Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Happy Chinese New Year~ + updates

0 comments Posted by Eliz a.k.a 麗子 [applElizhi] at 6:06 AM

I hvn't been updating my blog since my last post bout my Movie-Family day~ So here comes the updates ^^

14 Feb is the well-known Valentine's day, but... It's also Chinese New Year!!! This year's CNY is so Pinkish!! cuz of Valentine nia~

Everybody is awaiting for this big day, me as well (Valentine is not under my awaiting list... LOL )  It's when and where the whole family go visit all our relatives bringing gifts and the youngsters receiving AngPaos (including me~ XD)  Nontheless, buying new cloths getting new hairdo and of cuz "gotong-royong" to clean up the whole house (it isn't awaited =P) is also the awaiting events to be done before CNY...  Forget to mention, getting year-end bonus pay from company is also the awaiting event for all employees during CNY ^^
It's the all new begining of the Lunar New Year, the year of TIGER-miao~  Let's all hope for the best in this whole new Lunar year~

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Okay!! Here comes what I actually really wana blog about today~~ My new hairdo~  XD

Well, I always liked visual kei... As a result, I went to look for some similiar hairstyle from the net that look VK... And here's the photos I found:-

As were known, we call it Emo-Hairstyle, It's layer-cut actually...
The name originated from: Style it according to ur mood...
Hahahaaa... Cool right?? It's just wat I want!! ^^
*Pics taken from web*

Other than just normal hair cut, I want to color my hair as well, to look more "VK"... Well, I have already scared of hair color dye from the ex-experiences I had years back then, I want to get something less "damage".... I choosed hair-highlight (it actually does more damage, LOL).

I have been frustrating over where shud I highlight, top layer or the tails.... (tail refers to the longest bottom layer of hair) After asking for opinions from my buddies and pic hunts, I decided to color it at the tails.

Y do I choose to color such place ?? There are some facts I've considered over...

Top layer: It's always the best to highlight at the top layer, cuz it's striking, and catches ppl's attention easily,  it's the main functions of highlights. BUT, when hair grows, it is also very obvious and ended up looking ugly. 2ndly, it takes double work to protects the top layer hair from damage, from bleaching + dye, and the sun's UV-ray.

Some samples I found on the web...
Wanted to show my stylist how I want the highlight to be, it's really beautiful~
I like how the left pic's highlight was done.
*left image let me think of an anime character, Robin from One Piece, she really looks like her specially the hair style and the nose*

The tails (bottom layer): Well, actually I nvr thought into dyeing the highlight at the tails. After looking for some sample hair cut, I saw a few and I really likes them. It's unique, outstanding, and mysterious. Well, if I do the highlights at the bottom layer of the hair, I do not hv to worry the hair grown problems like the top layers. And I can always choose to cut off the hair IF the hair damage is too bad. *easy*

Some they use the hair extentions to create the effect, but it is very nice...
*pic from web*

I called up my fren, Jenny, and went to get our hair done before the saloon raises the price for CNY. It was quite late when we get there (it was thursday). We only manage to reached there at 8+ pm.

SO!!! I took all the pics with me and show it to the stylist, Irene at GC Hair Studio, for the style I want and described a bit... 

She cut the top layer of hair 1st, leaving the highlight at the final stage. Jenny as usual very choosy in thinking her hairstyle. The last hair-cut I had with her, she took HALF AN HOUR to decide the hairstyle she want. =.="  This time she took only 15 mins, LOL it's considered short~ Hahahaaa

Jenny with her new hairstyle...
Eerrr... Does not consider new le. Cuz it's almost same like her previous hairstyle..
During the whole period of hair cut session, she kept mumbling wherther she shud cut her precious tail not =.=  *faint*

The highlight process.
They helped me bleach my hair then only dye the color so it will be brighter..
Thru-out the process of bleaching and dyeing, my scalp was burning pain from the chemical >.<

  
Tadaa~~  My new hairstyle + highlight (it's copper red)
すてきですか。

To protect my Preeeeciousss hair, I bought the color-prolong shampoo and moisturizing spray to let my hair stay healthy. XD

After styling~ =P
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COMPLAIN SECTION !!! >.<"

Due to my hair was so notty & won't stay straight (it keeps curling to the right), I came across this straightening cream from schwarzkopf.
I choosed the "strong" one so to have stronger effect (I'm applying the top layer oni)... XD
p/s: "strong" is not recommended for colored, permed or fine/delicate hair.

