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Unusual Days 20130823
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Exactly 4 months since my last journal. We don't have seasons here in Malaysia, but I can imagine that kind of change.
As always, it'd be too easy saying many things have changed. But what I will say is, I've made a decision to face challenges again. BIG challenges. I have learnt much from the place I'm in now.
In my absence from dA, I have experienced Dota 2's The International. Much bigger and grander than last year's, coupled with the official release status, it has brought in more than a million players and interested gamers. The Malaysian Orange Esports team got third place, beating signature Chinese teams, an achievement like none other. Our Sports Minister even joined in and gave some legitimacy to the whole Dota thing. How times have changed!
Like real journeys, sometimes you just got to sit and rest on the roadside, looking back on how far you've traveled. What you've done, when you've gone to. Just as history teaches us things, our own past steps in our journey also reveal answers.
It's telling me to move on and be better.
So anyways, I may consider being active on dA and Tumblr again, but more importantly I need to do things a real craftsman: produce good results. Tomorrow's Animangaki 2013, one of the local hip anime-games-comics conventions, and I'll be spending my weekends there.
I'm a big Dota 2 geek, come find me if you got anything interesting. Also, Art of Manliness is a damn wonderful blog.
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Unusual Days 20130423
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Just stumbled onto the Art of Manliness blog weeks ago, and I have to say that it really changed me. Long hours of Dota 2 have thickened my once-soft skin against harsh words and raging emotions, but never have reading a blog clarified so many things for me.
After some reading, I do agree with one sentiment the AoM blog perpetuates: our society is now safer than ever, men have much greater choice in freedom and opportunities, but all these come at a cost of most men turned into directionless, driveless pussies and hipsters. That's expected, when there's a pro, there's a con. It's just the way the universe balances itself. What I like about the blog is that it doesn't just whine like most others do; it actually attempts to fix and offer solutions. Noble effort.
From AoM I encountered entries writing about a specific, valiant man: Theodore Roosevelt, the man who many agreed to be the one of the most badass presidents ever lived. He has an interesting take on purpose of being, at least for himself:
"I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph."
A strenous life, well put. It was a good start, but the quote that really caught me was this:
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
If the man who people considered badass said that making mistakes and striving no matter what are all part of being a man, what does that say of laymen? To think that more than 100 years have passed since this man lived. Really inspiring. I may have wasted a lot of time in things, but I'm happy that I've persevered long enough to see new wisdom.
Let's make things happen today. It is the man in the arena that makes things happen, not the critic that sits in his armchair pointing.
After some reading, I do agree with one sentiment the AoM blog perpetuates: our society is now safer than ever, men have much greater choice in freedom and opportunities, but all these come at a cost of most men turned into directionless, driveless pussies and hipsters. That's expected, when there's a pro, there's a con. It's just the way the universe balances itself. What I like about the blog is that it doesn't just whine like most others do; it actually attempts to fix and offer solutions. Noble effort.
From AoM I encountered entries writing about a specific, valiant man: Theodore Roosevelt, the man who many agreed to be the one of the most badass presidents ever lived. He has an interesting take on purpose of being, at least for himself:
"I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph."
A strenous life, well put. It was a good start, but the quote that really caught me was this:
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
If the man who people considered badass said that making mistakes and striving no matter what are all part of being a man, what does that say of laymen? To think that more than 100 years have passed since this man lived. Really inspiring. I may have wasted a lot of time in things, but I'm happy that I've persevered long enough to see new wisdom.
Let's make things happen today. It is the man in the arena that makes things happen, not the critic that sits in his armchair pointing.
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My Girlfriend's Art Commission
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Please have a look, you might interested in the art style she offers!
Please have a look, you might interested in the art style she offers!
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The Journey of Artingz 2013
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Yo, happy new year, everyone! Yeah, I'm still alive, despite very few journal entries and very few artwork uploaded, heheh.
2012 has been quite a rough year for me, but that has never deterred me from my ongoing journey as an artist. If you're wondering where I've been aside from lurking internet communities and getting busy at a dayjob... most of my time is spent on Dota 2, since May 2012. I've played its earlier incarnation during my college years, and oh how it has changed since then. Valve is just bloody amazing.
I've got plans for 2013. From the FNStudio side, to my personal artwork side, to Dota 2 Workshop side, so many plans I have in store. While I won't detail much, I'll just say that 2013 is going to be an awesome year because of what I've learned about myself going through the tough ride of 2012. I'm actually excited for whatever that's coming. I just feel so alive!
A shoutout to wonderful people
and 
!
Let's make this year a great one!
2012 has been quite a rough year for me, but that has never deterred me from my ongoing journey as an artist. If you're wondering where I've been aside from lurking internet communities and getting busy at a dayjob... most of my time is spent on Dota 2, since May 2012. I've played its earlier incarnation during my college years, and oh how it has changed since then. Valve is just bloody amazing.
I've got plans for 2013. From the FNStudio side, to my personal artwork side, to Dota 2 Workshop side, so many plans I have in store. While I won't detail much, I'll just say that 2013 is going to be an awesome year because of what I've learned about myself going through the tough ride of 2012. I'm actually excited for whatever that's coming. I just feel so alive!
A shoutout to wonderful people
and !Let's make this year a great one!
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