Arc degree sem1, LKW

Design Communication A

( Late Submission, "-15%", but only deduct 3%. Still, 2nd highest. If submit in time, I'm the highest among ~165 students.. Hard work really pays. This is the exchange:

plans in ink 3H X 2 + roof plan 2H X1 =9 Hours
Elevations in ink 2H X 2 =4 Hours
sections in ink 2H X3 =6 Hours
axonometrics in ink 4H X2=8 Hours

plans in pencil 2H X 2 + roof plan 1H X 1 =5 Hours
Elevations in pencil 2H X 2 + 3H X 1(one of them really draw, not tracing) = 7 Hours
Sections in pencil 5H X 2 ( lots of unnecessary research) = 10 Hours
axonometrics in pencils 5H X 2 ( lots of details and research) = 10 Hours


trace everything on butter paper to tracing paper, 12 Hours

total= 71 hours or 2.96 days "only"


Architecture Design A-

(most of the time spent here, most important subject
happy with it, 2nd highest in class...)



Architecture Culture B+

( Now only I know the style u want, pic n words mix together, more personal point of view)


Communication Principal B-

( Very late Submission, thanks Ms.Akmal to accept)


Building Technology C+

( Wunder Wall, spontaneous design, no planing.. Unhappy, no transparency in giving marks )


Moral C-

(I didn't submit the last assignment... not fail?? weird)



Overall marks : 75.4 which qualified for a dunno what cert directly from Curtin

CGPA: 2.96 include Moral; 3.20 exclude Moral

Pressured......

grrrr..... the Dundee U really make me crazy...


Late reply, sent empty forms: written (o.0kb), so obvious, but they can't read.

This is what they give me after so many days!! n the deadline to secure an accommodation is 2 more days!

The Residences Office is currently very busy processing
accommodation applications for Session 2008/09. As a result
we may not be able to respond to your email as
quickly as we would want to.

Please be assured that emails will be read on a regular
basis and responded to as soon as time permits. Your
patience at this busy time will be appreciated.

If you require general accommodation information please
see our web site:
www.dundee.ac.uk/residences

I'm a qualified applicant for the accommodation, and the residences Office should consider my request to resend a form, which I believe is just as easy as a click. I had went to the web site more than thousand times! N this is what I got..

nearly everyday I'm reporting to MABECS, to ensure I'm not left out.

The FIRM UNCONDITIONAL letter also take more than 1 week for them to send...sounds like I received?

I'm still waiting..... ......




Taylors, srry.. not going to u anymore.. cause I found a better one.




LKW, work harder to level up your teaching quality... Less Malays from UITM pls.. they can't even use proper eng in teaching n explaining...

"apa itu tension?" ........
...
.......... ..........

" arrr... actually I dunno..."
this word coming out from a uni lecturer, after a long Q&A session between us. I just wanted to try out your understanding bout basic Phy... and this is what u got, as a Building Technology Lec.

Time

haha, so funny...
Malaysia time is +8, which of cause I knew..

but get it wrong here, chose -8.... just realised!

that's why the post time always always appear weird...

BEFORE...




AFTER

Scotland

I want to go to The University of Dundee, Scotland!!!

few things to do and to settle as fast as possible, to grasp the chance of the life time, which might be the turning point of my life.

1. The accommodation. The date line is 31st July, but today is 27th...means 4 days left. Need to check mail frequently, waiting for the reply by Uni. Have to work out with MABECS, contact them once a day, anyhow, it's just 4 more days.

2. Discipline. No more Diablo2, day dream is allowed but need to cut down by half. Fail to plan is plan to fail. so, where is my plan??? my diary left empty since LKW ends... One month is gone, contributed to Diablo2, paladin 72 lvl and amazon 24 lvl.... Clean up the mess starting tmr, clean bedroom table, books, and re organise..

