Name : Juz call me Jul or Julie
Known as : North Swallow / Hoku Tsubameko. Currently changing to NS Chan Studio
Occupation:
- Current: Architectural Assistant
- Others: Freelance graphics designer
- Personal: Comics (Manga) artist
- Personal: Fine arts artist
Societies:
- Alumni of NUS Students' Comics and Animation Society
- Nanyang Contemporary Artists' Society - Head of Multimedia Department
Hobbies:
- Singing
- Watching animes
Julie's Phrases:
"I only eat processed food."
"Anything cute is 'delicious' to me." *slurp*
"I eat to live. But I live to eat desserts."
Basically Julie has big fat sweet tooth that loves all sorts of desserts :). But super duper picky with her proper food. Either processed food or snacks are her fav.
: Achievements :
Year 2009
- Thesis project selected for City Exhibition (NUS Architecture Graduation Exhibition- "How does your garden grow?") held at Iluma Urban Entertainment Centre, 13 Jun.
Year 2008
- 2nd Prize Winner for Open Character Design Digital Category in Graphite 2008 competition. Exhibition and Prize Ceremony held with Anime Festival Asia 08 at Suntec Hall, 22 Nov.
- Exhibited individual installation for team exhibition “Site, Situation, Spectator” collaborated among Department of Architecture, University Scholar Programme and NUS Museum. Installation is exhibited in NUS Museum.
Year 2006
- Selected for Student’s Exchange Programme (SEP) to Lund, Sweden.
- Design Projects (Year 3 semester 1 and semester 2) selected for Department exhibition.
Year 2003-4
- Head of Manga Sub-Committee in NUS Students’ Comics and Animation Society.
- Pioneer as Head of 2004 “Graphite” Organising Committee to organise first TERTIARY manga drawing competition for 3 universities: NUS, NTU and SMU.
- Design Project (Year 1 semester 2) selected for Department exhibition.
Year 2001-2
- Assistant Secretary and Head of Publicity of Hwa Chong Junior College Chinese Orchestra (HCCO).
- Won gold medal in team competition (HCCO) in Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) 2001.
- Performed duet in HCCO concert at Victoria Concert Hall 2002.
- Awarded First in comic illustration for competition organised by HCJC’s Comics Club 2002.
Year 1997-2000
- Awarded Best in Art Elective Programme (AEP) subject in 1997, 1998 and 2000.
- GCE O’ Levels: 9 distinctions, includes Higher Art Distinction in AEP, 1997-2000.
- Selected by school NYGH and Ministry of Education to represent Singapore in 1999 to Atlanta, Georgia, USA for overseas summer programme in Atlanta College of Fine Arts.
- 3rd prize winner in Singapore Story – Youth Edition Art competition organised by National Youth Council in 1998.
- Merit Prize winner in Care-for-Nature Spot-Art competition at Sungei Buloh Nature Park in 1998.
Year 1996
- Awarded 2nd position for Lions International Peace Poster Contest in Southeast Asia.
: Career History :
Architectural Assistant at DP Architects, 2009-current
Freelance Graphics Designer for mytimewall.com, 2008-current
Internship at K2LD Architects, 2007-2008
- Completed interior project for renovation of apartment at Hillington Green, Singapore.
- Completed interior project for creation of wedding banquet showroom at G-Hotel, Penang.
Internship at DP Architects Pte Ltd, 2006
- Participated in A&A works for Saint Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore.
Internship at The Design Studio of Colin K. Okashimo and Associates, 2005
- Model-making
Freelance Graphics Designer, 2004 - Current
- T-shirt design for NUS Students’ Comics and Animation Society.
- 2 Website Interface designs for NUS Students’ Comics and Animation Society, working with programmer.
- Poster Design for Graphite 2005 Competition.
- Costume designs for University Scholar Programme Rag Day 2004.
- Banner and nametag design for 3rd Great Asian Streets Symposium held in NUS, Department of Architecture.
- Logo and T-shirt design for Hall XI, FOC 2004 “Ignixion”, in Nanyang Technological University.
Multimedia Artist (contract-based), and Graphics Designer (freelance) at AsknLearn.com Pte Ltd, 2003-2004
- Participated in website competition.
- Developed illustrations and digital graphics for website layout or interface design, character design, stories illustrations, logos and icons, brochures, product covers, banners, posters, and simple computer-based animations.
- Participated in computer animated e-Learning softwares for educational uses.
: Qualifications/Education :
- Master Degree in Architecture, NUS, Singapore, 2009.
- Bachelor (Honours) Degree in Architecture, NUS, Singapore, 2003-2007.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Graphite done!!!!!!!
YYYYEEEEESSSHHHH! I did the most impossible thing this year so far, which is actually to complete this graphite entry for the competition. yea, this explains why i am sooooo MIA for the past 1 month....
Half of the drawing was left to be done since yesterday (sat morn) all the way this evening before rushing out to get it printed den meet up with the anime ppl who I have to submit to.
