Thursday, June 21, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Me busy?
Yup... I have been busy with FOC and such. Been editing the 'Guide to surviving Architecture' in NUS here and there. :)
YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT WHEN…
• 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.
• 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 and toothbrush.
• 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).
• You buy 50 dollars worth of design magazines that you haven't read yet.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
I'm weak
I think i give in too easily to people sometimes.
Mainly because,
1)I'm lazy to argue
2)I'm too scared to give my own opinion
3)I really don't mind "anything"
OR
4)I'm WEAK!
Gah. Damn it. I just realise that I do this and it's a really bad habit. Even though the decision someone makes may be to my disadvantage, I don't disagree or give an alternate solution. *faints* This could be my downfall, I guess. But I really I haven't really been doing much of that recently. Which IS good.
Back to studying for my exams!
-______-"
*Starfish*
Mainly because,
1)I'm lazy to argue
2)I'm too scared to give my own opinion
3)I really don't mind "anything"
OR
4)I'm WEAK!
Gah. Damn it. I just realise that I do this and it's a really bad habit. Even though the decision someone makes may be to my disadvantage, I don't disagree or give an alternate solution. *faints* This could be my downfall, I guess. But I really I haven't really been doing much of that recently. Which IS good.
Back to studying for my exams!
-______-"
*Starfish*
Friday, April 13, 2007
Cant really think of a title for this post coz a lot of stuff has happened so far... Have you ever felt so strongly about someone and he feels the same way about you but he keeps you at a arm's length away because he's scared?
Rawr... I just hate it... But I don't want to let him go...
Just some random photos to cheer me up. :)
Spoons stacked up in a really interesting way for a buffet at SIM. *thinks of starting a world record for tallest stack of spoons* :)
Becca's hamster - Ding Ding - is really cute! Though it looks more like a guinea pig. Weird name... Haha. Though Eeeeeeee is an even weirder name for a hamster. Hee
Weird people.
Cheer me UP!
*starfish wants to curl up in bed and never wake up*
Rawr... I just hate it... But I don't want to let him go...
Just some random photos to cheer me up. :)
Spoons stacked up in a really interesting way for a buffet at SIM. *thinks of starting a world record for tallest stack of spoons* :)
Becca's hamster - Ding Ding - is really cute! Though it looks more like a guinea pig. Weird name... Haha. Though Eeeeeeee is an even weirder name for a hamster. Hee
Weird people.
Cheer me UP!
*starfish wants to curl up in bed and never wake up*
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Mailbox bride is gone
We finally had submission for the stupid mailbox. I am sleep deprived.... But cant get a break yet. Final submission for design is next thurs...
I'm so gonna die.
I say weird stuff when im sleepy.
But im more truthful too...
Weird stuff...
Going, going, going...
*Starfish has GONE to sleep*
I'm so gonna die.
I say weird stuff when im sleepy.
But im more truthful too...
Weird stuff...
Going, going, going...
*Starfish has GONE to sleep*
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Sick of it
I'm really really worried about my family situation right now. My mum's not working and so we are really short on money right now.
Today, instead of getting $20 for two days (I'm staying over in school), I only got $12. I probably have to skip a couple of meals. A reminder letter has also come coz i haven't paid my phone bill for a couple of months, which im supposed to pay by 30th March. God knows who I can come up with the money before that. It's not as if my bills are atrociously high. For two months, the total is only about $69. And for last month, my bill is only $29. Problem is, I don't have the money to pay it at all...
Sigh. I really need to start learning how to use ArchiCAD from Aidit so that I can get some jobs from him.
*Starfish wants to cry*
Today, instead of getting $20 for two days (I'm staying over in school), I only got $12. I probably have to skip a couple of meals. A reminder letter has also come coz i haven't paid my phone bill for a couple of months, which im supposed to pay by 30th March. God knows who I can come up with the money before that. It's not as if my bills are atrociously high. For two months, the total is only about $69. And for last month, my bill is only $29. Problem is, I don't have the money to pay it at all...
Sigh. I really need to start learning how to use ArchiCAD from Aidit so that I can get some jobs from him.
*Starfish wants to cry*
Thursday, March 22, 2007
I Am @ Youth.SG
There's a blogging competition that's going on. Check it out at http://www.youth.sg Though today is actually the last day for entry... :P
Kinda expected from me. I've been so busy busy busy with all my assignments that's going on with my course.
