BRISBANE FLOOD COMICS [Jan 2011]

It was a fine sunny morning with slight drizzle
everyone is home watching Toowoomba Flood videos off Youtube
and doing their own stuff like any ordinary day..


I only realised the emergency was real
when people were snatching produces in supermarkets


Walked to South Bank and saw the waters rising
Its time to escape - for real!


An EMPLOYEE reaction was to escape...


An EMPLOYER reaction was to keep calm...
But it was hard to keep calm
when Brisbane City Council evacuated the CBD area


And announced that power supply will be cut off
the next morning from 7AM
To a geek, this means
1. No Computer Games
2. No Surfing Internet
3. No Television
4. No Life!


Immediately packed up my Important Stuff
and prepared for evacuation!


My Burmese friend came to rescue me before
my house and its surrounding streets were flooded
The last thing that I want is to be trapped inside a house
without electricty!


Made phone calls and checked Facebook
to see if my friends were safe and sound..


Answered some calls from Singapore Reporters
who wanted to know the situation in Brisbane


Visited my friends who evacuated from Indooroopilly


Realised that Burmese people eat curry every single day
else it would be some spicy dish that resembles curry


Played basketball with the neighbourhood kids
Learned that kids all over the world are the same
They play aggressive and accuse you of cheating
when they are losing...


Sometimes we play Monopoly just to kill time..


Everyday I think of going home, back to West End..
where WEST END REPRESENT


When the flood water receded,
I went back to check out my house
Everywhere was painted grey-ish brown
Everyone was cleaning and pumping mud out of their properties


Citipointe Church Volunteers came to West End
and handed out hotdog buns and warm/cold beverages
Everyone looked so gloomy and depressed..


After the flood is gone, I learned to appreciate things better
I know after some time, things will go back to the way they used to be...

Deepest condolences
to those who have lost their loved ones and properties

My Flood Photos here
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=599221&id=514885045&l=ab6b9f806a

Below are some articles that I appeared in
back in Singapore..


AsiaOne News


MyPaper (我报)


zbCOMMA (早报逗号)

also a couple of days ago on Mediacorp Ch 8
8AM Good Morning Singapore

Thank you all media who brought home
good news of our safety..

Update Jan 11, 2011 [Tuesday]

Do you feel that sometimes
the world is too big
and you're just not good enough?


I'm playing 三国杀 ONLINE
杀杀杀杀杀杀杀杀杀杀杀杀杀


Time Warp


Raging Repels People


Wish I could...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 IN BRISBANE!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!
May all your wishes come true =)


Its Summer now..
Sometimes its so warm you could pass away..


.. but when it rains
we all complain about not being able to go out and play!
Human are contridicting and ironic creatures


Once again
Its the time of the year where old people
return to their countries and new people arrives..

I guess people who have been here long enough
like Sui-guan and Jay are pretty used to people coming and going


Its quite shitty during this time of the year
cos all our favourite TV series are no break for the festivals
So now i'm watching BONES


Actually I was more hoping
to teach Cultural Diverse Workplace
next semester, but my application didn't go through


A lot of people could not understand why
I din wanna go back during Chinese New Year
Lets just say - memories are not so fond


If you can be an animal, what would you be?
I wanna be a carrot-eating bunny in the countryside..

FIN!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - 2811

Cakes and candies, balloons and candles,
presents and parties!
happy birthday - mingon2811.blogspot.com/
happy birthday kellybestiepigchai

Actually i.. have always wanted to
set off 99 red balloons at the break of dawn


Realised that its time of the year again..
when housemates started going back to their country
and new ones come in


Oh yea.. last night there was this huge-ass flying cockroach
that flew into my room, i chased it out
and it went to claire's room
so she was crying and screaming all night
while we tried to chase it away into conrad's room
best part - the cockroach is immune to repellent


Lately i have these cravings to eat beef
i don't know why.. damnit!


I went to watch harry potter and the deathly hollows 7(1)
it was pretty good but i'm so sick of watching these teenager stuff
it was so cute and fun to watch in the first book
until they start growing hideous and there was romance involved
the only bearable part was emma watson (hermoine)
she's the only one who managed to grow up properly


Yesterday i went to workshops rail museum in ipswich
lots of huge steam trains and stuff, was pretty fun
more details at - mydemoninyou.blogspot.com/


Enough said about "all asians know kung-fu"
or some kind of martial arts, it is not true!
for the last time - only all chinese people know kung-fu
the koreans, japanese, vietnamese etc doesn't


On my sister's wedding day, my aunt told me that my lil cousin
if really good at saving money
he has only $3 allowance daily, but he managed to save himself an ipad
and currently he's saving for his lasik operation
did i mention he's only primary 6?


