It's been four days since 1/1 and I am still getting coworkers walking by asking for my new year resolutions. Working in a company with large number of employees only proves, at a time like this, how robotic people can get when it comes their thoughts. These people that came to me were apalled to find that I didn't make any new year resolutions. I told them, as I would tell anyone that asks, that I don't wait till new years to set goals, because that pretty much sets the tone of procrastination. If I was to say, "oh, I'll wait till the new years to start on so-and-so..." That already shows I have an attitude to put things off. I don't want to put things off if I don't have to. Besides, I have career and life goals that I am setting out to accomplish already. I am not happy, if not miserable, until those goals are reached.

Like the robot these people are, they listened to my explanation but they didn't hear me. They waited for me stop talking so they could continue to express how shocked they were to hear that I didn't set any goals for the year. Well, maybe I do have one new resolution: that these people can use their brains when they listen, and realize that nothing "new" ever starts unless they act and accomplish somethings first.

You're really just "resetting" yourself because you got another 365 days to put off things you wanted to do last year.

Doing some preliminary sketches of some famous Marvel and DC characters, so I can get comfortable drawing them and also express them on paper with my own style.

Venom - I envision him to be a little more stockier and looking less agile than he does here. So back to the drawing board I go.

Supergirl - leggy! I removed a lot of details so she'll be easier to draw. This is also the first time I am drawing her with "true anime" eyes.

Harley Quinn - still in the works. I am mostly pondering how I should draw the mask around the eyes. Show skin around the eyes or make them look like they growing outta the mask?

Oh... just bored. I love Ninja Turtles...

Don't watch this video unless you're ready to see some gruesome
footages of what the Japanese did to my people during World War II.
But I have to share this because this video demonstrates what
ignorance, corruption, lack of education and greed can do to people.

So my co-workers who went to USC has pretty much been avoiding me all week. They were in my face on several occassions because The Trojans performed much better overall this season than the UCLA Bruins, and they believe SC was gonna pummel UCLA in the cross town rivalry game. Last week, I couldn't seem to make it clear enough that I don't care about football. Either they were deaf, or that they were drunk at work and had attention disorder. Of course, the result didn't go in SC's favorite, and UCLA won the bragging rights for the weekend.

I, actually, really don't care much about that win. In fact, I feel bad for the PAC-10 conference...

You see, with USC heading into the NCAA Championship game, PAC-10 overall gets more respect and exposure around the country. That, in turn, leads to more highschool football stars showing the desire to play for the schools in the conference, which will obviously leads to a stronger conference with better teams that get more wins and have more potentials to win even more national titles.

But no. The Bruins played like crap all season, and decided to one day play up to their potentials. Where the f*** were these fighting spirits and winning attitude during the season? Had they play this smart and this hard in every game, the team would probably be playing for a more prestige bowl game now.

So, we, alumni, students and fans, get the bragging rights. So what? The record book still shows an underachieving season, and UCLA will still likely to end up with a crappy team roster next season.

Arlington, TX. A 30 minute drive from Dallas Airport... A weekend of dealing with fans of comics, animation and home entertainment. 3 hours of plane ride each way, losing sleep over commissions, and all the nice beautiful Texan girls you can see... err, I mean all great steaks you can eat.

Working... working...

Pretty Smallville fan #1...

Pretty Smallville fan #2...

With fellow artist, Taki Soma...

I love Supergirl...

Bringing smiles to kids' faces always makes me happy...

I often come across people asking me why do I draw, because a simple "I enjoy drawing" usually isn't an acceptable answer to them. My "detailed" answer, however, hasn't changed much in the last 16 years: I can't think of anything I do better as a means to achieve my goals in life - to stand out in a pack of average joes to attract fortune and fame.

Before I go on, I find it mandatory to clarify that I reserve a serious hatred toward those who pretend to have transcended to a higher level than everyone else, when in reality they're just sewer rats. Truth is harsh, and often ignored, but it doesn't cease to exist.

So upon hearing my answer, people would come at me with all sorts of crappy clichés, usually somwhere along the vicinity of "money isn't everything" or "you have your priorities wrong".

Yeah. Great cliche. Too bad I've also gone to elementary school and read my share of fictional stories. I am just not gulleable enough to still buy into their intention of comforting you for being poor and talent-less. It doesn't take any profound intelligence to spit out corny lines that have been repeatily beat into us through out the years.

But it takes a whole lot of living a well-sheltered life, parents paid for everything, a lack of any real experience in survival, and a denial of where the line is drawn between "how things outta be" and "how things are".

It's true that money isn't everything. I never said it is. But without money, you can't have anything. Think about that the next time your mom buys you that shiny Benz.

So my priorities, contrary to puny minds can comprehend, are "right". I am, after all, not the one who preaches the insignificance of money and then turns around to burden the parents with monetary expenses.

Money can't buy happiness? Well, watching NBA in High-Def on my 70" LCD television sure makes me real happy.

Once in a blue moon a talented comic book colorist comes around... and I got to work with him. My buddy, Winston, colored the Ninja Turtle piece below for me. This preview doesn't do him justice, as much of the details on the piece should be looked at in person. We'll probably eventually team up on a more regular basis for the freelance work I get when he completes his college degree.

Which Big O character are you?

I am moving! Woo hoo~

Quiet, nice area. Two year lease. More room on the inside. More room on the outside. Roommates without dramas, and lotsa knowledge.

House Party!!!