Let's see. Let's first start with the reason why I am always so busy - I am an Architecture student in NUS, first year. "Glamorous course," you say... "No exams," you say... Yeah right. Almost every waking hour is spent developing and perfecting our designs to present it somewhere near the end of the semester to a panel of tutors who would most probably shoot it down. Yeah... it's THAT bad. All this, while having to juggle other modules as well. (I'm currently taking Basic Chinese as one of my modules besides my other core modules.)
"Why are you still in that course then?" you may ask... Well... If I had to simply give ONE reason, I LOVE DESIGNING!!
Can I have another reason please? :P I don't wanna end up in a job where it's simply repetition and where I'm doing something which I have simply no interest for. I cant imagine myself being a major in Arts or Science. Though I took Science in JC... It's not that I don't like those subjects, in fact I loved taking Science in JC and deciphering the human psyche, about the world around me and stuff like that. But I cant imagine working in those fields.
Since young, I've had interest in designing or just arts and the Arts as well. I was just looking through some of my old primary school journals where you have to write about what you want to be when you grow up. And you know what I wrote? An artist. :D Okay... so I kinda deviated a lil, but being an "artist" is not very practical in Singapore or anywhere else for that matter. So I needed to be a specific kind of artist. During JAE after my 'O' levels, most of my choices were actually design courses - ranging from architecture, to interior design, to fashion design, to digital media design and stuff like that. I simply wanted to be somewhere where I could develop my creativity. (But I ended up in JC coz I had friends there, and I couldn't decide what kind of design I wanted to specialise in. :P) So I took the opportunity in NUS to study a design-related course. Yeah.
It's tough but I love it. :)
Though life isn't always so peachy. I have to admit, I don't come from a family that's too well off. But my course kinda requires us to spend quite a lot on materials, books, and believe it or not paper... Only my dad's working and only takes home about 1000 or so per month, mum used to work but she's sick now. Even though we really need the money but we'd rather her stay home a rest. Initially, I wanted to take up a part-time job, maybe sales or tutoring jobs. But my course just takes up all my time. So I'm really struggling.
Just now, I wrote about what I wanted to be when I grew up when I was still in Primary School. If you ask me now... I would say, I just want to have a good paying job where I can simply provide my parents with a good life when they're in their golden years. Filial piety you say? More like they've worked their asses off to bring me, my sis, and my brother up... It's the least I can do for them. I've never remembered feeling at any disadvantage or lacking anything when I was young. I had toys (mostly hand-me-downs from my older siblings, the only thing that was mine was a doll which could change her hairstyles :P), new Baju Kurungs every Hari Raya, a lot of good food (mum's a great cook!), pets and I had them. When I got older I realized something. Though I had new clothes for Hari Raya, my mum didn't. She always gave the reason that they didn't have her size (She's an XXXL.) or she simply didn't have the time to get one. But that wasn't it... she would always put us first.
A lot of my friends view going into the working world as getting independence, maybe even getting away from their family. For me, it's to make sure simply there's food on the table for my family, my parents don't have to work till they're old and grey, and giving back to my parents. Even when I worked part-time after my 'A' levels, out of my $700+ pay, my parents would get at least $150, so it at least helped them out or at least paid for my mum's medical fees. But now that I'm not working, it's hard.
The government is always saying that Singapore’s economy is better, standard of living is rising, higher income, blah, blah, blah. But there are families like mine who are stuck. Where a difference of $6, doesn’t put us in the lower income group who earn less than $1200. Rawr. Sorry. Just griping. I cant help it.
I just wish life was a little better now.
I want to help out other people as well. I’m not too well off, but I know there’re always others who are worse off than me, so I thank my lucky stars that I’m able to continue studying, still have both my parents, and I don’t go hungry (most of the time). But it’s hard when I have little to give of myself, other than my time, my effort and my heart. I am partaking in a service learning trip under my faculty to Kiau, a village in Sabah where we will be building a pre-school during the school holidays. I am happy that finally I am given the chance to make a rather large contribution to society. Trouble is, I might still have to raise a little money to pay for my trip there. Sigh.
So… All in all, who am I in this little red dot called Singapore? I’m an aspiring designer, who just wants to give – give my ideas, give money (to my parents), give back to society and give my love to all!
Love,
Starfish
Kinda expected from me. I've been so busy busy busy with all my assignments that's going on with my course.
