<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213</id><updated>2012-02-03T04:00:15.368Z</updated><category term='Life Drawings'/><category term='Portfolio Work'/><category term='Illustrations'/><category term='Comics'/><category term='Baking'/><category term='Events Worth Remembering'/><category term='Outfits'/><category term='Runway Reviews'/><category term='Pattern Cutting'/><category term='Ramblings'/><title type='text'>Debbie Tung - Fashion, Art &amp; Life's Musings</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-2320907626701200802</id><published>2010-07-08T17:26:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T17:32:16.953+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I'VE MOVED</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Hi everyone I haven't been blogging much lately, and I'll explain it in my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://debbietung.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;new blog&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;as I wanted to change the url. Thank you for following I really appreciate it I love the comments you leave about my work and I hope it wont be a hassle to follow my other blog instead because I wont be updating here anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also for blogger who've linked me, please re-link! Thank you so much for visiting!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My new blog is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://debbietung.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;http://debbietung.blogspot.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-2320907626701200802?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/2320907626701200802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=2320907626701200802&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/2320907626701200802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/2320907626701200802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2010/07/ive-moved.html' title='I&apos;VE MOVED'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-1278196851085211437</id><published>2010-01-08T17:14:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-01-08T17:15:53.258Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Drawings'/><title type='text'>Homeless</title><content type='html'>This term my whole research will be looking at the homeless and poor... Because they dress for comfort and nothing else... Alot of baggy oversized clothing, layering and hoods for protection, torn well-used and loose.. soft dull colours etc. etc....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had an assigment during the Christmas break which totally cut my holidays short and forced me to do some drawings for my research...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=Scan0001edit.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/Scan0001edit.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=Scan10-01-021645edit.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/Scan10-01-021645edit.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;A homeless girl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doing this project has forced me to look at such painful photos and I have walked around the streets noticing how many homeless people there are in the heart of London itself. I wish I had the courage to walk up to them and ask them what is their story... Sometimes I feel I'm in no position to give out money because technically they're my parents' money... Thus I am another selfish passerby like everyone else that cast unhelpful sympathy glances for 2 seconds and walk away because we always have somewhere to rush to and something to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-1278196851085211437?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/1278196851085211437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=1278196851085211437&amp;isPopup=true' title='71 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/1278196851085211437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/1278196851085211437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2010/01/homeless.html' title='Homeless'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/th_Scan0001edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>71</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-7784906962121886781</id><published>2009-12-14T19:45:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-12-14T19:58:52.460Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Portfolio Work'/><title type='text'>OMG...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Things have been so rough the past few weeks that i almost went mad not getting enough sleep... Thankfully term 1 has just finished... and I can start blogging again..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are just some images of my portfolio work from last year, that I brought for my interview to get onto my current BA course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The project was called 'opposites and contrasts'... so basically I had a vision of beautiful things.. like innocence, against anorexia and self inflicted pain, natural against man-made, traditional against modern, stuff like that. But the one i really liked was the innocence and ballerina against anorexia and blood and anger. I thought that was my strongest theme and really helped boost my project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2b136fd7.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/2b136fd7.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=9550a3e6.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/9550a3e6.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=5621cfd5.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/5621cfd5.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=991527cd.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/991527cd.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;This is some fabric manipulation work we had to do in Textile class... It was kind of scary but fitted perfectly for my project. It was supposed to depict blood and intestines just dripping out from a perfectly beautiful immaculate skin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=8f6503e5.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/8f6503e5.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;More design work... I can't imagine how much effort i put into these sheets last year. I practically slaved over them!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=3c2eb26f.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/3c2eb26f.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=98b1db3f.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/98b1db3f.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=8f35f57c.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/8f35f57c.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d0248781.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/d0248781.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2c9bbbbb.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/2c9bbbbb.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My friends voted this as their favourite page last year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=8be91470.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/8be91470.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=bbc57744.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/bbc57744.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=e3add75b.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/e3add75b.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=1a3fe65f.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/1a3fe65f.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=e4016c38.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/e4016c38.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d5d1e3a1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/d5d1e3a1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=ce5f2f79.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/ce5f2f79.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Some garment pattern cutting work we had to do to produce our designs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=f8ca46dc.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/f8ca46dc.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Final collection line-up... The dress I made for the fashion show is the third one from the right. Easy and simple haha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll be taking photos of my recent portfolio work for this term and updating my blog soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-7784906962121886781?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/7784906962121886781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=7784906962121886781&amp;isPopup=true' title='67 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/7784906962121886781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/7784906962121886781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/12/omg.html' title='OMG...'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/th_2b136fd7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>67</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-619502455418344477</id><published>2009-10-24T14:53:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-24T14:54:17.699+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outfits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustrations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Drawings'/><title type='text'>2 hour &amp; 2 minute sketches</title><content type='html'>My 2 hour sketches...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=f09dc359.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/f09dc359.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Analysing texture and sillhouette of sculptures in the British Museum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=72569e2a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/72569e2a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Analysing drape and folds of another sculpture in the British Museum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=0e9ef045.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/0e9ef045.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Ever so detailed drawing of a historical gown from Victoria and Albert Museum. I do love this gown and wish i had it myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2b6dcad9.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/2b6dcad9.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Analysing the dirt on my hand after drawing... Im pretty sure my hand looked blacker than this photo but i think the flash made my hand whiter than my actualy skin even looks like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;And some 2 minute fashion illustrations done for a research we had to do a week ago at college...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=3d05d9dc.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/3d05d9dc.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=7a3531bb.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/7a3531bb.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=b9819051.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/b9819051.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=f147a586.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/f147a586.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;And some of my favourite outfit photos from the previous weeks...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=91d47654.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/91d47654.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A very feminine look that I'm not sure I'll wear again but I loved the colour on the dress that I had to wear it... The dress was from a charity shop that costed me 2 pounds!!!!!! Yessss I love it when i find cheap things my size.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=bd920095.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/bd920095.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Very interesting fabric details...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=754d451d.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/754d451d.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;One of my favourite looks so far... I matched an oversized blazer with printed chiffon dress and belted them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=a71c7d3f.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/a71c7d3f.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I love this photo because my legs look longer than they actually are in real life sigh...