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  • Pasarian Interior Design Graduate Showcase @ Annexe Gallery

    Pasarian Interior Design Graduate Showcase @ Annexe Gallery

     
    Pasarian Interior Design Graduate Showcase @ Annexe Gallery – One fine Tuesday evening, after my work at the interior design studio, I went to the Annexe Gallery at Central Market, Pasar Seni to check out the Pasarian, a graduate showcase by my seniors of the interior design school of Taylor’s University. As far as I know, it’s the first ever interior design graduate showcase from Taylor’s University. What’s about before? I don’t know. Haha.
    I’ve seen my seniors’ works before, so I was there to give support to them and perhaps bid farewell since I won’t be seeing them in midnight studio anymore like last time. I felt that they did a very good job in making this graduate showcase which I see is a success and everything was just good. How I wish that when I graduate later this year, I get to participate or organize something like this together with my classmate, but it’s not an easy one with them as my the people from my class are not as enthusiastic and unite as the Pasarian. Lack of luck I guess for me not meeting a good bunch of people. Hopefully, there will be a graduate showcase for me too? =)
    Anyway, it was a good night with some chattering, food, arts, and laughter. The show is still on until this Sunday, 13th January 2013. Do check out at Annexe Gallery, Central Market, accessible via LRT at Pasar Seni station.
    Hua Mic, one of the senior who helped a lot.
    Bunch of seniors who helped a lot, and the lecturer CK.
    By the way, Pasarian – people of the Pasar (market) represent the noisy bunch of girls and very few guys in that class.
  • Internship Experience: I Feel Workday Blues

    Internship Experience: I Feel Workday Blues

    Internship Experience: I Feel Workday Blues – One week of internship at the interior design studio has passed, so how was it? It’s not as fun as I’ve expected. It’s more workload than I’ve expected and the office environment is not what I imagined. Haha?
    No, not from the view of my office, how I wish it is. – Kuala Lumpur.
    ‘Come on, it’s just an internship training’, I told myself. I am now experiencing the job of a full-time designer at the company, guess that’s the point of practical training is, right? Haha. Now only I realised that it’s not easy to work in this industry, there’s no fix 9-5 working hours, it’s always O.T. most of the time, like today, I just got home like an hour ago only. Deadlines, and hardworking colleagues, that makes up the over time.
    Colleagues and bosses are friendly at the studio, but there’s not much of spoon-feeding already, like teaching me what’s what, maybe it should be so, and they became a living dictionary that I can just ask anything I want to learn. Working in a designing firm is not what I thought as it is, I thought of working in team, I thought of less detailed drawing, more on 3D and conceptual design, turned out it’s detailed drawings all the time with minimal of 3D drawing. But hey, at least I know these detailed drawings can cost over tenth of thousands!
    The workplace environment.
    It’s kind of a mix or neutral feeling at work now, not overly enjoy, nor dislike it, I’ll take it as a place to train myself, learn and gain the knowledge and experience. 2 months only, let’s do it and enjoy it. But somehow, I still feel workday blues. Maybe I should find a fun point at work, which is…?
    Anyway, good night and happy working to you. Things to do tomorrow: Find a fun point.
  • 121212: Let’s Intern

    121212: Let’s Intern

    121212: Let’s Intern – Well, do I need to say more? Hahaha. Let’s intern and learn! Few days ago, I was so worried about getting an internship job, but now I can put down the rock in my heart. I actually got 3 invitations for interview, but this comes first, so too, I accept it first and moreover it’s so much nearer to my place. You know lah, the traffic in the capital of Malaysia is so bad, working somewhere closer is much better. Getting excited to learn in the real world interior design firm. Oh yeah.
    Now, I can plan my trip and go back to my hometown soon!
  • I Need Interior Design Internship Job

    I Need Interior Design Internship Job

    I Need Interior Design Internship Job – HELP! I seriously need an interior design related internship job for my 3 months holiday. I am so nervous, gan cheong right not because till now I still has got nothing. Previously almost though that I’ve got one already, but got rejected in the end due some other reason. Sigh.

    A bit regretted not finding it early and I’ve send in more than 10 email application today, hopefully will get some good reply as soon as possible. Pray for me please. If you are an interior design company and is looking for intern, please allow me to work for you. =)

    Good night for now!

  • Being “Gung-Ho”!

    Being “Gung-Ho”!

    Being “Gung-Ho”! – I’ve been totally hiatus for one month and the last time I was on this block was 6th November 2012. Well guys, I’m glad to say, I am alive, doing good, listening to some soft jazz music at this wee hour and feeling relax, chill and a little bit of sleepy.

    #1. Midnight at studio, movie + work + laughter with the crazy friends from the senior class.
    #2. When thing get stress up, it’s time to pump up some much, and put your hands up while you are sitting.
    #3. Basically, this is one of my workspace, at 4am.
    #5. I went home for like 5am everyday for almost a week. Sleep till the noon and get the work adrenalin pumping again. Somehow, productivity gets faster when due is coming up. Haha.

    Life have been exciting and hectic before and my long 3 months and 2 weeks of holiday has just started. The past month was like a war, being “Gung-Ho” for my interior design project in university and it was to design an office. Well, it’s fun, lack of sleep, heart pounding fast every day as time shorten and got closer to the submission and final presentation. I was like spending 2 weeks at night in the campus too and my body timezone became GMT-8. =D I am kind of perfectionist, and that’s why, I stressed up my own-self. Not to the extend of 100% perfect, but at least 90%, perhaps.

    Talking about “Gung-Ho”, it’s such a cute word that my friend Tee Jin in the UK commented on my Facebook wall. It got curious as the word doesn’t seems hokkien, or Mandarin to me, it does sounds Asian, but I’ve no idea what is it about. After some Googling around, it means — 1:Incredibly enthusiastic, zealous and dedicated // via UrbanDictionary. LOL. I still don’t really get it, a word borrowed from the Chinese by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s, and it somehow became a slang meaning of very enthusiastic. O.O. You may read more on Wikipedia.

    #6. Study, legs up, that’s my way.

    I am getting “Gung-Ho” of interior design of course, that’s the way life work isn’t it? Get interested, enthusiast in what you are doing, embrace it. Yeah.

    So, let’s get this blog moving again and be “Gung-Ho” in what you are doing now.

  • Racing Against Time To Complete College Projects & Random Updates

    Racing Against Time To Complete College Projects & Random Updates

    Watching TVB and designing at the same time.


    Racing Against Time To Complete College Projects & Random Updates – A little bit update about myself is that I am now racing against time because the end of semester is coming, which means that it’s final exam, final presentation, final project submissions and dues for many assignments. It’s pretty exciting for me because I am like sleeping less and less, trying to squeeze out as much extra time as possible to for me to complete in time.

    New IKEA chair – Fingal.

    Some friend complained about ‘stress-lah’, stress this and that. Hmm. At this moment, I still feel nothing about it, still very OK with my work. Stress is something that force you to do something you don’t like, and that’s stress. So, enjoy you work, play with the time, accept a little of the dislike and soon it will be over.

    Must sleep now as I slept for like 3.5 hours yesterday at 6am! Woooooo. Life of an interior design student.

    Some other random updates:

    NAJIB, no it’s the car plate NAJ113 which arranged like the word – NAJIB. In case you do not know who is Najib, he’s our fat Prime Minister. Yeah, 1Malaysia. Wonder who is so sampat, so obsessed with the name.
    Met Dr Eric Leong, the Raja Hias – Design King of Malaysia at the UK Education Fair last week. He’s really a funny person and chat a bit with him. He introduces me to Teesside University, anyone heard of it before? By the way, congrats him on his doctorate of art.
    Bought a work chair for my room! My old plastic chair was broken and this chair is so much comfortable than the normal chair. See the above second picture and you will see the chair.
  • Heavy Workload

    Heavy Workload

    Heavy Workload – Super heavy workload right now! Now is Week 12 of this semester, 2 more weeks to end of semester, then final exam and most due dates falls on next week or week 14! I am so crazy, tensed, nervous, gan cheong, excited, chi kek right now. So much to do, some last minutes, some not last minutes, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Don’t know how to express my feeling right now. Good luck, and all the best.

  • White Mask, Concept Presentation

    White Mask, Concept Presentation

    White Mask, Concept Presentation – Some random post on my recent happenings at college – Thursday, last. Had a presentation about concept for my latest interior project – office design To be honest, ‘concept’ is the most confusing thing for design student, agree?

    I roughly get about 70% about what’s concept is, but generating a unique and meaningful one is still a problem. Hmm hmm. Anyway, don’t care already, will keep learning to improve myself. =D

    The white mask people are back! I happened to see them during the last semester and now there’s the new batch of them around the commercial block in uni.
    If I am not wrong, this is part of their drama/theater module or something. An assignment I guess.

    Presentation, bull-shit session, show-off time is going on, with, one, two, three, four audience. =D Lady in white is my lecture.
    The chilling gang.
    The class.
    Here’s me. Thumbs up for me.
  • Taylor’s University Seaside Campus

    Taylor’s University Seaside Campus

    Taylor’s University Seaside Campus – As if… my school is located by the sea instead of a man-made lake right now. A good location for this is Penang. Penang has got no nice private university like this. =D

    Don’t you think it’s fun? Bikini chicks, hot hot, water sports, resort-style education, extra course like lifeguard course, aqua-bio-stuff-stuff course, underwater course, swimming course, intercourse. LOL. Better place to get inspiration for architecture and design student.

    Copied from Taylor’s Memes Facebook.

  • Visit To Point 92, Damansara Perdana

    Visit To Point 92, Damansara Perdana

    Visit To Point 92, Damansara Perdana – It was a site visit organized by Project Management lecturer – Ms Annette. Point 92 is a very cool building located at a new suburban township – Damansara Perdana and most of the buildings at there are still under-construction.

    This Point 92 has a very cool exterior features, interesting arranged windows and a large void space at the center.

    Unfortunately, it was not a nice visit, instead it was just plain chit-chatting, walking around the lobby, and even shouted by some lansi contractor at there ‘tak boleh! tak boleh! tak boleh’. He was shouting to us cause he thought we were going to take photos. At that time, lecturer has not arrived yet and he has no idea why we were there. Afterall, we were actually allowed to snap around. So why there’s nothing much to see?

    Cause what’s cool is the exterior, the interior is only the lobby part only. Then that’s all. We were supposed to go to the void space – the balcony to check it out but then person-in-charge was busy, so… it’s bye bye!

    By the way, I believe that Damansara Perdana will be very beautiful when all of the buildings are completed. It’s so cool leh! If you’ve got nothing to do, go there and see see then you will know what I mean.

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