February 12, 2012

I am back in Singapore again and this time the experience is different, besides the fact that I am far from home while still in the process of recovering from a bad case of LPR. Hoping to wrap this trip up with a lengthy update, for a change.

More Day 1 photos here: http://ihardlyknowher.com/claudrod.

Filed under: Singapore travel :) 
at 1:45 am
January 11, 2012
Mr #JamesJean drew on my planner. (Yep, still hungover.) (Taken with instagram)

Mr #JamesJean drew on my planner. (Yep, still hungover.) (Taken with instagram)

Filed under: :) Instagram James Jean 
at 11:22 pm
December 23, 2011
“I am almost in­clined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can like only when you are waltzing is a bad waltz.”

— C.S. Lewis

Filed under: quote books :) 
at 10:39 am
November 28, 2011
Just thought of documenting this rare moment where the desk seems to be in order and things don’t seem to be part of a bigger mess. Now meet the cast of my newly cleaned-up desk. From left to right: My 7-year old VW New Beetle model in blue (the only one that survived, the rest just… melted), my new penholders (ceramic glasses from Ikea!), Totoro doll from a good friend (one of my favorite things in the world, lovingly handcrafted by this girl named Sharon See), Gingy the Happy Meal toy (who once starred in one of the videos I made), partly-seen potion (aka juice) tumbler from Far Far Away Land (aka Universal Studios, SG), a KLM miniature ceramic house from one of my sister-in-law’s trips to the UK, and that red Google mug I won from a contest two years ago (which receives my default dump of coins, loose buttons, pins, etc). :P In the background: a part of my beer bottle collection (contributors, anyone?) and some cans from Singapore, which I plan to convert into plant holders soon. Not in photo: Mr. P Jr., my very fat indoor plant. I let him out for some un-walled sunlight when this picture was taken. Disclaimer: I am not a huge Shrek fan nor am I an alcoholic.

Just thought of documenting this rare moment where the desk seems to be in order and things don’t seem to be part of a bigger mess. Now meet the cast of my newly cleaned-up desk.

From left to right: My 7-year old VW New Beetle model in blue (the only one that survived, the rest just… melted), my new penholders (ceramic glasses from Ikea!), Totoro doll from a good friend (one of my favorite things in the world, lovingly handcrafted by this girl named Sharon See), Gingy the Happy Meal toy (who once starred in one of the videos I made), partly-seen potion (aka juice) tumbler from Far Far Away Land (aka Universal Studios, SG), a KLM miniature ceramic house from one of my sister-in-law’s trips to the UK, and that red Google mug I won from a contest two years ago (which receives my default dump of coins, loose buttons, pins, etc). :P

In the background: a part of my beer bottle collection (contributors, anyone?) and some cans from Singapore, which I plan to convert into plant holders soon.

Not in photo: Mr. P Jr., my very fat indoor plant. I let him out for some un-walled sunlight when this picture was taken.

Disclaimer: I am not a huge Shrek fan nor am I an alcoholic.

Filed under: home :) Flickr 
at 3:42 pm
November 14, 2011

(via twistedfork)

Insert Trash to Play…
SAVE THE UNIVERSE

The BGC (Bonifacio Global City) commissioned me and 3 other illustrators to dress up their new trash bins. This is one of the two trash bins I designed for them. I’ll post the other one once it’s installed. :)

Yey!

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Photos by Claudine Rodriguez

And of course, Dan Matutina does it again.

I found this trash repository of brilliance (Or should it be: brilliant repository of trash? Haha!) along 28th corner 9th street, near the Honda showroom at Fort Bonifacio. I love walking around and finding things like this that brighten up a place. Simple idea, big effect.

Filed under: :) Flickr design walks reblogs 
at 1:17 pm
October 18, 2011
“That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.”

— Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

Filed under: books quote :) 
at 10:02 am
October 10, 2011
(Bishan Interchange mural by www.gardensilly.com) ——- Just came from Singapore yesterday. It was supposed to be a ‘primer’ for the highlight of my 24th birthday but the trip didn’t feel that way. There is more to be said of this. I just need time to gather my thoughts. And feelings. They’re just all over the place. Hah.

(Bishan Interchange mural by www.gardensilly.com)

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Just came from Singapore yesterday. It was supposed to be a ‘primer’ for the highlight of my 24th birthday but the trip didn’t feel that way.

There is more to be said of this. I just need time to gather my thoughts. And feelings. They’re just all over the place. Hah.

Filed under: Singapore travel :) :( 
at 2:42 pm