Raffles Graduation MY TURN 21032013

This news have been a week old but, I had graduated as an Advanced Diploma Holder in Jewelry Design in Raffles KL, and I got the 'Best Student Award' and so as the 'Best Collection Award. and thankyou for those who came during the exhibition in Fahrenheit.

It feels like yesterday that I just enrolled into Raffles Jewelry Design, and now Im a fresh graduate. The 2 years have been fun and it has so much sweet memories, met so many new people from the same course and  different course. Honestly being a Jewelry Design student is awesome, because this department had been like a family to me because everyone were being so close to each other, its like when ones had problem the otherS would know bout it, people might think we are 8, but this is how our department works. So Glad

The 'Double' Awards photo. The award is just a bouquet of flowers for each award.

So many person i want to Thank for being able to be where I am right now, especially the 2 lecturers that taught me, Adam Whitney and Sydney Scherr. Both a great lecturer with their respective experience and design ideology. Its been fun learning under them even though there times i stuck on certain step, but everything worked out, not sure whether they will saw this but, i had alrdy thank them respectively hahahahaha. Next would be my lovable juniors and seniors, super supportive. you guys been great to me, u guys didnt really made a fuss over me, which i am very grateful of hahaha.. lastly and not least my parents that had supported me so long since i started this course, xie xie.

My collection includes 2 separate sets, which is the mens collection and womens collection. The entire collection is inspired by the Art of Nature, below is the hand fabricated necklace with choker, entirely in sterling silver and with the use of liver of sulphate.

Photo Credit: Raffles Photographer

(fyi, this is not the real product shoot for this necklace and this were taken during the exhibition)

Making this entire collection had been fun, and i were able to try many techniques on making this collection a success, but honestly, i did not felt that I myself as a designer explored enough... anyhow, done is done, but might be enlarging this collection with different techniques like enamel and piercing, (will be fun) more pictures will be posted after the collection is being photoshoot. So stay tune for it..

Thereafter the graduation, I will be entering the next stage in life after diploma which is Internship, that will be starting after today, havent able to find a company yet. anyone wants to hire me? Email me please: matthewyew@hotmail.com Or if you want to have a custom design made and a collaboration, email me as well for further information.

Visiting Royal Selangor 03102012

Whoo!! thats fast, Week2 for this semester is about to over, and assignments had alrdy started pilling up, theres just so much to do as im graduating in 6 months time.

My group and Sydney went for field trip visiting Royal Selangor for our Jewel Tech class as we need to learn about tech on mass production? hahaha no idea the reason why, but the reason we joined is that we can work with pewter cause they have these workshop called 'The School of Hard Knocks'



This workshop is actually teaching us how to make bowls with pewter by 'knocking' on a flat sheet of pewter, its way easier then doing it with silver like my bowl assignment i did for my previous sem, working with pewter is much softer and we were also looking around in their gallery and factory as they produce many pewter products like bowls, tableware, trophies and etc, the work is beautiful, if u got time and got no place to go? drop by there! the service are friendly and the work is just fantastic :)



and also did i mention they got their own jewelry line as well?, its called Selberan and they have some very nice jewelry there, its worth to have a look and even my senior's work were featured there too, for their Valentine collection. The place is not far from Raffles KL and fyi, Royal Selangor is one of Malaysia's Proudest Brand, so if foreigners are trying to look for a place to explore and see Malaysia made stuff, you should drop by here.

one of Royal Selangor's Pewter Tableware with gold plated dragon

this is the 'DIGI MAN' trophy

hahahaha, now im like promoting Royal Selangor, got this habit that if i loved the place i will be talking about it as like im promoting, is this habit a good thing or bad? LOL

After visiting the Royal Selangor, we went to Levain for lunch, the food and environment there are just lovely, their bakery are good and i love their Japanese Curry Rice, just got to order that whenever im there hahaha.

tasty colourful macaroons bought by Betty

Anyhow, had been spending a lot of times on my rendering for the OE and SJDA design competition, hope im even qualify, i doesnt wanna put that much of high hopes in it because im very afraid of expecting too much and couldnt achieve it later on.