BEFORE & AFTER
Here's the result after I "straighten" my hair.
Isn't it straight (top layer) !!  XD
I didn't either blow dry my hair nor iron them... I just towel dry and I didnt even comb my hair!
*the cream smells really bad, it only goes away after the 2nd day*


This is the most "GIK SUM" part....
Can u see the difference?? I dont hv to tell u, the pics have spoken my words...
"THE COLOR HAS FADED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Bright color can never stay long... It only last for 2 weeks... sob sob T^T

The actual color of my hair now is not as pale as the pic. It's more like dark orange or bronze/copper... Just the bright red has faded away~~
Sayonara aka-chan (red-chan) T.T

Well, 大丈夫です !!! I've decided to color my hair again... Maybe during March or Early April.
This time, I'm going for the pure red and purple. Same, I'll dye at the tail only... Triple color attack !! Red + Purple + Black~ XD  wait for ya ^^

-終わり-

 

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

ルキー様、お誕生日　おめでとう～

0 comments Posted by Eliz a.k.a 麗子 [applElizhi] at 12:18 AM


It's the GazettE - Ruki-sama's Birthday~ 1st February !!
2月1日は　ルキー様の　誕生日ですよ~

Well, I had already planned to make this image in memorable of Ruki's Birthday which I also told Juli~ sweetie I'm making it since I made one for Aoi's birthday...

So, here it is~ It took me some time to complete it also.
Although it's not a complicated image to create (it's very easy actually), but looking for good photos is always a time consuming acts...
And thanks to Juli~ sweetie for helping me find this "drooling & sexy" picture of Ruki which I insisted having it !! XD

Cute little Juli~ sweetie likes my design... I'm glad she likes it  o(^v^)v
How bout you ??

- GAZEROCK is Not DEAD -

 

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Happy Birthday my dearest PAPA~~

0 comments Posted by Eliz a.k.a 麗子 [applElizhi] at 1:40 AM

It's my Beloved Daddie's birthday today~  He's 56 years old le  o(>.<")o  Another 4 more years he shall be 60 and should retire le... Hope my sis can learn to take care of themselves and not let my parents worry anymore... n(-.-)n
Well, by that time my youngest sis will be 20 years old. I think they will be more or less can rest more and lesser to worry.. ^.^

We (the whole family) went to have McDonalds' for dinner and also to celebrate my youngest sis's birthday which is 6th Feb (she requested to eat McD)... I ordered a Double Prosperity Beef Burger for my dad, he can't finish the burger cuz it's too big (end up my sis finished it! Sugoi!!) The only thing I missed is McD's APPLE PIE !!! My FAV !!!! My mom ate it (T^T) ....  When I went to buy a new one, they are sold out!! I'm lazy to wait 15mins for it so I gave up the lust of eating it... (My mom promised me she'll buy me 2 the next time)  =P  - It's a Happy day! -

Anyway... お誕生日　おめでとう　お父さん～　私は　一も　お父が　大好きですよ～

My Handsome Daddie~ & my Pretty Mommie~

*I wrote this post on 31st Jan, but I didn't click the publish button... So this is a "late" post... LOL

 

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Family Day - Watched Avatar again !! -

0 comments Posted by Eliz a.k.a 麗子 [applElizhi] at 2:04 AM

It's Family Day for a beautiful Sunday (24 Jan)~ I bought movie tickets for Avatar at Times Square as I promised them right after the 1st time I watched it (17th Dec 2009, the day it was released).

The decorations for CNY at Times Square is very beautiful, especially the small "olden-days china street" is very attractive... I took a few photos of the decorations and my family.

The "China Street"



Isn't my Daddie~ look handsome in this photo ??

My Mommie posing beside a Hand Buggy~


Decoration at Times Square front entrance



Camera time~

2 very big tanglungs hangging at the entrance... Beautiful isn't it?

