Aiyoooooo.

I found this thingamajig somewhere. From some random blog I read. And I modified it accordingly. And the reason why I put this... well, it's because some people keep on insisting that I'm more of an arts student than a science student, and that I shouldn't have gone into the Science class.

You know you're an arts student when...
(and please, take the word art as a general term comprising all branches of it.)


1. You'll spend next to nothing on necessities, and then blow $300 on art supplies.
Well I wish I could blow some 4K on a drum kit ! (That too, would mean further investment – some $50-90 on a pair of drumsticks (and that won’t be the only pair I’d be getting), extensions, double bass pedals, perhaps a stage edition ??? I think too much.

2. You can't look at a non-art major's photograph and not cringe at the composition and their choice of light.
*Sighs* I know. I know. Stop playing this in my conscience. I can’t help it.

3. Everyone assumes you smoke weed.
4. You are the designated photographer for every one of your friend's parties.
Hell yeah ! I was photographer for the school choir, photographer for some 5U events, and photographer for Confirmation Course……… and it didn' matter which angle I took the pictures, as long as they turned out nice and gave some subject matter to it. Aw man, this is sweet ! And for lack of anything better to do, if there's an event and I wanna talk about it, I'd become amateur photographer again.

5. You keep random items like boxes, utensils, that cool looking rock, etc. just in case you need it for a future project.
I keep random utensils, ribbons and sequins, all in this huge Club Man Shop bag. And I keep a lot of music scores somewhere in this small file (and at the rate I’m going, it’s gonna burst). I’m just lucky I don’t keep my compositions that way : I keep them in this Microsoft OneNote file, all neat and tidy, sorted out into sections.

6. It no longer bothers you that most every piece of casual clothing you own has some sort of crap on it from one of your projects.
7. You consider 3-4 hour classes to be the norm.
Of course it’s normal, I never even had breaks in between classes until recess…

8. You're perpetually BROKE from all the art supplies you have to buy.
9. You watch America's Next Top Model for the hair/makeup/photo shoot ideas.
10. Your parents won't answer their phone in fear you're going to ask for more money.
11. You always have paint in your finger nails, but you don’t care even when you have to eat with your hands.
I was close to that : I grew my nails but after people told me that taking care of those square-cut nails is a bit cumbersome, and also because I had to cook, I decided to clip them off. I wouldn’t mind having painted them ! At one time, I came to an even worse stage : I had plasticine in my fingernails (but thank God I was using a fork and spoon to eat).

12. You wear the same pants and or shirts to class every day cause you've already ruined most of your wardrobe and don’t have money to buy more clothes.
Oh yes. A whole lotta people were talking about the idea of giving me a makeover.

13. You LOVE being in art stores !! The oil paint section is like an expensive candy isle.
I remember staring fixedly at those new tubs of paint when I was in Form 3, and those metallic G1 shades when I was in Form 1……… Yeah, I suppose I love being in art stores. When it comes to music… same thing too. I could stare at a signed pair of Vic Firths or Zildjians with rubber grips for hours !

14. When you’re bored you surf the web for art.
Erm, DeviantArt and Photobucket, anyone ? I COLLECT clipart !

15. When you know what a sheet metal cut feels like…
16. You get caught staring at someone because you're envisioning them in a photograph.
17. You ask for supplies/equipment for every holiday, birthday, etc.
(I dare not ask, but deep down in my heart I’d like a good pair of drumsticks. =D )

18. You tell someone you're an art major and their response is "OOOOooooHHHHHH OKaaAAAAAAY. Well, that's nice." Accompanied by the slow head nod.
19. You have to wash your hands BEFORE you go to the bathroom because they have paint/charcoal/etc. all over them.
Reminds me of my art classes in Lower Secondary.

20. Your friends quit asking you what your plans are for the weekend because they have become accustomed to the perpetual response: art projects/assignments.
21. You stare at an aisle of paint thinking, "can I get away with making an entirely red painting ? Cause God knows I can't afford any other colors."
Reminds me of the time when I actually ran out of yellow. Man, even Yi Ling ran out of yellow paint several times. Looks like yellow is the fastest colour to finish !

