Cassie The Missy!!

The final day of 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:54:00 +0000

(click on the highlighted words to refer to older post so you know what I'm crapping. ^_^)

I guess there will be hundreds of post summing up their 2011 year. I thought of doing so as well. However, there seems to be too many things that had happened that make it difficult for me to write a summary. Therefore, I decided to left things simple and talk about some random events.

I had spent a large part of 2011 being abroad. Mostly in UK which I must say, I enjoy it very much. I still miss the UK student life now. It had been great fun. I had experience many many many stuff and it's great memory. Besides that, before coming back to Malaysia, I had been travelling Europe (4 countries) for about 20 days which also taught me many lessons. (To-be-blog-about-post-in-year-2012) When I'm home, I felt so comfortable. Being around so many family members is a blessing. Although I miss UK a lot, I miss home more. Where my family is, there's my home.

Many people ask me the exact same question as if they can't grasp the obvious fact.

"Why do you come back? Why don't you stay at UK for job?"

Aren't that a silly question to ask me?

I can't bear to be away from my family. Being abroad for job means that I can only back about once a year. (I'm not rich) Why do people choose to be away from their family IF THEY CAN AVOID IT? I always don't understand. I know the bond between family members are mutual. But being away from them a year, two, five, ten or MORE... you wouldn't even recognise any of them. For example, my cousin brother who had been abroad for about 10 years +.. I can't even recognise him anymore. He did not come back every year.. and he is RICH! >_<"" Sad case.

Ok.. enough.

For my graduation, I was back to UK with my parents. It should be an enjoyable experience minus all the small small mishaps. Anyway, it is a good memory to preserve.

During Christmas eve I spent it for the first time BBQ-ing with my dear friends. It is fun and warm. They are the best. And when I reach home at midnight, I got another great surprise. It was so unexpected that I was SOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My dad bought me the CarloRino bag that I had wanted soooo much. I had been thinking of saving for it and since it is new arrival, I'm thinking of waiting a few months until it goes on sale. Oh dear.. I love my family... (Why be away from these great people? ^^)

My fairytaile

I love it! ^_^

Today is the last day of 2011. It had been a fulfilling year. I really hope 2012 will be another great one. With many good lucks on my new job. I'm very nervous as it neared the starting of the term. xD

So, there's all for the post. The next post should be dated 2012 already. So soon. Oh.. and the predicted end of the world. Is that true? xD

HAPPY 2012 EVERYONE!!!

BEST OF LUCK AHEAD!!!

MAY IT NOT BE THE END OF WORLD!!!

CHEERS!!!

Random : Ms Yellow

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:02:00 +0000

Ms Yellow

More Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:18:00 +0000

Out of request from my dear friends.. here are 6 colours of trees to choose from

Click 'read more' at the bottom for larger images!

^_^

Pink

Blue

Purple

Yellow

Orange

Green

Which is you favourite colour?

Merry Christmas!

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:09:00 +0000

Christmas Day is coming soon. I guess everyone had their wishlist ready. Some may already handed them out. xD (Like me. xD)

And I do realised something.

When I a kid, I don't remember a lot about celebratin Christmas. It's not a big tradition at home as we are not Christian. I think my parents do bring us out to snap photos of the beautiful christmas decorations and etc. But I really don't remember getting Christmas presents. Haha..

When I grew older, during my highschool years, I started to enjoy the festive season. As I began to understand more things, I started to drag my family to go for some celebration or whatsoever. Maybe a dinner or just go shop around for Christmas stuff. Maybe using Christmas present as an excuse to get something I want as well. But that's not so much of fuss still.

Up till I'm at college, and mix around with more people who really do celebrate Christmas, I tend to get suck into the mood as well. As I'm at college, I get more freedom, I get to go shopping with friends (mind you, I can't go out without adults during my school days.. xD) alone, which means I was able to prepare surprises for my family. I started to buy some little gifts for each of my family members. I started to pester my mom into buying a little tree to decorate at home. That's when my home, officially do, celebrate Christmas. We started to think of what gifts to get each other, what stuff to write down on our wishlist and pass it to our parents. However, most of the Christmas, I spend them with my family, either at home (doing nothing) or out shopping.

This year though, should be different. I say SHOULD because it had not happened. This year will be the 1st time I celebrate Christmas eve with my friends. My dear dear friends whom we had stuck together eversince our foundation year. Which means.. 2006.. ohh.... the 6th year already..going into 7th in January. Time flies.

So, as I was saying, I realised something.

When we are kids, the gift we wants mostly are toys. I do pester my mom into buying all sort of masak-masak equipments, barbie doll, polly pocket, plushies, stickets, sweets..etc.

When I'm in my schooling days, nothing much changes. I still adore my toys though I don't pester my parents to get them much. (Much.. xD) Maybe some dolls. I also started to want some gadgets such as mp3.

During college years, I tend to only wish for gadgets. Such as a new camera, a new phone, a new iPod, a new laptop, etc. And guilty to say, most of the time I do get them. xDDD

Now, I've started venturing into the adult world, the working world, the REALITY.

I stop asking for gadgets from my parents. (I still want them though..) I do not feel appropriate asking for things after I stop studying. It's just not that right isn't it. However, I still don't have my own savings yet since I did not really work for long. Therefore, as asking for things isn't right, I use the other way. I often discuss at home what kind of model of camera, phone, laptop is better. Why is it better. How much is the price. And then saying aloud that I'm thinking of getting them. With the little savings I have. Obviously, daddy will object to me using my little saving to buy them. And most of the time, he will get it for me. I love you Daddy.

However, I AM REALLY SERIOUS ON SAYING THAT I WANT TO BUY IT WITH MY MONEY. Haha... xDD

It's just that I realised our 'wants' become more expansive as we grow. It need more and more to feed our greedy heart. The world do change. When I'm kid, I wanted just masak-masak toys. But today kids, wanted an iPad2 for Christmas.

Alright..enough of my rants.

Here's one of the little Christmas scene I did.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Ho Ho Ho!

十一月十九号。。。

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:50:00 +0000

Yep! Today is the 19th day of the 11th month of the lunar calender. (Chinese calender) And today is my birthday. Chinese birthday to be exact. ^_^ Happy Birthday to me.

Oh, and if I'm not wrong, today is also 送子观音 'day'. Meaningful right? xD

If I choose to celebrate my birthday according to the chinese calender, then my birthday will falls at the end of the year instead of the beginning of the year. Haha.. However... I will be a year old then.

