Tag: university life

  • 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.

  • DETA – Dulux Emerging Talent Award @ KBU College

    DETA – Dulux Emerging Talent Award @ KBU College

    DETA – Dulux Emerging Talent Award 2012 @ KBU College – Only 4 person from my class, another 6 from the degree’s class and 5 of my senior went to the Dulux Emerging Talent Award on last Saturday. It was supposed to be more than that, in fact my lecturer invited everyone to go but all of them were lazy and has no passion of it. I told myself, since it’s my final year in Taylor’s University, so why not? Just go for fun, get some inspiration, experience, foster friendship and play.

    Funny that the lecturer actually booked 2 bus but ended only 10 boarded the bus. Haha. So sad for them.

    DETA - Dulux Emerging Talent Award @ KBU College

    DETA - Dulux Emerging Talent Award @ KBU College

    It was a competition for interior design student held at KBU College and 3 winners get to go to Amsterdam and some other part of Europe for free! Cool right? But it’s not for me as I am not that good, yet. HAHA. There’s more than 10 school participated in this little competition and it’s pretty happenings at there.

    So basically, the competition was about designing a space concept for different type of space – Restaurant, Office, Gallery. Each of us were divided into 3 different team and each team get their own type of space. I’ve got office design. We were given a paper box and some paint colour as well as some recycling material, then we have to produce a conceptual design through all the material.

    DETA - Dulux Emerging Talent Award @ KBU College

    DETA - Dulux Emerging Talent Award @ KBU College

    Well, I kinda suck at it, blur at first then came up with a childish stuff in the end. Admit that I was blur and stucked. Haha. However, looking at other’s creative work, it gives me an energy to search for creativity and study on creativity. Yeah! My school has a few person got into final, but then didn’t make it for the grand prize.

    DETA - Dulux Emerging Talent Award @ KBU College

    The college has notice board for Club and Society. It feels so ‘high school’ to me! =D

     

    DETA - Dulux Emerging Talent Award @ KBU College

    Me, Henry, Connie and Wei Shi.

    DETA - Dulux Emerging Talent Award @ KBU College

    Hanan, Aida, Rasyid and Me! =D

    Anyway, it was a fun day, realised that I am not creative, got free food, know my friend from other class more and I told myself to strive hard to look for creativity.

  • Fun Time At Taylor’s University Photo Studio

    Fun Time At Taylor’s University Photo Studio

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Fun Time At Taylor’s University Photo Studio – I’ve taken an elective course in school for this semester – Digital Imaging. It’s more about learning some editing via Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. There’s a few elective that we can choose, other than Digital Imaging, there’s Creative Thinking and Visual Culture. Most useful of all, of course is Digital Imaging.

    Recent class, I get a chance to use the school’s photo studio, seems very well-equipped with various backdrop and studio lighting, tripod too. Despite having a good studio, my photography skill is not that good. Nevertheless it was a fun time pressing the shutter button in the studio. I have some problem focusing and getting the best lighting setting sometimes. My camera was on Shutter priority mode all the time, is it correct?

    Anyway, the photos taken are actually for us to learn how to mask on Photoshop. Quite fun. Took a lot of photos, and check out some shots below.

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Me…

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Wesley Low, Seremban boy.

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Dancer Arvin Tang, Medan boy who likes Malaysia so much.

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Steve of Pahang!

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Jia Hui, the Ipoh girl.

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Gino and Moh.

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    Azhar as subject.

    Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

    A group photo.

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