I am the Printing Press

I AM the printing press, born of mother earth. My heart is of steel, my limbs are of iron, and my fingers of brass.

I SING the songs of the world, the oratorios of history, the symphonies of all time.

I AM the voice of today, the herald of tomorrow. I weave into the warp of the past the woof of the future. I tell the stories of peace and war alike.

I MAKE the human heart beat with passion or tenderness. I stir the pulse of nations, and make brave men do braver deeds, and soldiers die.

I INSPIRE the midnight toiler, weary at his loom, to lift his head again and gaze, with fearlessness, into the vast beyond, seeking the consolation of a hope eternal.

WHEN I speak a myriad people listen to my voice. The Anglo-Saxon, the Celt, the Hun, the Slav, the Hindu, all comprehend me.

I AM the tireless clarion of the new. I cry your joys and sorrows every hour. I fill the dullard’s mind with thought uplifting. I am light, knowledge, and power. I epitomize the conquests of mid over matter.

I AM the record of all things mankind has achieved. My offspring comes to you in the candle’s glow, amid the dim lamps of poverty, the splendor of riches; at sunrise, at high noon, and in the waning evening.

I AM the laughter and tears of the world, and I shall never die until all things return to the immutable dust.

I AM the printing press.

~Robert H. Davis

Lovely... it made my heart skipped reading it.. ..^^..

15 hours

So...

I realized how crazy I was to set my schedule to be at school for 11hours... and plus 3 hours commuting and an hour to wake up and get ready and eat breakfast... I'm 'working' 15 hours on every Wednesday till Dec.

Talk about hard working! ^^"" (even in breaks between classes I have so much to finished ^^"".. I didn't even have a sit down meal properly... this time I really need to stop procrastinating or else I won't last... )

Yes, I can do this!

Re: New. Conflict. Love

So I overhaul a big part of my schedule!

My councellor said I have to pick courses related to graphic design in order for her to approve it. (so that it can count towards my graduation requirement) So.. I did so much changes, for the courses I dropped, in exchange, I got even more amazing courses tho!

OMG, you won't believe me grabbing THE very last spot of this HOT letterpress class from the printmaking stream. There's only one class one section for the entire year, only 25 allow in there and here I got it in in the very last minute grabbing someone's drop out! (and gosh, God knows how hot this course is as the best kept secret to graphic design student!) God must love me so much that He knows I really really want to do letterpress since two years ago and while I thought to myself where I can take course or workshop on letterpress and how come there's no class like that in OCAD, He let me bump into this adventure of looking through every single courses offering in the school. He let me found it!

AND, He let me take this class after all these dropping courses and adding courses, thanks to Him planning me to go to my councellor and thanks to Him for having my councellor to burp out this: "look up printmaking any of their second year courses are good and I will approve".

So I'm so proud of my schedule now that I got to take three courses outside of the official graphic design program guide. I'm taking this amazing letterpress class, jewellery making class, a research library/internship course...

(OCAD's graphic design in my opinion is sooo linear! - I have learn enough editorial design, not enough interest in packaging, and not enough knowledge for interface design or computer programming...) so yea...

Here comes my non-linear year! I'm going to branch out baby :)

Religion brings love to the world

Just ten minutes ago, there were a knock on our door, we missed the door! and then there's this giftbox and a letter left in our mailbox.

My grampa brought it to me and ask me to see what it is. He was like - it looks suspicious, watch out, be careful when you open.. would it blow, or is it poison...?

I was like.. in my head: really? are we so famous that people would poison us?... well.. actually now that I think of it, maybe.. and who knows if the famous anflex is still around?


Anyway, upon careful inspection and carefully open it, we found a one page letter and a box of small portion of snacks (one fried samosa looking dumpling, and a few pieces of candy and dessert).

The letter was basically saying a greeting explaining how they Muslims had a month long fasting and it ended with a holiday where they celebrate. I am aware that since August Muslims have been fasting everyday for a month from sun up till sun down. I admire their religiousness and how nice this neighbor is to put together packages in pretty giftbox and attach print out letter showing greetings to their neighbor.

Thank you my neighbor, you scared my grams, but I really like what you have done. This certainly brighten my night. (even tho technically night doesn't brighten.. it wouldn't be darken my night would it? :P)

Thanks, and may you have a great holiday too. (I'm going to find a thank you card to give you right now, in fact, I must have some right under my desk here.. :) Yea, finally get a chance to use a thank you card that rarely get to use..)

New. Conflict. Love

So!

My *final* year at OCAD *University* has started!!!

It's my glorious fifth year, where I have went through it being a college to now being a *college university*, having the new laptop to the out of production laptop, being able to pay my tuition with credit card to *not* being able to pay with credit card (ripping us off!!), being the top student to being a *not so top* student (hahaha..).

anyway. This is another new year. and more conflicts seem to be just popping up already.

Course conflicts never been so bad before. I have issues with some of the courses and also I really don't want to have this prof being my thesis prof...! I'm trying my very best to switch it, hope I success! (deadline is monday to switch classes.. dayyam!)

As for my love life, never been so fresh that I *reflame* my *love* in my classes. I totally can't wait to go to these classes of mine..! I feel like a first year student when I'm trying out for the first time the expansion courses that allow me to get out of just graphic design... Jewellery class, Prototype class, and possibly a printmaking class!!! I CANNOT wait to make something. (afterall, I'm a *handy* woman, I guess!! Will I become a graphic designer in the future? Some people and also my councilor asked. I really don't know but I love all things pretty and well designed is all I know!)

I really looking forward to this *fully loaded* school year... (literally at my maximum course allowance..) Got to find some cash job so I can cover my materials and tools tho! (Oh! I'm planning to work at campus, I will do *whatever* there is, I might as well go all out while being a full time student *the last time* in my life!)