to everyone who think i purposely missed sch cos i think i'm too good for it. i had a church musical and had no choice but to miss the crits on last thurs and friday due to the full rehearsal and the musical itself... and perhaps a kind reminder to "living nightmare".. the fact that almost all my friends that know me well knew i had no choice but to miss crits, it's easy to spot who u are la... anyway no point in guessing who is it la.. but i really have to post a question... what's e defination of proud? when u think u're too good and go around showing off? when u mock at people and refuse to help? maybe this tag is jus another reminder to me... but hey.. i didnt hao lian... i didnt post on my blog that "no matter what u think of me, i'm number one and proud to say it" right.. haiz... real dissapointed that one of my friend actually comes to my blog and leaves a poison tag...

thanks for the reminder anyway

FINISH PROJECT!!!! FINISH PRESENTATION!!!!!!!
after 3years of working hard and a tonne of time being late, finally for my FYP my hard work paid off...and now that the dreadful proj's come to a pitt stop,

its time to SLEEP, (VERY VERY IMPT)
time to go SLACK (what's slack again?)
time to go visit art galleries, (ah ma when free ahh)
time to hang out with church friends (ok xiwen stop complaining)
time for JTTW musical (kirea ellizon where i'm going will u follow.......)
time to tidy my roomn (i must end the war in my room that my bro made)
time for christmas (oh no the presents....)
time to get my life back (if i had one)

chrismas is around the corner and it's time to thank people and show how much u actuali appreciate people around u.. not like u shouldnt appreciate them in daily lives but maybe a day which u actually SHOW them that u appreciate them... and it's time to start getting busy le... maybe one fine day i decide to heck and dun care and be a unapprecuative person den that'll save me alot o trouble.. might consider that... :)

need to take care of my babies le... FIGHTING FISH BABIES LAH! 20 of em... and if i'm not wrong i've starved them for 3days le... haha... will feed them tonight~

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PROJECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8days and counting to the interim submission!

Jesus Take The Wheel musical coming!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas coming !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

aiya... blink one eye all over liao....

Fa Cai Ah!!!!!!

if u guys have been reading the newspaper u might come across this article of aunties and uncles rushing to collect FA GAOS and offer Incense in a particular market..... and take a guess and u know that it's my parents market in AMK 453...

apparently, there's this altar set up at the side of the market for people to offer incense... it's been there for quite long but not that much people visit it... until one fine day when i realised they made another fenced up box (cage la) at the side... den a few weeks later there's this Tua Pei Gong statue inside it... not long after they invited the lion dance for the opening of that... and the number showed by an arrangement of orange that the lion gave( apparently arranged by the lion dance person) came out that night for FIRST PRICE.

this is when the altar became sooooooooooo famous... people started to giv offering money and rush just to collect the freebies (fa gao and pork)...

see the transformation from a no-one-go altar to a die-die-must-visit.....

quite shocked by the crowd... it's really alot o people.... den i wondered to myself... so is this a good thing... by making people strike lottery and attract thousands of people to your altar, and giv offerings and of course getting the most important 4numbers..... in e end they lose much more...

feel like posting the question to them... so u're here to worship eh.... to worship or to ask for number.....

Thank God after Sat's pei ling hui alot o nice things happened.... really thank God for not letting go of me! waha....

Time schedule will be v tight for the next 7weeks... hopefully can make it...

1. Project submission

2. Church Musical

3. Christmas Caroling @ Changi T1

4. people's birthday!

hopefully i'll be wise enough to arrange my times properly! and also most importantly!

LIVE LIFE HAPPILY!

although times may be bad,

although things may be tough

know where your tresholds are...

do not fall... SMILE!

"ru guo ri zi ku, ku zhe ye shi guo, xiao zhe ye shi guo... den why cry..... smile k"

this ONE that ONE...

some shoes that i've kept in view...

opinions and suggestions welcome!

since i dunno when buying... hee...

Puma Clyce is back... thanks to jiawei i remembered the clyde... went to puma store w bonnie and saw this one... it looks abit like my nike basketball color... white base black shoe... but since now the basketshoe is gone... this makes a good choice? got brown la.. but typical...

