gorgeous.weekend.

Still on a high after yesterday's studio recording- Went to some far-off super industrial looking part of Brooklyn to help my friend record some background vocals for his band's demo cd. The studio itself was actually 2 loft spaces (one above the other) that were converted into freelance recording studios+sound engineering room+living areas. It was really quite cool... Apparently Josh (the cute guy who owns the studio) converted the space himself, with wirings running up from the studio below straight to the sound room THROUGH THE FLOOR. The amount of equipment inside was truly crazy-ass amazing... Must have easily cost a million bucks to set up the studio! The sound-mixing programme he was using was SO SO SO complicated (a million buttons and possibilities, anything can be done with sound!) and it made psd, cad, maya, 3dsmax all look like child's play. Strangely too, the sound-proofing foam attachments to the wall reminded me of zaha hadid's models. It's no wonder then, that there are quite a few sound engineers-turned-architectural students in my school. The virtual space that one is able to develop in sound landscapes via mathematical complexity is very similar to the virtual spaces that we design in the pursuit of architecture as well. I was surprised to see bezier curves that could be manipulated to change the tone of sounds, just like how the curve editor functions in psd or 3dsmax can change the shade or geometry of an object. Perhaps one can sing a song monotone and then post-edit it to form the tune? hahaha. Ah, josh, you are so good at what you do... how i love you!

I think after seeing Zaha's exhibition at the Guggenheim over the past weekend, I am reminded of how passionate/crazy/spoil-market/incredulously talented/diva-ish one must be in order to make it in architecture. And I simply don't have that. It was such a tremendous exhibition- the explorations in architecture beseiging art which in turn inspires architecture, and yet Zaha has enough confidence/arrogance to say that her exhibition at the Guggenheim bored her. hmmm...

I wanna be a sound engineer now! Too cool for words already... Or maybe I should just aim to become the sound engineer's WIFE? heh.

happy.day!

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FINALLY FOUND AN APARTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'll.remember.you.

Sorry wasn't good enough
A song without meter and rhyme
A long forgotten promise I recalled I made to you
A candle flame dies in the wind
It looks like it's about to rain, about to rain

Spirals from your cigarette
Your sweet colgone on my pillow
Messages you left me still sing like some lullaby
Pretty pictures on the wall
Hopes in us will rise & fall, rise & fall

And in the rain
In summer days too
When the willow tree weeps too
Under the street light so bright
I'll remember you everyday

The plane leaves in an hour's time
Hold me till our last goodbye
Silence is the only sound
No words can speak it through
I'll breathe your breath for one last time
You'll be strong and so will I, so will I

And in the rain
In summer days too
When the willow tree weeps too
Under the street light so bright
I'll remember you
I'll remember you
I'll remember you
Everyday

Feeling somewhat nostalgic today. The weather's gorgeous out, the air is cool and the sun's shining brightly. I'm in an oddly happy mood, with overall sense of well-being. Went to school to meet my professor and hand up my assignment, and was lucky enough to be introduced to his younger SUPER GOOD-LOOKING brother, and his father. Bumped into my fav korean classmate at the bursar's and sat on campus for a bit to catch up with her. I've missed her so much... she's just like an older sister to me- she looks out for me at school, we bitch together whenever things get rough, we talk over problems together over long lunches. Made a date with her to go to k-town next friday for korean bbq and spicy tofu soup (yummers!) and then karaoke after. Ran into another classmate and his partner at the corner coffeeplace- seems like everyone is everywhere being busy with everything this summer. Came home and got a call from a friend wanting me to go down to the recording studio and do some back-up for his band over the weekend... sounds exciting yah! I'm going to be on a demo (although my voice probably can't be heard over all the banging of drums and clashing of cymbals and whining on electric guits).. STILL. Talked to my future housemate over our housing prospects (or lack thereof)... I do hope we manage to find one soon before I become homeless in exactly 3 days' time. Going to an open house later in the evening, just one block down from where I am right now... *prays hard*

Feels like a day where Tanya's voice floats over in the background, and so I started playing her songs on my computer... and somehow I got to finding her lyrics online. Couldn't find it for the song I originally wanted, but guess what I found? The lyrics to the song I once sang at an aki bbq in year 2 I think... Seems like such a long time ago, with niki strumming the guitar, and everyone else pigging out on food at the garden area. Come to think of it, those gatherings were pretty fun huh? I can't remember the tune anymore, only the chorus part, but as I read the lyrics over, I just felt like crying. Suddenly reminded of Alice, and Alvin Yeo Jie Hao, and those nights spent singing/playing guitar in the stairwell with bing, lim and niki. Nice resonances and happy faces. I miss you guys, everyone seems so far away, leading vastly different lives. Hope everyone's having a good time whereever you are, coping well with life and all, and actively searching for happiness. *hugs* This song's for you, my dear friends, till we meet again.

animate.form.

Been auditing a 3dsMax class in school, and rediscovering how cool computer programmes actually are. Spent the whole of last night tweaking animations and space warps, and rendering surfaces with tessellations. Amazing how something that looks so simple could take me so long to figure out. haha. I know, I know... doesn't sound like me to be working so hard (and for no school credit?!!?)... Eeps. Read a little bit of Greg Lynn's essay on "Animate Form", and I think I'm becoming to understand why architecture has recently been moving towards the blob, curvatures, and animations processes as a design procedure. Not entirely convinced yet, or rather I'm not clear how my appreciation of 'clean' aesthetics fit into the overall scheme of things, but I feel as if I'm more aware of how architecture as a field can engage in such a broad spectrum of issues, that perhaps relegating it to mere buildings would be somewhat incredulous. Oh gosh. What has Pratt done to me? Guess it's time to go back to my taiwanese soaps. hehe. Joe Cheng! My new idol....... *swoon* And yes bohboh, I take it back... Kim Sung Soo IS drop-dead gorgeous too. (- -")

heat.wave.

Don't be fooled by the summer again

Been about 3 weeks since I came back to nyc from london... temperatures have been soaring to above human living conditions- today it hit a high of 43 deg c... Humidity seems to be 200% (is that even possible?) since you sweat like a pig even when u're sitting in front of 2 fans and doing absolutely nothing but trying to breathe. Thunderstorms are expected tonight, together with possible tornadoes, signalling the end of the current heat wave that has had much of the east coast in an oven-baked blanket. I think I will just be grateful for the relief that the rain brings with it. Summer fun indeed.

Current background image>>> Feist "Gatekeeper" lyrics and Quattro Signioni (4 Seasons) by American artist Cy Twombly