After Chinese New Year, things have been crazy over here at college. I've like multiple assignment submissions
AND presentations some of which fell on the same bloody day which totaly sucks coz then I have to stay up till the wee hours of the morning like 3 or sometimes 4am just to complete some of the projects. And the next day even more workload would just pour in and squeeze that every bit of energy you have. But honestly, not all's well. I don't think i'm performing all that well especially in the presentations and group projects. I totaly suck in those coz I tend to lose concentration and end up falling short of my groupmates' expectation of me. *Exhales long breath* I seriously pray I am able to survive this semester.
On to better things, here are some of the pictures that i've been wanting to post up since last week but couldn't because of the said reason above. These were taken like a few weeks back during CNY and some were after. Just to recap some of the people I managed to hang out with.
- Had a reunion with the group, Ivan, Al, me, YM & Van at McDonalds. I believe we were playing cards that night.
- Met up with Zhi Xiang after not seeing him for like a month!
- Met up with Jee Mee! Just days before he was off the UK.
- Hung out with Karen & Khang May!!! ( whom by the way I have not seen in
a whole year!) just last Saturday during my weekend back in Penang.
As I was commenting at the beginning of this post that I have numerous assignments, one of which I am about to show you guys just to let you know what i've been up to for my 'Interior Behavioral Studies' class this semester. So, this is a 2-3 person per group project and we had about 2 weeks to actually build the damn thing. Oh, and it was due today and i've already handed it in. The objective of this project was to build a 1:20 scaled model of a shop front display from a list of brands which was given to us. Initially we wanted to do ZARA but since 4 other groups were doing it, we picked GUESS. But you gotta keep in mind that for this project, i'm totaly
NOT in my comfort zone. The group i'm in is not the usual group I am currently hanging out with, that's coz I joined the class late and Pam, Kar Weng, Fatin, Jon and Sophia have already formed their own group which totaly blows. I was practically forced to join another group and thus this project was a real challenge to me since the three of us in the group don't run in the same clique.
But safe to say, we managed to complete it and handed it in on time. Here's how it looks like:
- The facade of the model shop for GUESS.
- Some framed black and white photos with complementing black and white checker board floors.
Well, you gotta know by now that GUESS has the whole sexy, slutty image going on so that was a recurring theme in our model. We were trying to strike a balance between chicness and sophistication with the sexy sultry thing. So to do that, we used simple solid colours, a simple design and merging it with slutty cut-out mannequins placed in the display case. Oh, and it even has lighting! I didn't take a lot of pictures coz I was in a rush in completing the powerpoint presentation that goes along with the submission. But if I have the chance, i'll take better shots! During the past 3, 4 or 5 days, i've been having Pam, Kar Weng, Fatin, Jon and Sophia over at my place to do their projects. Just like a project hub to do their things. Kinda like a gathering space so we could work together and get each other's opinions. It was tiring, i'll have to admit, but it was fun. So, we were working on 3 models at the same time at the same place.
- It was the first time I had so many people over at the hostel!
Okay, so that pretty much sums up my week. busy, busy, busy. And now finally the projects have been submitted (well...except for one) and the presentations have been delivered. But then again, the second wave of assignments are about to hit soon. I hope I do well. *crosses fingers*
- just a peek.
- Boon Yong came over coz he transferred from KDU Penang to Taylors college and in the campus i'm in! Isn't that cool?! But the sad thing is I have to see his sorry face for the rest of my academic life here. Kidding...no seriously, i'm kidding. So since he didn't really have a place to stay, I gave him the thumbs up for him to crash over at my place. That was like two weeks ago and he only stayed a week before he moved out which was last Thursday. But the good news is we're in the same college and staying in the same flats. So we still have lunches and dinners together.
- This was taken during our first site visit to pavilion. I swear this was just a random shot as compared to...
- ...this one. FatJo's looking posh there in front of a Hermes store.
- Our second site visit took us to Lightcraft where we were given a pretty detailed explanation on the different types of luminaries and lighting systems.
- Apparently this one i'm examining was featured in Ugly Betty.
- But we found out that lamps can do more than just illuminate.
- This is a group photo we REALLY like in front of a bunch of chandeliers.
- The last site visit we went to was to the church of our lady of Guadelupe in Puchong. A very interesting church which does not comform to the other typical church styles.
- Even the roofs are quite a sight.
- Just a week ago, I met up with Kelly and Khang May, when she came down to KL. We spent a great time just eating, walking and talking in KLCC. I thought it was way too short. Wish we had more time. but no worries, i'm gonna meet up with her again before she leaves for India.
- And lastly, last weekend, we headed down to Putrajaya! That's some funky bridge.
- I went there with my sister and our cousin Jo who's out from Australia.
- Our Hero-esque pose made even better by the ominous clouds.
