Mundane Mulling and Miscellaneous Misadventures

People would usually say "TGIF!" today right? Not for me. Friday means Video Production and that means a 7 hour single module tutorial/practical. Okay, at least we aren't going to be cooped up in a media lab learning editing and camera tricks for 7 hours straight, we get to go out and shoot these short videos (for now).

Today: Produce a 20-second long 'commercial' of a fictional energy drink. During production: Laughter, going 'ugh' for camera movements/shots, lunch, perfect timings of sound effects during editing, sampling music, and plain fun. End result: I THINK we got a video that was almost a minute or so. BRAVO lecturer for not penalising us (it wasn't graded anyway) 

Next, adding the finishing touches on the concept for this TV show we're supposed to come up with. I'm telling you right now it's not so easy to do this. So many damn ideas have been taken up by past generations and so almost anything we come up with has been done before. Thus, we go for authenticity, not originality. Twist some things of an idea that had worked before and voila! TV show! Unfortunately, the lecturer who gave us this project is a former scriptwriter from Mediacorp so of course, she'll know a good concept when she sees one. So it's been tough but hey, we almost done! Rooting for my other friends working on the project too, love y'all.

My dad is sick! He rarely falls ill so when he does he really has to stay in bed. Like father like son he takes it and tried to go to work today. Well, he paid with his stubbornness and got worse, so he has to spend time with me playing carom. Hope you get well soon, Dad! ^^

I'm not sure if I have succeeded but I may have annoyed the unannoyable (not a word, just an expression). Yep, as a little brother to a big sister, I may have triumphed today by annoying my older sister >:) How? Remember I told y'all about the video we were supposed to produce? Welp, my older sister got picked into the main and only role of our video. We settled on who'd do it by doing the "NOT IT!" routine. Luckily I got mine out in time. So, at one part we had to film her drinking down a drink and we zoomed in on the throat (JUST the throat). The motion of gulping made me say, "Holy crap do you think that movement makes you go 'wub wub'?" HAHAHAHA that was lame but that was my first thought during editing. Imagine a throat rumbling and going all electronic and dupstep. Scary. Sorry Jess, but really don't go too hard on yourself you did well in the video! *thumbs up

P.S Also a big thanks to Jess, Belle and Belicia for accepting this lonely brother into the group. 

P.P.S I'm going to have a LAN party with the cousins tomorrow night. TF2ing till dawn if we can make it!

Thought of the day: What was the most heart-wrenching moment you had when reading a book? (I'm reading Game of Thrones now and Belicia says it'll rip my heart to pieces)

Ultimate Procrastination Post

No guys I am NOT ok today. Why? Because the first day back after the weekend i get dumped with a load of new work and old work which I left to the last minute (ok maybe I have myself to blame there). 

New work. Meant to have a consultation on a project with our lecturer today and guess what happened? Lecturer dragged out the lesson until she couldn't stay any longer. Happy-cheer! So, in the end, a reschedule of the consultation to tomorrow is in order. Tough. 

Old work. I'm supposed to write a research paper. First off, when this assignment was handed to us, I thought, oh hey, it should be pretty simple which means I can finish it on the first day, right? WRONG. The lecturer who gave us this assignment did not even attempt to explain what and how in the world do you write a damn research paper. Plus, whenever we have stories or videos to do, our lecturers would do us a kindness by giving us good examples of such to let us have an idea of what we should do to make our products good. Not this one. No examples of a research paper at all. Thanks for nothing.

Okay, you're probably wondering: Then why don't I quit being a bitch and ask my lecturer about the assignment? Well, with the amount of questions I have, I might as well get my lecturer to do my research paper for me, huh? Okay, fine, I'm pissed, so my judgement's clouded. I'm just ranting at this point, get some load off my chest. Sorry if I'm being illogical.

Next, I was called out of class once again. Welp, I think right now I'm the one who is getting those 'talks' by lecturers the most in class. I think three of my lecturers have done so already. I guess I really am not the good student I try to be. Indeed, today a lecturer told me I try TOO hard to be a good student and mess up in the process. Maybe I am, and whether I am or not, it sure did lower my confidence level sharply. 

So in the class, I can definitely say I'm the 'try-hard'. I pretend to be someone I'm not to be a good student and friendly guy and end up giving others the wrong impression. Yep, I can boldly say I have done already done so. I'm sorry guys but I don't even know who I am for real which means I can't ever make amends until I find out. 

Topping the list of current problems, I got heartache again. I lost count the number of times it happened this year. So crushing it is to realize I blew a chance and may never(?) have a chance again with her. Drives me mad, it does. So close yet so far, that's how I feel every waking moment of my day. Just seeing her already softens my heart yet I try not to show I still have feelings for that special someone. I promised to change for the better, not for her but for the better so that at least I can go about forging some true friendships here in DTVM. However, I think Project Change's progress is less than 10%. 

Thought of the day: Would you actively speak out against a lousy teacher?

Call Boy (Not THAT way...)

Wow, check it! It's a rare sight of blogging two days in a row! Today was all about calling people and you might think, what? No, I'm not a telemarketer and no I'm not some socialite who gets calls 24/7/365. The calls today was all about schoolwork and man they are NOT your ordinary schoolwork.

