Tiny Set Kosong Gathering 01

I heart set kosong gathering too

Attended by Ping, Tiing, Sheela and myself, it was our first gathering after Lissa left. We went to the new Bing! initially to scout for cute guys to cuci mata, since we stayed indoors for too long, but to no avail. 

We left Bing and headed to Asian Recipe next door (not exactly next door, it's like next next next... door) to have dinner.

Menu discussion?

We were the noisiest in the restaurant, maybe because we were so hyped about everything. The only time we were quiet was when we have food stuffed in our mouths.

Tiing with her soya bean milk

Ping's Rozel Tea

Sheela's Garlic Chicken

Ping's Tom Yum Fried Rice, was it? Doesn't look like one to me.

Tiing's Butterfly Fish

And I had fresh fruits which looks years to arrive on my table because first, they have to plant those papaya trees, watermelon and honeydew plants, wait for it to bear fruits, then harvast it from the farm and serve it to me fresh. We sat so near the counter (according to Tiing, it's for easy payment) so we kept hinting the guy behind the counter on my fruits. Those slow people never get the hint, I had to ask them to check my order.

Ping with the slow counter guy behind

Sheela, Ping and Tiing decided that they need more toufu and ordered another side dish of japanese egg toufu which of course did not take as long as fruits! Sigh...

We head back to Bing! to find it really crowded. Tiing wanted strawberry banana smoothies but bananas ran out so she had strawberries. I can't remember what Sheela had. Vanilla something? And I had mocha which took them more than 50 minutes to prepare. And the chinese guy I asked said they were too busy to prepare my drinks. What kind of excuse was that?!

We pose with the glass

The rest of the pictures are too embarassing to be posted here so MSN me for pics!

Tagged

... by Ricky.

Rules :

- Pick your birth month .
- Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you .
- Bold (or italicize) the best apply to you .
- Copy to your own blog , with all twelve months .
- Tag 10 people


January.
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach and be taught. Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses. Likes to criticize. Hardworking and productive. Smart, neat and organized. Sensitive and has deep thoughts. Knows how to make others happy. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Rather reserved. Highly attentive. Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love. Loves children. Loyal. Has great social abilities yet easily jealous. Very stubborn and money cautious.

February.
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizes dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

March.
Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate. Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Loves to serve others. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Observant and assesses others. Revengeful. Loves to dream and fantasize. Loves traveling. Loves attention. Hasty decisions in choosing partners. Loves home decors. Musically talented. Loves special things. Moody.

April.
Active and dynamic. Decisive and hasty but tends to regret. Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving. Motivates oneself and others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only their lover can see.

May.
Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attract others and love attention. Deep feelings.Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves traveling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spendthrift.

June.
Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills.Talkactive. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand conscious. Executive. Stubborn.

July.
Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Likes to be quiet. Homely person. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Prone to having stomach and dieting problems. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.

August.
Loves to joke. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless. Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too generous and egoistic. Takes high pride in oneself. Thirsty for praises. Extraordinary spirit. Easily angered. Angry when provoked. Easily jealous. Observant. Careful and cautious. Thinks quickly. Independent thoughts. Loves to lead and to be led. Loves to dream. Talented in the arts, music and defense. Sensitive but not petty. Poor resistance against illnesses. Learns to relax. Hasty and trusty. Romantic. Loving and caring. Loves to make friends.

September.
Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to point out people's mistakes. Likes to criticize. Stubborn. Quiet but able to talk well. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal but not always honest. Does work well. Very confident. Sensitive. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings.Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic.

October.
Loves to chat. Loves those who loves them. Loves to take things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often .Treats friends importantly. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer . Opinionated. Does not care what others think . Emotional.Decisive . Strong clairvoyance. Loves to travel, the arts and literature. Touchy and easily jealous. Concerned. Loves outdoors. Just and fair. Spendthrift. Easily influenced. Easily loses confidence. Loves children

November.
Has a lot of ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinks forward. Unique and brilliant. Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. Fine and strong clairvoyance. Can become good doctors. Dynamic in personality. Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less talkative but amiable. Brave and generous. Patient. Stubborn and hard-hearted. If there is a will, there is a way. Determined. Never give up. Hardly becomes angry unless provoked. Loves to be alone. Thinks differently from others. Sharp-minded. Motivates oneself. Does not appreciate praises. High-spirited. Well-built and tough. Deep love and emotions. Romantic. Uncertain in relationships. Homely. Hardworking. High abilities. Trustworthy. Honest and keeps secrets. Not able to control emotions. Unpredictable.

