UPDATES (finally)

The long awaited update by me... in the midst of my pile of markings... *excuses excuses excuses

Anyway, i'll let the pics do the talking :)

Our prata outing, sans Alvin who was still in Brisbane then. Owe you one, Al.

Well, not too long ago, our students were involved in a photoshoot for Adobe, even 2 of our lecturers were involved, only my backview was involved :(

Worldskills 2008

This is a grand-scale competition every two years that we push our students to participate. After months and months of training, 3 of them - Daniel, Kaye and Amalina went to the Singapore Finals.

Then... we received news one morning that Amalina is the winner!!! Yay, representing Singapore in the Web Design category. Director says WorldSkills is equivalent to the Olympics...

So she will jet off to Calgary, Canada next year to compete amongst the other countries' champions.

A yummy dinner treat by the director to thank the trainers and the students for their effort, Andrew, Sankara, Rick and i also had a little part to play... tee-hee.

Ok, then moving on to TP Rawkz. It was a great success; from the feedback of the sec-school leavers, IIT school was the best, in terms of our enthusiasm, spirit and projects (of course!)

IIT Rawkz man...

Here are some projects we showcased for our diploma IMI. We tried to push the boundaries of interactivity... we don't even have to use the mouse anymore... we can use our hand and body gestures to interact.

Here is JC, our SIG president, quizzing the rawkers about IMI and giving out prizes after they played our very own F1-racing game created by our students.

After TP Rawkz, we held an immersion course for interested students so that they would understand more about our course, learn to create animation in Flash and stand a chance to win an iPod Touch... Woohoo...

The workshop was conducted by the students. They are just too great :)

Animation + Immersion = Animmersion

Our sports day - IMIND Day

Another student-run event where all Yr 1, 2, 3 single each other out...

The class spirit ... either lend your voice or strength, everyone plays a part to help their class stand up to their (friendly) opponent.

After weeks of block teaching, it was presentation time...

hooray for them but I now got to do the markings...

Always a time for work, and a time for play...

C171 bbq-chalet

The blogger team met up once again for food and laughter, and just soak in the year-end mood of things... with Alvin but sans Daryl this time...

Hey folks... thanks for all the effort man! See you next year :)

IMI ooi...

IMI Facebook Group

I know its my virgin post. It's me, the freshie with the most, Zul, giving you guys a quick update!

If you are on Facebook, be sure to add IMI! :D

(as you can tell, the holidays have an effect on me and I'm bored thus a Facebook Group!)

Tell your classmates about the new group!

Oh, and on behalf of the SIG team, I would like to thank those who have participated in the IMI Day we had recently. Congrats to the winning classes!

Back

Hey Mates,

It's me clearing the dust accumulated for the next person posting. Anyway, I'm back from my Australia internship at University of Queensland. Apart from my assignment there, I had lotsa fun and made new friends internationally. It was a wonderful experience and I do hope you guys grab the opportunity to go for OSIP. Its gonna be a memory you will never forget.

Rainbow Beach @ Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Currently, some of you may know two of my coursemates, Shellen and Wanqi, are also doing their internship at University of Queensland. They will be back Febuary next year, and from what I see/know, they are having fun too!

WhiteWater World @ Gold Coast, Queensland

Shellen and Wanqi

Hey Mates,

Been quite sometime since I posted an entry. Anyway, this will be a short one too until maybe next week or so where we go for our outing this weekend. I'll be back in about 10 days time and the Vietnam gang will be back next Friday. Hopefully, will be able to catch up with my MP which is already in Week 2 now... kinda vexing that both major subject crashed at the same time for me.

Another 2 of my coursemate, Shellen and Wanqi came over on Monday for their OSIP. They were lucky that their Australian visas were not delayed like mine and got to come here early. They will be here at University of Queenland till Feb 20th 2009, spending 4 major holidays in Australia. They are supervised under a different Professor and doing on different projects involving PHP, Adobe Flex, and Adobe AIR.

Lokman (ITO), Me, Wanqi, and Shellen
(Photo taken @ UQ Lakes Walk)

Will post another entry soon... I guess.

