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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

urban study in Ringlet

rushes to shop important things.
packing in a hurry.
tonight, will off to Ringlet at 11.00 pm.
pls pray for a safe journey.

some advice to me:
bear in mind, this is a serious business.
dont lost urself.
hv fun eventhough u're doing a study.

will be back on 2nd Jan.

hope everything goes well.

may Allah bless. :)

Friday, December 18, 2009

blurbbs


do you know this place?

it is located at Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands.
a former British Army Hospital back in 1970's. its now a SK Convent Tanah Rata.
a very much colonial british building and very much looks like a church.

guess what?
we'll stay here for 9 days during the town study.

actually this is our first plan and everyone had agreed.
but then when this pic being uploaded in fb, some of us commented that it looks scary. some said its ok, cheap because rm8 per night.

and it were further discussed during the meeting yesterday. most of the girls didnt want to take the risk staying here since it was ex-hospitals, its on the hill, the toilet is seramm bla bla bla.. mostly the -ve and ghost thingy.. huhu. mana tak takut.

we're about to doing some study. im hoping that there was no problem for the accommodation - just that the place was comfortable for everyone.

maybe the story were not true. but if got somewhere safe and nice, why dont we look for it, right?

so, maybe we'll stay at another place. still discussing about it.

im abit busy for the couple of days. need to rush to make letters - many kinds of letters - bus and programme application, exceptional class letters for our group, letter of getting information from the local authority of Cameron Highlands etc.

and all this thing need to be printed on the faculty letterhead. unfortunately, our faculty admins were so kedekut of giving us the letterhead. sometimes we did argue before we get it. JUST BECAUSE THE LETTERHEAD ISSUE. kelakar kan?

this time i ask some friends to help me getting the letterhead. its great to hv helpful groupmates. it has smoothen my duty. *thanks friends*

since my work is almost complete, i hv time for myself. the week is about to over. 2 days, what to do? my roommate were going back to her hometown. me alone in the room.

yes, its time for myself. i'll make use of it.

just thinking of... reading.
2 days, 2 books.
agak2 boleh x habiskan?

better read than never.
kan?

may Allah bless.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

theme of the 8th semester: timeline

i think its good to hv a theme. majority of the subjects were comprises of doing timeline - past and the future. in urban context, timeline is very important to define the history behind it - every 10 years or 100 years the difference will show what is actually happen in particular period. at the same time it will gv us some clues in predicting hows the evolution and development of its town planning.

the same concept goes to complex construction and introduction to urban design subject.

however, in topical study subject, the 'timeline' is changed to the phrase of 'work schedule', meaning which it relates more to the time management. this subject is a pre-thesis. we'll doing some research, collecting data and tackle the issues individually. at the end of the day, the product will be compiled in the form of book. this is a one semester work, therefore time management is very crucial so that we tend to finished it on time.

all stated above was my observation when attending those classes. 4 subjects per week with the total of 13 credit hours. seems few but all of it contains a 100% of work-forces.

live in busy-ness. no more playing. its time to work it out.




my time schedule was also in the form of timeline. its easy to see and easy to measure the degree of my performance in every week. :)


may Allah bless.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

mentality vs possibility

Architecture today is moving towards into futuristic and modern design. creativity and innovative design always not to be forgotten, yet becomes the key factors in exploring technology to be applied in design. therefore, architecture and technology cannot be separated. as the time goes by, the technology also had been improved and as everyone hope, it will make things easier and possible.

i hope im not talking nonsense here. the story was guided btw. in line with it, i want to share some of the reality in building construction and architecture history.

one of the subject taken in this semester was complex construction. talks about complexity. what is it btw?

in simple words, complexity means difficulties.
taking example of some futuristic with impossible-shape building which you hv seen and if you think it was difficult to build, then it means it was a complex building. impossible and difficult to build. yes, i think the example is simple and easy to understand.

therefore, the subject outlines will enable us in thinking creatively and able to break the 'ordinary' in recent construction.

history is interesting. lets make it simple, so lets learn it in timeline.

before 1957 - back in the World War II, most of the building was concrete structure.

1981 - steel arose in building industry in Malaysia, and its called Perwaja.

2000 - CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board) was organized. one of their intention is promoting IBS related to module. however, French module 600 had been introduced early in 1981 (20 years back) in oversea. the module is division of 600 or multiple 600 - meaning to say its size can fixed into any building and design. yes, ppl outsides Malaysia had been exposed with it before us.

2010 - it is time to introduced to Malaysia about parametric construction

i think we're not so yesterday. they outsiders hv set some kind of the country context complexity - meaning which they provides context to growth - at the same time injects their people's mentality towards complexity matters. compared to us, we need time to set some standards in our design in order to achieve Malaysian context complexity too.

yes, maybe we're abit late, but newborn takes time to grow. isnt it?

i personally think that this subject is a kickstart to make experiment on predicting whats the future will look alike. we, students, will be somebody one day. so we're trained here to keep experimenting and inventing innovative ideas. in future, hopefully it will helps Malaysia to be not-so-yesterday since they hv alot of innovative people in inventing new ideas.

yeah, i think so.

that is why design is interesting.
lecturers give us freedom to design anything - explore current technologies but make sure the building is practical and able to operates. architects was well known to design beautiful building for the sake of beauty, but not the practicality.

so, you choose.
be a good or bad designer.

oh yeah, i almost miss something.
"there're no such thing play safe or play dangerous in design. its about your foundation base of knowledge. if you sure about it, then you go for it."

just make difference between this two country; Dubai and Malaysia.
Dubai is a city of highrises.
while,
Malaysia is a city of housing - terraces, housing estates, etc.

do u agree with this statement?

