So 3 days has past since I submit, and I am done with oral presentation today. I wanted to come home and give everyone a huuuuuuge virtual kiss of cos BUT I am recoding the whole site now cos I am damn sick of this layout. AND being the I don’t know what you call it, the thing that I am, I can’t blog unless everything is perfectly perfect.

I have this simple layout in my head and could have gotten it up in a day but but, I found a CSS site, all about coding and everything and I went mad reading every article about perfecting CSS. And I realise I still got tons to learn..and being the thing I am, I hate being a half-learnt person. So for the past few days, all I did was the study codes done by people and hopefully get enlightened. I won’t be pefecting my CSS skills in any nearing years so chill, the new layout will pop up soon. Ok for those lost, CSS is a form of web coding.

Basically, yes it’s finally over, I never feel so free in a long, long time yet, I haven’t been mad going out or partying as much as I thought I would. Maybe the project process kinda though me to stay at home and slow things down. I like it though, that everything has its own pace..get it? I used to hate hatee going home before like 2 or 3am and would stay out late but I have been taking public transport home so that is money saving.

The school boys and I had a humble celebration after FYP was done. We went town and watched the most horrible movie we ever watched called “The Deaths of Ian Stone”. It’s soooooo bad, it’s cheesy, it’s stupid, it’s lame and got no plot so please don’t waste $7. Then it was dinner and some beer at Indocine.

The day after submission, I headed to the beach straight away. I really need a tan, I am a walking north pole. And don’t remind me that I was never tanned.

It’s 29th Feb now, woohoo! It’s my sister’s birthday! Ok that’s all goodbye.

Almost there, in less than 24 hours, this shitss is going to be over.
FOR REAL.
I waited 4 months for this day.

I didn’t feel the last few days going by.
rushing the spreads,
not talking to people,
running to and fro printing…

But what I can remember is a hole in my pocket, spent more than $200 on printing.
I would be happy with the money spent if the prints are nice but obviously no.

My hand is patchy-glossy.
See yesterday I was binding my book,
the instructions says to use gloves,
I couldn’t be bothered to find gloves so I pretended I have them on.
Throughout the night, I did work with my fingers stuck together, my arms and thighs sticky.
Now, it’s alright, just shiny.
The glue is meant for binding of metal, rocks, clay etc.
Yea, so I don’t see my hand returning to normal soon.

I am off to prepare for tomorrow’s submission.
And I will come home and give everyone a virtual kiss.

I was watching the Hong Kong news with my parents just now and this was reported:

A man working as a security guard in Guangzhou, China had $171 in his bank. He wanted to draw $100 from an ATM machine. He accidentally pressed an extra 0 and to his surprise, the ATM dispensed $1000. He decided to take advantage of the malfunction ATM and drew more than I think $18K. He managed to escape from the police for around a year or two.

In his count case, he said since he realised the bank’s security was not tight, he decided to draw all the money and protect it for the bank.

You see, he make a pretty good theft. He was able to steal from a bank without having to rob it. But, he definitely don’t make a very good lying theft.

See where greed takes you? He could have took the $1000 and be happy. Even if the bank tracks him down, he could find a way to blame the bank like lying he didn’t know he had only $171 or blame the bank for their lousy security system. He might even get that $1000 as compensation but noooo, there’s never enough.

This is where greed takes you people.

He is seriously such a dumb theft. If I was the newscaster I would be laughing at my script.

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I didn’t manage to print my work today because I overslept. My 1 hour nap became 7 hours.

Some of my friends managed to convinced Simple Digital (print shop) to open for us on Sunday though. It’s a sign. SIGN.

A sign I should go do my work now.

I am green.

Ok, I just realised it’s pretty weird to start an entry like that but I am green and not literally.  There is a recycling bag in my room filled with Red Bull cans.

Test printing did not go well today. As what I wrote yesterday, if something screws up, you curse, swear, stone, daze. Well today I cursed, swear, stone and daze at Bras Basah. I did not manage to strike off any thing off my to do list. Ok maybe there is, the one mentally done named “things that should not even happen”.

Now I have to redo all my list (and again, yes I done them already!) and change all my plans again.

I am binding the book myself now. Wish me luck I won’t end up having PVA glue spilled all over my book or have to hand in my work on Monday with my palm on it.

A very, very long few day ahead for me and hopefully sleep as little as possible because time is not on my side.

5 more days till it is done.

Yes really I am almost there. 4 months felt forever but I am almost, almost there, just a step more. Ok fine, two steps for my short legs.

I went to see James today with my three quarters done mockup of my book. After the editing and stuff, he told me my publication would work with saddle-stitch binding (the normal staple in the middle kind). It’s quite unexpected. I guess because consultation after consultation, we only had time to care about the contents that we haven’t discuss about finishings and bindings. Initially, I plan to do perfect binding (similar to storybooks) kind of binding which will take me a couple days more.

So now, with this new binding plan, I have to change everything I had in mind regarding printing. I will of cos not bore my readers (which 80% is Audrey Benedict) with such details. Basically it means I have more time for editing and planning and completing. However, it also means cost and product quality comes into mind.

