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yes,i'm not gonna bother about the fact that they say we have to draw in the sketchbook in pencil; and yes,i'm most probably gonna ink it but i will color the picture. i dont particularly like her hair and her hands,though. oh well... i hope to do well in the coloring though. wish me luck~
yeapps,ZJ is working hard to try to find/secure herself a part-time job so she will need to rely less on her parents for pocket money and can instead give some to them to help with the household expenses. as it is she has already spent lots of cash on some unnecessary stuffs (for which she chides herself) so she will need more to save too.
no seriously. i mean it. i need a part time job. anyone to recommend me some?
i mean,i've tried looking online and so far for 2 i've went to,they sell health products. (1st was the VentureEra and 2nd HerbaLife. and at the 2nd one,you have to buy the product to try it to get started. it costs $53.50 and they said if there are no results shown they will refund you. they did this weighing machine thing,which tells you your body fat/water %, amt of muscle, etc. but what it does is tell me things i already know -- that i have to drink more water, and that my body has some fats which i need to get rid of.)
and i dont want to work for flyer distribution (especially door-to-door) because i know my knee will definately complain. oh well. *looks for more*
anyways,more drawings.... since i had this stuck in my head for some time. i think i need more practice. and of course need to think of more ideas for clothes. anyhow,here's the pic:
this is a closeup of the picture.. i havent done the background and i was thinking of doing that in colorpencils.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I have recently secured myself a part-time job at the already-over Popular bookfest at EXPO. For 6 days we worked, most of us taking off days on different days while some worked for the whole span of 6 days.
The Popular bookfest was held from the 20th-22nd March 2009 at hall 3B. From the 18th-19th we worked hard putting up all the items for sale. I was in the Harris department,which sells english books for adults. I am elated to have made many friends during these 5 days of work,and I sincerely thank my CCA for making me a person who's more willing to speak up (and speak to random starngers) The one thing which I regret a lot will be that we did not take photographs together... But I shall name everyone whom I've made friends with.
From our department: Tzy Huoy, Bhai, Sze Qin, Hui Ying
Other departments: Megan, Elizabeth, Hannah, Gordon, Kai Yong, Jue Tong, Yi Ting, Li Ting, Jasmine, Carin (and more whose names I do not know)
I have also met a friendly man at the bookfest. His name is Mr Najman and he is an educator. As of now we communicate via email (:
Mr Najman was looking for books to give to his mother to give her something to draw since she loves drawing, as I have been told.
I have to apologise for not paying total attention at work for I was pouring over a lot of the books we have put up for sale >_<
and Bhai and I were coming up with an english name for me since i have long since wanted one since there were people who cannot pronounce it properly (I don't blame anyone; my name IS kinda hard to pronounce, and especially for my non-chinese friends.) and we took a book for babies' names and started talking about names (and having fun. and laughing alot. and probably gained the angry (?) stares of possibly many shoppers/customers)
but in the end it was decided she'd call me Jo. (so anyone who reads this and wants to call me by that name too,be my guest. though Esther says it sort-of fits and does not fit me,which i agree.)
It was tiring to be standing for 4 days straight, I have discovered, and it is now that I finally realise how tough my Mom's job must be. ZiJing shall work hard to do housework to relief her mother of some work! (and hopefully she will do the housework,even if a little.)
Putting up the books and taking them down was hard work,the former being more exhausting than the latter, but I really had fun working these few days. Furthermore, there was a Robinsons' sale and a food fare nearby,so lunch and dinner got by okay (:
As of today, i basically slept it through :D
I have put 2 apples and a pear to boil (it makes a nourishing dessert) and hopefully it comes ou okay!
And later, I am going for an interview for a work-from-job at some shophouse at Tan Quee Lan st., #02-03
Hopefully I wont get swindled or worse. Wish me luck (:
p/s: i would probably change my blogskin soon,since the one i have now seems to always have the problem of the pictures loosing bandwidth.
