Cherries

“Cherries”

Acrylic on Styrofoam (polystyrene)

It was a fine day to rest from hard days of work, while thinking what to do for the whole day I saw my paint brush while cleaning up the room.

So the thoughts comes in mind that I need to spend time doing paintings. While thinking what would be my best subject I tried to search some photos from the internet, thanks! To the Google I found this gorgeous picture of fresh cherries.

I’m an artist myself but I can’t say that I’m good enough like the other artist who’s masterpiece was really awesome but at least I tried my very best to make my own piece.

I guess I need a lot of practice and tons of paints to improve my talent.

Pepsi Block Display Contest 2014

Every 4 years suppliers of Pepsi products here in Brunei are conducting a Block Display Contest for pepsi products in conjunction of Fifa World Cup 2014 which is held every 4 years.

Some of the stores here in Brunei are also take part of this contest, having the same goal to win and to take the prize.

Just like my previous post about block display contest there are two types of categories to choose for stores who want to participate this contest. Ours is in category A which we displays our items larger than category B.

And here’s our display for this contest, to incorporate the theme I made a backdraft that suits the color of the products to be displayed.

The center part is a big pepsi tin can 330ml which is made from 100% Styrofoam (polystyrene) materials, most of our decoration for this display is 70% recycled which we used from our previous display.

Sunkist and White King Fiesta Block Display Contest

Sunkist and white king fiesta is a Philippine made products under RFM Foods Corporation and it is distributed anywhere in the globe. Every year the supplier of these products here in Brunei Darussalam organize a block display contest to promote their products and also to increase the sales.

Our store is one of the participant of this contest, and were competing for the A category. Various store from different part of the country who participated this contest shares our goal, to win as a grand champion plus the winning prize of the contest.

I can say that were very lucky because we won as a grand champion, even though we’ve been competing from a various stores around Brunei we still take the highest score to win this contest.

Our block display is wasn’t good as the other stores display, but it is enough to catch the judges eyes and to choose our store as a winner.

Chinese New Year Store Display

Every season that falls on Chinese new year
our task is to make a display of it.
We have a designated area which we can put our
decorations and displays.

What is a Chinese New Year?

Chinese New Year is an important traditional
Chinese holiday celebrated at the turn of the
Chinese calendar. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival,
the literal translation of the modern Chinese name.

Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally
run from Chinese New Year's Eve,the last day of the 

last month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival
on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the

 longest in the Chinese calendar. Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar,
the Chinese New Year is often referred
 to as the "Lunar New Year".
The source of Chinese New Year is itself
centuries old and gains significance
because of several myths and traditions.
Traditionally, the festival was a time
to honor deities as well as ancestors.[2] Chinese New Year is celebrated
in countries and territories with significant Chinese populations,
including Mainland China, Hong Kong,[3] Macau, Taiwan, Singapore,[4] Thailand, Indonesia,
 Malaysia, Mauritius,[5] Philippines,[6][7] and also in Chinatowns elsewhere.
Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and
has had influence on the lunar new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors.
Within China, regional customs and traditions concerning the celebration of the
Chinese new year vary widely. Often, the evening preceding
Chinese New Year's Day is an occasion for Chinese
families to gather for the annual reunion dinner.
It is also traditional for every family to thoroughly cleanse the house, in order to
 sweep away any ill-fortune and to make way for good incoming luck.
 Windows and doors will be decorated with red color paper-cuts and couplets with
popular themes of "good fortune" or "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity." Other activities
include lighting firecrackers and giving money in red paper envelopes.
Although the Chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years, outside
China its years are often numbered from the reign of the 3rd millennium
BC Yellow Emperor. But at least three different years numbered 1

 are now used by various scholars,
making the year beginning AD 2014 the "Chinese Year" 4712, 4711, or 4651.[8]

Chinese New Year Display 2014

Indigenous Tribes Weaving Basket as a Livelihood

Weaving is not only a livelihood activity for the women but has been an important part of the indigenous groups' culture. Tribes wear their own colors with pride, and the different colors and designs create each tribe’s identity. The weavings are hand-crafted, and the intricacy of the designs require a significant amount of time to finish.


read more at:Indigenous Filipino Weaving