Journal: My Own
Last Sunday in Rugading
How the time flies. Seven weeks ago, I was ignorant and skeptical concerning the short course that I half-heartedly applied for. In fact when I received the phone call that confirmed my acceptance, I almost turned it down. How pathetic! Had I known then the excitement and satisfaction that I would experience throughout the course I would have jumped at the opportunity without the slightest doubt. Anyways, I did enroll myself.
Taman Sri Rugading has been our home for the past weeks. Our hostel is on the top floor of this four storey apartments. The apartments are clustered by twenty homes on each building and alphabetically named.We live on block S. There are several convenient stores nearby as well as the daily night market. On weekdays, we ride on a chartered bus to and from Wisma Kosan where we had our courses at Internet and Computing Central. This weekend we had to do extra classes to finalize our course projects.
I felt uneasy about missing this Sunday Mass. Gratefully I was able to attend Mass at St Simon, Likas. It is by far the most prestigious church in the neighbourhood. The parishioners are undoubtedly from amongst the more privileged people in town. Rev Fr Cosmas Lee is a dynamic preacher, who explained the significance of today's readings and also of the Third Edition of the English Translation of the Roman Missal, which the Catholic Church would simultaneously begin adapting next week, the First Sunday of Advent, which also marks the beginning of the Liturgical Calendar Year B. I feel truly loved by Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Universal King,whose feast we celebrated today. He is indeed my all in all, no greater Love than Him alone.
Accordingly, I have learned much from this course, "Creating Motion Graphics and Special Effects For Video". Understandably, this is a very expensive sandwich course which JPSM sponsored for the benefits of bumiputras. At the same time I feel refreshed and invigorated living and learning among and together with all these young people. I am the eldest in a group of forty trainees. Some of them just finished SPM last year. I feel old and yet young at heart. The paradox of seniority! The other course is "Basic Programming and Web Application", twenty trainees each.
I admit that I was one of the slow learners. Visual technology was a stranger to me then. Nevertheless, through the patient encouragement and selfless generosity of Sir Ismail Hj Osir, I emerge now with high confidence and expectations for a hopeful and fruitful future.
I tried to upload the short 10 seconds video with special effects that I made as one of three final projects required by Sir, but the intricacies of technology defeats me once more. Perhaps I will be able to upload my works one day.
There are four more days left before we go our separate ways. I will always treasure the memories this experience gave me...
~ The opacity for the future is still in it's feathered state; it needs a bit of rotation and animation and application of special effects. Then it would be ready for queue and very soon, it could be rendered and transformed to a format that can be applied, opened and viewed. Happy Rendering, everyone!!!
Last Sunday in Rugading
Taman Sri Rugading has been our home for the past weeks. Our hostel is on the top floor of this four storey apartments. The apartments are clustered by twenty homes on each building and alphabetically named.We live on block S. There are several convenient stores nearby as well as the daily night market. On weekdays, we ride on a chartered bus to and from Wisma Kosan where we had our courses at Internet and Computing Central. This weekend we had to do extra classes to finalize our course projects.
I felt uneasy about missing this Sunday Mass. Gratefully I was able to attend Mass at St Simon, Likas. It is by far the most prestigious church in the neighbourhood. The parishioners are undoubtedly from amongst the more privileged people in town. Rev Fr Cosmas Lee is a dynamic preacher, who explained the significance of today's readings and also of the Third Edition of the English Translation of the Roman Missal, which the Catholic Church would simultaneously begin adapting next week, the First Sunday of Advent, which also marks the beginning of the Liturgical Calendar Year B. I feel truly loved by Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Universal King,whose feast we celebrated today. He is indeed my all in all, no greater Love than Him alone.
Accordingly, I have learned much from this course, "Creating Motion Graphics and Special Effects For Video". Understandably, this is a very expensive sandwich course which JPSM sponsored for the benefits of bumiputras. At the same time I feel refreshed and invigorated living and learning among and together with all these young people. I am the eldest in a group of forty trainees. Some of them just finished SPM last year. I feel old and yet young at heart. The paradox of seniority! The other course is "Basic Programming and Web Application", twenty trainees each.
I admit that I was one of the slow learners. Visual technology was a stranger to me then. Nevertheless, through the patient encouragement and selfless generosity of Sir Ismail Hj Osir, I emerge now with high confidence and expectations for a hopeful and fruitful future.
I tried to upload the short 10 seconds video with special effects that I made as one of three final projects required by Sir, but the intricacies of technology defeats me once more. Perhaps I will be able to upload my works one day.
There are four more days left before we go our separate ways. I will always treasure the memories this experience gave me...
~ The opacity for the future is still in it's feathered state; it needs a bit of rotation and animation and application of special effects. Then it would be ready for queue and very soon, it could be rendered and transformed to a format that can be applied, opened and viewed. Happy Rendering, everyone!!!
