Listening to some tanya chua early in the morning does so much good to your ears.

Her lungs may not be made of iron but she has a very natural down to earth approach to her songs.


Tanya covered this song Yellow by Coldplay and it is such a beautiful vocal. The link might not be the exact link to her version but a little Coldplay would do no harm too.

Yellow

This MP3 was found at Dilandau MP3

Just when stars are not shining the brightest, all you wish is for some alone and quiet privacy.

Will i be granted some tonight?

Someone like you-Adele

In the midst of studying Quantitative Analysis. Null Hypothesis? Right now i am not sure of what to study and what to memorize.

So, Let dear Adele calm me down.


Adele has a voice that speaks while she sings. Meaning she has the ability to convey a story therough her lyrics, melody effectively and efficiently. Her phrasing is unbelievable. "Sometime it lasts in love and sometimes it hurts instead."



Adele - Someone Like You [Live]


Started noticing this talent when she won New Artist for the Grammys when she beat out Duffy. And then, my eyes went straight to her. Since then, i have been chasing pavements to hear more of this voluptuous talent.

The wonder about this fiery red haired Brit is that i see that she relates herself and completely strips herself down when she performs. All walls, barriers are broken.

She sings with heart and this is a quality that so many artistes lack. Her voice is so broken-doll.

i see wonders in her. All i can conclude is that the world don't need any Charices , Celines or Whiteneys anymore. We need someone like you-Adele.

i cant deny that i had been distracted by certain travelling issues throughout this entire study week and my study progress was just not how i initially hoped it would be like. However, i just have to tell myself that life is not all about exams, there is a difference between transferring your knowledge into your exam papers ABC, applying your knowledge depending on the twisting examination quetions and lastly applying them into your daily lives.

Though i hope i score good grades, i can't ignore the important fact that daily application of knowledge is more important. And life is never a bed of roses, you don't always get what you plan. There are these bees and pests and nasty caterpillars that wanna attack you.

The morale is that you just have to stick to your true self and deal with it. grown up.


ive learnt so much this week. street-smart wise. and ive just adopted another soul sister and im the train. Thanks to someone like you -Adele ,to lend your raspy vocals to soothe my mind as i continue this long and winding road.




bought Adele's album 21 at KLCC, totally worth every Ringgit out of it. Shes a talent that you can't compare as shes just too unique to be compared.

love her.

and shes 21. 1 year oder than me. How cool is that?

i wanna clone myself...

clone 1 to go all away to sg 2 to buy materials.
clone 2 to go finish the plans elevations.
clone 3 to complete the perspectives.
clone 4 to go to class at 2pm
clone 5 to enjoy dinner with my friends.
clone 6 to edit my work.
clone 7 to have some sleep.


living on a thread.

and clone 8 to have some McD

At this point, its all about your execution.

Elsa revealed

Elsa revealed. the way i approaced this assignment is that i wanted more human touch to create the emotion connection between life and lifeless. I thus observed pictures i seem as sensual and tried sketching to build up the emotional factor and ended up frustrated one after anoter, potrait after another. My flawed techniques result in flawed pictures which made me desolate.



Now looking back, i feel i was just being too ambitious of my concept , wanting to create things way beyond my capabilities. to create 3-5 quality potraits in 3 weeks with crazy assignments and sections, elevations?that was just such a crazy thought of mine.


My work was just too art, and just beyond me. Perhaps, i should edit myself more. After all, editing is still the work of Art.




Trust me, i did put alot of thought process into the space distribution of my house as the space was limited and i wanted it to speak of an aura of its own- the Elsa aura.







I just wanted my house to be fabric , free and thus ended up with this watercolour splash slash unknown. I was just clueless . I just wanted it to look free and easy.




what i can add is the fact the the recent Putrajaya trip managed me uphold my spirits and cleared my mind.

its the final one now to tackle. so, i choose to look at it more sensually.