Oh.. And I'm a little Rabbit. ^^

Btw, I will be starting a new job in 2 days time. Thursday, 15th of Dec 2011 will be another brand new start. Really hope everything will go smoothly. I'm really nervous on this new job. Never tried to do something like this before. However, I'm kind of excited, mixed with worries. People keeps telling me not to worry. That I think too much. Am I really?

New. Fast.

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:32:00 +0000

Announcement!

I am now officially employed! I will be starting my new job on the 15th which is 1 week from today. Fast. Not really sure whether I'm ready or not. New environment (well, not exactly that new) and new experience.

Need to act maturely and sensibly and responsibly from 15th onwards. New to crawl out from my little shell and open up to people. Cannot continue to hide inside anymore.

I hope I'm up to it.

Cheers..

(Oh, btw.. this is already the 301st post. Time flies)

Excited + Scared + Worried = Nervous Breakdown

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:47:00 +0000

Ok..So tomorrow is the day for the interview. I'm having some very very very nervous mood these few days and in order to relax myself, I choose to ignore it. Until the very last minute. So now. What do I wear? How do I make my hair? What should I speak? How should my presentation go? How???!!!!

Scare scare scare scare scare.

And it does not help that knowing I'm not fully prepare for it.

Am I really ready for the challenge?!

Wish me luck guys.

Colours

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:43:00 +0000

I just love the colours of the pie chart.

Just log in to Nuffnang and check my analysis. Found this pie chart with the colourful segments.. Tell myself I just have to blog about this..

Don't it remind you of some rainbow or what? I'm curious.

Does colours affect your mood? Do you dress according to your mood? As if, when you are happy, you choose something bright and colourful and if you are moody, you choose something dark?

Or do you do the opposite?

Choosing bright colours to brighten your mood when you are moody?

Hmm.. I wonder...

I'm officially a Master

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:57:00 +0000

Graduation Ceremony

Recently, I went back to UK with my parents for my graduation ceremony. It is really something to remember and another big event for me. I'm finally a postgraduate graduate. If that exist. Anyway, here's some photos to remember that day. ^_^

Got my cert. It's exactly the same as my degree except it now write MASTER instead.

(Mind you..the wind is so strong it nearly blew my cert away.. T_T)

And this time, I remember to throw my mortar. ^_^

I love you

I know I had been neglecting this blog ever since I'm back at Malaysia. It's not that there's nothing to share but I just don't feel like blogging. Laziness overtook me. Give me some time. This blog is not dead. Not yet anyway. ^_^

For those that keep checking for updates, please accept my apologies. xD Really appreciate it that you take the time to check on me. I'm touched. Can you see the tears brimming on my eyes? No? Well, it must be your eyes then.. Go check them.. :P

Anyway, will update VERY REALLY DAMN soon.. Believe me.

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In the meantime, why not check out my new blog?

No, it will not take over this blog.

That one is for my fantasy and imagination to run wild.

MyStory

Head over now!

^_^

*Arigatou*

Ps: I'M A MASTER!

A Day At The Airport

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:52:00 +0000

"A Day at the Airport

I am at the Heathrow Terminal 4 waiting for departure tonight at 10pm. It is currently 2o’clock in the afternoon. I had already been sitting here for the past 2 hours. Being alone in the airport waiting for departure is the first time experience for me. Never before had I take a flight on my own before. Not even when I’m leaving home for my studies last year, this time. I am both excited and worry as there is no one to talk to if I need some advice or help. Now, I feel so bored. I do not dare to use my ipod much since I still need that when I get into the plane. Just in case I couldn’t fall asleep. 12 hours of flight without anyone to talk to. Well, everything has the first time anyway.

Being here alone, forces me to be so independent. I had to decide for myself where to go and what to do. It make me feel so proud of myself that I am able to do that. Though, now I am quite worry what will happened when I’m going into the check-in counter with my overweight luggage. I had been estimating that it will cost me about £500 for the extra 10kg+ weight. Oh dear me, that’s really a lot. I don’t know where all the weight goes to. It is about 30kg.

Oh dear dear dear me. I had been digressing had I?

This article was supposed to be about what I had observed during my hours at the airport. Not about my luggage. Okay, crap aside.

First of all, I noticed many people seem to be with a friend, or better, a group of friends or family. That makes me jealous. I want my family and friends. Okay, I will be meeting them in about..20 hours’ time. So, just be patient. Everyone looks like they are going home after a holiday since most of them here doesn’t seem to be local. I might be wrong, but well, that’s what I’d noticed.

On fairer note, there’s quite a lot of solo traveler as well. And most of them, very smartly, have either a newspaper, a book, a laptop or an iphone with them. Stupid me, do not have a newspaper, neither do I have a book due to the excess luggage I have, and since I had lost my iphone at Barcelona, I’m only left with this laptop I’m writing this article, without any wifi, and therefore I couldn’t connect with the outer world. Hmm.. Sounds like, I’m not doing too bad as well yea?

Then, I also noted quite a lot of Asian. I’m quite bad at recognizing Chinese, Vietnamise, Thai, Malaysian or whatever it is, unless they speak. However, upon looking at them, I feel that the world had really advanced. Everyone now can be anywhere they want to be. What else can be hidden by anyone? No one can hide anything from anyone anymore. Crapping again am I?

Crap crap and crap, there goes 500words. By repeating the crap word, I have added another three to the amount. Who say it is so hard to write? Writing is the most easier thing to do, provided no one need to grade you for what you have written. Which is why, I suppose, blogging had been such a good fad nowadays. With blogging being so simple and fun, everyone, even people who don’t like to write, will write. Everyone shares and shares about their thoughts, their daily activities and experiences, their jobs, their skills and etc etc.

I think I really can continue to write and write and write. While the initial idea of writing this is to write about my observation of the surrounding, it lead me to crap about other stuff. I can never stick to something. See? I’m digressing again.

Talking about digressing, it is one of the word that I’ve learnt at NTU few months ago and I had keep using it for absolutely everything. This shows that I am a person who really love to digress. But, don’t you think digressing is a pretty nice way to generate ideas? Of course, after you digress, you will have to organize them. I tend to think digressing is something like mind-mapping. Well, you are talking about a certain topic, and then that topic you are talking about makes you think of some other thing. And one thing leads to another. Isn’t that how it should work in mind-mapping? You write the big topic at the middle, and write all kind of words that topic makes you think of. Whether it is good or not, it is what mind-mapping should be. Generating ideas. So, isn’t digressing a kind of ‘idea-generator-method’ as well?

