149 : esplanade mou ikai da

今回はエスプラナドへ行きました。いろいろの感じがあるが　悪の事です。心の中に、あなたのイメギいつも出現します。あの時、あの気持ち、今までどこに　消えりますか？

記憶も、心も、あなたも、僕も。

メッセージは解りますか？この所は私たち秘密場所、ずっとに。きっと。

148 : zui jin bi jiao fan

Irritating as it is, my in-ears just kicked the bucket with one side no sound. Went back to get it exchanged but no stock, now stuck with sucky extra headphones unc' gave me to last for 2 weeks, says got new stock coming... Oh wells.

Luckily this time round for e-learning week, or dota week or whatever you call it, is slack. Slack, didn't think i was gonna use that word anytime soon but ya. Ben and i went around to look for prospective schools, see what else other than archi course we could possibly take after NS/poly. Got the BFA from NTU which is just... a bit wtf, laselle archi, nus archi, nus industrial design, and of course overseas. I myself am considering taking interior design too, but thats too unspecialised and no kick.

Civil engineering always felt good from nus, i myself also not so sure. Hopefully someone or my lecturer could tell us more next time. I like graphic design, creating things from nothing, i like to appreciate the small small details people put into a product, an art or an installation, dou shio kana ?

I starting my online portfolio soon, writing the code and designing the page, hopefully i got time to handle other things. Time... haix. Ganbatte no chuu in. OTAKU MODE, ON !

147 : radio station

Other than going to the usual sunday school, where watching educational movies are a norm, i did something extra special today. Had a chance to sit in a talk show on radio, just nice this semester my project i designing a recording studio and broadcasting studio, so its 3 bird 1 stone thing.

Other than the 938 live studio which is located on a common corridor, the rest of the studios are underground in the basement, 933, 972 all the fm stations are aligned linearly next to each other. Being a DJ sure is zai. I always thought, those recorded comedic laughter which you hear on the radio was played and activated by a sound engineer, but noooo, all these are controlled by the DJ, so during the talk sure, the DJ need to pace the conversation, add those special effects, handle call ins, play commercial at the same time. The small studio walls are full of notes, chan brother's travel commercial must say what, countdown days to beijing olympics, and funky signatures left by famous artiste of the like.

Sadly the place is so damn hot from all those heat generated by the machinery, well at least they had an AC air purifier with UV light in the studio. I tried to resist the temptation to take some photos, and failed. So here goes :


Its a mandarin station, and boy were they linguistic, mommy unleashed her DJ-ing skills and tried to "kope" some air time during the short 1 hr interview, i got to admit she's good.

146 : the preparation begins !

I won't say how bad the griffin spirit had dropped or anything but, still its really bad. Members are not coming due to some unseen conflict between the leaders and the students, always giving excuses of tuition or sick or busy with Os or something. Sickening la.

The above flag pole was used for flag break and they took like... one hour plus to finish ? It looks ok from far but all the details are lacking, the arrangement of the spars lack order, lashing ends are all over the place.

Moving on to construction and architecture. Steel decking pitch roof with an opening just for the tree to grow out of ? Cool. They tree felt almost holy. All hail Nparks.


BONUS :

145 : new headies

No choice, good sound, with good bass, and they are extremely comfortable. My previous pair of senns died on me after a rigorous 3km run with it around my neck, mostly my fault i guess. Nice packaging with a sturdy plastic box, but inside just give you extra foams for different sizes which are standard. Extremely minimalistic, which is good cause you pay lesser for things you don't need. Its actually much cheaper at only 99 SGD.

I just hope i don't get killed from wearing these guys on the street.

144 : 12x12

i should really sticky this.

1 week to ry site design planning presentation
2 weeks to website submission
2 weeks to AP casestudy+manufacturer detail submission
4 weeks to AP portfolio submission.
5 weeks to napfa test.
6 weeks to griffin campfire
6 weeks to JLPT 4 at changi
8 weeks to joint crit 4 submission
12 weeks to MAT journal submission
18 weeks to graduation day
a lifetime to pull myself together

good game.

