Farewell

Will temporary postpone the Taiwan post...coz its taking me forever to finish editing the pics =.=

Anyway... A lil' pasta for now ^^

As you know, I've been into the internship program for the past six month. This coming Monday will be my last day. Thanks to the colleagues' persistence, we had a joyful and splendid farewell in this place I visited a long time ago. I hope you guys really enjoyed it ^^ It was a dinner, awkwardly, on a Thursday and only 4 colleagues made it there. It was fun anyway, quality time spent together, and made it memorable, and immortal.

Before we made our decision to go pasta-ourselves-up, we were exchanging food informations. As in-introducing nice foods, delicious stuffs and hangout places to share among us. Its amazing how we share the same passion for foods ^^ The small talks during the lunch time, 'tea-time' and times when I wander around the office and end up in Tridilab chatting + sampat-ing around.

Anyway, Back to Bel Pasto Pizza. Guess what? They have their own blogspot page *here*

Their Establishment, quality food, excellent service and good packaging.

The ambiance [note the hot guy there, thats the owner ^^]

That night was rather quiet there... Just nice for a gathering... not too quiet, not to crowd-y, nice light, nice food, dimmed light, cozy atmosphere. Everything seems to be perfectly organised for us to gather and enjoy. Ordered our food a lil' slow, because we cant make up our mind to decide what to eat. Everything seems to be so appetizing and irresistible. Soon after we settle down, crowds of people starts to come in. Lucky we made a reservation. ^^

While waiting for our food #01 = pics

Nandai, Amy, Weiru & Me

While waiting for our food #02

Chungmeng

While waiting for our food #03

While waiting for our food #04

...and finally...

The Appetizer

The soup of the day was Pumpkin soup, but they sold out. So, we ordered their signature Mushroom soup ^^ to serve with the Garlic Toast.

Of course, the chatters continue too...we talked about everything...Not literally everything..but I enjoy the conversations coz, 6 months is not short but its not long either to know each and every details of the company. And we were talking about nice foods, friends, vacation plans... We just couldn't stop, until the pasta arrives ^^

Different versions of pasta, Different Taste, Same Enjoyment. Dont you just love them? Carbonara, Salmone, Lasagna... Ask me and I'll describe it mouth-watering-ly delicious to u ^^

And their Signature Lamb Shank served with Risotto. Not too much herbs, not too mutton-y, not too much tomatoes, not too much seasonings. The whole combination is fine tuned to its perfection. 3 of us can't really stand the mutton's smell.. but they loved it. 10 thumbs up for this ^^

Last but not least - DESSERTS!!!

Its so true that girls have a million soft spots in them for desserts, so do guys!! Instead of sharing a slice of BPP's signature Tiramisu, which costs rm8.90 per [super big] slice, we decided to have a slice EACH...

There's another one across the table ^^

A chilled slice of Tiramisu, fresh from the fridge.. Set nicely on a slight curved plate... decorated with chocolate syrup and sieved with cocoa powder on top. It's just heaven!!! Ouh...and there's a way to eat it. Cut it a spoonful, take a deep breath, hold your breath...put that spoonful in your mouth and taste it slowly. The cocoa, butter finger, cream cheese will b all over your mouth and even your breathe.. Dont worry, you wont swallow that fast coz you will be so in heaven and got lost in your wonderland.

So far, It's the best Tiramisu I've ever tasted. Added up with great companions and food passionates... Worthy to be remembered as one of the best times in my life ^^

And, here's the before and after!! This reminds me of Christmas.. another pasta date? I'm fine with pizza too!!!