I seem to be finding excuses for my own fault. But, I love to digress. It make me feel like I have been through a walk inside my mind and look at things that I have not yet found that I have inside. It’s really cool actually. Not if this article was to be seen by my teachers. They will be horrified at what I’ve written. Nothing is consistent and grammar errors are here and there. Horrible. That is why blogging is such a fun for me. I get to write what I want and will not get graded for it. My blog is not that famous and therefore it doesn’t really matter what the content is about. Even if there’s a stranger reading this, I suppose he or she will have to bear with me. Cause I’ve decided that this will be the style of my blog.

Anyway, at the top of my blog, I’ve already stated, ‘Nothing is consistent and so if life’. Well, it is true isn’t it? Nothing is consistent. You can be running at this moment, aimed to run for 5 miles. Suddenly just 10minutes through your run, you met a friend. He began to greet and talk to you. You stop and chat a while. A short chat might lead to you following your friend to a coffee shop where he is heading towards. After another hearty chat and aromatic cappuccino and delicious croissant, you say goodbye to each other and head home. On the way home, you just realized, you have just run for 10minutes. Told ya, nothing is consistent. Never be so sure.

See???

I digress again. Well, I’m loving it.

I guess I have to stop writing as the battery is running low. I can’t have it drained out since I might need it later. So, I will stop now and the next article might hopefully be at KL with me well refreshed without any jet lag.

26^th September 2011 @ 2.48pm @ Heathrow Terminal 4"

What do I want?

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:23:00 +0000

It had been almost a week since I'm back from my Europe trip. And I've just noticed I had neglected this blog for a long time..nearly 2 months. Time really does flies. While writing the previous post, I'm still saying goodbyes to my lecturers and classmates. I'm still with Fiola and Xian. Still there's a few classmates left around to have dinner together. There's still SC to look forward to. Still the Europe trip to enjoy.

Now

I am all alone already.

Said bye to Fiola the day I met SC.
Said bye to Xian the day we left for Europe.
Said bye to SC just few days ago.

Time really does flies.

Now, I'm counting the days left for me to fly back Malaysia. I started to miss everyone so much. By everyone, I means friends and family, both UK and Malaysia. After SC left, I am so free and bored. Nothing to do. Nothing to explore. Only left packing which can't be done until almost the last few days.

Today, I walked around the city center just to past time. Walk and walk, with my headphone on. Since I'm alone, I doesn't want to feel the loneliness, I need some music. (I never needed those weeks ago.) Past by random shops, and memories floods into my mind. How we use to shop like crazy in H&M, how we use to mused over the silly designs of novelty products, how to use to have some cheap lunch at the bar, how we use to just walk around, just to spend the Saturday afternoon together, and then back home for steamboat. I really miss those time now. Never realised, I was so lucky. To have them around me, to talk to, to laugh together, to discuss problems. Now that everyone is back home, I wonder, why am I still here?

Mom and Dad ask me whether I want to just change the ticket to an earlier date since I've nothing to do here. But, I'm quite reluctant to leave as well. I'm not sure what I wanted to do here anymore, since, there's really nothing to do. I can't shop because it will be impossible to bring back more stuff (as my luggage is already overweight), I do not have any assignment, I don't have anyone to ask for lunch. What else left to do here? I really don't know.

To settle the bank account, to pack stuff?

I'm not sure.

I'm just.. not ready to leave this place yet. This place which have given me so much experience and memories. This place which I never thought I would love and be comfortable living in.

Don't get me wrong though. I miss my home. I wanted to be home. I miss my family and my dear friends back home. I wanted to eat so many type of foods, and to enjoy the comfort of my messy room. It's just that, I know I will not be back here to live like I do now, that make me reluctant to just pack and go.

Back home, there's many realities waiting for me to face. Am I ready for them yet? I've been avoiding them for a year now. Do I still want to avoid them? Can I avoid them forever? Or, will the reality actually doesn't hurt if I face them bravely? Should I?

I really don't know.

Suddenly, I feel, I'm at the crossroad again.

The same poem applies to me again.

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim

Because it was grassy and wanted wear,

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I marked the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,

I took the one less traveled by,

And that had made all the difference.

If I'm going to take the one less traveled by, will that changed everything? Will I think to myself; ages and ages hence, I took the one less traveled by and it had caused everything today.

Saying "Goodbyes" and Promising "See You"

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:52:00 +0000

Finally it really really really reached the end of my postgraduate course. Got our result and feedback. Final tutorial at our room Maudslay 231b. Pack up stuff at the Expo. Saying goodbyes all around. Taking photos with people I will miss.

1st complete group photo

With the most helpful technician at workshop - Kerry

With another helpful technician - Mark

With my supervisor, a great one and a friendly one - Leslie

With another supervisor, another great and helpful one - Alan

Gathered for the final time at Orange Tree @ 27th July 2011

Shakes hands, best wishes, thank you, good luck

and that's all done.

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Packing and packing and packing and cleaning and cleaning and cleaning.....

Going Barcelona Friday morning, 2am +, back on the 3rd.

Need to move to new house on the 3rd, going down London on the 4th

Terribly hectic.

Wake at 6.30am this morning. 7.15am start to pindah all 7 boxes of 20+kg down to the gate for collection. Then spend the rest of the day packing the left over stuff, cleaning my room, packing for Spain..

Super tired now.

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I think I will miss my room.

I think I will miss my lecturers.

I think I will miss here.

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HOLIDAY HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED

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^_^

Beautiful little town - Matlock Bath

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:17:00 +0000

*Beware of a MANY photos post!*

I went to Matlock Bath yesterday with few of my classmates. It is about an hour and half train journey from Nottingham. When we google about this town, we did not see much attraction besides the cable car thingy.. And the reason we choose this place for the trip is because:

1. Cheap travel fare - £5.15

2. Near and fast

3. Recommended by Nani

Due to the few facts above, Matlock Bath it is. Not much choice since we can't go far as we don't have much time. Can't spend too much money since all of us are nearly broke.. XD

However, Matlock Bath did not let us down. Although it seems there's not much attraction but this little town really show us what we all expect to see of England. A quaint little town, quiet and pretty.

