Life Is Something Like That

Looks like our supervisor, the professor, wants us to conduct a survey/research that can be presented at the annual conference. Wow, we didn't expect that. We just wanna complete the project for our elective, but it seems he wants to take it further. Since he's a professor, I guess that's only natural. I'm beginning to wonder if we should've chosen other supervisor instead. Well, I'm not really sure if what we will be doing would return valid results or not. It could even be a messed up project. So, for a starter, he asked us to submit an official proposal to him. It took me very long to complete it. It's our first, and the real difficult part is the literature review and background of the research - yea, we're that blur about the topic. There isn't much related information, not as far as we could find, but we couldn't just put "there's nothing to be found", so it's like a finding a needle in a haystack. Okay, maybe not a needle, probably a stick. Still it's not easy. I took days to get it done.

    The next part is waiting for the response from the professor. Though I'm not sure if he still remembers about our group and our project. The thing is, he is rather busy, even wanting to meet him for discussion may be a little difficult. Never mind. We shall proceed with our project. It is for our elective, after all. Hopefully, we can do it quick.

I've been thinking of getting a new camera. My previous Olympus camera is not really functioning well anymore. It doesn't seem to be able to detect the battery. Not battery problem. I've checked it with other batteries. Even when you've charged the battery full, the camera still says that the battery power is empty. Though, sometimes, when you repeatedly insert the battery, maybe shift/turn the battery around a little, the camera powers on alright, and guess what, the battery meter is full! This is frustrating though, because you'd need to fiddle with the battery a little each time you wanna take a shot, and by then, the 'moment' is probably gone.

    Finally, I got myself a new camera. A Canon Powershot S95. Cool and compact. Haha. It has a focal length of 28 - 105mm (35mm film), slightly wide, but not too wide. The optical zoom is only 3.8x; it won't do if you want to zoom in on very far subjects. But it has a focal ratio of as low as f/2.0, which makes it good to use for low-light conditions. Plus, it offers full manual control.

    I bought it at Low Yat Plaza when I visited KL. Definitely cheaper there than many other places. I went to Ipoh the other day, but the price is higher. I'd like to put a few pictures of my new camera here, but since I don't have another good camera to shoot with, I guess I can't. Using a phone camera won't do justification either. So, maybe another time then.

Professional 2 Exam is over. I made it. Looks like the coming few years may not be sweets and candies, but that's another matter. For now, it's holiday! And it's for about five months long. Haha. There's the elective project, a little troublesome actually - we kinda chose the "difficult" topic. But otherwise, there's plenty of relaxation time. Eat, rest, watch movie and sleep, here I come. If possible, I'd like to travel some places too. Yay. Start anew! I'm scrubbing my blog and redesigning it too.