7.14.2005

Online Portfolio~!

Yup, as promised, a new blog layout. However, it is not the hype, full of power kind... but rather those decent, simplistic kind. Why? Coz it is customized to fit nicely into my online portfolio's theme. Uniformity... yeah~! The online portfolio website is in fact an assignment for my web design module. Well, took the liberty to have the blog included in it. I setted up the website so as to keep my work online and compiled so that it saves me tons of trouble when I have to make a website for my fusion show in year 3. Talking about planning ahead hur~! But well, currently not much work has been put up... due to the fact that, I do not have much decent work to put up. But I'll put them up... just need a bit of time only~!
So just hope that this website can rack me a good enough grade! An 'A' maybe...? Haha... guess I'm a bit too ambitious. But well, I did my best so I hope for the best~!
So well... for those who wander into my site... have a nice stay~!

6.08.2005

Rush hour!

A very long day for me today. Had my DSNV from 8am to 10am, Web Design from 10am to 12noon. Then rush over to A323 for training from 12noon to 4 plus. That means no lunch break inbetween... Sigh... by 11 plus my stomach starts to SMS me already... Luckily I grab a few quick bite at the Mac. Had a cheeseburger... Didn't really like fast food but no choice... have to get something if not my gastric is going to protest... and when it do so... that means hell for me.
Did some storyboarding for my training today. Ting Zhao's group's storyboard in my opinion is the best between the 3 group, although it is a bit too long as mentioned by Mr Andrew Bodor. Or maybe it is Wen Hao's presenting skills that bring the best out of the story. But well, my group's Sarah did a good job too.
Had my web design today. My goodness... what the heck... what must we go and memorize all the coding for html? I believe I don't really need to know all that. I mean... I admit that I'm not a programming person if not I would have done well back when I'm in Electronic Engineering... Now we have all those web designing software like Dreamweaver , MS Frontpage and a Cascading Style Sheet coding generator like Cascade DTP V4.
You can download Cascade DTP V4 at the links below:

Cascade DTP V4

Well... with all these program... I think I don't really need to know the coding loh... Unless it is very neccessary...
Ok... gonna stop~! Shall blog another time!

6.02.2005

A risk that I must take...

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill

A risk that I must take... yes... and I will not give up till I lost every bit of my strength that is left in me... For I have said to Mr Yang Tien, that the Talent Development Program is what I want.

Yes... these few days of uncertainty and confusion has clouded my judgement. I have lost that focus. I have lost that determination that I have shown Mr Yang Tien during the interview... I began to think that everything is wrong except me... Well... and now I remembered... the greatest enemy that I once faced before has returned. It tells me... it is a wrong move to be in this program. I can't make it. I am going to be out of the program because I can't perform. My future is dark and gloomy because once I'm out of the program, there is no way for me to catch up with the rest. I even have the impression that this program is created because of Mr Yang Tien's selfish objectives...This... enemy of mine... just keep spreading negativity to me... but then, the Pain that I have went thru... have left a scar deep enough to remind me... that I must not fall into the same folly again. I recognized this enemy...
NO MORE... I told myself, this shouldn't be my attitude. I knew I had that strength in my heart to conquer all the challenges that I'm going to face. I KNEW THAT! Which was why I have shown that strong determination and passion when Mr Yang Tien asked me whether I really wanted to be in this program. And then... all things seem clear once again. I know what I want again. I know where my focus should be... and that is the Talent Development Program! To hell with all the 'what if I failed' mentalities. Why start a war when you think that you are going to lose? If you are in it, FIGHT and you must win. There should be only one thought and that is to excel in this program...
All the uncertainties were cleared when Mr Yang Tien met us after the training to answer to all our queries. He mentioned about attitude... which brought me back to reality. He made me realised the same old trap that I almost fell into. I can just say... Thanks, Mr Yang Tien... you saved me!
Dream... Man dreamed that he can fly like the birds in the sky... He held closed to the dream until a day, this dream morphed into a very strong belief. This belief propelled him to come up with the invention, aeroplanes... and now man travels from one continent to another in a matter of days. It is also this belief that creates all the inventions today. Mr Yang Tien believes that he can create a group of people that can ultimately raise the standard of the whole cohort. To make NYP visible on the world map... That is his dreams... and now, this shall be my dream as well. I know that a lot of people are not favorable of this program... some might even think that this will end up a failure and we, the students in the program will ended up being the 'hate' object in the eyes of many... but aren't this the price that one must pay for his dream? Wright Brothers have to isolate themselves to hide away from skeptism so that they can concentrate on their project to fly! All things come with a price... I am willing to be part of the dream, Mr Yang Tien! I am totally aware of the risk I'm put into...and I'm mentally prepared for it, even if the odds are totally against us, I'm not going down without a good fight!

5.30.2005

BLOG WHILE YOU CAN!

