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.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Back to Lund!
After 2 days of visiting museums, eating overly priced fast food and snapping photos, the 4 of us are finally back in Lund and immediately rushed for school! yea, first day of sch. And we are all so shagged.
Well I will need some time to pack my photos, and yes, the Malmo ones too. Hmm waiting for cw's malmo photos as well. So pls pls, be patient with me. Well cos sch starts and the schedule is crazy. Everyday needs to go sch... and they wanna u to be in studio most of the time. Tomolo we will head to Helsingborg, another city in Sweden. And later we would be going to another city ... Whatever it is, this spells heavy work. Well in october, we will have a study trip to Venice, Italy!! yea! An artty fartty place~ and we will go and see some architects I suppose. Not very sure of the details yet but sounds cool huh. But the design work doesnt seem interesting or cool. Maybe I dun wish to touch anymore on conserving heritage issues.
This evening after class, when I got back to hostel after shopping for grocery at Willy's, I finally met this Swedish corridor mate that the others have been talking to me about. He's Thomas and he is the only here who can speak Mandarin!!! cool! And he learnt his mandarin from China, so he has the china accent. wah...
Anyway I prepared a nice dinner for myself juz now and would like to share the photo with you. My first time at making soup. Potato and carrot soup. It tasted juz like my mom's haha..... nah hers better of cos. And I have carrot, potato and cabbage fried with jap soy sauce as my side dish, together with pieces of more deep-fried potato slices (act as chips). since everything tastes pretty ok, and nothing burnt, I am pretty proud of myself:
Friday, August 25, 2006
Healthier Lifestyle and changes for the better
Yesterday afternoon me and Lingwei did some grocery shopping at Willy's departmental store, followed by cooking together at my hostel. This was what we had for lunch. jasmin rice with meatballs, brocholli and mushroom with oystal sauce, and Irish pie from the previous night. What a spread!

And becos of this meal, we made Yinghao angry from waiting for us too long at AF so that we all can go shopping together. Sorry yh!!! So the other 3 of us met up at 2:15 in lund central to get our stuff done. cw had his bike repaired while I had to buy a small bag for backpacking or travelling. And also to replace my torn handcarry lugguage, and also easier to carry my sch stuff if I were to cycle.
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My life is undergoing lotsa changes. Very amusing and interesting. I guess u all will be happy after hearing these.
First, my sis had always complained how I 'shed' my hair so much everytime I bathed and that created a mess on the bathroom floor. I never agreed with her... I dun see them much cos the light is dim orange and the tiled floor is beige in colour so my eyes were deceived. When I came here, I see it for myself. Holy gosh! It's really horrid! The light is brighter and the tiled floor is white so I could see clearly every single thing! And of cos, the sight of it made me very hardworking in terms of maintaining my toilet, keeping it clean and neat. I realised how high toilet maintanence is. *sigh*
Second, as Jovie said, my meals seem more balanced than I have in singapore. I would say that it is more balanced than I had during sch days. My dinner at home is definitely much nicer than this. And I begin to miss fruits.... But i think once my sch starts, I wont have time to do nice ones like I have now... But I least I wont skip meals as much as I do in Singapore :/
Third, for some reasons.... maybe the household chores are tiring me out... hence I get sleepy fast. So about 11 plus at night I would doze off asleep... and wake up at 7 plus in the morning without my alarm clock!!! Amazing rite!! Sleeping early and waking up early!! and 8 hours of sleep for now, and waking up automatically! Sis, mum, dad, are you glad to hear this?? But when sch starts next week, I cant be sure I can maintain this.
4th, my bathing time has reduced drastically from 1 plus hours to only 15 minutes!!! wah!!! Very good improvement rite?? maybe cos I never sleep and bathe inside, or daydream or singing, hence bathing is juz bathing now. :p well, the cold temperature isnt nice for me to stay naked in there for long haha~
5th, so far walking has been my exercise each day. Julie has always relied on buses and seldom walk too long unless it's for major shopping. so 2.5km to 5km each day for me now is like..... hell. It took me 40-45 minutes to walk each 2.5km. Today I timed myself, and it took me 30 minutes or so. hmm.... I am getting used to walking and hey, I get to 'exercise' daily leh!
hmm shld be these for now... will update more if I found more haha. I simply love the low humidity here, 40 % only. I seldom sweat. No wonder ppl in cold places can dun bathe for a few days. I dun feel sticky and still feel clean after the whole day!
ooo I have found great news! Good news to me though. which is the gummies here is only 79 kronas per kg!! if using the currency now (S$1=4.5 sek), means it is S$1.80 per 100g! It is abit cheaper than singapore!!! In sing, it is usually $2 /100g. yeappie!!! At least I know I haf some snacks to chew on when I am really bored or stressed in work :)
somemore good news! I can cook riceand noodles, fry sausages, veggies, mushrom, egg..... hmm i think fried rice, fried noodles will be not much prob liao... maybe i can start making soup... ooo there's still much more to try, test and do on food! As for cycling, i can start up successfully like 80 % but not good in controlling turns and adapting to the surroundings. And dun mention abt riding uphill with standing position or riding with one hand. I haven reach that expert stage :(
Right, tonight, the 4 of us (NUS gang) are going to take night train to Stockholm and travel ard there during the weekends :) We will be back before sch starts on Monday~. hehe.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Greetings from Sweden: Part 4!
Yesterday's joint dinner was great! Two swedish guys, one of them was Johan, were preparing the pie and I came to help out too. The Irish pie is called "shepherd pie". It is basically a layer of cheese and mashed potatoes over a layer of minced meat mixed with onion and carrot (thin strips). Johan has his way of cutting onion and taught me how....
Anyway, took some photos. Well for those who is interested to know how Johan looked like, he is the one wearing white... and he was wearing specs then. Well maybe next time i'll get one when he wears contact lens. So guys and gals, please be patient for now. Anyway in the photos, he was sitting at my row, next to the wall. The guy sitting opposite me is another foreign student from China who come here to study for his PhD. wow~
I am sitting at the right hand side. Yea Johan too.


