My project ended. I think i didn't do well. But i know i tried. So i am enjoying my holidays now! =) I will try harder for my next project which will start once school reopen. =(




















Random pictures of my model.



























Random image of my work.


I went back to malaysia then we had a family trip to Kukup! =) I think i am damn amazing. I gain 3kg in three days and i am not kidding. How can someone ever do that man?! =(
















The place we stayed at was nice and spacious! And i saw fireworks there, because is hari raya. =)





















Meet my new baby cousin, ziqing! =) She is damn cute!
















Look at how huge the prawn is~~ Is damn fresh! Damn nice! I feel hungry looking at this picture! No wonder i will gain 3kg in three days!

Everyone was so fascinated by the prawn and we started taking photos of it!




















Look at my maternal grandparents! HA!
















My cousin pre-celebrated his birthday there. =)





















Random: he insisted that he is a big fish that was caught! HAHA!

ok exams sucked as usual. birthday in the midst of exams is even worse. my dad woke me up at 12am just to webcam with my sis. i couldnt fall asleep after that!! terrible. was feeling super tired the next day. luckily i could still think.

havent been sleeping well lately. really its so bad. like im super tired but i just cant fall asleep. does anyone have any remedy for insomnia?

anyway, listen to this! when i first heard the accoustic version of poker face on 987, i thought it was abit weird. but the more i listen to it, the more i like it! =D

2 more papers and i can at least get a breather on wednesday.

i think i have no time to feel troubled
just continue working hard.......

ive been feeling all kinds of emotions. you can call that emo. And i think its a sign that my period is coming.

frustrated and loneliness are mainly what ive been feeling these days. With occasional feeling of homesick. The feeling is just horrible. I cant sleep at night. I think i think too much. I make myself nervous and so uptight that i cant calm myself down and get into deep sleep. i feel tired very easily nowadays. And i just cant settle down to study. Home is too comfy. At least my dad bought honey stars for me. Hope it will help me get pass a whole day of maths tomorrow.

Been wanting to call people to talk to, but i dont know who to call. So i always end up chucking my phone aside after scrolling the whole of contacts list. I wish im in USA now where ben and jerry's only cost 3 plus per tub. ):

i know i shouldnt be here now, but i need to calm myself down before the big day tomorrow. tomorrow is the start of PRELIMS. Can you believe it? It also means A's are coming real real soon. Im not positive at all, seriously. i dont know how to make myself study. Ive become so slack i cant believe myself.

Friday is econs and i barely started. I think im so screwed. Im supposed to calm myself down but i think im making things worse. Just hope buddha can bless me tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after the day after and for the whole prelims until the end of A's.......

I miss my sisterrrr. ):

ok i decided to post if time permits. just to update my sis whats happening over here. since i hardly see her online due to time difference.

my brain was dead after the 1h 15 min chem test, which i dont know how to do. and the 2 h 15 min econs test, which i stunned after looking at the 3 essays. im quite amazed how i can crap so much. haha. but at least i didnt sit there for 2h 15 min and do nothing.

wanted to nap when i reached home but turns out that i K.O-ed all the way till this morning. which explains why im up early. i missed 2 shows!!! (though ive watched them before) and i wasted my time on sleeping instead of studying. MAN!!!

ok i will stay back in school to study today to prevent myself from sleeping at home. theres soccer for p.e later! and gp timed prac. ):

my rheumatism have been acting alot lately. ill feel the pain even when air con room sometimes. i know i sound like an old lady. but seriously, thats the effect of bathing late. dont know how to survive when im old. ): and my backaches. ): effect of playing hockey.

ok gotta go prepare for school now!

missing my sister when shes barely gone for 24 hours. in fact i was thinking of her the whole day! ok shes reaching new york in 3 hours. and ill only see her 5 months later. )))):

Is almost 3am. I am seriously lack of sleep due to this week's 'inhuman' school work schedule. I think i really have no life!

Conversation between veron and ziyu.
v: Why you don't look tired? I thought you sleep later than me? How many hours you sleep?
z: Eh. Around5 hours?
v: Huh? How come? What time you sleep?
z: I sleep at 4plus am
v: Then where got 5 hours?
z: I wake up at 7am, so two hours plus of sleep, the moment i board the bus i sleep, so travelling time to and fro, 2 hours plus, so got 5 hours lor.
v: WTH~!
z: Shit! I think i am damn pathetic. Sleep on the bus also calculate!

i am looking forward to weekend. i need sleep. i think i stay in my bed for less than 12hours for the past 4 days. =(

my friend show us this and we can somehow relate to it:

YOU KNOW YOURE AN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT WHEN....