It feels like the usual architecture submission. yup, i have not sleep for more than 24 hours now, but I cant sleep yet. Need to do my appraisal form for office tml. >.<
So all right folks, U guys will expect to see my new drawing uploaded to my blog soon :) stay tune!!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Graphite competition 2009! [part2]
I'm slow at it..... tired.... i feel like giving up but then looking at how much better the character looked compared to last year's, I feel I need to complete this in time.... haiz....
Compared to other youngsters, I think I am like wasting my youth. I dun play as much, I dun indulge in games too much as before.... I know I shldnt be complaining cos this is wat I feel I am destined for and to chase for the things i love to do in this short life of mine.... time is never enuff. I shouldnt complain.... In fact, I should just let my body follow thru this passion of mine.... it's just that time is not making things pleasant,... i hate to rush things, cos it spoils the whole process and the joy of it....
*sigh* I wish I can be more concentrated now.
Graphite competition 2009!
Ok, I have been MIA-ing... why? yes, I am trying to rush for Graphite competition this year again!! heehehe...
I am actually very tired, and it's affecting my health quite abit... It's like I have 3 jobs to do in a single day + 1 more that is put on hold already.... 3 jobs, meaning my day job, then freelance job, and this competition..... Dun worry qh, I never forget the '4th job' k~
Yea, so my sis helped out in my facebook alot.... all the games she helped me to maintain etc. I even give up time to watch my weekly dose of animes and dramas. How's that...
Stressed.... I am left with less than 3 weeks, and I feel like I am only 3-4% done with the colouring.... die.....
Sunday, September 13, 2009
New dish & New hairdo
Ok~ last week's potluck went very well! Last sunday I went to NTUC at night (ard 7 plus) to get my ingredients, then cooked.... I think I completed cooking at 10 plus pm ahahaaa. I had decided to make small omelette rolls~ I wanted to use bacon but they are not Halal. I forgot that they are still fasting, hence I do not have to worry abt that actually. But too bad, blur blur me tot I had to get halal stuff. So i changed to chilli and black pepper tuna to replace bacon and ham.
So what I did is I added the tuna, plus cheese bits, and some special pepper, then i fold them up like folding popiah. My colleagues said they tasted nice, but somehow I am still disappointed cos the taste didnt turn out the way I had imagined them to be. One gal told me that I shld add milk to the egg. oh ya..... cos the egg part itself is blant mah~ haiz, ok next time i can add milk, some sugar, etc.
Yesterday just went to cut hair, i wanna rectify some kinks to my natural wavy hair, and ended up doing perm.... i was abit scared abt it. Indeed I am feeling weird abt it now. I think I look so much older than before :( Next weekend maybe doing up some highlights and hopefully to tone down this massive bloom of black hair.... u know, my hair is very thick already, and with perm, it's like..... BLAST!
damn.... hahaha shld I invest in some iron clamps for the hair.....
Ok next week is going to be hell lots of OT.... i dun wanna imagine further. I will keep positive and settle my stuff one by one with watever today is left of *sigh*
Saturday, September 05, 2009
My job is testing me to be all-rounder...
No, I am not referring to the boring topic about us being able to multitask in your job, able to do project management as well as perform PR skills. I have something more interesting here.
Last thurs, I became a 'teacher'. I had to rush out a presentation to teach my team how to use photoshop specifically to our field of work, but of cos from there can learn tips and tricks to do other stuff in future of your own interest. Glad that at least my team leader and one senior colleague liked it and said they learnt alot and said "omg, I wondered how much time have I wasted in the past figuring out this and this". But sadly, for the real beginners, they think my lesson is way too difficult and fast for them. Yup, very sorry!! I will try to make a basic basic one for them in future.
Ok, next, I have to decide the tile finishes, draw the tiles, make the tiles layout, and some simple Interior stuff in my work. The contractor side wants me to have them done, some by Monday, some by midweek. This is crazy. While I need to juggle work, I have to be a chef this weekend. why???
ok, my team is having this lunch potluck thing on Monday, and the theme is Western cusine. Everyone is making pretty classy stuff, yummy. therefore I am expected to make something nice as well.... my teamleader said everything I do must start from scratch.... You know, I dun cook.... The time when I was in sweden is just cooking sufficient for myself to stay alive.... Now in this 1 or 2 days time I need to do research, buy groceries and uplevel into an average class chef. STRESS.... haha
I really have not so much time to play around leh.... ok nvm, I am still taking things positively and enjoy parts of my weekends at least. Life is so very interesting.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Butter Factory
I mentioned on my 2nd last previous post that my fren invited us to Butter rite? The new Butter at Fullerton is much nicer than the old one, I feel. The music is sooo much nicer to my liking. However, I dunno why but they love to blast their music so loud that we cant hardly hear one another to an irritable extent and discomfort. We all ended up feeling abit deaf when we came out. Even their speakers already went hoarse. I didnt have this deafness post-symptom from St james and Zouk.
