cover this shit
mercoledì, marzo 29, 2006
free, for the momment
ah. and so we came to a close for our LTB course last night. and whoa... it was one whole elaborate performance showcase for the class. I think that's the only word you can use for it, each group came armed with props, costumes, videos. *faints* heh, felix was right when he said "welcome to, Spoil Market University". They were all vying to outdo each other in all the "fluff". tsk, such a waste we're not majoring in theatre studies.
that being said, it's refreshing sitting in for these kind of presentations, simply because each group had their own unique concept and presentation style, definitely not your run-of-the-mill, cut and dried, flash powerpoint and yak on the points kind. however, don't be misled into thinking all our presentations are conducted in such a flashy manner, just that, certain subjects give you more room for creativity and others.
personally i loved boon's slumber party one, mabel's survivor styled one, and the final group's bedtime story idea.
our grp held its own ground in spite of everything, we had no props nor costumes, but that's cos we had a great concept. and i'm damn proud of it cos i spent ages and ages doing up the slides!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but it got me all stressed and burnt out in the midst of doing it, cos there was ALOT of sound effects that i had to incorporate in. i guess you can say all our gimmicks was in the ppt and that was that.
Imagine a booming loud voice talking to you out of nowhere. We used the movie JUMANJI and its boardgame concept to illustrate the problems, challenges, journey we undertook whilst doing our comm service project. and it somewhat ended on a emotional note. that was the part I myself nearly cried too. there were a few teary eyes amongst our classmates, and prof seemed pretty impressed, she came up to us to commend our efforts. yay.
but prior to that i nearly suffered a heart attack, BECAUSE the classroom's sound system wasn't working properly!!!! the VGA cable i.e thingy u connect to your laptop to flash your slides on screen was kinda unstable *omg* mabel's grp faced some problems playing their various media clips.and we were like oh nooooo. like, our entire presentation depended on the SOUND effects, literally. thn my laptop was throwing tantrums and hanging. it was super amusing, we were talking to my laptop and offering it treats and chocolate, and like "sayang sayang" you have served us well, be good for the presentation k? ultimate.
that taught me the importance of saving a backup copy. techinically i shld have and i did, but we were still making changes to our slides right at the last momment, and the one saved in my drive was not the most updated version. it brought back a horrible sense of deja vu too ,my MA presentation last sem did not achieve the intended effect cos the vid clip's sound cldn't play too.
NEVER would i ever place myself at the mercy of techinical glitches again. thank gdness, by some miracle everything went smoothly after that. and i love my group. its like the wks of wrking together really brought us all close together, and we genuinely care for each other.
Lil things like, well i had jingyi coming over to my place the night before. thn my table has two convenient powerpoints, 1's already plugged in with my speakers. ha she chose the outlet behind the bkshelf intending to let me use the avail one, while i chose the one for the lamp, so she could use it instead, damn amusing. we worked from 1am all the way till 7am doing our learning journal. and honestly if i were alone i would have just given up and gone to zzzzzzz.
as could be imagaine i was ultra zombie-fied on the day of our presentation. i still had major ammendments to make to the content of our slides and had to rush cos we were running out of time to rehearse. was really frazzled then, cos acc. to our TA we needed to incl a biblio for our assgmt,which i didn't do! hw and nat kindly offered to help me out; nat organized the biblio for me, while hw helped print all our cover pages. luyi chipped in to type out some of the slide's content. mich vetted our csp portfolio and jazzed it up before burning it into a cd later on after class. it was such a big load off my shoulders then. super appreciated their efforts.
yup, absolutely enjoyed working with them, and i think we really complemented each other well, i'd say we had zero conflict, no unhappiness at all. had to rack my brains to pinpoint any pertinent issues of conflict our group had for my LJ, but really really cldn't think of any. slight regrets though, didn't do my LJ as well as i would have liked, due to the last-minuteness of it all. am just crossing my fingers that it is at least alright though. oh well, i'm such a perfectionist.
Gemstar blogged on 3/29/2006 02:28:00 PM
sabato, marzo 25, 2006
She
She - May be the face I can't forget.
A trace of pleasure or regret
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay.
She may be the song that summer sings.
May be the chill that autumn brings.
May be a hundred different things
Within the measure of a day.
She - May be the beauty or the beast.
May be the famine or the feast.
May turn each day into a heaven or a hell.
She may be the mirror of my dreams.
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside her shell
She who always seems so happy in a crowd.
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
No one's allowed to see them when they cry.
She may be the love that cannot hope to last
May come to me from shadows of the past.
That I'll remember till the day I die
She - May be the reason I survive
The why and wherefore I'm alive
The one I'll care for through the rough and ready years
Me - I'll take her laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I've got to be
The meaning of my life is She - she, she
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mood of the day: contemplative
some really overdue updates, this was the theme song we used for our LIHK presentation 2 weeks ago. the leader in question? Chanel.
I think till date, this was the most succesful and engaging presentation I've had so far. It was really dramatic, we used a museum concept and 5 of us were exhibits depicting various phases of chanel's life. So, after the tour guide gives her intro and shines the spotlight at(torchlight, actually) our respective stations ard the classroom, we "come to life". sweeet. felt really satisfied after the entire presentation was over. =) total market spoiler.
