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New York Trip - Night Scenes from Empire State Building

2008-06-12T16:49:00.002+01:00

New York Trip - Night Cruise

2008-06-12T16:32:00.004+01:00

New York Trip - MOMA

2008-06-12T16:20:00.002+01:00

New York Trip - The New York Public Library

2008-06-10T21:35:00.004+01:00

The New York Public Library

New York Trip - Apple stall at 5th Ave

2008-06-10T21:15:00.004+01:00

apple stall at 5th ave

New York Trip - 改装车 and M & M stall

2008-06-08T10:47:00.004+01:00

改装车

m & m stall

New York Trip - Cycling trip around Manhaton

2008-06-06T11:44:00.007+01:00

Another way of seeing New York...Cycling around Manhaton

out tutor in charge...his fitness is quite good oh¬
cycling by the river
fishing¬
there are quite alot of facilities along the cycling route...
parks, sports facilities and etc..

rest...

picnic at the park How big is that dog?

China Embassy

Tibet Protestors opposite China Embassy

inch apart... O.O'''

I wanna ride it!
Nice building...dunno the name
street basketball

911 -World Trade Center site

New York Trip - scene of New York city

2008-05-29T14:40:00.009+01:00

Scene of New York city from Times square to Fifth Ave.

Big advertisment board.

i watched Deadliest Catch everyday back at the hotel.
colourful building

Fifth Ave
Rockefeller Building

NBA stall

I am so short...+.+'''
small hand too!
Spiral ramp connecting the ground floor and basement floor.

GUCCI shop

LV shop

CHANEL & DIOR

New York Trip -Brooklyn Bridge

2008-05-29T14:27:00.006+01:00

On the way to Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge

Headless... O.O

child feeding the sea bird

New York Trip day 2

2008-05-12T13:49:00.007+01:00

On the way to our meeting point- Times Square

Chrysler Building from far
Times Square

Sandwich Group photo....all chinese¬ >.<

Start of field trip

Hearst Headquarters by Norman Foster

CNN building

So shining...hehe

Round about between CNN building and Centre Park
SUBWAY to Downtown

New York Trip Day 1

2008-05-11T13:37:00.008+01:00

Yo¬ I am back!!! Just finish my final crit last week.

Time to update my New York trip!>.<

After 8 hrs flight, we finally arrived in New York. I love NY since we get out of the airport¬haha!有点夸张？NONO! i will explain on the following posts...

On the way to Manhanton

It is evening when we arrived in NY... see the Empire state building?

After a quick dinner, we went to Time Square stright a way.

1st impression of Manhanton: Alot buildings

2nd impression of Manhanton: Tall buildings

3rd impression of Manhanton: closely built buildings

one thing i noticed... the office buildngs on their lights even no 1 in office at night.

look at this long limo....there are alots on the road which u can flag them like taxi...just it costs much more expensive. $$$
On the following morning, i went walk around the area of our hotel. i saw this temporary 'market' that sells vegetable, fruits and other xxx.

look fresh¬

Fresh milk... yam and dunno wad favour. A near by church, it sits well in the city context. May be due to the material it used¬ The facade of the church is very unique .
UN building is just around the corner.

stone facade

Architecture Association

2008-03-24T23:07:00.006Z

During Lionel's visit to UK in January , i had meet up twice with him.

So happy to see him here. :-)

This is the first meeting when joyce is still in Uk. We meet up in

London and have dinner at a japanese restaurant.

Oh ya! And with Lionel's sister and her friend.Then we went for shopping¬ I was looking for a luggage.

This picture was taken at Piccadilly Circus.

The reaction of the women in the picture is dam funny!>.<

This is the 2nd meeting... I had a tutorial with my tutor at the RIBA library in the afternoon, so I decided to meet up with him again B4 he go back to Singapore.We decided to visit Architecture Association. Roof terrace. I had saw the shelter in AA's website.

It is design by student...Cool ah¬
I think what behind the window is the studio.

looking down at the workshop.
We did not enter to the studio, just pretended to be AA students walking around.

But the sense/ atmosphere of architecture is strong in the school.

In the afternoon, we went for the tutorial¬ The old man is my tutor and others are my unit mates.

Huge LCD TV! Not just a LCD TV, it is a touch screen LCD TV connect with PC!
Dam rich sia, RIBA!

London Tate Modern Museum

2008-03-21T01:31:00.006Z

Tate Modern is the national gallery of international modern art. The Collection comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day, and of international modern art.

