“You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.”

-Walt Disney

I am still alive people and i really thank you for all your birthday wishes. I have chosen to put the same picture regarding the same post last year as i feel the reluctance to be a grown up still. Being grown up is really a pain in the ass but i guess no one can try to run away from this cycle of life. So here i am , 23 and i will try to be as cheerful and optimistic as ever ! =D

Time flies indeed and i cannot be more thankful especially for this last 8 years of life, a life changing experience i can say the moment i decided to go to Singapore to embark on a totally exciting journey. I wish and believe that there are more good things to come ahead.

1.5 months to go and i will be back to Indo for awhile before i return to the hectic tiny little dot island that i seem to miss a bit these days. The food , people and singlish-ness of it that have become a big part of my daily life. Looking forward for future challenges and all have been good so far i can tell.=)

Section across container city


The past weekend is the busiest so far since i came to Hawai'i due to initial schedule of tuesday interim that miraculously get postponed due to a technical glitch, my tutor was planning to have a life tele-conference with his UK office at 10 pm. I kinda feel satisfied with what i have achieved especially meeting all my personal targets, maybe i have not worked hard for some time that makes the aftermath feeling even better. Anyway, this weekend is gona be more relax for sure as a group of us plan to catch a movie and have a nice lunch together!

Pray hard that i get Bobby next semester, i want to go BALI! all the food and the exoticness that i still cannot really get enough of.

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye

Even with our fists held high
It never would've worked out right
We were never meant for do or die

I didn't want us to burn out
I didn't come here to hold you, now I can't stop

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

Looking at you makes it harder
But I know that you'll find another
That doesn't always make you want to cry

Started with a perfect kiss then we could feel the poison set in
Perfect couldn't keep this love alive
You know that I love you so, I love you enough to let you go

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on so I'm already gone

Already gone, already gone, already gone
Already gone, already gone, already gone, yeah

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on so I'm already gone

Container city!

When i was doodling on my sketchbook, besides the beach and accompanied by coconut drink i had this sudden rush of inspiration. I guess that luxury of time is the one i could not possibly have back in NUS. Container city ! follow this thread closely people as more things will come.=)

Junk is Kool !

Above are just a small thing we need to do for studio as my tutor has some presentation with the honolulu city council for the upcoming MRT that is really going to be built. It is kinda cool in a way that the nature of project is really different of what i have been doing so far and in the end of it there would be an exhibition in the city hall for our studio work.

I kinda feel little empty these days, maybe because i am still thinking too much on certain things but let's just say it is not that bad at all. This exchange allows me to dwell toward certain personal perspective of mine on certain matters. I am still very glad on my last 8 years on how so many wonderful things that have happened and i hope many more amazing years will come to follow.

Let's just say it is a sudden change of heart that until now i am still not too sure about it still.

Pearl Harbor memorial

I think i will end up only writing 1 post in 1 month while i am in Hawai'i. Let's say things have been going quite smoothly these days, everything start to fall into place nicely and i have been found out more things about life here. Sounds cheesy but i guess being far away from my comfort zone have done certain wonders to me, slower place life here helps me to think through regarding some stuff i did the past few years. I have tried to rectify some old silly mistakes and although time cannot be turned back i guess i would feel much more relieved after taking those steps indeed.

Things should not have ended that way indeed. I am sorry for being a real jerk.

Waikiki bridge's towards the sea


I am seriously getting lazy and lazier to update this blog since i came here. Oh well, school has started this week and i can tell you i have tons of readings to be done by the weekend but i am still loving it. I guess the people around you and the expectations they have is kinda lower than back home in NUS, aside from the idea that i can S/U all the modules i took here also.

Studio has been awesome so far, we had our first briefing on the grass under the tree. Two great tutors, one of them is gensler design director for UK and the other one is kinda her partner but they are lovely individuals. Very nice and dedicated considering they do not get paid to teach us as they believe that we all need a proper education before going into the real world practice. Another interesting thing is that the goverment has cut the university budget and guess what, the first department get affected is Architecture school. The studio is going to be closed after 10 pm, i guess no overnight for me this semester as i intended to do so anyway.=p

Weather has been great but i am still thinking way too much.