and you thought... the durians were everything.

singapores moving real fast. and we all thought that there isnt any space left for huge developments. behold! Vivo City... supposed to be the largest shopping centre in singapore (maybe SEA as well) by Toyo Ito. makes Berjaya Times Square look really pathetic.
vivo city has a similar look to the EPLF centre by SANAA. its the in thing to design undulating platforms...

check out the Vivo City video!!




then there is the ever so awaited Marina Bay Sands. Moshe Safdie's newest masterpiece. Jayjun tried to discribe the building to me but i couldnt really process the image in my head. i guess seeing is believing.

bolehland is really losing out on this design escapade. Please no more lame-o Danga Bay like designs. our type of tropical design style is getting us nowhere.

it ends in 2 weeks time...

decisions... decisions... which one? A or B?

do you recognize this fella... ?

of course you do! he looks pretty familiar... oh gosh! its one of the back up singers at the church back in KK. Anthony is his name. man... winning the astro talent show bladibla (never heard of the show until today). wonder if james would upgrade him being worship leader. heck, maybe he already has.
yea... he's the guy who sang some duet 2 christmas ago. his voice to me is somewhat similar to Aaron Neville's. didn't know he was actually that good. haha. amazing.


here's the link: making astro richer...

there isn't enough love to give... for all the ladies

Women over 30 prefer to marry younger men

KUALA LUMPUR: Educated women above 30 prefer to marry younger men even though they are financially unsound and are less educated, a Universiti Malaya associate professor revealed in her working paper.

National Family Development and Population Board acting director-general Aminah Abdul Rahman said this was happening because women of this age found it hard to find men of the same education level, economic status or age. Most who fit this criterion were already married anyway.

She said this was based on a working paper by associate professor Tey Nai Peng from the Economic and Administration Faculty of Universiti Malaya titled “Marriage and Family Development in Malaysia” presented at a national seminar, Building the Future Generation, recently.

According to the working paper about 13% of women above the age of 30 and well educated in this country were still not married. Based on a racial breakdown, about 29% were Chinese followed by Indians (26%) and Malays (16%).

“But it is a different story altogether for bachelor professionals, and one of the major reasons for not getting hitched was that getting married was expensive.

“Of bachelors, 34.5% of those above 30 said it was economically not viable to get married because of the cost of marriages,” Aminah added

She said if this trend was not checked, it would certainly contribute to a fall in the fertility rate and this was expected to have a big implication on the plans for Vision 2020 in the next 15 years.

Another used to be...

ahhh... we've finally more or less completed our third assignment. its been a real blessing working with LA4 (ChangHan, SiewWoon and XiaoYi). teamwork is pretty evident i think. we compromise, cover each others back, sacrificed, forgived, took nothing personal. who knows, we might actually start up our LA4 for real.
shouldn't speak too soon, who knows i might be wrong.

i'm back to my R&B mood again. its R&B music or no music at all. Joe's the man, along with A.Keys, BEP, J.Legend, babyface, M.Jordan, etc. And with a little bit of Timberlake. he's a mix of pop and r&b, and i dig the latter genre. love those jiwa-ful drum beats.

Anyway! three more weeks before design submissions and four more weeks before d-day. slightly worried about my exam timetable how everything is all squeezed in 3 days. just can't wait to be finish. then i'll have to concentrate on the HWIDC.

heading for lunch then straight to uni. wonder if i should cycle there?? heck i'm starving...

LA4... a proposition to the world.

took advantage of the cheap monday movie tickets to watch THEDEVILWEARSPRADA. it was funny. and i loved the whole life in the city going zoom zoom (notice that i only said "zoom" twice, mazda would have sued me if i had said it 3 times).

anyway... earlier in the evening i attended a forum organised by lab.3000 which was part of this STATEOFDESIGN week thingy. the title of the forum was 'THE CHINA CONNECTION'. pretty interesting, but it was a pity that only 3 out the 5 invited guests speakers were able to attend. nevertheless it was a good chance to hear Peter Davidson speak of his design intentions for the SOHO Shangdu project in China. he seemed like a terribly misunderstood person especially by critiques and academics. i guess that's that' s the sort of respect you get by doing arbituary designs that uses the same technique all the time. but in his own right he is pretty well read and has his own oppinions and perspective on things that are worth listening to. i personally dislike his design for the SOHO shangdu. the idea was good, but the design for me was not very convincing. using a computer to develop the whole concept is pretty interesting. however i still prefer the classic way of the conventional SKETCH. its just more meaningful and soulful.

LA4 has been selected to present our design proposal for the former power station site along spencer street. and as the director of the company, i have to present our work in front of more than a 150 students. scary. at first i figured that our chances of being selected to present our design in the finals was pretty high. but then i thought maybe being not selected would prove to be a better alternative. true enough we were selected. now all we're hoping is to come out as winners.

safari is lagging. i better end here.