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And one of the rare items I feel I paid good money for...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=297b9cd9.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/297b9cd9.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2009/07/book-has-arrived.html"&gt;The Sartorialist by Scott Schuman&lt;/a&gt;. Photos of amazing streetstyles page after page... my source of inspiration and the only textbook i'll ever need for the rest of my life! I have a knack for exaggerating but this time Im probably not!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got it from Amazon at a reduced price and I waited in my flat whole day for the delivery... Did not want to wait for rescheduling delivery and I had to see that book!!! The best buy I made in a long time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-619502455418344477?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/619502455418344477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=619502455418344477&amp;isPopup=true' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/619502455418344477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/619502455418344477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/10/2-hour-2-minute-sketches.html' title='2 hour &amp; 2 minute sketches'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/th_f09dc359.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-6226550303979661880</id><published>2009-10-10T15:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-10T22:13:42.119+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outfits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustrations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Drawings'/><title type='text'>What a Mess...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;In my sketchbook...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=50ef78ad.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/50ef78ad.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=3ea8380f.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/3ea8380f.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=10927fb0.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/10927fb0.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=98505382.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/98505382.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=77dd6669.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/77dd6669.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A sketch of my bf sleeping peacefully during one of our trips during my summer break.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another outfit I wore a couple of weeks ago during a rare sunny day in London...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=18f6863e.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/18f6863e.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=89c557f6.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/89c557f6.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Things have been very busy at college and im practically sketching 10 times a day with only one design that i may like among all of them. I promised myself to update my blog twice a week but that commitment went down the drain too quickly...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm missing home so much!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-6226550303979661880?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/6226550303979661880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=6226550303979661880&amp;isPopup=true' title='166 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/6226550303979661880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/6226550303979661880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-mess.html' title='What a Mess...'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/th_50ef78ad.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>166</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-176994728230233039</id><published>2009-09-30T18:14:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T18:14:32.589+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outfits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustrations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Drawings'/><title type='text'>Bali Sketches &amp; Starting New Term</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Some sketches I did while on a family trip in Bali...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=45d29ea6.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/45d29ea6.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A temple that didn't let me in because I was BLEEDING. (I'll only explain this to friends who message me personally... 'cause it's not nice to share this here).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I sat outside and killed time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=25fb66d1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/25fb66d1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=dc91fee9.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/dc91fee9.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Cartoon versions of my Dad, Mom and Bro...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=87c01245.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/87c01245.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Sis friend, My friend, Sis and angelic me. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d7129c5d.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/d7129c5d.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My bro drew the left side of the page on the plane... And the right picture is a sketch of my sis and her friend while we had supper on the first night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d5c9e8b3.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/d5c9e8b3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Bali beer and Teaaaaa...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My new term at college has started and projects are pilling up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=b4e4c68f.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/b4e4c68f.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My outfit on a typical gloomy London weather day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=fe3ca422.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/fe3ca422.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=58a66446.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/58a66446.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4c6c4758.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/4c6c4758.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My Favourite Necklace!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-176994728230233039?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/176994728230233039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=176994728230233039&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/176994728230233039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/176994728230233039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/10/bali-sketches-starting-new-term.html' title='Bali Sketches &amp; Starting New Term'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/th_45d29ea6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-4831708176915627504</id><published>2009-09-15T08:29:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T08:30:57.766+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pattern Cutting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outfits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Events Worth Remembering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ramblings'/><title type='text'>DIY Ripped Pants and Farewell</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My holidays passed by so fast I have to cramp two posts in one!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First off I'm very excited about my new ripped pants that's giving me one thing to look forward to when I leave for London tomorrow morning. I didn't dare wear it here but I'm pretty certain to wear it to college in London.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's how I ripped my black pants that made my father cringe in disgust:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=33477ba6.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/33477ba6.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I got my pants and marked the rips with chalk. I wanted to make both sides symmetrical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d2093bba.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/d2093bba.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Small but extremly sharp scissors to make precise cuts for the shape of my rips. Some are long and deep... some are short and thin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=1a705f07.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/1a705f07.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used a cheese grater to fray the threads and pulled them out until it looked the way I wanted it to. I also used a seam ripped to make forced rips so it looked more 'worn and torn'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After approximately 3 hours...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=aec67d7b.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/aec67d7b.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My ripped pants!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=acc18052.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/acc18052.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=6584da12.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/6584da12.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;It turned out exactly the way I wanted it... except now I have to be careful how Im going to wash it because if that gets into the washing machine Im afraid I'll be showing more skin than I initially intended to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't believe I'm leaving for London tomorrow already =(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to miss all the good times I had with my friends =(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If only I could pack them all to London with me HAHA xD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=7afd6030.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/7afd6030.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=a939754e.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/a939754e.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=8b38e165.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/8b38e165.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=7888e964.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/7888e964.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thanks for all the fun outings in the last 3 months! I'll always be looking forward to coming home because of you guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;And last but not least...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=8eaed6b4.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/8eaed6b4.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm missing you already =(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pray I can get cheap tickets to come back during easter break!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-4831708176915627504?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/4831708176915627504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=4831708176915627504&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/4831708176915627504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/4831708176915627504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/09/diy-ripped-pants-and-farewell.html' title='DIY Ripped Pants and Farewell'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/th_33477ba6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-6771488327677332578</id><published>2009-09-09T13:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T13:04:38.286+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pattern Cutting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outfits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustrations'/><title type='text'>My Very Own Batwing Dress</title><content type='html'>I saw a similar design in a store one day and it was super expensive then I looked at it and thought I could actually make this myself because it didn't require much pattern cutting work and I had the exact fabric...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=6816cf18.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/6816cf18.