Convicted Speeches

061109 LABYRINTH

2009-11-06T12:00:00.002+08:00

090409 TWOWAY-FREEWAY

2009-04-09T15:24:00.013+08:00

I'm pretty much settled down in Melbourne. Classes have been great and I'm enjoying every sec of uni life and living in the city. Being here for almost 2 months only have skewed my eyes wide open. And i guess changing my prospects of life too. haha.

I got a prized treasure from Borders the other day. My first ever bible to making good food. Penned down by who else but the quirky Jamie Oliver (yea, not the other devilish bastard from hell).

Jamie's Ministry of Food

It's not a bloody thick book, but a compilation of recipes compiled with a single intention; a tribute to the Ministry of Food. Wert? Quoted from the book:

"During and after World War I, terrible food shortages meant many people were malnourished. So when World War II broke out, the government appointed the Ministry of Food to help families make the most of wartime rations. It had to make sure there was enough food to go around and also to educate the public about food and proper nutrition so they’d be healthy and fighting fit."

Jamie's ode is a resurrection of the movement; to learn recipes and to pass it on to another person(s); your dad, ex-wife or neighbour. We all know Jamie's famous for his intense food campaigns around Britain (school diners, healthy food, etc) and I'm just more than willing to be part of this awesome shit while learning a thing or two from the great.

I'll end this post with my latest 3-week studio work; a 6-lane freeway over an existing road in Bulleen, Victoria. Not really a major project but I did fiddle with a couple of ideas; attempting to revolutionize the conventional freeway.

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210109 TO WIN

2009-01-20T20:52:00.009+08:00

And so it's my favourite time of the year. tennis season. and rafa's first slam as the world no.1, schweet. So, we all know the favourites to win the OZ Open are obviously rafa, rogerman, djokervic, and the most-talked-about brit; andymurray. Jokerman being the defending champion has unfortunately not much press coverage and anticipation from tennisfans, including me; not a big fan of his style of playing. rogerman's a fake bastard as usual. oh, andymurray has been scoring high points from me. most probably rafa will be meeting him in d semis, so it'll be an interesting clash, under the scorching heat of Melbourne. (seriously that hot meh; 40C?) :S

So sharapova's not playin, which means jankovic's the ironic world no.1 underdog to win. (can you imagine, world no.1 and not even a single slam won?) well, there's also the cute ivanovic and the disastrously disfigured sisters, wanting to win so badly too.

Anyhow, as usual, VAMOS RAFA.

p/s Its less than a month before I leave for melbourne. Hopefully this new turn paves ways for my plans, career and ahem.

100109 Dream No.2

2009-01-10T22:41:00.009+08:00

Not many may know this; but after successfully being an architect in the near future, I am really passionate in opening my own restaurant. I do admit that I'm not even close to being a decent cook to feed myself, but I've been learning alot in running a restaurant; right from designing it to expediting the sous chefs. My humbling one-month stint in Pizza Hut as a part-time waiter certainly gave me an insight. But that's semi fast-food. I've learnt how to handle customers that make you want to reap off their mouths, I washed the toilets, scrubbed the floor by hands, I've been scolded by my lady boss, and polished countertops and table legs.

The customers I met nevertheless always cheer me up. Being the only waiter who can speak fluent english, decent cantonese and mandarin (as obviously the other staff were malay), I managed to earn extra tips by sweet-talking rich (& moderate) housewives. After my first week there, I can already foresee potential tip-giving customers and will give them 5-star customer service. I even met a customer who is a retired architect and started chatting with him on my future education. There was also this vegetarian couple which frequents Pizza Hut. And they always call for "Jun." I can remember their usual order till today; the combo set consisting: carbonara spaghetti with no chicken but extra peas, vege pizza with extra pineapples, 2 cups of hot tea, change the breadstix to garlic bread and if the soup of the day is chicken & not mushroom, they would request for a switch to garlic bread. And his wife always asks for cheesepowder.

Owning a restaurant and creating it from scratch would be great. But being a chef in your own restaurant is even better. I'm learning, observing and experimenting. I would enjoy seeing people digging in into my dishes. A kitchen is always an exciting space. Packed with constant dynamics and interactions. Inventing the menu is fun too. Every new dish is created from a concept, and its taste and representation built subsequently. Simply inspiring. I'm not certain in what kind of cuisine my restaurant would specialize yet but it would probably be an upscaled, fine-dining one. And chances are my first restaurant wouldn't be in Malaysia ;)

061208 Egyptian Visitor's Centre

2008-12-07T02:51:00.004+08:00

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211108 Herzorgasm

2008-11-21T12:18:00.000+08:00

56 Leonard Street from david basulto on Vimeo.

251008 One week

2008-10-25T19:48:00.001+08:00

Busan here I come!
여기에서 Busan 나는 온다!

090908 CASA RAFA ANIMATED

2008-09-09T19:57:00.001+08:00

yea i know, the music's corny.

080808 : 080808

2008-08-08T00:31:00.002+08:00

All hail Bird Cages

290708 Kinetics

2008-07-29T18:53:00.004+08:00

BMW Museum, Munich by Atelier Brückner

270708 : India - Photographs & Sketches

2008-07-27T10:47:00.005+08:00

250708 A study : Where do blind artists belong to?

2008-07-25T22:16:00.011+08:00

The brief was to design 3 different spaces (Gallery, Workshop, Retail) of different programmes yet maintaining a progressive spiritual & psychological journey whilst transversing these spaces. The programmes have to be based on a freely selected trade not necessarily found locally. The users are the public & also the trademasters.

My initial response to the brief was a personal one. As someone who loves to draw & paint, I decided to design the spaces inspired by the domain of an artist. But, art galleries are already abundant. It took me quite a while to ponder upon other various possibilities. Hence, in deduction I thought; artists live with 5 senses, usually more sensitive & responsive compared to non-artists. What if sight is removed from the 5? The ability to touch, listen, taste & smell remain, leaving an artist fully functional, but without being able to see, can he/she still function as an artist? Do blind artists really exist?

Did my research, and there are actually artists who are visually impaired. Lisa Fittipaldi was one of my inspirations. And so was Esref Armagan.

Their persistence & determination was a tremendous inspiration to me. In order to create a gallery to display the artworks of the blind, the public has to first own the mind of a blind and disown vision by introducing darkness & subtracting light. Without being able to see, one's other senses will naturally be more responsive and a space can be experienced differently. Below's my reflection to the subject.

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240708 Tree House Art Haose

2008-07-23T22:47:00.008+08:00

Inspired by the fluidity of a beehive, the stagnance of parasites & the privacy of a birdnest, a haven is created for me to relax and paint.

230708 CASA RAFA : El Construcción

2008-07-22T21:21:00.008+08:00

220708 Elevations

2008-07-22T21:12:00.002+08:00

110708 Monochromatic

2008-07-11T10:21:00.003+08:00

090708 Retrospective: Bicycle Station (2007)

2008-07-09T22:00:00.006+08:00

Imagine an empty plot of land surrounded by constant kinetics; gradually loosen up, sunken in, dented and shelters built around its gradient. Imagine it then cladded with thousands of timber panels, and light-weight concrete strips spiral and twirl above them as if they were silk. Imagine you walking towards the sunken valley not seeing anything from afar till you are really close. Subsequently imagine fine strips of gaps carved all over the valley, locking systems installed. Alas, imagine these gaps filled with bicycles, fulfilling what intends to be; a bicycle station.

240608 Back

2008-06-24T22:17:00.010+08:00

my w810i drowned in the seas of batu feringghi. fuks. talk about hopes of getting a new slr by this year...i'll leave this post short, ending it with selected images of my final studio project of the semester, (it's a trishaw visitor's center btw) while i watch nadal in action on wimbledon.

Workshop + Retail (Block B)

L-R Trishaw shelter, public space, block B

Main gallery (Block B)

Bridge connecting Block A & B

Front facade of block B

Secondary gallery in block A

280308 wtf Trump?

2008-03-28T17:23:00.004+08:00

As much as I respect Donald Trump & how I'm a big fan of The Apprentice, I must say I am totally disgusted by his take & insult on the Freedom Tower, the completing replacement for the destroyed World Trade Centre. I was literally stunned when he labelled Libeskind's design; junk. I could almost imagine Trump screaming," You are f**king fired Libeskind!"right on his face. I personnally think it's a powerful design that really projects the memory & the aspiration of America for undying liberty that was once gravely challenged by the 9/11 horror. The purity of glass & light refracted almost indicate a monument to the collective souls of the perished. News to me; real estate developers - as great as they are - sometimes do act a little 'un-great' & short-sighted. Shame on you, Mr. Mogul. Kudos on you, Libeskind.

040208 Sifu

2008-02-04T16:29:00.000+08:00

Source : LeeWengFatt

It's been awhile since I last pen down anything here. Amidst boredom, I stumbled upon the website of my once art mentor, Lee Weng Fatt, whom I call Mr. Lee. It's really great to know that he has a website of his own where he displays his artwork, biodata, etc online. This humble artist who honed my artistic forte has a very unique style. Since young, I admired his intricacy and his amazing techniques in sketching & painting. His subjects are primarily architecture and people and his mediums are watercolors and ink pen. I've been learning from him for almost 7 years and the result has been certainly rewarding. Though, not in contact with him as often today, he still remains my inspiration everytime I begin a piece of my own.

Visit LeeWengFatt to know more about him and to see his works.

130108 London on?

2008-01-13T18:42:00.000+08:00

2008: The year all hua ren have been waiting for.

2012: The year all earthlings would be waiting for.

The bird nest has earned all the attention and hoo-hahs it needed from the world. At least China did. With only a few months away, let's for once ignore Beijing & shift our ears & minds to a different Olympic-buzz.