22. You have ever managed to bullshit a 5 minute speech during a critique about how deep your piece is, when it's really just about the fact that you think cows are pretty cool.
Talk about Literature class and critical appreciation. While we can just say that Sonnet 18 is so deep, it strikes the heart, we have to give a voluminous critical appreciation of (goodness knows how many) pages for a poem and Cambridge will be watching us like hawks. OMG, I’m actually thinking of taking English Literature for A-Levels just to fill up the gap I left during Form 5.

23. Little kids tend to be afraid of you in grocery stores and other public places.
Some of them, yes.

24. The floor of your room is littered with the remains of your last project/scripts/sheets you’re soon to use.
25. You find yourself apologizing to everyone on the subway/bus/streetcar for banging them upside the head or bucking their knees with your over-sized portfolio or canvas.
26. You know how the graphite of pencils smells. And tastes.
27. And you're afraid to go to the doctor's because you might be declared pencil/paint-poisoned.
28. You have found every possible way to open doors WITHOUT using your hands.
29. You skip class because it is raining and that would mean all your stuff getting wet.
30. Your Facebook/MySpace/Friendster picture is either Photoshopped or a piece of art you actually did.
Er, I don’t put them on Facebook ; I used to put them on Windows Live Spaces but now I’ve transferred everything to troisnyx* officiel. For the pieces of art I did, go to the sidebar, look out for the title “Libellés” and search for the tag “Artisanat TroisNyx*”.

31. You wake up in the morning and subconsciously assess the levels of daylight and how they would affect your camera’s aperture.
32. You're enjoying the sunset, and then start to think "That's nice, but it could use a bit more texture."
No, I was thinking of “It Is a Beauteous Evening” by Wordsworth…… ;-)

33. You can't focus on what your friends are saying because you're too busy trying to imagine what their faces would look like rearranged.
Na, I’m too busy thinking of how it’d be if we beat our rhythms together ?

34. You're in class and you get so bored that you draw a cartoon of your teacher and give them a unique expression.
Ohhhhh yes ! I remember drawing a comic of the entire Ressonnant Inc. together and while in Form 4, I drew the entire 4U along with Pn Sarjit sitting in the middle, at the bottommost row. I miss those days !

35. You walk out of class with paint or charcoal smeared on your face, and when someone mentions it, you just don't care because, hey! You just came from art class. It's supposed to be messy.
36. You are constantly looking for nude models.
37. You see a smashed coffee cup on the floor and the coffee from it next to it, and briefly wonder if it's an installation piece.
38. People think you are going fishing because you carry all your art supplies in a tackle box.
39. You think you could actually kill your roommate/friends for saying that he/she wishes they were an arts student because arts students have fun homework or just less of it, so it must be easy.
40. You are in a class (that is not art) you daydream of different picture/sound ideas instead of listening to the teacher.
I know. I even think of the chords and concert arrangements for “Danse de Flammes” when I haven’t even put it on troisnyx* officiel yet, let alone performed it !

41. All your roommates gather round to watch you do your homework...
Yeah, because of the added fact that I used to draw on my Physics textbook.

42. You're actually glad you have insomnia; you can get more done that way.
43. When you think sleeping, showering and eating have now become a bonus and not a necessity…At the rate I’m going…
44. Every other word in your sentence is a curse word.
Sorry folks. I swear at my computer these days.

45. Chiropractors are GOD.
46. You constantly ask anyone you know for a back message...you'll do basically anything for one!
47. When your fingers are permanently black because you just can't get that charcoal off them!
48. You wake up at 4 in the morning with the most amazing idea that just can’t wait till morning.
EXACTLY ! I had a tune in my head, and I woke up at 6 in the morning (when I only needed to wake up at 9) and that tune’s still in my head right now.

49. You squint not because you can't read, but because you're looking at tone.
I squint for the ornamentations. Some of the markings are so tiiiiiiiiiiiiiny I can't even read them with the naked eye.

50. When you put in more than 20 hours on a project and still can get a bad grade on it…
I know ! Look at how much criticism I got for my very first composition Twilight Blues – a dismal 3 stars, and for what ? I put one f*ing month into that composition ! Immediately after that I stopped composing for one whole year, only to reprise my role as composer in 2003. Well, at least Digimpro gave me a 4.5 star rating or else, I’d be outta here by now.