The movie's showtime is 9.10pm so we went there early to have our dinner and a little walk... We had our dinner in a restaurant beside the 3rd floor cinema. Honestly, the food was bad, i wont go there for a 2nd time, ever!! During the little walk after dinner, I found out that TS got a lot shops selling the jackets I'm looking for. o(>v<)o   Gonna have a good shopping spree before CNY with Tammy to get them!!

As for the movie... There's only one word I can describe it... FANTASTIC !! I really love that movie so so sooo much that after watching it the 2nd time with my family, the thought of watching it again came to me, the feeling is the same as I watched it during the 1st time... I'll never get tired watching it again and again....
Just like what I felt before, the scene of the movie is really very beautiful (specially the night scenes), the forest, the reality of the characters (the Na'vi-an), the living creatures, the landscape, the Pandora planet, it's everything that makes the movie so great and wonderful. I really can't find proper words to describe the feeling I have for the movie, cuz I love the movie too much....
ARGH !!! I REALLY LOVE THAT MOVIE FOR GODSAKE !!! (can you understand how I feel?  XD )
*Whatever I'm typing inside here is just a review of my own...

 Avatar is a 2009 American science fiction epic film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez and Stephen Lang.
The film is set in the year 2154, when humans are mining a precious mineral called unobtanium on the lush moon Pandora in the Alpha Centauri star system. The colonists' expansion threatens the continued existence of the Na'vi—a sentient humanoid species which is indigenous to Pandora—as well as the moon's ecosystem.
The film's title refers to the genetically engineered Na'vi bodies used by several human characters to interact with the natives of Pandora.

Sam Worthington as Corporal Jake Sully, the film's protagonist, is a disabled former Marine who becomes part of the Avatar Program. His military background helps the Na'vi warriors relate to him.

This is one of the night scene of the movie.
Although can't be seen clearly, but the plants of the forest at night are lit in neon lights~
Zoe Saldana as Neytiri, the film's female Na'vi protagonist, princess of the Omaticaya, the Na'vi clan central to the story, who is attracted to Jake because of his bravery. The character, like all the Na'vi, was created using performance capture, and its visual aspect is entirely computer generated.

Jake Sully in his Avatar learning the life of the Na'vi, and Neytiri is assigned to teach him.

Pandora's floating "Hallelujah Mountains".
It is a very beautiful place, and the scene reminds me of an Anime from Ghibli Studio - 空中之城
*Pandora's floating "Hallelujah Mountains" were inspired in part by the Chinese Huang Shan mountains

 

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Watched Legion with my besties~

0 comments Posted by Eliz a.k.a 麗子 [applElizhi] at 12:23 AM

I went to watch Legion with my besties, Tammy & Isaac, Jenny & Alex, on last saturday nite at Cheras Leisure Mall. Before the show starts, we went to have our dinner at Sushi King cuz Alex is a vegetarian so we do not have much choices in choosing restaurant to have meal. Actually I do not want to have dinner at Sushi King (cuz I'm broke), but Jenny insist to have our dinner there and Isaac say he will pay in advance for my behalf, so I gave in. Well, dinner's bill was rounded up by 5 ppl, each person RM 30 (another RM 30 for Sushi King... /(>A<)\ )

Okay... As for the movie, overall it's quite nice. The movie is quite exciting and some disgusting scenes (it is labeled 18PL)...

The movie's plot :
After God loses faith in humanity, the archangel Michael (Paul Bettany), who has become a fallen angel, is the only one standing between mankind and Armageddon. This time using angels to execute the Last Judgment, God's wrath descends on Earth to exterminate the world's population. In a desperate, last-chance gambit, Michael leads a group of strangers in a small New Mexico diner to become unlikely heroes to protect a young pregnant waitress (Adrianne Palicki). Ultimately, Michael sacrifices himself to protect Charlie and Jeep from archangel Gabriel, but Gabriel catches up with them and tries to kill the baby, but is stopped by Michael who God has resurrected as an Archangel. Apparently Michael's actions have restored God's faith in humanity and he has given Michael a second chance. Michael defeats Gabriel and heads back to Heaven with him, leaving Jeep to protect Charlie and the baby who will grow up to lead humanity out of the darkness of the Apocalypse that has occurred.

