Fafi 101.
A lot of people have asked about that girl,
not TGCynthia, but that infamous drawing of a doll in my blogs.
Who she was, what she represented, is she mine.
She who sat in the background of my old xanga blog staring coyly at you, and now currently on my top banner,
she with the bright blue hair and babydoll top (lingerie?) and the stuffed animals,
she whom I call my hoochie mama. 
And is she mine?
Although most of you don’t know that I used to draw a lot; emphasis on keywords a lot and err, used to, before i sold my soul to ACCA
The hoochie mama artwork is definitely not mine.
She, and a whole line of characters called Fafinettes, belongs to the famous Parisian graffiti artist Fafi.
I’d be a little surprised if anyone does not know or heard of Fafi,
with her recent collaborations with LeSportsac, Adidas, MAC cosmetics, and others,
whose art speaks so loudly to so many girls out there including me.
And how often do artists get recognition for their work while they are still alive? :)
She’s brilliant. I adore her style, her colours, her doodles she leave on the streets of Paris,
her insanely wild imagination, her bold sexuality.
On the streets.
Fafi Adidas.
Fafi Coke.
Fafi MAC.
As far as imagination goes, she decided that her Fafinettes do not just live in the pages of her sketchbook or on the walls of the streets,
Fafinettes live in another world, The Carmine Vault,
living in harmony with Hmilos and Birtak.
Hmilos are little depressed beasts. Some of them are big and Fafinettes can ride on top of them like elephants, but some are baby Hmilos and they are very small. The only thing that makes them happy is to brush Fafinette’s hair with their brush-like teeth.
Birtak is a little four-legged creature who was once a pirate, and after being fed up with robbery and ever-lasting trips seeking for treasure islands, he decided to become a ballerina. Mean Fafinettes wanted to punish him by cutting off one of his legs, but he still came to Paris to a big city opera to become a dancer.
Eh i am not making these stories up ok!
Fafi created a whole world with friendly creatures for her Fafinettes to play with, so whimsical 
Reminds me of when I was reading The Little Prince
about the world in the eyes of another.
But I suppose what attracted me most to these innocent little Fafinettes, among all the other artistic cartoon characters I’ve ever been fortunate enough to discover, is that,
beyond their sweet, happy pappy, rainbows and lollipops demeanor lies a seemingly dark nature to these innocent little characters,
or at least that’s my personal interpretation.
Similar to my love for Blythe dolls.
The ones which everyone tells me I’m crazy and that those dolls are freaky and borderline satanic (think Chucky’s Bride) and for God’s sake take Cynthia that picture off your blog or I’ll never enter it again!
but still I adore them to bits :)
I have one Blythe doll in my room and I named her Emily Rose.
Ah, my sarcastic humour.
And as far as what they mean to me, the hoochie mama(s) represent bold femininity.
And if such things exists, an alter ego, if you will.
Whether it be through art or music that speaks to me, dance, switching to that darker quieter contemplative side, or just my random hooligan-istic behaviour,
that person I am, or become, partially or wholly,
That’s the hoochie mama :)
But on the other hand, yalah maybe I’m just delirious, what with little human-like girls in provocatively innocent clothing speaking to me.
I’ve had the privillege to perform as a character one time, and when I saw the wig that they gave me,
no problems getting into character for me.
The alter ego emerged and heh, i had a great time that night.
So educational yah, this post!
Even for myself I researched so much and got so engrossed til i now know the details of even the characters, meehee.
Sources: here, here, and all over the place lah.
edit.
p/s: SPM results come out tomorrow. Good luck all nervous candidates! An
d Debbie if you can beat my results, I’ll buy you a sweet ok 
just like old times.
editedit.
p/p/s: Debbie got 7As! Yay, clever girl 
*sayangs* but no sweet for you because you didn’t beat me, hoho!
Currently listening to: Lily Allen – Oh My God (have you seen the video? you should.)
March 11th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
That is a very funky wig. what was your character that nite?