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A rough sketch of the design and the 2/5 scaled pattern used to make the dress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=e62c570b.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/e62c570b.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Some thing I did for fun on Photoshop. I actually just wanted to colour the dress in black but I ended up having fun with the background and stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=53b9bf43.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/53b9bf43.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Laying out my paper pattern on the black Jersey-lycra fabric.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Anddd........ Wallah!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=f3dbf338.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/f3dbf338.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I matched it with a white belt and long pearly necklace which I wish i didn't that day because when I came back I realised the dress looked quite good on its own instead of with the belt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=e145a683.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/e145a683.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is how the sleeves look like. Although I swear if you look closely enough my hemming around the sleeves and neckline are horrible because I got no Overlocking machine... Thank goodness this dress is purely black and not so obvious :|&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-6771488327677332578?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/6771488327677332578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=6771488327677332578&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/6771488327677332578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/6771488327677332578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-very-own-batwing-dress.html' title='My Very Own Batwing Dress'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/th_6816cf18.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-5721330989384324371</id><published>2009-09-03T11:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T11:37:09.358+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustrations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Drawings'/><title type='text'>Sketchbook Drawings</title><content type='html'>I've been sewing almost everyday lately.. I bought this cheap oversized pencil skirt and altered it to fit myself. It's got a nice denim look so I'll wear it one of these days and post it up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've also made a batwing dress... Which took up most of my time the past few days. It's my second 'wearable dress' i've ever made so far (that sounds pretty sad).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I've also been doing everyday is drawing in my little o Sketchbook...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=eafb40fd.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/eafb40fd.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=b38beeb0.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/b38beeb0.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=74e17c59.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/74e17c59.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=742fd957.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/742fd957.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A page full of Fashion sketches and collage work....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=4165e6da.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/4165e6da.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I like my sketchbook to be messy and rough yet full of emotitions. When I find a page too white or too 'proper' I deliberately take wet paint and spoil it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=5c4a816d.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/5c4a816d.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I also hate straight lines... Explains why i don't use rulers except for technical drawings... and why sometimes i like to tear pictures with my bare hands instead of using a pair of scissors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=5919fd59.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/5919fd59.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Here are some drawings I did during a recent trip to Singapore:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=c9ec719c.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/c9ec719c.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My bf's new pair of Nike shoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=179f0482.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/179f0482.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;An illustration of a very blue building outside the apartment we stayed in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-5721330989384324371?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/5721330989384324371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=5721330989384324371&amp;isPopup=true' title='159 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/5721330989384324371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/5721330989384324371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/09/sketchbook-drawings.html' title='Sketchbook Drawings'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/th_eafb40fd.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>159</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-8410204468385004991</id><published>2009-08-27T11:01:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T11:06:20.084+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outfits'/><title type='text'>Enjoying the Sun while I Can</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A couple of simple outfits I wore during hot sunny days... No more of these once I go back London in 3 weeks!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=f0d3ae56.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/f0d3ae56.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Green tank top from Bershka. I like it because of the printed layers at the hemline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=a38ca09f.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/a38ca09f.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Long white shirt tied at waist also from Bershka. Im really beginning to love that shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=8b7330d8.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/8b7330d8.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;And my favourite blazer look matched with casual pieces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=73009a41.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/73009a41.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My bf took these amazing photos. I have to mention this here or he'll think I'm taking him for granted haha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=a8193ac1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/a8193ac1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=367299ff.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/367299ff.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Gonna miss him once I go back London... =(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No one else to snap photos of me and be patient enough to make sure Im satisfied with the outcome sigh..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shockingly enough... my Look was featured of &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.fabsugar.com/4223575"&gt;FabSugar&lt;/a&gt; a couple of days ago too. Was so surprised I ran to my dad like a small kid. &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.fabsugar.com/4223575"&gt;Click Here&lt;/a&gt; to see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-8410204468385004991?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/8410204468385004991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=8410204468385004991&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/8410204468385004991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/8410204468385004991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/08/enjoying-sun-while-i-can.html' title='Enjoying the Sun while I Can'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/th_f0d3ae56.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-1755797836848461474</id><published>2009-08-12T09:53:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-12T09:54:00.471+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ramblings'/><title type='text'>Because Someone's Angry...</title><content type='html'>My Bf was angry with me last night and I drew these comics out on impulse. I haven't been drawing comics for such a long time I almost miss it. This time instead of hand writting the talk bubbles... Photoshop helped enhance my amatuer looking comic strips...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=c70da223.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/c70da223.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=db17f327.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/db17f327.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=1ea812ca.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/1ea812ca.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;It's not supposed to make much sense but probably intended to soften my bf a little so he won't be so mad at me no more haha x)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-1755797836848461474?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/1755797836848461474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=1755797836848461474&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/1755797836848461474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/1755797836848461474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/08/because-someones-angry.html' title='Because Someone&apos;s Angry...'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/th_c70da223.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-1269292719419584</id><published>2009-08-04T08:10:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T08:19:37.314+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Drawings'/><title type='text'>Sketchbook</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;While visiting Venice last year, I took the opportunity to do my very own painting of Venice like the ones you always see in the art shops and stuff. The difference is The art shops used proper canvas, oil or probably acrylic paints, air brushing maybe and fixatives... I on the other hand, did my amateur painting on my little reliable sketchbook using a Sharpie art pen, water colours and bits of cheap pastels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d025b073.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/d025b073.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;The hardest part for me were the freaking windows you see on the right side. I hate using rulers when I draw... I always wanted to draw straight lines using my free hand to make a drawing more expressive rather than so erm... set in stone. So you can see why my windows look so irregular.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had fun painting the water most!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=6db5e420.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/6db5e420.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I did this in my sketchbook too... using just Charcoal and my fingers to smear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2e738c81.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/2e738c81.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A drawing of my sister.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=a6f14cba.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/a6f14cba.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My sister playing with her boyfriend's handphone while lazing around in the room in Venice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=c2130042.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/c2130042.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My sister's boyfriend who decided to pose for me. I know he doesn't look so decent here but heck he was wearing pajamas haha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=59bbb0ee.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/59bbb0ee.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Painting of my sister in her room. She was sitiing in that same position for several minutes while I drew her out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d730e03e.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/d730e03e.