I always hate this period of every module (for design subjects). The last few days are the ones with tons of thinking about budget and printing materials, preparation of prints, cab trips, $$ and all the running around. It’s not fun, when something screws up like files are corrupted or colours didn’t come out correctly, you stone, you curse, you go into a daze.

At least I do all the above.

I am a list person or at least, I can’t do without (much, too much) prior planning by writing notes to self and making list. I don’t have much brain storage space I suppose. I write the stupidest list like plan when I should go toilet, what to get at 711 and how long I should take to walk to the bus stop.

I amaze myself sometimes, for getting too obsessed with list and details and cause myself much unnecessary trouble. I panic when I can’t strike off something in the list, or at least, I get totally lost and will need to find a bench, plug in my ipod and redo ALL my lists. And in conclusion, probably probably it proves I am such a routine person.

I would really love to find a friend as crazy as me. Then we can share and exchange lists.

Yeah don’t worry, I done my lists for the rest of the week already and till submission.

I am really almost there, I am so excited, if I explode, all the blood, bones and flesh will form a 3D word: excited with three !!!! exclamation marks. I finally felt some weight off my shoulders. Please pray my test printing trip will turn out fine tomorrow and will be able to strike off every item off my list.

And now, back to work, not exciting of cos but at least I feel I am reaching the end of the tunnel. For real.

6 more days till it is done
For real,
like Jack’s Mannequin’s song,
I will get a Holiday From Real.

The initial plan was to finish the spreads by Monday, show James, do final editing and send for printing on Tuesday. Well obviously, that did not happened because it’s now 4.24am on a Tuesday morning and I am still churning out spreads.

I am pushing printing back another day. The report took longer to write than I expected, it took 2 days. Most people had reports at least twice my thickness but I tried my best and that’s done, back to spreads now.

It’s funny to see everyone in school today. Ok, not because it’s funny because you see your course mates but everyone was a walking zombie. Haha, really man, everyone was half dead, because not sleeping for a day or two to rush this report. Or, just general tiredness from a lack of real, good, sound sleep for months.  Everyone generally had no expressions on their faces and didn’t comb their hair.

I finished my report, rushed and cab down. I didn’t wear any makeup so I just throw on my fake nerdy glasses. I can’t do without makeup, I look like crap so I had to at least wear glasses to cover half my face. EVERYONE said I looked pale and. I guess it’s because I am so fair now (haven’t been tanning obviously, my only source of light is my monitor screen). I slept quite a few hours the day before and wasn’t even sick.

As I said before, I am addicted to online shopping, especially LJ shopping. I finally got my first item off LJ! :) It’s a ‘The Little Prince’ notebook/planner/diary. It’s sooooooo beautiful! There are so many other notebooks, I would get them if I had the money. My two weaknesses are notebooks and dollhouses/miniature toys. I can skip clothes and shoes but I can’t resist notebooks and dollhouses.

Ok, off to work (biggggg unhappy face).

2 more days to print
7 days till it is done

I am staying very far from Red Bull when FYP is over. I stopped for two days, and I am back on it. Haha, it sounds like I am on some drugs. Well, Red Bull does work for me till certain extent. But after a few days of it, you feel like shiiiiiit. But I really need to be like a bull till Tuesday, when I send my spreads for printing and binding, then I can rest a day or two before preparing for the final submission and visual displaying on the next monday.

Right now, I am rushing my report due on Monday. This coming Monday, which you can say tomorrow because it’s technically Sunday now (it’s 1.19am). My report has to be at least 30 pages, I am on my 5th page now. How fun is that? Feel my overwhelming joy? I can’t paraphrase the research text obviously, therefore Thesaurus.com is my best friend now. I was really dreading the report but it’s ok now, cos I found a website that contains ALL the research I need, and of cos not forgetting the trusty Wikipedia. I wiki stuff everyday, serious..I just realised, very single day, so you can very well say I am very knowledgeable.

I booked my tickets for my May holiday. It kinda a big decision for me. Well it took me a long time to decide whether to go or not. Because firstly, I wasn’t sure if I can finish my project. But since I have came this far, and if the design sucks (which kinda is now), I am still going to print and submit. That aside, next come the question whether I would fail it. Cos if I fail it, the retaking period will clash with my holiday I believe. I hate whenever my parents bug me to buy tickets or ask me when do I wanna get them. Till I believe it came a point they saw how frustrated I get when I reply them, they leave me alone to get my own tickets.

But I got it just now because Stef (who is joining me in HK after my parents leave) has gotten her tickets. I can’t possibly leave that poor, skinny and annoying and slow girl in Hong Kong so I guess I don’t have a choice. Even if I have to skip consultations, I have to go.

So yea, it is like “Ok this is it, you can’t NOT do the project now, you paid hundreds of dollars and a responsibility to a friend”.

A big decision because it kinda feels like the end of the roller coaster ride. From screwing up to giving up, to trying again to losing hope and faith to ’shut the fuck up and do this damn thing’.

Thanks Jaq and Per for talking sense to me last Sat, it really knocked sense into me, surprisingly.

3 days to print
9 days till it is done

elephant, elephant says:
chill chai chill..take it easyyyy

handsome boys dont get angry

forward looking says:
YONG KIN THE MOTHER FUCKER

forward looking says:
oh i mean okok yong kin said it im not angry at all im calm. calm and handsome