Nightmares

Fired

Be Photogenic

 This is something I realized when I saw the photos of my last trip....

Cooking Disaster

Yeah...I just had one of THOSE days

Gym Philosophy

...and the meaning of life is...huh, never mind

Escalator

This is how I feel these days, watching my friends and family progressing in Brazil

Economics comics

Cooking like mom

Lately I realized, looking inside my kitchen cupboard, how I am so much like my mother.

I used to be very critical with the way my mother’s storage system was a big mess. Many half empty seasoning sachets and packets, weird Japanese dried stuff here and there, peculiar colored liquids in bottles opened long time ago and lots and lots of expired spices…

Well, at least I can say that I’m cooking just like her.... apart from the food, of course

My diet timer

Umbrella story

The day at library made me remember something in my childhood

Moto accident

Kangaroo mascot

I wasn’t updating much around here because I was finishing some comic strips for a competition I’m going to participate. I hope to publish the strips here, as soon as the competition result come public.

And als0, I was working to create a mascot for an elder, children, pets and house care business, which is called “Canguravis i nens” – avis is grandparents and nens is children in catalan.

The business mascot is a Kangaroo, since this animal transmit, with it belly pocket, this sense of protection. I started to draft some versions of the animal, and realize that you can transmit different concept of the business, according to the way you represent the drawing.

I made to my client (and dear friend) three propositions:

The first one, more Disney like, has this aura of motherhood, and transmit the warmness and sense of care that is implied in the business.

The second one, quite abstract, has this friendly face and transmit the idea of proximity, kindness and trustiness.

The third one is inspired on Japanese characters, is cuddly and cute. It intends to transmit loveliness and affection.

The version my client has chose is …..tcha tcha tcha tchaaaan

The second one!

Here is the coloured version

The reason is that, since it has this neutral aspect, it helps to put him in different contexts (playing with children, caring the elder, walking the dog…), and his unique features make him easily identifiable with the company.

And you, which one you would choose?

PS. Drafting the Kangaroos, I actually realize how much they look like big rats with a bad mood face.

How I forced the airline to change my ticket

The different ways of celebrating New Year's

The walking dead

Happy Hanukka

Here is a short explanation for a holiday I adopted these last few years.

My closet organizer

How to take off contact lenses

Yesterday, I went to a friend’s birthday party, and I met this girl who is also having a hard time to adapt herself of using contact lenses. She told me about how difficult it is to take off the lenses for the first time.

So, I figured out that it is not just me that had a really painful experience in the first time…

I worked this little tutorial of “how to take off lenses” for all of you that are thinking of using contact lenses someday.

My 2nd car accident

When I was 14 years old, I insisted to my father that I'm old enough to learn how to drive.

We went to our small village aerport parking lot to practice. He put the car in a corner, in order for me not to worry about turnings and curves.

The problem was that the parking lot was elevated from the surroundings, and I still had problems to differenciate the first and reverse gear, and also to coordinate my foot between the break and gas pedals while panicking.

After this first lesson, my older brother was put in charge...

Papercut

Yesterday, I cut the back of my finger with a paper in a very stupid way.

It is a part of my hand that I'm not much aware of, basically because nothing happens there.

But since yesterday, I have been hitting it in every corner I found, opening my cut again and again (T_T)

Risotto Nero di calamari

Yesterday I ate a typical mediterranean dish, the "arroz negro" (black rice) in spanish or "risotto nero" in italian.

It is a risotto with squid ink in it, which make it super black.

Maybe because the squid ink is no digestible for humans, the very next day you see how the toilet paper come out with some shuuji on it.