Cocker Spaniel, anyone?

What do some humans and cocker spaniels have in common?
They are "Imeldiffic!!"

July Birthdays: Part 1 - Woohooees

19th jul, i celebrated my bday at home with a simple dinner prepared by lola and ninang, thanks a many!. stefi created two custom party hats. she actually wanted to make 5 for everyone but ninang convinced her just for her and me will do.


21st jul, cheng (woohoos keyboardist) had a surprise bday cake to blow during our band rehearsal at Tiet's courtesy of Pin. chris' chinese version of 'happy birthday to you' was funny :) no good is your teacher haha!!


sorry cheng, i was thick-faced to borrow your cake. since nobody knew i told them i celebrated my b-day two days ago, so i asked if i could have a photo also haha!!


We headed to j-bar after the practice and guess what, chris (woohoos vocalist) got to jam with george's Jig band. the bar didn't have a full band stage setup unfortonately for the woohoos. we could have jammed that nite, crowd was good. but chris' rendition of Angels was fantastic, crowd showed respect in the end...good sign for the woohoos! after finishing the cake, two hoe's each and loads of peanuts, we decided to go home.

today (28jul) i co-celebrated with Qianling our birthday in the office, had a nice green-tee with redbean and blueberry cake treat by vmw. tks! colleagues for the cheer and greetings!

July Birthdays: Part 2 - Nouville Smashers!

tennister Jay celebrated his birthday (25jul) during our playdate (22jul). the 'nouville smashers' members prepared some local dishes: sinigang na isdang lapad(paul, jun, jay), papaitan and dinuguan(greg). we were supposed to have a bbq but the pit area was booked on that day, too bad. coincidentally was mike son's (gabriel) 1st birthday and so, we had to split the group for a while as the celebrations were held in different units within nouville, concurrently after the games. sure mike's place has more happening (lucky i went), there were some neat ladies belting their fav karaoke tunes then we were later invited to sing along. after rendering a few songs we decided to shift to the other unit for jay's bash. kelvin gave a baileys but unfortunately was expired. it horribly looked like a flaky ice cream without the foul smell as the alcohol overpowers the rotten milk odour :)

Woohooo Sweet Child O' Mine!!!

I intend to open the box on Christmas but was tempted not to...

hi-res 1/hi-res2
I wish McFarelane creates the rest of the GnR's (Matt Sorum, Axl Rose, Duff McKagan). Then I could stage a back to back concert with my Metallica.

OVERDRIVEN

CG Overdrive finally has come to end. If there's one important point from the talks/presentations we all in the CG industry can learn from, in my opinion it should be this:

RAFAEL LUIS

June 11, 2006 my sister Grace was blessed with a cheeky, adorable baby boy. Congrats sis, missed you all...see you soon!

SKIPPER ME

Because there are too many things happening recently, don't expect too much from me blogging in each and every detail. I won't announce that just yesterday, Federer defeated Nadal at Wimbledon final in a commanding fashion, that Andre Agassi announced that he'll be retiring after the next grandslam US Open.(Watch or read the news and find out for yourself). I'm not gonna blog about the Gamma ZO Sweet string with 62lbs i just strung on my racquet, that it was soooo comfortable (no shoulder pains) and evidently powerful enough for my game, that out of 4-doubles game i only lost 1, that i managed around 4-5 aces, and that i had no blisters after being out of action for the last 3wks (who cares?). I'm so sick about predictions and that i'm not gonna talk about Italy having overwhelmed France in the World Cup Finals just this morning. Though i might hint that the $150 pot went to the person who bet for France (coz nobody bet for Italy). I'm too busy nowadays so if you are someone whom i know, please think twice before you make a move, unless you wanna help like give me a back rub or something...i will need to mum for a while...but if you wanna know, what's keeping me busy? the answer is: i've been stalking websites of Rock d' Fort official photographers, hunting for Mesh Potatoes gig pics haha!!!(and here's one)...so till then...peace out!

Modelling Stefi

This is my first attempt to character modelling, so help me God.

Front and side references doesn't match (I could have tilted the camera slightly) but is good enough to establish a basic form:





They say the child's face is one of the most difficult to model. I agree, I'm stuck trying to create the right topology for the cheeks and nose:


Finally capped the face and now for tweaking.



And this is all for now:

HAPPY!

What's keeping Stefi smiling these days?


It's the thought of a baby brother or sister coming soon. Today, we had a chance to peep at his/her pod first time. 9wks, says Dr. Lee.

BITS IN A WEEK

Big thanks to interns Zenghao and Daniel for helping us out for the past weeks...All the best to Yinyin on her future endeavours. This girl can really play basketball! Hope you still join us on our weekly games...Happy birthday Janet!!!...CG OVERDRIVE is coming, boss is this pass really worth $300???...Manny 'Pacman' did it again! He put down Larios twice but didn't manage a KO. My friend and former bandmate Bituin Escalante sang the national anthem. For 3-hrs, Pinoys got united to celebrate this glorious sporting event. I bet in five years, this boxer will be the next president of the Phils.

Place your bets! Here are my picks...

3. FIFA World Cup - Germany
09 Jun GER : CRC 4:2
14 Jun GER : POL 1:0
20 Jun GER : ECU 3:0
24 Jun GER : SWE 2:0
30 Jun GER : ARG 1:1 a.e.t. 4-2 PSO
04 Jul GER : ITA 0:2
Germany's journey ends here.



2. NBA Finals - Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat
Game 1 - Mavs, 90 vs Heat, 80
Game 2 - Mavs, 99 vs Heat, 85
Game 3 - Heat, 98 vs Mavs, 96
Game 4 - Heat, 98 vs Mavs, 74
Game 5 - Heat, 101 vs Mavs, 100 (Overtime)
Sure, Dwayne Wade deserves respect!
Game 6 - Heat, 95 vs Mavs, 92
HEAT DOES DALLAS, FINALLY!


1. Roland Garros (French Open) - Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer
"Nadal won as predicted"