Let's see. Let's first start with the reason why I am always so busy - I am an Architecture student in NUS, first year. "Glamorous course," you say... "No exams," you say... Yeah right. Almost every waking hour is spent developing and perfecting our designs to present it somewhere near the end of the semester to a panel of tutors who would most probably shoot it down. Yeah... it's THAT bad. All this, while having to juggle other modules as well. (I'm currently taking Basic Chinese as one of my modules besides my other core modules.)
"Why are you still in that course then?" you may ask... Well... If I had to simply give ONE reason, I LOVE DESIGNING!!
Can I have another reason please? :P I don't wanna end up in a job where it's simply repetition and where I'm doing something which I have simply no interest for. I cant imagine myself being a major in Arts or Science. Though I took Science in JC... It's not that I don't like those subjects, in fact I loved taking Science in JC and deciphering the human psyche, about the world around me and stuff like that. But I cant imagine working in those fields.
Since young, I've had interest in designing or just arts and the Arts as well. I was just looking through some of my old primary school journals where you have to write about what you want to be when you grow up. And you know what I wrote? An artist. :D Okay... so I kinda deviated a lil, but being an "artist" is not very practical in Singapore or anywhere else for that matter. So I needed to be a specific kind of artist. During JAE after my 'O' levels, most of my choices were actually design courses - ranging from architecture, to interior design, to fashion design, to digital media design and stuff like that. I simply wanted to be somewhere where I could develop my creativity. (But I ended up in JC coz I had friends there, and I couldn't decide what kind of design I wanted to specialise in. :P) So I took the opportunity in NUS to study a design-related course. Yeah.
It's tough but I love it. :)
Though life isn't always so peachy. I have to admit, I don't come from a family that's too well off. But my course kinda requires us to spend quite a lot on materials, books, and believe it or not paper... Only my dad's working and only takes home about 1000 or so per month, mum used to work but she's sick now. Even though we really need the money but we'd rather her stay home a rest. Initially, I wanted to take up a part-time job, maybe sales or tutoring jobs. But my course just takes up all my time. So I'm really struggling.
Just now, I wrote about what I wanted to be when I grew up when I was still in Primary School. If you ask me now... I would say, I just want to have a good paying job where I can simply provide my parents with a good life when they're in their golden years. Filial piety you say? More like they've worked their asses off to bring me, my sis, and my brother up... It's the least I can do for them. I've never remembered feeling at any disadvantage or lacking anything when I was young. I had toys (mostly hand-me-downs from my older siblings, the only thing that was mine was a doll which could change her hairstyles :P), new Baju Kurungs every Hari Raya, a lot of good food (mum's a great cook!), pets and I had them. When I got older I realized something. Though I had new clothes for Hari Raya, my mum didn't. She always gave the reason that they didn't have her size (She's an XXXL.) or she simply didn't have the time to get one. But that wasn't it... she would always put us first.
A lot of my friends view going into the working world as getting independence, maybe even getting away from their family. For me, it's to make sure simply there's food on the table for my family, my parents don't have to work till they're old and grey, and giving back to my parents. Even when I worked part-time after my 'A' levels, out of my $700+ pay, my parents would get at least $150, so it at least helped them out or at least paid for my mum's medical fees. But now that I'm not working, it's hard.
The government is always saying that Singapore’s economy is better, standard of living is rising, higher income, blah, blah, blah. But there are families like mine who are stuck. Where a difference of $6, doesn’t put us in the lower income group who earn less than $1200. Rawr. Sorry. Just griping. I cant help it.
I just wish life was a little better now.
I want to help out other people as well. I’m not too well off, but I know there’re always others who are worse off than me, so I thank my lucky stars that I’m able to continue studying, still have both my parents, and I don’t go hungry (most of the time). But it’s hard when I have little to give of myself, other than my time, my effort and my heart. I am partaking in a service learning trip under my faculty to Kiau, a village in Sabah where we will be building a pre-school during the school holidays. I am happy that finally I am given the chance to make a rather large contribution to society. Trouble is, I might still have to raise a little money to pay for my trip there. Sigh.
So… All in all, who am I in this little red dot called Singapore? I’m an aspiring designer, who just wants to give – give my ideas, give money (to my parents), give back to society and give my love to all!
Love,
Starfish
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Exhausted
It's been a while since a posted. Found a template that is so much nicer than the old one.