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A drawing of... No one in particular. But probably a hairstyle I would like to have one day?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This drawing took me a whole hour and did it while sipping Starbucks during a hot afternoon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-1269292719419584?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/1269292719419584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=1269292719419584&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/1269292719419584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/1269292719419584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/08/sketchbook.html' title='Sketchbook'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/th_d025b073.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-1652348522136466754</id><published>2009-07-31T05:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T05:25:31.913+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outfits'/><title type='text'>Multiple Outfits</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Since I haven't been updating much and been going out and travelling so much more... This is a post with three of my recent outfits...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d68b46bf.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/d68b46bf.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;An outfit I wore on a trip to Singapore. Green printed summer dress, made of very light cotton and adjustable length because of the elastic band around the skirt. I could use it as a shirt too but have yet to try that out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=9af30991.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/9af30991.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A black and white striped body-con dress that I paired with a cheap black shirt from a Charity Store in London. Gladiator Sandals also from London.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=f09ea8ac.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/f09ea8ac.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My favourite nude colour dress. I decided to wear my shoes a bit differently this time instead of flats and sandals since my dress was already not too flashy. I actually really miss wearing boots since I arrived back home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More photos to come!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-1652348522136466754?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/1652348522136466754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=1652348522136466754&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/1652348522136466754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/1652348522136466754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/07/multiple-outfits.html' title='Multiple Outfits'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/th_d68b46bf.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-3830952432061785000</id><published>2009-07-15T10:12:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T10:12:33.304+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ramblings'/><title type='text'>Coco Chanel</title><content type='html'>Last night my bf and I watched a movie "Coco Chanel". Obviously, the movie is about the life of the legendary fashion designer Chanel but I never expected it to turn out so good and addictive. This is one movie where I actually wanted to listen to every single word and understand what was happening and who the characters were.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d957bc26.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/d957bc26.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The filming of the movie was done very artistically in my opinion... and the actresses Barbora Bobulova and Shirley MacLaine played their roles as Coco Chanel very well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I truly thought Barbora Bobulova was stunning in the movie! She has this flawless natural beauty and witty personality in the movie that I couldn't imagine any other actress to have played the part better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=31b45cc0.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/31b45cc0.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A scene from the movie where Coco Chanel wore her handmade hat and received disapproval from the public. I love her outfit in this one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=5b4007e1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/5b4007e1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most beautiful smile!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2ed985fd.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/2ed985fd.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=85bb5313.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/85bb5313.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My favourite part where Chanel was trying desperately to get on the horse and saw the boy at the stables and told him to take off his pants so she could wear them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=5d6c1c08.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/5d6c1c08.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honestly one of the best movies I've ever watched!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=de680f2f.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/de680f2f.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-3830952432061785000?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/3830952432061785000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=3830952432061785000&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/3830952432061785000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/3830952432061785000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/07/coco-chanel.html' title='Coco Chanel'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/th_d957bc26.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-2177442767938578630</id><published>2009-07-14T09:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-14T09:44:45.671+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outfits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baking'/><title type='text'>Chocolatey</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Since coming back home I've been taking a LONG break from sketching and pattern cutting and I hate myself for enjoying the comfort of being back home so much that the thought of spending my time usefully hasn't quite crossed my mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless I've been going back to trying my hand at baking a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Black chocolate cake &lt;/span&gt;with &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chocolate buttercream frosting&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=c756c1c9.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/c756c1c9.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My baking basics. Dad got me a giant can of baking powder when I got back without knowing that I usually need no more than 2 teaspoons for each time I bake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=2c827e45.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/2c827e45.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My substitute for Buttermilk that was called in the recipe I found online. I combined Vinegar and whole milk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=9feaae29.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/9feaae29.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Love cocoa powder!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=ca5b0918.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/ca5b0918.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;The batter. I wanted to drink it all right there on the spot haha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=ca56ba54.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/ca56ba54.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;For some reason my cakes always crack and turn out deformed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=927f2366.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/927f2366.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Making the Buttercream Frosting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=62775edf.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/62775edf.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Semi-sweet Chocolate chips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My ridiculous looking end result:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=8454e43b.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/8454e43b.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Well after frosting I didn't have any other thing to decorate my cake with... So i took a cadbury bar of button chocolates and cut each button in half and spreaded them around the cake. Then a kitkat bar that I broke in half to stick in the middle... My dad was saying it looked like the Stonehenge sheesh...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=3a71bd09.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/3a71bd09.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My very own piece of cake. I was particularly glad the frosting looked very clean on top of the cake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=b066f102.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/b066f102.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And since my blog has been such a bore lately... Here's one of my outfit that i matched on a lazy sunny day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=b2569274.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/b2569274.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-2177442767938578630?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/2177442767938578630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=2177442767938578630&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/2177442767938578630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/2177442767938578630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/07/chocolatey.html' title='Chocolatey'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Summer%2009/th_c756c1c9.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-5184469052328019405</id><published>2009-07-01T10:42:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T10:45:19.533+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Runway Reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outfits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustrations'/><title type='text'>Soft Colours and Drapes</title><content type='html'>While randomly flipping through &lt;a href="http://style.com"&gt;Style.com&lt;/a&gt; and a few of my favourite collections from Resort 2010, I found &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Moschino&lt;/span&gt; using soft colours and lightweight fabric at the same time. Since coming back to Malaysia the weather has been so hot and humid that light fabric is all I can think about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=c5c597b3.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/c5c597b3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My favourite is this colour combination... Nude and black... Obviously 'cause I used a similar colour pallete for my fashion show garment 2 months ago hehe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=a3b7dfb0.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/a3b7dfb0.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I love love this simple dress. It's got a beautiful drape on one shoulder and the fabric is so light and lovely I wish I had one to wear right now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=a715157b.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/a715157b.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Again Im in love with the colour pallete!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d324cf03.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/d324cf03.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;These baggy genie pants seem to be everywhere lately. I haven't tried one myself because I thought i would look weird... but they seem really comfortable! Perfect for a long flight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Max Azria also caught my eye because of their loose and tight concept... Using plenty of stretch fabric and light colours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=3c2058e1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/3c2058e1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Loving the details on the sleeves and how loose it is on the top yet tight around the hips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=ab1decc9.