Kapoop! i'm gonna eat so much codonopsis pilosula (党参)
that i become a peashooter
i will protect the world against evil zombies



Easing my boredom, i tried to trace ken tan's artwork
(click image to enlarge) but failed badly
check out more of his work at halcyondf.deviantart.com/
this guy's a genius!


Excellent cover for my children book
(inspired by the psp game - locoroco)
that i plan to draw when i'm old and wrinkly
heh.. actually i din draw the sunset, it was photoshopped


Recently i'm getting more and more sure and firm
that i don't want to go back to singapore anymore
its juz not a place for me..


HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2811!

October 20 Update 当当当当

I survived FOUR days without internet
because my stupid internet service provider JIMOJO HOTSPOT
decides not to send over their technician
Yes, I almost died..

As promised
Here are the comics I drew when the internet was down..
Enjoy! =)


A lot of people asked me what 當當當當 mean
The answer is...


I saw The Grey alien next to my urinal
a few days ago.. Seriously!


The Big Bang Theory Season 4 was kinda disappointing
I was expecting more.. but the humour detioriated
Do you know that Sheldon, Leonard and Penny are each getting
USD20,000 per episode in this season?


Some Romeo can't stop singing to his guitar
At first it was quite enjoyable
Now he totally ruined my favourite songs


I miss Singapore food
Eg. Hokkien Mee, Teo Chew Porridge, Claypot Rice, Hainanese Chicken Rice
Too many..


I have a problem speaking to people who have
Big Prominent Moles on their faces
cos I can't make eye contact
Its simply too distracting..


Some people love to put their chairs on lecture seats
Its very irritating when the feet stinks
We came across this girl who had sour, rancid-smelling feet


I had some problem connecting to the Griffith University wireless
some time ago, approached the Library IT Helpdesk
and told her I tried the advice on the website and asked if
she can offer further assistance

She clicked on the intranet page and read very slowly
fingering word by word as she speaks,
"Library and IT Help will not be able to provide any technical support beyond this self-help guide"

HOLY COW! English is my FIRST LANGUAGE, you foolish woman!
(Maybe she thought I was retarded or a down-syndrome kid?)
Note that other librarians always go the extra mile to help me
make an appointment with IT support team in GU
What is wrong with this librarian?
As a typical Singaporean, I lodged a complaint
Also as usual, there was no follow up. FML


Every evening, my Indian neighbour's kid screams for his life
when his mother tries to give him a shower
There's always high-pitched painful calls of distress, canning and splashing


This is Libby Chong
She cooks awesome! =D


Life is like a maze
You never know where you'll end up
or how the exit looks like..

It doesn't matter whether you have a map or not
No matter how careful you are
At some point of time, you'll get lost

Sometimes, its fun to get lost
Sometimes..


Do you have constipation?
Have you been eating vegetables regularly?


Sometimes I feel like sawing off the legs
of people who put their legs on the back of my bus seat
Especially when I'm trying to
concentrate on my PSP/iPhone games


I yearn to see a platypus
but have yet to..
Its strange.. I think they are hiding from me..


I enjoy observing ants and touching tree barks
I hate killing animals and insects
You can say I'm a nature lover


I get quite offended when lecturers generalise that International Students
1. Will not be able to finish lengthy essays
2. Will not have enough time to finish reading/understanding case studies
3. Does not understand big words

Teachers should go for training!


Its very distracting when China girls chat in the lecture
after they get bored with their English-Mandarin translators
Indian students pay a lot of attention
Australian students just shake their legs a lot
Korean students chat but I don't understand a word
Japanese students shut up when you stare at them

Seriously, SHUT THE FUCK UP in lectures!


I don't understand why Australian youths
find that Asian kids addressing teachers/seniors as "Sir" is funny
Its probably the 50,000,000th time I've heard mockery

If... If one day they make it big and get to work overseas
Perhaps they'll see how significant it is to address people as
"Sir" instead of "Mate"


We have so many Multi-cultural Festivals, Fairs, Days, Events
in Brisbane and universities itself - but why are the Aussies still so racist?
The problem lies with these events
They often end up being a FOOD FESTIVAL
Looking at other culture's dance and eating their food
DOES NOT help inter-racial tolerance!

Wake up and stop wasting everybody's time and money!


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