Love the Farewell, Love the Companion, Love the Laughters

Love you guys... and thanks for the AWESOME farewell dinner you guys threw ^^

Furniture Hunt

One of the Interior Designer's job [including trainees] are suppose to design/select the loose furnitures besides built-in fittings detailing works for a project, especially residential. I am currently assisting in the interior works of a residential project in PJ SS16, and just finished the proposal of the living room. [the few days back last week which I was hyped-thru-the week], yeah..thats why. =P

Anyway, the design direction that they apply is sort-of Brutalism + Raw-to-Materials + Simplicity + Functional..I just cant find 1 word to describe it, it seems to be a combination of everything :) yeah...very similar to the approach of the upcoming trade center

So...went furniture hunt today [in some places suggested by senior]

Gudang Damansara

I thought its in the Bangsar Village 2, end up its in Bangsar Shopping Center [i thought its the same =P]

Last available set, walnut solids + leather backing

new arrivals, black n brown leather on s/s

*pictures credit to Gudang Damansara*

Gudang Studio

At the Gardens, after I visited the Gudang Damansara. The Sales Rep from Gudang Damansara says that they keep different collection of furniture in 2 of their centers...[means diff stock @ diff place, diff time]

Last set available...

*picture credits to Gudang Studio*

Of course, I asked Michelle about how-furniture-hunts-usually-works before I go la...4th Saturday, working until 1pm, and went lunch with Daphne before I head to Bangsar, the Maarof to be precise...

Before I went Furniture Hunting [instead of shopping], I actually googled, and found this

SPACE Furniture

*picture credits to Google Image Search*

Didn't take any pics though...bcoz the Sales Rep said that she'll email me the pics with the price.

Designer furniture pieces...damn cool right?? I once felt that these stuffs only exists in the movies... =P I like the Red one...who volunteers to buy me a pair? I can settle with only 1 piece too!!

p.s never dream/think of hiring an interior designer to do your house if you dont have a 1mil. [preferably USD]

Its unreasonably hard to do with a tight budget.

fyi # 09

save today for tomoro...

in deep shit + very urgent  XD

:)

fyi # 07 08

today is finally today  *phew*

have been dragging my blogpost extensively..  i doubt alot people read...anyway...yesterday was...so so la...morning CAD abit here n there the 4pcs living room section views, then, lunch with the whole group of peeps in a new place...very hot though...but slightly cheaper food, and more variety  :P  fyi, i dont eat mix rice, i just dont like...dunno why 

afternoon, i finish CAD in the morning d mar...continue the cabinet for the 6 pantry lor...so far, got a few options, but havent go for 'tutorial'...  now is 'full time' work on bungalow project, and part time do the office built in cabinet project...but Mr Lau seems to favour Daphne more...might/might not get to do the stuffs...

go back to Sea of Cabinets, but this time is the Office cabinets..the other day was kitchen's... dont have guidelines, just the purpose for the cabinets...file archieve, pantry...dunno keep wad...quite blur la...but roughly sketched a few...the most important thing is..i dunno who to show..!!  and, recently got addicted with tapered end furniture...damn yeng!!

thats my second Tuesday in JDW...felt so home-y~~

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as for today, SaoInn was in office super early in the morning...cuz i was late for 10mins...WTF right??  overslept again...Kris and Adam's fault la...i youtube-d non-stop.. Just a Little Too Not Over You~~  and little David too~ wakakak...

anyway, i cepat cepat go show him the 'drawings' that i did...which i think he almost fainted when he saw that 'thing'...superbly incomplete...but, he is very nice person la...not as scary as he looks, he ask me to ask Daphne and Amy for some samples for detail drawings...i go ask..study the drawing abit, draw...repair...think, study..understand abit...actually, learn alot...a lot of stuffs that college didnt teach...

lunch...i feel that the most anticipated part of the whole working day is actually lunch time, we get to talk and gossip abit...comment abit...discuss abit...carpool in Mr Ceacar's car...then, discuss abit-bit about his viktor & rolf... i was like...??? what is that at first :P lunch was joyful la...

the good thing about working in JDW is...they have plenty car park space which is FOC. tranquil working environment, the entrance looks like a retreat/resort...near to the airport, very im-in-vacation mood...good in the sense that, its not very stressful..

but, built environment wor, where got not stressful 1??  either u r OMFG stressed up, or everyday stressed up only...  so, the working environment does help up with the mentality part la...fyi, friendly and very friendly colleagues are essential stress reliever when u r in deep sh*t...believe me~!  i think that is what the apple need the most now...

