Wow. It's the end of the Semester!

Already!!!!!

I don't know what happened but 14 weeks really had passed by and soon 2012 will be gone too and what remains are nothing but memories.

Anyway, here I am sitting at some corner of a Starbucks cafe, working on my 2013 resolutions.

As for next year, I'm working a list of 25 things I need to improve. That's a long list for sure. But it's important. At least for me.

Aside from that, I'm gonna have 2 written exams, History and Theory of Architecture 1 will be on 29th of December and Building Construction and Material 1 will be on 2nd of January. Wish me luck on that. I really need to balance my CGPA cause I know I'm not doing well in my Architectural Design and Architectural Graphics.

Oh, 2 nights ago I watched Istanbul Aku Datang, starring Lisa Surihani, Shah Indrawan, and Beto Kusyairi. I'm a big fan of comedy romantic and of course Rafidah Abdullah - all 3R girls Lina and Tini as well. Oh, not forgetting Ngai Yuen. Wait, was it Melissa Maureen? I'm not sure.

Overall, the movie is... well, I have to admit, I don't watch Malay movies (except novel-based Lagenda Budak Setan, cause the cinematographer is awesome), okay I guess. Well, who doesn't love Istanbul? I love it so much! Skyfall had a scene in there. Taken 2 as well. So the setting is great for me. Plus Lisa's outfits throughout the movie is sweet. I love pastel colours and her dresses and with those heels! The scene where Lisa was running down the hill is definitely challenging part.

Beto's acting is well, how do I put this. He's effortless in the movie. Sweet and kind. His punch line "Jangan biadap!" which means don't be rude, is definitely something. haha the Asam Laksa scene! I laughed so hard.

So yeah, love the two in this movie. As for Shah Indrawan a.k.a. Tomok. Hmm. At first his acting is a bit stiff. Not much of facial expression. I don't know whether he was supposed to act like that but in my opinion his character needed to be explored more. (Like saying to myself regarding my design.)

All in all, I'd give 3.5 out 5 stars.

All right, I had to get back to my History revision. See you guys next entry!

V

P.S.: during the holiday, I'm gonna post some stuffs about what had happened throughout this semester. Some photos and other things.

New Theme

I'm sick of the old theme so voila!

Japan.

I love Japan. The country, the weather, the culture, the food. THE FOOD!

I could literally eat sushi everyday. Temaki as well. 

Can't wait to finish up my study and go there for a year or something! 

Screw Europe! Oh, okay. I promised my best friend a year in Europe. But I wanna live in Japan first then think about Europe. 

But one thing remain a mystery about Japan (to me) is the people. Never met a real Japanese though. Well, I have a Japanese-Pakistani roommate but she's been living in Malaysia for a long time now. She went there just to spend holidays with her grandmother. But I get the glimpse of the country and that's about it. 

I wonder if they're really like in those dramas I watched. Which of course to me will remain as dreams. 

But the real people. I wonder about that. 

I don't like those big cities. Yeah, a day or two in Tokyo is fine I think. But to live in there? No. Definitely. 

I want to see the country sides. Where they don't speak formal Japanese. Like in Osaka. 

Kyoto is a must visit place. I want to see those shrines. I want to understand the whole concept of zen. I'm not sure whether this is against the religion. But if I could translate the whole understanding and put it in Islamic perspective, isn't that something? I don't know to you but to me, yes!

Ah, Japan. 

私はひどく日本に行きたい！

Bearing with...

... Oh, bearing here refers to measuring one point to another using degrees, minutes and seconds. I'm talking about one of the topic discussed in Land Surveying subjects.

So yeah. Though I already took this subject last semester, I went along with Mimi, Syira and 2 other bros who are in the same group, Firdaus and the guy from Egypt, Ahmed Maged.

I don't have class in the evening so I guess why not?

We decided to do the bearing at in front of KAED building. It was really hot but we had fun! Sounds cliche but we really did. :)

Here's some photos...

During the briefing. The poles are used to mark the points. 

Girls! Focus, will ya?

