g. a. b. Architectural Portfolio
ABOUT This portfolio is a compilation of different design projects completed at the Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus of Malaysia. The work presented is of great variety, ranging from a several projects of design studio through out the 3 years of studies and a several competition projects that have been participated. The aim is to display my ability to solve problems and my skills in different fields.
LIEW CHUNG HOOI GABRIEL Bsc. (HONS) in Architecture Malaysian, Buddhist +(60) 12 475 9200 gabsliew@gmail.com Selangor, Malaysia LANGUAGES English | Chinese | Bahasa
Education IGCSE O’LEVELS Sri emas international school Jan’ 2008 - Dec’ 2012 FOUNDATION IN NATURE & BUILT ENVIRONMENT (FNBE) Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus Jan’ 2013 - Dec’ 2013 BACHELOR OF SCIENCES HONOURS IN ARCHITECTURE (B.arch) Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus Mar’ 2014 - Dec’ 2016
Experiences ARCHITECTURE INTERNSHIP ASIMA Architects Sdn. Bhd. Dec’ 2012 - Jan’ 2013 Dec’ 2013 - Feb’ 2014 Dec’ 2015 - Mar’ 2016 MANUFAKTURE Sdn. Bhd. Jun’ 2015 - July’ 2015 ARCHITECTURE PAM WORKSHOP - PARTICIPANT DUALISM[A] 2013 TIANGSERI 2014 FUTURE IS NOW 2015 MATRA 2016
Skills Autodesk Autocad Autodesk 3ds Max Design Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Lightroom Adobe InDesign SketchUp Pro Rhinoceros 5 + Grasshopper Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) iMovie
Achievements PAM WORKSHOP COMPETITIONS DUALISM[A] OCT’ 2013 |Best Contingent Award TIANGSERI NOV’ 2014 |Best Installation Award COMPETITIONS PAM Annual Architecture Student Competition Fabrication Culture Origami (FABigami) Oct’ 2015 |1st Place
Interest |Movies | Books | Travelling | Football | Futsal | |Design |Ballroom & Latin Dacing |
‘‘DESIGNING IS A NEVER ENDING JOURNEY’’ -Ar. Sim Wei Hang
Personal Design Statement People once asked me, ‘’Why did you choose architecture?’’ I couldn’t think a better answer. It was because of my passion towards ‘’Ballroom & Latin dancing’’, my childhood was basically full of movement & never stop discovering. Dancing and arts was my everything during my younger days. My couch once told me `Beautiful things doesn’t come easy, we have to work hard & fight hard for what we wanted to achieve in the end`, this motivates and I’ve learned that nothing comes easy in life to achieve what we want. My interest in this sector was discovered where I was introduced to architecture during in my high school days. It took me a few years to realize what is architecture really is. Eventually, my stepfather invited me to work in his firm while waiting to enter college and deciding what I really wanted to do. From that onwards, I clearly see a picture of how an architect really create visual and objects into real size scale buildings. I was amazed and looked forward to it. Ever since that happened, that was where I decided to enter college directly choosing a path where I wanted to walk down. I was deeply attracted over architecture ever since I stepped into college in the age of 18. I was keen to the day would come like `How could it be if these building were able to be constructed`. As I know architecture is like a frozen music, and a nice building is a beautiful poem ever composed on the fragment ground as it have been built. I understand each building serves it owns purposes, but it also could be an inspiration towards the public as I discovered. A beautifully constructed installation should be one where people would invest their time to just stand and stare at it for several hours just to grasp the message of the architects or designers trying to deliver. In the process of 4 years studying as an undergraduate in architecture in Taylor’s University, I regard it as a process of fundamental education in which architectural theories and approaches to both classical and modern architecture are comprehensively taught By virtue of my keen interest and diligence in acquiring knowledge, during the four-year studies in the university, I have made excellent achievements in my academic studies as achieving as much awards as possible and while gaining architecture working experiences throughout the years. From my point of view, the five-year study is not only a long process of accumulating knowledge, but a continuous and happy spiritual journey as well. Having the imagination of creating new things ignites my creativity and makes me feel there always a tomorrow for new discovery. My interest slowly begun to grow from those days onwards till what I had become now. No matter what I have learned is about basic cartography, model-making, or understanding the architectural thoughts put forward by both eastern and western masters on architecture through my own practice and experiments, I can always find delight in studies and a passion for creation. Meanwhile, I have also learned to enjoy the joys brought about by architectural designing and put my heart into it through my personal practice. Therefore, by applying my in-depth studying of theories to practice, I have benefited a great deal in my academic studies. As I was coming to the bottom line of this personal statement, I couldn’t help thinking of the little and delicate hands when I was a young boy, together with the scene of my parents watching me dancing in international level of competition with all my passion in it would lead me where I am today. At that time, I must have imagined that, someday in the future, the one little gentlemen would sure grow independently to achieve what is needed, and would ultimately write the most beautiful architectural poems from the ground with his wild imaginations. Designing is a never ending journey` –Ar. Sim Wei Hang, my father.