Air Force One Premium Camo in Desert Color

super unsual nike air force yea... have always been my top to buy list... but ex la... will decide to buy it after i save up.....

(the soles got camo design too)

cant seem to find the converse one that i saw in the shop.

anyway it's blue. and it has blue/white fabric inside.

IT'S SHOe TIME!

waha... my journey of shoe hunting begins.... but not bad la... have seen quite abit of nice shoes recently! so will slowly get my collection of shoes.. hopefully!

anyway yst i was lucky.. went to bugis junction w classmates with no expectations and saw a shoe... not bad looking and surprizingly cheap la... hahaa.... and i BOUGHT IT TODAY!

first reason i need a shoe.

second reason the shoe nice...

third reason it's CHEAP!

althought it's not some ex brand.. at least i have a presentable shoe la... and i think for a 38bucks shoe it's already v good quality liao la... so mai hiam la hor... haha.. may this be the cheapest and start of my collection of "new" shoes... waha....

other shoes in view:

Converse high cut Double Tongue Blue with internal fabric pattern 55plus

nike air force one dunk low with "milk/cow" pattern 179

And There Was Light.....

(some shots in aust!)

look at the amazing colors of sun...

(notice the reflections of my lenses to the Sun's light)

nice shade of blue sky landscape and sun

Seconds before the sun takes it's leave....

(it's amazing how u see the sun goes down in a diff of 2osecs)

(Sunset on Moore River... after the sun is down and the clouds luminate.)

(Stages of sunset on e plane... look at e clouds........)

Sunset on e plane (up/down)(thank God for the window seat!)

the amazing creations of a simple one.......

GUESS WHAT..... all my shoes are GONE~
1.nike dunk low
2. ripcurl skater shoe
3.bro's basketball show
4.my basketball shoe!

this morn went to get shoe as normal. den cant find... thought in cabinet.. open and searched so long and nothing in sight. somemore i was sleepy and rushing.. so i just took the only dada shoe i can see left untouched... unrealising that my shoes were STOLEN!
msged bro and confirmed that there was NOTHING LEFT.....

didnt expect them to be stolen... it's been there for so long and nothing happened.... anyway it's only shoes la... if this happens to ah ma or angela i think they will go mad le... hahaa

time to buy shoes?

anyway guys. if u c me this few days. dun ever complain that i wear the same shoe again and again. cos. it's the ONLY ONE THAT's LEFT!

JaY_HeBe : Tui Hou.....

PERTH TRIP

FINALLY A POST!

sry ppl abt not blogging for a zillion years.. main reason: laptop decides to take a holiday and spoil.. so have to send in into service centre chalet for holiday... anyway it's back and working! ----------------------Thank God!----------------------

now for the pictures of Australlia trip! enjoy]

The Perth International Airport: nothing much there.. just good wide view of the sky and the grasslands.... and this is where all of us realised that aust. is FREEZING.

streets of australlia: very low and spacious layouts, saw alot o interesting buildings that were said to be influenced by french styles... up there, it's in Fremantle city where we stay!

our house! huge bungalow with a "Mod style interiors", huge garden at the back and a gigantic bathroom with bathtub with a view! nothing gets better than this......................

class shot!: here's all the 15 of us with 2 lecturers from University of Western Australlia... professor Richard Weller and our "driver" Carl! of course... ma'am zai~

and it's MAKAN time! : we had our first lunch at Western Australlia's best Fish n Chips place! (pic up and down) .. u got the good chips, good wind, good harbour view, and seagulls flying around u as u eat! no mentioning u have to pay money for chilli sauce......cheepos.......

the views: views and relations with the horizons are important in australlia landscapes... up there, a view of the Perth city from the vietnamese war memorial............. down: city view

Rottnest Island: went to rottnest lsland to play! super nice place with good views and beaches!!!!! like the tall orange sandstone walls..... they're natural!

group photo at Moore River... it rained and it's sunset... so it equals to B.E.A.uuuuuuuuuTIFUL!

