Written by lainie at 05:45 PM on December 4, 2008.

I didn't say so, Firefox did (do not click if using shite browser like IE, please).

Link to UMNO Official website

Cue: Jokes in office about visiting Umno being akin to opening a can of worms (and embedding it in your computer).

In other non-related news, me maikz Zaid Ibrahim looks teh prettyz.

[ I just got out of a discussion about practice / practise, British spelling versus American, and whether the word we were using counted as a noun or a verb -- the LOLspeak spillover effect has to happen somewhere else. *pats blog*. Yeshhh, my prettays... ]

Written by lainie at 10:15 PM on December 6, 2008 in Daily Life, Links / Email.

I've updated Tilted World with 2 posts:

12 Gays of Christmas

and

Doodles you should see, t-shirts you should wear
(to be continued)

Then I realised the whole site was starting to get a bit serious. Where are the links to interesting pop culture? Book and movie reviews? Everything's so political - I'm not saying it's not important, I'm saying the website was never meant to highlight only one aspect of queer life.

So I put up some fun-ner posts. I still need to do one on lesbian party nights (I've been terribly slacking, I know).

Yknow, when it comes to brevity (read: laziness), I must come out tops in Tilted World. If you go to the main page, you'll notice both my posts have so little text, they fit entirely into the small previews .

Written by lainie at 09:59 PM on December 7, 2008 in Daily Life, Links / Email, Events.

Selamat long weekend, everybody!

I got home from the office a few nights ago to an envelope made of recycled paper (instant extra cookie points). It was a letter from Foldees.com, if you'll note the very recognisable logo at the bottom right:

It's made out to:

Lainie Yeoh

Somewhere in the suburbs of damansara,

near the padang next to the playground,

47400, Petaling Jaya.

Well, if anyone needs to stalk me (or my housemates), you know where I supposedly live. Foldees is a web-based company my friend set up. They sell affordable, designer greeting cards. How they made "affordable" and "designer" go together, and still churn out heaps of fun stuff, I don't know. Foldees wasn't launched very long ago, but it looks like they're already building a community of greeting card geeks.

Ah, I just realised I don't have a pic of my greeting card, only a video at the end of the post. Okay, here's one from the laptop's webcam:

Ah, I have such small eyes here . I'm nursing a bit of a headache, drinking orange juice and eating Tim Tams. And I have black fingernails because Miss "I never get drunk" (partially because in order to be drunk you must first drink alcohol) whipped out a bottle of nailpolish in Zouk's Terrace Bar.

I vaguely recall sitting on the sofa, contentedly and patiently waiting for my nails to be painted while people around me were having loud drunken conversations and faking Manchester accents.

I was there for the Friday launch of Bar Sonic, the new Zouk venue for kids who used to hang out at Loft. I'd shown up in my work clothes, torn backpack and all. Well some people had a good dose of schadenfreude since it was past midnight, till they found out my official work week only lasts 3 days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

I guess every weekend IS a long weekend! TAKE THAT, BITCHES! That was when all the middle fingers starting popping out at me, and not in a friendly manner.

I guess things have changed a little now that I have a job. I'm trying to give The Nut Graph a new look when it comes to quoting people, you can see an example here. It's dependent on us actually having pictures of the people we're quoting, at this stage. I've also been somewhat anal about their quotes and replacing all "inch marks" with “typographer's quotes” when I have the time. I don't suffer any delusions of people noticing / caring, except typography geeks.

I can't remember the last time I had a long weekend -- one of the things about freelancing is that you continue to accept work so long as you have a day off. I was one of those who used to say "WHY are there all these bratty kids running around?? Ehhh...public holiday ke?".

So I visited the laundromat, this weekend. It's very exciting, the prospect of clean laundry. I got my ass to a booksale, then bought two magazines and books in anticipation of the long weekend (pic) -- forgetting, of course, that I have been fully booked all weekend. I can't inhale the smell of books, it makes me lose my senses.

And, I got booked on too many guestlists and ended up visiting only Zouk this weekend, twice:

This is our "Did anyone see what went by?" photo

My Loft crowd was lounging in Terrace, which is usually not a good sign for any event. Turns out renovations weren't done at Bar Sonic, and some of the (new) bouncers were being total bitches. Still, the guy in charge is looking into changing that now, so hopefully all will be well by the next round.

ANYHOW, back to Foldees. I knew it would be fun, so I took a video of the grand opening. If you're so inclined:

It's blurry, but that's a default for Youtube (with the option to click on "Watch in high quality" -- which I have learnt, is not the same as viewing in "Full screen"). I'm just declaring it cause I use Youtube frequently. The rest, I leave to your geekiness and web-savviness to decide.

