Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Influenced

What Children see, They will do and follow. So watch your action and mouth, filtered your thoughts before you act upon. You may cause bad consequences to them as seen below. Don't set a bad example for anyone!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Wrap-Up

Wrapping up; no its not the Christmas season yet, it is more about the final week of the semester. Tomorrow we will all have our last class, last tutorial, last consultation and last lecture of the term. And I'll be having a reflection portfolio presentation, getting a nervous breakdown here. Going haywire soon, must meditate and stay calm, and God please send your angels to watch over me. At the moment, I am feeling all wrapped up tight, suffocating... Give me some oxygen please.

Earlier I was helping a friend to draw up a storyboard for his' campaign on "Listerine- Breast Cancer Awareness". The idea behind introduced a new flavor for Listerine by using strawberry which the color redish pink will accommodate with the pink ribbon of the Breast Cancer Awareness. In my opinion, it is kind of an interesting approach for this, it is original and has a fresh twist in it, and I hope it will work out well for his' presentation. *wink*


Sunday, October 11, 2009

Soar / Sore

Soar (v)
  1. To rise, fly, or glide high and with little apparent effort.

  2. To climb swiftly or powerfully.

  3. To glide in an aircraft while maintaining altitude.

My spirit soared higher as the end of the semester is closing near, summer is drawing closer as I am typing away. My mood has been stirred, feeling less gloomier or miserable than before. One of the reason maybe the stress of my assignment, but that is part of the package when I had decided to quit my job to further my studies. And I am happy to say that I have manage to live through this thrilling semester. 2 more semesters to go, for a reminder to keep me optimistic about life and what is ahead.

Sore (adj)
  1. Painful to the touch; tender.

  2. Feeling physical pain; hurting

Lately I have been cooped up at home, trying hard to finish all the endless assignment; the result of it is rewarding, as I have learnt to deal and understand the different situation and culture studying in a foreign country.

I need to get some fresh air, to ease down the tension I am facing. Missing home, my pet dogs and all my friends. Went out for a short jog after all these months, didn't know I had missed out so much, nice weather, seeing bright blue skies, feeling the cool breeze brushing against me, it is simply a wonderful feeling. Came back with sored muscles all over my body. Telling myself, I need to exercise more to keep up, feeling old. Sored and ached. *ouch*

Friday, October 9, 2009

Rush

One word says it all 'Rush', as next week will be the final week of the semester. Due dates are getting closer and closer, sometimes you can even feel it breathing down your neck. All the final presentation will be next week. And I have to constantly remind myself to stay calm before I go berserk and screw up every single piece of assignments!

To look at the brighter side, after all these stresses, there will be 4 months of summer breaks of fun and sun! Glorious! Don't you agree? So it complements and rewards all the hard work we have been through in the end.

As I was working on one of my assignment earlier, I have to come up with a 'paint spread' that brings me walking down the memory lane. It was memorable and fun while it lasted. Now, comes back to reality. Moving on hastily... Go Go Go!



Wednesday, October 7, 2009

'Load'

So many things and events just hustling past, yet I can't stop it. Everyone is moving at a fast pace now, if you don't catch up, you'll just be left behind. Can I, please request for the time to slow down, breathe and value life?

Feeling empty like the pages below. Will anyone assist to fill it in for me?



Fatigue, tired, lethargic, exhausted...
It's time to hit the sack.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Take it or Leave it

What is right? What is wrong?

What is the truth? What is a lie?

What is beautiful? What is ugly?

Arts & designs, a topic that is so subjective; makes me ponder, who are we to judge all this? The target audience? The Client? The Lecturer? The Consumer? Who then? A criticism is an act of judgment; but not to offend anyone, decisions comes with respect.

So stop mocking my thoughts! This is so mind boggling.



Gruesome yet Impactful?
























Pretty colorful yet Pointless?

Monday, October 5, 2009

Human's Downfall

There is always an up side and a down side in life. It was and is never fair. So no complain over this.

Watched the movie "Angel & Demon" rented version; this particular phrase quoted by Cardinal Strauss- 'Religion is flawed because man is flawed', strike me like a bolt of lightning. It is so impactful and powerful that I was actually speechless for that minute. I totally respected and agreed with it.

