Photo by Susanne Law
A home for the people at Mount Everest basecamp, Tibet

I really enjoy the subject in this semester..It is about urban planning. We have Jan Gehl giving a talk at the very first week of the semester follow by the interesting class of HTD (History in Design), DS (Design Studio) and of course BTD (Building Technology). We talk about how to make a good city, What is the relationship between urban planning and people and lot lot more.

What makes a city a good city? Having fantastic iconic building lining up along the street? Or having various designs of skyscrapers giving the identity of the city? I started to question myself. If a city with all these fantastic building is a good city, how about those cities having their vernacular architecture rather than modern high rise building like in Bali and Tibet? Are they a good or a bad city?

Tibet New York City

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Well, a good city is not determined by the building but the people in the city as what Jan Gehl said. If I have a choice to choose what kind of city I want to live in, I will say I want a city which is friendly to people.

First of all, I hope the city will have less traffic jam and pollution. According to Jan Gehl, to reduce the car traffic in the city, we can try to reduce the access road and increase the pedestrian road and cycling path. Yes, it is absolutely right but it cannot apply to tropical country because no one would like to cycle under the hot sun and sweating throughout the way to the working place. I think the Singapore government did a good job in handling this issue whereby they limit the car going into the city and supply a good public transport network for the people. I was told by a few friends from Singapore that it is not a problem for them to not own a car in Singapore because it is so convenient with the public transport.

Singapore MRT map
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Another week gone...The flight ticket has settle finally...now left the accommodation not settle yet..
The trip will definitely turn out nicely...with 4 of us! My knitting skill getting better and faster too..hm...need to buy some more wool..the weather turning cold recently...the leaves turn brownish lor...i believe is autumn now

Isn't it lovely? Our breakfast...it was prepare by Me and Nick !! We were happy to complete our HTD assignment the night before..it was so tiring..really feel better in this semester compare to the last one..now at least Nick can accompany me to do assignment..previously was working alone... actually Im the one helping Nick..I doubt...coz he is damn LAZY! watch porn la..comic lar..haih..





Anyway...We decided to make a more lovely one for Aice and Phang when they come over..putting more fruits in..maybe having kiwi, strawberry, banana and more fruits for dressing...hm...sound great right?So...do both of you reconsider to come over earlier??

How many days more to go? 87 days! Its the day where Aice and Phang arrive at Melbourne..I'm too excited for their arrival....Me and Nick have not book the air ticket yet, all because of the Tiger airline..sucks! I will not travel with Tiger Airline again...We just cant get the cheap ticket..the payment is pending and the next day the price changes..wats the point if you dont allow us to pay for the ticket while you advertise it in the website???


I cant imagine the scene when i see them pushing their trolley out from th airport....happy? very happy? extremely happy? Obviously Nick is going to be CRAZY!!! and I know I have this 87 days more to knit the muffler..hopefully it turns out nicely..at least Phang will not feel nervous of the ugliness...

I'm fortune enough to meet a friend here Anjo! She is from Katmandu, Nepal. Hehe...and she teaches me knitting!

I wanted to learn knittting long time ago..but nothing inspire me to start knitting until one day morning I wake up and suddenly feel like learning it..and the next thing i did was went to the shop in the city and bought set of knitting kit..Funny thing was..there are too many sizes and design kit..hm..which is the one i need? I just grab one..and that's it..

Try to learn through website..maybe I'm a slow learner make me feel difficult to learn..and Anjo told me she knows how to knit..and there I start knitting from her...



See! its so ugly..haha..big hole small hole every where..even knit wrong pattern...haha..









And then..getting better now o... Hopefully can finish before June...It is getting easiler now to knit..Knitting is so much fun especially if you knit for someone you love...

How can I not miss my friend? Especially Cristy, Jerry and Edwin...Haha...Launnie is so quiet without you guys! Eee.. Sound so Serious..haha...