Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
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Friday, November 28, 2008
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Fairies with powder pink faces, nymphs in a bower of greenery, phantasmal animals with butterfly wings, all set in an enchanted landscape bathed in stardust - Flavia Da Rin's Discovery and Journey creates a personal fairy tale, a portrayal of her elfin character’s encounters through fictitious surroundings.
Recognised for her poetic fusion of digital art and story telling; Japanese anime, paintings by Botticelli, Ingres, Pre-Raphaelites, and John Currin’s sardonically exaggerated features of women count as her inspirational sources. Da Rin’s wide eyed characters exude naive charm and emotional fragility that impels viewers to question what lurks beyond the frame.
Curator Emi Eu aims to take Da Rin’s two-dimensional photo montages further by allocating interesting spatial possibilities that Third Floor - Hermès provides. It will be designed to provoke curiosity, illicit astonishment and play games with the viewers’ experience. Da Rin’s works are known to resonate warmly with people as they touch on memories, emotions and dreams.
Year 4 Sem 1
"u are that kind of student with no process because u need to find that idea or motivation then your process follows and u produce and u do produce. u can work like this in year 4 but not in year 5."
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
AH MA
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Yes, PRIORITY tickets for our musical is ON SALE NOW - at $20* per ticket (20% discount) for you, your friends and family! (public sales only from 27 Sep).
You will need the PASSWORD to complete your transaction – which is lifeisgreat.
Priority purchase available over phone 61002005 or directly on-line http://www.gatecrash.com.sg/?
Encourage your SCHOOLS to arrange for group booking – then they can RECOVER 60% from STB Arts Fund. Please note that schools enjoy 20% disc if booked before 27 Oct only. After that 10% only. Booking form attached.
Individually all students also enjoy 20% discount (before 27 Oct) – but students ticket will be marked “Student” and ushers may ask for student ID
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Welcome HYU Hunks and Babes!!!!
The latest batch of Koreans from Hangyang University has already arrived in Singapore.
We are entertaining them now. anyone who wants to meet them during our outings within this two weeks can contact me and harvey for more details.
will be posting pictures of the LATEST KOREAN BABES and HUNKS.
OMGAWD u wun be disappointed ahahhahaha....
and.... what else... i will be very busy... hahahahahaha
cheers!
cs
Friday, July 25, 2008
John and Annie
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Shopping
Brenda u win!!!... ahahah today Brenda and i went to get a present for my best friend Kris. Went to several shops and finally decided on an Hermes for her. it wasn't so difficult because we had a limited budget and there only so few things that we can afford that is worthy of Krissy. she is a PRINCESS lor.. ahwhahahhaah
anyway after a spending almost an hr in Hermes (coz i was checking out some stuff for my mom as well) we walked to the car and ....
Action:
Brenda walks off to her Lexus and opens the door.
She throws the Hermes paper bag on the car floor
Co Seng because of an ankle injury walked slower and followed behind.
He proceeded to enter the car and almost steps on the gift.
Conversation:
CS: AiyOH BRENDA!!!! you throw the Hermes Gift on the floor ar
B: Har... Aiyah nvr mind lar. i thought its hard for u to sit mah
CS: Har but its an Hermes Gift for Kris Leh
B:Whaoliazo u also wld throw it in your Porsche SUV next time mah
CS: i would throw it behind at the seats not on the floor lor
B: Whao Liaoz... i also throw it in a LEXUS okie. Not anycar. OKie? you throw inside Porsche so what?
CS: I wld not throw my huge Hermes bags in my SUV in the future lor...
