Sunday, March 11, 2007
OKay. As I've mentioned before in the chatterbox (to the left, to the left~)...
I have had the craziest week ever! Only God knows whether I was really breathing those past couple of days, and what a damn relief it is for Friday to have passed, and oh, the beautiful weekend, it's slipping through my fingers. Nooooooooo!
So basically, if I were to summarise the things I've earned/learned this week:
1. iMac computers are the best. I regret buying the laptop I have now. I should have gotten one of those Macbooks! I WANT FINAL CUT PRO so I can start editing my own movies even from home...
2. Which leads us to the next point - I was seen in Multimedia 7 for a consecutive three days, editing our group's video presentation. Result?
A) My ass is now the shape of the uncomfortable, poorly cushioned, de-wheeled computer chairs
B) My eyes are probably as apple-ly shaped as the squarish screen of the iMac.
C) My back is as straight as the tripod - as I was unhappy with some of the shots, I would go out and re-shoot. I brought the tripod all the way from KL and back almost each day, and having to lug it around and crane over it everytime I shoot takes quite a strange toll on my back.
D) Did I tell you I absolutely LOOOOOVE Final Cut Pro?
3. Read assignment briefs well, triple over too. Eat the paper if you must. There is a difference between 'Documentary' and 'Corporate Documentary'. Got an awful sounding for adding (9am - just woke up from sleep) next to the tutor's name and HA HA HA at the end of the documentary. So much for keeping it real. :(
4. I had submitted two big essays, but ended up re-doing one because I wasn't happy with my choice of words and accuracy. (Oh shit, I just remembered. I forgot to attach the article to the final copy of the essay!!! =_____= I'm not kidding... WTF)
5. It's not worth staying up the night writing an essay, as the next morning, I will be sick. As in, suffer from a headache, dizziness/faintness. Seriously. Couldn't get up on Monday, and sounded like a croaking frog. Slept through the morning, till 5pm.
6. ABC (Mixed... stone ice? Ha ha) is my best friend. It has provided me with enough sugar to keep me high. :)
7. There are students out there who couldn't care less about working in a group and leaves all the group work to one person. I couldn't help pitying some of my friends who had to work with... lazy unsociable
!@#$%^&*
8. Intro to Broadcasting has become a debate practice every week. Everytime the lecturer teaches, the question of the day eg "What is an interview?" spins off to "Discrimination", or "Why interview?" spins off to "Sleeping with your sources". In my opinion, journalists are meant to be as objective as possible. Anyway, I've never met people who really love to hear the sounds of their own voices... until I met this class.
9. College food is bloody over-priced and bloody yukky. The ones that are pretty decent are double the prices of those which are either
A) swimming in thick gravy
B) swimming in oil
C) tasteless because it has been frozen for quite sometime
D) Consists of lethargic, overcooked, over sauced, over everything else added on vegetables.
(And you wonder why us kids can be really unhealthy).
This, alongside the normal classes, and the weekly reading log and articles to work on, friends bombarding me with questions regarding assignments and essays (Hello, guys, what the hell are you doing in class if you are not listening? All the stuff you asked are basically making me parrot the lecturers and tutors!!!)... Yup, I've had a hell of a week.
And God help us all... What have I done to deserve being followed around in college by the weirdo on the bus? He drinks 1.5l of Root Beer in the morning, while I have a quick cup of coffee. I didn't invite him, as usual he invited himself to my table, seated himself at my table, and wherever I go, he follows right behind, but this all does not happen when I'm in classes and with friends.
And the freaky thing was, last Friday, he said to me, "I care about you" and "at least I know I'm not alone". WTF. I shall not elaborate further...
But hey, despite all that, I'm trying to put my MCI 102 into practice - tolerate, and understand the different cultures and try to think in non-essentialist ways (let's just see how much I can take, LOL). And I think some of my classmates have got to start applying what they learn too - stop bullshiting
lah all of you. You all should be thankful you're in a rather peaceful and beautiful country like Malaysia. Grow up, cause you have to realise, that you can NEVER get EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT, and you can never HAVE EVERYTHING YOUR WAY. If you did, then the thing called 'Cultural Experience' does not exist. Fat chance.
Currently taking a breather, but looking at the work I've got waiting in my file...
One Script to write. One 'Soundscape' project. One reading log due, one chapter to read for the next MCI 112 lecture, One essay on media representation. One more essay summarising the work involved during the production of the mini-'corporate' documentary. Two news scripts. SHIT.
I better get a move on.
(PS Feli - prices for k750i range from 750-900. Lol. The RM750 ones kinda have a catch to it, like having to sign up for a new line, or something somewhere is missing/left out (like, phone and memory card (16MB) only, or phone, 16MB memory card and charger only).
2:33 AM Azzie's got style
