hello again world, I'm STUCK. I have fallen to a trap with my job/career. I feel stupid because I apparently told myself (this year) not to fall again in this kind of situation. How you may ask, is a never-ending question we ask ourselves when we have already fell into it.
Presenting THE TRAP (this may or may not be applied to you, my dear reader)
1. PRESSURE.
You have just graduated from college or just got out from your old job. You live at your parents house your mom constantly asking you " when are you getting work?" or " when are you going to help me pay the bills?", or you have friends with great jobs (they fall on step2 ) they show you things that are bought from their salaries...etc AND you my friend, is finally starting to fall into the trap.
You will find work, a stable job. Perhaps, you will find what you think that is OK for you and your future.
2. LOVE
Congratulations! you have found a stable job. Yey! happy happy happy.
You are hyped because you made it to your first month, you earned from your salary and you just bought a new cellphone. You told yourself that you could do this forever as long as the salary kept on coming. You fell in love with your job.
many will linger on this stage because they will feel secure and it pays the bills...etc
3. BURN OUT
You fell into this when all of sudden you fell out of love, maybe you just had a memo or your boss sucked,
or you didn't have a bonus during christmas, or work is being repetitive... (those factors) and in the end, you felt like the salary that was given to you wasn't enough anymore. the bigger the salary, the bigger the wants.All of a sudden you became lazy at work because you are not enjoying it. You felt like there was no growth and eventually you...
4. RESIGN
That's it you were fed up. You resigned, quit, AWOL...etc because you couldn't take it anymore.
You said to yourself, you're going to change for the next job or probably take a better paying job...
And then before you know it your back at no. 1 all over again.
I'm currently on step 3, my third time on step 3 and I feel stupid not to have seen the trap before hand.
the only way to get out of the trap is don't follow the trap. change the trap so you don't fall for it.
LABO. but it works.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
a word from a designer: FONTS you should not use
This post is dedicated to FONTS/TYPOGRAPHY you should not use as a designer/artist/tarpmaker/layout artist/common human being. I have live long enough, experience this and I will say I can't keep it anymore >__< I'm done. I see ads, posters, tarps, signage/s every single day. enduring the torture to my little eyes.. T___T having this fonts publish, and all I can say is, why? why are this fonts exists? gaaah
ok enough with the rant let's get down to the biz.
I have listed down some fonts that we cannot ever ever ever *bury it down 6ft under* use in our daily lives:
CHILLER, 80's was over and so is this ancient font of horror, I hate it. Yeah it was cool then, thanks to MJ, but we could leave it alone in the coffin for good. Chiller font is not scary anymore, get over it. It was so 80's zombie movie. Today is the Plants vs Zombies, the walking dead era!
COMIC SANS. There is a reason why it was named comic sans, because it was use for COMICS, duh? People who use this might want to have FUN, HAPPY, and CASUAL feel to their collateral but it ain't good for you.AND comic sans in colors are the worst!
I have rather personal experience in this font, I designed a book with a comic sans font, *so true* BUT this is because it was a special book for people with dyslexia(whew, I actually spelled dyslexia right). I tried to argue with my art director, but he said the font was tested so that people with dyslexia can read the book *crime comitted* I personally hate comic sans because it's a joke, as a designer you don't put jokes in your ads.
There is even a site dedicated just to banned this font:
http://bancomicsans.com/main/
a lot of people hate comics sans, you should too!
PAPYRUS, stop using this ugly font. PLEASE. I don't really understand why people kept on using this ugly font, it really looks cheap. AND it is not good for a company logo!
no matter what happens never ever use this font, unless you want to look cheap
another hate/love website dedicated to this:
http://www.papyruswatch.com/
MONOTYPE CORSIVA, I could forgive you for using this for invitations such and such, but seeing it makes me think that the artist who uses it lacks originality and concept. hmm sorry...
my goodness, never ever use this font in BIG letters and CAPITALIZE it too!
