Acknowledgement

"This project has been a work of many. As throughout the completion of this project, assistance and encouragement from others have been the main keys in delivering this project successfully. Thus, I would like to take the chance to convey my gratitute for people who have been so much help for the last ten months. Although, it is impossible to list each person, but I feel certain people must be credited beacuse of the magnitude of their contribution"

That's how acknowledgement of my final year project starts. Will be a bit of modification here. =D

I have finally finished my Final Year Project. To be exact:
Day/Date: Sunday, August 31th, 2008
Time: 17.28 P.M.

Can I just start with a "piuhhhh"? Haha... Free is how I feel. (Another 2 assignments are just nothing now, shall conquer them all in no time). After long long ten months facing only my final year project again again n again, I am damn bored. Aikh!!! Now, I am Free!!! Kya!!!! What should I do to express it? Haha

Best part of this project is the learning process. Academically, Most of the subjects I'd learnt in my second year and third year are implemented in this project. And I learn new things in using the basic features of Macromedia Flash, Visual Web Developer and Adobe Photoshop. (The last one is the one I hate the most, will uninstall the s/w once I pass my presentation) And please don't laugh, I need not to explain myself how bad am I dealing with things that require 'patience'.

Muach Muach Muach... It's how if I get happy. Akh!!!

Get to the main point to thank all people who have been best supporters ever.

Mom and Dad... They are still in the very first row. I need not to explain why, but they really have been real supporters. Both, Morally and Financially. Wakakkakakka... Love you!

Friends... Friends who had helped this 'limited-computer-literate' girl in finishing up her prototypes. Thanks to Jensen to keep his word and really a good business deal I had with him. Haha... n Dyana who helped guiding me in the website and my movie clip making proces. Of course I didn't leave this one out of list, Chia wei, for the Wimax =P, very useful for my research. Then, to my classmates, Shan Shang and Ee Cher, thanks for sharing. Great 20 months with you two. Then, my best friends, Wenny, In In and Novi who are not around but have never forgotten to give their moral support from wherever they are. and others around me that had been so understanding to bear my 'seriousness' while I was doing my work, especially Angel. No Talking please. Haha... and sorry for those who I'd scolded (Thomas, Wiri and Danny), no bad feeling please... Just hormonal changes due to stressness. Haha

Lecturers... Ex-Supervisor who basically triggered the 'poping-up' of the idea of my project and current supervisor who had patiently bear with this new supervisee of her for the last 4 months.

Others... Another two friends somewhere else. Said who had been so considerate when I was doing my work and had helped a bit here and there in my research (in both cool and cruel ways) and Nasa, who had given me some ideas by stressing me up with tones of questions in the very early phase (consult with him had been more stressing then meeting supervisor) and thanks for the moral support in motivating me and help me set down a goal.


How lucky I am. Arigatou Gozaimasu~

Imagine world with "No Smiling Area"

Some people just do not know the simplest way to enjoy life. Smile and Laugh. What is the good keeping the "bitter look" in your face? Does it make you look Cool? Cold (to scare out unwanted people from you)? Professional? Aikh... I really cannot see any benefits in it.

Last Monday, I was in library. I took out two books from the shelf, wanted to borrow it. As we were rushing (needed to go to post office to pay our bills), I went to the counter and pass my ID to the Library Assistant, left it and asked Angel to collect it. Then, I went to the table where we sat, to saved all my documents in my thumbdrive. Here we go...

Angel came back to the table with one book. Then, I took the book and collected another book by myself. Guess what?! As I walked out, the scanner "tut tut tut". It happens sometimes, mmm or I might say quite often. Then, Angel looked at the books in my hand, said: "That book is red tag, so they haven't keyed in to the system."

If it happened to you, how would you react? Is this that serious?

As usual, I go back to the counter to return the book, Smiling (you will know what I should bold that little sweet word), then the who-so-called "Mother of Apiit Library", walked out from her room, and wanted to know what had just happened. So, I explained to her, still Smiling.

Mother: Do you know how serious is this? Why are you smilling just now?
Me: *Speechless and still smiling, I just knew 'Smiling' is forbidden there*

I'm so wanted to ask her how she want me to react? Put my serious look? Cry? Or...? But neef to control myself, few more days to go. 忍

For heaven sake, If it is that serious, still I need not to cry or be too serious, as it will solve the problem. Hardly see her smile. She is a good obachan, but lack that warm look in her face. Too bad~

Laugh for a bit won't kill. Like attracts Like. The more you complain about bad things, there they all come even more, and it works another way around. It's always your call...

Review: Red Cliff

Movie Title: Red Cliff
Written by: John Woo, Chen Han, Sheng Heyu
Directed by: John Woo
Produced by: Terence Chang, Han Sanping, Lion Rock Entertainment, China Film Group
Starring: Tony Leung Chiu, Takeshi Kaneshiro, ...

