Home improvemnt: Chalk Typography on my new home

I have moved into my new house for half a year now. The basic renovation is done but largely, my house is still pretty empty. I've spent a tremendous amount of time looking for ways to make my living space a little less boring.

One of the thing i would really like to do is a large mural for the wall in my living-room. The idea is to create a featured wall with some unique art. Previously I have considered hanging some painting on the wall and get it done with. However,for a wall sized about 12 feet x 12 feet, it is not an easy task to find a painting that fits.

So my next plan is to create a mural. I did some research over the internet and found numerous ways to implement this. Some involved using decor stickers, other requires a new paint-job.

Finally, I've decided to try an easier and safer approach: Chalk!

This week, i have a few extra off-days. So I put the plans into motion. After some more research, i'm going for Typography graphic. Typography is used in the 60-70's for labels design. This technique is preferred at that era due to the printing technology was not advanced enough to produce photographic design cheaply. Typography uses different font-face and different font-size arranged in such a manner that is appears aesthetically pleasing. It has since then evolved from industrial design into an art form.

DAY-01

I started my mini-project with a box of chalk and a bare wall

First, i marked the mid-point by rough estimation (counted the tiles)

then, I draw the outline for the area to work with

next, a quick sketch of the wordings in order to make sure they are not off-center

I begin to add details onto the rough sketch

First word completed!

drawing continues...

it is exciting to see my  masterpiece started to materialized

Then I ran out of chalk! Bummer! Oh well, it is getting late. Shall continue my work tmr.

DAY-02

started Day-02 will more details added

Excuse me, real man work while wearing their boxer :p

AND FINALLY...

my completed work

In the end, i took too many photos. So, i compiled it into a short stop-motion video. 

Rumble in the Kitchen

another long hiatus, and a new blog to start-over. Much had happened for the past year. To summarize, I am back in Kuantan and working at the emergency department. Also, I recently moved into my new house despite not being fully furnished yet... oh well, that's another long story all together.

Anyway, I finally got my own place, so I have access to the kitchen!

Looking back, one of the reason why i enjoyed living in Moscow is the fact that I get to choose what I eat since I cooked myself. Some people said that cooking is an ancient alchemy to transform raw ingredient into delicious dishes, and it is all about science :)

Being a man of science, I reckon cooking is really a teaching of the precise methodology of preparing the ingredient of the correct portion, processing them in a series of sequence refined through ages. So, great wisdom of mankind are hidden in the meal they prepare. It is science and art, yet it fills up your tummy and put a smile on your face!

I returned home tonite after my shift in the greenzone. There were plenty of patients to be seen, so I was famished by the time I got home.

I opened my refrigerator to find some groceries I bought 2 days ago, with the plan to cook up a storm when I've got the time. I bought some cute mushrooms along with some fresh vegetables. Yet, they are sitting in the fridge staring back at me, as a scan through to find something for a quick bite.

In the end, I decided to go ahead and cook.

Funilly, I was eating Heinz bake beans when I read the printing on the tin can. There was this short recipe which is rather simple. Just the right thing for a desperate time like this! haha

So I extracted the selected raw ingredients, then put on my apron and start cutting away~

"a good chef always pick his own ingredient fresh"

chop...chop..chop

dice...dice...dice

pondering about life, looking at the mushroom :p

beware: man working in kitchen :p

As soon as the ingredients are prepared in "proper" manner, off they goes into the pre-heated pot with a small chunk of lightly salted butter from Australia

look at the lovely golden color of the caramelized mushrooms

fresh vegetable is added last so they will stay crunchy

and of course - the secret sauce (learned from the tin can of Heinz baked bean..hehes)

To serve, I toasted a slice of Pita bread. Lightly brown.

and voila! The finished Masterpiece :)

Did I make You feel hungry? Oh well, You can always bug my life for it. I'll probably dutifully obliged :p