yayh!! Just arrived from Penang. I'm in my room (hostel) safe and sound!!! 3 days 2 nights trip to Penang was fun and suprisingly, less tiring than our trip to Langkawi last semester. Supposedly doing on the spot sketches but it turns out almost half of the studio went shopping instead of doing the work. *sigh* My group, well, we spent most of the time sketching and didn't have the time to shop or loaf around Penang. ~__~;; Haiyaa..

Okay, flashback!! ^___^

Friday. Feb 10
The journey from Shah Alam to Penang was quite late than expected. We were supposed to move on from UiTM Shah Alam at 3.30pm but Jawa had an accident while he was on his way to the bus pick-up spot, and thus we depart a bit late.. say.. about..... 2 1/2 hours late? +_+; It was raining hard that evening and Jawa sort of lost control over his car and crashes a Wira car in front og him which accidentally hit the Gen-2 car in front of Wira. 3 cars accident... Heh.. The Wira driver (Kelantanese) demand RM1000 for the damage but wutdaheck-no-fair coz his car only have a slight scratch at the back and slightly dented in front. Estimatedly, it's not as much as RM1000 for the repair work. So our lecturers had to go to the accident place and settle the problem at the police station. At the end of the day, Jawa only need to pay RM300...

We arrived at LTH (Lembaga Tabung Haji) the place where we're staying, at 3 am. Supposed to stay at some hotel but due to the surprisingly HIGH increase of price because of the festive season, we booked LTH instead. Didn't do much. Just pick up the room keys and went to sleep instantly.
ZZzZzZzz~

Saturday, Feb 11
Thaipusam Day...
The road to Georgetown, the spot where we're supposed to do our Urban sketches was closed due to the Thaipusam celebration... So the lecturers changed the plan and we went to Bukit Bendera in the morning and Kek Lok Si temple in the evening. So basically today is just a visit trip.. makan-makan angin aje~ Bought the famous "buah pala" for mom. RM10 for 3 x 200gm package of buah pala at Kek lok Si temple. And guess what? Went down from Kek Lok Si, and I saw this shop in town selling the SAME thing.. BUT, 5 packages for RM10. Damn........................................................ =__=;;

Sunday, Feb 12
SKetching day!!! ~__~;;
I suck.. here's a few sketches which i drew. We're supposed to do THREE sketches. Not much.. thank god!! I remembered back in semester 01 we need to do 50 sketches in one week. damn! Didn't sleep for a few nights and my hand hurts like hell. Okay.. I got A- for these sketches... I wanted to scan Khairil's sketches. Didn't have the chance to "borrow" his sketches and scan. ~___~;;
He and Syamil both got A+. @wO;;
I envy them..

Monday, Feb 13
Skteches submission in the morning on breakfast. I got an A-.... ~__~;; [Sketches are very "sketchy" and not confident..] so say the lecturer. And Pn Nakiah says my drawings were from imagination and not quite observative. She says I was floating while sketching, based on the eye level. ^^;
XD Hah! Right on!!
But I did sketch on the spot, but didn't observe much.. *lolz*

my sketches..
02 out of 03 sketches...
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A temple in Penang. I forgot the name of the street where it is located.. @wO;; Didn't manage to finish this up on the spot, so I ended up borrowing Hamid's sketch to finish this up. ^^;

a view of shophouses around Armenian Street. There's an Islamic Muzium located beside these shophouses. I think this pic is what got me boosted up from B+ to A- coz of the 'detailings'. Yah.. right.. and this is also the pic which I mention where the lecturer told me I was drawing upon imagination,not by observing. ~___~;;

p/s: I wish my camera wasn't broken. I could take more pictures and upload it right away. Now i just need to wait for my friends to "lend" me their memory card/sticks/flash whuetever so i can keep in stocks. *sigh*