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.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Daisy
I am sick of losses. Losses in items, losses in real life, losses in opportunities, losses in possession, losses in frens and ppl, losses in any other way. I am sick of it. I feel kinda numb and oblivious to things and my own feelings. I dun wish to care.
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Yesterday met up with some sixonders at Thai express for dinner and the food's average i would say. At 9:15, most of us went to watch the movie 'Daisy'. Yea it is a touching, sad romantic korean show. Not bad. It is about a female artist, who paints and sketches, and watched over by an assassin who loves her and helped her in many situations silently. She ended up loving a cop, thinking that he's the one sending her flowers everyday. Later she realised the truth and in the end died for him. The assassin is so sweet, even went to look up artists such as Rembrandt, Monet and Van Gogh (ooo Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists~) for the sake of knowing the gal better. hmm~~ i wonder who will actually do that for me hahaha~~~ okok joking.
After the movie, I feel rather poignant abt some things. Some long lost feelings. I remember so long ago in younger days, I would also be painting watever I like. I have always wish i can go to some beautiful place with nice scenery and do some landscape painting of it. I wonder, when have I lost this dream of painting things i like? When have I lost this sweet pure happiness in indulging in my own artwork without caring abt time and people ard me? When have I lost this feeling of freedom and joy?
I feel the sudden urge to take up my canvas and brushes again, and paint to my desire. To remember how pure one's soul was then, and get away from the challenging, competitive, speeding work and society, away from the chaos and evil souls out there. And away from the troubles and pressure from the surrounding. I wish to go back once again to the pure land where everything was once simple. Since when have that left me so behind.
During the trip home and throughout the night, i juz feel ... poignant abt the old times and what i have been currently. Things have changed. Some things are past. And I hope one day I can return. To where my soul truly belongs.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Silent Cries In the Night 3: Aftermath
I have thought I have understood the essence in that murmurs of teachings but never did one realise the obtained calmness is as fragile as a piece of glassy jade. That if once fallen from the hands of its master, it sends parts all over and flow within one's veins of pain. And it is never irreversible for that moment of time. A few words are sufficient as signs to send sparks of jade piercing through my mind and heart. A few words are sufficient as signs to reach one's ear and send blinding smoke to one's eyes of soberness. And thereafter I thought, the best medicine for that moment is to remove myself from signs in that realm.
The weather was gloomy and rain still poured. Acting oblivious was merely skin-deep yet mind still wonders through miles of memories stored in my forbidden chest. The heaven is grace and sent her clouds to tear for me, and never was I upset then. The raindrops pattered on rusty grounds, washing into meandering canals. Silently, they said to me, that all my anger and sadness will be washed down the unknown destination. Watever will befall them will be left to their fate. All that matters is, there's still time. So that was what they whispered to me within the rhythm of their patter. I sent them my thanks for washing my drain of weariness and crying in place of me for my stone of unimagined gloom. The sky was not gloomy afterall, depending on how one see's upon the other side of their skin. The weather is so perfect.
Never would I have thought I am nothing more than standing on mere air. I have no little piece of land that I can call my own. I float on unsettling wind to send words of regards and words of comfort to those reaching for help. Once someone gave me a bite, crowds of army from unboundless atmosphere came to fight a lone figure. Their teeth are venomous, enjoying every moment to tear me apart, and feased upon my presence til no longer I stand a chance to call myself a mind in the world. My cries for help are never heard. Who would be there if I ever reach out my withering hand. I have lost every single hope that one could hear. Not even a stranger.
Finally I am enlightened. That I am nothing. And since i belong to nothing, my existence is not existed. All that exist is my own umwelt of belief and drowning soul. That my every moment is just a passing cloud. Maybe one day i will be the next in queue to fall to the earth and whisper to a smiliar soul that all his veins of sadness will follow me and I will guide them to the trajectories of unpredicted fate.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Silent Cries In the Night 2: Numb
Another issue blasted as unexpectedly like a tsunami without warning. The fate of hand smugged at me for not predicting the future and not sensitive enough to see the consequences of my actions.
