~ladyfish

FIRST,
I've been tagged by .
I've been tagged with this for God-knows-how-many times and I think I already did it once. I'm-a do it again for those who tagged me before.

Rules
1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person must post 8 things about their self on their journal.
3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.
4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.
5. No tag-backs.

okay. *rubs palms*

1) I absolutely love sushi, strawberries, shrimp and Pocky!
2) I have a tablet named Chuck which I don't plan to chuck even if I get a new one.
3) I can't leave for work without blowdrying my hair.
4) I love the smell of permanent markers, freshly baked bread and strawaberries
5) I have a godson named Euan who I am extremely fond of. So cute.
6) I am married to Brandon Boyd in an alternate universe.
7) My aunt was once married to a Japanese (who gave me the kimono I lost) and he told me I was more Japanese at heart than Filipino/Spanish. harharhar.
8) And as if is still isn't quite obvious, I love to draw.


EDIT: I forgot to tag!
I tag:



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SECOND,
It might take long before I update this journal again so do check out my other sites for updates.

In any case, I will still be posting finished artworks here.

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THIRD

I suppose anyone who's followed the art of CapCom closely knows that Udon Crew's got to have the best CapCom artists in the universe. And that one of them is this cute Asian ^{like myself, minus the cute part} named Joe Ng. And I wanted to rave endlessly about having a huge schoolgirl crush on him but that's beside the point I'm trying to make.

Anyway, he's agreed to do a collab with me and was really sweet and accommodating about it. About 2 weeks ago, he sent in the artwork I'm supposed to color. I am in such a geeky daze up to now I think I am about to puke with uncontainable excitement!

Here it is in all its work-in-progress glory!
Ken of Street Fighter.
I dont even like Ken for being so arrogant, but now I think I'm going to love him

That's all for now, thanks for dropping by.

Cheers, big ears!
Tabsie

sorry, mood section is busted good thing I didn't use "horny" or anything




dA V6 EPIC FAIL
^{posted on Friday, July 11, 2008}



I think my brain is about to explode or implode any minute now. Just when I've suddenly gotten used to all the new stuff dA has crammed into the last version, they release a new version and there's just too much going on with it.

I've gotten comfortable with the old dA front page but now you won't find the popular devs, the new ones, the DDs...unless you scroll way down to the bottom to see what they'd like to call "The Channels". And once you figure out you'd like to "view all channels"...that's the only time you'll realize that the old DA frontpage is just...there. At the BOTTOM of your the page..

An then the messages are scrambled...And the dev watches are not organied by artist. *cries* How about those with sequential artworks? like comics? *cries again* EDIT: okay I see the "sort by artist" button now. phew!

But I like how it shows a bit of the top of journal entries so you know if it's an interesting topic to read even if the Journal Header screams BORING.

Some love the new version. Some don't. But this is just a little too much for me.

I think, this is dA's latest EPIC FAIL! (But I hope epic fail turns into epic win after a few days of getting used to it. It's just something new I guess. Change is always scary. But it can be fun too so..)

BTW, is it also like this for the non-subscribers?

P.S.: I'd have to admit their programmers ARE good with the codes though...


Cheers, big ears! oh, the nerd that I am! Thanks Brandon B for this cute phrase! I'm-a use it now!

Tabsie

sorry, mood section is busted good thing I didn't use "horny" or anything




Earthquake and Credit Cards
^{posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008}

Okay I'm sitting here in front of my laptop, doing some stuff for work, as usual, when all of a sudden, my table sways and my chair rocks violently for a few seconds. At first I thought the wall was just being pushed by someone from the other side ^{my station is right next to the wall which separates our office from the other office in the same floor} and that I was just rocking my own chair, until our other officemates started saying "lindoool" ^{tagalog word for earthquake}. Rocking my own chair? Okay I guess not then.

I'm scared of earthquakes. I'm scared it'll turn out to be like a page in Revelations. :S *wipes sweat off brows*

Anyway...on to another topic...

I cut ties with my 4 dear credit cards and have resolved to save up and just use cash for emergencies and fashion can be an emergency, right?. Then I realize...wait, how about my Deviant Art Subscription and other online subscriptions? Bummer. Okay then I'll just go look for a friend who's willing to let me use their cards while I pay them in cash. better, right? It's like getting a cash advance without the cash advance fee! Right!