I am very proud to say that I am a Roman Catholic, not a holy one, but a humbled and practiced one. And I would like to share this one more quote that I have always told and remembered, "God greatest mistake of all was creating the humans". Don't you just agree with this? We came, we conquered, we polluted, we spoiled it all and for some they even tried to overpower and challenge God.

This is what you call human weaknesses, we are just so full of ourselves.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Dreadful

This is the very first time, that I'll be experiencing 'day light saving'. As back home, there is no such occurrence. It just started this morning at 2am, when we were supposed to turn the clock forward by an hour, so made it 3am instead. I had totally forgotten about it, and all my plans were screwed up, just because i woke up an hour late, and every plan of mine has to be delayed an hour later too.

Now Monday comes and hour earlier than before, what a dread. Suffering the Monday blues, right even before Monday hits into the schedule. What a horrible feeling. *sigh*

Smoothen...

I was in a group discussion with my uni mates earlier, and as we were doing research, we came across these particular ads, that looks very intriguing to me. I find it very inspiring and it may help me in my future work.

The idea behind this ads that I have apprehended talks about, it will smoothen your skin no matter how rough the surface is, by using 'Vaseline Intensive Care Moisturizer'. Have a look of those prints ads attached below and you can share your opinion about it by commenting on the post. Looking forward for your point of view.


xoxo,

Dead Rose







Saturday, October 3, 2009

Sketched a Rose


I have been staring at the computer screen way too long, my vision started to get blurry, feeling a bit dizzy. I may be too engrossed with my work, too stressed out with the details of it. Arts, a topic that is so subjective yet we couldn't live without it. Go figure...

I am not a perfectionist, but yet I would love to have a great outcome of it at the end. Something to make me look back and be proud of it some days later. I need to step out of this confined space for awhile, the rays from my PC are jeopardizing my health and vision; not a good thing for sure.

But before I leave and crash onto my bed, I would like to share this with you. A simple rose that I took only 20 minutes to sketch up. I hope you'll like it and feel free to comment about it.

Love,
Dead Rose



Friday, October 2, 2009

Hectic but not Discourage

Time seriously just flies with a blink of an eye, just as I have recalled I was so nervous early July, when I first touched down at the Melbourne 'Tullamarine' Airport, and walking in to the first day of class at RMIT.

Now it is almost at the end of the semester, winter has past, spring has arrived and soon summer will come knocking at the door. This really creeps me out sometimes thinking about it. It seems like I have done nothing, but a lot of things had happened.

As the end of the semester approached, assignment starts to pile up higher and higher, expectation and pressured that I received was getting more and more in tensed. I am trying my very best to calm down, meditate and with God watching over me and prayers, I believe I can surpass it. But I am not going to do this alone, I still have closed friends and family to encourage me and walk me through this hard times.

As the Quote says "Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he/she is had to begin he/she was". Interestingly enough, it is totally true. So live life as it is. 'You' yourself chose your own future.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

We'll Fly Together

Lately I was really upset with life, I sometimes find there is no more meaning to live. Every paths or roads that I have taken seems to be a dead end, I was devastated at this stage of life. There is also a possibility that I am suffering a case of bipolar disorder. I am going berserk! Tragic dementia problem.

When I was almost considering of jumping off the edge of a cliff, my best friend came along and pull me out of it. I was introduced to this special song, it is very meaningful, the rhythm and melody of it is calming and soothing. It mesmerized me, and one word to describe it, is 'enchanting'. The song is called 'Lost' by Michael Buble and I would like to share it to all of you out there. Take some time off your hectic scheduled, sit down and unwind, listen to the lyrics carefully. You'll never be lost with a friend walking at your side. Go on, spread it, share it to someone who seems lost. Dedicate it to them, show them that there is hope,that there is still someone out there in their life who worth living for.



