my 3rd paper is on urban planning. the only module that i took this semester which is related to real estate, the course that i study. if you were to look into my time-table, everything else falls under faculty of arts & social science. sigh. out of 4 questions, i have to answer 2 too. and for this paper, it's open book examination. another thing i hate coz once it's open book means it's gonna be harder and based on application. for this paper, i just couldn't understand how majority of the students can submit more than 1 booklet which consists 10 pages each booklet. sigh. i hope it really doesn't matter as long as my quality of answers are there. below are the questions that i've picked:
(1) urban planners are generally aware that the planning ideas of ebenezer howard, frank lloyd wright & le corbusier are based on utopian concepts. nevertheless, many of these ideas have found their way into the planning & urban design of many contemporary cities in the world. using specific examples, write an essay, to highlight the pitfalls of applying such concepts without careful regard of the local social, cultural and economic contexts.
you know what? once i typed the above question, i just realised that i forget to mention something in my answer script. oh no! *pray*
(2) the minister for national development recently highlighted that planning for singapore in the future will be "increasingly challenging" as we use up more of our limited land resources. he noted that "providing more land to support one use would mean less land for other uses. our environment will be more built-up, and greater trade-offs among various uses will need to be better managed". discuss how key dilemmas in land allocation has been addressed through appropriate planning strategies in singapore's concept plans, and whether such strategies are still applicable for the future, given the challenges highlighted by the minister.
4th paper next. it's my sociology paper. at first i hate this module coz it's so dense everytime during lectures. but lucky that tutorials were much more interesting and i manage to follow-up from my tutorials. and eventually, i kinda fall in love with it either. but still. this module really cracks your brain coz you have to remember all the theories and philosophy. there 7 questions and i've picked the 3 questions as follows:
(1) "two images of the criminal - that of the rational actor and that of the robot - have been in continual competition in explanations of crime". discuss.
(2) how would you define the family as a social institution given that there is a wide diversity of family forms in contemporary society?
(3) is it necessary to make a distinction between middle class & working class in the context of modern capitalist society?
some questions above are more like common sense but yet, you cannot write an essay of lay-man terms. soci words have to be include. just like how a sociologist will think and write. sigh. as if i'm major in sociology. haha. but it's oukaye. manage to go through that. but the 5th paper is my statistics paper. i hate it and it's my first paper that i can't really depend on it. well, there's 1 a4 helpsheet that is allowed to bring into the examination hall. but although that happened, the questions just unpredictable. and majority of the students did left some blanks and couldn't manage to finish the paper. most of my friends also have the same thinking as me - the paper is so demoralising. well, we hope some moderation will takes place for this paper.
and my next paper is on nature & society. about environment. sigh. i hope for the best. hahaha.
behind all these exam thingy, stress thingy, there is another sad story that happened to my so called uncle who leave at KL. he's not my direct uncle. he's actually the son of my grandfather's sister. see how's complicated the relationship gets when your family grows. haha.
sigh. during the fasting month, he did called me and said that he's not feeling well. he kept on saying that he faced stomach pain. but eventually, few days before he passed away on 24 nov 2008, he was warded to icu and doctor found out there was a frozen clump of blood in his stomach. although we are far by distance, but yet his family really good to us.
i could still remember when we when to KL for our holiday. and he became our tour guide together with his son, ali. everything that we wish for lunch & dinner will be served despite we keep on saying "don't trouble yourself. we can eat anything". there was a time i'm craving for ikan terubuk bakar & eat that with kicap sambal. yummy. he bought the fish for me and his wife cooked that. i'm so touched. and i miss the ayam rempah goreng with jintan manis. superb. every morning we eat this along the street eating place, where they work. he is also the first person to wish me good luck for my car practical test coz the next following day when i reached singapore, was my test day. and he even told me that once he got the money, he will make passport for everyone in the family, travel to singapore and i shall tour him around with my car here. below is one of the picture on memories of him together with his wife and the 3 of us.
i shall pray for him. hopefully tuhan mencucuri rahmat keatas rohnya. amin.
sweet memories are meant to be keep fresh in mind. true?
starting with made of honor. i wanted to watch this movie when it was release but couldn't manage to find the time. such a romantic movie. and sometimes, you wouldn't realise that you are in love with your own best friend. to you, it might be impossible. but wait till he/she is gone in your life, and by then you will realise how the away of his/her existence bring great differences to your life. and if you really love him/her, do tell her, get her and be with her!
my 2nd movie was sydney white. talking about college life where friends in college are those who you can be with for the rest of your entire life. and upon watching this movie, all i remembered were my 2 darlings. you know who i'm talking about. they are really such a good friends. and they are indeed a good sisters too. and good darlings of course. they always be there when i'm down. and they will make sure i leave my life happily as much as they would be happy for me. with the proposal from sheila & jiha, i'm really touched with their idea and helps. not in the real proposal. of course not coz we are not lesbian! we have our loved ones. and we loved them much. as much as we loved ourselves and as much as we loved each other.
jiha had mutton murtabak.
aisyah had mutton chop.
and i had coin prata. disappointed coz the gravy has changed. used to be the mutton chop gravy together with the mutton as well. but now, it's minched mutton instead. sigh.
the wedding date.
the pelamin. the theme colour is blue & white.
looking at all these pictures, reminds me of sheila. she's getting married in july. and right now, she's preparing her wedding together with the family. hope everything goes on smoothly. and i just can't wait to be there during her wedding day.