tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1325212385523729062024-02-06T22:37:45.951-08:00Hung Up SaffyIm hung up. Im hung up on the visuals. In any form in every expression.Saffy Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06340023086627559938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132521238552372906.post-84122987251332716412009-04-19T15:37:00.000-07:002009-04-19T15:48:19.295-07:00Triumphant Pika<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXkQchP_6vuyzhXliq3NRiUGAHDOBbnnYcOvTePDbiuscTFYStshXkOgby0b1ROdwpiSa4ZJRCtaWSSi77MDIGlAYBaC8URGoPHmmr14kiW9uANQzy1K6UuI4Yb9xzxJ3We4kg2W_FDQ/s1600-h/IMG_4329.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXkQchP_6vuyzhXliq3NRiUGAHDOBbnnYcOvTePDbiuscTFYStshXkOgby0b1ROdwpiSa4ZJRCtaWSSi77MDIGlAYBaC8URGoPHmmr14kiW9uANQzy1K6UuI4Yb9xzxJ3We4kg2W_FDQ/s320/IMG_4329.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326535602458436290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">For the days i'm feeling a little blue and frustrated,</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">he always makes me smile.<br />No matter how ludicrous it all seems.<br />I find comfort in the insanity of our occasional madness.<br />xxx<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">xxx</span><br /></div>Saffy Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06340023086627559938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132521238552372906.post-5816572618111702152009-04-17T14:59:00.000-07:002009-04-17T15:57:27.766-07:00"its like.....flogging a dead horse"<span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">This is one of my final year university projects<br />using the theme of idioms.<br />My</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> idiom of choice being ' flogging a dead horse'....</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />After a lot of brain racking,<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">(and unfortunately, some first hand experience of the said idiom)<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I came up with the concept of 'futile situations'<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">and here are a few of the scenarios I staged...</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br />Enjoy!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"> <span style="font-family:times new roman;">"flogging a dead a horse is like.."</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjMdPkWJDH83QVF48aaF_FnU03OJDqzlBOaUTnazsiIgRKWtjppK9VFjIGJuYHKhmRZLTQ38mNOHW1U67nZpusdlGL8Nd31x0bOjhERJrrRO-Cqq6yYF4AEXO2im-Y0B6WfwZlaF0ml0/s1600-h/SDC10477.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjMdPkWJDH83QVF48aaF_FnU03OJDqzlBOaUTnazsiIgRKWtjppK9VFjIGJuYHKhmRZLTQ38mNOHW1U67nZpusdlGL8Nd31x0bOjhERJrrRO-Cqq6yYF4AEXO2im-Y0B6WfwZlaF0ml0/s400/SDC10477.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325785087676620354" border="0" /></a>.....thinking that beeping your horn madly will<br />definitely make the traffic move faster.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-t5Dqz0ua4gJvuqo6YHFSZhdj7vGt4qDQaC-rNHAVoWDZ5YK6ZHRVmeiKpTjSFn5krpgfVqeXNJYVyiNidTtRj46g0mGvQ0tm8orPa5441TkS7AKdFahYwB-vsueXbsIgS3XV7R9CthI/s1600-h/SDC10446.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-t5Dqz0ua4gJvuqo6YHFSZhdj7vGt4qDQaC-rNHAVoWDZ5YK6ZHRVmeiKpTjSFn5krpgfVqeXNJYVyiNidTtRj46g0mGvQ0tm8orPa5441TkS7AKdFahYwB-vsueXbsIgS3XV7R9CthI/s400/SDC10446.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325789351624261426" border="0" /></a>.....trying to complement your wife and win.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCKXxxRPqBLNe4q-gtMI_faJ55ixZBt2nf0OYRTEbAm72OnSnODn2sRBjfSUdOPgV1PI_h_2bvWf75kwuG2aQVzLaOcNORs2dOnj3vjlgwGvCvbFx-G7mduIi297O2i9XTqEsp3uRiCY/s1600-h/SDC10462.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCKXxxRPqBLNe4q-gtMI_faJ55ixZBt2nf0OYRTEbAm72OnSnODn2sRBjfSUdOPgV1PI_h_2bvWf75kwuG2aQVzLaOcNORs2dOnj3vjlgwGvCvbFx-G7mduIi297O2i9XTqEsp3uRiCY/s400/SDC10462.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325791976889771138" border="0" /></a><br />...trying to stick to your diet at Christmas.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ao7MF2UbzYxF0_LiZSXynpFOc7A7CqFyNfkeldS682TF33Oa0r5vLweLPebimIEEMrzjkSC0_kD3Fy8mhffW1QFleF3hkb5r35UMjP_KdJGu5lVvXqTURL5JfoBQ5neaFIyXnTQKS2A/s1600-h/swat+the+fly.