Elsa quetioned

Designer's house.

my 1st question: who is this designer? I always love thinking of design concepts as those are what that more excite me or in other words breathe life. Alot ran through my mind and in the end i just came up with 1 word.


Sensuality.


sensuality does not necessary mean sexuality. Its more than that, its the way the soul connects to anoter being. Its the empowerment of confidence. Its alluring, attractive, seducing. later i found out that sensuality of architecture has been explored mainly dealing with the sex of the architecture. Taj mahal could be feminie wheares the Empire State building is surely masculine.


Another word came across my mind then- androgynous. I wanna do a little bit of masculine with a feminine touch. Clean cross lines with soft , flowy texture. Complex. i wanted a little Agyness and Omahra in my design.

The way i wanted my design to be is to be able to connect the soft and hard sides of human beings and talk to them like a voice speaking to you silently as gentle breeze blows towards your cheeks.



Thus, i imagined the designer , someone dark, someone mysterious, trying to search for inspiration and he often hallucinates himself to search for inspiration. He sees his house as an emotional 'being' which lives together with him and projects the images of these girls .He sees glimpses of these girls once in a while at the patio, kitchen lingering around like a cheetah looking for her prey. He feels an emotional connection with his house as if his house is creating these hallucinations.



I then see the way the flow of the arrangement of the house as dark, traditional , very Cheong Fatt Tze. Its sensual, mysterious, predetorial. Theres a flow, ecoule. I even tried to hallucinate myself at time to catch the glimpses through the eyes of this designer and it was just new to me. I used music , dark, intrmental music to intrigue me and inspire me.


and in the end i came out with Elsa. Sensous , intriguing, with facades made as if they are fabric-like, flowy, responsive, emotional. with features that trace back to ancient Penang where the good days are.


it is new to me. this whole development of concept.


Now looking back, i questing myself, as much as i love this concept of mine, are they too over-developed? too much? or should i keep them Calvin Klein simple? i see glimpses of Elsa in my mind, standing there magnificently like the great japanese stork stretching her wings. Yet, i still question myself. too much Black Swan perhaps?


Are my concepts too hard to be understood for others aside from myself?

Planning for Eden

Urban Planning assignment, this time there is no more individual work, time for some collaboration. And our team did fine, consisting of me myself , chinteck, yahnrur, wanting and jueyfang. Everyone had points of contribution,technical, transportation. And in the end, we came up with Eden as our concept , focussing on greenery and centralising the commercial area for better circulation for the residents.

Though this is not my cup of tea, its not easy planning..got rejected for countless of times and those countless of sleepless nights. Yet, lessons were learnt about individuals, and planning. Fo this assignment, we had to conduct a residential plan on the designated site and a brochure(CFZ n Penang inspired) to describe what is a Laporan Cadangan Pembangunan, ohya, we did a model as a bonus.

Ohya we had fun playing with the photoshoots. Countless of memories, not forgetting my injured arm and my car incidents.


Memories, so Barbara Streisand.









btw: I am suffocating with my designer's house...why cant i just get things right?

I expected the unexpected. Next, gonna have to design an interior of a room. BORING


Guess what? my current lecturer hates ID(interior Design) and he is supposed to be an interior design lecturer.

Blasphemy?



Though i kinda disagree with just certain points he points out, i could see wisdom and experience and also his care for the world through his speech. His thoughtful insight clearly reflects who he is as a devoted Muslim (seems so) and i respect him for that. I could see that he cares , tried to make a change , however was ignored.


Ignorance is a bliss. Thus, it is taking a toll on our enviornment, built environment. I value deeply his insight which kinda made me more conscious of my designs .This is the kind of education i wanna receive. It may not be Bartlett or AA worthy yet it makes me think, argue, act. It helps me in the process of developing. I dont wanna be spoonfed or allowed to grow all by myself. I want guidance, the right guidance.




another lecturer told me: As an architect, you have to follow instructions(in a stern manner).



and i thought: it was just a small matter , why all the anger? maybe thats what that snips the smile on your face. Ohya. if Frank Gehry followed all the instrcutions, would there be the Guggenheim Musuem??? hello... wake up people...