Awww look at this texture! So yummy!

This was how it looked on my plate haha... The mashed potatoes were soft like cream. The thin crispy layer of cheese on top is quite soft when u tried to cut.

After the meal, we were chatting about Chinese food and then we came to the discussion on tea! Johan loves tea and he have many types... wow so cultured yea? And the china guy was happily telling which type comes from which part of China or which part of China prefers what type of tea. And some of us tried to taste a type of Green tea from Johan. Haha tea tasting session yea? Oh, the China guy said he thought I am from Hongkong with the way I speak.... haha! Abt 9 pm, we had cleared the table and the dinner session ended. Johan had to rush to a party in LTH before going to some rural place to stayover and etc. He was wearing some military looking hat that had a tail, and said that is his graduation hat from his sch before university (like junior college). The tail is huge lor... and he said he tied a knot there to show that he's attached. Aww... so my guess is right afterall, he's attached. Hey sheng, dun be sad la, you can still find others :)
All right, that's all for the dinner~
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Greetings from Sweden: Part 3!
Hej! Hur är det? (Hello, How are you?)
All right peepz, time to present you my dinner last night. Well, it's jasmine rice with baked beans, campbell soup sprinkled with some vit pepper, den a peach as my fruit intake for the day.


How's it? Looks yummy rite~? Well as for today's lunch, I get to learn how to cook spaghetti from Johan... haha. Ok, it's really simple. I have my spaghetti with my pasta sauce that had sausage pieces added to. vola, nice. But i think i shld have added more water to the pasta sauce. it's very sweet :)
I miss my gummies... usually i will chew some during boring afternoons and evenings. Johan told me that they all are going to make some nice pie for dinner together. cooking together sounds fun. 6pm they will start preparation :)
Well... maybe I shall show some nice photos along the way that I walked to AF building.

