it's been quite sometime since i've last blogged, and for me to finally write again the idea of what i should write here strike me. i mean, i have not define this blog, and it has always been about what i want to write, about anything that interest me, and mostly, on what happens in my life. for those who has been reading, i thank you for still sticking around to find out what i would write about next, i couldn't be much grateful :)

the past week has been a long and exhausting week, i've participated in a bridge design competition where preparation was so last minute rendering of the presentation was done in one night! one night, and we made it, although we didn't win anything, compared to the other well prepared participants from other schools who obviously came to win something (well, our mindset should be set in that way but, oh well, it was a really good experience, and this really is the case where result depends on how much effort you put in), we placed 19 out of 76 groups, and 3rd in the silver category (each category has 10 teams, gold, silver and bronze) so it wasn't that bad, right? first competition! :) plus the best thing was i got to know new friends! and i found somebody else that likes hakka lei cha as much as i do! 

plus i've been hopping around singapore for the internship interview. it was tiring, and i haven't got a solid answer yet so i'm keeping my fingers cross. i think it's slightly tiresome because the interviews are not in one day and i've been travelling to and fro from johor, and i'm doing this alone as all of my friends has decided to intern in malaysia instead. at one point i was about to give up all the trouble, but then you can't always have a friend to accompany you to work or go anywhere right? i'll just make some new ones in the new place. it's scary not knowing what to expect in a new place, but i think singapore is a good place to start trying to live and work independently, right? :)

that day during studio my professor was mentioning about star trek and stuff, and he was looking at us to see if we've watched it, and none of us gave him the nod, which he went to discuss some other shows for the inspiration that he had in mind and yet none of us has watched, leading him to shake his head and say, "how do you guys live? ah the facebook generation", and shakes his head again in dissapointment. ha, i guess i could relate to what he had in mind where when i was in primary school in the 1990's there wasn't any myspace or friendster and the only chat rooms where ICQ which i have never use, the games that we play was marbles, anything that we create like eraser racing, where we add things like staples to make it go faster, and when i mention this to my cousin in primary school while he was playing on his ipad all i get was a weird glance. owh. i swear i would not let my kids near gadgets like this till they're in middle/high school. i grew up with a ban on tv (tv only on weekends and those are limited to 2 hours i think) and yes, you will survive without watching any shows.  some might think, then what do you spend your time on? i read, duh. most of the things that i know comes from books, not wikipedia. and the library at home is located at the floor where my room is :)  if only books in malaysia is as cheap as the price printed in USD or pounds. if they were priced like 7.99 or 8.99 i would buy a new book once a week! and yes i dislike reading through the screen, i need to touch and smell and feel the book! whoever thought of making e-books erm, clearly doesn't understand the joy of having a real book in your hands. yes it's easier, much convenient, but i would rather carry a paperback in my bag, thank you very much.

so that pretty much sums up what's going through my mind, and week right now. the above picture was taken when i was about to take a bath but i had to get back to my room to grab my camera for this because the sky was such a breathtaking blend of blue and yellowy sunset. 

have a nice week! 

:)

oops, i have been slacking. *blush* so now i'll be updating my life, and rant on the mean time, about what have been happening lately.

studio classes are as hectic as ever, and i'm beginning to think that the studiomasters take pride in saying the phrase "as usual, u'll have no weekends". they pile us up with crazy amounts of assignments that sometimes i think , if i go through all of this by the end of 5 years, i'll be able to accomplish anything. i mean anything that the world throws on me. seriously. finish 2 models at the scale of 1:25 and hand in by monday? check.(that was given on friday). having less than 4 hours of sleep on average, and not sleeping occasionally but still consious enough to attend classes? check. sometimes i think the studiomasters forgot that we actually have a life other than doing their assignments and attending studio classes!! oh gosh, studio classes will always be a love-hate relationship for me.

something HUGE happen last weekend too. coming from a different state, i didn't knew that people actually fear him. can u imagine that there was more than 6 people frantically searching for the state flag when i was in the bookstore? and the stories that i heard from not wearing THAT thing,? being beaten up and fined? i live in a campus where wifi sucks, and i don't have access to the newspapers sometimes, so if theres some big news that have been announce i wouldn't know!! and if it is compulsory for all of us to wear something like that, please inform, and i'll gladly follow.

my uni is in a war of papers as well. the canteen is in a ugly sight of paper posters, asking us students to vote for them. hello? am i all left out or what? i havent heard from you candidates, nor do i know what do you stand for so stop shoving me paper/banners/notes asking me to vote for you! what is wrong with the whole thing? my mail box was spam with email stating that if i don't vote i'll have to write some showcause letter. excuse me, choosing not to vote is part of my rights too, if i believe that non of you people stand for what i believe in, and in this case, i don't even know who are you, and why do they you want us to vote for you!!. everything is in a state of confusion. why vote if you don't even know whats going on?

in the end i was actually forced to vote. fine. but choosing who to vote is utterly depressing because its a waste of time, and i might not have choosed the right person for the right job. shouldn't the candidates come to us and rally on what and why they are being chose on? this ain't democracy to me, and it's a total waste of papers and ink from the photocopying machine.

well, at least there was an apple and soya. what!? i thought we should be practicing how this goes and actually use our right to vote for real when we turn 21! voters and candidates alike! things will never change if this continues, and i have given up all hopes on politics. money and power wins all the time, and don't tell me that i'm wrong.

for know i'll be busing myself on making that model (yes, theres one more to hand in tomorrow), and pray that all the ugly and useless posters will be gone by next day. it's an absolute eyesore.