rawr!!!!
I woke up at 4.27 a.m.
to go to the washroom
randomly checking FB text
and this is pissing me off
well
we got into trouble with group member(s)
every semester
but never that frustrated
alright..
maybe it’s the accumulation effect
one day it is going to explode for sure
after snowballing all the frustration throughout
the 4 semesters
(i)
nice one, I am not *coming* to class tomorrow
any info.. update ya… <3 <3 <3
we have been doing the video at school
since 9 am for two days
and okay she did not appear at all
day 1: sorry I forgot we have meeting today
I am still in town, will get back ASAP
day 2: sorry I am having my other presentation today
day 3: sorry we are too sick of all these excuses already
what’s next
and just to bear in mind
so she is leaving the city for good
just to bear in mind, next week
Tuesday and Thursday are public holiday
hence
I don’t think she is going to come on Monday
which we plan to
Wednesday I am going for interview
so well, what do you think is the best time
to wrap up the not even 50% done publication
(ii)
we found a group of trio for 3 group projects
and for the previous two
how much does she contribute?
nothing at all
except the celebrity role-playing
during the mock press con
remember the design portfolio of mine
she’s supposed to help me with it
Green Logo X Food Horror: GMO
and what I got was
“actually I found some information already,
but you are so fast, you are already done”
and when I brought the whole thing to school
during the day of the presentation
“so simple la”
yes I know it’s so damn simple
but we really hope to see such simplicity
in the design of the publication
and not chunks of mess
simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication
that’s what Leonardo Da Vinci said
damn
and by the way
she still owes me fifteen bucks for
the printing and all
and we were still fine with it
hoping that she would at least put in effort
in this one and only task
let’s see, 3 group projects,
so we are only expecting her to contribute
100 / 3 / 2 = 16.66667 %
to the whole of our group projects
but right now
the workload is just too imbalance
it’s 50:50 between me and the queen
or roughly there
(iii)
I even made the effort to help her
with the other group project which
I am not even taking the module
hoping that
she would get it done faster
so that we can kick start this one real soon
and what is she giving us in return
this is after a long thread of discussion
and nothing is heard, nothing at all
from 15 Oct 2012 – 29 Oct 2012
we are all too sick to reply
while on the other hand
it always appears on the news feed
changing profile photo, almost on daily basis
replying to poking, this and that
but not to the discussion thread
(iv)
at first we were told that the publication layout
is going to be designed in AI
okay fine
then the template we were shown
was all in PPT
well.. let alone the design
but can already predict
since there is limitation to what
you can do in PowerPoint
I gave some idea regarding the cover page
it turned out so
sorry I have to use the word *SHITTY*
and there is this patch of white thingy
against the blue background
which she was asking me to modify in PS
alright alright
I saw the post on FB
“who can teach me how to use PS”
I mean seriously
3 years of diploma
what do they teach, like for real
me the PS phobia,
can get rid of it already
at least simple one
the other part of the portfolio
is a video assignment
since we are doing stop motion
loads editing is done in PS
so if we are expecting some contribution
we have to give PS tutorial
all over again
so I ended up designing the cover page
so that the back-up plan is
if she couldn’t come up with anything better
then just use mine
at least it doesn’t have the
white patch thingy
looking so out of place
and some pixelated clipart
one more thing
when I showed her my individual pages
which was done like 4 weeks back
just to give her the rough idea of
what is the direction we have in mind for
our publication
the next week
I saw the “duplicated” version
in her individual column
wuteheck..
(v)
I sent her a text which reads as below:
ms. Fiza, i hope you r not that busy recently.
We r so sorry we keep troubling u so much.
if u r not going 2 uni 2day
how r we supposed 2 wrap up our comm tech work,
since there r 2 days of break next week.
u noe, if u think u dislike our group,
feel free 2 tell u.
it's not too late still.
TQ.
sorry this is the first time ever
I am doing this to my group member
but we do not have much time to waste
and it’s too late to ask her to do something about it
since the time we would probably meet
is on the day of the presentation
have you ever heard this song
《Sorry seems to be the hardest word》?
but some people just use it so easily
that it doesn’t mean anything significant at all
all I can say is
I feel sorry for you
and for myself and my group too
peace
but sometimes indeed
peace would only befall after a round of war
and nothing is worse
compared to a civil war like this
we would all be worn out
two more weeks:
1 video
1 publication
1 presentation for the above
4 final papers
rawr!!!
this is getting interesting
| Steph | ms. Fiza, i hope you r not that busy recently. We r so sorry we keep troubling u so much. if u r not going 2 uni 2day how r we supposed 2 wrap up our comm tech work, since there r 2 days of break next week. u noe, if u think u dislike our group, feel free 2 tell u. it's not too late still. TQ. |
| Fiza | sory steph… during our meet last time… SORY… I cant make it… I quite bz with my consumer bhavior presentation… then’I want to meet u gals buts didn’t get reply from atila… I try text her for our next meet… I already show miss lai for the new slide n she also tell me that we need to combign all the work use the same layout…. she choose to use the simple design… |
| Steph | Yes we need to combine, but when? And r u done wif the content such as acknowledgement & intro? And the video, so u assume we two gonna finish it rite? |
| Fiza | yeah…I show to miss lai already…. she just want evrybody use the same layout… video?? seyes… I thought its done already…. |
| Fiza | do u cal me jus now??? steph I really sory if I make u gals fel so worry bout this asignment. n I know |
| Fiza | do u cal me jus now??? steph I realy sory if I make u gals feel so wory bout this asignment. n I know this my fault not giv the best. I will send my layout thru ur email. |
| Steph | I did not call u ur text is making me speechless indeed |
| Fiza | r u with atila? whre r u gals? |
| Steph | I’m otw. meeting up soon. U need not be concerned at all. Since ms lai approved your work alr, sorry it’s our fault that we are so slow at video editing. |
remarks:
(i)
this is not a motivation camp or military service
we are not demanding you to give the best
but at least, please show us
you put in the 16.667% of effort
(ii)
stop telling me you have shown the design
to the lecturer
while your group mates
do not have the faintest idea how it looks like
and why do you have to consult her personally
without letting us know
the two consultations classes,
and I don’t remember you attended any of them
you gonna be kidding me
so that the lecturer knows you did work
so how are we supposed to combine?
and when?
the day of the presentation, it seems
(iii)
yeah the video is done
done long long time ago
we gonna do a live sketch remember
acting clown in front of the class
and I can’t believe the moment when
we have to insert the video file
into your personal portfolio disc
for submission
I officially hate public holidays and breaks
people out there are having a whale of the time
while I exhausted my weekend
worrying about whether
they are doing their work
checking notification to see whether
they are replying to the discussion
life is good
life is really good