And abt the alcohol, our fren cum organiser ordered champagne, martell and some red wine i think. yea she had to open 3 bottles to get a table of 12 guests. All of great quality. But of cos I am not the type who can drink, so I stick to champagne. Actually last last year when I started trying alcohol, I can still take it, though small amount but I dun get dizzy. And afterwards, each time i drink (I dun drink alot anyway), the situation got worse and my last recent case is 1 glass of champagne (I drank it very slow already!) was enuff to give me terrible dizziness and stomach cramps that were so painful I had to grit my teeth all the way and crunch in pain for quite some time.
So learning from experience, this time I took it real slow, and alternate with a big glass of green tea to dilute the champagne in my stomach. In a way I am like having champagne mixer.... Actually the green tea is meant for the martell but I kope it purely to drink as tea itself. Other than kx and Ying, I think the rest tot that I am drinking martell mixer. Happily I cheers with it :p!! Muaahhaa. yea, I am such a bluffer aka fake-ko arent I. So basically I am drinking more of green tea there. Oh but still, the champagne is real good :)
That night the high part came at ard 2 plus am. Actually I wanna leave at 2am but ended we all stayed til the end and then chatted outside at the open plaza. Tsk, shag but it's still enjoyable despite all the deafening but not bad songs. The songs got better after 2 plus 3am actually... manz, shld have started it earlier. Oh, and people got soooo high that we had 2 couples (strangers) near us doing 'fabulous' and very hair-rising 'performances' that were tooooo hot, toooooo initmate, and tooooo sexy for the eyes... We tried not to look at them... haha... manz....
Monday, August 31, 2009
musician
Ahh~~ music music~~
While listening to bands, vocals, music, all the more I feel i wanna learn electric guitar and keyboard.
And I wonder how nice to have a bf who is a musician. He can sing and play for u all the time haha. ok, it's not a criteria or watsoever, juz a causal remark about having this as a bonus.
Anyway I still hope one day i can sing and play on my own though.... haiz... too bad, money fall short here and there, must be careful abt what i spend these days. Bills and more bills.... and many expenses are necessary or unavoidable. *sigh*
This weekend was still enjoyable despite lack of sleep, haven started the office work that i need to do this weekends, freelance and many more. And I managed to thrash out some frustrations/anger I had to some frens... glad that they listened.
Seriously, I think we wont wanna a guy who sulk and loves to stay in depression, and stay in his own world with his own rules, only know how to try to change the way others speak and behave. Neither do we need an egoistic MCP, or dominating guy, who only keep criticising you and also keep hinting to u that he cannot commmit alot of things and pre-ampt you not to expect anything more. We dun need such guys who already predict the stereotype situation and going to follow that template. He havent really started on the relationship, and already try to make a back door for himself, telling u not to have expectations on him, meaning he won't try to put in effort for you. Either he is not commited at all, or not serious abt the relationship, or he is simply a coward and half-hearted guy who is not confident and not bothered enuff to improve himself, and just sulk with his pile of inferiority that dunno come from where. Yet, he still have the cheek to control her and taking her for granted. Come on, i think we all know that actually he is just accepting the gal so that he can fulfil his desires for lust. I think i can write a pile on this, but i will end at this. Too much to say already. So gals, open ur eyes wide wide, and dun get blinded by ur heart and thinking he is really nice, gentle, caring person. Without knowing him well, u will fail to see that in fact he is a soft-spoken tiger that cant wait to control u and eat u up, expect u to follow his ways and thinking, talking to u only when he is happy. Worse, he is an insensitive arsehole who will simply take u for granted once he has gotten hold of you. Communication, my friend, is very important. best to have mo4 qi4 too. Anyway I am glad we all learn something abt ourselves and abt other people as we go along, then we learn from mistakes and experience, and knowing more about what kind of ppl u prefer and suitable to u. Luckily no one is taken advantage of, and everything is fine.
But of cos cant help but feel very angry, just too angry, becos I dun deserve to go thru all this shit and waste my time, effort and mental stress.
On the other hand, gals most probably prefer guys who are impressive. They dun have to be very zai, very smart, very pro at everything etc. As long as they are passionate abt life, love the thing they do, and very good at something, serious in their work and do them well; responsible, respect and cares for the rest in his small little ways, and that will be very impressive already. :) I respect them too. So far, only a small number of guy frens I really respect them in that kind of manner. Generally, everyone is respected of cos. Guys or gals, I dunno them well. In fact, I dunno everyone well enuff. Everyone has many sides and many faces and many inner tots. We cant expect ppl to know u 100% inside out. But one shld accept that person the way he/she is if you are really serious about him/her right from the start, and not criticising constantly and trying to change him/her for you. If u need to do so, it means you dun love him/her at all. then, it is not suitable for you already, better to end it fast.
ok, enuff of me blabbering :) going to sleep soon~ nitez ppl~
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Human's fear and contradictories
I want to knock on your door but I couldn't bring myself to do so.
I want to see you yet I can't look into your eyes.
I am worried for you but I can't walk over to hold your hands.
I want to comfort you but nothing comes out from my mouth.
Humans are so weird and so stingy with their words, care and expressions.
