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Filed under: Art + Design, Cartoon Illustration, News, Personal , Facebook, Fan Page, Liyin the Designer-in-Pajamas

Bebe : LOST & FOUND

Retracting the Missing Cat poster…

The hospital vet called me up this evening and told me they found my cat, ALIVE!!! Not too sure how they found her and where until I go visit her tomorrow morning. I am so excited!!!

Thanks to all your supports and prayers for the past few days. I am truly grateful to all of you who has helped me through this whole thing because of my cat, in every way great or small, your word of encouragement via SMS, calls, FB, emotional supports, publicising the missing cat poster on blogs, Twitter and whatever, and the two friends who went out with me today to put up posters and hand out flyers to strangers under the hot sun, those who responded and made themselves available to do the same thing for the next few days (glad you guys don’t have to now!)… it means a lot to me and I THANK YOU ALL!!!!

Filed under: Message, News, Personal , Bebe, Cat, Lost & Found, Tuxedo Cat

HELP FIND MY MISSING CAT =(

This is not a joking poster. I could never have imagined this would happen to me but my cat went missing yesterday in the vet hospital when I took her there for a treatment on the wound on her face. No one in the hospital witness her disappearance, not even the friend whom I went with was aware of her escape when I was registering myself at the counter. Immediately after I left the counter I was totally in shock to see that she was no longer on the bench she was seated next to my friend. The only thing left behind was her red towel! Everyone including the hospital staff were searching all over the building for her but she was nowhere to be found.

Today I went back to the vet hospital again to try looking for her but with no success. The hospital could not do much as they had also tried looking for her after I left yesterday. It was suspected that she might be still in the hospital building but there might also a chance that she could have sneaked out of the building. I am totally depressed right now for what had happened.

HELP!!!
I need YOUR help friends. If you happen to be around Gasing Indah in Petaling Jaya area where the Gasing Veterinary Hospital in located please be on the look out for this cat.

If you’re a blogger…
please, please help me spread the word – copy this poster (download from this link : farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/4169371248_85b259d1e5_b.jpg ) and copy-and-paste the text below onto your blog :

MISSING CAT

CAT’S NAME IS BEBE, A TUXEDO CAT WITH A DISTINCTIVE BLACK MARKING ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF HER MOUTH, WEARING A PINK COLLAR WITH BELL. LAST SEEN ON 7 DEC 2009 @ GASING VETERINARY HOSPITAL, GASING INDAH, PJ, WITH A WOUND ON HER FACE BETWEEN THE NOSE & RIGHT EYE.

IF YOU SEE THIS CAT PLEASE CALL
012-911-5420
IMMEDIATELY!!

I can also be reached via email at liyin_yeo [at] yahoo [dot] com

Your little act of kindness will be greatly appreciated.

Filed under: Art + Design, Message, Personal , Bebe, Gasing Veterinary Hospital, Malaysia, Missing Cat, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Tuxedo Cat, Wounded Cat

KLPA’2010 Banner Series : Camera Illustrations

A series of web link share banners for KL Photo Awards 2010 I did with the logo incorporated into the camera image which was firstly hand drawn on paper with pencil to black ink and lastly converted into digital image for editing in Photoshop. Each one has a slogan or tagline that is subtly embedded on the camera image. How long did it take for me to complete this series of banners you may ask? One night. I am quite impressed with myself for being able to finish the task in just one night! FUN!

These are the five camera images in the banner series, only four of them were selected to be used on the KL Photo Awards 2010 website as link share banners. Which one would be your favourite? Or rather which kind of shooter are you

FILM RULES : OLD SCHOOL SHOOTER

I HEART PIXELS

I PREFER DIGITAL

I SHOOT PEOPLE

PIXEL PEEPER

Special thanks to Steven Lee for his initial ideas.

Filed under: Contest, Illustration, Photography , Camera, Digital Camera, Film Camera, Hand Drawn Illustration, Illustration, KL Photo Awards 2010

Mirror + Model + D300 + 85/1.8 + SB-900 =

Thanks to my two good gearhead friends for loaning their precious gears to me! I feel like I am an alien touching and playing those with digital toys since I shoot with film cameras most of the time.

Yea, I know I am vain… which photographer isn’t anyway?

But I would be much prouder to see myself holding a classic film camera.

Filed under: Personal, Photography , Digital Photography, Me, Mirror Reflection, Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 AF, Nikon D300, SB-900

Penang : Home-Street-Home

Some sleep on cold concrete bed.