Tate Modern and Millennium Bridge by Norman Foster.

The bracings were later added underneath the bridge

to prevent it from swinging.The day after New year
Foster position the bridge at this point to address St Paul's cathedral.

Tate Modern was once a power station- the tall chimney

A contemporary art - earth quake

help!

A simple but striking staircase

view from 3rd floor of the museum因为展厅不允许摄影，没能跟大家分享一些艺术作品。

有机会来london的话，一定要亲身来体验一下。

艺术 = 一种难以理解的东东

London Eye Count down - 3 months past +.+''''

2008-03-21T00:47:00.004Z

31/12/2007....1/1/2008

Countdown at London Eye

It is not so beautiful in picture as in real life.
A min into 2008
人山人海！虽然地铁站就在附近，但是要等到3点才有。

在国会旁的示威看板，后面有一些示威人士的帐篷，不一样的过年。
倒数刚完，清洁工人就开工了。其实，英国倒数挺“可怕”的。很多人high到疯了似的，酒汉随处可见。
到处都是戒备的警察，警车和救护车笛声，随处可闻。
我看也只有New Year，警察才会这么热情。

Edinburgh Trip - Last day

2008-03-07T13:14:00.008Z

Back to Edinburgh...last day of the tour T.T

CALTON HILL

From the top you have an excellent view of the city and the

River Forth,and there are several stone monuments to see.

猜猜我在模仿谁！暗示：巴西，圣保罗

很酷，很强壮。。哦! Hehe!

Nelson Monument

View on the Arthur's Seat, the mountain we climbed 2 days ago.

On the way to Edinburgh Castle...

到了！
Edinburgh Castle, which is built on top of a cliff, dominates the city.
The castle was attacked and destroyed several times, during many years of fighting between the English and Scottish.

looking down on the city center

Some performance by local school girls.

At the foot of Edinburgh Castle

Ah! Ahhhhh! Monster!!

OM...G!! Here comes the Bigger one!

Portable tri-pod stand!haha! >.< Scottish piper with his dog...
回家了。。。

Loch Ness trip

2008-03-07T12:26:00.005Z

Next stop....Loch Ness 尼斯湖

今天的天气不是很好，雨下个不停。。。好冷！

我们的bus从edinburgh一路往北停停走走，途经highland等一些景点。

如果没下雨，就更好。

highland

尼斯湖岸边的城堡

探索尼斯湖水怪

出航
湖边民宿

头发都湿了

" U turn" 回Edinburgh, 我们的晚餐~

Scotland Trip - Edinburgh 1

2008-02-18T20:50:00.012Z

We arrived Endinburgh on 24th December 2007. Christamas eve!

We tour around the city center on the next morining! little people was on street, it is like a dead city! 好凄凉的圣诞节!

What lie below those aluminium roofs is the Endinburgh centre train station.

Scott's Monument ... Not mine~

Park at the foot of Endinburgh castle
The temperature was dam cold... the coldest i experienced since i arrived in UK.

we hided into a near by hotel to have some hot coffee~

I just realised Joyce does look alike the doll inside the shop.

It is over~ now is 18/2/2008

some new building coming up in the old endinburgh town

the combination of old and modern... We spent whole afternoon climbing the tallest mountain in Endinburgh city.
scottish parliment is at the foot of the mountain

See the mountain there? our next target!
Can u spot those 3 guys? Mad guys!

The path is getting narrower....

Marvellous view
Imaging one of them falls!...... 大吉利事!

Finally....we reached the top!
Look at that! the whole Edinburgh is under my eye¬ O.O

Time to go down¬ not lying down!

A small lake at the mountain side
There are many geese and ducks and sea gull.we feed them with biscuit, and that's the reason why they all come around us¬haha

So sweet ah!

End of the day¬ tml we are going to Loch Ness to see the monster¬

Scotland Trip - Glasgow

2008-02-03T17:02:00.000Z

After Manchester, we arrived at Glasgow,the biggest city in Scotland. We spent 1 day here before going to Edinburgh.

An emergency helicopter depot. At the background is the viewing tower of Glasgow sicence center

Glasgow Science Center at far
Glasgow welcome youBBC Scotland

Glasgow Science Center

BBC Scotland and Glasgow exhibition center at far

Guess what is this 'Ball' thing.
It is an IMAX amphitheater.
Viewing tower

Glasgow Exhibition Center

An over-head bridge that crosses a busy road
red for pedestrian, green for cyclist

train is coming¬
Central station - biggest station of the city
Shopping street

Machester Trip - Imperial War Museum North

2008-01-27T22:48:00.000Z

The Imperial War Museum North is 10 mins walk from Old Trafford. It is designed by Daniel Libeskind, the same architect who designed the 'Dancing' condominium opposite Sentosa.

