Hi people. Hello. Is anyone out there still? Two years does seem like a long time doesn't it? Again, I seem to be back at trying to do what I've always liked doing. But I can't seem to draw studentssketchpad anymore. I'm no longer connected to the schooling system like I used to and I can no longer garner sufficient inspiration. Studentssketchpad was an attempt to make people come to terms with their own school stereotypes, regardless of who you are and as such the humor tended to appeal to a broader base. But things are somehow different now..I wanted to draw something I would want to read. I wanted to create something more personal to myself. It was with such intention that I started ebget a few weeks ago. Oh, and another thing. Why have we not seen the advent of more interesting online content while we were gone? We were expecting videos , movies and political tragicomedies made by junior college kids! Thank You for your time. -En=====Hey, at least we had fun working on this project while we were still in the heart of this education system!After two years, from what I hear little has changed, and probably so in the future. Who knows, twenty years from now, students in their own time would still be able to relate themselves to Students' Sketchpad.Personally I'm working on new projects on a different scope from En's. Blogging looks rather obsolete now - perhaps in future the next generation of students who wish to do a project along this line would have newer media to play with. We'll keep the site alive and as it is though, so that you can go through it whenever you want.Goodbye, and thanks to all our readers!- Hou, 10/4/2009 Exam Blues You can have a look at our previous issues here. The last entry was around July, in which then we were mugging away for our 'A' levels. Well they are just days away now.(Drawn by Richard Lee, NY Sketchbook)Understandably, our readers may be looking around for other buzzes on the blogosphere in the meantime. Just weeks ago, letters for conscription were quick shortly after our 'A' levels, so we're not pretty sure what's gonna be ahead, perhaps we may have a text-based blog as a substitute in future? (Well, we can't bring the Tablet PC to Tekong, can we?)For those are craving for webcomics, you may like some local, political cartoons like this :while those who prefer following the latest hoo-hahs around the blogosphere, Insane Polygon introduces The Adventures of the Elite Girl after the Wee Shu Min saga :We hope that you have enjoyed our series of webcomics we have drawn for the past year as much as we have done! (Some old files fixed as well, now accessible)Till then, see you after the 'A' levels!En & HouThe Students' Sketchpad Big Brother is Coming to Town! Oh! You better watch out,You better not cry,You better not pout,I'm telling you why:Big Brother is coming to town!Big Brother is coming to town!Big Brother *IS* coming to town!He's making a list,He's checking it twice,He's gonna find outwho's partisan or conservative constructive. Big Brother is coming to town!He sees you when you're blogging,He knows when you're "hiding" behind a pseudonym.He knows when you've been seditious or good,So be good for goodness sake! So...You better watch out,You better not cryYou better not pout,I'm telling you why.Big Brother is coming to town!Little seditious columns,Truth is distorted.STOMP-STOMP-STOMPAnd more good years!Big Brother is coming to town!Little columns terminatedsoothingly and calmingly silent.Newspaper, televisionand soon blogs too.Big Brother is coming to town!The young and old in Singa landwill have a jubilee.They're gonna dance with theraise in bus, taxi and electricity costs.Oh....You better watch out,You better not cry.You better not pout,I'm telling you why.Big Brother is comin'Big Brother is comin'Big Brother is comin'To town!And Big Brother is watching ... YOU!