Zaha Hadid said that architecture is not related to Art..sort of like that.


I beg to differ. I am an individual. I have my own thoughts. Insight are welcomed through the front door but there is always a back door too shoo off unwanted guests.

im taking a risk on this one.

i'm really loving this fresh and exotic thought of me.

its Dangerous with a capital D..

its Do or Die time.

site analysis

currently working on an ubran planning-based assignment. However, i gotta find time to post about my site analysis yar..

Site analysis is basically about understanding your site , the loaction where you intend to place your structure/shelter. In this case i chose the USM golf course as my site where there are many plains, hills, beautiful secluded place..perfect for La Croissance.



i find my site beautiful, untouched, unspoiled, away from all trouble.Throughout this assignment, i find things a little to rigid as i mentioned earlier. Im more like water, i flow. Freezing is not an option for me.

Thus, this report like assignment was tough for me. I just cant imagine myself doing this the rest of my life. Yet, i learnt that i have to insert my bit of myself into my assignments no matter i like it or not and make the best out of it. And eventually, i learnt and enjoyed.



I wished i could stick with my initial plan for this report. However, deadlines are deadlines.
Love the landscape pics i took

La Croissance for Growth

Shelter.

Shelter.

Shelter.


A place to nap.




An area to rest.





I just wanted to dream.


We were assigned to design a shelter. And all i wanted to do is to stay true to who i am and play .
I came up with ideas of bedtime stories, where Disney-like children get to listen to bedtime stories, where they could imagine about mermaids swimming in the ocean or Timon and Pumba singing Akuna Matata(not correctly spelled..ohwell) bursting with joy. I thought of running arcoss the Amazons the same way Pocahantes did as she belted out Colours of the Wind. I was so overwhelmed with ideas that i got myself a headache. Its sad aint it?..nah..


So, i just scaled down the scope of fairytales and something spoke to me about ponies, unicorns and pegasus.

By the way, the main purpose i wanted to create this bedtime stories inspired shelter was to change the trend of growth of today's children. I want them to grow. Yes grow. However grow age appropriately.


"No No ipods for you my boy of you are a 8 year old.
ipods are for Big Boys and big girls. Barbies and transformers are more for you."


Get it? i just want children of today to STOP themselves from growing way much faster than tehy should be and i strongly belt out that architecture has the ability to change the way people live, think, act. Thats what i want to do. Ya right, u might think i am like overthinking it. Hell no. Its who i am. i like conceptualising, imagining, thinking of if's and what about's..crazy mind of mine.


So, i named my shelter La Croissance. meaning growth in French.
Ponies grow into horses. But wait here, you got the sequence all mixed up.

In my world, or in the world of La Croissance, from a pony, u get to either have a horn or a pair of wings. Yup.you grow into unicorns and pegasus.

And so this is it.La Croissance.




It sounds crazy but my point is that i just want children to allow their imagination run freely like wild horses across the grazy plains.


























This is La Croissance. something that is out of the normal minds. Fly...its my dream


Like i stated firmly in my presentation, i could just come up with a normal building of four facades. But theres this inner creature wanting to be free , thus , i opened the gates , and released by creature of creativity. I wanted to play.


its not so architecture architecture.
but its definitely architetcure YouShengFoong to me.


its me.
Mine.
Me produksi.(Stamp!)

i find my current assignments given to me too rigid. There's a structure to it , strong, firm. I find it monotonous. I want to see more life and fluidity. It seems that they only want us to play within a cooking pot.