The tidal waves are cruel and hit me right through, threatening me in the every bit of nerve. Yet I felt numb, not willing to be attacked or beaten down. The outside world is full of waves crashing upon my head and body yet i dun feel it. I see things in life as a passing bird, a fleeting second, or simply oncoming waves that continue by coming and going. So why bother, in the buddhist murmurs of teachings, to attach to these troubles. Treat them as fleeting waves and all u left is a calm sea within ur heart, mind and soul.
But once again it raked the past thoughts that i have partially buried. They are dugged out and put back in too many times that the soils are forever loose. Once again, i feel myself as an empty vessel that sucked in all resources given, giving them troubles. My goodness to them are never remembered, my presents as laughter and happiness are passing waves to them, my assistance are never etched in their minds. All they remember and judge upon is the very moment when i made a mistake or when they think i have hurt them. If that is the case, I wish hard upon myself i will aim to leave them. I shall fly in the boundless sky and if needed, only our string of blood be connected to lead the pigeons to send our words to each other. And that's all.
At least I do not have to depend on you, neither do i have to see your colour on ur face. I have nothing to owe u once i return watever u have spent on me. I will no more ask from you and that will end all our deals. Isnt that is what u wish for? In that case i will work hard and grant your wish to live on ur own in ur isolated realm. I wish u good luck and happiness in that isolated mountain. I bid u farewell in the time to come.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Silent Cries In the Night
The tearing winds rustle the leaves under the blind night, leaving the soul to find no settling destination. Floating in the airs of troubles by the invading intruders of thoughts, fleeting pasts and memories leaving your mind empty - a reminder that u are nothing but probably a brain-in-a-vat. Your atmosphere is a virtual umwelt that belongs to no one but ur ownself, yet they form the pains that cut through you.
Signs made are never heard, responses were never expected. Life is simply not juz coded as you deem it is. Semiotic freedom leaves ur fate to your own hands or in the end it never does? What brought forth now is pain of silence and the callous minds out under the blind night. Removal of one's signs of presence is by itself the mark of its presence. Removal of communication is by itself the catalyst of having the need for one. The urging cries in the night, who have heard them?
The silence of the cold grit one's teeth with anger and despair. The floating sands pulling out every tears of past, and one could beg no more to stop. The leaves of thoughts once again slicing past ur every heart and brain periodically form a death sentence to your heart each time. The reaching out for assistance is never realised as the tearing winds refuse to do so. The shattered trajectories of blood runs nowhere in the name of time. It is eternity. A pain for eternity.
Anyone within the tracks of the tearing winds suffered from vortex shedding and are never spared from the pain of eternity. One feels the weight as a burden or others as burden. You are juz a horrible person who inflicted the unsettling winds of pain upon me. You are nothing but a burden. Or was it a burden created and moulded from my own brain-in-a-vat. If one wishes my presence gone, so be it. Let the blood of time, the unsettling winds and slices of memories tear me apart and return to the sands of time.
[If anyone able to decipher this, as an interpretant of triadic relationships of semiotics, close to what i, as an another mind in world, is thinking, he/she is a miracle.]
Friday, April 21, 2006
End of Exams!!!
Muahaha so glad when u only have 1 exam paper to study for and ended!! hehe yea yesterday was the end of exams for me. However, I still have essay assignment to write for my Usp modules. Yea, the last USP firstier module. Den the next one i tackling will be advanced course-based and Independent Studies (CBM & ISM) modules combined with design. Darn great, aint it?
Well, the exam paper.... i dun have time to finish the questions properly. What the hell, the things I studied first for it are the things I forgot during the paper!! Damn~~~~ wat is this manz... yea, u will say memory overwrite old files.
Anyway, it's over... sobbing is no use. Me, lav,bren,py and kl had subway dinner at WTC. haha when I reached the terminal, I have the urge to go sentosa for beach volleyball or something. the terminal has full of memories for me manz. haha
My first time having a subway meal. And it was delicious with my fav double choc chip cookie. wat's more can I say. abit exp but it was worth it.
Den kl went home while the rest of us shopping ard. It's a great feeling becos all the time archi ppl are busy with work or seldom go out shopping. To me, this's really rare la. Hope we can do this more often. Hhahha py and lav both got stuff for themselves and mum respectively. hheehe, and i spotted a pretty nice bag. anyway, i will leave it for shopping assignment later in the hols.