LOWIE... !!!!!!!!!

courtesy of CKY

puppy poo...

im currently in the law faculty's 'legal resource centre'. its tiny in comparison with the Architecture's. the reason i'm here is to use their computers to do my PBL workbook. however, all the comp labs are full except ofcourse the public ones which does not have the workbook installed. why is everyone so desperate in using them. they should go out more... enjoy the sunshine and drink coffee or something. then i wouldnt have to be waiting around with no guarantee that i'd be able to get hold of a pc. *which reminds me, i need to post a letter at the post office.

whats coming up?
1. PBL test on Friday... another 60 cases to hafal.
2. Design Position statement due next monday... i need my inspirasi back, it was stolen from me.

anyway. i better get out of here.

love being overated...

people can be just so weird. emotions are given away too easily.

as a cell member... i have an equal right to say that i don't want to go for CG activities. I have the choice of just being happy to have cell groups only on friday nights. furthermore i am not obligated to entertain any of my cell mates, and i can leave just so when i want.

It pisses me off when people try to blackmail and take advantage of me being a christian.using these so called christian standards and expectations to get what they want. i am not a standard nor do i have/ must comply to an organization's standard by force. i have a free will too. i'm not being paid to love and give a damn about my ocf/ cell members anyway.

heck i can just walk off anytime i want. everyone's doing it and so can i.

back to the... futurama

Question: why does the moon taste better than planet earth?

Answer: because it's a little meteor.

Respond: hahahaha....

in search of cardboards...

the phoenix suns has decided to improve on their players footwork. hence they have acquired Ronaldinho to enhance their teams quickness on the floor. fast breaks can't be as fast as this. it's a pity that they have traded Carlos Arroyo to the Orlando Magic. it would have been a dynamic brazillian duo.

just for laughs...

So true among many architects and students... hahaha. im not one of them. hmmm... occasionally.

10,000...

It's set. i'm officially a participant for the HWIDC. wish me luck. now im double loaded. k'ching!
okay, i should still keep the MoMA as my first priority.

hmmm... what sort of style should i go for?? maybe something wild and totally out of my conventional style. tsk tsk...

FLUSH...

at this very moment, i am itching to hit some balls with my racquet. no kaki. i didnt know channel 9 screens usopen matches. i guess federer will be taking this trophy home as well this year. man, i wish i could play with such finesse. can't believe nowadays im playing tennis with 1st and 2nd years, gosh! out of 3 of them 2 are archi students.

hmmm. what i'm intending to do this weekend.

1. complete my plans and sections.
2. supermarketing on saturday morning.
3. Picasso exhibition on sunday.
4. church on sunday.
5. start on HWIDC

feel so relieve that the 2nd practice assignment is over. it was such a pain and burden. then, i've got 4 weeks to study for PBL test.

i think i need to use the bathroom...

study... study... study...

i've been waking up at around 9-930am pretty regularly. trying to establish a habit of waking up earlier, so by next year i would hopefully be routinely waking up at 7am (yes, stop rolling your eyes you people who have no luxury in deciding when you wanna wake up). the weather is getting warmer, which is a good thing and as well a bad thing. good because i wouldnt have to be shivering and bad because i'd be sweating more other than my weekly tennis activity.
hmmm... maybe i should increase the number of days i play tennis since its so sunny.

anyway, PBL test tomorrow at 9am. dearie me.

wonder where clients go...

budak milo...

minum milo anda jadi sihat dan kuat!!

Practice... perfect.

was flipping through a korean architectural journal. the issue was mainly on the entries and winners of the SPACE PRIZE competition. pretty interesting ideas; some of the ideas/ proposals were pretty cliche, yet it was re-evaluated through a totally different perspective. i must say, the korean journals have better graphics than the Malaysian Architecture and Singapore Architect Journals. koreans have pretty hi-tech funky architecture. although it is pretty obvious where they receive the inpirations and resources from, thanks to globalization. now i'm begining to wonder about the substance of these built designs.

nevertheless, the issue on SPACE PRIZE has Architectural thought and substance. one particular project that caught my attention was a proposal of a new way of experiencing a lift/elevator. the idea was base on human's self concious. how people react different or behave in a manner that does not reflect on their true identity. they behavior becomes somewhat droning and colorless. there isn't any excitement as well as enjoyment when entering a lift. in-fact it supposed creates anxiety and uncomfort. most people would just stare at the floor level indicator, impatiently waiting to get out.
so this student proposes an idea of a dark lift where one can only see a silhouette of a person with tiny infrared dots that follows and detects the persons movement. by doing this, this would allow a person to feel that he is able to act freely and at ease. because noone would be able to identify him. i wonder what happends when they exit the lift. and they probably can see you digging your nose even if its just a silhouette.

totally unfeasible.

years and... years ago

guess who did the collage. don't think it would be hard to guess who it was. this was from years ago when i think it was 1 year after secondary school. such a bias compilation.
were you all dressed up for prom? haha. man i feel so extra in the collage. gotta love that beach!

kids... are just kids.

haha. the kids from my vbs class. one is already alot to handle.
let me introduce them to you all...

bottom l-r: Matthew, Phillip, KitMun, Joshua, Simon
Top l-r : Timothy, Rebecca, Elinna (i think), Jocelyn, Eleanor