As we all know, there is a possibility of Beijing stealing all the limelight from a mega-event bound to happen in London, the 2012 Summer Olympics. Is it possible to shun the iconic capital from hosting a phenomenal Olympics? Forget the management or the hospitality of the hosting nations relatively, let's take a look at what London has to offer architecturally.

& also symbolical-ly. Personally I really digged the logo, something very unconventional and probably not in favour to many. Judging by the logo, there are glimpses of London being able pull off the most extraordinary Olympics ever. Too early for us to say, but London's probably dead certain.

I'm looking forward to a stadium which escapes the always symmetrical oval form, & in hopes that the London Olympics stadium would do better than the birdnest in breaking away from the norm & the cliche-ed.

Judge yourself & see where Beijing might stand. The stadium, not how cool-looking those flying chairs & moving steel skeletal T-Rex(es) are. While you are that, do refresh: London 1948.

100108 Light

2008-01-10T00:16:00.000+08:00

speedofsoundlight

2008-01-09T22:58:00.000+08:00

291207 Notes from the South

2007-12-29T20:27:00.000+08:00

Enemies. Some are self-created while most approach unwelcomed. Have you ever wondered why there are just things that, somehow, won't go your way regardless of any situation? Thanks to that someone or something that lurks silently at the tight corner, either disguised or obviously unthought of. It, he, she or they halt(s) your mental movements and the anonymous actions of these people or this person make you blame your poor-self for all the faults or failures. Some do not announce themselves as enemies, as they are unintentionally one. You created him, her, it or them. Fear or just complicated imagination?

In a circle of individuals and karma, many do not realize that friends could be self-created or approach unwelcomed too. A simple but daunting, desperate, yet efficient & fulfilling method; scar this theory in your thickest skin: My enemies' enemies are my best friends +

(p/s Do not try this at home, it might be fictional for some.)

271207 Essay

2007-12-27T14:04:00.001+08:00

A very good read, You think?

201207 Floor Plans

2007-12-20T00:03:00.000+08:00

Meet Monochrome

2007-12-11T01:09:00.001+08:00

Monochrome: Monochroma(Greek); Mono (One) Chroma (Color)

For an image, the term monochrome is usually taken to mean the same as black & white or, more likely, grayscale, but may also be used to refer to other combinations containing only two colors,

Monochrome images or objects always fascinates me. In today's world of lucid colors, modern people lust for high-end Sony BRAVIAs, colourful magazines and vibrant exteriors like Wukesong Indoor Stadium's.

Monochromatic Apples preceeded your 16.7 million colors LCD monitor. Monochrome Gameboys preceeded the PSPs. And so on. I'm not against multi-colors but I admit I do favour a 2-colored image or object more than the rainbow...

In architecture or in man-made light, I feel the combination of a color with black or white is capable of creating a sense of monotony yet a very strong powerful impression/ indication of form. It somehow makes things look more sincere; straight-forward and for some, futuristic.

JT's Lovestoned MV: My favourite of his by a mile

Red seats in an empty stadium

The famous 1st Generation Gameboy (which I proudly own one too)

Album Cover

Proposed hotel room, in Nesna, Sweden by Carsten Höller

o.d.m. watches with electroluminescent-display

Ledger, Robert Ryman, 1982

This is one of about nine paintings from the same period and is painted in a pigmented shellac laid over glass re-inforced plastic. The strips of aluminium which are part of the work act as brackets to attach it to the wall. Ryman pays great attention to the marks of the paintbrush and uses white because he regards it as less emotionally charged than other colours. His works are about surface, texture, grain and luminosity rather than spatial composition.

White neon lights

A fashion runway; imagine it with only 2 colors but equal luminosity as the above.

Light And Shade (Album Cover) 1987

Sony Ericsson Z610i OLED monochrome display

So, its time to relive the mono

Nastiest Sub.

2007-12-07T00:50:00.000+08:00

The deadliest finale: Studio Final Submission. This is the only time of the semester when your hands actually work faster than your brain. Above is my preliminarydraft AO presentation board which did not come into reality. (the final printed one is inverted in colors; background's white) But, the whoosh and the zingzong thingie still remained and so are the drawings' layout. It's a bicycle station by the way. Too bad this black fella looks darn cool on my LCD monitor screen but not so dashing printed out. So, lucky you white guy.

2nd Sub.

2007-12-04T11:40:00.000+08:00

The 2nd submission would be for Re-Presenting Places (R.P.) or R.I.P as I like to call it. It's an elective subject which students are required to analyze a place or country they went during the Activity Week, which is India for my case. It could be any topic. Mine was; Colours & Textures: The Indian Culture & Identity

Below is my third and final submission; a 3-piece A2 size canvas with acrylic. It's my first big scale artpiece since I first touched a paintbrush. It's also my first attempt on canvas with acrylic. And also my first original piece entitled:

“Self” is a acrylic painting on a 3-piece canvas. A rural Indian lady lies down, eyes shut, mind awake. Beneath her are simple and ordinary objects that make up part of her impoverish life. As a typical middle-aged Indian housewive, she plays the role of a hardworking breadwinner, a loving mother and an understanding wife. This 3-piece projects a solemn and gloomy atmosphere the lady is in and has always been for the past forty years. She yearns for nothing as poverty is her life. The strong contrast between her favourite red saree and the havoc and disorders around her tells she believes in nobody nor nothing but herself. Her inner spirit is as intense as her brilliant saree, which she loves most. To the paddy fields, farm, marketplace, the symbolic fabric is donned, engraved in her heart, hiding her burdened shoulders beneath. Her life is God’s will and she is helpless. She only cries, laughs and talks to herself, for her inner spirit is her closest self.

It's quite a shame to myself for not pursuing this passion of mine; painting. Blame it on college. All these while, I paint only for academic purposes, rarely for the original meaning of art, to express oneself. Only when I took up this subject did I realize I've actually neglected my passion. What a shame. It's the holidays now and I'm stocking up on canvas and acrylics, all geared up, ready to be inspired by this hopefully not-that-rusty mind.

Back

2007-12-03T14:01:00.000+08:00

Hi, after a long absence from this site, a slight renovation has been undergone and the writer is back on track. So I'm rewinding weeks back and will begin blogging from then on.

The last few weeks were insane ones, when all final submissions were scheduled close to each other. So here's the first one, for 3dmax where we are supposed to model and animate the house we designed for our previous semester studio.

This is the final still image which I've chosen to be submitted. For those who did not know, this house was built for and inspired by tennis great & me idol, Rafael Nadal.

2007-11-07T18:26:00.001+08:00

1 MONTH AGO.

2007-11-05T17:27:00.000+08:00

OUT OF THE BOX.

2007-10-29T17:48:00.000+08:00

Last friday, i felt really uncomfortable after watching this.

Nevertheless, i took a train that morning to the boring Petaling Street to get my art stuff form Venus Art. Hmm...it wasnt a hoo-hah journey but quite amusing i must say:

I always admire graffitisizers (someone who does graffiti 0_O) and vandals.

Too bad I ain't one.

I was shocked to see masterpieces in contrast to the sickening river as I disembark from the train.

Optimus Prime

The all new Central Market

My fav part of Central Market (what?? i actually like Central Market???!) yea..neways....my fav part of Central Market has to be the Artists' Corner. The artists there are brilliant at their work but sad to see, they are merely displayed there, failing to sell off to buyers but instead only satisfying curious onlookers (like me)

But now its shifted to the adjacent building - Central Annexe.

It was still early, so the artists were in the midst of putting their stuff along the aisles before they hide in their little pigeon holes beyond the blue building.

Told you...a lil' amusing, not too much, just a little.

Helplease.

2007-10-23T11:42:00.000+08:00

Can someone teach me how to revert to the old Hotmail as the freakin new Windows Live Hotmail is nothing but shit.My initial contact list which I always forward cool and quirky emails are now gone and I have to reselect them one by one, only if I can remember who they were. And because of that, I have not forwarded any emails for the past 2 weeks. No wonder you can never succeed, you are not even close to Gmail.

LIBESKIND MEETS BAWA?

2007-10-22T17:43:00.000+08:00

GEOFFREY BAWA

DANIEL LIBESKIND

What will you get when styles of these 2 architects are merged, almost seamlessly?

THIS:

Intersecting Ramps

It's a new place in town, bet u guys have heard of it. I was pretty impressed with its interior although the facade is a real bummer.

Hanging Balls

Ornamented Escalators

Glass Flooring

Exposed Structure

Touch-screen Directories

Cool..erm...clerestory windows?

Shops, not many opened yet Hayden's cousin hairdresser's shop spotted.

Appreciated Lobby

A box full of drawers

Nice place, keep em' coming.

2007-10-18T20:24:00.000+08:00

IT'S BLOG ACTION DAY.

2007-10-15T20:48:00.000+08:00

"Don't litter" . "Car pool" . "Save the Trees" . "Recycle"

Cliche? Yea, i think so. These phrases were uhu-glued and masking-taped in my cranium throughout my life. yea yea, we all know its boring and shit, yet no one does anything or at least not many do. yea yea, the fact that no one does anything itself is also a cliche. We've been memorizing this shit for our moral (spm), not forgeting a single word like 'alam' and fear getting mixed up between 'mencintai' or 'menyayangi.' yea, i'm one of those cowards, tell me, who's brave enough to face that sickening subject?

The point is, we young dudes, or at least me, are so sick of these same o yada yada CFC thingie that sucked a whole big patch of Texas out off the atmosphere, leaving a gaping hole, clear enough to see our angkasawan with our naked eyes. (ouch, i know its painfully lame)

U noe as a matter of fact, I'm quite of a green guy. I look after the environment, I don't litter nor spit, I don't smoke, I don't cut trees although I guilty-ly use a whole lot of them to make models, I recycle my papers, I car pool, etc.