Ahmed looks like some kung fu master with that. :p

When we're done we went to Tastebuds for lunch. At 4 p.m. I think. But we all were starving one thing for sure.

Aight. That's all. Enjoy your weekend. I won't be. T_T

Our First Outing

This is where I'm going to introduce my studio mates.

Basically, today we just dropped everything right after the studio, and after I submitted my History assignment on Babylonian Hanging Garden, we gathered at the Bus Stop #3, the one in front of Engineering Faculty a.k.a Kulliyyah of Engineering.

After waiting for like almost half an hour, then the T231 bus came. And guess what? Someone had her first ride on the bus today.

Haha. Hide behind that. :p This is Mimi. She loves pink and shopping. What else? Hmm... She made me remember how I used to love wearing shawls. 

From left, Syira, Syamil, and Oaky. Oh, I mean Omar Ahmed Omar Alkhulaqi. 

Syira, she's from Kuantan and my only companion on this tough road as iPhone users. Oh, there was this once when we went out shopping at Forever 21, I feel like wanna dress her up like a Barbie doll. muahaha 

Syamil is the only one among us who graduated from CFS (I mean AED, CFS IIUM), my section mate. He's shy during the first 3 weeks we've known each other and after that, he just... I don't know how to put this. Let's just say he became more comfortable around us. There was a time when I thought he's actually an introvert. But I was wrong. Dead wrong.

Omar. A poet, loves black, plays guitar, and an easygoing person. Seems to me he's friendly to everyone. He digs on gothic. Real gothic. And oh, he loves Wuthering Height. That is just. Wow. I never thought I could find someone who actually read that book apart from my best friend. 

This was where we were walking around at in front of Suria KLCC. Oh, The second from in front, that's Syafiqah. Like Syira, she's also a diploma holder. She's a serious person but yeah, we all get crazy sometimes. Well, at least I did. LOL

Honestly? I don't even remember what are these 2 dorks are talking about. haha

Of course, the famous Asian pose. Peace!

Aww... :D 

One last shot of this awesome structure...

While we were at Nike Store... 

Yep! Nasi minyak coming soon. hehe

Oh, definitely. :D

Wow. That's just. Wow. Bieber? Seriously Bieber? hehe

Before watching the movie... There's just something wrong with the huge white monster. 

Well, if you notice. Please feel free not to. LOL

So yeah... after the movie, we all went back to campus but before we head back to our respective mahallahs...

I know. I know. But someone's hungry. LOL 

Alright.. I guess that's all for this one. I'll see you guys on next post. 

Ciao!

Drawing Masterclass

Drawing Masterclass by Ruzaimi Mat Rani


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I just bought this book today. It was suggested by a friend.

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Settling in.

I haven't really been in my room the past few days so only today I finally get the chance to tidy up my things that have been dominating half of the floor of my room. Ops. I mean me and Sarah's room.

Yep. I'm no longer staying in Nusaibah. Well, I moved in on last Monday but I was busy with my family so only today I finally spent the whole day in this new room. My block is located right in front of the entrance and everything is within walking distance. I'm starting to love this new room.

Oh. My favourite part is this.

... And I get to see this everyday. Well, at least for a year. Before I move into another room. 

New Addition

To my keychain collections. Haha

It got alarm, okay! 
I've been spending the past few days juggling between the hotel where my parents are staying and the campus. It's really tiring. But it's worth it. Got to spend some time with my family members is the least I could do as I've been staying away from them for like. I don't know... since I was 13? 
Boarding schools, matriculation, and now. It's been like this since forever so all I could do is to just do what I can do to make up all those lost times I supposed to spend with my baby brother especially. Well, not baby anymore. He's 16 this year. 
Everything seem so distant sometimes. 

Your Choice

Three weeks in Architecture, I gotta say. It's been crazy and there's part of me, which I don't know how dominant that part might be, might have second thoughts about this whole Architecture thing.

But of course, those are just some lame voices that kept telling me that I can't go through this and just quit already.

So basically, at this point I'll just tune the voices down to silent and move on to the next hour.

