Multi-Tasking and how I managed to write this out.

"To do two things at once is to do neither.  - Publilius"


I wondered these past few months if I have been doing to much ?
So far I have been telling myself :

• Get Facebook!
• Get Twitter!
• Get another blog!
• Promote more!
• Network more!
• Take pictures..do not forget to edit!
• Increase production of output!

The overall idea is just to Multi-Task as much as I could. I have been strecthing myself like a rubber band so much that I reached my limit and I became LAZY. The overall results, I can honestly say was nothing...nothing tangible to the people around me and myself. I missed the important stuff.

In the age of technology, we are given the impression that with the introduction of the internet and new devices such as laptops etc, we can do more in a shorter span of time. After much contemplation, it is in my mind :  a bunch of sugar coated chocolate cookies (It tasted good but at the end of the day they have terrible side effects). There is more of an increase in temptaion on the limited time we are allotted to have on this earth.

Even as I write and then retype this on the laptop, there is so much distration to just push this further to the back of my list. So it made me realize I have been stretching myself thin to the point the important things end up being covered up by all these "small" distractions.

So far I have deemed it a success to have even finish this mini essay of mine as I even got to tweak it more and got it typed out here on the blog. I decided to implement what I learned from the many many books and websites when it comes to getting the work done. Plus make sure you check out the beneficial article that got me in to action on the question I asked myself in the beginning. 

Here is what I did in order to get this article done and you can do it to especially when you realize the things you do are not productive or was in denial like I was :

1. Sit down on the chair, bed or floor wherever you like.
2. Clear out your working space and put the bare essentials required to get the work done.
3. Put away every thing that has the potential to distract you. Kick out the distractions!!
4. Just concentrate on these bare essential for the next 5-10 minutes.
5. *Warning* If you are anything like me. You will struggle for focus but eventually it become easy.
6. A kind of calm will settle in after you practice the habit and before you know it....Ding!! like putting a bread in a toaster, You are done. Like bread your work may not be exactly as you hope it would be  at times but there will be times when your work will be the stuff of greatness.

My bare essentials in writng this! Wo hoo! Onwards to productivity

It is better to have one great project than 3-5 mediocre results. You know you can do better than that.

I got inspired by this wonderful article which came to my inbox :
Did Muhammad (Peace be upon him) Multi-Task?  

Kick-Ass

Before I go any further here is summary of Kick-Ass the Movie which I did not write which came from IMDB (The Internet Movie DataBase Website) :

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training. Written by Daniel J. Leary - This summary link here.

Kick-Ass seriously it Kicked ass. It was one of those movies that will linger on in my mind. The graphic, story-line, the cast and the movie direction blew me away. The good guys had their dark side and the bad guys were funny. When I think about it their is a fine line between good and evil. Even though I missed the first five minutes. It was dark, funny and overall AWESOME!! I cannot wait for the sequel!!!!!!!!! I apologize if I sound like I am high on sugar.

I waited a whole year to watch this movie and was kinda scratching my head as I wondered why people in Brunei (Or at least my friends)were not excited to watch it.

The movie had its light moments, it normal moments but it was violent, a lot of colorful swearing which I have blocked out of my mind and it pushed one's perception.
These are normal people trying to be Super Heroes.

Kick Ass is the story of normal people living in the real world with no super powers and a normal teenager who decides to become a "superhero". It is the anti comic book hero movie.It starts with a normal teenager -Dave- who ponders why we enjoy reading comic books and love those marvel characters but then ask "Why are there no Super heroes in the real world?"
He then decides to be superhero -his costume is a wetsuit-. He attempts to prevent some criminals from stealing a car and in the process gets beaten up, stabbed and left to bleed to death.
He tries to walk but then gets hit by a car. The driver just drives away and Dave is left unconscious on the road just seen as a kid wearing a wetsuit when he tries to do the right thing.

After recovering, he tries to be a superhero once again and that is when things start to spiral out of control when he gets filmed saving a complete stranger while everybody just watches and the event is uploaded into You Tube.

He tries to be a good guy and ends up getting involve way deeper that he wanted in a world where being a superhero is a big responsibility where you have to make a stand.

I made a mental of check list of friends who could watch it with me and I seriously came up with no one. The one person I thought off who could watch with me was in Japan.

