a favorite quote of mine

i hope everyone have a good weekend. it has been such a long week and an even longer week next week.. so right now, i just want to enjoy the moment and the weekend.

we all need positivity

just in case you didn't realize.. the quote above is by the guy who provides us with fried chicken. yes, kfc is what i mean. and have you guys noticed how their logo has changed over the years? you can see it here. i find it interesting how they put an apron on the old guy. and i'm not too sure if he'll be liking the look. personally, i would have liked myself to be in a suit if i were him.

anyways, random ramblings about kfc. unintended. sorry :) just my amusement i guess.

the little kid in me

this is what i know for a fact: i am still a little kid at heart. it's not that i'm immature or childish.. it's more like i enjoy the things that little kids enjoy, specifically their films. don't get me wrong though, i hate cartoons. i hate spongebob. and other annoying sounding characters.. so maybe i am not a little kid at heart, after all. i don't know where i am getting at..

but this is what i know. i like nancy drew, harriet the spy, matilda, kit kittredge and you get my drift. any young girl with a character and special ability. i always find it so amusing, charming and just plain special :) and secretly, i wish i could be like them.

do you know of any others that i am missing out on? do share!!

hello again, it's you and me

so i have some spare time and here i am on my macbook pro catching up with my google reader and decided to write a post for the old blog :)

it feels like i've been away for a while but it's only been a couple of days. weird. anyways, you might or might not realize that my watermarks on my images has been quite varied lately.. i'm just trying out which looks best and eventually i'll get it right and just stick to one. so don't mind them for the moment.


more phone photos below. i have been using my phone's camera much more compared to my usual digital camera. just cause it's way more convenient and all. plus, for some reason i don't know why but i am hating my camera at the moment. i need a new one asap!!

edit: i just remembered that it's my macbook pro's 2nd birthday today!! wow. it still works so well and i hope it will keep working well for many years to come :) i think the first thing i ever typed on this thing was "holy mac-aroni".

an impromptu voyage

i will be back in a week or so.. i'll have my laptop with me but i really doubt that i'll be posting much. see you soon?

a productive and creative weekend

i hope everyone is having a good weekend so far :) i am in full creating mode for some reason. i don't know if i'll finish when monday comes but if i do, i will definitely scan them in and post it on the blog next week. i will give you two hints: moleskine cahier and a whole lot of torn paper.

what have you been up to during your weekend?

it feels like i have posted this doodle before. but it may be just on my flickr but not on my blog. oh well, even if i have.. recycling is a good thing :)

dreams and their meanings

i had a dream. the kind of dream that i'm supposed to be happy about. i don't even think about it at all. i don't. but it keeps popping up in my dream, like as if it is giving me some sort of sign.

also, i want to thank the people who are following me on tumblr :)

unable to contain the excitement

see those masking tapes used in the above image? they are from katrina of pugly pixel and she's offering them for download for free!! can you believe that? aah i love her!! so very generous of her too!! she's so talented in her web design and she's making such great resources now. she also made some macaron clip arts recently. i still haven't gotten around to making anything from it yet but believe me, i will very soon!!

and yes, i coudn't contain my excitement so i whipped up the above image very quickly once i downloaded my free masking tapes :) even the flower photo was recycled! how do you like it?

ps. i made some minor changes on the blog's layout. no more dates, bigger post titles and my blinking smiley face is back. what do you think?

i made a tumblr!! come and visit, why don't you..


thenotebookdoodles.tumblr.com

greetings on a polaroid

how is your week going so far..? mine has been quite busy. and as always, i don't get the time to do the things that i want to do. except for blogging, i guess. oh well. that's life. i can't wait for the weekend!

also, the above photo is quite old. but i never posted this one.. i don't think. looking at it makes me want to make more. i wonder if i still have more expired polaroids.

ps. it's interesting how you guys reacted about my last post. i think there's an equal amount of the ones who agree and disagree.

nothing is ever a coincidence

i wasn't sure if i wanted to post this on the blog. i wondered, maybe i should just keep it to myself..? but i thought about it some more.. and i don't think i can just let it pass me by without affecting me. and i didn't want this blog to be blinded, i didn't want me to be blinded.

ironically, i came across this information after i posted my spring playlist.. and i really don't think it to be a coincidence.

you may be wondering.. what on earth is she talking about? well.. i'm talking about the pop culture and how powerful they are to be able to influence the youth and the future generation. but it is not in a good way.. and what i read goes beyond just alcohol, sex and drugs. it gets deeper than that.

i think i'll just let you read the articles by yourself and you can have your own judgment about it.

i know that this may come to you like such a random thing. but i just thought that it was the right thing to do, to share this information because i for one, is very enlightened by it.

interpretations of rihanna's songs: umbrella, disturbia and russian roulette.

lady gaga as the puppet and interpretation of her songs: bad romance and telephone.

beyonce as sasha fierce and her song: sweet dreams.

interpretations of jay z's songs: run this town and on to the next one.

the 2009 vma awards.

if you have anything to say about all this, i'd like to hear about it.

some of the essential things in life

sushi. coffee. mailboxes. cupcake. my mac. breakfast panini. fields of green.

