Holy brushstrokes Batman!!

It’s FINALLY DONE!!! Well actually, it got done sometime last week. Just that I haven’t had the time to blog it here. Been pretty busy with other stuff but now finally found the time to show you what GFP and I spent 2 weeks working on….

So, like the previous wall, the Bat-wall began with pencil sketches here and there. The aircond and furniture at the side was there when we started so we had to work with them there.

Dash in some blues, yellow and black…

Take out the Bat-brush from my trusty utility belt to colour in the members of the bat family…

The best part of painting the characters is always the shading. Thats when you try to make them look like they’re jumping out of the wall right at you. like MMMmmMMmmAAAAaaaaaGGGggggGiIIIIiiiiIICCccccCCCc….

And what Batman is complete without the Batmobile??? This is what the final wall painting looks like. Whaddya think?? Leave comments!

And if you want a closer look…

Here is Batgirl!! Who I actually think looks more like Catwoman…

Surprisingly, Robin ended up looking the most interesting of the bunch. On another note, I have often wondered if Batman was gay.

And finally, the Batman. The drawing style is based on the new Batman Adventures TV series which was designed by Jeff Matsuda. (character designer for MANY animations like TMNT & Jackie Chan adventures) I only hope I did his designs some justice…

Last but not least, the Batmobile. Doesn’t it look like a Camry to you? Anyways, I added a flashing lights effect to give the illusion the lights were on. Cool eh?

Well, the walls were really fun to work on. And I’m really hoping to work on another one. I’m actually itching to paint an Optimus Prime, so if anyone’s interested…

PLAY in Singapore!!!

In the words of Chow Yun Fat: “Welcome to Singapore!!”

This was a cool pic I took from the Singapore Recreation Club when I went down to Singapore in June. I was down in Sing for a super cool, ultra nerdy event. PLAY! is a renowned  concert series that travels the world playing musical symphonies from….. video games.

Ok ok, so it REALLY is a total geek dream come true, but seriously, it really was great to hear games that you played in your childhood being played by a FULL symphony orchestra. It really does show how video games have become such a huge industry and have such an influence over so many people. And besides that, it made me feel that I didn’t have to hide my addiction for video games anymore. I mean, it was almost like taboo to say you like video game at the age of 28, but after this, heck, I think I’ll be playing video games for the rest of my life. (and be proud of it!)

But enough of that.Let me give you a sample of what the whole experience is like. Note that there are actually giant screens above the orchestra showing images of the video games. I found a clip from youtube where PLAY! played (pardon the pun) in Stockholm. I’m sure you’d recognise the infamous tune….

Sounds cool when an orchestra plays it eh?

Anyways, the best songs that they played which i liked was: the Metal gear Solid theme, (you can find it on youtube), the Kingdom Hearts theme (also on youtube), One Winged Angel (Sephiroth!!) and the best one of all was the encore, a Super Shinobi medley! Ok, some of you might think I’m speaking a different language now….

Well, besides PLAY! i dropped by Cafe Del Mar. Imagine a club where you can wear slippers and shorts, watch bikini girls walk around and lounge around beds on a nice sandy beach…..

You weren’t expecting me to take pictures of bikini girls were you?? Oh, did i mention the music is probably some of the best chillout and house music around? And the place looks great at night too…

I’d recommend going there anytime. But bring your slippers and wear casual. It was kinds annoying trying to get the sand outta my shoes after that. Anyways, enough for now. If you wanna read more about my little Singapore trip, just leave a comment….

Damn you Anya….

On the 6th of July, shoppers all over Malaysia screamed with glee and delight as the #1 most desirable, most needed fashion accessory among women would finally be sold to the public. Yes, it is none other than that “environmental awareness” shopping bag from Anya Hindmarch known as the “I’m not a Plastic Bag” bag.

What makes this bag so “desirable”? Besides the fact that it isn’t really as environmentally friendly as it says it is…It only cost RM55 and unless you were on a waiting list that existed 4-5 months before the launch, chances of you getting your hands on one were pretty slim. Coupled with the fact that each country has its own unique colour and a VERY limited collector’s edition and that each sold out bag could fetch up to 225 british pounds on ebay, this truly was a totally unbelivable, non sensical item that drives women insane.

