I am so busy right now and yet I can spend like 1 hr doing internet stuffs. Do you know that surfing the internet is wasting your time? When you gain nothing out of it, of course!
This week is going to be a very busy week I guess.
Monday - Eco-design Interim
Thursday - Final Eco-design Presentation
Interview for SIP (mock) - Presentation Portfolio to be ready
Friday - submission for Technical Portfolio
God.
This is a lot! Ok. Ganbatte Ne!!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Let's Start on Portfolio
I'm currently sourcing IDEAS for my portfolio and I have came up with a focus. I want my portfolio to be full of 3D images and visualisations. And I will achieve this by photography, 3d modeling and photoshop CS2/3. Most of which would be photography.
Alas, my first darling laptop had been swept by some ignorant freak who does not care about other people's misery... Anyway, since my first laptop was lost, all information I had, most of them were gone. All these two years of work.... GONE! I have to RE-DO I guess... UGH!
-I miss the early Environment Design Project 2 DAYS!
Alas, my first darling laptop had been swept by some ignorant freak who does not care about other people's misery... Anyway, since my first laptop was lost, all information I had, most of them were gone. All these two years of work.... GONE! I have to RE-DO I guess... UGH!
-I miss the early Environment Design Project 2 DAYS!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Saviour of the SOULS
Paul is like useless to me. It's either I can't follow up with his pace or he is Plain Dumb WORLD! So what we decided to do was to consult Swee from this point on! Luckily, Swee was fine with it. So, no prob yea... Ok coolness. I just hate Last-minute-bugging of my schedule. PFtt...
Friday, July 25, 2008
YAY!!!
End of week 4 - 25 July marks the first happiest day of my p2 life!! Why? I got a very good crit from swee. I can see that improvement in me and ziza. But I see vast improvement in me. Swee and maybe, some others from (ok maybe a majority) from the class might know I had been 'slammed' from the start.
From our 1.1, the pictorial generator... My group and I (I was the one facing the slamming) got slammed like hell. We were the worst. We had a very, very bad start. But we persevered and we moved on.
Our 2.1 which was the mapping and zoning was much better. Swee commended us on our effort, but obviously, there are room for further improvement. Our 2.2 was better than 2.1. We had to do the time mapping. This time, we collaborated with Sarah's group and we were commended on the neat picture and presentation format. Also for our survey targeted at the >60.
Then came 3.1 which I 'died' in because... I did not include the rationale behind my work for presentation. It was about the points and lines and the grid. This was like the start of our individual assignments. And I was a bit unstable. Alsom things started to become shaky between the class and swee hong from this point onwards. This is because we did not understand what swee was saying. Why the hell should we do points and lines??? And swee was explaining to us with her voice raised. I kind of don't like that. Luckily Harith came in and he showed some of us some stuffs which helped us understand better. We understood the concept, however, was still unsure of what swee was expecting. So, we followed the brief like a textbook. Swee did not like it. For sure! And then Harith and Swee explained to us about not following the brief like a textbook and all. Harith told us about asking ourselves questions like 'What if...?'
So 4.1 was about folding. From the grid, to folding. Yet again, we did not understand what the hell swee wants. When she explains, she kinds of express her expectations and tell us what not to do rather than what to do. It doesn't help us in anyway of understanding the concept and rationale. So Harith came in. (Harith always comes to the rescue does he?) So Harith explained to us what we should do, the difference between the study models and process models. Thank God me and Ziza, also some others like Jasmine and CQ could understand.
So basically, I had been attending the crit sessions... Not all, just the scheduled ones. And I am glad I did. Those who did not attend some or all of the crits expressed their 'grief'' to Harith during TrHor. At the end of the class, he asked "So do you want me to talk about your P2?" And the class started to bombard him about swee and her expectations. To my personal opinion, the class takes swee's words seriously like robots taking instructions. Like when Swee said "Every point/line/fold/twist etc have to have a rationale" and majority of the class started thinking of rationale. What the toots. My idea of what Swee said was like 'in most of the things I do, I have to have a reason behind why I do it." Of course we have to have a reason behind everything that we do, if not these works deserve to go to the art museum! There is a difference between designers and artists you know. Like artists do things which have function of minuscule and mostly based on emotions while designers create things which have function of a large scale which has a problem that it should solve. I figured that out in sec 3 believe it or not, whilst contemplating at the back of the class... The difference between art students and design and technology students. Lol.
