The Artist Formerly Known As ^estudio

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tl;dr... I'm back:happybounce: 

ICYMI


I was formerly ^estudio, dA's photojournalism gallery moderator and community relations (ooh I see now they changed it to 'community volunteer') from 2007 to 2010 and I still like this CR skin from way back then. If you haven't added me on Facebook, do it now. That's where I've been lurking all this while. I am currently based in Singapore. 

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!


So it seems that Timothy-Sim has been up to something fishy with this BRING evanhwong/estudio HOME. thingamajig after a WATCH FOREVER!!! - my WatchForever list! journal entry sparked a fuse in the poor boy's head. Says I'm lazy and stuff. CURSE YOU! Truth is, since I've been gone (my last entry was in 2010) I have embarked on some life-changing heavy commitments, from moving over to Singapore after burning many bridges in Malaysia (which was also partly the cause of my inactivity here on dA - damn that bitch), finding love (and still going; Imma gunna pruhpows sewn. Yay!), to going full-time managing a couple of arts centres at Goodman Arts Centre and Aliwal Arts Centre as its Senior Manager (Marketing & Place Making) and now Centre Manager looking after over 80 different Singaporean artists and arts groups under a new Arts Housing scheme initiated by the Singaporean government's National Arts Council (NAC). My experience handling the artists here on dA during my tenure as Photojournalism Gallery Moderator/Community Relations has made me who I am today being able to juggle both the various artists' temperaments and the administrators' (NAC) by-the-book attitudes. I also somewhat 'retired' from pro-photography to focus on the above, and even archived all my works on my website evanhwong.com. My dA page prior to today was purged to its barest minimum. I was more active on Facebook and Facebook Page and only just yesterday reopened my Twitter account to the public. Until Timothy-Sim nudged me on Facebook Messenger couple of nights ago. Then all hell that's frozen over broke loose. 

THE CHALLENGE


If you've checked out Timothy-Sim's journal asking all of you to bring me home (heck it's even pimped up in Today's Headlines From The News Desk 03-11-2015!!) I gave him a simple challenge: To muster up 20 Senior Members either former staff, gallery moderators, or senior members who know me well, or remember me. No I'm not an attention-seeking whore, neither did I realise he'll actually make a journal entry out of it lol! It was partly a social study on who I should look out for who's still actively here, and to show you that through such an exercise, with love and determination, people like me who has long gone, will come back. In a span of 2 days, the list grew fast and in no time, the challenge was a success. He almost got his 20. Wow. Just wow. Plus additional non-seniors to contribute. So no need to wait for the big two-oh coz it's inevitable it'll reach or even surpass it. Bucktooth To moonbeam13, isthisthingstillon, Anoya, Astralseed, dxd, Thiefoworld, Quelfabulous, Kaz-D, IaiaRose, coolmarvin, bQw, Ikue, Lintu47, cybergranny, KovoWolf, rainylake, Heidi, ikazon, vicexversa, cypherxaint (thanks for outing me you twat! :rofl:), jjuuhhaa, largethomas, and of course my partner in crime, Helewidis (you'll forever be my Bonnie!), THANK YOU. You know you're loved as much as I felt the love from you guys. Heart Trust me, I've had you guys on my mind for quite some time as well, including a few posts on Facebook here, here, and here. (You'll need to be my 'friend' on FB to see the link). So yeah. I'm back! For good, I hope. 

WHAT'S NEXT?


Lots have changed in 5 years since I 'left', and how to say no to THE WORLD'S LARGEST ONLINE ART COMMUNITY?? Did you know dA was recently listed by TIME as one of the 7 best Facebook alternatives? So proud, amirite! It'll take me a couple of days to get accustomed to the new layouts and then I'll start submitting stuffs and tearing apart your asses again with my salty critics and comments. You'll notice all my deviations are up again from storage, my old journals back collecting dusts for you to refer to if you wanna check out past articles I made during my CR/GM time, and everything else that'll make it feel like I was never away to begin with. Signatures to edit, devID to fix, comments to reply, journal skin to choose, ahh... the works. Will I be GM again? That's up to the higher power that be. You'll also see me back in #photographers chatroom. I know I've been missing quite a lot more people, many who have left us for greener pastures, or even to heaven for some... and if I ever bump into you here somewhere, don't freak out. It's still me. Hug Also, if you're around in the following states, I'll be coming over soon, so get ready your devMeet!!


  • 2nd June - Singapore > Narita 
  • 3rd June - Narita > Los Angeles > Orlando
  • 8th June - Orlando > Washington, DC
  • 12th June - Washington, DC > San Francisco
  • 17th June - San Francisco > Los Angeles 
  • 22nd June - Los Angeles > Narita
  • 23rd June - Narita > Singapore
...Now if only I can change my name back to estudio. :plotting:



Until then, time to bleed green. SEE YA!! :yeehaw: by ScreamingGerbil

Much Heart 
evanhwong 


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bQw's avatar
I *might* be back in LA in June. We're trying to scrape together some savings to take the grandkids to see their grandparents this summer. Nothing firm yet.