In the first 2 paragraphs, yep, I'm condemning the fact that we young people (or at least most of my friends) think that looking after the environment is no cool thing. yea, isnt it through enough? I personally don't think its cool to pick up somebody else's thrash when i'm walking with my girlfriend. :S

It's 2007! Things are changing, so is my mind, its greenifying. Somehow. I think the person to be blamed for me being as green as a brocolli has to be AL GORE. (oh yea, congrats on your big win recently too, deserved it). His 60+ I believe, but what sets him apart from the above cliche phrases, moral (spm) and 'kempen mengitar semula' is the magic he creates in campaigning for his once cliche issue,"GLOBAL WARMING."

"An Incovenient Truth"

"The Day After Tomorrow"

It was a turning point for me after grasping the ex-soon-to-be-president of the US's (taken from his famous words) notion in saving the earth from global warming and the scenario of finding an Antartican polar bear in the Indian shores o_o. Why?. I dunno. Was it because of the frightening nature-disaster-flying cows movies? Or was it Al Gore's cool presentation of the inconvenient truth? Or was it because of his frequent appearance in awards shows? Or was it his win at the Oscars? Or was it that the fact I finally believe that saving mother nature is darn cool.

Not being egoistic here, but I believe that we young dudes can really make this world a greener place, with a snap of a finger or with a blink of an eye, if only we do it together. Youtube, Blogger, Facebook, Gmail, MSN, MySpace are tools we young ppl can use to easily make mother nature back in shape. How?

THE IMPACT.

Sad to say, we young dudes live by looking & following at others, and at the same time trying to be original too. If the coolest dumb blonde in school recycles or picks up the trash in front of her fans and friends, guess what's next? Go figure.

DUMB BLONDE + COOL STUFF + HUMANE HEART =

IMPACT

AVERAGE AH LIAN / AH BENG + COOL STUFF + HUMANE HEART + BIT EXTRA EFFORT =

IMPACT

Enough with the boring phrases mentioned earlier on. Deal with creatvity and most importantly IMPACT to young people. Screw the politicians. We use Facebook and Youtube each day and we can work our stuff globally in seconds.

Dress and act green, tell people green is cool. Spread the IMPACT.

Work our brains my young counterparts. Green Peace.

ALAS

2007-10-13T01:51:00.000+08:00

I'm seeing Rafael Nadal on court LIVE.

HILTON PJ BUKA PUASA

2007-10-11T00:16:00.000+08:00

Check out my Facebook for high quality pics (courtesy of Ash's SLR which I used) of this feast. Attached is a rare footage of Hann's experimentation of his voice & helium. Lol.

BLOG ACTION DAY

2007-10-09T16:00:00.000+08:00

Bumped into this webbie today. 5 more days would be BLOG ACTION DAY. To all bloggers, take this opportunity to do your part in the green campaign simply through blogging with your seated ass in front of the pc. By registering your blog in this campaign and posting an issue about the environment of your thoughts on BLOG ACTION DAY (15 OCTOBER 2007), you are already one step further. Spare some time to get your green thoughts down and start pondering why the freakin drain in front of your house has been stinking for the past few days. I'm figuring out why too and will report my findings on the 15th, here.

Top 10 Best-Selling Game Ever

2007-10-01T21:03:00.000+08:00

10. Gran Turismo
Units sold: 47 million Defining game: Gran Turismo (PSOne)

9. Donkey Kong
Units sold: 48 million Defining game: Donkey Kong (Arcade)

8. The Legend of Zelda
Units sold: 52 million Defining game: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)

7. Madden NFL
Units sold: 60 million Defining game: Oh, just pick one.

6. Tetris
Units sold: 60 million Defining game: Tetris (Game Boy)

5. Grand Theft Auto
Units sold: 65 million Defining game: GTA III (PS2)

4. Final Fantasy
Units sold: 75 million Defining game: Final Fantasy VII (PSOne)

3. The Sims
Units sold: 90 million Defining game: The Sims (PC)

2. Pokemon
Units sold: 164 million Defining game: Pokemon Red/Blue (Game Boy)

1. Mario
Units sold: 195 million Defining game: Super Mario Bros. (NES)

Source: YahooGames

Whoa. What a list. Half of the ten are my personal favs. Looks like the world has almost the same taste as me. Tetris, GTA, Final Fantasy, The Sims & Mario. Wth is Pokemon doin there ...but i have to say, i kinda enjoyed its cartoon though, not the game O_o

I'm damn proud to see FF7 up there at no. 4. My fav game of all time, first played the 4cds pc game in 1998. It was my first game ever on my first pc. Crazyly chunted. Finished the game and played it thrice. (Really tempted to revive the nostalgia soon.)

This post is utterly insufficient to share all the stuff i'm excited about Final Fantasy. Upcoming post it shall be! Promise. Can't wait!

OMG.

2007-09-28T21:53:00.000+08:00

Fridays and saturdays were never the same this semester. Tks to the Hilton Christmas Train Project. To keep things short, we took part in this competition organized by hilton pj and won first, leaving us to design & built a mega sized landscape for miniature trains for christmas this yr. I was roped in as the leader for the Tropical Christmas, together with other leaders for Bohemian, Winter & Desert Xmas. U see our theme was to celebrate christmas beyond borders, imagining santa in places never thought before.

Our team is massive, exceeding 50 students, juniors & seniors. Each group would have around 10 students. I wanted a rustic, eerie, dark-looking pirate village for my tropical part. A massive one. So here's a lil sneak peek of one of the many pirate houses we made, with much more lying ahead before completion and the big thing, Christmas. (Mind you, everything you see is manually made & painted :O )

They're coming~

2007-09-15T21:46:00.000+08:00

As you may know already: Federer, Sampras, Nadal & Gasquet, some of the past & current big names in tennis are comin to KL for an exhibition match.

Nadal, current world no. 2 vs Gasquet, current world no. 14

For more details and to book tix, click here

Obviously, i'll go for Rafa's match. Anyone wanna teman me? Whoa. Couldnt believe that he's comin too. Seeing him against his childhood friend, Gasquet in action in KL is a damn once in a lifetime chance. Ah, and studio had to spoil everything. Final crit is supposed to be on the 22nd of Nov and the match is on the 20th. Shit. But who cares? It's rafa ya know.

Vamos Rafa.

What's up with these?!

2007-09-13T20:19:00.000+08:00

The left picture shows the "Chrysalis", a set of skyscrapers soon to be built as part of the mega Iskandar Development, Johor, developed by SetiaEco City. Today, we read in the papers, a similar series of high rise buildings, "PGCC" with almost the same form of distorted facade' are soon to be built up north, part of the Penang Global City Development Plan (right picture).

So, why the similar facade? It's hi-tech and futuristic looking though, to some. But, isn't too cliche-ed already? Look at Freedom Tower. Libeskind makes a statement with that. It has a deep and strong meaning to commenmorate those who perished in the 9/11.

Malaysia, a supposedly country rich with culture and unique architecture elements? KLCC succeeded with infusing both the Malaysian identity and the metallic touch of Pelli. Chrysalis and PGCC might end up breathtaking and magnificient with all the unusual and never-been-seen-in-malaysia form. Look deeper, they're actually almost meaningless.

Studio is Us

2007-09-12T17:44:00.000+08:00

For those non-archi buffs out there, a studio is an architecture student's classroom. Not ur ordinary classrooms mind you. We hang out, eat, blast the music & stay till late night b4 submission. (oh yea, and also where we have our lectures too) It's a crazy place, at least for my group of 17 students. No one's sane enough to act serious. Lol...

We just submitted and presented our first group assignment today; to build a site model for our current project: The Bicycle Station and 2nd, to create a storyboard of our site analysis. It was tideous yet I tink all of us had great fun pulling this one off, and i think we all did at the end.

this is considered tidy.

modelling.

we love our design lecturer so much that we just had to make her. Speakers and woofer to de-stress.

This is food source. At LCS, 9pm, there's only 7-Eleven to feed us.

Instant noodles for dinner...not bad wei...

Macro shots of our site model. We ditched the typical JKR style of boring site models and decided to do something different. Its very conceptual, with writings that depict the life in each building. The pink spot would be our bicycle station. (Btw, our site is next to Asia Jaya LRT station)

Fail? Not at all. We had fun being different and all the crazy work paid off neatly:) Studio 10 rocks! Good job guys....

Local Ads

2007-09-05T17:26:00.000+08:00

These local ads are some of the bests i've seen in recent times. Period.

2007-09-04T18:05:00.000+08:00

He's sad today, because he saw a dog carcass in the middle of the road on the way to college. It was a sad scene and its insides were......

2007-09-03T23:01:00.000+08:00

My studio group went for our site visit near Menara Axis today. It was quite fun observing and analysing stuff. But, not for long....

2007-08-31T23:09:00.000+08:00

Ha...what an independence day. Woke up late, went to 1U wif mum and bro to makan at Italiennes. It was our first time there, ordered meatballs spaghetti, beef lasagna & carbonara. TO mua SURPRISE, those larger than life meatballs rocked, the carbonara was JUST OK and the lasagna seriously sucked big time. Italiennes, a lil' overrated here?? or was it just not my cup of tea? Jam was crazy.......as usual....wanted to watch the rat show (if i could spell it) but all fully booked, as expected. Went over to Cineleisure, fully booked too, as expected. Ditched the movie date, went over to IKEA, bought something, as expected. Time flew, 7pm already, wth. Had wantan mee for dinner at old klang road (opposite the wet market - damn nice wei, been eating der since young) Reached home around 8.30pm, slumped on d sofa and realized, what the heck shld a Malaysian actually do on Merdeka Day-ah?

