* This is an entry I wrote for our studio's publication.
When we first
entered architecture as an innocent first year, many doubts and questions came
to our mind. People will ask us, ‘ Why do you choose architecture? ’ some of the answers are ,’ I want to earn
more…’ ‘ I love arts and science!’ ‘ I love travelling!’ ‘ I don’t know why!’
During the induction meeting with the lecturers, ‘Welcome to ARCHITORTURE.’ is
what we were welcomed with. Since then, our studio has gone through various
challenges and events that strengthen our bond day by day. For instance,
Festsena, Archustic Architectural Workshop and studio works which required
utmost collaboration between every studio members. We also have some memorable
studio trips to Johore, Singapore, Bali, Port Dickson and even hiking at the
Broga Hill.
Pulling all
nighters in studio can be fun as we
support each others by giving motivation, sharing ideas and keep each
others awake with some entertainment. In this studio, you can often hear the
laughter from far away. Our high spirit of togetherness, collaboration as well
as having fun brought us to who we are today. We see each other grow for the
past three years and knows each other well, even some little secrets.
We are always
proud to be an architecture student as we lead an undergraduate life which is
totally different from others. We learn things from hands-on experience, to
name a few, from hand drafting to 3D modeling, from building physical models to
woodwork, from artistic design to on-site technical knowledge and from verbal
presentation to multimedia presentation. All these cant be found in any
textbook. We learn to be more independent, creative, flexible, good in time
management and we develop our personality through the process.
Now that three
years have past, some of us are going to continue studies and some are entering the reality of
architecture world as future architects, graphic designers or photographers. Even
though we will be separated, we will still
keep ourselves updated in each others life. Instructors weren’t kidding when
they said that we will become a family. I hereby would like to express our
greatest gratitude to all the lecturers and staff of Architecture Department,
UKM who are always be there to support us, guide us to understand more about life
and achieve in our academic. Architecture Department of UKM is where we develop
ourselves to a better person and where our sweet memories of youth
engraved.
Carpe diem, my friends!
