Sotonghoon CNY angpao ver.1

Day 30, slippery in the deep sea.

Trained the entire yesterday and the outcome was quite horrendous. I had 10 sore fingers, a headache and a pair of really tired eyes. However, I had a first hands-on experience with Adobe Illustrator CS today and roughly created the 1st Sotonghoon CNY angpao packet. Somehow, it's just not quite right yet. I showed the design to my cat and it vomited tuna.

The training begins

Day 29, cloudy in the deep sea.

The Adobe Illustrator CS was a piece of cake! I read everything in the e-book and just have to master these 5 steps to become a pro.

STEP 1: TRAIN FINGER MUSCLES
Pick 10,000 ripe cherries with wooden chopsticks. Duration: 10 hours.

STEP 2: BE VERY METICULOUS
Select perfect-looking grapes and make the best sparkling grape juice ever. Duration: 5 hours.

STEP 3: LEARN COLOURS
Create numerous rainbows and learn the colours. Duration: 5 hours.

STEP 4: FIND INSPIRATION
In order to obtain inspiration, one has to meditate under an apple tree. Duration: 3 hours.

STEP 5: PERSONALISE YOUR MOUSE
Every warrior has a weapon. It's the same as being a pro Illustrator. Select your favourite mouse and personalise it. Duration: 1 hour. [Note: Bling blings are nice but not entirely practical, try adding a layer of sponge to give it a comfortable grip]

Adobe Illustrator CS for dummies

Day 28, thunderstorm in the deep sea.

Today is bread day. I made my very own loaf of bread and my cat thinks it's okay. Feeling extremely pleased with myself, I went to town and tried to sell my recipe for some gold but somehow it didn't work well. Perhaps my marketing skill hasn't reach the expert level.

I was still pondering over the matter when suddenly my friend screamed. I hurried over to my secret hiding place when she yelled at me to stop moving and to go to her. There, she showed me the Pentium 2's inbox. I saw about 100 emails from Tidur-everyday, urging me to create the angpao packets!!! Without much thinking, I downloaded an e-book titled "Adobe Illustrator CS for dummies".

Burnt rice

Day 13, warm in the deep sea.

I was perfecting my rice boiling when my Korean friend named I-See came up to give me a nudge.

She mumbled that I have an urgent email from someone. So I left my 1032 biji of rice to mind itself and hurried over to the Pentium 2. Upon clicking on the keyboard, I realised that the email was from Tidur-everyday. It seems that this person wanted me to create some Chinese New Year angpao packets, yet it has to be environmental-friendly. So I replied "ok" for fun and clicked on the tiny "send" button.

I went back to my rice and they looked burnt because the colour is now black. This is what happens when I boil rice in a pot. Since I'm patient, I will try again. This will be my 7th attempt.

My mobile rang

Day 12, stuffy in the deep sea.

I think my mobile is ringing and I can't find it. [After 19 minutes]

The phone was in my pocket. Gosh.
I didn't think that anybody would call but someone just did. It was my old friend. She spoke in a dull tone and it seems that she wanted me to say HELLO to her, which I did. After 2 minutes, she hung up.

Well, it was great to hear a familiar voice in a strange and foreign place such as Auckyland. It did lighten my day, and I think I'll visit the zoo right now.

Chicken vege pita

Day 8, weather's alright in the deep sea.

I just realised that playing the game alone cannot make things work. I ought to put a little action into it as well, which was how the Chicken Vege Pita miraculously appeared in my stomach this morning! :D (This is a picture I found in Google, the one that I had was already digested)

CHICKEN VEGE PITA RECIPE BY SOTONGHOON
Upon completing level 39 in Cafe World last night, I hurried over to the market early this morning to purchase some ingredients. Yes, I figured that it's easier to make a pita rather than a herbed halibut.

Chicken vege pita ingredients: salad + a piece of chicken fillet + pita (flatbread). Since I forgot about salt and pepper and sauce, this chicken vege pita of mine tasted a little abnormal, but edible.

*Know more about Pita here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pita

In a dilemma

Day 7, chilly in the deep sea.



I'm in a dilemma. You know, I just can't understand this. I've recently started playing those Facebook games like RC & Cafe World and acquiring culinary skills, but yet I don't feel the chef-ness in me! I've high hopes that those games will work. I'll just need to put more time into those games.

Facebook fan page

Day 6, raining in the deep sea.

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I got mail

Day 3, salty in the deep sea.





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Hello world!

Day 2, breezy in the deep sea.

Hello big world! I'm fondly known as Sotonghoon. I'm a squidtopus (pronounced as squid-toh-pus), living in an aqua-condorium in KL, and here's a photo of me!

I'm currently on vacation and I thought that my travel experiences will be invaluable to all my other friends who would like to visit the deep sea one day.

HOW DID I END UP IN THE DEEP SEA?
I was a puppet, working day jobs at the desk, and I must admit... with my 5 static tentacles, I did well :)

One day, I got bored and decided to find the meaning of life in a larger perspective. I began to detach myself from friends and tried to figure out what it's like to be out there, in a big world, alone. Perhaps I looked a little weird, but I do seem to have friendly friends right here at home - they come in all colours, shapes and sizes. We even have wonderful names too... hmmm.

WHY DID I DO IT?
Well... friendship lasts but life doesn't. And so I went home and thought about what I should do and the answer struck me like a star fish - that I should go on vacation! Immediately, I packed my belongings (a toothbrush, 4 squid ink refills and a pillow) plus renewed my passport, of course!

And that was how I ended up in the deep sea.