3. Financial planning. Well, the key to Scotland all depends on $$$$$ factor. Scholarship?? Papa's boss?? It once seems no hope, however I can feel the dim light getting brighter.. now? no idea.

But the news from mama was papa agree to let me go, even self sponsored. Where papa find the money while he's only a senior manager with salary just possible to cover home expenditure, say bout RM 10k... and supporting Ling in Medicine study? I know he is doing multiple jobs and trying to diversify his income through many ways, like writing will( Rockwill), sell mutual fund
( Public Mutual), publishing primary books, which I suppose to lent a helping hand, but failed as I was not discipline, easy-Pharmax, trying hard to get into some rocks, land businesses...

Well, a great father!! He never compromise on giving his children the best education, because he is a real educator( was a teacher, Lecturer for teacher training, book publisher...)!

I have to do the poster for dadah, write book n discuss with jie, help mama to manage her soft copy artwork and design a nice portfolio for her. Do it. No excuse.

Mama's art value is underestimate. One painting RM2K, if there at studio got 50 paintings, which is my minimal estimation... WOW! my one year tuition fee+ living expenses at Dundee is covered! sad to tell that, I'm too selfish... Poor parents, I squeeze both if you until you can hardly breath. I can choose to study at USM, missed the scholarship of 3 yaers in Taylors, or study here 3 years before going oversea... But LKW had made me totally disappointed in Malaysia's education... even a private uni can't escape from the LOCAL TEACHING STYLE.. Taylors maybe the same, but hopefully bit better? 6th Form still the best.

Nini's Pet

the 16th days hamster... still cannot walk steadily..

First day she open her eyes, so big and round! Pathetic thing, didn't see her mother once..She become orphan even before seeing the world..


eating something?


dade dade..


some sleeps while others getting exited around

mama breast feeding the babies. Impressive heavy duty for her, day and night, 24H in action. The babies would take turns hung there sucking milk, making her hard to even move around all the times. Another superwoman's job is to take the 7 babies one by one up and down the double layer cage everyday, the upper floor is their warm bedroom, and the lower is the activity space.

7th day

Left at upper story, love to sleep side by side, and weird post.. haha, so cute.

9th day

The eyes still can't open, but can smell the food and holding them with both hands. The food was selected and randomly put all around the babies.. mostly grains, which she usually wont eat.. maybe it's good for the babies who was learning to consume solid foods.

10th day

One afternoon, MY mother suddenly ask me to see the weird sleeping post of the mother hamster. (MY MUM rarely look at the hamsters, so not surprising to me when she say it's weird).... So straight, like 僵屍 。。 I found out there is something wrong, she was not moving at all... no heart beat..

one baby still looking for milk, sucking here and there..the poor thing couldn't suck anything out, so tried another breast... again, no milk, try another place... the baby noticed the different, but couldn't tell why.. eventually, after 15 min of disappointment, the baby gave up and sleep beside the mother. The eyes still not open! How sad..

I tried to touch it with stick, scared the decomposing bacteria or the decaying liquids infecting myself. The legs are so stiff that it is not possible to bend by the stick and body was harden. texted nini, it's "mother"; the babies' "granny" immediately as she was at the school, she bring handphone and ipod to school of cause.. Papa, a bio grad, came home and throw away the dead body, as he said it must be handled fast, it is decomposing... but in the end, I dunno what he done to the body, didn't ask till today, left it a mystery.

12th day

The next day, 7 babies who still depends on mum's milk, never see their mum again.. so, we start to feed them with water, one by one, since they still couldn't see anything and don't know how to find water themselves. Luckily, the mother hamster left them with something very essential: skill to eat solid foods. If not, they won't survive today..

13th day

again n again...

Jz woke up. it's 2:37 am.

