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.
Friday, April 29, 2005
Lazybone
Hmm... Finally I am confirmed that I myself is a VERY lazy person... once u heard this word 'lazy', you may think about work related stuff. But no, this time let's put work issues aside. Also realised that I am such a home-loving person. As in, love to stay at home when there's no events going on. well, let me illustrate why.
Today I went to school cos my tutor asked me out to give feedback on anything related to architecture or this sem's work etc. He asked his students one by one on diff days. so yep today's my turn.... And I felt so lazy to walk out of the house.... He wanted to treat me to lunch at the sch's McDonalds. But I felt pretty full after the breakfast and I feel lazy to eat proper meals, so I juz haf a small ice milo. We talked for about 1 hr plus before we went off cos he got meeting at 1:30pm. Den actually I intended to stay in sch to study after that. But u know, i looked at the weather.... look at the atmosphere in sch... dun like... so my yearning to go home called me, so immediately i took the bus home. heehee~ love home~~ it's always like that, I always love to run back home if there's nothing going on or nothing to do. So only if there's outing or the need to do something, or meeting with frens, den I'll come out of my cozy cave.
I realised I am really lazy to eat. Maybe one good reason why I like deserts is becos I no need to use energy to chew. My goodness. If ppl lazy in doing work, it is understandable becos u need to use brainpower etc. But lazy to chew and eat!!??? My my, I am lazy to the core. I am so rotten!! haha~~~
Anyway on my way back home, I passed by the lane, the trees etc.... feel a sense of peace. Actually I love the nature alot... I like the solitude, the calmness, peacefulness and tranquil it gives me. I dunno y but I can feel that there's a sense of power - the power of nature is reaching into me. And I am holding it, feeling it, reaching it. I feel like I have a sense of communication with it. Becos of this power, I feel I am in control, I can feel the sense of being and tranquil that allow me to pull through all odds in my life. And it also have a nice soothing calmness that give me peace. Therefore, I always wanted to include this solitude into my architecture.
Monday, April 25, 2005
... Self Splitting
haiz.... after some incidents that happened recently, I realised that I am still so idiotic. Always say wrong things. good or bad, also make a damn fool of myself. But making a fool of myself is still ok, i can still bear with it. It is that I hate myself when I hurt or harm others from that. I haf never the intention. Sometimes those stuff i said meant to be other things but turned out tt it fits into another meaning. Whatever it is, ppl will see it as very mean. But never my intention.
I already tend to say wrong things after that particular turning point of my life. Worse still, when I am tired, I really make more mistakes. I turned crazy. Last fri was an example. What is happening. I think I never improve after all these years. I deserved mutliple of slaps on my face, no it shld be hundreds. My kind self was feeling pathetic for me. My dark self is mocking me, wanting to kill me straight off, or persuading me that I shld forget about it and that it is a small matter. As if I shld treat others' kindness and forgiveness for granted. But to me, I dun treat it as small matter. I have my principles to respect others and I never wish to hurt anyone anything at all. I dun have that heart to hurt ppl. I would brood over such matters, blaming myself. Yet the other side telling me to forget about it. How, I felt that I am split into two.
She's at my throat now... grinning... I looked at her in horrible disgust.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Jov's farewell and Yock's bdae~
Ahh~ Last friday many events happened. It was my first paper day as well as a sixoneders outing at night to wish Jovie a bon voyage, and Yock's belated bdae celebration. heehee, the fun thing is alot of jokes and craps going ard. Anyway I shall start from the beginning.
Friday's paper was about the History and Theory of Southeast Asia (SEA) Architecture. And I happened to wear a long skirt... those that looked like sarong..... So my frens were making a joke that I was trying to get into the mood of SEA culture for this paper... haha to fit the atmosphere right.... Some even said it will help them remember the building called Puhsarang Catholic Church done by a Dutch architect in Semerang.... Puhsarang sounds like sarong at the back mah... haha so creative hor, they're so cute.....
anyway, the exam room is cold wat, a long skirt will be cosy~ anyway, for the paper, it is a very tacky one.... cannot remember all the historic periods and dates for the cities and buildings we were to give as examples for some archi theories... die... and one interesting question they gave was a thoery name in MALAY!!!!!!!! what the ..... please lor, as if we know Malay... but becos the name has 3 parts of words, I roughly guessed a theory... and turned out many of us guessed that too.... hmm... hope we are correct....
After the exam, those peopl going to Uni of Malaya, (let me call this as UM thingy), had to stay back for a briefing.... so from 5 to six plus we were briefed and given handouts of event timeline and the stuff we need to do... haiz... so many things to bring... think i haf to use that super duper huge and heavy luggage I had. yea, confirm i leaving on 11th May.... we will go school first for a lecture, and set off from sch immediately... hehe, teacher said they booked the whole floor in a particular hotel for us in Malacca. Then on 22 May we reached KL, we will stay in the sch's hostel. I hope i have internet connection in Malacca as well as in KL... else i can die of boredom, worse still, I cant blog! haahaa...
ok, after tat, I went to orchard to meet up with the rest at 7pm. We couldnt get the Rice Table, so we went to this particular place... I never notice the name... but i think the restaurant is besides a pub/bar. Alot of ang moh inside. Seemed that the restaurant is specially for bdae celebrations..... cos many ppl are celebrating in there. and the thing is all the waiters and waitresses would come crowded ard u, take photos and sing bdae songs with u. haha wat a tradition! Anyway here are some of the photos...
While waiting for the food to come, we gals took some photos~~
this is jo and mei~~ I managed to change some of the hues and lighting in this... but still abit yellowish...