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 489px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ao7MF2UbzYxF0_LiZSXynpFOc7A7CqFyNfkeldS682TF33Oa0r5vLweLPebimIEEMrzjkSC0_kD3Fy8mhffW1QFleF3hkb5r35UMjP_KdJGu5lVvXqTURL5JfoBQ5neaFIyXnTQKS2A/s400/swat+the+fly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325793280584512706" border="0" /></a><br />...spending an hour trying to swat that fly with a ruler,<br />and then only for it to fly out the window<br />when you finally decide to give up.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div>Saffy Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06340023086627559938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132521238552372906.post-4320109116573134862009-04-14T13:41:00.000-07:002009-04-15T02:32:25.583-07:00motorway journeys PART I<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkojI2asz70D0BDHvbSaKluE-8GLhXy_FrXMJC0HM0Mc6mkHeuDH5KTrQmsKOWUZ7WV5NsserJCUcDmxPEowvDyTKu-_38z7_9iSe_kAKi9Hha9-S9L3SrGcUVCXIgTOtOkAHAh79kMOQ/s1600-h/Mj+sleepy+car+journey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkojI2asz70D0BDHvbSaKluE-8GLhXy_FrXMJC0HM0Mc6mkHeuDH5KTrQmsKOWUZ7WV5NsserJCUcDmxPEowvDyTKu-_38z7_9iSe_kAKi9Hha9-S9L3SrGcUVCXIgTOtOkAHAh79kMOQ/s400/Mj+sleepy+car+journey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324832637079457426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I seemed to have spent a vast amount of these Easter holidays traveling up and down the M1 with my family. The amount of time this has clocked up on my meter of precious time is staggering. So as per usual, I decided I would try and salvage some of this lost time by documenting, for the most part the monotony of my journey (aka) my brother above.<br />However, upon deciding to document this monotony I actually came across a few rather entertaining snapshots.Saffy Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06340023086627559938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132521238552372906.post-17501628884797103922009-04-14T13:04:00.000-07:002009-04-14T13:27:10.363-07:00A bit of Dutch and Japan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5-nsX4YSMyVgZWGIUzo2ahzH3F8WRwFRmWBpvcb2uqSHtH_GV52N7_70ObXdBNFtkdSJhYH5E1hVHttDqypw0PfIM0-SssfvMTm2w-L4eGr-YuBc_Q5bNtwW0h151ErudIuvNDzEZgk/s1600-h/SDC10296.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5-nsX4YSMyVgZWGIUzo2ahzH3F8WRwFRmWBpvcb2uqSHtH_GV52N7_70ObXdBNFtkdSJhYH5E1hVHttDqypw0PfIM0-SssfvMTm2w-L4eGr-YuBc_Q5bNtwW0h151ErudIuvNDzEZgk/s400/SDC10296.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324643587013603602" border="0" /></a><br />A package apart,<br />how can you not love the graphics on these two great Dutch Timmermans beers?<br />I certainly did. Its history on a bottle,<br />if there's away to advertise the heritage of a brand,<br />this surely must be the way to do it!<br />As for the Japanese 'Pockey',<br />who said confectionery packaging for the youngsters<br />couldn't be elegant?Saffy Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06340023086627559938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132521238552372906.post-23580203806598038642009-04-14T12:43:00.000-07:002009-04-14T13:02:38.511-07:00Apologies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViqcc-L1jP_B6pFhD6xRsjci7DvVmiTZYwmtPvNo1ZUhbyuM9qGuWhRKSN-iGyfdUQXPeh-zk0irEn8hnqGUfthNROSEKP2qivkwbhkl_VICJ5K9D5_NIe1nH8cPzrh-P3e9qmOIfFxY/s1600-h/IMG_3719.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViqcc-L1jP_B6pFhD6xRsjci7DvVmiTZYwmtPvNo1ZUhbyuM9qGuWhRKSN-iGyfdUQXPeh-zk0irEn8hnqGUfthNROSEKP2qivkwbhkl_VICJ5K9D5_NIe1nH8cPzrh-P3e9qmOIfFxY/s400/IMG_3719.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324636810024403778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <span style="font-family:courier new;"> Model:Nailah Abdullah Photographer:me</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >The art of the apology</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >what makes a great apology?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Is the secret reverse psychology?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Are you feeling sorry that i'm feeling so sorry?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >I hope so. </span></div>Saffy Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06340023086627559938noreply@blogger.com1