Saturday, 17 November 2007

First day of holiday

Wad should i do for my first day of holiday?????

well, yui said," Vera, this is not the first day of holiday, it started 2 weeks ago"
crap!! i know... but the submission is ydae!

No work means holiday!
Work means no holiday!!

ydae, after STEPPING OUT from school, i shopped! hahahahha... i bought a kookai top and hair accessories.. then i went for a hair cut! woots~~ My new hair syle~~~

know wad~ i fell asleep at the saloon...hahahha..so paisei(embarassed)...nari's sister ( hair-dresser) was laughing at me..OMG!!!! hahaha...wad sud i do then~~ i was soo tired and sleepy~~~ when i reached home around 4pm i immediately slept!!! my bed was calling me~~~~~~~~~~~~~~well, i did some things before that tho'..cleaning!

shopping~~~

WOke up again at 4am! hahaha...saw 14 misscalls and 3 sms and few msn messages! which means, i dun even know that cell group started!!! WOW~~ UNBELIEVABLE....!!! cell group is usually very very noisy~~) so yea..was a surprise myself that i slept 12 hours straight! when i woke up i wasss kinda hungry and felt very hungry around 5.30.. din eat anything ydae..only ice-cream that nari bought in the morning geez...qi xin!!! you mou gao zho!! hahaha... yea, and did some chatting with lotto and john..then they went off to bed~

short of money~~~~~

Oh yea..have you ever heard about sextoy event/party/show/watever??? OMG, it is soo ridiculous? i reckon~~! i never know about anything like dat before!! someone invited me there..geez~~~ i'm still underage~~~ haha... thanks for the invite anw.... if you invited me to disneyland, i'll definitely go~~ hahaha..provided if you give me the entrance and flight tix

need to find a job~~~~

there's this girl called lisa..she's going to take over my room for the next 3 months while i'm away!! which mean, YAY!!!!!! i'll get some extra cash to go to korea!!!! not all of that 3 months rent money tho' daddy take back 50-70% of it~~ sigh~~ perhaps, if i treat him nicer he'll give me more!!! HUAHUAHAHA~~//evil thoughts*// anw, he said that he'll give me some at first!! he started it all tho' not my fault in anyway~~~ which means GOOD~

lose weight~~~

oh yea..few days ago i was kinda surprise that tk message me online ~~ havent talk to him for about 3 months i guess~~ usually he never online~~ was busy doing his internship in sg..i was kinda sad that i din get to reply his message..and I cant reply him back~ he went off..no contacts no nothing~~~ sigh... well...it's not a big deal for me..LOL..haha...hope that he'll do well there =) keep maintaining friendship~~ yep!

to be continued~~~~

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Friday, 16 November 2007

FINALLYY

YAY!!!! HOORAYY!!!! YIPPEEEEE!!!!!!

at lastt! i've end my whole semester!!! hoorayy!!!! after struggling for a long time and locking myself in the school lab..i'm soo sooo soooo soooooo happy that i can finally end that now!!!!!!

and FINALLY, i can go shoppinggggg! yay!!! that's my first thing to do now!!! woots~~~~~~

as usual, i stayed over in school again yesterday as it will the last day(for this sem..sigh).. it's fun! i admit.. i din really do my work tho' ..more of chit chatting..i'm kinda relax that time cause i've finished 98% of my work..so yea...having fun with the others in the lab..there were me, albert, hong, soo yee, masa, harry, ivy, candy, ronald, etc... well yea.. candy made this lemon-chocolate cheesecake..it was good..and EVIL!!! oh man~~ then ivy bought this large pizza..whoaaaaaa..planned not to eat'em but yea..i'm vera~~ so yea~~ sigh~~
i bought pad thai too~~~ full~~~ fat fat fat

ow yea..i've finally done my 3d!! yay! of course cant be compared with RIchard Orsellam's work tho'' hahahah..he's too talented and has the experience.. i just do what i can and did my very best!! Proud with what i've done!!! i just uploaded it again in youtube tho' hahaha... shameless girl~~

Btw, steve is being very nice to me..hahaha..i just feel that way..maybe he's a nice person afterall.. but somehow i just feel that he appreciates what i've done so far.. hahaha..he supports and encourages me during these whole week tho'.. hope he'll teach us again next year..hehe~~
actually, i kinda feel embarassed when he woke me up in the lab last wednesday... oh gosh!!! i am so so so so so tired that i cant even wake up just by patting my shoulder.. jojo told me that he poked me and patted me a few times, but i just couldnt wake up!!! and finally when i'm able to wake up..i saw him laughing and smiling at me...GOD~~ help me...there are alot of other students around me...they just stared at me laughing when steve went off.. lol...
steve told me," vera, i seriously think you should go home, you are not doing any good for me if you are like this... you had better go home and take a good rest..just dun think of anything, any renderings, or animation, i'll help you sort them out tomorrow. just go home and have a good rest, until the next day" he is soooo kind~~~ i'm abit touched you know..almost cry at that time, i feel like there's stil somebody who cares and knows the effort i've put..