They gave us some bread and muffins first while we waited... quite delicious...

photo of the table setting..

ahhh after our meals.... yock's cake came~

she's cutting the cake...

Finally a family photo! haha

Mei left before the family photo, cos she's to prepare her paper. jov had to leave early too, so some time after yock's bdae singing and opening of presents, we left the place... But still that was abt 10 plus already... Yock's mum gave me a lift to Redhill mrt again~ heehee... jo finally got her lappy fixed, so that night me, jo and sel played Conquer together but jov didnt play much with us... she afk halfway. anyway, at least she get to play... that was until 4 am i think... before she went off... tsk tsk, she muz be damn tired when she's on the plane.
Bon voyage jov!!
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Webcasts and more webcasts! and interesting stuff...
haha, thanks to all of u for consoling me abt the URA thing... I'm feeling better abt it liao~ heehee
Well, like mei said in her blog, u tend to post random things during exams cos feeling sian and all etc.... yea, so I'm going to say bits and pieces here and there. oh, but they are pretty interesting stuff that came to my mind or had happened.
These few days I was watching my SEA (Southeast Asia) history and theory webcasts.... total 9 lectures.... haiz... I tried to pia/chiong them thru the day and night but I always feel like dozing off halfway... also, my concentration (like all other humans) lasts for a few hours only for such a subject. I always not very good in listening to history stuff. So in-between breaks I would play Conquer juz to hit a few bandits to vent my boredom etc. After I was awake den I would go back to study/ watch webcasts. I was using such method all the way til last night. At ard 4 plus am, as usual, tot I could kill abit b4 going back to study but this time I was caught up with something... met this young gal inside the game.... and she juz wan me to tok to her etc... She even begged me to stay on abit more.... and yes, u know I am always too soft-hearted at such and would surrender under those stuff... yea my weakness.... so in the end wasted some time with her... but ok lar, if u view it another way, it is not waste.... but still....
Oh, one thing: she's surprised that I, a Singaporean, can speak English. Apparently, the Americans are still not aware of some things.... Or rather not taught much about the Asia civilisations or cultures. I have to tell her that English is our main language.... Chinese/Mandarin is the 2nd lang..... Hmm..... It reminded me of 6 years ago, when I was in the States, my American roommate told me she tot Singapore is part of China/M'sia. Hmm...... *sweat sweat sweat* Things have not changed for the better after so many years, have they? That proves that they are not exposed to the world enuff... but well cant blame them. Singapore is such a tiny, insignificant country in their eyes.... on the outer picture, it is their education curriculum tt plays a part.
Anyway, she's a very very very interesting person! aha, a typical western young gal. Very interesting... maybe typical to their culture but not to the culture here i think... dunno if u get wat i mean. She's friendly of cos, open (VERY open) and shuang kuai abt some stuff..... ahaha, I haf to restrain myself from showing too much
amusement and shock. hahahahaha....... u get wat i mean? no? nvm. But the mood was spoilt by some PK-er.... a stranger who juz came and killed me........ so that gal wanted to revenge for me by attempting to kill him but I told her to forget it. juz leave such idiotic person alone ba.... haha she's pretty sweet in wanting me to be her fren throughout the game. nice hor. Of cos I agree la. but think I'll be amused all the time by her...... Later that guy came again to pk her and we juz ran like crazy.... All right, ard 6 am I told her I really gtg, so that ended pretty nice... So I decided today I WILL NOT TOUCH the game anymore until this paper is over. I had tot it wld help me to kill some boredom away but ended up meeting ppl ... wasting some time.... Not that I am mean and anti-social, u know that is not me, juz that now is not the time for such.
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Ahh lets change topic .... I discovered something abt myself...... that was when I went to haf my haircut. Actually, it always happened but juz that the latest trip made me realised the interesting part of it. Normally when u poke ppl at the sides, it is often itchy or ticklish watever rite? For me, no exception but not as much as some people... usually wat I feel is pain... my ribs are there wat.... but there's SOMETHING that really make me jerk and jump up. So it all happened in the hairdresser shop... Everytime they wash my hair, when the water ran down along my ears. I couldnt help it but felt the nerves at my sides (where u poke ppl) very very ticklish. Uncontrollably I would juz JUMP up (while lying down). or jerk up. all the ppl who washed my hair would always get a shock, cos i juz keep squirming and jerking and they tot what was going on... I always had to explain to them..... haiz.... ops another of my weakness exposed.