B: Whahaahahah
CS: Whahhaaah WHATEVER... ahahahah
Thats why Brenda is so funny sometimes... and kris just a PREVIEW of the Gift that we bought for u ... see u on the 30th in addition you are entitled to an all expense paid meal on me. your brother not included . ahhahahahaha
Cheers
CS
Friday, July 18, 2008
Urban
hahahahaha i will be in next month's Tatler
and Vong, haiz... we were passed off in The Peak
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Happy Birthday Kris
Its another best friend's Birthday!!!!
its unfair if i had written about Brenda and then nothing about you
now let me think about u Kris.
hmmm...Cute and adorable and sometimes with a temper, she usually kools down after a while.
i have knwn u since 19 and i think u matter a lot to me because u have stood by me
for such a long time.
you knw when matters have gone wrong and would call sometimes to check on me
to see if i am fine.
you woke me up a couple of years ago when i was doing my national service and i really
appreciated it. of not for you i would not be in sch.
i love to receive calls from you whether its regarding work or any other stuff, its fashion tips
or some design issues or some other personal problems .i am glad u shared.
u nvr forgot my birthday and i always receive something Fantastic and glamorous. ahahahha
your cards are always thoughtful and colourful even though i have never sent you any card
and yeah i love shopping and doing facials together with you!!!!
although we do disagree sometimes on the items we buy, its just a matter of taste i think hhahaha....
life is so much better hanging out with you and old friends sometimes and i am looking forward to your arrival in sg. Gosh i really need you in sg right now.
Thankyou for being "on call" all the time and yeah life would be terribly miserable and mundane without u
and for that
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRIS!
buy me hermes and BEST Friends 4ever!!!! ahahahaha joking...
Cheers
cs
Friday, July 04, 2008
Happy Birthday Brenda
Monday, June 30, 2008
harlow,
have been asked to sort of repackage my work. but since its not going to be used... i might as well post it here... so not as to waste my effort... haiz... and believe it or not i spent more time doing this than i did for my the other 6 A1s . weird... editing is really really hard....
cheers!
co seng
Monday, June 16, 2008
Back to Sg
i just came back from Tokyo... on board the new A380... Whoooo Hooo...
but i have a headache now... as big as the new aircraft's head. the ride was pretty comfortable .the aircraft felt considerably heavier... which is also a very scary thought... it really had to use the entire length of the air strip from end to end... taking off and landing. and because i was seated near to the Suites Section.... OMGAWD.... ATAS like Hell lor.... its like individual cubicles with plush leather seats and.... many more... whao.z.... u can have have your own honeymoon there lar...and maybe even "painting" whahahah
okie back to my headache, the headache was'nt from the air turbulence nor from the earthquAKE...!!! YES you could feel it in Tokyo... if u are on a sky scarper which happens to be where i was staying .. luckily i was down early at Macs. My sis swore that the hangers in the room were swinging... phew... MacGrindles saved me from the trauma. whahahaha
i nvr quite came back from Tokyo with so much emo feelings... i always looked foward going back there... and lead to some of my friends commenting that Tokyo is like Kl and Bangkok to me... but somehow i did not really get it this time round. i dun think i am getting bored of Tokyo not at all.....because every time i go there i see something new and exciting... and i always find new places to go... and who can get tired of shopping and seeing beautiful things. they kinda make u happy... right?
but maybe because Tokyo has many fond memories for me and i keep going back there searching for it. i always try to recall those years back when i was 21or so ... when my life was simple and kinda well provided.... i did not have so much at stake. its like every decision i make now seems to weigh like a Zillion tons and i have so many much more obligations to fulfill and its like i cannot afford anymore mistakes.
and its growing up... i guess. but recently a lot has been going ard in my life. many incidents which made me rethink about who i really want to be. Solid truths and ideals that i held on so dearly in my early twenties started to backfire and erode on me. i just recently quarrelled and ended my friendship with a friend i had knwn for like almost my entire conscious life.
Things which i had expected expected to be absolute truths are ..... less true than they are. its like ... i am almost thinking of a major re orientation of my goals in life.... its like ... i want to re chart my life and make my life easier and more enjoyable.
a major retrospective? can you call it? some pple are focused. and i have often been tagged in my life, so far by my parents as being unfocused and ....a lot more unpleasant stuff which i rather not talk about.
so what do i really want? i am still thinking about it... and restless... its like maybe i am afraid of commitments and i dun really take failure in my stride well. perhaps i am suffering from the recent highness after paying my yearly homage to my "gods" in japan...the after shocks of high?
i dunno... but i just find happiness very distant and sometimes even doubt whether there is such a thing as real happiness.
