Ringlet: working mode

im back.
be 'invisible' from internet n blogging for a quite long time, its not a big problem for me. the 9 days in Ringlet was more important yet taught me to be a better person. a small subdistrict in Cameron Highlands with medium facilities - they do not bother other things except togetherness. the people are nice. eventhough there're majorities of Chinese, the '1 Malaysia' can be seen. the Indian knows the Malay, the Chinese knows the Indian, well yeah, easy to say they know each other. from the very low land until up to the hill where the farmers lived, they know each other. and definitely they noticed the strangers coming to the town.

there are so many things to tell about the 9 days trip.

make it short, most of time we're focusing on our work: site analysis and synthesis. 28 of us had been separated into small groups of 4/5 person each that gives a total of 6 groups. the 6 groups has different tasks;

1. History & Morphology (trace the history of Ringlet from the beginning until present)
   
2. Environment (including the climate study, landscape, vegetation)
3. Socio-culture & human behaviour (human activities, culture, place to gather)
4. Building Appraisal (the study of each building in Ringlet - the building age, urban design)
5. Infrastructure (water supply, road, street furnitures, sewerage, signage)
6. Townscape Appraisal (the observation and feelings towards the town and its environment)

mine got to deal with history. along the way to meet the truth and trace the past years stories, we met different local people with different feelings and hopes, which actually gv us pros n cons n some guides to make it a better town. its sad to say Ringlet wasnt being cared and been noticed by the visitors as the town were not decorated like others, even a single gateway to tell people that this is Ringlet. yeah, maybe i should say Ringlet doesnt hv any identity unless the Tudor style building which we know that it is Cameron Highlands.

as the first point or main entrance of Cameron Highlands, Ringlet supposed to not have the dusty yet dead look. the facilities also hv to cater the visitors, as it functioned as a rest stop before the visitors continue riding up to the Habu, Brinchang n so on. these negative things actually gvg us some ideas how to preserve Ringlet and see it as a potential site.

thats how we conduct a study of a town.

at stage 2, we'll propose something based on the findings and issues of the town. it will produce in a bigger scale called masterplan which actually has solved problems on the site, such as the traffic problems.

next stage, goes to individual proposal which got to be designing a building for the people of the town. it can be anything - a community centre, a foodcourt, a mosque, shophouses etc. this is how we tackle the issues and bring it to real.

i've thinking to design a R&R at Ringlet. the existing foodcourt look dull for me. i'd love to bring the surau, the foodcourt and shophouses under one roof. or maybe its good to design a building at the main entrance and to make the landmark of Ringlet.

who knows.
we just propose. planning was complicated but we try to make it to the maximum.

other than 'working experience', we had joy such as shopping at Brinchang and Tanah Rata. also we had given opportunity by the farmers of Ringlet to ride a landrover up to the hill - we went to the salad n flowers farm - also had to own them for free. :')

there're two event we celebrate here; Farouq's birthday n new year. for the new yr, we had celebrate together at starbucks, hv a taste of hot Caramel Macchiato.. yummy2! then hv a walk at Tanah Rata, before going back to hostel @ SK Convent at 2 am.

us @ starbucks coffee during the new yr countdown

on the last day in Cameron, we went to Sg. Palas BOH Tea Plantation, Kea Farm and Time Tunnel before heading back to JB and hv a stop at Tapah and Ulu Benam.

At Ulu Benam, me and yon transferred to Edi's car since we want to go home. abah fetched me at Universiti putra station and we arrived home at 9 pm yesterday.

damn tired. today i got bad flu. is it because of weather change?