Overview
This is a chinese epic movie based on the Battle of Red Cliffs and events during the end of Han dinasty. The story starts with Prime Minister Cao Cao that request for the Emperor's permission to launch a campaign against the warlord Liu Bei and Sun Quan in Southern China. Here the battle begins.

To get the full story, please Watch it!!! or at least read the plot from Wikipedia.

Opinion
This is a very very very fantastic movie. I love it so much. I was having goosebump from starting to the end of the show. In this movie every individual is so great, this is how Heroes are, I suppose. How the subordinate being so loyal to their leader (Zhao zhilong who rescue Liu Bei's family bravely), how the leader trust, care and protect their subordinates in their own way (Zhou Yu who take an arrow for Zhao zilong in battle field, Liu Bei who was weaving straw sandals for its troops for his own reasons), how coolheaded some of them even in crisis (Zhuge Liang who has been legend in the history for all his brilliant strategies and Guan Yu who has always been so strong yet wise enough to understand the importance of knowledge).

They remind me of nothing about the leader in 21st century? Should great leader and heroes appear only in that kind of situation?

All leaders, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Zhao zilong, Zhou Yu, all have their own characteristics that make them respectful in their own way, but My favorites are Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang.

Among the three brothers (Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei), Guan Yu has been the coolest I think. He is as strong as Zhange fei, and He is as wise as Liu Bei. Where to find this combination. In the movie, there is a scene, where he teaches children to read. A child asks him "We have no food, what good is reading book?", and he calmly answers "when you grow up, you will find out that reading now will give you food later." Love this scene.

While Zhu geliang, despite the good looking of Takeshi Kaneshiro in this movie, he is really a man with wisdom, that looks through things that are unseen and handle them well. Above all, he is so down to earth with all he has in his head.

Akh!!! Love them all!!! It's a MUST Watch movie of the year! Waiting for the part two to come in January 2009.

Friendship

Friendship is all about being supportive, sharing good and bad. It really is complicated thing when you need to bring up this topic and discuss about it.

Is a good friend is the one who keep quite when we do wrong?

Answer is definitely 'NO'

But for them to be too honest just to show they care about us, is it the right thing to do?

Answer is definitely 'NO'

It is not easy, because 'Friendship' involves more than one individual which varies in personality in many many ways. And when come to human interaction (note this is not HCI - Human Computer Interaction), this is HHI (Human Human Interaction) that I am talking about, Understanding is the most important thing.

I'm not expert in this, but I do go through this thing before. Long long time before.

My best friend and I have been friend for long long time. But we do face conflicts, a lot of them. But we always get over it. Now, we can talk and laugh about it. And really no more bad feeling about it.

One day, on my 19th Birthday, My best friend wrote me a card, here is her saying:

Almost 4 years, both of us walk together in path of friendship.
Sometimes... we met many pebbles in our path and almost all the pebbles hurt you, but you didn't leave me alone.
You step aside the pebbles, even... willing to build fence with me.

Now, in your 19th birthday...
Maybe both of us had choose the different way but, I don't thingk I let you behind...
I just choose to walk behind you, so...
I can catch you when you fall...

I luv you... Friend.
Thank's for everything.

Happy B'bday

GBU Always

Cup... with love

Wenny

I'm grateful we had a fight, I am grateful I'm grant the knowledge to accept it as part of Friendship, and I am extremely grateful that it's not only me that have that knowledge, but she does, my friend does.

I hope... Everyone does!

P.S. Before 10th Septemeber, I hope everyone has built a bridge and get over it. =D

Learn Languages!

I've subscribed to Language Quest Newsletters for quite sometimes. Every month they have been sending several useful information and tips. This month, one of the topic is "Most Common Language in Each State".

Although, the information seems to be provided for those in USA, but I still think it's quite relevant. USA has been 'trend-setter' for almost all things in Asia, why don't this apply for language?

LQ provides a link that shows complete list of language used in each state. Check it out in Most Common Languages by State. You'll find that French, German, Japanese and Chinese are few common languages used.

Doesn't this make life easy? Help us to decide what language course we should take, given a complicated mix of goals for learning it, study and work purposes or even learn it for fun.

- "I LOVE to LEARN" -

Sophaholic

I'm kinda realizing outing without a bag of stuffs home in my hands, just feel not right, at all. Oh yeah, I'm a sophaholic now.

This month is so so supportive. With all discount and sale offered, the shops become more attractive now. Blue, Red, Orange highlight in the price tags are even more encouraging me to empty every cent I have in my wallet. Crying for help!

This last two weekends are the peak. With a lot of shopping bags and drain wallet home. Felt kinda 'broke' but 'Good'. With all reasons I have in mind, Shopping and being broke are just so acceptable.

I guess the only cure for Sohapholic buddies in this world is "Lock your door, Throw away your house key, and Stay there", if you can. If can't, NO Cure for this.