Monday, December 14, 2009

semester 8.. begins!

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!!
the wishes goes around us - from the lecturers to the students.
i could see everyone was happy seeing each other again, and definitely, everyone comes with new hope. the journey in architecture practice need to be continued.. eventhough it seems hard. and it has to be finished on time.

for this semester, from first yr until fifth yr, there will be no selection for workbases. FAIR and SQUARE. *smiling* fifth yr is an exceptional case though, since they're doing thesis individually. so the idea falling into first yr until fourth yr. yeah no excuses. everyone now has been allocated into workbase by the lecturers. i wonder who will be my groupmates. *pray hard*

just go through the students performances in the previous semester. some batch had maintained their results, some dont. basically, the results were decreasing in upper yr. oh, a best friend of mine scored 4 flat in previous semester. congratulations!! really proud of her. we used to study together. and i know she deserves it. like i always said, its ppl fortune. you make good to ppl, then you will get something good in return. :) God knows.

i love to hear the KK's speeches. regarding the 'new system' (no selection for workbases) he said, "lecturer owe you learning process. we trained you to be designers in future. so, there're 2 way process; meaning which lecturers have excellent programme at the same time they accelerates learning process, while the students will do their best to perform." this is a very tolerate thingy. the decision made by lecturers was really good for us. yes, i found its good. eventhough the system is 'new', the programme is slightly the same. the numerous units such as environmental, vernac, architectonic etc; will be preserved. its just that lecturers will allocate the students themselves and runs the same programme for the whole batch.

guess what?

i've known the group im in.
my lecturers are Architect Ramli, Architect Normal and Architect Norul Azman; 1 full time lecturer and the other two were part-time lecturers.
there're 28 of us. balance and nice student equivalence.

our group had been given a site for urban study where will be at Ringlet, Pahang.
so, in less a week, we'll off to cameron highland. will stay there for 9 days starting on dec 24th.

from now on, we hv to organize ourselves - as well as the trip. getting the contact in Ringlet, find a place to stay, place to visit, transportation - everything. we must get ourselves ready.

this is not a holiday.
this is serious business of taking infos for our studio purposes.

need to cover up all the town - its evolution - industrial period - its people, urban places, activities, its ppl incomes, building facades - yeah so many to study about urban. even we hv to identify what is the town back in 1710's, 1810's until 2010's. not to mention predict it further in 2020's - 2050's.. what the town will be.

phewww...
urban is interesting btw.
even there're a lot to do.
i'd love to tell u guys how interesting our course is.
but, for now, lets see if i manage to make it real.

may Allah bless.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

jb.... im back!

satu habit yg ideal dgn aku : careless. ppl need to remind me over and over again until i remember and finally im doing it. satu kejayaan klu aku lakukannya. dan macam biasa, mencari barang pada pagi pemergian aku adalah situasi yg biasa. kali ni, menjelang tahun keempat semester dua pengajian, aku tercari2 usb external h.disk. mane aku letak. rasa2nya da simpan dalam beg laptop. 'rasa2nya' ada terselit kat situ, kat sini, dan persoalan 'rasanya' itu berpanjangan sampailah abah duduk di sebelah dan mencari2nya juga.

alahai nis.. dah besar pun nyusahkan abah lg. untung kau dpt abah yg penyayang dan amik berat, cuba dpt kat org jenis x kisah, rasakan.. tanggung sendiri cari barang smpi jumpa! tu pun.. kalau jumpa. biasanya memang x pernah jumpa! hailah nis..

dan aku tinggalkn rumah dgn pesanan dari abah: "klu ade usb dlm beg kau, bagitau ek." sifat caring abah yg tidak pernah berkesudahan. patutnya aku yg sibuk berpesan, sekurang2nya ckp "xpelah.. xyah cari dah.." tapi abah pulak yg pesan camtu - ertinya dia sangat prihatin dengan kepentingan usb tu bagiku. memangpun! bila2 masa pun aku nk guna external.. klu dah xde usb, mane nk bukak??

padanlah muka sendiri. biasanya klu situasi ni terjadi dan aku gagal temui barang tu, aku akan selesaikan sendiri.

dalam bas, aku call muiz. teringat aritu muiz gtau dia nak g pcfair kat persada. moga2 nak la dia tolong aku..

berurusan dgn mamat ni jarang mengecewakan. pernah rapat sewaktu sama2 jd high committee batch strano mase 2nd yr dlu. memang dia seorg kawan yg baik.

