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Friday, October 14, 2011
Oh look! I still have a blog.
Joel at 10/14/2011 02:56:00 AM :: link Thursday, May 12, 2011
To know that I missed out on director's list by a GPA margin of just 0.04 is a sickening feeling. 0.04. 15 subjects taken in year 1, I just needed one more grade from any of those 15 subjects, upgrade any of those C+s into a B, or a B into a B+, and I would be there. Fine margins. At the start of year 1, I didn't specifically aim to get into the director's list. But it was a nice bonus as well. I normally wouldn't be bothered, after all it is meant to reward the really top students. But to know that you came so close really hurts. I feel that I deserve it - but I can't complain. 25% of the cohort probably could say they feel they deserve it too, and I wouldn't be able to argue back. When I see them getting their certificates, I will have to look on in envy instead. Knowing that I could have been there. Knowing that I probably should have been there. I will have to console myself with the fact that only the top 7 people from my course get into the list. That means I was the 8th best student in a cohort of 70 people. Normally something I would be proud of. But right now it still feels hollow. Joel at 5/12/2011 02:08:00 AM :: link Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Lazy to continue tweaking the layout.  Pic of IAD studio. Currently not using this room for lessons though. Our next module is going to see us spend one week studying toilets and how & why sewage pipes are laid out in a certain manner. How wonderfully interesting. Joel at 4/26/2011 10:39:00 PM :: link Thursday, April 21, 2011
CHANGED BLOGSKIN BECAUSE I MESSED UP THE OTHER ONE AND CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO FIX... WORK IN PROGRESS
Joel at 4/21/2011 04:21:00 AM :: link
How dare a spammer turn up on my blog with the name 'Chelsea'?!?! Getting timetable for semester 2.1 tomorrow, hope its not as killer as sem 1.2. Joel at 4/21/2011 02:07:00 AM :: link Friday, April 8, 2011
Cleared the stupid spam from my cbox, TAKE THAT!
Joel at 4/08/2011 11:23:00 PM :: link Thursday, April 7, 2011
Woohoo a B for my project 1, all that time and money spent wasn't in vain (satisfied with anything more than a C)     Results for semester 1.2: Communicating Design Ideas - Distinction Digital Architectural Drafting - A Architectural Design Theory - C+ Interior Elements & Construction - B+ IAD Project 1 - B Multimedia Fundamentals - A Drawing Essentials - C+ 3D Art Fundamentals - C+ GPA dropped slightly, 3.22 for the semester. Coupled with 3.29 in first semester my GPA is now either 3.25. A marginal drop and a far cry from those courses chasing perfect 4.0 GPAs, but we are no ordinary school, and no ordinary course... 3 of my 5 worst-scoring subjects in year 1 are all art subjects (2D Art Fundamentals, 3D Art Fundamentals, Drawing Essentials). Coincidence? I think not. Art isn't something that can taught in one month and while I tried hard, I certainly don't have the artistic talent to push for a better grade. Joel at 4/07/2011 02:42:00 PM :: link Thursday, March 31, 2011
Long(er) post as promised... P1 is over, it marks the end of year 1 in TP. It still feels like only yesterday when we began semester 1.1 but already two semesters, ten blocks and fifteen modules have passed by. It has been a very steep learning curve but it has mostly been an enjoyable journey thus far. That has been immensely helped by the serious yet fun atmosphere that the cohort collectively creates, not the dreadful atmosphere at a certain secondary school where they produce a fear of failure in you, where they are more rigid than a stone block, a place where I just absolutely hated going to any day of the week. How nice is it to be graded based on being able to generate and develop good ideas, not graded based on how much you can memorise from the textbooks and the notes you scribble? The block calendar system is intense and demanding but it is certainly a far more effective gauge of student ability than endless and excessive tests, quizzes and exams. As for friends? I am closer to certain groups of course and do not speak as much to others, but generally there is no one I can't stand the sight of. Again the relaxed atmosphere helps with this; sharing jokes with the lecturer, laughs echoing around the studio. And the way our classmates are rotated every block also helps. We have a different set of classmates every block, which allows us to get to know and work with everyone in the cohort. So pretty much everyone in the cohort knows each other's name at least, unlike in secondary school where you have no need to interact with other classes, so there were probably 200 people in my year that I didn't know (and didn't want to bother to know). I don't regret my choice at all. Joel at 3/31/2011 08:06:00 PM :: link Tuesday, March 29, 2011 |