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An exclusive gift from Hallmark stated; "Age is just a number, I don't do numbers. "


Whoa! Very catchy indeed. Next time the question about my age arises, I'll be like " Sorry, I don't do numbers" and walk away. Nice one! Haha... I am so vain.

Just that being above 20 sound so old.

Funky wall arts and cheerful me.... :D

Just came to know that "wall art" is a trend in the western countries. And I, totally ADMIRE this wall art thingy. I've came across one hotel where all of their rooms are with different wall murals. It's been posted before. Here's the way to get the cool peek once again at Hotel Fox.
And today, I found them again at TheCoolHunter . Finding all these sources, how I wish that my boss will break from his design style and for once agree with something trendy for the hotel project in hand :P

I'm thinking something in that trend for Shivendhra's bedroom. I'll make that happen. Trust me all the way, sister :P

Anyhow, we are working on this traditionally cool restaurant at a cool local spot. Worked on the coloured-building elevation and the site perspective(with Photoshop that is!) in one day with a cool result. I'm feeling happy.

p/s: links on my blog somehow leads to something interesting...so, keep scrolling.

Discovering buildings.....and Us, the semi-professionals.......

I was streaming the channels when I came across Discovery channel's Man Made Marvels. That's where I came to know about Beijing's new Olympic Stadium which is to be in a form of a bird's nest. Here's a look at a website that I found at the first search result. Sometimes, I just wonder at their mind's search engine. It's pretty impressive. I don't know how functional this form can be but once the form is there, it's going to be detailed for the thousand years to come. It'll be a history. And that's when the episode was discussing the issues of the stadium having risks of the earthquake, they showed the National Grand Theater in Beijing,China which had similar risks. Here's a look at the egg and some Wikipedia info .

Anyhow, here's a thing that's been bugging me since I had a talk with Poh Mei about this matter.Welllll..... I disapprove people who thinks that being an interior designer ain't dignified like a doctor or even a lawyer who are the professionals. Well, we are NOT professionals. I don't deny that. But having the idea that it only works to be IDer when the name rises to fame is just so wrong. Clearly, people just judge by the outlook. Forget about houses, people are just not exposed nor capable to have their houses to be designed(it's understandable) but when it comes to commercial spaces, even the very small hip restaurant or even a retail shop that you walk into are a contribution from us. We don't merely put furnitures in or decorate the space with flowers! but we also make sure that the space circulation is perfect,we do design and specify our own cabinets/display features/etc with our own selected materials/measurements, we touch up unwanted exposed column from the architects/contractors, we can decide perfect lighting points and the usage for a space, we make sure that the furnitures positioned functions properly, we just can make a space into anything. We are behind every space you walk in. All the detailing that people outside of this field never seen. Well, I don't need more than a diploma to boost my career and yet there are LOTS of people underestimating me because of my paper qualification.
Why do they even have to ask if I have a degree or even continue for a Degree? People and their perceptions. They just don't know what they are talking about. ID companies does pay good except for the one I'm working now, I know, I know but..(like I've written before, I have my reasons).
Haih...it seems like it's glamorous to have the initials "Dr." I just don't get how people think. Guess, I'm still not matured enough to face the comparisons made by all of us. Like who's having a Degree, who's buying a car first, who's going to earn more, who's more successful. Aaargh..such an adult world.

p/s: Poh Mei, there are quotes from you and lot's of feedback from my side, I know. It's just a defense.

Dream a little dream: 2

Sleeping right after reading Mary's blog; moved when she wrote "velvet schounchy sky with stars"(what's scounchy btw?), I dreamed of Polar Express-set-of-a-magical Christmas night plus soundtracks. I let go off the reindeers into the starry magical sky and that's when baby "Mumble" and adult "Mumble" flew above my rooftop. Suddenly, Poh Mei was on a wheelchair and Hui Ling's back from London and we were sitting in one of the classes of my primary school with classmates from my secondary school friends (Yogan's for one that I could remember well).
The dream seems scattered but there's a base for part of it. Reading Mary's blog was one. I couldn't explain about Happy Feet's character though. Poh Mei in a wheelchair was for her health. Hui Ling back here with the same hair style from her Friendster photo was because she IM'ed me yesterday saying she'll be back in no time. And as for Yogan, she called me recently and I missed the call. Felt kind of bad about it and the thought comes back from time to time.

So, a dream mean anything at all? It seems like this dream I dreamed is about what I am feeling. It's weird but I love dreaming in both conditions; consciously and unconsciously :D

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It seems like the project has been handled. So it's a wrap. Enough about that.

Anyhow, my past weekends being a helper and a sales girl for my aunt was one heck of a ride. Hate and loved the process. Met lots of people. People who are just so sly in getting a cheaper bargain, people who are just plain innocent, people who are just too friendly that it's like talking to an old friend and even some from my schooling years. Funny thing is that half of the customers assumed that I'm from India. And that I couldn't speak in Tamil too. Everybody just kept talking in English. Although it's an honor, I don't want to give the impression of being a snob. So, I tried my best conversing in Tamil (only that I don't know the numbers in Tamil). But thinking that I'm not a Malaysian, that sucks big time. I am looking forward to the other big sale that'll be happening come Diwali because being successful in making people buy the products is a sweet result. Besides, it's like being in a different world outside of the normal office routine. Well, let's hope that my mind won't change by then.

So, come this weekend, it's back to my driving lessons.

As for my office life, there are going to be two new trainees from LUCT which means there will be 5 designers now. Attention will be drifted to both of them. We'll just see how things will go on.

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This project I'm partly involved now, this city project,well, I HATE IT TILL THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
Let's just pray for this day to end up earlier and I'll go home with a free mind.


Update at 6.30pm(after my office hour):
I'm still at office and it seems like submission date is not due till next week. It's sad because now I still have to work on this project.

Impression does matter 2

I am having dilemmas again where I find it so difficult to handle when it comes to designing. I couldn't transform or manipulate a design into anything. This is when I'll start thinking again. Start thinking on how far can I even go. How can I even earn at least RM 3000? How can I even dream of finding myself to work outside of Malaysia? And my skills are worth rm900 only? Am I that bad? This is seriously disturbing.

This job that I am supposed to do is build buildings for a city in Vietnam. I just have to do a 20% of it and yet, it's extremely giving me the downs. I just couldn't handle it as I need to build buildings and build them with 3ds Max(3d software). The boss said that my building is lousy and asked me to follow exactly like the reference given. I'm just so disappointed on myself and it's not helping me to work at all. I dread Mondays. Tomorrow's going to be a hell of a Monday. Let's say, I just couldn't handle it at ALL, what will the boss do? Fire me? Or he'll reduce the RM100 he raised for me earlier? Aaaargh...i know he wont do either.... but impression does matter! !!

Dang!! Let's just hope that the sunrise will be delayed..... (yeah, dream on, Loshini!!!)

p/s: I even had to search, "How to be a designer?".... this is really bad!!!