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Photos taken on that day...  o(>w<)o

This the hall decoration of Cheras Leisure Mall.
The hall is full of PINK tanglungs, it makes the whole mall turns into PINK too...
I wonder why they put PINK tanglungs but not the traditional RED tanglungs, if I'm not mistaken it's the theme for CNY + Valentine's day.

Photos taken at the hall, we also turned PINKish...  XD

This is the decorations of the bridge of Leisure Mall.
I like the decorations, they decorate with Plum flowers and pink tanglungs.
It brings out the CNY + Valentine theme - Blossom season of spring and the Valentine pink...

 

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Friday, January 22, 2010

My working experiences as a Graphic Designer...

0 comments Posted by Eliz a.k.a 麗子 [applElizhi] at 5:28 PM

Well, since my friend says she want to see the artworks I have done so far as a graphic designer, so I just post a few artworks of which I have created for the previous company and my current company...

Actually I dont have much artwork done. The 1st company I stay was a design company, but almost all of the designs were done by my boss and I was a newbie at that time. So I dont have the chance to do my own design yet, and I'm still not confident in my own work. The 2nd company was a printing company, so my job is convert the artwork from the clients send it to the printer (wat a simple job... but damn busy!!).

The 3rd company I stay was a Manga magazine company. The magazine I worked on is call "Kreko", besides that we also have other manga magazines published in the market like "Arena" and "漫画周刊". The best thing working in this company was getting free manga magazines and I get to read the latest episodes of mangas. It's really very nice working there, but the work is kinda boring sometimes. My job was actually scan and edit the manga, and I were given 2 color page to design with photos and info provided by editor. I wanted to post up my work here but I do not have the soft copy at the moment, maybe I'll post them later on when I scanned it.

After leaving the 3rd company, I joined this charity organization name "Pertubuhan Amal Seri Sinar". This organization mainly collects recyclable goods donated from the publics and donate/sells them. The profits are donated to help the poors and needy all over Malaysia including giving free medical services and food supplies. They also promote the message of "Go Green" to save the earth environment, and they run tree planting activities. The organization's motive is very good, it teaches the public the importance of recycling which can save the endangering earth environment we have neglected always alongside with it we can help those in need too, it is very meaningful.
If you wana know more about this organization, u can visit their website for more informations...
Click >> here <<  or copy the link   http://recyclecharity.org/en/
*I really suggest everyone to take a look at this company.


- A 3-fold brochure. -

Cover
I actually downloaded the background from the web, I just edit the ppl into it as front cover.
I want to give people the feel of the beautiful green environment, green meadow and blue sky~

Inner
This is the inner side of the brochure. As always, the background (the book) is from the web.
I created the small piece of paper to highlight the title, I done using photoshop.

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- CD covers -

The top 2 designs were created for the organization's 5 years Anniversary Dinner.
Left : This is the design for the photos from the Anniversary Dinner.
Right : This is for the video of the Anniversary Dinner.
*They are distributed to the attented guests.
    

This design is for a video that were recorded to be shown on Astro TV.
The video were also played during the Anniversary Dinner.
It's a great video of an introductory of the organization and an interview with the chairman.
* I wish I can show you the piece of video... It's nice~ o(>w<)o

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- Newspaper advertisement -


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As for my current company, it's a health product company. The main company is in Taiwan, and my boss is a Taiwanese. We have a lot of sub-companies & showrooms in Malaysia, including Hong Kong. Most of the health products were imported from Taiwan. I can say that a lot of the health products are really good. I recommend the "Brazil Green Propolis" as a very good health care product (can be bought from other health store). It strengthen one's body immune systems and can cure a lot of illness, specially works well on high blood pressure, Hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), high cholesterol, joint pain. I'm getting one bottle for my daddy as his coming birthday present at the end of this month.


It's a 2-fold A4 size sales catalogue with CNY theme.
Front & Back
Inner page


Sales catalogue for Oct 2009 with the theme of
3rd Anniversary of our cosmetic factory.
Front & Back
Inner page

*Please do not copy the images to use in public or commercial purposes.
All images designed by elizhi.
Copyright © company of the original artwork. All rights reserved. 

 

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