POP IT UP!

It was Colin's class today. We were doing pop-up cards.

But today, I wasn't soaring. I don't have any experience with pop-ups. Basically I was quite lost and frustrated. I should come up with 5 pop-up cards by next week's class.

Colin was taking the register. He called me 'Kang Kong'. Then we all just laughed. Kang Kong is an old joke already lah, huh. It goes way back when I was in primary school. But old joke still kinda funny though. Guess you can call it a classic joke!

Then I told Colin that kangkong is a vegetable and he went on giving names of other vegetables like pak choy and kai lan. I was pleasantly surprised that he knew the pasar terms. Apparently he's been in SG for over half a year now. He called me kangkong, and then called himself kailan or something. I told him that kailan was more suited for a female.

Wasn't a really productive 3-hour class because I simply had no idea where to start. Plus we were doing more of walking around and stuff. Started off by going to Art Friend to get some paper to work with. From Art Friend, got hungry and went for tauhuay break.

I sliced up so much paper, it was almost criminal. You know, with all the eco-friendly movements these days...

Colin said he's looking forward to see what I come up with. Good, I like motivation from him. Thank goodness I went for his class. It made me feel more at ease.

It's still a rough week for me. I'm feeling better, though the negativity still seeping through. It's hard not to think about financial issues lah, huh. Still quite sore that I can't afford my own DSLR camera. Someday...

Fasting month for Muslims start tomorrow. I feel I should exercise my own form of abstinence too. Abstinence from my MacBook and the Internet.

I find myself stuck to the computer all the time. I believe that it does suck your soul dry, because I've been out of sorts lately. Kinda lost something deep inside. Technology is a boon, but it is also a curse. Break the curse, I say.

For a month, there'll be no updates, I'm afraid. I shall keep my interaction with the computer to a minimum. I still need the freaking computer for school! So apart from that, no funny business on the computer.

P.S. Ghani introduced me to iSketch a while back. Now I'm hooked on it. I love Pictionary games lah!

All right, guess I'll see you in a month then.

Abstinence from the computer and Internet. Breaking the technological curse to restore my soul.