Red Mist is funny as he and Dave are normal teenagers who have a fondness for reading comic books. The difference is Red Mist has an arsenal of gadgets at his disposal as well as tons of cash. There were moments I tried to close my eyes while I watched this movie. I wish I could get a hold of the comic book but from my understanding the movie follows the comic closely. So I really did not miss out on much -I assume the comic book had way more blood and violence involved-

In the end I brought some of my siblings as I gushed about the movie to them and in the end we all enjoyed it. Hit-Girl was one of the best and controversial characters there as she is a 12 year old assassin who enjoys the kill. The movie was well made and I had a couple of laughs and tears in the mix.

The Big Daddy character was a surprise to me as he looked like one of those normal quiet men on the surface but then when you look closer he is a very angry man with murder and revenge on his mind.

There were some memorable lines in the movie and I liked once conversation in particular between Hit-Girl and Kick -Ass while they were in a car. Kinda sad but true.

I am patiently waiting for the next installment. My brother on the other hand is excited as a PS 3 game base on this movie is coming soon.

Alice and The Tin Man

Awhile back I watched Alice in Wonderland in the cinema. It was directed by Tim Burton and I for one grew up being expose to movies directed by this man. He somehow has an interesting way with the way he directs films- quirky and dark at the same time- like BeetleJuice and Edward Scissorhands. As for Alice in Wonderland - It was a good movie about finding out what you really want in life and taking the plunge- . An interesting take but somehow I felt there was something lacking and at this moment I cannot pinpoint what it is. Maybe I wished for more witty dialogue, maybe a longer running time so that Alice may explore "Wonderland" more and more background into the characters such as the the two queens. The graphics were an intricate part of the movie though.

After the movie I was tempted to go read the book as I assume that it would be quite different. My sister mentioned that it was dull but who knows I might read it anyway. The Alice shown in the movie differ quite differently from Alice in the disney movie.



One of the characters that I felt sorry for was The Red Queen. There is something about her that made me think she was a very insecure and lonely child in the body of a woman(as to speak). The way she tried to get love and respect was pretty sad. Too much power and she did not really have anything.

This made me think back about the other remakes or modern adaptation of other classics. One of them that I can think off at the top of my head is The Wizard of Oz. The modern loose adaptation was a mini series that went by the name Tin Man where a girl called DG gets caught up and ends up in a place called Oz (Outer Zone).

It was a sci-fi miniseries that the scarecrow was called Glitch who had half of his brain removed by Azkadellia (The evil witch who is after DG for some reason), and Wyatt Cain (The Tin man!!) a former law enforcer, or "Tin Man", who had been locked in an iron suit for years as punishment for opposing Azkadellia. The Tin Man background story was upsetting as he got locked in a tin suit and watched his family suffer for his plight against injustice.
In the beginning , It dragged on but I enjoyed watching Tin Man, sadly I never got to watch it until the end. Maybe one day I will come across Tin Man again and no I will not wiki to find out the ending
: P

Please Rob Me

This image was obtained from mobile behaviour

In this age of technology, we have social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to update where and what are we doing at this very moment with the help of the internet. It all seems so simple when we use them to keep in contact with people we know and in some instances become an easy way to stay in contact. I agree as I myself have a facebook account as well as twitter. They are awesome in a sense but there are some hidden dangers to it.

An example is when you tell people that you are NOT home.

I came across this site called Please Rob Me - A website that has creatively shown the pitfalls of updating your status of being away from you home and it will potentially be dangerous as some people might take advantage of this situation when using applications tellng people exactly where you are like Twitter and Foursquare(I do not think we use this application in Brunei though) .

These words that are shown below are directly from Please Rob Me and I am giving them the credit as they explain is so well (This is part of the why section which I have copy and pasted here )

"The danger is publicly telling people where you are. This is because it leaves one place you're definitely not... home. So here we are; on one end we're leaving lights on when we're going on a holiday, and on the other we're telling everybody on the internet we're not home. It gets even worse if you have "friends" who want to colonize your house. That means they have to enter your address, to tell everyone where they are. Your address.. on the internet.. Now you know what to do when people reach for their phone as soon as they enter your home. That's right, slap them across the face. "

Interesting stuff I might say. This is definitely one way to increase awareness about putting up too much information. It makes you stop and think.