To start, one of my assignments had me call this former teacher who married a classmate (it's all role-play, don't get all ugh) to convince her to let me (role-playing as a journalist) interview her and her husband. Okay, I admit, I was stunned when i got this scenario. I was all 'damn damn damn damn damn' for about half an hour until my panic reached a level when you don't care anymore. So I dialled the number and waited. No fear, no fear at all.

On the second ring i panicked again because I realised one important thing: I didn't prepare any questions or proper counter-arguments at all before calling. But then that level of panic hit and I went all mellow inside. Guess who picked up: my lecturer herself who gave us this assignment. Shocker. Granted, I knew the lecturers would be role-playing with us but I didn't expect to get the lecturer who set us our work. (psst! She's also good at asking hard questions that make you sweat. I'm sorry it's true of Ms Stella) 

I winged it of course. I'm not sure whether it is a loophole but nowhere on the assignment said exactly HOW do I persuade my potential 'interviewee' to cooperate. So I made up a bunch of stuff and man is it hard to tell a person's mood over the phone. At least I didn't stumble in my speech or hesitated too long. After the somewhat successful call where I secured an 'interview', I particularly skipped down the hallways thinking 'IT'S OVER' repeatedly. Treated myself to ice-cream too :)

Last thing is a little bit more mundane but I did another assignment with one of the Engineering dudes for our joint class. We talked over Skype and wow did we really go at it. Took almost 1 hour and 45 minutes we did! Also, because of my exhilaration in clearing the Call, I was really upbeat and cheerful during the Skype chat with Edwin (the guy I was paired with for the assignment).  Since Semester 1 I knocked fists with three of the guys from Engineering: Joseph, Edwin and Pei Xiang. Man, they are AWESOME. Always whenever I'm around them I almost go high and crazy. I definitely become more cheerful whenever I'm around Jo, Ed and Ah Xiang. 

Ah, friendship. Loneliness is such a dreadful thing. Of course, solitude can bring peace and serene moments to you but we should have a balance between alone time and social time, don't you all agree? 

Thought of the day: Admit it. There is no BEST friend. You refer to them all as your BEST FRIENDS. Goodnight!

P.S: I think this is my 50th post!

Home-Based Procrastination (and Deep Thoughts) Week

Hey hey its been a while awesome dudes and dudines! If you're all wondering why I haven't been around is because there's NOTHING to blog about. I'm serious. The past three weeks since school started is only slightly more than a little mundane. Besides, if I wanted you all to know every little detail of the past three weeks...well I have Twitter for that.

So! To start, let's go through my list of things to say today. We'll go to details of a boring life, funny stuff, add a dash of seriousness and a pinch more of silliness before signing off. Without further a do, let's start.

As most (if not all) of SP students know, today is Home-based learning week, or as I like to call it, '<look at title of this post :)>'  !

Today is a Wednesday and I have yet to complete a single one of my assignments or projects :) Every student, a procrastinator at heart. If there's any DTVM students listening in...HALP MEH I'm stuck with a lot of my assignments and need severe assistance. Either I don't know my stuff or I'm just so lazy that even my brain can't be bothered to function brilliantly.

Oh goody, the fun stuff. Alright, I'm not really sure whether this counts as 'fun' but I spent a lot of time the since last week daydreaming some really terrifying and morbid thoughts. You know since Halloween was nearing at that time. I mean, I was thinking of many scenarios to be applied in this mundane life that will make it scary and adrenaline pumped. Real cheery stories.

Another fun thing is that a very good friend of mine taught me how to get Pokemon on my Iphone. HAHAHA you read that right friends, I have Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen versions and I have been obsessed with it for the past week. Spammed Pokemon Emerald until I currently have all eight badges and am on the way to the Elite Four and Champion! Wish me luck.

Serious time!

Chances. I was walking back home from the local shopping centre after lunch and cut through the residential blocks when I saw this guy (I think my age?) crying. He had a friend (also a dude) with him. Basically the poor crying dude was sobbing that his crush didn't even give him a chance to show her how good of a partner he could make when he confessed too her. I know, I know, it was rude of me to eavesdrop but his explanation for crying did strike me a little.

One, the guy couldn't get over a rejection. Fair enough, I was shaken up after a rejection but I swear I never cried over it, just getting pains. Two, should a chance be given to the poor dude or guys in general? I don't know. What I do know was that I don't see a lot of chances given when a girl or guy is set in this kind of 'confession' situation and you didn't give the other party a chance to show you that they can be your 'one'.

I've been pining for a pet since forever, but circumstance and family objection prevents the addition of a furry friend to the home. I like to think of a pet as your 'furry BFF' but in no way should it be a substitute for society. Make friends, my dad says. Sound advice Pop but I don't see much of bonding in my class unfortunately, even though as individuals and little pockets they're pretty awesome.

To end today's post, let's take the time to commend the things, people and incidents that made my day the past few days.
-Yong Han. This tech-savvy dude is the one who helped me get Pokemon on Iphone
-The times that it rained heavily. (I really love rain)
-Talking with my crush (ah, love)
-Laughing with Engineering buds (Joseph, Edwin and Pei Xiang)
-POKEMON
-Daydreaming

End. Thought of the day: If someone confessed to you and you don't really have an interest in them, would you still give them a chance to see whether they can be your 'one' as they say?