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<span id="isPasted" style='box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Work Sans"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(112, 112, 112);'>Now let&rsquo;s assume you really like your music and you want to dedicate a space for your sound system, you could convert one corner of your living hall or a room into a music room. Getting a good sound system is the first thing you should do. Check out today&#39;s sponsor, Ruark Audio&#39;s website&nbsp;<span style='box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: "Work Sans"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>https://ruarkaudio.com.sg/<span style='box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Work Sans"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(112, 112, 112);'>&nbsp;to understand more about their full range of audio equipment!

BTW SHOW EP15 - How to Design a Music Room...

BTW SHOW EP15 - How to Design a Music Room

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">After spending so much time talking about the bad apples in the industry, I think its time to put out some positive message. Today I want to share some interesting pointers about psychology and interior design and why they are related.&nbsp;<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Let&rsquo;s talk about the psychology of interior design. This field of study is also known as Environmental Psychology. These 2 disciplines go hand in hand and in the last decade or so, this topic has been receiving more attention. No matter what the space &ndash; your bedroom, the office, yoga studio, doctor&rsquo;s office, a criminal court &ndash; all of the objects and elements found in a space will affect you in one way or another.

BTW SHOW EP14 - Why Interior Design Impacts Your Psychology...

BTW SHOW EP14 - Why Interior Design Impacts Your Psychology

<span id="isPasted" style='color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: "Work Sans"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;'>Hi all everyone! It&rsquo;s me again, your friendly but cynical, neighborhood interior designer again. I am Astley and this week; we continue on our topic of spotting Fake IDs in the market. I am glad that some of you actually reach out to me and gave me encouraging comments, it&rsquo;s definitely helping me in refining my content and improve my channel.

BTW SHOW EP13 - How to Spot a Fake ID Pt 2...

BTW SHOW EP13 - How to Spot a Fake ID Pt 2

<span id="isPasted" style='color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: "Work Sans"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;'>A few episodes ago, I did an episode about the renovation scam in Singapore and why it is still rampant. Some of the viewers and friends had reached out to me to do a second part to that vlog and so this week I am going to do not one, but two episodes dedicated to spotting the fake ids! There&rsquo;s just so much to rant and warn, that I think we need to use 2 episodes to talk about them.

BTW SHOW EP12 - How to Spot a Fake Interior Designer PT1?...

BTW SHOW EP12 - How to Spot a Fake Interior Designer PT1?

<span id="isPasted" style='color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: "Work Sans"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;'>Hi all everyone! Welcome to this special 10th episode of the BTW show! Honestly, I hadn&rsquo;t expect that we would have churned out so many episodes since the start of CB and to date its 16 episodes, including the WFH show. The initial idea was to do a short series during the lock down period in Singapore. And now, here we are! Thank you for all the encouragement and support! Despite doing a day job, my family and my other commitments, I enjoy sharing and will continue to put up more great content

BTW SHOW EP10 - Avoid "Cringey" Mistakes In Your Home ID Reno Works...

BTW SHOW EP10 - Avoid "Cringey" Mistakes In Your Home ID Reno Works

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Yes, I&rsquo;m sure the reason why you click on this video is to find out whether your design is cringey...<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&quot;One of my pet peeve, is these cowboy fake IDs who in the spirit of profit, will propose stupid, really ugly false ceiling designs. They may say certain things like artisan value, artistry to fabricate yadah yadah, but the reality is, they just made the ceiling ugly, distracting and complicated. What&rsquo;s worse is that sometimes when paired with the downlights, the whole ceiling looks messy and overkill.

BTW SHOW EP09 - Top 3 Cringey Home Interior Design Mistakes...

BTW SHOW EP09 - Top 3 Cringey Home Interior Design Mistakes

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Now if I say the word, &ldquo;renovation&rdquo; the first words that may come into your mind, could be &ldquo;HDB&rdquo; or Home renovation or cowboy contractors.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Renovation is a generic term that is used to describe the rebuilding or remodeling of a space and hence we do more than just homes. Spaces like restaurants, hotels, retail shops and boutiques are designed and build by people like us. In fact, there are commercial designers that only specifically handle commercial projects and in the span of their career, never once touched a home renovation project.

BTW SHOW EP08 - The Home ID Industry In Singapore is Flawed!...

BTW SHOW EP08 - The Home ID Industry In Singapore is Flawed! 

<span id="isPasted" style='color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: "Work Sans"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;'>In this day and age, we use online purchasing for big and small things. From tech to toys and even groceries. And with the COVID 19 lockdown in many parts of the world, this online buying became the only way for many of us to get our daily supplies. Of course, with this high frequency of deliveries, it made me realized some areas of inconvenience or some aspects of these deliveries that can be improved. For example:

BTW SHOW EP07 - Smart Locker for Online Deliveries...

BTW SHOW EP07 - Smart Locker for Online Deliveries

<span id="isPasted" style='color: rgb(112, 112, 112); font-family: "Work Sans"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;'>Recently I had a webinar with the folks from Nippon Paint India and they had asked me to be the keynote speaker talking about designing healthy homes and I took the opportunity to talk about designing it with some key methods. For those who did not get the chance to see that session, I would like to take this opportunity to talk and share ideas that I had brought up in that webinar session.

BTW SHOW EP06 - How we should design a space...

BTW SHOW EP06 - How we should design a space

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">During the circuit breaker lockdown period, all of us were working and studying from home. In this period I had a chance to observe some of the games my elder son was playing and what caught my attention was this game called Minecraft.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Now in case you are just as &quot;suaku&quot; as me, the Minecraft is a video game. When Braydon was playing minecraft, he was actually creating buildings and the scale of some of his projects ranged from small structures to large scale architecture. Some of the architecture totally blew my mind. And I am actually drawing comparison with what he does vs what we the designers do nowadays.&nbsp;<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Definition of *Suaku:<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Suaku (pronounced sooah-koo) is a slang term for a generally uncool, unworldly person who is ignorant about some topic or another. It is derived from the Hokkien dialect of Chinese, and in characters is , which translates into mountain tortoise.

BTW SHOW EP05 - My 11 year old architect son!...