CLICK PHOTO FOR LARGER RESOLUTIONDo I love my life? Do I really love my studies? Living in KL? My life as a university student astraying to the hell day. Home sick...financial crisis...miss misS miSS Miss Teoh... Life ain't good. Well, no matter how bad it is, there is still few things i like:
1. I'm a student again
2. I live life to the fullest ( Heavy assignmentS!)
3. I love my lecturers, they are great, I learned alot in last sem
4. I gained weight!
Yea, only a few.
And now... oH YEA!
I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night
that tonight’s gonna be a good night
that tonight’s gonna be a good good night
Tonight’s the night night
Let’s live it up
I got my money
Let’s spend it up
Go out and smash it
like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Let’s get get OFF
I know that we’ll have a ball
if we get down
and go out
and just loose it all
I feel stressed out
I wanna let it go
Lets go way out spaced out
and loosing all control.............................
Forgive me, black eye peas song running over my mind every sec! Life turns great when I don't give a shit what is my responsible for tomorrow and I can sleep like nobody business. This sem break is wonderful after I been through all these:
Sleepless nights...Overnight in studio... Improper meal... Bathless day... STress.... And my hair turning white... I can see I'm working harder compare to the time when i was in diploma. Thanks to all my kiasu classmates. I was always impressed the work by them in every crit session. Yet, i don't feel im pushing myself to the limit. Hopefully the next sem, im gonna pay more attention in every single detail of my courses and also give all my time to studies.
Having said that, I didn't attend to any Sunday service. GUILTY! I do feel my faith dropping as my trust of foundation started to fade off. Although she keeps telling me to go, something always came up to stop me from going. Hmm... I guess I have to be strong. I'm not yielding. My life routine comes to a point that i need to seek God which I didn't. I depends on my own alot in many things. What's wrong with me? I used to be obsessed to my spiritual life! Enough said. I need to change when I go back to KL. From my live to my studies to my attitude to my passion to everything that needed to change.
Ouch..I get emo sometimes. I shall be happy for the remaining 15 days. Enjoy! me! enjoy!!
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*You know you're an architecture student when...*
....you know the janitors by name.
....your roommates say "good morning," and you reply "good night."
....you carry a toothbrush in your backpack.
....someone asks you for your phone number and you give them the studios.
....you start paying rent for your desk space in studio.
....You total up 3 meals of the day to your breakfast."
....'Red Bull' is you favorite drink.
....all of the Christmas gifts you give are wrapped in trace.
.....you ask Santa Clause for architecture supplies.
....you ask Santa Clause for a sleeping bag.
....after all of your expenses, you can't afford to pay attention.
....you have 3 or more cups of double shot coffee espressos in one night .
...you hear the same song on the radio 3 or more times in one night.
.... You know the different taste between UHU and Pritt glue
.... You can stay alive without sunlight, communicate with people nor having foods but you would commit suicide if the plotter doesn't plot your work out .
....construction workers are already working.
....You've lost your house key and u realized week later
....you sleep more than 16 hrs at weekends
....u dance madly at 3 am though u aren't drunk
....you note smt with yr drafting pen or yoken
.... You are an expert and Photoshop, illustrator and auto cad but u don't know how to use MS excel
....you've got 2 subjects / day but u got to study it whole day
....you spend more time in studio than in your own bed.
....your parents are complaining that you're not having enough fun.
....you only leave studio to buy supplies.
....you haven't taken a shower in a week.
....you see showering as a waste of time.
....you've ever dreamt about your models.
....upon hearing 'supermodel', you think of a nicely crafted-foam core model.
....your parents have more of a social life than you.
....your 14-year-old brother has more of a social life than you.
....you consider using broccoli for your models.
....you enjoy hanging out at 'Home and Garden Fair'.
....you know all the 24-hour food places in the area.
....your friends get more sleep in one night than you do in one week.
....the streetlights turn off.
...You consider 3AM an early night.
....when you are out at 3AM, and people knows where you're at.
....everything you eat comes in single serving baggies.
....the idea of a 24 hour 'Kinko's' make's perfect sense .
...smoking sounds appealing.
....you're out on Friday nights in studio.
....the only building on campus with its lights on is your studios'.
....you say "It's only midnight- I have plenty of time to finish."
....you confuse sunrise with sunset. ....you ask what time it is, then ask "AM or PM?"
....you strangle your roommate because she said she stayed up late studying.
....your Friday night is 68 hours long.
....you know how much a cubic foot of concrete weighs
....you slice your finger, and the first thing you think of is if you'll be able to finish your model.
....you understand why architects have glasses and white hair.
....You call some great architects as if they are you friends. err... Frank... Tadao. ....you swear there are only 120 people at USC.
....you know all of these are true, no exaggerations.
....you can listen to all your CD's in one night.
....certain songs remind you of studio.