Written by lainie at 02:14 AM on December 13, 2008 in Stupid, but fun..

Ever since I discovered Photo Booth in the Mac (and that it's the only application I don't steadily crash), there's been little to stop me from taking photos of, say, me and the wanky drinks I buy because they say stuff like Organic, Sugar-free, Preservatives-free and Natural.

And, as a certain ex-housemate can tell you, because I tend to buy groceries on the basis of how pretty they look. I'm design-smitten that way (and in many more, but none that require public displays).

Most amazing part is that the soda's actually really cheap. Oh, and I only like the one drink in the middle.

By the way, an important announcement: I NOW HAVE EPF!

Written by lainie at 08:57 PM on December 18, 2008 in Events, Arty stuff.

Flyer designed by Jun Kit

Hello people! Am, for the first time, updating my blog from my workplace. I am working with a bunch of cool people to bring you a fabulous fashion show this Saturday -- "fabulous" is said the way you would after hours of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert brainwashing.

Here are some of the necklaces we're making (big, colourful and proud accessories coming your way).

Speaking of making accessories, I made a hat out of cellophane tape for the show, and wore it to work today -- oddest thing, takes me all of less than five minutes to cross the road from the cab, and walk into my office, and at least 3 people spotted me doing it. It's either the hat, or crowd-factor in PJ.

I'm hoping it's the hat, and that it'll draw even more people to the fashion show .

Since you're reading this, consider this your invitation to come for the show, it's open to public, and you can get more details here at the Facebook Event page:

Facebook: Tomboys & Angels Fashion Show @ Art For Grabs Xmas

Photos are by Johnny McGeorge (I took the liberty of sticking them together).

There's also a preview interview up on Fridae.com, so you can read more about the fashion show.

Fridae: Fashion show to celebrate gender diversity in Kuala Lumpur, Dec 20

According to the write-up:

Graphic artist and well known blogger Lainie Yeoh has been tasked with ensuring that the above mentioned personalities will have a catwalk - advertised on Facebook as an "installation that mixes politics and irreverence" - to strut down.

I had a laugh when I read that. I'm on Fridae again -- which makes me such a lesbian, I know.

Since I'm pimping out queer stuff: Happen to be lesbian?

I'm also an admin on Little Black Book, which is running a slightly risque competition for the lesbians of Malaysia and Singapore. Submit to join the group, nominate your girls, and vote for the ones you like. I nominated Popagandhi (and would have nominated Lola, but for the human condition known as fear).

Winners will have their photographs taken professionally, and the final product shall be....something I covet, not necessarily for the girls who will be in it.

Gabrielle, my co-contributor on queer-content website Tilted World, came in today for an internship interview. Who knows? We may end up working together.

Then she too can join in on the wonderful world of The Nut Graph staff discussing the fascinating aspects of Bubba Hotep. Or partake in the my-dictionary-is-better-than-your-dictionary turf wars.

Written by lainie at 07:53 AM on December 24, 2008 in work?, Daily Life, Friends, Stupid, but fun., Arty stuff.

My week's been so crazy, I don't even know where to begin! I guess I'll go with the biggest one:

The Tomboy and Angels fashion show was a blast. Thanks to all who came to support the show, you people were a wonderful audience. At least, that's what I heard, from my friends. I was standing backstage and couldn't see the show .

For the more-than-few who have asked; I would rather not answer this, but too many inaccuracies have been inferred about the show's participants from my silence, and the guilty-by-association factor of being my friends, so here goes: NO, not everyone in the show was gay. Siao. You people think I only have gay friends or what? -____-"

The show was a bunch of our friends celebrating diversity with us, in style and gender. Having fun. In a lot of ways, if there was a statement to be made, it wasn't about being gay, as it was an act of daring. I mean, we dragged up almost everyone in that show (heck, did we miss anyone?). And if you've seen some of the automatic, reactionary hate-messages that gay people get when they come out in public, much less when they drag, you'll see what I mean.

But don't let me project upon the fashion show what it meant. This is Jerome's baby, and he's already answered these questions in Fridae.

Anyway, here's a pic of the hat tape-sculpture I made for the fashion show (mounted on Winnie's hat, which was the mould I used):

And this is a great one of a pair of our runway models you may recognise, Meesh and Joyce!