51. When your answer to "what are you doing?" is always "my art/music project"…
52. Your room has become storage for *materials that i will use* but ... never use.
53. You can be picked out a mile away for being an art student by your hair or fashion sense.
54. You combine breakfast, lunch and dinner into one meal.
55. You think it’s possible to ‘create’ space.
What kind of space, je ne comprends pas ?

56. The trunk of your car is design storage space.
57. You carry a sketchbook and a digital camera whenever and wherever.
Digital camera – phone. Sketchbook – well, I have two school sketchbooks and I hardly use them. I bring along blank A4 papers.

58. Midnight is early.
59. You know how much of your finger you cut off with an exacto knife.
60. You often get paper cuts.
61. You orgasm over materials and design supplies.
LOL !!!!
62. You spend more money on design than yourself.
63. You take power naps.
Oh yesiree.

64. You realize that you can either sleep or eat, but don’t have time for both.
65. The alarm clock tells you when it’s time to go to sleep.
66. You can listen to all of your music in 48 continuous hours.
Na, because Windows Media Player is in shuffle mode and not all the songs play within 48 hours – some of them even repeat ! And when I want to listen to Alizée’s “L’e-mail a des ailes” it gets so annoying because “L’e-mail a des ailes” doesn’t even show up.

67. Photoshop isn't just a noun, it's also a verb.
Isn’t it already a verb ? o.O

68. You ask everyone if you can have their old magazines to use for collages and reference.
I used to. Back when I was in Form 1. I cut out a lot of pictures in case I use them for cards and stuff. I still have those cut-out pictures, but now I don’t come across kids’ magazines, so I have to find whatever artwork I can possibly find on Photobucket.

69. You have a stack of magazines cut to pieces and a folder full of scraps you think you might use someday.
Folder full of scraps, yes. The cut magazines, off they go to the recycling plant.

70. You ask your friends to pose in really weird positions so you can take a photo for reference.
71. You can't look at an ad without noticing design flaws.
There’re loads of ads with design flaws. Even web sites. (I’m just lucky Sonia Zuzartee’s past sites turned out really good, or else I’d scream. I’m also lucky I have her as my online consultant !)

72. You’ve slept more than 20 hours non-stop in a single weekend.
73. You see holidays only as extra sleeping time.
Eh oui……

74. You buy 50 dollars worth of magazines that you haven’t read yet.
75. Assignments and projects are more important than your life. Late submissions = DEAD.
Do I even care about assignments anymore ? I remember this used to be the case back when I was in Form 1 and I had that homework backlog but then, I’ve got a life man ! And my life isn’t just confined to school and college, I want to find freedom in whatever I do.

76. Going out is not just for fun anymore, but to observe and get ideas!
77. You hate kids that own a more expensive camera than you do, they don't know how to use it, and claim they are photographers.
Talk about bad focusing.

78. You know the difference between 6B, HB, and 2H and you have a personal favorite.
I love… 2H. Or even 4H. Easy to sketch, easy to rub off, not smudgy, and more often than not I do my drawings with a pen.

79. You’ve wondered why there isn’t a one word verb for "doing art".
Isn’t that because art comes in so many forms ?

80. You would prefer to get a new lens for your birthday than a TV.
81. The phrase "starving artist" takes on a new meaning when you forget to take breaks for food.
82. 100, 200, 400, and 1000 ISO actually mean something to you.
Oh yessssss.

83. You have more sketchbooks than you can count, most of them half-empty, and yet you keep getting new ones…
84. You keep your fingernails short because you got tired of scrubbing underneath them.
Reminds me of how I loved playing with plasticine when I was in Year 1.

85. You’ve ever not known what to say when someone asks you why you draw so well.
The only word I can think of is practice. But some things just don’t come with practice – like the miniatures I draw every now and then – these come at the spur of the moment.

86. The only piece of new furniture you have in your home is a $2000 easel.
87. You agree and laugh at every single thing listed here.

Okay, as to why I put this post up - well, I joined the Science class in Form 4 without retaliating, just to see what it'd be like thinking with an analytical mind. I loved Biology. I loved Chemistry. I loved Physics. But when it came to Add Math......... it was hell. And I'm the kind who wouldn't spend time in research (unless it was some kind of art project), and I sit down with my compositions like almost, all the time. Mom told me I'm more of an arts student. I guess I've gotta agree. And I'm thinking of taking an arts-based A-Levels when my break's over.

Right now, I'd just sit back and have fun.