Epic running men.. (5th of April)

Tracing back to the first time I ever watched the Korean show 'the running man', I was at that Kpop event with all those cheerful bunch surrounded me laughing their heads off. Not to mention that episode has gained so much more popularity because of the emergence of Bigbang.

Today I had my honour to join up the running man event from my project hope society. Being one of the helpers among other 40 group members, I am here to say that today was one of my happiest days lately. Even though Joyce and I had a hard time looking for Art Gallery in the beginning of the day, we weren't that late to reach to where we should be at. Kaki approached once she saw us in purple uniforms and we were informed to move to somewhere further from their spot. This game is certainly called Running man as it does take you a decent 6 hours to look for your clues and complete other missions and challenges before you get to the final destination. Joyce and I were holding one of the challenges which required the contestants to play badminton using our chosen kitchen tools which definitely quite difficult in a way not to hit the group for more than 10+ times within 5-minute time frame (yes, indeed this is so ridiculous so we tried it out first and changed the time frame later). In order to make sure our game worked fine, she and I tested it out before the first group arrived. Not to be mean, but game designer really didn't construct a reasonable game instruction here. At the end, we both agreed to change that 5 minutes to 2 minutes, as well as to change some rules and add a bonus point challenge when considering contestants might only get two points at the end of the game. Joyce has brought two packs of chips and started to share with me while waiting for our first group to come along. Soon four people were seemingly approaching us from another challenge. Mind you that this group has won the first price at the end, they got 230 points out of everything...They all seemed to be the most sporty kinds I've seen for the day. Anyways our job is to check their photo demanded to post on FB, sign their form before they started the game, explain the whole instruction plus the bonus point challenge, wait for them to practice, time the game while counting how many times the shutterlock hits the ground, write their points and sign again before they left. There were only two people, Joyce and I here to do all that orderly. Sometimes 4 or 5 groups would come at the same time getting us so busy and highly organised in order to avoid each group to wait. However, both of us enjoyed serving 50+ teams in 6 hours. Our enthusiasm has influenced quite a few groups too. But some guys wanted to take our chips away, a cute girl was begging me to get her group with more points because I was assigned to be the one to sign their forms...>.> Basically being busy gave us a really lighthearted feeling. I'd say this might be one of those times I felt that I was actually working, yes, voluntarily, but still good isn't it :) During our lunch break, some other group members came to us and our beautiful president Sharon helped us to get our sandwiches. We finally got to have our private time to talk lol Not until we both finished our awesome conversation, another group came..

The game finished at 4pm. A few group members came to help us to clean the area, and we soon headed to hyde park altogether. Two guys were so filthy at the back metaphorically acting out a sexual scene when they were only filling their water tanks....>.> Hyde Park was everyone's destination where gathering up to 250+ people including our staffs. I saw my friend Natalie and quite a few other people standing there waiting for the prizes' announcement. Joyce grabbed my arm to where other staffs were, we were asked to calculate a stack of forms with points for this event. 20 minutes later, we got everything done. I suddenly saw my other media department group members and my media director Nickii standing 3 meters away from us. Joyce and I happily went to surprise them at the back. The rest turned and Bernard took some group photo of everybody for this media group. Anyways the first prize went to No.14 group, which was the first group came to our challenge. Sad that I couldn't get to join the committee dinner with them though.

Sooooooo my reason for not going to my committee dinner was to meet up with my panpan who just did an overnight shift as well as his group discussion...Someone must have been so tired. I rather him to stay at home for a few more hours before his closing shift started>.> Ahhh we went to have dinner at the food court. Ordering my karage chicken ramen was worthy, the taste was sooo good, mildly spicy and the amount of meat they put in was relatively enough for me. Well, lovey dovey couple love to hold hands no matter what they do, so don't judge when I tell you we held hands when we were eating>.> To be more evil as usual, I didn't let him to use his right hand to hold chopsticks :3

After the dinner, we went somewhere else to spend the rest of 2 hours. He led me to Burwood after I agreed to go with him. He was close to fall asleep on the train for a few times under the air con. lol So now I know how he usually bangs his head to the keyboard during night time...

