Yesterday was one of the more insane times I've had since coming back this summer- walked into Melbourne Artist's Supplies three times, bumped into my melony studio tutor Louise on the tram, had a 10-5 session at uni that was tiring yet fruitful (I did manage to finish my Design Communications assignment for the week) then packed dinner from a new Thai place in town..

..was moving my stuff from Picken C 111 to McCaughey Court fourth floor from 7pm thru till midnight and it was ridiculous. The lifts here aren't working until February 1st (and I had to clear out of Picken by Sunday so every load was carried across Picken Lawn, through the main building and then up nine flights of stairs.. Supa helped out for awhile with the bulkier items before his daily run at the Princes Park.

On a happier note, no less, my room has a breathtaking, picture perfect view of the Ormond clocktower from my bed and from the balcony, part of the city scape which looks so damn amazing all lit up at night.

Mei Sze's off at her aunt's for the long Australia Day weekend. I got lunch myself today, poked my head into Sportsgirl and Ojay and Borders on Lygon. I tend to spend spans of time in that bookstore nowadays- thoroughly enjoyed looking at architecture books although their selection is nowhere as impressive as PageOne at Kinokuniya in KL. Thinking of going down to a specialist bookstore called Architext on Exhibition St sometime soon..


Summer has been hot and cold here, moving along at a really great pace with an endless stream of work and inspiration (and shopping).. definitely have no regrets because I have come to love my course dearly. I've learnt to deal with criticism differently, I've learnt how to think when it comes to design, I've started to take a keen interest in professional and legendary works of architecture, I've developed a taste for better photography.. essentially I'm extremely pumped up from the summer semester- it has been so enriching.

Despite all the doubts that hovered above my head for the longest time, I've finally come to feel that maybe this is really for me. I'm so glad I came to Melbourne 3 weeks after those A-Levels finals, and I'm so glad I had the people who kept my head on my shoulders and pushed me on through all the pitfalls, trials and tribulations.. and shared my joy when I hit the highs..

2007 is only 26 days old yet it's slowly proving to be one of the best years I've had.