It will be nice to walk with such beautiful scenery every morning if not for the horribly long distance to AF building and faulty of Archi. I have always want to see such picturesque scene and I always wanted to see things like a wooden tub filled with all sorts of flowers and then placed at corners of their lawn at the roadside to beautify the stretch of walkway. It brings joy and little warmth for people and cyclists travelling along here in the cold morning. The air seems so much fresher than it already is. A tub of flowers. An ornament.
Next I will pass by the underpass and that day I looked up into the sky and saw beautiful sky filled with patches of clouds.

Well, there aren't much high rise buildings here, so the sky aint covered up. You can feel the boundless space surrounding you.
Greetings from Sweden: Part 2!!
"I have so many tales to tell you," said Madonna. And how right it is for me to use this phrase now. All right, before I upload anything on Malmö, maybe I shall talk about my life generally so far... and share with you interesting facts and some of my feelings too :)
Oh, here are my pantry photos first. There are 2 sets of stove and cabinets, some nice bar table and dining table, and also a TV Lounge! cool huh, it feels like home if I were a full time 4-yrs students here. And notice how sleek and clean everything is. Then the 4th photo, as requested by my sis, the view from my window. However, usually I keep the lourved blinds down cos I am only on 2nd floor where ppl could look in easily, moreover the people living on the block juz outside my window are so close. Invasion of privacy manz...




Well I came all the way to Lund with tired body and in Lund I have been walking so much that I felt I must have got thinner, and healthier in the sense that walking became a form of exercise. Imagine 40 minutes walk to AF building from Delphi, and 20 minutes walk to School of Architecture.... To and fro and etc... a week of walking is making me realise how weak I am. Not only that, I seem to come to Lund to discover how useless as a human being I am. I am only isolated within my studies and immediate interests. I come here with no skills or knowledge on some general stuff like cooking, and cycling. The stress and worries from these issues are not giving me any good feelings for the trip so far but I am determined to start over a new leaf. To really challenge myself in picking up cycling (not as if I havent been working on it before I came here), and cooking. I must keep telling myself not to be overwhelmed by my incapbilities. For the sake of myself and for the sake of others, I better do so fast. Well you know me, once I am determined on something, I dun give up and I pia all the way. Cheers!
Well, a few interesting facts. Swedish is really the true 'green' ppl... Without those constant reminders of recycling as u find in singapore, people here treat it as part of their daily life. Take my corridor mates for example, they classified glass, plastics etc in respective bins on their own to send to recycling centre. In addition, supermarkets, ikea etc expect ppl to bring their own shopping bags... and you have to pay like 1.5 kronas to buy one.
Scorching sun with freezing cold winds... air is fresh and clean esp people cycle here and only a few public transport like buses are seen. Speaking abt buses. Each ride takes about 12 Kronas. That is about S$3 as I mentioned in the previous post. Robbery!! Murder! yes I heard you. And if you went into Mac and ask for chilli or ketchup sauce, dun expect those to be free, it is 4 kronas each. Huhur, singapore is actually a very nice place, so dun complain, you Singaporeans there! :p free plastic bags and sauces leh! haha. And if you ever complain how idiot it is when toilets need 10 or 20 cents, tell me about it. It costs 5 kronas here. harhar...
My feet is still hurting, hence I skipped my Swedish class this afternoon to rest in my room and do my cooking. I went to the supermarket 2 bus stops away (freaking far still!) to purchase some grocery. This trip made me realise I have to be a superwoman. I was carrying 2kg rice, 2kg sugar, 1kg salt, 15 eggs, 4 tomatoes, 11 peaches, one pack of sausages, 6 packets of instant noodles and 2 bottles of pepper all the way back to my hostel. Tell me, desperation and independence is powerful. It's all in the mind. But it only lasts for a certain amount of time.
Then I was set to make a simple lunch for myself. And oh did I tell ya I have a handsome swedish guy living next to me? He's Johan, the one that came over to tok to us when I showed the smu ppl and cw my room. He's friendly and everyone was telling me to have a fling with him. Blonde, nice eyes, smooth pinkish skin... hey, his skin is better than mine k, jealous aint it? cw said he would fall for him if he's a gal. wow. Anyway I met him at pantry today and managed to tok to him abit before I hurried into my room to have my noodles.
Here's photo of my lunch!!! I love it, beautiful~ One is after I sprinkled some pasta pepper and one is before, respectively.