The park was extremely quiet. Panpan and I found a dark place where we could lie down and watch the broad sky. I remember the last time we did that was back in a year ago, the time that we only started to be together. So he asked me this question might sound somewhat strange to some extent, I only found that cloud gives me this dreamy delusional feeling if I go on looking at it for too long, I will start questioning myself whether I am in a real world. Sure real world doesn't exist at that moment when he asked me such a question because lying on the lawn while watching the sky with his arm around me was already more of a dream. But no, we weren't that cheesy to count stars together. Yes, we could be so clingy sometimes. And yes... girls do like those moments...*blushes*>3<

Ideal friend...(4th of April)

Sadly the medical centre couldn't accept any patients after 11:30 >3< means mum and I have to re-arrange our plan to next week. Today was another day for me to chill out. But more importantly is that I met some awesome people from my Project hope society this afternoon. That informal meeting was meant to inform what each of us would be doing tomorrow. And I accidentally met Winnie in that group meeting!!! She is one of my high school friends who I haven't seen for almost 3 years after we all graduated from high school. O.O Oh and that Joyce girl is such a hyper one. I LIKE HER SHOOOOO MUCH!!! I guess I haven't talked to someone that much on my way home. We've got so much in common and seems like I've found my ideal friend here again xD I can't wait to stay with her for 6 hours tomorrow to help the running man event!!!

Thish creativity (3rd of April)

Let's say AIT students are a bunch of creative people. The truth is proved when you got to see everyone presented their pitches innovatively to impress the audience. Some of their imagination has gone so much wilder to the point that the lecturer was so curious to ask some questions towards their plot and characters, hoping they can tell us more interesting facts based on their creations. There are several pitches I remember the most, such as the one who has already created his own animated characters, his story is a hybrid of romance, sci-fi and horror; the one that acts as a comedian using that kind of tone of voice when he spoke, and gradually sped up towards the end of his presentation; and the guy with glasses was attempted to tell us about his tragic film yet the effect has gone wrong, we all took it as a funny presentation because the images he put into his powerpoint were too hilarious. His main theme is about gay love happened in 1910's when this captain fell in love with one of his crews on the ship and had this dilemma between justice and love. I really wish I could have more time to think about a much more creative idea in the past two days. Considering how less time I have spent on my AIT project, I seriously didn't think I haven't done enough of work this time. So I verbally have added a whole chunk of part which wasn't in my pitch when I actually presented it. And guess what, I have gone over the limit. But the only thing made me happy was the lecture's smiling and nodding as a reaffirmation of all the efforts I have put in. I really like how confident I was today. Sometimes when I try my best to do something, I feel like my brain is not even mine >.> Oh and my digital images lesson was shoooooo gooooooood because I got to finish my task !!! not to mention that I also have uploaded it on Jivi :3 But without my friend Gold's help, I wouldn't be able to master the rotation tool under an 8-steps-instruction. He's such a program freak >.> I am so lucky to have him as my friend haha xD

PS: sorry that I slept so damn late last night though....oh oh my dearest has gained weight whereas I lost 3kg for some reason. Being unhealthy could be one of the reasons >.> Oh wellllllllll....

Where did my time go... (2nd of April)

My day started with a gay scene, literally a GAY scene where I saw two handsome guys having their passionate goodbye kiss before one of them got off at Central. Then I continued my long walk to AIT. I swear this is one of the classes that I can't be late because when I did today, I was totally lost. Even my friend Tia who went there early still found it so hard to remember and follow everything. Half of the lesson I've been searching for how to use some tools from the online tutorials....Oh and say happy birthday to Mod. I actually remembered his birthday when he told me last week.

I got one wrong in my Jap quiz and that was the first one which I misheard it with a small tsu. Anyways Shabrina and the rest successfully convinced me to buy their Indonesian snacks and a milk tea. The taste was good except that I got my tongue burnt.

My break was utilized productively but I need more time for my pre-production assignment tonight...Jap seminar was fine. However, I didn't get to sit with Jacob and the rest because senpai asked me to pair up with somebody else on another table. This brownish guy, my new partner is a super quiet one who doesn't like talking unless he got something to ask me.

Ahh and I bumped into Patrick the second time. This guy only knows how to complain...>.> Plus I talked to Seri until late. But I really wish I've got much more time to do my pre-production assignment before its deadline...I've got hell lots of ideas in my mind. And guess what? Seri was the one kept on pushing me to do it better and he did have some suggestions on what errors I have made. Thanks for your milk tea in advance and thanks for being supportive there xD I guess I've been so mean to Kael these days lool When he told me that tomorrow would be his first presentation in his life, I said I'd be sitting at the very front just to make sure I am seen, so I can disturb him by making fun of his pitch hehehehe Well....good luck to everyone whoever's doing pre-production pitch tomorrow :3

I want my April fool back... (1st of April)

AHHHHHH I seriously wish I am seeing someone today because my epic April fool has been shooooo boring without trolling someone >3< not even my mum!! Well...sort of....like after she finished her classes. She then said to me 'Your mama is coming home now'. I go 'Oh I have a mum? O3O'

So this is the most boring yet productive April fool I've ever had. I didn't get to do something that I should do in April fool :/ However, I've been having my hardcore studies all day long. Doing some readings and get my blog done. My jap jap homework is done as well plus I stapled the sheets together. Except that I still haven't finished my presentation and plan. But but but finally got to have some time to download some music to my phone lool

Ok...hopefully I can still work on my pre-production thingy later after my shower...>.>

Le fool fail (31st of March)

I found my Korean buddy sitting at the front of the lecture so I asked her to sit with me. Then we walked back to the library together after the lecture finished. I only realised the soc stall was down there at the quad when I checked my Fb. There were already three girls there sitting to service people, I didn't know what to do in the beginning since that was my first time to look after a stall. There wasn't much happening there and I wasn't assigned to do anything but sat there the whole time doing my Jap homework.

