Name : Juliana S.Y. Chan
Known as : North Swallow / Hoku Tsubameko. Currently renamed to NS Chan Studio
Occupation:
- Current: Architect
- Others: Freelance graphics designer and Illustrator
Societies:
- Alumni of NUS Students' Comics and Animation Society
- Artists Society of Singapore (ASOS)- Secretary
[Profile in ASOS can be view
here.]
Hobbies:
- Painting
- Drawing
[More Introduction can be viewed at my Official Website
here.]
: Achievements :
Year 2015
- Pencil Drawing “Young Memories” featured in American art magazine, “Strokes of Genius 8”. Oil Painting “Simple. Happiness” exhibited at “SG50 National Day Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition 2015”, organized by Ngee Ann Cultural Centre Ngee Ann Kongsi. Oil Painting “Sri Mariamman Temple in Chinatown, Singapore” selected for “Arising Star” FASS Artists Grand Art SG50 Exhibition, organized by the Federation of Art Societies (Singapore). Oil Paintings "Her Family" and "Still Life No.3 - Together with Joy" selected for "Blossom and Flourish" Singapore National Women's Art Exhibition 2015 (in conjunction with the celebration of SG50), organized by the Federation of Art Societies (Singapore).
Year 2014
- Pencil Drawing “Honesty of Time” featured in American art magazine, “Strokes of Genius 7”.
Year 2012
- Assistant Treasurer of Artists Society of Singapore. Works featured in art publication of Artists Society of Singapore.
Year 2010
- 2nd Prize Winner for Open Character Design Digital Category in Extravaganza - Graphite 2010 competition. Exhibition and Prize Ceremony held with Anime Festival Asia 2010 at Suntec Hall, 14 Nov.
Year 2009
- 2nd Prize Winner for Open Character Design Digital Category in Extravaganza - Graphite 2009 competition. Exhibition and Prize Ceremony held with Anime Festival Asia 09 at Suntec Hall, 21 Nov.
- 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 :
Associate at DP Architects, 2014-Current
Architectural Executive at DP Architects, 2012-2014
Architectural Assistant at DP Architects, 2009-2012
Freelance Graphics Designer, 2008-2011
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 :
- Registered Architect - Qualified Person (QP) from 2012 - current.
- University Scholar's Programme, NUS, Singapore, 2009.
- Master Degree in Architecture, NUS, Singapore, 2009.
- Bachelor (Honours) Degree in Architecture, NUS, Singapore, 2003-2007.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
My 21st bdae!!! Alot of tots and things to say.
I have lots of things to say... and wanna update wat happen for the past few days. I hope my JC and Archi, (esp the Archi ppl) will really read this entry.
I shall start from friday.... At that time I juz finished the Graphite poster.... already lack of sleep... den immediately haf to rush the stuff for interim crit... and I really mean start from the scratch and head..... so I was behind everyone terribly... i pia until sunday lor... crit is on Monday.... The whole process is hair-tearing... i was using this 3d program to do my 3d models.... and it is so sucky!!! Alot of errors! It doesnt work the way u wan to sometimes... and it kept having illegal operation! and it oso hanged time and time again before the screen active again. The 3 days was really drilling me to madness and I really wana bang wall... and when the clock strike 12 to mark the start of 20th feb, alot of msn msg and smses came in to wish me happy bdae... At that moment I was really close to tears.... it is like "ppl come to bring warmth and coal to you during winter" that type of thing... so touched... and it brightened my mood. so over the whole sunday , I got many smses, from JC frens and Archi frens, USP, Anime etc etc... it is the bdae that i got the most number of wishes ... and i got from many unexpected ppl and felt that it is really amazing. haha~~ Can u imagine the times when u sooo upset then got little things that cheer u up...
Den finally monday came, I was rushing my presentation in the morning and my dad juz passed me a card sent to me via the air.... wah, another surprise~ haha becos of all of u, u made my life easier and the dark moments brighter... thank u!