dan yaa..... pujian aku tidak sia2 bila muiz call semula tanya: "nis, usb kau macam mana?" dan kemudian call lagi, "nis, 12 ringgit. ok?" "ok! thanks muiz!" sayang kau!

selesai masalah usb. dah lama x balik naik bas, lenguh pulak kaki aku wlupn duduk kat single seat. sedap layan tido wlupn jiran aku mamat 2 org. lantaklah. tido bukan pandang diorg pun. sehinggalah tiba di machap pada pukul 12.40 tghri. aku turun pun pegi toilet je.

bas gerak semula pukul 1 tghr. kali ni xboleh tido. fikiran asyik menerewang ke mane2 tah. satu yg pasti, aku rasa berdebar melangkah ke semester baru. semester yg klu dilihat pada batch senior yg lepas, agak tragedi dan disaster. aku sendiri dah lihat betapa disasternya semester highrise yg lepas, adakah kali ni begitu juga? urghh... terlalu fikir pun susah juga. lebih2 lagi klu xde penyelesaian. konklusinya? hadap sajalah! belum cuba belum tahu kan! yeahhh~ begitulah nis..

UTM!! aku kembali!
seperti biasa ke pejabat kolej ambil kunci bilik. kemudian berjalan perlahan2 menuju ke blok. pandang jugak kawasan sekeliling kolej - kafe sabina yg nmpknya baru mulakan perniagaan. eh, zaheila bistro?? nampak kelam - bankrap ke? pandang sikit laluan ke blok. penuh daun kering. nampak sgt xde orang bersihkan sewaktu cuti.

dan aku makin berdebar2 mendekati bilik.

bismillahirrahmanirrahim..
aku pulas kunci dan biar pintu terbuka luas. mata meliar mencari bendasing. bau? xde bau. biasa je. tingkap tertutup, langsir pun. cahaya dari tingkap atas terbias malu2 menerangi bilik.

aku tekan dua suis di tepi kanan. lampu dan kipas serentak berfungsi.

lepas lelah sekejap dan memerhatikan lagi bilik. ada apa2 yg perlu kubersihkan? aku mendekati sangkar hamster. bau semakin kuat. hamster! aik? kenapa.. pintu sangkar terbukak? hamster aku hilang ke? aku mula jengketkan kaki. goncangkan sikit sangkar - barulah hamsterku yg seekor keluar dari rumahnya dan menuruni gelongsor.

TAPI! kenapa makin kecik??
bulunya luruh? dia macam tau2 tuannya balik, terus aktif dan minum air tanpa henti. hrmmm... air pun x luak. sebulan aku tinggalkan, kenapa x luak?

sah.. aku mesti bersihkannya. tentu dia x selesa dan takut kerana bersendirian selama sebulan. kesiannya....

bermula sesi kemas bilik. habuk2 berterbangan sana-sini, kotak bwh katil aku keluarkan dan sapu, dan ya! aku akhirnya menjumpai bangkai lipas - tapi di bawah pintu! aishh.. ni lah bendasing yg aku cari2 seawal tiba td. takut betul aku dgn benda tu. untung dah mati. ada lg ke dlm bilik ni?? alahai.. jgnlah.. jgnlah bertelur dan beranak dlm bilik ni!

sempat aku lap lantai dan sekalian perabot stadiku - rasa rimas dgn habuk kecil yg terlekat di tapak kaki. kemudian sesi membersihkan sangkar hamster - juga aku mandikannya kerana terlekat mcm2 bendasing di badannya. apalah yg dia buat agaknya masa ketiadaan aku. aku jarang belai dia, tapi aku tahu yg dia tahu bahawa dia bertuan dan dijaga. selesai mandikannya aku urut perlahan2, dia pun duduk diam menggigil2 kesejukan.. kesian.. tapi awak kotor tau. sbb tu saya mandikan awak. sorry buat awak sejuk. sorry saya tinggalkan awak sebulan..

aku letakkan makanannya, spray sangkarnya supaya bau segar. dan.. nah,, hiduplah kau macam biasa. aku dah ada ni. jangan takut2 lagi ok!

lepas makan ngan intan, aku kembali sambung urusanku - basuh telekung, cadar, dan baju. manual ok! malas nk pakai mesin. lagipun sikit je. sikit2 pun penuh 1 bilik ampai kot aku guna. halal ye kawan2 aras!

la ni.. baru dpt lepak. terasa ngantuk - tp xnk tido. sempat aku layan blogger boy kat 8tv.com td sambil main fb. elok2 internet laju jd lembab plak. haih.. sume org da blk ke jd lembab ni?? haishh...

xpela.. xdpt tenet pun xpela. siap2 utk esok. first day yg tentunya dh dpt projek. semoga aku hadapi hari esok dgn senyuman dan kejayaan.

bermula kehidupan yg jauh dari mak abah dan keluarga.
kehidupan yg 100% diurus sendiri.
jatuh, bangun, terhantuk, terngadah semuanya dihadapi sendiri.
belajar adalah lebih daripada itu.
dan masa, adalah saksi kejadian ke atas apa yg telah dilakukan.
aku ingin menjadi pemburu masa.
bukan lagi yg tertinggal dan terjatuh.

may Allah bless.