Let me ask you all... where do u build your happiness from?
cheers!
cs
Friday, May 16, 2008
RIBA Crit part 2
hmmm... yeah the Crit...i was lets say unprepared because i was the first few to get "Hit".....
i was greeted by the panel... one Angmoh from UK and Bedmar(correct spelling?)....
In Crisp British Accent, fresh from their "morning Tea"
RIBA-"Are u the Pink one?"( Benson's Panel)
CS-" Nope, the Conor one...?"
RIBA-" Right... Okie..." (with some disappointment)
RIBA-"Is this your Model?" (Pointing to Paul's )
CS-"Nope, i dun have a model. i was sick and could only manage this."
RIBA-"Oh well, its alright. it happens all the time does'nt it?"
hmmm... suanz.....
CS-" The project is concieved as a series of "insertions" between the parti walls....
i went on to present.... and ..... they actually let me finish it!!! ... without interupting me at all... Bedmar looks confused and the other Angmoh was like starring intensely at each and every image on the panels.
CS-"thats all."
and POMP!!!! the Arrows aome shooting ..........
RIBA-"hmmm when i look at your plans and your renditions, they look like they are from two buildings! its like looking at two different projects." OUCH factor(6)
RIBA-"yeah, you shld have kept the courtyards in the new wing. You excercised great control and a level of brilliance in one part of your plans and you totally lost it in the other." OUCH factor(7)
RIBA-" Your plans are CRUDE." OUCH factor(9)
RIBA-"Your central courtyard destroyed the plan completely." OUCH factor(10)
RIBA-" Are u Local ? it seemed to us that are ashamed of your own heritage." Ouch factor(6)
CS-" Hmmm Yeah okie ... Okie...
I was like OMGAWD... FUCK!.... i nvr had such a memorable crit... in my life. i mean it was totally unexpected. i mean the part that RIBA disliked was the part that Andrew and a lot of my peers liked. i totally did not get it. although i do agree with some of Bedmahs' comments that the "new part" should have been more refined. i was like, do u have to crit so badly ? HARLOW!!! i am a young chap who only had like 3 yrs of proper architectural education. ?
well but i do feel a bit consoled that i at least had a proper crit, that at least for once in NUS, all the information on the panel was scrutinized and analysed. No image that i had put up was left unnoticed and i thank them for constructive comments... i mean seriously... they were sharp and had a very refined mind on Architecture. (maybe their comments were not).
So friends, i am still keeping my fingers crossed that ... i will be with guys for yr 4 next semester.... and in a way felt privileged that i was selected for the 2008 RIBA HIT LIST... ahahahhahaha..... and thanks friends for all the support.
Cheers!
CS
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
RIBA CRIT part 1
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Exhibition
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Post Submission, Post Crit , Post Thoughts
so i was out on facebook which eventually led to my blog and a few others.
went on Jon and thomas's one and its the entry on crit which really caught my attention.
About how u prepare, the anticipation and hopefully the emancipation of it. i too have a few thoughts. how do u actually prepare for a crit. the old trick of imagining that they are all naked infront of u does not really work on me anymore. in fact i feel more naked.
but what i knw is Crits are like ..... i dunno passing judgements too fast ? like come on .... u will need more than 5 mins presentation for pple to understand the full complexities of a plan, a thought, an intention and five more to understand the lack of it. whahahahaha at least thats how i feel.
my crit this yr was okie. u knw... no good comment. it was like nothing good and bad was being said. it left me hanging... i was wondering if i had done a good job. i did not put much effort really. in fact it was once of the easiest projects that i have handled. maybe i got it right from the start. in fact Ya Ou commented on my lack of process. well true... i only amended my plan 3 times?
