Hiatus till 11th June

Won't be going online untill 11th june or further notice because i don't want any distractions while trying to finish my work and preparing for the final show due on the 10th, and as you can see i havn't been blogging for quite a while now, sorry.

And heres some reply from the chatbox before i go on temporary shutdown :-

komodo san - yea, im not japanese =)

anatshawa - thanks =)

To clear things up, i'm malay, and description by oang punyit was right,i think it was a mix of org sungai kedayan, bisayah, belanda and china,correct me if i'm wrong... oh and i was wondering what oang punyit meant by 'jadi tia jipun' hehehe, being a bit dense cause i don't know how all those could equal to jipun *>_<*

Rze#ah - thanks, sorry won't be updating untill i finish work, going to be concentrating on my college work so may be back on track after 11th or further notice...

Faqeh and Wlow - thanks and i'll try to do that next time yea...

Najjy - Haha, miss u too

Rszm*ny - thanks, the 12 hours was actually set at a different day where we worked non-stop from 9AM to 9PM times two days which makes 24 hours, thus the name of the theme...

Ang~le~ye and Fahmy - thanks, and i love the cats, hehe

N~pSah - thanks, it was a self-funded exhibition, no works were on sale, it was a LOT of work but we did manage in the end *smiles*

Seraja - thanks, lols, i need to check on that again, i don't remember all the process *blush*

Tijah - yup, it's mostly about arts, other stuffs included as well tho' hehe.. and it's good to hear you like arts, umm...not really sure how to say it...all i can say for the time being is make sure if you start a project don't forget to include all your research and designs and sketches in your portfolio, this helps to prove that you have done studies before you reached your final designs. I hope that helps a bit... i would type in more but llimited time right now because i'm busy with college work, sorry.

Winxgurl - good luck for o levels, i'm not sure how to answer your question because i havn't seen your style of colouring, each artist has a different approach in using colours, all i can say is when practicing do a lot of colour studies, try mixing and get different colour combinations, when painting or drawing don't just be satisfied with only one work, make another but in a different angle or size. making a lot of colour studies are good points and improves your use of colours and observing skills, hope it helps...

winniedpooh - i love westlife!!!!!!! but nada pernah jumpa =( and now tinggal four members saja because brian sudah pencen~! *no~~~~!*

jauhdong - i like westlife and alleycats the same

Lina lyne - heys, haha yea i have one >_< havnt heard from u in ages girl!how u been?

HjhNauyah - thanks, i hope to teach the arts that i've learnt in uk if permitted when i become a teacher (insyaallah...)

Lu^Lu - have patience my dear, you can do it! By perfection what do you mean? Try doing a screenpaint work or still life drawings, don't just make art for granted, every artwork done always have a meaning behind it.

{M}izzy - well, kalau title teacher atu, i'm not yet worthy to have that title yet because i'm still a student myself, all i can say, if you want to improve your colouring skills, always do a lot of colour studies and when doing a still life drawing, never have black outlines, it's not like a comic with visible lines.

Pg.Hjh Amanah - thanks *smiles* i am honoured ( and happy that i got 1000+ visitors )

Erya*ty - yup, there is muslim arts, but i havn't been to one yet...need to find out where it is tho', and yes, i have been to many arts centre, you can find a LOT here XD but i don't think i can go to all of them, huhuhu...

aunt/unc hrmdone - >_< uhhh.....?

And somehow there was a short talk about cars! haha,how did that happen XD

My dreamcar is a convertible! i sooooo~~ want one in the future!!! XD i love those type of cars!!! and i definetly want a blue coloured one! maybe metallic blue even! XD there a lots of different car types here, ada basar ada damit ada very very cute damit brabis it was as high as onii-chans waist! hontoni kawaii desu!!!!!

Insyaallah i try post about the transportation in london (or you could request it to my big bro from dbckun.blogspot.com, his blog is about anything, and if u mention cars and top gear, he loves it, huhuhu)

Nimmi - i am tired but fine, banyak kerita austin mini sini, huhuhu, macam2 colour lagi and even the old models ada >_<

OK, thats about it, for now i won't be going online untill my work is done and the final show goes well (prolly be back about 11th or 16th)

Hiatus mode, on~! Wish me luck!

Have a nice day everyone!
xxxx

Exhibition - part 2

Taking a short break from doing my work, so here is part two (with some pics XD huhuhu. Yes, monnie is still here with extra commentaries )

On the morning, we were all busy with setting up and curating on how we would put our works. Since we were setting up the entire event on our own, we also get to choose how we want to put the works together. This was vital in an art exhibition so that the artworks are displayed at their best and that they would compliment the other artists works as well, also some artists who happen to have a theme that are the same, may or may not want their artworks next to each other.

(We call setting this up 'curating' and a person or bunch of people who does this work are called 'curators'. Its a heavy responsibility as they must make sure the artworks are set up in order and look good.)

And here is the banner outside the exhibition area, we held it at the Ware Arts Centre.

The way in, welcome welcome~~~, as we are greeted by the man in charge of the bar at the time. (We had job shifts on serving food, greeting visitors and taking visitors around our exhibition, i was in charge handling visitors, then serving the refreshments and lastly greeting visitors at the door, huhuhu.)

Angelo was taking care of the kitchen area at the time, setting up refreshments when the guests arrive. (FYI, we had finger foods like crisps, cakes and chocolate etc.etc.etc. Yum yum yum~! drinks were wine n beer and soft drinks for those who don't drink alcohol, namely me and people who were under 18 huhuhu. Me and Emma was in charge of buying refreshments,hehehe.)

And here are the rest of the photos while we were setting up...

Vicky at work~~~!