Hello~
Its now currently a few weeks into school and I hope school hasn't been treating you guys too badly.
Now that I'm in sem 2.2.. I can safely say that blocking teaching is reaaaally uhm, something. Although there are fewer subjects and no exams (hurray!), it kinda feels as though the school is trying to cram everything into that skull of yours. During the tougher days it just feels as though your brain is filled to the brim and everything else just flows past. And that usually comes with the stoned zombified expression you'll have on your face. Not a pretty sight. Hahah. But yeah, it's not easy handling block teaching along with a cca, but still managable as long as you're not hooked onto any online game or WOW or something. (i hear the groans already)
Oh anyway, for those who are interested in 3D, there was this talk by autodesk yesterday which from what I heard, was really good. The newer version of Maya seems like it's gonna be pretty awesome. I know I'm not helping for those who didn't go but.. yeah neither did I. Hahah. Whaaaat...Had plans to go out whaaaat.
But yeah, apparently we missed out. Hahah. Oh wells, next time then. I wonder if the school would even buy maya 2009 for us anyway. But of course there are.. other ways, if you know what I mean. :p
Okay lunch calls.

Helloooouuuuuu people!
ok im blogging this because

1. I'm super bored with absolutely nothing to do.
2. Actually i have my work to do but im too dam lazy to complete it.
3. Blog looks a leeetle dead.
4. Im not sure either.


Ah well. First week of school just went past. Meeting new teachers, new friends, but yet at the same time catching up with the old friends and laughing at/with them.
Doing block teaching now, which basically means cramming 2 sems worth or work into 1 sem, which as you can tell its... not very good.
Its only the first week. Cant bear to think of whats gonnna happen in the near future.

And the boredom has actually crept up to my mind. I cant think of anything to write. oh well.


Research have shown that 9 out of 10 Singaporeans believe that out of ten Singaporeans one will always disagree with the other nine.

Hey peeps!

We're coming to the end of the OSIP attachment. 3 months really did fly by quickly. Anyway, just a quick update on the happenings here. Bernard (our supervisor) took us to Langkawi for a vacation. We were all excited on the crystal clear green sea and white sandy beach. However, the weather was against us and all it did was pour. But anyway, we did have fun battling the waves, and burrying one another in the sand.


A picture of Penang. We were in the ferry leaving Penang, heading towards Langkawi.

so anyway, we battled the waves like i said and headed off to dinner. Oh, we brought 2 underwater cameras so we did take many photos but they're yet to be developed. I'll upload them as soon as possible.

So second day came and we headed off to ride the cable car. BUT weather decided to be against us again and it poured. So the cable car station wasn't functioning. We found a place to ride / feed elephants. Obviously the latter is cheaper so thats what we did.



And after feeding the elephant, we headed off and found rabbits and deers feeding station!






These were just some of the things we did in Langkawi. Need more updates? Visit my blog for more pictures!

So anyway, we got back to Penang and it was MunYee's birthday! We took her to a restaurant called TGIF and celebrated her birthday there. Here's a short video of her birthday celebration compiled with pictures.




And so the week went on and our housemate, Joyce decided to bring home a little kitty. She's been staying with us for almost two weeks and boy has she grown. She's really cute. Here're some photos of her.







Ah wells, that should be the end of the post. Looking forward to going back for good. All in all, I'd say its a good experience these past 3 months and the 6 of us has surely grown in many ways. Next to come, MAJOR PROJECT!

Cheers!

Message

Spotted this on my way out but was not able to catch the whole message as I was rushing for time.

The Australian way of spreading awareness

Rainbow Beach

Hey Mates,

Just came back from the beach and feeling quite burnt now. Over the weekend, my lodge friends (11 people) and I went for a 3 hour drive to the northern part of Queensland where the Sunshine Coast is. The famous Gold Coast is at the Southern part of Queensland. The beach we went is called the Rainbow Beach, abt 240km away from the city. As the motels are full for the weekend near the beach, we somehow managed to book 4 rooms in a small town called Tin Can Bay, 30 minutes drive away from the beach. Coincidentally, the town was having a once a year Seafood Festival but we arrived there late and most of the seafood are good. So in the end, we settled for some Tim Tams for light lunch before heading to the beach. By the time we got to the beach, it was around 4pm plus where the sun was beginning to set. Its my first time hitting the Aussie waves and it was a great feeling. No worries on stepping on sharp objects or swimming with rubbish. The beach and sea was clean and clear blue seawater.

Group photo taken at Tin Can Bay

Now that the weekend is over, back to my work at the University. Since this week the University is having their term break, it will be a good week for me to take out my camera for some shots.

Stay tuned next for Alastair and gang beach outing. Till then, cya mates! 

Life in Penang second entry...

Hey... Have not been visiting to this blog recently... I was busy on getting quite a number of resources and doing some research to prepare myself for Major Project... Yup...

