Geno's confessions

cultivating the home grown

2007-10-07T03:33:00.000+10:00

a bit of everything

2007-10-06T03:27:00.000+10:00

Major project's pre-final presentation was over n it went surprisingly well. Whatever it is, thank q whoever you are. Nonetheless, the final submission for bridge design is due next Tuesday and hopefully i'll be able to compile everything by Sunday.

Niway,it wasn't until today that i realise there are some significant similarities in my design work. First will be the usage of perspex. Secondly, a combination of green and grey in my renderings...

the paranoia and the adrenalin rush

2007-10-03T03:37:00.000+10:00

I hate presentations to the max. Why should there be so many presentations when its the final works that matters?? The boards, the layouts and not to mention the crits. Ugh. I'm really sick n tired with all these nonsense.....
I REGRETTED TAKING THIS COURSE AND I JUZ WAN TO GRADUATE FAST!!!

due due due and DIU!

2007-10-01T03:28:00.000+10:00

Forgive the vulgarities but i'm just letting off steam once in a while Its not a frequent expression..most prolly once in a while so yea.,..get over it. Nuff said for the day....ta

a little bit of rant and a pint of fantasy

2007-09-26T03:34:00.000+10:00

Dammit. The bad habit's back. I keep wondering y i tends to lost my temper and patience whenever i start to panic bout presentations layout and its contents. Its not something new..in fact, the same issue has been popping out since my 2nd year. I SERIOUSLY needs to reconnect back to my old self and learn to take things a bit easier.
I know my weaknesses well and maybe the ling was rite...I'm always comparing. Why the F**k should i compare and transforming myself into a breeding ground for ZITS and MORE ZITS. From NOW i'm gonna take things easy n learn to meditate!!!!
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philosopher's thoughts and a perfect stranger

2007-09-05T02:19:00.000+10:00

Its not nice to have the brain squeezed like a lemon but thats a fact. 2nd-ly, i'm not gifted with an artistic mind.....w-h-a-t-e-v-e-r that is...bah....and i'm sick of waiting...

Site visit and a magpie story

2007-08-28T00:10:00.000+10:00

It was a last minute plan that i'd decided to make my site visit at Malmsbury (an old mining town 1.5 hours train ride from Melbourne) yesterday night. Initially,I planned for the weekend but was told that the weather was gud today so yea...today's the day. The trip down was ok and managed to snap up as much photos as possible for my site analysis except for a magpie that came down from nowhere.

It happened when i'm on the way back to the railway station where i need to walk past the Malmsbury Park. I was strolling down the pathway and here came that thing... swooshing down from the back of my head and almost got me a heart attack. I was quite mad but freighted as well coz i'm the only 1 in the park. It attacked me for the second time and this time, i'm alert enough to noe its approaching me n sooo...i took my bag n smack it like the guys from world wresling federation. 'Soft' enough for it to stay alive and gud enough for it to stop hassling me. ugh..i hate ugly birds.

I got this info while searching for magpies in wikipedia
"In Chinese culture, the magpie is one of the most popular birds, and is seen as the messenger of good news and fortune. In fact, its name in Chinese means "bird of joy". Sounds gud eh...but then after further readings, the australian magpies are not related to the true magpies. It cost me my luck instead as i broke my teapot right after i reached home but i'm grateful enough to still have my eyes intacted as "Magpie attacks can cause injuries, typically wounds to the head and eyes".

back to back weekend

2007-08-27T00:01:00.000+10:00

Ah....I haven't done anything 'architectural' during the weekend as planned. ermm...well..i did but just comparable to a small pinch of salt. Niway, i went to ikea with Yin and bought a spooky light thingy (as if i'd nvr got enough of nightmares) but its too aesthetically C-U-T-E for me not to lay my hands in it.

Oh yea...not to forget a trip down to Port Melbourne for a couple of photos. Saw a single 'legged' seagull..lol

yadda yadda yadda....

2007-08-24T02:04:00.000+10:00

Went to uni for a look at other peps' major presentation and was really thrilled. Great works with tremendous posters. Not sure bout the contents though....every1 got their own proposal and the weirdest proposal is actually a mosque. Cooool....

