Monthly Archives: May 2008

Some parcels made their way into my mail box. Namely a Chris King headset (in black this time, much better) and some very lightweight Alligator Rotors.

I’m in love again, with the Sandon. What an awesome 5 nights away. Photos here

3 more hours and I’m off to Sandon River. I’m excitedness!

The AGDA talk the other night was a little loose. All the speakers were pretty rushed for time (we only had 15 minutes to speak). I felt pretty rushed, and uncomfortable, but still managed AOK. You know it doesn’t matter how many times I get up and do these talks… I still get nervous every time. I couldn’t sleep the night before, and bundled with a bad sleep the night before that, and meeting a few sick people, it looks like I’ve caught the flu. Bad news as tomorrow I head off for a holiday to Sandon River up north to hang out with Caryn. Getting heaps of couch time in today and will knock it on the head. So looking forward to Sandon, the most beautiful place in the whole of Australia.

I’m getting nice emails in the mail today though, it’s the feedback that makes everything worthwhile:

“Your speech was absolutely inspiring tonight!
It was a pleasure to see you on stage again after cut&paste, I was so excited to talk to you and let you know how much an inspiration you are, but then I didn’t have a chance to!
oh well, may be next time :)

since I didn’t get to say this face to face, I’m writing this e-mail just to THANK YOU (yes, in capitals) for such a cool presentation at Raffles’ first five out.
All your old pics/stories resemble so much of me now, and with that, I really hope I can be such a success like you in the future.

Thank you again and again, for your photoshop works and everything else you’ve done to inspire and support emerging designers/artists.
hopefully I’ll be able to catch you for a little chat next time round.”

Both cars have been neglected lately (due to me getting the bike bug) so I got my S2000 a face lift today with newer model AP2 headlights and taillights. She’s lovin it.

I’m always on the hunt for new ideas, new directions, especially when it comes to work and money. Recently, at a JDMST meet, an old client of mine turned up (knowing that I would be there). He wanted to say thanks for all the hard work I put in on his job/start-up a few years back, and that he’d just raked in $7 million last financial year. It hit me like a 2 tonne heavy thing that I did all that hard work for peanuts, and that none of that $7 million dollars was mine. If only I’d done design/marketing work in exchange for a small percentage, even if it was only 3% I’d be laughing.

So whilst I’m still doing freelance design work this year, this year has been about futures and looking for something a little more invested. I’ll soon reveal what projects I’m involved in. More on the topic soon.