(Sing along the tune of 'Santa Claus is coming to town')Related cartoons - Out of sight, out of mindUpdate (5/9/2006) : Prophecy? =D Interlude It is with regret that we are being held up again at the moment. Hou is struggling to pick up the pieces from his mid-year Common Test results, while En is preparing for it and his Internet connection effectively went bust. :(In the meantime, we showcase you another piece of fan work from Richard Lee (remember Christmas Special, Continued?) that we received quite a while back :Crazy things happen during the first three months, such as skipping classes to go on crashing sprees, uniform parades, and mad attempts at jioing girls. ;) Most school stereotypes would also become very obvious as one spot the patterns of students wearing the same secondary school uniforms. Only one thing mattered - that was fun, fun and fun. Richard's sketch pretty much speaks for itself. :DUnfortunately, the last year the first three months (PAE) would run is 2008, as MOE has decided to scrap it by 2009. It was a period for many of us to really take a break off mugging and have a social life - a lifeskill that you can't learn from books. The generation of students after 2008 will definitely lose out from this. Not to say, the lack of mix between cultures in future would also mean that the stratification of students between different schools will further widen.To be honest, The Students' Sketchpad wouldn't have existed without the first three months. If there was a time to know a broad group of people with different perspectives, this was the time. Both of us first got known each other during a lecture session, and strangely then the our background interest was on IT/computing, not art! Oh, and do share your experience of first three months with us too! - Hou All Over Again! The End is Nigh! 1. Remember the Feminazic RGS Girl?And then half a year later...2. Now, remember the HCI boy trying to save the NY girl?And yet another half a year later...Guess we spilled the beans, eh? ;) - HouEN's REDRESSHahaha, this here is all very interesting, but really its all a coincidence. Believing in stuff like this will also mean you believe in those conspiracy theories on the net.Take this hand sign for example... conspiracy theorist will tell you that this is in fact proof that Bush is a satanist/ illuinati/ freemason... Hahahaha!The picture above shows the sign of the "horned demon". A secret handsign known only by the most poweful and influential of the masonic wizards - click here to read more.According to the Adamic text of the freemasons, they would penetrate the most powerful in society and soon conquer the world and set a New World Order. And then comes the anti-christ! Hahaha, aren't we lucky its all just Hogwash, because if it were true...It can't be... NO... It's a lie! IT'S A LIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!-->More stuff on the New World Order (NWO) : A youtube video on the illuminati, and the commander report says its a martial arts stance. Hah! - EnP.S. Some of you may recongize what En described above as a cultural difference : There was a 1985 case whereby a group of teenagers were flaunting this sign in the Vatican celebrating the victory of the Texas Longhorns. Pope John Paul II apparently got offended and called the Police to have them arrested! (p. 123, The Definitive Book of Body Language, Pease) Perhaps a similiar case is happening here right now? - HouHOU's REEEEEE-DRESSAfter reading through some of the comments on this post by Mr Wang, I suddenly had a feeling of deja-vu."Blog in no less than 30 words..." (enlarge)The Star Blogs at STOMP are pretty much no different from my secondary school ordering all the students to write something for 30 minutes in the morning daily "to improve our English". Well, at least the bloggers get paid for doing so! - Hou (21 June) What Killed Christoper Robin? (Part I) To Be Continued...New series, a continuation of A. A. Milne's original Winnie-the-pooh series. Read this last chapter if you require some context. - HouAlso see : BBC News Report, Christoper Robin replacedG for... | What's Your Point of View? | Latest Entry What's Your Point of View? Mr Lee Yi Shyan gives us an interesting opinon on how does an artist/novelist (Arts student) and an engineer (Science student) look at a cup of coffee with different perspectives. (ST 2 June, p. 38)We would hence like to boldly propose the following new "Point of View" ad, for HSBC!G for... | What Killed Christoper Robin? (Part I) > G for... Season Three, or Two and half if you wish. We're back on drawing abeit slow (looks at mountain of schoolwork) ;) - HouGayle actually came up to me in school and asked me to draw something for her.. being suitably flattered (we are not worthy!) I was thrust back into the comic business. Go Gayle! - En(Update...19 May 2006) And...Following the surge of political interest in Gayle's i-speak!, comes i-do-not-speak! - EnNursery Rhyme adaptation taken from gssq.blogspot.com , aka Gabe Seah.A new and upcoming