sorry that u guys have to turn your heads 90 degrees to watch.. :P

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Funny Guy

Visual Feast

Larger than life vision!

More pics coming soon

Its Christmas!

Made apple pie...nice and hot with vanila ice-cream?

From Garcons to Matthew Williamson

Fashionista beware! After a sellout with the poka dots Swedish Giants H&M are up to please the fashion loving masses with Matthew Williamson. Hysteria will be expected again as Williamson will put out a women's collection in April and another full mens and womens collection in mid-may. Time to book your shopping trips.......

Of shameless self portraits........

Made Shepards pie yesterday...crap should have taken a picture man
Shux says its my most successful dish to date....watever tt means.
Going to try apple pie later. At mummy's request.
Being buying xmas presents lately...o all the wrapping and the cash....

I have been reading previous readings!!!

( Unbelievable i knoe)

I have not been using what architecture education have taught me

( if any)

I have been tryin to convince others to buy bags.

( In the mean time, trying to prevent myself from buying any)

Its all about TV

A tennis ball is a ball designed for the sport of tennis approximately 6.7 cm (2.7 in.) in diameter and is yellow or light green in color. In the early days of tennis, balls were often made of leather stuffed with hair or wool. Early tennis balls were made by Scottish craftsmen. These tennis balls were commonly made from a wool-wrapped stomach of a sheep or goat and tied with rope. Yellow and white are the only colors approved by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and ITF, and most balls produced are fluorescent yellow (known as "optic yellow") the color first being introduced in 1972 following research demonstrating they were more visible on television. Tennis balls are filled with air and are surfaced by a uniform felt-covered rubber compound.

After a tennis wacking session at Thomas's place we had dinner and yet another ranting session. Not to mention a cockroach scare with me squashing yanghan and dawn standing on the bench. Do u knoe that according to treehugger.com the tennis ball are actually recycled in japan. They attach the balls to the bottom of tables and chairs in classrooms. Apparently this reduces wear and tear on floors, whilst it also “drastically reduces extraneous noise, creating a better learning atmosphere.” Especially so for children with hearing aids who are sensitive to sudden loud noise or background interference. Maybe we shd all place a ball as the sole of our shoes especially the girls' heels.

DO YOU GUYS MISS US?

alamak...haha

the pic of me the last post was taken some time ago hee...

Its a sunday night while Jia is waiting to have dinner in about an hours time, i shall attempt doing my UD quiz. Its a quiz that consist of 3 question (5 marks, 5 marks, 10 marks) and we have to hard up a hard copy after a week. Someone please enlighten me on the " dynamics governing the form of many Asian Cities".

Nick sent me the URA scholarship email. Of which i might have clicked the delete button with a blink of an eye. Now i take a second look at it. Somehow in this bleak economic outlook, i reckon i could give this email a browse. How? Can u guys picture Jia at URA? I promise to stay funky... :)

Woohoo...submission is O_V_E_R.

Its so odd that after 4 years in NUS i feel as if i have learnt nothing. I mean how many of us can truely draw a detail?..Jon..Pek...a handful i think. We have become so jaded that we complain tt the year one are so noisy, they spoil the laser machine ( part of which is true la ) , we present our project while sleepwalking. Sigh, wat have become of us.

Yes it is true i still fear some tutors. WHy? Perhaps this way i'm more motivated to produce work otherwise i thinkn i wun bother. Fear is the only driver...perhaps.

Jia will be at LuLu again frm next wk as Auntie Nat needs help. At the looks of it, it will be a long wat till i actually start ( or di o really want to ) on an architecture related job.Haha.

Take a break man. CHill!

SUX

Jia thinks model looks better stacked up...how?

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Ok this is rejected...cause can see structure. Anyways, Joe my tutor, not the plumer, did another grp crit thingy...wat biang. It was a tiring.

Studio for sem2
Less den half of us turned up to listen to wat the tutors hav to say. Not like they missed much anyways. Hee Limin started first, kinda insulted us thinking that we cant read. She wrote a brief that is 3 pages long with reference somemore. Great work but nah...dun think i want her. Den there is Joseph, shux read his brief ( which btw is the most convincing one ) and said his this sem brief is more challenging that next sem's industrial housing. Bobby...o bobby, unprepared and clueless. Tan Teck Kiam..sounds like his studio is doing his company's work for him...pretty commerical. Richard wasnt there neither was TKS.( note TKS's brief : the lack of capital latters after fullstops..haha)

UD assignment is such a chore. Joe told us to focus " architectural students cannot spend their whole life completing assignment". And the worst thing, our RM 2000 ( research methodology 2000 words ) is due the same day as studio submission! The RM tutor is not extending the dateline folks! Mb we shd strike.

wat the fish wat the fish wat the fish

Sux la...joseph is driving everyone nuts. I dun even knoe what to do for studio anymore.

He gave us a list of A to I . Its not funny anymore. Think submission is in a months time and interim 2morow. Aiya watever la. I tired ok! grrrr

Anyways, as an effort to clear my thoughts on wat to say 2morow..here i present jia's project...

( apologies for the lack in nice graphic, language and design)

Rethinking the facade, came up with a system that reacts with heat tt caused a kinetic movement. In the beginning e process involved origami folding in exploration of how movement could be achieved. This study resulted in one fold that was most appropriate.

As my main concern is sunlight i seek to exploit the potential in this surface that shrink and enlarges, creates different depth in layers, to respond to the climatic conditions........

blahblahblahblah.................

Jia learns sketchup.......

It all began when my akicon grp decided to use the program...

no choice....

This semester is one full of workshops and new programs..thank and no thanks to Joseph man!

Jia is still stuck with square. Learning rhino didnt make me try curves....yet. haha
So tired...with work ..i thought it shd get easier..tsktsk

Jia gets a Tamiya model
My dear tutor gave me a TAMIYA model to assemble. WTH. Nevermind any chance to get out of design or to have fun i'll grab it.

Jia gets a CHILDREN"S book
My bf bought me an animated children's book. Childish! but nice

Jia gets chocolate
Apparently San Churro chocolate were to blame for the brothers..ie shux and thomas... missing their flight

Jia gets Shux wallet
Whats the most important thing to the "money-man"? The wallet!!!.hahaha. No this is not a symbolic gesture just a genuine mistake.

Jia gets memory flash back/ retrospective
Dear andrea dun be sad. although these pic jus reminds me of goodoldtimes.....

Agagagaga.............. I always have a thing for the quiet one..hehe. The blonde hair the blue eyes
The iceman.. :)
Not much luck this season but anyways gd luck to you kimi.

Buzzing ard....
there have been much news about these topics this few days

1) The inaugural Singapore GP ...the guys who lives next to me...ie my cousin..almost disappeared this weekend. Is it jus me or are there more angmohs ard....not to mention more damn chio models walking ard....woooo

2) The melamine scare.....OMG...its china again. Children have been found with stones in their kidney after the consumption of their milk powder...gasp...worst...a high dose have been found even in our favourite little white rabbit sweet and other dairy products such as cheese powder....!!!

3) The Shenzhou 7.....China's mission to send its first man into space/moon?....after the US and the russian. This time they and their made in china suits will be tested for the first time. They intend to explore Mars by 2010 or is tt 2015.
Looks like migration problems of chinese in foreign countries could be solved as china tries for the fiery planet.!

MELBROUNE....

The picture we took look great. But in true jianishness.... i photoshop :)
Alot of dawn i knoe...wahhaha. owell.....