Some on slightly higher ground. It keeps them away from curious stray dogs and cats.

Some on a bedsheet in front of the shops.

Some have their heads rest on bag pillow and a bike to keep them company.

Others on three-wheel mobile cushioned bed the al fresco style.

And some fortunate ones have the luxury of sleeping in their shop while their workers toil away.

Sleep well.

Cameras used for the shots are Olympus XA and Olympus 35DC on various types of film. If you are interested to find out the film type for each photo just click on them and they will link you to the details on my flickr.

For more of Penang photos from this trip check out the photo set here.

Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Penang, People, Sleeping, Street

Penang : Beauty of Tilesmanship

I wish I had a flatbed scanner of an A1 size to scan all the beautifully patterned tiles on walls and floors!

Cameras used for the shots are Olympus XA and Olympus 35DC on various types of film. If you are interested to find out the film type for each photo just click on them and they will link you to the details on my flickr.

For more of Penang photos from this trip check out the photo set here.

Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Penang, Tile, Travel

Faces of Penang : The Local People

Scenes of everyday life people, with different poses, at different places and at different time doing different things.

A man having his breakfast at a local coffeeshop. He saw me taking his picture.

Folks playing chess by the sidewalk. How comfortable it is to sit both legs opened wide apart like a peace sign.

A beca man pinching his pimple? I am not too sure.

An old lady and grandson at their home at Chiew Jetty. Notice her fair face? She had powder all over her face.

Some half naked man sitting on a bike talking on the phone. He was wearing shorts, by the way.

A lady at work in a mechanic store.

Men doing welding works.

A man at his rattan shop.

A petite Indian man in sarong. Looking kind of sexy.

Butcher resting his arms on the chopping board. Are you not ready to chop some meat?

Cameras used for the shots are Olympus XA and Olympus 35DC on various types of film. If you are interested to find out the film type for each photo just click on them and they will link you to the details on my flickr.

For more of Penang photos from this trip check out the photo set here.

Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Penang, People, Travel

Penang : UNESCO’S World Heritage

Any better reason why should you not visit Penang if it is not for this one? Penang is placed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage list.

The architecture, the colours, the patterns, the oldness, the rusticity of olden day buildings that still stand pridefully are the subjects of admiration to most photo enthusiasts of today.

Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Heritage Buildings, Penang, Travel, UNESCO’s World Heritage

Penang : Markets

Can you spot the man?

The morning thing to do – cup of coffee and daily news – to start off the day.

Chowrasta morning market.

The king of fruits – durian! Wherever the durians are there will you find the people crowd around.

Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Market, Penang, Travel

Penang : Malaysia’s Food Heaven

Penang is a place that spells F-O-O-D.

I won’t blog much in detail about the famous local food but I will just let some of the photos I took tell the story. Do google to find out more about Penang food if you want to know more.

Penang char kuey tiaw (sometimes spelled as char kway teow). Til today I still cannot really tell the distinctive difference between those in Penang and the ones in KL, but this one I had tasted really favourful.

Deep fried food – lobak, which are meat or seafood fritters.

This hawker stall uncle frying oyster omelette (or or chien in Hokkien dialect) with a style – look at his stylo googles!

Filed under: Food, Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Food, Food Heaven, Hawker Stall, Malaysian Food, Penang, Travel

Penang : Blue blue skies

BLUE.

It is not my favourite colour. It is not the colour I would wear. It is not the colour we would normally find in food. But it is the colour I love to see in the sky.

After coming back to KL yesterday the one thing I do miss the most is the clear blue skies in my hometown Miri. However, here are some of the blue photos from my Penang trip in June.

Are not the blue skies lovely?

The bridge you cannot miss when you are crossing from the mainland to the island – the Penang Bridge! Shot this photo with my eye off the viewfinder. The car was going too fast for me to even focus n my little Olympus XA anyway.

Some simplistic blue sky pictures of buildings.

Filed under: Photography, Travel , Blue Sky, Film Camera, Film Photography, Penang, Rangefinder, Travel

Journal, 1 November 2009 : STOP Focusing on Yourself

Some notes I made when I was reading the book by John C. Maxwell – Failing Forward while waiting for boarding at the KLIA.

Filed under: Cartoon Illustration, Journal, Message , Airport, Book, Cartoon Illustration, Failing Forward, John C Maxwell, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Message, Moleskine, Noodler's Ink, Notes, Polar Black, Sketch

Going back to Miri, yes, again!

