7/7 - 28/8
the shortest summer ever..
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HKU Summer 06' Career Discovery
10/7/06 - 29/7/06
everyday was so packed full ( 3 week crash course of yr one archi, said one of the TAs)
i moaned... ..a lot... but i had so much fun
i can't possibly get a pic of everything we went through... plus with my stolen bag , i just nicked pics of ppl... SOZ...
lectures- everything is soo vague,
eg. 1- [ What is Architecture]
9:30am Prof. LL"Today i will BREIFLY tell you what is architecture"....
1 hr ppt presentation..
10:30am Chris: "So what is architecture?"
Prof. LL: " Good question! i don't know! as i should have mentioned earlier there is no answer to this question"
e.g. 2 [ Architecture through music]
Prof: "Music and Architecture has a close relationship between them"
video of flying bubbles bouncing off buildings..
Prof: " Can you feel the pulse and the beat the pillars are giving off?...........These pillars have a gap between them, giving rapid pulses, showing that it doesnt want you to go in.."
what kept us going was the thought of another 30% discount off ice frapp. we could grab after the lectures.
n i had fun waking up ppl during the lectures :D
Workshops
e.g. 1 Create a chair using rubbish
group 2's chair LESS IS MORE (inspired by jackson's theory)
core/base made from rolled up magazines n bottles
seat- sealed cardboard box creating a cushion of air
there are more details and functions to this chair which i doubt ppl are interested in...
Chung our TA, fully showing the stablity of our chair
Jenny our TA displaying our chair
Chris n edmond showing the concept and the evolution of a normal chair to OUR chair
yes... we do take pride in our chair
compliments to the 'SIT AND SHIT chair'
Visits
HK Wetland Park- totally worth going, the building looks amazing
btw, nearly all the things including some plants are fake..
Anderson our director looking artsy.... i had a better pic.. but camera got stolen that day :'(
i couldnt resist stealing this pic of sumone's xanga.. sorry..
Shek kip mei housing estate
After an hour long of lecture after the history of housing estates we headed the shek kip meh housing estate; first housing estate in HK
Walking from the no. 41 block to No.1 block really brought up my mood
Aedas Firm Visit
Extremely interesting about how their workplace has an open plan, no further details needed.
But dam i will never get into that place... soo hard.. ><
HK urban renewal centre
By the time i graduate, HK will have to build building on top of each other...
obviously the guys are extremely excited abt the visit...
the place is pretty cool, very interactive n nice models
Projects
not going into detail about what the project like.
Critiques were tough, extremely harse comments
Working overnight [通頂]... till 6am , quick shower back home and lecture at 9:30am
taken at 12:00am
Our studio after battle..
GROUP 2
there will be many potential professionals from this group ( note i didnt say architects, jackson for example will make an extremly good critque " This is BORING!!! WHY!?!?!")
please focus at edmond n jackson
THE COUPLE, a complicated relationship with a few others involved...
Jackson, Anderson , Katie
NOTE: all archi wanabes!! perfect example of an ideal archi outfit... black shirt, trousers, longish hair, glasses as headband at times, goatee
when i went to work exp. half the ppl are dress like that
Ju n Katie going nuts at CPK, i was regreting introducing them to each other at that time...
Attempt to look artsy, unfortunately, we have a long way to get to the stage of where anderson is
shoutouts
Gon ( without the g) Vic- You guys missed the hotpot!!!
Jackson, Edmond - Get you're brokeback thing sorted!! thanks for bringing soo much entertainment to the group. Best wishes to you two, you make a fine couple!
Gerald- Thanks for the antisocial thing, first time katie n i got rejected :'( a scar for my entire life 
Chris- Always bullying gerald.. tst tst... well hope you get into a good archi school/uni
Carol , Anne- great knwoing you guys, had soo much fun during the re u
Shegalla- You're such perfectionist!! ( loz. k if you see this, i found your twin!!!!)
Joanne- You were the first person i talked to in this group, you made me feel soo relieved as when i first got to the course there were several SC, CIS. WIS,IS but no SIS ppl to be seen. And you know caroline!! what a saw world :D well had so much fun hanging with you ^^
Katie- So glad that your mum found this course n applying it before it was full( No.1 eheh)Without you on this course it would been sooo dull... sometimes i do wish i didnt introduce u n ju, both of u are choatic... Us three in cwb and central is just a pure hazard!well if you get back to HK make sure you come n find us! miss those wild nights at cwb :P
Lauren- So glad we manage to chat at starbucks (its truly a house of worship) had so much fun during the course n at dinner^^
Jenny n Chung- Best TAs we could have, rmb when you have a firm make sure you leave us a spot!
Group 2- I couldnt have choosen a better group to be in!!
more details on
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31/7- 22/8
Rocco Design
Model Making
new CU Hotel management building
everything has to be so
precise and neat... cutting every single step...had to make two bases for the bottom of the stairs.. like whos going peek!
in the end.. i made three sets of these...
Going to update pics of the overall model later..
Ying Wong (EEG) building @ Beijing
Other random models
My usual afternoon's work, making loads of mastering model
only made the grey ones... wish i could do sumthing like this...
Sample board making
i hate sample boards... an architect comes up to you with a rendering of a building and askes you to put a board together expressing various materials the building can be made out of...
sounds easy... but when the architect wants purple but ' not too purple, vivid yet not too blue...'
you start going through the pantone chart with over 50sth shades of purple and he still think its not the colour he has in mind...
and when you're building involves, rocks, tiles, paint and aluminum cladding its a nerve racking job..
you first go into the libary and pull out heaps of rocks n tiles that you THINK might be what the archi is looking for ( e.g. cool grey, with a slight pattern but not too dynamic.... what is that suppose to mean!?!?)
calling up sales asking them to bring in samples of materials you want, in my brief one week on making a smaple board i have collected about 10kg worth of tile/rock/ paint/ aluminum samples..
i realise how medium pressed n medium rolled can make soo much difference, yet i still get confused with all that tile shit..
mini bday parties for staff¬ such gd perks
overall, i had fun chatting to year outs and archis, getting some many cuts and finally mastering the skill of cutting foam boards..
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22/8- 268
Pui O Treasure Island
Have to get my AYP residential project done, so went to help out
Pirate camp
Gorging- walking up a river valley
involving climbing up rocks and getting bruises all over your knees
ppl who went to yr 8 camp should rmb this
having a dip at the gorge
kieran
isabella and jenny, my tent buddies
amelie ( jap//french) soo cute
the kids really believed that we had to crawl through the hole to get out
85% of the kids were french speaking, so i had to use my limited vocab that i learnt in year 9 to comunicate with them
Youngster camp
Cycling
Surfing
Beach games
Sand castle building
Park
apart from random whacks and being attacked by tatto markers, they're a cute bunch
heh
Chris playing dead
10 seconds later...
Chris still playing dead, but lost his crowd
This summer went to hot pot twice ^w^ once with viv, KH, leeann, ezra, kayan, johnny ( thanks for not telling me that everyone was going in pair...>.<)
and went wif HKU archi group 2¬¬ its was fun :P jackson whose never done hotpot before and shegalla whose having cravings for rooast duck, rice and steam buns.. hummm
must have another re-u 
End of this extreme short summer, yet i felt it is one of the best summers i had for quite a few years
waiting for the next holiday...
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