moonlight serenade...

have not been writing in this space for a very very long time. thats the problem when you don't have internet access at home. but ofcourse eventually there will always be time to do so.

whats been up? tsk tsk! collected my first pay cheque. sadly it isn't the full sum of my salary as i only started working on the 5th. now the next thing is to pass my probation period and get my name card... that would be the coolest thing in the world. i currently feel like a nobody during meetings etc. no namecards to give out.

this is going to be a pretty short week. the time passes so quickly here... yet not quick enough. but theres just so much to do in such a short time, or actually the client keeps squeezing our time shorter and shorter. so many meetings... so little time to complete stuff. sadly, the interns will be leaving us and heading back to school. guess who's left to pick up the leftover pieces.

watched SHOOTER over the weekend. Mark Wahlberg was the main star of the movie. it was okay. the action was pretty enjoyable, but the story line and the development of the characters werent really there. but it was good entertainment nonetheless. cinemas are good places to get away from it all. the layout is as similar to almost any cinema in the world, that you wont be able to feel the difference. watching a movie in Sg was not any different from watching a movie in aussie. in a sense its a place you sometimes can feel at home.

had a meeting with the marketing people organise by the project manager regarding the current project im doing. it was truly slightly a waste of time. tomorrow would be a long day the client's office.

thinking of what plans to make during the weekend. thinking of heading up kl to celebrate easter and do my banking stuff as well. still deciding.

anyway. i'm heading off. time to sleep.

at the office...

taking the opportunity to check my emails. hence i wouldn't be having any internet access at home for awhile more.
working is...

Been asked to do toilet details. its an ongoing project, we're in the midst of constructing the show flat for the condo. i guess its true that every fresh grad architect starts with the toilet details. mind you, when we say details.. its really detailed. alot of work. it'll probably take a week.. but since im abit slow on the autocad. probably more than that.

getting ready to go home. looking forward to be assigned to my proper place. temporary using another technicians space while he's on leave.

its a pity i didnt bring my camera along today. haha.

life is not a bed of roses...

so far it has been a breeze. the whole process of starting my new working life seems so far so good. many thanks to debbie & family, my parents, and other misc supporters. tsk tsk.

still currently residing at deb's place. till i get my place sorted out. i need to get a new matress you see, and ofcourse a good and super secure padlock. you'll never know when they will strike.

it's a pity i couldn't bring my sport shoes over, or else i would had gone exercising/ whatever.
i've begun planning on m financial expenditures. the big question! am i gonna be taxed? need to find out. heck why don't i ask my hosts. heck i keep forgetting. anyway! first things first... move in to my place ASAP. my fingers are crossed hoping that they are good landlords. you'll never know when they will strike.
hope they'll get rid of that alter and sort out the fridge thing soon. best before i move in. haha. i'm pretty proud of the place i've found. the best thing is that i have it all to myself. no more housemates!! 6 years of endurance... finally!!

other worrying issues. grandpa is ill. thinking i should visit the family one weekend.

starting work on monday. theres goes the end of my life of freedom. sigh. it was fun indeed while it lasted. sigh sigh sigh. wonder what are my other peers doing? i bet some of them are still shaking their legs.

time is money...

i start work on the 5th. pretty exciting indeed. curious to see how busy would i really be. is the owrking life so dreadful as everyone describes it to be.
been bumming around the past few days. i think i've been eating one too many mandarin oranges. i should go out and exercise these couple of days. plus i have not started on my packing. getting really comfortable here at home. which is a sign indeed. heck i'm even getting comfortable of this given freedom from work and studying.

met up with old school mates. time passes so fast. everyone has changed mostly in a subtle manner. but glad everyone does make an effort to see each other. all we have is each other that is real, new friendships are becoming more superficial. classmates become friends due to forced circumstances, friends nowadays become friends for a reason/ purpose. but having said that, i think meeting up once in awhile should be enough. we probably would have nothing to talk about if we see each other too often.

can't believe i'll be starting work soon. this time i'll be starting my new life and career alone. atleast when i was in KL there was alvin and Co. then i had my coursemates to accompany me in Melbourne.

hope i'll be able to find myself a nice place to stay. cheap and cosy.

i think i should de-tox myself before i head off. i'll do it when mom gets back from KL.