This is the 5th time this year and that broke my past records of going back once or twice a year in the past, especially during those years when I was under employment, as most of you know it is not easy to take leave from work and go away as often as you want to.

When I was asked about for what particular reason or occasion that I am going home this time I said none, do I even need any? Miri is my home. It is good to be with family. Just a couple of days ago I found out that both my youngest sister and mom’s birthdays fall on this week! NOW, I have a good reason for coming home! Yes, their birthday presents are all prepared, will wait til the celebration day.

Coming back home does not mean I am on holiday, yo, work continues still. It is about working at the comfort of my home-sweet-home environment without having to worry what’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner today. But I prefer my workstation in PJ with my cat, Bebe around and watch her nap and do all the funny little stuff she always does.

Filed under: Journal, Personal, Photography , Aircraft, Book, Digital Photography, Flight, KLIA, Lamy Fountain Pen, MAS, Miri, Moleskine, Sarawak

I miss grandma

That’s my grandmother with her denture in her hand. A picture I took about 2 years ago during my short visit.

Been thinking of paying grandma a visit in Kuching next month…

Check out more pictures of her here.

Filed under: Photography , Family, Grandma, Grandmother, Granny, Photography, Polaroid

Amazing Kids Logo Design Process

An idea is always formed first in the mind and then transferred to the paper before it is reconstructed in the computer.

Just as for the Amazing Kids logo it is client’s desire to have an image of a mother giraffe and baby giraffe’s necks formed into a heart shape which is symbolic of parental love and raising up of young leaders for this children educational center. Giraffe speaks of leadership character.

The process of the design :

Filed under: Art + Design, Illustration , "Amazing Kids" "Literacy Centre", Children, Drawing, Giraffe, Graphic Design, Idea, Kids, Logo Design, Process, Sketch

My Wheatgrass Project : Day 1 – 13

Been a really hard at work this month and seriously need a good break but not so soon until all is over and done. I can only afford a short one for now, today, so I decided to do something to break the ice before getting back to work again.

This is it! I am taking some time off to talk about this project I am curently embarking on – Wheatgrass Project… LOL. What on earth would I want to grow wheatgrass?! Not something I thought of doing but it all started when I visited the petshop in my neighbourhood recently and stumbled upon this box of instant DIY wheatgrass growing kit. I thought it was funny as it is meant for cats! I do not know what struck me at the time but the next thing I thought to myself was, why not?? Why not give it a try?! Life is too short not to try something new, right? I mean, I have seen my cat, Bebe, eat grass outside the house compound before but I really have no idea how much she would approve this idea of home-grown wheatgrass! If she is not going to eat it I will keep it to myself then! Nothing to lose, really.

Day 1 : Preparing the ground and welcome the seed of greatness

Got the ‘ground’ ready in the plastic tray and down all the wheatgrass seed.

Filed under: Art + Design, Personal, Photography, Typography , Cat, Digital Photography, Feline, Growing Plant, Growth, Nokia 6300, Personal Project, Phone Camera, Typography, Wheatgrass

Journal, 17 October 2009 – Keep pressing forward

One thing in life that I have learned is to keep looking and moving forward. There are things in our past that are not always memorable, mistakes we made, failures we went through, relationships that turned sour – and those are already history!

I am reminding myself everyday is a new day. Nothing I can do to turn back time anf fix the past. It is foolish to dwell in the past and do not long for the good old days either. My best days are ahead of me. I am going to keep pressing forward! I am not going to let my past hold be back from achieving my dreams.

Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Daily Planner 2009 (Soft Cover)

Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Message , Illustration, Journal, Keep Pressing Forward, Message, Molekine, Noodler’s Ink, Polar Black

A monastery was built in a day

Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen, Extra Fine Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink – Polar Black
Medium : Derwent Inktense Watersoluble Pencils,  Staedler Karat Aquarell Watercolour Pencils, Daler-Rowney Acrylic Titanium White
Paper : Tracing paper

Filed under: Illustration, Sketch , Der, Derwent Inktense Set, Drawing, Illustration, Monastery, Noodler's, Noodler's Ink, Polar, Polar Black, Sketch, Stae, Staedler Karat Aquarell

Journal, 9 October 2009 – Tune in to the right frequency

We have a choice to choose which channel we want to listen to. We are what we hear. We become what we hear.

“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” – Romans 10:17

Pen : Lamy Vista Fountain Pen Medium Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Daily Planner 2009 (Soft Cover)

Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Message , Drawing, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Moleskine Pocket Diary, Noodler’s Ink, Polar Black