I'm a DECEMBER child!

December.

Loyal and generous. Sexy. Patriotic. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Loves to socialize. Loves praises. Loves attention. Loves to be loved. Honest and trustworthy. Not pretending. Short tempered. Changing personality. Not egotistic. Take high pride in oneself. Hates restrictions. Loves to joke. Good sense of humor.

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It's Christmas

Christmas was like any other day.

Carrot came over to Somerset and had a game of Monopoly with my sisters the whole afternoon (because I left game early, wasn't in a good mood because my arm was hurting from injection). Went for christmas dinner with Carrot at Carvery. Ate lotsa turkeys and yum-yums. Gotta watch my calories intake! No christmas present.

Lately I've been skipping too many cardio sessions. Need to motivate myself before I put on flabs! Still following strictly on low-carbs diet and occasionally will experience light-headedness. 

Oh yea... Today I went to Starbucks at The Spring to have my usual mocha and chef's salad. Guess what I found in my salad? It's staple! I first noticed it on my lettuce and I removed it... Then, I soon found myself chewing on another! Goodness gracious! Luckily I was not hurt. Sue Starbucks. Carrot was not happy to find me chewing on metal and he complained to the staff. They apologized and obviously Carrot was not satisfied with their service. They were like… “You’re not hurt right? I’ll give you vouchers to redeem free drinks.” I did not want their vouchers but I do not want to make them upset with such silly mistakes so I just took it and left, asking them to be more careful. Sure it did tarnish their name.

Next time they should be more careful before getting sued.

Tiredness

After sleeping for 7 hours, I woke up tired. Usually I will be all pumped up if I sleep for such long hours, but no... My back were aching, my throat felt dry. Must be the weather. I really dislike wet season.

• I can't drive my new shinny car out because I despise washing the mud off after that.
• I can't go shopping because I hate going out in the rain. 
• My laundry take days and lots of moonlight to dry.
• I celebrated my birthday in the rain and I hate it.
• It gets really cold in the night.
• I dislike the thought of celebrating christmas when it is raining as well.
• And I think I'm going down with flu soon.

I shall blame the weather for making me tired like this. I used to watch lots of dramas and animes during my holiday but now gah... Tired. I just want to do nothing.

Oh yea, I have been reading John Grisham's The Partner. It is really good! Better than his The Client. But oh, Carrot promised to being me to grab some more of his books today.

I have no program for christmas! Or for eve. Carrot suggested movie and dinner at Carvery. It seems like I have better celebration last year! For both christmas and birthday. Maybe Carrot is really reaching an age where they are settling down and stop partying. Oh no... Ah Phek-ness. Sigh.

I wish Lissa and people are back. At least we will enjoy some crap chats at Bing or something. Oh Lissa and people... Hurry back. I noticed that I am never good at asking my friends out for drink. It's always Lissa. See, I'm so dependant on her. Even wanting a drink, I depend on her. Le sigh... Lissa... Come back soon...

Oh, I received a nicely wrapped present from Lissa! Suddenly I feel intimidated because I did not wrap her present as nice as she wrapped mine. But thank you Lissa! I love it! 

Festive seasons are boring nowadays... T_T

LOOKIE!

When I was posting my previous birthday post I noticed something really important...

My arms are muscular!

Okay, just random rants. LOL

Girl or Car?

Guys out there...

Which do you love more?

Your girl or your car.

Opinion please...

Cute Blogger Award

Awarded by Sharon

Here are the rules:
1. Each blogger must post these rules.
2. Each blogger starts with ten random facts/habits about themselves.
3. Bloggers that are tagged, need to write ten facts about themselves. You need to choose ten people to tag and list their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’ve been tagged and also to read your blog.