Well I am going to make dinner soon~~ Will post that up later here.
PS: cheeshs, I need to get a raincoat, umbrella (my trusty old one is starting to leak!), and a backpack....
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Greetings from Sweden!!
Hey peeps, sorry for the late late update on my trip cos really taking time to settle things. Well briefly to say, I met a grp of SMU ppl on the thai airways going to Lund Uni, later which i met a grp of ppl from China going Lund as well! So nice. Btw, I added cheewee's (cw) blog in my url links, so u can go to his blog to see more photos if you want. Now I shall present to you photos of my school~ but not the faculty... juz the main building.

This is the central building where we first went to to get things signed up and so on... And also where my swedish language classes held. I think it is situated at the central area of Lund city. Beautiful, isnt it? It's like a castle from the exterior. And guess how far is this building from my hostel, Delphi? abt 2.5km. Freaking far. About 40 minutes of average (towards fast) walking to reach here.
Now opposite this AF building is a nice fountain and palaestra building (its function i am not sure).

A close-up of palaestra. I like the composition here.

I went to their International Office and Housing office juz a few metres down the beautifully tiled cobberstone street (aching my feet though). It has really beautiful garden and a bust statue at the entrance of the door.

A close up of the entrance area.

While I was sitting on those benches while the scorching sun brought warmth to the earth and cold wind that gently bit into your skin, the serenity of atmosphere was heightened with the sacred pealing of the bells in the nearby Cathedral. It was a wonderful peaceful afternoon, away from the usual city life I had in Singapore. My little dreams of such emotions for all these years have finally been realised. meanwhile I spotted a few birds hopping among the grasses. Even their 'mynahs' aka black birds with yellow beaks (i forgot the right spelling) are mch prettier than ours. Why? Well, they have nicer body proportion which made them look chubby and cute and their tails stood higher up on their little butts instead of the drooping ones that singapore's mynahs have. ok, I shall go on to my place of stay!
Delphi is one of the newest hostel besides Sparta. But after hearing stories from my nus and smu mates living there, Delphi seems neater, cleaner and more organised (esp. the rooms and pantry). Cheewee's in Spoletorp, Lingwei in Sparta while Yinghao (the sci guy) in some funny named hostel which I dunno how to spell. So the NUS students are all separated. The smu ppl specified Sparta in their form hence they get to stay together.
My hostel (block H) is secluded, among the trees and we have proper bicycle sheds and outdoor sitting areas for chatting or partying.

So my address is:
Magistratsvägen 55, H:212
226 44 Lund
Here's my room~ Sorry abt the toilet rolls :p Will chuck it in the cupboard soon~