‘‘Problems aren’t stop signs. They’re guidelines.’’ -GabsLiew
CONTENT Projects Architectural Design Studio
Competitions
design studio I Title: Hexio. stage: project 1 type : single user location: malaysia
cameron highland discovery centre Title: rimbun stage: design competition type : discovery centre location: pahang, malaysia
design studio III Title: KEIHN. DI stage: final project type: discovery centre location: kedah, malaysia
moontopia Title: hereafter stage: idea & design competition type : space architecture location: moon
design studio V Title: r. e. d. library stage: final project type: community library location: kuala lumpur, malaysia
architectural design project Title: urban street sports corner stage: final project type: street sports location: putrajaya, malaysia
01 H E X I O . ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO I
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-Expressing the reversal effect of shapes. Entrance of HEXIO.
DESIGN EXPLORATION
The design was inspired by the shape of a bee hive. As a single form of a hexagon, it may lead to various kinds of different designs. Strongly before concluding and final design, the specific shape is explored which various possibilities before concluding a final outcome. The design was explore in terms of various of shapes which creates a different outcome from different perspective of each shape developed.
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02 KEIHN. DI ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO III
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Facade design expresses the remembrance of bujang valley river
SITE LOCATION SCALE NTS
Lembah Bujang is located in Kedah, Malaysia. Lembah Bujang is known as rich in archeologist study area. The land is discovered with thousands monuments at it’s surroundings. The main issue was, there isn’t a space to be designed for the monuments to be displayed to the public. More or less, the monuments were displayed onn site and allows users to engage within it. Hence with this site location opportunity, there could be a possibilities of having museum to be located near the monuments
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Internal view towards the facade design
LEGEND 1. Entrance 2. Info Counter 3. Toilet 4. Audio Room 5. Artifacts Displays 6. Indoor Cafete 7. Open Market 8. Outdoor Cafe 9. M&E 10. Storage 11. Meeting Room 12. Pantry 13. Manager Room 14. Office Store 15. Office 16. Staircase To Laboratory 17. Staff Entance
GROUND FLOOR PLAN SCALE NTS
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LEGEND 1. Laboratory Observation 2. Laboratory 3. Exploration 1 - mysterious 4. Landing Platform 5. Exploration 2 - learning point 6. Artifacts Exhibit 7. Exhibition 1 8. Exhibition 2 9. Exploration 3 - purity 10. Exploration 4 - final prayers 11. Exit to Candi’s
FIRST FLOOR PLAN SCALE NTS
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MAIN ENTRANCE In order to achieve a more lifely programmes towards the artifacts museum, the market programme is introduced into the design. The market is to attract more of the local tourist to explore the historical artifacts found around the chandi’s. The programme were also designed in a way to operate at night for more attractions towards tourism.
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EXHIBITION HALL The exploration is based on the arrangement of different artifacts found at different times from BC to AC. What makes the exploration interesting is the hanging structures. The structures enchances the journey from ground floor to upper floor with the guidance of lower light to a hgiher level of natural lighting, which guides them around the artifacts museum for more discovery before they exit to outdoor to chandi discovery.
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03 r. e. d. library ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO V
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Entrance view towards the R.E.D. Library
WELCOME ENTRANCE
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D7 FENNEL SENTUL STREET
MASTER PLAN
SCALE NTS
PROPOSED SITE SENTUL BOULEVARD
Sentul is often viewed as a unique area encapsulating old-world charm and modern glamour, much like it is marketed by a housing developer. Most of the early residents in Sentul were indians working in the train depot and central workshop. Therefore, Sentul was not Little India, Sentul was India itself.