but, i dont have internet connection la...cannot MSN...  :'(  how come the ID dept can MSN and Facebook 1??  snob*snob*  so, my iPod is actually my saviour...coz im using a 75bucks unbreakable nokia...will not change phone in a very long time...wakakaka  

finally...got the 'not-so-complete' drawing completed, shown SaoInn and he explained the overall design idea of the living room, and i need to CAD another cabinet shelf... that was around 330pm d...coz he was attached with the PJTC interior works in the ID dept... i diam-diam-ly reading Twilight la...  :P  in pdf file...wakakaka...

then, read some books that SaoInn put in the 'reading list'  :P... and ate the rocky stick tht my sis gave me i bought the whole carton for her...then i get 1 pack only..  :S then...idea came around 545...which i CAD until 700, off i go..  :P

p.s  finally, i rmb the other ID dept. girl's name, Wei Ming; and the very tall guy, NanTai...he borrowed he his pendrive today while transferring the detail section sample that SaoInn asked me to refer to...

WHEN TO START THE LOG BOOK REPORT??!!  still feeling super lazy!!!

fyi # 04 05 06

well...previous post was until wednesday right??

after that Monday meeting, and seniors' wednesday meeting, they basically assigned me to design a few stuffs la...Utility room, i already finish-kan...and now they are dealing with this column problem in the living room, to cover-up the Vent Pipe and the Soil Pipe that runs through the living room corner..though its in the corner, but will still be odd if its just a simple box-up...hard to explain here la...

Thursday & Friday is more to -> DO your work part...everybody seems to be extremely busy over there...i drawn, sketched, designed...but dunno who to go 'tutorial' for...fyi, it REALLY feels like you are attending a tutorial, but the issue now is, designer wants to see your design or not...instead of right and wrong...so far, Mr Marimuthu, and ChungMeng has been very constructive in commenting the designs...

Seniors are really seniors, they can foresee wad ever shit that is going to happen, will happen and surely happen in the design elements...i have been bz copying down their comments on wadever stuff i designed...too much that i cant catch some parts..  XD

oooh...and, remember that i said that ChungMeng went out for site visit? then he showed me the construction progress of the PJTC...damn cun the pics!!  but cannot post here la...so, paiseh la!! wadever that they asked me to 'think' of, that i can remember (they like to say, i think a bit la...see what can you do...at first it sounds very confusing, coz i dunno where to start 'think'...it would be easier to understand is they change the word 'think', back to 'design'...) i have basically come up with a few options

but there are alot of stuffs that needs further confirmation from the client especially...and the seniors was busy with door and window schedule, drawing amendments, non-stop running here n there, calling here n there, going upstairs and downstairs, in and out of the office, here and there across the very long table...i think i was the free-est person in the whole building, coz i dunno wad to do... coincidentally, Eng was in the office that day...so, i go n kacau him again, gossip about the apple abit..here n there...  fyi, Eng's last day in JDW is this coming 15th...

then, i very clever, asked him for anything to do...then he ask me to design an office's pantry...well, i thought that it'd be very little...so, i say ok lor~  mana tau, the office so big, that they have 3 pantry for staff, and 2 file storage area...additional with the Chairman room's cabinet, i have 6 cabinet, 2 office desk and 2 display shelf to design... i got stunned!!  but since im free, just do la...

do..wait, think...resource, wait...read, sketch...see, think...draw, hatch...wait, see..look...LUNCH!

but my thursday lunch was at the office too...the leftovers from wednsday's rice dumplings...rupa-rupanya, Mr Yong the technical senior always eat lunch in the office, unless he is assigned for site visit or something...and Mr Marimuthu, always in office during lunch 1...

shortly after the peeps are back, SaoInn called up the group meeting on the bungalow project somewhere 330...but he was called away for something urgent a few mins after he was discussing with Mr Marimuthu...fyi, he is the studio head which means he make all the decisions...

so, the discussion is hung there dunno wad to follow up to...nothing to do...then...the rest of the day, i get back to the cabinet design la...read, resource...think, draw...wait, read...draw, think...and revise some of the living room options...added a few actually...dunno whether they r useful or nt...according to Mr Marimuthu, the un-applied designs are useful in the next bungalow project...

