2018 - I'm back!!

On hiatus since 2016.
Am on another set of world.
Juggling time in between out-of-office meetings every other day, long distance travels almost every week, drawing coordinations, material selections and coordinations, site inspections, reports and paper works, not to mention those design proposals in between which means more of those late into nights and sometimes mornings days.
FAMILY, my backbone was squashed in spaces in between.
(So damn lucky they supported me all the way)

It's not easy.
Exhaustions..tell me about it.
Burn-out.
Imsoniac.
Gastritis.
Malnourished.
Almost at the verge of breakdown; well my Peageout did and never recover.
(it serves me well, those 250,000km)

I survived.
And then come WINTER 2017.
I decided I need a new set of fresh air, a new set of vista, a new set of challenge, new environment, new cities, new walk of life with familar faces for accompanionship.
REVIVAL That was all that 15 amazing days of European has given me, even though it was really an 'Amazing Race Europe' kind of days.

Bounce.
Leap.
. . . .
Recovery plan malfunction.
I think I need to FLY!
Cross the borders.
Refresh altogether.

Life of an Architect-first quarter of 2016

On average, 2 out-of office meetings each week, 2 outstation trips fortnightly with at least 1 stay-over, and there are design sketches then comes design reports, minutes, project documentations, presentations, details drawings, work programmes..and it is not only referring to 1 project only but multiple of it. Current project, new proposals, previous proposals, tender and more reports.

I hardly use much CAD or Revit nowadays and most of the time it was limited to zooming-in and zooming out or checking the dimensions.

At my level, it's all about strategising, coordinating and management. The only pure architecture bits that left with me are sketches.

And I have been neglecting my blog, my other journal..and most of all, my ownself.

Marking places

The numbers of these memorabilia has multiple for the past 3 years and it has now covers the main front of our fridge door and also the side panels of it. It represent the places that we have been. Some, represent places that we have never been but was given as souvenirs by friends and family member.

Miserable life of an architect!

1. Had a 36hrs without sleep from recent weekend till presentation on monday evening (those subsequent 4hrs of sleep every other day, prior to that was nothing)

2.had a 12hrs sleep immediately after I reach home, which is 3 hrs after the presentation, but waking up to sort of jetleg-twirling motion kind of feeling..

3.had continuos meetings everyday after that..

4.fallen to sleep so early at night since then..

5.but failed to get myself to sleep early tonite simply because my brain kind of having some jittery moments anticipating the early meeting tomorrow morning!

That shall be the summary of 'miserable life of an architect' for this week..more  (that is, if I managed to finish-off the storytelling ;p

Kuantan and its monsoon

On the Air

Finally, after so much thinking and and comparing notes on specs and what-not, the Mini-Air is mine  :)

Inspirational sketches

I think I'm in LOVE!! ❤️Awesome sketches (just the sort 'hey, Medzz you should be able to do this!! but suddenly I felt so tiny that my sketches skill is nowhere close this talented @syukrishairi ) #Repost @syukrishairi with #repostapps 

VERY INSPIRATIONAL

(see full image)

Medzz

Roadrunner is doing cross-country again

500km of East-coast back-and-fro yesterday and another 500km of West-coast, today of back-and-fro trips as well!

Pathethic? Feel free to slip into my shoes and get the feel of it ;p

Seek the lights

Sometimes, hiding away at a corner of secluded room creates such excitement rather than resentment. Sometimes, choosing to remain in a dark corner of a cave would be a way of not sharing yours truly with the world.

Perhaps, there may be days that we need to 'seek the lights'?

Paleo Lunch

This is my LUNCH. It may fit the #paleo lunch description ;p
Not following any trend nor that I'm on strict diet, but I need to 'clear off' existing stock of all these wonderful vege(s)

Inspirational

Found a particular 'syukrishairi' via Instagram, and suddenly it revokes such inspiration to dully sketch again.. He must have an architecture background of some sort. Love such sketches!!

New set of pens

Was inspired. So I went and got myself a whole new set of pens. Need those 'breeze' again. Feeling too suffocated nowadays.

Received a 'feature'

Although instagramming is just as part of getting my creativity to flow continuously and just so I could be close with photography without having those 'unaffordable dslr gadgets', but having one of my shots being featured is kind of exciting! ;)

Owh, I only uses 'forced-to-own' iPhone for all my #instagram shots. Feel free to browse my gallery, i_am_medzz

Perhaps..

