Just not on IvyTan.Net. Oops. I’ve been very busy re-designing Leave The Pack Behind’s website and Malaysian Singaporean Students’ Association websites. Most the actual design work is done, with a few bugs that still need to be exterminated, as well with content that needs to be added/updated.

Malaysian Singaporean Students’ Association

I designed this around June 2007. The color scheme is slate blue and light red. Their both variations of the Singaporean and Malaysian flags bright colors. IMO, it’s really tacky to have too much brightness on a page. Oh and the header graphic was taken by a friend who is a professional photographer in Malaysia.

Leave The Pack Behind (UofT)

This was designed over the course of this week. I kept changing things because I wasn’t able to find a suitable navigation. Initially, it was meant to be inspired by Mac OS X’s dock, but it just didn’t fit. Or rather, it would taint my record of originality, so I tried my hand in installing MooTools. I’ve never really delved into the world of JavaScript , so figuring out made me so proud of myself! (EGO BOOST!!) The navigation is using the Accordion script. BTW, I haven’t seen any sites using Accordion as a navigation panel - most of them use them for the actual content. I personally think it’s more functional as a navigation panel. I smell a new trend started by yours truly, again? (Yes, it’ll take a few hours for the super ego boost to wash off.) The color scheme of orange and green isn’t really mine. It belongs to the organization. I just gave them a slightly yellowish tint to match my pink.

What do you guys think?

Apple advocates rejoice! I am now using a black macbook. After tampering with it for several hours, I’ve finally gotten the hang of it and can find most basic and some advanced settings with relative ease.

I have to admit the switch wasn’t as smooth as I hoped it would be. I accidentally renamed the home folder and screwed up a lot of settings. I ended up reinstalling the bundled apps, deleting the original users and so forth. Rectifying it took me 3 hours. Then I wasn’t able to transfer files from my trusty old vaio to my mac because the external hard drive was formatted in NFTS, which is a system that Macs can only read but not write. (Think CHMOD, web designers) My external HDD got stuck on the Mac, I couldn’t eject or force quit, so I just plugged it out in the end.

But after all the hassle and the frustration. I love the Mac. The screen is amazingly bright even without the power cord. The keyboard is really easy to type on, and the iSight Webcam is really high quality for its size. Oh and did I mention, I have Windows Vista Ultimate running on my mac? Too bad the sound isn’t working on the Vista.

Now, if only I have all my web design programs on this machine. Then maybe I could actually completing my layouts and making new ones.

I went out to Queen Street today and… OMFG! I bought a pleated skirt for 99cents! What a steal! So all you Torontonians out there looking for fashionable bargain, go to Queen Street’s Urban Planet this weekend for their Easter Sale! =)

Oh and if you happen to be around Bloor/Bay or Yorkville in Toronto, (or in Singapore or Oslo) go grab a coffee at Far Coast (farcoast.ca). The interior designer really brought the ‘feel’ of my websites to life! I was so shocked when I realized that it’s actually a concept cafe established by Coca-Cola because there’s no hint of Coke at all! The selection of teas and coffees are amazing.They have all these cool names for them. It’s not even the decor that has influenced my liking for their drinks. They’re really good!! I’ve tried the Foxhall and Zwina teas and just tried the Opale Noire coffee yesterday. Anyways, enough gushing! Hahaha! I took a couple of pics on my cellphone. The quality isn’t that great but I’m sure you’ll get the idea!

Oh and sorry I haven’t been blogging; I have 2 exams and 1 essay due next week. I’ll be updating the iRadio in a couple hours with new songs and maybe a new playlist! Enjoy!