...you know the janitors by name. [NYEAH, SEE THEM ALOT INSTEAD.]

...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. [ I'LL STOCK UP THE RED BULL WHENEVER SUBMISSION IS NEARING.]

...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
[IF IM SICK AND TIRED OF REDBULL, BUT SOMETIMES, IT DONT WORK ANYMORE ON ME]

...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 [TRUEEEE, I THINK]

...you've got 2 subjects / day but u got to study it whole day
[ YEAH, HATE IT WHEN SOME OF MY CERTAIN FRIENDS DONT UNDERSTAND THIS COURSE OF MINE]

...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.
[NOT ME, BUT ONE OF MY STUDIOMATES! HAHA.mud's his name. haha MUD. eh, no wonder! JUST REALISED THIS.. LOL]

...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.[ YAHHH!!!!]

...your Friday night is 68 hours long.

...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.
[ MY LECTURER, STILL YOUNG but bald alrd!.. tsk3]

...You call some great architects as if they are you friends.
err... Frank... Tadao.

...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.[ TRUEEE]

...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.

...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.

...The roof, Atkinson Hall, at 4 AM -- nothing like it.

...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

...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).

...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 (or everything else in life).

...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

... You have layed flat out on the floor and gone to sleep during a review

... You have snored during a review

... When you skip classes because you have too much work to do

... When writing a paper seems impossible and completely foreign to you

... When you attempt to do a media project in lieu of a paper

... When you have an inexplicable mark running off your page because you fell asleep while drafting

... When you are able to fall asleep underneath a running shower head and you are completely sober

... When you wonder what it would be like to be in another major and the idea of going out three or more nights a week is unfathomable

... When you participate in a mad dash to the campus cafe at closing time for free coffee

.....you lose your eyesight and you gain backache and neck ache

...when people stop you in hallways and say "hey, I like your beard" and you realize that you haven't shaved in three projects

...when you start measuring all time segments in terms of "projects

...when you refer to your computer as your "significant other"

...when you have nicknames for all your tools

...when you talk to all your tools like they're "real people" and use their nicknames

...when taking "5" is going and making coffee, taking "a break" is running to the store to get more coffee beans and for every 6 hours of sleep you miss, you add a scoop to every pot of coffee you make

...when a triple shot espresso just doesn't have enough "kick"

...when you try to talk to another person and realize that you've
invented your own language and nobody else understands you

...when a 102 degree fever or strep throat is to you no excuse to miss a crit.

credits: my friend's friend's blog

my beloved girls, jiayou in school! i miss you all. =)

i become so fair since training stopped!! even saiful commented that im damn white now.
BEFORE

AFTER

i don't understand why by asking a simple question can lead to an arguement.
and this arguement leads to many many questions that i have been keeping to myself

i don't understand why we are not having dinner together.
i don't understand why all i got was 'we are not even close anyway' as a reply.
i don't understand why money is always an issue
i don't understand why we can be so unappreciative
so many things that i don't understand but who do i ask?

i think i am kind of unstable now. i cry not because i want you to give in, i cry because i care, i feel hurt and there is absolutely no words that i know of can describe how i feel.

this weekend started very badly, i hope it end properly and nicely so i am ready to give my best for P2.

an ex AJC-ian came back to talk during the careers and scholarship fair today. her talk was inspiring and moving. she talked about her life. real life experiences. people that she met. how she travelled to so many places since the age of 16. how she've seen the vulnerable side of people. how these people made her learn. how circumstances changed her. her life till this point is so exciting and enriching. admire how she can look at life so simply. make me thought of this phrase which ive seen somewhere last time "life is simple. humans complicate it." how true. really, there are times where i think of how people can always be so happy-go-lucky. i figured that its not that they have no problems, but they choose not to think of them. i must learn. and i really feel like taking up voluntary work next time!!

and i really have no idea what to take in uni! always thought i will take business or accountancy(mainly 'cos my sis takes it). after listening to the talk today about banking and finance, i realise i really have no interest at all! it seems so scary. i dont even know about a single thing about banking and finance. my dad say can learn. thats true. but i got no interest how! feel like taking sales and marketing but he say it'll be stressful next time. like my mum's job. cos have to meet sales target and all. and tourism!! no public holidays!! HOW?!?! just let me meet a rich guy. hahaha.