This is the train that brought us to Matlock Bath. It is the 1st time I sit such a short train. It's just one carriage. Therefore, no seat reservation, which cause troubles when we were returning. We have to stand as there's not much space left. Horrible.. haha..

My breakfast - Sausage Rolls..

Reach!

This is a little station, quiet and nice. Not like the big town, busy and noisy. XD

We reach around 10am+ so it's not many people and it's nice.

Right infront of the station is this crossing for Cable Cars.

See the white gate with the signpost? We all go around that gate and a pair of ladies beside us, just give the gate a little push and go THROUGH the gate. Stupid us, just laugh sheepishly. So embarrassing.. omgawd..

And... this bee.. stay at my back... it took 3 people to help get it away..Imagine me.. not knowing what is happening while everyone tried to shooo it off.. And everyone knows I'm terrified of..INSECTS!

The cable cars bring us up to Height of Abraham where we can view the whole of Matlock

View from the cable car

It's not a long ride..about 1/3 of Genting cable car. Cost us £10 each. At first, it seems a bit not worth it, but when we reach the top, all of us agree it is worth it.

The cable cars move 3 by 3

Group photo at the look out point

Xian, Me, Fiola

Nice view of Matlock

Then, we continue to explore the other part of the Height and then, we saw this!

A peacock!

A real life peacock.. XD

I do sound like a City Girl do I? As if I've never seen a peacock before.

Well, it's true. Where do we get the chance to see a REAL LIFE peacock at KL?

Ok, Zoo maybe.. but it's been yearrrsss since I visited the Zoo Negara..XD

Back to the topic.. I digressed.

We took the tour into the mining cave - just a short about 20minutes tour where the guide bring us in and show us various..minerals, shapes, and how in the olden days miners work inside. It's quite amazing story actually as I've never realised that mining IS THAT hard work.. Where everything is dark and cold, and you have to work with your life at stack. I mean, how many accidents happened inside these places? For a living, those days are real hard. I'm glad to say I don't have to go through that.

Inside the cave

This is the.. plague that the owner of the mine crave to show the other people that this mine DOES belongs to someone already. Those are the owner initials and date. 1705. According to our guide, each of these person have a responsibility and one of them died when the caves falls..I think if I remembered correctly..XD

When we climb the many stairs out of the cave, this is the view that great us. Oh wow.. We are all..so amazed.

Me, Jin, Fiola, Xian, Peng

There's a rocky path behind the view above, and we climb up to it. It's very easy, not as hard as the photo shows..XDD

And the view is sooo much more breathtaking.. It's really my first time seeing such great scene.

And I'm loving it!

Behind us the Matlock

So vast area land England have.

Just let me know anyone, where can I find such places in Malaysia and I'm going to go there. Never been close to nature before in M'sia.. Should try it when I'm back. Where?

Lying flat on the grass is so comfortable, the sky is so blue and clear, sun shone lightly, cool breeze blowing softly.

Ignoring the ticklish grass...XD

This is the sky I see when I'm lying on the grass...

Next, we go down again and reach the tower we seen earlier when we reach on the cable car. It's an lookout tower if I'm not wrong..did not really read the history though.. Was too excited to get into the tower..XD

When I peek at the stairs leading up, I'm a little worry and put off but I'm too excited to get up that I push away my fear and climb! It's so.. steep that we keep shouting out that we were going up so no one will come down, or.. XD

I'm so tiny here..I love it

I'm up!

See the view? Ain't it worth the trouble?

Going down... XD

PS. SiawCheng... It's not that scary.. The view is really worth it!

Then, we take the cable car down to the town and find some lunch.

All of the shops here are so pretty and delicate. I want to own a shop like this one day.

Fabric shop

Ti-li-ta-la shop -> More of gardens stuff I'm guessing..But it's so pretty..XD

Handmade Chocolates! Resist the urge to go in to get some..haha

All the shops are very well decorated.. Nice

And I suppose ice cream is something popular here since we are seeing ice cream every few minutes..haha

See what I mean of the nice decorations?

Quaint little town ain't it?

After lunch, we continue to explore the rest of the place and reach the garden.. Don't remember the name but it's not bad looking..

Now, purple and pink flowers are everywhere!

Me!

Nice??? I always love rivers and this river beside the little shops are so.. mine! XD

How can we miss a group photo at this place?

And there's this nice little bridge to cross the river..

（Peng & Fiola)

It's only about 3pm by the time we are ready to leave. Since our tickets are open return, we can return anytime we like. (Luckily, since we can't find anything else to do..XD)

Time to go back

Matlock Bath isn't a place if you are looking for excitement, it is for relaxing.

^_^

18th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:05:00 +0000

Monday 18th July '11

It's the FINAL PRESENTATION finally.

I experienced the mixture of sad and happy emotions. You'll know why. XD

However, when I woke in the morning, I experienced a terrible stomachache and also feel like vomiting.. T_T (I suspect is food poisoning...) I almost want to call and tell my classmate that I'm not coming. I think to myself, if it's not the FINAL FINAL FINAL, I would not drag myself out of my room. I keep my finger cross that I would not faint on the road.

Feeling very weak, I walked to Uni. Reach there, load my presentation on the screen and sit and wait. Feeling still very bad. And I realised the little notes I made last night was forgotten on my desk. T^T

Anyway, the presentation runs smoothly. I gather all my courage and start my presentation. (After all, I know it wouldn't affect my marks.. XD)

Since it's the last presentation, I took photos of everyone presenting.

Isak

Issac

Peng

Elitzza

Jin

Nani

After presenting, all of us is like.. wow.. it's done. It's finished. ^_^

And then, it is photo time. We never took a group photo together so it is the perfect time.

MA Product Futures 2010/2011

With our supervisors Alan and Les

Not to forget some of the great, friendly and helpful technician down in the workshop.

Kerry

Mark

There's still more people to catch for photo session but we'll leave it first. XD

Now, the only thing left is on next Monday 10am when we will meet the External examiner.

Next Wednesday meeting Alan and Les at Orange Tree for a little drink and bid our goodbyes. It's kinda.. emotional moment.. XD

I will make sure I grab lots of photos for memories on that day.