So my feet has been aching from all the walking, esp. when I seldom wear shoes back at home then. So my feet aint used to it. The roads lacked the center line that divides the 2 way traffic hence easily mistooken for one way.... and the traffic is opposite that of Singapore's. So I have to remind myself to look left first, then right, before I cross the road... Ghees, I feel retarded. For the past three days since 19th Aug, we have been going to Malmö, the third biggest city in Sweden, next to Lund. There's this festival going on, and we went sightseeing, and also looking for cheaper 2nd hand bicycles (which is no longer cheaper after all the train and bus fares). Each bus ride is abt S$3. can u believe it? It sux. Dun mention abt the food. It's daylight robbery.
On the lighter note, well there's all sorts of dogs that Swedish ppl have, from really small ones to huge ones... Huge = when it stood on 4 legs, they are slightly higher than your waist. Too many types of dogs here that never failed to amaze me, however, there's hardly any cats around!! Only the day before yesterday, I managed to see one in the rain. Black one with drooping long tail and very masculine face profile. Aww, I wanna see pretty cats.
Too many to tell, and will upload photos on our trips at Malmö soon :)
Thanks to all who wished me bon voyage and thanks for all who have been so concerned and caring to me. I love you all. Seriously, you guys made me a fortunate person, and I'm really touched.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Bicycle acrobatics??
Hoho welcome to Julie's Cycling Acrobatic Show in Jurong East!
Yea... tried my cycling for the last time here before i go over to sweden.... went to yuetyee's house again~ :p this time i brought my training master, yk, along. I think I am proven to perform under stress and constant encouragement. and before ed came, I made some progress for the day for the first time. And later on, yy also came down to watch me. I was making more progress but still abit shaky though. Well I almost or have crashed into lamp posts, trees, hedges, dustbins, and ppl.... i am a dangerous moving creature... And what happened in the end is a 75-80% cycling grade I gave myself.... and terribly red, swollen, near-blistering hands cos I griped and pushed the handles too much.... worse still, i have horrible patches and dots of bruises of different sizes all over my calves. I tot it was juz at the back but when i returned home, I get to see more clearly and it looked horrifying... as though I got some disease such as diabetes, or being beaten by violent parents or gangsters at my legs for many many uncountable times. *sigh*
So in the end of the day I still couldnt settle my jeans and shoes... argh, and now both my main and hand-carry luggages have exceeded their weight allowance.... crap!! Now I am too tired to think of wat to throw out.... gheez no time leh. And many things will cramp tml. haiz....
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Tired!!
Been seemingly MIAing.. hardly see me ard on msn? well u can catch me at this unholy hour.... yea i know it's 4 plus am. And wat have I been doing???? packing luggage. I think i am 50 % done. I'm leaving hand carry stuff for tml.
There are many moments when I feel I am abt to snap, but able to be in time to control my emotions. if one day I really snap... i guess it will be permanent... most probably. Anyway, I hate it when things seem to disappear while one packs his/her stuff. It got so much into my nerves after trying to find them for hours dat I gave up and hurried to Bugis to buy my stuff. Argh, so last minute! One good news, my camera is back!!!! I hope it will last me longer this time ^^
The terror plot has been hot on the news these days. Just when I am abt to travel. Now mum gotten so worried n my family wondered if i will be able to have hand-carry stuff... If it doesnt, I'll be in deep trouble.... cos when i look at my luggage now... erm....not much space left actually.
anyway, think i still haf some stuff to buy... jeans n shoes are the major ones... crap, do i really haf to do things up to the very last minute? I aint getting rest, there isnt a day where I can stay at home from morn to night. I felt like I am having my submission period, lol!
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Verge of breaking yet touched
National day... the first time I didnt stay at home to watch the parade from TV. Cos I was out fixing my lappy. These days are mad rush for me going from places to places as planned and apparantly my physical body and mind are not up to what I wanna achieve. I was drained terribly these days. I squeezed many errands in each day but things dun go smoothly. I started off cycling late in the afternoon which was an unsuccessful attempt to reach the cycling standard I hope to achieve by today. This means another session, hopefully on sunday. Yk would be one of my jiaolian (training master) again. :) Thanks yy for the bike and trying to encourage me today~~
After the unsucessful cycling session, I rushed down to SLS to get help to fix up my laptop. IBM is really tooo smart and after cloning with secret partition unhid, the startup of OS from new hdd still did not work. feel like swearing huh? So in the end he installed winxp for my new hdd. But soon the battery died out and he offered to drive me home and get my other battery down... hmm i felt so paiseh to trouble him but he really insisted on getting my stuff done up. so I guess no choice... And after installing drivers etc, the battery died and that marked the end of today's laptop issue and he offered to drive me to holland V to meet my JC classmates... haiz, I owe him a big time.
Becos of this SEP stuff, I really get to learn alot of things from learning to 'play' with hdd, to understand procedures of travelling-related stuff, to skills like cycling (though not successful at the moment). And more importantly, I am really touched at all the friends who have been helping me so much. From helping me to get winter wear, to teaching me stuff, giving advices, helping my lappy etc etc etc. Thanks to all of you, you are really really such darlings. In fact, I know many of you have been helping me since long time ago. I'm so sorry that I've been such a worrisome abd blur fellow. 我要感谢上苍赐给我好友和贵人的帮助,感谢上苍让我知道真正的人与人之间可拥有的热情和友善。
Through this sep, I have seen alot and will treasure many more things ard me. And treasure all the moments. This is what family and friends are for and I will be more than happy to be there for my family and friends as well. Many times I was about to break and wanna break into fits of despair, anger and frustration yet I told myself I am very blessed already and I should be more strong in order to face the problems coming my way. Touched.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Eventful day it is