These days many things happened to me. 2 days back,  at starbuck, I was suppose to fetch nini back from tuition. It was 9:55 pm, considered late to leave the place. Pack the laptop, finish the last slurp of the thick hot choco, and rush to the car. 

one hand holding the laptop and another dig deep into the huge pocket on the right. Great! The adrenaline starts it's journey, a feel of fear run through my spine. You should know what happened here. where is the car key??? I used to have a clumsy bunch of keys tied together to prevent this kind of affair taking place. but it's papa's Hyundai.... I didn't have my own copy in the collection. searching around... couldn't find.... announce missing. imediately ran to the car, please, don't let me see the unwanted scene... praying for the car to be at where it was.

Thanks God, it's still there. The fear gone, replaced with the consciousness. Then, I called papa to fetch nini n bring the spare key. Look around again, asked around. Luckily, papa didn't scold me, cause he knew it wouldn't turn the situation better. Well, the forgetful, careless, "mong cha cha" characteristic all shown up again.   

the same day afternoon( flash back a bit), After settled at MABECS, jie asked me to buy a bus ticket for my cousin, from KL to Parit Buntar, 3:30 pm tmr. So, I went to the patrol station at state to buy. It's my first time to but a bus ticket though always be the driver to send ppl there to buy ticket. I said to the person on the counter, Parit Buntar, 3: 30 pm tmr. He asked from Duta or Pudu. (take long time to recall the names... short memories bout names.... haiz...) I simply said Duta, as I have no idea what's the different. paid RM21.40, went to fetch nini back from school. C, this is the life of the driver... never rest!

Reached home, left the ticket on the Peugeot, fetch nini to tuition. ... :again, forgot to bring the ticket home...

At night, jie told me I should choose Pudu instead of Duta, nearer. ... another mistake here... Anyway, I inquire papa bout the way to Duta, as I will be the DRIVER again the next day.   

so, the story continues today..

I went to papa's office to print out my portfolio in the morning. Bout 12pm, Jie called me :"the bus ticket written 24July, which is tmr!...." again, another mistake!!! I can never done a thing perfectly...

As a full time driver to serve everyone without any complains, went back to take jie and cousin sis for our lunch at state. Ya, missed out something... Before that, at papa's office.. I was asked to drive papa's car back to do my stuff ( UK thing ). when reach the lower ground parking lot, errr... where is the car??? Reminded papa purposely told me to remember where he parked the car just now... I answered:" Oooo..." He knows me well... In the end, I walked for at laest 15 min, search for 2 floors car park n still, cannot find the car.. phone papa, the annoying sound again..."..u have insufficient credit to make the call... bla bla..." haiz... so I walk around again n again, with the heavy laptop... 

Finally, found! 

The car key?? 

No no, this time, it's safely in my pocket... haha, so happy finally I done something reasonable.

 

Went to change the ticket, forget what's the malay word for "yesterday" , jie told kemarin... My malay suck.. changed the date, n the venue to Pudu. I forget where we took our lunch.

send cousin to Pudu, go MABECS again check for the accommodation, fetch jie back. went Wing's at Kelana, bind the portfolio. Mama requested me to buy her some acrylic, but I didn't have $$$.. Wallet still left <>

went to band room, send nini back. I was totally flat, bumped into my bed, zzzzzz...z.z....

few minutes later... the phone rang again... be tough and consistent Ziyang... how can a 24H-on-call-driver sleep while he is on duty? again, have to fetch papa from KTM, Petaling... since the car is with me...

I sincerely salute Jie, he so brilliant as to choose not to learn driving.      

  

 

relax

waiting Nini tuition. In Starbuck.
I planned to do my portfolio here, but left my copies at home, was rushing for time. Jie, fast fast learn to drive, I want to quit as her Personal Driver soon.
Ordered signature hot chocolate tall, ten ringgit. taste fine, but just an ordinary small cup of chocolate.