SENTOSA

spent e entire day at sentosa w M5 sunesh n kian (exclassmates ) and also Glowers
super tiring day ah. but had fun slacking n chatting... had good homemade food there too... although have too go tanjong beach to find glowers and back to palawan to find exclzmates, quite fun day in sentosa. took snaps when i walked back tp o palawan... it's sunset so had good views...

helped 2jap girls to snap pics w sunset... it's amazing how happy they can get when they c the pic... literally jumping and clapping and keep saying jap which i obviously dun understand...got loads of thank u's though...

sentosa's revamp proj seemed successful... amazed by the beach bus arrival centre... the plants n trees are..... EX to the core... imagine ONE bottle tree: $20 000 k...about there la. one phoenix can easily go to $10000... go n count yourself how many there are lor... sentosa is a big spender k...

though the monorail's gone, which is a waste la... but the revamp does do it justice la... the construction of the new palawan beach is completed.. good design good plantings... but the beach's still a lil dark in the evening... maybe the lighting effect can be more... but i think they pretty drained all the budget so it's a good job done!

spent a super fruitful week.... loads of money spent, loads of fun! this week's like a string of fun activities la... school break is jus so shuang! alright now nd to start packing for my perth trip... one week! i'll be BACK!















eh thAT'S XIWEN... although she's not high up on the tree but i guess i tilted the cam and made it look vertical! haha.... anyway hope u guys enjoy e pics.. PS. it's a phone cam!

NEW SKIN

sick of the old one... ;)
spent the entire day out...

start of assignment for ntu alumi... revamp redesign of e sucky landscape works...
going for perth trip so gotta earn some cash to save some money... lecturers got us a proj which was to redesign the ntu alumi centre @ bonia vista...didnt reli expect a lousy landscape works allthough the lecturers told us it was bad... when we got there. it reli sucked... no wonder they let us do it.. cos it was shockingly like a last minute work... wonder how much money they throwed into that unknown landscape consultant... shld go find out.. den warn people not to work there! anyway hope to redesign and let that landscape complement the nice architectural aspects there...

den go bugis...w fang shuk... walk ard...

met some glowers for dinner... real fun.. found a place w dam good Sliced Fish Noodles! dam good la... den had some good laughs over ah ma's SADDDDDEEEENNNNIIINNNNGGGG story!
after dinner was coffee @ TCC bugis... the coffee was second... the GAMES were 1st!
never laughed this bad for so long.. thanks to joanne and her "something stuffed in the middle of her butt!"and daniels "2balls that can SEE"...
hey dun think dirty... i's jus Gstring and Eyes!
had mad fun over this great weekend and monday!
also reading "Boy meets Girl"
turning my 1st place in life to God!

IT'S ALL OVER!!!

after a torturing ordeal it's finally over... just had presentation.. although it's silent cos it's a late submission, i still have pride in my creations

no matter how bad things might seem and occur, it's good to know that some things are just superficial.. so no point to brood over it... thinking too much may just make u sadder...

became super drama on last friday... but well it's good to be alone sometimes and quietly spend time with myself... sorry chun hai for looking for me up n down sp ah... hahaa...

anyway everything's over and done with.. had fun during the proj though... honestly speaking...this probably is the most hardworking i'd been for projs... so not guilty or regret!

so much to tell...

how i wish i was him!

Vietnam man handles three decades without sleep



As songbirds awaken the early risers at dawn on the farm, one resident is already up; in fact, he never slept – not once in the past 33 years.
You’d think going without sleep for that long may have its drawbacks, but not for the man in central Quang Nam province who has never been ill after decades of insomnia.

His inability to sleep has not only made him famous, but also represents a “miraculous” phenomenon worthy of scientific study.

Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc, known as Hai Ngoc, said he could not sleep at night after getting a fever in 1973, and has counted infinite numbers of sheep during more than 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights.

“I don’t know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But I’m still healthy and can farm normally like others,” Ngoc said.