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Woke up in early afternoon today... I wish I could have woken up earlier though... After lunch, I would love to look outside my window.... the air smells neutral.. sometimes refreshing. Looking at the carpark below.... and found some drivers extremely expert in parking while some are not.... The sound of cars and people walking. Suddenly my yearn for going to countryside places overseas come back again... I wonder what will I hear, feel, smell watever over there. Will I be hearing the women washing the streets and doorsteps outside their houses, seeing smoke churning from chimneys, sound of carpenters working and smell of bread from the bakeries, rustling from leaves and smell of berries and fruits on trees and market.... aww...... STOP! haiyo... muz stop thinking.....
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rite.... tomolo's my first paper, gotta be more serious. yea....
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Lugging of portfolio
Yes... i haf to bring back my portfolio today for teacher's marking and review.... haiz... so sian of carrying my portfolio!! Actually I insisted to carry them myself and made 2 trips myself.... but mum also insisted that my dad shld help me so that I can juz make one trip will do. Yea,...my stubborn independent self finally surrendered... hehe
Well.... thanks to all of u for consoling me.... i know i should not brood over it... But let me say / 'whine' one more time.... Look, 3 days of lugging here and there. I got multiple scratches on my hands from the sharp rings... I got my family in chaos.... I got parents to worry abt me and waste their and my physical energy. I even spent up to 50 plus bucks of taxi fares, and oso my time (opportunity cost of time) to go school and URA centre, and in the end, I turned down the scholarship. SO STUPID! I dunno if I am stupid or wat.... Maybe I juz cannot convince myself of my decision... Saying yes or no will make me regret the other way.... haiz.... haha I told my frens that woman's life/youth very short.... I cannot afford to 'waste' that 4 years.... haha. When one archi guy fren heard this... his expression was so funny.... since the guys here are 2 years older than us... SO? haha~~~
well on my way back home, I saw something amusing.... small matter la... I saw 2 Malay boys carrying 4 birds! each on one hand... the birds are each standing on a circular plate thing... like the base of a cage, where there are little containers for food and water. However, it is not enclosed! It's open air like a basket with a handle and a hook on top. It is not a cage lor... the birds can fly if they wan to.... but they didnt! They juz hop or stood on the stand ... I wonder why they didnt fly away.... they like their owners sooo much ar?? So hard to see such thing in Singapore now... normally birds are in cages... hmmm so wonderful.... think the birds are juz plain lazy to fly ard and also love their owners ba.....
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
URA scholarship
I was offered a test and interview for the scholarship after I applied for it this semester.... Today I went for the interview, lugging my portfolio along.... paying alot for taxi fares....
During interview I learnt that if I work under URA, I cannot be registered as an architect.... But of cos after the bond, then u can lar.... but u see after the bond den continue archi practice for 2 years den get registered.... In simple words, I haf to waste 4 years den become architect.... I dunno if I wan to wait for 9 years before I can register as an architect.... If I juz go for it, will regret? will i feel worth to waste 4 years for that 10 to 11 k of money they give me?
In the end, I turned it down.....
I really very troubled... dunno if I made a correct choice ornot... haiz...
Monday, April 18, 2005
One more burden down!
Haha I really wanna say sorry to Ed who had frantically tried to wake me up this morning... sorry! I am really useless, I even set 3-4 alarms for myself... I juz heard 2 out of the alarms and calls.... dead pig... nono, dead bird on the sofa i would say. I tried to do my USP paper3... didnt know it has such big resistance to do it.... hehe, I am bad....