Guess wat? As usual, i am in school... and it's 12.48am on a Wednesday night right now. Gah. This after a sleepy afternoon trying to make the mailbox. The dumb mailbox is getting on my nerves. Our group keeps deviating from the task at hand. What do you expect from 5 girls in a group. Honestly, our mailbox is damn girly. With the chiffon and satin and stuff. I just hope it wont turn out to look gawdy. It's already so very different from all the other mailboxes. Luckily, at least we do not need the workshop to do our stuff...
Oh. Bitch tapped me on the shoulder today to ask me whether i had something that she was trying to borrow. (Shan't say coz it's pretty specific :P) Damn it. There are only two people on archi that kinda get on my nerves how they simply "ignore" me and by their behaviour. And SHE is one of them. Sometimes just feel like bitch-slapping her. Haha. Gosh. Violent behaviour. Nah. I'll just ignore her for the next, let's see, 3 or 4 years? (Maybe less if she quits. Wahahaha *evil laughter*)
OK... now that's off my chest. Hee. I promise I wont talk about her again. :)
Unless she becomes nicer. :D
Love,
Starfish
PS. Im getting so exhausted from everything. Design is going a lot better than last year though.
Guess wat? As usual, i am in school... and it's 12.48am on a Wednesday night right now. Gah. This after a sleepy afternoon trying to make the mailbox. The dumb mailbox is getting on my nerves. Our group keeps deviating from the task at hand. What do you expect from 5 girls in a group. Honestly, our mailbox is damn girly. With the chiffon and satin and stuff. I just hope it wont turn out to look gawdy. It's already so very different from all the other mailboxes. Luckily, at least we do not need the workshop to do our stuff...
Oh. Bitch tapped me on the shoulder today to ask me whether i had something that she was trying to borrow. (Shan't say coz it's pretty specific :P) Damn it. There are only two people on archi that kinda get on my nerves how they simply "ignore" me and by their behaviour. And SHE is one of them. Sometimes just feel like bitch-slapping her. Haha. Gosh. Violent behaviour. Nah. I'll just ignore her for the next, let's see, 3 or 4 years? (Maybe less if she quits. Wahahaha *evil laughter*)
OK... now that's off my chest. Hee. I promise I wont talk about her again. :)
Unless she becomes nicer. :D
Love,
Starfish
PS. Im getting so exhausted from everything. Design is going a lot better than last year though.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Auto the Cat
I'm gonna have one whole post dedicated to Auto the Resident Studio Cat since he might be able to stay around much longer coz a couple of tutors, namely Erwin and Huo Ning are not happy with her going in and out of the studio. She's sooo cute... Gonna miss her. Wish I could keep her but I'm rarely at home...
Love,
Starfish
Love,
Starfish
Monday, March 05, 2007
Random thing found on friendster
You.Can.Only.Type.ONE.Word.
Not as easy as you might think.
1. Where is your cell phone?
- table
2. Your
boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife?
- none
3. Your hair?
- long
4. Your mother?
- home
5. Your father?
- working
6.Your favorite thing?
- friends
7. Your dream last night?
- sleepless
8. Your favorite drink?
- teh
9. Your dream car?
- MX5
10. The room you are in?
- Studio
11. Your ex?
- Bastard
12.Your fear?
- Loneliness
13. What do you want to be in 10 years?
- Successful
14. Who did you hang out with last
night?
- Aki-ers
15.What you're not?
- outspoken
16. Muffins?
- me? :P
17. One of your wish list items?
- Bracelet
19. The last thing you did?
- Draw
20. What are you wearing?
- Sweater
21. Your tv?
- TV?
22. Your pet?
- Nada
23. Your computer?
- Acer
24.Your life?
- Complicated
25. Your mood?
- Stoned
27. What are you thinking about right
now?
- Sleep
28. Your car?
- Nilch
29. Your work?
- Aki
30. Summer?
- Beach!
31. Your relationship status?
- Dunno-lah
32. Your favorite color?
- Purple?
33. When is the last time you laughed?
- Yesterday
34. Last time you cried?
- Dunno
35. School?
- SDE
Random Fact of the Day: The sand from Sentosa's beaches are imported from Hawaii.
Not as easy as you might think.
1. Where is your cell phone?
- table
2. Your
boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife?
- none
3. Your hair?
- long
4. Your mother?
- home
5. Your father?
- working
6.Your favorite thing?