i did my 3d model once only ( no Formal developmet)? and i only attended less than half of the studio sessions (andrew reminded me at macs hahahahah)
then came the crit and questions asked. i had a spot on. 2 questions FJC had asked.which i had pondered over them for 3 weeeks. i answered but i think he did not really understand, so much so that i sounded aloof and what paul would describe as designer's attitude.whahahaha... widodo... was just too quiet ... DB just smiled and andrew looked at me in shock( u said the wrong stuff) ahahahahahahaah not very funny. in fact i just wanted to get thru it. dun ask anymore see and feel the project.
and then i asked myself if it wld have been better if the model was there... but then andrew said it did not really matter at all. so did it mean that the model would not have saved me or otherwise.i felt shortchanged by myself this semester. i think if i would to Kanna a RIBA, maybe it would give me another chance to present the project again.. maybe with a model.
and then i asked myself as a sort of debrief. am i improving or stagnant? i went thru all the works that i have done over the yrs all the way down till the sketches i did when i was 9 or 10 and dreaming of Architecture Sch. it felt okie.at least i have put myself in an architectural school and well maybe i wun get hits all the time, but what matters is that i have not not given up. and then the feeling of motivation came again. so for the first time in public i will be releasing ... my childhood sketches.!!!!
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Singapore Fashion Festival
although i am not doing fashion but i have been to my fair share of fashion shows/parties. and not because i am spoilt from all the champagne i have drank over the years.....
its really really disgusting.....
i think half the VIPs at the tent was like ... wtf.... and seriously you seldom see so much wine being left on the serving table and the trays of waiters and wha liiazo... the bloodly VIP area is already so small still go and squeeze one bloodly AUDI inside...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
for the Love of Architecture Hall of FAME
i think i am starting my the Things u DO for Architecture HALL of FAME list. it can be anything but it must either be damn serious or hilarious or unexpected. i will credit u and will update as and when entries comes in.. the distinguished panel of judges are top secret. whahahha
putting my precious drawings & model on bed while i slept on the cold floor so that i wouldn't ruin them
Sunday, March 02, 2008
For the Love of Architecture
i remember breaking into compounds and buildings.Abandoned Private Properties despite warnings that the supernatural might lurk around some dark Conor...
i remember walking on a half collapsed 2nd floor of a Bungalow in Orchard Area just before the land was condoned off.i nearly fell to the 1st if not for my hand phone torch light.
i remember secretly taking pictures in an ANDO and SEJIMA, risking my cam and being charged or ushered away rather unglamourously
i remember paying exorbitant admission charges for a REM, Botta and a Jean Nouvel.
i remember pretending to be a Rich Patron of Hermes so that i could get into a RENZO Piano.
i remember walking with a grossly bloated sprained ankle so that i could see a HERZOG.
i remember forgoing lunch so that i could spend 2 hrs in a Rafael Vinoly, Snapping away in a walkway suspended 40 meters high in an Atrium with the fear of heights.
i remember taking Silly pictures of myself with buildings in the background when i am overseas. hoping for some kind of weird fulfilment which could be easily be repeated with Good photo shop skills
i remember spending 8hrs on a bloody bumpy road in the country side so that could see an old palace off the outskirts of Beijing
i remember fighting with my parents over my choice of study which eventually i prevailed coz i kicked my self out of SP.
i remember .... wasting my youth for Architecture.
Ghostly...
Friday, February 29, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Life of a Lone Person
yesterday night was one of those evenings that u could not find anyone to go out with
so what to do...
so i spent all my time thinking of how to burn time...
i was already in town... so ....
was at KINO for like 2 hrs
followed by BORDERs for another half.
went to VIVO and walked aimlessly for another 1hr
and u pple sometimes think why does coseng knw so much?!!Dudes and Girls. i spend all my time browsing books at KINO and BOrders and soon PAGE one at VIVO/////lar
while waiting for pple to call me or meet me. and its not funny.. dun laugh... whhhahahaha
if i finished the Archiecture section, i will just move on to the next.... and NEXt and NEXT... untill
the announcements come requesting patrons to leave.