I woke up late and hence my 'shopping' was rushed, thus late for this complimentary spa massage session with my fren sl at this place called LifeSpa. I think I am pretty shy to be naked with anyone ard, even if the person is a woman. Sl also quite uneasy with the exposure, as she told me after the session. But the person wont see much as I laid flat down fast on the massage. It is some sort of 'back heat compress' massage that include thai herbal stuff and some heated bag filled with stuff and she will use it to pounce or beat it on ur back. Of cos there are rubbing etc. I think those ppl who feel ticklish easily or super sensitive with their nerves, will be laughing and jerking or jumping throughout the session. :) Actually if one is rich, one shld haf regular massage like this. Why? Because it really helps to remove heatiness in ur body, or loosening your strained muscles, hence it really improve ur body conditions.
After the session, the lady told me my inner body is heaty and continued to say that I must be drinking very little water... haha bingo~~ Out of curiosity, I asked her how she knew that. She replied that from her rubbings, pounding etc, my back area turned pretty red in order to disperse the heat..... it is like almost the whole patch of my back turned red. Another thing is she said my neck muscles are stiff, due to prolong hours of computer work.... so it will be good if i can do such massage regularly, she said to end off. Yes, she is right but I aint that rich to come regularly.
I rushed to bugis to settle my laptop stuff but it was a fruitless trip and I was so worried at the behind-time schedule for my laptop issue which clashes and hindered my progress of preparation, i got pretty bek chek and feeling myself breaking.... that when I met mei and gab at cityhall, I lost control and broke down abit.... I hadnt have rest this hols and right after internship I was piaing like crazy for trip stuff and I know I cannot complain cos I extended my internship, so it's my own problem. Besides getting no rest, I have problems to settle esp my laptop stuff.... was so troublesome after getting new Hdd for it. I have been spending so much time travelling to and fro to bugis/sls and it is getting on my nerves. feddup~~
ooo one more piece of news. No denial from *erhem* and we all saw him with *erhem* while going to esplanade from mrt exit. They were juz in front of us and I was the one who spotted them first and after a few seconds of stun and reconfirmation with my brain, I told the rest. They didnt notice us until we came all the way up and shouted a hi to them. hehe and we ran off. Well it showed that they are in a wonderland of their own, oblivious to the surroundings, no more alertness to crowds around him as he used to be. :) so sweet huh~ And very much indeed, we get to see them everywhere we go juz as we have jokingly predicted... it's fated yea?
Cai Lilian's concert under the small open-air amphitheature at the waterfront is enjoyable but some funny ppl sitting beside me spoilt the ambience at the ending part.... so me and jov were kinda squeezed together... Right after it ended, fireworks started and we were quickly brought and carried on to another 'entertainment'. So everyone felt very eventful and well-coordinated. One thing puzzling me is why there are still so many ppl 'wahing' at fireworks at some points of time when many of them esp colours appeared. Dunno if it is really wahing or faking the atmosphere by wahing. The squeezing back to the esplanade building was hell, as usual.
Well, i will be rather occupied for the rest of this week til next week, so forgive me if I cant turn up for some events etc but I will try to make it if i can. Thanks ppl, you all are so wonderful and giving me so much encouragement, blessings and help. These are wonderful presents from you all :)
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Cycling + surprise
After briefing in sch, I went to join jo,ed and yk for the cycling "lessons". I have these 3 tutors hehe.... my archi frens went ECP for rollerblading etc and so becos of that I siam to bishan park so as not to malu myself so much there. hehe.
Bishan park is really huge and we actually had an auntie and an uncle or uncles who see us struggling and got abit buay tahan that they came over and gave some advice..... haha... ppl there are so helpful.. so touched. poor jov, ed and yk trying to teach this clumsy person to ride her bike.... They said i have made some improvements la... and on the way, little kids try to show off and malu me haha.... so cute.
oo bruises and blisters... wat a start. thanks to my three tutors for the time and effort to go bishan to teach me :), the one and only hopeless student of theirs.
Dinner was at AMK hawker centre (S11). And then after meal, we spotted *erhem* someone with *erhem* so... it is a big surprise hehe. will wait for that someone to *erhem* announce and see how he defend himself the next time we see him. hehe. He's shock to see us at AMK... haha~~ so are we. :p nice nice
though butt and leg are hurting me, I am determined to go cycling again, muz master it by hook or by crook!!
Monday, August 07, 2006
matchmake
I dun understand what is going on... it seems many of my archi frens are very very keen in matchmaking me to someone, or anyone they can think of..... they seem to be more interested, desperately interested to get me attached. hmm..... why?
I am interested in fact of their actions behind. They said it is interesting to see me attached, or see who am I attached to. hmm..... why is it interesting??? is there something going on? And they threw me a little list of names.... asking me to choose, for eg they would say how abt this one? or this one? wat abt that one? and that? yea, something like that... someone suggested that they are maybe trying to test me out... or helping someone to test me out... huh?
now i have different grps of ppl hoping me attached to different ppl respectively. huh, wat is going on... it seems things are getting out of hand. when did all this happened? and before they are solved, new ones came in... like the recent happenings from my internship. haiz.... help.
Friday, August 04, 2006
对不起
对不起,我开不了口。因为不想再伤害多一个人。望随着时间的流逝可摩去你心中的期盼与等待。我知道这么做已经伤了你,也知道这么做对你是残忍的。我知道,应为我也是过来人。一句对不起我也说不出,请你原谅我的笨拙。
“你爱她,我偏偏爱你,两人三角痛哭不已。。。”
Inspired by some show tonight. :)
really, local productions are getting better and touching hearts of many.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Outings~
Photos:
NYGH 4/10 batch 2000


