A trip down memory lane

So my bestest friend from home came to visit me.

Having her around had mysteriously made me forget that I am currently in Japan. Frequent memory lapses happened during our bus rides, meals, walks etc and only the bus driver's announcement of bus station names in japanese woke me from my little slumber.

Time stopped for us, eh?

I got much goodies from her, and among them was my student portfolio compiling work from my four years in uni and among them, I found sketches of Sailormoon and Sailor Mercury, drawn when I was 15!

As soon as I saw them, I quickly sprayed fixative, seal in the goods and seal in the memories.

Care to have a look??


Sailor Mercury - 9th July 1997


Sailormoon - 22nd June 1997

I have always told people that I have only started to like Japan after my arrival here, and had only been remotely interested in the past. Finding these sketches reminded me of what I have forgotten.

Now that I am finally alone in my apartment (miss you already, Amy!), I began to clean things up and looked through my portfolio for something useful that I can show to my potential employer for my coming internship programme. To be honest, my past works were pretty useless for the interview (I have diverged into a slightly more different field...), apart from a few good pieces such as my 3-week labour-of-love pencil colour artist's impression of Gotham City, and a bas relief project which quickly degenerated right after the critique session and of course after the photograph was taken. Anyway, it feels surreal to be in a foreign land, and looking back in time and realizing how much I have grown (artistically and mentally) during those four years and now. For a moment, I have also forgotten where I currently am.

I have always been fond of sketching with my trusty pencils (and pencil colour, when I feel that I have enough time to finish them) and below is one of my best sketch that I have ever produced. The word "best" is relative, because in my case, I do not draw a lot as I am too much of a perfectionist and I don't start anything unless I am sure that I will do it perfect. That had been a major hindrance. So let's say that its the best among my limited collection.


Lucky corn

Well, at least this lucky corn got my absolute concentration, and I am usually a feeble-minded, hyperactive girl who can't sit still for more than 15 minutes. I think the guy sitting behind me in class is tired of me fidgeting in my seat already. Sorry Yama-chan!!


This missy here's gonna go places!!!

Well, the past two weeks has been quite an adventure; whirlwind-ing through Tokyo, force-feeding Amy limoncello and a bottle of Chianti, classes, presentations, terrorizing Kyoto Imperial villas and molesting cats! Tiring, but worth every minute.

p.s. This post couldn't have been possible without you, Amy!!! Kudos and hats off......
(I had so much fun with you and wished that you could stay muuuuch longer!!!)