You might just wanna go crazy or I don't know, feeling as low as the ground beneath you, but remember one thing.

Learning architecture is like learning a language. You won't learn the language merely in 1 day. Though you tried your best but at the end of the day, there's always something new to learn. As design can take you further than your ordinary train of thoughts.

Hell, of course I don't know what I'm saying as I'm just a first year student.

But someone that wiser told me this.

Hence, my life motto comes in.

Life's simple. You take one choice and you don't look back. Life may knock you down and kick you in the stomach. But it all boils down to your choice whether to stay down or get up and fight again.

Alright, I'll see you guys on the next entry.

Long live Archi XV!
Peace out!

My friend's work in progress.

KAED Taaruf. That's a wrap!

So yes. The KAED Taaruf has finally come to an end. Now all of us need to move on to our own department, which is in my case, Architectural Studies.

Sometimes, I still can't believe I'm in this department. Do I really want to be in it? Or I just don't want to play chicken among my friends and family and just wanna prove to them that I can do this.

I don't know. But anyways, I'm just gonna post some pics from the past week and gonna let them do the talking.

My two pirates throughout this voyage of becoming the next Captain of the Black Pearl. Mimi and Syafiqah..

.... The KAED Dinner.

Yup. The Eid actually already ended. 

The one on the left is Syira. Another pirate we saved! Haha

The four of us. :)

우정이란 밤 11시에 하는 KAED의갱도 같은것. 

These are my bridging classmates. From left, Abdullah, Ahmed, and Rayan. Rayan has a lot of girls waiting in line to take pictures with him. Haha he's really friendly.

... Another friendly guy I met. Firdaus. Also in Architecture.

That's Ahmed. A Palestinian. A great guy and he's friendly to everyone.


Alright. That's about it.

Going to work on our very first assignment. Ciao!

Finally!

It's been 2 weeks since I've started my first year's second semester.

The highlight of this semester is definitely the Architectural Design 1 studio subject.

Even thinking about this subject makes me feel like flying. Cause I'm both nervous and excited.

Anyway, we just ended our KAED Fest'12. I gotta say, this year's festival isn't as awesome as last year's.

I hate to say this but I'm working on my second part of my first task.

...hence this short post.

I'll see (anyone who's reading this) on the next entry.

Stay awesome!

Welcome to First Year Architecture.

It's really crazy. That's all I can say.

This is the first week and we're already briefed for the our very first project.

For the upcoming week, we're gonna have our KAED Taaruf. And we paid RM50 for it. I'm not sure whether it's gonna worth it or not.

One thing that highlighted my week is the fact that I found someone that I've been looking for for the past nearly 2 years.

A friend in KAED. Not merely someone that I can hang out with but someone that understand my situation and just let it pass and move on with me.

She's so cool and she's everything I'm looking for.
I pray to Allah we're gonna stay friends forever.

Anyway, I have a lot of things to do right now so I'm gonna go now. 

See you guys next entry.  

I'm Nervous!

For all I know, I'm feeling so nervous right now. Especially knowing that Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aziah is going to be my studio master. I intentionally registered under her section.

Today's plan was just hanging out and tidying up my room. That's all.

I also been thinking about moving out from this mahallah and probably move into Ameenah or Hafsa. Or maybe a mahallah nearby these two.

I don't know. Should I?

My Baby Nephew

Pretending

Face to face and heart to heart
We're so close yet so far apart
I close my eyes I look away
That's just because I'm not okay

But I hold on I stay strong
Wondering if we still belong

Will we ever say the words we're feeling
Reach down underneath it
Tear down all the walls
Will we ever have a happy ending
Or will we forever only be pretending
Will we (oh oh oh all) ways (oh oh oh all) ways (oh oh oh all) ways be...pretending 

How long do I fantasize
Make believe that it's still alive
Imagine that I am good enough
If we can choose the ones we love

But I hold on I stay strong
Wondering if we still belong
Will we ever say the words we're feeling
Reach down underneath it
Tear down all the walls
Will we ever have a happy ending
Or will we forever only be pretending
Will we (oh oh oh all) ways (oh oh oh all)ways (oh oh oh all) ways be...