Monday, March 16, 2009
its been about 3 weeks since i last touched this blog,and i apologise to those who've come here hoping for something new to read but have found nothing. i have so many things i want to talk about,but i doubt i can at the moment.
friday 13th i went out with YiLing (at last!) and she looks different from her photograph too! hahas. but we walked around (window) shopping and it was okay (:
saturday AMKsian Family Day. i didnt know it was area E the school was at,and Dad dropped me off at area B. i had to WALK 40 minutes from area B to E!!!! i saw Nat and TK and Dinie and a girl from their class whose name i forgot but i didnt walk with them.
sat under the tree with the 2/2 '06 peeps who were playing stress (QinJie and QianHui) and walked around looking for Michelle to pass her the OM drawings. talked to Ms Zaiton for awhile. 3/5 '09 gave us chocolate muffins to eat. ha-ha!
went to YJC afterward for their VALUES Day celebration. saw Jackie -Jacqueline- and Esther and their 6C ppls there. saw CP and YY and WenQi too! and i didnt know XiuWei was going,or i would have gone to YJ with him luhhs. i own self sit on the bus,so tired and silly (because i slept, and i played with the lime green balloon i got) met MX and Luominate and Sandy afterward while Esther went with her 6C ppls. walked arnd abit,then homed on the bus.
today...went for a job intro (?). they told us abt the job and showed us a demonstration of one of their products, the CAL water. the company is called Venture Era (which is MLM. MLM=multi level marketing),and we start as Sales Agents and slowly get promoted as we gain LV (Level Value)
our job is to just help to set up equipment for the more experienced ppls (managers,they call them) to explain to the various customers. i saw on the ad on gumtree,sg that it pays SGD$200-$300 per assignment,but i doubt that's really possible. mom scolded me for not finding that out. not that i care,as long as i get to earn like $1000 a month if i get to work alot.
oh well. i may have to find another job if this one doesnt work. training is FOC,btw.
and.........since i'm in the animation course,i'm supposed to be drawing like crazy. so here's a picture of what i've recently done:
heck,it looks so much better on paper,even though i went through the trouble of using photoshop to try and get the lines darker. and some lines still cant be seen! x[
any problems you see with the picture,like maybe the angle of her hand/leg is wrong,etc., feel free to tell me. thankies~~!!---edit---
i'm so upset. my mom is insinuating all sorts of things.
her favourite phrase "一句话打翻一船人", i now throw back at her.
its so infuriating she's all about me getting a job quickly that earns some cash,but not wanting me to do jobs that are like sales. (and possibly commission-based.) and she immediately says that sales jobs like this is definately commission-based,blah blah blah.
we get to learn interpersonal skills like communication in sales! what the hell is wrong with that! and mom was all "you're still schooling,not working! you need money now, so you should find those pay-by-hour jobs!"
please,if jobs like that are so easy to find, i'd like to see you get one for me. and what the hell is with all the material stuff like money!!!!!
and she was speaking about the 'good points' of pay-by-hour jobs,such as knowing how much you'll earn so its worth the travelling,etc. she's totally omitting the skills!
mom: "its not worth the travelling! you might as well stay home!"
me: "yeah,and who was the one who wanted me to get a job quickly?"
mom: "travelling is expensive!"
me: "its my own money i'm using as travel fees"
mom: "yeah,but how much isit you put in the bank each year? do you know i top it up every year to like a hundred when you just give me $50?" that liar. i have my bank book so i know exactly how much is put in.
mom: "so $500 is my money blah blah" oh please. the total is only roughly $500. and whose fault is it that i dont get money from the government when i get good academic results at school?!
me: "but the last time i worked, i gave you $1000 and i told you to take whatever amount you wanted~!!"
mom: "its just heartless money. you dont intend to give me the money. how in the world would a person with the heart to give their parents money tell them to take whatever amount they want?!
me: "but i wouldnt know! i didnt know! i did tell you to take whatever amount you want and i meant it! its just money!" *in my mind: i only need just so little,its really material."
mom: "so that means you dont intend to give me the money! like i said,if you intended to give it to me, you would have been like, 'here's $200' or something like that!"
what the hell. what a whole lot of insinuations. i cant write this anymore. the more i write,the more i want to cry. i am SO going to start the card blogshop with Esther asap, go learn japanese (another skill which my mother claimed useless and which i should only learn when i need it,which i think is total crap because i feel i should get my skills ready so i get the chances to go do things) , and scrimp and save (and probably starve or just survive on bread and cheese......oh wait,cheese is expensive too. just bread,then.)
gawd,i hate my mother's insinuations.