._. New term. *sighs*

._. So I've just survived one week at my new school...I must say that I'm still suffering from abit of culture shocku....@_@ It's really quite different from what I am used to at NYP...

Monday. Went to school for briefing of some sort. It's basically a really brief explanation of the modules and the assignments we'll be having for the first five weeks. ._. The first thing I noticed is that...there's no lecture halls. The briefing was held in a studio and everyone sits on chairs, with the projector showing the powerpoint slides on the WALL.

Apparantly, in terms of facilities, perhaps Comm design isn't as good as DMD.

Day 2, it's my REAL class. I was the first to reach there...and was rather apprehensive due to the fact that I wasn't even sure if I am at the right place or not. The lecturer came later on...and entered the room, so I entered it, and asked if there's a class or something. I THOUGHT THE LECTURER WAS A STUDENT. Turns out, he's a part time teacher I think. After yet another few more minutes of waiting alone, the rest of the class flooded in....and I was suddenly struck by the fact that...hey, ALL OF THEM KNOW EACH OTHER. D8

One girl approached me, however. Her name's Melissa...and she asked if I am a new student and stuff...got my contact no. and email and so on...I asked her about the class, wondering if my guess was correct, and apparantly, it was. All the other students in the class shared the SAME class in the previous term. DX I WAS THE STRANGER THERE. But she introduced me to the class (sort of) and...well, they are pretty friendly I guess. ._.

Class starts, and the first assignment is given out. A group project to make a 30 seconds advertisement with the theme 'Chill Out' (the lecturer goes on to say that '=_= yeah, I know, it's lame. But it's in the brief'. He didn't really like the module structure though ._. he finds it boring~)I was kinda at lost...since...DX I AM NEW. But Melissa offered to let me join her group... ._. and so, I kinda made my first friends at Lasalle.

Let's see how many people I've known so far...Melissa, Wanru, this blond ang mo from swiss whom I have no idea what her name is but she's in my group, Debby, Alan(...I think? He introduced himself after Melissa introduced me to the class on Tuesday...)...I think that's about it. .__.

Wednesday, we had Design Studio...which is like...erm...studio project kinda? In which you work on three assignments at the same time and they all have the same deadline which is WEEK FIVE. @_@ The teacher is a guy...who's quite cute lah. LOL~ He's a foreigner, and...he's abit niang. ^^;;; But he's quite nice~ :)

Thursday, I had project meeting or the Chill Out thing...where we settled the story board and the music stuff... ._. I'll need to work on the basic concepts for the Design Studio projects during the weekends...@_@

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My thoughts so far...the culture shock is...probably due to the fact that I am rather used to NYP's system. In which you don't get homework so soon when school starts. And each module will usually have only three major assignments, and you learn the necessary skills as you do them. At Lasalle, it's different...you learn the skills and stuff AS you do the assignments...and it's more hands on...alot of sketching and writing and stuff...AND EVERYONE THERE SPEAKS ENGLISH. DX I was struck by the sudden realisation that my English isn't as good as I thought it was. @_@ Another thing is...during each lesson, there's a class exercise...It's rather intensive I guess...very different from NYP in a sense.

Considering that I'm currently in the last year of the Diploma course, I compared it to the year 3 stuff at NYP...and realised that the difference is probably what they decide to teach you. ._. NYP gives students more experience in the industry with the FYPJ and Attachment programmes...however, it's a double edged sword...you either sink or swim, since many people tend to end up slacking during FYP and IAP (ahhaa, like me =_=) and when they get back to school, they find it hard to start being hardworking again...thus the rather bad results. I sincerely thought that those who studied first, then move on to IAP and FYPJ got better results. ._. Or perhaps that's just me trying to find an excuse for my procrastination at DMD. =_=

Dad wants me to ace in Lasalle, but I'm actually doubting my abilities...DX I have this feeling that my skills are not as good as my classmates...since they have learnt skills to produce graphic art...typography and stuff...@_@ I haven't touch typography SERIOUSLY since AGES. I'm pretty lousy at it actually. Yet one of the assignments is solely TYPOGRAPHY. @_@ Urgh. So right now, I'm pretty much stressed from worrying that I am not up to standards. T__T

On the bright side, the head of Comm Design (forgot her name) says that I can email her a formal letter regarding the HK trip to take leave for week 10. 8DD I hope things go well! >__> As for now, CONVINCE MY DAD. DX

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