And the 10 random facts are:

1. Architecture student that loves designing, but hates drawing or sketching because she can't draw well!
   
2. A proud Sagittarius, always aim high... (or maybe too high) and a perfectionist.
   
3. Spends most of the time in front of the computer (either playing games, blogging, doing assignments, watching anime/ drama, reading online journal and online shopping), or at the gym or out spending time with Carrot.
4. She can't live without Carrot... water, air, and good food.
   
5. A very bad habit of perfecting assignments over and over again not knowing when to stop.
6. Does not eat white rice. Dislike chicken rice. No, not the chicken, just the rice. Does not like noodles; don't offer me kolo mee!
   
7. Drinks sugarless drinks; Kopi-O Kosong, Teh-O Kosong, Iced Lemon Tea without sugar, Soya Bean Milk without sugar... what else... Loves plain water, dislike coke. No soft drinks, thanks.
   
8. Fetish for square flip phones!
9. Did ballroom dance and enjoyed it!
10. Can be both introverted and extroverted. Depending on situations.
    

I'm feeling sick

It's almost 4 in the morning and I'm still rushing to finish my report after sitting in front of the PC for more than 20 hours.

My stomach is acting up and I feel so nauseated. It must be from the excessive eating of unclean food for the past few meals. I realized that I cannot tolerate oily food anymore. I had mixed grill at Mr. Ho the night before and it was so oily that I can't help going to the washroom so many times today. Then I had chicken nuggets and fillet-o-fish just now. I think fillet-o-fish was fine. The nugget was too oily, that's I feel so nauseated now. I must stick to my green salad and fruits diet soon before I turn into some green vomiting monster. I feel like shit. I wanna cry. I want to finish this damn report and study for tomorrow's exam. But I'm not feeling well... Can I postpone my exam? T_T

Help me...

ARCHITORTURE

I found this went I was googleing on architecture students blogs.
Original is found here

You Know You're An Architecture Student When...

A litany of depressing behaviors.

* The alarm clock tells you when to go to sleep.
* You're not ashamed of drooling in class anymore, especially during Structures lectures
* You know what Superglue tastes like.
* You celebrate space and observe your birthday
* Coffee and Red Bull are tools, not treats.
* People are nauseated just by smelling your caffeine breath.
* You are surprised when you see a new building in your school.
* You think it's possible to create space.
* You've slept more than 20 hours non-stop in a single weekend.
* You fight with inanimate objects.
* You've fallen asleep in the bathroom.
* Your brother or sister thinks he or she is an only child.
* You've listened to all your CDs in less than 48 hours.
* You're not seen in public.
* You lose your house keys for a week and you don't even notice.
* You've brushed your teeth and washed your hair in the university's bathroom.
* You've discovered the benefits of having none or very short hair, and you've started to appreciate inheriting baldness.
* You've used an entire role of film to photograph the footpath.
* You know the exact time the vending machines are refilled.
* You always carry your deodorant.
* You become excellent at recycling when making models.
* When you try to communicate, you make a continuous and monotonous whine.
* You've danced YMCA with excellent choreography at 3 am and without a single drop of alcohol in your body.
* You take notes and leave messages with a rapidograph and colour markers.
* You combine breakfast, lunch and dinner into one single meal.
* You see holidays only as extra sleeping time.
* You've got more photographs of buildings than of actual people.
* You've taken your girlfriend (boyfriend) on a date to a construction site.
* You've realised that French curves are not that exciting.
* You can live without human contact, food or daylight, but if you can't print it's chaos.
* When you're being shown pictures of a trip, you ask about the human scale
* You can use Photoshop, Illustrator and make a web page, but you don't know how to use Excel.
* You refer to great architects (dead or alive) by their first name as if you knew them (Frank, Corbu, Mies, Norman, Tadao).
* You buy 50 dollars worth of magazines that you haven't read yet.
* When someone offers you a Bic pen, you feel offended.