Ok... It has been 2 months in Penang doing our OSIP (Oversea Student Internship Program, did i get it right? :P)... Work load else, we are managing quite well somehow... Of course we do have our ups and downs during this period of time... But we did learn quite a number of things when we helped each others on our individual works sometimes... Sharing is caring... :)

Just wanna show you guys a couple of corporate websites done by Yong Han and Edmund from the Distributed Multimedia option... MilleGlasses (http://www.milleglasses.com) and ERP (http://www.iripcd.com/erp/index.html)... Cool right? You can go to google and search Milleglasses and it is right there! Hehe... This need some kind of 'tricks'...

There are more websites that we have done... But still not upload yet... We also did some Flash Promotional/Presentation CD for some of our company's services and products... Too bad cant show you guys as it is coporate stuff... Yup...

K lahz... Enough of work stuff... Now come to a MORE interesting topic... We learnt to make full use of the local public bus transport and travelled to Queensbay Mall for shopping! Hehehe... The public transport system here is not as good as in Singapore as most of the locals here own at least one to two transport vehicles... So there is no point to have a good public transport system here...

Anyway... here we are... In Queensbay Mall, we did shoppings... Like clothings, toys, accessories, magazines, and other stuff... Some of us also went to Salon for a hair cut, medicure and we had dinner and watch movies together! Movie tickets here is 10RM on Sunday!!! Yoohoo... Muahahahaha... And i got myself a quite rare Super-Deformed Gundam model kit and C-3PO Mighty Muggs for my friend...

I think after staying oversea for awhile, we are able to adapt to the lifestyle quite well... Looking after each other, getting daily necessities, explore the place around and learning to be more independent... We even made our very own 'Music Video'... Hahaha... Yeah... K lahz... Better off to sleep soon... Do stay tune for next week on Alastair's blog entry... Cause we will be going to have a great time next week! Hehehe... Till next time!

The UQ Lakeside walk

Well, just pop by to update abit of my life here in Australia. Went for a walk yesterday and decided to walk along the lakeside behind my office. Been here about 2 weeks already but till now haben really explore the University. So the lake shall be the first area to explore.... Took some photos with my handphone as I did not bring my camera with me.

Anyways, life here has been great so far. Get to meet people internationally and made friends with some of them. At the place where I stayed, I got to know students from Germany, Sweden, Japan, Taiwan, China, Saudi Arabia, Fuji, Australia, and also some from Singapore. It's quite cosy here as we all gathered around to chit chat during meals and also go shopping or sightseeing together. In the office where I was attached to, most of the researchers and pHD students come from China. The working life here is not as hectic as Singapore, most of you should know most shops in Australia closes by 6pm. Same goes for my working hours, 9.30am to 4.30pm.... kinda relax. Even the buses and trains here takes about 30mins - 1hour to arrive during off peak timing.

Well, one thing I don't like about here though is mostly everything is expensive, especially the INTERNET. It's not free and doesn't come unlimited.... lucky my UQ account has free and unlimited access ;).

The bloggers went to a concert

The IMI blogging team with one of the animation group

Last saturday, we went to watch a symphonic concert to support our dear peers for their "screening" of their animation. The groups toiled days and nights just to get it done (*heart pain). The concert was organised by the Singapore Winds Symphony - Youth Winds and it's believed to be the first of its kind (in Singapore), ie to have imageries/ animation playing in the background while the music fills the concert hall.




I think the animation was spectacular, not forgetting the part where the conductor actually used a wii controller to conduct the piece and animation of birds and treble clefs would follow the controller ... ...

Mr Rick Toh accepting a token of appreciation for his effort.

mmm, it's so difficult to describe... you folks have got to be there to see it. Anyways, it was made possible through some scripting and Meng Tong's wii machine :)

Results

Helllllllooooo~

Yes yes. Its the holidays, and the results are out. Whats left now is to enjoy the rest of the holidays before getting back into the second part of your supposed year. But first, lemme say a few words. ( im not very good at this but im gonna try.)

For those who got their expected grades:
A big big congratulations to you guys! hahah! Glad your hard work and prayers every night has paid off. Haha. Can finally enjoy a nice nice holiday without the sub-paper/parents nagging agony.
Woo~

For those who did not get their expected grades:
Erm..

For yr 1 - Don't feel so down. Its only your first year, first part of the semester. Lots more opportunities for you to bring up your GPA. Continue to work hard, and im sure you can bring ur grades up.

