Week Eight - Crystal Clear Direction

My coursemates including me are so releived that Ms.Megan finally visited us . She went through the guidelines of the project documentation and she also gave feedback on our documentation draft. I am glad that I'm almost done since the expected contents were already present in my curent documentation. I just need to take out some part and shorten some portion of it.

I've also explained my project to Ms.Megan in more detail and it's good that she has no opposition to any part of it . She offer suggestions and comments as well as re-defining my goal of project. I am thankful that we are so much clearer about the final year project which makes it easier to work on it. Direction wise, it has definately become crystal clear to me. I really hope that I'll be able to complete my project and debug the errors that will be my challenge along the way. Since everyone have different area of strengths and weaknesses, I think it is important to respect each other's effort.

I've managed to take videos and obatain the permission letters to use the intelectual properties for my project. In addition, photographs of different places I'll be showacasing in my project are also taken and editted during the short break. Thank's to STB for their kind assistance in providing some resources and cooperation. It is definately very motivating. I've been working on the contents of my project which is really tideous I must say. So much to work on. My current challenge is the electronic brochure part. I guess I never understand how time and effort consuming it is until I do it. I have wasted almost my entire weekend to do the e-brochure and I only manage to finish minor part of it.

The good thing this week is I am done with my introduction page which may or may not be enhanced further. Apart form that I've also ompleted my homepage. There are still many other major construction that I'll be working on. I guess everyone has equally as much work to do as I am. As for now, that's all for updates. Have another great busy week ahead. =)

The Seventh Week Progression

I come across a quote today which stuck me rather hard. It's a quote by Benjamin Franklin that say "You may delay, but time will not". It is so true. Week seven is gone just in a blink. Thankfully, I manage to get certain portion of the final year project sorted. I manage to come up with a prototype for a few of my project main screens. In addition, I will be heading over to Singapore to shoot videos, take pictures as well as obatining the neccessary resources like the letters of approval and other related documents from the STB. It is indeed a busy week ahead, in fact I've been so tensed up with the amount of works I have to complete lately. There hasn't been any major progression in my system this week because I certainly find it hard to manage so many task at a time. I have been pretty much working with the project docmunetation as well as working on another assignment due this week.

I have been exploring different design concepts to develop my project prototype to get the audience feedback. I believe that there are always rooms of improvements. I have shown my interface to few of my coursemates as well as getting feedback from the client and random friends around. The responses were ok, but I do feel that there are something lacking in my interface that I am yet to identify. Apart from that, I certainly hope that I can complete more portion of the project before VU lecturer's visit. That way, I stand a better chance clarifying my doubts.

Earlier this week, Ms Jeya discuss about "stress management" in class. I find it quite an interesting topic for discussion. I think different people handle stress diffeently. I do feel stressed up sometimes when I have so much in hand to do. It is simply inevitable, but thanked God it is manageable. There are more to life than just stressing over assignments and projects I believe. A day of worrying and stressing over things is definately more tiring and energy consuming than trying to complete targeted tasks in a day.

:: Running Out of Time - Week Six ::

What a week it has been. The clock seems to be ticking faster than ever for me. I must say that I am a little slower than my planning in the schedule for my project. It seems that something here and there always gets in the way. When I say I'm running out of time, it literally refer to my documentation. Although I have been working on it from time to time, it is also hard to follow the plan accordingly as I always have modification here and there. In addition, the story boards part is a major headache for me indeed. I manage to do a complete set of the story boarding for my application part, but my only concern is the story boards for my videos. There will be several videos I'll include in my project. Therefore, it's quite a bit of work portion I've got to work on.

I'll be going down to Singapore sometime next week to shoot videos, collect my required resources, snap pictures as well as collecting my permission letters and all the necessary documents to be included in my documentation. Communicating through the e-mails can be troublesome at times. Ideas may be interpreted differently under different circumstances. I've also come to a realization that coming up with something for a real company as my final year project is difficult. Although the experience will be valueable, but there are a lot of limitations that draws a line to your ideas. Comapny may want you to be creative and suggestive, but when it come to relating it back to school, there are still rules and guidelines you have to follow.

Truthfully, I find it really challenging for me to complete the documentation portion way earlier than my system especially when you are working on something for a real company. However, that's just a fact that I'll have to face and deal with. Hopefully, I'll be super productive when I'm in Singapore so that I will be back on track. In the meantime, I want to wish everyone the best of luck for their project. I know that most of us have work really hard for it. Let's pray that our effort will be rewarded with good grades.