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*You spent 20 hours in front of the computer working on the same project.
*You don't understand how somebody can spend less than RM20 at the stationary shop.
*When someone called you lazy, you want to have them murdered.
*You can live without human contact, sunlight, food, but if your plotter’s ink runs out… Chaos!!!
*You have the modern mark: a blister in your palm’s hand for the constant use of your mouse (This is so true!)
*Changes in your vocabulary: homework to project, ball to sphere, print to plot...
*You spent more than RM100 on printing.
*You hate tracing papers.
*You hate people telling you "go to sleep" or "still a lot to do?" or "when can you finish?".
*When you finally have free time to go out you keep thinking "who was the idiot that designed the restaurant’s bathroom?" or "who designed this menu?" or "who designed this [chair, table, lighting, fork, etc]?"

It is flat, thus it weights

Semester 3 is finally coming to an end. It seems like only yesterday I enrolled in LimKokWing and today, I'm blogging about how I'm already half way through my diploma. Gosh... time really flies when you're so occupied!

This semester seems to fly faster than before! Or rather I feel that I am not settled down enough for this semester. Gym and dates took too much of my time and I hardly able to do as much as I did last semester.

My lecturer once told me that I slacked a lot this semester, but to me, I'm still doing my best, just maybe not as good as before. Not as perfect. That statement made me cry, not because those are harsh words or anything. It is just that, maybe, lecturers have too much of an expectation out of me and I can't seem to achieve them. I am a disappointment. Yet, I will stand and do what I can now and not let what had happened get into my way.

Meh... Enough of babbling.

So yea... This morning was Semester 3 design presentation. I was in group A! (Panels were Mr Terry and Mr Asfia, did I spell his name right? Corrected! Thanks to Azie) And I'm also the last to present. Everyone was looking! (Ho ho... Didn't I just get everyone's attention?) Even group B's presentation was already over by that time. Was a little nervous... Cause I feel that I did not put as much effort as last semester. And Sheounz only gave me A-! Was thinking "Oh no... Elin is going to give me B now"

Yea... Weird thoughts when you're nervous. Well, few things that were raised up by panels

• The roof is flat thus, it weights. Should make it pitched a little. (Well, my mistake. Design flaw)
• Stagnant water (my design got water feature) does not gives cold air when water vaporizes. Will only brings humidity to the building and thus, my building will only last for 5 years (I didn't know!)
• Sliding wall made out of wood is too heavy to push. Not practical (My mistake! Was suppose to be bamboo! I told the panels those were wood strips)

Overall, it was a good presentation. The panels loved my boards and model (My model suck I tell you). But yeah, if they like it, then it's good.

I noticed that I did not take any pictures of my model! So no pictures here.

I shall fall back into slumber.

Dancing With A Stranger

I finally finished my model and presentation board! And slept for 12 hours straight after staying awake for 3 days.

Space, Inside Out

Did some manual rendering with colour pencil on the presentation board after I printed it.

Now I am left with design diary, portfolio, topography model and perspex cover for my models.

SketchUp to Revit

After doing 3d modeling in SketchUp, I was thinking... Why not I do my building plans using Revit? Here I go...

Tada...

It took me quite an effort to link SketchUp files with Revit since I don't really know how Revit works. But with tutorial I finally get it done. So this is how it looks like in SketchUp, rear elevation.

2d elevation in SketchUp

Elevation in Revit

Combo, not a bad idea. I was thinking maybe I can do abit of presentation rending with Maya.

3ds Max

Creating terrain was so difficult with SketchUp! Cause I'm noob =_=

It took me nights, and sleepless nights trying to model the contour in SketchUp but it wasn't accurate.

Then my hero, 3ds Max came in.

My heroic 3ds Max

So accurate!

D. Gray Man

I so want to get my hands on Lenalee's exorcist costume! It's so cool... *too bad I'm not involved in cosplay*

Wish I have the body to wear such sexy costume though. Sigh...

Oxymoron!

It's 3.30 in the morning now and as usual, I'm procrastinating again.

I was Tadao Ando'ing' a minute ago and I noticed something about him. I shall share my opinion of him here...