Anyway I woke up at 10am... and rushed it. at 2pm, I'm done!! hurray! I went school to hand it up as well as collect my darn heavy portfolio... In the portfolio room, a tutor was inside looking at the portfolios. I was making alot of funny noises (not intentionally of cos) while trying to drag it out of so many other porfolios. Yet the tutor heck care and continued his own business. Once he took a glance at me and turned back. So nice sia. And I would never ask him for help. Hmpf! Finally outside the room Ailing they all saw me and she helped me carry to the car porch. Thanks!!! *hugs* really muz say she's darn strong!! I could not even carry it up.... I am so weak.... y am i so weak! haha~ Finally I took a cab home...
The taxidriver was very funny... he toked alot to me abt her 2 daughters in NUS. I can understand his pride becos he supported 2 daughters in universities at the same time with his current career. Then he said they studied the same place as me, so i tot architecture... which later he said one in arts one in comp engineering.... *sweatz*... so I repeated a few times that architecture and arts and comp eng are all different.... then he gave a "oh is it?".... *faint*. Later he bragged more abt his daughters, so proud abt them. Then asked me which JC i came from. I said Hwa Chong. Immediately he gave a "wah, so clever!" and remained silent. lol~~~ Well I am not clever, at least in JC....... it is the sch's reputation that it is good la.... hmmm, but using it to counter his bragness then seemed handy still~ haha oh i am soooo proud of my JC ... -_-
Later he asked abt the course years in total I need to take as well as sch fees.... is he comparing in some way.... it seemed so.... haha anyway... his drove a longer way... seemed purposellt to eat my money.... haiz....did he know archi students are very poor, and it is wrong to suck our money? hahaha~~~ Dad came down and helped me carry the portfolio... got pretty worried cos it is really heavy and his face turned red while carrying... aiyo.... i need a second portfolio... but not any better if I have to make two trips for 2 portfolios next time. Ok la, my portfolio is bursting, I DO need a second one still...
Back at home~~ so relaxed.... which is abit wrong when ppl are studying for exams.... I still took a break by eating ice-cream and played abit of game.... ahhhH~~~~~ I need my discipline back! *slap myself* okie~~ shall end it here.....
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Portfolio submission over~
Thurs night was rushing mad..... sudden rush of adrenaline throughout the night made me possible not to sleep again~ haha.... friday morning began with rushing to sch to print, bringing heavy portfolio... wat a madness... On the way to school, my slipper broke.... so movements were hindered too. the saying of "Huo4 Bu4 Dan1 Xing2" is really true, while my frens my life and presence was always so drama... hey, not my fault right.... To bring my portfolio to the room, it required 3 ppl to carry it!!! so drama!!!! hahaha, everyone saw we all carrying and all asked me the same questions: What did I put inside, why are there so many things to put? .... well I dunno!!! Finally at 3, everything is settled.... Portfolio submission over!! yea~~
at home, I dun feel like sleeping still, hence played conquer with sel until night. haha~~ now it is jo's and ed's turns to be unable to play. i think soon, my turn of not able to play will come soon. exams nearing and after that I will be leaving for Malacca. Dunno if I have time to play there ornot...
Had a 12-hours sleep..... woke up in the late evening 5pm ... now watching tv... I still have an USP paper3 to do.... ahh~~~
Hey now got 2 nice chinese dramas on tv during weekends.... from 7-9pm we have New Rulai Palm on tv8, den from 9-11pm on channelU, u have Tian Long Ba Bu. hehe Lin zhi ying acted as duan yu inside~ and also there's alot of pretty gals!!! and alot of love triangles issues... so interesting ahaha. oh no so many tv programs~~~ how to do my work~~ muahaha~
Friday, April 15, 2005
More sleepless nights!
ooooo.... rushing my submission panels now... haha another last minute stuff... actually I realised I aint a full Type A person .... I am actually slacky, and easily distracted hahaha~~ and like to leave things to the last.... oh manz,... this is bad.... I shall conclude i am a Type AB person, not A, not B... (hey my blood is oso AB too~ with a plus).
haiz.... i haf 2 exam papers..... one on 22th, and the other on 4th May. ok, so confirm tt that is my last day of exams... This means I have 1 week to shop and play before going Malacca for study again.... haiz...
This morning went to take a little essay test on architecture at URA centre.... feel that I am crapping..... well... hope i'll perform better on 19th...
anyway, back to my panels.... work work work~~
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Crit and the aftermath
Well.... crit on Tues.... i dunno whether is it good or bad.... Becos I wasted time talking abt my research done and blah blah that overall, I didnt get to say the things i want, and showing the interiors of my model.... so sad!! I was the first to present lor.... I am like a testing guinea pig....