Damn sporting la these two. And honestly, confident-looking enough to pull off the stuff we heaped on them. You can see a few more pics from the show at Katagender's Tomboy Photo Project.

Meesh is in my rainbow-coloured jacket, with her glam, man-lesbian-pirate makeup and a huge TOMBOY necklace. Never thought I'd see the day she wears any of my clothing, much less the gayest one in my, er, closet.

Joyce is sporting huge eyebrows, a deconstructed...*mumble mumble* outfit (okay, I actually have no idea what it is), and my cellophane tape hat. Never thought I'd see the day when the Kinky Blue Fairy would be wearing something I made.

Apparently, there was a slight misunderstanding and some of you thought I'd be in the show, as a model. Er, sorry ya Aku ni part of production team for the show.

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There was an after-party following Tomboy & Angels, which was some of the best fun I've had all month, thanks to the people. Small group of us stayed behind to party and danced -- a private party with the whole of Annexe's top floor to ourselves. Joyce taught us something new that she learned in Bar Sonic:

Well, I can't say much about how silly it looks because I was right there next to them when I wasn't taking pictures. So....Wall-groping is the new IN. We're going to have a wall-party next, and only a select few may join! Social pariahs without access to wall-space need not apply!

Yuki, my fellow contributor from Tilted World, turned out to be a dark horse -- she did some dj-ing, rapping, emceeing, break dancing. WHO KNEW? She started giving away free kisses from me and Joyce to everyone else to wrap up the party.

I told Yuki the girls would probably think I bribed her into doing it.

Also has pictures of Sarchan and Joyce doing a pole-dance duet, Jerome doing a manly chair dance, Chung Wei doing a sexy scarf dance, because Yuki made us do games before leaving.

I kena marah for not introducing them to Yuki earlier

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Then, like one fashion show for the night wasn't enough, Yuki and I made a beeline towards Club 69, where we'd been told a PLU-friendly fashion show was happening. Turned out to be organised by Womyn Like Us, a womens' group.

I spoke to one of the organisers, who said that they were not an "LGBT" group, though people seemed to think so.

Lainie: You're not? ....Must be the "Like Us" part of your name.....................

Well, a post on the show will be going up on Tilted World soon, so I won't repeat myself here. Okay, enough about events, moving along now.

I'm a good test-subject if you're worried about food going stale, or becoming very expired. My face puffs up when I eat slightly-off seafood, my skin blotches up at grandmother-chicken meat -- so it's not surprising that I'm allergic to alcohol, it being a common allergen in my family. Not that it's bloody stopped any of us (except for the more literal, alcoholic, drank-till-they-died cases).

Of all alcoholic drinks, I may be most allergic to wine. I mean, if you consider it, wine drinking is really just a complex system of enjoying extremely expired fruit juice.

I had two glasses of red at work just now.

...Not the prettiest picture a dyke can put up of her hands, I know. Heh. That'd be the death of my social life if I relied on this blog to get me dates. They itch like hell, by the way.

It doesn't matter that I'm allergic to wine, I ignore it most of the time (say, about twice a week when I go clubbing). I figure it balances out. I'm allergic to the alcohol, but at the same time, alcohol numbs the allergies.Most of the time, I am incapable of feeling it .

Lola's been over at my place a few times, charging her laptop because she forgot her Mac's charger, and I'm the only person she could think of who would be awake at 5am (with charger). Somewhere along the line, ideas were exchanged that involved attempting to exploit Joyce the next day.

Joyce is a darling for many, many reasons, and this is one of them (so trusting!)

Lainie: Joyce, can you do me a favour later?

Joyce: Sure, can.

Lainie: Cool, thanks!

Lola: ...Doesn't she want to know what it is?

Lainie: (Oh, right) Don't you want to know what it is?

Joyce: Oh, right. What is it?

She agreed anyway . It was actually for a promo video, but the video didn't happen in the end because plans changed .

My friends recently launched Fortylove.tv, a travel-cast, video website. It has a submissions page - there's a picture of me sticking my tongue out at a safety sign.

I'll like to draw attention to the fact that this is the first safety sign I've been photographed with that...er...I did not take home. Because this time, there wasn't the usual miracle of having someone else coincidentally being there before me. With a saw, screwdriver, and shopping cart.

And, I was in a rival secondary school of my alma mater, with watchful teachers nearby, as Nessa sorted out her kid sister's missing report card.

I met up with my friend Shu Ting the other day. Never scream for her attention from across the road, you'll cause some panic. She woke me up at 10am, something that she knows better than to do, especially since she's my ex-housemate and I told her not to.