Something mildly amusing happened too, since we were supposed to be exhibits and frozen before the show starts proper, we were supposed to be in character and not interact with our friends when they came to class. Well, Sam came in and tried to talk to me and got so anxious when I didn't respond, it was hiliarious. grin.
Gemstar blogged on 3/25/2006 03:08:00 PM
martedì, marzo 21, 2006
why i love watching grey's anatomy
Meredith Grey: At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross.
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Dr. Derek Shepherd: [to a patient and rapist whose victim bit off his penis] I have good news and bad news. The good news is that we managed to stop the bleeding. The bad news is that we gave your penis to the cops.
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Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: [standing in the bathroom, outside the shower, where George is] I reminded you before you went.
George O'Malley: I forgot when I got there.
Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: No.
[she opens the shower door]
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: No, you were so passive aggressive!
George O'Malley: Naked! I am naked in the shower!
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: [closes the shower door] Just tampons, George! I really needed tampons. God!
[Meredith enters the bathroom] Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: I'm not riding in the same car as him.
Meredith Grey: [looks at Izzie, who is standing in her "Hello Kitty" underwear] Unless you're going like that, you're not riding with me either. Where are the tampons?
Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: He didn't buy them.
Meredith Grey: [to George] You didn't buy them?
George O'Malley: Men don't buy tampons!
Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: [opens the shower door again, and George falls over] You know what? You're gonna have to get over the whole man thing, George! We're women! We have vaginas! Get used to it!
[she walks out of the bathroom, leaving George lying on the floor of the shower]
George O'Malley: I am not your sister!
[he slams the shower door]
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Meredith Grey: [about her new roommates] I can't stand them.
Christina Yang: Why? What do they do?
Meredith Grey: Do? They do everything! They act cute, and watch movies together, and talk, and laugh, and share food, and... breathe...
Christina Yang: Get rid of them.
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Preston Burke: So, I have a question to ask. I checked the schedule and I noticed that both you and I are off tonight. I made reservations. I have a favorite restaurant.
Cristina Yang: None of those were questions.
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Meredith Grey: A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.
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grin
Gemstar blogged on 3/21/2006 12:06:00 AM
domenica, marzo 19, 2006
i love dresses
bimbotic post. =) aha. i'm into dresses and heels and bags now.
how our tastes change with age huh, i swear i was never interested in any of those before~ all those above are just... stylishly chic. a few are from www.asos.com and the rest are randomly selected casuals from iamfashion.blogspot.com
i especially love the apple print skirt, the bareback black one, and the grey one. strangely,am very partial towards grey after i graduated from nj.
thanks yit for accompanying the whole of yesterday. I got myself a lovely new dress! yay.
oh. and pple who don't reply to msgs ought to be shot. seriously, its bloody annoying sending msgs after msg, trying to org an outing and have pple saying ok and thn ps-ing u at the last possible minute, or, worse not even bothering to reply at all! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. why won't i ever learn? see if i care the next time.
Gemstar blogged on 3/19/2006 09:56:00 PM
martedì, marzo 14, 2006
Yellow Gummy: I'm actually trying to eat you cos you're so sweeet. =) 
Gemstar blogged on 3/14/2006 02:24:00 PM
picture of the day. this put a smile on my face. damn cute!
Gemstar blogged on 3/14/2006 02:21:00 PM
mini epiphany
i'm self declaring a 2 day wkend for myself tomorrow onwards. cos i'm worth it and i deserve a break for being almost done with both reports, my parts at least. =p
well. back to the mini-epiphany. In our relationships and interactions with others, we all seek to be validated. Perhaps, just through spending time with the other person, communicating, giving and taking.
tidbit:
"In psychology and human communication, validation is the communication of respect for a communication partner, which involves the acknowledgement that the other's opinions are legitimate. "
it IS that difficult to hear from you. *shrug* Anyway, the obvious recommendation is to hang around with people who empower you and stay away from people who don't bother.
Gemstar blogged on 3/14/2006 04:57:00 AM
venerdì, marzo 03, 2006
so tired of being here
Hate everything i'm going through now. i don't see the end of it. at all.
i just hate
going back to school on weekends, public hols.
deadlines that ALWAYS tumble down on you at 1 go.
actually feeling guilty for going out and having fun on weekends?!
wth.
jnrs, if you want a life. DON'T COME HERE.
hmm. our csp that has been plain sailing so far has hit the rocks. suddenly the home tells us everything's not okay... the gifts we prepared, the food, and even our student vteers have ps-ed us at the last possible minute.
thank gdness for the friends who've agreed to come help out, at such a short notice too. we owe u guys big time. it really means alot to us, thank you. Only managed to get daryl and amanda, both my cousins. it seems only my family are ever willing and there for me in times of need. I feel really bad for bugging the friends all the time, feels worse when you are ignored.
2 presentations, 1 report and 1 quiz due for the coming week.
=(
p.s
jy dear, if i can't pop by the chalet tmr, here's wishing you a happy bday in advance k! happy 20th girl.
Gemstar blogged on 3/03/2006 10:28:00 PM
