Day 26 - Thurday - Weekly review day

Day 26- Thursday

Today was the weekly review of the progress of our projects to the class. I always felt kind of nerve cracking before the presentation for don’t know the exact reasoning behind it all. More improvement is to be done on the space-planning of the space and to the mapping of the materials in 3D. Since we are using a variety of green materials for the different symbols for the Tetris (which happens to be our design language). Its going to get really busy by then I could already start to have images in my head already. Laughs.

After lunch, we headed over for a design talk on product design, it was a talk by a professor of the school and also a translator for the professor. It’s like a sentence will be heard twice. I started to feel unwell and really sleepy throughout the talk. Maybe it’s the lack of sleep, nutrients or something else. We headed back to hostel after the talk. Most of the DID students headed out for Eelaine’s birthday celebration at a shopping mall. While i stayed indoor as I wasn’t feeling really that way to get my way out to the cold and be freeze. Perhaps I need sometimes alone to think about some stuffs and situations in life.

Skype with my family while I am all alone in the hostel room, I just hopped everything is doing very well at home. Especially mom’s health. She hasn’t been really good in health-wise. I just hoped she would be happy, less tiredness doing her way, more rest and everything goes perfectly well for her. Mom was asking about how I was doing and stuff. I told her everything was alright and fine. Then again, the only communication to my family would be in the form of internet. Because the hand phone’s problem just refuse to do us any form of help.

I don’t really miss my mom nor family nor friends because simply they know that I am doing alright here and I know they are doing very fine there too. May the good things come along.

Before presentation

Presentation in progress

Product design talk by the professor

Twilight reading in progress.

mind-mapping slide.

I love the ceiling feature.

Its ended off with a big JIA YOU.

And yes a Big JIA YOU to everyone out there as well.

Dinner was simply completed with instant noodles. Most properly the easiest yet the unhealthiest food of all.

Day 25 - wednesday

Day 25- Wednesday

New buys for Singapore. Today new stuff come into my luggage, I was quite excited in the afternoon, upon knowing that the bookstore van would be coming today at 530pm. Because i missed out buying the twilight series of books previously. Simply because when i came over to Dalian, my luggage itself has already exceeded the supposed weight of 20kg by 1 kg. Thus i was doubting if i should buy the books (which weights a little) and bring them all home to Singapore. However after much consideration, i was like why not. Since it’s really cheaper as compared to Singapore and also i am loving the series quite a bit.

I bought a total of four books namely new moon, Eclipse , breaking dawn and the host all at the price of 75RMB which is like $16.80 in Singapore dollars, I mean seriously one book itself cost that amount in Singapore.

After which, we headed for dinner outside of school. We had mixtures of food of 4 dishes at a restaurant. Good food at only 7.50 RMB per person. Along the way back to the hostel. I bought 4 dvds, of which all are my favourite tv series. Perhaps my happy viewing while on the down mood. Haha.
I dropped lying on my bed after back to the hostel. I was feeling really cold and unwell. However have to wake up to prepare for tomorrow’s weekly review.

Day 24 - Tuesday. Schooling day

Day 24- Tuesday

Today was another 3D lesson in the morning, about lightings. Very useful for the class. We also had intech lesson on concrete construction and detailing, a new assignment came out. And we will have to complete everything for the submission at week 7 (if i am not wrong). The 3D lesson was about learning how to create volumetric lightings in a space, to create a better ambience for the interior.

Headed over for lunch and back for the tutorial session. From 2pm to 6pm. Lunch was great as i was accompanied by a free tv programme on my favourite NBA playoff. The tension in the game was harsh because it was a 3-0 situation. If the 达拉斯小牛　Dallas Mavericks don’t win this match, they will be kicked out of the game to further advance for the semi-final.

Headed over for a really short game of badminton like a 20minutes because we were unable to get the indoor court thus we played in the open, and the wind isn’t doing much help to us, thus we ended early and headed back to the hostel. By then I was really tired already, however projecting continues, it’s a routine from around 10 plus till one plus every night.

