Friday, October 23, 2009
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paper-windows
Su is the girl who likes doodling and sometimes wonders if her doodles can pass off as illustrations. She enjoys pretty things and in return, making things pretty. She has a habit of staring out of windows and occasionally falling down in public places.
piece-by-piece
I've put up some design work that i've done for the gorgeous people who trusted me when they didn't really know me, so perhaps if you need some drawings or any design work done and happen to like the stuff that i do, please email me at su.lalat@gmail.com and i'd love to be in touch!
paper-work
- business cards (4)
- calendars (2)
- craftwork (4)
- gift tags (2)
- greeting cards (3)
- illustrations (17)
- invites (1)
- journals (3)
- menus (1)
- models (1)
- monogram (1)
- postcards (4)
- posters (9)
- prints (3)
- programs (1)
- watercolour (29)
- wedding cards (8)
profile
on ties that bind
I love hanging out with my friends and asking/ answering 'would you rather' questions into the wee hours of the morning. I love my family and enjoy spending time with them. Little nondescript details in family exchanges give me a huge momentary surge of happiness and i try to record them to remember them. My dog, Scooter, loves snuggling up to me in bed.
on work & leisure
My work is in architecture and i like my job but i also love having free time to pursue other frivolous interests like PaperWindows. i absolutely love travelling and being in european train stations. i like the rush of arriving in a new place and finding my way around and the excitement of seeing new sights and being in new surroundings and absorbing all these different experiences. However i never had the urge to study or work overseas for the sake of trying a different experience when i'm still young.
on retail therapy
I love looking at pretty things and remind myself when shopping that nice is not a reason to buy it. I love bargain-shopping and picking out nice stuff at a steal. I have a soft spot for vintage and am totally not into designer labels and diamonds, which is a blessing i believe. i have too many watches and i never leave home without a ring on my right index finger.
on pecularities
I am somewhat obsessed about order and arranging/ displaying stuff, especially stuff in my room. I like arranging a box of colour pencils according to their hues and hate it when i can't decide if blue should come after purple or after green. I remember being scolded in a shopping mall by a sales manager when i was a kid for pulling all the pastel coloured stuffed bears out of their shelves onto the carpet just so i could put them back according to their colours. Not surprisingly, my wardrobe is arranged in colours and trust me, other than being efficient when it comes to putting together an outfit, it's real good for the soul.
and more pecularities
This is not really relevant here but my numbers have gender for as long as i remember, like 1 is a boy, 2 is a boy, 3 is a girl, 4 is a girl, 5 and 6 are boys, 7 is a girl, 8 is a boy, 9 is a girl and 10 is interchangeable. They have personalities too, like my fingers. My favourite number is 7 and least favourite is 8. 9 is like the docile understanding elder sister, as is the 2nd last finger. 8 is the obnoxious pompous brother who always wants his way, as is the middle finger... my alphabets have colour, like A is red, B is blue, C is yellow, D is brown, E is green, F is light green, G is yellow, H is brown... i better stop here lest i sound any weirder.
on sensorial pleasures
I like rubbing my fingertips against a terry-cloth towel until they become numb with a tingling sensation. i used to do this every night before falling asleep when i was a little girl. now i like dipping my hands into flour and squishing the tiny cold butter pieces with my fingertips when i'm baking scones. I like hearing the sound of a yellow wooden ruler tapping against the chalkboard. I like numerous food for the textural joys they bring to my mouth. i like watching certain people draw and each stroke that forms brings another kind of tingly sensation to my heart. oh and this one is a bit gross but once in a while i like to replay one scene in biology class where we disected huge white lab rats, cos i like the feeling of snipping through its taut belly skin bit by bit and the tension that is released with each snip. i doubt i will ever be in a situation where i'll get a second stab (pardon the pun) at this.
on food
My favourite food include sushi/sashimi, vongole in white wine sauce, fried chicken & fries, butter-garlic naan with chicken masala and anything with lots of cheese. I have a weakness for mango, chocolate, super yummy famous amos double choc chip cookies and most types of potato crisps. I think about eating strawberry cheesecake ice-cream on an ice-cream cone pretty often. i make an effort to eat my veggies.
on books & movies
I love reading fiction and hate self-help books, not that i think i don't need self-help. I grew up on enid blyton and notice the authors of the novels i own are largely asian, amy tan and haruki murakami among the most recurring. sometimes i like reading mindless chicklit as well and i think calvin and hobbes is a great comic. I like watching Project Runway for the amazing fashion design creations. i'm not really a jap anime fan but really really love The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. My all-time favourite movie & novel is Joy Luck Club even with all its cliches and a very close second is Before Sunset and Before Sunrise. i like that i watched Before Sunset before its prequel cos it kinda allows me to go back in time for more. i totally dig the charmingly witty sexually-charged repartee and brilliant split screen effect in Conversations with Other Women and think Aaron Eckhart is one of the finest male actors ever! i enjoy playing board games like pictionary and am always on the lookout to secretly slip in boardgame sessions during get-togethers with friends.
on spirituality
I'm a Christian and i believe in God. I believe that all things happen for a reason although i think its sometimes easier to explain things if i believed they happened randomly.
on journals
I started keeping a journal in Nov 2005 not long after the end of an eight year relationship when i thought my heart would never heal and since then, it's become that hole in the tree for me to whisper my secrets into, that empty paper cup where i pour out my screams, that crumpled up paper plane whenever i miss him, that strange land in the passing cloud above the magic faraway tree i go to whenever i want to explore my thoughts and dreams; it's like a kaleidoscope where different fragments of my life get freeze-framed and hopefully re-combined to form a bigger more beautiful picture for my future self. Perhaps someday when i'm in a strange mood i'll link it up here.
play-list
featuring websites belonging to friends with similar interests.
FashBash
CityPatrol
GlamourPuss
BlackIvory
Blyss
Boenga
VanillaAbstract
MeinInspiration
KarenCheng
WanderLust
WhiteFranji
SchoolofThought
EnchantedWood
TheTempleOfZoom
FashBash
CityPatrol
GlamourPuss
BlackIvory
Blyss
Boenga
VanillaAbstract
MeinInspiration
KarenCheng
WanderLust
WhiteFranji
SchoolofThought
EnchantedWood
TheTempleOfZoom
Hi Su Leng, cheer for a good job!
ReplyDeleteI've been following up your designs...the first design...is very very hot, red and yellow...and now your tone is getting colder n colder, formal...as this Diamond...N the earlier one same tone with your theme's tone of your website. I realized your favourite colour tt appeared in your building as well...:P
hey long, what a pleasant surprise, thanks!! i've lost all the comments for my previous posts ever since i shifted to blogspot so imagine my surprise when '1 comment' popped up soon after i posted! :)
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