The 10,000th is nothing but a figure, or simply 5 digits of which 4 are repetitives. Yes, its probably a big number, but a number of emptiness, of uselessness, of nothing, …
if without you.
I was, but a noob, who stumbled my way here, with an address in the book Photoshop Most Wanted. I started with churning “abstract art” (note the quotation marks) by playing with / random mixing filters, layer styles. I never dared to look back at works before 2006, a time before my involvement and love relationship with the Cafe and members in the Cafe.
Simply said, it is the Cafe that makes me, Cafe that gave me the eye to design, the eye for typography and Cafe who makes me the designer I am today.
在此转载PhotoshopCafe友人的留言：
dogtrombone(Barry Downard) :Corker!
mkeefe(Matthew Keefe) : Congratulations on your 10,000th post! It has been very unique to see you grow on your journey through life, and can not thank you enough for your contribution to countless threads.
Here’s to many many more thousands.
Hermie(Herman) : Finally she has entered the 10000. 10001 is the next step.
I came in on July 5th, 2006 and she didn’t comment on that thread!!! . That still hurts, but he you cant win them all because the rest she did.
Congrats on the 10000 and let’s go to the 10001 and then 10002, 10003, 10004, 10005, 10006, 10007, 10008, 10009, 10010, etc….
the_biggest_lebowski(T.J Powell) :You know, you got me reminiscing, Elaine. So I went back and looked at one of my very first posts (in fact, it was my first post in the Show Your Work section) and guess who was the first to respond?
Why, you, of course!
And you also didn’t like my font choice! No surprises there!
Thanks Elaine, for always being there to give your honest opinion and criticisms, even to a 3-day-old Cafe newbie! You are certainly a pillar of this community and we all look forward to 10,000 more posts!
CBCOOLEST : Oh well I only met you a while ago and I was very very pleased by the way you handled me. I was someone totally new for you but you didn’t turn your back on me instead you helped me with tips like: “this isn’t good” or” you should stop doing that because…” or even” hmm..it looks better but you still have a long way to go” etc etc
It was a nice feeling to be criticised and also appreciated at the same time, depending on what I did. Although I don’t know most of you guys I am sure in time we will get to know each other much much better. I am very glad to see you around Ray and thanks for every step you showed me and for always being a true helper not only by saying but by showing and exemplifing. I wish you best of luck and many more posts to come.
I figured you were busy cooking up something special for your 10,000 th. Well done!
You have come a long way since those early day. The best is yet to come. Heres to 100,000
[Colin Smith 预备送我他的Training DVD Download，我仍在斟酌应该选择哪个DVD。谢谢！]
JMe (Jamie) : Congrats Ray! Despite the fact i am not a ‘regular’ poster, i still visit and read your posts everyday!
Still, my fondest memories of you and this forum is the PSC league, which you founded and maintained brilliantly for the time it was running! (My proudest moment on the forum being when i unexpectedly won the Cyborg challenge against you! muahaha!)
Seriously though, you are the life of the forum… and even in the few days you took off before 10000, its seemed a little quiet around here!
Next stop, 100k!
randytoons(Randy) : Congrats!…I’m always reading something good from you…Your always willing to lend a hand or make a great comment….Keep up he good work!
phosho(Zoerb) : Nicely done…you’re a great part of the cafe, and it just wouldn’t be the same without you!
Keep up the criticism…positive and negative…and keep making some awesome art!
cfire(Frank Priboy) :Congrats Elaine!!! Looking forward to many more.
thedoc(Gray Gilmore) : 10,000. Wow.
Lebby got me thinking about my first post. Guess who commented first on that one too? Elaine Elaine Elaine haha.
You’ve helped me on too many things to count, so thank you a ton, and keep on posting that quality stuff!
Whubee : Congrats ! 10,000 is a lot of posts.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I may not post much of my work, but I know I can always count on you for an honest critique.
You have helped make the cafe a happy and inspirational place to visit for me on a daily basis. Thanks!
Thorax48 :
Congratulations on your achievement of 10,000 posts! I don’t know you, but from what I’ve seen of your works and read of your posts, you definitely are a talented designer-type-person-human, and your critiques hit on finer points of people’s works, more than “that’s pretty” or “this part sucks!”
and here’s to hearing you tell me you dislike my font choices in my future design postings
是我的要求太高了吗？我是认为，学生尚幼，小五生不过10-11岁，若此时对他们严厉一些些，灌输他们正确的书写知识，要求他们写好字，日后肯定没问题的。想当年在小学，我的字体不整齐，写字歪歪斜斜，班级主任Mr Lim还特地打电话到我家，和我妈妈沟通，要我把字体写好。记得我当时顶了一句，“This is the way I write since I was young and this is how untidy I am. I’m born untidy. ”，这话可让 Mr Lim又气又好笑，哭笑不得。
若没有Mr Lim当年的坚持，我想，我至今的字体还是非常不整齐的。在此，不能不谢谢 Mr Lim Lai Liang。我的英语会好，书写能力强，更不能不感谢当年小五小六Mr Lim为我打下的基础。想起小学，当然也不能不提在我小学二年级教导我的老师，Mrs Wong Ser Lian。记得每每我功课做不好，她会拉我耳朵，会捏我，但若非Mrs Wong对我如此严厉，我的成绩会突飞猛进，小二能拿班上第一名吗？有些老师是我们一辈子都不会忘记的。
我是很幸运的，小学——高中一路走来，遇到了不少好老师：Mrs Wong Ser Lian （小学二年级：英文、数学）， Mr Lim Lai Liang （小学五、六年级：英文、数学、科学）， 谢宝玉老师 （中学二年级：高级华文），Mrs Wong-Cheong Lai Mun （中学四年级：数学），Ms Yap Ai Li （中学三、四年级：数学，高级数学，化学），林白燕老师 （高中：高级华文/语文特选课程），吴惠妆老师 （高中：高级华文/语文特选课程）。上述老师对我的要求都很高，都很用心教导我、栽培我。
我的要求真的太高了吗？我真的不认为我的要求过高。按Pygmalion Effect，expectations brings about results – expect little and expect little results，于是，我们对自己、对学生的要求能低吗？我总认为，最基本的，我们还是要做好。
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看到学生用汉语拼音写“蔡老师”，眼眶顿时暖暖的，小学一年级嘛！怎能要求他们会写“蔡老师”？ 还有一句“You are the best”也让我好感动。我记得，送我这纸条的学生在两星期前对我出言不逊，说了些不该说的话（至于她说了什么，我不想旧事重提），我简直气爆了，但是她毕竟还小，小孩子，如我CT所说，就像一张白纸，只要好好调教，必定没问题的。师生也是没隔夜仇的，我是这么认为的。
. That still hurts, but he you cant win them all because the rest she did.
muahaha!)