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/ab1decc9.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;A little white dress with very subtle drape details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=b45f36e2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/b45f36e2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/?action=view&amp;amp;current=7921b619.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/7921b619.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I really love the white shirt. It's a very see-through fabric but drapes nicely over the body... I found a beautiful shirt like this from Zara a few weeks ago but it was pricey so I didn't get it... instead I went to the fabric store and bought 1 metre of cloth that's still in my luggage... Will attempt to make a similar shirt soon with my fingers crossed haha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some old sketches I did back in London while my sis and I lazed around in Starbucks... My very own virtual Resort 2010 Collection  x)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=85eb582d.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/85eb582d.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=3c851590.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/3c851590.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=9f97cc8a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/9f97cc8a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/?action=view&amp;amp;current=60ca83ea.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/artwork/60ca83ea.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;And an outfit I wore sometime in London while waiting for my sis in the fitting room. I had on a simple oversized white shirt from &lt;a href="http://www.bershka.com"&gt;Bershka&lt;/a&gt; that I belted and my favourite blazer...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=8001d1bb.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/8001d1bb.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-5184469052328019405?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/5184469052328019405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=5184469052328019405&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/5184469052328019405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/5184469052328019405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/07/soft-colours-and-drapes.html' title='Soft Colours and Drapes'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Blog%20stuff/th_c5c597b3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-1965622300485052497</id><published>2009-06-13T15:40:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-13T22:44:18.053+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Events Worth Remembering'/><title type='text'>Amazing Photoshoots!!!</title><content type='html'>While my course has officially come to an end this term... I dug up some of the awesome photoshoots my group did for our fashion magazine project...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since we were all on tight budget we used our own group members to model...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=e47dcb4b.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/e47dcb4b.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d02af1af.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/d02af1af.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This girl is a born model and she's got super legs and a fresh looking face and even her voice is sexy! I love her photos... these two are the best in my opinion and she's aspiring to become a more professional model.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=9374da2d.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/9374da2d.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=d44b3388.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/d44b3388.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This photoshoot was for an ad for the brand UNCONDITIONAL. If im not mistaken it's they're spirng/summer 2009 collection and they look so good! Make-up and all done by students too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=c1c5ba78.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/c1c5ba78.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=dd1644d6.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/dd1644d6.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This girl is an aspiring dancer... She's got the longest legs in the world (quote from Confessions of a Shopaholic movie haha) ... and because of her we got the best photoshoots among the rest of the group!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=92ca08e9.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/92ca08e9.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=5360602b.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/5360602b.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this girl too... She's very young... 19 if not mistaken... rebellious and sporting and unbelievably photogenic!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Now for the worst of our photoshoots... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My group wanted me to do one for a H&amp;amp;M ad in conjunction with the all new Matthew Williamson collection... So I had on the bikini and thankfully a retro printed kaftan...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=f2063fee.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/f2063fee.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can see I insisted on wearing the sunglasses because &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MY FACE SUCKS&lt;/span&gt; and I have a thing about eyebags that even Photoshop would have a major breakdown trying to edit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=b760f57a.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/b760f57a.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=e31bb291.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/e31bb291.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=7934a928.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/7934a928.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/?action=view&amp;amp;current=53240d3d.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/53240d3d.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a hard time trying to find the proper location to shoot because the air was cold and windy and I was dying from the chill while trying to pose like Im having the time of my life in a bikini and kaftan!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nevertheless I think the photos turned out better than I expected thanks to the sunglasses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be going back to Malaysia for holidays in a week! Shall be on the look out for interesting Asian styles and hopefully be brave enough to ask them to let me take their pictures for my blog. Hehe!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-1965622300485052497?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/1965622300485052497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=1965622300485052497&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/1965622300485052497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/1965622300485052497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/06/amazing-photoshoots.html' title='Amazing Photoshoots!!!'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Fashion%20photoshoot%20May%2009/th_e47dcb4b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-7828540101746558446</id><published>2009-06-05T14:41:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T22:14:06.517+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outfits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ramblings'/><title type='text'>Knee-High</title><content type='html'>I'm often daunted to try styles that I could never see myself in before....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of which are &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Knee-High socks&lt;/span&gt; that are popular especially among Lolita fashion styles but lately hitting the runways, highstreet stores and matched in so many different ways that it doesn't appear 'Lolita-ish' anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well to be honest I saw this womanin the train station... probably around her late 30s... fit as a fiddle and wearing a knitted jumper with long black linen skirt that reached right above her knee, and yes she had on a pair of knee-high socks. People might have thought that her style of dressing was wayyyy too flashy for her age but I thought she pulled it off nicely!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I was like heck... if that woman was brave enough to wear her knee-high socks at that age I should be showing mine off while im still 18.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I went to my room and rummaged my sock drawer and pulled out a pair of knee-high socks that I only wore with my boots during the winter six months ago... And I couldn't wait to see what clothes I had in my closet that I could mix them with for today's meeting with my friends at college.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay I took these photos in my college toilet because believe it or not I had no decent position in my room to take a full length photo without capturing a messy background.... Plus there was no full length mirror in my room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So to crop out the toilet bowl, basin, dustbin and tissue roll on the floor... I photoshopped my images...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=482e882c.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/482e882c.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm currently in love with pairing a formal looking blazer with more casual pieces... I often pair it with jeans skirt and trousers... But this time i found this knitted grey dress I had in my closet that i thought would go well with the knee-high socks... The blazer came to my mind instantly and to my surprise this is the first time I mixed a new style so quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/?action=view&amp;amp;current=42d17fcf.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/42d17fcf.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the moment I walked into college my group mates sent me praises about the outfit...  I now believe I will be wearing knee-high socks as often as my new blazer obsession.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;London makes me want to try new styles all the time... If I ever do meet that woman who I assume is in her 30s at the train station again, I'm gonna smile at her and tell her she looked awesome in knee-high socks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-7828540101746558446?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/7828540101746558446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=7828540101746558446&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/7828540101746558446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/7828540101746558446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/05/knee-high.html' title='Knee-High'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a65/shiamay_deb/Outfits/th_482e882c.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-5464378753821076721</id><published>2009-05-29T09:10:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-29T16:13:44.483+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Events Worth Remembering'/><title type='text'>Final Fashion Show</title><content type='html'>Updating my blog and balancing college work is like so difficult for me although tonnes of students out there seem to be able to do it!!! Sheesh...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well the Fashion show has come and gone... I'm excited to post photos of other students' work here. It's a wide variety as we all have different point of views and some are experienced, some aren't, its like a multiculture cascade of garments walking down the runway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I arrived early at college with my sis, who was to model my garment. My make-up artist got her friends to help with the awesome hair I wanted my sister to have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7CAsZxMbI/AAAAAAAAA90/CoNulCJ1784/s1600-h/DSC01009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7CAsZxMbI/AAAAAAAAA90/CoNulCJ1784/s400/DSC01009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340919525283017138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7CA2gwklI/AAAAAAAAA98/pCLVAdszoEk/s1600-h/DSC01013.