vickie.life

  • A Typical Minute in Vickieland

    Not shown: Kegel exercises. There will be less/more/same amount of drawn crap once I get used to the graphics tablet. Maybe then my keyboard wouldn’t be keyless and my left arm wouldn’t be deformed and so on. *Translation: Learn to PVP, noob!

  • Not Hired

    That job interview is possibly the closest I’ll ever get to an actual job in this economy as an international student who knows very few people here. I’m not crying; it’s my allergy. I have sand in my eyes. I was watching something sad just now. Fine. I cried a little.

  • Vickie’s Cooking Adventures

    Because everyone 3 people said my last comic was well-drawn well-presented (friend’s actual correction) and told me to draw more, I drew more. Comic starts here:

  • Vickie in the Middle

    The tragic tale of [spoiler] after the “read more” break (or under this if you’re reading from the feed), in comic form! Here’s a preview: I didn’t take out the pencil sketching. It’s called laziness STYLE. Comic starts here:

  • Mystery of the Aussieland: Dim Sims

    Dim sims. Or should I say, “dim sims”. The mysterious Australian-Chinese food that, as far as I know, doesn’t exist in the Chinese cuisine in Asia. From left to right: Dim Sim (uncooked); Dim Sim (steamed); Dim Sim (shallow-fried). Shut up, Dim Sim (burnt shallow-fried).

  • Music (Ad) that Moves

    I randomly came across these 30-second ads by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta on YouTube while I was looking to expand my Schubert collection. Let me just say this: I. Absolutely. Love. Those ads! Love! Description of videos provided below each one if you can’t/don’t want to view them or don’t understand Cantonese. Video 1 (Beethoven)…

  • This Sagittarian Disapproves

    If I first claim to be a highly logical, scientific and secular person and then jokingly tell you that my hips and thighs are Sagittarian features, the correct response that would earn the highest approval rating from me would be to (jokingly) point out how hypocritical, illogical, unscientific and superstitious of me to say that…

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