Bonjour Semaine Française

Hello French Week! 

Taylor's School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts brings you a tour around France! Let me walk you through this journey where you'll see some of the most important building or statue around France. 

I assumed it is part of their assessment where in some ways helps them to practice their French Language and know more about this Beautiful country. Do you know TCHT students get the opportunity to do internship in France?! *#%$! I ENVY!!! Sometimes, they even organize a trip to France!!!! Double Envy!  

Of course, how can we forget about the food? 

Happily they pose for the camera!!!

Taylor's University Facilities

Watch video here:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150622803729425

When I saw this on my Fb Feed, I just had to show it to all of you! I had the though before on running around campus and taking pictures of the labs or moot court or even the studio, I just never got to it because  when there are no classes occupying the rooms, it's always locked! So I can't do anything. 

Thank God for this! At least, someone had a smart idea to provide a better view of the facilities in Taylor's Lakeside through a video because most of the video's of Taylor's that I see are just an over view of the University like the picture above. 

In the video, you will catch a better view of: 

Service Facilities:

- Student Central
- Enrollment & Admission Centre / Waiting or Counseling Room
- ICT Helpdesk
- Counseling and Psychological Services Centre
- Surau
- Library Services
- Centre for Research & Development
- Sports & Recreation Centre
- Sick Bay
- Commercial Block
- Hostel
- Enterprise Corridor
- The Grand Hall
- Lecture Theatres
- Teaching & Language Centre

Academic Facilities:

- Graduate School
- Anatomy Laboratory
- The Gallery & Critique Room
- Design Studios
- Drawing Room/Printmaking Room
- Photo Studio
- Audio Recording Studio & Audio Editing Laboratory
- Engineering Laboratory
- Restaurants
- Wine Lab
- Computer Labs
- Moot Court

Taylor's provides the best facilities for their students. Well, is not exactly free because it's included in your semester fee but you can use it as long as the place is open. So make full use of it if you are planning to join Taylor's! :D

Selamat Hari Raya + RTM Trip!

Woots, I guessed I have been away for almost 2 weeks now. I am having my semester break now + Raya break. Really busy with assignments and accapella practice and etc but college life have been good.

A while back, I had a class trip to RTM Angkasapuri. It was pure fun as we got to check out the behind the scenes of broadcasting TV and Radio. Besides that, we go back to the history of broadcasting machines. It's a muzium filled with big old machines. I guess the older it is, the bigger the machine is. Some of those items were as old as 1960s.

A tour guide explained about the old radio broadcast machine.

It used to be super manual. 

Apparently radio DJs back then are more talented in multitasking because everything now is digital.

Clearer view of the machine.

Okay yes, and a clearer view of me. XD

Vain pot!

I am assuming that this is somewhat like a projector or something.

All these equipments looked so fragile, like it would break anytime. 

Of course, during the tour, 

I will be the usual me touching every single buttons to figure out what does it do.

New fact for me, did you know that in the olden days,

editors literally cut out the films and glue them back with special glue as video editing? 

Their work must be horrendously tedious.

I mean like now, I can just use movie maker or final cut pro and click click click!

You guessed it,

a super old broadcast camera. 

Check the new one out below.

It's amazing how much things change right?!

Way more modern and cool.

As you can see, the background is green right.
but when you see it on TV

There are buildings!

Most of us were so fascinated by it.

A picture with a host of 'Selamat Pagi Malaysia'

So that is the TV building

Next up, Radio station.

RTM Studio radio!

You can't see the tour guide here as I guessed everyone was so curious to see everything.

I just found out that day that RTM have quite a number of radio stations.

Honestly, I never really heard of them because I was so tuned in to private stations all the time.

oh dear God, will I be jail for this??

Nah... I was allowed to take pictures for that day!

Say Hi to Double D!

Thank you so much for letting us go on air and have our 10 minutes of fame.

I had it on tape, shall post it up once I edited it.

That is all for radio.

Before I end,

there were loads of security guarding the place.

Yup, so I was at complex Angkasapuri! Almost done here.

Final picture of the day! Let's sing nobody nobody but you! *clap clap*

Me here reminding you remember to vote for me! Round one closes tomorrow 13 Sept 2010 and I need every last vote!

