excited

panel mock ups today.

ok i didn't sleep last night. time for a nice nap.

ALRIIIIGGGHTTT

Singaporeans are turning more awesome by the day...

woah look at the auntie in black going for those hits!

bus 88! must be 2 of my lao3 xiang1 nehburhoot aunties, or amk vs bishan!

lol at the english translation commentary going on towards the end.

World city yet? I think so!!!

oh. my. god.

the palm has exploded in dubai.

sci fi singapore

lolololololol

i dreamt of Singapore! Sci fi singapore! I was standing on the opposite shore (dunno where), it was night, and the Singapore was on an island like HK! With mountains behind it! And there were 3 Bank of Chinas behind Singapore skyline!

And then as my friends drove me away we had to go up road and over the mountain tops and down to Orchard road.


i don't plan to have these dreams.

but i think they mean something.

pet parrots are cooool

hamster can't do this lei

why isn't it over.

if they hadn't pushed this back...

i'd be in new york now.

Photoshop CS 5

Studio madness: my nerves are too frayed to be doing work. This is what my photoshop looks like now.


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10 hours later:


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i need a holiday.

TOKYOOO

Is this the best year EVER or what?!

Jan 08 - Hong Kong: HK-SZ Architecture / Urbanism Biennale
Sep 08 - NYC design field trip
Jan 09 - Tokyo design field trip.


I will be transfering from New York to Tokyo after new year's eve! This means i'll only be back in Singapore on the 11th of Jan, but... TOKYO!!!!

How is this not being staged in SG

the guan yin skit near the end is the best

jc days flashback

what with everyone's post submission/exam high back home infecting me across cyberspace i am now caught up in a jc times holiday mood. cos of imeeming that kylie minogue song out of nowhere alvin, i am reminded of my reckless youth 7 years ago.

remember? remember? after cca meetings then stay back in school until 9pm and then go to coro drink bubble tea and take bus go home pass by lornie road.

crap man! i miss those days!

we're never living in the moment until those moments are over.

its still good being a student.

sydneylicious

sydneylicious so delicious she make the rest look local.





The new $2.5bil Barangaroo waterfront development reiterates a common vision shared by asia pacific cities par excellence: Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore and perhaps soon Shanghai, are going for waterfront gardens now that they've got waterfront skylines, waterfront promenades, waterfront cultural centers... each bigger than the rest. one waits with bated breath to see what latest accessory will be touted in their inimical quest for differentiation. Or maybe they don't want to be different, not until the title of second financial center after Tokyo is clearly in their hands.

my president

more dreams

last night i had another one of my recurring dreams. this one was about the hdb houses i've stayed in (in dream land).

So, there're all these different estates i got to live in, with different kinds of houses. they're all hdb. and there was one wonderful one i'll always wish i could go back to. wonderful because it had a good view.

strangely enough i can't recall what that view was. i'm sure there was some good urban vista or nice forest view. but i do know that nothing else after that, not even the nicest villas, could compare to that house we left behind.

one of those subsequent houses had the eeriest, shadowiest kitchen i'd ever seen. it was horrible because that's where my mum will be. its going to be really important to me that my mum and sis have nice parts of the house when i get my house. cos they're always at home.

anyway, back to that special special place, i think there was a beach, there was sunshine, and there was a beautiful progression of spaces leading up to the house.

hum. i have to say my home in amk is pretty awesome already. its near the reservoirs, and from my window you are overlooking the northern half of singapore with its forests and the distant ports in malaysia.

this comes as houses are burning down in the CA forest fires.

what might have been 2 - ferris wheel

Alsop Architects. New ferris wheel concept. Now called the Shanghai Kiss.

We got. Singapore Flyer.

what might have been 1 - stadiums

Alpine Consortium: beaches around kallang bay, observation tower, psychadelic facade and lighting schemes:







too bad alpine didn't win.

the zaha strikes!

"Mobile buildings and museums could adorn the cities of the future, renowned architect Zaha Hadid said during the launch of her latest project in Hong Kong -- a nomadic, UFO-shaped art pavilion.

The curved, fluid creation by Hadid was assembled in Hong Kong on the first leg of a two-year global promotional tour for contemporary art inspired by luxury goods brand Chanel.