Oh also, i purchased this awesome sunglasses from MERPUNKS recently,
and i will be blogging bout this fb/blogshop soon.

How I spent my lonely sem break your asking?

Wassup people, im currently on the semester break, and few more days left till a new semester begins and so as the war, (fyi i meant assignments) Next classwill be about stone settings, its gonna be complicated with my clumsy eyesight and fingers, gonna be suffocating with stress,

even before the semester start, im alrdy on stress, thinking bout my graduation and major project pieces as what im gonna design and make, everything is depending on this final project, i had drew and design many collection or pieces based on a particular inspiration but it just didnt really suit me i felt.

well, gotta wait, when the time comes, i'll just have to look for advice from lecturers and dad...

havent been productive this whole semester break (only a week), just slacking off, wakes up at 1 evening and have breakfast, then fetch sister from school, then help mom with cooking dinner, then bath, then dinner then start my movie night, fb-ing and coloring my stork pendant. Kinda regret doing all these waking up late cause i now dont have the enough time on finish rendering my jewelleries for SJDA, so i might as well give up on participating in the SJDA competition. So sad, now im just wanting to finish render it and put it into my portfolio for graduation instead. 

this is the stork im talking bout, havent been rendering very good 

cause i nvr been practicing much, will be posting a finished one in the future post.

But i sure did had fun watching 2 movies every night, there were comedy, horror, sci-fi and all but the best were The Change-Up, even though is comedy, it has a moral value in it and i just laugh hard on that entire movie... pffft...  HAHAHAHA,

this are the movies i watched, 'The Change-Up , The Roommate , Apollo 18 , Prometheus , Red Ridding Hood , The Cabin in The Woods and The Horrible Bosses. All accompanied me every night thankyou LOL

 

gotta go back to the real world next week, 

so gotta have fun hahaha

Invitation, I RECEIVED :D

oh yeah babeh..!!! i got the invitation to the Nuffnang BlogAwards2011

its absolutely my first time..!!!! *yay*

but the sad thing were im gonna be alone going there, Sadly, non of my blog friends were going, cause some were busy, did not receive the invitation and some were not interested. The venue is gonna be in Putrajaya Mariott which i dunno where is it and there will be an after party too.. but its in ZOUK in KL its gonna be far going from Putrajaya to KL.. sien diao :(  anyhow, the dress code for the event is FORMAL *great cause there will be no wardrobe problem for me.. bowtie of course i will be putting on.. ahahaha 

Honestly, i cant wait to see other famous bloggers, wheeeee

i needa break from my life

HELLO GUYS..!!!!!!! nvr been able to update much...

there just nothing much happening lately, its just the assignments, classes, AutoCads, designs, and drawing stuff revolves around me.. and is just frustrating when i needed money to book the materials from online.. its just s annoying to plan out everything and ask for money.. it just make me worry SO darn much.. i just wish that the college would just help us order and we just pay for it.. but its IMPOSSIBLE..!!!! even getting a toilet in block C is totally impossible, CRAP..!!! should have went to LKW went my dad ask me to, but damned the expenses there could be even higher.. SAD..!!! i totally wish that my family is billionaire, no need to worry so much about money and buying material stuff..!!!!

sometimes i complaint too much n lil matters and there are times to i try to rush stuff when it doesnt need to be rush but, is just that it just disturb me so much that i couldnt concentrate on having fun like you guys.. im always thinking of the time that i has to be back home, the assignment have to be done on time, i just like to make sure everything is on track...