my dad is so cute. was messaging him today about plans next friday. he was asking what we should do next friday after lunch. i said we can watch movie since its not the eve of public hols and its the normal price. and he replied "so boring, watch movie..we r young ppl, how abt bowling or ice skating haha" FAINTS!

people come and go. still trying to learn.

my year 2 project officially starts today. two modules going on now. i feel tired just thinking about the work load. =( but i really want to work hard and do well. slap me if i am not doing that.

because my freaking lecturer extended our module so i have class from 9am to 9pm tomorrow. extremely annoyed. any solutions to dark eye circles other than getting more sleep??

i can't emphasize on how much i hate group work. it affects relationships. make people feel guilty. have to compromise with group mates' schedule and working style.

'some people can only be friends and some people can only be group mates. that is how things work.' quoted from my kor kor.

i don't want to be the one that is being left out. is sad when you are being left out and forgotten. =( i don't think is a nice feeling. but nobody should be blame, nobody like to work with people they don't like and everyone wants to do well. that is just how things work right?

my brother feel that maybe i am too demanding thats why i complain and feel upset when i do group work.

put yourself in my shoe. if your group mate don't send in her work punctually, don't reply your message when you text her, hang up your phone when you call her and send in her portion of work 2 days late, is it wrong to feel irritated? (we are not even in the same course, won't you feel paiseh to be so irresponsible to someone you are not close to and barely know you for a month) AND she told me she wanted an A for this group work. -__-

receiving a compilation done that your group mate claims that can be send for submission with 4 different fonts in the report and many many different font size, is it wrong to feel annoyed? how difficult is it when technology is so advance that all you need to do is select all and change the fonts?

so am i too demanding? =(

school's the same everyday. waking up early in the morning, get to school take temperature, have lessons, home, nap, do homework. and the routine continues everyday and finally friday comes and i scream Thank God It's Friday!

seriously, school's been too draining for all of us. the never ending amount of work to do. don't even have time to do revision!! and im really scared. (considering the fact that i studied and still got such shit results for mid years). but i got to press on!!! like 4 more months to As and its over!! cant wait!! ok i just got the motivation. i shall go study now.

oh yah. played hockey yesterday and today and it felt damn good though skills became rusty. and i got caught for playing in school uniform and have to write a 200 words essay. -_- sian.

i didnt expect it to come so hard on me.

i studied. i spent the whole holidays studying. waking up at 8 everyday. study for more than 12 hours everyday. just to get 2 U.

i know i was screwed during the exam period. but i just told myself to just give it a try since ive studied so hard. the moment before i stepped into the hall for any papers, i know im not gonna make it. im not confident for any paper, not even for econs. but still, i tried to calm myself down, just hoping to do the best for every paper. i thought i was able to at least pass chem. and all i get was a U.

sometimes i really regret not putting in enough effort for last year. but its all too late to say now right? ive only got 2 months to get everything right on track.

sometimes the amount of effort we put in just dont amount to what we get, isnt it?

just leave me alone.

its almost 3am now. just finished talking to thing online, feels good. (: but my brain isnt feeling good. its dead. i cant squeeze anymore thing in. but i need to finish market structure today cos i was supposed to finish it yesterday!!! wasted the whole of today away cos of my idiot cramps. suckssss. i need to finish one book of macro econs tomorrow and one on saturday. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?! ok im dead.

im already looking forward to after exams even before i take it. is it a sign of giving up? hah.

ok im dead. i didnt manage to finish physics by yesterday. IM SO DEAD. and theres no extended school holidays!! expected it. it was quite dumb of people to forward those messages actually. as if MOE will care.

i was bathing just now and i realise im actually quite a forgiving person. its like i can never be angry with people for long or to be harsh on someone. people can meet me at like 9.30, but come at 4, and im not angry. weird huh? im too used to people coming late. but i hate it when people fly aeroplane.

ok im finally going out to study tomorrow. hopefully it'll be productive man. didnt manage to play table tennis/badminton today. ):

i dont understand a freaking thing about radioactivity!!!! and EMI!!! and ionic equilibria!!! and alot alot more. im so DEAD.

anyway, forgot to mention i finally washed my running shoes! i think some of my classmates will be damn glad, they wont smell a stench coming out of nowhere anytime soon. hah. but washing it is more tiring than running with it. -_-

im super homesick!! i offered to buy dinner for family yesterday just so my dad can come home earlier cos i miss him! oh man. how to stop this homesick feeling? ive been staying home almost everyday this week, still very homesick!!