Me either, Peter.

2007-08-30T22:27:00.000+08:00

Tmroe's msia's big day. It's my bro's b'day too. Haha...lucky bugger....so what makes me a malaysian? It's me lovin' bak kut teh, nasi lemak and roti canai. It's me lovin' to c colourful people on d roads. It's me feeling home sick when abroad. I guess, once a Malaysian, always a Malaysian. And i'm damn proud having cina, melayu and india frens, chillin' out like true malaysians and standing proud saying -lah aloud. Happy Merdeka people and to u 2 Malaysia.

2007-08-29T21:43:00.000+08:00

Finally, done with the bicycle shed project pressie. Not enough sleep, bad headache. Came home at 6-ish, slept till 2030, woke up with a bad flu and even worse headache. In the midst of preparing for tmrow's history presentation. Die shit. Wish me luck. Signing off with 2 pics of India.

Group pic with some random indian teens in front of a dam and mosque which names i have already forgotten.

Me, floating in front of the majestic Hawa Mahal which is currently under restoration.

HA-CHIUUUUUU.

2007-08-26T15:21:00.000+08:00

Gotta love those SLRs.....

Shot taken at our hotel's restaurant at Jaipur

Group photo courtesy of adeloke

Us, posing in our indian costumes at the lobby of the same hotel. Notice, no indians :)

A Cover Song

2007-08-25T19:37:00.000+08:00

KT Tunstall doing "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5

This is what i call a good cover :)

India again

2007-08-24T22:59:00.000+08:00

Amber Fort, Jaipur

Helpless Malaysians crossing an Indian street, and survived.

+More pics to come+

More India

2007-08-23T19:35:00.000+08:00

Jantar Mantar Astronomy Observatory, Jaipur

Check out the enormous sun dial behind together with the many other ancient yet brilliant structures

used by the maharaja to study astrology centuries ago.

Me, sitting on the structure that represents my star sign, Cancer.

+More pics to come+

2007-08-21T15:56:00.000+08:00

More pics to come~

2007-08-10T01:00:00.000+08:00

Know what? I, f**kin hate parasites. No damn parasite deserves friendship. I've had enough.

Kill Bill?

2007-08-07T23:52:00.001+08:00

Bill Gates, an individual that needs no introduction has been dethroned from his no.1 spot as the world's richest man thanks to the current world no.1, Carlos Slim Helú. Gates, one of my idols, whose fortune is estimated at $58 billion was not enough to prevent Slim from taking over his spot with a fortune of a staggering $59 billion. In tribute to Gates, here's a lil' trivia i find worth sharing:

1. Bill Gates earns US$250 every SECOND, that’s about US$20 Million a DAY and US$7.8 Billion a YEAR!

2. If he drops a thousand dollars, he won’t even bother to pick it up because during the 4 seconds he picks it, he would’ve already earned it back.

3. The US national debt is about 5.62 trillion dollars, if Bill Gates were to pay the debt by himself; he will finish it in less then 10 years.

4. He can donate US$15 to everyone on earth but still be left with US$5 Million for his pocket money.

5. Michael Jordan is the highest paid athlete in US. If he doesn’t drink and eat, and keeps up his annual income i.e. US$30 Million, he’ll have to wait for 277 years to become as rich as Bill Gates is now.

6. If Bill Gates was a country, he would be the 37th richest country on earth.

7. If you change all of Bill Gate’s money to US$1 notes , you can make a road from the earth to moon, 14 times back and forth.But you have to make that road non-stop for 1,400 years, and use a total of 713 BOEING 747 planes to transport all the money.

8. Bill Gates is 40 this year. If we assume that he will live for another 35 years, he has to spend US$6.78 Million per day to finish all his money before he goes to heaven.

Last but not the least the best one!!

9. If Microsoft Windows’ users can claim US$1 for every time their computers hang because of Microsoft Windows, Bill Gates will be bankrupt in 3 years.

Congrats Slim. Pls do what u hav to. Philanthropy. U don't need Gates or Buffet to teach u, eh?

To read more about these 2 rich dudes: Bill Gates

Carlos Slim Helú

To confirm this piece of news: CNN

-Gates, no. 1 or no. 2, u are still idolaku-

2007-08-06T21:19:00.000+08:00

2007-08-03T23:32:00.000+08:00

1 week to india. met the juniors for d xmas train thing today, bunch of cool people. Barely 3 weeks at sabd, still raw no doubt. That was exactly what or who i was 3 sems ago. Time flies darn quickly, too fast i actually feared graduating just yet. Funny huh? I is Dumba**

this might sound abit silly. amidst all the asignments and crazy archi stuff, i'm still a grade 2 piano learner. Tmroe, i'll touch those white keys in front of an examiner, for trials. Real exam would be after india. Absurd? Totally. A 19 yr old 6-footer waiting anxiously, bitting his nails alongside a horde of young cutie-pies, prolly at his waist height, and there he is, at the corner, waiting to be laughed at. LOL. It's ok, he's to blame for being such a sucker. Sucker or not, he just wanna have fun+

2007-08-02T22:02:00.000+08:00

A new header for a new month. It's stark & clean. A new me?

Likely jun hao's here to stay.

2007-08-01T16:41:00.000+08:00

Damn, my mum's blackmailing me. Either my shelter or mapping thingie has to go. I'm in need of a real-life external harddrive to store all my trash. Or my mum's gonna send either one to the nearest recycle bin. Hopefully, she'll be convinced that i'll be bringing my shelter to Aus nxt yr. That shld save my dad some moolah on my accomodation. I guess that'll do the trick. Pray hard for me.

p/s Don't call the police if u see some a**hole lying in a huge seashell in Federation Square. It might be me.

None of us are the same

2007-07-30T18:35:00.000+08:00

Done with mapping. India in less than 2 weeks. Research proposal not done yet. Love that pic? Visit the market more often ya?

2007-07-24T16:43:00.001+08:00

Classes have started and im lovin every bit of it, seriouslyla. Btw, u guys gotta check this out, guess what i found sitting on my air con condenser outside?

The best part; I'm living in a condo.

2007-07-21T22:57:00.000+08:00

sheesh...blogging is kinda hard when coll starts. No time. No life. Bleuk~Give me some time to just swallow all these in just yet, then jhetcetera will be back and kickin'

Stupefy!

2007-07-13T00:41:00.000+08:00

I was stupefied and will not be able to blog till the comin' weekend.

FED up

2007-07-09T23:54:00.000+08:00

Federer did not deserve clinching the title for the fifth time. Clearly, Nadal was the deserving one but showing true sportsmanship, i concede the high luck-o-factor federer has on his side in the finals (especially the final set). Nadal's time will come, the moment Federer ends.

Vamos Rafa. Go kick a** in the US Open.

2007-07-08T19:45:00.000+08:00

VAMOS RAFA!!!

Catch the finals of the 2007 Wimbledon Men's Singles between FedEx & Rafa on StarSports later! We shall see a new champion lifting the trophy!!

2007-07-05T23:48:00.000+08:00

I was listenin to hitz on d way back and j lo introduced this new song by quiet drive. Its called "time after time." Yep, the latest of the numerous reinterpretation of the classic song originally sung by ms. lauper. Very cool & current version.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow; transformers and the day after tomorrow; datum kl. I was promised excitement.

Oh yea, and also a special edition header to suite the occasion :)

Skeyes

2007-07-03T23:38:00.001+08:00

Haiz....wat a shitty day..neways, check out these pics taken with my w810i...they were taken on my way home from work. Really made my day....

Most things in life suck but trust me, they'll always end up gettin' better.

Porkielicious

2007-07-01T14:41:00.000+08:00

Last night, my dad's good friend brought my family and i and also some other friends for a treat at Elcerdo. It was also to celebrate her daughter's bday. Its a spanish restaurant that specializes in pork delicacies, aptly named Elcerdo(which means pork in spanish). It was indeed a feast.

There was an adults table and kids table reserved for us. Being the eldest kid there, i just had to fit in with the other much younger kids. lol. so out of place....neway, i started off with a small portion of pork chop. It was off the kid's menu btw. It was rockin'!. It was just starters for me. Then came a large helping of some creamy spaghetti, not as creamy as cabonara. Nice. Still starters for me. Then came some sausages of course. And also fine slices of various hams eaten together with melon. Perfecto. Its like Spanish Sashimi. Haha, only without soy sauce & wasabi.

Then, the feast was followed by their famous Seafood Paella Rice. They claim that paella rice is the most expensive rice on earth. True or not, i nearly died after seeing the price on the menu. Somehow, it wasnt to my liking, it tasted just not bad but not to die for. But its definitely a first time but not a last time for me.

And for the finale, the roasted piglet. Woohoo~~ I got the honour to do a lil' performance. The pork was laid flat on a board, just like the chinese siu yuk. Then to prove its tenderness, the manager used a normal porcelain plate to literally cut the pork into slices (obivously with the plate's edges) And then, it was my turn to cut it. Wow, damn chun. So tender~ And the best part, its tradition for good luck, once the plate is used to cut the pork, it has to be broken. So the manager demonstrated how to break the plate without killing anyone. He threw the plate into a wooden bucket with a large rock in it. Amazingly, there weren't any splinters whatsover. My father's friend's son, who was sitting for his spm also got to throw the plate. And tadaa, i threw the plate too. Pranccck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And everyone started cheering and clapping. LOL~

The piglet was no doubt delicious and tender! Later on, we celebrated the bday girl's bday & sang her the song. The night ended with the serving of desserts. I ordered some sherbet and tiramisu moose i tink, tasted really good and i was darn full already. To end the spectacular feast, the waitress, Carmen, superfriendly one, recommended a belgian beer, Hoegaarden. Sweet and easy to drink.