"I really believe in the idea of the future," said Iraqi-born Hadid, known for her futuristic designs.

"The idea of temporary or mobile pieces could be a way of regenerating the city in an interesting way through architecture," she told reporters in Hong Kong."


how far would mobile accessories contribute to city regeneration? how would we prevent it from becoming a bidding game? like the olympics? what if we used architecture as a weapon? contributing more to city degeneration by denial than promoting actual changes in cities who want change?

a zaha is like jewellery though. which pompous arrogant bastard of a city wouldn't want to have his or her own piece of zaha? oh zaha! you are babylon personified!

lol. Most famous Singaporean ever.

"On Aug 26, 2008, Gong Li was reported to miss a Singapore citizenship ceremony, where new Singapore citizens collect their new identification cards and formally become Singaporeans. A seat was labeled "Gong Li" but it was vacated during the whole ceremony. Due to confidentiality, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority of Singapore was unable to confirm the identity of the person who was assigned to the seat [15]. On Nov 10, 2008, Gong Li attended a citizenship ceremony held at Teck Ghee Community Club and received her Singapore citizenship certificate from Member of Parliament Lee Bee Wah. It was also confirmed that she applied for Singapore citizenship in 2008 and absent from the citizenship ceremony earlier in August 2008"


TECK GHEE CC! Wah lao eh! Now Gong li's neighbourhood club! Can u imagine Gong Li signing up for Line Dancing, Malacca excursion and Nyonya Kueh courses? And then all the other aunties will talk shit behind her back for being a xiao long nu!

"巩俐也是宏茂桥集选区的居民" Maybe i will see her at the next elections, casting her vote for the PAP! Unless SDA returns to contest.

So did Xiao Long Nu i mean Gong Li take cab or bus to Teck Ghee CC? Cab fare so ex these days. I bet all the aunties kept talking shit about her for rolling her eyes and beijing mandarin at them. I think Gong Li needs to make friends with Li Jiawei, or Quan Yifeng and form self help group. I confirm David Gan already got Gong Li on speed dial, but he will still style Zhang Ziyi's hair at the oscars. Zoe Tay and Fann Wong need new stylist liao!

EDIT:
"Hairstylist David Gan, a good friend of the actress, confirmed that she had applied for a Singapore passport.

The Sunday Times tried to contact her through him but he said she did not return his call. " ST

Lol.

yea! pride!

Let's sing along! and ride out the envy! Sing-a-pore... is a better prace than hong kong is...

joe lim!

i got joe lim! hallo huilian dawn paul vanessa jason kokming yanliang and 2 other ppls i dunno!

i have dreams.

ya last night i dreamt all of us were finished with submission and deciding what to do and we were about to watch a 12 hour long movie. it was a semi horror movie that was supposed to be really funny. and we were part of the cast.

breathing.

hell week ended last night at 12.40am in the morning. it was drizzling when i stepped out of baker hall. i was numb when i got home to my apartment, and there was nothing of interest on tv. there was, finally, echoing silence as i sat against the solitary light of my worktable. i flipped the calendar another month ahead, 7 days late into november; and then i could count 8 remaining weeks left in america.

last night i dreamed of checking into a hotel in hong kong late at night. it wasn't hong kong as it is recognisable today; like the tokyo and new york which i have visited in dreams before, i was in a hong kong from a futuristic past. there were alien forms extending into the sky, reaching across the harbour and bridging a black, neon reflecting sea. there was a promenade on mountain top, and a very long walk.

i woke up feeling chills. like brian once told me, dreams are theatres of our subconscious.

JIAYOU

all my freng back in nus for submission...

or maybe you've already submitted. or maybe its the countdown to the final 4 hours.

after this you can go and be traffic hazards in town again! like have drunken dim sum at sunshine, or hong kong cafe at vivo, or movie marathon until everyone's asleep in the cinema.

see you all soon!

time lapse 1

in the midst of a million submissions, i am having cold turkey for new york city. words can't describe the experience of going to and leaving that place. i've taken the highway into nyc by night, twice, and i still think its the only way to it.

this one is for you dawn, roadtrip 2009 - LA to NYC!!!

celebrity politicians

guess who i met in times square over the weekend?????




I LOVE NEW YORRRRKKKKK!!!!