Episode: The overall experience to Milan.
Monday, August 24, 2009

All of my classmates have ended their attachments and is getting ready for the first day of school. However for me, I was packing my bag for Milan. I was to join Outofstock Design a design company in Singapore for a design fair there for an exhibition.

The best part of going there is that a product where I played a big part in its design during my internship and it was going exhibited there.

I spent eleven weeks attached to Outofstock Design. The first nine weeks was spent preparing for an exhibition in Milan, which was known to be one of the biggest design fairs in the world.

The exhibition entrance.

With the Outofstock team.

During the nine weeks, I was given an opportunity to be part of the design process, where my ideas were considered and implemented into most of the products that made through to the exhibition.

I was assigned to design a press gift. In the end, the product was included in the company’s brochure as one of their collection during the exhibition. Named Offcuts ruler, the product was also displayed in the company’s booth at Fiera Milano during the six days exhibition.

Making the Offcuts ruler.
The the brochure.
The final product.
Setting up.
Besides being at Fiera Milano, I was also given time to visit the city, as fair was not only enclosed within the expo. From Fiera Milano, to another exhibition space called Superstudio to the La Triennale di Milano Design Museum, the city is the fair.

Design street Zona Tortona.
Superstudio.
Triennale Design Museum.
Tokyo Senseware.
Achille Castiglioni.
When not in the fair, I manage to get a glimpse of one of the most famous buildings in Europe, the largest Gothic cathedral and the second largest Catholic cathedral in the world (The Duomo).

Duomo.
Milan streets.

The reception of the fair was amazing and it was a great experience and opportunity for me especially having the Offcuts ruler among the ones being exhibited in the fair. The Milan design fair was really an eye opener for me. I wish to go there again someday, as an exhibitor.




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Aidie blogged @ 9:27 PM


Episode: tests
Monday, August 3, 2009

I never liked tests. I had my Labview lab test today, I did not study but I depend greatly on how much I pay attention in class.


Why I do not like tests? Firstly, it is because you have to go home and spend hours on it to study. I never liked studying because it makes you pursuit good grades just to justify the hours spent on studying. Grading is never a good way to signify how much a person have spent hours to study or put effort in it.

After you get your test results, you tend to compare with the rest of your classmates. The ones who get high marks would boldly go around the class to compare with the rest, to boost his or her self esteem and destroy those who fail or get low marks. I hate those people. Test marks are not suppose to be compared, if you are those who get low marks all you will feel is depression.

I always think that tests and its results should be confidential, actually abolishing tests in the first place is better. Do not compare results, as you are not competing among your classmates, but against yourself; to better yourself. So what if you are top? What does that give you other than being a teacher's pet?

Tests and results can determine what kind of friends you are suppose to be allocated to. Have you ever notice the clever people with clever people and the slackers with the slackers? This intend doesn't do any good to those slackers who want to study. Or the clever people cannot be associated or even accepted by the slackers as friends.

After all, this is my say through my experience. Its up to you to take it or not.



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Aidie blogged @ 8:55 PM