blog called The Commander Report has caught my eye. Has anyone checked it out yet? its very funny - EnHow Project Work Came About (Pt I) No New Issues? Another Photo Speaks a Thousand Words... | What's Your Point of View? > | What Killed Christoper Robin? (Part I) >> Another Photo Speaks a Thousand Words... "There is no better authority to endorse this". - En & HouIf you think this was just an one-off incident, think again!Like the previous one, we would like to invite our readers to submit your caption for this little gem :As for the regular issues, the block tests are over, but we are still in the midst of generating concepts for Season Three. ;)Further reading : Elitism: Who, Us? (Gayle Goh) How Project Work Came About (Pt 1) | No New Issues? | G for... > No New Issues? Our readers must be wondering why there was no entries since early March. We just can't get any issues out at this time due to the current workload - block tests and huge amounts of work load to clear. Just as we poke fun at our education system, we are the very victims of this same system.So, let's just say that we're on a mini-hiatus, or end of Season Two. We'll probably be back on cartooning later, although there's no fixed schedule for this.HouThe Students' Sketchpad How Project Work Came About (Pt 1) | Another Photo Speaks a Thousand Words... > | G for... > How Project Work Came About (Pt I) "New perspectives" was an actual 2005 Project Work question. - HouTo Be Continued...An ACSian Will Die Today (Pt III) No New Issues? > | Another Photo Speaks a Thousand Words... > | G for... >> An ACSian Will Die Today (Pt III) Bumper issue - Nineteen pages! This is the last instalment of "An ACSian Will Die Today". Dialogue in this series written by throughglassdarkly. - HouAn ACSian Will Die Today (Pt II) Christmas Special, Continued How Project Work Came About Christmas Special, Continued The Students' Sketchpad is pleased to announce, that we've received our first fan art! :) From our inbox, Richard Lee has sent in this drawing (Thanks!), inspired by the Christmas Special issue :At the same time, we would also like to take the opportunity to wish all readers (and couples) out there a Happy Valentine's Day! ;)- HouAn ACSian Will Die Today (Pt I) An ACSian Will Die Today (Pt III) An ACSian Will Die Today (Pt II) To Be Continued...This issue consists of eight pages in total. Dialogue in this series written by throughglassdarkly.From our guest writer (throughglassdarkly) for this series :"I wish to offer my thanks to the following people, both dead and alive, for using their visages in the strip :D ; Burt Lancaster, Emmy Rossum, Ava Gardner, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Ronald Reagan, Al Pacino, Paul Newman. Glad my efforts had paid off."And our apologies for the delay for the past weeks, it was due to some technical problem we are having. - HouAn ACSian Will Die Today (Pt I) Christmas Special, Continued | >> An ACSian Will Die Today (Pt III) An ACSian Will Die Today (Pt I) (Translation for pages 6 & 7)Minion : When that fake ang moh's coming, boss? We've been waiting so long, that everyone is almost falling asleep!Boss : I'm sure that fake ang moh will keep his promise...The goods should be here soon.HCI Godfather : What's taking so long? Half my (cigarette) stick is gone already!To Be Continued...(Dialogue - all the good parts by throughglassdarkly, guest writer for this series.) The Story of Meritocratic Jesus An ACSian Will Die Today (Pt II) The Story of Meritocratic Jesus Take note of the following before you comment :(i) Background knowledge on meritocracy is needed to fully appreciate this issue.(ii) No schools? This issue does not really cover any particular school, and is only an one-off instance of such. (more of education & society)(iii) As usual, our legal disclaimer applies.(iv) Parallel discussion on the issue by throughglassdarkly on the Notebook project.(v) Christians who are offended and insulted, please take the time to read the STEP BY STEP walkthrough of meritocratic jesus..better than the DVD... Which was intended to be praising your religion! Some of you did not appear to pick that up. Also some discussion on why Meritocracy is bad.