I see a faggotory of layout in monotype corsiva, I really don't know why :<
CURLZ and GIGI, if I could burn these fonts, I will.
Curlz MT is the ultimate jejemon font, why you asked me? because it is spelled CURLZ, with a Z.Gigi on the other hand is also likely a jejemon font, because of its similarity from its predecessor.
I see those typography everywhere, from menus, banners (a lot, nowadays because of the Christmas season), sale ads, it is even a title of a BLOG omg kill me, invitation cards, I mean almost EVERYWHERE. It was almost like the people that made all those things mention above is just one person. Because every time I see it, the font is laid-out in the same way, it was always colored in hot pink. >__< It really hurts my eyes! I'm gonna die >___<
Also, I hate this font because normal people who doesn't know design, use this with capital letters.
I hated them so much, I don't use them. If you are from microsoft, please never ever install these fonts anymore, unless you want destruction to the human race.
P.S. Ok I just listed mine, I left out arial and times new roman because I could forgive them in some ways, do have any fonts in mind that shouldn't exists? tell me watchuthink ^__^
ok enough with the rant let's get down to the biz.
I have listed down some fonts that we cannot ever ever ever *bury it down 6ft under* use in our daily lives:
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| chillah, chillah nights! |
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| comical fun, yet not stylish at all |
COMIC SANS. There is a reason why it was named comic sans, because it was use for COMICS, duh? People who use this might want to have FUN, HAPPY, and CASUAL feel to their collateral but it ain't good for you.AND comic sans in colors are the worst!
I have rather personal experience in this font, I designed a book with a comic sans font, *so true* BUT this is because it was a special book for people with dyslexia(whew, I actually spelled dyslexia right). I tried to argue with my art director, but he said the font was tested so that people with dyslexia can read the book *crime comitted* I personally hate comic sans because it's a joke, as a designer you don't put jokes in your ads.
There is even a site dedicated just to banned this font:
http://bancomicsans.com/main/
a lot of people hate comics sans, you should too!
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| Leave this to the Egyptians! |
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| see how cheap looking this is, whoever did this logo must immediately die! |
another hate/love website dedicated to this:
http://www.papyruswatch.com/
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| love me darling, love me -monotype corsiva |
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| see this FORGIVABLE |
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| this one is NOT! |
I see a faggotory of layout in monotype corsiva, I really don't know why :<
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| CURLZ, the ULTIMATE jejemon font and... |
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| ...GIGI the 2nd ULTIMATE jejemon font (see how they look alike ) |
Curlz MT is the ultimate jejemon font, why you asked me? because it is spelled CURLZ, with a Z.Gigi on the other hand is also likely a jejemon font, because of its similarity from its predecessor.
I see those typography everywhere, from menus, banners (a lot, nowadays because of the Christmas season), sale ads, it is even a title of a BLOG omg kill me, invitation cards, I mean almost EVERYWHERE. It was almost like the people that made all those things mention above is just one person. Because every time I see it, the font is laid-out in the same way, it was always colored in hot pink. >__< It really hurts my eyes! I'm gonna die >___<
Also, I hate this font because normal people who doesn't know design, use this with capital letters.
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SIMPLE RULE OF THUMB: in basic typography, any decorative font is never used in all capital letters. (such as these hated fonts, monotype, corsiva, gigi and curlz)
I hated them so much, I don't use them. If you are from microsoft, please never ever install these fonts anymore, unless you want destruction to the human race.
P.S. Ok I just listed mine, I left out arial and times new roman because I could forgive them in some ways, do have any fonts in mind that shouldn't exists? tell me watchuthink ^__^
Thursday, December 2, 2010
food review: KFC double down
I've been planning to eat this since I first saw it at yahoo news(that was way way before). God heard me and it's finally here at the Philippines. OMG. At the first week, I hadn't tried it because it was already sold out in some stores (BOOO) so I thought maybe it was that fact: bacon, mayo, cheese, sandwiched in 2 originally seasoned chicken fillet that made double down a demand >__< (after all, who doesn't love bacon?)
