Archive for October, 2007

*urgh*

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Job hunting (and EVERYTHING it involves) is a pain in the arse! Everything I get something resolved/done/updated/answered/whatever, something else throws a wrench in the process…. *faints*

Oh a happier note, my 3rd country file is 71%~!! *cheers and does happy dance* (for those who are not familiar with UK marking systems, anything above 70% is distinction, 60% is a high second)

MUCH much better than I thought it would be, considering the amount of research I had to cut from the assignment I turned in. *grumbles at silly word limit* This would make my overall Dissertation around 71% as well~ *dances around again*

Just bought the train ticket back from Newcastle for my graduation, as well as booked the hotel. Not bought the tickets TO Newcastle yet… am waiting for a good price! I’m taking a gamble here…. its NOT a done deal that I’ll graduate, but MOST probably… so instead of waiting, I’d rather go ahead and finish doing all the arrangements now that’s its relatively cheap, instead of paying through my nose when its closer to the day~

*sighs* Bloody Job Hunting

hair cut!

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

After a long LOOONG while, had a hair cut yesterday!!!!! *bounces around in joy*

Now my hair is nearly dye-free and is short-ish again!!!!! *bounces around more*

random thoughts about job huntin~

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Sending out CVs and job hunting is like throwing pasta on the wall…. you keep on trying, hoping that one just MIGHT stick, while you get hungrier, more and more frustrated…. and the kitchen floor gets messier and messier as more bits of pasta failed to meet expectations and slides down the wall with a limp splat, joining the rest of the pathetic looking pile…..

After a long long looooong long while, someone comes in, takes one look and reminds you that it only works on spaghetti…. And you were cooking spirals.

…………………………..*thud*

result of a jobless person…

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

The result of frustration…. and being slightly bored…..


Anime-fied myself….
I REALLY need a job~

My brain is like a sieve~

Monday, October 8th, 2007

The 2 programmes that I pride myself in knowing quite well are Photoshop and Flash…. quite ironically the 2 programmes that was NOT taught during my uni years back in Malaysia, and that I managed to learn how to use them by myself (Stacks of books about it back home…)

Well… I needed an online portfolio…. and the sites I’ve joined/done/updated just does not give me enough freedom to do it the way I like, and other hosting pages are too constricting in size for my previous sites (free sites… Hey~ I’m cheap! *grins*) …. So I decided to just quickly make a small one for the moment to pop it onto my CV for prospective employers to save having them call and asking me to send them a CD portfolio.

So I installed the programme (never gotten around doing it on this laptop. Relatively new, you see…) a couple of days ago…. Had it on, and spent half an hour staring at it trying to remember WHAT THE HECK I’M SUPPOSED TO DO!!!

*faceplants*

A year and a half ago, I could get a basic page up in…. 15 minutes? (Did that for my final year project… DON’T ask…) Now, I can’t even remember how to get the illustration to fill!!!! This is sooooooooooooo not going well!!!

*sighs* Damnit…

more about the previous post

Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Was mid online job hunt, and suddenly started thinking about my Karate Sensei, which then led me down the road (figuritively speaking, of course) of memories of my training so many years ago….
I really miss the days when (after school) dad will drop me off to my karate classes (or I’d drive when I finally got my driving license). I miss the cameradery of the fellow karate practitioners, my fantastic Sensei whom I’ve known for most of my life, the physical and mental fatigue of a hard day’s training…. The sheer contentment of managing to get a Kata down pat!! (Kata, btw, is a set of moves that are linked for posture and technique training. There are 26 Katas for Karate Shotokan, which was the one I trained in)
Then, me, being me… i just HAD to go to youtube to search for katas. There, I found this.
(Points at the vid embeded at previous post)
In which I proceeded to gape in awe.
This kata (Heian Godan) is one of my fav. Heian Katas. I have also been dragged (kicking and screaming) by my Sensei for the annual Kata competition with this particular Kata. Having the sensei as a family friend does has its disadvantages…..
Fingers itching, I proceeded to search for other Katas I’ve always been particularly fond of (Enpi, Jion, Tekki Sandan) and had to pick up my jaw from the floor several times from sheer amazement.
Kata, when proparly delivered by a Master, is truely awe inspiring…..
I could see many of the subtle nuances and emphasis on certain postures that was TOTALLY beyond me when I was actually training.
This made me feel rather sad, because if I HAD been able to catch the importance of these subtleties I might have gained even MORE from my training at that time. (Instead of driving my Sensei up the wall with frustration due to our inability to comprehend what was, to him, as easy as eating tofu)
On the other hand, it also made me happy… because I must have grown (mentally), at least a little, from 5 years ago, to be able to ’see’ it so clearly now. (Hindsight…. *sighs* Don’t you just LOVE it)
and now… the most frustrating thing is….
Its bloody 2am and I’m absolutely ITCHING to go practice some KATA!!!!
ARGH!

Ahhhh~ the good ol’ days

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Ahhh~ Brings back memories….!!! I soooooooooo miss karate.

I was in a kata competition, competing with THIS particular kata.

*lost in memory*

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