Keeping secrets safe
Every move we make
Seems like no-one's letting go
And it's such a shame
Cos' if you feel the same
How am I supposed to know

Will we ever say the words we're feeling
Reach down underneath it
Tear down all the walls
Will we ever have a happy ending
Or will we forever only be pretending
Will we (oh oh oh all) ways (oh oh oh all)ways (oh oh oh all) ways be... (pretending) Will we (oh oh oh all) ways (oh oh oh all)ways (oh oh oh all) ways be...pretending, pretending Will we (oh oh oh all) ways (oh oh oh all)ways (oh oh oh all) ways be...pretending

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Above is the original song by Glee Cast. The thing about the song is that it leaves impression on me so deeply that I was stunned the first time I heard it on Glee. ... Cause the song totally tuned out all the stuffs going on for the past 7 years. I don't want to admit it but I guess I found the one song for you, E.


Happy birthday to me. 지난 7 년 도안 너를 사랑해서 비안해.

Another year has passed~

Since yesterday, I was thinking of something that I could do to mark this day.
Should I go out, buy some stuffs, watch movies, eating out (break fast), or should I just stay in the room, doing.... Nothing. Or, should i just go Y.O.L.O.? Well, that'll be something. LOL

Unlike the previous July 28s, this one was a bit emotional even for me.
I spent like an hour sitting at the gazebo outside my block at 3 in the morning... Thinking how my life went for the past 12 years... Why 12? Cause the memory before that was completely sealed somewhere in my brain and the key was lost somewhere in my heart...

Anyway, as I was saying... Sometimes, life can be cruel. But at the same time it can bring you indescribable happiness. Like, how speechless you are when you're been asked, "why did you like him?" haha. I hit a spot there, right?

Therefore, instead of wasting each day thinking of what you could do in the past to fix whatever in the past, stop and move on with your life. It's probably not just another chapter in your life but when you look at it, it is just another chapter of your life and with the power in none other than your hands, you could just close the book and buy another Moleskine notebook or maybe a fresh journal, that can help you open a new chapter in your life. Literally.

As Allah's the Almighty creation, there's so much we could do about our life.
If you have doubts, then maybe you should stop ignoring it and start finding the answer.

If you want to travel and see the world, maybe it's the right time to go for a retreat and along the way, who knows what you might unearth that been buried within you all this time.

If you don't like what're you doing, why are you still keep doing it? Find the courage and go do what you want! Do something that you're best at. That you're happy with. Feeling blessed with.

All I'm saying, life's too short for us to miss it. Well, I learned it the hard way though. Only after 7 years of chasing something that's almost meaningless, I found the one thing that I want to do for the rest of my life. That if you asked me during the previous twelve July 28s, I might not even know that I'm gonna choose this path. But that's life.

"Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Lennon is so damn right.

So rise up, ask yourself what you wanna do and live your life the fullest.

Peace out!


P.S. Happy birthday to all Leo babies out there!

Not just another visit to the bookstore!

It's July and it's reading month! So I went to Kinokuniya to get some new books and they have this awesome offer until the end of this month which is new membership will get 2 voucher of 20% of 2 fixed price books! So, ta-da!

It's been a month since I got Nikki but I still don't really know how to get my hands around it. Hence, after doing some Googling, I decided to buy this.

...and I also bought this book to help me strengthen my basics in AutoCAD 2013. Though the ones we're using in the lab is AutoCAD 2009 but I'm gonna install the new one in mum's Sony Vaio, so let's just go with this one instead. ...and this comes with a free cute Dummies small notebook.

Yeah, I'll try to get my hands on the George Omura and Rick Graham books later. But for starter, let's go with this first.

As per usual, I always check out the new Luxe Paper journal and notebooks collection and... Ta-da!!! This is Lilly's new sister, Amanda.

My best friend dragged me to the cinema before I managed to get to the second floor where most of favourite genres are located. Well, I guess I'm gonna buy some more later in August by using the remaining voucher!