Yah... like what the title for this entry says... blog while you can! First day of school... yup, as in for Year 2 that is. Went for the training conducted by Andrew Bodor, a professior from Sheridan College. Wonder how he would react when we told him what does it means for 'Bodor' (same pronouciation for Bodoh) which is Stupid in Malay. Haha... well, he is a very nice guy... and bubbly one... due to his tummy, reminds me to do sit ups regularly every morning...
Well, have to do a lot of painting and drawings... judging from what he told us and what he expected of us. However, I feel that it is going to be hell lot of fun studying under him.... and er... stress as well.
Major COCK UP for the schedue today! The timetable stated 11:10am is the time my group to have 3D Modelling lesson, and well... when I arrived, then I knew that the class actually starts at 9am. The lesson for this week is at 9am then the following weeks we shall have it at 11am. The best part is that... NONE of us are informed about it. Thus resulting me wasting my whole morning, sitting for the class when it almost finished and not understanding the whole shit about the Maya program... It is really feed up when you can't understand a thing and your classmates simply just move on. Well, obviously the people who never bother to keep themselves updated about the change in the timetable actually benefits by sitting in for the class at the wrong time. Talking about the Right Mistake. Well, shan't dwell on it anymore... it just filling up shits in me.
After the training, Ms Lee Yeh Woey talked to us regarding the modules that we will be exempting due to the Talent Development Program. Except for Digital Sound and Video module and the Web Design 1 module, I don't have to take the rest of the modules. That means I only need to take 2 out of 6 for the whole semester. My 3D modelling will be taught by someone from Maya company... and it will be a very intensive one. Well... this is definitely a good news for us as it really loosen our burdens a lot. But well... the bad news is that, on my way home, received a call from Sean. He said that the Director felt that we have been exempted from TOO MANY modules and that means that they are planning it again. So... right now, still don't know what modules we are going to exempted from... Well... here I am... Pissed off again!
I mean... what the hell... they should finalised the whole matter before breaking the news to us... make us happy for one thing... and what the F**K, what does it means by TOO MANY exempted modules... Here... my few cents of opinion, the program was formed to concentrate on the few students and making sure that they turn out to achieve the best results... There will be a lot of trainings that will be related to what we will be learning at the modules taught to the common cohort... just that these trainings we will be taking will be very intensive... 3D skills that should be taught over the semester will be squeeze into a few weeks time frame. This means that the stuff we will be learning is a repetitive from what we going to get from the modules! And come on... Director... You expect us to be focus and clear of our objectives and well... WE DID... and now you all should be the same as us! What to you want from this training program? The training is to be a supplementary to what we learn from the modules or to solely train us on a DIFFERENT basis... To make sure we took up the skills in double quick time? I mean... there is no point wasting our effort and resources, diverting our attention on modules that are going to repeat what we are going to learn from the training! Why should we do that? It is not the matter about having more or less modules so that it look nice to our parents or to the rest of the cohort, you the Director must know what you want to achieve as well! I can foresee the huge amount of assignments we are going to juggles between the modules and the training... Do we have the energy to cycle throught all of them? If you increase the amount of modules for us to take... what is the result? Yes, we shows that we do take almost the same modules as the rest... so what? The rest of the cohort is happy... so what about us? We take all the shits then we break down. Yes... we can take it... but what will you get in the end... shitty craps for all the assignments and for the training program. Then Mr Director, what are you going to do? Telling us that, 'Oh, why you didn't perform?' Yah... we will be glad to tell you that, it is because of your short sightness and bad management! Oh well... we would not tell you that. Why? Because this is a bloody society where the top hierachy will not except their mistakes brought up to them by peoples at the bottom of the foodchain! For safety sake... all of us will be avoiding the issues for political reasons~! Just agrees with what Yina feels... DMD do really sucks... especially the top management...
Come on... lets not having modules for the SAKE of having modules... exercise flexibility... Now I fully understands why some people said that the Director are more of an engineering person.
I do really want to point out how much similarity between this DMD management thingy in compare to Singapore government on the whole... but I shan't elaborate on it or talk about it... It is simply too much frustration to talk about it. Just one simply logic. The top management are simply arseholes who can't settle the real problem and in turn, turned around and F**K at their own people's backside!
Well... gonna stop... if not all my anti-government emotions get flare up and shines brightly to be noticed by the ISDs lurking in the internet, spying on all the people who dare to sprout negativity about the wonderful government. Well... Singapore is a free country, isn't it~!

You reap what you sow

Had my semester briefing last Friday. Good day to see all my group 11 friends! It has been a long time since I last seen them. Well, they have been having good life I can see... Hee... Had the long briefing and know who are the top 10 students for the semester 2. Yeah~! I got 3rd in placing! Although I hope for 1st... well, talking about the endless greed of mankind. You just don't get enough. Haha. But nevertheless, I am still happy to know the ranking. Did put in my best and this is what I get. You reap what you sow, so this is what I truly deserve. Same goes to those 2 above me... damn you! haha... just joking. Know them too, very nice and talented people. They deserved it too! Well... my quest to the top never ends here. Shall work harder and better to achieve the best!
Went for a pool session with my classmates after the briefing... although kinda busy, coz works are pilling up at home.. haha... but then, it is not easy for us to go out or meet up together anymore... thus just go and have fun with them~!
Well... this coming semester's planning of timetable and group is really confusing. Till now I still don't know which class I'm in... and since I got into the Talent Based Study program, I'm going to have a different time schedue than the rest of the cohort... I need to plan my time ahead...
Going to have 3D Modelling lesson on Monday 11am... but till now I still did not get any confirmation from Ms Lee Yeh Woey regarding the meeting time and place for my training... Just heard from Yina that it is at 12noon. My goodness... that means I have to skip my lesson at my first day of school... Somemore it is on the program that I knew nuts about... How can like this... Guess I have to look for other source to get my information about 3D computing from~! Still... looking forward to the start of the school term... can know who my new classmates are! All the BEST to all the folks from DMD0411! I knew you all can do it! Have faith and the passion... with that you can conquer whatever obstacles that are in your path to success! ...jiayou!