Here is the website if you wish to visit it : http://pleaserobme.com/

When you break your arm

When I was younger, I was very prone to breaking my arm(I was pretty reckless as a kid). This would result in a trip to the hostpital and then I would get a sling on my arm.

People would ask how did I break my arm (Pretty fun to recap the story 2- 3 times but after that it gets too tiresome as I am not talkative all the timeT_T).

One of those times or let me say event as to how my arm was fractured is now a permanent story my family members remembers with amusement as it involved a freezer and superman. -_-
I came across this very cool sling that is so creavtive and basically you do not even have to say even one word to explain the "event". Very simple and I salute the person who did this - Brazilian designer Andre Montejorge. His site is pretty awesome as well and may be found by clicking on his name. I know that I will be checking out his blog and maybe get a sling from him the NEXT time I fracture my arm ^_^

Creativity- Wrong Working Enviroment & Hard-Fi

Who would think that there would be a person peddling to make your kid's ride work?
I came across this and thought it was something I would like to share with you all.
I was blown away by these images.

That man in the jukebox must be very talented

Some advertisements are so unique.

A man in a booth developing photos literally -_-

As you scroll down you can see that these adverts are really in a class of their own.

I assume this is an ATM machine.
I shall never look at an ATM the same again
All of these adverts comes from Germany (Correct me if I am wrong) and was targeted to make people strive for better working conditions.

A man preparing cigarettes...a disturbing image

This campaign got people thinking with their slogan - "Life is too short for the wrong job"

Even in the laundry machine?

So a person is really operating a machine...Not the other way around
(A Very exaggerated idea and yet it turned out great )

Ice cream anyone?

The people in the "Machines" are pretty good, they really rocked the pictures!

How about coffee instead?
The people look downright miserable in the machines

Even pumping gas....
The people who thought of these adverts really saw the world form a different perspective. Impressive

These adverts are titled "WRONG WORKING ENVIRONMENT"
This reminds me of a music video I use to watch roughly 5 years ago instead of one person, there were many tiny people working inside an ATM machine.

The group is Hard-Fi .

The song is called Cash Machine and I actually have the song playing in my car.

A good song about being broke while trying to make a living.
I love the lyrics it goes something like this

"I scratch a living, it ain't easy
You know it's a drag
I'm always paying, never make it
But you can't look back
I wonder if I'll ever get
To where I want to be
Better believe it
Yeah........There's a hole in my pocket"

The video which has three versions. I preferred the TV version, i remember it until now. .


Luckily we have YouTube because I only managed to watch it a handful of times on TV. This is when I say :



No copyright infringement intended as the content belongs to WMG and the respective people stated above and below . They deserve all the credit!

Wrong Working Environment
Agency: Scholz&Friendz, Berlin
Website: http://www.s-f.com/berlin/
Creative Director: Matthias Spaetgens, Jan Leube
Copywriter: Axel Tischer
Art Director: David Fischer
Photographer: Hans Starck
Illustrator: Graphic Artist: Inga Schulze, Sara Dos Santos Vieira
These people stated above definitely did a fantastic job!
Jobsintownde used these adverts and this is their site : http://www.jobsintown.de/

So what was the purpose of me blogging about this?

Well creativity is every where and this is just something to think about. Sometimes even the mundane becomes amazing.

I have to go now, so much to do ^_^
Dw33b

What did I do during my Hiatus? *Read If you dare*

It is 2010, So much has happened within the last year that it is not humanely possible for me to even squeeze the events into one post let alone a couple of blog posts. So I will take my time, Dw33b is definitely going to be around as long as I am here.

It it has been 15 days = 2 weeks 1 day = 360 hours= 21600 minutes since 2010 has arrived.
It sounds like an awful lot of time has passed when we look it from this perspective.
(I used a calculator to get the hours and minutes, I am currently thinking of Rent the movie opening song [Youtube link to the song] so it is a rent inspired sentence lol)

Time has gone so fast. I have so far did what most people do when new year comes, I made resolutions. I realize 99.99% of the time my resolutions rarely make it through 1 month. Just talk, no action which is pretty bad. So the odds of me even doing it has a low probability.
I like to call them "evolutions" now. An evolution to do better "everything". ^_^

My "evolutions" are set in stone ......erm ....actually in paper. I managed to make a poster of sorts with my big goals listed into small actions and put it on my wall. Whenever I enter my room, I can see it on my wall and it is an actual written document -A promise I make to myself. Corny but true.