Short announcements,

Check out Taylor's Website for more info.

and

Blood saves lives! As the proverb says, "Where there is a Will there is a Way." Donation of blood would be of immense use to protect the lives from death. Come and be a blood donor to save lives for tomorrow!  

Blood Donation Drive details: 

Date: 14 September (Tuesday)

Time: 10am-3pm

Venue: Multi-Purpose Hall, Lakeside Campus

(I will be going for this donation, come join me!)

Meeting Citizen Nades

Yesterday, Citizen Nades of The Sun came to give us a talk.


Now, I'm not going to google about him and act like I really know about him or what because seriously, I never ever read about him or heard about him for that matter. Well, it's mainly because I do not read The Sun as their content is never enough for me and The Mother always teach me that free stuffs no good stuffs. XD

However, I must admit I was dumbfounded by him. The stuffs he said were so true and you really could feel his passion for his work as an investigative journalist from the way he spoke. And it did added a sense of reality about his work when he needed to answer his phone to discuss with his colleagues regarding MBPJ (go read newspaper lah lol). It was such a good talk but the only spoiler the day was the stupid microphone did not function well. -___-

Including this time, it would be the second talk regarding journalism I have attended, having previously went for the talk by Indrani Kopal back in May.


I really hope that Taylor's would continue to invite more guest speakers like them to give the Mass Comm students a talk because it's an eye-opener indeed. It's my privilege to be able to listen to their careers and stories. :D

Now, since we already have guest speakers from Malaysiakini and The Sun, so next on the agenda could be... these people.

.....

I hope not.

Meeting Indrani Kopal

Last Wednesday, we had a guest speaker from Malaysiakini.

I need to cut my hair
If you're wondering who is it, it's Indrani Kopal. She's a full-time video journalist in Malaysiakini, who was here to enlighten us of the importance of using media in a more meaningful (and less censorship) way. In case you don't know who she is, you might recognise her from her work "She's my son" which is about transsexuals in Malaysia and have won award in Freedom Film Fest 2007.

Part 1:



Part 2:



It was a really interesting talk indeed, which I think Cnigel will be cursing me by now for not inviting him to come over if he read about this entry. But throughout the talk, I was actually quite scared that police will suddenly barge in and arrest me. T__T

No illegal gathering with more than 3 people!
But heck, throughout the 2 hours, there was not even a mosquito to bother us. Besides talking about her work in Malaysiakini, she also share with us what Malaysiakini's future plans, how politicians always kick them out from press conference, how bias the mainstream media is (like always) and et cetera.

The most interesting thing I have learnt throughout the talk was how she got the job. She's actually a lab assistant in LimKokWing University prior her current job and she self-taught all the video concepts and techniques (basically, what I learn in the stupid DMT class) during her free time at there. And despite the lack of degree and qualification in Mass Comm, she still ended up hired by Malaysiakini.


Man, if I know any sooner like that also can be a journalist, I would study an easier subject - say, Nuclear Engineering - and still become a journalist. XD

He Got It From His Mama

Remember about my DMT class?

Happy feet and sexy back
On Wednesday we were divided into three groups and needed to do a short film around 15 seconds. Well, it was something for a change since I did not need to die from boredom and hear another word about techniques and theories again. XD

This is one of the three short films and believe me, you will love it. :P



Hey Christien New, I found a suitable guy for your movie. ;)

Unknown Jargon

Well, as you all know, my semester restarted a couple of days ago.


This semester (and also next semester) was a bit different as I needed to choose one elective subject out of three which were Digital Media Technique, Introduction to Management and Marketing Principles: Trading & Exchange.

I was quite interested with Introduction to Management and Marketing Principles: Trading & Exchange but then, the location proved to be problem. You see, both subjects were conducted in Taylor's Business School, which is located in SS14, which is you-are-lucky-if-got-parking-space.

There's no way I could possibly come for first class in TCPJ, travel to TBS for second class and come back to TCPJ for third class. No way!


So I decided to study Digital Media Technique, which is located within TCPJ itself despite I don't know what the heck it's about. Just when I was thanking God that I can save petrol, I was begging for mercy from God to take me away from the class. T____T

If you're wondering, the lecturer spoke this jargon.

Blur -___-
You know, stuffs like shutter speed, gain, depth of field, warmness, white balance, focus range and so on. Heck, I don't even understand what I'm typing.

*Sigh*

I wonder if it's too late if I want to change subject? -___-