Then around 10.30pm, we went over to the hostess's house nearby to hang out while the adults remain at the restaurant to drink more beer, more wine. Who couldnt resist playing.....NINTENDO Wii!!!!!!!????? For the first time, i've touched a nintendo product, since my ancient gameboy almost a decade ago. Wii indeed was a really cool device. We played tennis, bowling & boxing. It was damn cool!!!!! Especially tennis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo~~ u can even smash and volley!! No wonder Wii has already overtaken PS3 in the gaming console market. Shame on u Sony for selling PS3 at an insane price.....

At around 1am, we went back hm. What a night~So if u guys wanna try some special Spanish delicacies, head down to Elcerdo at Changkat Bukit Bintang, trust me, u wouldnt regret the experience. Oink!

Do bother

2007-06-29T22:48:00.000+08:00

So, how rockin' were we? Picture this;

1) Cam-horing in large 'herds' around an islamic university

2) Came out tops in competitions

3) Was the only school that did not sleep on the last night!

4) Etc. crazy stuff

Chronology:

We left coll on thurs morning, reached uia gombak in d afternoon, checked in, and slept till evening. Check out our, how should i say, interesting rooms and a must-see; my out-of-this-world mattress.

BEHOLD

My comfy & clean bed.

Posters from Kill Bill & LOTR

Check out the view. What i see is a beam with trash on it.

So, in the evening we had an ice-breaking session when we were divided into groups consisting of students from diff schools. Had some fun activities to get to know each other better. After that,we went back to our hostels. Slept on my comfy mattress, mentally-strong, without any blankets under the cold quiet dirty night, hoping the sun will rise A.S.A.P.

Sunrise was spectacular the next morning. UIA seriously has some very cool sceneries.

Note the unintentionally photographed rainbow.

The field in front of the main reception hall.

Kulliyah of Architecture & Environmental Design - equivalent to Taylor's SABD.

The inside is almost breathtaking. The roof structure is darn awesome. Below is an open area where the exhibitions are held.

After breakfast, the first activity was the water gun competition. It was really fun. All we had to do is to shoot the piece of tissue paper fixed on a hairband worn on each of the opponent's head & vice versa. After several grueling matches, my team finished 3rd out of almost 15 groups. Not bad except for the bad sunburnt.

This is our exhibition booth, creatively done to display our models & storyboards.

This sculpture is our entry for the Identity Competition; something that could best reflect ur school's identity. All tks to keong, thomas & felicia, we emerged 2nd beating LKW which was placed 3rd. Seriously i thought we deserved no.1.

The following night, the Cultural Night, every school had to perform a 10 minute sketch to the theme Beyond Borders. The previous night, we stayed up late to rehearse and it was pure fun & laughter. We just wanna have fun on stage. Will post the video soon. Oh yea, we won first prize for our sketch too. Beating LKW again. haha~ it was damn fun.

The last day was abit relaxed as most competitions were ending. Oh yea, Keong also won 2nd for his very touching multimedia video presentation. He deserved it. There was a food carnival, so we spent most of the afternoon eating and lepaking. ah...and also, cam-whoring :)

lih juinn just had to steal the flag.

Cam-whoring can be quite tiring ya know. So we went back, slept and prepared for the big night, the PAM Student's Dinner.

Food was alrite compared to the Fear Factorish meals we had for the past few days.

After collecting all the prizes, snapping photos with our formal wear and mock cheques, we began the no-one-is-to-sleep night at around 12am till literally, dawn (7 am). We played Truth or Dare - we all laughed our a**ses off while evi1 was already sleeping at the hostels. At around 4am, we played charades to stay awake. At almost 7am, we couldnt get back to our hostels as it was raining. Fortunately, some kind UIA souls came to our rescue and gave all of us a lift back to our hostels, gals, guys. Bus was to come at 9am, so we had around an hour to get a quick nap.

Alas, what a camp. We definitely had fun, I did and I'm proud being a Taylorian. See u next yr @ USM, Penang!

(p/s more pics and vids comin' soon, lookout!)

Meanwhile check out:

Jun Hao's Flickr

Esther's Multiply

Exclusive : Beyond Borders Camp 2007 @ UIA

2007-06-27T21:36:00.000+08:00

To view some of the random photos of d camp. go here : Beyond Borders Flickr

Singapura 2.0

2007-06-20T22:41:00.001+08:00

Nevermind the stress and the emo post. It'll stay for awhile. As promised, here's part two of the ONE day trip down @ the lion city. My cousin and i were a geared up to hunt for some of the best (or better)buildings and anything edible in that tiny city. Enjoy;

Flashback (Singapura 1.0) : Samsui chicken, a magnificient temple, chinatown, orchid garden, and a lil intro to vivo city.

VIVO CITY

Haha, all d so called suspense in the previous post prob made this place a lil' overrated....but seriously the design was simply WALAU-EH! Seeing such a structure in a TINY southeast asian country was quite a feel. With strong curves and an out-of-place design, i think that Singapore has just put other neighbouring countries especially YOU-KNOW-WHICH down the 200 diameter uPVC gutter or downspout.

After checkin' out the temple, we hitched (not free of course) a bus to Vivo. The moment we reached the atrium; WALAU-EH no.2 hit me on the face.

Obviously, the centrepiece was the twirling sculpture in the middle that has huge long 'tentacles' spreading all over the ceiling, and also illuminated. Nice. Check out the benches scattered all over the shopping mall; some organic looking furniture made of pvc and is very lightweight. The open void on the ceiling in the middle also enable light through (isnt this always the trend now; SUSTAINABILITY)

A view of the microorganism-looking sculpture from the 1st floor. Cool rite? But dont ya think that the atrium seemed a lil'.....bare?

So how does all these large long organic-formed 'tentacles' hang on the ceiling? Me decided to check it out. One could easily (u have to be a 6-footer at least of course) get a clear view of the skeletal structure behind the, i guess, fibrousplaster tentacles, holding them up strongly on the ceiling. In fact the exterior of vivo itself is enveloped with a very free-form skin also supported by a massive skeletal frame.

Before checking out the stores, we decided to take a monorail from vivo to Sentosa beach which is just located across the sea opposite vivo, to get a better view of the overall of vivo. It doesn't look that attractive from afar definitely, probably due to its very low built-up approach, 2 floors and a rooftop above ground level, pretty surprising in the land-kedekut Singapore huh? Check out the sphere of flowers there, dunno what was it for though.

Never seen vivo at night b4, probably it'll look better (or mayb worse, I DON'T KNOW).

Two reasons; Optimus Prime made a visit or the return of Kiatsunami. Simply a sight. It was once the location of the famous Magical Fountain by the way.

Sentosa beach. (Pokok Kelapa diimport dari Malaysia, awan ditiup jugak dari Malaysia, photographer JUGAK dari Malaysia)

Sentosa wasnt part of the itinerary actually, but wat the heck, this garden caught my eye. Not sure whther its Gaudi's work but it sure does look like his. Not many has broken mosaic tiles and twirls and spirals as their design hallmark. Neway, its a long, seriously damn long stretch of beautifully crafted ponds and fountains. U'd be able to see creature like snakes camouflaged in skin cladded with colourful broken tiles. Indeed a unique garden. I guess Merlion's was in a bad row with Gaudi or something, its butt's facing gaudi's masterpiece.

Electronic ding-dong bells proved to be more cost-efficient then hiring an idiot to manually ring dozens of bells there every 5 minutes. And its really LOUD! Trivia: Its also programmed to play latest hits like Rehab or What I've Done or Ipoh Mali ala ding dong bell.

This is what u get when u put a lion and a hot mermaid in Noah's Ark.

Alright, that's it for Singapura 2.0 and more to come; Vivo disected, Toast Box, a red cow?, brazilian food, nightlife in clarke quay, maroon 5 and etc.

p/s I'll be away from thursday till next monday in a camp. So, wait till im back for Singapore 3.0 and of course an exclusive post of the camp! Chierce!!

Stresserization

2007-06-20T00:52:00.000+08:00

Today was really a stressed out day. I felt really frustrated and unsatisfied with several parties and conditions. Isolation. I'm here showing sheer determination and devotion, but to no consideration from others.

However, over the airwaves, hearing Optimus Prime's voice and the premiering of Transformers the movie prevented the demolition and encouraged the construction of a better personification of me. And that's a conclusion, not yet a completion.

Singapura 1.0

2007-06-18T21:33:00.000+08:00

Six thousand and one apologies...been bz wif work these few days. My last Singapore detour last few weeks was very surprisingly damn fun although i onli stayed there for merely 2days. (and the detour was not even part of the plan when we were back @ Johor, bt my dad brought my passport though, lol) Its a classic case when every minute is not to waste and proper planning b4hand, and also having someone familiar (my cousin) enough with the lion city to bring u all over Sing' in just a day! Not forgetting the kind hospitality my aunt & uncle provided for me there.

So, here's how i spend ONE day in Singapore (during its Mega Sales too).

So my cousin and i woke up early that Monday working morning. Got ready and walked to the MRT station @ Sengkang which was just a stone's throw away. (Fyi, the MRT service in Sing' is world class, i have proof later) Actually i've covered quite abit of singapore my previous 2 week trip last yr so i decided to obviously go for those ive havent been this time. Vivo City, was my first destination. Vivo city is a new shopping mall in Singapore and i heard the design of its structure is a must see, what's more designed by the famed Toyo Ito.

