Communication Technology Class Experience

Ah.. Now I’ve reached to the end of the class, honestly yeah I feel a bit sad that the class has come to the end. In the class, I’ve learned quite a number of things which I didn’t really know about it previously. Things like making a video that synchronizes with the music will create some impact for the audience.

I wonder why I never thought of it before, but after learning those basic techniques, I began to watch music videos with more critical observation. Haha, I don’t know exactly why am I doing this anyway. Throughout the class, there were many ups and downs. Things that made me frustrated, happy and sad. The most frustrating for me and I can remember it vividly was someone whom I worked with did not show up and get the assignment done.

Although no marks were given on this particular assignment, however as a team mate he should’ve be responsible for what he is working for. I know it’s a small matter, I never take it to my heart, I’m just letting out my frustration in this post. But I have to say that I have one great team mate where we worked together as a team. Dennis, I want to take this opporunity to say thank you for being such a cooperative person and willing to get things done on time.

Without you, I don’t think we can complete our assignment on time. I had a great experience with you when we were working together, during filming and newsletter. Also, I would like to say thank you to Iman for being so helpful all the while. Whenever I’m in doubt, she will help me, I know that I was asking too much during the class so I’m very sorry about it. However, I appreciate what you have helped me so much.

Finally, but not least, I would like to thank Mr.Avila, although he has been strict during the class. I mean last few weeks ago when we first started our CCP he was kinda scary to everyone of us. No one likes it, but I know that actually what he wanted is to get our things done so that we are able to submit it on time. Probably he even knows that a lot of us have not much time after the class.

Anyway, after this post, I won’t be writing it anymore because blogging is not my type. I don’t fancy thinking what to write everyday. I feel a bit sad now because I won’t be continue writing this blog anymore.. So, let’s just take this blog as the end of my Communication Technology Class.. Good bye to everyone =)

Anti-Virus

Many people have been looking for the best anti-virus software in the world. But I have to say that nothing in this world is perfect. Well, yes we do have best software, but bear in mind it is not a perfect product. It doesn’t mean that it can detect ALL viruses.

One question though, do we actually need a anti-virus software for our computer? For some experts, they claim that they don’t need anti-virus to protect their computer. Is it a necessity to have anti-virus? I’m not so sure whether it’s a necessity or for a peace of mind.

There are few great freeware anti-virus, AVG by Grisoft, Avast! by Alwil Software (Personally used myself), AntiVir by Avira and etc.. These 3 are the most common freeware on the net, there are also free virus scanner for users like TrendMicro, Kaspersky and etc.

I would say that, the best prevention from getting infected by virus is your brain. Why I said so? Very simple, to get infected by virus, what you can do is by clicking blindly in the junk mail, or simply download a warez on the net and that way you will have a very high risk of getting infected.

Course Marks

*Sighs*

Haha, lots of sighs in my post, I do sigh a lot in my life too. It becomes normal for me, maybe because I think too much? And probably that’s one of the reason why I have white hairs! LOL

Course mark eh.. Well, actually today I got to know my average for my families and a bit dissapointed that I couldn’t achieve what I aimed for. When I first got to know the marks, I had mix feelings like a bit happy and unhappy. I was happy because I knew I could get pretty good final grades and unhappy because I couldn’t touch 90 border.

I really want get into Monash because there are more choices compared to Lancaster or Victoria University. – When I told somebody that I’m going to take a 6-month break, most of them will say I will waste my time in these 6 months.

Well, yeah 6-month of break might seemed to be very long period, but I have my firm decision to have 6-month break. – I chose to break so long is because I want to make a very careful consideration of which course I’m going to be in. I don’t want to make rush decisions that will make me regret and waste the money and my time.

I find it much better when I know myself that I chose the right course and path and work towards for my future than making rush decisions for now. So, is 6-month break long time? Think again.

Natural Disaster

It’s quite sad to see that the disaster strikes one after another, as we all can see, China experienced 7.8 magnitude of Richter scale and we had this Myanmar cyclone as well. *Sighs* I feel that I’m so lucky to live in Malaysia because there are no such disasters happen in here. The worse come to worse is flood around the area.

But it’s a bit stupid that the military government refused to accept any help from any of the country. I mean they are heartless to refused aids from any organizations and they would rather see their people die just like that without giving them a proper treatment.

When the people there are rich, there are filthy rich, the poor ones are extremely poor. So they are pretty much helpless for the poors because they don’t have money to buy clothes and stuff. – Look at China, earth quakes just happened, and they accept the aids from around the world and see how much lives they are able to saved.

 

Communication Technology Grade

Ok.. I’m quite happy with where I am now, I got quite high marks for this particular subject. So for now I can give a sigh relief that I have the possibility for a high 80′s. – But as long as the exams are not over, I’m still quite worried that I’m not able to score at least low 90′s for the 3 subjects.

