"where are u sheep??" answer part three - Stockholming // 28th to 30th may 2007

flying hun in skansen..

we were in stockholm for two days and the weather was wonky but the food was great. haha kudus hostel is the best siah!! looks like exchange has turned even a big guy like kudus into a proper market auntie haha cook and watch soap opera... oke oke but we were really thankful for him being a good host! on the last night in stockholm we met more nice people...first a lady from the presbyran (a convenience store) near kudus' home drove us all the way to central station at 1am in the morning because the metro had stop running and we had to catch the first train. the central station was still closed so we wondered and wandered around in the rainy cold for a while then finally went inside a 24 hour apoteket and the lady was nice enough to let us sit there quietly too as long as we didn't lie down and sleep heh. and so we survived! the parents and brother were in stockholm at the same time as us but time was too tight to meet up but no worries, just 5 days more before the chialets reunite in Lund!!

"where are u sheep??" answer part two - Saving Private Paul aka Rebel Tiger // 26th to 27th may 2007

hun the brownbear arrived to visit and we headed out to a cottage stay with other brave souls : paul "rebel tiger" ho, john, yvonna, weizhi, kellie, hanway and yang. i guess we all agreed that it was more a cottage madness adventure than a cottage stay... braved rain and muddy slopes and lighthouses that refuse to be found and bikes that are good only for one person and had one heck of a time in kullaberg and molle and later on in helsingborg too at the mysterious tree tunnel, favourite hangout spot of the rebel tiger..

saving private paul... the journey to molle from the cottage was madness enough already but the journey back was almost impossible cos we were all super tired and tompanging (ferrying) someone else on your bike is really much tougher than it looks. me and paul kept falling quite badly into the grass at the sides.. really shang hen lei lei ( injuries all over) mans....so in the end paul decided i should ride ahead first on my own, also so that i can pass the rest the key he was carrying. haha rather dramatically his bike helmet was in the basket so really macham saving private ryan.... when i reached the rest after at least 20 minutes of riding, we decided we must go back to get him and so off we went, me and john with paul's helmet still dramatically sitting in my bike basket haha.

and thus, we saved our dear private paul aka Rebel Tigerrrrr!! haha.

it was a real blessing in disguise (despite all the giant bruises and scratches) cos the light was really wonderful on the way back and we got to see that bit of the country just a wee bit more.

"where are u sheep??" answer part one - Family O4 exhibition // 23rd may 2007

this was really wenxin (heartwarming). as i walked around the exhibition space curated by Therese as her industrial design project for this semester, i confirmed for the nth time that i am really going to miss this place. it has become my 3rd home and my dear IKDC classmates - my 4th family.

but my 1st family is on the way to see me, 5 days more!

the re-realisation that people are leaving or have left lund is slowly but surely getting to me too.. trying my best to keep my spirits up and believe that the world is really getting smaller so it's not totally impossible to meet up again but perhaps it is still not small enough. hai. :/

norwaynutshelling // 16th to 20th may 2007

and so we went, there and back again. tried out many modes of road, river and rail transport, tested out the ergonomics of the oslo train station tiles, ate weird fish balls in a can, saw man u lose to chelsea (simultaneously across oceans with my brother) while wondering what happened to prince william, tried some really tasty wild smoked salmon, saw little houses on a hill, climbed down that hill, and shunbian saw a heckload of stunning fjords along the way. beautiful and expensive norway.....haha i think once is all we can afford for now.

much work to do now. not many days left in lund too. :/

peiting arrives // 11th-14th + skånetripping // 13th may 2007.

wah i think i haven't been so tired after a submission, usually i would hibernate for a few days after but this time round, i immediately had someone visiting after the submission on the 10th so it was mad fun but super tiring days right after submission! 累 beyond belief sometimes until surreal siah. ( lei - tired ).

we did the around the sound pass thing on saturday and then went skåne tripping on sunday. extreme tiring but memorably enjoyable stuff.


sun screen printing


the tripping route as illustrated by johan the mostoftheway driver. haha eh i drove a wee bit too oke!

a fairly accurate jog through my (design) journey.

we had final presentation for the main studio project today and i had been going through quite a rough time before it, hadn't been sleeping much the nights before and totally didn't sleep last night. usual stuff actually for ID. and throughout all that i kept wondering to myself if i can really handle this sort of crazy lifestyle for my whole life if i am going to become a designer. it is really madness.

i was totally shakey and sleepy and wonky when i biked to school this morning having not slept at all....hardly knew what i was doing when i reached school. thankfully i was third in line to present and the presentation was received surprisingly well. the night before i had been worried and feeling really insecure and dissatisfied with this and that, and thinking how i could have done it all better if i had just managed my time better. then suddenly after i finished presenting and got the feedback and comments, all the pain and trauma from the past few nights and weeks and months just suddenly melted away and i totally felt like design was worth all the pain and madness again. this is like some version of the post childbirth pseudo amnesia i remember mrs ban telling us about in secondary school. it is how you forget all the pain and trauma of childbirth the moment you see your baby.. and then go ahead and have another kid! [haha i should check with june since stan and june are parents twice over now! so fast! heh congrats again and thank God!!]

anyways and then i wondered if i would experience the same dissolving away of all the tiredness and madness of the past days if i had gotten less than positive comments... not really sure, i definitely have had crits where my concepts were less well-received. but i think even during those crits you still experience this same release and rejuvenation to find the energy to be able carry on in this not so smooth path, through watching other people's presentations and being inspired and spurred on by them as well. listening to all the comments and feedback also really helps put a broader perspective on concepts and designs and where those could take us.

oke lah, not gonna quit this journey anytime soon yet. still quite inexplicably and almost inextricably addicted.

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valborg // 30th april 2007

valborg! or the day everyone went to the park... it celebrates the official start of spring and in the day pretty much everyone or at least almost all the students are picnicking in the park, with a bonfire in the evening and then funfairs and parties at night.

i'm not really sure why but staring at the bonfire and the sparks fluttering all over, i thought of home, and then for a little while, relived the fireworks chasing nights.

höganäs playtime // 28th april 2007

haha even though there was almost nothing to see cos everything was closed and we couldn't meet up with the guide of the walking tour we were supposed to join, we had much fun and madness with our own imaginary tourist attractions, observed friendly pets who ate toy monkeys and did some indepth research into the playgrounds of höganäs..

it's truly the company that makes or breaks a trip and this was definitely one fun and mad trip!