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, July 23, 2006
Weekend's fun + some grumbles abt guys
If i hadnt extended my intern...... i would be jolly well heading for some rest, fun, chill, and preparations for my trip this week but it's gone. This weekend has been quite fun n relaxing, especially we have the "aloha chalet" at wk's place. Before that I went to rebond my hair. bo bian, for the sake of convenience of ONE YEAR, this has to continue. argh... and some interesting stuff happened in the shop....
The shop employed a male helper... and he looked like..... LIN JUN JIE!! but a much more handsome version of him! He is those guy with cool hairstyle and small built size... so to me, it is juz another ah boy. And i think he's pretty unpro... maybe he's still not as experienced as the rest.... He had to help wash my hair... and for the first time i let a guy touch my head etc... argh... However, if he's the pro type i dun mind, but he is like so unskilled and thus sooooo gentle.... if i never see the face and hear the voice, i will think it is a gal doing the washing. Anyway he's worse than a female. Or maybe he is scared to hurt me, a female customer, or maybe this is his "pattern/type" that he is super gentle with me and that he never used much energy in the washing. and I wondered if he did a clean job for my hair.... argh.... den comes the next part... drying up hair... and i am very amused by him. Others will juz simply flip and rummage ur hair while using the hair dryer. and wat he did? he gently rummaged and helped rub my hair down to smooth it. woot.... argh, trying hard not to think that a guy is doing this on me cos i am feeling squirmish and abit disgusted. *"he's a gal, he's a gal, he's a gal!!!!!* <--- julie is trying to psycho herself at that time. i dun mind a gal doing this on me.. but a guy!! it is like he's sayanging my head gently.
Ok, there are more amusing things. After drying is the clamping part.... Maybe he worried that the heat may be too hot for me, and so he blew gently into my hair while pulling the clamps. WOOT! omg.... i am too amazed but luckily i didnt have my goosebumps popping out. *ignore ignore ignore, julie u have to tolerate!!!* And soon he gave up blowing but he pulled my hair damn tight and hard until many strands of hair fell off. Finally I could not stand it as my tears almost came out. I voiced out "erm... excuse me... very pain...." "oh, me ar", he said softly... meanwhile, the lady boss juz laff and said sorry for him i guess.... and so she finished the clamping job herself while the "lin jun jie" stop clamping .He had this slight smile - cool look. *slap forehead* And he went off to prepare the last stage's chemicals....
Now applying chemicals...... and since he's abit unpro, he somehow let a blob of chemicals flew onto my left cheek.... and he said calmly and SOFTLY "oh, so sorry"... "erm, nvm...", I tried to make him feel better after that clamping incident. den he used the towel ard my neck and gently dabbed the chemical blob on my cheeks a few times. I almost wanted to scream and roll my eyes but i controlled and ended up laffing abit. He still maintained his calm cool look with a slight smile. *slap forehead* omg.... If he is those teh teh type or gay type i am ok with it... but he is everything so normal which makes me squirmish. If i am his gf i may be able to accept but..... this is not lor... Finally he had to stick pieces of paper under my hair at sides to let the hair rest... and he did not know how to deal with my fringe... so finally... he 'piak' a big piece of paper on my forehead for my fringe to rest... wah lao... i feel like a zombie. i wanna burst out laffing at myself but i really controlled hard against doing so... And he still maintain that look on his face. kaoz... During the process, i get to see his hands close up. Omg, it is juz like a female's hand which is so lean, smooth and xi4 (in chinese). *haiz...* nvm, i shant think any more.... The worse thing is the radio was releasing one of lin jun jie's songs.....
Finally after the final wash up with more gentle touches from him ( i wanted many times to jump up from my seat due to reflex action of my nerves at my waist but i controlled real hard), the rest was attended by the lady boss while the guy went to buy his dinner.... when he came back and i was done, he kept looking at me with those beady eyes of his and smile that i dunno wat to do except to smile back with my knitted brows. how's that? my expression muz have been very anime.... and den I said " thank you"..... and walked off fast! wah lao........ help!! haha..... wat an experience.
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Den I met up with yock and the rest of the guys after their dinner to go for wk's 'chalet'. hoho Minchkins again!! and watching tv admist of the game and during breaks. I bored them with the 'hong fu nu' show until they all made alot of funny comments to entertain themselves .... And more minchkins until me and yock had to go. gab left much earlier. the rest of the guys stayed over. I think they enjoyed themselves with vcds etc. aww~
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Sunday is nice with a good sleep and spending my afternoon chatting with frens online. Late evening, I chiong to bugis to buy some stuff from the pasar malam stalls. I promised one stall to come down on weekends to buy the item they helped me to get. haha~ immediately i chiong home via mrt again. damn fast rite. And I learnt that it is not nice to travel via mrt on sundays... cos alot of those erm... foreign (worker?) guys on the train.. almost the whole train... who like to bio at females..... and i was abit uncomfortable with the surroundings. Anyway on the ride back.... i got a seat and the guy next to me dozed off shortly and kept leaning against me. Actually recently I had been getting such incidents of guys falling asleep next to me and leaning against me for support, esp those older taller guys. Juz coincidence ba.... And so I had no choice but to tolerate... and sometimes i will snug abit to shake them up but it doesnt really help.... i was so.... unhappy... this time i tried a different method... i folded my arms and then my nails happened to poke on his arms... At first he woke up and rubbed his arms and see wat was poking him, den went back to sleep by keeping his arms more folded in. So i guess it didnt help.... haiz... I wanted to get up and stand instead but it's pretty crowded to stand up unless i wanna squeeze into the gangs of those erm... guys... and so i sat all the way to my station and was so happy to get off. i realised the best method is to lean forward and the person will wake up since there is no support at his side. ^^
right back to work for the rest of the week!!
