long overdue post

as the title says it... its a l o n g   o v e r d u e   p o s t

hi guys! sorry for the hiatus hahaha its been more than a 3 months (lol see how much i’ve procrastinated and the amount of backlog) here in the UK. I’ve settled in well and have gotten used to the cold (so gonna melt next summer) life’s been great here, my course can be tough, having a 5 day school week (7 days at times) and leaving school at 9 plus when we get chased out of the building, reaching at 8 plus to queue for workshop hahaha but then i’ve friends who were there for me (be it in the UK or SG) i’m really lucky to be studying here :’) though i have quite a lot to pick regarding the education system and bartlett itself :///

its been so long since i’ve posted that i am so reluctant to update but wtv
(its 1am here and tomorrow i’ve to be somewhere at 7am lol)
(plus this coming week is hell week, prob staying in school till midnight or maybe 1? or camping at cruciform till 2-3am again? at least till friday)

14 sept: the day i left for the uk, really grateful that you guys came down to send me off despite it being a super early flight on a sunday. I’m actually quite surprised at the number of people in the photo (not including my family of course)  look forward to seeing you all again next summer. do Skype/google hangout w me when you guys are free!!! (like during the holidays cause i’m gonna be in the uk alone :(  ) cried on the flight while reading all your letters and thinking of the times we spent together. 

(closed my eyes but wtv cos everyone’s looking at the cam <cept for some>) 

honestly quite excited about next summer when i get to go back and meet all of you again ^^

upon reaching, we explored the area around my school, oxford street, settled admin stuff such as registering, nhs, moving into my dorm (no dorm tour cause i’m not living alone)

-settled admin stuff, settled into school, started school-

one of the first dinners w OG at belgos ^^ while watching the guys chug down their beer

(they’ve become my second fam here, (sg archi ppl too of coz))

so lessons started, explored our studio. we shifted to another building as Wates house was under construction. attended wednesday’s optional lectures cause at that time, naive me thought we had loads of time and why not? and i was even planning to make this a weekly thing. but no, that will not happen cause i know how busy my course is hahaha

wefie with peter cook hahaha, he’s the guy in black with white hair - year that tiny dude in front of the blue table.

ended our  building walk with a hike up primrose hill one fine day when the weather in london was still great (pic ft sg archi peeps and 1 msian)

then we have our first design proj: 

Greenwich survey

so we were brought down to greenwich, which was when i wore my wellies out for the first time. AND IT GOT DAM DIRTY!!!!! a brief summary of our first proj: measuring the site given, doing plan section elevation drawings etc. boring as hell stayed up so many times to finish drawing. experienced my first 3h sleep day, had my first crit. too lazy to elaborate, plus its not that exciting anyways

proj 2: Royal Naval College - Admiral’s House

basically almost a month plus long group work, with 14 people in a group. sadly lady luck’s not really on my side and i got into a not so good group (maybe it’ll get better cos my tutor’s gonna finally be in london next year. can you believe it, my tutor flies down from Copenhagen every friday for lessons, and i don’t get a legit tutor on tues.) loads of last minute changes, late nights, missed dinners but i enjoyed it. 

gonna just post pics cause i still have work to do, even though its winter break now T-T

(looking like apichatpong’s powerboy eh)

missed dinner for more than a week when deadline was nearing. so tired with early mornings to queue for workshop and late nights, leaving studio at like 10-11pm then going to cruciform for late night works or euston for meetings. plus burden making cities urgh.

 

enjoyed myself very much in the workshop, working the bandsaw, piller drill, sanders, industrial power bandsaw, welding etc. 

i’ve become really good at cutting stuff using the bandsaw!! 

also, first time working with metal and i quite like it! not gonna go into details and stuff~

managed to squeeze in weekend trips to nottingham, peak district and climbed a mini mountain.

brighton weekend trip

(proj 2 ended)

Birmingham christmas market day trip

everyone has left for singapore :( its so quiet and lonely here

CANT WAIT FOR SUMMER!!!!!

kk gonna end here abruptly cause I’m no longer in the mood to blog haha, perhaps i’ll edit this with details another time or maybe a separate post for each section hmm 

cya!!