He is actually a really complicated guy, but he strives for simplicity. And thus, he claims that he is simple guy by using lots of geometrical plans to create his "spiritual space". (Sounds like me, I guess. Simple yet complicated. *sigh*)

Yay, paradox. Just like Tadao. He want his space to come between fictive and reality. Make it spiritual and highly symbolic.

Oh Tadao, I have fallen in love with you... Because you are so like me (or I claimed to be)

Let's build a home together, shall we? (*laughs* literally)

Stop finding reasons

It has been ages since I last posted. This will be a quick one. And most probably the first post that I write about my personal thoughts and feelings.

People called me kiasu, workaholic, or which ever names that lie between that, though it does not bothers me, the simple truth about me is that, I'm a perfectionist. Blame Sagittarius, blame my personality. I can't change it. And I don't want to. I am a proud Sagittarian.

Being someone who always want things go her way, sometimes, what I achieved, is not something that easy to satisfy my huge appetite. I aimed too high and disappointments are always there.

Not only that I am always disappointed with myself, I found out that I let down those around me as well. Sometimes the guilt is so overwhelming that I wish to turn back time and patch up on things that I could improve on. I really dislike this part of me. I dislike being regretful.

Just like any other teenagers, there are times that I just wish to take a break and be "normal" for a bit. Normal as in, well, let's take things easy and go with the flow. Why push yourself so hard? Life is short. Stop and smell the flowers.

Which I did. And all that I get from being carefree (a little) is just regrets, disappointments and frustrations. I want to make things work again and again, strive for the best. After all, this is the real spirit in me. The perfectionist, the kiasu fella.

Let me advise you, readers. The more you want something to work and go your way, the worse it will become. Just do what you can, you never know when it's already brilliant. Don't think too hard.

Because I think too much, think too hard, tried too much, tried too hard, I expect from myself too much and aimed too high, well, it can be good or otherwise. Don't be a Saggitarian like me. You will only be discontented with life.

Be happy

Design Like You Give A Damn

DANCING WITH A STRANGER

'CRAFT' de PAVILION

The reason to the panda eyes, over-eating, and lack of post.






Pardon the poorly angled and low quality pictures.

Extra stick to hold the fragile model from falling apart during presentation. *Laughs* I told my panels that my kiosk is structurely unsound and need to be reinforced. ^^

Heritage Conservation Talk

Organized by Sarawak Heritage Society in collaboration with UCS Institut Eksekutif and LimKokWing Institute of Creative Technology, this program was held on 2 consecutive Saturdays on 13th September and 20th September. It aimed to bring awareness to young people on heritage issues and encourage them to become involve in heritage conservation.

The program was divided into a few lecture series, conducted by Ar Mike Boon and Ms Peggy Wong from SHS.

Ms Peggy from SHS

Students from UCS and LimKokWing

A guided tour bringing students around the historical precinct of Old Kuching City. No pictures on the guided tour because I was not around.

Group picture : UCS and LimKokWing students

I was lucky to have class on Saturday mornings so I was excused from the lecture. I can foresee what the speaker is going to say next! Since I helped preparing the presentation slides and I practically heard the talk over and over a countless time, I was glad to not be there. LOL. However, as one of the committee member in SHS, I helped talking photographs! At least I was walking around.

The same program was carried out before with the UM (Universiti Malaya) and NUS (National University of Singapore) students.

UM and NUS Joint studio

Ar Mike bringing UM and NUS students around the historical precinct of old Kuching city

And before that, we also conducted Sarawakiana Talk (I blogged about it before) which I was pretty much involved in preparing the presentation as it was the very first program conducted by SHS. The ball just kept rolling from there and now SHS are carrying out a lot of similar programs with different targeted audience.

Sarawakiana Talk

I did the research and slides

I believe there will be more to come.

Where is my motivation?

I need to pull myself together and stop slacking!


Give me back my kiasu-ism. Now.

Fast & Furious

I was rushing my AutoCad assignment when I side tracked and noticed this. Super fast download speed! Good streamyx. I lub you. For now.