Unfortunately, when you happen to date one of these insane women, you end up wondering who the insane one is. And so, guess who ended up waiting in line for that damn Anya store to open at 7am in KLCC? Was it love? Insanity? The opportunity to gain some super valuable brownie points? I wish I knew…..

Believe it or not, this was how KLCC looked at 7 in the morning. I thought I was the only crazy one, but I was actually something like the 62nd person in line. Apparently if I was even CRAZY enough to come in at 4.30am, I could be fortunate enough to be 12th. Anyways, the store opens at 10am so there I was waiting among these swarm of shopaholics who were ready to invade the Anya store like locusts!

VICE RAID!! heh. No seriously, it felt like we were prisoners with these guards around and everyone squatting down. Perhaps the only comforting aspect was that I wasn’t the only guy around as there were lots of other dudes as well. I wonder how they got suckered into this as well….

While I tried to conceal myself from being identified by anybody I knew, NTV7 decided to drop by. Great…. now everyone who watches the news knows I spent a solid 4 hours waiting for a bag that overstates the obvious.

When it was finally 10am, the line somehow started to move. However, it was only a little shuffle forward. And at this point, the damn Anya store decided to let celebrities, (who obviously hadn’t been in the queue since 7am!!) get a bag each. Then as if to rub it in, allow them to walk past the ENTIRE line, parading the bag as if to taunt us. You can bet that got the WHOLE crowd pretty pissed but we all believed we were getting closer to getting one ourselves. But it was pretty sweet to see Stefanie Chai in person. (she’s hot!)

I thought that I was one of the unfortunate late ones even though I had been waiting since 7, but when i looked behind me, there were even more poor souls trying to get their hands on the bag. Whatever the case, I was gonna get one before they did. Muahahahah….

Well, at least that’s what I thought. Then came a security guard with a sign that read: “I’m not a plastic bags sold out”. War was about to waged.

Well, things got ugly pretty fast. Everyone was yelling and at some point the manager (I think) of the shop had to come out and apologise to everyone and asked us to disperse. Hello?? Most people took time off and waited since some ungodly hour to get a bag and all you can say is, “I’m sorry”?? If they had known the total amounts of bags they were gonna distribute, the least they could have done is told those still in the queue to go back as they won’t have enough for them. Having your celebs parade the bag to taunt us didn’t help either and it REALLY only made matters worse. The manager did offer to give notebooks as compensation, and I could hear her saying she didn’t understand why people hated her. Well, where do i begin?

Anyways, needless to say I wasted a good 4 hours of my life. Well, not entirely. I did read EVERY single word in KLUE magazine. (have YOU ever read EVERY single word in a magazine??) But I also learned that deep down inside, girls are nerds too. They may think we men are insane to wait hours to get the FIRST tickets to the premiere of LOTR, or camp outside a toy store for the latest Transformer toy or pay a healthy deposit for a video game console that has functions we will never use. But now I know, girls are indeed, the masters of nerd-ism. And to Anya Hindmarch, I’m just gonna start using MY own bag from now on. One that overstates the obvious and is totally gonna be the next BIG thing. Just you wait….

Where’s Wall-y??

“Hey Lenny, can you paint a wall?”

When I was first asked this question by my friend Tee Ming, my first thoughts were, “I didn’t graduate to end up painting a wall!!”

But my mistake. My friend actually wanted a wall/mural painted for his kids. How cool is that?? It sure was a fantastic challenge and I couldn’t resist. His twins love superheroes and he wanted a mural with Spidey and Supes, while another wall would be Bats.

So, ever wondered how a wall with Superman and Spiderman gets painted? Lemme show you how it got done…

First, there was a wall….. and some pencil sketches.

A little black here and there…

then some yellow…

a little more yellow and shading…

and i honestly can’t take all the credit for the wall. my GFP tagged along to lend a hand. it was nice to use the whip once in a while. hee hee. (man, i’m gonna get it tomorrow…)

Oh yes, more shading and a red cape later…

We finally get to the characters!