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Sentul Boulevard
St. Joseph Church
The Fennel
The Athieeswaran Temple
The Capers
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KTM Sentul
Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple
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Pejabat Balai Polis Sentul
Sentul Cinema
As the site is overpowered by the YTL development, the community left in our site are the local Sentul resident who stays in Sentul for a long time whereas in contrast YTL developments attracts community such as expatriate and workers from Kuala Lumpur
EXISTING SITE ACTIVITIES
DESIGN CONCEPT REJUVENATION
EDUCATIONAL
DISCOVERY
GREEN PLANTING
SOCIALIZING
CULTURE EXCHANGE
THE BIG IDEA
DESIGN ANALYSIS
DESIGN TARGET
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Extrusion of Building
Division Of Levels
Connectivity & Circulation
Porosity of Natural Ventilation
Facade Treatment
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Ground Floor Plan Scale NTS
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First Floor Plan Scale NTS
Second Floor Plan Scale NTS
Third Floor Plan Scale NTS
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SECTION Y-Y Scale As Shown
The green wall is the main reading area as the users can experience a more rejuvenate towards nature while they’re studying during indoor, or they’re also able to choose to read at the cantilevered outdoor reading space.
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SECTION X-X
Scale As Shown
The library levels were divided accordingly to users divisions. As of ground floor is meant more open to public users. Upper floors were meant more for specific users such as adults and staffs. Semi public and private levels were located at upper levelsas it increases.
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Green Wall Reading The green wall is design as the users can sit near and around the area for more of enclosure feeling towards nature. Its an idea of escaping from the real world and allow the users to relax themselves within inside the library surrounding to keep themselves comfortable.
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Outdoor Reading During afterwork hours and weekends, sentul community hence to spent more time inside the house with the family as based from the site analysis. By creating an outdoor reading area may encourage the community to socialize more to make more connection within their surround to create a bigger and better community with Sentul.
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Roof Level
3rd Floor Level
2nd Floor Level
1st Floor Level
Ground Floor Level
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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC The design idea of the facade is to lead the users into the building which will also guide them around the building for easier direction leading inside out. The intension of using red finishing also would be easier for users to indentify building is located in sentul.
External view towards the Fennel Sentul.
04 Urban street sports Centre ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROJECT
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Bird eye view towards Urban Street Sports Centre
THE PUTRAJAYA Putrajaya itself used to be Prang Besar, and it was founded back in 1919 as Air Hitam by the British. Its land area of 800 acres expanded to 8,000 acres, and it was emerged with the surroundings estates including Estet Raja Alang, Estet Galloway and Estet Bukit Prang.
PROPOSED SITE
From the understanding of vision of new federal gavernment administrative centre, It is to replace Kuala Lumpur as the administrative capital emerged in the late 1980’s, where the tenure of Malaysia’s fourth prime minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad. The new city was proposed to be located between Kuala Lumpur and the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport as known as (KLIA) & (KLIA2). Its a planned garden city and also intelligent city, where 38% of the surroundings reserved for green spaces in which natural landscape is enchanced around the area. The plan was incorporated with a network of spaces and wide boulevard. Hence, the construction started back in August 1995, It was also known to be the biggest Malaysia’s project back in the days. It’s also known as one of the Southeast Asia’s largest project. Its estimated final cost would be US$8.1 billion to be constructed on time. The entire prokect was designed and constructed by multiple Malaysian companies with only 10% of the materials imported to it.
Master Plan Putrajaya Not To Scale
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CONTEXTUAL OF PUTRAJAYA
SUCCESS Architecture as intergration of Islamic Architecture
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UNITY Architecture as Tawhid
REMEMBERANCE Architecture as Dikir
Large Parks
Mosque
RESPECT Architecture as Ihtiram
KNOWLEDGE Architecture as Pursuit of Knowledge
SINCERITY Architecture as Ikhlas
No Fence
Light Penetration
Attention on Details
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SKETCHES & IDEAS
DEVELOPMENT 1
DEVELOPMENT 2
DEVELOPMENT 3
The idea of fully utilised floor area at the site, the sketches shows how multiple spaces is formed according to the requirement of each spaces.