Crit finally came... I was 1/2 hr late heehee.... I was the 2nd last to go.... I wasnt happy abt my work becos i still cannot get my design form out whereas the other had... but then i dunno what's got into me and I juz started yakkatiyak with super loud voice and sounded so energetic... with laughter somemore... aiyo... den the whole crit sounded funny and relaxed... ok, so i feel better la... I prevented a tragedy from happening. or maybe i juz wanna make it a happy thing since everyone was tired and sian at that time my turn came.... it was after 4 hours before i got my turn lor. William got me a set of One Piece Figurines~~~ hahaa last year was snoppy collection~ i wonder how come he got so many figurines one hahaa... den Jocelyn gave me perlini stuff, and the amazing thing is she using a Jap handkercheif to make the box like a cute japanese mini bento and added a ladybird clip!! So xi xin!!! She's really good at making gifts sia~~~ that effort is really touching~ After the crit ended and everyone left, I met up with 2 anime frens and they gave me presents!! yea~~ ooo, 2 gifts... One is this Limited Edition Perfume from Bodyshop... Actually it is like many containers of different flavours and u mix any 2 of them to create ur own scent!! wah like crayons mixing colours but this is in liquid lar... And the 2nd one is an illustrated book, the drawings all cute cute de!! heee~~ den we 3 went to Holland V to eat dinner at Coffee Bean, chatted a while and walked around the place cos shilei never come to HV before~~ hahaa
Ok finally I decided the time and place for the dinner on tues (today)... We got rid of the KTV idea, cos some ppl haf projects to do at sch etc... awww~~ Anyway i ate too much heaty stuff when i piaing my work until throat not that good. Hmm U know wat, I gained back the 1.5 kg!!! urgh!!! i'm really gone case liao... need more jogging!!!
Tues morning I was late for project meeting.... overslept. last night after i bathed and switched on laptop to write my blog, I juz concussed and dunno wat happen, ended up on my bed... mum called me in the late morning and I even asked her wat day is today............... seee, is that really bad?? den she said I told her b4 I need to go sch at 11am... I looked at the clock.... OPS....
For the Project,We discussed den when to visit the site we working one... climbed alot of staircases of hostels until wanna die hahaha... good exercise. After that we returned to studio to do own things... finally ard 5 plus guoyi they all came in to tell us to set off to orchard.... heehee...
At Marche, we ate and joked around... ard 20 ppl came.... then finally we got the cake and sang song.... oh yes i haf photos to show u all later. They took down videos of the process lor!! so funny to see my own self. Ok, the PRESENT time.... I got the list of ppl who shared the presents.... 30 plus ppl!!!! that means 30% of the Archi Cohort!!!! Omg..... so amazing... ok... open present.... Got 2.... First, it is a SK necklance!! OMG, i too shocked and happy until i dunno wat reaction to give... I am already very dreamy.... Den the next one is... ANNA SUI perfume!!!! Omg, another shock...... but then my facial expression like not as emotional as Ailing wanna see becos she kept thinking I might not like the presents... But in fact I am too happy! She tot i would moved to tears but I didnt... I moved to tears inside my heart.... I dun wan to let ppl see me cry again lor... I am too hyper at that time to cry lar.... I cried too many times since last sem, and I promised myself not to do that again becos I dun wanna mislead ppl thinking that I am a crybaby or wat... Actually when ppl give me expensive or exquite stuff tt i like, the first impression on my face like not as 'dramatic' as the rest wana see... like me moved to tears and all.... but becos i am too floating in my head, too dreamy liao, so i dun haf that expression... this often makes ppl think i dun like.... it also happened last time in JC2 when my class gave me 2 boxes of 3d Jigsaw puzzle of 2 famous buildings. I oso too shocked to give any dramatic effects.... So similarly, this case is oso liddat. But once I reached home, I reveal my 'drama' self more.... I was like.... "is this real" and "OMG OMG!", and finally when I calm down, not hyper liao, then started to think of things and observing the presents... I may juz tear etc... So my point is.... Pls do not think I dun like the presents if my reaction not as dramatic as u wanna see.... it's juz too shock and hyper at tat time that I cannot calm down and tear.... haha, so pls dun misunderstand me ok~~~