War documentary is being shown on the walls

viewing tower

view from the tower Bridges around the area

Picture with local boy

Machester Trip - Manchester United Stadium trip

2008-01-24T00:11:00.001Z

Glory~Glory Man Uuu...nited!! Glory..Glory...Man united!!!!
Man U! Man U! Here i come~~>.<"""
哈哈。只有你才让我这么疯狂!

24/12/2007我完成我人生的一个愿望!
到Old Trafford - Theather of Dream 看曼联的球赛。

Match day - Man Utd VS Everton

Christmas is coming!

George Best - Man Utd Legend

Mega Store

Warming up~

Arriving of the teams.

Full House!! 75,695 spectators - the BIGGEST club stadium in UK!

Peee! Start of 1st half.

7- Cristiano Ronaldo challenge Everton player for the ball.

Ohhh! It is close! 10- Rooney & 32- Tevez

11 - Giggs at corner kick.

16- Carrick heads ball to Ronaldo!

Half time! 1-1

Brithday boys and gal invited onto the pitch! $$$

Man Utd's mascot - The Red Devil

Small Man Utd fan. 怎场比赛都听得到他的声音!超级球迷!

2nd Half

Penalty!!!Yes!Penalty!!!Ronaldo scored from penalty. 2-1

End of match

Finally score Man Utd 2 - 1 Everton

父子档

坐在曼联球迷区的Everton fans。

一家大小四口举家看球，英国的足球文化就是这样培养出来的。

我和一位非洲球迷的合影，曼联的球迷满天下!!!

回家了!

Machester Trip

2008-01-23T23:39:00.000Z

Manchester! Here i come!!!!

这是我向往的一个城市，不因为什么，只因有你。。。

曾经报读的大学 - University of Manchester

曼城的华人街，规模挺小的，但还是有熟悉的感觉。

Skybridge linking two shopping malls

Manchester Channel-M Building
以前在书上看过，想不到就在曼城。

Eye of Manchester +.+'''

好冷啊~~~很特别的体验。。。虽然是户外，但还是好臭！！

London Trip (16/12/07) - Horse Guards' Parade

2008-01-03T19:55:00.001Z

骑士兵！帅哦！那马又壮！

London Trip (16/12/07) - Buckingham Palace

2008-01-03T19:34:00.000Z

near by park

feeding the goose

feeding the squirrel

greedy squirrel...wahaha >.<

London Trip (15/12/07) - Nation History Museum

2008-01-02T15:48:00.001Z

London Trip (15/12/07) - Ice skating rink outside Nation History Museum

2008-01-02T15:32:00.000Z

London Trip (15/12/07) - Big Ben

2008-01-02T15:19:00.001Z

Taken by Joyce...slanted Big Ben

Night view of Big Ben

London Trip (14/12/07) - London Eye Day & Night

2007-12-28T20:33:00.002Z

London Eye

London Trip (14/12/07) - Fun Fair by The Thames

2007-12-28T20:20:00.000Z

London Trip (14/12/07) - The Tower of London & Tower Bridge

2007-12-28T19:59:00.001Z

The Tower of London

Tower Bridge

London Trip (14/12/07) - St Paul's Cathedral

2007-12-28T19:37:00.000Z

London Trip (14/12/07) - British Museum

2007-12-28T16:40:00.001Z

Joyce came over to visit me after her Italy & switzerland trip with her family. We went to the British Museum on the first day.

That's her in the telephone booth

Take a closer look into the booth! >.<

British museum...an architecture masterpiece!

mummy & me

Cambridge trip

2007-11-28T21:38:00.000Z

project 完后，真的玩疯了！星期一没课，我和班上的几个朋友约好到剑桥玩。More pics at Flicker.

Arrived at Cambridge!

Cambridge campus - 剑桥学府

踏上这个小镇，第一感觉就是这很有读书的气息。

剑桥街景

Zaha Hadid Exhibition

2007-11-28T20:57:00.000Z

one of the reason for going down to London was to visit the Zaha Hadid Exhibition.第一次看到大师的展览，受益匪浅。More pics avalible at my flicker acc.