ive been feeling very home sick lately. must be the result being out from day to night for the first 2 weeks. stayed home on monday. only to found out that it was mr kelvins tan death anniversary. saw it from the orbituary. shocked that time passed so fast. seriously too fast. think we are too caught up with our own lives. wonder if any one remembered him. but his family never stopped thinking of him for one day, according to the message on the orbituary. sad...

then it was fruitless mugging at home. seriously stay at home = eat, watch tv, use com, slack. sighhhh.

went out super early in the morning on tuesday. clar told me she'll be done with her BTT around 9. so i woke up at 830. turns out she was done at 840! so i rushed out of house as fast as i could, ended up forgetting to take my socks. so i went back to take.

met her at j8 then walked to the gym, but it was closed!!! so much for going back home to take my socks lah. yeah they are undergoing renovation works for the asian youth games. argh. ended up bathing at the swimming complex. haha. sounds damn dumb. i stay at bishan go swimming complex bathe. halfway through bathing, suddenly came a weird music. its like some dialect/buddhist song?! so i asked clar why she listens to this kind of music. then she said its not her. then i said dont bluff lor, and insisting its her. then after that song was a zhou jie lun song. then i asked her again if the previous song was from her phone, she said its not and keep asking her dont bluff. then she was like "shir, seriously not me! you better stop saying, its embarrassing!" then i was like, "oh my god really not you meh". super paiseh lah. ok i dont know whats the point of saying this.

anyhows, went for macs breakfast after. initially wanted kfc breakfast but bishan dont have. ): after that went to mos burger to study but wasnt productive at all cos our hearts were already at orchard lah. i only finished reading a few notes. then time seems to be passing super slowly. finally clar finished with her notes and we left for town! woohoo! super crowded for a tuesday night lah. didnt know the link from the mrt to wisma opened already. YAY dont need walk one big round next time! shopped a little then had dinner. ate until super full and continued shopping. NUM 50% off no more!! ): but clar bought a new pencilcase for 50% off. didnt manage to get my flip flops. ):

walked even more, seems like theres nothing much. and we went on the wrong day cos mango was preparing for sales the next day! oh man. by the time we go back after mids nothing to buy already lah ):

ok i dont know why im narrating the whole thing. im super bored and none of you is updating! ):

anyway, thing, is aussie having sales now for havaianas? and, enjoy your trip home! when are you going back to aussie? you can reply me by email. haha. i lazy email you.

sigh ive missed the 9pm show for 2 days already! and will probably miss it tomorrow as well. the show isnt exactly nice but li nan xing is so funny!

mid years are causing me to lose my sleep and the shows that i usually watch at night! i wake up at 8 plus everyday just to make sure i get to the cc by 9.30 so that i can sit at my favourite seat. it feels so uneasy sitting at other places. so the routine continues everyday. wake up, wash up, pack bag, go cc, mug, lunch, mug. then at night will either be for entertainment or continue mugging.

went to watch the Hockey Junior World Cup yesterday at Seng Kang stadium. ahh i like the stadium, got 2 pitch!!! and its new. got to see many ang moh. but they dont look like U21 at all. they look so matured. but they are definitely much more good looking than the Singapore team. anyway, caught the Australia vs Chile match which Australia won 5/6 to Chile 0. Singapore lost to India 0-10. the Singapore team was is really quite lousy compared to the other teams. tried to cheer for them but theres hardly any chance. haaa.

went to watch Night at the Museum 2 today!! very nice. super funny lah! but felt very guilty cos i studied so little today. only managed to mug from 10-3. had New York New York after that. food wasnt very nice but ate until damn fullll. and now im back home, waiting for my hair to dry so that i can go sleep and wake up early to go mug again tomorrow. sighh my life sounds so sad. )))): GSS now, but no time and money to go shop!!

studying is the worst thing to do. and whats worse is studying for 13 hours.

today was hardcore mugging from 9.30am-10.30am. but i dont feel accomplished at all cos the progress is so slow! organic chem is so irritating, its confusing me!!!

tomorrow will be worse. i dont think ill be ready for the test on monday. AHHH!! but at least im seeing the girls tomorrow. hopefully it'll be a great night (:

im feeling desperate already. YES. really desperate for time. i cant even sleep in peace cos ill be thinking how much ive yet to study.

if i can pass my mid years, it'll be a miracle.