Creative workflow or design process, are a set of rules that each designers hold, much like a set of predefined actions. I see some designers searching the web for the "perfect for all" design workflow. In reality, unless you are the exact copy as another person, you won't find the perfect cure. And i'm not here to tell you how I create, but I can tell you how I came to a set of my own workflow:

It is the same simple concept of drawing an egg ~ when I studied the foundations of drawing from grade level, we were taught to draw nothing but eggs in different shades & angles. To first copy, then create. If we can't copy & understand the basic forms of an egg, how can we use that form to create. 

Devour books, interviews on other successful creatives, remember their names, learn their workflow ~ keep only the best, then throw away those doesn't comply to us, our budget, our personally, our way of creative thinking. Repeat this process steadily, over the years, it is through this process of elimination & constant learning, we improve & enforce our own set of design workflow.  This skill is not taught in any school nor explained in any single book.

On a side note: Yes, i'm still uber busy, but decided to keep up BS'n here anyways, so most of the posts will be prewritten and scheduled for midday sometime in the future. A little reflection on posting for the future: Very troubled & uncertain :(

Oh BTW Chinese Moon Festival is coming up ~ somewhere around August, I need to stay away from sweet mooncakes ... emmmm mooncakes ... by the by, I totally failed on staying away from sweets, earlier I ate half Boston cream and in depression of the half donut I then ate 1/3 of a Eclair *it haz awesome fillings* then went on an even more failure depression and ate half pint of B&J's New York Super Fudge Chunk *they were out of marzipan* .... ahhhhh I don't want to live anymore.

FIN

Oops I ran out of pre-written posts to schedule on this blog & I've got myself mixed with some uber busy scheduling, so from today till the end of the week I won't be doing anything else (well, except Tue ~ even that's a full day of work!).  

NYC are getting better and better with it's food & culture festivals, first it was the KoreanTown foodfest, now with a recent  JapanTown Festival ~ it would be hard not thinking about hitting the free way and commute to NYC everyday  ~ It's not that I don't stick around Beantown for fun, just that I find Boston to be either too proper or too hippy-ish/save the earth/go organic/go greenish or too college kids gone wild, there are no gray area for the rest of us just wanting to have some good clean fun without getting educated on our global warming. ~ Catch me?! anyhow enough complaint, READ ON for a shockingly good news/adventure!

             

Drum Roll Please ------ Next year May, a pack of four (mom, aunt, uncle & me) will set off from LA  for a 2 month adventure vacation, (mom&I fly from east coast to meet up in west coast ~ need to look for cheap bos to LA airfare). Okay more like a pampered trip than adventure travel, no jungles or weird stuff involved.

As usual, first we will fly from LA to Japan for a week stay ~ following my uncle's guided tour ~ this time I'm getting a kimono for sure! then we will fly from Japan to ShangHai ~ following my mom's guide & me, the official unofficial translator (for my uncle).

~ we will set off on the southern part (ShangHai, ChengDu & beyond), then travel up to the Northern tip: Beijing, Harbin and Inner Mongolia. ~ Beijing is kind of too familiar for us, but my uncle says if he doesn't see the great-wall he will not rest for the rest of his life (now that's pretty heavy) so we decided to include Beijing for a day stop, (ahhh i'm afraid of heights, I hope they don't make me climb the damn wall again?! last time I was on all fours ~ so embarrassing), Harbin in May it's mostly just sightseeing & shopping (I could skip this), BUT I'm so excited about Inner Mongolia, big open field, tons of sheep to eat (sorry sheep) and sleep in a cute yurt, heehee, it's like camping in fantasy land, would be nice to live like this forever! ~Le sigh.

Finally, we will end our trip in both QingDao & RiZhao (my Grandma's hometown) two neighboring cities both are filled with her side of family & friends, wasn't on our itinerary at first, but she already send pressure for us (mainly for me) to visit both cities WITH HER! I'm kind of afraid, I fear she will turn this sightseeing opportunity into a matchmaking opportunity ~ a few days ago she phoned my mom about her recent trip back home & her family members/friends all thought I'm beautiful & all wanted to see me next time ...  ahhhh! that's usually a sign of someone knows someone who thinks someone could be a good match for me ... ahhhhhhhhh *crying for help!* not good, not good! ~ must think of something!

So with mixed emotions I'm excitingly expecting a grand trip next May!

Someone said that I'm a silly girl, usually people like to present themselves as perfect in everyway, why do I air out all of my negative sides on blog.

OKAY! first of all I was shocked anyone reads my blog, I figured after a few long boring posts with many spelling mistakes, the most patient readers would waved goodbye by now. And 2nd it's not like I planed for hours on how to air out my worst sides, I just happen to write whatever I feel that day. But I do admit I like to mention my negative sides first, for some reason I can't understand why do people like me, maybe I don't want them to get disappointed once they get to know me. 

I remember from 1st - 6th grade, there was this girl that all of the classmates always bullied, she had this bowl cut hair style & always wear terrible clothing, so all of the kids always call her stupid/ugly. Although I was always popular I've never picked on her, I don't know why they all bully her, if she is dumb/ugly why is that anyone else's business to punish her? I fear those kids would see through me, to know that I wasn't so smart either, what if after a few years of schooling together (boarding school) they find out that I wasn't so perfect as they expected? would they feel disappointed & treat me the same way as her? 

Maybe it became a habit, now I automatically air out all of my negative sides to complete strangers, maybe I unconsciously hope that people won't think I'm always smart or happy or whatever ~ all to expect too much, in reality I'm not so perfect, I don't know alot of things, I don't get alot of jokes, I'm super slow - most of the times it takes me a whole day to realize what had just happened ... oh right, airing my bad sides, did I do it again?! ooops  ... 

PS: I got another spider bite, for some reasons spiders likes me aloot, maybe it's the smell of my lotion :( sigh now one of my finger is as big as a walnut!