something new that i recently made, when i mentioned i was playing with my watercolors. also a new way of writing. any thoughts? yes? no? too hard to read? i hope not!

anyways, attaching yourself with people can be a nice thing. but not when they end up leaving you. i've had quite a few experiences where i would be close to guys, just friends though. but then they get themselves a girlfriend and well.. that friendship is pretty much non-existent.

i guess i get it. i wouldn't want my boyfriend to be hanging around other girls all the time. but i think it's kind of a pity. especially when you've been friends for a very long time. has anyone experience this too? this whole discussion goes back to the same lame question, can girls and guys be just friends? as much as i don't want to believe it, i don't think they can. my previous situations have proved it so.

spring lust and playlist

it's been awhile since i posted what i'm lusting over at the moment. this time it's nudes from balenciaga. okay, that doesn't sound quite right.. but you know what i mean! i already own a navy blue balenciaga but it's the bigger size than the one pictured above and i've had it for years now, around 5 years i think. and the leather is getting softer by the years. i love it.

but i would like a smaller size and with the extra strap as well. preferably with those slightly gladiator looking sandals, for spring/summer and the flats, for autumn/winter. a girl can always dream :)

so here's my extremely limited playlist that i have been listening to non-stop. if you have suggestions for spring songs, please help me extend this playlist :) it's pretty sad to just be listening to six songs over and over again.

also, the feedback has been really great from the poll. thank you so much for those who has voted and voiced their opinion. it really does help! and so far.. the result is pretty close between the book and postcards. but apparently you guys like the postcards more. i think i'll keep the poll to be an on-going research so do feel free to keep voting whatever it is that you want out of my doodles. and once i decide what it is that i'll be making, i'll let you all know :)

something slightly new & a poll

here is something i came up with recently. i realized that when i don't try so hard, when i don't try and twist my brain to create something.. that is when everything just fall into place and i end up making something that i like. tell me what you think! i was getting sort of bored and stuck with my normal doodles and i wanted to get out of that comfort zone and create something new. so.. here is the result.

also.. i made a poll (see on your right) to get some feedback from you guys. a whole lot of you has been asking me since forever that you want to buy the notebook doodles book i posted before. so here's your chance to tell me what you want. would you prefer it to be a book? postcards? or maybe just prints? i need this feedback because i think that it's time to publish my work and make it available for purchase. so will you please help me with this? i would very much appreciate it :)

have a wonderful weekend!

this is one of my life's principles, without it.. i don't know what kind of a person i would be. and no, i am not perfect with always knowing how to be compassionate but i do try my hardest most of the time. can i encourage you to have more compassion?

moving on, back to normal

so i think my blog is now officially a dot-com. i thought it would take a couple of days for the transition but it worked out pretty instantly which i found to be very convenient! however, the comments were lost for a day.. i think. but now it's all back to normal again. thank goodness :)

anyways, i thought i'll just answer a few questions some of you had about getting the domain, it might help some of you guys out there who's considering of getting your own dot-com too.

- my domain is from blogspot. i found it super easy to get it from them because i am so used to their platform and how things work around here. the only change is really the website address. everything else, i mean the operation of the blog is still very much under blogspot.

- purchasing the domain comes with some services, such as your own email.

honestly, i don't really know much about anything else domain-wise.. except for these two factors. the change of my blog address and my email. if anyone is really good with domains and how they work, do help me out :) i'd love to hear from you and maybe learn something along the way.

alright.. that's all for now. just for your information, the sneakers in the phone photos above are not mine. they are my brother's.

a very very important announcement

i just got myself a domain!!
from now on, i will no longer be on notebookdoodles.blogspot.com
but instead i will be on:

thenotebookdoodles.com

(my new email for the blog is: info@thenotebookdoodles.com)

however, i think it might take a few days for it to actually work.
so i thought i'd give you guys a head up first :)

ps. my comments seem to be a little lost at the moment. please do not mind the whole process of changing names/domains/whatever this is called. i will be back in a few days and hopefully all will be fixed!! i am terribly excited.

some thoughts, here and there

(thought no.1)
have you ever come across a person whom you normally see online (ie. facebook, blogs, etc) in real life? it happened to me yesterday when i was walking and i saw a person who i thought looked familiar.. moments later, i realized he was a friend's friend whom i normally see photos of because of my facebook feed. i always find such coincidences so interesting and odd at the same time.

(thought no.2)
i seem to be really uninspired lately. i realized that, and i think i have mentioned this before.. i need feelings and emotions to create something, or anything for this matter. and right now, i am happy and content with my life. i know that i can always doodle about my blessings in life, which i sometimes do.. but it just doesn't feel as good as when i'm sad. i know this probably sounds crazy but it really is the truth. it's a fact that what i create is therapeutic for me.

(thought no.3)
i just watched gossip girl episode 17 of season 3. oh my. things might start to get interesting again. it was such an intense one. i literally had to pause so many times to soak in what was happening. anyone had thoughts about that episode?

