Classroom Plagarism Law

...is what I wish for. I'm honestly sick of people stealing my ideas and using it for their assignments. Honestly, Idea Thieves are worst than Art Thieves. Not that I've ever had my art stolen, well technically once in LKW, but that was just an idiot who was looking for a free ticket for his life drawing submission. The difference with stealing art is you have solid proof that's enough to defame the poor bastard for life. A signature, raw data file, sketch, anything can be presented to prove that your art was stolen. But what about ideas? There aren't any ways to prove that THAT was originally your idea. In my case,

Case 1 : Limkokwing GDD Semester 3, I made a map for a local tourism poster assignment pointing out the various tourist spots. In the next assignment, TA-DA another classmate used a map as his design. Well maps are rather common so I didn't give that much of a shit about it so lets move on to...

Case 2 : Web Design Semester 1, we had an assignment to design a website for this new shopping mall called Breeze Breeze. My concept was design + youth since the mall was rather artsy fartsy so Breeze = fresh = green and just to throw in something different and young, I used orange as my main colors. We had progression evaluation halfway during the assignment so we got to see everyone's website (which I think was a shit idea cus this whole thing wouldn't have happened if there wasn't one) and this certain classmate's website theme was yellow flowers for borders. Me? I used Flash for my top page and vector motifs and green and orange. My lecturer sort of pointed out my design as an example of a good design for a website as well as commented on using Flash. 2 weeks later, we had our presentation and when I saw that certain classmate's website, it was...green and orange. Just a different shade. And flash. My flash was a vertical image slideshow, hers was horizontal.

Case 3 : My sort of Graphic Design class, in the previous assignment we had to design a summer festival poster. The point of the poster was to attract people by making them think the festival is fun. (which festival isn't?) My theme was to make it look like an American comic and in different panels where the various activities of the festival. Note: I used thick black outlines. The next assignment was to design either Terminator Salvation or Transformers 2 poster leaflet. While walking past a classmate's working station, lo and behold, thick black outlines and....suprise! various panels.

Case 4 : Current assignment and also a design contest. There's no prize money or even any consolation but the chosen's poster design will be up on every corner of Osaka city. Which is a very good thing for your resume and pride. It's a fire prevention poster with the motto that goes something like "prevention comes first"...I think. So I designed all the Osaka icons (eg.: Glico man, Douraku crab, Kuidaore Taro p/s: Sandy if you're going "Wtf is all that shit", I suggest Mr.Google) holding a fire extinguisher. I personally liked how Glico man jumping in the air with one leg up holding the extinguisher up with both hands. My lecturer liked it too. Well, he seems to like everyone's design but I'll take it as he really likes it since he told me to put it in my portfolio. Yes, he only told ME that....I think. So while I was bored I walked over to this certain classmate (refer to Case 2) and she was still sketching her idea and....it was Glico man holding up a fire extinguisher in....both hands! What a coincidence!

End of case study.

Okaay...

After reading MJ's autopsy reports, watching his music videos and live performances on Youtube, I take back what I said in the last post. I'm now devastated over his death. It's such a waste. I'll stop here as I need sometime by myself... eventhough I have lots of that already.

14 more days! Weehoo!

That's counting down to home for the summer vacation. Haven't been posting here lately cus I've been posting on my other blog which is more like an art spam blog. Sometimes I wonder why I bother blogging. It's not like anyone reads either of my blog. But wtf. It's not like I comment on other people's blog unless I'm really close so maybe its just retribution. I'm just not an online community person.

I must add that I have 2 submissions due tomorrow that I have yet to complete and I'm just procastinating by blogging unnecessaryly, while asking myself why didn't I do it over the weekend when I had 48 hours at my disposal. I'm still wondering.