Btw, i bumped onto my previous classmates and the same question thrown onto me...the story goes like this..from next year on, a full 5 years in architecture course will be granted a masters degree. We are the unlucky ones because we are still bounded to the old honors degree BUT the gud news is, we are eligible for masters if we drop out a subject and retake it the next semester. THEN we will be granted a masters degree. But..i'm not sure if i wanna drop a subject and suffer for another half a sem. So...masters or not...? I'm confused.

its all gud with a pint of exhaustion

2007-08-23T02:47:00.000+10:00

The mid-sem major project presentation was finally over and that means, i'll be restricting myself from touching any archi-related works for this weekend. Gonna do a bit of refreshing and mind cleansing before diving back into the project. None the less, it was a gud presentation with great feedbacks that i can carry though till the final outcome.

Gonna travel to the arms of unconsciousness so ta for now.

work work work work work work major project major project major project major project..goshhh

2007-08-21T03:27:00.000+10:00

Work n work n work on my major project is all i noe and i'm getting sick with it. For more than 10 hours a day,7 days a week (that makes up to 70 credit points...34 more than the min credit points) yet i'm not happy with the outcome. Mid-sem's just 2 days away and it still looks like a piece of crap. Made an appointment with my supervisor tomorrow and wonder wut type of feedbacks i'm gonna get..

sigh...I felt like running away for a few days..

Other than that, the album 'The delicate things we make' by Darren Hayes was pretty impressive .Electro-pop with a pint of darkness and theatrical ambiance. I LIKEeee... Finally, thanks to my 'daughter' Yin for the dinner today although it's just a replacement invitation. blekh. lol.

Pieces of mind and more

2007-08-17T03:11:00.000+10:00

Finally i’m done with the 1:2000 site model which took me ages to complete. I can’t be bothered to finish it in a rush if my supervisors did not request me to bring it in for next week’s presentation which of course they did. I wasn’t really in the mood this morning as i got a bad..i mean..real bad dream which i can’t elaborate in detail here. Well...it wasn’t really a nightmare...but i felt utterly disgusted. Thanks to my mum ringing me up n pull me away from that ‘disgusted’ encounter. Secondly, my Major Project presentation which is suppose to be on Thursday night had been brought forward to wed noon. HOWWWWW UNETHICAL IS THAT?? I’m in deep s**t as i’m yet to prepare my presentation layout. GOD BLEESSSSS.

The good news? Finally, the lots of Paula Tsui CDs which i ordered 2 weeks ago arrived today. This includes a re-released 10Cds box set which she recorded between 1970-1975 and the ultra rare ‘Chiu Sui Yi Yan’, a critically acclaimed record which she recorded in 1984 at the height of her career. Adding to the good list, my housemate Leli got my keys back from the gym. Thanks lots.

Lost and not found

2007-08-15T02:49:00.000+10:00

Ew..damn...i lost my set of house keys today. I'm not sure if i left it in the gym locker but will try my luck asking from the reception tomorrow. Can't be bothered for the keys but my Gucci keychain is a whole different story.(i'm a branded victim...how spoilt is that).
Oh yea...did i mention that i bought a Stella McCartney sports bag?...yea...Slap me.

Back in action

2007-08-14T04:07:00.000+10:00

It has been more than 5 months since i last updated. I never thought of stop blogging at that point but i do get a bit annoyed when i need to crack my brain up thinking what’s up for the night. Too much stuff for me to think off really, especially at the edge of the final semester.

The other reason might sounds a bit lame but i seriously hate this blogspot layout. I’d always thought of changing the layout n background but i’m so noob in handling the settings. I feel like moving back to xanga but its gonna take a whole day to do that. Haven’t really got the time to spend a day off but will try making up some time for the blog.

Past semester was OK...erm...above average i should say with some unexpected grades. Still unsure about this semester but I got more time for my major project as there’re only 2 subjects. Anyway, i’m still gonna make sure i use most of my time brain storming n working on my major project. Outings n shopping are good but once a week will be more than enough...hehehe. An introvert like me just loves to be alone and spent my attention on closer pals.

Something that i’m trying to avoid re-surfaced again but i won’t store the anger in me for too long...gotta learn to affirm my stand and rights. Thanks to the Ling for his ‘constructive criticism’ and concerns. “I hereby choose to approve of myself, so I do not have to go around seeking approval from others.” A very powerful statement indeed. I got back something that i’d lost ages ago and thak God i found it. I’ll remember “The only thing in this infinite universe that says I do not deserve love is my ego. I hereby reject my ego and its false attitude and get back in tune with my true spiritual attitude and self.”
Its late n i’m off to bed...nitez

It all goes like this

2007-03-09T00:28:00.000+11:00

"Albrecht Wellmer has drawn my attention to one way that an aesthetic experience which is not framed around *yawn* the experts' critical judgement *yawn* of tase can have its significance altered" *YAW....ARGH!*....
That is just one of the thousand sentences from my Architectural Theory+History Theoretical Readers text book and i can't understand a single thing from the text i'm reading. Maybe i'm stupid or maybe they're not meant to be understood at all. Whatever it is lets move on into somethin else. Now let see...mmk...