London trip

2007-11-28T19:04:00.000Z

hey! i am back! Was busy with school project for the past few weeks. Went to London last Saturday and Cambridge this Monday! U can visit my flicker acc - amoi-boi for more photos.

London City Hall & London Tower Bridge

London Eye

Nottingham town centre

2007-11-10T16:26:00.000Z

前天和我朋友到town centre逛了逛，顺手拍了几张街景。

不好意思让人等，下次有机会再拍点。

Market Square - 我挺喜欢远处的房子，就觉得跟广场很协调，很舒服。

Tram - 还没搭过，有机会要坐坐。

nottingham 的地标 - Council house

Structure & Construction Project - Pavillion

2007-11-04T11:40:00.000Z

两个星期没post东西了。。。因为学校太忙了，连续两个project要赶。累死我了！这是其中的一个project--设计一个演讲平台。

整体结构

细节结构

Jubilee Campus

2007-10-24T18:41:00.000+01:00

guess wad is that cone-like thing

湖中图书馆

教学楼

outside view on the canteen

court yard betweent the teaching blocks - skylight

Plants

2007-10-20T15:57:00.000+01:00

Hey guys...nice to see u!

2007-10-19T21:35:00.000+01:00

finally! they took 5 days to germinate~

oh ya! i bought this pot of plant last week too... dunno wad is its name.

Herbal plant

2007-10-14T15:00:00.000+01:00

今天上Aldi 买菜时，不经意spot到自己栽培的herbal plant，就马上买下。回到家，就马上播种～搬进St. peters后，一直想买些植物放在窗户前，给房间添点绿意。:-)

撒土，浇水。

很神奇。。。会expand 的土壤。 -_-"""

好小的种子。

3 types of herbal plants

期待它们钻出土壤！

Pork Chop

2007-10-12T21:17:00.000+01:00

Built Environment School

2007-10-11T22:53:00.000+01:00

不好意思，最近很忙，没空update.

Built Environment School

close up look

studio

studio area...quite like the sky light. but it is abit too messy.

studio area - view 2

University of Nottingham - Part 3

2007-10-05T18:19:00.000+01:00

Geese's breakfast

They are coming!in a single file!even the lady gives way to them!

wad time is it?...It is breakfast time!

Wad are they eating?

hey! Morning!

Come closer, take me a pic!

=please see the newly edited University of Nottingham Part 1=

University of Nottingham - Part 2

2007-10-04T20:50:00.000+01:00

the school is big, just look at this grass field!

some tall pine trees

small path

伤心中还是沉思中？

dunno wad tree

Rubbish Day!

2007-10-03T21:01:00.001+01:00

Here comes my 1st project-Collage City

we are asked to collect rubbish to build a city.

This is our end product! It is still junks!

some different way of looking at the city space.

other group's design~ Isn't it look more like a city?

Out of my expectation, the teacher's feedback is good!OMG! It is really a crazy course!

Cheers! The group photo!

Tonight's dinner - Curry Chicken Noodle & Fried French bean

2007-10-01T19:44:00.000+01:00

University of Nottingham - Part 1

2007-10-01T14:15:00.000+01:00

University Lake with Trent building at far

Trent Building

Portland Building-admin block of the university

Portland Building

Tall chimney...focus point of the university. u wont get lost with it in sight!

Dinner

2007-09-30T18:02:00.000+01:00

The Kitchen

2007-09-30T17:38:00.001+01:00

big kitchen with living room

it has all the basic kitchenwares, just no frying pan and pot

1 week's food... 26 pounds!

i am going get even fatter!

it looks satisfactory!! only those full shelf...>.<

My Room

2007-09-30T16:28:00.000+01:00

the room isn't that big, but it is new, modernise & cozy~

back view of the room, the toilet is beside the corridor

here comes the toilet - 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全！

shower cubicle, measuring 1m by 1m. imagine that!

looking out from cubicle~

LATE POSTING ~arriving at London heathrow airport

2007-09-30T14:07:00.000+01:00

arrived on London

Can u see the london eye! It is so excited when i saw it in real life.

England - Here i come!

London heathrow airport....1st impression... old but not outdated

met this friendly aunty~ do they use aunty in UK?

spotted a super-sonic jet when i was on the coach to Nottingham.

88~ friends in Singapore

2007-09-29T21:57:00.000+01:00

Hey guys! Thanks for sending me, and hope to see u guys soon!

and of course, you girls too!>.<

Hey bro! Hope u get into the University u wanted. JIA YOU!