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Kesalahan penggunaan bahasa Inggeris dalam bahan bercetak
Salam. Seperti semua sedia maklum, isu bahasa inggeris sedang hangat diperkatakan di sana sini. Bermula dari isu PPSMI sehingga kepada menjadikan bahasa Inggeris (komunikasi) sebagai syarat lulus SPM yang masih dalam perbincangan.

Harap maaf kerana topik kali ini cuma berbentuk santai. Aku cuma ingin berkongsi sebuah laman web yang sudah lama kulanggani kerana setiap entrinya pasti membuatkan aku tersenyum malah ada juga yang aku akan ketawa sendiri.

Memperkenalkan, Engrish Funny, sebuah laman web yang mengumpulkan gambar-gambar yang diambil pada kebanyakannya bahan bercetak seperti buku, produk, label, papan tanda dan macam-macam lagi. Sekadar contoh, ini merupakan sebuah muka hadapan sebuah buku teks bahasa inggeris. Tapi dimana kesalahannya?

Aku pasti kalian dapat meneka bahagian mana yang silap. Banyak lagi contoh yang menarik. Sila perhatikan sendiri ya!

Kesimpulannya, kita hendaklah memastikan sesuatu produk atau kerja kita diperiksa dan disemak oleh orang lain terlebih dahulu (proofread). Kalau tak, pasti malu menjadi bahan jenaka orang lain!

P/S - selalu perhatikan kesalahan ejaan pada poster projek kawan studioku.
Semoga kita bersama mendapat manfaat dari artikel kali ini. Sebarang komen sangat dihargai.

Transformers Robot Design

2 July 2009 · Leave a Comment

Salam. Since I’m studying in industrial design, I like the idea of transformers, which make a robot out of products, or vice versa, a product out of robot. In this entry, let me share few cool resource for Transformers robot design and behind the scene stuff.

Designing the Robot

Alex Jaeger was the Transformers Visual Effects Art Director. He studied in automotive design in Detroit. Basically, he produced lot of sketches to design the Transformers robots. The picture below illustrate the transformation of Bumblebee in manual sketch. (Source)

Transforming the Robot

Ben Procter is the Lead Robot Illustrator for Transformers. In this video, it shows how he transform the Optimus Prime from the Peterbilt 379 truck. You can watch this and more from Youtube or just watch the entire collection of his fine rendering in his Portfolio.

Rendering the Transformers in 3Ds Max

For the Transformers game, the model is created in Maya and it was rendered using Vray Renderer in 3Ds Max. Sounds familiar isn’t it? But rendering them is a tough job. Read more about it here.

This movie really inspires me despite all those nasty poor review. I hope I can get a hang of Transformers by playing the games. I really has fall in love with Transformers. How about you?

P/S - Just realized that everything was a 3D render. Nothing real about Transformers.

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Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Movie Review

2 July 2009 · Leave a Comment

Salam. Its been a weeek since the official screening of Transformers 2 in Malaysia. I bet some of you might have watch it in the cinema. Here’s my thought about the movie. I don’t want to write a long review here. If you want to read a long and honest review, you can click read here.

Action vs drama

This thing happen to most movie producers and directors. The same goes to Terminator Salvation movie last month. I can say that, if the movie want to focus more on the actions, then it will lose the drama or good storyline. Still remember ‘The Day After Tomorrow’? I hope 2012 movie won’t repeat the same thing.

OK, back to Transformers. I can say that after the first Transformers movie, people especially the Transformers fans want to see more robots. For me, I’m not satisfied with Transformer 1 because only there are only few Autobots and Decepticons. That’s why Michael Bay tried to give what the fans want. After all, this is a Transformers movie. So, it is all about the Transformers. Unless the movie is ‘Sam Witwicky: The Origin’, then you can watch a lot of drama and comedy about Sam.

For me, Transformers is really cool. But the action is too much. I agreed with most of the review because a good movie is all about good story. Well, congratulation to Michael Bay. You have finally makes Transformer looks so real and looks too much. 2.5 hours is quite long but the same goes for Lord of the Rings movies, isn’t it?

But, I cannot imagine a Transformers movie that has too many drama. Then, people will blame him for lack of actions.

