Sydney Trip - Day 3

Sydney Trip - Day 3
Destination
Darling Harbour

Another sunny day
Sydney weather is really awesome
everything goes smoothly just like planned
so we began our trip to Darling Harbour for our breakfast
and then visit the Sydney Aquarium
I can't explain as detail where do we went but the pictures will still let you know

some design structure...
manage to figure out who design the similar design like this?

or maybe this?

on the way to Darling Harbour
actually quite near
we were in some garden part...
so there will be some fountain or plantation

Here is it
Darling Harbour

Maritime Museum just right beside

Didn't take any outlook of Sydney Aquarium
but if you're there
you will find it easily
it just located at the end

Shopping time
must visit here
Queen Victoria Building
It's kinda classy but worth to walk around
otherwise you can walk to David Jones or Myer

To King Cross
a place where Carine said got delicious FOOD
so how do we find the place
Train - Bus - WALKED 1hrs++
asked a lot of ppl but can't explain the place
in the end, we walked all different kind of streets and roads
At first we thought were in a shop or maybe restaurant
She ONLY MENTION "HARRY'S"
then is shop?
or cafe?
or restaurant?
DON'T KNOW

Nevermind, what we had just TIME
here are we again
another pier

In the end or FINALLY
we found it
is just a small stall
but this stall sells the PIE is really really DELICIOUS
should come to have a try
worth it for us to walk for so long
but actually very near

Harry's Cafe de Wheels
started since 1945
from underground to ground
even there are tours to this stall to grab some pies

At night
Sydney Tower
Observation Deck
not a good place to see
kinda short and some unique buildings been blocked by others
don't expect u will see Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House from here
everything just blocked
what you can observe is just lighting of the city
take a look

End of Day 3
so fast time passes

p/s: It's a week trip....not end yet^^

Sydney Trip - Day 2

Day 2 - Beaches
Manly Beach our 1st destination
Manly is at the northern end of Sydney Harbour and has a harbour beach and one of Sydney's longest and most beautiful ocean beaches.

How to get there?
You need to get a Green Ferry Ticket
about 45minutes from Circular Quay to Manly Beach
along the way...will pass through Habour Bridge and Opera House
guess the pictures will lead you where we heading to ^^

on the ferry

Arrival Manly Wharf

a smaller beach side on manly island...

then walked around in the town to get some cap
in the end can't get a suitable one
Save the money but waste on the ice-cream
one scoop 4.50aud
MovenPick of Switzerland
really delicious

Here is the Manly Beach

where ppl will surfing here
but sadly..that day the beach closed..can't surf
only sun-bathing allowed
so we just sat down there...took photos
sun-bathing as well
guess we sat an hour till we planned to go for the other beach

Way back to Circular Quay

This time manage to get some views from the the ferry
too crowded when we came
isn't it nice Sydney Opera House?
really special...from far..the same looks unique

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Can you guess it?
What are we going to do next?

Can you see it?
Australian Idol Grand Finale Rehearsal
been listening Wes Carr rehearsal his song on the stage

no comment
cam-whoring again
what to do...just both of us

Sydney weather surely no doubt is better than Melbourne
Melbourne weather totally crazy
Changes 24/7 non stop
Can you see such a beautiful sky in Sydney...
relax....enjoy....

Bondi Beach
2nd beach for the day
guess you guys heard before
it's kinda famous
it's getting colder that evening
there are quite a few people surfing but not sun-bathing
we're ready to play but not today =P

That's all for the 2nd day
Camera out of batteries...
that's the last photo shot of the day

--Destination Completed--
Manly Beach & Bondi Beach

p/s: coming up next...more & more interesting place we explore

Sydney Trip - Day 1

I'm Back
finally back to Melbourne after a week to Sydney
Kinda miss the trip
been so long didn't really take rest after rushing for so many assignments and projects
and it's time for me to explore and relax my holiday

Day 1
arrived Sydney airport - 5pm
arrived hostel - 7pm (take bus then train)
actually kinda long story
but in the end I still manage to get to my hostel in my way
just kinda messy way
SAVE MONEY

that whole day I was starving and tired
rush to Melbourne Airport
then carried my bag here n there all around in Sydney
Sydney is full of BUSES AND TRAINS
anyway...looking up for dinner
met up with Carine at her hostel
this trip only both of us
so we looked for our dinner in the city

It's kinda hard to find food at night
or maybe the 1st night we looking for something different
We want Steak or something we hardly to find in Melbourne
so that's what we ate

forgotten the full name of the main course
Beef Steak for Carine

Pork Rib for me
the potato is kinda weird smells
hardly to finish it...not that pork but the potatoes

Here we're in Sydney
Day 1
dinner in the city

p/s: coming up next..getting more interesting the following days

Away for A week

VACATION

will update my blog when I'm back
away for a week

Destination:

SYDNEY

Friends from Tasmania

Hock Yang & Bernard
friends who study in Tasmania
finally visited us
haha...I have ntg much to say
just being happy and enjoyed when they came here
brought them around, eat everywhere, gamble all the way...and banyak lagi...

