Saturday, February 09, 2002
no comment icon..but it's dark..just like your other stuff (your theme?trademark?) and it's kinda creepy...mysterious but the color contrast is good.
sang by |Elpida - 11:53 AM.    

I did this for the cover of MMU Yearbook edition 2 which is going to be released somewhere in May. Have a look and give your comments. Yeah right there, just click on "Comments" and... well, comment. :-)
sang by sze - 8:20 AM.    

Thursday, February 07, 2002
Okay. The comments command is up.
sang by Jedariel - 7:43 PM.    

Wednesday, February 06, 2002
see no 8. .....aw...i'm still having wednesday!
sang by |Elpida - 9:39 AM.    

Things to do as of 7th Feb 2002:

1. Revision for Math Chapter 3 - Random Variable. Quiz today. Yuck.Yay!
2. Write English Proposal for Media Based Production by this Friday. Realised I didn't need to do it anyway! :-/
3. Design Fundamental. Plasticine modelling for Metamorphosis Project. Get it done before Valentines.
4. Computer Graphics. Adobe Pagemaker assignment.
5. Write E-Week report for Yearbook, Student Publication Board by this Friday.
6. VOICES. Research. Research. Research. Research for upcoming UTM IV Debates. Researchhh!
7. SPB: Finish up taped interview transcript for Senior Poll Winners. This Friday.
8. Cover design for Yearbook. This Thursday. Tomorrow... no wait, TODAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sang by sze - 8:26 AM.    

Tuesday, February 05, 2002
whatever it is, your future employer will look at your grades b4 anything else....rare cases are those that do not...and not everyone goes by the non-regular path...just like we all graduated from high school..made life easier to go on to the next level.
sang by |Elpida - 9:39 AM.    

Sze, from all those debates going on (in your head as well...just kidding...), if, you're willing to devote your "extra kk" activites to mainly, probably soley to deabte...go ahead, but stll you'll have to cut down. I'm not familiar with the course of your studies, but if it's alot of time consuming projects, you probably will want to balance the in class and out class activites. You are only a freshmen, and by what i hear you do, your achievements are very great...yous till have a few more years to go.....and lota opportunity...as long as the uni knows that there's someone that has potential, but in dormant, it'll be easier to get back into the game later on, when you're more 'balanced'. choose carefully, it'll be good to go big, but also remember that unless you want to aim to be the "youngest" champion, you might want to wait. it'll be good experince though...i can't decide nor think for you...and actually all i can truly say is 'trust in the Lord with all your heart, mind and strength...and lean not on your own understanding, and He will make your path straight.
Isn't it wonderful, we actually enjoy studying....
sang by |Elpida - 9:37 AM.    

haha... i like that one Leng....
sang by |Elpida - 9:29 AM.    

I think it's time to re-evaluate my life at this current point again... :-|
sang by sze - 8:17 AM.    

I am in a dilemma now.

After my mid-term break (in conjunction with Chinese New Year hols), there will be yet another IV (Intervarsity Debates) in UTM, Johore. The IV will be on from 16 Feb - 20 Feb (i.e. from Sunday to Wednesday)... The problem now is that should I skip classes again (!) for this debates? I am undecided on this... and I really don't want my lecturers to have a reason to hate or do something funny (like barring me from taking exams) to me.

The problem is that, this IV will definitely be a great opportunity for me to further expand my measly experience in Debates in preparation of Asians Debates in Mahidol University, Thailand. (Yes, I really want to go to Thailand)... But I am getting worried with the fact that debating is beginning to take up alot of energy and time not to mention, commitment. I spoke to my English lecturer about this, and she advised me to put priority in my studies (i.e. not go anymore since I had skipped 3 weeks of classes in Worlds).