143 : loaded ?

Lecturer mentioned a crane driver to lift those delicate stuff on construction site such as the curtain wall or some special cladding earns easily an average of 6k minimum.

When you do go up to become an architectural design assistance, its also around the same wage, but you work your arse off from 8am to 12pm daily, and you come back to office during weekends. And doing it until you're 35. And getting married or finding a partner at 35 is difficult too. Of course all these i'm just quoting my lecturer, true or not i ain't sure.

This line is tough.

142 : Evil bird, cool sneakers

Sickest origami ever :

"Kueh~"

I just realised my project on of the elevation looks like a sneaker. Cool. There's plenty to come in the following month too, been running everyday to increase my stamina but injured leg sia. Now walking a bit funny, the final stage of my architecture days are here ! Detailing ! Time to get back to finish up my 6 perspective drawings.

Ghey is good.

141 : life goes on

The reason why i don't want kids next time is mostly due to one big reason, me of course. I just cannot imagine them growing up with my genes and blood next time, going through the same shit i am going through now. The key words here are "growing up", and as mentioned umpteenth here, SUCKS.

Being the only male in the 3rd generation right now BOTH on my mom and dad side, there seems to be lots of pressure being put onto in a traditional chinese manner. Thankfully(or not), due to some *cough* circumstances, the liability of me carrying the bloodline is of no concern to me anymore, well not morally i guess, but i don't care.

There's much more important things to worry about, grades, money, my future, my life, my retired trip to go around the world to observe this pathetically small planet. There's so much planned and so much things i want to do, there's just this thing called life in the way. Leading the normal studying, graduating, finding work, going to work, meet your partner at work, dating, married, kids, taking care of kids, kids grow up, retire and die.

There should be some factor that could break this fashion and chain... hmm.... YES, money !

With money, you can always buy a fake diploma/degree off the net, or better invest in some company and get it done, you don't even need to graduate, with money, who cares you are qualified to be an architect or not, become a DEVELOPER ! Hire people to get your job done, and sell them for a higher profit ! Money roll money.

Currently other than helping to do some graphic designs and earn some small bucks, its time to invest in something more meaningful and with more prospect.

4D.

On a closing note, "Rejection is not a bad thing, its a very bad thing, but it'll pass." life goes on~

140 : JJC school song

JJC school song-
orig key: ???
play key: C
composed: ?
sing: JJcians ?
tabbed by: yk

VERSES
|C  G | Am Am  | 
The road unwinds before us
|F  Am| C  C  |
And we must venture on
|F  C|  Am  Am  |
Towards the bright tomorrow
| Dm   Bm  | G  G  |
Which faith and hope enthrone.

|C  G | Am Am  |
We shall not stay nor linger
|F  Am| C  C  |
We shall not shrink nor fail
|F  C|  Am  Am  |
But hand in hand together
| Dm   Bm  | G  G  |
Strike out along the trail.

*Chorus:
|C  G | Am Am  |
Head, heart and hand we offer
|F  G| C  C  |
That none will fail the test
|Dm  C |  Am   Am |
"Plus Ultra" leads us further
|Dm7  G |  C     |
Until we are the best.

LAST VERSE
And on our backs the armour
Forged in our college days
And in our eyes the light of truth
This college sets ablaze.

139 : ctss now and then.. and the future ?

Remember your school days ?





Ah yes, i remember now.

有时候孤单也是一种人生的考验、我也不管这么多了。
私の人生いつでも一人ですでも今は関係ないでしょ。
But from time to time, we are not given choice.
虽然感觉不达，我也没办法。

人生无常。

138 : huo bu dan xing

祸不单行.

Watched heroes up till episode 21 last night, its just so damn cool and manga-ish. The ideas are sort of X-men like and everyone probably knows it already. I wonder why the japanese always get to portrayed to be cool, especially here where the guy time travels, bend space time and stuff.