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shoot~~ i forgot what i wanna say~~

anw, i'm goin for a hair cut today..teeheeee..yay~~~~~~

Things to do:
manicure
facial
face mask
shopping
etc etc etc

k, i'll write again when i remember what i wanna write...hehehe

Monday, 12 November 2007

THIS WHOLE MONTH!

Been very very busy doing whole loads of projects that due last friday and this coming friday~~~ So glad that i've finally finished up my 2D animation and my post production projects.. DId my best! Hope i'll get what i deserve to get. First of all, all praises and thanks belong to God! Thank you for the guidance~~~

I've been staying in school for i cant remember how many times it was... Staying up in school till the next day for almost everyday and being in school is just like my cup of tea~

My home is no longer at home but in school!

Staying over in school may be fun at times and most of the time. We get to know other students and make friends with them. We are just like "Nakama" in facing all trials and tribulations that are ahead of us. But well, in our case, final projects and presentations.

Throughout these time, i get to know most of the 3rd years multimedia design student! hahaha...Chris, Ted, Rosa, Reona, Eric, Harry, Lotto, John, Rifandi, Christy. Other streams Endi, Masatake, Eve, Suki, Candy. And i even get to be closer with my fellow classmates and same year students. Isnt it awesome. Speeding up our working progress as well as developing friendship! I never thought that i'm alone in school anymore. I feel like i belong there, 'hey, that's my niche!' lol!

Oh well, 3rd year mult students finally got their exhibition held last friday at Swinburne Prahran Campus PA building. It was a success indeed. I enjoy the exhibition tho i know pretty much what that's all about!
(for mor info visit : www.missionh2o.com.au)
anw, i got the t-shirt with full characters on it! YAY!!! so happy!!!!!
I wonder if i can do it later on in my 3rd year! I wish i could and I hope i'm more capable by then! never wanna feel lazy or slack around doing it! My future is in my hand..whatever i'm doing now, it's for the sake of my future!

Indeed, i do feel tired and sick of doing all these things everyday without stop! I'm sick of looking at the screen everyday and looking at the same thing again and again..and the worst part is when I CANT FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WHEN PROBLEMS APPEAR!!! During this situation, i'm again being pushed further to work harder even more and not to slack off!

I wonder why people always think that design is such an easy job. Is there any walls built between design and other courses? Is it always true that design is said to be the EASIEST course? Fine! go and try then, see how much time you can spend to finish it up! Design is an ongoing process, there's no such thing as finishing earlier. We are creative in our ways, we have our ways to improve our design. There's no limit to it even if it's to the last minute of the due date or presentation. Design cant be done just within 1-2 weeks time. It's not an easy job!! How can people say that oh, you are doing a last minute thing that's why you cant finish it days before your submission! Starting the design more than 1 month before the due date or starting from the begining of the semester is not late!! watching movies or anything is not wrong, we need to rest as well, and during those time, we use it to think of the concept idea.. Basic idea may come straight away. BUT, great ideas come along with time.

Time-management is important! I know! I have my own time management, i do believe that i'm not a last minute person! I've thought everything thoroughly. It's just that, problems keep on occuring~ especially with MAYA SOFTWARE!! i dun understand WHY!!!!! MAYA hates me i guess!!! been redoing things, redoing again and again and again, but still, problems keep appearing continuously! Multimedia is not a simple subject~there are tons of works to do~ especially 3D. You can ask everyone, even the lecturers themselves..

