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Valentine’s Day falls on Chinese New Year this year and I’m pretty sure most Chinese will be celebrating the occasion early. Hence, I wish everyone an early Happy Valentine’s Day! I read from the Chinese newspapers that there wouldn’t be any flower delivery service on the 14^th of February since most shops will be closed during Chinese New Year. Chewy and I have no plans yet. We will most probably just have a simple dinner since he will only be free during the evenings¹.

Panda Valentine's Day Wallpaper (656.4 KiB, 178 hits)

I made the wallpaper above during one of my study breaks. These wallpapers can be found in the resources section and if you want to send some love over during Valentine’s, you can buy the prints over at deviantART.

While working on the wallpaper yesterday, I was thinking of things associated with the occasion. Things and words like hearts, love, balloons, teddy bears and the colours red and pink. I cannot figure out the connections between teddy bears, balloons and love. Does everyone who is in love owns a teddy? Or maybe they always held on to balloons when visiting theme parks? The latter is always the case in Korean dramas. When the protagonist fall out of love, they will usually be shown letting go of the balloon and the poor balloon will fly away. It reminds me of a scene in Princess Hours.

I can understand balloons during Birthdays but why Valentine’s? Are balloons considered sweet things for ladies? Balloons are sometimes also used to signify freedom thus explaining the release of the balloon. Releasing a balloon may also meant that the protagonist is letting go of the relationship. Am I wrong to think that it’s an inverse relationship with love?

My teddy bear

Teddy bears again reminds me of scenes in Princess Hours whereby the male lead gave a teddy bear to the female lead or the bear is a representation of one of the leads and they fell in love. Why bears? Pandas are adorable as well and most robots are cute. However most of the time, bears especially teddy ones are used. Why do you think that’s the case? What makes teddy bears so special?

1. Chewy is in the army currently [«]

I am pleased to announce the winners of the Site Glamour Contest held over the past few months and the most glamorous site from the list of contestants goes to Lisa of Auberginer. The first runner up goes to Charmaine of Oh-Doll.Net and the second runner up goes to Sy Yuan of Sylistic.Com. Congratulations to the winners! I have contacted you via emails with regards to your prizes.

Winners of the Site Glamour Contest

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It’s been some time since I spend time drawing in Photoshop. I tried to “catch up” on my drawings by working on the current layout last week and also an illustration for Connie of Turtelina Kingdom. I was very interested in this project when Connie approached me regarding this particular illustration she had in mind. Personally I like drawing animals much more than humans. Turtles, books and iphones aren’t something I’ve worked on previously so it’s like a brand new challenge for me. The hardest part of this illustration is actually the iphone. I don’t own any myself so I did a goggle and tried to make it look as iphone like as possible without the menus. This is what I came up with; a new member of my portfolio.