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On another note, Tuesdays night we will be gathered at Peng's house for some pizza and drinks. (Not that I drink.. XD)

Next week, day not decided, it will be at Isak's house for the long awaited BBQ! I'm really looking forward to that. XD

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And now, it is time to think of holidays. I'm looking at places to go in Barcelona.

And then, MEETING SIAWCHENG! OMygawDDDD! And we will both fly.. I mean, sit to Europe! Paris, Italy, Austria and Prague! Wait for me!!!!

Then, back to Nottingham in Sept, I'm thinking of joining a 4 days trip to Scotland by myself. If I still have some money left. XD I always wanted to go Scotland...... Scotland!!!!!

Next, back to Malaysia. Food.. Oh, and my piano... my beloved piano. I miss you sooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!! It has been... more than 6 months...!!! I need you darling!

Then, gathering with all my darling friends... You guys are not forgetting me are you??!!! Spare sometime to meet me!

Next, planning places to go in Singapore mid of Oct. ^_^

Then, cousin wedding in Nov.

Back to UK with dad and mom end of Nov.

Oh, and planning the trip to Taiwan soon. ^_^

Many things to do ya..

What about looking for a job and finding money?

I'm pretending I'm a millionaire for the time being. ^_^

15th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:29:00 +0000

Friday 15th July 2011

It's nearing the end of the week again. Today the Expo is open to the public. Went there around 11am because Xian wanted to see why her prototype aren't working and later on lunch with their classmates.

Went to Post Office before though. Xian reach Bonington 1st.

Before I step into the building, Xian already called me to tell me my poster had fell. Again. This time, I try to use the glue gun to stick it. Again. Before I have the chance to stick the felled poster back up again, the other follow suit. =.=" Both want the same treatment. So, I gave them both a great dosage and put them ~~to bed~~ up to the panel again.

Hope they stay they from now onwards till the end of the Expo and after the External examiner evaluate them.

Meet Ran, a new friend I found during the Open day when I worked as Student Ambassador. She is going to start her MA this Sept and now she's taking the English course. So, she came to the Expo this morning with all her classmates. Bring her around and chat with her a while. She's from Taiwan.

After that, lunch at Orange Tree. Chat a while with Xian and Fiola's classmates and help them take some photos.

Back home. Skype and sort out all my photos. Found out I have almost 500+ photos from the two days. XD

Lot's of photos coming up soon.

Next, I have to prepare the presentation powerpoint, present and done.

No more daily report.. XD

Only photos!

^_^

ps. Suddenly I feel that preparing for the Expo is much more fun than having the Expo. After all, there's nothing much to do during the Expo. It's so free now that I feel... kinda weird. Hmm...

14th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:08:00 +0000

THURSDAY 14TH JULY 2011

MA EXPO 2011 begans!

There's just too many photos to choose to upload and I'm so tired to do that now hence I will leave it till I'm well fed and rested.

For now, I'm going to talk about what happened today.

Today is the private view for industry invites and friends and family. Very exciting at first.

Began the day by choosing which clothes to wear since they mention - SMART as the dress code, which I take it as, 'dress up please'.

Ask opinions from various friends regarding whether to wear WHITE or BLACK dress....... I'm going crazy over these two dresses. Since I'm very free since this morning, I have all the time to choose. ^_^

Finally decided on the black dress since it was highly voted by few of them.

The night before, tried curling my hair with socks, YES, SOCKS. That naughty SC keep laughing at me. :P

Highly influence by that Xian and Fiola.. So I tried it as well. This morning when I take the socks off my hair, it became like a .. spring.. And I can't stop laughing! XDDDDDD

Anyway, from everyone comments, it seems my hair looks not bad.. 1st time tried this and it works. ^_^

Reach Bonington around 1pm+ and start to take lots of photos. Since there's not much people around, taking photos is fun. ^_^

Get our Expo catalogue from the office and browse through them. Not bad. XD

Did some final touch to the display and sit..no, stand back and wait. ^^

It is suppose to start at 4pm but there's not much of them. After an hour though, more people arrive. However, it seems my area are a bit.. lonely.. XDDD

Anyway, towards the end, I got some quite interesting feedbacks from the visitors. And that's all I want. ^_^

Oh, and some of my photos that I took during the Giving the Eye project was shown at a big tv screen as well. I'm a proud photographer. ^_^

It's so tiring to stand around since about 1pm till just now 8pm. And keep smilling at the strangers..make my cheek ache. XD

Fiola says it's like our wedding... where we keep taking photos and smilling at everyone.. XDDDDD

Nani is a little drunk because she keeps drinking the red wine.. LoL.. Xian is a little pening as well..XD

Maybe some photos for now.

Our group photo of the day

My display! ^_^

My photos at the big screen.. ^_^

MA Expo 2011

Jin and me!

H-Box

Me at 8pm

Have to rest.

See you guys soon.

^_^

13th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:34:00 +0000

Wednesday, 13th July '11

Very fast. It's the eve of MA Expo 2011 already. Without realising, it's already nearing the end. The big day of everything we've been doing for the year is getting here.. less than 24 hours by the time I'm writing this.

The opening of MA Expo 2011 is at tomorrow, 14th July 2011 4pm.

Today I did not go back Uni early as I print some photos at home. Last minute, thought of doing a little photo book for my H-Box. Took some studio photos yesterday so just print them out on some photo papers. After doing that, went to Bonington to dump my stuff at my corner and dash to the Print Shop to bind them.

This is the outcome

Also did some little jewellery at home as well. Laser cut them previously and now decided to put them together inside my boxes. ^_^

Some of the little things..

Can wear them after the Expo!

Arrange my stuff on my plinth and start to get confuse as I'm not sure how should I put them.. T_T

1st try

Name cards

Bored!

Oh, and then Xian found Peng's specs that's limited edition. She say it is very nice so all of us try it out.. XD

Weird?

Fiola

Xian

In the evening, Issac finally completed his cupboard-cum-table and it was brought to the studio finally. We all waited for it to arrive..xD

Finally ~

He have almost all the workshop technicians to transport his cupboard to the studio.. (While all of us have to bring them over ourselves.. including the damn heavy plinths... T_T)

With Carl

Carl, Phil, Elitzza, Alan, Me, Nani

Alan n Me

So, back home, I'm wondering what I'm wearing tomorrow evening. It's gonna be a hard decision to make. Why can't we all have some kind of t-shirt like our Sequence, then I wouldn't need to think so much.. XDDD

^_^

Tomorrow is the Big Day.

