RANT!!!

JUST WHEN I'M BEGINNING TO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT MY WEIGHT.. THE STUPID WEIGHING SCALE DIED ON ME!!!!!

ahem ahem

okay, got that out. sorry folks, i just had to get that out of my system.

I'm so starving right now cos i haven't eaten much in the last 38 hours. Only a packet of chee cheong fun for lunch yesterday and a single roll of spring roll for dinner and nothing else after that.

No. thats not my new diet regime.

its just cause i was working at ZOUKOUT and i hardly found the time to eat or there was no appetising stuff around. ahh..but its all good, had alot of fun at ZOUKOUT, in between the working and running around to the different areas to watch and dance..haha..a hell of an experience :) doing set-up again felt awfuly nostalgic of pre-study days where events, exhibitions and parties where the roster of the day..ah i do miss it.

i need to get ready for my HK trip already :) what clothes to wear and bring, what baggage to pack in, where to go, what to see... OOOO EXCITED!!!!

Mish Mash

its deathly quiet at home now. all the lights are off and the computer screen casts an empty glow in the room.
i have no idea why i cant seem to get to sleep. maybe cos of all the flood of events that happened recently. like all hell broke loose.

dear friends
dear me

some depressing
some so happy
some so embarrassing
some i have no idea what to make out of
some i have yet to know the full story

christmas is coming
new year is coming

i know what i want for christmas this year. which is good. i dont usually do. but this year. i've my sights on several things. ahhh. hopefully but some weird twist of luck i'll have my wish come true hehehehehe.

the new year is always the time where i feel most lost. i look back on the going year and maybe be filled with regret and sometimes joy in the things that have happened. but most importantly, i'd rather spend it with ppl close to my heart..not some insane party somewhere..

i feel old already..

no idea what's this post about. everything is scattered. i know. no train of thought. so all over the place. but maybe in this messy messy mess some coherency is present. i need to get my blogging mind back. blogging abt such un-interesting thoughts and events are so mundane. abt how i feel day in day out. boring. life i need a life.

ok let's take this nice n slow, walk with me if u will.
i warn u it takes great patience..

nice and slow
nice and slow into the new year

All Strung Up

Videos coming up..

Was in studio today and Andrew was very very enthusiastically telling Sri and i to search Youtube for this little Korean boy who plays the guitar damn well. So we did a search and here's what we found...


Living On a Prayer by Bon Jovi

Yes, amazing right for an eleven year old boy? We looked at other videos of his and his WIDE and i mean WIDE repertoire of songs. Chanced upon a cover of Eric Clapton's (Slowhand), Tears in Heaven and that went on to me gushing about Clapton's songs..

One of my ALL TIME FAV LOVE SONG...(sing this song to me and i will so totally melt)


Wonderful Tonight

Which then lead on to...


Layla

Then to...


My Father's Eyes

Did a wiki search on Eric Clapton and his life story is undeniably full of ups and downs..lost parentage, substance abuse, affairs, loss of a child. Go wiki his name if you really want to know, but seriously, all those life experiences led him to write amazing songs including collaborations with the late Bob Marley.

Sighs...

I could just listen to the songs over and over again..
I'm all strung up..

One week

Best fliend and i

When best fliend and i are together, we do the craziest things :)

I have no patience for blogging now but i'll do it anyway since I'm trying to kill time while my hair dries so i can go to sleep.

F1 started today and the sound of the machines whizzing by made hair all over my body stand on end. It was a weird feeling, quite hard to describe but i secretly found it quite pleasurable. It made this tingly feeling inside that just made me smile. Odd really, but nice :)

(note: not even an F1 fanatic, know nuts about the sport, except Raikonnen's blue blue eyes)

Its Sam's birthday today, and best fliend and i went through alot of trouble making a surprise for him as well as getting his gift. I hope he liked it though :) and we had good fun going through all the trouble. Happy birthday Samuel Low Yan Yun!!!

hehe..

Mambo was awesome as usual on Wednesday. Think full house Zouk and excellent company on the dance floor. Bumped into a few familiar faces as well. Good stuff i say.

Finally got the full protection for my new lappie today. Its FLAMING RED and I LOVE IT!

One week almost over..

Buzz Buzz BUSY

Now don't blame a girl if she's too busy to update her blog.

Its a good sign isn't it? Like she has better things to do then pour a tirade of her emotions out on cyberspace and hope to gather some sympathy votes?

No! i will not do that today, maybe some other day though..haha

we're nearing the end of the 1st term of Sem 1 of my 3rd year in hell-hole Architecture School and i'm glad to say after all the shit i've been through i'm still loving it. Of course with great group mates and the occassional stress relieving session of good ol' volleyball, i'm still ALIVE.

Now, i'm just looking forward to the holidays :)

Catch up with friends, do the necessary spring cleaning although its technically autumn now, get my Europe trip album into place..most importantly to hang loose and have fun..

i like the way life is going now. Fuss-free with no strings attached. 

LOVING IT!

The Pursuit of Architecture

Site studies in sweltering heat
Rolls of yellow butter paper
Hours spent sketching
Beating the mind into plup for a credible concept
Translating that into space
Rolls of yellow butter paper
Hours spent sketching
Toying with pieces of cardboard
Transforming paper architecture to actual space
Sessions with tutors who slam you for your own good
Back to the drawing board again
Start all over
Reach a conclusion and make it work
Start work on deliverables
Slog like mad to make sure everything's in place
Presentation
Relief and satisfaction

At the beginning, one dreaded this one week workshop. Now at the end of it, one begins to see what were the lessons taught and the lessons learnt.

Only people who have had experience being in architecture school or its equivilent know what it really is like to be coupled down with so much stress and work and still be able to function properly. One enjoys what one does and no matter how stressed and busy it all is, its always a sweet ending when one has given it all.

Some friends might never understand how appointments, birthdays or even a simple meal together can be forgotten.

Its all in the pursuit of architecture that one finds true happiness :)

Goodbye Life, Hello No Life

Alrite, its the 2nd day of school and i'm already moaning and dreading it. So not a good sign, reminds me of Yr 2 Sem 1..Sighs..

BOO!

We have this Tropical Architecture Workshop running for 1 week and we have deliverables that have to be done by this Saturday for the final crit which is almost like possible considering the scale of the project. We have to design a building within a 8.3m x 18m x 15m site which is situated in a private housing estate, at the end of a row of terraced houses. Its supposed to be converted into a cafe and 2 other programs which suit the context of the building. The design has to encapsulate tropical design as well as concepts relating to the context of the site. Sounds like alot? You should hear about the deliverables..

1 A1 panel depicting your design in concept and rendering
Full Floor Plans
Sectional Drawings
1:50 scale model of the overall design
1:20 scale model of a sectional door/window/opening

so there..all by this Saturday did i mention? Oh well, at least i should take heart that its group work? But you know me, i'm not that good with group work in unfamiliar environments and unfamiliar people. Its just weird. We have to establish a whole new studio synergy all over again. :(

The next 5 weeks are going to be a whole new project all over again. I just hope its interesting..

Yes, i know i promised more abt the trip and some pictures to go along. They'll come up as soon as i manage the time and got them all put together. I've yet to show them all to my family either.

Goodness, i realise i have nothing much to blog about now except things happening in school. I need to find another focus somewhere somehow, by hook or by crook. How apt a title!