Same feeling...

(I'm blue,
da ba dee da ba di)

My rookie mistake for not factoring in such a growth 😰

Okay, problem resolved. PDF/X-4 seems to work for the printer. But yea, these could have been avoided if I have done all my earlier artworks in CMYK back then. Generally, it shouldn't matter with digital printing, but it's a lot more trouble with offset printing.

Lesson learnt!

Some of my images were created in RGB in the past, and I have learned better to now work in CMYK for printing purposes.

But sigh*, the printer's proof I received was so unacceptable. I am hoping converting it to PDF/X-4 myself (as the colours are what I want) will fix this though...

He applied medical patches made with strange-looking dead skin and torn-off wet magazine pages as a temporary solution. The patches were secured with rubber bands, but it gave me some respite. I woke up from my dream, but man, it was wild. Thank you for reading this dumb, little story anyway haha

Outside, we came across this older man in his 60s who called out to my cousin as she was having trouble with her watch. The elder offered to fix it for free. He then noticed I had nasty rashes on my arms (I don't in rl) and diagnosed that I should stop eating fried chicken—but braised is okay.

There were some mundane scenes after that, such as getting sidetracked at the nearby shops selling antiques and retro games. My cousin (not a gamer) was looking at a game case titled Final Fantasy 2, and she exclaimed, "Wow, they got FF X-2 here too!". I was too lazy to correct her.

I didn't want to join the queue, so I looked at the dishes around the other side of the perimeter. I found some barely-touched veggies, like xiaobaicai with oyster sauce, stir-fry tofu etc., and I happily settled with those.