Looking Back

I have to admit, after living for about 8 years far from my family, I feel like as I'm on the edge whenever someone asked me about my feelings all this time. 

Truth is, I've always want to come home and just live a simple life. 

Staying at home, being just a regular kampung girl. Gathering with some girls laughing with me at malam badak on Saturday nights and having occasional shopping spree at KK while looking forward to social gatherings in the village. 

... I'm not saying that's all what typical village girls are doing but... I was like that.. at least in my teenage years. 

It's just that during those times, I feel so carefree and.. happy. 

I've noticed that whenever I come home, some of my relatives were like talking about my fashion sense and whatnot... saying I should have been wearing this and that... instead of this and that... pointing out why I don't even wear makeups... sigh. I don't know that living in KL means I have to be on pointy stilettos, wearing the latest fashion item, know where the local celebs hanging out and put on makeups while shopping for kitchen supplies. Well, I know. Sounds exaggerating, at least the last part.  

I started living in KL when I was just turning 18 and back then I feel I'm going to finish my studies like in just few years and honestly, I'm still not sure whether I'm on the right track or not.

Yep, I feel lost. 

Architectural Design 2: Minor Project 1

For the first minor project, it's about Vernacular architecture so we're required to do some research on Maldives vernacular architecture (hence previous post) for our group of 18 students so about 3 weeks ago we had presentation together with our precedent studies on local Malaysian architect for Minor Project 2.

but to day I'm going to share the first minor project and post the second one later. :)

A poster to sum up all the things we found out.

We even come up with a model of that house. 

Other groups' posters. 

After presentation, we had the open critique session with the 8 lecturers so it got really ugly I have to tell you. 

But that's what being in architecture school all about. Being trained to become an architect ain't an easy thing so got punched in the face with those nasty comments are good thing. I sincerely hope. 

So many things need to be reconsidered for our next assignment, the beginning of our major project so I hope it's better for me to document some stuffs here so I can recall what I need to include for our next presentation which is the Site Analysis. 

let's hope and work for the best. 

Until then, take care. 

E