Now add in some details and touch ups…..

TA DAAA!! Cool or what??

Anyways, wall no 2 is on its way and I shall blog its progression soon. Leave comments on what you guys think. And if you want a wall painted, just give me a call!

And for you guys who want a closer look at the characters, here you go:

Here he comes to save the day!!

Spiderman, spiderman, does whatever a spider can…. (check out his webbing. that took me quite a while…)

TH14

No words can express how I feel now.

It’s one of those feelings where you feel the world has just stopped in its track, left you stranded and you feel as though the whole world has gone against you. I reload the page again and again hoping that it’s all an elaborate hoax. I rub my eyes and pray and beg “please, please, don’t let this be true”.

I feel as if I have been cast a cruel blow and the love of my life has pushed me away and told me that I should move on. My heart feels as if its been broken into a milli0n pieces and it only seems to be doom and gloom from here on end.

I would never betray my loyalty to a club I have learned to love and respect, but I feel the one player I have worshipped and praised has let me down. The one player who made football such a joy to watch, whenever he got the ball, I would wait with bated breath as to what he would do next. In many ways, he was to football, what Jordan was to basketball.

The one player I was willing to make a trip to London, just to watch play, has betrayed me. The one player I felt would make my club champions again, real contenders to the crown and leader of a revolution of youngsters within the club. I really feel hurt. It almost makes me sick.

I cannot accept that the greatest player to have ever played football in Arsenal, is about to leave for Barca. I just can’t. It hurts too much. I don’t understand why the club is doing this. It really doesn’t make sense. Chelsea would never sell Terry, Man U would never sell Ronaldo, Liverpool would never sell Gerrard. Why is my club selling their MVP?

Adieu Thierry. I cannot imagine how boring the game will be without you. The Premiere League has lost one of its greatest assets. I’m sorry to say I will never watch you play again, as to see you in another jersey, would hurt too much.

What the Foo?!?

You know, if anything, I’m really proud of my surname. Not only is it unique, its possibly the coolest name around. Why you ask? Well, it just sounds pretty funky cool with anything!

Take for example: Fooman! Master Foo! Beauty Foo! Mister Foo! Wonder Foo! The Foo! I Pity The Foo! Heh. You see, it’s just a freaky cool name that just sounds freaky cool! Not only that, in mandarin, my surname is written: “Hu“. So like, “Hu” the man?? HU-MAN!

Can you imagine if I changed my name to KUNG? I’d be FAMOUS! Everyone would be going: “I know Kung Foo“.

But mine isn’t the only funky cool last name out there. I know SOMEONE whose last name is YEAP. How cool is that?!? Imagine this:

Police Officer: Miss Yeap?

VS: Yup.

Police Officer: Yeap?

VS: Yup.

Police Officer: That’s your name right, Miss Yeap?

VS: Yup.

Farkin Kewl!! But seriously, possibly the BEST last name that I have EVER, EVER heard, is……. wait for it…….. LONG. (you know who you are. heh heh) Think about it!

KL: Hey babe, I’m Mr Long! Wanna find out why??

Yea baby!! Of course, if a certain anatomy doesn’t live up to the name…. well, sucks to be you. heh.

Anyone else got a funky cool last name?

Fooman blogs!!

Welcome to the ramblings and thoughts of Fooman. I’ve always thought I should blog. You know, write a diary, keep track of things I done, say things that I deeply feel about or generally things that I think about when I’ve got nothing better to do.

At first, the idea of blogging was something I thought was pretty dumb. But if you think about it, it’s probably a form of release for people. I strongly believe that everybody has to be somebody they’re not everyday. Like let’s say when you’re at work. As much as you think the boss is wrong and giving you crap, you gotta say, “thank you, i wish i was as smart as you.” But when it comes to blogging, you can just say, “the mudderf%#$er thinks he’s so f%$#ing smart”.

So I thought, I’m gonna give this blogging thing a try. Maybe I’ll actually come up with something intelligent to say for a change….