Ahem.....launching of new bolok (blog)

You see ah, I once dreamed of becoming an architect, building nice houses, only problem is, I don't like learning tangent, co-tangent, sin et cetera...

I enjoy the aesthetically pleasing aspect of any nice architecture, interior design and decor ideas. Another reason for not picking design and architect career was because of a belief that ideas are capital, the rest are just money, so a combination of ideas and money is sufficient for me to build or design nice things in life.

I had decided (and committed) to a career path that is money and economics related, intellectually challenging career.

I only take architectures and design as a hobby where I can only generate ideas and hope to realize my ideas through someone who is passionate about this field and share my vision and ideas.

To cut it short, I started to develop sense of appreciating nice things in life when I was form 4, or 15 years old. Back then, I had always enjoy riding in dad's car touring around Faquhar Street, Weld Quay, Beach Street area, passing by the nice colonial era buildings left behind by the British or those straits settlement built by the first generations of migrant Indian and Chinese.

I have fond memories for things I had seen during my childhood from 2-5 when I was still staying in my grandparent's farm. Things like the iron cast bicycle (where rubber tappers usually peddle to rubber estate and work), mechanical alarm clock, porcelain rice bowls painted with roasters are items that are sentimental to me. (My mom had also played a big role in the influence of sentiments)

Having lived for more than 3 years in a western country had also brought my aesthetic
sense a new experience, by seeing how westerners enjoy life at their homes.

To sum up my preference or taste when it comes to homes and gardens, can you visualize IKEA's contemporariness plus British India's classical touch, somewhere between the two.

I dream of building my own dream home one day, somewhere in a quiet suburb of Australia, not too far from the city with a grand view and adjunct to a golf course, surrounded by greenery and near to a river or sea; a cozy place where family members and close friends can make themselves feel home, come for rest and vacation during the nice cool and sunny weather of autumn and spring; a place where my guests walk freely around the garden under the sunny skies shaded by trees, inhaling refreshing cool air scented by lavenders and pines and little birds chipping freely around the compound.

Apart from building a aesthetically pleasing dream home, I also believe in a home that is environmental friendly, green conducive, trying to reduce waste as much as possible to the environment and posses household items that are only necessity and stand the test of time (durable and timeless).

In essence, the blog is a idea bank, accumulating information available today, preparing for the tomorrow when I finally get to build my dream home.

p.s. The view of minimal possession of things in life is partly influenced by my experience and partly Buddhism teaching. Following and keeping up to date with trend is a tiring thing. Being a sentimental person, it will be wiser to posses things as little as possible in order not to have too much baggage in life.