Before taking d MRT, my cousin brought me for breakfast at the adjacent Compassvale Mall. My aunt said that there's a delicacy in this restaurant called Soup Restaurant which is to die for. So we went there, obviously and ordered the popular Samsui Chicken which apparently a dish people in the mining area last time used to eat .Its freshly steamed chicken with almost no oil and wrapped with lettuce, eaten togther with its superb ginger paste.

We were the first customers there, fortunately and all the dishes came pretty quick.

The Samsui chicken, can u just TASTE it?!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the best meals ive eaten in Singapore. $13.80 for it and it was well worth it. And for the first time, i enjoyed breast meat.

Next dish, the steamed pork ribs with rice. Very small serving but tasted and looked freakin' good! The rice was of high quality and so were the ribs.

3rd dish. Already almost full, the stir fry fan shi yip (tapioca leaves) with belacan was the perfect finale, finishing off a superb breakfast or brunch. We paid and quickly left for Vivo as time's running out! Soup Restaurant, MUZ TRY!!

Oh yea, before heading to Vivo, we decided to stop by at Chinatown to check out Singapore's latest attraction, the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum. Its magnificient architecture is inspired by the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking about Petaling Street already? Comparing already? U shld b!

Trishaw pulleys taking a break playing chinese chess.

Notice these pavillion. Modernism meets Tang Dynasty, cool twist.

This is the apartment behind the pavillion. Singaporeans were probably taught how to hang their clothes out to dry since young.

And finally, the temple! This is the front entrance. Aint it breathtaking? Wait till u see its inside.

No jossticks or candles are allowed in this temple. (except for the 3 above) Devotees pray with their palms put together and their sincere heart. Inside, plasma screens on walls tell about the temple and the donation it still needs. (its by the millions, sing dollars, ahem, and this temple was built solely on public funds)

The main prayer hall. Simply wow. Every nook and cranny has intricate carvings and ornaments, enveloping the majestic Buddha statue. I really felt as though i was in a chinese palace, serious.

Look at the awesome masterpiece high above the hall. And notice the ornaments on the ceiling too!

Behind the main prayer room is another prayer room housing the Guan Yin statue which is needless to say, beautifully crafted. Did my prayers and headed upstairs where there's more to see.

Upstairs, numerous exhibitions were being held. One of it depicts the life of Buddha while another displayed photos of ancient Hindu Buddha ruins. Enriching.

The highlight was the rooftop garden which also houses a gigantic bell. The garden is almost surreal because of its many colours and obviously orchids almost making someone feeling being transported somewhere in Japan. Inspired by the Zen style, the garden was also surrounded by an unbelievable set of 10,000 Buddha statues on the walls.

Signing off with a shot at this one of a kind temple :)

More to come (and definitely Vivo) in Singapura 2.0

Bali in Kg. Penchala

2007-06-13T23:29:00.000+08:00

Yep, don't blink twice. U saw it right. Bali in Kg. Penchala. My boss brought the office gang to a Balinese restaurant called Bora Asmara deep in the shabby setting of Kg. Penchala to celebrate a colleague's birthday. It was a first time @ this restaurant for all of us including my boss who knew about it from The Star.

From the exterior, i knew it was going to be something very exotic and extraordinary restaurant compared to its total out of place kampung setting outside. Indeed.

The front.

The entrance. Typical Balinese.

Doors opened.

A view of the Bora Asmara from the entrance.

One of the air-con rooms that was holding a function for a company which one of the workers happened to know my colleague too.

One of the numerous ornaments found at restaurant. Intricacy.

Lampshade made of yee mee. (or was it rattan?)

Haha, talking about creativity.

Since it was a weekday afternoon, there werent many customers as this restaurant caters more for diners at night. So, the manager allowed us to have our own private air-con room without even reserving for it! lol. Notice the giant cello and the other music instruments behind. The restaurant has performances on certain nights. Definitely a must come @ night i suppose.

There are open terraces to suit the diners' preferences, Balinese style.

These candle holders certain come in handy for those romantic night dinings.

Didn't take any photos of the food for some reasons but the food was not bad. They had buffet when we went there today but i believe they have a la carte dishes too. The food was quite unique especially the Indonesian dishes.

Short & Sweet: Bora Asmara; really a must try and must see.

Directions to get to Bali on road: On the Pencala Link from Damanara Perdana, head towards Mont Kiara. Turn left to Sungai Pencala before you reach the Pencala tunnel. Turn left at traffic lights and go straight. The restaurant is on the left.

Check out The Star's article on this one of a kind restaurant for more bites:

http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/6/2/lifeliving/17817778&sec=lifeliving

All the funz~

2007-06-12T22:42:00.000+08:00

Last 2 weeks, my family and I went back to Johor to celebrate my grandpa's 80th birthday. It was quite a meaningful celebration for my grandparents and my family. Relatives and friends were invited from parts of Johor and Singapore to attend the birthday dinner. In the town of Pontian, there are only a handful of air-conditioned restaurants that cater for proper dinner parties, roping in waitresses, 10 course meals, karoake set & stage, birthday cake and of course private air conditioned dining areas for any big occasion.

My uncles and aunties decided to choose this new restaurant, which is located by the seaside; known to serve quite good food and gives a fantastic view of the seaside from the private dining area upstairs.

This was taken when i reached the venue in the evening, right on time to catch a breathtaking view of the sunset.

Everyone wants a lil' bit of the sunset in their photos.....

The little kids~~

Evrything is quite sparkling new and clean, just in time for the occasion.

THE FOOD

1st dish : assorted appertizers ranging from thousand years old egg (pei tan) to deep fried pork paste.

2nd dish : Fried noodles with pigeon egg, yum but didn't quite manage to eat alot as i was the photographer in charge :(

3rd dish : Asparagus with prawns. Not very popular among diners but i really liked it! Asparagus rox!

4th dish : Braised duck with mushrooms. Believe it or not; i actually thought i was eating pork until my aunt told me its actually ngap!!! lol, im surprised duck could be braised into something so meaty that tasted really good!

5th dish : Compulsory in all Chinese dinners i suppose. Roasted pork skin with keropok and sweet sauce. No doubt, delicious. Gone within secs!

6th dish : Steamed Fish. Sorry no pic for this cos i totally forgotten about snapping one! No need for me to further tell how good the fish was, go figure.

7th dish : Exactly like the ones served at Esquire Kitchen restaurants. Only that the paus are not homemade unlike @ Esquire Kitchen. Very nice of course.

8th dish / Desert : Very popular in Johor (as far as i know). Served warm, this yam paste is just plain good. It comes with slices of pumpkin, 'pak guo' (gingko), and submerged in a generous portion of syrup and a lil' oil. One of the best deserts i've tried.

Sponsor of the night : Sprite and Heineken

PLACE YOUR BETS!

sometimes, good food's not enough to tempt these kids....

numerous karaoke sessions was the highlight of the night. Every table had representatives to perform a song or two on stage. Some were good and some were purely comedy!! Haha~

The finale, the cake cutting session. The entire family gathered on stage and serenaded the birthday 'boy' the birthday song in 4 languages - Mandarin, Cantonese, English & even MALAY! It's annual tradition for whoever's bday celebrated in Pontian :)

What a night. Good food. Good entertainment. Good fun. And my grandpa certainly had the time of his life.

More to come : Singapore & Maroon 5!

Hat-trick

2007-06-11T21:46:00.000+08:00

Photos courtesy of : Yahoo Sports

I was right, right? Last night (Msian time), Rafael Nadal beat the world no.1 to claim his 3rd consecutive grand slam title. If u have watched the match, u would guess that it was anyone's game at the beginning, buts towards the end, Roger succumbed to tiredness and was mistake-prone. With the unbelievable amount of unforced errors Roger made, Nadal was more than confident in his gameplay. Nadal, showing little traces of feeling exhausted was nothing but burning inside, making minimal mistakes and maximum killer shots.

Alas, after an intense and nail-biting 3hours+ match, Nadal won; 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; making him the only 2nd man in 93 years to win 3 French Open consecutively. If he wins the upcoming grand slams (Wimbledon, US Open), I bet he could be the new World Number 1.

VAMOS RAFA!!! KEEP ON GOING!!!

Vamos Rafa

2007-06-10T19:26:00.000+08:00

Federer, the world no.1 against Nadal, the defending champion. Who will win? Nadal of course. Watch my prediction come true from 9pm onwards later on Astro.

LED Art Fan

2007-06-09T16:02:00.000+08:00

The LED Art Fan goes beyond showing the temperature or absurd color patterns, letting you store up to 128 colorful frames in its built-in 5MB memory.

Inexplicably it requires the use of a serial port to connect the included IR transmitter, which you need to send the files to the fan. On top of that, it requires a PC with Windows 98, 2000 or XP to work.

Source: Gizmodo UK

Muar Detour

2007-06-08T23:17:00.000+08:00

Last week, my family and i detoured to Muar on our way to my hometown, Pontian. What for? TO EAT OF COURSE! For those heading South or Singapore for the big sales; y not stop by at Muar to eat? It's quite a journey from the expressway into the town of Muar but it's well worth it. (Not to forget; its interesting old Chinese shophouses)

On the way, i noticed this freaky looking figure cladded in safety jackets holding a safety lamp on one hand and waving a flag on the other. I don't think its human, eh? Imagine seeing it or them along the highway at night. woooooooo~~~

Not a very good photo. Taken from inside the car. Most houses and shoplots use antennas placed on extra high rods protruding from the roofs. 2 reasons :

1) Cheap metal

2) Stealing Singapore's airwaves

Saw this very interesting scene on the way where twelve lamp posts just landed on earth.