Haiz, some little things crop up for SEP paperwork... and now our department trying to settle them... I wondered if the application is ever successful. If there's problem with studyplan etc, i do not need to write refusal letter to quit. But if i ever get the awards, i'll bang my head for not able to go ahaha~~ IF i ever have the luck to get the awards that is.
Hmm, I need some help for my usp essay. I need to find a particular animal, hopefully some insects and sea creature with an amusing or interesting behaviour. So I can write an experiment about it to discover "why, how etc" on the behaviour. The experiment is not needed to carry out but it is the thinking process during the planning of experiment that the teacher wanna see. I dunno when are the documentaries show. Searching in youtube.com aint fruitful too. Help me~~ someone!!! Either find that particular animal with the behaviour or supply me with documentaries timings so i can watch. Thanks alot!!! Going to check papers for the documentaries later. >.<
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Launch of New NUS Anime Society webby
Actually the full name of our society is...
NUS Students' Comics and Animation Society. Long huh~
anyway here's the link. Feel free to comment and feedback and ideas for improvement. :)
http://www.nusanimeclub.com/Note: the music is in midi format. If u cannot hear, u may have to change ur audio setting. yup.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Teased
Yesterday was portfolio submission and I almost overslept... scary me. I think i no longer can tahan late nights. I am getting weak. This whole year 3 I no longer had biscuits or sandwiches often as lunch. Indeed I dun eat all together. Now many ppl telling me I am skinny. I dunno, cos I cant tell. I see myself or dun see myself much and i dunno what exactly i am like right now.
Well anyway after that, chitchat with a couple of frens and haha and some of us went Hollan V for lunch. Ailing and ying ktving~ they jio me but seriously i dun have the 'right' voice and mood to sing at that time.... very tired mah... so sorry gals~~~~~ next time jio me again can?? ooo muz tell me beforehand mah~~~ >.< sorry la sorry~~~~
Well eu,jl and me had an enjoyable lunch at coffeeclub and haha the muddy mud pie is really huge, reminded me of duxton plain.. hahah 职业病... anyway the main topic of our conversation is again about teasing me again with 2 other guys in archi. aiyo, when will ppl stop pushing them to me~~~ is it really that interesting to see me attached with either one of them? argh~ I think having couple look doesnt mean very matched and suitable for each other wat. Or having complementary opposing character means the relationship is going to be successful mah. I think understanding is very important and how much those ppl understand me and how much i understand them? knowing their general character and personality doesnt help lor. anyway, we gals got to chat abt other stuff la, and i really hope we get to relax together like this more often. I really love to chat ard under some nice peaceful place. and having nice deserts. thanks gals, for the treat! but seriously i still dun think u gals need to treat me la~ it's a small help nia, not a big deal.
haiz... end of relaxing time~
Friday, April 14, 2006
Yet another fall....
whew, submission over~~ not happy abt my uncompleted model. haiz.
yesh yesh ed i heard u.. ur "SEE A DOCTOR" rather loud haha. well, i didnt see doc still hahahaha dun scold me~~~ really no time den. but now look at me, it still get recovered by itself mah~~ it proved that i dun need doc... hahaha... hmm no la, I dun think it is allegic to pollen... that is yock's case~ my house got so much plants and flowers... if i have, i would have gotten all the time. as for stress to cause body to weaken and susceptible to them... i wondered... maybe quite possible? My house have so much plants and flowers. but previous excesive stress during submission didnt encounter such rash before...
Anway i got swollen sole at my right feet a few days after the rashes breakout. so had some problem walking oso. Den lav suggested it is due to lack of fruits all together. and it makes me think it is possible. I forgot my bio abt lack of vit C. But I kinda think it is highly possible.... And i did skip my daily intake of fruits from that day onwards during submission preparation. so.... haha possible rite?
Well my swollen sole is gone a few days ago but the rashes still there.... argh... have been slapping myself and abit of scratching in the midst of computer work. Yesterday, it seems no longer itchy.... so everything seems fine but that is NOT the end of 'accidents' i having.