But for now, I'm okay with these. :) #content



Okay, it's time to hit the bed... Good night!

Of New Semester and New Room

.... before that, phew! First semester in architecture is indeed crazy and got me killed for a moment there but I made it. We all made it safely.

... and now, it's short semester! Which marks the end of my first year in Gombak and that means one thing.

Moving into a new room, in new block but unfortunately the same mahallah. My new room is now located at the very back of my mahallah, 3 blocks away from my old block and I had about 15 trips going back and forth from my old room. Hell, I have a lot of stuffs! .... and almost a quarter of them were gotten rid by me by the time I managed to rearrange my room back. Huh! 

One of the thing that I find unpleasant in my study plan is the subjects that I need to take during the short semesters. ALL short semesters. Say goodbye to the 3 months vacation for the next 3 academic years~

Anyway, as for this semester I only take one subject. Though I do have Tilawah to take but nah~ next semester maybe. I still haven't transferred all those Study Circles, Leadership, and Parenting into my new student Graduation Audit and definitely will do so in this upcoming semester. There's no way in hell I'm gonna go through all that again.

Yesterday, I went to watch Snow White and the Huntsman, starring Kristen Stewart and the hot bod Chris Hemsworth (The big bro to Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus' fiance) with my best friend who is sadly going back to her country today. The movie was awesome. Well, I haven't been to movie with my friends for over a year so yeah. I can't really tell. but the movie is awesome, still.

As for today, I have major cleaning to do at my big bro's apartment. (I'm using his desktop right now). This keyboard is so damn awesome!

All right, that's all for now.

I guess I see you guys on my next entry.

P.S.: I'm going back to Sabah next week for Adam's cukur rambut kenduri so, yes. Finally after 5 months, I'm going home. That marks the longest period I stayed in Peninsular Malaysia without coming back home.

CAD is Awesome!

I gotta say, it's kinda difficult and definitely need a lot of practice but I think I'm just crazy about this software! Haha I know it's sounds weird and crazy but I don't care!

All we did today was working on basics stuffs using the toolbar but I rather use shortcuts instead of the toolbar. It helps me saving time while working on the first 10% assignment.

And right now, all I'm thinking is starting to work on my dream apartment floor plan. Hehe it's gonna be a lot of fun!

There are various areas of topics we the first year students are going to be assigned with. Basically we're gonna cover the whole Neufert's Architect Data book so I do actually need to start doing some reading.

The upcoming weekend is going to be Archidex'12. It's like one of the grandest event for those in architectural field. I was thinking of going but unfortunately I have to do some shots for my personal Urban Trail with my best friend who's going back to her country soon. Plus, I don't have anyone to go with as everybody is gonna be occupied with the PADI event in UPM Serdang.

I'm thinking of going to catch some movies tomorrow but still haven't decided on what movie yet. Oh, well.

That's all for now and I'll see you guys on my next entry.

Here We Go!

Well, this semester is gonna be half studying and half vacation I say. Only one subject and I got nothing to complain about. But it's the first time I learned about Computer Aided Drafting. So I really think it's gonna be a wholesome of new experience. Plus, I haven't been using Windows for so long so yeah.

Since my MacBook's performance isn't really that high to operate AutoCAD, I'll be using mum's Sony Viao for a while.

I friend of mine a bought a Dell workstation for the purpose of working with AutoCAD which costed her around 7k. I asked my lecturer which platform is the best for AutoCAD and sadly, Windows triumph Mac OS X this time. AutoCAD wasn't released for Mac not until 2010.

Honestly, I'm tempted to buy a new laptop just to work on AutoCAD and that will be a good reason to buy a workstation computer.

Anyway, the first CAD class was really short, merely one hour. This is short semester so the scheduled was supposed to be doubled but not today.

We'll be starting our lessons on Tuesday next week.

Alright, then. Enjoy your weekend!

Urban Trail

Today, me and some of second year students will be going for an urban trail. I never done it before but I'm excited about it!

I'll post up some photos when we're done okay!