Can't believe we've actually come so far.

Think about the beginning.

It seems only yesterday when it happened.

Gonna have lots of photos.

See you!

12th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:50:00 +0000

Tuesday 12th July '11

Today is another many-walk-to-walk-day. My leg damn tired. I think I sprained my leg a little yesterday. It hurts today. Walked so slow the whole day.. XD

After settling my stuff with my bank (it's finally done), back to Bonington to continue to set up my display. The poster need to be re-double-side-tape as it fell.. T_T

After that, helped Nani to take some photos of her display as she wants to make some posters. (In the end however, I think she retake those photos with the help of those pro-photographer-from-the-uni-recommended-by-another-lecturer. =.="""

Lunch

Very pink today

Trying to set up my little boxes and found one of their 'leg' has patah. Back to workshop. T_T

My project title

After that, it is lunch time. Mood is quite good so decided to go out for lunch. Delicious. (A little guilty. By the time I'm writing this post, which is dinner time, I'm still thinking whether to cook dinner or not.. fat again... =.="")

Always dunno what is the name of this place.. XD

The bright-coloured-clothed-girls-of-the-day

Smothered Chicken

Classic Burger

The-very-salty-dunno-whazzisname-thingy

Bored?

After lunch, back to workshop to stick back my little legs of the boxes. Then, back to Bonington to get down to the photo studio to take some photos of our beloved models.

There's where we start to fool around.. xD

The studio

Colourful foam compartment

1 big-happy-family

Pink!

I'm outta here!

Me with my little sons and daughters - sextuplets

Fiola and me and the sextuplets H-Box

Me and Isak of Slow Design

Pull Xian to fool around..

Too bright?

After fooling around.. it's time to go up to MA Studio again to continue. Back to Maudslay workshop to transport Xian's plinth to the studio. It's like.. finally.

Then, decided to 'try' setting up my sextuplets on the plinth to see how they look like. (Don't dare to put them all up until the last minute incase of 'accidents'.. haha)

The tryouts..

After that, we called it a day. Tiring.. keep walking to and fro Maudslay - Bonington - Maudslay - Bonington - Maudslay - Bonington............. dunno how many time already today.

Raarwww!!!

11th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:56:00 +0000

Monday, 11th July '11

Today is the beginning of a new week!

Brought back all my books to the library. A relief. Now my room looks bigger.. XD

Today weather is nice. Warm and sunny. See the blue skies and white clouds?

Nice weather

Empty Streets

Nothing much to do today. Left Uni around 11am and go to settle my holidays. Walk in to STA to ask about the hotels and had a headache time trying to decide which to book... XD

Walk back home after that to ask dear SC whether she agree with the hotels or not.

After she agreed, I walked out again to STA to confirm my bookings and pay them.

Received a call earlier this morning regarding my bank account and therefore, once I reach my room, I called them straight away. In the end, they wanted me to go to the nearest branch to verify myself. =.="

Walked out again to the bank at Old Market Square.

Forgot my passport and therefore couldn't do anything. Walk home again.

Altogether, I've walked for 3 times to and fro.... The 3rd time walking home, I nearly sprained my leg. T_T

Back home finally, I settle down and start to print my name cards.

Name cards

Print them and cut them hot off the printer. They are looking pretty smart on my messy table now. xD

That's all for today. Did nothing much except walking here and there.

Oh, and spending money. Booking the hotels are expansive! T_T

See you tomorrow!

8th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:34:00 +0000

Friday 8th July '11

It's Friday already.

There's nothing much to do today. Therefore, back to Uni around 9am+.. It's been sometime since we reach Uni that late.. haha

Back to workshop first to find G for some laser cutting. Not very smooth as the machine did not really recognise some of my words so G very patiently redraw my wordings... Thanks a lot! ^^

Then spray the foam board with spray mount and stick my poster to it. Done!

Then, off to Bonington MA Studio to set up our spaces. Spent the whole morning and afternoon there.

Very messy place..

Bring my posters and models over to set up and see the space, decide how to display my little things. Raining the whole morning. Wet! Have to protect my posters so wrap them up with layers of plastic. XD

Trying to make sure the poster is straight

Sticking them

Putting some glue onto the board to stick to the panel

Finish

Very fast, it's done. Now I can forget something.. haha.. But at the same time, I'm a bit worry about it as, if there's anything wrong, many things to undo...XDDDD

After that, it's time to help my friends.. haha

Helped Jin with her display.

Jin's Display

I put the glue, she glue it on. Very pretty little items.. Love her products. Lucy even say that she wanted to buy the casing from her after the Expo..Wow.. I'm impressed. Haha

After that, it is time for some fools..

Jin, Fiola, Me, Elitzza

My head

Tonight we have steamboat for a little small celebration of handing in our dissertation. Haha.. Very relax as we can sit and chat after eating, something we haven't done for sometime.

Fiola & Xian - Waiting for the soup to boil

Me, Pork Liver & Fiola

The foods!

And tonight, I have new flatmate. It's a guy from our MA. No more private kitchen already..XDDD

Therefore, now instead of listening to English, I'm listening to Chinese. Nice.

7th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:35:00 +0000

Thursday 7th July '11

It's fate.

Everytime I'm rushing for something, things will go wrong. Last Sunday when I'm rushing to finish my animation and etc, my laptop decided to go on strike. Each button I click it takes 10minutes to work it out. I've restarted it almost 6 times.

Yesterday night, when I want to burn the animation files into the CD for submission today, my laptop decided that it doesn't want to help me and went on strike again. This time, he decided not to open the cover for me to insert the CD. I can't even try to burn it! Geram betul!

Therfore, this morning, aroun 8.10am, walk to Uni already, since I am a little worried about the CD.. T_T

Luckily everything seems smooth. Burnt them smoothly.

Then, continue to work on my poster. And very fast, decided to print it.

It's done! All I have to do now is to wait for Jin to bring me her spray mount so I can mount it onto the foam board. Hope it's not hard.

After that, wait for all my classmate and we go submit out dissertation and journals to our supervisor. Done that. Yes!

Then, back to workshop again as usual. Nothing much to do though. Work on producing some minor display such as my prototype progress.. haha.. Instead of arranging my poster in Illustrator, I'm arranging them on a piece of wood.. Hard to decide which look better. In the end, just settle is simply.. afterall, it's not that important.