I juz reached sch at 1 plus when the studio leader told me I am the first to go crit... becos my surname is Chan. So I am the first according to alphabetical order.... ok lor... past sems my crits always at the last few, now the first. what a refreshing experience....
I think I got too many things to say and show during my crit that everything was so darn messy... And the tutors couldnt say much.. either everything too vague or too blurred and confused.... so sad... Is that good or bad? good that they dun get to spot some mistakes here and there...... but....well.... I really put in effort in alot of things tat i hoped they could see... haiz... too bad....
after crit, we all stayed back in sch until 10 plus pm to do a UD quiz online... As usual, whole crowd of us came together in unity and put all our brains together for the test, but of cos someone had to start the test first as guinea pig hahaha. Den after we got all the correct answers, we DISTRIBUTED them.... haha so u see, this is our "end of sem" UD test. hahaha.... But actually becos we all discussed together, we learnt stuff from one another. It's not a bad idea wat. cheers to the UD teacher.
After these events, we need to prepare portfolio submission. I got lazy here and played conquer.... But I hope I will be forgiven when I start my work seriously again. *prays* wat a sin... so guilty. ok! work time!
Monday, April 11, 2005
New hair!!!
heehee monday~~~~ wat a day. last lesson for my USP class but still haf an essay to hand in 1 week later, crashing with my archi's portfolio submission, UD test and crit. OMG~~~~
Anyway, was pretty refreshed today after a weekend rest, but i didnt sleep much due to playing rpg online and thus not enuff slp still. heehee~~ anyway i am in happy mood! Well in the afternoon, me and brenda went to have our hair cut!
I brought her to Hairrods and haha and it took so long lor.... almost 2 hours... cant believe it, but we enjoyed ourselves, rite bren? we all requested for something that will make us look diff. Indeed he did... at least abit haha~ Well, I got more short layers in the front... so I looked more like a JAPANESE GAL now....although i already looked like one...haha. bren got more hip and fashionable style to her hair + short fringe! abit like china+jap doll hahahaha~~~ but the layering done was superb too!
The shock was when we haf to pay.... He always charged us 30 bucks... now he told us we are 21 liao, so he shld charge us 45... but only this time he charged us 35, next time would be 45... I was so shocked! aiyo, so exp.... hmpf... next time muz consider changing to another place.... but i really like his skills lar... hmpf...
anyway, bren left to meet a fren while i stayed ard in town and walked abit. did abit of shopping though heehee... Soon I went home after that...~~ :>
Right, tomolo's my BIG day.... CRIT!!!! ahhhh~~~~ ok gotta prepare abit~~~ cya!
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Submission over~ & fren
haha have been MIA for the past full week. And yes I stayed in studio for almost the
whole week. From Monday to Thurs...... my
longest record. And oso longest record for stayed up the most continuously....
4 DAYS!!! without sleep, but occassionally doze offs... so accumulated 2-3 hours of dozing off only. Li hai ba~~ I think my studiomates oso lor. Again i was rushing like crazy for it.... and handed up late and not able to finish wat i wan to do. sob... I was using 4 computers to run my exportation of model lor! My model damn big size.... i dunno how am I going to present on my crit day.... lucky i have 4 computers to use as my 2 other studiomates sharing the cluster with me worked at home... so i used my own computer, laptop and their computers... hahaha~~ abit Kua Zhang rite.... sorry lar... who ask me my model so ..... It took me 2 hours to export my model plans each time.
anyway.... after the submission, damn shag.... 4 pm got a last lecture which was important to attend. But then when i went home to sleep, i overslept... woke up at 6pm....... to my horror... so sad.... then somemore need to rush to pasir ris for a primary sch fren's 21st bdae party.... my archi fren who supposed to go with me decided not to go... so i felt so sian.... going there alone.... as the rest had reached. But later I met up with another pri fren at pasir ris so yea~ can go there together~~
The place was at Aloha Luoyang, so crowded! Alot of chinese high ppl, army ppl... JJC ppl, wah wah.... haha food half gone oso... anyway, we pri sch ppl finally get to have a little chat together~~ My pri sch class had alot of cliques... and this clique is the one i more familiar with, so it is perfectly fine. I really enjoyed myself. right, here are the photos!
This is the grp photo! The bdae boy, Guowei, was drenched in sweat..... as u can see in the photo.... I tot he went to pour water on his head lor.... really wet ok.

