*Hiicup *hiicup *hiicup Exams, Problems and what???

I'm having my 4th set of hicup for the day. Gonna drive me crazy soon. *changed my header. Nice???

Was clearing up my draft posts and found this 2-word post. These 2 words are THE WORDS i keep coming across during my revisions for the exam.

proliferating           eclecticism

Anyway, THIS SAT! My cell group is having a dinner party at Katong. I saw the pics of the cafe. Looks good! Can't wait to head over there and snap pictures of ppl enjoying food, food and    

games la... 

Really glad that exams are over. I used to love exams when i'm in sec sch because i noe holidays are coming! As i grow up and move into tertiary education, i dread exams. o(>.<)o

As for now, holidays means time to rush to work and earn $ to cover expenses for my next school term. Not alot of ppl know bout this and i think my readers shld know why i'm always working.

Whatever stuff i buy, eat, use is from my pocket. Nothing comes from my parents other than the roof over my head. 

My school fees for NUS is covered 90% by bank loan and 10% cash. 10% cash will be around 1.2k per academic year. Pay in 2 sememsters, $500+ and $600+ half yearly. 

Food, entertainment, transport oso from my pocket. Holidays are: 1 month in Dec and 2.5 months in May-July, that's the only window of opportunity to top up my pocket. 

Got a maths problem for you!

Ah Lian spends $8 to buy a chicken, and sells to me for 9 dollars. Then she thinks that it is not worthwhile, and spends $10 to buy back from me. She sells it to another person for $11. I earned $1, but how much did Ah Lian earn?

More than 50% of people answered wrongly, you are not one?

Finally...

...exams are over and i can rest in peace! *not kicking the bucket, i mean sleep. Sleep is important! On the morbid side, i might kick the bucket suddenly due to over ecstasy of architecture and readings or anything. I shall blog about something morbid when i have the time. ^^ (HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!)

anyway, i forgot what i want to blog this time round. Had too much fun after exams(actually only a good meal at Soup spoon).

Okay, maybe some reply to comments given.

To those who want the X'mas tree picture, email me at itisashley@hotmail.com or msn me bout it. Let me know what text u want to put in.

To Martin's many comments, the group photo is given by my friend and i fix all my photos that are posted online at 800px width due to copyrights issue. I wouldn't want someone to leech my photos and pass it off as his/hers. There is stock photography websites where they can make $$ out of it and not me. Although mine are not the best, it is good to have some precaution. In case i get famous in future. :p Hope u get wat i mean. If you want any photos, i won't mind sending it to you at higher resolution. ;-) Let me know ya? I'll send u the "wallpaper" version without the text. You can add anything to it after that. I've sent 1 out to my classmate.

Talking bout posting photos online. I dunno whether i have posted anything bout why i dun put up photos of myself on my blog. Cuz my blog is open to search engines online(try typing hASHbrown on google or yahoo), any stranger on this surface of mother earth can see my face! Who knows what he/she will do to my picture rite? It might surface on some forums or weird discussion or even fashion police!

haha... ok. not to bored every one with my wall of text, here's some shots i took with my 'new' phone! Motorola Q9H!




My favourite cat of potong pasir!

CS 4 launch after my submission. Fell asleep there lah! :(

The new development at bugis by WOHA.

Attended a talk by Moshie-san. Looks familar rite?

Over and done with...and i hate sentosa

Phew! Crit is over like in 5mins??? 10???? Feels like a zap of time!

However, 1 hour and 30mins before the crit feels like 3 hours to me.
1st: i stepped out of house 3omins late. Then i waited for 57, which can bring me to harbour front in 20mins. Waited for 15mins for just 1 bus. Nvm...

The bus went pretty fast until it start to slow down and crawl like snail at Shenton way. >.<>

wasted my $6.80 on cab fee after Vivocity. i alighted there and took cab.

Here's the added story to the cab journey. For the 1st 2mins on the cab, i was busy thinking of my presentation, how i am going to explain my project and how to sell the idea to the critique panel.

After the 2nd min, the cab driver suddenly jam brake. I peered to the front, left and right. NO VEHICLES! He brake for what???!!! So i start to observe his actions. He's rubbing his eyes, touch his nose and his steering wheel shifted left and right by 0.5°. My goodness! There are a few jerks of braking in point-something of a second and i had zero-point-something-something skips of heart beat and zero-point-something cubic centimeters of air being held on in my little lungs.

