break out the coffee!!

hurrah!
tmr i'll be submitting my last last model for the sem. (yes, trust me this time i mean it. LASTEST!) after that its just mug mug mug for the exams. hmm... mugging...havnt done that in quite a while... about 3 yrs to be exact. haha. have i lost the art of being a chao mugger?? we'll soon find out. but without my Nescafe 3-in-1, who knows? i may be powerless!!

"Caffeine enriches the soul"

The Fortress version_2.0

ive decided to give this blog a little image overhaul.
Tah dah!
its the Fortress of Solitude version_2.0

and this new version is all about building up the hype to Superman Returns.
thats right folks, set your calender reminders to 30 June 2006, cos the Man of Steel is gonna kick ass on the big screen once again!!

countdown to the Return

dunno if u have noticed yet, but there is a new countdown clock under the title of this blog. Unfortunately, it does not countdown in real time, but if u refresh the page, you'll see that the time on the counter has changed.

the date its counting down to is 30th June 2006....the release date for SUPERMAN RETURNS!!!!!!!!

two very disturbing things...

i usually have the TV on while im working on my models. not that i really pay attention to the programs, but i just dont like to work in silence. and occasionally, i might hear something interesting and stop to see what it is. last night, two phrases caught my ear. they were "Melbourne Cup", and "...the round ball...". unfortunately, neither was related to soccer. rather, their subject matter infuriated me quite a bit.

here's what they were:

1. "Melbourne Cup", aka "Let's Cheer While People Torture Animals"
The Melbourne Cup is actually a horse racing tournament. and for some insipid reason, the Aussies LOVE their Melbourne Cup. horse racing has got to be the most idiotic, immoral sport on the planet.
i mean, these jockeys dont do ANYTHING other than strap themselves to the horses and whip them constantly throughout the race. and then when they win, the public bathes the jockey in a shower of congratulations, as if he had anything to do with the victory. COME ON PEOPLE! THE HORSE WON! NOT THE JOCKEY! if they'd strapped a 5-year-old kid to the horse, would u ppl be cheering for the kid instead!?!? JACKASSES!!!
And whats up with whipping the horse?!? does that really make it go faster!??! you dont see coaches whipping atheletes during a race, do you?!?! why then would u whip a horse?!? oh i get it...cos the horse cant whip u back. AARRGH!!! BASTARDS!!! i hope one day a horse realises whats going on and just kicks the living crap out of the jockey.

2. My second story is not one of anger, but of shock.
shock at the sheer stupidity of the sport. i get giggles just thinking about it because it really is THAT DUMB!
okay... heres how it goes. imagine a rugby field, with the rugby posts set up at both ends, BUT with a soccer goal post directly below the rugby post at each end as well. its like back in ACS(i) where they used the soccer field for rugby training, so there would be two sets of goal posts at either end cos ppl were lazy to move the soccer goal post out of the way.
okay (brace yourself)... in THIS sport, u play it with a soccer ball, BUT u are allowed to hold the ball. (yes, HOLD THE BALL). u can pass it with your hands, or with your feet. and the way to score a goal is either to kick it high up thru the rugby posts, or score into the soccer goal like the conventional soccer way. now here's where it gets ridiculous....u can use your hands and THROW THE BALL into the goal!!!!!! i couldnt believe it when i saw it!!! heck, you could even hug the ball and RUN INTO THE GOAL!!!! HAAHAHHAHAHAH! It's so stupid its hillarious!!!

obss...ss.. ssessive.... .c..co..compu.. pulsss..ss.sive....

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oh no what have i done?!?!

in the span of 24 hours, i have completely obliterated my chance of doing well in these coming exams. if u recall, about a month ago i was bitching about the fact that ARES (the program i use to download bootleg music n videos) died on me. and that was just about the time that LOST season 2 and SMALLVILLE season 5 were starting. so u can imagine how pissed i was... BUT! on the flip side, it did allow me much needed time to study and concentrate on model-making.

well, fortunately (or unfortunately), ARES has miraculously come back to life. and i have resumed my obsessive compulsive downloading of smallville and lost. "somebody saaaaaaaavveee meeeeeeeee...."

thats not all. to make matters even WORSE, i (for sheer lack of willpower) downloaded the demo of FIFA 2006. (suresh, for your own sake, i warn u DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS DEMO. u dont want to wind up like me......) last night was supposed to be a model-making night, but it quickly turned into hours of FIFA. oh no..... i can forsee it now. my exams are all but DEAD. bye bye "Merit". hellooooooo "Satisfactory", "Pass", and "Ungraded"....

area cleaning

im happy today. i woke up this morning without the pressure of upcoming assignments or dumb models. today is a day of relaxation..... so i decided to do a little spring cleaning! seeing as my parents are coming to visit in 10 days time, i thought it best to tidy up my pad a bit. my mom is impeccably clean, and although my standards of cleanliness will never reach the lofty heights of hers, at least i can avoid certain nagging by showing that i actually DID do some cleaning.

cleaned the toilet this morning and the toilet bowl (which had stains that must've been mutating into new substances by now) and vacuumed my room with my trusty hand held vacuum cleaner. now im just waiting for the toilet floor to dry b4 taking a shower....

oh crap! i left my clothes in the washing machine outside!

i need a break!

i need a break!...and im taking one!! ive decided to reward myself with 2 full days of doing absolutely no studies!
just handed in the model yesterday (finally!) and my design portfolio this afternoon. and with that, i dont have any assignments to hand in till next thursday! and thats a looooong time in this course. gonna take the next two days to just chill and watch DVDs and read comics and catch up on some sleep.

in the beginning, there was a strip footing...