Perhaps ..it's hard to get the real feel of other people's shoe even you're wearing the same size,Perhaps..it's tough for other people to get done with certain task that you always think as a piece-of-cake, because your cheesecake ain't using the same cheese they're using..Perhaps..

Mazlina (via iPhone)

#flyinghigh WAYS to improve for MAS

My two cents opinion of my recent #flyinghigh moment with MAS for KUL-MEL, which I really looking forward for improvement.

FOOD

1.When we talk about "visual appeal of the meal", it's not so much on the presentation of the meal because we know the limitation of 'serving food on air' however, it ACTUALLY refers to how exactly the ingredients appeared-as, for example, broccoli should look 'fresh green' instead off 'overcooked green' or the carrot should remain crunchy even though it is broiled. I used to remember that meals were served with 'clear segmentation' of ingredients, for example if you have rice, fish and vege, the visual arrangement should always side by side of each other and NOT on-top-of-each-other. 

2.Timing of meal served.

I would appreciate if MAS could priorities children among their first to be serve. They're simply too excited waiting to be served and the wait is like FOREVER. 

3.Portion/Quantity

Also, please provide more 'snacks' for the children, I mean 'A SMALL packet of biscuits for entire 8hrs of flight is way to 'stingy'. Pamper these children, because they could be one of the factor that their parents keep coming back for MAS.

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM

There is a lot of travel program nowadays and it never run outdated, MAS should permanently have those program on board. If it is too huge of a file perhaps, you could always have 'travel program' about Malaysia and just the destination the flight flying to each time.

ATTENTIVE

Personal attentiveness would be good, for example when we were queuing up to use the lavatory, the flight attendant could try to have small-friendly-talk, like asking 'how are you? where are you from? how's the flight goes so far? instead of just brushing-us-off to get through to their pantry and immediately SHUT us off with the curtain. A polite 'pardon me, I need to pull the curtain to carry on with work' is deem acceptable.

B l e a k

The sky was shrouded by #haze that day and not much #clouds could be seen :( but that tree is standing strong with some delicate leaves trying to behold ✌️

Medzz

Check out this pin on Pinterest!

Hey, check out this pin on Pinterest: 7-Day Belly Workout

http://pinterest.com/pin/137641332337194754/


Medzz

Part and parcel of being an architect

I begin to wonder, am I really an architect? I thought, reports and paperworks and essays are ONLY part of being architecture-students however, it was far less while I was a student than of current profession.
My desk is being inhibit by stacks of these, and lots more underneath it. It's SUFFOCATING.

So, you really wanna be an architect now?!

Why do architects wear black?

Found this while scrolling a fellow instagrammer 'soysergioguerra' ;)

http://instagram.com/p/gokJzCNWD1/

Medzz

10 days of OZ in September

We finally set foot on  Land Down Under in Sept 2014 for 10 days excursion which going to include multiple cities of Oz. Australia is always being associated with the Sydney Opera House, and the opportunity to be there, right next to the icon itself, for someone who used to be architecture student, is so thrilling that you can't shut your lid without imagining it through your sleep.


Our Itineraries herewith , which seems very compressed, but we planned it on our own without any direct-physical help of a travel agent but through our own online-research and tips that we gathered from friends that have been to some of the places.