Isn't it ironic that some of the best things that happen in your life come with alot of sacrifices? I cannot imagine another aspect of my life whereby I have had so much enjoyment doing something - well probably besides graphics designing during highschool. And I am so grateful because being in this Uni and VOICEs currently have allowed me to do things that I so thoroughly enjoy. Debates have never been in the same light anymore with my fellow mates. And.. this course, albeit having some really anal and lousy lecturers (esp. a few certain someone in DF), is one of the most interesting and exciting experience. It's like for the first time, I love all the subjects that I take in school. Isn't that just unbelievable? (reminds me of those senior highschool years where I dreaded Physics or Add Math etc etc)

Honestly speaking, do I think I have chosen the right path by coming into MMU (despite being a Malaysian uni and well what can you really expect from a Malaysian Uni anyway) and not going for that spur-of-the-moment choice of taking up Culinary Art in Taylors? Well, I don't know. I really don't know. For a moment though, the thought of getting to experience France and a French education sounded so enticing. But looking at how I have fared thus far in this turbulent journey, I am just simply happy with myself.
sang by sze - 6:17 AM.    

On a different note, I am really getting excited with my English drama Media-based Production. I just had a discussion with my group mates this afternoon and it's really interesting to know how our production will turn out to be.

Basically, we have to choose a play - we chose Taming of the Shrew (!!) - and the initial plan so far is that we are making some sorta interactive production based on that play. (We can do a pop-up book, a video clip, song, etc etc as long as we specify the target group we want to sell the product to)....

Cool huh? Anyway, I'd probably need Deb's help in this matter. Could you Deb? I will tell you further about what my plans are, but right now, I will need to finish writing the proposal to hand in to my lecturer. She seemed pretty excited with our group's idea as well, but you know, exciting things in life don't come to you unless you are totally serious about it..
sang by sze - 5:55 AM.    

I have been flat out busy for the past coupla weeks, especially rushing through one assignment after another as well as preparing for an Invitational Debates in International Islamic University (IIUM) last Saturday and Sunday.

Risking repetition, I cannot imagine how much extra time I had to pour out to catch up with unfinished assignments at the same time juggling activities, and other work from clubs. Sigh. :-/ Last couple of weeks, when my new Design Fundamental project was handed out, I had to finish it along with two others which I had failed to hand in during my absence from Uni while in Worlds Debates (Toronto, Canada). There was also this movie trailer project we have to do for Computer Graphics. Well, then add in another dosage of Yearbook reports and interviews I have to complete. What more, the whole of last week, I had extra debating practices in preparation for the IIUM Invitationals.

I was basically in a limbo state going in and out of blurry states of transitions between assignments. Definitely lacking sleep for the past week. What was worse was the fact that I had to submit 3 projects the very next day after the Debates on Monday (yesterday). So last whole weekend, I had to stay up till 3 am or 4 am to finish up whatever that I can, while debating for the whole day. I have never experienced such an amount of work pressure which keep me running non-stop. But you know what? The post-experience was euphoric! The sense of finally completing things that you are rushing is overwhelmingly exhilarating! That actually reminded me of the synthesis writing test I had last week for English. The was stated that people procrastinate because when they finally completed things that have been rushed or done in the last minutes, they get the sense of fulfilment. So rather than finishing work early and feel that calm contentment that you are ahead of schedule, finishing task in the nick of time makes you feel a certain sense of great accomplishment. Go figure that out yourself. Maybe it's true.

Anyway, guess what? It was all worth it. I finished all my assignment on time. :-) And my team was the second-runner up in the Invitationals. And..... I was awarded Best Newcomer in the scene. Tell me about it, my first debating stint and I was in the finals.. hahahahha (indulging in all the pathetic self-glory)... ;-) [For the past 2 international debates I had gone to, I was there as an adjudicator, not a debater]
sang by sze - 5:32 AM.    

Monday, February 04, 2002
..... a pin drops.

*clink*
sang by Jedariel - 7:17 PM.    

suddenly everyone is silent...
sang by |Elpida - 8:50 AM.