Disappointed. Crushed. Frustrated. Stressed. Angry.
Someone drown me in alcohol.
Archive for August, 2007
Mixed.
Posted in Soliloquy on August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Round 2, evaluated
Posted in School on August 29, 2007 | 5 Comments »
An improvement.
Effort to be commended.
-EV
It’s nice to see your efforts being recognized, but I was expecting a little more. To stay up the whole of Sunday night (yes i did not sleep) for [...]
Perfecting the imperfect.
Posted in Soliloquy on August 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Design is not about perfecting an imperfect world, but more like perfecting an imperfect human being.
Pwned again.
Posted in News on August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
New re-employment law by 2012 to help S’poreans work longer
SINGAPORE: A new law will come into effect to ensure that Singaporeans stay employed longer.
From 2012, a re-employment law will kick in to make it mandatory for employers to offer re-employment to workers who have reached the retirement age of 62.
As a first step, they will [...]
Round 2
Posted in School on August 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
AR1101 ex TWO
Issued by: Lai Chee Kien
Sketches, photographs and representation
Preamble
In the course of our study and work, we will encounter images and representations in their various forms and guises, and later, author them as primary means of communication. We need to interpret, understand and explore the forms for their communicative power, function and [...]
lines? revisited
Posted in Design, School on August 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing from the last post, i guess many should know that my first assignment is to draw 8 sets of lines and 3 additional sets, each containing the theme space, movement and form respectively. We have no boundaries as to what we draw.
An edit to the last post: I did not spent only 4 hrs [...]
Lines?
Posted in School on August 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
AR1101 ex ONE
by Fong Hoo Cheong
The Line
Preamble
The use of drawings and models both physical and digital as an abstraction of architecture and how this communicates the intent of the design is a fundamental part of the design process.
The design process is at its initiation a representation process [...]
How can our gahmen solve the income gap?
Posted in Politics on August 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One reason our income gap is widening is our ageing population. Singaporeans are living longer than ever. We must help our elderly live comfortably by keeping medical care affordable, making our city barrier-free, and our public transport wheelchair friendly. Those with enough savings will feel secure about their future. But workers who retire too early [...]
Materialities
Posted in School on August 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The School of Design and Environment held a public lecture on “Constructing New Materialities” today. The guest speaker was Thomas Schroepfer, an Assistant Professor from Harvard University, Graduate School of Design. His portfolio includes working at Studio Libeskind, a company known for the Jewish Museum at Berlin, and the currently ongoing works, Reflections @ Keppel [...]
Will I win this photo competition?
Posted in Stuff on August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I receive an email in my NUS account a few days back.
Dear Students
Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) invites you to submit photos or artworks showing how taxes have contributed towards our lives. If you are interested in participating, please refer to IRAS website: http://www.iras.gov.sg/pictures.asp for more details. The closing [...]