some examples and Struggling to maintain afloat

Current mood: Overwhelmed
Current Song: The Wind Forest - Joe Hisaishi

Hey, I've been working on my assignments lightly, so worry not, I'm slightly progressing. With this soft song playing on my iTunes, I can't help but act polite. Speaking about music, just met up with Omran who had promised to give me Ayumi's new record which he got his hand on early from his "sources". And It's being imported to my iTunes library as we speak :D

While on my way back from... I can't remember, I was having an internal conversation with myself about how well I'm coping with life. And then I smiled, I was doing a pretty good job following my objectives. I asked myself how do I do it? I set the bar higher was the answer.

Just last thursday did we wrapped the accurately planned Arabic conference, and I think the guys and myself did a great job co-operating.

In the Graphic Design class last week, we did a presentation where I presented various versions of my character. Most people voted for the Olive-green and crimson color combination as the main color scheme.

In the Flash aspect, I'm halfway through drawing just the backgrounds. So I've got a long way to go.

I don't want to create a website outline that I know I won't be satisfied with. I mean we did all these research and critique sessions about the pros and cons of a portfolio website, so I should make sure I apply all that I've learnt from that and put together a nice fullfilling website. This stage has been progessing sluggishly, but once I pull the trigger everything will flow smoothly.

However, the problem is pulling the trigger. Have a look at my recent developments below:

A month already?!

Current mood: Resposible/guilty.
Current song: Energetic - BoA

Whoa, never noticed that I haven't been updating until this class. We had the independent learning week, and I guess I missed a couple of classes. No wonder I haven't been keeping up with this blog.

Independent learning week was awesome. It was completely filled with activities. I've volunteered to help Don Kamp in showcasing the whole "Education without borders 2009"event in a short film (that I never got to see). The experience was fun and I'll try to catch every similar opportunity that passes by. I also helped in doing some serious stuff (educational) that I'd rather make another post about it later.

Cirque Du Soleil: Alegria was OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD! Words can't do it any justice. Furthermore about the entertainment side of my time is the movie "Duplicity". Julia Roberts was eyecandy and the story was engaging, add to that a confusing twist too. Mr. and Mrs. Smith for matures, as my cousin would call it. I've been playing Pokemon Platinum over the past three weeks. I still have a long way to go to get my team at its peak. Last friday was great; we went to Marwan's 3zba (Ranch) and had alot of fun riding the camels, barbequing, and baking poffins and playing contests on our DS'. Too bad my (and Ahmed's) battery died.

I didn't really have the time to "intensively' work on my Portfolio website design, as I was occupied by doing and planning other projects, as follows;

• Arabic Press conference: Organizer + Director (Due Thursday the 16th)
• Flash Animation: I have submitted the Final draft story board an hour ago, and started working lightly on my character animation.
• Graphic Design; I can assure you that I have not developed this aspect since... I can't even remember.
• Video: storyboard, brief and project treatment has been handed in already. Mission succeeded. I did take my time on the treatment, but it ended up pretty nicely.
• English course; IELTS samples and more practice. Oh, and the Speaking exam was a piece of cake. I've been told I got the full mark ;) yes I deserve to brag about it. Hmph.
• And the last on is the BIG fish; Fazal's Marketing folder. I did a survey about the product I've chosen to talk about; ALOE FRESH toothpaste. It took a big hunch of my schedual.

Okay enough justifying myself, I'm off to work on my portfolio website designs right now. See my first designing attempts below: