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A Week In Taylor’s University #2

#1: Friends who were in the filming of Ah Niu’s latest movie.

A Week In Taylor’s University #2 – It’s another week in Taylor’s. The week was packed, wet, saw some cool stuff in school, but afterall, it’s just another week in Taylor’s. Monday was pretty surprised for us as we came across with another film shooting in our campus featuring the local director/actor/singer – Ah Niu. It’s Ah Niu’s latest film and I’ve no idea what it is, and he came to shoot the scene here.

#2: Spotted Ah Niu in white tee sitting.

#3: This is what the filming crew eat for lunch.

#4: Part of the filming. Security guard shooting. For your technical information, they actually used the RED brand camera to shoot the film.

A few friends actually join the temporary actor but the bad news is that they only received RM11 for buying food for two days. No pay. So lousy. Luckily I did not join them. I thought they were gonna get paid like maybe RM50? =D

#5: Ah Niu in weird hair.

#6: Another scene.

#7: Ah Niu in white shirt.

We were actually having lunch then my friend told me to look across the lake, only then I see they were doing the shooting. We wanted to go check it out but was in a rush to class. What’s great and lucky was, our classroom was just right above the film shooting scene where we could see some live action down there. Ah Niu was dressing very weird. I wonder what the movie will like when it’s on the screen. =D

#8: Busy with work.

#9: Lots of discussion going on.

#10: Our in house magician, Zhi Sheng from 6 Of Spade.

The days went on with the mind thinking about assignment due dates. We’ve got lots of assignment due dates coming soon, just din one last week and more to come. Weekend will not be like a holiday anymore. Weekends are busy right now.

#11: Overnight in school.

#12: Rain, I wore shorts which result in a wet feet.

#13: Super heavy rain.

#14: Raindrops falling of the sky,

#15: Rain.

The weather have been kinda crazy right now, sometimes very hot, sometimes very cold. It rained a lot lately, it’s not just drizzling off the sky, it’s huge, it’s loud, accompany by the roaring thunder.

#16: Setting up stage for the Share The Love concert.

#17: Spent some time at the Study Room.

#18: Working at night.

#19: Entertainment during work.

#20: Testing all the technical stuff for the concert.

#21: Photography during midnight.

Spent a few nights in the campus, saw a mini concert in the campus, worked on assignments, and that’s my week in Taylor’s University.

October 15, 2011
Overnight In Studio, Classroom And See Sunrise

#1: Jia Hui’s playing my MacBook.

Overnight In Studio, Classroom And See Sunrise – Last weekend was a really tiring weekend to me and my team because that we were rushing for the submission of an assignment and we spend 3 nights in school. We stayed overnight for 2 nights and a night till late night. It was a good experience, it was fun, it was like camping in Taylor’s University. Haha, but I do not want more because the total sleeping hour for the 3 days was not more than 10 hours.

#2: The studio that we were in.

#3:What a mess, the dark area at the back is where we lay back and take a rest.

It was really unhealthy for sleeping so less. I didn’t want to, we didn’t want to, we wanted to sleep, but work forced us to sleep less. It’s a group project, we couldn’t do it else where or at someone’s home because it will be very messy and dirty. The good on doing it in school is that we got free house keeping, we have a big place for us to move around, provided a projector screen and a decent good stereo speaker for some in-house entertainment – music and video.

#4: Xiami’s website on the screen.

#5: Another studio that we were in. This one was not a good place to rest as it was bright when sun rises, there’s no curtain.

There’s also the drafting table for us to do our drawing which the table at our home is not really suitable.

#6: Our stuffs.

#7: Good morning! It was about 9am.

Well, the bad of doing it in school is that you don’t get to sleep, even if you do, it will not be comfortable, you don’t get to bath, there’s no bathroom in the campus, and there’s nothing to eat in the midnight, only vending machine food.

#8.

#9.

#10: View from the window.

#11: Back to another studio.

#12: Something that we did.

It was a pretty fun experience in campus. Chatting all along, singing, screaming, shouting, as well as sleeping on connected chair.

#13: The screen again.

#14: Fana.

I believe there will be more overnight session in the campus. But I will try to sleep more. I don’t want to die early because there’s a research saying that people who sleeps less than 6 hours per day will reduce 5 years of his/her total lifespan.

#15: Arvin.

#16: Wesley and Steve.

I like that the school provides such service to us. In Penang, many of my friends work out their project at 24 hours McDonald’s mostly.

#17: Midnight, at about 6am.

One more thing, on one morning in campus, I saw sunrise and it was really nice. I didn’t wait until the sun came out, I was just photographing the sky as the colour was very nice.

#17.

#18.

Good morning. =)

October 15, 2011
Quiet Midnight In Taylor’s University

#1: The roundabout that has no car.

Quiet Midnight In Taylor’s University – On a one fine night, at about 1.30am. I was about to go home but I found a tripod in the car and I brought my Panasonic Lumix LX5, so I went for a short walk around the campus before going home. I took photos on the quiet night. It was not totally quiet, I could still hear the chattering of the students, foot steps of security guard walking around, and also the silence of the night.

#2: The quiet road.

#3: The walkway that connects students into the school.

I was sleepy, I gave myself about 15 minutes to take photos. I didn’t want to shoot long, I didn’t plan for it, if I plan, it would be a few hours of shooting walking around the school. It would be fun, perhaps next time, with my DSLR.

#4: Somewhere, in the campus.

In the morning, it’s so noisy, students and staffs are everywhere, but when comes to this wee hour early in the morning, there’s no one.

#5: A running water that no one was using.

#6: One of the walkway in the campus.

#7: The vending machines that operate 24/7.

#8: In the dark.

#9: Light’s still on at some of the hostel room.

#10: The campus.

#11

#12: Outside Starbucks Coffee.

#13: Syopz – the commercial zone of the campus.

#14: Taylor’s University at night.

Good night.

October 15, 2011
Share The Love Concert At Taylor’s University

#1: Nice Taylor’s University at night.

Share The Love Concert At Taylor’s University – I went to school last Saturday night to camp in school to do assignment. I wore simple clothing, a t-shirt and a pair of shorts, with slippers on, feeling free and easy and arrived in school happily. Then I heard loud voices of people singing, and the school’s lights were turn on brightly. There’s a concert going on in the campus – Share The Love.

#2: The Julie’s balloon. Julie’s is a brand of biscuit.

I almost forgot about it until I reached school that Saturday night. Share The Love is actually a charity concert which promotes friendship and solidarity through music. The concert is actually a singing contest which the winner wins RM5000 cash prize for themselves as well as another RM5000 which to be donated to the Taylor’s World Food Day on behalf of them. Cool right?

#3: The bunting.

#4

The crowds were not really big, about 200 or more people can be see, sitting on the checkered floor, some lying and enjoying the concert. It was quite relaxing and nice to see a concert stage was set up in the school.

#5: The stage and people on the floor.

I imagined what if some other famous artist has their mini concert here, it will be really very awesome, given a good view of the campus. I would like to see Taiwan’s artist here, but I don’t think it’s possible because it’s an English speaking school. HAHA.

#6: From the side of the stage.

#7: The people.

#8: Camera man.

#9: The host is talking on the ramp.

Share The Love. I spend less than 30 minutes then and off I went to do assignment with my group mates. I didn’t really enjoy those Indie band because I don’t know the music and songs they were singing. But one cool thing was, they were giving out free little food like cup cakes to the people by answering a few question.

October 13, 2011
A Week In Taylor’s University #1

#1: On the other side of the man-made lake.

A Week In Taylor’s University #1 – Hello people, it’s another new week again, how are you guys? I am starting something new called “A Week In Taylor’s University #” which is actually blog post full of photos that I’ve captured over the week. I compiled them up and I blog it up in a shot. One long post of all the photos of the week. It would be easier and you won’t be seeing similar thing everyday. =D

#2: Lazy dog lying at staff’s carpark.

Of course it’s not my first week in Taylor’s University, it’d been I-don’t-know-how-many-weeks. Well, if you ask me about the experience in this campus, it would be good and bad, I love the beautiful campus, however, I kinda dislike the way they administrate the school. It’s a little big too money-centric which I certainly hates.

Another thing is the syllabus for Diploma In Interior Design isn’t that great after all. OMG. I did learn something, but I also did learn something not really interesting, or related to design, it could be said as not practical with future work.

#3: Hate to see the Autopay sign where it reminds you to pay.

#4: Cloud overcasting the sky.

Blablabla. If I were to rants about it, it would be a bloody long post but I don’t want to. Haha. It’d been raining quite a lot last week. The sky was scattered with clouds all the time, and I kept afraid of raining down because I have to walk to the carpark to fetch my car. There’s no covered walkway. It’s just so stupid. Haha.

#5: iPhone games are just everywhere in school.

#6: Kevin To in the background.

Studies was OK, just a little bit stress and worried on assignments. Because all in the mind was getting a good result, which results in a pushing myself too much. Sometimes, I told myself to take a break, sometimes, I told myself to push. What a funny me.

#7: Wanyi’s drinking water.

#8: A dark and cloudy day.

Well, do you like it when a lecturer tell you that the class is canceled, or no class for the day? It sure sounds good and fun, however at the same time felt pain in the ass, because every lesson is money. $$ You might be thinking I am being money face, yes money is very important, yet tuition fees is expensive. Haha. How wish the tuition fee could be lower, even if it’s lower, I need to be convinced that the fee worth it, but till now, I am not convinced yet. Hmm. What do you think?

Truth is, I think I’ve picked the wrong school? Perhaps, but thing has been done, decision has been made, so I have to go with the flows. Hoping that I will be convinced one day.

#9: Lecturer was playing a video for us to see.

#10: Had Moral Education mid-term exam which was pretty fun and easy.

#11: The Kebab Stall.

#12: Working on the kebab, smells delicious, priced expensive at RM8 per kebab sandwich.

Spent quite a lot of time recently in campus because of group work for the assignments and projects. The thing that I like about the school is having a good facilities where we can work out on projects during free time.

#13: Workers painting the outdoor table. Good job,

#14: Wesley’s acting cute and Jia Hui was concentrating with the music on the iPhone.

#15: Some Sony Walkman event in the campus.

#16: Delicious mamak-style fried rice at Star Teh Tarik for only RM4.

And there’s many food and beverage outlets which are pretty cool. I like Star Teh Tarik, a mamak store in the campus which is my favourite dining place because of the low price. HAHAHA. Not forget to mention, the food is good in taste too.

#17: In a classroom overlooking the mad-made lake. Looking ugly at the end where the open air rocky road carpark is.

#18: Some entertainment in class.

#19: iPad gaming in class.

#20: More iPad user in action.

#21: 1:1 sculpture by the architecture students.

#22: Farah’s smilling to Wesley.

#23: Security guard looking at the lake, relaxing.

#24: The 3 beautiful academic blocks. Too bad, there’s only 3 of them. The word “UNI” at the roof looks weird.

#25: The lake with an ugly end.

#26: Fire hydrant by the lake. Was playing with my Sigma f1.4 30mm lens.

#27: Another unfavorable sign.

#28: FREE parking is always uber far away.

Well, let’s see how this week will be to me. Super duper looking forward to the Apple event tomorrow and also the Nine Emperors God Festival on Wednesday. =) Do you like your college?

October 3, 2011
Last Night In The Dorm Room

Last Night In The Dorm Room – Life at night is pretty fun in my dorm room where the lights are dimmed, soft music is turned on and later lying on the bed to enjoy a couple of drama show. I have tried to create a relax environment in my dorm room for me because I think life must be fun, and money saving too. It’s not all about party all night long, clubbing everyday which make up an enjoyable life, life can be fun in the room too.

Another thing is that being an interior design student, I would like to decorate my room to a cool, fun and nice room. I don’t want it to be a typical dorm room, so don’t be surprise to see many Ikea stuff in my room. I just love Ikea so much. Haha.

You know, moreover Internet speed gets faster at night when there’s less people using it at home. Haha. You can do more thing on the Internet. If I have a bigger room, I would like to have a Xbox 360 + Kinect, sounds so awesome! Too bad, I live in a small room.

What’s your entertainment in your room?

September 30, 2011
My Experience In Saturday In Design Singapore

My Experience In Saturday In Design Singapore – In May this year of 2011, I and part of my class of Diploma In Interior Design friends, as well as my lecturer Mr CK Foo all together visited a design event in Singapore called the Saturday In Design, Singapore.

Originally this event is a yearly event in the Australia where designer’s furniture shop, product designs and design studios open up their place to design lovers to visit, communicate, interact and enjoy the design, but it came to Singapore for the first time and we were pretty excited

Chair at Morroso.

What we have visited was mainly furniture shops. These furniture are not typical house furniture but they are premium, expensive, branded and are designed by well-known product and furniture designers all around the world.

All the station (shops and studio) located at different zone, spread out in the city of Singapore. We have our Malaysia bus who ferry us around different station. There were also van to bring you around if you are in a group or if you are in a person or two, you get a luck to be drove around by Mercedez car which is actually their main sponsors for the shuttle service around the stations.

Paper lamp shade.

It’s really an eye opening trip which most of the brands were quite new to me and I was really inspired by some of the designs. I also saw that the price for those designer’s products is pretty expensive too.

Wei Kean, me, Zhi Inn and Nita.

Nice shop houses! Really very colourful and nice. I hope Penang’s can be like this.

Connie, Wanyi, Nita and Mellysa.