Luckily a call came, then i proceeded to the swimming club to have Lychee Margarita and a glass of red wine by the pool side...it was enjoyable, just chatting and looking at the empty pool... and in it the reflection of the surrounding lights...... Looking at the stars i drifted away for a moment and then realise that i really really love alcohol....it makes me feel good. and
CS.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
TAKE NOTE
pls do pay attention that this is my blog now so pls do not associate it with shijie anymore; either thru link names or whatsoever.
thanks har...i would really appreciate it.
CS
YES i am still in SCHOOL...not kicked out yet
my Favourite Friend(whom i shall not mention).... walked into DDS today and remarked!
HEy COSENG i have NOT seen u for weeks! (its as if i been kicked out of sch. )
how are u ?
yeah...right..
My BLOG does not exist
My Phone line does not exist
MY gmail, hotmail does not exist
My FACEbook account does not exist
My friendster account does not exist
erm HALROw.........
...
Gosh i wished that friends wld make more effort rather then just a
chanced meeting in sch. Everone is so busy in sch right?
... whatever...
CS
As you wld have already noticed. the blog tittle has changed
its officially MINe ( WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH)
so powerful right?...whatever....
so... erm thanks Tiffany Ouch. whahahahah she said its funny...
and.... pple always ask why so many dots.
COZ my FACe is full of them... whahahahahahaha
DAmn LAME!!!!
CO SENg is INsane...HEEe HeeHEE Get it Get it?
erm Okie sch is driving me nuts although i have already have two of them.. so
look for more post... Okie?
the FABULOUS life of COSENG
-CS
Monday, February 11, 2008
hahaha... maybe person lar...
Happy Chinese New Year...leh...
This year is rather hectic for me ....
CNY eve.-MAMBO at ZOUK. - it was okie, got my myself high and slightly drunk from a few free drinks and made like.... 5 new friends. maybe coz i was high.... but ahaha the best part was i got a free ride home from a friend whom i have not met for a yr ...Yeah TAXI fares are so expensive now...
DAY1-Visiting... and Whaoz... i finally met a few cousins, some with Kids. hahaha i have not seen them for several yrs i think ... and its weird i think. i have been too mysterious for a couple of years now. i am like totally ALien to them...
"Who huh? standing there.. our relative?
and follwed by 5 hrs with pple aged 50 and above talking abt their MORTALITY...
and then Dinner at T3- MY DAD LOVES T3
followed by a Movie at Ben and Joyce new house in the evening. Ohh...yeah..... 30 to 40 plus inch HDTV and a BOSE sound system .... COOL.
DAY2-PAUL's place for a CNY.... ATE plenty of stuff even though i had lunch and yeah catching up with Arki pple whom i dun really have time to catch up because i am not really in sch most of the time hee hee heee. and followed by .... a super in my slippers, shorts and a t shiRt at a Bishan PRATA shop with...Ben, Joyce and Jing De
and suddenly
BEN: " HEY lests go for a MOVIE at great WORLD. !"
CS:" u SERIOUS"
BEn" YEAH... CJ7"
CS:" OKIE....what ever!"
only got home at like 3am? hahahahaha but its a Nice Show.
DAY3-HMMM.... Woke up at 12.... Went to orchard rd to have lunch and window shopped...
went to Duty Free Shop....coz its like a Hit all brands at one GO ... u knw....
MOM: hey this watch is nice...
DAD:Yeah
Me: yup nice, its a Chopard mum. Ohh.. Gong Li advertises it... its $26,000
MOm: Diamonds are my lucky stones leh...
(DAD no where to be found)whahahahahahhaha
was at Hermes also.... and damn i love shopping with MOM. everyone treats her like royalty u knw!!! ahahahahahaha we Got all the attention and we did not even spend a single cent.
its my mom... she said ....
SON, u got to have AURA u knw... haiz... yes mom i am training very hard..... but... i am TRYING ... OKI...?
Went to another friend's B-day celebration and CNY at Conrad...and as usual. Abundance of Alcohol again...!!!!!! whwhhaahahah only reached home at like 5am.
DAY4- hmmm i guess i was so dunk that i slept the entire DAY... hahahahahahaha
DAY5- FUCKING SCH STARTS..... damn happening lor....
whahahahaha.... will upload photos soon....
CS