Lost

By Michael Buble

I can't believe it's over
I watched the whole thing fall
And I never saw the writing that was on the wall
If I'd only knew
The days were slipping past
That the good things never last
That you were crying

Summer turned to winter
And the snow it turned to rain
And the rain turned into tears upon your face
I hardly recognize the girl you are today
And God I hope it's not too late
It's not too late

'Cause you are not alone
I'm always there with you
And we'll get lost together
Until the light comes pouring through
It's when you feel like you're done
And the darkness has won
Babe, you're not lost
When your world's crashing down
And you can't bear to fall
I said, babe, you're not lost

Life can show no mercy
It can tear your soul apart
It can make you feel like you've gone crazy but you're not
Things have seemed to change
There's one thing that's still the same
In my heart you have remained
And we can fly fly fly away

Cause you are not alone
And I am there with you
And we'll get lost together
Until the light comes pouring through
It's when you feel like you're done
And the darkness has won
Babe, you're not lost
And the world's crashing down
And you cannot bear the cross
I said, baby, you're not lost

I said, baby, you're not lost…


Exasperated

I was so greatly annoyed by my team member, maybe it is because of their age or maybe they just simply want to agitate me. Every idea I have suggested was not taken, every opinion that I have mentioned was shot down.

To look at the brighter side I have some friends who are still very supportive of me, they encourage me and keep me strong. At the same time i try to be optimistic over this and overcome it as a challenge. One of the main reason I enrolled into Communication Advertising is to upgrade and improve myself
, with this situation instead of whining over it, I try to learn and gain something out of it. It teaches me how to be strong, how to solve problems, how to be motivated and most importantly how to interact and conquer it.

So why should i cracked my head like an egg over this? I knew I can, and I still have others who are there for me. I won't let this discourage me any further. One way or another, when I wake up tomorrow morning, it is just going to be another day, another chapter, another challenge. This is what you called 'Life'. It never ends, without problems there won't be solutions.

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Post on September 20 2009 (permalink)
Created on Sunday, 09/20/2009 5:06 PM by Corinth A Hooi Phing OOI

Finish Line

It was a relieved as we crossed the finish line hand in hand to the completion of our journey for the IAA competition. We pant and sweat along the way, but no doubt our group has emerged as one of the chosen top 6 to enter into the IAA competition. We endured many hardship, we learnt, we accepted mistakes humbly and it was all worthwhile at the end.

We manage to pull it through during the presentation stage, the cat almost caught my tongue but I call upon my hidden courage to surpass that feeling of nervousness, and I believe my group made it out pretty well. To be forthright I was proud to be part of this team. Even though, I may be from a different background, but communications and understanding wise were never barriers in between us. We worked out well, we agreed, we respected and we believed each other, by this I presume that is how we had accomplished well as a team and proudly to say again, we had succeeded and achieved it. During these past 6 weeks, I don't recall we had ever argued once about any of our discussion, we practically share the same thoughts to proceed with our individual work scope respectively and professionally.

I am going to miss the fun and craziness we had, but I have made friends and we'll remain as friends.



Post on September 19 2009 (permalink)
Created on Saturday, 09/19/2009 9:42 PM by Corinth A Hooi Phing OOI

Closing In

Time is catching up as we get closer to the end of this IAA campaign. It has been a rewarding and knowledgeable experience as I moved ahead with better understanding of an agency. At the same time, I made new friends, anticipate some great challenges along the way, swimming through the strong currant of responsibilities that were given to us.

We grew together as a team and we appreciate every laughter and labour we had put through to achieve this final moment of our campaign. There was never a down side working with this marvellous team of mine, we definitely faced some difficulties along the way, but we manage to solve it and drilled through those hard walls standing against our paths.

We are all born with this optimistic mindset, we don't give up easily, we are determined; we believed the work we have discussed, the creative, the outcome of it, and the presentation for the very last stage that will bring us passed the surface of anxiety. We knew this is going to work, we are going to be one of the top 6, and we are the best. It all comes down to 'all for one, and one for all.' Success is just a few steps ahead, as we carried and shared each other crosses, and we will walk to the finish line together as a group.



Post on August 23 2009 (permalink)
Created on Sunday, 08/23/2009 9:10 PM by Corinth A Hooi Phing OOI

Peak-a-boost

What a pace we are in. We have finally reached the peak week of the semester, time is running out for our IAA campaign as we struggle further to give our very best to make it a 'fantastic' one. Creative has started to develop as I am typing here at this very moment. Things are getting more and more intense. During the week, our group had sat down in deep discussion on how we should proceed and strengthen our creative ideas better. It is definitely ok to have idea first and worked backwards as that's what our group members are doing, and it is also important to specify our target audience as this will direct us the correct path for the creative.

Our group members are much focused, we worked as a team and we agreed with each other mutually. So basically, we did this together with one mind coming from few different backgrounds and talents to form greater works and achieved greater heights. It's time to take a boost and step out of the box.




