Handed In Assignments
Finished watching Tomorrow Never Dies and Dante's Peak on Channel I and 5. Both started at 10pm, so I kept flicking between them. I'd seen both in cinema years ago; rewatching on TV refreshes my memory.
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Assignments Deadline
Printed my P&Q2 Assignment 2 to bind tomorrow, and the CANI assignment 1 report, all ready for submission. Had my entrepreneurship presentation in the afternoon, which went smoothly. Today's IWED practical was a waste of time.
P&Q 2 Almost Done
My P&Q2 assignment 2 is almost done, just the cover and contents pages left, 2,300 words excluding the summary. Didn't do much after school: slept till 9pm, had dinner, then wrapped the last bit of P&Q.
National Day Rally 2002
Every local TV channel carried the National Day Rally 2002 live, delivered by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. With nothing else to do, I watched it, interesting, and it taught me plenty about Singapore. Stayed home.
Worms 2
School for the entrepreneurship assignment 1, then Alvin and gang came over to do the PowerPoint slides, a short presentation, just 14 of them. Played Worms 2 after, five players in one game, so fun, old-school.
CANI Again
Learnt rigging in CANI practical, basically boning your character, not too hard. In DEUI tutorial, my classmate Zhi Fan's presentation had us all in stitches; the way he talks is hilarious. Stayed at school till 5pm.
Slackers Day
Did nothing all day. Meant to do P&Q2, but had no drive. School was boring too; spent both my WWWP and DEUI practicals surfing the internet and playing Literati, four hours total. Even DSAL practical dragged.
CANI Done
My CANI assignment 1 is done: rendered 26 seconds, 650 frames, in 54 minutes, then imported to Premiere and added the music. About 15.6MB, report included. P&Q2 assignment 2 tomorrow, then just IWED left to finish.
Woo This Site For Ripped
This site got ripped off; I discovered it this morning while checking my Extreme Tracking at school with nothing to do. The ripper's whole site, even his current version 3.1, is lifted straight from mine. Cheeky.
CANI Assignment 1 Deadline Extended
CANI assignment 1's deadline got extended to Wednesday, 21 August; the lecturer announced it after many student requests. I've finished the report, 600-plus words with four pictures, and I'll render the animation tomorrow if all goes well.
Site Coding Updated
Some site updates, mostly coding: bumped the blog scripts from pre3 to pre4, added an 'Email This Article' feature, a 'Referers' tracker for where visitors come from, and page navigation to the image gallery's thumbnail view.
7th Week Monday
There's a pasar malam downstairs, so I met a few friends for a wander. This year's had few stalls, perhaps the economy; we covered the whole thing in 20 minutes. We hung out at a playground.
CANI Almost Done
My last driving theory lesson this afternoon with Lester Goh. The instructor's English wasn't great, but his jokes were; I still remember how he said 'penalise' as 'pen-na-lise'. Afterwards, Queensway to buy Converse slippers on sale.
CANI Assignment 1
Spent the whole day home rushing my CANI assignment 1: seven hours, breaks included, for 12 seconds of animation. Then visited my grandfather and auntie in Toa Payoh for dinner: fish soup and fried oyster egg.
Happy Birthday Singapore
Singapore's 37th birthday, independence on 9 August 1965. Happy Birthday, Singapore! Watched Signs, not bad, at least better than Mimic 2, two hours. I'd wanted the 4.45pm show but arrived 3pm to find tickets sold out.
Site Migration Done
If you can read this, the site's migrated to the new host. You may need to re-enter some form fields, since cookies were stored under pixercor.net, not orientek.net. The migration went smoothly; all database tables running.
Duck Noodle
Tanglin Halt for the duck noodle, relocated from Pasir Panjang but still good. My mom's eaten there since she was young, quite a history. Watching Signs tomorrow at Cineleisure Orchard with my poly friends, 4.45pm.
Site Migration
Moving this site to a new host soon. PixerCor is closing down, taking the domain and hosting with it. Please always access via the main link; the new URL's coming. I'm uploading and configuring everything now.
The Touch
Caught The Touch at Lot 1, not bad, with a decent storyline, though the animation sucks. Picked Heart Attack 5 from Music Junction, a three-CD set; I'll rip it soon, after which the discs gather dust.
Assignments
700-plus words into my P&Q2 assignment 2, 800 to go, ten days till deadline. Starting CANI assignment 1 in tomorrow's practical. No more slacking. Lost three rounds of Warcraft 3 and won one; my teammates suck.
6th Week
Sixth week of school. Handed in my DEUI assignment, 16 pages. The computer labs are at capacity, everyone rushing their last-minute work, typical for students; I won't deny I'm one of them. Started my P&Q2 next.
Raining Sunday
Woke at 1.30pm; can't blame me, I slept at 3am after coding image gallery pages, and it was raining, perfect for sleeping. On the way to Sim Lim Square, stopped at Waterloo Street temple to pray.