All these little actions went on till i reached my school's foyer. I felt like i have spent 1 hour on the cab. I paid the uncle and asked him at the same time if he worked from night shift. He replied with a smile and didnt really answer yes or no.

Instead "look very tired ar?". Argh.... if i haven felt my life being endangered, i wouldnt have ask lah...

I got off the cab and offered him 3 drops of Clorets sweet i had in my bag. Wake up la, uncle.

Oh well. Time flew when my presentation is like less than 30mins after i arrived. So far so good. Nothing major from the panels. BUT MY PRESENTATION BOARD ISH U-G-L-Y. Only model nice. Here's a bad attempt at photoshopping, top view of my model and 1 interior shot.

Crunch time liao....

my sleeping pattern getting very weird... sleep start time around 4-6am... wake up latest 10am... but must finish project! submission on Thursday and I'm going to get bonkers if the site model and test model is not done up!!!!

nid to de-stress.... saw this on a friend's blog. this Korean guy is funny.


Another de-stress video would be the popcorn eating hamster.

































Go youtube n search for it la...

Busy and Business

My X'mas festive mood is early as the Orchard road light ups. Although busy with school(actually is damn busy and :S), i really want to start a little photography business.


this print is now available for customization of greetings and print.

Normal
4R - $1 per card
any bigger, will discuss.

Sarpork me!!!!

i still can smile and bum around... for a short time

yeah! interim is over and i am going to grill myself over Western essay.... "%@$^%&^*!@!@@#$@#%"

anyway, i continue to treat myself with "Watch TV Tuesday" by watching:
Calefare - 830 to 9 (channel 5)
Tay Ping hui drama - 9 to 10 (channel 8)
Noose - 10 to 1030 (channel 5)

CSI sometimes nice to watch...but this week, i'm crunchyrolling... :P

I'm not a big fan of Korean dramas but i'm okay with movies.

This time round i watched 100days with Mr Arrogant.

i think i look like her in such a pose after submission.

The usual funny drama-mama love story which i can recommend everyone to watch. But wait.... dig this.... i now have a favourite Korean actor! *gasp

Kim Jaewon ! ! !

He somehow reminds me of Nicholas Zhang, my fav. chinese singer.

The similarity when they smile...ok! this 2 pics will do justice to the similarites..


Agree agree????
Okay, i think i got a thing for guys with such eyes... beady cute types? Okay, that's all for a piece of information on me.

New wallpaper...

tada! A chance shot. If you wan to have the wallpaper with the text changed(of course la... unless you are called Ashley too), msg me and i'll edit and send 1 for you.



oh oh! PLUS....NEW hASHbrown tune! Open arms by The Journey. I just love the voice of Steve Perry! Thanks to my messy classmate-who-sat-next-to-me.

Monday is another hurdle... but the coming week is a wall

haiyo... coming monday is interim project submission. Pin Up No Talk. Means pin up our work and don't need presentation. This is one Hurdle...

Coming friday is esssssaaaayyyyyy submission. Argumentative type... Think i'll go around asking people to proof read on my essay and my language used.

Weekend got to chiong work liaoz....

(-.-) ..... (*.*) ..... o(>.<)o

Another hASHbrown 'lobang kang tao'

My classmate just started this handmade journal/notebook online business.

Product line ups are notebooks for doodling your sketches and thoughts, journals to write ur darkest secrets and guest books for those who are getting married and wanna have a unique guestbook that u CANT find in the market.

Click here and start shopping!

Promote to "auntyhood" level 24

Hahaha... hope you know what i mean. My new school project is building an extension to St Marys of angels church. A large Catholic church completed around 2 years ago. It houses a columbarium as well.

So here are some shots from the hot-weather site visit:

Bell tower


Main chapel with Christ suspended in air.... Its a sculpture done by an artist.


Found this in the columbarium


Reflecting pool in the columbarium


Anyway, a big thank you to my cell mates and studio friends for celebrating my bday. Simple simple can liao. Thank Q beri much!!!

*update while in studio(12.58am)Well, this new term i got a new tutor... he's very vague in explanation and i'm praying hard for His shelter and inspirations.