Fortunately for many of us me, i can't bend space time too, i would probably cause a rift to exist and cause some major catastrophe to time space. However sometimes, i wished i was back in the past to correct some wrong doings and make some things right. I think this factor exist in everyone of us, just to different extends only. So how ? Since i am a normal human with normal powers such as consuming oxygen and giving off C02, what can i do ?

Been working hard on my BP set of drawings so far. Realised i am up against people with extreme speed and discipline, they are smarter, cad faster and focused. Why am i always surrounded by superior people, its annoying, but its just how things go.... ya ? Someone always told me always to compare yourself with others better than you, so that i could improve on my weakness and reinforce my strengths. Its tiring.

Submission in 5 hours, done most the things i wanted to do already, i won't say i am 100% or even 90% close to completion of the checklist, but i am super sure i did the best of my abilities. Gosh i hate fighting losing wars. Ken-chan just left my house for school after... sleep working at my place last night, and now he wakes up and tell me "I don't like working on your desktop." EXCUSES.

And i so wanted to play tennis and gym today, if not for my stupid sore throat, this is the 3rd week already since school started. This is not a good sign, and certainly, 祸不单行, i just lost another meaningless fight with someone else. Maybe not meaningless, but i lost nonetheless.

If i could send a piece of paper message to the past me (yes cliche i know in many movies and shows), so as to change how i am now, mend the void in me, and many other misdeeds i had done, i would probably write in my message : "Disillusions are your downfall. " It would have probably changed a lot things right this instance.

Things that i'm not proud of.

137 : jyuu kyuu

There was this little rabbit named Rowney and he lived in his quiet home at a faraway land, where everyone in his town is happy, where suffering or pain is of a whole new unexplored region to them.

One day, while hopping to school, Rowney caught a glimpse of light in a faraway distance across the horizon. The warm light called out to his name, "Rowney... Rowney, come to me..." and it instantly hypnotized the young rabbit. By the will of the light, his soft fluffy legs brought him to a secluded area near the source of the light, and there he saw a dying willow tree.

The tree had no leaves, only seemingly lifeless branches dangling from its weak looking trunk. A sudden gust of wind swept through the valley and through the trees and through the long ears of Rowney. As if fate, Rowney snapped out of his trance and came to be.

Suddenly, the willow tree spoke : " Rowney, i have called you here... for a reason..." The old tree bellowed a disgusting sound and continued. " I need... to tell you... the meaning of your... existence. "

Rowney heart skipped a beat, he never knew his heart was capable of skipping a beat, but it skipped anyways.

"Come to me Rowney ! Come to my side ! NOW !"

All the blood is the plump fluffy bunny froze, still he could not control his movement, and with every step he takes, he comes a tad closer to the willow tree. Within seconds, Rowney could see all the small detail of the tree, the rotting bark, ants and other unidentified insects manifest through the small cracks in the bark.

The willow tree then told Rowney : "There is a... sword. You have to take it... out of me. I don't have much time. It is your... Destiny. " Rowney had a blank face, he didn't know what destiny meant due to him skipping English class, yet he still went over to the other side of the willow tree, and drew out the sword.....

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I believe in karma. I think that everything that happened today (or not) was expected. I deserve what i got and i accept it wholehearted and yes, the point was put forward VERY clear. Just that for this post, i would like to express that, hey, i think that i have done a lot these past three years. I told myself, want to be different, so i did, so i created a new me, a new identity, and being what i truly am not is not easy. Maybe i should be myself from today on. Every year i ask myself, if X years ago, i have not made that choice, where would i be today ? And now i realise, it was such a waste of time thinking about all these. We live and breathe the present and unlike someone i can't bend space time continuum and thats that.

Thanks to all those who bothered to remember, and a bigger thanks to all those who sent me greetings and a biggest thanks to thought of sending but didn't because it was the smart thing to do ( don't waste SMS, money hard to earn). If nothing happens, nothing ever will. Today, i made a choice, i will wait it out ( and suck thumb).

136 : dondake expensive

Ok, knowing that the word dondake comes from gays in which some kick ass hand action comes into the picture is simply nothing compared to this below. (Thats one awful long sentence.)