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7CA2gwklI/AAAAAAAAA98/pCLVAdszoEk/s400/DSC01013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340919527996691026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BmJPnqqI/AAAAAAAAA9U/FwhYTWtrc2M/s1600-h/DSC01034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BmJPnqqI/AAAAAAAAA9U/FwhYTWtrc2M/s400/DSC01034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340919069168609954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was superbly happy... Her make-up turned out exactly the way I imagined it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7Bl0RblgI/AAAAAAAAA9M/nZ__K6_eeoA/s1600-h/DSC01005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 340px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7Bl0RblgI/AAAAAAAAA9M/nZ__K6_eeoA/s400/DSC01005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340919063539062274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friends and I posing...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BlX_uL_I/AAAAAAAAA88/H-p2ZbW7pCc/s1600-h/DSC01039.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BlX_uL_I/AAAAAAAAA88/H-p2ZbW7pCc/s400/DSC01039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340919055948591090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final touch-ups before the runway! I swear my sis looked so different compared to when she first walked into my college with her droopy eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BI_lgrSI/AAAAAAAAA8s/kh4x21qDSH8/s1600-h/DSC01052.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BI_lgrSI/AAAAAAAAA8s/kh4x21qDSH8/s400/DSC01052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340918568359865634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seated and waiting for the show to start.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BI_ZxFiI/AAAAAAAAA8k/fYDDkKhDRvc/s1600-h/DSC01056.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BI_ZxFiI/AAAAAAAAA8k/fYDDkKhDRvc/s400/DSC01056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340918568310609442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn't manage to capture every model that walked down the runway... I was clicking away on my camera so quickly that I felt it vibrate under all the action haha. Nevertheless these are my favesss...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BIb0JIvI/AAAAAAAAA8U/x-3gjMLrz9Y/s1600-h/DSC01078.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BIb0JIvI/AAAAAAAAA8U/x-3gjMLrz9Y/s400/DSC01078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340918558757561074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BIrNj6kI/AAAAAAAAA8c/43phVx0fzx0/s1600-h/DSC01067.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BIrNj6kI/AAAAAAAAA8c/43phVx0fzx0/s400/DSC01067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340918562890705474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know the student who made the white dress and I was feeling the texture on her skirt for an hour in class. She spent endless hours on it and it looked so amazing on the runway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BIP5D7II/AAAAAAAAA8M/bDzRE53Ld2c/s1600-h/DSC01088.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BIP5D7II/AAAAAAAAA8M/bDzRE53Ld2c/s400/DSC01088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340918555556965506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AuDNZSUI/AAAAAAAAA70/Z8W9wjDWXRs/s1600-h/DSC01104.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AuDNZSUI/AAAAAAAAA70/Z8W9wjDWXRs/s400/DSC01104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340918105475991874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AtyOV7iI/AAAAAAAAA7s/nM3wGo6FDpI/s1600-h/DSC01106.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AtyOV7iI/AAAAAAAAA7s/nM3wGo6FDpI/s400/DSC01106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340918100916563490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7At4ToOWI/AAAAAAAAA7k/wB6BwuBjp60/s1600-h/DSC01110.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7At4ToOWI/AAAAAAAAA7k/wB6BwuBjp60/s400/DSC01110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340918102549346658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I absolutely adored the peachy coloured garment on the right. I would love to wear those flowy volumized trousers... She looked like a goddess!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AetlWfII/AAAAAAAAA7c/IPjp3oG3yEc/s1600-h/DSC01111.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AetlWfII/AAAAAAAAA7c/IPjp3oG3yEc/s400/DSC01111.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917841972853890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AeVvqsxI/AAAAAAAAA7M/772NqFOlIns/s1600-h/DSC01119.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AeVvqsxI/AAAAAAAAA7M/772NqFOlIns/s400/DSC01119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917835573670674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of my closer friend made the sailor looking garment on the left.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AePsX8nI/AAAAAAAAA7E/Q4YqlBwzvTA/s1600-h/DSC01122.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AePsX8nI/AAAAAAAAA7E/Q4YqlBwzvTA/s400/DSC01122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917833949246066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7Ad_IzsjI/AAAAAAAAA68/uhCSxXyXIuU/s1600-h/DSC01127.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7Ad_IzsjI/AAAAAAAAA68/uhCSxXyXIuU/s400/DSC01127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917829505102386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AJhvBrcI/AAAAAAAAA60/SmTJfg8X15c/s1600-h/DSC01129.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AJhvBrcI/AAAAAAAAA60/SmTJfg8X15c/s400/DSC01129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917478014954946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AJlBhf5I/AAAAAAAAA6s/vIwGcRpM3Qc/s1600-h/DSC01130.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AJlBhf5I/AAAAAAAAA6s/vIwGcRpM3Qc/s400/DSC01130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917478897844114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I loveeee the garment on the left. Guy from my group made it and he's so good at pattern cutting. I mean hell he made 3 pieces while most of us made 1!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AJTkRBdI/AAAAAAAAA6k/a6xZ2AUNZno/s1600-h/DSC01131.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AJTkRBdI/AAAAAAAAA6k/a6xZ2AUNZno/s400/DSC01131.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917474211726802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AIxOOrUI/AAAAAAAAA6U/IOzs4gvypm8/s1600-h/DSC01139.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7AIxOOrUI/AAAAAAAAA6U/IOzs4gvypm8/s400/DSC01139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917464992492866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7B_-1HTII/AAAAAAAAA9c/AVTQqanrzMc/s1600-h/deborah1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7B_-1HTII/AAAAAAAAA9c/AVTQqanrzMc/s400/deborah1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340919513049681026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh6_0ntUQ5I/AAAAAAAAA6M/2YB2ODvVjOM/s1600-h/DSC01151.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh6_0ntUQ5I/AAAAAAAAA6M/2YB2ODvVjOM/s400/DSC01151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917118841144210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My sis in my garment!!! Finally hitting the runway after those weeks of killing my back and bending over the sewing machine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh6_0GZ7L7I/AAAAAAAAA58/DdQ1AJWPVh8/s1600-h/DSC01154.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 501px; height: 334px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh6_0GZ7L7I/AAAAAAAAA58/DdQ1AJWPVh8/s400/DSC01154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917109901438898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7CAMW0cuI/AAAAAAAAA9k/x3U8a6ZGWgE/s1600-h/4597_91997481005_641471005_2345555_6530230_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7CAMW0cuI/AAAAAAAAA9k/x3U8a6ZGWgE/s400/4597_91997481005_641471005_2345555_6530230_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340919516680712930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This photo looks like my sis was posing just specially for the camera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BlInRNfI/AAAAAAAAA80/zMHxUK48FHg/s1600-h/DSC01046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BlInRNfI/AAAAAAAAA80/zMHxUK48FHg/s400/DSC01046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340919051819496946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BlySFVnI/AAAAAAAAA9E/WjYRC5gIunE/s1600-h/DSC01036.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7BlySFVnI/AAAAAAAAA9E/WjYRC5gIunE/s400/DSC01036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340919063004927602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh6_0P7_2TI/AAAAAAAAA50/g1ypsA9PGNw/s1600-h/IMG_3117.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 530px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh6_0P7_2TI/AAAAAAAAA50/g1ypsA9PGNw/s400/IMG_3117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340917112460269874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sis and me. It was such an awesome day I swear I couldn't stop smiling even in my sleep...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would you guys wear my garment??? =D&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-5464378753821076721?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/5464378753821076721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=5464378753821076721&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/5464378753821076721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/5464378753821076721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/05/final-fashion-show.html' title='Final Fashion Show'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sh7CAsZxMbI/AAAAAAAAA90/CoNulCJ1784/s72-c/DSC01009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-3190804068519009580</id><published>2009-05-05T17:12:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T17:32:55.642+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pattern Cutting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Drawings'/><title type='text'>Drawings and My Garment Progression</title><content type='html'>More life drawings from class...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBmQqJkLtI/AAAAAAAAA5k/E-m0iB8bRX8/s1600-h/DSC00046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 530px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBmQqJkLtI/AAAAAAAAA5k/E-m0iB8bRX8/s400/DSC00046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332374395185016530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is actually one of my classmate who volunteered to model for us. Drawing done with white chalk on black paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBmQTiqVrI/AAAAAAAAA5c/QsbL19Ob6s4/s1600-h/DSC00043.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 530px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBmQTiqVrI/AAAAAAAAA5c/QsbL19Ob6s4/s400/DSC00043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332374389116262066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Male model with his back facing me and sitting on a bench. I started with charcoal, then did the tones with black paint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBmQEbaGPI/AAAAAAAAA5U/9KGI2ssvSzw/s1600-h/DSC00044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 530px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBmQEbaGPI/AAAAAAAAA5U/9KGI2ssvSzw/s400/DSC00044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332374385059305714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colour exploration drawing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a brief update on how my fashion show garment is coming along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBl7iajBUI/AAAAAAAAA5M/gydiYIc_lB0/s1600-h/fashion+show+proposal1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 531px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBl7iajBUI/AAAAAAAAA5M/gydiYIc_lB0/s400/fashion+show+proposal1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332374032331507010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The original illustration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were required to do a toile (draft) of our dress with cheap fabric to make sure our patterns would fit properly before making it with our expensively bought fabric.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBl6yV5rGI/AAAAAAAAA4s/pGCKpGcZ4e0/s1600-h/DSC00087.