~*time in 6:50 a.m.

don't worry, it's normal...not that i woke up this early, but i've not gone to bed yet ;) ...

and have been doing so for two days straight!

reason is non other than assignment.

so CAD (advertising) is, once again, ruining my sleep, caused me a neck ache and almost sent me to hell.

this time it was particularly hard, involves food and it's not easy trying to make DVDs part of the food chain, esp when i'm only so very basic in design! but after two strenous never ending nights, i have become particularly proud of what i have done, though amateurish by professional standards, it's soooo very professional at my amateurish standard!

i was finally satisfied with my layout only some hours ago and as corny as it sounds, my boy 'inspired' me ;p ...for the entire day, i laboured myself in front of my laptop, none of the layouts i did actually reflected what i had in mind...and i realized i needed a break! so i packed my lappie and joined my boy for dinner and resumed work after dinner.

so, we set up our lappies opposite each other (he's got work to do as well) and started our work in our quiet ways. still...no inspiration....i toyed with my visuals once again and proudly showed them to him which he exclaimed as 'not bad' (his 'not bad' is VERY GOOD to me ok!!!!)...and i continued toying and toying...still not doing me any good.

so i stopped and decided to watch what my boy was doing...the more i saw the lines and dots and numbers, graphics and words on his laptop, the more i thought of how i could utilize them in my work. i took his graphic books from the shelf and flipped through them (i once told him i didn't know how to use his books, he said: it's not just about reading them or looking at the bigger picture, but it's about seeing the smaller things that inspires...and i decided to heed his advice) and you know what...i finally came up with something i can say 'I like it'....

it worked!

he taught me well ... ;o)

with my 'I like it' layout safely tucked in my lappie, i can now proceed to write this entry ;)

shining nuts sherilla (private 'crystal' joke!)