holidays + assignment ...what a combination

This week we did not have much to do. Fenny was not feeling well. So, Professor Raja Maznah and tutors were handling the session well. They showed us the sample work that has been done by our seniors by using the smart board. It actually gave us an idea on what needed to be done. Later, we were told to discuss in groups on the upcoming assignment using the smart board. It was good that we were given the opportunity to do discussion as our schedule was always hectic and busy. This gave us chance to sit and brainstorm on what needed to be done. As the holiday was around the corner, we all decided to divide our work and complete it during the holidays. After the holidays, we will all sit and edit each others’ work as well as to combine all the parts together. This is also done to avoid errors made and clashing of activities. I personally feel that this way is good and effective as our time tables always would not match due to the different electives taken as well as where we stay. So, the most efficient method was dividing the work and discuss later. Discussion is very crucial as the saying goes ‘Two heads is better than one’. Frankly, this week was much more relaxing than the previous week. Pheww.. So much tension! They are two different contrasting weeks. Isn’t it? Anyway, I was very happy that this week was calm. There are no rough seas to cross. Hahhaha…when I was given my task to do, I told myself again- hey, no procrastination. Let’s see what fate have decided for all of us. I really hope that it would not be like the previous assignment where tension was mounting everywhere. What I can do for now is start working on the assignment and let us all see how things are going on. Oh yes, Happy holidays to all of you. Bye…

Hectic? Tensed? What else???

Lack of sleep and tension. This is how I would describe this week. Yes, to tell you all the truth, this week was very very very hectic for me. Well, I suppose not only for me but for all of us. Why so? Submittion of the video clip plus we have to complete the storyboard which actually needs a lot of attention and effort to complete it. Through out this week, the word ‘busy’ was in my dictionary. Initially, I did not expect that the video clip will lead to all these things. This is so as I have already completed the video clip weeks before. However, luck was not on my side. My laptop was having some problem with the software ‘movie maker’. Moreover, my group mates and I found a better software that is called the ‘Power director’. Thus, days before submitting the video clip, I had to spend my time doing it all over again in the software. So, I would not name ‘procrastination’ as the fault here. I would rather call it fate. I know that from the very first day I got to know about this assignment I remember telling myself ‘No procrastination’. Yes, but it ain’t my fault anyway. hahaha..as I have said earlier, lets’ all blame it on fate. Completing the video clip was one story but doing the storyboard was another. It needed a lot attention as I have to type each and every thing that made the video clip a success, for instance, the title, the wordings used, the font, colour and etc. So, one can imagine the pile of work that need to be done. Pheww…I was so relieved when I finally manage to complete the assignment. But problems keep coming back to us. First, we were unable to upload the video clip on adec, and then we had compability problems with our video clip. It is like this, after we have combined and burned the video clip, some of the video clips can be played while the other could not. The video clip for three of us can only be played in riva player, my friend’s can be played anywhere, while another one cannot be played anywhere at all. So can you imagine the tension that we were going through at that point?? I think you cannot imagine it because the tension cannot be described in words. Seriously! We tried many things like burning it again and again, burning it in another laptop and even going to the cybercafé. All the sweat and toil went into the drain as our effort was worthless. Can you believe this? One of my group mates even offered to sacrifice her pen drive to be used as an alternative if the CD could not be used. I would say heads off to her. Such sacrifice is beggaring description. Really..what do you expect. Pen drives are assets’ that we students have. It is used often in accomplishing our work. Wow, but whatever it is I really admire her spirit to make ends meet. We were still worried though therefore, we consulted the tutors and told them our problem. We were relieved that they quite understood and told us that we can upload the video clip by that evening itself. It was a relieve to us. On the day itself, we had a lecture on the smart board. We were told that it would continue for 4 weeks and is related to our next assignment. So, all eyes were all set during these three hours. Nevertheless, whatever one says it was a heart throbbing week for us. What a week? Really. But I would not deny that this assignment taught all of us many things like how to download software, how to convert videos, how to edit and split a video, how to make a movie and so on. It is not that I just learned one or two things in this assignment. I would rather say I learned many things here, and when I say MANY I really mean them.