Panic, panic, panic~
Last week, Ms Jeya posts this on our FYP Bulletin Board->
“understand some of you prefer to have the alpha test on thursday instead of tuesday. Will consider to change it…..“
After that->
“Please take note that your alpha test is scheduled to Thursday (3/7) at 9.30 in MMPL.”

I guess this is the most pleasant week in my very last semester. We had good news from Ms Jeya that our alpha test is extend to the next Thursday. Even though just two days of extension, it’s give me more time to prepare and do a testing for my project.

I guess most of us will be extremely busy these weeks. I wish time can just go a little slower, isn’t it nice if we can pause the time a while. I’m getting anxious as the time passes by. It is the end of week 12 already, and I haven’t completed my FYP yet and panic is attacking me. My week 13 has been a much better week compared to the last. I’ve been able to complete my Watch & Learn, Pronunciation and Writing scene. Now I’m working on the Quiz section. I’ll be on my way to completing this CD pack. Now I just begin on my Quiz section that need XML script language to run it. It is challenging for me because I don’t know anything about XML. However, I am still exploring it.

I hope that there won’t be any problem resulting in any panic attack and that everyone else project is going fine too. OK, I want start my FYP already, I guess I won’t have much time to sleep after this, so~ wish me luck ok?

This week I’m too late to post my FYP blog because I need to finish my SAD assignment that is due today. In addition, I’ve also been working hard for my FYP this week. This is quite a progressive week for me.

I’ve been working on my Writing scene this week. I’ve explore the Chinese Characters that included in my CD Pack Writing scene. I need to refer back my primary Calligraphy books to get a correct method and steps of Chinese Calligraphy writing. I do spend a lot of time to write the Chinese Calligraphy words. I’ve to make sure that my Chinese Calligraphy writing methods are correct. I also have to make sure that my video shooting are very clear and easy for children to view it. One of the sad part is, after capturing all my video using Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, it look like got a few tiny line inside the video clips if viewing with maximize screen. Not sure that is it this is my Panasonic NV-GS25 Digital Camcorder problem or the software problem?

I already post this problem at our FYP Bulletin Board, but don’t have any response yet until today. Maybe nobody understands what I’m talking about, but never mind larr~ just a small problem. But before that I received a quick response from Leny on Sunday June 22, 2008 4:51 pm about my animation buttons. Leny suggested me that to create a simple and suitable animation since it is for children. And just be a little careful not to over use the animation or else it can be confusing and distracting. Very thanks for her suggestion. That’s all for now. Good luck to everyone then, have another busy week ahead. Go Go Go FYP…

Time passes like a flash, I’m getting stressing as the time passes by. It is the end of week eleven already, but my progressing for this week is still very slow. I was wondering why we have so many assignments due during our final term. Another thing is why our Final Year Project just have 4 month to complete it and it is in final term not Final Year, it suppose call this project become “Final Term Project –FTP”. Isn’t it nice if we can concentrate on the Final Year Project alone.

I am still working on my project as there are still other major constructions to be completed. With the main page and the pronunciation page done with flash animation buttons and not in 3D anymore. So I need to drop all my buttons that done in 3Ds Max before, all the 3D buttons I have created not childishly as my project need. I just have a basic level in 3Ds Max, it is hard to me to create a 3D buttons that suit with my cute characters in this CD Pack. So as Ms Megan said, my characters is created in 2D so I just need to maintain all buttons in 2D, 2D is good enough already. I’ve been cracking my head to think out new 2D buttons for my CD Pack. I hope that there won’t be any more major changes resulting in any stress and hope my project is going fine in this month. Have another great busy week ahead!

Finally I finished my Project Documentation on time and submitted on last Monday. It is just a pre-proposal, not a thesis like we think before that makes us worried and stressing for a long period. Thankfully Ms Megan comes visit us earlier, it was great spending the whole 2 weeks war with her. Ms. Megan has really helped us a lot, if without her guiding or help, it likes a “Judgment Day” for me! A week of worrying and stressing over the Project Documentation is passed.

Ms Megan decided to increase the percentage for the Project Documentation and cancel the assignment 3 for us, so that we can focus on developing our Final Year Project. Before Ms Megan back to Australia, I managed to show her what I have done for my new interface design at the moment. The design is ok according to Ms. Megan and she gave good feedback on what I have done so far. Now I can concentrate more on my project. Go Go Go FYP~