friday friday friday...nothing much

still working on the living room area that i was previously attached to, but added up with the cabinet thingy...its a forth and back progress...here a bit, there a bit...Ouh, and today is Mr Ceasar's last day or something...they r having this farewell thingy...

during the lunch time...almost everybody is there...there were 8 of us...ngam ngam sit one table :P eat and chat...i think i ter-squill the farewell planning that Amy and Daphne they all were planning...still dont get the very tall guy's name...  :S  but everybody is very friendly and cheeky...very casual and comfy...i guess im the only odd thing there...  :P

saturday holiday...went Signature Gold Class Terminator Salvation with dad...damn fun !!  first time !!! too comfy until didnt finish my popcorn...normally it will be all gone before the movie even goes half...damn comfy lor!!!!  got addicted with Gold Class d...after Gold Class, is Sushi Zanmai...mom n dad = big fan of Unagi...read it here

sunday off...  went brunch-hunting with sis, then book-hunting at Popular, Metro Prima..bought the whole Twilight series + Zita Law...some makan makan...minum minum...thats Sunday

Monday...late for 4 mins

still continue with the living room thingy, and the cabinet thingy...but got stuck a bit la...then...resource, read, think, wait...LUNCH

today Daphne and ChungMeng nt free, lunch with SaoInn and Amy...and the very tall guy...still don get his name..  :S  shortly after lunch, SaoInn ask me to CAD the living area's section views x4 pcs...i think he meant 4, but he ter-said 3 view...and i heard 3 view...got everything done b4 i leave the office 

meeting was at 5pm, again...abit scary...cuz Daphne n ChungMeng sit the far away space d...means i have to roll close to the 'meeting table' la...sitting next to Mr Lau...abit scary...stressed up cuz im only intern student...haiz...next time don go tht fast..

again, the Sea of Technical Terms has drowned me to the max... :S  Eng was there for the meeting today though...and small potatoes like me normally will get mentioned at the last...stressed up aLOT now...cuz stuffs that Eng asked me to do, sounds very unconvincing to Mr Lau, who is going to take over the office project previously handled by Eng...suddenly feel very worthless...WTF

p.s fyi, very late d...i'll leave today for tomorrow..  :P

fyi # 03

Its wednesday

wednesday wednesday wednesday

just a little bit more to the weekend...hope tht diana dint see this, even my supervisors or boss... ahahhahah...now it seems to be a little bit more stuff to do...shown the seniors the grating design and the things that i think nice as per references from books, ChungMeng assigned me to design the Utility Room...i was like...hm..apa itu har??  Store Room?? if it would be a store, they would have named it a Store Room right? I so cleverly cracking my head to try to solve this biggest mystery of the century, gave up, and ask senior wad on earth is tht.

you know, rich peeps actually has alot of housemaids and servants. Utility Room is where their laundry and other stuffs are done...

yeah..i know...design a utility room, sound so kacang putih right??  jus put a few cabinet and leave it there lar...hor?? but...think it the other way, it can be fun. so, i was imagining the maids to go there activate the washing machine la..ini la..itu la...iron clothes la...hang clothes la...tools la...i quite like the end product actually...until i didnt know that senior went out to site visit with studio head..  :S 

thats basically the morning part of my first wednesday in JDW

lunchtime peeps!!

Daphne asked me out to lunch with them...but my mom steamed rice dumplings and tapau-ed for me that morning

so, didnt go out la...just makan in the pantry with some boiling hot redtea  :)  quite nice actually~~ but scared at the same time too...cuz only a few days working there, then bring own stuff eat liao...later ppl think i lansi how?? but i go eat oso i dont really talk...how??  i lansi or nt??  how ar??  

end up thinking alot of unused stuffs...cuz wuliao mar...

so, i was done with the Utility Space wednesday morning right??  continue with the other parts tht ChungMeng assigned before he cabut...the Kitchen...but, they have Wet Kitchen and Dry Kitchen...i was imagining dry kitchen is something like a bar?? where people serves drinks and snacks?? to verify my head's version of a dry kitchen, i asked Daphne about that. end up lagi blur la...coz Wet Kitchen has this vent hood...sometimes, Dry Kitchen also have vent hood...so, its like having 2 same kitchen but only different usage lah..isit??  blurrrr...

