Hi, my name is Jayhan Sim. I am a Senior Web Designer at Friendster Inc and resides in Malaysia. I love design and Japan Pop Culture, thus the creation of this blog. Please have a look at my portfolio, or view my résumé. Dozo yoroshiku onegai shimasu!

Beautiful cherry blossoms

29.03.10

Filed Under: Inspiration, Japan with 3 Comments

When comes March and April, first thing that will spring to my mind is Cherry Blossoms! When Spring season arrives, the temperature is getting warmer and warmer which leads to the flower blossoming of Sakura trees. The color of Sakura are normally in shades [...] Continue Reading…

Japan - The Strange Country

22.03.10

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Japan is one of the most technology advanced and interesting country in the world. It’s a country that preserved the traditional culture and yet trendy and modern. From the sources from the Internet, we always read a lot of articles saying that Japan is [...] Continue Reading…

3 Free Grid Wordpress themes + inspiration & resources

20.02.10

Filed Under: Inspiration, Resources, Web Design with 5 Comments

Somewhere around a year ago, I wrote a post regarding the new trend in grid based designs. Well indeed the trend is getting popular now and is spotted by other website too like InspiredMag. I really like this design style because the layout is [...] Continue Reading…

Dajare - interesting Japanese word play

31.01.10

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Recently I stumbled upon this interesting and funny Japanese word play called “駄洒落” (Dajare). According to Wikipedia, Dajare is similar in spirit to an English pun relying on similarities in the pronunciation of words to create a simple joke. Below are some of the [...] Continue Reading…

Amazing Japan HDR photos by Stuck in Customs

29.12.09

Filed Under: Inspiration, Japan with 4 Comments

Trey Ratcliff, also known as Stuck in Customs, a world famous HDR photographer, was recently visited Japan for travel and photography opportunities. And he posted up a set of Japan photos that he took on his Flickr page and all I had to say [...] Continue Reading…

Merry Christmas 2009!

25.12.09

Filed Under: J-Pop with 3 Comments

It’s been a while since I last update this blog and I would like to take opportunity to wish all the readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hope you guys enjoy your holiday! :D Here I share with you two lovely [...] Continue Reading…

Tokyo Train Map

10.09.09

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Here I present you the useful Tokyo Train Map! This map is written in Japanese and feel free to download or print it for your own usage. The map will be very useful for people who wants to travel in Tokyo by train. Look [...] Continue Reading…

Rate your favorite “Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto” Cards

01.09.09

Filed Under: Art & Design with 6 Comments

Here we go again, this is the latest Foldees designer’s greeting card competition called “Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto”. From the name itself you will know that the competition theme involves around robot and a total of 85 cards are selected to be the finalists. [...] Continue Reading…

10 years of ARASHI

27.08.09

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To be honest, I was a little shock that ARASHI already formed for a decade! Time is running really fast and really congratulate them for their success! It’s not easy to be together for such long time and prove that they are really a [...] Continue Reading…

Free fonts download at FFonts

10.08.09

Filed Under: Resources, Typography with 3 Comments

FFonts is a great new website that allows for the exploration of and download of fonts (for Free!) There are huge numbers of fonts on this site and they are organized in a logical manner with previews of each one as well. Teachers and [...] Continue Reading…

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