Meet shitake mushroom cream pasta, $15.90 inclusive of GST.
Vegetarian friendly, bane of wallets.

Call me a bimbo (貧乏/poor）,　i don't care, eat first complain later but I'm sticking to FC1 $2.80 pasta with jia mian.

In life, its full of contradiction, and best of all we're ruled by it, just look at the local/world politics. Fully of glamorous drama. Time to go watch GTO on DVD, followed by my 12 hr dragonball Z marathon, and after that, its time to grow up.

135 : Hai hao

You see sometimes when you get bored of work in class, you do crazy things. How crazy. Found this in my school hardisk while clearing up some files. Its dated back 6 months ago around april 07'. Thats my lab and my group members for casestudies and stuff. Chester, kenneth, me and dom from left to right.

Ok we were trying to act cool, but it failed.

Pretttty boy.

Frankenstein. With chocolate cake.
"Frankenstein ... !"
Meet Hanson, darch0304 whore.
Meet Hanson, darch0304 whore in action.
Meet Hanson, the reason why you're foaming in your mouth now.

There are more cool stuff in my HDD but i'll show them next time.

134 : reminder in my honour !

This is a reminder to myself and other dondake members ! Image courtesy of szebim (i must say i really like the poster. sasuga senpai)

date: 12 October 2007 (金)
Meeting time+place : 6.30PM, Orchard MRT infront of passenger service ctr/control

Its gonna be one hell of a party with these guys around. Haven't had a good party in a long time, and i got scouts the next day, great ! I better prepare my favourite dressing so as to survive there i think. Haha, but i am sure even with the salad its gonna be interesting.

133 : akai red

Aren't they just pretty ? I've been wanting a pair of red shoes in a very long time. Got em at a discount at 40 bucks ! Sadly, these guys are size 12 in which my feet are size 10.5, a little bigger than my usual shoes but hey, the style speaks volume. I bought another crazy thing today and now its hanging in my room. Its red too and shocking !

Wheee best buy ever. I will wear them to school tomorrow along with my red socks, red shirt and my red undies. Oh and my red bag.

EDIT : it rained during school, and on they way home i accidentally stepped onto a puddle of water, and that very water seeped into my socks. how ? apparently, there are breathing holes located UNDER my shoe, which is on the sole.... and the water, just simply went in. no wonder my feet felt so cold in my com lab.

132 : its DC again dip year 3....

They say we do not get to do these and learn all those codes in universities. During work attachment we dealt with overseas and they count floor area differently too. In china, the regulations are less strict, and the government there give much more benefits to architects and developers for authorities submission wise. In another perspective, we get safer houses (despite super ex land prices and housing cost) and buildings to live and play in. And did i mention only around 2/10 people based on statistic might die in a commercial fire in Singapore ? *sarcasm here*

one program to rule em' all



"...upon closer inspection, the URA officer spills his cold coffee in reflex motion to a bad joke"

I'm seeing all blue, red, green, magenta, yellow, white, cyan, yellow, red... oh wait i already mentioned that. Its around 12 hours to submission and i am once again tired, sick with sore throat and i've got to log through the night like how i've been for the past 2 years. Waazaaaaaaa, to arms !!!!

131 : hair kami and god

I noticed i am sweating more often on my head now. Strangely since its getting cooler these days, i thought it had to do with my hair. Its getting really long now especially at the front, the longest strand is actually touching my mouth now. So i decided to be vain for the night and take a good look.

Remembering a picture i once saw online depicting some guy before and after getting a haircut. It makes hell lot of difference, sadly i can't find the file now, or rather too lazy to backtrack into my histories...

My hair dye is almost wearing out. Can barely see the colour now. At first it was a strong copper red tint, then it went to shit brown colour, then a bit gold gold those ah beng colour then now only a hint of red in it. I am super grateful i choose to highlight my head only as i still pretty much prefer black. Cos black is just cool.

And a bit of trivia, hair = paper = god . In japanese, these 3 words have exactly the same sound. Good for puns, look out for them in future posts.

EDIT : here's another of what's keeping me busy other than school work...