...then there was a timber frame...

...followed by a roof and some walls...

crap...for some reason i cant upload anymore images... i'll add more pics of the completed model in my next post. need sleep now...nite nite ppl...

nocturnal architect-in-training

its been the BUSIEST week EVER!almost all my time this week has been devoted to the MODEL!!! and im not exaggerating when i say "almost ALL my time...". ive stayed in uni past 11pm at least 5 times this week, and the past 2 days ive left uni at 2am and 3am respectively. so drained now.....its true what they say about this architecture course...its full of late hours of work. my frens have sorta given up asking me out at night cos ive been turning them down like every single night.

yes...architecture students have no social life, except maybe with other architecture students with no social life. its sad....BUT! im really really happy with the end result of the model. its like giving birth to a baby... you just want to look at it and admire it and touch it and.... okay maybe that analogy was a little awkward, but u get the idea.

and as if thats not enough, ive got a folio due on tuesday that makes up 100% of my mark for that subject! totally SCREWED!! i need to work like mad tmr after the model presentation. hai.... december....i want to teleport to december.....

model pics coming soon....

4hrs 28mins later.... its finally over!

the face of pain

well, i gotta tell ya...if there's anyone out there planning to do a marathon for the first time, all i can say is "you gotta prepare, prepare, prepare." dun take anyhing for granted, like i did. i only trained up to 26km, and got too cocky thinking "well, its only another 16km...shouldnt be too much of a problem". BIG MISTAKE! haha. the pain....the pain...oh man the pain...

the weather at the start was perfect. it was drizzling ever so slightly and the temp was about 15 degrees. everything was going really well in the beginning, and at the 21km mark, i was at a time of 1hr 40mins. it was at the 27-28 km mark that it all started to go wrong. i experienced something on a run that i had never experienced before...CRAMPS!!! oh my god... its excrutiatingly pain!!! first my right quad cramped up, which made me hobble more on my left leg. then my left cramped up too. so i was reduced to walking and hopping for the remaining 12km or so. sigh.... gotta train harder for next year. gotta start training earlier too.

but when its all said and done, it was a blast!! in a sadist kinda way, i actually enjoyed myself.

and many many thanks to Esther who came all the way down to the finish line to support me.

its time

okay, so my race number is 1625. kind of a bummer. its not a cool number at all. haha. was hoping for 007 or something like that. its 10pm now...gonna get some sleep cos i have to be up at 4.30am tmr morning to catch a bus to the start point. fever's gone down, but still having a bit of a heavy head. hopefully all will be well in the morning.

so excited! hope i can sleep!

no! not now! go away!

ah crap! ah CRAP CRAP CRAP! MEGA CRAP!
there must be some other powers at work that just dont want me to run the marathon!! last year (as well bitch-ed about) was the knee problem. THIS year, its now just two days b4 the marathon, and im down with a friggin fever!! feel so lethargic and weak. crap....

hopefully it will cure soon n not get worse. either way i dun care. im running on sunday no matter what. worse comes to worst, i'll end the race in an ambulance.

crap...

yaaaawn...

its 1.20am and im still awake...
thats very unusual for me. im normally an early bird. (ie: sleep early, wake up early)
stayed up tonite working on a model. yes, ANOTHER one. they just seem to keep on coming. This one was particularly irritating cos it had to be to scale, and the scale was 1:200. to give u an idea, a 6m high wall would only be 3cm on the model! thats freakin small!!! and to build a model with stairs and all at that scale is just crazy!!! had to fiddle with the tweezer and the superglue for ages, which only succeeded in getting me really pissed off. haha.
my model looks like shit. i think its a "guy" thing. we just cant handle such delicate tasks! haha...but then again its probably just me. clumsy me.... heh.

fasting month starts this wed. a good chance to lose weight!! i gained 1.5kg during the 2 wk holiday period... hai. too much chocolate intake was the likely cause. and i was running too, so can imagine how much more i'd gain if i wasnt. i feel the "overlapping tummy" coming. its starting to get really loose down there. haha. and its beginning to "spill over" if u know wat i mean. oh well....middle age beckons. why fight it...

i just got my exam schedule too.... and its GOOD! i end way earlier than originally expected. last paper is on 15th nov! SWEET!! cant wait for this month to be over. so many assignments due soon, and i'm still in slack-mode. its really a blessing in disguise that my playstation2 doesnt work here. if it did, there goes my exams. Note to self : DON'T BUY FIFA 2006 TILL AFTER THE EXAMS.

yawn...okay its waaaaay past my bedtime now. have a constuction drawing test tmr morning...eeekk!!

marathon is this sunday too... i am so not ready. we'll see how it goes. i hope they have sufficient medical coverage cos i have a feeling im gonna be needing it.

nite folks! may the force be with you.