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SKETCH SECTION OF MULTIPLE SPACE IDEAS POSSIBILITIES The exploration of multiple sketch spaces with different possibilities analysed. By exploring, the design naturally form within form follows funtion of the building & programme. With the aid of different sketching diagram of spaces, the spaces within each other could be arranged accordingly towards the needs of the users on the site.
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DESIGN CONCEPT
PROGRAMME To understand and design according to program size needed.
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CONSOLIDATED Arranged into different cateogories together.
STREET STYLE
DISCOVERY & EXPLORATION
A street is naturally form base on exploration.
Rearranging with different possibilities.
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DESIGN PROGRAMME
ADAPTING Injecting the main program into the site as discovers a form flows function building, whereby making the program slightly more fun around to enchance the surroundings.
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Interior Perspective
DESIGN PROGRAMME
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PROGRAMME CIRCULATION
HUMAN CIRCULATION
GREEN ROOF
NIGHT STALLS
NIGHT CINEMATIC
GREEN SEATINGS
Interior Roof Perspective
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
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SITE INTERPRETION
EXTRUSION
The site is interpred as an extension of the surroundings park, all within an urban block.
As injected programmes into the building where form follows function.
POROSITY
DAYLIGHT
2 Courtyards were created as to allow natural ventillation to flow around the building.
The south-west corner building is higher, as to proved shading from direct sunlight to courtyard.
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN Not To Scale
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN Not To Scale
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SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE The design intention is focused on roof where the main programme is fully function from inside of the building to the roof courtyard of the building designed.
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EAST ELEVATION Not To Scale
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WEST ELEVATION Not To Scale
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SECTION A - A Not To Scale
The activities were normally held overall inside and outside of the building to bring the building more lively during the working hours and after working hours.
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Street Perspective
05 rimbun CAMERON HIGHLAND DISCOVERY CENTRE 2016
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Entrance towards the discovery centre
SITE PLAN
CAMERON HIGHLANDS This design project started off as a single objective whereby the emphasis lies in the users’ self-interpretation and experience rather than the architecture tectonic. It is a discovery centre which give pride to its openness and the programme of the spaces fuse with its surroundings.
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Not To Scale
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
ORIENTATION
HEARTH
HIERACHY
FACADE TREATMENT
VIEWS
Rotated in parallel to the exisiting monument.
Programmes started with a hearth as the focus point.
Sub-blocks are arranged in accordance to the nature of site.
Inspired by the adjacent site contour.
The openess of the building promotes green views of its existing surroundings.
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57 EXOSKELETAL BUILDING FRAME
LOWER GROUND FLOOR LEVEL
GROUND FLOOR LEVEL
FIRST FLOOR LEVEL
ROOF LEVEL
Scale as shown
AXONOMETRIC
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Interior Perspective
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Interior Perspective
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06 hereafter MOONTOPIA 2016
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THE MESSAGE 27th JAN 2101 Dear Mama, I wonder if you can hear me if I stare long enough into the black sky. I miss you, and it feels like my world is slowly being engulfed by the dark. How I wish I’d hold you longer close to me. It hadn’t been a day since you left but I felt so empty already.
The virus is spreading so quickly around the globe. Having you near us would be dangerous. I know you had to leave us to keep us all safe. You were always so selfless mama. Being the superwoman you are, I am sure that you would be able to help them find the antidote for this. I know I’ll have to face it and let go, but not today.
Give me some time to grieve. I hope one day I would be able to hug you again. Until then don’t worry mama, you are kept safe. Safe at the moon.
THE FACTORS Mama, The population on earth has reach more than 20 billion and it is still rapidly increasing. There is barely enough land for the living, what else the dead? The sea level has risen and there is so much pollution on earth now leaving so little space for us to live. The Virus that is induced from overpopulation and pollution is spreading quickly. As more people die because of it, the quicker it spreads since the virus is from a chemical that dead corpse produce as they decay. The only solution now is to stop the bodies from decaying by bringing these bodies to the moon where there is no oxygen to allow the decaying of the bodies.