Random pic : Shell Station

Ah, Muar's tourist attraction; Ai-Fle Tower. Gustave Eiffel got his inspiration here or was it the other way?

Close-up; TM Net, the no.1 provider of horrifying broadband connection.

My fav pic of the day, the old untouched chinese shophouses painted a thousand words; what's more with a drastic sky set against them.

The street; where food is good.

Famous lou kai with lou tan. We usually order the lou ngap yik (duck wings) but decided to try something different. The chicken was not bad but i'd prefer the wings.

Ah...the famous otak-otak (spicy fish paste) Muar. This is proof u've been to Muar. 60c for one; staple bullets price included.

The famous wanton mee opposite the lou ngap stall, next to the otak-otak stall, used to be very nice but somehow wasnt up to par that day. Something different compared to noodles u'd find in KL.

I know the "Berhenti" sign is crucial in this crossroads but don't u think its a lil' bit out of place?

A quick detour to Muar DONE. Back to the journey further south.

Suddenly, I miss KL.

Coming up : More pics and posts on Pontian, food, family, birthday & of course, Singapore :)

The Crystal

2007-06-07T23:37:00.000+08:00

Source : http://www.aluminum.org/ANTemplate.cfm?IssueDate=09/01/2005&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=9000

Renaissance ROMExtension to the Royal Ontario Museum: The Crystal by Daniel Libeskind

The program of the Royal Ontario Museum provides a wonderful opportunity for dramatic new architecture and the creation of a great public attraction. The centrality of the site intensifies the profound relationship between history and the new, between tradition and innovation. The historical buildings, complemented by forward-looking and bold architecture, form an ensemble which regenerates the urban significance of the Museum, solves the complex functional issues, and dramatically improves exhibitions, facilities, programming and amenities. The Crystal, a structure of organically interlocking prismatic forms, asserts the primacy of participatory space and public choreography. Its image, function and structure turn this important corner of Toronto into a luminous beacon, a veritable showcase of people, events and objects, transforming the entire museum complex into a world-class destination.

Competition: 2002 Completion: 2007
Address: Royal Ontario Museum 100 Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6 Canada
Client: Royal Ontario Museum
Technical Details: Building Area: 18,600 sq.m. (186,000 sq.ft) Structure: Steel structure with aluminum cladding and glass facade. Services Provided: Complete architectural services from inception to completion, renovation of existing museum building. Building Cost: USD 94 Million Budget: USD 154 Million (including exhibition)
Credits:Associate Architect: Bregman + Hamann Architects Structural Engineers: Arup
Website:Royal Ontario Museum

Source : http://readingcities.com/images/uploads/ROM-Groundshot.jpg

The sculptural composition of architectural forms radiates from the centrality of the entrance crystal gathering at its centre, the urban vitality of Bloor Street. A new group entrance on Queen’s Park is provided, whilst Philosopher’s Walk is marked and enlivened by a new entrance to the panoramic restaurant up above. The visitors enter into a spectacular atrium in which the two themes of the Museum, Nature and Culture, are distinctly thematized through the interlocking spatial volumes with tantalizing glimpses of the exhibitions above. The entire ground level is unified into a seamless space from North to South and from East to West. The resulting clarity of circulation and access creates a transparency in which the inherited architecture and new construction form an equilibrium of imaginative unity. The well-tested presentation of Nature and Culture are not only updated through interactive technology but are visualized within the true magic and power of physically built space. One could imagine this building as a place where the public is engaged in an ongoing drama rather than a static 19th century museum which suggests that nature has been conquered and culture has been archived. This building tells a unique and a particular story which crystallizes ROM’s programmatic content and the singularity of the site. The Crystal transforms the secretive and fortress-like character of ROM, turning it into an inspired atmosphere dedicated to the resurgence of the Museum as the dynamic centre of Toronto.

Source : http://www.vitruvius.com.br/arquitextos/arq070/arq070_00e.asp

Source : http://www.leber-rubes.com/projects.shtml

Article Source : http://www.daniel-libeskind.com/projects/pro.html?ID=45

Sirprize Birday

2007-06-07T10:53:00.000+08:00

A few of us decided to throw Ashley a surprise bday bbq party on the 27th june. Sorry for the late post too. A little experimentation here and there with our very amateurish skills in party planning and food preparing surprisingly pulled this party off. Ashley whom we thought would have seen through us long time ago was nothing but clueless when we surprised her @ her house. Haha~ Food turned out to be edible (lol) and the rest of the night was really relaxing and fun. Here are some of the pics:

p/s if u wondered what 'punk'd 2nd time' means; ashley has been gotcha-ed on hitz.fm b4.

Yup, tats about it. A sirprize birday~

Back from the south

2007-06-06T14:07:00.000+08:00

Back from Johor & Singapore, more posts and pics to come gradually. Starting internship this friday too :)

Away~

2007-06-01T11:40:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, i'll be away at Johor from today till 6th June. Will try to post from there if possible. Have a nice holiday to those having one. Ciaoz~

Not so finger licking good

2007-06-01T10:24:00.000+08:00

To begin this post, i would like to express my regrets after desperately looking for food and randomly ending up in a KFC outlet at:

State No 47, Jalan 52/12, New Town Centre 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan

Why? Its because i was darn hungry that time and was looking forward to a good yet quick meal. The moment i opened the door, i knew i made a mistake. It was gloomy and hardly a soul at the tables. Talking about one the biggest fast food chains in the world. Wat the heck, the food cant be that bad right, with KFC's high quality control (or was it McD's?).

Proceeded to the counter and decided to try the "WE MUST HAVE RICE" combo meal; 2 pieces of chicken, mushroom soup, rice. Found the cleanest spot in the outlet and all prepared for a hearty meal. Analyzed my fork and spoon and found stains on them. Cleaned them with a peice of serviette. Failed - stubborn stains : Went to the counter to get new sets. Fork was much cleaner but spoon was even worse. Stains and little nasty dried up food remainings found on the spoon. Already agitated, asked for another spoon. Much cleaner, visually. Wiped it just in case and the serviette literally got glued on a patch of the spoon. It seemed to be a sticky spoony situation . God knows what it could be, i was already disgusted. Alas, the fourth spoon was decently clean.

The chickens were not bad except that they were overnight ones. The rice was strange looking and tasting. It looked like burned nasi briyani and taste like rice with candies. It was weirdly sweet! The mushroom soup was quite good but being able to taste the styrofoam container while drinking the soup really put me off. All in all it was indeed a bad meal. Glanced at the next table after a bunch of girls left; A LOT of food left on the tray.

My dad said the outlet was twice as old as me. When he came to kl, 30+ years ago, this outlet was the one of the hippest around... :@

Talking about Finger Looking Good?

Haircut

2007-05-31T18:20:00.000+08:00

I literally got a lot of my hair cut.

Mountainous

2007-05-30T16:19:00.000+08:00

Which is harder? Ascending or descending a mountain?

A man who did a lot of mountain climbing said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on reaching the top, you avoided mistakes.

"The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature," he said. "You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up."

p/s Taken from a very inspiring book.

Coop Himmelb(l)au designs the BMW Headquarters in Munich

2007-05-29T23:41:00.000+08:00

The BMW Group is planning in close proximity to their headquarters and the Olympiapark in Munich a center for brand experience and vehicle delivery. The main element of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU design proposal is a large, permeable hall with a sculptural roof and the double cone which emerges in relation to the existing headquarters complex. The hall is a marketplace for differentiated and changing uses and an unmistakable sign for the BMW Group. The interior topography creates differentiated spatial densities and fluid subspaces. The heart of the building is the "Premiere" vehicle delivery area. Hanging above this space are the customer lounges which allow views through the event space and toward the BMW headquarters.

Article & Photos courtesy of: http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/

Direct link: http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1074

More about Coop Himmelb(l)au: http://www.coop-himmelblau.at/

Short & Sweet: I really admire the design's complexity and have come to realize that the advancement of construction & engineering technology has taken architecture one step further and will always be.

My first tag

2007-05-28T19:07:00.000+08:00

What a wet day. Im not a person who usually does tags but since its my first, wat the heck....(so guys i may not be doin certain tags, ya) alrite, so i got tagged by pei ei, unfortunately. here it goes:

Q1. Please describe yourself. oh yea? with a word which starts with T !! haha..It can be English, Singlish, Malay, Chinese, or Hokkien Cantonese whatever u wish.

Tall? yea im quite tall i guess.

Q2. Now look at the keyboard of your laptop or desktop. Does it have dirt or dust between the keys? haha~

Whose keyboard isnt dusty nor dirty? Mine is definitely.

Q3. Now look at yourself in the mirror. ok attention please. pinch your right upper cheek, 1.568 cm apart from your nose, with the tips of ur fingernails ya. hardly ya. ya tht's it. for 5 seconds ya. d harder the better ya till it gets real red. it's good for health u know. ya that's it. and now don let go your hands first ya. freeze! take a camera and take a picture now ~~ i wana see the picture posted as well!!! haha~~~

Happy?

Q4. Now look inside your wallet or purse. Are the notes crumpled up or in proper order? ;P

They look neat.

Q5. Now take a look at the screen of your handphone. Isit full of fingerprints? or squeaky clean?? ;P

Squeaky clean! (with a lil' lighting trick :) )

Q6. Now, go grab a book at the bookshelf. The book must have white cover. If not, a light blue-colored one. turn to page 13. Move your fingers to the 2nd line. Please type out the 3rd word of the line, and start making a sentence with it. The sentence must contain the word "Fergalicious" as well. tadah~~!!

White cover - PAM Mag.

Page 13

2nd line, 3rd word : "Buildings"

Sentence : Fergie makes buildings go all fergalicious~ :@

Q7. ok now, stop the crap and start some serious question. Now tell me, what particular type of shoes you like. Why the color? Why the design? Why the label if you wish?

