i like Late Modernist Architecture....its just so clear, lucid, rational...unlike deconstructivism or deconstructionism...wilful, self-absorbed, elitist..
but the terrible thing is dat the Late Modernists or High-Techies are still unable to reach the wider audience...they are still unable to communicate with society and pple...pple go in2 say, HongKong Shanghai Bank and though visually impressed, they just feel that they dun belong and that its not somethin they can relate to...
so, dis brings mi to Post-Modernism...or POMO as its derogatorily called...i appreciate the idea that decoration does allow pple to relate to architecture n even appropriate it...of course the great flaw is dat pple often take this to great extremes n come up wif extremeli ugly n meaningless schemes...
i'll alwaez b a modernist at heart...but no more "Ornament is Crime" and with a better understandin dat Form and Function are inseparable...n dat we plannin does not work on a one-to-one basis ie that u plan the room for this does not mean therefore, it will look a certain way..the real world has too many variables..
but i like the way the Modern architects alwaez hav a sense of social purpose n responsiblity...n i think dats wats lackin in our buildings these days...too elitist n with no concern for society...
there...dats part of my Manifesto...
after a hiatus in bloggin, i'm back...National Day was crazy...had a presentation and submission in the afternoon and after dat rushed to Silver Dolphin for the Dinner and celebration..
as i blog to some nice chinese music courtesy of Johnnie Choong (i like moody chi music too man)...i'll recount a few incidents lately dat have concretised the idea that i shd realli shoot from the hip n be more confrontational from now on..
first gettin sponsorships for INS National Day celebrations...i realised it really was too rushed...n my letter format was juz not dat great or professional..but goin to the shops aroun uni n e-mailin S'pore corporations really taught mi a thing or 2 abt humility and why pple studyin in Australia develop accent/slang...the ang mos realli dun understand when we speak in our Singaporean Engrish...What? Huh? Say Again? SOrry?
den of course, go in2 the shops to ask for discount or free vouchers....they think like we are crazy to ask their bizness for freebies...like How Dare You...and when u want things from pple they can be so rude...Wild SURF CO. employees told me they could not understand what i was talking about and acted like i was a retard from China...and many told me rudely and roughly that they were a BIG COMPANY(emphasis) n they could not do anythin for us...
the nicest were the small family owned companies or small-scale biznesses...and the worst were the SIngaporean companies...never even bother to reply...n its those with Newcastle branch of their bizness sommore..n companies/institutions like PSB and PSB Academy...take our money and DARE to set up S'pore branch still dun even care to support S'pore students in Newcastle for National Day....let mi say wat i think of them....Mother-F***in C*nt s! of course u may say thats wat the corporate world is like.....but i will respond that this is also wat i'm like...KNNBCCB...
the other thing was also dat dis week had Outreach Night at uni...to those frens who were offended in any way when i gave out leaflets invitin pple to come for the Christian talk...i'm sorry...i tried v hard to b as respectful as possible...its just dat dis is somethin i believe is good and would like to share with u as my frens...n dats the reason...not becos i'm tryin to convert u..
den there were the groups of very obnoxious pple who were there just to try n make fun of u as a christian or talk rubbish...i've heard all the lousy arguments rehashed again n again...Jesus was a lunatic, Jesus was a liar, Jesus didn't exist, the Roman Empire re-wrote the Bible, Christianity assimilated some persian religions like Mithras worship(i knew a lot about dat one in detail actually, from readin Dad's books on the foundations of early christianity when i was 18)....i respect u but u just dun respect mi...n contrary to popular belief...i would respect it even if someone were to talk to mi abt their religion...n there hav been muslims on this campus who hav talked to mi abt Islam n i was respectful to them...
n now, let mi say this as a Christian...i look up to pple in the Sydney anglican community like Phillip Jensen and John Chapman who can say v hard things for the gospel...n i will say some of my own here...i would like to steal the thunder from these arrogant jerks by startin the conversation in future, "hi, we're from Newcastle Christian Students and we're here to tell u that Jesus was either a lunatic, liar or somethin else. we want to hear ur opinion" i'm not a nice Christian...the word "Nice" is not found anywhere in the Bible...i kick pple in the balls...
u better get used to it..."You fool, tonight your soul shall be required of you...then whose shall all these (nice little treasures u've collected like ur handphone, Skyline or condominium) be?"