I spent my two hours doing my pitch and plan. I really wished to get it done within that 2 hours. Unfortunately my computer couldn't be extended for another hour once another student logged me off. My thought was suddenly got cut off when that happened. I only got to add some characterization and location description, nothing more than that.

Today's topic is evolved around the concept of interaction as has mentioned for so many times starting from the first day I take this course. Interaction does take a huge part and different forms in any of the following concepts: behaviourism, cognitivism, enactivism, cybernetics, embodied mind etc. Just like what they have shown us via external sources in which sensory movement produces sense of constant change through engagement. Perception and action are both the situatedness having effects upon one another so to form the arc of communication. One example shows how this works is that the Emotiv brain computer interface is developed for human to operate the game with their demonstration of facial expression and inner thought. Throughout the lecture, Andrew has given so much more examples to stimulate our interest to the history of development of interaction design which have gone through 4 stages. I like how they have taken big leaps to the current stage where information density increases, graphical interface merges with spatial experiences to negotiate an augmented reality through a bunch of beautiful pattern recognition. Guess I wasn't the only one fascinated by the amazing fact that the tangible computing has projected the fantasy around where we live in. Hence, embodied interaction is to see, experience and understand, you see the surroundings, experience where your media gadgets align you with the surroundings and to understand how we are embedded in all sorts of programming, letting us become so much more responsive than ever.

Enough of theoretical talk here. Here comes with another best part of the day. Seeing Shabrina and Michael (not that Michael) has made my day. We chatted for nearly 20 minutes since I never get to see their faces in this lecture because I move to the front. Oh and I actually was being madly squeezed on the bus by giant people for 20 minutes while panpan couldn't stop calling...But yeah...I finally know where his lecture hall is. The only way to get something stuck in my head is to let me try it alone once. Today I found his lecture hall and sat with him for another one hour listening to somebody's lecture. Being a super good kid taking some notes down even though it might have nothing to do with what I am studying now. But as what the word 'ecology' suggests in my media lecture, everything is linked, nothing can stand its own without the linkages with others, one concept makes changes to process across the differences from another. That being said, unknown is just another aspect hidden from what you have known, learning something I don't know is only another accumulation of a lived relation with what I already have...

PS: So Gold is a really modest Korean, unlike the first impression I have of him is sort of a cool cold guy..And I was described as an 'early bird', first time ever heard of someone use this expression on me of being diligent lol
PS1: weird how Anthony doesn't even know he has called me for two times. And yes...he obviously a huge gamer lol
PS2: Hyper me and panpan have gone so crazy thinking about how we go wild next time. Creativity creates the fantasy of naughty moments such as drawing a circle to do judo, the one loses has to be stripped and do push-ups naked; jumping on his bed like trampoline; putting sauces over his back writing a letter and licking it all; having 10 packs of wasabi to see who die first...I guess that's one of the best things people would like to stay with me. It's not how much I wub a person, but how weirdly I wub a person with my imaginative thought of our shared moments. That also counts...
PS3: April fool is not supposed to be like this. I was planning to troll somebody a big time but now I got trolled in the very first minute of the day...This is no fun....I've been waiting for this day for god damn long...why you do this to me >3<

Don't be contented (30th of March)

My little customer Calvin is a caring person. He has helped his mum to look for her wallet, asked if I am getting better as well as wanted to swap seat with me as I was getting burnt by the sunlight. He even made me one bracelet with some tiny headbands. I only wish his naughtiness of being annoying can also be covered with this cuteness, because sometimes you do lose patience to tutor a person when he still picks the wrong one in between the two answers...

I guess Thai brothers are really those dedicated type of people. Game has finished his plan and pitch and that he sent me his documents to have a read. I only found that he didn't follow the actual format the lecturer asked, and maybe some parts are way too long so that has taken over some other parts that are supposed to be longer. But his film plot seems so good to me, in a way that I think I need to fix mine a bit. Kael has been pushing me to work on my own characters by showing how well he draws. I mean, he wanted to motivate me to learn something. Thai brothers always put me in this situation making me realise that I don't work hard enough in my life lool 

So now you know you need to plan your days, your life, do something before it's too late...