The Power of A Dream
Pangea Day and A Doodle of A Daydreaming Cat

10th May was Pangea Day.

“Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film. In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it’s easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that – to help people see themselves in others – through the power of film.”

I missed the actual screening (2am local time) but managed to catch the last half hour of the repeat telecast yesterday. I watched the one-hour highlight and a couple more videos at Pangea.org. I thought the requirements for the event meant that only films with the power to inspire and effect a positive change were accepted, but I find some of the entries were selected based on aesthetic values instead of content. Nevertheless, it offers an interesting look to the different cultures of the world and among the ones I’ve watched, I do have more than few favourites (these are all short clips of less of about 5 minutes or less):

Mutual Recognition - Love is a wonderful thing
Encounter Point - There’s always room for hope
Stille Post (Chinese Whispers) - A childhood game, with a twist
Combatants for Peace- Making peace an option

This event was dreamt by Jehane Noujaim, an Egyptian American documentary film director, as her 2006 TED prize wish. Her wish video is an inspiration in itself, a testament to the power of a dream.

On the topic of dreaming, today’s Doodle Week theme is Doodle Daydream. Here’s a sketch of Fat Cat dreaming of peace, love, happiness and harmony. Or is he just thinking of a nice meal? :O

Speaking of cats, for every blog that posts a doodle of a CAT and leaves their linky on this post here, Mo of Manic Monday will donate 50¢ to Cat Friends Helping Friends.

• Doodle Me — Using The Scribbler
• Happy Mother’s Day! — And a flower doodle dedicated to mothers everywhere
• Go Speed Racer, Go! — A movie, A queue and An Animal Doodle
• Doodle Monster — Using Sketchr
• If You’ve Never Failed, You’ve Never Lived — An Inspirational Video About Famous Failures

Happy Mother’s Day!
And a flower doodle dedicated to mothers everywhere

Today is Mother’s Day so to all the mums out there — have a good one!

I’ve always associated my Ma with flowers because she loves them so much. She’d buy books on flowers and gush over images of flowers on tv or print. Growing up, our house was always filled with flowers of all kinds (but mostly fake ones:P). Visitors to our house would always be amused by the amount of flowers we had. (Since we had our cats, we’ve kept most of the flowers in boxes because they tend to knock down the vases or chew on the plastic leaves)

Fittingly, today’s Doodle Week theme is Doodle Flower.

I used Odopod Sketch to draw today’s doodle. Odopod is a design studio and Odopod Sketch is a Flash-based online sketching tool that does a good job simulating the look of a real sketch. Try it out!

This doodle is my submission for Doodle Week- Doodle Flowers. Everyone’s invited, so do join in the fun!

Dory at LuckyDorito is welcoming submissions based on the theme “Mother”. It’s on for the whole month of May, so if you have a wonderful story to tell about your mother (or being a mother, or someone who is a mother) you can submit a guestpost there. :)

• Doodle Me — Using The Scribbler
• The Power of A Dream — Pangea Day and A Doodle of A Daydreaming Cat
• Go Speed Racer, Go! — A movie, A queue and An Animal Doodle
• Doodle Monster — Using Sketchr

Go Speed Racer, Go!
A movie, A queue and An Animal Doodle

Today, against the advice of nearly every single person I asked, I watched… Speed Racer. :D I chose it based purely on its “look”. And because I went with very low expectations, I enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would.

1. I didn’t get a headache from the candy-coloured fast-action racing scenes.
2. Emile Hirsch looks like Ewan McGregor (front view) and Leonardo DiCaprio from the side .
3. Although the story was very predictable, the current 35% rating at Rotten Tomatoes is a bit too harsh in my opinion.
4. I left the theatre with “Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer Go!” stuck in my head.

Off-reel, things were moving at a much slower pace. I did a lot of queuing today - for movie tickets (should have booked online!), a quick fast food lunch and pop corn. After the movie, I had to queue to buy some magazines from a bookstore and then a drink from the supermarket. So today’s doodle is a bunch of animals… queueing.

This doodle is my submission for Doodle Week- Doodle Animals. Everyone’s invited, so do join in the fun!

• Doodle Me — Using The Scribbler
• The Power of A Dream — Pangea Day and A Doodle of A Daydreaming Cat
• Happy Mother’s Day! — And a flower doodle dedicated to mothers everywhere
• Doodle Monster — Using Sketchr
• Entertain Me

Doodle Monster - Using Sketchr

Today’s theme on Doodle Week is Doodle Monster. Here’s my monster. Its name is Mmmonsta! (said with an attitood) and I used Sketchr to draw it (using the mouse). Sketchr is a Flash-based online drawing program.

Someone implied to me that this is too hideous to be published but I think otherwise. It is a monster and it is a 30-second doodle and monsters are meant to look monstrously monsterly especially the doodly-monster types right? Wadjoothink?

This doodle is my submission for Doodle Week- Doodle Monsters. Everyone’s invited, so do join in the fun!

• Doodle Me — Using The Scribbler
• The Power of A Dream — Pangea Day and A Doodle of A Daydreaming Cat
• Happy Mother’s Day! — And a flower doodle dedicated to mothers everywhere
• Go Speed Racer, Go! — A movie, A queue and An Animal Doodle
• Thanks for the Entertainment