(vi) On another note , do continue your support for charity organizations in singapore. - En & HouChristmas Special Happy New Year An ACSian Will Die Today Happy New Year For those who are looking forward to having a new look on their desktop, we've released a wallpaper. Click on the image above to download it. We would also like to take this opportunity to wish all readers a happy, prosperous, and fruitful New Year.Those who missed the latest news below : No new issue for both projects on the last week of the year. We'll be back in the first week of 2006.Specifications : 4:3 ratio, max. 1600 x 1200, 1.2MB(jpg))Christmas Special The Story of Meritocratic Jesus Christmas Special Season's Greetings! And a related discussion is ongoing at our Notebook project. No new issue for both projects on the last week of the year. We'll be back after the New Year. - En & Hou(Feb 2006, also see Christmas Special, Continued)Gift From The Gods Sister Project Launched Happy New Year | >> The Story of Meritocratic Jesus Sister Project Launched The Students' Notebook is now launched on a trial basis. This project is a academic journal covering educational issues, and has a few additional contributors other than ourselves.More stuff will be gradually coming up soon - We hope to interest readers in what we write, as much as we have done so in our drawings. :)Gift From The Gods Christmas Special Gift From The Gods It's getting longer and longer! =P Anyway, we're still fixing up the Notebook, and will announce it once ready. :) - HouGone With The Crescent Sister Project Launched | >> Christmas Special Gone With The Crescent Apologies for the delay. Comes with 50% extra content though! ;) - HouSerious! RGS girls are selling their blood shaped soft toys!please support - EnGEPers Repent Gift From The Gods GEPers Repent! Some background information about this issue.Featuring gssq! ;) And I apologise for the lateness of the release of this and next issues. Greetings from Hong Kong! - HouLove By The Bridge Local Knowledge Gone With The Crescent Local Knowledge It just hit upon me why this webcomic probably can't make it out of Singapore. Being myself travelling in a different land, with a similiar education system, similiar culture, similiar chio/hot/cute schoolgirls, but having no idea at all on its school stereotypes. Oppps. Looks like HSBC is right.P.S. The next two issues will be released on a weekend, due to problems finding a stable Internet connection here. - HouLove By The Bridge GEPers Repent! Love By The Bridge Click on each image for its English translation.New series! :) And a bonus pic :No prizes for guessing the location. ;)Don't understand chinese? Click on each image for its English translation. - HouLost (Part IV) Local Knowledge | >> GEPers Repent! Lost (Part IV) Don't understand the introduction? View this video first. (Requires free Fileplanet/GameSpy membership) - En & HouLost (Part III) Love By The Bridge Lost (Part III) To be continued...Like all Chinese Kung Fu Movies, women are subjugated to become characters that play the love interest of the main character, or evil temptresses that seduce unsuspecting monks.-EnLost (Part II) A Photo Speaks a Thousand Words... Lost (Part IV) Lost (Part II) HCI boy : My dear, the moon is so round tonight. This reminds me of the song my father used to woo my mother...NY girl : Awwwwww...That's so lovely of you.HCI boy : Two, two, three, four, action! (Sings karaoke song)To be continued...Lost (Part I) A Photo Speaks a Thousand Words... | >> Lost (Part III) Lost (Part I) To be continued...Sedition...What? Lost (Part II) Sedition...What? Salem Anyone? - HouChoices Promo Hiatus Singapore Has A FINE Blogosphere! Lost (Part I) Choices We've decided to experiment something different today. Comic lovers should get a sense of deja-vu for this entry. ;)The comic and text is relatively smaller than usual, reason being that it's done in the IHarthDarth style.We'll be reducing the frequency of new webcomics to once per fortnight, until after promos. We need time to study for our upcoming promotional exams, ya know! On a side note, while the Singapore blogosphere is experiencing hoo-hahs, I'm beginning to enjoy and appreciate the comparative tranquility here. :)Ahhh...speaking which, something for all of us to reflect upon - What is fame...? - Hou"I'm the King of The Castle" is the lit book the current batch of secondary 4 students are doing, and it is the last batch. There is one scene where Hooper locks a wussy sissy kingshaw in a shack. Thus the in joke for those who have read the book. - EnTeachers' Day Special Today, I'm Mugging About Blogging! Friday Weekly Interview Singapore Has A FINE Blogosphere!