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Who wants to go to Japan? I want to go! How much do I need, what do I need?
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WANTED: GRAPHIC ARTIST
^{posted on Monday, July 7, 2008}

I was reluctant to leave my laptop in the office last Friday for fear of having a ton of workload to finish at the start of a new week. I checked my list and there it was in bold red letters: To Do! and below it, a number of job orders to be finished, each listed with a box to the left, for me to tick off when I'm done. And then I count those that have been submitted and approved...3! 3 measly projects!! I proceed to count the rest I have to do...and there are 20 more!*faints* We need an artist badly!

So If you're interested, we're looking for someone (preferrably a grad of Fine Arts)
• who knows how to fidget with Photoshop CS2 and InDesign
• has no problem with an extended work week (meaning Mon-Fri 8-6 instead of the usual Mon-Sat 9-5)
• doesn't mind being art directed from time to time
• and doesn't mind working in a corporate setting.

If you live in the Philippines and are interested in the position, please email your CV to Tiff(hrd@ics.com.ph), cc: me, Tabs(info@ics.com.ph). Include a link to your online portfolio so we can browse through your work.

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aaand...ON TO A LOAD OF HAPPY RANDOMNESS!


glico pocky from japan comes in a cute white box and packed in little 5-pc portions inside. the wrappers are so cute! strawberry hearts! yum!

I'm back to my strawberry pocky addiction which includes other strawberry snacks such as Yanyan and Hello Panda and I still insist on calling them Pocky. I bought a lot of Pocky (Thai) from Rustan's yesterday. They're cheaper than the ones from Japan but I'd have to say Japanpocky tastes better looks better too!


this one's from Thailand. it's got a thinner strawberry coating than the one from Japan, but it's 1/4 the price.

I bought about 5 of these yesterday, and when I was eating at Gateway foodcourt (because I just love Jumbo Japs) and saw this little girl in pink, with cute pigtails and she was looking at me with bewildered eyes. Maybe my bangs make me look like a cartoon or something. I waved at her and she waved back! I couldn't resist walking up to her mom and asking if it's okay to talk to her daughter. Luckily, she wasn't weired out or anything.

I gave her a box of the Pocky I just bought and after thanking me, she asked for my name!!


Boo:^{in a very cute voice} thank you. I want to know your name
Me: My name's Crystal ^{okay before you tell me i have a lot of nicknames, this one's special because it's the nick my mom gave me}. What's your's?
Boo: Bea.

And then I asked for a kiss and she gave me one!



She looked so much like Boo from Monsters Inc..too bad I didn't get a picture.



okay...see this here? now that's the ultimate Pocky heaven. where's this??? how come we don't have this here??

pocky shelf picture taken from google. if you know who owns it, let me know so i can credit.

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Okay, I know I once said real life Engrish is annoying. But when it's printed, it's really either cute, adorable, or just plain funny and oftentimes deserves a big ROFLMAO!


yanyan's a box full of cute engrish!


i wonder if rabbits will still eat carrots after this! okay pardon my unmanicured nails. they're gross.


biggesy? really? hee hee. i wonder... "i must be the biggesy girl in class!" rofl!

aaaand...MORE ENGRISH from ENGIRSH Website







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I rescued my friend last Saturday. I was her bandaid. And am glad to be one for her. We spent the day together, eating country breakfast at Pancake House and lots of Ramen at Galleria.


me and the damsel in distress


and our glorious food!

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My college classmates dropped by this weekend (wendy, , and joseph) It was so sweet of them to go out of their way. Lee and I made dinner for them. We were supposed to play a round of DOTA after eating but the shop was about to close so...next time.


aaaand...a round of Poker with cheap tequila before midnight!


ecky, karee, wendy, ~Tigas-langaw, joseph and lee




why do I always ALWAYS lose in this game? I'm not even wearing Tsunade's necklace! Am I THAT bad?

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Thanks for dropping by!

Tabsie

sorry, mood section is busted.



<sup>"CONGRATULATIONS" on Monday, June 30, 2008





"ROTTEN FISH" on Monday, June 30, 2008</sup>

<sup>on Thursday, June 26, 2008



on Friday, June 20, 2008</sup>





Thanks again for the notes. They give me strength to go through all of this.

Tabsie