So maybe it is swee's way of structuring her sentences. But, maybe she chose to speak in that level where we find it hard to understand her because she is training us to become professionals. Partly, its the class' fault too, because they chose to hear and interpret wrongly. The class did not ask questions. Neither did I. I was scared because Swee kept shouting and shouting like hell. Devil wears iPhone... haha. Ouh and they made this informal ASA thing. Lol. Anti-Swee Association. I had no major issues with Swee so I decided not to join them but instead, I created the APA. Anti-Perry Association... hahaha. Jokes.
The crit/consultation session with swee on wednesday was quite 'funny'. Because me and Ziza was late due to the rain, thanks to me! And then the queue was so long, until at 11.55 am, it was Farah M's turn. The plan was Farah M, me, then Ziza. But Swee had time for only one more. That was what she said... So... Basically... Our hopes were kinda crushed. Then we we packing our things slowly... Then Farah's crit ended. Then Swee looked at us and asked 'Ok maybe I got time for one more. Who wants to go next?" Since it was me and ziza... we looked at each other because she said 'one more'. So Who should go? Before we could even decide, JASON, of all people, had to shout "ME! I want!". And you know what he got? "This is rubbish~!" Swee's expression was awful I tell you. Haha. But yea I agree with Swee that its like rubbish. But I thought it was too harsh, until today when she justified that she called his work rubbish because he did not come for a lot of crits. So yea. Ok Swee, I totally agree with you then. Jason was unhappy and conveyed his dissension to Harith during TrHor later that day. Lol. EGO = Starvation. The funny thing is that, after Jason's crit, Swee asked me and ziza if we would want a crit. We were kinda shocked but we managed to say yes. So good for us then. We were the last to be crit, I think. Haha. Swee crit on Ziza's first then on mine. And I started shaking out of nervousness! I was shaking LIKE HELL! hahhaaha.... And it was only one to one crit. Well, she is scary you know. All this while she has been shouting at us, it somehow lowers down my esteem. Toots. And Swee could laugh because of my shakiness... hahaha. What the.
And today's crit was the best. Although I was quite scared and nervous because before the crit, Swee gave us a 30 min lecture on attitude. Lol. That was for those who did not attend the crit sessions. After the lecture, she asked who would want to present later. And two of the criteria was that one should be confident of his/her work and should have the materials or something like that. I knew I had the materials. But I was not confident. And plus, I did not have concept drawings. But I know, I can present my work as I had done my preparation. So me and Ziza took the bold step of raising up our hands. Hahha.... And it was a risk I will never regret taking. Of course I was shaking all over but Ziza reminded me about saying my prayers to calm me down. So basically, saying quite a number Ayat Kursi helped me... lol. Alhamdulillah. Then my turn came. The starting was ok. Melissa's tip helped me. "Organize your presentation notes with lesser words so that its more easier to refer to." However, when I start to hold my model, my hands started to shake. And I could see Swee and Ziza already smiling and starting to chuckle. I was like "Oh my God, this always happens! I'm sorry..." and I hid behind the pillar and inhaled and exhaled a number of times. And came back to present. Lol. Swee said "It's ok, you have the materials... just be calm." That was the most constructive comment of all! ahahah. What the. And throughout my presentation she kept saying, "hmm.. Good... Very good..." like countless number of times. I think she also said that when Candice told the class to keep quiet. And I paused my presentation to thank her. And swee said 'Very good'. I was like what the... What was that for? haha. Anyways. Jason got slammed again just now. So did yueting. I think now the class will kinda saboh me like how they did to awie. Maybe not. Who knows. Swee kept referring to me... Like she will say "Take example from Amirah's this... Amirah's that..." Lol. Ok enough of being full of myself... I will work harder. Explore more forms. More ideas. Wooh... This is tiring but the satisfaction... is PRICELESS and INDESCRIBABLE....
*I did a lot of risk taking actually, in decision making terms that is. And I am glad I did!
From our 1.1, the pictorial generator... My group and I (I was the one facing the slamming) got slammed like hell. We were the worst. We had a very, very bad start. But we persevered and we moved on.
Our 2.1 which was the mapping and zoning was much better. Swee commended us on our effort, but obviously, there are room for further improvement. Our 2.2 was better than 2.1. We had to do the time mapping. This time, we collaborated with Sarah's group and we were commended on the neat picture and presentation format. Also for our survey targeted at the >60.