(thought no.4)
i am going to try and get out of my creative rut. see you soon.

possible mixed up feelings

hope and confidence

it's just a short post today. i am working on some watercolor stuff at the moment. and i'm kind of in the zone, if you know what i mean :) so i don't want to disturb the "zone" by being on the internet for too long. anyways, here are more phone photos. i don't think these need any sort of explanations because they are pretty clear. and explanations might bore you anyways.

online magazines are love

i just found out recently through email that urban outfitters is extending my online NYLON magazine subscription for 2010!! i got it for last year when they were doing a promo of some sort, i don't even really remember. i think i only had to submit my email address and that was pretty much it. and ever since then, i have not bought a NYLON magazine again.

anyways, here are some interesting things i have found in the march 2010 issue. i really like jessica stam for the new aldo campaign. i've always liked her and i think she'll do good for the brand :)

she&him was also featured in the march 2010 issue. i need to get their new album as soon as possible.

and then i discovered asos online magazine. it's pretty awesome. the april 2010 issue features effy from skins (kaya scodelario) on the cover and i just think she's really pretty :) and she always looks so good in editorials!! check out the images below and you'll know what i mean.

okay so this is quite a weird post compared to my normal ones. i realize though that i tend to post random fashion slash pop culture bits and pieces here on my blog from time to time. i guess it's just something that i enjoy. and i only really mention things on this blog when i think it's worth mentioning, that's why it's not very often..

the power of thoughts

travelling and double finger rings

i miss travelling. i don't think i have travelled around the globe enough. i wish i could travel as much as i want to. but to be realistic, travelling twice in a year is already good enough for me. and i must say that.. i don't like travelling to tropical islands. i like to go to places where i can explore many things from food to shops, etc. i like to walk around and take photos and just go to cafes, order a cappuccino and write in my notebook. simple, really.

i always like to have a thin notebook specifically for my trips. for example, the above moleskine cahier was from last year's trip to hong kong. and i find that they are pretty perfect since you won't have to be carrying around thick notebooks that you won't really use/need. but the thing is, my pen never seem to write properly with moleskine cahier.

anyways, this is old news but i bought these rings a while ago from forever 21 and forgot to post about it. but yes, as you can tell.. it was the time when i was completely obsessed with two finger rings :p

now that i look at it.. they are a bit bling-ed up for my liking. i think i need to find others that are not as bling-ed up as these.

ps. i just want to say thank you for your super kind comments on the previous post. i really appreciate it, more than i'll ever be able to express :)

for your information: this is my blog

i just want to clear something up on this post. this blog is my place where i can post about anything that i like or don't like. it's a place where i can put my random thoughts and my random findings.

i never started this blog to please people or to provide whatever it is that they expect me to provide for them. it is just a medium for me to express myself. so far, it has been great and most of the people who are reading my blog are nice and friendly people.. which i am very grateful for.

but.. there are times where people would comment on my blog posts saying unkind things. and i never appreciate them because they are always anonymous, which just shows that they know they are being unkind.

i think it really comes down to common courtesy. i don't go around to other people's blogs and leaving a comment saying that "your blog is declining in quality". so i don't expect to get such comments on my blog either. if you don't like what you're seeing, then leave. it's as simple as that.

at the end of the day, i can't always please every single person who reads this blog. and i don't intend to.. because that would just be fake and i would not be staying true to myself. so i'm sorry if there's someone out there thinking that my blog is declining in quality.

i always say that if you could leave a comment that has constructive criticism, i can take it in and i'll think it through because i know i am not perfect. but to do it anonymously, i just think it's so cowardly.

i'm sorry that i am posting about this. 99.9% of the people who leaves comments on my blog are such sweet and kind people.. and i wondered whether or not i should write about this issue. but i thought that i might as well put it out there because i think i need to do it for me :) i just need to vent it out.

more phone photos

so these were taken with my old blackberry curve. the camera isn't as good as my new blackberry bold 9700 but i still took a whole lot of photos with it when i was using it.

i don't have much to write. but i hope everyone have a good easter weekend!!

a for alpha, b for bravo..

i have decided that i should learn the phonetic alphabet. i'm not even sure if that is what it's actually called. but here's the story.. i was on the phone yesterday trying to pay for something with a credit card and for some reason, the person on the other end of the line could not hear me properly when i was trying to spell my name out.

so she was asking me to go: a for apple, b for baby, etc.. and honestly, i am really bad at such things!! i could never get a proper word out when i'm put in such situations. i just freeze. my mind goes blank and i probably sound like the dumbest person ever.

so yes, that's why i have decided to learn it and i think it will become really useful. i might actually print it out or write it out and stick it somewhere convenient so i can just look at it when i'm on the phone and required to spell anything.

the photos on this post has nothing to do with the post at all, but i do like to treat myself with a good bowl of ramen from time to time. and of course gyoza. they are just so perfect together. and you know what else is good with ramen..? boiled eggs. yum yum.

okay i'm off to write out the phonetic alphabet now :) does anyone out there actually know it by heart? my sister kind of does, i think.

ps. happy april fools' day!! be careful and don't get fooled :p i can't believe we are on the fourth month of this year. time is really flying by.