One of those goals is to try Sand surfing. I have been wanting to do it since two years ago! I found it in a book and did some research. It is similar to surfing instead of the water you do it on a sand dune. No danger of drowning (cannot swim ), the possibility of bruises are possible. I told this plan to one of my close friends, she is doing her Masters in Australia and I will definitely save up to visit. One of the things I want to do when I get there is Sand Surfing!! Definitely on my "evolution" list to try new things.

So what have I been up too? hm...During my hiatus, I have been doing some of the things that I use to do.
One of those things is GAMES!
Yes! I have gamers blood flowing through my veins. (It is not obvious when you see me in person though)
There is something so addictive about games that I cannot resist playing games on almost any platforms - PS1,PS2,PS3, Game Boy, PC, Online you name it I will try it or am itching to get my hands on it. Role playing games(RPGS), car racing, fighting games... I really enjoy it a lot.

It is similar too when you drink your first cup of Coffee... you never tire of it.

*Sigh* I use to play a game for days without sleeping and be cooped up in my room with the intent of finishing it. That was last time, Now I have reduce it as I discovered making hand made stuff has become one of my "passion" and it fills my mind.

I am still in awe of PS3 graphics though...... they are so amazing but I do miss the mini characters found on PS 1 and PS2. My brothers were playing Soul Calibur IV on PS3, I was passing by and the I felt the need to watch because I played it on PS2 (Loved it!).
I sat down, make myself comfortable and watch for a long time as though it was a movie, It has advanced so much... (Yes I am a totally nerd-dweeb lol)

What else eh? I managed to read and finish some of my books I bought awhile back and even picked up writing again. I even met up with some of my Friends, So glad we managed to make time to meet up. I did other stuff as well but for the sake of this post I will ramble to a minimum as I tend to ramble on too much.
: P

Heh I am jumping from topic to topic eh?Inspiration is everywhere and I want to try as much as possible to do a variety of handmade items. I seriously did not think I would be into Handmade items, it kind of found me which is so unexpected in a good way.

So during my hiatus, I still was thinking about Dw33b even though I was on a break.
I drove around Brunei and did some walking around Brunei to get inspired.
Seriously, Brunei is a beautiful country and so peaceful .... that is until it is payday,
you are in Gadong or Kiulap stuck in the traffic jam for the last half hour while keeping an eye out for the elusive parking spot, wondering how you manage to even get involved with the traffic jam.
Lol just take this as a light rambling of a person.

Before I get into deep about games and traffic jams let us move on to jewelry.
During my hiatus:

• Made some jewelry, mostly w-i-p (work in progress)
• Meeting some customers who are awesome! (Yes,Awesome is permanently in my vocabulary -_-)
• Getting feedback from my family (they are pretty honest with the constructive criticism)
• Getting challenged by family as well as friends to recreate stuff into jewelry
• Did repair work (practice makes perfect)
• Researching on other side projects
• Getting inspired by the Family, Friends, Customers words

I took some photos of what I did alas they are in my sister's laptop. So will upload them soon.



Jewelry Hint
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Dw33b's next collection has to do with the sky and the beach as well but it has nothing to do with My Pirate collection!
That is all I shall say : p

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I appreciate that you have read this until the end.
Thank you from the bottom of my very human heart for reading this blog.
Hope I am not boring people to death with my ramblings which is irrelevant but relevant at the same time (It is fun : P ).
Hope you enjoy reading this post, my blog overall and be prepared for my next post.
Off I go to play g..*ahem* prepare the pictures for my next blog post. See you soon!

Dw33b
One dweeb's store of handmade dreams and unique stuff
*All branding and products are trademarked by DW33B.
No designs, names, or descriptions may be replicated for any other purpose.

No selling today.. I dedicate this to my good friend

Today is just me blogging.. No jewelry...no pictures..

Good morning everybody!

It has been awhile since I blogged but

I have definitely been making jewelry and taking pictures

I will eventually post it! Promise!