The lighting lesson that was taught. The outcome of it.


The playoff =D

The curry chicken rice for my lunch. comment = it could be better.

Day 23 - Monday. Schooling day

Day 23- Monday

Monday was woken up with a really cold weather. In the morning, we had 3D Max lessons about using the tools to cut and create volumes to the object. 3D lesson definitely has helped us a lot for the 3D visualisation bit.

Afternoon, we had GEMS, taught by a new lecturer. His name is Piao Hefu, an Economics Professor under DPU’s School of Management and Social Science. He is a Korean Chinese, and yes he sounded better than the previous lecturer, but however at times still wouldn’t be able to understand. Thus what i can do is to write down notes from the power point slides. Later part of the lesson was interesting, he showed us video of the Olympic, like the making of it and some of the interesting opening ceremony acts, i missed it last year due to projecting in year 2. At least today i get to see some more of the scenes. Great.

After GEMs, it gets really cold and really windy. Thus I choose to have my dinner settled by taking away fried rice from a nearby stalk instead of following my group of friends out for dinner at a further away place. Tasty bits came calling me, i headed over to order my fried rice and mean while went over to the provision shop to get a 40 RMB($9) worth of food to be stored and eat them slowly.

And the best thing is that i watched my newly-bought BOYS over FLOwers from somewhere nearby to school while having my freshly cooked dinner. Double yayness woo.

can u see the smoky-effect?

chicken ramen.

outside of the concourse

video of the Olympic 080808

my snacks.

The famous or infamous friend rice at only 5RMB. ( $1.10)

Day 22 - Sunday - self-touring day

Day 22-Sunday

In the morning, it was raining, not as heavy but it’s still raining and quite windy. However despite the rain, we went ahead for the initial plan to head over to several squares that Dalian is considered popular for. We travelled around by bus and on foot without much company from our Dalian buddy or any form of help except for the good thing call map. Thus first stop we headed over to the friendship square which is located in the middle of the road. It started raining heavy by then and basically throughout the whole journey and such, the umbrella hasn’t gotten a chance to leave us also.

First stop we went over to the friendship square. Later to zhongshan square, everything and everywhere was very close together. Its seems to be like the orchard road or suntec city of Dalian.

The friendship square

the classic outlook of the buidling of KFC.

Interior of KFC

Alice. Chew yin

I really do love these kind of buidling which would properly never to be seen in Singapore.

Singapore has already gotten a modernize outlook afterall,

Zhongshan Square 中山广场

Public toilet.
Its would open up its doors. If one would to overshot the 20 minutes deal of using them. Not bad for a toilet design right?


Next stop we walked all the way to Labour Park劳动公园.

which need at least 15 minutes or all.

Its a 10 Yuan entry

however its all worth it.

Lots of flowers, greenery and beautiful scenery.

what's best is not much people was there.

less than 10 perhaps.

it somehow feels like owning the whole park by ourselves.

As the rain hasn't stopped.

We were holding on to our survival kit all along.

1949 - 2009

Can you see the main feature ( of the football coming up alre

Too bad we didn't get to experience the ferris's wheel.
The rain just kept pouring down.

And the operation was stopped.

Interesting seating feature.

do u understand the meaning behind it?

Do u like it the way i am loving it?

Flowers. woo.

=D

Kissing fishes. muahz.

Twisting pig.

Hair Salon near to the parkland centre.

Interior of a shopping centre ( tangs-like)

Parkland centre

Later we walked back to 胜利广场 to have lunch and also to shop around.

The shopping mall is huge.

Maybe about Vivo city? or something.

Its like the fareast plaza in Singapore.

Their main target customer most properly is the teenagers like us.

Lots of Accessories and clothes and more.

Lunch as usual.

upon returning back to the hostel. Its already 7 plus. where its cold and everything on me was wet.

including my one and only sneakers.

Had dinner. A not-so-desire one.

The instant noodles that has the tomato flavour just taste horrible.

cold and hungry was the outcome of the wonderful trip.