for a US Lifestyle magazine. My mojo has been knackered down real good.
So I reckoned I should catch up with my reading, instead. As I was reading about some celebrity has-been. I thought to myself, “Who in the world would want to know about “beep beep” And seriously, who cares! Then it finally dawned on me, when I become famous, I will have to do interviews like that.
Well, in the spirit of blatant narcissism and the famosity that is inevitably coming my way, I decided I get down to my Zen, write my own version and call it…
10 Things You Probably Don’t Care To Know About, But I will Tell You Anyway, Because I Feel Like It! Continue reading
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Jun
14
2010
Sharing a puddle of emotions on my birthday

My year was about to end in gloom. Two weeks of agonizing ordeal from personal battles to unending struggles of code dilemma, I was about to hit rock bottom… then birthday hits.
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May
17
2010
Musings and skunkworks of a web creative
Alf has designed style with pixels and code, as white ink drawings on black backgrounds. This time, he’s got his mojo back to create his personal blog – an attempt to write about family and friends, share random thoughts and collective wisdom. Because even when ink runs out, his lifestream is ushered in multi-colored dots – all in the company of the ones he holds dear.
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