This is Hock Yang

Benard

That day was so freaky hot
up to 30++
even though the weather looks like Malaysia but the heat
NOT KIDDING....IS BURNING

1st Stop - Federation Square

Posing time - while tired

Back road of Chinatown
Khai Ling joined us for awhile

This is the Place
all the devil face comes out
Gamble till don't even want to go back
Hock Yang & Benard
1st time comer
Won in gamble
enough for them to spend in Melbourne
actually is FREE

Waiting for the JACKPOT
pray for it !!!

I broke my spare specs

I broke my specs
Luckily is just my spare specs
how can it broke till like that
is simple
just go to play basketball
then get an elbow from someone who slightly taller and bigger than u
then u will know is really can happen
now everyday have to wear that stressful specs
can't play basketball for awhile
the only specs i left
sigh....

the broken spare specs

is not new but i wore it when I'm going somewhere

it's time to clean up my house

Everything is just over
no more model making
no more drawing sessions
so it's time to clean up my house
how messy is it
2 friends from Tasmania is coming this monday
have to clean up for them to sleep
in a comfortable living room
hahaha

Before

After

and the rubbish just the living room
guess there are 8-10 plastic bags

anyway...is clean now
Free from Bacteria
u can feel the different...

when architecture students are FREE

This is what Architecture Students are Free
from projects and assignments
and only waiting for exam

they will find something to do
they will search everywhere and crack their heads
they will look at the sky thinking what can they do
in the end
this 3 archi students decided to play
Monopoly

I have no comment on this
but there are a few more archi friends blaming me
why I didn't invite them to play as well
anyway, i do think of inviting but is full
no enough for so many ppl
next time...maybe tomorrow
LOL

Final Presentation 06/11/08

Finally
is my final presentation day
I waited for so long
waiting it to come
to end my Architectural Design 3B
this semester design quite torturing and suffering
is too long and too wide
massive site

Anyway, back to the topic
06/11/2008 Thursday 5pm
my turn to present

before present..kan cheong-ing reading my speech

Let's start the presentation
to let u know
how many panels crits my work...
let's see...hmmm
4 architects, 2 port melbourne authorities and 1 tutor
all together 7 ppl crits my design
1st time ever...so many ppl crit me

that's my tutor
looking at my model
i knew that model not impressive enough
i already tried my best on the model

After presenting
about 30mins my presentation
recieve critiques from panels
this no good that no good
somehow need to consider this and that
but...but....
I've already try my best
I've put in all my effort in the design
Good result I will welcome it
Bad result I will bye-bye it

Part of my classmates
some already went home or enjoying
is time to relax

And this is my tutor
Bryan Cush from Ireland

girls....I know what u going to say
haha
that's all my presentation day
it just end happily and sadly
but
I tried my best so is considered OK

Presentation Board

My Presentation Board

p/s: will upload more photos when I take from my friends camera

FINAL model making

Station Pier + Chinese Music Learning Centre
This model is the longest I take to finish it
is so small and so difficult to cut
is 1:500 scale
every time I build 1:100scale only takes up to 3days (fastest 2days)
Guess how long for this....
5 DAYS
Hand Tired
Shoulder Tired
Eyes Tired
Legs Tired
Butt Pain

The actual size for the site is 600m x 60m
if do it in 100scale...is way too huge
so have to do it in 500scale
Let the pictures "tell" u the story

Construction Time

room by room i build it up
and only starts to stack it up

saw the column...
so many
each column only 1cm long
i think i had cut around 50 columns or more

is it SHIT HOT MODEL?
my tutor want us to produce shit hot model
is mine consider as what he want?
or the other way round...the shit model ?

continue ur journey...

roof progression I didn't take any photos

but have a look the interior
I can't imagine it....is that my MODEL?
^^have a look^^

The model I cut into 3 sections
so I managed to take all those interior that I want
and put it in my board
Is my 1st time too to put model into sections and build it

Exterior View
but kinda....hahaha...not well glue-ing
the roof is too soft....
have a guess what kind of materials i use for the roof shell?

That's all my model
submission 31st October 2008
Board+Model+CD
will update more later on

enjoy looking it?
hahaha

rushing rushing...my drawing submission

Final Design Communication
SUBMISSION!!!
the entire semester...this are what I produce
still got a lot to capture but then kinda too rush...
simply grab a post then arrange it and rush for submission

What I learn from there?
Pencil rendering
Water Colour
Photography
Photoshop
Collage
Perspective

all those basic basic drawings that will taught in the class
is kinda fun though there are way too many assignment
but it was fun

Life Drawing
as I mention before from my previous post
guess u guys so interested to see what I drew in front of those naked ppl
there you go....
not a good artist but at least still got the shape^^
i need to choose the best 6 of the drawings...
I drew about 20 of it..
only 8 pieces can choose
haha

The WOMAN

The MAN