I want to play in a sandbox, not Disneyland, not a cooking pot.


i want to explore more about me growing as a designer, not merely doing the everyday builder job scope. Am i over thinking stuff? i guess i am not.

finished about 60% of my model. A plethora of quetions popped up in my mind.

since i changed my design in the very last minute, i did not have any crit for this particular design of mine.

1.) Does a shelter necessary mean i must have a roof??? Shelter can be a refuge of a place of rest also. right?

2.) what i created does not seem so architecture architecture. Should i still go for it? hmm..wondering...





but i have some thoughts, if i dont play with volume and design and my imagination, crazinesss...can i possibly do something that crazy again? Valuable aspects to be thought of. Englighten me..

a lot happened in this short day. frustration, dissapointment. at the end, i just realized something, i have allowed all these negativity to suck away all my happiness and joy of model making.

Architecture to me should potray personality. It should be loud. There should be joy.



i want to be happy and you know what? i think im gonna start to play with fire this time.


Fire. Fire. Fire...hahaha



It burns.



I am crazy.

finally back at Ipoh for the CNy break. Its good to be at home and somehow the atmosphere kinda inspires me. Its comfortable, breezy, its easy..like bossa nova...listening too much music these days.

i'm somehow thinking of a secluded area. a tranquility and serenity , innocence i wanna insert in my following studio assignment. May Nature inspire me again.



CNY is not going to be just any other holiday. Its gonna open my eyes.

so, Work babe work. Looking forward to see my fellow comrade's work.


happy CNY...for a better year, a more fruitful process , and a breezy flow.

0203

Theres so much i wanna share in this post. i wanna thank Him for all the blessings i received. Blessed are those who are humble for the gates of heaven are all theirs. This is my final presentation.

and i titled my board " Heavenly Chic"


Tun Rusli wanted our boards to be in monochrome.I was fine with that. And when he set the background as Black. i was like : 'oh no'. I prefered white as its always easier to paint on white instead of on black. And when he set all the limitations of the board. I was terrified. Since the last semester, i learnt to be wild, to be set free. Now, knowing that this bird is gonna be locked in its cage just gave me a sad look.


However, i knew i had to play with the boundaries set by others. Limitations could be either a WOW or a LOW. i had to be confident mine would be a WOW. Its gonna be heavenly chic babe..

throughout this entire assignment , a type of flow inspired me. Its like water, this creative juice flowing across me and most of my products are unintentional. Its a flow. and i like it.

I saw the leaves on the ground, so i thought of a nest. i saw fabric, so i cut it into pieces. i saw birds, so i wanna do feathers. i saw some wire and so i manipulated its shape and i got a cage-like structure. i though i could only see monochrome in my eyes, but i added some Red to give a dash of boldness.


I really like my end-product. i really do.

















Throughout my presentation, i did mention i saw a lot of CK products-alike. but like Lee, i wanna be different, eccentric and follow my heart. thats all.


i am a student, and i want to seek for more.



He is Good. He gave me a Gift. He can take it Away Anytime.
So, i value it. Thank you


ps:// dreaming for my next assignment

0202

And there is it, my final model. completed it rather early, on Wed . really happy with the end product. though its not my 1st design, but it grew and developed. Now i understand that sometimes, good design need not be too rigid, like ecoule, it flows. Sometimes, we can even play with the material, manipulate the shape, do something opposite what you intend to do.

and here, i came out with my baby product. Its almost swan-like, dove-like.Its just so peaceful and so serene. Its beautiful by its own, but i wanted to create different images with different moods to accentuate the ambience and enhance my design.

There you go ecoule.

0201

my sketches as it later evolved and developed. Initialy, i was thinking like a blossoming flower

then , using wire, i make my skeleton glueing it with hot glue gun

i bought this beautiful fabric chiffon and intended to drape it around grecian goddess like..but i had another plan in mind

Like pleats, i experimented with the fabric and slowly this technique developed.

i wanted to make something else to compliment with my chair...i was thinking.

playing with shapes



and there, a new life is born to compliment with my chair