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

Back to Sg

hi all,

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

RIBA Crit part 2

Oh... almost forgot i had to blog this...

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

RIBA CRIT part 1

oh yes the dreaded list was released on monday and the day of judgement tues 6th may...

i never really saw it coming. i thought that my scheme was safe... maybe i did not have a model .... maybe

but if its okie and without a model why PICK me..... hmmmm argh how how how.... my head kept spinning and i could not think straight at all....

a day and night of panick calling continued with calls and emotional talks with my "Trusted Inner Circle of Friends"one of whom came all the way down to have coffee with me untill like 215am....

we sort of formulated the REASONS why u Kanna the RIBA hit List.....hahha though not entirely accurate its the best we could come out with... hahahah and its either a WHAo YEah or a WHAO SHIT.... PLAN B....

hahhah thats how nus students would usually go about this like this... Careful, Objective, Logical analysis as to Why u are "Invited" to present.May this list be of reference to all Juniors!...

1.Your Project is EXCELLENT... OMGAWD congrats you are on your path to Architectural Stardom

2.Your Project is "WTF".... OMFGAWD. you better pray to whatever Gods you worhsip.

3.Your Project has an interesting scheme that RIBA would like to hear more about.

4.You Kanna SABO by your own tutor because he/she needs to nominate at least 2.

5.RIBA does not agree with the grades that the sch has given you. its either a Up or DOWN

6.You do not have a model.(Argh how how )

7.You worked on a Chinese theme. Opera Sch... blah blah...( you wanted RIBA to see you right ?hahaha)

8.Its Completely Random. WTF you are damn SUAY

9.Your Technical drawings are poor...

10.Your Panels are confusing...

Ops.... so in the end... with so much.... reasons why anyone could be chosen... its just useless... of course there are some A schemes around.. its pretty obvious....haoz... so at the end of the day... ARE YOU SUAY or not?

hahahahahaha.....

i will be posting the second part of this BLOG with my exclusive scoops and Gossips of my CRITIQUE with the RIBA Panel.... stay tuned.....ahhahahah

Exhibition

hey guys and gals,

Remember at Andrea's B day we were chating abt a certain Dr. and his invites?( for pple who were drunk and totally has no recollection or... who were out getting Video EZY...too bad) this is my version of it ... whhahahahah...

nothing glamourous lar compared to the one in New York .... but i am heading down to Tyler anywayz..... yuppie :-)

cheers!

Post Submission, Post Crit , Post Thoughts

pen on paper(1992) A4

well its post submission and post crit and i guess everyone is getting on with their "normal" activities again. and so i woke up at 6am in the morning because my brain still thinks that i have a model to work on but unfortunately i dun. whahaha
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.!!!!

Keeping the DREAM alive for myself and friends! Feel GOOD

pen and pencil on paper (1993) A4

my lastest "baby" as how andrew would call it... hahaha sadly i am unable to produce the model

Singapore Fashion Festival

i am supposed to be working on my studio work but i needed a break and i went for 3 fashion shows in a single day !!! argh.... .. okie the first thing i want to complain is.... the wine. its HORRIBLE....

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...

Check this Out!

Lets do a bit of framing.