-------FLASHBACK-----WARNING-----

-------RAMBLING POST----READ AT YOUR OWN RISK-------

The wait is over, The day of graduation has arrived and passed.

Officially graduated from UBD (University of Brunei Darusalam)

It was a bitter sweet experience and I wished everyone was there especially a good friend of mine who is studying in Australia! We have graduated my dear friend! You know who you are.

This Post is for you ~

A medium length recap of the big day in my eyes ^_^

*cough*

Other people are welcome to read this post if they want too : P

Last Saturday (31-10-2009) was the day where my time of rushing late into lectures, doing assignments and researching on things which will be graded comes to an end.

I have graduated...somehow feeling sad and happy at the same time. Many things have happened within those years of studying and i am grateful for all of that because good or bad, there will always be a reason things happened the way it did.

Let me recap how that day was as it was not so long ago...

I woke up pretty early and got ready for the big day. (4 am!)

Luckily, my robe (a rental) was already attached with the hood. Everything was set. Brought an extra pair of shoes as well. So I hoped that I would not experience a wardrobe malfunction.

When I walked outside my house, The stars were still sparkling in the sky and it felt like the majority of people were still in bed enjoying their sleep. Even the cats were too tired to greet me. LOL

BUT

I assume the other 1200 plus people were awake getting ready for the next few hours which was considered "Our Day". Soon i was already driving down the highway with the car windows down on my way to pick up my "graduating buddy". I was listening to Jason Mraz, Boa and Owl city's Fire flies (I love it!).

It was kind of strange but relaxing to drive much slower than usual. I drove below the speed limit like 30- 40 km/hr while admiring the sky, the trees, the street lights as well as thinking how quiet and calm it was.

I reached my friend's place and waited for a bit. My buddy got in my car and the Sun was already up, the people were starting to wake up. I started to drive and the traffic jam was not building up. Then we finally reached the place where we were graduating ICC (A pretty big place).

We arrived much earlier compare to the last three days (A briefing as well as rehersals) but there were people who were waaaaaay earlier than us. It was roughly 6 ish and the parking was crazy full!

Had to cheat a bit to find parking...hahaha

I was happy and in awe as I could see so many people who wanted to see their love ones a.k.a graduates special day and many were in line for the shuttle bus.

The event had yet to start. My friend and I decided to walk up and we reached up to enter the building ...out of breath...Indication we needed to excercise more : P

When we entered the Multi Purpose Hall(MPH), almost 90% of the graduated were dressed!

We were in the minority of people but hey I was ok with that. I saw many people that I did not see for the last few months. We entered the main hall where the event was to be held..I just hoped that I was not caught on camera dozing off or something but If there is actual footage of me I would like to have it (awake I hope)!

His Majesty, Sultan Of Brunei came and he looked in great shape

(He was standing up for a long time- that even makes me respect him even more as he was pretty patient with us) and I felt grateful that he came for the event and gave ALL the graduates one by one their certificates personally. I of course was included and I almost forget to give my thanks to His Majesty but luckily the words came out right when I received my certificate. I was practicing my thank you the day before ^_^

After everybody was allowed to leave the hall, I managed to get TONS of pictures with my friends as well as classmates. Everyone will eventually go their separate ways but I hope we shall stay good friends...no matter what... I will bug them once in awhile! hahaha They have been warned in advance

Overall, it was an exciting event that did not last as long as I expected it.

I should mention that I did have a wardrobe malfunction! I left my extra pair of shoes in the car. My shoes were damaged so badly I could even stick my toes out if the side of the left shoe hahahaha...Wish I had a camera with me (This event happened even before receiving my certificate).

Luckily, I managed and the sad part was that I had to throw it away. I shall miss them T_T

The next day, My dad managed to get Borneo Bulletin's Sunday issue and I was like "woah" There was a picture of me! ( My name was not mentioned though, Had to squint abit to recognise it was me lol) but hey I am keeping that page!

Before I finish my post, it was on that Sunday as well that my sister celebrated her Birthday!...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTER!

I am glad you are my sister!

I hope you get a loooooooooooooot of customers,

Your food is Worth the money!

With that I end my post and wish everybody a GREAT day!!

Dw33b

One's dweeb store of handmade dreams as well as unique stuff