A'cross...

" i'm thinking of becoming a christian... where can i get one of those necklaces with a T? "

' It's a Cross... '

" Across where? "

' ... '

Sick...

what do you do when there's a brown-out?
Absolutely nothing...

What do you when you have a runny nose?
Blow...

What do you do when your eyes are watery?
Rub...

What are you like when you're sick?
Miserable...

Humourous...

Simon: So i heard that you're a writer. What do you write about?

Robert: yea. its about the story of robert.

Simon: how interesting. How did the story ended?

Robert: It ended with a period.

Simon: oh... ummm... ...

my girl next door...

She's definitely THE girl. i had forgotten how hot she is until i watched 'a guy thing'. the movie itself wasn't great. in fact i would rate it a type C movie, but it was so obvious that she stood out and everyone else were just dumbos. she's truly a potential academy award winner. everything about her just give me the tingles... theres just something about her... that aura of substance and classy style. its just the whole package when you add it up that makes her so hot. even Scarlett falls way behind her. if anyone were to ask me what do i look in a girl... i'll tell them Julia.

personally, i like girls who read. i personally am not a hardcore bookworm. i probably have only read finish at most 3 books a year. but i find girls who read very attractive. maybe it's because i was brought up in a house where the women love to read. and when i say read, i don't mean trashy mags/ novels only. i believe that girls who read are oppinionated and have substance.
other reasons why i like girls who read is because 1. it'll keep them occupied 2. they have more things to talk about 3. they can be my synopsis 4. it shows more character in a girl 5. more active and creative/ imaginative mind 6. easy for me in the gift department

its about time i start applying. my heart and mind is well rested and now ready to take on a new challenge. plus its also due to the fact that i've been getting questions about getting a job or have i gotten a job, etc. getting a bit tired and paiseh of replying the same old answers. high time i start moving my lazy ass. sigh... so sad. wish i could bump around a lil longer, but yet, i am gradually getting pretty restless.

'tis the season to be jolly... fa la la la la.

5 years of my academic life is seriously over. i'm currently in a twilight zone. post graduation isn't really exciting as i imagine it would be. another phase of my life has just ended, and now its time to just move along. can't hold up on the queue. there are a few things i've told my self to do just before the finals. a number of them are actually reading up the architectural books (non-graphical ones) i've purchased months ago. other agendas would be ofcourse job searching. in the meantime... me chill in KK till icy cold.

i've been thinking about relationships between engineers and architects. its a bitter rivalry. i always thought that when i become an architect, i will try my best to respect them engineers in there area of expertise. sadly to say i cant say the same for them. so far their obviously out to back stab us and trying to prove to us that we're dispensable. we're just a bunch of stupid profesionals who didn't do/ sucked in science and math. this has been a good warning for me before i start work, to learn not to give face to these engineers. its either because they hold some sort of a grudge on us or they just think they are far way too superior. whatever the reason is, all i need to know is to stay as far away from them and to treat them like shit whenever i've got the chance to do so. they are indeed a real "busy" bunch. never sleep and always on the move.

im going down town today... boxing day sales?!?!
i seriously need to update more...

do you prefer digging your... ear or nose?

been busy touching up and re-organising my portfolio. yup, this is it. here i come "real world"... i've still yet gotten the hang of post-uni life. somehow i still feel like theres another semester to go. 5 years of uni is really no joke. preparing to enter into a new chapter of my life is so troublesome. its back to the drawing board figuring out where and what the heck i should do next. every option sounds so tempting yet so worrying. its like picking A and regretting not picking B. hmmm... if deciding between A and B is so complicated... maybe i should pick C. but then, theres D... and E, F, G... etc.

anyway, cherries are back in season. i have not eaten bananas in months. wonder if my parents would be interested in cherry picking. for me, i prefer to just pick them from the market. yummylicious. i should try this new duck confit recipe. but the bad part is that it requires a heap load of olive oil.

tonight on tv... HowIMetYourMother/ MyNameIsEarl/ Bones/ JamieOliverAustralianDiary/ FamilyGuy. seriously i ain't addicted to tv.

glad Grant Hill is back and playing. he's not been playing a full season for almost 3 years. so far he's been starting all 10 games. please don't sprain anything. maybe the orlando magic has a shot for the championships... let alone the playoffs.

