The title says it all, huh. Before I forget (again) I need to type this out.
So, what do I dislike about the world? I'm pretty sure that there aren many, many rants about the stupid construction sites I've seen as I walked home in the past. The iron behemoths that belch smoke, that don't belong; the earth rent open and exposing a huge gash of red clay; the loss of magnificent trees and structures that evoke the kampungs of yesteryear.
So why not become an architect who tries his best to stop these kind of things from happening?
One person whom I admire is this guy, Ng Sek San, who incorporates an old shophouse into the new hotel and builds a glasshouse inside as the living quarters. He should be the person whom I saw in the newspapers last year, I guess... Perhaps I should be crazy and ask if they allow interns from Singapore over. Maybe sleep in the company and launder my own clothes. As long as I get to learn. And not do things like saving email. Meh. Anyway here's the link: http://www.seksan.com/ you won't regret clicking on it!
Also, I think there's a general percention among the Singapore architecture fraternity that landscape architecture is something that is below conventional architecture (and the professions as well). Just take a look at NUS's grade requirements to get into an M.Arch specialisation. Hah. Anyway, I recently read a manga called Hell's Kitchen where someone is enslaved by a demon who yearns to taste a 'true chef's soul' and hence hones him to become one. He enrolls in a cooking school where the cooking division think that the agriculture department is useless and vice versa; but in one of the chapters that concludes this arc, it is revealed that both are needed to produce an even more transcendental food; for example, rice may be cooked well, but of poor quality; rice may be of good quality but cooked badly by an inexperienced person. So, the synthesis - good rice procured and cooked by a good chef - would result in the best taste of all. Is it not the case that we often pick the good points, discard the bad and have some brainwave to continue innovating and moving forward? And is it not the case also that we often need different parts to work together harmoniously in order to produce a whole? Without the gums, the teeth are cold (Chinese idiom); we should learn from each other, not beat others down. The Hagelian dialectic (a quick search on Wikipedia tells me that Hegel had nothing much to do with it though! Sigh.) is so useful.
So, what do I dislike about the world? I'm pretty sure that there aren many, many rants about the stupid construction sites I've seen as I walked home in the past. The iron behemoths that belch smoke, that don't belong; the earth rent open and exposing a huge gash of red clay; the loss of magnificent trees and structures that evoke the kampungs of yesteryear.
So why not become an architect who tries his best to stop these kind of things from happening?
One person whom I admire is this guy, Ng Sek San, who incorporates an old shophouse into the new hotel and builds a glasshouse inside as the living quarters. He should be the person whom I saw in the newspapers last year, I guess... Perhaps I should be crazy and ask if they allow interns from Singapore over. Maybe sleep in the company and launder my own clothes. As long as I get to learn. And not do things like saving email. Meh. Anyway here's the link: http://www.seksan.com/ you won't regret clicking on it!
Also, I think there's a general percention among the Singapore architecture fraternity that landscape architecture is something that is below conventional architecture (and the professions as well). Just take a look at NUS's grade requirements to get into an M.Arch specialisation. Hah. Anyway, I recently read a manga called Hell's Kitchen where someone is enslaved by a demon who yearns to taste a 'true chef's soul' and hence hones him to become one. He enrolls in a cooking school where the cooking division think that the agriculture department is useless and vice versa; but in one of the chapters that concludes this arc, it is revealed that both are needed to produce an even more transcendental food; for example, rice may be cooked well, but of poor quality; rice may be of good quality but cooked badly by an inexperienced person. So, the synthesis - good rice procured and cooked by a good chef - would result in the best taste of all. Is it not the case that we often pick the good points, discard the bad and have some brainwave to continue innovating and moving forward? And is it not the case also that we often need different parts to work together harmoniously in order to produce a whole? Without the gums, the teeth are cold (Chinese idiom); we should learn from each other, not beat others down. The Hagelian dialectic (a quick search on Wikipedia tells me that Hegel had nothing much to do with it though! Sigh.) is so useful.
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