Should have called me to help u take some shots ;)
Can u please link to my website at to http://www.terencelau.com?
Thanks. I would truly appreciate if you can link to my other website as well, a business website with the title “Dedicated Server” linking to http://www.hostpulse.com.
Keep in touch
Terence L
March 11th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
yea i love fafi :)
since form 4 i’ve been like wah she’s so cute so sexy so pretty :)
then i saw her on yr site and i’m like eh! ppl starting to know fafi yeay! :D
March 12th, 2008 at 5:12 am
hi there! i’ve been following your xanga days but i’ve never commented and so i thought today should be the day. hehe :)i love your writings!
thanks for the ‘fafi’ tutorial..
March 12th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I know wat u mean about them fafinettes and their rather dark demeanor…i see that too.
and like u said, even more intriguing….hhmmmmmmmmmmm
love this post.
March 12th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
well after reading this post, i went to wikipedia and searched for fafi. there were no results.
not exactly no results, just the 100% relevant result has no connection to fafi!
i went to the shortcut http://www.fafi.net
but still i’m intrigued by that girl :)
March 12th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
so if debbie got 7A’s… and I got 7A’s.. even Ken had 7A’s..
what did Cynthia get?
March 13th, 2008 at 1:40 am
terence: Lolita girl :) haha thats okay, it was a freelance dance / performance job. twas a fun night. Linked!
keshia: i know right :) lots of ppl started asking me about her, so i thought hey might as well mass-educate. The artist deserves it.
siokngi: oh thanks hon :) its always nice when the silent reader speaks. You’re Welcome!
chelle: something mysterious about them fafinettes. keeps me wanting more wtf! Thanks babes ;)
jon: hm, strange there’s no entry on Fafi in wikipedia. oh well. Go Google it! satisfy your intruige ;)
jonming: oooh opportunity to brag shamelessly. But.. :) Oh alright i have no shame anyway 9A1s 1A2! :D but my zaman kegemilangan is over, you know that… :)
March 13th, 2008 at 2:41 am
zaman kegemilangan bbq hahaha you nerd.
and a grooming workshop is that obu thing where they teach us how to dress formally present in front of a panel overcome stagefright bla bla.
and no the haiyak picture is MEEEE. opportunity to brag shamelessly.
and debbie gets a present becauseeeee. because because because. actually i dono. COZ I LIKE HER MORE THAN YOU HEHEHOHO
okla kidding. coz i thought ken would get you one mah. =(
March 13th, 2008 at 8:36 am
hey you should so join the malaysian dreamgirl thing !
March 13th, 2008 at 9:07 am
yea! i’ll definitely vote 4 u on m’sian dream girl. so far, the girls sucks big time.
btw, ur giving-other-ppl-to-hav-an-opportunity-to-hav-ur-fabulous-clothes sales is over?
March 13th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
jonming: ah Haiyak picture is you, hmmn not bad can audition for FunkySocks wtf. Yalah like Debbie more than me lah can still get me like, i dunno a bottle of sand right, they look like they have alot of supply. Aiyo kidding la, dont worry about it :) *bish*
anonymous: *gasps in shock* What on earth would i do there lol. but thanks :) pageants not really my thing, i s’pose.
linn: awh thats sweet :) and haha about my sales… funny you should ask. Still in the initial planning stages, but i might have to man a booth at an upcoming junksale. Will keep you posted.
March 13th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
OOh, interesting post, I always thought you drew the doll on your blog yourself.. *ignorant* :P
And haha, we got the same results for SPM! I remember I was so sad coz don’t have straight A1s.. Why am I so kiasu… T___T
March 14th, 2008 at 2:25 am
revel in me: thanks, and haha well now you know! ;)
HAHA okay i wasnt sad about my SPM results, in fact i was actually beaming like crazy, or rather, merely relieved? A lot of my classmates were getting freaking alot of As so i didnt want to be left out wtf. Stupid pure science class peer pressure.
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LOL omg SPM results.. feels like a lifetime ago.
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