I'm still doing my work is because i want to keep on improving it, i'm not satisfied just with 1 idea, i will keep on developing it until i'm satisfied! I know i'm perfectionist! Still, i have my own limit and ability to finish things up within the time frame that i've got..
(i know how hard i've worked and how much effort i've put, even if no one knows, my God knows, my nakamas know and i know! But somehow, other people dun, and because they dun, i'm sad, annoyed, depressed and nderestimated! but well, i need to understand that they do not know, and so i must know that)=lol, get wad i mean???

well, i'm blessed that there are nice and talented people around me in school that are always there to encourage me, give me opinions, feed backs, companion, caress and most importantly their food to share(lol)... say thanks to Chris who keeps on finding the wrong spots in my design( oh boy~ he's too detailed, that's good!) and Harry who keeps on saying ' Oh, it's easy, it's simple and it's not that hard! making me depressed whenever he say that, but well, he helps me to fixed my problems eventhough he din get to fix it most of the time and give me new suggestions about 3d designs and photoshop ideas..! Harry becomes my daddy now(lol), he keeps on calling me error queen cause i keep on having problems with maya which are very unusual and inexperienced by others before but ME!! He's being helpful and willing to come even if he's on holiday! hahaha... not to mention, chris did that too~~

Right now, i'm still doing my 3d and typography to be submitted this friday!!!

Tuesday, 6 November 2007

title sequence

phantom of the opera title sequence...this is the rough cut...i'll upload the edited version after submission..lol..hahahaha...

The boat, candles, rose and mask are done in 3d using maya.

The effects, sequences are done using after effects..

Music is from the phantom of the opera album by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

vera showreel

my showreel..after doing this for soooo long.. finally it's gathered up and done~~ yay!!! well, tried my very best ay~~hahaha... just comment it if there's anything or some better ways to improve it

Oh, the music credit is by Chromatronic, titled" Something in the Sound"

check more at www.newgrounds.com

Wednesday, 10 October 2007

HEADACHE

ARGH!!!!! headache!!! headache!!!! HEadache!!!

I am turning into a ZOMBIE soon... half dead now!!!

Thursday, 27 September 2007

Shout it all loud!!!!!

My life seems to be lifeless these past few weeks.. I've been staying in school the whole day.. The only thing that i do at home is to sleep, take shower, and online for a while.. sigh...

I've never thought that 2nd year will be this tough!! ugh!!!! GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA(*screaming*) i've been stressing myself out lately... geez.. when will assignments ever end??? i wanna go back HOME (sg)... sob sob sob... miss my fam too much...

Well, i'm currently still in school, waiting for my 3D maya rendering to be DONE!!! sigh... how much longer will it take??? sob..my cell group friends were watching movie now.. too bad i cant join them.... ='( But anw, thanks GOD that i manage to finish my animation on time... haha..thought it's crappy, but I did my very best for it!! yay!!! I did everything with the help of my God.. Thank you Lord..<3.. without Your help, i can do nothing...

Owkay, next week will be my resting week, before i start doing those crazy assignments (2nd brief) ... sigh..my life is too busyy............ ever wonder why other people always say that design is the easiest subject and only those not "THAT" smart will take this course.. whenever i hear people saying that, my anger is goin to explode!!!! They say that because they dunno wad actually happens and what it feels like... My head is like bursting when doing my design stuff.. We really need to think alot, think and think and think..trying to get the best outcome... also...they thought that design can be done in a DAY or a FEW days! Oh man!! CUt that CRAP!! NEVER WILL IT EVER HAPPEN, unless you GAVE UP!! Design is an ongoing process course!! never will it end just like that!!!!

I HATE ut wheb people say that DESIGN is an EASY subject!!!!
Just try it yourself and you will know!!!
Geez~~~~~
Appreciate designers, wun ya~~

Monday, 24 September 2007

Good Sites

Sunday, 23 September 2007

WORK- Flash

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How a rainbow works



Multimedia Design
Typography for Screen and Motion
2nd year
2nd semester
1st brief

Macromedia Flash 8
Actionscripts

Design by
Vera Hermawan

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The Cups Story



1st year
2nd semester
1st brief
Multimedia Design
Lip Syncing

Macromedia Flash 8

animation by
Vera Hermawan

Song by
Eelaine Gan
Vera Hermawan

Lyrics by
Vera Hermawan
Jan Chen

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Metamorphosis



Multimedia Design
2D animation
1st year
1st semester
1st project

Macromedia Flash 8
Frame by frame animation

Animation by
Vera Hermawan

Tuesday, 18 September 2007

Acer makes me angry

I AM SO SO SO SO SO ANNOYED, MAD, ANGRY, IRRITATED, PISSED today!!!
know y?

because of that stupid acer highpoint repairing center.

you know wad, my computer has been repaired for AGES i guess! It's been 3months and it's not fixed yet. CRAZy!!!!
ok, let me tell you wad happen..