We got free Instax too!

We actually started our tour and visits at about 11am and ended the whole thing at 5pm because we were rushing back to Malaysia that night. Despite being 6 hours in Singapore, we couldn’t cover all of the stations, we left about 2 which we did not able to visit.

We were in fact rushing from station to station with time. We did not have a proper lunch but then our stomach was satisfied and filled with excitement and pleasantly delicious snacks and light food which were served by almost all of the stations. They were mainly Western cocktails style snacks and light meals which were pretty good in mouth and also did a good job for preventing my stomach from growling.

Awesome office which I like!

Nice big red chair!

I signed my name there too!

Innovative, a good way to place your chopstick.

Food was just so awesome which makes us wanted more and more.

Checking out a cool office design.

Shanghai is written!

Nice cut out of brown boxes cardboard art featuring the Statue of Liberty.

I believe this is somewhere in Chinatown.

Birdman Wesley.

Well, would probably visit again in the next event, and if there’s an opportunity for me, I would like to visit the actual one in Australia. =D

September 27, 2011
Wet Week and Funny Head

Wet Week and Funny Head – Last week was a wet week, wet as in rainy week because it rains almost everyday in Klang Valley. I wonder what happened to the weather nowadays. Rain is fun because is chilly and make the temperature cold, I like. Also, it makes me feel sleepy too!

Beautiful model making.

School is getting busier and busier, getting more and more stressful in Taylor’s University. Lots of drawing which I don’t really like, I like realistic 3D rendering; lots of hands on work to do like making model, thinking lots of concept which I like. =D

I foresee sleepless night is coming to me due to assignment. Sometimes I wonder, aren’t college life suppose to be fun? Haha. Fun in a sense of not sleeping, but at the same time, doing bad to our body. =X Anyway, I’ll try to enjoy life to the fullest everyday, look for fun in between the stress and tiredness.

Kevin To.

Recently, I have been blogging a lot, I am back into this blogging hobby and I am liking it much, so how do you find my new blog design? =)

September 26, 2011
General Printing Centre – The Hidden Print Shop In Taylor’s University
General Printing Centre – The Hidden Print Shop In Taylor’s University – I am not promoting the print shop in Taylor’s but just to share with you all Taylorian who might not know there’s a hidden print shop hidden behind the lorong (alley) of the Administration Office. I’ve met Taylorian who doesn’t knows the exist of this shop. Haha.

This place is somewhat cheaper and not cheaper than the school’s Follow-You-Print machine, you will know what I mean by cheaper and not cheaper.

In Taylor’s University, students get RM30 printing allowance per year which is used for printing notes and other document through the Follow-You-Print photocopy-scan-printing machines that are located in the library and computer lab. Price for Follow-You-Print is:
- RM0.10 for Black&White A4
- RM1.50 for Color A4
- RM0.20 for Black&White A3
- RM3.00 for Color A3
Printing at Taylor’s machine usually takes time when there’s many student using it and you need to climb the stairs to the computer lab or library. But when you are in a rush, you can go to General Printing Centre with the price of:
- RM0.10 for Black&White A4
- RM1.00 for Color A4
- RM1.00 for Black&White A3
- RM2.00 for Color A3
Can you see the difference there? RM1.00 for Black&White A3 which is freaking expensive and freaked me out once when I went to print. I thought it was RM0.20 just like the school’s.

Both places have their pros and cons. For normal print, color prints, I will go to General Printing Centre but for black & white prints, I will go to the school’s machine.
September 24, 2011
Make Site Model For Design Studio’s Site Analysis

Make Site Model For Design Studio Site Analysis – Ignore the title, I guess you don’t know what is it all about. Design Studio is one of my subject and recently we made a site model for site analysis. =D

Making model is fun but sometimes I feel lazy on making it but the feeling of completing it is really nice and satisfying as you can see what you have just built, however it’s just a waste of space after submitting it also. HAHA. Afterall, making model is not my favourite part of design process, I prefer rendering a realistic design of it through the power of computer software and hardware.

Back to the site model, we bought materials, and we make according to our own methods as there’s no class on how to make one.

My team, Wesley, Jia Hui, Steve and me are not architectural student but are just students of interior design trying our best to make the model. Some times, I wonder why an interior design student needs to make the site model, isn’t it’s architect’s work? Maybe it’s just parts of the syllabus.

There’s actually material call the model board, architectural model paper, which are used especially for making architectural model. Spent a whole day in the studio and we did have something out of the materials.

Cute right? Let’s see the final one.

Cool right? It’s just like art class instead of interior design. LOL.

September 24, 2011

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