I was really really hype by this! until that day came (which is today), I had a chance to try it.
My friend Miggy told me that it wasn't that good and satisfying, I wouldn't like to make any comments about it beacause I havn't really tried it yet. SO, as I was saying, today is the day, I haven't eaten my 3:00pm snack so I would really be hungry when I am going to try this for dinner (they say it was a heavy meal). I went to the KFC banawe branch and ordered my double down sandwich. The gay cashier said I have to wait for 15 minutes (OMG the anticipation PLUS I was hungry) I was looking at the clock when they say 15 mins. the cashier even told me to wait a little while....
then after 15 mins or so, it came right into my table. ( I never told the cashier, I was having it for take-out)
SPECS:
HOT: because it was made-to-order for me ( it's 9:00pm)
SIZE: same size as my celphone
THICKNESS: I was surprise that the chicken is not really thick, in fact it's really thin like a fillet, it doesn't look anything like the poster above, others think that the whole package is small.
PRICE: I bought it with a regular ice tea 115, I didn't think this was fairly price for college students, for a working gal like me, it's ok.
I took a pic then seconds after that I sunk my teeth with it and here comes the final spec.
TASTE: HONESTLY I WAS DISAPPOINTED :(
Sorry guys, but I think it's a FAIL for me, it's really oily and salty ( I don't know how I lived after eating this),
the mayo was too much (I had to remove some), the combination of flavours isn't what I would have expected, I mean, I love cheese, I love bacon, I love kfc chicken, not so much on mayo, but the whole thing..nah..
It's filling, but right after eating it, had this regret. I feel like I should have ordered a two piece chicken rather that the double down.
or
I should have eaten keema and rice at mr. kabab.
It barely made my expectations and confirmed miggy's statement: Double down is all hype and no bite.
Maybe KFC should try making cordon bleu or chicken kiev haha >__<
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| It really seems appetizing in the advertising |
My friend Miggy told me that it wasn't that good and satisfying, I wouldn't like to make any comments about it beacause I havn't really tried it yet. SO, as I was saying, today is the day, I haven't eaten my 3:00pm snack so I would really be hungry when I am going to try this for dinner (they say it was a heavy meal). I went to the KFC banawe branch and ordered my double down sandwich. The gay cashier said I have to wait for 15 minutes (OMG the anticipation PLUS I was hungry) I was looking at the clock when they say 15 mins. the cashier even told me to wait a little while....
then after 15 mins or so, it came right into my table. ( I never told the cashier, I was having it for take-out)
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| COME TO MAMA (this is what it looks like) |
HOT: because it was made-to-order for me ( it's 9:00pm)
SIZE: same size as my celphone
THICKNESS: I was surprise that the chicken is not really thick, in fact it's really thin like a fillet, it doesn't look anything like the poster above, others think that the whole package is small.
PRICE: I bought it with a regular ice tea 115, I didn't think this was fairly price for college students, for a working gal like me, it's ok.
I took a pic then seconds after that I sunk my teeth with it and here comes the final spec.
TASTE: HONESTLY I WAS DISAPPOINTED :(
Sorry guys, but I think it's a FAIL for me, it's really oily and salty ( I don't know how I lived after eating this),
the mayo was too much (I had to remove some), the combination of flavours isn't what I would have expected, I mean, I love cheese, I love bacon, I love kfc chicken, not so much on mayo, but the whole thing..nah..
It's filling, but right after eating it, had this regret. I feel like I should have ordered a two piece chicken rather that the double down.
or
I should have eaten keema and rice at mr. kabab.
It barely made my expectations and confirmed miggy's statement: Double down is all hype and no bite.
Maybe KFC should try making cordon bleu or chicken kiev haha >__<
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