Interesting fact about Logo Design

When I took SJ shopping with me, she'll point out to things that we've bought last time, or places that we've been before. I was amazed at her ability to recognise a place, or the route that I was using. Not only that, when there are a few brands to select from, she'll automatically chose the same brand that we've been using and placed it in my shopping cart.

This led me to wonder, what particular image or sign that triggered her memory? Could it be the logo of the particular brand?

When she saw the 'M' sign, she would automatically ask for fries :)

When she saw the Disney logo, she got excited all over. 

          Yes, that's how we ended up with this....

Did you see the Mickey Mouse logo at the screen on the right? 

As for Jie Jie, the only sign she watched out for when we're dining outside was none-other than the 100-plus logo.


No doubt, the people behind the logo creation process had certainly put much thought into how to attract the public's attention, not just adults, but also kids. They just knew what colours or characters to put just to attract a particular audience. Hmmm... since SY loves to draw, I wonder if I should start exposing her to Logo Design Works too. Too bad most art lessons do not include this in their syllabus. Well, not until when they are in secondary school, I think.

On a separate note, I've been thinking of revamping this website with a nicer outlook, but kept putting it off. Maybe it's time to start engaging the logo creation team soon....

Doodle on sticky?

I just discovered that SY loves to doodle. No matter where we are, in the car, in the restaurant or even at home, she would sure to draw something as to past time. Is this her new found hobby? Here are a few of them which I managed to take a snap. The rest were quickly rubbed off before I could take a good look at it. 

 Macho boy?

 Clown girl?

  Boy giving flower to girl

And guess whose work was this? 

 SJ's version of Casper?

When I discovered this new found interest, I bought some drawing blocks for them. At least it'll still be there when I have time to actually take a photo of it. But soon, it became too big and inconvenient to bring around, especially when SY prefers to draw on the go. And SJ kept on cutting them to small pieces with her little scissors, so I figured it had better be something small and light.

Then, my answer came when I caught the girls doodling or even scribbling on sticky notes and their notepads. Look like they found new usage for these small handy papers, instead of serving as reminder, they put them to other use. I remembered I even discovered some sticky notes in SY's bag's side pocket with several telephone numbers, which I later found out to be her friends'. This little girl has gone to make appointment with her friends' parents to go visiting! Now it's up to Mommy to make that phone call and transport her over, sigh... didn't she know that Mommy's not that sociable?

Now, as I find more and more sticky pads gone, I guess I had better place some order on these gopromos promotion notepads soon, before I ran out of papers to jot down our daily reminders. What with the ongoing promotion now, and with such cheap deals too. I love the idea that it came in different sizes to cater for our household's diverse needs, and there's even a magnetic version. Now, I spotted something that would be nice to use as my kids' party pack gift, these swanky pens and notebook set - too bad SJ's one just over but then there's another one coming in Dec.

Addendum: If you're curious whom they took after, look at this sketch by Daddy....