In the next entry, I’d like to write about Transformers concept art and robot design.

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My favourite Google Products

28 June 2009 · 2 Comments

Salam. Google has been one of the biggest internet company in the world. Google is not a search engine on the internet, they also provide lots of product and services for the internet users. So, in this entry, I just want to share about Google products that I’ve use all these while. I try to list them chronologically.

1. Blogger

My first blogging platform was Blogger in 2004. I still keep my blogspot account and update Warna Kehidupan from time to time. (Source)

2. Picasa

My friend Faiz introduced me with Picasa software in 2004. It is one of the best photo manager with basic photo editing and touch up, slideshow creator and cool timeline photo browsing. I can say that it is like an iPhoto for Windows. However, I don’t like Picasa because it slows down my computer. But now, after the introduction of Picasaweb and Picasa 3 in November 2008, I started to love Picasa once again. The synchronization and easy upload from your computer to the server is the cool feature and the best thing is the Picasa Photo Viewer! (Source)

3. SketchUp

“SketchUp is a 3D modeling program designed for architects, civil engineers, filmmakers, game developers, and related professions”. I’ve learned SkethchUp 5 on my own be creating digital version of studio project, Environmental Design from Matric UIA. In 2005, SkethchUp was owned by @Last Software. Google had announced SketchUp 6 in April 2006. Now, you can download SketchUp 7 and share thousands 3D models from 3D Warehouse. (Source)

4. Youtube

Youtube is a popular video sharing website. I’ve joined Youtube since September 23, 2005. At that time, I just want to share my video when performing experimental band, Art@Rasta. I’m not good at it and I’ve received lots of critics. Well, that what Youtube is meant for. Google bought Youtube in November 2006. (Source)

5. Google Earth

This is truly a blessing for KAED students especially for architecture, landscape and urban designers. Google Earth helps students for site analysis, site map and others. However, I installed Google Earth and use it for video presentation. I love to see how the world spins and how it shows and zoom into the specific location. Read more »

Posted in Blog Tags: blogger, google, history, picasa

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Twitter, Plurk and Facebook Status Updates

27 June 2009 · 4 Comments

Salam. Some of you might know these social networking websites. I just want to share what I think about them based on my experience.

Twitter

Some people call it as microblog. It is where you update your status within 140 characters. You can follow anyone that you like. Twitter has integrated a lot of features such as TwitterFeed and platform such as Twitterfox and TweetDeck. Many programmers has developed Twitter related platform, widgets and plugins.

Plurk

Plurk serve the same function as Twitter. However, it has horizontal scrolling. Plurk uses Karma system which means each time you plurk, you can get a Karma points. This make Plurk addictive for some people. Plurk can display the thumbnail of image or videos unlike Twitter. However, Plurk doesn’t have API. This is why the development of Plurk is quite slow unlike Twitter.

Plugins and Widget

There are lots of widgets to show the updates in Twitter. These are the free flash widgets provided by Twitter from their website. Widgetbox also offer flash widget to show your Twitter updates. However, if you use Plurk, there are only two ways to show your updates. Either you are using the standard Plurk widget, or grab the RSS feed. Read more »

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Blog makeover: Binafsha Theme

26 June 2009 · 16 Comments

Salam. As you can see, I’ve just uploaded my brand new theme. I call it as Binafsha Theme, which means purple in Uzbek.

Basically, its a two column theme. I’ve chosen this style because I want to put more things on the sidebar. Besides that, I’ve also has shown entire post. For a longer post, you can click ‘Read more’ to view the rest.

Content Slider

The unique cool thing about this theme is the Sliding Content on top part of the blog. You can click on the category tabs, which is Blog, Personal, Design and Event. Twitter tab is for my twitter updates and Malay tab is two latest entry from my Malay blog, Warna Kehidupan.

Problems

Yes, there are some problems because the theme is 90% ready and I just can’t wait to release it to see how its gonna look on the web. Finally, I’ve spotted some error when using IE7. I will fix it later.

Here’s the resources and inspiration for my Binafsha theme.
- Core77 website
- WP Framework
- Coda Slider Effect

So, what do you think?

