major events

this blog's bloody buried in the grave. a few months passed. my engaged friends split up. took up ultimate frisbee. i finished my thesis. went on a few travels. my camera broke.



update about a few things here..

1 - "my engaged friends split up". both sides are few of my closest friends. heard from them both and i can't really take sides. sometimes things aren't meant to be dealt that way but it happened. my thoughts, look forward and look bright. life is a long train ride, people will get on and off.


2 - "took up ultimate frisbee". an interest in the sports turned out to be addictive. me, iyad and aban were just talking about this game when i suggested we buy a disc and start playing it. boy, how it grew within our architecture community. it became a daily routine. at 5:30pm we would all head down to the field and play a game of ultimate frisbee. it was great as either boy or girl could join in. as time pass, the juniors started to join in. soon it became like everyone's game. the one thing i will miss most after i graduate will be the voices and cheers across that small field where we used to throw every evening.


3 - "i finished my thesis". that meant finishing a 5-year degree. hell there were ups and downs all the way, even in my final thesis. just relieved to overcome it. so now working life will start in a bit. am i excited? i don't know. its a mixed feeling.


4 - "went on a few travels". this was the fun part. there were 3 separate travel trips, all for different purposes. 1st, was the whole island of Java. a few days spent with assisting my doctor and then almost 2 weeks off exploring the towns of Bandung, Pangandaran, Jogjakarta, Bromo and Surabaya. it was a nice introduction to "backpacking". 2nd, was to East Timor and Timor Leste. this was really exotic. experiencing the lives of people in the deepest indigenous places. 3rd, to a side of the world where i've never set foot, London. after sending sister off to Sheffield we walked around for a bit, visiting Manchester, York and  Leeds. I don't consider this exploring, but more of a touch-and-go. well you'll never get to be adventurous when you're around yer parents. on a side note: Princess was 'pestering' about New York since i said i've been to the 'old' York. will look to travel around the States one day.


5 - "my camera broke". just as i was thinking of making a switch to Canon, my Nikon D7000 broke in the middle of a tour inside the Natural History Museum in London. i think she's a psychic, getting all emotional after finding out i intend to replace her. gosh... ..back to the main topic, as i used my doctor's Canon 70D and the incredible Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8, i was impressed by how well it shoots and also its soft colour tones. impression grew to fascination, and thoughts of switching to Canon surfaced. anyway, its just a thought.

"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while."


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Post Presentation of Final Thesis Assessment

Done with the first semester's final presentation. I think I did OK, but I'll record them some of the panel's comments so that I can revise it later.

INTERNAL PANELS:
Prof Taj
Dr Lim
Dr Tareef

Internal panels had no comments. As expected, since they are already familiar with our designs. It would be absurd if our own panels suddenly stand up to criticize us. The correct way: they sit there and monitor the situation, should any discourse rise among the external panels, they will take control of the situation. (through explanations, clarifications etc)


EXTERNAL PANELS:
Dr Doris
Dr Sani

Dr Doris liked my presentation a lot. She mentioned that it was very well structured and arranged in a systematic step-by-step way. Boy, glad to hear that. She did added something helpful which is how do I relate back the design to the original Peranakan village. Food for thought.

Dr Sani had not much problems, except for the complexity of my thesis. This issue has often been highlighted slightly by Prof Taj along the semester. Maybe I can integrate my residential types into one big complex. Kinda like Habitat 67. Thats some food for thought.

my thesis unit. We are HOME.

1ST STAGE THESIS