Monthly Archive for March, 2009

pursuit of perfection


Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection from MABONA ORIGAMI on Vimeo.

awesome vid, i love origami, but the best i cld come up with is a paper crane ? i tried working on a piece of foil for the linkway… disaster. oh linkway.

trying hard to think out of the ‘box’
it seems easy ? hah. not really
just a linkway isnt it ?

‘ a work from the mind and heart… part of the design process also includes un-learning and forgetting, and self-discoveries of the basics/origin..’
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today i had teppenyaki, ochacha and
visit to basheer !
must make friends with the uncles ah,
GA series. holga cams. yumm

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more yummy stuff at play muji
shld check out e cool speakers.

it’s foldable, it’s waterproof.. what else ?

wait

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open / close / doors

BIRTH 09, the grad show

the exhibition, BIRTH 09, was held last fri & weekends at the marina square. it was mainly for the graduates from school of design, and twenty works from school of built environment, architecture and landscape architecture. it was a nice experience and good exposure. it allows the public to understand the courses better and the work we actually do ! there are also people asking if we would like to work freelance, i guess that’s cool, to know that the work we produced are of a certain standard.. hehe

thank you ashrul for these pictures ! : )

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world builder

a very interesting video created by film maker bruce branit.

i guess that’s how architecture affects people,

what is a space ?
how do you measure it ?

archi student ?

some stuff i read on facebook..
If you are architecture students you’ve probably experienced:
-the taste of wood glue
-changes in your vocabulary: homework to project, ball to sphere, etc
-you don’t understand how somebody can spend less than $20 at the supplies store
-you hate people telling you “go to sleep” or “do you still have a lot of work?”
-your friends and you don’t have the same concept of work “oh, well do it right before class”
-you’ve slept more than 20 straight hours on weekends
-you can easily discuss with authority the effects of caffeine on different drinks
-no matter the effort you put in a project, somebody will always say “why don’t you add this? or “why don’t you change this here?” or “i think that…but…yeah, its ok?”
-you’ve heard all your ipod songs in a week
-you aren’t seen in public without bags under your eyes
-whenever you get invited somewhere, it is followed by “or do you have a lot of homework?
-you’ll dance ymca with a choreography without a drop of alcohol in your system
-you write down a quick message with rapidographs, lead holders, markers and ink
-you constantly make up excuses for courses that are not design related why you didn’t do your work
-you have more pictures of landscapes and places than of people
-your worst nightmare consists of not finishing a project
-someone once called you “lazy”? and you wanted them murdered
-you can live without human contact, sunlight, food, but if your plotter’s ink runs out… chaos!!!
-when somebody lends you a Bic pen you look down at it
-you don’t care about sports cars, your favorite car is the one where you can put in your model and your huge computer
-you design spectacular things without the idea of the cost
-you have the modern mark: a blister in your palm’s hand for the constant use of your mouse
-everybody tells you how they admire your work, “but there is no money for it”?

Dinner & Dance

030309, school of built environment d&d
really enjoyed myself.. the mc was seriously funny !
i laughed so hard, my stomach was hurtg : D
it was nice to see everyone dressed up..
congrats to zenas ! mr physique, u shld have been MR BUILT ENVIRONMENT luh !
to frederick, mr photogenic ! and zeeson, mr personality !
3 years jsut flew past like this..
definitely learnt a lot, not only from the lecturers but my friends as well..
thankyou darch : >

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history..

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pics i took of National Museum of Singapore
some time at the beginning of the year.

the special exhibits are on now !
prob after hunter douglas submission.

hunter douglas-ing
i got quite a bit more to go tho…
i hate it when the comp lags..
i just hit my head against the cd thingy that comes out from the cpu.
almost broke it.
wow

小娘惹 Little Nonya

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these photos were taken at my maternal grandma’s birthday a month ago. all dressed up as little nonyas, the little cousin and niece were especially cute and adorable !

Virtual Barber Shop

a link i got from zenas, verrrry cool !

Use headphones and close your eyes…