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Wednesday, 09 December 2009

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Tuesday, 08 December 2009

melody joy chen.
shoot and dinner at the chen residence.
12.6.2009

shoot wasn't really successful, but i got a couple shots off. note to self: melody moves around alot.

architectural design.
kelleher studio autumn quarter.
ohio state dormitory project.

a project creating an "off campus on campus" housing condition. an effect of being horizontally within the campus boundaries, but separated far enough vertically via circulation, communal spaces, transit stations, and commercial spaces to act as a new ground plane and site.

so studio is finally over, which also brings to end my last autumn studio of my undergraduate career. in 144 hours of last week, i slept no more than 12 hours. 6 of which were spent in one day. sigh, but to be honest, i enjoyed every single moment. its something about bearing the stress and hardship with studio mates that brings a sense of camaraderie and bonding. i will definitely miss this bunch of people come spring quarter. sigh.

pocketful of sunshine.
natasha bedingfield.
heard this song on the radio right after my horrendous sleep deprived last week. made me feel better.

take me away, to better days.

Friday, 20 November 2009

glee.
one of my favorite shows. ever.
a high school glee club in ohio.
11.20.2009

amazing. enjoy!

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

happy one week anniversary.
nikon d90 / tamron 17-50mm f2.8.
the short north / north market.
11.14.2009

grocery shopping at north market.

going around with sam for wine tasting / design project research.

and no, i did not drink any wine. ><.

the sky

the sky.

GRE.
11.18.2009

i am taking my first [and hopefully last, though i seriously doubt it] attempt at the graduate records examination tomorrow morning. rather nervous. yet somewhat comforted by the lax standards of graduate architecture schools admissions in terms of GRE score. well, that just means my portfolio and recommendation letters have to be amazing. my scores have been fluctuating so radically on practice tests, the final result, i feel, will be more based onluck than knowledge at this point.

God speed.

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

+1 [upgrade].
nikon d90 via mpex.
11.10.2009

i upgraded my camera body yesterday from a nikon d60 to a nikon d90. effectively boosting my camera from high end consumer to low end prosumer choice camera. the upgrade came to mind when my friend saw that the nikon d90 body had gone down $100 in price, $200 since its debut. so i called midwest photo exchange to see if they would match the online price and rushed in to purchase the only d90 body they had left. i was so excited that i started to run to the entrance of the store, forgetting about the stitches on my heel. bad choice, norman, bad choice. ><. it hurt. but totally worth it. i traded in my old d60 body and some cash for the new NIKON D90. sooo good. still shooting with the 17-50mm f2.8 tamron lens. some new improvements in the upgrade: nikon d90 [nikon d60], 12MP [10MP], 3in screen [2.5in screen], 11 autofocus points [3 autofocus points], and a whole bunch of new controls and options for shooting. a giant leap forward. oh, and did i mention live view shooting and HD video capabilities? XD.

old nikon d60:

new nikon d90:

side by side:

college group.
bible study on romans 1:1.
11.11.2009

well PRAISE THE LORD for today/tonight. i led bible study for the first time in college group. it went better than how i thought it would go, but i've still a ways to go. but praise God for getting me this far. he even provided me this day off from school, thanks to veteran's day, so i could work on my outline. who imagined one could pull 8 pages worth of information from the analysis of ONE VERSE!

my outline:

anyways, romans will be indeed a challenging, yet interesting, book to study. definitely a call for a huge change in how i view my life and how i choose to live it. as in my life is not my own and i am to live it as a servant to my Lord Jesus Christ. no matter what my calling. even as a disciple of Christ, we are called to be so much more than whatever i am doing now with my life.

i would like to end on a verse from ephesians.

[it was he [God] who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.] -ephesians 4:11-13

11:11 @ 11.11 make a wish!