Have fun doing this though since it is not of anything important.. XD

Then it is about lunch time so I went up to CCT2 to do some drawings for laser cut. Need some wording for the board above. The room is freezing.. Aircondition too much!

Back to the workshop and help Nani and Jin to move their plinth to Bonington. Again... XDDDD

Spent some time at Bonington trying to figure out whether I have enough space or not for my posters..

Then, decided to leave early today to get back to the VH office. These two weeks often left home before the office open and back after they close. No time to check mail and ask questions.. haha.. Besides, today nothing much to do. Rest early.. haha

Walk to much these few days, my leg muscle is hurting me everytime I walk. Hope it's ok soon... >_<"

The workshop is practically empty besides us nowadays since the other technicians went to London. And no other students is there.

Empty Empty

Our world

Therefore, listen to some music.. haha.. But the workshop is too noisy. Can't listen well.

Anyway, today not much interesting happened..

Oh, Fiola's model is finally done. I see her do it from the beginning... Seeing it finish is so gam dung..

Super duper pretty!

Very the detail, very the neat

Very geng! She's really very patient and well plan person.

(I tried to help me at some time but in the end, I'm like making more mistake and giving her more trouble than not helping.. T_T.. so sorry.. )

Now, since the dissertation was submitted. All we have to focus is on the Expo. ^_^

In a week time!

6th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:10:00 +0000

Wednesday, 6th July '11

Today is a weird kind of day.. haha..

As usual, began the day in the workshop. Check my plinth is alright and fix my logo. Then, help Xian with her plinth.

The logo that I finish last night

Last week, our tutor had make the appointment to meet us in the workshop at 10am. However, it's half past 10 and still no sign of him. In the end, we walked to Bonington ourselves and take a look at our allocated spaces for the Expo.

Our plinths are all ready to go!

The MA Studio where we will be exhibiting

My side is at the far end there, next to the lift

Found our space and take a good look around. The digital display we got which will be hang on the panel is a bit.. not pretty.. XD

Anyway, we walked back to the workshop and continue to finish some stuff.

I wanted to add something to my plinth as I realised I have no place to put my A3 journals. Therefore, I began cutting some boards and think of where to stick them. Finally decided to just use a small piece and put it at the end. Forgot to take photo of that. Will show later.

This small piece

And then, weird thing began.

I realised I have nothing to do. But everyone seems to be so busy.

I helped Isak with his plinth.
I helped Elitzza with her plinth.
I helped Xian painting her plinth.

It seem weird to be able to help other people while me myself have nothing to do. It make me wonder if I'm forgetting something... hahahaha..

But it is nice to realise that I am ABLE to help them. I now can answer their questions, when they ask me:

1. How to fix the uneven leg of the plinth? - I know how to use the drill and screw them now. (Thanks to Xian.. XD)

2. How to make a little rack to put my cd and stuff? - I know how to cut the large piece of wood nicely now with the big machine that terrify me previously.

3. How to fill the holes on the plinth made my screwing and drilling? - Use the body filler

It's nice to realise that I've done all that and now I know how to do them. It may not be perfect but now I knew. ^^

In the afternoon, we move Fiola and my plinths to Bonington. It's not near..... And it's not light...

See? This is not an easy task

All the way we go and ppl is staring at us.. XD

Damn heavy that plinth and we need to use ALL our strength to transport them. Each time we can only take 1. Haha..

My space

Finally we are done. The plinth is at the MA Studio and all we have to do now is to print the poster and set up the space. Which will be done in the next few days.

Use up many strength today. Leg is very tired.

Need some rest but tomorrow we need to submit the dissertation and journals. I need to 'clean' them so they are presentable.. hahaha..

And then, to edit the size of the poster as my space suddenly feel small. t_t

Tired... That's all for today.

5th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:30:00 +0000

Tuesday, 5th July '11

This morning when we'r walking back to Uni, Fiola reminded me of some fact. Just about 3 weeks left and she will be going back to HongKong. 3 weeks.. Never realise it is so fast.

The 1st week of July is nearly finish.

Reach Uni early. Very early. 8.30am.

Go straight into the 271 room and start to print our dissertation. I started to print colours 1st as Fiola is printing B&W. (Both have different printer as price vary.) 5p for A4 b&w and 30p for A4 colour.

The printing experience is very terrible.

1. My account have about £20 and I thought it is enough.
2. Never try to count how many pages I have to print, how many b&w and how many colour.
3. I need to print 2 copies of the dissertation.
4. Halfway through, £20 finish.
5. Walk to library to reload my account with £10 as I thought it will be enough.
6. Not even 15mins have pass when I walk again to the library to reload another £10.
7. Continue to print. After 15mins, walk again to the library for another £10.
8. In the end, printing a 300 pages dissertation takes about 2 hours+.

The final outcome

Go to the Print Shop around 3pm to bind them up. Once they are bind, I can forget about them as I can't make anymore changes. So I would stop thinking about it! >_<""

Continue my life in the workshop. The plinth I left yesterday is looking really fine today. And then we realise that after the paint was thoroughly dry, the marks aren't showing up. ^_^

The acrylic rods are here. Holes can be drill. Logo can be make!

The rod is to be attached to the alphabets!

Drill holes on the small plinth

Very carefully trying to fit the logo onto the plinth

Ta-dah!

I was so happy when it's done that I jump and laugh. My classmate who is infront of me working, turn to look at me and laugh at me. He seems to feel so funny at my expression.

Haha.. Well, I'm really excited of these small things. More excited than my final product. Haha... I feel I'm much more relax doing these unimportant things. I guess it's no stress as it is not the main focus point. During the process of finishing my product, I keep on thinking of what other people will think of it, how it doesn't fit together perfectly, how un-high-tech-type of product I'm making and does it really represent what I'm trying to do?

All these questions really stress me up. But finishing the plinth, making the logo, and others, is nothing-to-stress-about-thing therefore I'm really happy and relax at making them. Haha.. Maybe I'm not suited to work as a designer.

I just found some negative points of myself:

1. No planning at all. Everytime something is in-the-process only I realise the mistake I've done, when it's too late to do anything. (which is why I have to laser cut things again and again. G is going to kill me.. XD)

2. Did not have a good sense of aesthetic. Most often, I will realise some problem with my work but I cannot identify them. It's only when people point it out to me that I realised that. Why can't I point it out myself before others?