As I said always, I’m not quite confident that I will get all 90′s in all 3 subjects. The reason why I must get so high, is because my parents are hoping me to get into Monash University. I’m also hoping that I would be able to get in too, but I’m not really optimistic with my current result and my stand.

Is 90′s mark a bit unrealistic for me to achieve? I know it’s possible to achieve but what about my ability to achieve it? – I always doubt myself, I not sure why.. But nonetheless, in these few days before the final comes I will study smart, not hard though haha =D

CCP Progression

Finally I got it finished! But this is not the end, I got to make final checks to see if everything’s going right. Then after the final checks, my product will be ready to be “published”. Hahaha, that’s the end of comtech project, but we are getting closer and closer to the end of the class which only left with 3 classes. When come to think of it, it’s actually quite fast though, 3 days left of class and the next week will be the final exams.

Anyway, throughout the process of the CCP, overall I think I did ok and hopefully it’s attractive enough.. But whatever the results are going to be in my CCP, I’ll accept it. Let’s just say that I got bad marks for this particular project, I will tell myself, it doesn’t matter because at the end of the day the most important thing I have is the knowledge.

Without knowledge, we won’t be able to go far. Marks are just marks, only temporary, but for knowledge it sits in your brain forever. So which is more valuable? Definitely the knowledge. Nonetheless, at this moment every mark counts in my acedemic.

Windows XP SP3

Although it has been out for quite some time, I’m still quite hesitant to update my OS to SP3. There are reports saying that there’s some errors going on in this SP3. The the reason I’m hesitant about it, is mainly because of this, it affects only to AMD platform system. There’s a hotfix available from Microsoft Update for this error.

SP2 is quite stable for now, so it’s worth waiting anyway. Windowsxlive.net reported that after installing the SP3 on AMD system, the user will experience endless cycle of successive reboot. Thus causing user unable to use their computer.

If I were to upgrade to SP3, and experiencing this problem, I think I will go crazy and wonder why I can’t boot up my computer successfully. I’m not an expert when it comes to computer, so I always think it’s best for me to wait for a software to “matured” then I will upgrade it.

Anyway, one thing for sure that Windows XP will extinct for the next couple of years or so. It’s just the matter of time..

CCP Progression 2

The due date is getting closer and closer, but I have nothing to worry about as I’m confident that I’m close to finishing my CCP, except for my exams which I really want to score as high as possible. At the starting of this semester, I was aiming for 90 and above for each subject. However,until one of my lecturer consulted me saying that it’s a bit unrealistic for me to achieve such grade, yeah I actually realised from the beginning that based on my current academic learning attitude, where I will go a bit shy and have no self-confidence, deep down inside I really know that what I aim for was a bit too high. I really know that, on the surface I may seemed like do not know my ability.

Anyway, I am pushing myself from the beginning of this semester by trying to speak out more, don’t be shy and try to do the best I can. Whether at the end of the day I will get good grades or not, I don’t know.. So for this CCP, although my creativity is limited, I know my designs are dull and nothing attractive in it, I know myself that I tried to look for some ideas on certain websites and try to create it if I can.

I’m not copying the ideas, it’s just that I’m looking for ideas so that my designs will look more appealing. Sometimes I envy for those people whom can create such nice designs and has a creative brain. But am I pushing myself to the limit? Frankly speaking, I’m not sure.

Music Video

It’s not easy to make one 3-minute music video. – It requires quite a number of planning that includes scenes, camera angle, lightning, actors and etc. A lot of us watch our favourite artist’s MTVs, but how many many of us actually know how much time it took to deliver a good MTV? The video itself is actually well-planned, but the biggest weakness of this video is the editing. Yeah yeah, blame on me… Anyway, all I know is that I tried my best to create a good video. But somehow my creativity limits me… geez…… Nonetheless, enjoy the video!

 

My day

Today is quite an ok day for me because most of the things are running quite smoothly. Anyway I’m having a headache now, argh I need to get some rest. – I’m just wondering, are the people who are really good in writing are those people who reads a book very often?

There are many things that I wondered how they can do this and that, yes I do know that I could do it as well but a lot of things I have to rely on myself. Hey that’s called independance right? Sometimes I just wish someone could guide me ; when I have trouble in starting something or want to find out somethings that I wanted to know.

I have seen some impressive people they can manage to do things that they wanted all the while all by themselves. Why? Is it because they have the determination or they have a close friends or family to encourage them?

Many people say that you should ask questions when you’re in doubt, but sometimes I just feel that my questions are a bit dumb. Some even say that you should speak your mind out loud to gain confidence or something like that. When I do that, some people would seem not to be interested in what I’m saying.

Well, I guess I don’t have to bother what they think right? Yeah, my opinions or questions might be dumb but somehow I’m not like other people who can really think of a very deep thought question. So I think everyone’s life, encouragement is extremely important whenever there’s someone feeling down.

Life goes on…..