09 May 09… Here I am sitting in front of the computer in JB… First night back to JB since my Finals have finished… It seems that I really learnt a lot this semester compared to the previous one. The most probable reason is that the first semester I wasn’t really accustomed to staying outside on my own… seems that this freedom has gone over my head and I couldn’t really focus on anything… Life wasn’t organized, so was I…

Well, glad to say that it’s been quite a different life this time… Everything’s settled down this year, with no more problems with the house renting… everyone’s settled down… Though I must admit that there are still certain problems with certain housemates… but well, guess I’ll just have to live on my life…

One thing worth noting though, I had five subjects this sem… namely Mass Media and Society, Malaysia:Cultural and Religious Studies, Radio Broadcasting, Introduction to Advertising, and English for Mass Communications… I could say that the only two subjects that interested me were Radio BC and Advertising.

Haha… for Radio BC, I scored the highest marks for the coursework marks in the whole class XD… damn, I’m so happy…!!! haha… It’s been such a long time since this kind of thing happened to me… I got highest for the individual DJ live show and also our group Radio Production assignment. Hell, I even scored highest for the mid-term exams haha…

Anyway, what I’d like to say is that I was really impressed with our radio production. For those of you who don’t know. We comprise of a four-member group and we produce five productions for radio:Drama, Commercial, News, Sound Bite (live reporting for news) and Public Affairs Interview… We record the voices and sounds ourselves, edit the stuff, add in the sound effects… voila! we got 29 out of 30 for this group thingy!

Wait for it… I’ll upload the stuff for to the net…>.<

Anyway, here’s the comments by our lecturer…

Your group did excellent!  I was surprised that you guys handle audio well, and do understand the effect of sound and manipulate the effects well.

 

  1. The drama script is well written, it is unique and it is very creative work.  The actor and actoress are well done.  Especailly “Barbie”, sounded very convincing to me
  2. the sound effect and the editing are quite nice, very natural.
  3. However, your group has a strong Hollywood feel
  4. the drama is a bit long, if you guys has edit to 20 minutes will be better
  5. The commercial is clear and is smart, good job
  6. However, your group is more weak on news production
  7. the announcer does not really suitable for news.  It is Hemen?  I think the voice is too “young” and it is more suitable for entertainment voice
  8. The UTAR news is ok…not great, but ok
  9. The last interview, I don’t think it suit my request, because I am expecting something more serious that just talking about the personal and living experience of Dr.Carmen.  This track is not so well done
  10. So, I have deducted one mark, your final group project is 29/30
  11. overall, is great.  Keep on the good works!

Haha… btw… It wasn’t Heman’s voice for the news… It was mine… and I’m still wondering why on earth she said that my voice was too young… Guess most of you who know me wouldn’t find my voice “young”…

Heman, KimBahLee, Kelvin and me… We form the executioners… That’s what we call ourselves haha… though we always call each other “boss” when we want to ask on the choices and don’t want to decide ourselves… Hereby I’d like to applaud and give a big thank you to my dear JB “same kampung” friend Kimberly@A.M…. guess we were the two who contributed the most to this radio thing… heh… hope we just continue this streak for the next few semesters ba… and no, I don’t blame you for not renting the room… heh…XD

And for my Radio DeeJay… I guess I did pretty well impress June (our Radio BC tutor)… she said that she felt very comfortable when she was listening to my show… although my sister said that she felt sleepy when she listened… haha>.< Anyway, soothing is the correct term…

Guess that’s all for tonight… Thought of writing about the Intro to Advertising… but it’s kinda late… Next time maybe…

Sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite…