Just in case someone’s wondering where I am. I’m still alive and will be back in the next few days. I hope to finish the new layout by next week before starting on a few of my projects and update the outdated content on my site. My last paper is tomorrow and I’ll be a free lady. 
I see my visitor’s count dropping from an average of 300+ per day to less than a 100 now. 
But anyway, I still think someone will be reading this so please look forward to a brand new sparkling layout next week. 
Hi, I'm Bim Bim
Initial rough sketch of the house
Yes, finally a new layout. Please say hello to Bim Bim. He’s the panda in this new layout and the current mascot of Amour Chaleur. 
I finally manage to finish drawing and coding this layout after a whole month. Kawaiiness has been up for nearly 4 months and I think it’s time for a change. This entry will be dedicated to my little one. 
It went through lots of changes before finalising on this design. In this final version, he’s wearing an artist cap and holding onto a paintbrush. Originally, he’s wearing a blue wholly hat and holding onto his bamboo stick. I can’t find the PSD file which has the old design, I might have override it. 
So why the name Bim Bim? No particular reason though. I suddenly thought of it while I was studying for my exams and find it quite adorable and suitable for this little panda. I must confess that his house, also known as the “House of Panda” is slightly distorted. I draw it over from a photo of a Japanese tea house even though it look more like a traditional Chinese house. Well, technically speaking, pandas are from China. 
Panda holding a lollipop in the bamboo forest (Sketch v1)
I’ve drawn a rough sketch of the next layout of AmourChaleur (click on the thumbnail to view the full size). I have named the theme “Panda Land” . This is just a rough sketch of what I had in mind. The edges are kind of rough as well. I was actually trying to do a sketchy doodle. But I guess the idea didn’t work. I know the lollipop looks distorted and weird (still trying to redraw that) 
. It would take months (tentatively at around April to June which is still a long time away) to complete since I think I might recode the entire layout, but I’m in no hurry. Is anyone bored of the current layout already? 
I think the next one would have lesser colours, the current colour scheme I had in mind for the next layout is a combination of the following colours: pink, red, green, yellow, black, brown and white. What do you think?