Anyway, before the going back, Xian's plinth was still not done. K has gone to London for the new designer exhibition and he did not have enough time to work on her plinth. Therefore, he has pass it to G who pass it to P and C. Either one.. don't really remember. But none of them did. C is super duper busy with spraying and dunno-what-else and P is busy with I-really-dunno-what-he-is-doing-thing.

Therefore, we decided to build the plinth ourselves. C had already cut the wood required and the only thing to do is to assembly them. Me, Fiola and Xian decided to do it ourselves. And it turned out to be quite fun. Afterall, it's not really hard work with 3 of us doing at the same time.. XD

I'm always amazed with K as he alone did ALL the plinths... While 3 of us kelam-kabut with just 1 plinth.. XDDDD

See me with the drill again! ^^

Screwing them in

Tomorrow we will have to be at Bonington to take a look at our Expo space. And I hope, to answer some of our queries.

Tonight, I will continue to work on the posters and hope it will be ready for printing tomorrow. Will try to burn the animation into the cd tonight, or maybe tomorrow.

Today is another tired day. Walk too much. About 4 times, from Maudslay to library..to and fro... So clever.

>_<""

4th July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:04:00 +0000

Monday 4th July '11

So fast it's the 4th day into July already. When you are rushing for things, time seems to rocket pass you.

The weekend has not been productive. My laptop decided to go berserk on me during Sunday. No willing to do anything. It's always the same. No matter where am I, what am I doing, everytime it's submission period, laptop will try to fail me.

This week should be a busy one.

Today is a tiring day. Most tiring of all the days spent at workshop.

Started by printing out a full colour A4 size on a photo paper. Bring it down to the workshop to laser cut them. Never know that the laser cut can cut paper as thin as this.. haha..

After cutting..

The will-be-logo

The logo is another problem I've created for myself. Remember last few post I show the acrylic alphabets that I laser cut out? Now the problem is how to stand them on the plinth. Talk to A today and ordered a 3mm acrylic rod. Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow. Then I will drill holes on both the acrylic and plinth and it will be done.

Thought I would print my dissertation during lunch hour but someone is printing things. Therefore, I couldn't put my papers inside the printer. Decided to reach very early tomorrow morning to print, before anyone is there to use the printer.. Haha

Back to the workshop and started to work on finishing the plinth.

The plinth as many screw holes so use the filler to fill them 1st. Wait for them to dry and then sand them smoothly so that when it is painted, no holes will be seen.

See?

I'm working hard!

Then, drag it to one side and start to paint it. I was looking forward to painting it as it has been so long since I've play with paint.. XDD

I regret it after 10minutes..

It's fun to play at 1st

Happy...

It's getting so tiring. Painting is hard work.. XD
My hand ached, my leg ached. XD

Furthermore, I realised I've created another trouble for myself. Designing the plinth in this way means I have a lot of corners that I can't paint with the roller. Damn it! So hard to get those small spaces painted evenly. Need to use small brush for those places. I'm not good with it. It looks ugly... T_T

Need to paint again tomorrow

So, things to do tomorrow.

1. Reach 8.30am at Uni and print the dissertation.
2. Print poster if ready.
3. Go Bonington and buy CD to burn the animation.
4. Back to workshop to continue painting the plinth.
5. Check out the acrylic rod and drills holes.
6. Go to the Print Shop and get my dissertation bind.

Now, I need to work on my poster. Hope it will be done smoothly.

Did some renderings at the computer lab while I'm at workshop today. Used 4 computers to render at the same time. Haha.. Very efficient!

Here's a sample of what I've been doing.

^_^

1st July 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Cassie the Missy) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:55:00 +0000

Friday 1st July '11

It is a brand new month. Brand new start.

Left 2 weeks till the expo.

So soon.

It's all clean now

Although it is not as shiny as it originally is, but it will do. At least they are now clean and bright. ^^

Polish them hard this morning and that's all I've done today.

Polish my little boxes

My work area today

Nothing much to do in the workshop so went up to the computer to do some rendering for my poster.

Check my email and notice that all our expenses for the MA Expo will be borne by NTU. Printing expenses, decor and etc. All.

Make me think of my degree show in KBU where I have to pay for everything.. haha.. So happy.

Now, the schedule is very very tight.

4th July '11 - Monday

9am- Go to the Print Shop to give them my dissertation cover so that they can start making it. Get to CCT2 to put the computer on to render
9.30am - Go to the workshop to paint the plinth.
12.30pm - Lunch time and since I will not be having lunch, will go to 271 to print my dissertation.
1.30pm - Go to the Print Shop and pass them the printed dissertation to bind.
1.45pm - Back to the workshop to see M for some metal rod thingy for my logo.

6th July '11 - Wednesday

9am - Get down to the workshop and wait for our supervisor
10am - Meet A and go to Bonington to 'mark-our-territory' as A said.

7th July '11 - Thursday

9am - Get ready all stuff such as dissertation, journals and sketch book to hand in to A.

And I guess, get ready stuff for the Expo.

Therefore, this weekend, I will have to :

1. Clean up the dissertation so that it is ready to print on Monday
2. Design the poster so that I can print next week
3. Finish up the animation so that I can give it to the Expo technician on Wednesday
4. Check on my models so that they are alright for Expo
5. Design the way my logo is going to sit on the plinth
6. Get ready the journals so that it is ready for submission on Thursday

And the other stuff that I will have to do :

1. Check the Eurostar ticket and buy it this weekend
2. Decide on our transportation for the Euro-tour

It is getting to the end but all the stuff doesn't seem to be completed yet. Why is every ending seem the same? All that's different now is that I get to sleep at night. While during my final year, I don't get to sleep at all. But, I don't seem to work so hard in the day like now. Since I realised that I will be working more if I'm in Uni rather than in my room. At least, with people around me, I know I have to work. Being alone doesn't give me any pressure but with my friends, it does. Especially when everyone is working hard and nearly finish their stuff. Told myself to bear with this 2 weeks. As long as it is after th 7th July, things will be better. At least, then, the only thing to concentrate will be the Expo.

Another thing. The Expo is opening on the 14th July '11 for private view and for friends and family. We all got 8 invitation card to give out and I'm kind of sad since I would not have any use for them.

Anyone wanna have this?

PS. Today is the latest time to leave Uni - 7.30pm - but I have not done much things today.

This weekend is going to be a busy one.

Wish me luck.