And, its almost a month before christmas.

new obsession...

someone has not been flushing the toilet downstairs after shishi. i wonder who could it be? its definitely a guy. i shall do a profile check on the unsub...
the juice was probably excreted through a phallus... as the seat was last seen lifted. (did you know that the word penis originally meant "tail" in latin. however, some say that it originates from the indo-european word pesos... then the spanish decided to name their currency... minusing the S. okay the 3rd part isn't true. or is it?!)

since australia has not yet begun screening season 3 of HOUSE (although i am getting a bit tired of the fella for now). i have discovered a new show... CRIMINAL MINDS! i just love profilers... don't you? this reminds me of my research paper on Criminology back in college. i think criminals are an interesting subject. but this doesnt mean that i'm actually brave enough to look at one in the eye. i know squat about them besides the fact that majority of killers have cave man features. another show that i wouldnt mind watching would be THE UNIT. love the action part hate the family housewife etc parts. we don't want to know life away from the killing fields. we wanna see bangbang... kaboom action!

i've begun to respect supermodels ever since i found out that the geek a.k.a Dr. Spencer Reid a.k.a MatthewGrayGubler(weird surname) in Criminal minds was formerly one. i've always thought that models were just 2 dimensional humans with exaggerated features. he's also a sketch artist and directed short films. he even has a webpage. interesting. although i suspect that his geeky character in the show is actually pretty similar to who he is in person. borderline paranoid schizophrenic. i always wanted to be a supermodel sometimes... so i could take home the nice looking clothes. sigh...

Little Miss Sunshine is a must see. funny sad funny.

oh ya. one paper down... one more to go!

now that design is over my life feels so empty... not!

che... chec... check it out!! Gradex2006. and remember to click on the RF link situated at the bottom under 'Studio Quick Links'. yea man...

dooms day is next week...

Zakaria... sigh... double sigh...

Opinion by LEE KIM CHUAN
Friday November 3, 2006

Turn Zakaria’s mansion into public library

EVER since Datuk Zakaria Md Deros' controversial “Istana Idaman” in Klang was highlighted in the media, there have been many calls by the people to demolish the mansion which reportedly costs over RM8mil.

By law, any structure that is illegally built has to be demolished. Many small temples on government land and squatter homes have been levelled to the ground for the same reason.

Both the Prime Minister and Selangor Mentri Besar have said that no one is above the law. Thus, it is obvious that the mansion has to be demolished.

But, as a Klang resident, I do not agree. It is a complete waste of money and resources to demolish the mansion.

It serves no real purpose to tear down the beautiful building.

Many visitors to Klang have complained that this royal town of the only developed state in Malaysia is dirty and dusty with uneven and dark roads, noisy and ugly crows, and poorly maintained public facilities.

One example is the Klang public library in Jalan Tengku Kelana. It is very small and the reading materials are pathetically outdated.

The library is supposed to serve more than 500,000 Klang residents, but how many people actually go there?

I suggest that the government turn Zakaria's mansion into a new public library complex.

And I am sure Zakaria, who is known for his contributions to charity, will not mind.



i don't quite agree on the mansions aesthetics. although, the proposal for a library isn't half bad.

enveloped in... dark skies

pretty bum-out on the model making. still trying to figure out how to actually built the gallery in a non-messy way. tough it is. i guess the columns are really structurally important... even in the model. but im trying to avoid putting the columns (oh i sound so much like an architect). when i say putting columns, i meant poking sticks all the way through the slabs. this might cause messiness and waste of materials due to trial and errors. dang! but another problem might occur if i do the other option which is putting columns individually at every floor... thats troublesome. plus. it has to be real accurate and aligned in a perfect linear fashion.
should i drape the whole contour now? or after placing all the mullions? dang!

anyway. other things to worry about aside from submission on the 9th. umm... Archi Prac on the 13th november, and PBL on the 16th. not forgetting the HWIDC... thats if i'm still motivated to do it then. haha. dang! jobs jobs jobs... decisions decisions decisions... chill chill chill... dang!

har... har... har??

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...