Archi Outing - mainly Huoning Studio ppl + someone's related someone *erhem*

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Wasnt happy at not being to take photos... anyway I have sent my cam for repair today.... and it will take a week for it to be done!! what the.... haiz.... I hardly able to wake up for my matri booth this morning. luckily qh called. sam was rather mad when she called us up and asked why are we late and I had to tell her i juz woke up.... if i were her, i would have been.... rolling my eyes? hahah, thanks sam for forgiving us abit :p
I had a round 2 of archi dinner outing today at marina sq~~ We went Waraku, a japanese restaurant, which is pretty worth the money and almost everything is nice. yum~~ A good recommendation for those havent try.
ok nitez peeps! my eyes are closing.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Exhausted and Filled
I was right. i worked til 1 am in office on my last day n came back again today to settle handover stuff which took bloody long. I was in danger of being aimed with more work... luckily this time i am pretty firm and know how to push things away. whew~
Yesterday I had a wonderful ice-cream cake that I did not know who it belonged to but my supervisor knew I love desserts that she took one for me!! yay~ And then the farewell lunch which was so heavy... Later got a choc bread from a leaving intern, den at night i had tang yuan from some colleague.....awww.... And today's dinner outing with a grp of 9 other archi frens at suntec added on the load in my stomach. hehe... it's the accompany that makes the highlight of everything with all the funny conversations.
I like being loved; loved from ppl like frens and family. One way I feel loved is when my colleagues and family keep pampering me with nice food and little presents (thoughts that count). It can be juz so simple yet I will feel very loved, happy and touched. You may think I am easily touched .... the feelings behind all these are something I can feel so strongly with my own heart. Thanks all for the wonderful internship.
I am so easily attached to things and people that come into my paths...