Inspired by the title of the book ‘Things I’ve Learnt In My Life So Far‘ by Stefan Sagmeister, I am about to start a series of blog entries on things I’ve learnt and am still learning in and outside design.
The series shall start in roughly 2-3 weeks time, 2 more projects and an exam, then I’m free =]
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*WARNING* This post is gonna be long. But I hope you benefit from reading it =]
I have no idea what the time is, my days turn to nights as my nights turn to day.
So my nightmarish weekend is over, the weekend before last was horrible. It was an average of 3-4 hour sleeps all week from Friday till Monday. I thought those projects were big, I was wrong. haha
However, I am glad things have chilled a little for now. But we have just been given our final projects for the semester and they’re HUGE. But I believe I am better equipped to handle them now, yay. So far its been half a semester and I have been loving uni life, it has been a great time of fun, excitement and Nodozzz for my friends down at Uni. I dont take Nodoz but I think Nodoz is the most hilarious thing, seriously, if you dont know what it is, search it up. I think Queena and Yan are close to O.D-ing on these. LOL
Soooo if you dont see me out much, you know where I am… slaving away at my projects. I have definitely found where I am meant to be. The lack of sleep and stress is a small price to pay for what I love doing. Industrial Design is like my hobby turned full time study/ career!
Anyways, I listened to Erwin McManus the other day about our dreams and purpose in life and it has got me thinking alot about it lately. Theres been a bunch of ideas floating around my head and Ive been wanting to put it down but havent had the time. So here goes!
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DREAMS – PURPOSE -DESTINY
What is YOUR dream? Not many people really ask this question, and not many really like giving an answer because alot of people either dont know or dont like talking about it. But have you ever stopped and asked yourself the question?
Some people have such great and incredible dreams only to be crushed by a society that tells them they’re not good enough, too insignificant, and will never ‘make’ it. It is a tragedy that we are so led to grow up believing that in order to be grown up ‘mature’ adults, we have to leave behind childish dreams and embrace ‘cold hard reality’. On the other hand there are also people who believe in a dream that just wasn’t meant for them. Just look at Australian Idol for instance, so many people who have grown up believing they have a talent for singing when clearly they should be restricted to singing in the shower.
I had a chat with a good friend of mine the other day, and it was an interesting conversation because she got me thinking about this. We were just catching up and she told me she was changing courses, but out of curiosity I asked what she would REALLY like doing instead. The answer did not come as a surprise to me. Why? Firstly it was something she is great at, secondly she has a passion for it!
I think sometimes people can miss out on their own purpose and destiny because they are too busy covetting someone elses gifts and talents. But just because you may have a passion for it doesn’t mean it was meant for you. I mean I love singing, but clearly I am not nearly as gifted as I had hoped to be and thats fine because that allows me to fully appreciate the people who HAVE that talent.
Dont spend your time wondering why you cant do things as well as that person, or have that skill or why no matter how much you try and follow their way of doing things, you get burnt out. Perhaps you just weren’t wired that way. God has given each person gifts and talents according to what he wants them to have to use them in accordance with His will.
So ask yourself these questions:
1. Does your dream compliment your gifts, talents and abilities?
2. Do you have a passion for it/ love doing it or do you drag your feet?
3. Are you using your gifts and talents to its full potential?
On the final point, there is a story in the bible about a master who gave each of his servants talents (term used for money but coincidently talent also holds a meaning of skills) and what they did with it, you can read it here:
15 To one he gave five talents [of money], to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.
Basically the master gave each servant talents based on what they could handle, short of it was 2 of them invested time and effort into their talents and gained even more, and one didnt. Dont waste the gifts and abilities given unto you, gifts and talents only you have, there is never going to be another you in this world, ever.
In verse 28 the master says about the servant who did nothing with his talent: 28” ‘Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.”
In the end the master took the one talent the servant had and gave it away to the one who had ten. Moral of the story? Use it or lose it. Develop and refine the skills God has given you to bring glory to Him. Why waste the opportunities given unto you?
One last thing. Just because you have the talent or skill, does not mean achieving your dream will come easy. If you ever look at someone who is great at what they do, they make it look so easy, Bono makes getting up on stage and doing charitable events look easy, Oprah’s interviews really capture an audience, Jonathon Ives Apple designs are brilliant but such success never comes easy. There is always a price to pay, are you willing to put in the extra time and effort to develop the gifts God has given you?
If you want to be a professional dancer, are you practicing hard? Getting classes to get better? If you are a singer, are you constantly singing and writing songs perhaps? If you want to be a better public speaker, are you giving talks to even people in your living room? Start with something small and work your way up.
