I am sure the Vietnamese folks already enjoyed Manh Quynh’s translation of Cai Luong (Vietnamese Opera) into English. Let’s see how others would react to it.

It’s my birthday so I treated myself with a new design for iLoveNgocLan.com (anticipation theme).

Retrofitted the Disability and Support Services site to make it accessible as possible.

Last Saturday, my boys (Nate, Rith) and I were walking and bugging in the mall. A woman walked infront of us, looked back and said, “pervert.” I replied, “Bitch! What’s your problem?” But she kept on walking. We were like, “What was that all about?” Half an hour later, I looked at Nate’s T-shirt and realized why she called us that.

I have been turning down freelance design projects left and right. It’s not that I don’t need the extra money but I don’t have enough time. Obviously, Vassar is my top priority and retrofitting all the sites takes up all my time. Beside, I need time to learn new stuff and doing other things. I feel extremely bad turning down these freelances because they helped me get to where I am today. However, if I can’t put in 100% of my effort, I do not want to produce sloppy works. So thanks to those who have contacted me for freelance works. I truly appreciate it but please understand I didn’t turn you down because you are not paying enough or I am not interested on your projects. I simply don’t have enough time.

The Graphics section has been revamped to be consistent with the rest of the site. The list of graphics also rearranged in different catagories with alphabetical order.

Both the Sites and the Motion section are recoded to truly separate content from preentation. I am spending way too much time tweaking this site. This should be it.

Before I leave for the long weekend, here are something for you to enjoy:

Ngoc Lan’s Toi Jamais (Vietnamese Splendor)
Spring, Summer, Fall Winter… and Spring (The cinematography is gorgeous. Can’t wait to see it)
Side Show Creative (Very slick motion graphic)

Have a great one!

Exactly what I had predicted, William Hung’s Inspirational turns out to be a joke. An evil joke American has played on this Asian kid and the record sell proves it. His fame is up and he has made it to the “celebrity joke” list next to Vanilla Ice (at least Iceman made some money on his record sell). So what is Hung going to do now?

Here is another evil joke: Ice vs. Em in a rap battle. Eminem would rip Ice’s heart out and Ice would not stand a chance. Though, it would be an interesting battle if they go face to face. Ice would attack Em with his classic, “Yo! Em. Let’s get outta here. Word to your mother.”

Inspired by The Big Book of Illustration Ideas, I spent the night drawing my ladies for this site. I am not an illustrator and I am a sucker when it comes to Adobe Illustrator. Thankfully, Flash’s pen tool rocks. It is intuitive and easy to use. Go ahead! Check out my ladies and me know what you think.

By the way, if you need some ideas for illustration, don’t forget to pick up The Big Book. The book is quite big and filled with tons of inspirational works. It is definitely worth it.

The screenshots for the Sites has been redesigned. Just wanted to give them some dimensions.