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBl6yV5rGI/AAAAAAAAA4s/pGCKpGcZ4e0/s400/DSC00087.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332374019427118178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the midst of sewing up the toile of my dres...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh shoot I just realised this photo has a good 3/4 view of my miserable cereal dinner on the left.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBl7H6GAvI/AAAAAAAAA48/GN9kfE4UugM/s1600-h/DSC00092.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 530px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBl7H6GAvI/AAAAAAAAA48/GN9kfE4UugM/s400/DSC00092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332374025216066290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My sister trying on the toile... Have not sewn in the sleeves at that moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBl7dBMVrI/AAAAAAAAA5E/dx0stDzgl6Y/s1600-h/DSC00093.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 530px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBl7dBMVrI/AAAAAAAAA5E/dx0stDzgl6Y/s400/DSC00093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332374030882985650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The original colour will still be black and gold using lycra fabric... If i have enough time i would like to do some embellishments on the front part...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yes my sister will be modelling my garment during the graduate fashion show. And im dying to sew on those little label things they always do on the back top of a garment... I just have a problem with deciding what name i would like to call my own brand (If i ever have one). Suggestions?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-3190804068519009580?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/3190804068519009580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=3190804068519009580&amp;isPopup=true' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/3190804068519009580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/3190804068519009580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/05/drawings-and-my-garment-progression.html' title='Drawings and My Garment Progression'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SgBmQqJkLtI/AAAAAAAAA5k/E-m0iB8bRX8/s72-c/DSC00046.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-6056856180750143839</id><published>2009-04-23T14:14:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-23T21:15:08.538+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Drawings'/><title type='text'>Drawings and Back in London</title><content type='html'>Some of the drawings I did in Studio class... We had to draw shoes and one of my classmate had a most interesting polka-dot boot that I couldn't resist to start on my paper...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpJ9yY1I/AAAAAAAAA3M/E-GNbRCH71M/s1600-h/DSC00038.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 530px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpJ9yY1I/AAAAAAAAA3M/E-GNbRCH71M/s400/DSC00038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327975670019679058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did some collage work using black paper, then gauche paint and chalk to detail the lighting reflected on the boot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpBqBQyI/AAAAAAAAA3U/FL8rA-UAABY/s1600-h/DSC00039.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpBqBQyI/AAAAAAAAA3U/FL8rA-UAABY/s400/DSC00039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327975667789284130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Converse shoe in front was my friend's worn out shoe... and the Suede boots behind was my favourite Aldo pair! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of our studio classes gave us an interesting project... That was to draw the process of unravelling a Kinder Egg. Each of us were required to buy our own little egg... sit it in any position we like on the table and draw it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDI7ii9aZI/AAAAAAAAA4c/9bikc6e7ZR4/s1600-h/KinderEgg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 407px; height: 530px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDI7ii9aZI/AAAAAAAAA4c/9bikc6e7ZR4/s400/KinderEgg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327979284390570386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpZKy0KI/AAAAAAAAA3c/uM5jNZU8gxc/s1600-h/DSC00040.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpZKy0KI/AAAAAAAAA3c/uM5jNZU8gxc/s400/DSC00040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327975674100764834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first sheet of paper displaying the process of the Kinder Egg still wrapped up... and slowly being opened to show the chocolate inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpVuvCLI/AAAAAAAAA3k/obUOOHt0ajU/s1600-h/DSC00041.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpVuvCLI/AAAAAAAAA3k/obUOOHt0ajU/s400/DSC00041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327975673177770162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chocolate egg is spilt open.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpj-VRVI/AAAAAAAAA3s/TGBEXpV13gM/s1600-h/DSC00042.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpj-VRVI/AAAAAAAAA3s/TGBEXpV13gM/s400/DSC00042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327975677001286994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And inside it was a.... toy car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know I expected something cuter like a little animal figure or something... My friends had sheeps and penguins but I got a car?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDGitPZydI/AAAAAAAAA4U/5bnbyODN3lc/s1600-h/DSC00045.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 530px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDGitPZydI/AAAAAAAAA4U/5bnbyODN3lc/s400/DSC00045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327976658741348818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drawing fabric and different types of garment using gauche paint and pastels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enough drawings... Sis and I went to chill at Starbucks first thing last weekend when i arrived at London...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDGiTpMXyI/AAAAAAAAA4M/JWPSuxzYae4/s1600-h/DSC00012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 398px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDGiTpMXyI/AAAAAAAAA4M/JWPSuxzYae4/s400/DSC00012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327976651870199586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy as a clam...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDGiKbxweI/AAAAAAAAA4E/C_kPfBrMuAY/s1600-h/DSC00013.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 530px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDGiKbxweI/AAAAAAAAA4E/C_kPfBrMuAY/s400/DSC00013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327976649398010338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDK9P_kOtI/AAAAAAAAA4k/HD2gAMjunxk/s1600-h/DSC00014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDK9P_kOtI/AAAAAAAAA4k/HD2gAMjunxk/s400/DSC00014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327981512793275090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And went for lunch with my coursemate...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDGiG2TDZI/AAAAAAAAA38/-q1PegegEo0/s1600-h/DSC00017.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDGiG2TDZI/AAAAAAAAA38/-q1PegegEo0/s400/DSC00017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327976648435502482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDGhSXrFVI/AAAAAAAAA30/enooIJnU-X0/s1600-h/DSC00021.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 530px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDGhSXrFVI/AAAAAAAAA30/enooIJnU-X0/s400/DSC00021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327976634348410194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be making the toile of my fashion show garment soon... It'll will be the first ever proper garment (It's a body-hugging dress) I'm going to make so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I don't fail doing the one thing I plan to do as a future career =S&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-6056856180750143839?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/6056856180750143839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=6056856180750143839&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/6056856180750143839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/6056856180750143839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/04/drawings-and-back-in-london.html' title='Drawings and Back in London'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SfDFpJ9yY1I/AAAAAAAAA3M/E-GNbRCH71M/s72-c/DSC00038.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-551645776286974413</id><published>2009-04-13T10:45:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T10:47:55.756+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pattern Cutting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustrations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ramblings'/><title type='text'>Some Homework &amp; Frappuccinos!!!</title><content type='html'>I am still not satisfied with the name of my blog... I really hated the previous one and it didn't sound witty at all. The current name and banner I am using now will be changed as soon as possible!!! Any suggestions???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My course will be having a graduate Fashion Show towards the end of May this year and each student was required to submit 2 final design ideas from our term 2 project. The judging panel will then select one design that they thought would be more suitable on the runway... And since most of us have no sewing and pattern-making experience, the tutors have to make sure our design are possible to make and not too ambitious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I submitted the following two designs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDCNXLjzI/AAAAAAAAA2U/zV5CJN02GC0/s1600-h/fashion+show+proposal2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 530px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDCNXLjzI/AAAAAAAAA2U/zV5CJN02GC0/s400/fashion+show+proposal2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324102520963567410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDB9GOb2I/AAAAAAAAA2M/zAlBLpvngjk/s1600-h/fashion+show+proposal1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 530px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDB9GOb2I/AAAAAAAAA2M/zAlBLpvngjk/s400/fashion+show+proposal1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324102516597485410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This second design was of course the one I wanted to do... And I already suspected that the tutors would choose this design to be made.... and I was right!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDC8pxw7I/AAAAAAAAA2k/GgZmNUjg_Ic/s1600-h/P4090343.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDC8pxw7I/AAAAAAAAA2k/GgZmNUjg_Ic/s400/P4090343.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324102533658035122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our homework for the Easter Break was to draft out the pattern for our garment design. It took me a total of five hours to get it right... At least i THINK it is right...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDDP5g16I/AAAAAAAAA2s/BhBxyg9Q6Ww/s1600-h/P4090344.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 530px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDDP5g16I/AAAAAAAAA2s/BhBxyg9Q6Ww/s400/P4090344.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324102538824308642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I bought this book while i was in London from Amazon at a good price to help me out. The final garment I will make for the fashion show means a lot to me and I don't want it to look somewhat amateur... Although I really am anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDC0AU9MI/AAAAAAAAA2c/P7VrzpPJmao/s1600-h/P4090337.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 530px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDC0AU9MI/AAAAAAAAA2c/P7VrzpPJmao/s400/P4090337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324102531336697026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My final pattern for the bodice part of my design. If there's anyone here with pattern-making knowledge please comment and tell me if something looks terribly awkward?