Then came 3.1 which I 'died' in because... I did not include the rationale behind my work for presentation. It was about the points and lines and the grid. This was like the start of our individual assignments. And I was a bit unstable. Alsom things started to become shaky between the class and swee hong from this point onwards. This is because we did not understand what swee was saying. Why the hell should we do points and lines??? And swee was explaining to us with her voice raised. I kind of don't like that. Luckily Harith came in and he showed some of us some stuffs which helped us understand better. We understood the concept, however, was still unsure of what swee was expecting. So, we followed the brief like a textbook. Swee did not like it. For sure! And then Harith and Swee explained to us about not following the brief like a textbook and all. Harith told us about asking ourselves questions like 'What if...?'
So 4.1 was about folding. From the grid, to folding. Yet again, we did not understand what the hell swee wants. When she explains, she kinds of express her expectations and tell us what not to do rather than what to do. It doesn't help us in anyway of understanding the concept and rationale. So Harith came in. (Harith always comes to the rescue does he?) So Harith explained to us what we should do, the difference between the study models and process models. Thank God me and Ziza, also some others like Jasmine and CQ could understand.
So basically, I had been attending the crit sessions... Not all, just the scheduled ones. And I am glad I did. Those who did not attend some or all of the crits expressed their 'grief'' to Harith during TrHor. At the end of the class, he asked "So do you want me to talk about your P2?" And the class started to bombard him about swee and her expectations. To my personal opinion, the class takes swee's words seriously like robots taking instructions. Like when Swee said "Every point/line/fold/twist etc have to have a rationale" and majority of the class started thinking of rationale. What the toots. My idea of what Swee said was like 'in most of the things I do, I have to have a reason behind why I do it." Of course we have to have a reason behind everything that we do, if not these works deserve to go to the art museum! There is a difference between designers and artists you know. Like artists do things which have function of minuscule and mostly based on emotions while designers create things which have function of a large scale which has a problem that it should solve. I figured that out in sec 3 believe it or not, whilst contemplating at the back of the class... The difference between art students and design and technology students. Lol.
So maybe it is swee's way of structuring her sentences. But, maybe she chose to speak in that level where we find it hard to understand her because she is training us to become professionals. Partly, its the class' fault too, because they chose to hear and interpret wrongly. The class did not ask questions. Neither did I. I was scared because Swee kept shouting and shouting like hell. Devil wears iPhone... haha. Ouh and they made this informal ASA thing. Lol. Anti-Swee Association. I had no major issues with Swee so I decided not to join them but instead, I created the APA. Anti-Perry Association... hahaha. Jokes.
The crit/consultation session with swee on wednesday was quite 'funny'. Because me and Ziza was late due to the rain, thanks to me! And then the queue was so long, until at 11.55 am, it was Farah M's turn. The plan was Farah M, me, then Ziza. But Swee had time for only one more. That was what she said... So... Basically... Our hopes were kinda crushed. Then we we packing our things slowly... Then Farah's crit ended. Then Swee looked at us and asked 'Ok maybe I got time for one more. Who wants to go next?" Since it was me and ziza... we looked at each other because she said 'one more'. So Who should go? Before we could even decide, JASON, of all people, had to shout "ME! I want!". And you know what he got? "This is rubbish~!" Swee's expression was awful I tell you. Haha. But yea I agree with Swee that its like rubbish. But I thought it was too harsh, until today when she justified that she called his work rubbish because he did not come for a lot of crits. So yea. Ok Swee, I totally agree with you then. Jason was unhappy and conveyed his dissension to Harith during TrHor later that day. Lol. EGO = Starvation. The funny thing is that, after Jason's crit, Swee asked me and ziza if we would want a crit. We were kinda shocked but we managed to say yes. So good for us then. We were the last to be crit, I think. Haha. Swee crit on Ziza's first then on mine. And I started shaking out of nervousness! I was shaking LIKE HELL! hahhaaha.... And it was only one to one crit. Well, she is scary you know. All this while she has been shouting at us, it somehow lowers down my esteem. Toots. And Swee could laugh because of my shakiness... hahaha. What the.
