i'm still awake.

it's 4.33am here n i'm still awake! was doing work juz now.. actually it only took me one hr to compose everything into photoshop but trying to find info is nt an easy task, at least for me. i think i live the 22 yrs not knowing how to find resources, or rather conveniently take resources from other people. ya, i'm totally hopeless in researching. i hate the library cos' 60% of the time, the keywords i typed doesn't have corresponding books. it's much easier if there's a book list to follow but then again, 90% of the time the books are on loan. n by the time u got the book, ur assignment is due. it has been v long since i managed to stay awake in the night.. yeah. a little accomplishment maybe. i'm gg to think of design after this.. finally. for the whole month, my studio has been doing site analysis.. so 'interesting'. tmr is still site analysis but we gotta choose site.. so i must consider carefully. den after next tue.. i dun haf to meet up wif my group mates for studio design! horray!! 3 cheers!! i really drag having group discussion.. and when the discussion is juz for the sake of showing something tt is totally useless. no intelligent input, no constructive output. i pray n wish n step on the accelerator tt next tue arrive.. faster.

here comes the ppl!

yeah.. hafen been posting pic of places n ppl cos i dun haf the habit of fishing out my camera when i see interesting stuffs.. cos more often pic doesn't capture the essence of the place.. i juz want to feel and remember the place. haha.. mayb song can take good photos.. but not me. nevertheless.. here's some photos which i took back 2 weeks ago in amsterdam.

Dam Square

for zaza n shane...

"i'm sinking!"

Nemo - science centre by Renzo Piano

in Van Gogh museum...he's a dutch

a nice courtyard cafe...

Ann Frank museum

omg! wat's brad pitt doing in amsterdam?!

...n he even took a pic wif me!!

police on patrol horses...

food again!

before

after

yeah! tt's my fried noodles.. it's really delicious.. it's the nicest stuff i ever cook so far. and this dish is really impromptu.. juz search through my fridge wat i haf and juz add stuffs as i like.. and turn out even better den i tot it would. but i think the portion is too much for one person.. shd learn estimation skill. and i think mayb it's a bit oily.. cos after eating.. i yearn for chinese tea.

cooking. ideolgy

I shall start by stating that i do not hate cooking. In fact, cooking can be fun. Cooking for oneself is pathetic, u gone through the whole lot of preparation, oiled face n hair, sometimes finger cuts, den when u finally accomplished the mission, u realised it's tastless. the amount of time spent is juz not justified. but well, u might still be happy cos at least u completed cooking and filled ur stomache.

Cooking for more people sounds better. u have a heavier responsibilty and u wouldn't wan to mess things up. cos eating tastless food urself is ok, but serving tastless food to others is against ur conscious. u put on the apron, follow each steps from the recipe carefully, mayb even up to the point where u use a measuring cup to ensure the correct amt of ingredients to put in. u are tt precise, cos u wan others to enjoy the meal.

Cooking with people can be challenging. u haf a preconcieved idea of the ways to cook to a delicious meal and u think u are rite. comon', my mom cooks it this way too, it can't be wrong, u think. his mom cooks it his way too and he can't be wrong either! conflicts arise. but it wouln't be so bad, conflict is too strong a word to use. mayb juz some slight disagreements. all these can be solve cos' we all work towards a common goal. at most, add some chilli or pepper at the end if it's not to ur taste.

My fren told me that cooking is like architecture. but i can't rem the rest of the part cos my mind automatically shuts off when i see metaphors lidat. a lot of things can be like architecture, the list goes on. i juz wan to noe that whatever things we do, we have to like it. if u did it and realised tt it's not ur cup of tea, dun do it again. pls dun try to find reasons to substantiate wat you like. if u do that, u already dun like wat u r doing.

i'm still eating good

garlic spagetti + sambal tuna + mixed salad

zada's vinegar chicken & pork + salad + fish fingers

here's some pix of my dinner.. juz to update u guys that i'm still eating good! i would cook more if i'm eating with my fren. these 2 dinners were eaten with zada, the other exchange ger frm nus! looks nice rite? it doesn't taste bad either..haa. see the da-glam toilet paper below those fish fingers? it's used to absorb oil.. haa. we're still quite health conscious!

mid-autumn festival

heard from aijia that it's mid-autumn festival in spore tmr. suddenly tot of the date wif zutto at chinese garden last yr this time. haa.. but this yr cannot go le...boo..
i can save myself from getting fat this mid-autumn cos usually i eat a lot of mooncakes.. they are quite addictive.. once started, i can't stop. i like sweet stuffs..

juz went for gocery shopping and some misc stuffs.. i spent like 9 eruos (tt's like 18 sing) juz to buy some cheese, yogurt, trash bag, masking tapes blab blah.. so gross rite? but i think i'll juz get use to the currency here.. bo bian ah..haa.

den i made some salad which i intend to keep for a few days..haa.. so can save the trouble of making again. idea rite?! i'm really lazy to cook.. i think cooking can be quite fun but well, i'm juz lazy to cook and most of the time it doesn't taste nice..so wat's the pt rite?!

photos. more coming soon.

the famous library in TU Delft.

container hostel in school campus.

a corner office building in den haag.

food for thought

my potato salad.

school.started

i'm typing form the computer in school. they have like 2 to 3 computers per studio.. pretty cool. this is only the first week of school but i felt busy already. mayb i'm getting old or juz unprepared.

my room is pretty nice, with attached bathroom and a one-man kitchen. cooking for one person is not really fun. cos the preparation work is usually more den the end product. right now, i usually eat wif my bro and his gf. so it's still ok.. the preparation work is reasonable. but when i haf to eat by myself, i think i'd settle with juz bread. haa.. hope this will make me slimmer.

i got this second hand bike for 70 euros. pretty expensive but i need a small bike.. so quite bo bian. but i find the bike quite hard to cycle, like i haf to use a lot of strenght to move the pedals. mayb it's the gear. i almost couldn't walk when i got off the bike this morning. den i haf to pretend tt nothing has happen and walk gracefully when actually my legs have already turned jelly.

ok..hope i can post some photos tonite, if i'm not too tired.

address.mine

greetings from delft!

here's my address..

Roland Hostlaan
nr. 193
Postal Code 2624HE
Delft, The Netherlands

living alone is quite fun, but i miss the sounds of people sometimes.
still using net from my bro's room.. will update more with photos when i got connection in my room! will post photo of my first cooked meal.. hold ur breath.. it's gonna make ppl drool!