okay, nvm...then i read and check back the plan from the computer...i saw this weird thing...a Powder Room beside the wet kitchen...i was like..hm...their maids use makeup when they are cooking Rendang Chicken or somehing ar??  need to 'Powder'-kan themselves in this special room?? then...powder room and toilet...not much diff oso...oso got basin, mirror, WC...of course, i ask Daphne also la...she say..maybe its meant for the guests in their house to re-attire-kan themselves, or even the owner of the house right after they r done with the cooking thingy.

just about 3pm, ChungMeng and SaoInn came back from site; i was reading books for references and etc for the Wet Kitchen and Dry Kitchen part...then he told me, saying tht the client might appoint a kitchen cabinet specialist or something...so, better if i focus on the major spaces, esp the living area...if the client decided to let us design the kitchen part, only we do cuz its scheduled to handover somewher around Sept...shortly before Raya?? before i have my head turned back to the monitor, there he goes missing in action again...another site visit??  no idea~

so, from the whole Sea of Cabinets in my brain...have to leap 360 degrees to living area...scribbled some also...off i go around 630? coz i was a few mins late today...and btw, i met SaoInn this morning when i reach office...he was about to take something from his car, kindly reminded the HR dept manager about the staff ID card for the flash-the-door-and-open, efficiently, i received my card somewhere 11am..  :P  thanks alot !!

p.s ooh...and tht poor little apple still stuck there, with her eclipse mints MIA in extreme speed!! ...wakakakaka

fyi # 02

well...i know its friday now..

but im gonna tak about tuesday..  :P  

odd huh?

fyi, today is the second day of my intern. but i still dont have access to the company premises..the -teet-teet- machine is keeping me out. so, i reach here early too...around 845am, shortly before Kak Noor. whoever who reads this post (or the previous) who found spelling error on your own name, correct me~  wakakak

as usual, i have no idea what to do. so, still reading non stop. thanks to JDW's super rich and well updated library, i can read to my max...so far, i think only read 0.5% of the overall book collection in their resource center. fyi, most of the books are not in the library..they are on the designer's table. currently, the trend in the office is more Kevin Mark Low's style...introduced by my senior ChungMeng.  <-- he say he only small potato in the office... to be continued

thanks to Kak Noor who reminded me, i brought my own stila mug and spoon. changed my bag today cuz my monday-bag handle spoilt...so bloody embarassing. luckily i have my strap cuffed monday...hate low quality bags...  cleverly brought my own mug to make coffee and tea, but i more cleverly forgot to bring my phone and my wallet.  fyi, i didnt know until lunchtime where i was searching for my wallet to join Daphne to lunch...

today,  i met Mr Azlan, the another studio head who was away for meeting on monday; Mr Khoo, the big boss who wears Crocs; Mr Arasu, the submission progress expert; and Mr Ceasar, the 3D guy downstairs. not to forget, i met the ID dept people too :- Amy, the skinny sporty girl who likes sport shoes; and the only guy taller than me in the whole company. I forgot his name though...  :P  will ask Daphne next monday...According to Amy, there's another girl name WeiRu in the ID dept.

anyway, ChungMeng explained the bungalow project that im assigned to in detail...the BP, section dwgs, site pics etc...and asked me to design the grating...fyi, its the drain cover sort of...so..sketch and sketch and sketch...alot of stupid thing come out la...until ChungMeng thought im designing jewelleries...he explained quite a lot of stuffs though...eg. workmanship is more expensive than material cost. :P

then...the client of the bungalow project is here to discuss about his future house la...currently constructing one...but have to decide on intricate things esp the finishes and fitting choices and options during the meeting session. Mr Marimuthu, SaoInn and ChungMeng was stuck there. so, i went lunch with Daphne and the ID dept people...along with Mr Ho.  by the time we finish lunch also, the meeting havent end. fyi, client is always right. so, if they smoke during the meeting, u cannot say anything also. btw, Mr Khoo was there during the meeting also...

tbc

p.s damn tired