Final Visit~

This evening me and my group mates went to the house to pick up those hobos that we installed a week ago. We also took some readings using the borrowed lux meter  and anemometer around the house.

After two visits, all I can say that the design of the house is nice. But other than the living room, other area of the house is desperate for the owner attention. Well, can't blame them as they just moved in. 

Anyway, after ensuring we got all the data we need, I went around the house to take some pictures. 

Well, though I can't believe it but I did missed this even after passing by the living room over and over again. 

Anyway, tomorrow is the submission date for Cultural subject and the biggest problem is all my team mates are busy with their working drawings therefore I'm still thinking on how are we going to settle it... 

Whatever la~

I'l see you guys next entry, yeah!

Signing out!

Introducing

Hachi~

Simply Nice

Guess whose birthday today? It's Robert Doisneau (1912-1994), who was a French photographer , a pioneer in photojournalism...

Google dedicate today for him.

Happy!

So, after few days going here and there surveying for the right one, I came to the most anticipation decision in my life (so far...) and here I announce the latest love of my life. 

This is Nikki. 

my new Nikon D5100... :D

Forgive my not-so-awesome photo composition, 'kay... I barely grasp the basic of photography... 

Though it's sad to say this but I don't see many holes in my schedules for the upcoming week, so... Yeah.. it's gonna take some time before and I can play with Nikki. 

Oh, yes... Proudly, 

© Nikon. I don't own this~ duh

Alright, guys, I see you next entry. 

Au revoir!

Final Battle

After reading a lot of user reviews, debates, and etc., the battle of the entry-level DSLR cameras for beginners (like moi) has finally down between these two.

The finalists are:

Nikon D5100

Versus

Sony SLT Alpha 35

Let the battle begin.... at KLCC today.

I Wasn't Living

I was late this morning. I arrived at Lecture Theatre 1 exactly at 9.05 a.m. Thanks mum for giving me a name with N as my initial. Yeah, I bet some of you didn't know that here in Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design mostly known as KAED, we the KAEDians are required to come early (well, that's the cliche part, all students must do that) and by the time that your name was announced, you have to be present and reply as a remark of your being present. Therefore, if the lecturer called out your name, and particularly when you're late, you're counted as absent.

Not something that I've ever encountered when I was in Kuantan. Well, thanks to us being the largest number of batch in SCIENCESS history... If this were implemented, I bet the first half an hour are merely for taking attendance. 

Anyway, for the upcoming week, we're going to start on our assignment, whereby we're going to our respective assigned house and conduct observations, analysis, and etc and from all the data we're going to accumulated, we're gonna have to come up with some sort of design solution to improve the built environment around the existing house. 

The thing is, my group mates are among those who either just finished bridging level (like me and Huda) or just changed to architecture. One from Landscape Architecture, one from Urban and Regional Planning, one from Applied Art and Design, and one from Quantity Surveying Department. Hence, we all have different way of approaching certain assignments. 

It's a good thing I guess. But the most amazing thing that I found out, via my Culture and Human Behaviour in the Built Environment subject, second year students are just awesome with their crazy yet brilliant ideas, exhibited through recent 5-minutes video presentation during out previous class the week before the break. 

So far, all I'm hoping for is to be able to adapt to this department as soon as I can and I pray to Allah the Almighty, to give me strength to face all my challenges and to give me sufficient financial support (as you all know, this course demands high expenses unlike before, I just buy few books for the rest of the 2 years). 

But most importantly, my life has been changing so much. The campus, the people, the faculty and most importantly, the lifestyle. 

... and I guess all of them are good changes. 

Okay, that's all. See you next entry. 

Happy van de Rohe day...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect who is famous as the master of modern architecture... His famous aphorisms, "less is more" and "God is in the details"...

Happy birthday, Mies... :)

Holly Holliday

Haha :D it's the name of Gwyneth Paltrow in Glee~

Still, starting tomorrow, it's going to be my 11 days mid term break! Weeeeeee!

Lots of things need to be done throughout this holiday though...

Hmm~ let's make a list. (yeah~make a list...)