For yr 2 - Its halfway through already but there's still time. Dont let this setback erm.. set you back? Still got 2.2 to chiong. Its like what some people say. "Failure's not the worst thing. The worst thing is to give up. " So don't give up. =)

For yr 3 - You have no (insert whatever you want here) exams! Shoo~

Aaand yes maybe you guys have some parents who are demanding but just know that they are just worried about you and want you to do well. Disappointment at first yes but im sure you guys will be able to make them proud in the end =)
Its like what they say; "Everything will be okay in the end. If its not okay, its NOT the end."
Theres this wise man who also said; " If you fail, try again. If you fail again,try somemore. You will get used to the failing eventually and be able to brush it aside, leading to your success. " (im not sure if this works. Still trying it out myself)


This little joke here is to cheer you guys up. Cracks me up whenever i read it. Hope it helps.

Every year, English teachers from across the USA can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of teachers across the country. Here are last year's winners.

3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.

6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM machine.

9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.

10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.

11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30

12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.

13. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.

14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.

15. They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.

16. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.

17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant, and she was the East River.

18. Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.

19. Shots rang out, as shots are won't to do.

20. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.

21. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.

22. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.

23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.

25. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.

~Daryl (the wise man)

A different light

Hey guys, I'm here in Australia finally for my OSIP. Beautiful country, cool weather (Min 11 Max 23), nice people. This is my first time exploring a foreign country without any guides, therefore was kinda nervous at first. Luckily, there wasn't any language barrier expect for the austAfter settling down and exploring nearby malls around my accommodation, headed straight of the University of Queensland. Ok, being 1 hour early saved me from being late after getiing lost in the University (Seriously very huge campus! 3 to 4 times bigger than NUS or NTU). After Spenting half hour getting lost, found the building that I need to report for induction, headed to the cafe open for my lunch (Why cafe? Hmm, cos everywhere are cafes and no canteens, unlike Singapore).

University of Queensland - Central Hall Area

After induction (Got Access Card, Library Card, Room Key, Transport Card, and settle some admin stuffs), spent sometime in my given office space to mingle around with the other 2 students in the room (Lu from China and Mandy from Malaysia). Around 4pm, started to head back to get some stuffs as the shops in Australia closes around 5pm to 6pm (Sunsets early). As my lodge accommodates many international students, it is no surprise that there are some other Singaporean students along with students from Finland, China, Japan, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and some Australians from other states, mingled around as usual around the dinner table while eating.

Alrite, thats DAY 1 in Australia!! Sightseeing on DAY 2 as my supervisor is not around till DAY 3. Was surprised to see this in the city...

Beach in da City!

It's so fun exploring without tour guides. Great scenaries and weather! But oh wells, work starts tomorrow... ;( but but GOLD COAST this weekend, Yeah!

Cya laters mates
Alvin

Yay it's the holidays!
At least for most of us unless you're a senior or a lecturer~
*gloats*
Hehehe.

For the yr2s, our holiday started yesterday except for the unfortunate souls who had to retake subjects. And the Symphony people!
Hope you guys heard of it, some of the years two joined this symphony orchestra thingy where they had to do animations for a song they choose from a list of selection. It's kinda cool.
It's on 6 sept at I forgot where. Requires tix though (dno whether still available)
Hahaha if they're are not available... then just take it I'm informing you guys. :P

As for the freshies (Hah I still have the kick in calling you guys that), well I have no idea when your exams ended but I hope you guys did well. Your very first GPA is coming out~
Hope you guys arent dreading it. Hahaha.
Anyway, have fun in your holidays la. That's the good thing about our poly semestral holidays..NO HOMEWORK. *does a little tribal dance*
Slack all you can, unless you're working. (like meeee.. T.T)
But try not to empty your brain out too much.
Heh. Rem not to grow too fat!

Tatas~

Hi from Vietnam...

Guiwen and Elizabeth sent back a series of pictures from Vietnam where they are doing their Overseas Internship Programme. And of course I have the liberty of choosing which ones to display. Isn't it obvious that I would choose the ones with food? Drool...



IMI Year One

After reading the tags regarding what our course teaches, here's a small collection of the current Year 1's work this semester. If anyone who is interested to know more about IMI, do visit us during TP Rawkz or Open House.

Module: Visual Lit
Sem 1.1

by Zhong Chong Tian (C211)

Module: Website Design

Sem 1.1

That's Kirby (C211) doing his presentation, all dressed up.

Vintage Cars by Mohammad Rafie (C214)

NTUC Fairprice by Alisha Chiang (C211)

Chinatown by Guan Lin (C214)

Parents' Seminar - 16 Aug 2008

Ms Josephine explaining more about the IMI course (T34)

Well, don't worry... IMI staff is not made up of all (pretty) female lecturers, we have handsome lecturers too.

East Spring Sec School visit - a student trying out our INTERACTIVE billboard

ISN'T IMI COOL?

IMI ooi...