It’s been a five tiring days for the participants attended the 22nd Architectural Workshop Year 2010 in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, themed ‘ Archustic’. The event is not only joined by local universities of architectural programmes but also of private institutions like Taylor’s University College, UCSI University, ALFA College, Twintech, and of course my university, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology.
It is only at last minute that we were able to register ourselves to the event. Hence, we don’t have much time to prepare for so many activities in the event like fashion walk, performance, booth, installation, etc. I’m in charge of booth category, which we in a group of seven had to build a booth displaying models, boards of drawings, and to showcase identity of Limkokwing University.
We only had three days to do it, and hence, the end product is not really satisfying, but at least there is a booth set up successfully, on the day when exhibition started. However, the lecturers totally dislike the idea and dismantled everything, and ordered us to set up a new one, which make us worked overnight, till 4.3oam in midnight….crazy….but the end product is worst…let it be then, it’s not my idea….it looks like a pile of rubbish…’no eyes to see’
We lost hope on all the competitions already…no time for further preparation…everything just comes up quite not smoothly…and generally, the whole workshop is a waste of time…we learnt nothing from it, in relation to architecture…we just see some works from booth and installation, and yes, our models and boards overwhelmed the others a lot…to be honest…especially in best-of-school exhibition…no need to compare…I like the UCSI booth…nice
The opening ceremony was held….officiated by the Deputy Minister of Higher Education of Malaysia (I forgot his name, but he is quite humourous in his speech)….another VIP we met is the current President of PAM (Persatuan Arkitek Malaysia), Boon Chee Wee. The hall where the ceremony held is called as DECTAR is so huge that it can occupies more than 2000 people at a time. There is one nice theme song of the event as well as this cute official mascot…
The most exciting part is the performance…many universities had given fantastic shows for audiences to see and feel…especially the first group, from UIAM (Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia)…wondering why they didn’t manage to win Best Performance Award. Talking about award, we basically lost hope and during award presentation night, we left early…but then, the most shocking news is that we won Best Crew in Performance (the last award of the night)…seems so important…but what does this award basically means?
The winner in performance, Universiti Malaya…
Anyway, it’s a very happy and greatest moment for all the participants, especially the performers and crews behind the stage, as well as those who had contributed to the success of the performance from our university…and also to all students who had cheered on that night of performance to bring up the atmosphere…it’s a great night!
In term of food, the food served there are in minimal quantity and with no quality….so called buffet, but is only with one meat and one vege, and rice/mee with a drink….hence, sometimes we went out to eat rather…aahh…the university is located quite near to Kajang, time to try some ‘satay’….
On the last day, we had just visited the new Taylor’s University College Lakeside Campus, which had just opened in beginning of the year. Everything looks so perfect and beautiful…the setting, the buildings, the environment, the facilities…but not the lake itself…it seems to be too small and should be rather considered as ‘pond’ rather than ‘lake’ (Chin H.K. 2010)….haha…referencing my dear friend….I love the library, it’s a four-storeys library equipped with comfortable designed seats, shelves, computers, tables, etc. Other facilities like high-class dining restaurants, cafes, studios, lecture theatres, are all in good condition and look cool….
After listening to boring talk there, the workshop ended….
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