Somehow, ever since Heath Ledger's sudden passing, I think I'm rather immune to sudden death of celebrities. When I heard about Aaliyah, I was like whoaaaa...that was sudden...., as the same with Lisa "Left-eye" Lopes. Okay I admit that I had to wiki up her last name cus I kept thinking it was Lisa Lobes or Lisa Loeb but I vaguely remember a Lisa Loeb with glasses who was white with long blonde hair. Interestingly, there seems to be a documentary on her during her last minutes, just before the accident. Well obviously the part after the accident or during the accident was editted but I'm quite interested in watching that documentary. Anywaaays, my point was that when I heard MJ died, I was just "oh...okay." I think I'm still in shock over Heath's death. Maybe it's because I watched him grow from that troubled teenager in 10 Things I Hate About You to a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain to the best Joker in Batman history. All I remember from MJ was him standing between two trees with the wind blowing really hard while he stamps his feet. Yup, that's the Earth Song, my favourite. Okay while typing this entry I had to look through Wiki and Youtube for reference that I've lost my focus on what I wanted to write. Not that I had a purpose in the first place but whatever. I'll end it here since Earth Song is playing on Youtube right now.

*sigh*

Last week Barrett was admitted into a doggie hospital (or vet if you prefer) cus he suddenly couldn't walk and was diagnosed of being paralyzed. Temporary or permanent, we have no idea because Malaysia has great animal medical facilities that there isn't any MRIs for animals so the vet can't pintpoint where he hurt his spine and how severe it is. He was on meds since last Sunday and til today, according to the vet, he's not responding to the medications, which is a bad thing since its been about a week. Mom mailed me today and said that at the worst case he might have to do surgery, which is only a 50/50 chance and the surgery itself costs a bomb. So she's debating whether or not to do the surgery. And if the surgery fails, the only choice is to put him to sleep because keeping him wouldn't be fair to him since he won't be able to move or walk for the rest of his life. Typing this is already depressing. I'm only hoping that he just bruised or sprained his spine and its nothing too severe and he'll heal soon but its hard to tell since, like I said, the medical facilities for animals here is fucktastic. I just can't wait to see him this Sunday and give him a big, warm squeeze and kiss him. That's all I'm looking forward to this time I'm going home. Sadly I won't be able to spend much time with him this time since I'm not sure when he'll be discharged or if he'll get better during my 3 weeks home.

While I was on the phone with my mom, I heard another disturbing story that she heard from the vet thats treating Barrett. Apparently there are roll up in their shiny Mercedes Benz with their pets to the vet and when they're given the estimate bill of medical costs, they just told the vet to put their pet to sleep, because apparently getting a new pet would be cheaper than paying for the medical bill. Heartless bastards.

So anyways,...

GET WELL SOON U CUTIE BARRETT SO I CAN SQUEEZE U TILL U WHEEZE LIKE ALWAYS!!!!

My fellow people...

Regarding my previous post entitled "Hi! I'm Malaysian...", I deeply regret calling fucker cook,...fucker cook. He is nowhere near a fucker cook. In fact I shall call him Nice-man cook, because, he is indeed a..nice man. Somehow I tried to type this sounding like the President of United States apologizing for sleeping with his secretary but I ended up sounding like Paris Hilton apologizing for her puppy pooing in private property. Well, my point is I take back what I said about him. He's so far the nicest cook at my workplace. Actually they all are. I either look really helpless or they're really nice, cus whenever I try to take something heavy or hot, they'll all stand there and ask "Are you OK?"


Also I would like to apologize to Sony Computer Entertainment. I have decided to back on my word of never owning an Xbox and opt to get a 360 rather than a PS3. I am deeply sorry for the sudden betrayal but at the current situation, I can't even list 5 exclusive games for the PS3 that I'm aiming for. Also, my current financial situation has led to this sudden decision. The price drop for the Xbox360 (about 20-30kyen) is a much better option rather than the 40kyen 40gb PS3. Perhaps one day I shall own a PS3 but just at this moment, I must apologize that I cannot afford to support your company. *floor bow Japanese-style*

Upcoming attractions: Anyone interested in my Japanese written speech on the social studies of the Ah Beng and Ah Lian culture? The information you can get online is truly...interesting. Try wiki.

Osaka here I come...maybe?

Getting into college in October...yayness! Problem is college is in Osaka, and doesn't help that its in a the heart of Osaka, meaning housing there will cost a bomb, meaning no more waking up one hour before class and walking down the street and still be on time, meaning I have to go through rush hour on the trains every morning. Well, I did always love city life, but definitely with a car. Well, maybe I can use this chance to finally get on the "ladies train" that I hear so much about. I've rode on one but it wasn't peak hour so it was just a normal train/carriage/whatever you call a part of a train.