Finally at ard 9 plus, it is the singing bdae time!!! Gw went to change into such formal dress code!! suit!! white shirt, black jacket! How come so exaggerating!!! he acted like some big billionaire!! hahaa so funny~~~ crazy ar, he loved to get attention, as usual~~ ever since i know him hahaa.... ok lar. I muz say that there were lots of PHOTOTAKING and it stretched for 1 HOUR!!! before we finally get to sing the song and cute the cake...... haha the cake ar, i think stale liao lar~~
here are the phototakings:


ok.... so well gw was busy taking with the rest, our clique entertained ourselves by taking a few grp photos:

okie~~~ so ard 11 plus, we took cab home~~ I went back with Yongling... the cab fares really made my eyes popped out hahaha~ all right, that's all.... then at night i came back, I still played Conquer online with sel and jov.... oh dear... me so bad~~ hahaha
ok lar, that's all~~~ I think even Yongling said that I changed... I dunno abt appearance but the personality in terms of becoming more extrovert or open is the most obvious thing. Yea i agreed too.... I dunno why but changed into like this after I graduated from JC and after working during the 6 mths. And I realised I enjoyed my time with ppl alot after I am a more open person~~~. I get to haf fun with them.... and this pri sch 'gathering' proved it again. I didnt know I can mingle with them well unlike last time due to my introvert self. So I guess I've changed for the better. heehee~~~~
all right~~ that's all folks! I have more work and exams coming up!!
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Mei's 21st Bdae!!~
hehe~ before I MIA here, I will post on Mei's 21 bdae party yesterday at her house! yea~~
I went to town yesterday afternoon to get all the deco stuff before i met up with yock at Redhill. Her mum is so nice and kind to give me a lift to mei's house~ The rest of the 61 clique met up at sixth avenue at 5:30pm. By the time me and yock reached there, the rest of them were there already. In fact they finished the first helpinng.... anyway, this is the front of mei's house:

The food from Mum's Kitchen were placed outside in the foyer~

The guys were outside chatting while the gals and other mei's frens were in the house. Mei's frens were watching Miss Singapore at that time. While we 61 gals chit chat among ourselves at the eating table. Haha alot of insects flying around and we were juz having fun screaming at those insects, and hiding behind jo.... so now, who's the safest? jo la... haiyo...
The food's damn nice, got satay and bobochacha as well!!!! awww~~~~~ me and yock ate bobochacha the most. I loved the flour jellies while yock dun and prefer the yam and potato...so she always threw those jellies to me... Mei oso made those agar agar jellies like those that selly made. But mei's are pink and white(transparent). haha we gals were happily eating and after eating, we occupied ourselves with taking photos among us... meanwhile mei was busy around in the house. Jo refused to take photos with us and she insisted in being the camera-women... tsk.... here goes:
we got mei with us before she ran off somewhere again.