And today's crit was the best. Although I was quite scared and nervous because before the crit, Swee gave us a 30 min lecture on attitude. Lol. That was for those who did not attend the crit sessions. After the lecture, she asked who would want to present later. And two of the criteria was that one should be confident of his/her work and should have the materials or something like that. I knew I had the materials. But I was not confident. And plus, I did not have concept drawings. But I know, I can present my work as I had done my preparation. So me and Ziza took the bold step of raising up our hands. Hahha.... And it was a risk I will never regret taking. Of course I was shaking all over but Ziza reminded me about saying my prayers to calm me down. So basically, saying quite a number Ayat Kursi helped me... lol. Alhamdulillah. Then my turn came. The starting was ok. Melissa's tip helped me. "Organize your presentation notes with lesser words so that its more easier to refer to." However, when I start to hold my model, my hands started to shake. And I could see Swee and Ziza already smiling and starting to chuckle. I was like "Oh my God, this always happens! I'm sorry..." and I hid behind the pillar and inhaled and exhaled a number of times. And came back to present. Lol. Swee said "It's ok, you have the materials... just be calm." That was the most constructive comment of all! ahahah. What the. And throughout my presentation she kept saying, "hmm.. Good... Very good..." like countless number of times. I think she also said that when Candice told the class to keep quiet. And I paused my presentation to thank her. And swee said 'Very good'. I was like what the... What was that for? haha. Anyways. Jason got slammed again just now. So did yueting. I think now the class will kinda saboh me like how they did to awie. Maybe not. Who knows. Swee kept referring to me... Like she will say "Take example from Amirah's this... Amirah's that..." Lol. Ok enough of being full of myself... I will work harder. Explore more forms. More ideas. Wooh... This is tiring but the satisfaction... is PRICELESS and INDESCRIBABLE....
*I did a lot of risk taking actually, in decision making terms that is. And I am glad I did!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Day 1 - Nothing
No input = No output.
Right. But I am getting well from my illness. Pretty much. I'll be as tough as 'Zohan' tomorrow. Heh. It's briefing tomorrow! Whee... (I have to be excited for P2 even though I am not) The mind over the body.
So. I gotta go now. Gotta energize, recharge, whatever terms you use that is of the same meaning or synonym. Heh.
Chalobeteh.
Right. But I am getting well from my illness. Pretty much. I'll be as tough as 'Zohan' tomorrow. Heh. It's briefing tomorrow! Whee... (I have to be excited for P2 even though I am not) The mind over the body.
So. I gotta go now. Gotta energize, recharge, whatever terms you use that is of the same meaning or synonym. Heh.
Chalobeteh.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Day 0 - Mission
Okay, this is kinda lame to me but I hope this would help in future! I am going to have my EVD P2 in like how many days. And this is DAY ZERO! I want to do well in this P2 and get on with my life. I am so NOT gonna RETAKE this module or PROJECT again. This two month project will be 'fatal' if I do badly.
Whatever the outcome, I would like to record all my thoughts and my progress in this project somewhere. I can't keep notebooks because I will lose them. Anyway... I spend most of the time on the net now. So why not just create a blog right? So simple!! *snaps*
In every entry, I will record down all my progress. This will include:
-Images (if any;)
-What I have done
-What I have learnt
-What can I improve on
-My inner self reflection
-My next step
Mission:
-To manage my time efficiently
-NO LAST MINUTE WORK!
-Take good care of my health
-Not give in to unnecessary desires
-NO SLACKING
-Be A Better person (spiritually)
-Enjoy Life at the same time!
Ok! The brief is out! I so can't wait to start the project!! Wee~
Next step: Briefing with Swee - Site Analysis of Orchard Road!
Whatever the outcome, I would like to record all my thoughts and my progress in this project somewhere. I can't keep notebooks because I will lose them. Anyway... I spend most of the time on the net now. So why not just create a blog right? So simple!! *snaps*
In every entry, I will record down all my progress. This will include:
-Images (if any;)
-What I have done
-What I have learnt
-What can I improve on
-My inner self reflection
-My next step
Mission:
-To manage my time efficiently
-NO LAST MINUTE WORK!
-Take good care of my health
-Not give in to unnecessary desires
-NO SLACKING
-Be A Better person (spiritually)
-Enjoy Life at the same time!
Ok! The brief is out! I so can't wait to start the project!! Wee~
Next step: Briefing with Swee - Site Analysis of Orchard Road!
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