Mun

"Ziyang arr.. got any plan today?...I got nothing to do today, boring... lunch?... I also haven't take my lunch.. ..." She didn't ask me to go any place or have lunch together.. but i know she is looking for some accompaniment, trying to sneak out from the house.. the hidden msg.. shy? I'd some ideas in my mind, some places to go, something to do, but didn't speak out. In the end I called her again and ask her for lunch. She agreed!

so, we went to The little Taiwan. The upstair was closed, so disappointed, as it was my favorite place, nice relaxing environment.. Her pendent was nice, looks like Tranz design, but I kept the complement in heart. After lunch, we went to Asia Cafe, play pool, as she mentioned she want to try pool once upon a time.

Pool was one of our 'F6 band gang''s favorite activity, hanging out with them was so much fun. but today, I forget how to play, always miss the easy ones, and some more, it's in front of her, for her first time. New discovery, she is left hander! that's why she is good in sports.

Then, Sunway archery. Our first time, 12 arrows each person.. hard to stable the heavy bow, strength is the only key for it. We had an ice-cream as finale. Mun Mun, thanks.

Give me some time, my english will improve :)

Tai Chi

Went taichi for the first time. no paint, no sweat, no increase in heart beat.. just like a dream, woke up by father at 6am, went to Checkers by car and taichi together with old folks(papa is the youngest among them!)... Anyway, the 30 min taichi was not even as demanding as the band's warm up... maybe I couldn't grasp the "qi" at all.. however, salute the old folks there, as some of them are 80+year-old, still looks 50+. Then, came back and continue to sleep.. Well, it may be jz my own imagination, maybe it didn't happen at all.

Bon Odori

Stadium Matsushita '08

My second Bon Odori. Was there, 2 years back, with bunch of L6F classmates. But this year, everyone was all over Malaysia for their uni, except me.. So, went with Mun Mun. Asked her just one night before the event, late midnight, after knowing from Nini when I was watching Matrix2. Was so afraid that she couldn't make it. If no one accompany me that day, I would just it turn down. Thanks to Mun2.

 

first pic, with japanese couple

Mun Mun and I, queuing for sushi

After the long queue, This is what we have. Not so nice as food, but the environment makes them "feel" tasty..

pretty japanese girls on stage

The little boy was posing "V"

"so adorable..."

First blog

dunno why suddenly click here and there, and end up at here..

maybe it's time for me to create my own blog. today is 7-11, though 7-11 is none of my good friends. 

This blog is to keep record of myself or to expose myself to others? doubt it. But when i saw friends' blog,......... memories............ all the precious times freeze there, and even can scroll back to the exact time frame to walk trough and taste the lovely or sad scene again and again, reminisce the past... photos and videos for the eye, words for the soul and mind. What is the feelings when I reread this 10 years in future? sure 'll laugh but glad to have a kick to start!

fIRST lAW- a body will remain its state in static or to move with constant velocity if no force acted on it. 'hmmm... suddenly physics come out?' so, since the force applied, i have to continue to write, and will try my best to overcome the friction in terms of laziness. wow, love physics so much! 

'nini speaks in dream again...' 

physics is nothing, it's everyday life observation. last time, i believed in some saying that we had discovered 80% of the 'truth' that's why fewer 'laws' are coming in recently... well, they are so wrong! now is the prime time of the development of physics! thanks to high tech equipments. quantum mechanics, quarks, bla bla bla... i really enjoy study physics in form6. since young, i love science. I read lots of  kid's encyclopedia in primary school, and thought that everything on earth are on my finger tips. As grow older, I realised the lesser I know about science.. NTU's dean said, when a bio can be written in chemical equation, it simplified to chemistry. when chem can be governed by rules or law, it becomes physics; if the physics can be calculated in equations, it's mathematic. so, doctors know the least and the salute should be given to the mathematicians. I agree with it! math is the root of all sciences. if phy is developing slower than math by 20 years, chem slower than phy by another 20 and bio another 20, the mathematicians now are creating the platform for bio in the half century in future.          

    

dunno why, write a lot of rubbish, jz ignore it if boring. k, good night to myself.