Kuching Waterfront Site Analysis

Result of a full time slacker

This piece of paper marked the end of my lazy holiday, the beginning of sleepless nights, high caffeine intake and puffy eyes. The result I got for my last semester was so- so. I know I could have done better for my Pengajian Malaysia but I was one hell of a slacker anti-LAN subjects student and thus, I was given a big C+

I am pretty much aware that the semester is getting tougher. Flo should buck up and not go back to her old slacker self.

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OMG

Happy Birthday, Mummy

Light cheese cake. Yummy-licious! Anyone who wants to order, let me know.

Walking down the memory lane

It's not emptiness.


It's the the lack of presence that is overwhelming.

It is as simple as it seems

Smack. Paradox.

Why hold on when the other side no longer share the same feeling?
It is just as easy as it is.
Ugh, love's oxymoron.

Japanese Buffet

Ate my heart out tonight at Crown Plaza Riverside. Sashimi was awesome.

Thank you, my dear friend...

Mummy 3 and Kuching City Day Parade/ Food Fair was good... Totally enjoyed myself and ate lots of yum-yums. Heading to bed now... Oyasumi~

Am looking forward...

...to tonight's date!

The Mummy 3

&

Kuching City Day Parade

HURRAY~

Now, slower please...

Bra left too long on road, expanded to D-cup. Big Bright Head thinks Kuching is a bit too hot nowadays.

ARCHIDEX08 - Part 4

I wonder how many parts left, I am getting lazier. Anyways, more pictures.

Datum KL

Finally an entry on the event itself. Some asked "What is ARCHIDEX08? You ran out of ideas to name your post?" LOL.

Anyways, the response to Archidex08 was overwhelming. More than 1500 participants from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and other countries. Architects, drafters, developers, and students, like me, and some unknown people, crowded the foyer of Plenary Hall, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center on the 4th and 5th July 2008.

Coffee or tea...

Such conference gave me a different perspective to where I am currently. I wonder if I am good enough, can I survive, am I on the right track? You know the feeling of frog inside a coconut? I felt that I am that frog, suddenly thrown out in the middle of the city. When I am actually surrounded by people who has been in the field longer than I am, for some reason, it worries me. What worries me is, will I be able to stand out from the crowd and make a difference, or I will be put together, insignificantly together with the rest of the crowd? Sigh. Let me side track a bit...

Exam results will be released in exactly a week from today!

The thought of collecting my results... Freaky. Archi world is so competitive and political. I have been repeatedly stamped with the label kiasu by my classmates and some lecturers. I was just doing what I can, and I am sure, I definitely have a healthy level of competitiveness. Kiasuness is good. It makes you work harder to achieve better and improve yourself. It makes you aim higher. People who are not kiasu is just not motivated and lazy. Sorry, no offence. To me, it is either swim or sink. Why not strive for excellence? However, knowledge is meant to be shared. Kiasu does not mean being selfish and pulling out dirty tricks just to surpass someone is a no-no. Healthy competition, fair and square. Cheating is the worse thing someone can do. Cheat and you will be cheated.

Okay, back to topic.

The lecture hall is so comfy. Unlike other lectures I attended, the lectures are very well organized and of international standard. Quiet, comfortable seat, no chatterbox, uh... a bit too cold, the perfect combination to nap. Haha...

As you may have noticed by now, the theme for the DATUM this year is "DISTINCTION". As I mentioned earlier, architecture students should strive hardest for excellence. The theme distinction was chosen because it conveys outstanding quality of excellence, uniqueness, and of distinctive execution.

In this gathering of great minds around the world, through the discourse arising from the presentations, questions were debated and clarified. The speakers were the current heroes of architecture from their respective region, and each of them has stood out from the rest, to share their distinctive philosophy and design.

Some of the speakers were really boring, though their ideas and designs were impressive. It was difficult to stay awake when it's so dark and comfortable. It felt like sitting in premier class cinema. LOL. Azie, this picture is for you...

Kengo Kuma from Japan

It was difficult to take pictures in the dark.

LimKokWing Faculty of Architecture and Build Environment students... Adrian, Glenda, Florence, Terence (from left to right)