In memory of...
one year ago, i wrote an entry to say goodbye to shufang. time flies and it's been a year since then. Whenever I think of you, I think of the rgs days and your platoon mates. It's like an epitome of courage under fire, and I hope that wherever you are now, you are safe, well and whole.
I wouldn't dare to say that you have been in my thoughts all this while... but you do pop up at unexpected moments, reminding me that life as it is, should be treasured and fought for, like the way you did. I do believe that you are looking at us, those who knew of you, knew you and those who loved you and I guess you're looking after us in your own way...
I've been thinking about you on and off these few days, still regret that I didn't get to say goodbye, but I trust that you hear me now. I thank you for showing me your grace and by turn showing me the grace of your platoonmates. I don't think I will ever forget the way they sent you off, I will never think that friends cannot become family, for they were that, your sisters in every sense of the word.
I hope you're at peace now, and I'll think of you today.
First 2 days at work!
I have to say.. some parts of the day are hard to get through.. especially that period of time after lunch break... shhhooo sleepy...=P
but today had a session with tan hock beng.. haha. i think he can go become an inspirational speaker liao... he make me think... perhaps i can really do archi for the rest of my life... it is possible... now looking forward to site visit and other stuff. Although there is some level of stress.. we are after all year 3s... cannot imagine if i hand in some lao pok detailing... aiyoh. cover face and die man...
what is architecture? that's a qn that thb asked today... and it's one of the qns that i really dread answering... cos there really is no right answer and i think i haven't seen/done/studied enough to make a worthwhile answer to that. that's disturbing and not to mention just that bit depressing...
presentation is based on the topic, "play of use and use of play" - ties back to functional ornamentation etc, reference herzog's work... help people help... anyone who's willing to discuss this with me... will be grateful... essentially our kind of aki, as in what we learn in sch, stems from modernism... dealing with issues of functionality and the 'less is more' kind of stuff. etc etc etc. u can see there's lots to think about. back to hitting the archi books...
who knows man.. maybe year 4 will be the year that i get back my enthusiasm for debating and 'living' a more meaningful aki year... hopefully... really. if that really happens... i will owe this internship a big one i think.
weekend's here... play like mad... and then back to work on monday..~