on the 21st of june, i went to the acer repair centre at normaby road, south melbourne, they told me that my laptop will be fixed in 7=10 working days.. okay, i'm pretty okay with dat. then, after like around 3-4 days, i called them up and ask bout the progress, they say dat they're still processing it and will call me back soon. Aite, they din call me nor notice me about anything. SO, after 1 and half week, i called them up, and they tell me that, oh, your fan is spoiled, we're ordering the part from taiwan, so, we need to wait until it arrives australia. i asked them, how long will it take, they say,THEY ARE NOT SURE.. asked them again for estimated time, they say, THEY CANT DO THAT!!(wad??!!!)..rite ok, i'm quite annoyed but still okay with that. I told them to contact me again when the part arrived. THEN, AFTER few weeks, they never called me back..i'm pretty worried bout it(btw, 1 month has passed), i tried to call them times, but their lines are busy, i'm always the >20th position in the queue, so, i hung up, very annoyed with it. THEN, for 2 months, there's no NEWS...can you imagine, NO NEW, NOTHING!!! alas, i did managed to dial through, i asked them, with quite a high pitch voice about wad's goin on, wy isit so long, they say, they are still waiting for the part.,,and at that moment, i WAS SO SO SO SO SO SO SO PISSED OFF!!! how could they ever do that!!! wad service are they giving me!!! i asked them to contact the taiwan side, and asked when will the part be ready, etc...and wad did i get to hear? "OH, SORRY, WE CANT DO THAT!!!!!!" wad the hell!!! this is totally ridiculous.. i kept asking them to give me the confirmation of time..and they keep on saying CANNOT!!! they say, they will put my case on the top and asked me to wait. so, i wait. after a few days, TOM from the acer highpoint centre in melb, called me and say, "hi vera, your part is here, we're fixing it now, it will be done in 2-3 days time" hoho, i'm so so so happy to hear that!! Tom said that he will call me back in a few days time. THENNNNNN, he NEVER call me!!! after a week, i called acer again, and they say, they are repairing it, so i say, when can it be done? well, the same answer i always hear, I CANT GIVE THE EXACT time, sorry..blablablabla...ARGHHHH!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE REALLY MAKING ME MAD!! well, i calm myself down, and wait for their return call, and the same thing happens, they never call me....Ridiculous!!

SO, today(after in total, almost 3 months) i called them again...AND YOU KNOW WAD THEY TELL ME??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
" uhm, we are still waiting for the part because we order the wrong part."
WAD???????!!!!! THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!! CANT TOLERATE THIS ANYMORE!!!! REALLY REALLY RIDICULOUSSSS!!!!!!
tell me, how can i accept this, how could they EVER order the part wrongly???!!! for 3 monthss!!! I SCOLD THEM and SHOUT at them, i've been waiting for 3 months, and this is wad i get!! MY GOODNESS!!!!! so, I ASKED THEM AGAIN, WHEN WILL THE STUFF BE HERE??

and THEY CANT GIVE ME any APPROXIMATION...THIS IS CRAZYYYY!!!!!!!!! WAD IS THAT!!! i shout at them, WAD SERVICE ARE YOU GIVING ME!!!!! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!! i asked them to give me a laptop for replacement, and they CANT DO THAT reason being that if the computer can be repaired, replacement is not allowed!! WAD?!!!! THOSE ACER PEOPLE MAKES ME MAD!!!! so, i told them to give me the manager's detail, the manager's detail, his name is hong, then i asked for the phone, " sorry mam, he dun have any direct number, we cant give you that, so i asked for the email address, sorry mam, he dun have direct email as well................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" WAD THE...????!!!!! i scolded them again saying " WAD COMPANY ARE YOU RUNNING, IN SUCH A BIG COMPANY, THE MANAGER DUN EVEN HAVE A PHONE LINE????????!!!!!!" then, i tell them, i want to file a complain to acer, he told me to contact the customer service, i asked the number and he say that he can only connect it to me...so i say, connect it now! GREAT! you know how long do i have to wait????? 45 MINUTES!!! THIS FREAKS ME OUT!!! I think they are hoping that i'll hung up the phone..BUT, no way it will ever happen!!! if i have to wait for 2-3 hours or even more, i'll just wait!!

I am sooooooo disappointed with their service! Never will i ever use ACER service ever again! Once i go back to singapore, i'll buy a mac laptop! NO MATTER WAD!!! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH WITH them! to hear the word acer, is just like a mountain that is about to erupt! So, guys, never ever use ACER!!!! Their service sucks! and their laptop always got a lot of probs! sigh...

well, i need time to calm down...

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