....you change the style of music to country coz u r fed up with POP
....Sister's favorite brand names are Prada DNKY etc... But yours are Mastex, Staedtler, pentel, rotring
....you dare not to have a gf/bf coz no one can accept for what u are
....you can conceptually compose the food on your plate.
....you think the 'Weekender' happens every weekend.
....upon hearing 'Weekends' you think of sleep.
....the 'Shop Cafe' closes when you arrive, and reopens before you leave studio.
....you have to wait for breakfast shops to open.
....you go to the food shop, and order the "usual", and they understand.
....you use architecture tools to eat.
....you only buy groceries once a month.
....you wake up to go to school and you're already there.
....you start wearing all black.
....you have no life, and admit it.
....you start to critique a radio selection's selection of songs.
....you bring your friends to studio to keep you company.
....you refer to outside studio as the "Real World."
...."going out to eat" is at the 'Shop Cafe'.
....going on a vacation involves going to 'Flax' or 'Pearl'.
....you confuse today and tomorrow.
....you tell time by when other people leave studio.
....you can write a 6-page term paper by procrastinating.
....you hear "Didn't you wear that yesterday?' followed by "and the day before that?"
....you roommate files a Missing Person Report.
....you count the number of days (not hours) you've been awake.
....you think days are 48 hours long.
....you go to the store to buy a six-pack of 'Red Bull'.
...."Homecoming" happens once a term.
....on Halloween, you dress like your instructors.
....on Halloween you trick-or-treat in studio to get arch supplies or 'Red Bull.'
...."respect", "coolness', and "hatred" are all based on how much sleep you get, or lack of.
....you see your own picture on a milk carton.
....you start using words your instructor uses.
....your bed has collected a layer of dust on it.
....concept of time is not forward, but a countdown from the time a project is due ("What time is it?""4 hours 'till").
....you contemplate suicide 3 times a day.
....you contemplate dropping your major 3 times a day.
....you have a tent pitched in studio, but still don't go to sleep.
....doing models all night long excites you.
....you know the people in the studio better then your roommates.
....Drimmels are a lifelong investment, if you can keep the parts.
....Gesso is pointless.
....X-acto knives can be dangerous
... as we all know or will find out.
....Beer pyramids AND Red Bull pyramids are some of our late-night late projects.
....Elmer's glue doesn't dry quick -- not even close.
....They know the phrase "Always done, never done" all too well and wish the professors would stop saying it
....They can always have more construction lines.
....They know the number and price of their favorite item in the snack machine downstairs, as well as every other item and all the drinks in the other two machines.
....And if you have been drunk while in the studio working on a project, join the club.
....they believe they should be paid just for having the major
....you drink more in studio than you do when you're out
....you have sent messages on aim to another jackass architecture student in the same room as you are(done tht)
....you think "X-Acto Blade Throwing" is a sport.
....you have 3 or more 'Mountain Dews' in one night
....you spend more time in studio than with your wife.
...."scoring" involves an X-Acto blade
....you don't find out who wins the Presidential Election until Thanksgiving Break, if you get one at all.
....a break consists of moving your car.
....you've memorized you favorite vending machine combination item (B6).(B12- V Black)
....you use your T-square or straight edge as a baseball bat.
.....the day has 2 sunrises.
.....you test which glue will cause your model to burn faster.
.....when you tell people you major in "architorture"
....U can't draw without listening to music!
....when people tell you that they like walking around with you because you see things know one else does.
....when you don't understand how someone doesn't strategize their way through traffic
....when someone says "icon" and you think of Louis I. Kahn.
....when someone says "eye candy" and you think of gratuitous details on a building.
....when you use words like "gratuitous".
....when you have to use spellchecker to see if you spelled "gratuitous" right.
.... When you're not sure what day of the week it is
.... When you have slept straight through a day and into the next day after a final review
.... When lack of sleep makes you feel and act as if you are high
.... When any flat surface is seen as a place to take a nap (underneath the tables in the computer room (that's where it is the warmest), in hallways, on drafting boards
.... When a relationship with an upperclassman seems like a good idea because they might be able to help you on your project
.... When a relationship with an underclassman seems like a good idea because their final review is before yours and therefore, they can help you produce once they are finished
.... When the books that you read consist primarily of photographs and not so much of words
.... When you have to ask your fellow architects to give you wake up calls
.... When you have three or more alarm clocks in your room.
.... When cutting yourself with an x-acto seems like a good idea because it will give you an excuse for not having finished your work
.... When you go to studio and spend more time socializing than doing work
.... When you have big enough balls to tell a critique that they are wrong
.... When everyone in studio hates you because you are the one who plays their music too loudly
.... When after playing your music too loudly the same people who hated you start to take interest in your music
.... When you have developed an addiction to buying new albums, because you have gotten sick of all your old ones
.... When trying to decide what album to play you find an album you haven't listened to a while and it ends up being the perfect choice.