#1 Winter Cleaning! Looking at my room, #sigh 
#2 finish the unfinished reading (hence, notes~) for mid term exam~ #sigh 
#3 sorting the unsorted things in my MacBook. Only 10Gb left! No wonder Ellie is getting slower and slower these days. Hence, I need to burn all those movies into DVDs.
#4 blogs updates! :D I love this part!
#5 DSLR camera survey
#6 put Jeremy into shower.
#7 software updates for MacBook, iPhone, and iPad. it's going to be a long journey of boredom~
#8 interior designing for big bro's new apartment #awesomeness!
#9 wedding anniversary present for mum and dad~
#10 Tracking back all my expenses and report back to dad. #this is going to be ugly


okay... that's all I can think of right now. I'm sure there are plenty more I need to do but these are on the top of the list.

xoxo,
V

So many things!

Yet so little time!

Since I started my classes on the fourth week, I gotta say. At this point, I really just wanna drop my subjects and go for a study leave! I'm going to extend for another semester as I can't register Studio 1 as it's not offered this semester. Hence, I still have 6 semesters ahead of me! Meaning a supposedly 6 long semesters + 3 short semesters program turned into a 7 long semesters + the short semesters!

..Or is it allowed to take the short semesters subjects during a long semester? I better go and see my academic advisor.

I think that's all for now~

Au revoir!

It Was Fun!

As for today's Culture's lesson, we were assigned with a task where we are going to attempt to understand the challenges of an old man who's on a wheelchair. Hence, we rented a wheelchair and went to CAC to experience the building.

We went around and among things that we found that need serious improvemens are the ramps provided are definitely not up to standards. It's so freaking hard to wheel on those ramps!

Since this is the last day of the Ummatic Week, we decided to go for a spin around the hall. Well, literally.

Anyway, enjoy the pics! Hehe

What a Day!

It's Wednesday and I only had Envi. Sc. Syst. for today. So I decided to continue the hunt for my first DSLR camera. First spot, Nikon at Suria KLCC.

After that, I went to Arc to check out new merchandises. Well, nothing new.

Next is my favourite spot in KLCC, which is Kinokuniya bookstore!

They just re-stocked their Luxe journal collection and while checking other things, there it was. A kind of journal that I've been looking for all this time.

After that, I went to Starbucks and had caramel macchiato on my back to campus.

With that, au revoir!

Of Kinokuniya and Recycling

I went to Kinokuniya this evening to do some research for Cultural and Human Behaviour in the Built Environment subject which is on human behaviour in different physical setting.

Okay. That's sounds complicated (and boring), right? Simply said I have to make observation in a building and as for my part, I chose to do it in a bookstore, hence Kinokuniya.

Anyway, after asking the management unit regarding permission to study the store, which is not yet granted cause of some dull procedures that I have to go through (hey, I'm polite enough to ask permission!) before I can do the stuff I gotta do i.e. taking pictures, questionnaires maybe, and of course some sketching.

Anyway, I went around the manga section (mostly) and to the Japanese section. There are many Japanese magazines and books though unfortunately I can't read Japanese yet... I even notice a (RM11.00) Japanese shimbun (newspaper)!

After mesmerizing myself with the whole collection of Vampire Knight and Black Butler manga collections (again), I went to the kids corner, to see how it's like and how it benefit parents, children and the store itself.

I have a weird soft spot for notebooks or note pads. Believe me, it's crazy! As I walked the last aisle on the stationery section, I noticed the weird, plain, and dull features of notebooks and note pads. As it piles up on a shelf only revealing the spines towards me, I picked one of them and it has "Reuse" word on it. I picked another one with "Reduce" word on it. I went on picking another one with "Recycle" on it and the last notebook I picked is with "Rethink" on it.

I fell in love with all of them. Plain and simple. But since they're only with 200 pages, I decided to go with the 400 pages one.

I picked some note pads, too!

and... I worked on something just now~ :)

Before~

After~

Haha :D it's not really good but no worries, I still have 2 to work on... 

Okay.. last but not least, remember to:

...and to:

xoxo,

V