invited to Prof Hung's enormous house for dinner
i met him in nus while he was giving his summer course in Engineering
to my right...his daughter...to my left...vera the very helpful indon girl who went to sin for the his summer course...she's an aggie...
his wife n the peru-ean wife of another prof....
so exciting...they all love singapore n her glorious food so they made me chicken rice from the prima deli instant mix! Sumptious man!
although it might have been artificial...but her chicken was home-made n it was comparable to any "die die must try" foods by MakanSutra Guide in singapore!!!

thanks!!!!

and the other prof is going to nus to teach or research for 1 yr ...
bringing his family along...
n he asked me abt the public schools....
n i was so glad to tell him ....
i m really excited he wants to put them in the local env instead of the american school which is no fun at all man!

the authentic sauces...chilli, ginger, n black sauce
oh ya n prof hung said i look fatter now than he first saw me in his office in nus...
i know its a fact but....still kanna shocked.....big blow man!!! like a wake up call...
true right....friends?!?!




this is faye...i went to her house to attempt to bake a cake for another studio mate from scratch...
so we blew kisses of love for it to turn out perfect before putting it into the oven...

no use! it turn out bad stilll...
so we ate it....it was so bad i couldnt even finish it

this is the place everyone loves to go for groceries....

walmart is the other but here has more variety...they say...

in Paul's car...the 3/4 philippino guy but 100% american...

quite yandao too...

in my studio...we had to do the site thing together so i was in his car...which he meneuvered like a pilot

the famous coffee from costa rica!!!

maria paula got her mum to bring one specially for me when her mum came to visit during the weekend..

so sweet...

she also invited to house me if i visit costa rica....

she is the blonde at the far end of the studio

this is rosa....mexican ....

lives on the same level as me in dorm....

she came to watch a movie...

patch adams....n we r imitating one part of the show... "look beyond the problem"

this is lim....korean girl... i think she is pretty

26 yrs old but still look damn young....doing biz...

she is one of my drivers in town ..... since i dont have a car...

i feel so famous out of a sudden.... after i set foot here.

1. maybe because i m asian (there r not as many asians here as u might have imagined)... also because i m an undergrad asian (as u would have guessed, most would be grad students)... and i m not as nerdy looking as asian as those grad students... and maybe because i speak relatively good english... my first language ok!

2. i produce relatively good stuff ... so still can use tt to maintain my reputation ...

as "tt singaporean girl"...

cuz today i looked for Taeg Nishimoto...one of the academic architects on the jury of the memorial competition...the other half of the jury r the funders...laymen basically...but also ppl who r very patriotic to the nation.... n thus the memorial...

so i went to his office, knocked on the door n intro myself w my beautiful 'black beauty' (my model)

and he exclaimed...ahhh Olivia....i really like your design...

*a gush of wind blew black my long silky hair* hahahhahahahahah *CRAP*

so i sat down and asked for a more elaborate review on it and what was discussed during the evaluation of mine entry.

from the design pt of view: he already said he love it...

from the laymen pt of view: -"Scar" is too pessimistic a concept for these patriotic men

-my model was black in colour...they felt depressed somemore

-the indentations into the ground super emphasize the hurt...(which triumphly proves my pt but....) not what ppl like the retired kernal wants....

so i m very satisfied....!!!

i gave MY point of view.... a singaporean girl pt of view... (maybe more specifically an Ollie's pt of view)

and i think i manage to articulate well in arch...

although i had the scar n the beacon of light thing for hope....

as i looked at my model...ya maybe the hope thing should be more emphasize..through scale....

so yeah...."Scar" my baby....way to go...

and at the end of it Taeg asked....how is studio...

so i said....i m in Marcel's studio....he said i know...

wooo...ok....erm...it is good so far....we had a presentation...blah blha ...and it went well...

i m excited abt it...

kewl!!!

its kinda kewl tt not only the teachers know u...

many peers know me as tt singaporean girl too...

in nus...this can never happen man....

cuz i m not the dean's list material...

hahha... sigh...

but anyway...i think popularity here is not all abt academic excellence...

its more like being an all-rounder kinda person like tt Kyle Lobpries.

tt one....the ENTIRE FACULTY knows him....ppl outside also know him

well well....i have already paid tribute to Scar on many occasions already so i wont do tt again by posting more pic of it...

so the pictures above r the happenings of the past week or so...

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