The Taj

Those who do not know Architecture talk about buildings. Those who know Architecture do not talk about buildings. They talk about humans, about humanity.



A pluralism in Islamin Architecture is needed in this country. We are democracy based, all people have equal right, all workers have equal standing.
Islam became of a form of racialism. Malay is Islam, and Islam is Malay.

We, as human, have two selves.
One, is the Real Self. One, is the Ego Self.
Look at the design of the huge mosque. What is it? It is just a styling. An act of adapting. Not asking on the fact that what IS Islamic Architecture.
That building, is wrapped by the Ego Self of Islam.



To be humble and to possess humility, it means you are open minded and is willing to accept things.
If you think you are better than others, then you have something sick in your heart.







Quotes and lessons from Prof Taj in Theory of Architecture.
I write this, to let it be a reminder to myself as to how interesting The Taj's lectures are.

Good Morning

Good morning.

just a human

Life is fast. Life is thick.

The feeling of being in Beijing seems just like yesterday.

As I returned from the Mainland, I was plunged into a deep pile of workload.

And it has never stopped since.

God bless me. I'm just human.

come back

this is a dead post.


you and me know that.


but I come back whenever I feel like it.


to conduct some literacy if you know what I mean.

6th sem

new semester, new goals. a certain tagline which has been going on among us:"I'm gonna be serious this sem!" ..but usually by the end of the sem it'll be something like a YaoMing "fck this shit" meme.

yeah, so a new semester arrives for me. it'll be my 6th semester now, and bearing in mind, 4 more semesters to go. gosh, studying here seems forever. 5 years! and i have some friends already in their final semester. hey, even some of my juniors from my hometown will graduate earlier than me. that'd be kinda awkward, they'd think i failed my semester like 2,3 times.

skip those ojipala, i'm in En Halim's workbase this semester. Again i have team members from last sem's workbase here too, azai, Jeremy, and Poon. great to be around them. (note i've been in the same workbase with Poon for 3 continuous semesters now lol)
En Halim, i look forward towards a great semester under his workbase, as i knew he's a good tutor. and we're doing Housing this term, a high-end 5 storey exclusive housing complex, to be precise.
lookin forward to all the shit. :)

very disappointed in you.


the texts you sent me yesterday, were just like a basket full of emptiness.



the way you moan about how things were going now, you never know.

I may just end it.




But I am not one who gives up easily.

not yet.

2012

the first day of 2012. bring to my mind a playback of what had happened during the whole year of 2011.

2011...has been a year of ups and downs for me. earlier in the year, the struggles in The Raz's workbase, working drawing shits, the handling of the Legend PreGrad Night, lotsa video makings, Terang workshop, performances during terang, then the makassar trip, Melbourne-Sydney trip, the 4-month damn long break, the new semester with pn Malsiah, difficulties under the workbase, stresses of measured drawings, struggles with my own self, my discipline, my goals and objectives.


see, it has been kinda up and down.

so many good things happen, so many difficult things happened too.
but either way, the one thing which has been the highlight of the year 2011, is my love life.



Thank you to beloved Sin Chern, for all your time and love.
love u lots.