Kate with her 'old woman scene' work

A lot needed to be done, huhuhu. What in the world was i doing that time???hahaha. Emma and keeda was caught on camera! (I forgot who I took this picture from...hmmm...think it was from Sarah's camera, hehehe...)

Taking a short break... Lemmi is tuning his guitar for his performance art later. It was wicked!

Still more breaks,hehehe.

Hmm...can't remember much what this was about... ( I didnt take this one tho, hehehe... XD )

Lemmi hard at work to give the finishing touches. (Go go 'pretty music making machine'.)

Vicky and her mushroom stool. (It was cute! Hehehe.)

Lucy and her two 'men' bodies. (Her work was about obesity)

*Ting!*

And the time is up~~~! Gotta move on~~~!

Tune in next update, part three, the exhibition night event.

Enjoy~~~!

The exhibition - part 1

As said earlier, due to time constraints and loads of work to do, I will be doing the updates only in small short and simple posts,huhuhu...

Notes before moving on... ( with commentary by special guest monnie hehehe... )

• The morning was chaotic ( but we managed to pull it all through in the end and overall it was a success *smiles* )

• My original camera went *kaput!* days before the exhibition -__-'' ( but thanks to my friend gd for lending his camera to me, I was able to get some photos)

• Halfway through taking pics during the exhibition night,the battery went *flat!* ( and by the time it was charged again,the event was coming to a close and i had my hands full, which resulted in not many photos taken on the exhibition night *sigh* )

• Due to *look at previous note* I had to get some photos from friends and others ( so the quality of the pics may differ, sorry bout that... >_< )

• Some works are not suitable for under 18's,thus i may not include them in this blog, however i do apologise if there were any included that i have not noticed ( imitating joey from friends 'if you know what i mean *smirks* )

• There were 2 performance arts done that night, one by lemmi and another by angelo. ( But i cannot post this as the video was too heavy and there were some parts not suitable for under 18's as well, so sorry again peeps. )

• Lastly, a little talk about the theme of the exhibition again ( in case some of you have not read my past post and may have misunderstood the meaning when i mention that our exhibition was called 'One Night Stand' *grins* )

Prior to our exhibition theme, One Night Stand, we have chosen this title in response to making work in a period of 24 hour time base and we wanted to create something fresh, new and contemporary that breaks the traditional rule of having exact measurements and white boards for hanging paintings in an art exhibition. ( in other words we a rebelling the very common art gallery where only paintings were exhibited on perfect white walls and stuff , we wanted to go modern and contemporary,huhuhu...)

The work that we had made was done in a period of two 12 hour days set aside before the actual exhibition, where we had worked non-stop from 9AM until 9PM. No theme was given as we felt that if we had a specific theme, it would give constrictions for the individuals. Thus each member had a different subject that they worked on.

The themes each has done are money, pretty music making machine, superheros, the secret sides of a person, obesity, destruction, sucky blankets, music, phobia and fear, sex and finally love with their respective artists Elspeth, Lemmi, Angelo, Siti (Yours truly), Lucy, Kate, Vicky, Jo, Emma, Gemma and Keeda.

*Ting*

uh-oh, time to go now, huhuhu...

till the next updates, ( this time with pics XD ) exhibition- part 2, don't miss it =D

5th o may =)

Back from norwich now XD had a nice relaxing birthday yesterday, and since today was very sunny and nice, I had decided to go out and pamper myself with a bit of shopping as my own birthday gift XD hehehehe.

Bought myself 3 very nice clothes from peacocks, a wicked ring and necklace from claire's and a me-to-you-bear and very cute kitty cat dolls that were on sale!!!! Kyaaa~~~!

My new kitty cat doll!!! XD love it!!! *hearts hearts hearts!!!*

And since i'm online for a bit...i want to mention some thanks...

My first thanks goes to my mum and dad -*loads a Hugs and kisses!!!* no hunny, just winnie the pooh things nanti,hehehe, love u and miss u!! 22years together is a very long time,and i hope the times to come are even more memorable and filled with lots of family love. *^_^*

Second goes to my siblings- dbc-oniichan,thanks for letting me come visit u,hehehe,study hard and i'll give u ur pics back after u finish ur exams *evil laugh*

Qilah and adik-thank u my lovely siblings,nanti we go for sushi and cake XD a weird combo i think,hahaha,nevertheless will celebrate when i'm back di brunei nanti ok XD

Next goes to aunt n uncle harmdone ( hehehe ) - thank you for the birthday wishes, i like cake *hint hints* hehehehe

And a huge thank you to all that has sent me a very sweet birthday greet! ( I would like to mention everyone but its a lot to type in,hehehe,sorry~! but it truly is a very very sweet greeting from everyone and i really loved it XD i am touched by it all *winks winks* hehehehe. )

THANK YOU SO MUCH~~~! *^_^*

Cheers and have a grand day!!!!

With Love,

Monnie xxx.

Hiatus for a bit,gomen ne!!!

Olaaa people!!

Sorry! Have been on hiatus for a while, and right now i am at norwich, visiting my brother, dbckun.

So updates will hopefully be up by next week >_<

Don't forget to look at me big bros blog ( special 'attack' update from yours truly, *evil laughter* XD )

I'll be in norwich till the 5th may =)

And~~! Yesterday we went to eat at the 'spice paradise' where we had chicken tikka masala and lamb balti (which was served inside a bucket, or as we malays call it 'baldi' huhuhu
But it was deeeeeelicious~! XD my first meat since end of march~! Yummmmmm~!

Chicken tikka on the left pic and lamb balti on the right pic =)

Okies i gotta go now. Gunna cook dinner soon,hehehe, till then... Enjoy peeps XD