With God all things are possible. Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Him who gives me strength. No dream is too small or too big for God! =]
So I leave you with that and hope that this post has got you thinking about the dreams and gifts/ talents that God has placed in your life. For those that read through it all, here is a little treat for you =]
This a render of a camera done for drawing class =] Hope you guys like it!
PS. Comment if you read this post ON MY BLOG not on facebook, my blog is instantly linked to Facebook so comment here instead. Please let me know what you think. =] Have a fantabulous weekend everyone!
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Just loving this song atm. Two friend’s covered this the other day.
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Well not really. It’s not that cold anymore. Ive been so busy I have not had any time to update my blog at all. Anyways, just a fairly quick update, to tell you that I’m busy, but im sure you gathered that already.
Hope everyone is going well, semester 1 was fairly good, semester 2 is even better and much more exciting, albeit stressful =[ This semester I'm doing 4 subjects again. In order of how much im enjoying it:
1. Product Drawing Class
2. Design Studio
3. Materials and Manufacturing
4. Modelmaking Workshop
Model making is just so annoying right now, perfection is an ideal, not a possibility when making models. Seriously hard. Gotta keep pushing myself to strive for the best. Will never be perfect, but I'll get as close as possible.
Anyways! Just a few pictures of Semester 1 projects for you all to check out =]
Still Life Drawing
9 Panel Drawing: Each panel was done separately and then merged.
Sketch of the Art & Design Building
Sketch of K Building Exterior
Triptych (3 Panel Board) Was On Display At Uni!
In The Display Box
Mailbox Design (Got Into The Display Box Again) Yay
Extraordinary Journey Project, Design A Space Around Uni
(This is my attempt at drawing inspiration from Frank Gehry’s Star Wood Hotel)
Close Up Detail
Shaded Sitting Area
Digital Alchemy Project [Tree Of Life]
I’ll probably blog about the Tree of Life one someday, there was a story to it’s inspiration! Anyways, so much for short update, this has taken way too much time.
Time to finish up my projects!
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The invitation I designed for the sister’s morning wedding ceremony. Thought I’d post it just in case people wanted to take a look at it.
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With such indulgent food in Malaysia, it is a miracle 98% of them are so skinny! It also annoys me to no end that Malaysian people cannot tell the difference between muscle and fat!
My best friend’s Grandma could not recognize me because I had ‘put on weight’ which to her meant I got fat >_< I tried to get him to explain to his grandma the difference between fat and muscle.
He just smiled and shook his head. Thanks Nick = =’
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(The machine in the future garden. Photo by John B. Carnett; via Popular Science.)
I present to you this incredible Exoskeleton, under development by SARCOS. Today I have stumbled upon this most incredible discovery! Perhaps its just me being too much into the possibilities this suit could bring. Personally, I have found that my “Why Not?” approach to things take me to new heights, and to me, if I could design something like this, I’d say “Why not turn this into IRON MAN!”
I have also included a link to watch the vid for the suit. Check it out and enjoy:
There is also the Japanese contender called HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb), feel free to compare the two if you like.
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I happened to stumble upon a quote while listening to a song and it got me thinking… can this be true?
It said:
“I’ve come to realize that in the end, everyone turns out to be the person they swore they’d never become.”
Is this necessarily true? Tell me what you guys think about it.
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It’s been ages since I’ve last posted anything. Life has gotten a little busy I must admit. Strange how things change so quickly. Honestly I used to be so free after year 12 exams. Just sitting around doing nothing. Then a sudden change happened and suddenly everyone started wanting to go out. Life changed drastically, it was either Work, Outings with friends, Church stuff, or Uni. It was a constant march.
Finally, things have begun to slow down a little. Now it’s 3 days uni, one day work, and the rest is a little more free. Uni is great fun I must admit. Cant wait to actually start my Industrial Design part of my course. At the moment, things are all Multidisciplinary Work, so everyone does the same things. Very interesting meeting people from all walks of life.
Uni is making me broke. Equipment is so expensive, food is expensive, and Im always hungry (I’m a growing boy okay?) I need a better job if I wanna survive uni expenses. Hmm officeworks would be my first choice. Lol i havent even bought all my equipment. Surprisingly things are cheaper at the uni bookshop for materials. This is a first for me, dead shocked.
Well I hope everyone else is having a fantastic time, whether at uni, work or gap year programs! This is just a small update. Once things get a little more settled at Uni, I’ll start blogging more frequently =]
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To start off my new section! This is the first in the line of failures. I was at Glen yesterday and walked into a cake shop and to my sheer delight I found a hilariously labelled insect killer! How do they come up with such names?
Lol, someone obviously isn’t doing their job.
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