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The past few days have been so satisfying because I had adequate supply of Frappuccinos from Starbucks and Coffee Bean!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMEWqPHPaI/AAAAAAAAA28/s5YYkHDilms/s1600-h/05042009154.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 398px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMEWqPHPaI/AAAAAAAAA28/s5YYkHDilms/s400/05042009154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324103971823369634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No I did not drink the two frappuccinos myself!!! My bf had a surprisingly big frappuccino appetite too and he probably never realized how addictive they were until I came back from London craving frappuccinos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMEW8Xl_yI/AAAAAAAAA3E/1wwz5p5JYsE/s1600-h/10042009175.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 398px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMEW8Xl_yI/AAAAAAAAA3E/1wwz5p5JYsE/s400/10042009175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324103976690777890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have this habit of digging up the whipped cream and loving the taste of it melting in my mouth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMEWg2sFzI/AAAAAAAAA20/TBNRCFREZbM/s1600-h/10042009176.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMEWg2sFzI/AAAAAAAAA20/TBNRCFREZbM/s400/10042009176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324103969305007922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See how happy it makes me??? =DDD&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-551645776286974413?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/551645776286974413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=551645776286974413&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/551645776286974413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/551645776286974413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/04/some-homework.html' title='Some Homework &amp; Frappuccinos!!!'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SeMDCNXLjzI/AAAAAAAAA2U/zV5CJN02GC0/s72-c/fashion+show+proposal2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-3368274683407654122</id><published>2009-04-09T10:58:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T11:02:49.388+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustrations'/><title type='text'>Illustrations</title><content type='html'>I have been trying to improve my Fashion Illustration techniques and compositions lately... So before I came back to Malaysia for the short Easter break I got this beautiful &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Daler&lt;/span&gt; Rowney sketchbook in A4 size. Sketchbooks in London are so cheap and they got budget art shops where you can easily get art supplies at half price!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd3B1penJ5I/AAAAAAAAA1I/EOcrKmCRJgg/s1600-h/sketch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 435px; height: 433px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd3B1penJ5I/AAAAAAAAA1I/EOcrKmCRJgg/s400/sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322623462033270674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since i had no model who would pose for me i had to rely on interesting photographs and drew them out in my own way. I'm still trying to get the whole face proportions right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd2-V10f9BI/AAAAAAAAA0w/A0Zq6vYfXh8/s1600-h/P3310249.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 601px; height: 450px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd2-V10f9BI/AAAAAAAAA0w/A0Zq6vYfXh8/s400/P3310249.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322619617055601682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did this using charcoal, poster paint, marker pens, oil pastel, 4 red flower petals that I collected from my house garden and loads of tissue papers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd2-VqFV0wI/AAAAAAAAA0o/IyNl9GF9-b8/s1600-h/P4010288.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 453px; height: 603px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd2-VqFV0wI/AAAAAAAAA0o/IyNl9GF9-b8/s400/P4010288.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322619613905015554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I learned to use different coloured papers to create interesting backgrounds in our illustrations from college... For this one the model supposed to be leaning against a brown brick wall which I substituted using paper and allowed half the model's silhouette to overlap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again I used charcoal (my favourite media since i started college), watercolour pencils with water and Indian Ink.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd3GBB5noSI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/j--yewgAXw8/s1600-h/00100m.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 339px; height: 505px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd3GBB5noSI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/j--yewgAXw8/s400/00100m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322628055614071074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd2-V3rWUUI/AAAAAAAAA04/G-5c0rcvkn4/s1600-h/P4010291.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 505px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd2-V3rWUUI/AAAAAAAAA04/G-5c0rcvkn4/s400/P4010291.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322619617554092354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did this Illustration based on one of my favourite Marc Jacob's piece from his amazing Fall 2009 RTW Collection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd2-WA9W3CI/AAAAAAAAA1A/LFnKnOK2sZ8/s1600-h/P4010301.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 451px; height: 602px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd2-WA9W3CI/AAAAAAAAA1A/LFnKnOK2sZ8/s400/P4010301.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322619620045544482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which is the illustration I am currently using as my banner too xD&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-3368274683407654122?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/3368274683407654122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=3368274683407654122&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/3368274683407654122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/3368274683407654122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/04/illustrations.html' title='Illustrations'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sd3B1penJ5I/AAAAAAAAA1I/EOcrKmCRJgg/s72-c/sketch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248882191973168213.post-5575232191619701666</id><published>2009-04-05T17:18:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-05T19:13:28.511+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Drawings'/><title type='text'>Back With a New Look</title><content type='html'>My blog went dead after I left for London last year in September... Things got really hectic but I am now ready and hopeful to have a fresh start on my blog again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To kick things off... A few photos just to show what I have been doing in London College of Fashion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjeSGpUciI/AAAAAAAAAzg/Fe5SlXh9pNw/s1600-h/P9190200.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 500px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjeSGpUciI/AAAAAAAAAzg/Fe5SlXh9pNw/s400/P9190200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321247362341171746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjeSTCDoWI/AAAAAAAAAzw/hAMQBsk2RHw/s1600-h/P9190199.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 467px; height: 600px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjeSTCDoWI/AAAAAAAAAzw/hAMQBsk2RHw/s400/P9190199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321247365666152802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sis and me along Oxford Street. I can't believe my fringe was so long and my hair was so short when we took this photo last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjeSd2hFyI/AAAAAAAAAzo/1ZQTeQeeNdk/s1600-h/P9190195.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 593px; height: 495px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjeSd2hFyI/AAAAAAAAAzo/1ZQTeQeeNdk/s400/P9190195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321247368570541858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My room in the student hall. It doesn't look as neat as this anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjeSu8MSoI/AAAAAAAAAz4/rpuCG1LRWY8/s1600-h/P9200219.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 500px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjeSu8MSoI/AAAAAAAAAz4/rpuCG1LRWY8/s400/P9200219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321247373157747330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will most likely be spending my next 3 years studying in this college! =)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I started this course my life drawing has improved trmendously... We had weekly life drawing classes, another day just for design, another day photography, another day cultural studies and an additional Computer Imaging class that was one of my favourite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdjda0XHKRI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/lRQMszIJtLY/s1600-h/PA010164.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 468px; height: 600px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdjda0XHKRI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/lRQMszIJtLY/s400/PA010164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321246412540160274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjdakZuItI/AAAAAAAAAzA/AuwLED0l_V0/s1600-h/PA010162.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 492px; height: 600px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjdakZuItI/AAAAAAAAAzA/AuwLED0l_V0/s400/PA010162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321246408256135890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one of my favourite drawings as i spent about 90 minutes concentrating on getting the proportions and texture right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdjda88drLI/AAAAAAAAAzI/-ZM-eGCYS0o/s1600-h/PA010163.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 500px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdjda88drLI/AAAAAAAAAzI/-ZM-eGCYS0o/s400/PA010163.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321246414844308658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm currently back in Malaysia for the 3 week Easter break and will be flying off to London again within 2 weeks time. So I don't have all my fashion design portfolio work with me at the moment but when i get back I'll try to keep this blog alive!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjdnKElKfI/AAAAAAAAAzY/4SFFKa_OC0c/s1600-h/FromN85_+016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 437px; height: 624px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjdnKElKfI/AAAAAAAAAzY/4SFFKa_OC0c/s400/FromN85_+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321246624526445042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and I've cut my fringe real short... I did it myself because I wanted a fresh new look and it took me days to make sure it was levelled. I hope the next time i get a proper stylist to do my hair they won't notice how unprofessionally done my fringe is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please let me know if there is any link exchange that i missed out in my sidebar... and comments are more than welcomed!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6248882191973168213-5575232191619701666?l=shiamay.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/feeds/5575232191619701666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6248882191973168213&amp;postID=5575232191619701666&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/5575232191619701666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6248882191973168213/posts/default/5575232191619701666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shiamay.blogspot.com/2009/04/back-with-new-look.html' title='Back With a New Look'/><author><name>Debbie Shiamay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04105494136487592275</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/Sdj5Z1G2sqI/AAAAAAAAA0E/14i9CAN3vq8/S220/P4010301edit.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8MX3iugoJEw/SdjeSGpUciI/AAAAAAAAAzg/Fe5SlXh9pNw/s72-c/P9190200.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry></feed>
