And A Whole Day had Passed

(Sat, 13/07)
This morning was unbearably cold. I rolled myself under my warm, fluffy blanket. I was about to step into my dreamland when my mom yelled outside forcing me to leave my lair. I went outside with my blanket, and I slept on a sofa.

1. Roll the Drums, the Day has Come!
"...is this the arm, or the head?"

I always carelessly buy anything that caught my eyes. Unfortunately, my eyes caught everything wrong. Almost everything. I kind of made a gamble when I decided to buy a model kit. Frankly, I've never been into 'build a model kit' world so I got really nervous this morning. I opened the box and I found the steps to build the figure. Okay, the last thing I ever built is my 1:100 model of art gallery (I designed it) and it was rubbish.

When I realized it, I plucked one part of the figure.
"Now you have no turning back," said Blackbird, the long lost brat.

2. Pincers and Toothpicks Came to the Rescue
"So small, so fragile, so..nerve-wracking"

I started with the body parts. Everything went awkwardly well, until I had to deal with the stickers. They're really small and fragile, so I had to be very careful to stick them. Sometimes I placed them a little bit too high or too low, and even misplaced with other part. Also, I need pincers to stick the small parts and I need toothpicks to stick the smaller parts like the flashy purple dots on the legs (see the finished pic). Anyway, I finished the body part in 40 min approx. Thanks to stupid Blackbird who misinterpret the instruction.

3. Hey there, Handsome 
"The only thing I understand from Nathan Seymour, the Fire Emblem, is..."

Next, I worked on the head parts. The head was built of some small parts, and I almost lost one of them. When I finished, I know it's time to place the stickers again. First attempt, I missed the eyes mark by 0.5 mm. Second attempt, it was even worse, I missed by 1.5 mm. In the end, I still missed it a little bit, but yeah whatever, I don't think it's a big matter.

"Call me crazy or whatever, but I think he's handsome," said Blackbird after I finished the head.
"Indeed"
I stared for a while on the head. Creepy.

4. Conscience lv Above 9000
"Right or Left? Ain't they the same?"


Moving to the arm parts. This part has right and left side. The instruction becomes more complicated with warnings and signs I barely understand. "Calm down, use your instinct like usual" said Blackbird. "Yes, and I'll ruin this like I did on my second studio project, thank you." I misplaced the lower arm and the shoulder. I rearranged them and finally I had one arm. Yeah. One more arm to go.. And do't forget the stickers. I struggled on sticking the lines and the small dots. I surprisingly finished the arms in 75 min approx. And my problems still go on because I still had right-left legs part, which fortunately easier than the arms. I finished the legs in 30 min.

5. The Real Problem is...
"Uh-oh, what's wrong with the joints?"

I finished all parts, now it's time to combine those parts into one figure. I know this is the real problem. Once I make a mistake in this stage, all of my efforts gone with the breezy wind. The head joined with the body easily. The legs had a bit problem with the body. It's quite hard to attach the joints on the body, I was afraid it would broke if I pushed too much. But in the end it attached quite normally. The hardest part is the arms. I tried many times to attach them. Once they're attached, they easily fell when I tried to rotate the joints. After a long time, finally I can attached them firmly. One last thing to do, placing the transparent logo marks. I stick them without hesitation, and I made a huge mess on one of them.

6. Exhausted
"I'm really sorry, Bunny-chan, but I can't afford Tiger-san"

Bunny is done. Yaaay. But he'll be alone for a moment, because I don't have Tiger now. I'll try to afford him someday, so just wait, Bunny ^^

>>>>>>>>

7. Extra
"Tolong jemput ade di balkot ya"

Begitu kata mama, di sore yang diguyur hujan. Astaga, baru juga mau mulai gambar... Aku berangkat dengan berat hati. Adikku bikin tugas kelompok dari pagi sampe sore. Dia baru masuk SMA, makanya kena dikerjain senior-seniornya. Disuruh bawa yang aneh-aneh, plus tampilan aneh-aneh. Namanya juga kakak, kalo adik lagi ada masalah, pasti si kakak kecipratan juga. Pulang jemput adik, aku bantu ngerjain bikin rok rumbai dari tali rafia dan memecahkan kode. Jadi inget cerita temen. Waktu ospek jurusan, mereka disuruh bawa barang tapi barang-barangnya disebutin pake kode. Salah satunya bawa 'keringat dalam botol' yang artinya minuman p***ri s**at. Salah satu temen dia bawa botol dengan sedikit air di dalamnya. Pas ditanya senior itu apa, temennya itu jawab dengan polos, "Keringat dalam botol, kak" Lalu semua orang ketawa sampe nangis. Ospek biasanya cuma nyusahin, mungkin aku ngga akan pernah ngerti ospek buat apa.  


    

Thank you and Thank you!!