Melbourne – Sydney Itinerary
Day 1	Arrival in Melbourne. Immediate fly-off to Sydney to catch Firework by Harbourside. Check in at Pensione Hotel by George Street. Grab quick bites at Paddy’s Market and shop for basic groceries for breakfast  (bread, lettuce, eggs, butter and fruits). A quick souvenir shopping at Hard Rock Café Sydney by Harborside while waiting for the Fireworks Show.
Day 2	Breakfast of our own egg sandwich. Head for a tour around Paddy’s Market and followed by a walk along George Street towards North direction (The Rocks) , passing by Sydney Town Hall with stop over at Queen Victoria Building (800meter of walk). Grab a quick lunch. We grab Opal tickets at one of the 7-11 that we found along the route, it’s a combo tickets for various transportation in Sydney. Head for Darling Harbour for Madame Tussaud. Bought combo ticket for 5 attractions. Catch a ferry at Kings Street Wharf to Circular Quay. Head for The Rocks Sunday Market and back to Circular Quay for an evening at Sydney Harbour Bridge. Grab our dinner at Circular Quay and take the train back to George Street via Wynyard Station.
Day 3	Breakfast of our own Nuttela  sandwich. Take the the Light Rail Train at Market City Station to Pyrmount Station. A short walk from the station to Australia Maritime Museum with lots of attraction within its compound, navy ship, submarine, lighthouse, tail ship and the museum itself which currently showcasing the whale exhibit. Grab our late lunch at café by the museum. Walk across Cockle Bay via Pyrmont Bridge to Sydney Aquarium. Walk back across Pyrmont Bridge to Harbourside to grab our dinner-it has bigger selections of eateries.
Day 4	Breakfast of our own egg sandwich and apples. Stroll along Sydney’s Chinatown, passing through Harbour Street and Pier’s Street flyover towards Sydney’s Chinese Friendship Garden direction with a stop-over at Tumbalong Park (750meter walk). Walk along Cockle Bay Wharf Waterfront to Wildlife Zoo (800 meter away). Walk along Darling Harbour Water front to catch ferry (500meter). Initial itinerary to Luna Park was cancel as the park is close on Tuesday. Head to Circular Quay. Take a bus to Hyde Park and walk to Sydney Tower (200meter walk). Walk through Hyde Park to Pullman’s Hotel to collect our rental car (Eurocar at Pullman’s) 800 meter.  Drive to our Hotel. Walk to grab dinner at Harbourside.
Day 5	Breakfast with cheese sandwich and hardboiled egg. Souvenir’s shopping at Paddy’s Market (250meter walk). Check out. Drive to Circular Quay to grab Royal Copenhagen followed by a drive through Sydney’s Harbour bridge before exiting Sydney to Wolongong. Drive along Princess Highway, passing through Kogarah and chosing the steep Exit B65 at Bulli Pass after Southern Gateway Center. Passing through Bulli town, then the beautiful Wolongong. Further drive towards Port Kembla then along Grand Pacific Drive with Lake Illawara on the right, towards Warilla and then into Illawarra Highway (A48). Passing through Albion Park, Tongarra and deep into Macquarie Pass National Park. Further drive along Illawarra Highway, passing through Robertson, Moss Vale, Sutton Forest before tapping to Hume Hiway M31. Exiting Hume Highway into Federal Highway (M23) lead us straight to Canberra. A total of 5 hours drive of 350km. Check-in at Manuka Circle.
Day 6	Breakfast of Nutella sandwich. Check out. A quick drive around quiet Canberra. Stroll along Queen Elizabeth Terrace. Missing Floriade from the itinerary. Drive towards Melbourne. Drive out from Canberra via Barton Highway (A25) before tapping into Hume Highway (M31). Bookham, Jugiong, Gundagai, Holbrook before reaching Albury some 4hrs later of 350km away. A quicker drive, due to less stopover. Check-in at Albury Manor Motel.  Dinner at Albury North and quick shopping at ALDI.
Day 7	Breakfast of cheese sandwich. Check out and straight into Hume Highway. 5 hrs drive of 450 meter straight to the beginning of Great Ocean Road, Angelsea. Weather is not good, Great Ocean Road were aborted. Drive into Melbourne. Drop-off luggage at rented apartment. Drive to return car. Grab lunch. Take a horse-carriage ride along Swanston-St Kilda Street. Walk back to apartment in Flinders Street
Day 8	Catch train to Queen Victoria Market and have our breakfast there. Shopping. Grab lunch and catch train to Dockside. More walk. Melbourne Star ride. Grab dinner.
Day 9	Breakfast. Walk to Flinder’s street Station. Take train to St.Kilda. Luna Park Melbourne in St Klida and then strolling along St Kilda’s Esplanade Market. Return to FSS to catch intercity train towards Cragieburn with a stop at Assendon. Lunch and dinner at Assendon
Day 10	Breakfast from left over dinner from Assendon. A quick shopping at Swanston Street. Check out. Check-in at Melbourne International Airport.

Summary to the excursion, here would be our tips for your travel:

1. Booking a combo tickets via Madame Tussaud Sydney is relatively much cheaper than any other vendor(s). We booked the maximum 5 combo as it cost the same even you chose only the 2 combos (of course we didn't have much time to go to all of it, though, but still we feel it worth it).
2. We chose to make full use of our Opal Tickets and ride the ferries instead the cruise at a fraction of cost. It still get you to places you wanna go, at your own time (following the ferry's schedule, of course) and you got to choose the open-deck seat if it's not many people around. Plus, it's 50% off on Sunday.
3. We believe, our timing of arrival is just right, as the weather is at its best, just around 13 to 17 degrees, of course it gotten cooler at night and early morning.