i dont want to be like when im still in high school everything wait for last minute, that attitude of mine has to be gone, you heard me, GONE i said *pissed at my own*
i know its our Malaysia culture that, Malaysians love to do last minute work, but the 'worry' just kills me so MUCH..!!! :(

i just needa break..!!! a month long break if possible, but its not...
raffles break is only a week long and thats why, we the ones study diploma can graduate faster then other colleges... so jealous that there are colleges, that are having a two week long holiday.. ayeyaiyai ><

owh yeah before i forget.. ahahah, the photo of me taking picture with Tan Sri for the MRT LOGO CONTEST award were featured in the Raffles International Admission Office 2012 magazine.. im so happy ahahahah, well thats the most recent news for me :)

and not only that, i had started driving myself to college since last saturday 26112011, its like finally im able to drive to college by myself, i felt so embarrassed for kept on asking my beloved friends for a ride

teeheeee, thats it for now..
a new year is coming up ahead, which means a new header is coming up ahead..
so please... stay tune :)

MRT LOGO CONTEST AWARD GIVING CEREMONY 18082011

hey readers and friends, as you have know, 

IM ONE OF THE TOP 20 in the MRT LOGO DESIGN CONTEST, and im invited to the MRT LOGO CONTEST award giving ceremony in 1SENTRAL... and my dad accompanied me to there from College, took an hour off from Syd's class.. :)))

its definitely my first time wining such a big design contest and also is my first time ever my dad came to MY AWARD GIVING CEREMONY instead of me attending to his.. hahaha, im so glad my dad could come...

this is me with Tan Sri and My beloved Dad

signning form and getting my first CHECK in MY LIFE..!!!

YAY...!!!!! *superb happy and excited*

look at the 2 happy guys..!! AHHAHAHA XDD

and now i GOT it, and now i can finally realized my little dream which is getting my own a camera

First of, i would like to THANK all 218 voters and others that had tried to vote my MRT LOGO.. THANKYOU VERY MUCH.. you have been such a good help and been a great supporter in helping me to promote my logo.. its all because of you all that made me to be in Top 20, therefore... I will update my blog more often and post more AWESOME photos, cause am getting a semipro camera with the CONSOLATION PRIZE (RM2000).. i know it would be better if i treat you guys for lunch or dinner but obviously i would do that cause if you were me, would you do that..??? I DONT MIND PEOPLE ASKING ME TO treat them cause they have the right too.. so NEVERMIND that.. ahahah cause i had been getting those questions A LOT :))

Recently 13082011

had been very busy with my previous and current assignments... which had caused me no time for me to update my blog... sorry

my college life has now started to take over lots of my fun and leisure time, which includes going out with my suria friends (high school) and also my tuition friends sadly, 

And im very sure once the assignments had done, im gonna be very sick cause of the tiredness and the stress... I had been eating a lot in my college's cafeteria without any reason.. and the reason that my course-mates says were im too stress.. and YES I AM..!!! so here are few of my assignment thru out the few previous weeks in my second smester in Raffles

my name piece for my Modelmaking class

fruit colour pencil drawing for my Colour Analysis class

and also this illusion mixing for Colour Analysis class too

3 characters for my Digital Imaging class which were recently denied 

and i have to do it in all black and white with more shadows and other stuff..

WHAT A DRAG..!!!!!! 

look at my mermaid, doesnt she look gorgeous..?? AHAHHAHA

and if u havent added my facebook or followed on my twitter, here's a recent thing happenned in my life, which is IM THE TOP 20 in the MRT LOGO CONTEST and i were invited to attend their prize giving ceremony next week in KL Sentral

stay tune :)

VOTE for my 'MRT' LOGO

hey readers,

i have recently joined
the 'MRT' logo design contest

< - - - and this is my logo

and i am very in need of your votes please...

1)by voting, just click on this link

http://www.kvmrt.com.my/contest/?paged=17

2)and press facebook's 'login to vote'

3)then press 'allow'

4)and look for my logo, then click 'VOTE'

i have to get my logo to the top 20 to win the consolation prize...

therefore i really need your votes, so once u finish helping me voting,

tell your friends about it too and ask them to vote for me :)

it would be great if i can win the prize.. cause i want to get myself a lumix camera

hahahahahhahahaha

so dont wait anymore START VOTE FOR MY LOGO,

and for your infomation

im currently on the 19th place for now, 

and i need more votes so that i can constantly be in the TOP 20,

SO PLEASE DO VOTE :)

stay tuned :)