Ngoc currently lives on his 5ha farm at the foot of a mountain busy with farming and taking care of pigs and chickens all day. His six children live at their house in Que Trung.

“I have tried sleeping pills and Vietnamese traditional medicine but nothing helps, even to sleep for a few minutes,” he said.

Creature of the night

Ngoc often does extra farm work or guards his farm at night to prevent theft, saying he used three months of sleepless nights to dig two large ponds to raise fish.

Neighbor Vu said Ngoc volunteered to help beat a drum during the night and guard the house for the relatives of the dead during funeral ceremonies so that they could take a nap.

Vu also said when the commune was planting sugar cane, several people also asked Ngoc to awaken them at midnight to go to work, since he was up anyway.

On Ngoc’s prolonged insomnia, Phan Ngoc Ha, director of the Hoa Khanh Mental Hospital in Danang said sleep disorders often cause anorexia, lethargy, and irritability.

But, in special cases, some people can handle it and still live and work normally, although this was a very small ratio among insomniacs, Ha added.

Reported by Vu Phuong Thao – Translated by Thu Thuy

super guilty.... and yes i take all the blame...it's hard to balance life sch n church.. yes i tried... and i'll continuing trying dun wry... it's not that i want to miss church on purpose...

have been thinking lately about alot of things... and it all seems strangly paused... still struggling over alot of things... school work stress, church commitments... and a heap of unnessary things....

will be focused in work... and will spend my time more fruitfully i hope...

it's 10days to project submission! about time for me to start losing sleep and stress' stacking up day by day.. dun worry.. i'll get through it

have been quite quiet these days... dun wry agl and lydia.. i'm not sad.. i'm jus not hopping around...

am i even there....

time for proj

it's 13days to project submission... sounds near? but in reality none of anyone i know completed the plans.. so it's kind of a mad rush now~ but isnt design all about rushing? :) nd to get everything together and chiong.. hopefully this time it will work out... jiayou to everyone and to myself... do NOT fall sick plz...

-TaiMA ! Sheng Ri Kuai Le!-
Great Grandma turns 88today!
waha....went for dinner which in turn i left with an empty stomach cos everything was finished when i reached.. but guess it was the significance for being there! although "TaiMa" was puzzled when i ask her "wa-si-diang"(who am i)... so she just shoke her head innocently! haha... cant blame her too.. strange.. she only recognises me when i bring food/things over to their place in home clothes.. so maybe she recognise me as the "BoTak" that always bring things over!

long long day... market-home-bowling-fishopping-northpoint-aunt's hse-home-my bed

theresa

-Theresa-
she's blind... she's deaf... she's old... is that the end of her? was lazing in e living rm so checked what shows r on... came to a channel when i only saw subtitiles with no sound at all... thought it's soft but reli... there was not a noise and speech at all... jus the subtitiles... its abt her story... she's deaf since young... and God took her left eye away, den the left... she was in a world dark and quiet...

i was amazed.... saw how she took the vege to the basin, cleaned them, took out a wok, poured oil in it, flamed the wok and cracked 2 eggs in... think it's easy? try doing it with eyemasks and earplugs... it's amazing how she led life in a dark and silent world...

she has a mentor which was her guiding light.. and of course God... she led her to the schooll of the blind.. learning was twice as hard when she's double handicapped... she did it... has a cert from America and speaks english.. though the pitch is different but she speaks ENGLISH! and she's currently teaching disabled kids in the blind and deaf school....although she's blind but she actually has more acheivements than some of us abled people... she never blamed God for her disabilities... so should we instead?

always remember... God Never Give What We Cant Take...

watched 30mins of that silent show... it's a part from "be with me".. has a old man who lost her wife, who cooks for theresa, a lesbian girl who jumps down a building and smashed a fat guy to death... lots of meaning for a silent show...

SALVADOR DALI

-Salvador Dali-

Chanced upon salvador dali's work when i took his melting clocks as inspirations...and i found a load of his interesting works!

Talking about picasso, when i look at his paintings i go huh~ i know picasso got the RED and BLUE period.. but to me they look like abstract till cant abstract...