Erm, no particular type, if i hav to name one, prob basketball shoes. White/black with another colour. Not too fancy, but simple yet nice, lookable & comfy. Reebok / Adidas - very hip & not weird looking designs n reebok always has my shoe size :11 (US)

Q8. "Life's like ice-cream. Enjoy it before it melts." Do you agree with it? Totally agree?In what extend and why? It depends. U can alwiz freeze it to enjoy it longer.

Q9. Avril Lavigne sucks . do u agree? Seriously, can she sing?

Q10. And lastly, are you happy today ? I'm always happy, dont worry~ :)

Please tag five people: I'm not tagging anyone :)

2007-05-27T15:11:00.000+08:00

I woke up today finding that im a dull person...

My mp3/music players: Then & Now (Part 1)

2007-05-26T15:27:00.000+08:00

As a passionate gadget and music lover, i've noticed that (obviously) my gadgets are constantly evolving over the time. Here are my beloved portable music players which are all still in tip top condition (except for one i think) and still functioning till today; 2007.... :)

1) SONY WALKMAN CASSETTE PLAYER (2000)

Ah, my very first ever gadget. (technically it was my sis's before i inherited it frm her) The Walkman brand wasn't a big thing back then unlike today when Sony decided that their mobile phones would make a much bigger impact to current music users. So the majority of Sony Ericsson mobile phones nowadays use the orange Walkman interface in their music players embedded in the phones.

But, who couldnt resist this metallic, hi-tech looking object that can not only play cassettes with excellent audio quality but also act as a radio and an audio recorder. It costs around rm500 when my dad got it for me. Has a tiny monochromatic screen which was hip back then and i loved touching the walkman in air-con rooms as it'll be icy cold thanks to its fully metal finish.

Short & sweet: My first non-living buddy made from metal.

2) IKOMO K6 512MB MP3 PLAYER (2002)

This was the time when mp3 players were a boom in the market. Cassette players were slowly becoming prehistoric. My dad got this my first mp3 player for my birthday without my knowledge (it suppose to b a surprise!). I love surprises but gadgets are like clothes, u'd have to choose and test them personally, rite? Nevertheless, when i opened the very cool box containing the K6, i was stunned with the how elegantly the player looked. U'd definitely guess my next move(s) (jumping, rolling, somersaulting all over the floor till i broke my specs....nah, just pulling ya leg, but seriously i was darn happy)

The K6 was again, like the walkman, fully metal finished but its front is embedded with a highly reflective finish, almost mirror-like. (drools.....). When i first saw the brand, i was abit clueless. Did my research i found out that Ikomo is a korean brand and is also the manufacturer for the world's smallest mobile phone. Back to K6, it is as small as a match box and as thin as a cd cover. Again, monochromatic screen but a tad bigger than the one in my walkman (goodbye buddy, i hav a new metal friend :)). No radio, but has an audio recorder which was quite a feat in such a small player. It can also display lyrics which is cool and doubles as a virtual dictionary (english & chinese) :D

As u can see in d left pic, it shows the back of the k6. I pimped it with a small sticker frm Aus :) The k6 has no doubt excellent audio quality for that 'era' but if compared to players today, its definitely overshadowed.

However, after about 2yrs, on a fine day, i accidentally (aint it always the case?) dropped k6 and the rest was history. It broke apart but it was still functioning decently, fortunately. However the audio quality deteriorated and it died peacefully two days later. (sobs....T_T). But hey im an optimistic person n i was really fascinated with the tiny interesting circuit board that functions the player. Very tempted to venture further but didnt have the heart to. Imagine disecting your best metal buddy when its dead already? Gruesome....

Short & Sweet : K6, u wil remain special to me as u r my very first mp3 player. R.I.P

Aite, thats it for now. 2 more players to go in Part 2. :)

woohoo~

2007-05-25T11:09:00.000+08:00

Just read yesterday's The Sun papers. "FED EX VS PISTOL PETE IN KL" at the headlines. (pauses while brain analyses the frontpage topic again and again.) Yep, its true. The current & former world number Ones are playing against each other in the 3-city Asian exhibition tour.(KL, Seoul & Macau) (surprisingly msia got it huh? shldnt it always be the tiny little country below us?) Two great players against each other is already a bang, whats more in KL. Visit Malaysia is really doing its thing to attract blings blings thru tourism. MU coming to KL and all the controversies that follow already put Malaysia on the map. (as usual)

"To play against Pete is a dream come true. I am so excited to play Pete and I am really looking forward to visiting Malaysia for the first time," said Federer.

First time?! Sad. What the heck, being able to have a chance to see u giants in a match in KL is a dream come true. Nov 22nd is mum's bday and also the tournament. AH, who's gonna be treated for d match then??

p/s Hey Roger, Nadal asked for your autograph in the changing rooms just recently, so u'll definitely wouldnt mind bringing an extra fan along to kl, eh? :)

day out

2007-05-25T00:55:00.000+08:00

Freakin tired for a long-winded post so i'll do a quick one here. 24th May-Malaysian premiere of the highly awaited blockbuster, Pirates of d Carribean : At World's End. What better activity to indulge in bsides lazing around n being nagged by mum @ hm; going for d movie of course.

sequels usually dun work for me except for lotr, shrek, star wars but dis third franchise of pirate did good enuff to excite me. dun wana create much of a spoiler here but is my little review on dis movie.

btw, d ads b4 d show previewed the upcoming sequel of rush hour (rush hour 3) which reli tickled me. Muz watch. Aite', skipping d synopsis part here. As usual Sparrow saves d movie, cos personally i felt d beginning was abit draggy till depp did his magic. Keira n chow yun fatt was reli a breath of fresh air. Trivia : Did u noe that chow was also part of d "Uniquely Singapore" tourism campaign? They paid him big bucks. :) Very cool set & make up and of course graphics. One thing that really caught my eye was the sensitivity of the director towards the d little details that reli made me feel connected to each n every pirate in d movie frm d costumes, sets, scripts and acting.

A more emotional movie compared to its previous two prequels. Love is in d air of course. The last battle scene was really the highlight. Action, cinematography, comedy, intensity, excitement, marriage (what??!) all thrown in together n what u'll get is reli a very cool battle scene amongst the pirates. Got a little lost with the plot here n der but i think i got d pieces together @ did last part. Some shocking and surprising scenes await, so b prepared. But at d end, all is good. Evi1 gets to kiss keira thruout the movie and it ends with again her finale kiss with you-know-who. Shucks. :)

Score : 7/10
Short & sweet : Rockin' battle scene, bt looking forward to shrek 3

G'nite.

A brief brief

2007-05-23T22:27:00.000+08:00

If u have not noticed already, ive added some pretty cool widgets in my blog. (part of d promotional campaign 4 d blog, hehe) Widgets are something new to me but what's really surprising is that there are also widgets for blogs. I used to hav them on my desktop but after a while they become one heck of a nuisance, slowing down my system. Anyway, let me explain breifly about this cute little interactive features located on the sidebar n footer of d blog.

1) Babble (frm Cbox)

Not new to many. Quick and easy way to drop ur two cents worth.

2) Doodle (frm Offtype N)

Its a very simple tool to scribble ur thoughts about anything (with a mouse, of course). With many colours and pen sizes u can choose frm, its hard to resist this widget. Done scribbling, just save (upload) ur masterpiece on Offtype, n u can either use the direct link url or simply save the pic on ur pc. Easy huh?

3) Sudoku (frm SudokuPark)

Sudoku. Sudoku. Sudoku. This japanese mind-teasing game has taken (& still taking) the world by storm, including me of course. Having being introduced to this highly addictive game last year, it almost tastes like caffeine. Taught my grandma the gameplay just recently n she's already challenging me 1 on 1, boasting on her record time ;P (this is when d too-many-assignments excuse comes in handy)

Gameplay is pretty simple: The objective is to fill a 9x9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 boxes contains the digits from 1 to 9.

Try it out n challenge an amateur (recommend myself) one day.

4) Answers (frm Answers duh)

Its a pretty informative and wicked tool embedded in d blog. Just double click on any word (building name, singer, band, food, etc) in any of my post and an Answers window pops up, explaining almost everything about the word. Say bye bye to Collins or Oxford, it even has voice command.

(giggles in anticipation for no.5 )

5) The Official Line Rider (by Boštjan Cadež, a genius Slovenian university student)

Another wicked widget. Has even taken Mars by storm. Basically like Doodle, u have to let ur creative juices flow, only with some Physics applications on velocity and gradient. There are 3 types of lines u may draw, all different in characteristics. With any line, draw any form, distance, gradient. Select where u would want the line rider to begin riding on ur horrifying rollercoaster. Click play n enjoy. To my archi buds, seeing him fly off the tracks and falling thousands of metres below may be funny but it also questions whether we were paying attention in Construction classes. :)

Yup, these are my very first widgets for d blog. They'll b around until i stumble upon much cooler widgets, ya?

U've Got A Maiden Post!

2007-05-23T13:44:00.000+08:00

After several unsuccesful web journals a.k.a blogs, my guts tell me this is gonna be IT. Period. No time, lazy, no electricity, no brain juice, and other petty excuses killed my previous blogs which 'died' pretty prematurely (2 weeks at most). Perhaps my life wasnt that interesting at that time, and so is now. But, i must say that the way i perceive Jun Hao is much different at 19 y.o. This blog revolves around my daily life, my thoughts, opinions or doodles on all things i find worthy to be shared with, to me, the minute earth. All these takes will i hope to present to YOU readers in a way an ordinary bloke + archi student thinks. Enjoy! :)