5.25.2005

Back...

Wah... long time no blog liao... Well, a little update on hows my life is~! Life is good, busy only. I was shortlisted to take part in a talent based development program. 20 students were called up for an interview with the Deputy Director Mr Yang Tien. Went for the interview... wow... he really caught me off guard. Ask me questions that I don't really know how to answer. But well... just speaks the fact and must let him feel the fire in your eyes... I did that... and well, I'm IN! together with the other 8. So a little about this program... eh, basically we were selected and trained by professiors/lecturers from Sheridan College and we will be intensively trained to pick up production skills at double quick steps! Main objectives is to produce more works and gain experiences on the major projects which we should be doing in year 3... but the only difference is that, we get to work on those at year 2. Thus by year 3, we can guide the rest of the cohort, hopefully raising the standard of the cohort ultimately. Well, all this happens 1 week ago... now the training has started off with a 4 day sculpturing workshop. Did a sculpture on a human face and torso... well.. although my character is not a human but rather a devil... haha... simply loves those horns... Really enjoy the workshop! Well, the other 8 students, they are very nice, didn't really have that elitist aura thus mix really well with them... the only down side is... THEY ALL SPEAK FREAKING GOOD ENGLISH~! As ya know... my england is very sibei powderful lah... I simply can't find sufficient vocabs to maintain a decent conversation... but what the heck... at most I use the most primitive language... sign language... hee... One of them, by the name of Yina... haha, got to know from Yuling that she is also from Zhonghua Sec... wow... come and think of it... when I graduated, she wasn't even enter Zhonghua yet... and now we are together in the same study program, working together~ by the way, she is freaking talented... same goes for the others!

Hey, just got my Studio Project 2 results... that completes my whole Semester 2 results. Click the link to see it:
My Result

Well... freaking proud of it although I have planned to get 5 Distinctions... but well, at least not far from target... just have to forgive myself a little and cut myself some slack. Anyway, aren't going to get too boastful from it... Don't want to follow Lucifer's footsteps. The once most beautiful angel, fallen from grace because he thinks too highly of himself that he forget that God who is the creator of all, are way too perfect and beautiful than him.
Got to work even harder to achieve even better results for the next coming semester! Seulement Le Meilleur... that means "Only the Best' in French~! My new personal motto!

My personal website is on the way. Should be finish in another few weeks. This blog should also be within it, that means a new layout will be given to this blog. Haha... so, stay tuned on Skyrion's Warp Nexus~!

2.22.2005

Busy busy...

Oh man... school work are piling up and I do not have all the time in the world to complete it. Actually... it is not the difficulty in it that took up the time but rather the time needed to prepare the stuff. Got my assignment 3 instruction for my Digital Imaging. I got the concept but I need to get a rusty looking uncle, a lady and a child to be my actor... Hmmm... and I need a digital camera... I know that my school work will definitely require me to get a Digital Camera... but what the hell, the camera nowadays are so expensive. Those cheaper one are like junk, simply not the ideal ones for designer use. Those that are moderately good are around the range of 400 to 700 plus... Where to get the money man... Took a liking for Olympus C750UZ. It is nice, moderately good and price is at the ok range (although it is still too much for me to handle) I really hope I can get my hand on it. Well, no point complaining... I guess at the meantime, I have to find methods to get money.
Almost finish my Design Fundamental's Assignment 2 -packaging design. My first time doing packaging. Almost finishing it... Although my tutor Mike Oh didn't complain much about the design... but I still find something lacking in it. Since I still have about 1 week plus till submission... I have to work on it further... maybe even to change the design totally.
It has been a while since I last blog, it is not that I don't blog anymore but because school work is simply too much for me to find time. I believe this blog will remain quite empty and slow to update for a while till I end my current semester.
Hmmm... talking about this blog... I was thinking of revamping this blog and give it a new look. It will have a more unserious look and more hype in it... Background music will be mostly those Initial D kind... (don't know how to classify music categories... hee). Just feel that we only have one life to live thru... why not make it HAPPENING and hype~! Well, this revamping project will definitely took a while. Reason has been stated above... I guess... Thats all~!

1.20.2005

His first time...

Hee... very cute~!




So long never update the blog le... Simply got no time to blog... Have a lot of exercises and assignments to prepare and do... Oh man... Hmmm... Chinese New Year coming soon~! Haha... lots of Ang Baos coming... Hee...