Anyway, we took my very new Macbook Pro to EpiCentre. It's been giving me all kindsa funky problems. Super-pricey hunk of tech, and it gives me all kinds of stupid on a regular basis.

Turns out there's some hardware problem, and they need to take it in for at least a week, maybe two, to fix it. The trackpad, for one thing, is shot. It's like a finger workout just getting the thing to click. Firefox is piss as well -- and all I did was install Googlepedia and Firebug.

It's like I'd love to love it, but it's really not making it easy for me to. And 1 week is seriously a bloody long time to expect me to part with the Macbook Pro. I'm not sure I can actually spare it, I have a LOT of stuff coming up this month -_-".

I went for an Assemblies of God / New Life church charity dinner last night, in One World Hotel - it was a fundraiser for a new building they want in Kelana Jaya, pretty close to where I stay.

There were Christmas carols, the obligatory Christmas play (two kids in the sheep outfits stole the show), Francesca Peters, who was great and..... this is usually the point where someone gawks that I have any relations with the church.

I seem to find myself reiterating more these days that I have nothing against going for religious functions, despite being atheist. Although I'm really, totally done with church camps now -- even the ones offered to me as...birthday presents.

I need to go now. I have stuff to prepare for updating other websites. Namely The Nut Graph, No Black Tie, Fortylove.tv, Tilted World, Katagender, and a secret NYE party, a not-so-secret debaucherous one, a lesbian beauty pageant of sorts (and I just got ...nominated -_-"), 1 card project, 1 photography project, 1 proposal, 2 more website projects, 2 film projects, 3 Flash animations, 4 tshirt designs, 5 illustrations, a few meetings and....er....I'm not even done listing.

Er. Wow. Fuck.

If you think the list sounds a bit ridiculous, I concur. I may be stretching myself a lil bit thin, especially since most of it needs to be done before 2009, the rest by January. I'm going to be pushing deadlines like fucksbottom the rest of the week.

I have some big plans for February - three possible outcomes, they'll all take my interests in very different directions if any work out. They all require some timing, some persistence, and a fair bit of luck. I'm doing the best I can to control the other factors, but Lady Luck is one factor I have little control over (though I still try )

So wish me some good luck for the coming 2009.

My sister Gazel and brother-in-law Tommy will be back soon, for Christmas. They're currently in Vietnam, visiting family. I keep waiting for the day she comes back with a bun-in-the-oven bump. I've planned so far ahead for my nephews / nieces I've already pictured them reading this.

As you can see, I've a bunch of stuff to see to. So this is a veeery long blog post. I gots to go now. Any mistakes here, I tatau. Meanwhile:

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Written by lainie at 12:43 AM on December 26, 2008 in work?, Holidays / Road Trip, Stupid, but fun..

Ahhh, just had a great dinner. I am well-happy.

Pic made with SantaSnaps, a free gift from Mac Giving Tree -- giving away commercial Mac applications for free during Christmas day. I'm totally digging the RSS reader Headlines, which I downloaded off them.

Mac kids, if it ain't too late, go get your free gifts now - so worth it.

Merry Christmas everybody, misc pagan celebrations, happy Hanukkah, season's greetings, happy holidays and a happy new year. Now, in 20 languages -- naw, I kid.

I do, however, have a greeting I designed that was supposed to go up on The Nut Graph yesterday (but it hasn't, I tatau why). Twas an elaborate plan to get Zedeck into an elf suit. Here it is:

Ho ho ho.

Written by lainie at 01:18 PM on December 31, 2008 in Rants.

To Ahmad Puad Onah, president of Malaysian Film Producers Association,

RE: Charging RM20 for Hollywood films so Malaysians will watch local movies:

I call your attention to a quote in a recent article

Antoo Fighter and Cicakman 2: Planet Hitam, which had been expected to be a hit, failed to score with movie-goers, he said.

From here.

Please note that the majority of the sane public did not expect either movie to be a hit. The only people who brag about the Malaysian product that is Cicakman are either

1) directly involved in the production, or

2) tumpanging glamer to the point of desperation. If their cousin's friend's ex-boyfriend's petai seller's underwear's fungus invented char kuay teow made of dead hamsters and dried cum, they'd brag about it too. Maybe then you should make normal food so unaffordable we'd all eat the cummy dead hamsters.

In other news, a little bird called "Do wave hi to me as you jump off KLCC towers" has reported that the local pirated dvds industry fully back those proposals.

Twits. Every morning I wake up and I deal with twits.

Most sincerely,

Lainie.