Perception

March has been a tiring month for me, and this week finally saw the submission of my MNO1001 Management and Organisation video project and report. I estimate that nearly 30 to 40 hours of effort have been put in by me alone, including five late nights in school where I stayed back until 11PM (which has never happened before). It was worth it I have to say, and thankfully the technical prowess of one of my group mates gave us a slightly more professional feel than most other groups, which I’m hoping with my fingers crossed will help snag one of the awards up for grabs in the coming weeks.

Our video, the fruits of our many long hours of labour, can be found here (disclaimer: the video features me in some unflattering light). I personally feel that it was rather well done, as a great deal of effort was put in to cover all the details and keep the video entertaining yet informative. We also incorporated various film styles, featuring first and third person POVs, screencasts, external clips as well as stop motion. It was fun going through the hassle of rehearsing and preparing the props, but at the end of the day, the best feeling was watching the solid product we came up with.

We presented the video yesterday, which brought this project to a close, so that’ll be one less thing for me to worry about next week. My other project, for GEM2901 Reporting Statistics in the Media, had also been submitted already the week before, so suffice to say projects aren’t my concern any longer. Admittedly, I did not contribute as much to the latter project as my other group mates, and I’m still feeling sorry about it. I definitely have to work harder to catch up with that module, and it’s not really a good thing that it’s the first paper that I’ll be sitting for.

For both modules mentioned above, we used Google Groups and Microsoft’s Office Live for our discussions respectively. I have to say that Google Groups was much easier to use, as Office Live often took time to load, and somehow had a less intuitive interface. Granted, I didn’t extensively use either collaborative platforms, but for the purpose of a simple school project, the former seems to be a better choice. It was used quite well for discussions and sharing of files, and helped us communicate outside of project meet-ups.

The tortures of this week aren’t over yet, and I have Practical Exam for CS1102 Data Structures and Algorithms this coming Saturday afternoon. Monday was the last of the sit-in labs, and I’m quite convinced I’m not as prepared as I should be for Saturday’s session. Java has been a whole different ball game this semester as compared to the last, and implementing ADTs and recursive algorithms have been nothing but a pain.

Speaking of pain, the end of the semester is near, and while this spells cheer to a certain extent, it also almost always implies gloom as well. Recent incidents have stolen much of my time and thoughts, leaving me very distracted at times. I can only hope I’ll have the strength to pick up the slack and make it through to the end.

P.S. Comments are closed because I’ve been getting spammed ceaselessly, not like anyone would say anything though.