Yea, now I have an offical necklace to wear to sch most of the time... usually i dun wear necklace becos my hair always kenna got caught by it.... but this one doesnt!! So I am relieved and yea, encouraged to wear! Yes ailing, I will be SHOWING OFF the necklace now!! SK one somemore! *shrieks* hahah~~ and to tell u the truth, i do wear perfume one, but i used the freshener instead cos perfume abit hard to choose and all. and yea!! Now i have an official one! with a longlasting good smell!! heehee~~~ oh dear, I'll be fighting with chris in who have the higher density of smell liao.....haha kidding lar.... Ailing, juz wanna assure u that u got the right gifts and I do wanna show them off!! I wanna thank u and all of u who came in making my bdae celebration so memorable one... very touched.Ur presence and the wishes are so warming. Before my bdae, I keep thinking my 21st one will be so damn boring becos i cant have big invitation to some catering or wat.... but now it proved that this is so much fun too!And turned out so happy~ It is like the approach to the bdae and the day itself is still sian sian becos of work, and the fun part is after the actual bdae!!! Yea, still have JC sentosa outing one! heehee!!! so excited!(PS: when I was bathing, I realised I got slight nose bleed... haha after all the junk food and cakes for the whole week...too heaty)
Ok I have some tots here before I am showing the photos.... Those who wan to see the videos muz ask me to send to u. Ok my tots.... basically i say them in the previous sections liao... Juz wanna add simply that I have been experiencing extremes... One point of time, I can experiencing the vary dark moments of time in my life , getting sooo upset at stuff and getting troubled... and another moment or events in my life i can get sooooo happy and super hyper one.... I juz feel that I have experienced the extreme sad and happy things in my life. And I wonder how come I get to have emotions so strong all the time. extreme sad and extreme happiness... not much middle middle? hmm.... haiz... like this can get old fast leh... according to Xiao Long Nu in the Condor Heros hahaha.... okok.... i get to taste the bitter and sweetness in my life... so fulfilling hor.... ok lar, enuff liao... time to show PHOTOS!!!!! yea~~~
Ok, this is the Full photo of everyone present on tues night at Marche.
Ok, now a few of the gals for the girls' photo .... ops... william is inside.... too bad.... who tell him to sit beside danette hahaa~~~be a part of the sisters gang.
Ahh~~ the cutting cake time... And I take alot of blows to blow out the candles.... even though the candles are the normal type... but i still suspect one of them is not leh...... the video will show the whole process...
Ok, this is the SK necklace but i think too small to see so i took another photo.... Ailing wanna SABO me by asking QingXiong (a guy of cos) to put the necklace for me... den change target to Kexiang and Yisu. Wah kaoz, I die die oso refuse hahaha~~~ they wanna spice up the programme sia... danette even suggesting to get me to drink and get drunk so one guy can send me home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Uso!!! No way~~~~~
ok... finally this is the ANNA SUI perfume. The bottle is pretty unique with floral design and it looks like a bag! hahahaahaaaa
heehee~~ that's all!!!! Thanks for everyone to make my 21st bdae special !!!! Really touched!!! >.<
ps: and more to come still!! wah my bdae last year stretch over 3 days. Now mine is celebrated over 2 and half days but over a whole week!! yea!!!
Happy Bday again~~ since ur celebrations span across a whole week *like those weddings/royal celebratons* can wish u happy bday everyday of the week la hahahaha~~
hope u enjoy ur weekend too~~!! =P
Wah, sound like you really enjoyed yourself! Glad to know that you have such a wonderful 21st birthday celebration!*silently curses as she wonders how to make Saturday more fun* Hahaha, honestly though, am really happy to see a blog entry when you sound so happy instead of stressed. As Ed says, take the week off to celebrate your b'day bah! hee
haha thanks thanks..... wat royal celebration... wat u thinking... hmpf~ hehe sat will be more fun with more ppl!!!!! then i happy liao. Actually i can really let my hair down on sat... Our Archi side is having the peak period where alot of projects and papers submissions are on the early on following week... aka tues onwards... so making me play on sat already a sin liddat!! haha~~~ laalalalala