Salvador dali on the other hand, he paints images that actually reflect theories and his own views... lets check some of his drawings out!

Presenting the FAMOUS "The Persistence of Memory 1931-Persistencia 1931-"aka Melting Clocks


Here Dalí introduces his melted watches. He said that they are nothing else, but the Camembert cheese of space and time; tender, outlandish, solitary and critical-paranoiac. An interesting explaination how wonderful pieces of art dipicting deep thoughts and theories are actually derived from a nap, a clock and a piece of melted cheese!

besides the famous melting clock painting which dipict the theories of memories and time, Salvador Dali has continuations to his edition of melting clocks.. this is what i find fasinating about his art!

"The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory-Desintegration'52"
“…After twenty years of immobility, the soft watches are themselves dynamically disintegrating...” Here, Dali broke the images of its famous painting “The Persistence of Memory” (1931). During the last twenty years the painter has been affected by the consequences of several wars, particularly by the destructive use of the nuclear energy.

Lastly: the end episode of the melting clocks- "Eplosion 1954"
This represents the idea of the dynamical disintegration of one of his most characteristic elements, the soft watch... it's interesting how the melting clocks began to "explode" in his continuing editions of the paintings... it's easy to see how the clocks reflecting the use of arms and nuclear issues that were brought up... quite a nice reflection of how artists get inspirations from current issues...
From a plate of cheese, a nap, and a wall clock... it was transformed by a pair of hands to a famous artpiece...And from the painting, after twenty years, the artist decides to continue the edition and created another contrast, disintergrating it... and yet the last explosion of the timepiece... slowly the political issues start to get in his paintings. Truly a great Artist and Artpiece as inspirations.. an a great lesson learnt.

DURIANS!!!!!!!!!AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE DURIANS PEOPLE

THE MADDDDD PEOPLE

MAD PERSON 1: WANFERN

WAN FERN AGAIN

MAD PERSON 2: OH JING FANG

3&4: RAIN SHUK

pics taken this week.... had a super organised packed day yst...
school.basketball.badminton.dinner in company for boss birthday.church.home

den slept for 15 HOURS yst night.. fufiling right? gonna have a packed weekends too... but it's alot o fun so i dun mind! haha.a. tomorrow going to market... den basketball with glowers..den concert at night with sing shen...another busy day...

got to find time for proj...!

passion

PASSION
- A powerful emotion, such as love, joy, hatred, or anger.
- Boundless enthusiasm

i lost it without notice in these one n a half year.. and realised the importance of it... yes i can survive without it.. yes i'm still able to produce.. but without it.. it's reli lacking the whao factor! yea great it's back and hope to spur myself on more

a designer doesnt have to be talented...creative or even smart... just needs one thing.. passion it is.

end of slacking days

havent been here for quite some time..

anyway have been coped up with slacking during proj i guess... had a wake up call from lecturers privately and it was like a hard knock on my head.. guess i reli slackened alot... they made a comparison between the hason in year one and the jason in year three.. reli made me feel very slack lah... i wasnt reli bothered by me turning late cos i know i will produce work even if i come in late.. but when they mentioned about my seriousness in year one, it sounded logical ah.. i was more focused on work in year one.. the focus and the passion... so i nd to show them my change... cant jus say... nd to show...

alot have happened in these year.. lotza things have changed.. and i guess i changed alot too... have to admit i lost focus from my proj and alot o things started to surface in life.. have been doing lot of guessing and trying... maybe jus a tonne of time and attention wasted... but i think it's e end of the guessings and trying lo.. maybe it's just the better way around...

got my new concept of my proj.. it blew steve(my lecturer) away... TIME...

will not do a dispointing proj anymore... i assure u.

italia world cup champion!

it's catus time

italia

carz

haiz~

thought these few days can have fun... or at least having fun with glowers for dinner tonight... thanks for my nose n cold for keeping me homebound... cant concentrate during sch work hour... cant go anywhere... HELP!

Fan Yi Chen

-Love Story-

-Fang Sheng-

work work work work work work