- friends
7. Your dream last night?
- sleepless
8. Your favorite drink?
- teh
9. Your dream car?
- MX5
10. The room you are in?
- Studio
11. Your ex?
- Bastard
12.Your fear?
- Loneliness
13. What do you want to be in 10 years?
- Successful
14. Who did you hang out with last
night?
- Aki-ers
15.What you're not?
- outspoken
16. Muffins?
- me? :P
17. One of your wish list items?
- Bracelet
19. The last thing you did?
- Draw
20. What are you wearing?
- Sweater
21. Your tv?
- TV?
22. Your pet?
- Nada
23. Your computer?
- Acer
24.Your life?
- Complicated
25. Your mood?
- Stoned
27. What are you thinking about right
now?
- Sleep
28. Your car?
- Nilch
29. Your work?
- Aki
30. Summer?
- Beach!
31. Your relationship status?
- Dunno-lah
32. Your favorite color?
- Purple?
33. When is the last time you laughed?
- Yesterday
34. Last time you cried?
- Dunno
35. School?
- SDE
Random Fact of the Day: The sand from Sentosa's beaches are imported from Hawaii.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Damn cuuuuuuuute!
I just found this video on youtube accidentally. This girl is damn cute. She must be like only 3 years old. Haha. Reminds me a lot of Ria. :) I miss her. She asked my mum to call me yesterday to talk to me. Haha.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
I’m so pissed at my brother. A lawyer’s letter came telling him to pay off $600 that he owes Starhub. Damn it. It’s not the first time it’s happened. Argh. All the mail that ever comes for him are all reminder letters to pay off fines, bills and stuff like this. I’m am damn damn damn damn pissed. All this while I have been paying my phone bill alone and even hid the NUS bill from my parents coz I didn’t want them to worry about paying the bill… I had to pay it on my own. What with my father getting into an accident and not working the past couple of months… Damn damn damn. What the fuck is he thinking? He keeps buying a new bike when he only has a fucking pay of $300 a month. Damn it. He has so many debts now. And he cant even work yet coz he hasn’t ORD… and coz of the accident.
And through all this I have to sit through my parents grumbling about him when he’s not home.
I really wished I had time for a part-time job. If not enough to give my parents, at least enough to supplement my allowance. I’m really struggling…
And through all this I have to sit through my parents grumbling about him when he’s not home.
I really wished I had time for a part-time job. If not enough to give my parents, at least enough to supplement my allowance. I’m really struggling…
Monday, February 12, 2007
I'm gonna have the Chinese interview today. Shan Ming took a look at the questions and said that some of it was typed wrongly. It doesn't matter for me. Mine's fine. Heh. I shall see later. Really tired right now. Sigh. Just wanna sleep. Went late for archi const again.
Yesterday turned out to be kinda fun after the pin-up. Played badminton the Richard, Zi Chao, Yi Wei, Di Sheng and Alvin at the water cooler area. It's been a long time since I've played. I should get a racquet and start playing. At least can be a lil more active. Yeah!
Yesterday turned out to be kinda fun after the pin-up. Played badminton the Richard, Zi Chao, Yi Wei, Di Sheng and Alvin at the water cooler area. It's been a long time since I've played. I should get a racquet and start playing. At least can be a lil more active. Yeah!
I'm just done with submission. So pooped. And I still have the Chinese interview thingy. I'm so tired and pissed. I already submitted my questions to Rohit and somehow it's not included in the "draft". Already I have to wait till 6pm to meet them... and Hien is acting like the leader of the group.
He cant make it down also. Kinda disappointed. Was really looking forward to seeing him.
Ah! Just fuck it all la.
He cant make it down also. Kinda disappointed. Was really looking forward to seeing him.
Ah! Just fuck it all la.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Gosh... Been up since yesterday.... I am soooo sleep deprived. I just took a cold shower in the studio toilet. It's already 7.30am and i have a couple of panels to finish by 2.30 or 3pm. *faints* This is bad. This is so very bad. I wish i had just one more day....
But I don't.
So. Gotta get back to work. :(
Gonna sell Ben & Jerry's ice cream after submission for fundraising for FOC. Den I have the stupid meeting to practise for the interview during Chinese lecture tomorrow... at 6.15pm. I'll probably sleep for an hour after the ice cream thingy, if Jaron doesn' t come.
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