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goes by the name veron. a definitive leo born august 1, 1984. a solo traveler. loves cats, coffee, sensual music, yummy food and technology. when she's not at her job as an IS developer for the government, she's likely to be out dining, or visiting an interesting art gallery or event.
some months from now, i’m gonna look back at this post and squirm. but for now, i simply couldn’t resist posting this picture here!
just look at these thirsty penguins in the desert, scurrying for a drink at the water cooler with glass in flipper. how cute! my friend and i saw this at a shop window and spent the next five minutes going gaga over how adorable it was! penguins! thirsty! sweaty penguins! ahhh!
now, would someone please make a nice vector art desktop wallpaper out of this?
back in university, i took a media module which had an assignment that involved drawing a storyboard and creating a flash animation. it was for a commercial and the product was bugout, a mosquito repellent which had the prime selling point of being odorless. everyone else used human characters in their commercial. army guys were the most popular character. can you guess why?
me? i stumbled upon the idea of using penguins because they’re oh-so-cute and my favorite animal after cats. i clean forgot about this animation until now.
basically my story goes like this: a male penguin is on his way to meet his date (a female penguin). he walks through the woods and gets ravaged by some mosquitoes. hey presto! he uses a mosquito repellent of brand xyz on himself. unfortunately it stinks and drives his little penguin date away! so the next time round, he uses bugout, an odorless mosquito repellent. the story has a fairytale ending of course. yay!
my professor wasn’t very amused. but you can check out that flash animation. it even has music! oh, it’s also a 3mb file without any “file loading” animation so please be patient.
damn, i so wanna go to the jurong bird park to look at penguins! some day i’m gonna hug one of those little guys!
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at 11:27pm
Haha!
It’s real sweet … and the music’s a nice fit … maybe you can youtube it for everyone’s viewing pleasure? View all comments by Rachit
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 3:02am
Yeah, I saw these at Parco Bugis Junction and so very nearly wanted to get one of these :) Its so adorable! View all comments by marina
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 10:00pm
Hi, the animation is really cute. Love the music as well. Care to share what’s the title? ^^ View all comments by sasa
Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 8:39pm
Hah. I used to love penguins a lot when I was a little girl, because they are just so so so adorable! Ahh, I saw a similar one at Junction 8 too. Such a pity the dispenser not much of a use, else I’ll definitely get one! Haha.
Anyway, I do love the flash you made. Really cute. I just love how the penguins walk! :D View all comments by Huimei
Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 10:41pm
I don’t think they’d let you hug the penguins down at the bird park :P
If they do, let me know. I’m so gonna go if they do hehe View all comments by mervkwok
Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 4:36pm
Rachit: Haha! Maybe I will! I wonder if they accept .swf files?
marina: Yeah those water dispensers are cute! Those thirsty penguins make them even cuter!
sasa: It’s “Theme From A Summer Place”.
Huimei: Looks like I’m not the only penguin lover here! Actually Pitstop Cafe uses a few of those water dispensers. I knocked one over during my previous visit.
mervkwok: Another penguin lover! I think if you know the people working there you can! View all comments by Veron
Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 9:08pm
chick, u forgot to credit ah.. > View all comments by chup
Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 11:28am
Hey, I have one of them at home, t’was a x’mas pressie. It makes drinking H2O oh-so-convenient, if only I were home more! Btw, the animation is really cute, unfortunately prof doesn’t like it. View all comments by Yuri