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THE SOLUTIONS Researches are still being conducted up there to find the antidote. The only deduction they have gotten is that the virus is from the dead corpses. To study that, they will need a living body. Since bodies would not decay, it would buy researches more time to study the cause of the virus spreading. Soon mama, when they find the cure, you won’t just be my hero, you’ll be everyone’s hero. I am sure you’d understand that it left us no choice but to keep you in space instead. It might be far away from home, from me, but they discovered that because of the absence of oxygen on the moon, you won’t decay.
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STAGE 1 : THE JOURNEY It was nerve wrecking as I took a step into the climber and it began to move. A strong upward thrust lifted us off the ground and shot us up into the infinite sky. With the loud whirring and clanking machinery sound at the background, I shut my eyes firmly and within seconds, I couldn’t feel my legs anymore. We were out of what they called the geostationary orbit. Without the gravity pull, the view lay around us was even more surreal and hypnagogic – an immense field of mysterious darkness as if we just entered another dimension. A dimension where moon was the destination, mama.
The captain turned on the artificial gravity in the climber as it ascending slowly towards the moon following a long and sturdy cable. My fingers wrapped around your cold hands and I were no longer afraid but feeling calm. Perhaps this inner peace came from the silence of the vacuum-stated cosmos or perhaps it just came from the fact that I knew you will be resting peacefully and eternally on moon.
control and resource room
control and resource room
waiting lounge entrance tunnel the climber
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THE SECTION 1. Upon reaching the moon, we went our separate ways. You were taken to the Quarantine Room where there are researchers get the bodies clean and ready to be sent to the Research Labs. I was restricted from going into the rooms but Professor told me that they did a quick scan on you for their study and keyed you into the system. You were brought to a sacred room underground through a tunnel where you would be kept safely with the others here.
2. I still remember every time I lifted my foot to take a step, I felt I was being pulled off the ground. Along with others, I walked a long way before being channelled to The Main Hall. The hall is a massive glass dome that houses the lobby. It branches out into different tubes that hold different functions of the cemetery base. Standing in the hall full of people, I still felt like as if I was alone. Looking up, it is the pitch black empty sky again.
3. After I changed into a space suit, I exited the dome and ventured out to the moon surface. I took a deep breath and made my way to the eternal resting place. This place is your new home here in this moontopia, mama. Before I entered The Crate, there was a keyboard where I found my fingers running on it keying in your name.
7. I’ve learnt to face what has become, face the world again. I was ready to be reconnected with the world. After learning to let go and being disconnected for a while, walking up to the surface of the moon, even though we all stand side by side on the platform in silence, we felt reconnected. The openness of the space allowed us to feel free. Our journey on the mood has almost come to an end.
4. The eternal resting place was one of the other tens smaller domes that scattered around the Main Hall. As I stepped into it, a lid on the ground slowly slide away revealing a hole. Mama, it was the most beautiful sight on the moon seeing you coming out of that tunnel. The shaft of lights beaming through the openings on the dome, shining around you guided me towards you. As I walked down the high steps, I felt as if I was floating towards you mama. You look so beautiful even with your eyes closed. I held your cold hands again. Your body felt hard but I was happy I got to hold you again and embrace you in my arms.
5. I was reluctant to let go but I knew that it would not be the last time I could hold you. I stepped into a dark tunnel where only dim lights on the floor led me to an empty room. In the darkness and silence, I felt the emptiness and the loneliness. There was barely much light so I ran my fingers across the wall and I felt the cold regolith texture on the wall. The desolation of the room allowed me to have my own space and disconnect from the world for a little while. It was a shell where I felt protected in a vulnerable state.
6. I knew you wouldn’t want me to be sad for long mama. I picked myself up and I continued my journey. The next room was brightly lit. The movement of people through the spaces made me feel more alive. The beam of light penetrating the walls gave us all a sense of hope in this silence.
WALK OF TRUTH
SEPERATION
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SOLITARY
JOURNEY
SOLEMNITY
DESOLATION
PARTING
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THE SECTION Mama, It is time I go back to my home and continue living. I promisae to come back here and hold you again. No matter where I am, when dusk comes, I would be able to have a glimpse of you. Don’t worry mama, you will be safe here. I love you, Sara.
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Liew Chung Hooi (Gabriel) Phone No. ; +60124759200 Email : gabsliew@gmail.com