Hi all, long time no see. I recovered from my mournful state rather slowly (and now I almost crying again while listening to MCR's songs). Anyways, there'd been so many things happened in recent months, but I was too busy with my works and my lj account to write my blog, so I deeply apologize.

1. Real procrastinator to the bone, A sore loser, now A lavish brat
"I eat books, yes, thank you!!"

Since I started making money myself , I began to spend money bigger than usual. Mainly in books. Last week I spent my holiday in some fancy city. One day, I went to a business district there and I spent quite an amount of money in no time. The next day, same thing happened. I bought some Japanese comics and some art supplies for my work. Not 'the end' yet, two days ago I got a message from my friend. He said he was in an event and he saw something that I might interested in, so he text me. That 'something' was really my 'thing'. So I picked my phone and we had a pretty hard negotiation, since I was economically broke. Almost. However, I ended up buying the item. I really need to make more comics and illustrations to make up my loss..

2. My lair, My rules,...oh My
"How can you sleep here, in the middle of these rubbish? I can barely see the floor! I's covered with paper and books!!"  
"Hell, I really want to burn them all since they're remains of my college tasks"

I left my room for two weeks, and I realized how fantastic my room is. Before I went to some fancy city to spent my holiday, I used to slept soundly in my oh-so-wonderfully-arranged room. When I got home, the only word I blurted was "yuck". Almost everything in my room is misplaced, abandoned, torn, and dust-covered. The only clean space in my room is my working spot, 50x40 cm approximately. Architect student, they said..

3. That escalated rather quickly
"You guys can go first, I've got other thing to do"

That was my words to my friends who kindly spent their precious time on my foolishness. Yes, I'm a despicable being, as a friend nor a solitary human, I know. For that, I deeply apologize to you, N and S. I hope you guys read my blog and my belated apology.

Back to the story. I left my friends to see my other friend I haven't see for ages. I missed the old times when I spent so much times talking nonsense with him, I had so much fun then. Sorry for being a bit melancholic, but I want to write this story. That day when I met him again, we walked around the venue (there was an event in one nearby institute), we chit-chatted and laughed, just like the old times. Haha, I love it. We met so much people, all of them are my friend's...uh...friends. And acquaintances (there's other story about that, but I'm going to keep it for myself, sorry). 6 p.m. and we decided to go home. Together. Hahaha, I'll never forget that one moment in life (please understand that I'm being excited now).

4. Basically it's posts and lintels
"To you architecture students out there... I'm a student just like you too"

Since my architectural design studio went not quite well this semester, I guess it's too late to feel sorry for myself. Guilt and denial comes after they said, and it's true. I'm in the verge of my too-early-ending-career as a freelancer and my only chance I got is my mark, which I thought might need a handful of miracles and pixie dust only to get a C. At least that's what my mother sees. I want to share my stupidity and failures so that nobody run into the same silly mistakes like I do.

Design is about liberty. No one in this world has right to judge 'right' or 'wrong' on one's design. But, one thing to remember, everyone might 'like' or 'dislike'. It may confines a design. In my case, I think too much on those restrictions it made my mind stuck for a long time. Designs, especially architectural designs, may have some rules and restrictions. But when it comes to early concept and idea, never let your creativity held back. Once you hold yourself back when making concept, you're dead. After you firmed and satisfied with your splendid concept, you may follow the theory or other rules and make your design suitable with both concept and theory.

We are students who specializes in designing, for me, in architectural issues. And we are young. Usually youngsters in our age (18-22 years old approx.) are emotionally unstable and easily goes on with the flow. 'What's emotion do to design' you might ask. Earlier I mentioned that design is about liberty. If you're emotionally under pressure, how come you feel the liberty? I was in a really great study group in the first semester. My friends in the group are kind, easy-going guys, and supporting each other. I felt wonderful and my design went out just easily and quite brilliant. Second semester came and I unfortunately got a bunch of people I slightly avoid because of their attitude to others. I felt alone and somehow pity to this new formation. This condition affected my designing and working progress quite badly and it escalated really quick. In the end, I got carried away with my emotions. As a student, especially in their first year, this actually happen and it's natural. But we must learn and try not to carried away too much because we're aiming to be a professional, so act like one, not a crybaby.

Time management. Almost everyone's main problem. Making schedule is easy, just write down our 'things to do' according to the time. The problem started when we prone to do things according to the schedule. My biggest mistake is being off-schedule since I was in junior high. I wasted too many times while I worked myself out when my deadlines came. Well, I can't say much about this problem since I need help myself, so I just warn you readers about this serious matter. Remember, one who can control the time own the world. Who doesn't want the world in their hands?

My last words for now, idea never come when you think about it. Believe me.

>>>>>>

By the way, this is the 'thing' in my story number one
Well.... I guess it's worthy amount of money :3