Lots of people had been asking me about the drastic changes that i did to myself during the post-high school years and its no surprise that some people even asked me if i had plastic surgery on my lips and eyebrows because it looks completly different from the highschool days. Frankly speaking, I nvr intended to make a 180deg. turning point from a geek to wut i am now but under some bitter circumstances, i was pushed to the boundary, making a huge impact on my life.

Things like being picked for fun and being the main character behind ppl's novel are some of the factors that had shattered my self-confidence. Sometimes i just wished that the world can just leave me alone but sadly, it seems that the world can't rotate without people talking bad bout me in particular. I'm sure there will be some 'philosophers' out there who dare to say 'unfortunately thats how the world is' but all i can say is, 'thank q for changing the rules of life by twisting the truthful facts of simplicty'. All i know at that time is just be good and the world will leave you alone but i nvr knew being 'not so good looking' is a crime of the century.

Now that i've learn. I knew i have to put myself back in whole and this is what i am now...and i'm still changing....physically and mentally.
PS: i don hav plastic surgery on my lips and brows

PS: Despite the constant changes, my taste for music has always been the same. Was pretty excited when i found an old MV by the Miami Sound Machine. Its called A toda maquina (the spanish version of orange express from the Eyes of innocence album)

There goes the 1st week

2007-03-01T22:37:00.000+11:00

The classes started and the workloads came rushing in. I'm so gonna get myself drowned this semester but yet i haven't prepare any tools to deter myself from drowning...
DAMN!!!!...I got lots of research and readings to do...WHY AM I STILL STARING AT THE F**KING SCREEN??

Boo...

2007-02-25T13:16:00.000+11:00

Now now...Its a competitive world v're living in now (nods). I'm not emphasizing on the gold rush but i'm talking bout the urge of humans to get into thier fittest Greek God like figure. Ugh...
Everywhere i go, i'll c people talking bout limiting thier dietary intake, working like a mad horse in the gym and being extremly fussy in the restaurant but hey....at least they do able to shed a few pounds.

Weight gain
For me..its a different story. I need to do it the other way round. Weighting only a mere 40++kg when i was in high school, I didn't even have the courage to look at myself in the mirror. I don't find it surprising due to the fact that i'm not a huge mauler at that time.

Now
Now things are a BIT different. I got a better cravings for food and manage to gain some weight (not aplenty). With a 55kg for a 173cm me, its still a far cry from wut i wanted to achieve (60-65kilos). Why do i wanna gain weight so deperately? COZ I SIMPLY CAN'T STAND some humans that keep on commenting on my body size!!!!! 'Eat more la you...' 'aihyo...your son so tall and thin'. Ugh..it seems like the world can't keep rotating without these apes uh-uh and ah-ah-ing.

I'd stick on a picture reminder on my notice board so i will always remember to take my meals on time and nvr miss my gym/protien intake.

If ya think losing weight is hard....gaining weight for humans like me is even harder. Btw...the next time u c me..i might be looking like this.

bwaha...just jk...

this is wut i'm talking bout

I know i'm lazy but...

2007-02-23T20:27:00.000+11:00

Ok...i'm not gonna summarize my list of saints and sins which i did during my 3 months break in Malaysia but i can proudly boast with full honestly that there were NO hangover or drunk-ness. Ohohoh...

Btw, I was a bit in a state of shock today when Shaun mentioned that hes now back into marine fish keeping. It had been AGES since he last talked about fish keeping after his mum barred him from keeping fishes due to some FENG SHUI matters. Anyhoo...welcome back into the reefer community.

What the....another blog?

2007-02-22T11:49:00.000+11:00

Maybe i should start blaming myself for creating stupid nicks for my previous blogs...u noe...all the blablabla 21, blablabla 22 thingy? This means i'll need to change my blog every year n yea...i reckon its time for me to stop doing that and start a resident blog. So...for the rest of the future years, here is where i'm gonna stay (hopefully). blekh. Moving houses can be a pain in the arse and so is moving a blog.
The blog's pretty lifeless at the mo coz i'm having a bit of trouble changing the blog skin.