So, list of things that will happen and things I need to do:
1. Orientation starts on 1st of October
2. Japanese classes finish on the 26th of September
3. Need to move out completely from my current place on 30th of September
4. Need to find a place in Osaka before I actually can do list items no.1-3
5. Try to figure out my finances since I kind of blew most of my pay on my trip to Tokyo
6. Endure part-time job till September the 10th
7. Wait for House season 5 on the 19th of Sept. (ok not so important but i just watched the season 4 finale and got teary :P)
8. Hope to go home for winter vacation.

Chat Bat Rat Internet

I just made an amazing discovery and I'm bored enough to blog about it! I'm currently using 3 chat programs (sometimes 4) which are MSN Messenger, gtalk and Skype and each program is used with different groups of people; Skype is for friends from my current school so half the time its set on Japanese keyboard settings, gtalk is mainly with friends from AMD days, but sadly I don't use it as much as last time. MSN is mainly with people who I am very close/RL friends and people who still care for me LOL. Occasionally the "i-need-help-kthnxbai" friends pop up on MSN thus the 24hour "away" status. At least I have an excuse as to why I'm ignoring someone ;)

There is also the Yahoo Messenger, but usually used when all other chat programs fail. I think I still have an AIM account somewhere and ICQ. #9950337 is my account number. LOL I still remember it after 11 years.

p/s: I take back about 3/4 of what I said about the cook from the previous post. Either he got smacked in the head and became nicer or he had a temporary memory loss and forgot he was nasty. The other day he asked me something in Chinese and I was like "eh?" I think it was Chinese, not so sure. Then he asked me "You're not Japanese right?" and I said no I'm not. *thinks* "Did you forget about making fun of my Japanese before?" Then he asked me where I'm from so I said Malaysia (truly asia) and he was like ohh... Weird. But lately at least he says excuse me or he sounds abit nicer than before. When I pass an order to him he doesn't grumble bout it like last time. *cross my fingers he stays that way all the time* Today he actually helped me with something which suprised me. And it was during his meal. Extra suprised.

I still refuse to take back what I said bout the fucker asshole. Forget B, he has been upgraded to Fucking Ass. uncensored. fullstop. I hate him wholeheartedly. If there was a license to kill only one person in you life, at the moment he will be that person. Example today, I was taking out a plate of fried rice and I wasn't sure how to serve it. UNFORTUNATELY that fucking asshole was the only one there and I HAD to ask him. Honestly, Japanese people eat every damn thing with just chopsticks, from steak to rice, so you'd expect them to eat a normal plate of fried rice with a damn pair of chopsticks. When I asked fucking asshole he was like you have to serve it with a ladle-spoon. So I was like OK. But NOOOOOO its not fucking enough for him. HE HAD to add:
"if you don't eat with a spoon how are you gonna eat? Try and think about it."
I was so fucking close to throwing that plate at his face. Then I forgot to serve soup with that damn plate of fried rice but since his Oh-so-greatness told me this morning to serve it with every plate of rice he HAD to come all the way to where I was and said "You forgot didn't you? I told you this morning about the soup." and I'm thinking FUCK YOU I'm fucking busy and if you have the fucking time to come up to me and tell me about SOUP you can fucking take it by yourself and serve it you fucking asshole. Again I felt like pouring the whole pot of soup over his head and burn him. Not like anyone would care and it'd do the world a favor.

I'm pretty sure he's not well liked in university. Today a colleague commented that it was rude (obviously she commented in a polite way. she was Japanese) that he was calling the manager "oji-san" which either means old man or uncle. He was bragging to a new colleague that he calls the manager "oji-san" and sometimes "ossan" which is considered rude for Japanese I think. She was quite an elderly woman and she kept saying "it's not good to call him that". Then he wanted to show off even more and started calling the manager "oji-san" when he came in. The manager just grunted an annoyed sound. I wonder how thick his skin is. I hope he never gets a job in Japan and is forced to go home and work at some 3rd grade company which hires just about anybody and pays him peanuts. *prays*