.... When professors for courses outside of the architecture school are lenient once they are aware you are an architecture student.
.... When you tell someone in another school that you are architecture major and they automatically assume you have no social life
.... When you have a non architect friend who wants to tag along to architecture parties because they know that architects have the best parties
.... When you are the only sober person standing outside of the hot truck on a Friday/ Saturday night
.... When you have a sign taped to your back that says do not disturb unless you are ordering food or handing out free blowjobs
.... If it were possible to bartar sexual favors for production help, you would seriously consider pulling tricks
.... You have given a final presentation with your fly open
.... You try to do things to make your friend laugh while he is presenting
quite true...
Ever since I left Penang, everything changed drastically. I live by my own. Do things I never did before like washing my clothes, hanging them one by one with clippers, and iron them once a week. Alot of house chores to do but eventually I'm getting used to all of these. I gonna say this, I love my housemates. They are cool, easy going and cute in a way they call names like the fat calling the fat fatty. Too bad, I spent most of my time with studies than with these guys. All because of...
School life! I'm glad I still can be a student. Almost everyday, 10-15 mins morning walk from my apartment to campus. I personally enjoy the walk very much with my earphone on, it makes me feel energetic. I almost forget the long walk while humming the song and seeing different faces passing through... Food at campus sucks. End of food story. One thing I like about my campus among all the facilities is the classroom. Although lots of people complain about it, Ken Yeang design failure...bla bla bla etc... I still like the classroom. Toilet is intact with almost every classroom. We can use the studio with aircon on 24/7, and working space is sufficient for large scale project. Another thing I like about the campus is library. Student can borrow up to 5 books at a time. Unlike my precious blood sucking college, Equator ahem ahem of art...None of the book we can borrow and if we need it, only solution is to make copy with the photostate machine provided and we even need to pay for it!
As expected, the culture of architecture...Sleepless night throughout weeks and metaphorically explained as like empty a jar filled with water by pouring all into a glass.I wish I have 48 hours a day, or I should say no time limitation, so that I will have sufficient time to work on the idea. Well, maybe weekend when rushing for final model making, I see sunrise and sunset twice in day? Wasn't it happen in 24 hours? Illusion it is. "Work hard but work smart", become famous quote of the year of mine. This applied to the future too! Seriously! to get efficient, sometimes we really need to find the shortcut to speed up our work. Looking into my life as an architecture student, Ludwig van Beethoven stumbled my mind. In the biography movie of him, I remember how he baths with just a bucket of water. I used to enjoy my bath time. The time precious when you are not wearing anything and water showering upon naked body. The water flow freely from your head to toe with the guidance of body curves and...STOPPED! Today, bathing is just merely wetting my body like what Beethoven did always. Other than bath, is the bed. I used to tell everyone, if after I bath more than 3 hours, I dare not sleep on my bed. Reason is the bed, yes the fluffy bubbly bed, is the place where people spend most of the time in a day! So it has to be clean, super clean. But now, I spend most of my time either in studio or on my desk. Architecture student, you know I know...
To be continued...
It is so hard to say goodbye.
But still I have to make it worked.
So here I am at Subang Jaya.
Last night is really a nightmare.
My room was so dirty, I can feel the dust sticking my feet layer by layer.
I was cleaning up the floor with just a piece of clothes.
I have no table, no chair, no wardrobe, no curtains, no...I still have a bed!
I'm thinking now if my mom wasn't offer to buy me a portable bed, I would've to sleep on the floor throughout the week!
Thanks mummy! Love you so so much!
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In my point of view, every family needs a leader, head of the family tree. My grandpa was the head of the family. After he passed away, things not going well and my grandma's turn to be the head of the family. Still, things didn't turn well because my grandma was a disabled and she couldn't make any decision and just 2 weeks before CNY, she passed away. So the family's mace had to pass to someone. My dad being the eldest, he supossed to take up the responsibility but due to his overwhelmed problem from the company and his health, he is basically a disabled. Turned out we are a democratic family. Everyone voice out creating chaos.
This year CNY is a sad one. It is so different from my past 21 years except my mom's side, we celebrate as usual with my grandpa. Other than that, I was being together with Ciern and bunch of church member throughout the week. On the reunion day, I had reunion lunch with Ciern's family. The food was too much but they were deeliiiciious...yuMMY! We visited some of our church eldery and also hang out with my ex collegemate and lecturer. From my precious post, Vivian was one of them. She's cute isnt't it? We played poker alot. But Bluff card game was my all time favourite(because I only how to play bluff...hehe). When we were at Yong kang's house, we met a new friend, Rex, the handsome Siberian Husky. But he is too shy to play with us.
Me: Come, I bring you home.
*Vivian shakes head*
Ciern: Come, I bring you go shopping.
*Vivian lifts smile and grab Ciern's hand*
Guess who is the cheeky Vivian? It's Sharon, our glamourous lecturer's daughter!
