Thank You for Loving Me

I’ve never liked Feb since time immemorial.  Though it’s the month of love, I’ve never felt something special about it…Not until Feb 2011.

Surprisingly, you were there lifting me up during my lowest moments.  Unlike what many have predicted about us, about you, you have proven them all WRONG!  I don’t have to explain the details and the specifics, but your whole-month gestures humbled me, impressed me, and made me feel loved…something that I’ve never felt and experienced before…something that I expected from people I loved yet they never gave it to me…

Words aren’t enough to say how thankful I am for everything that you have done for me.  You have filled my February with too much love and care.  I’m ashamed that sometimes I had to believe what other people say and I had to make you face their ordeal.  Shame on me…because you have also proven me wrong.

It’s not about the surprise pre-Valentine dinner.  It’s more than the daily “I love Yous”.  It’s not about the hugs and the kisses.  It’s not about you waking up early to wake me up because I’ll be late for work.  It’s not about you checking my test papers It’s not about you doing errands for me.  It’s more than these…And for that, I’ll be forever grateful to you.

True to your promises, you have shown me bottomless love and patience.  Even if I snap out at you sometimes, you returned it with soothing words and love.  Even if I’m stressed and intentionally ignores you, you patiently waited.  Oh, did I mention how touched I was when you told me you missed me just because I skipped having breakfast and lunch with you?  That melted my heart…

I hope this note won’t annoy you You know me…Unlike you, I’m expressive.  But unlike me, you’re such a sweet silent worker

 

“So before Feb 2011 ends, allow me to say from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.  You are heaven-scent. The answer to my prayers.“

gfmpainting.co.uk Copyright Violation

While cleaning my apartment this weekend, I found some old sketchpads along with slightly used oil pastels.  These reminded me of a very interesting web site I used to work with in the year 2006 while I was still with Eversun.

I’ve decided to re-visit the site by simply “Googling” these keywords – Portrait Kingdom.  After reaching beyond top 20 search results, I stumbled upon this web site which also offers the same service as Portrait Kingdom – http://www.gfmpainting.co.uk/general/portraitsamples-46

Without the trouble of going through their sub-pages, I already found familiar portraits.  Portraits which are surely painted for and owned by Portrait Kingdom.  I should know because those were the very portraits ordered/commissioned through a Virtual Sales Manager I used to train.

I immediately searched for the gfmpainting’s contact info.  Here are the information I got:

email address: info@gfmpainting.co.uk
contact number: 07834 393 396

After sending an email, I’ve decided to call and pretend as if I’m trying to commission a portrait from them.  To my surprise, the number doesn’t exist.  It’s like a dead line.  So I’ve decided to forward everything to the owner of Portrait Kingdom.

The next day, I received an email from PK’s owner that gfmpainting has already deleted the images.  I had the chance to double-check and to my dismay, they only deleted images from this page http://www.gfmpainting.co.uk/general/portraitsamples-46 but they have not deleted the stolen images from their other pages.  As a proof, here are screenshots:

Such a disgrace!  They are most likely selling their services using other company’s products.  I’m not sure how to call them.  Are they THIEVES?  LIARS? But one thing is certain – they fool people/customers by making them think that they’re expert artists in the field of portrait painting by showing the works of Portrait Kingdom.  SHAME ON YOU gfmpainting!!!

Since they do not answer back through email and since their phone number is a bogus number, I’ve decided to find the owner or webmaster.  Here’s what I got:

Registrant:
Louis Thesailankaimannan

Registrant’s address:
877319188 67-69
ruxley lane
Epsom
Surrey
KT19 0JG
United Kingdom

I tried to contact the number mentioned above but it connected me to an American bank!!!  I’m not sure though if I dialled the number correctly

To continue, I’ve decided to search through Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.  Here are the accounts I found:

Gfmpainting Facebook page
Louis Thesailankaimannan page
GFmpainting Twitter account

Portrait Kingdom already contacted them, messaged them, emailed them, but no response. Flooding their social networking pages with requests to remove PK’s portrait photos from their website didn’t give any positive result. They did not respond.

To GFMpainting, how can you afford to advertise/sell your services using other people’s output?

Whoever is your web designer or webmaster, they should be reminded of the consequences that go with COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS and DUPLICATE WORK.  If they are professional, they should be creative enough to at least remind themselves of the importance of ORIGINALITY!  Afterall, what they did isn’t cloning but the very act of STEALING!!!

Here’s a simple advice: CREDIBILITY starts with HONESTY!