I was taking photo of angie, mich and yock while jo snapped a photo of the situation...

ok finally four of us in picture

All right, now is double portraits!!! haha since this is my camera, i only have me and with each other gals... ahah
This is with mei~ haha she's beaming with sunshine smile despite her exhaustion of running around and preparing stuff.

With yock~ Oh, when me and yock walked into the house together upon arrival, jo said we two looked like twins from afar~! hahaha. Not the first time i hear that we two looked alike like sisters or some sort. :p

With mich~ hmm, she seemed to have tanned herself since the last time i saw her... did she?

With angie~ wah, finally see her after soooo long!~ aiyo.... wah she seemed to slim down alot... poor gal, shld eat more!

After that we gals joined the guys outside to chit chat and crap... haha
I sneaked a photo of the class guys there... Bro very alert and he siam his face from the camera!!! urgh!

Ah ba and Yk had a beer competition to see who can gulp down one can of beer the fastest.... Ah ba won.... and Yk didnt feel well after gulping down like that. See, they all never listen to Aunty Julie's advice that such gulping down of beer is no good. "Bu4 Ting1 Lao3 Ren2 Yan2, Chi1 Kui1 Zai4 Yan3 Qian3". tsk tsk.
After talking, yock went to get a bowl of bobochacha to eat. Den I got tempted and went to get one for myself. Later, mich oso got tempted!!! ahaha so three of us started eating again!!! Jo found this scene so amusing that she decided to take photo of three of us with bobochacha on our spoons....... There are two photos on this. But this blurer one is nicer...

I dun think i wan to put the clearer one... u know why? well, I dunno wat jo did with the flash but the outcome showed 'wonderful' display of skin colour gradients... With Mich looking like an
African, me like a
Geisha, and yock middle middle colour. So scary!!! so I decided not to put it up, else i think the other gals will kill me too. haha~
Finally!! abt 9 plus, Mei decided to cut her cake!! All of us crowded at the eating table~ David, the ex-Singapore Idol candidate was pretty onz and 'loud' hahaa~~ ok la, we sang song and mei made her wish, and cut her cake~~~


hahaha, i felt so xing4 fu2 with all the food in my stomach but felt sinful after that hahhaa... wanna thank mei and her parents for all these food, hosting, preparations, event etc. We really enjoyed ourselves~ Finally here's a 'family' photo of the 61 clique.

hehe ard 10 plus, many started to leave. Yock's mum came to give me a lift home as well! so happy!!! I love to haf car lift~~ hehe~~ thanks yock and her mum~ Well, so I had to leave earlier than the rest... but I think they left soon after that too bah.... hehe~
all right, that's all folks!
Saturday, April 02, 2005
MIA part2
hmm I am not going to brag abt my MIA again but more of my concuss-ion that oso caused part of my MIAness.... If nowadays u were toking to me online and suddenly I offline for very very long or suddenly no response, that means i concussed. My online status will remain 'Busy' but I may be flat down on table, sofa or bed or somewhere already. Please forgive me on my sudden disppearance or sudden no response from me. If u are kind enuff, please call me can? Hp or anything. Please... thanks. I really need help here. Haiz....
Friday, April 01, 2005
MIA annoucement
Horror of horor 2 Movie:
Came to my realisation that I left one week to finish my Design Project. Haha, that's my FINAL week. Very important. Of cos this time I haf to cancel all events for it. But of cos, I will not miss Mei's bdae. My USP essay not done, here not done, there not done. Pile of stuff accumulating. Haf I been stressed to a stage beyond it until I dun feel that stress, or wat liao. That is terrible isnt it? Help....
Wah heard that jo and ed are playing the Conquer game I intro to u all. So good.... Too bad I cant join them... think i can never play it le. Glad that they enjoy the game~~ fun rite? see, another good recommendation from Aunty Julie. yea~
All right, think I will be 'invisible' until the end of this week. Gomenasai, I oso dun wish to be like this. cya til then!