Yesterday before going to sch to hand up, I was piaing my physical model. I was rushing into and out of my house to get things sprayed with glue.... den one time i think i ran or walked too fast and i kinda missed the step which i gauged i would step on. But only last half of my right feet was on it, so.... i slipped forward..... had a great tumble... took a few seconds to stay at the position before i could stand up again and continued the spraying and rushing to sch... mum and dad horrified at the scene... even the construction worker outside doing the re-concreting job at my corridor also had his jaw wide opened... so drama....
so I had 2 really really huge bruises all at my right leg... one at knee, one at the lower part of leg... haiz... and this morning i realised i have a pain at the back.. I checked and found out another bruise at the back ribs!! wat the..... must have hit the planter stand in front of my doorstep when falling. didnt realise.... cos the leg had hurt much more then. oh well... i am such a clumsy person? Dad keep insisting that is becos i got so weak due to skipping of meals. Mum thinks that becos i hurried too fast... For me, i think i juz misjudged the step...
ok hope no more bruises to discover... darn, i dun dare to go out... cos each bruise is like 4-5cm in diameter on my leg... abit horrifying to let outsiders see... argh...
ok... exam, crit and essay coming the way~~~
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Rashes!!!
i dunno why but it is one of my most serious case of rashes in my life history....
Ever since 2 days ago i started getting them on my right arm one night. It got really itchy. later it spread to both of my arms. I have terrible time slapping them to ease the itch when doing my work. it's irritating. Now from time to time my shoulders and waist got some. Den there are also times where they died down before another period of itch starts again. wat the.... wat did i do??
I dun think i am influenced by yock's rash, neither do i eat anything wrong....
urgh, i keep washing my arms with soap etc but to no avail. bathing doesnt help. i dun haf any cream to apply on... i guess i will tolerate til the submission day. another thing to add on my work stress huh~ wonderful.... a test of tolerance and test of howoblivious i can go during submission. cya all til then~ ^^
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Work too hard?
hmm a quick post before i rush to work again.
I went for lect this morn (wed) but was very late hence i missed out a front part of the tutor's words which later I know from the mouth of one fren. He told us wat the tutor said... well, i dunno wat are the exact words but roughly like this -
The teacher began:
"Oh, do u u know this architect guy, named xxxx?? His works are actually quite nice.... but hor he died young.... very young. i think at about age of 40.... haiz, die so young hor.... maybe he worked too hard la..... "
I can imagine the expression on everyone's face who is present at that time when she said that... wat a scary warning to us that we better take care of our health....
wat an irony, with those requirements and standards of this archi profession, what exactly is enough, wat exactly work too hard? it seems that whatever we do, is never enuff.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Tangyu Xiaobao
haha though i posted my MIA post, but it doesnt mean i really disappear from blogging. i will still do~
yay, watched 仙剑奇侠传 today and haiz.... all very touching story. Den I wondered if we people now will get to experience such true love. And i think it's very very hard than it already is. Maybe if we no need to study as much as those ppl in the past/show, and we get to travel and look ard, we will definitely have more time and mood to immerse in finding and knowing true love. The modern people now is almost imposs to find it i think, so i think it is abit... naive ... to say you will find true love in this world. Who doesnt want to find? Just that u cant pin high hopes on it. You may not even find it in ur lifetime given the time u have... so... it is kinda 无奈 isnt?
Anyway i promised some frens that i would post photos of Tangyu Xiaobao here~~ hehe. I managed to find both him in costume for the show as well as he in modern clothes. yup, enjoy~~
1. hehe his full body profile with his big face on the poster~
2. I guess he still amused by the big earring
3. hehe, they are fun people arent they?
4. I think A-Nu and him is a perfect match~~
5. wah, this is another one of my fav pics. arent they sweet?! >.<
6. Awwww another favourite!! With lovely flowers in the backgrd~ so sweet!
7. ok! finally photos of him in real life style la~ but many of us agree that he looks nicer in the show.
8. hehe not too bad la~~ got the HK comics look hor~
9. ok final one le. this one he has shorter hair. i think he looks better with longer hair ba?
okie~~ that's all folks~~