Posted in Blog Tags: design, framework, layout, template, theme, wordpress

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Going to Makkah 2026

23 June 2009 · 12 Comments

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Salam. I have confirmed my place with Pilgrimage Fund Board of Malaysia (Lembaga Tabung Haji Malaysia) that I will be going to Makkah on 2026.

The desire of going to Makkah is very strong especially when I’m doing a study of Makkah and Hajj in my design thesis. With some extra cash in hands, I’ve started to save for making my dream come true. For your information, before you can register for Hajj, you must have at least RM1300 in your Tabung Haji account.

Last week, As mentioned about registering for Hajj and get the opportunity 16 years later. Well, I believe that the number is increasing exponentially. From my calculation, 2009 to 2026 is 17 years.

At least I’m just turned 40 years old by that time. I’m planning to go to Makkah with my parents. If my future wife has the same opportunity, I’d like her to join us too.

However, going to Hajj through travel agencies can shorten the waiting duration. But its going to be costly. Well, let’s wait and see. I really hope that I can go to Makkah before I turn 40 years old. By the mean time, I have to develop myself spiritually. Otherwise, it will be just like a vacation trip to Makkah.

P/S - wonder what’s Makkah going to looks like in 17 years time.

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ASUS EeePC 1000HE is my new toy

21 June 2009 · 11 Comments

Salam. I just want to introduce my brand new toy. Its a mini notebook by Asus, EeePC 1000HE.

Alhamdulillah. After I’ve got my payment, I’m looking forward to buy a good notebook. Lenovo S10 was my first choice. There are plenty of second hand Lenovo notebook on Mudah website but there are a few of Asus EeePC. I guess,maybe people are selling back their Lenovo because they don’t satisfied with the performance.

After I asked my friend on Facebook, they also told me to go for Asus. Thanks to Taqie and Feairus. However there are few Asus notebook in the market. Why I’m choosing this one?

Battery power!

Other notebook can last up to 3-5 hours. However, 1000HE can last up to 9.5 hours depend on setting and usage. Well that’s more than enough. If I’m travelling with bus or train, this notebook is the best companion!

Price

In Lelong website, the price was RM1499. When I went to Lowyat Plaza last Saturday, some shops sell it up to RM1699! So I bought the one with the lowest price and I got some free gifts such as headphone, cooler, lock and USB router.

What’s the purpose of having second machine?

Yes, I still have my desktop in my room. But I believe that a freelance designer should be able to do his work anytime and anywhere. Its hard when I have to present my work to the client, and I have to depend on their computers. Maybe this notebook also can build my reputation and trust for my client.

Since the notebook is not that powerful compared to my dual core desktop, I will be using this notebook for website design and my internet activities. Wifi facilities is provided everywhere today. I’ll also do some light graphic design works using Photoshop and Illustrator. For 3D rendering and video editing works, I’ll have to do it with my desktop.

P/S - Love the design of 1000HE. Well done Asus designers!

Image taken from Ubergizmo.

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15 Design Jobs for University Events

18 June 2009 · Leave a Comment

Salam. After four years in IIUM, I can see that there are lots of events which requires a design job. This entry is dedicated to all creative students especially KAED students. I don’t know why only a few KAED students involved in university programmes. There are lots of design jobs awaits talented students and its good for your own portfolio. Besides, it is also one way to contribute to the university too.

1. Stage Design

For big events in Cultural Activity Centre or Main Auditorium such as Taaruf Week or Interschool Debate, stage design is important to give good impression for the event. It can be as simple as hanging a backdrop and also creating structures, decorative items and other props.

Dato' Najib during his speech in IIUM Silver Jubilee Launching Ceremony 2008

Usually, Preparation and Technical committee will have to do this job. Printed backdrop is the easiest way but printing a large backdrop will cost a lot!

2. Countdown Board Design

Countdown board is one way of promotion as well as creating awareness of the program. It will be situated on the road side. Usually, the countdown board is created using wooden materials and a committee in-charge will have to change the countdown number manually everyday. Its another additional task for Prep & Tech committee too.
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I also can create video or multimedia presentation for your event. Duration between 3 minutes up to 10 minutes.
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You have your product or interior design sketch, then I can convert them into stunning 3D renderings for presentation.
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