Post on August 16 2009 (permalink)
Created on Sunday, 08/16/2009 12:25 AM by Corinth A Hooi Phing OOI

To Brand Oneself

its the forth week and still counting down! I have just posted this up on facebook, "try not to end every sentence with a 'full-stop'! Explore and express yourself instead; life is not a 'dead end'!" what I have learn in class for this week is, we do not have to sit down to think logically and theoretically all the time to create a campaign. Research is important but it plays just a small role in a campaign for us to get the engine started. After understanding and evaluating the situation, the progress of the creativity will be much more crucial as it sends and spreads out messages to the people around. It also helps to portray and brand oneself to register as a long term memory in a human mindset.

With this we used the creativity of an idea to promote and advertise a certain service or a product. This should be the main focus and objectives in every campaign, as it is like oxygen to breathe and to make the whole progress live and workable. It also feels like climbing up a mountain and reaching at the peak of it, which is the point of success at the top of the hills. Even though it's tiring and stressful at time, but it is well worth when a certain campaign manage to succeed to drill the message across to the target audience and the consumers mind into taking action of purchased and embarked on it.




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Created on Saturday, 08/08/2009 4:51 PM by Corinth A Hooi Phing OOI

The Bull's Eye

As time goes by, climate in Australia is getting warmer as we are now close to the end of the winter season. Loads on assignment are getting heavier each week. The tension we have is getting tighter as we try tohustle to complete the assignment to meet the date line. This is what advertising is all about, getting under pressured; working real hard to meet ends, and at the same time to please the client's needs.

Basically what we have learnt this week is about Target Audience. Without a doubt, TA is one of the pivotal key to a successful campaign. To have an accurate shot ahead and to refrain from making blunder, we must aim, before we pull the trigger. Group members sat down and have a thorough discussion about it. We evaluate to understand, as we try to advertise and promote the "Assistance Dog Australia" to them. To apprehend further into this, we sorted it out by breaking it into a few section like their demographic, psychographic, social graphic, and culture background. As we got deeper into it, ideas on creative started to form and visual right inside our very minds. I have this strong feeling, that this is going to be a good one. At the end of the day, we'll see.


Post on August 1 2009 (permalink)
Created on Saturday, 08/01/2009 9:45 PM by Corinth A Hooi Phing OOI

What a Br--ief

Time sure flies as we get wiser and matured each week, it's now the second week of the semester. This week we have finally gotten our brief from the client, and 'woah' it is lengthy and wordy. During the tutorial class, we had a long discussion in our miniature agency to sort and extract the major information to narrow it down into our creative brief. Basically, we have to understand what is our client's needs and raise awareness to boost up this non-profitable organization. There is also one important role that plays a part in this campaign, that will be the Target Audience.

What I have exactly gain from class this week, is time management. It is important for us to plan and breakdown our individual work scope as this will help us to be more organize and have a faster and smoother progress in the project. Group members respectively have to contribute and co-operate to lead each other, discuss, set an agreement, and lastly take action to perform well as a group. Without each other, an agency will fall, each position is crucial. For example a tree without its root will not stand and live.

As for now, I always hope for the best for the next each day to come.




Post on July 25 2009 (permalink)
Created on Saturday, 07/25/2009 4:56 PM by Corinth A Hooi Phing OOI
Updated on Saturday, 07/25/2009 4:58 PM by Corinth A Hooi Phing OOI

A New Beginning

As an international student, I couldn't help but to be excited as I begin my University life in a foreign land called Melbourne, Australia. When I first enrolled in RMIT for the Bac. of Comm. (Ad), I was anxious, mainly was the grades and status which I am going to experience over the whole semester.

The anxiety of mine was flushed away on the day when i stepped foot into Adv. Prof. Practice 1. In that class I was taught to think big, to aim higher, to achieve and succeed in my career life. We were then divided into groups during the tutorial class to form ourselves as a miniature agency to work out a project for an unprofitable organization called 'assistance dog'. This project is to challenge and bring us to a higher level, which is to be one of the top 6 among 12 other groups to enter into the "IAA" competition.

I believed and felt fortunate that I have landed myself as an 'Account Manager' in a "Winning" group. My team mates are friendly, spontaneous with chirpy spirits and creative minds. I am looking forward to a victorious and artistic outcome.


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