
EIR PRACTICAL 1 & 2
Chua Xin Jie is my full name...But people reg me as Shin (believe in jap / yet to 'shine' = shin)...Majoring in Retailing & Hospitality Design. Currently Year 2 and only have this module, Effective Internet Research this block! Working as a freelance draughtperson, what else...???
Love taiwanese drama, currently watching 'xia yi zhan xing fu' aka NEXT STOP HAPPINESS. watch from fave site like youtube. Facebook my fave site too. not a tweet person.love watching movies alone. i know is weird but like no one to disturb. unless is comedy.any genre. and love art museums. very visual person...Love to render in colour pencils, can have a good control in it. with lots of colours to choose from, and love toning. currently in love with GREEN! just practice and u'll discover ur own style. learn the basic from here... http://www.billybear4kids.comfave music... hmmm lots. mostly country music like taylor swift kind, beatles! cute, catchy & sweet songs. learn more about me through regular reading of my blog! woohoo!!!!........................................................................................................I got to know more of my new classmates of this EIR module through the blogging. There are two classmates' blog that catches my eyes.First is Zack's. His title is so eye-catching, "I'm bueno-ing". Especially I love chocolates, this blog immediately catch my attention when I'm screening through the list of blogs in our class.Then I found out that both of us have common interest. We love David Tao's music, and the variety show "Guess". He loves japanese stuff like anime and bands, which I'm not fond of and he got a funny habit of sleeping. More info at
http://imbueno-ing.blogspot.com .
Talking about his layout, I assume that he is very kiddish. The cartoon at his blogskin is so cute! Kinda surprise to see his design of the blog.
The second person's blog that i'm interested in is from
http://siantothemax.blogspot.com . The owner of this blog is Sunny! It is the layout that got my attention. In black and simple top menu bars unlike others which are pretty complicated... Simple and clean.
This is interesting. He has lots of friends in this class from his course from EVD, Enviromental Design, where I'm alone from RHD, Retail & Hospitality Design!!! Good support for him... Envy him. That's about it for today about my classmates' blogs.
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Let's move on to the E-shopping spree! Prac 1 & 2
Frankly speaking, I've yet to buy anything online. First, I've got no credit card which are required for most of the transition if I want to buy things online. Secondly, I don't really trust online stuff as I did not get to see the object. Furthermore, I find it more convenient to buy things 'face to face' in a shop, as I think it will be a hassle when the product you ordered online is not up to your expectation and you want to change, you'll spend more time to get what you wanted. However, I will only consider to buy online when the things I wanted is not available in Singapore, and the company must be a trustworthy one. If not, it will be pretty hard for me to buy things from online.
As for this exercise, I've got a list of stuff to 'buy' with a budget of 500 bucks.
This is the first item.

Free Agent Go Special Edition Powerful inside, stunning outside. This is the stylish drive that puts portability first.
- Store photos, music, and other files
- Carry your data anywhere you want
- Synchronize data between computers
- Backup files at your desktop using the optional dock
- capacity of 500GB
OH OH OH! I seriously need this! I learn my lesson... :( I lost my thumb-drive and my laptop crashed! Seriously need this. i prefer the red one cuz its eye catching, that it makes me notice it and i will not lose it when i'm using it. Bad habit of losing small stuff. So this is suitable for me.
As you can see, the space is really huge, that i will have not problem to save all i want. The files from the design software are so huge! I had 3 thumb-drives and it is not enough!
Second item.
A designer's cross. I've been looking for one cross that i really like. I love turquoise and this necklace is one and only because it's handmade! Especially it is with Swarovski crystals! Kind of expensive ($169) though. But this is would be a 'long time investment' for me. Emphasize that it's handmade. So it's worth buying :).'
Left with $171, and i found this bag, which is really 'me'!!!!

An oversized tote featuring round cornered, various weave size and a magnectic closure strap.
Guess wad? This is done by candy wrappers!!! it's colourful and funky. Most importantly it's eco-friendly! It costs $168. Like me, bright and funky, made with various elements. Fun design!
Hey hey hey. I am getting interested in buying online stuff now! Be careful about my wallet now... Cuz it is so easy to click on a item and key in the numbers and you're not seeing your money flying away!!!
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From Practical 1&2 , Introduction to Internet Resources : Category & Purposes of Internet Resources excercise shows me how powerful Internet is.
Information come from anywhere and everywhere and there are millions of results shown when you type in a few words.
I have chose to do on the topic 'discuss the benefits of combining design & technology'. Through dicussion forum, electronic news, WWW site and blogs, i got to know more about the topic I'm doing on. All the information from different sources are very different even though I keyed in the same words, the results surprised me with amazing information that I've never thought of.
For example, from the forum, I got to know about this wearable motorcycle that was designed by a student and it was discussed by many people. It is a unique piece of work that was designed to be worn by human body, that enables the person to travel like a motorcycle using some technology, looking like The Transformer from my view. Views were shown, pros and cons. People are so straight forward in their post that some comments might hurt the designer who designed the wearable motorcycle. It seems like being annonymous allows some people to hurt others using their comments and without much thoughts. This shows me that I have to look at what I post even though I'm 'invisible'. I don't want to be like some netizen that hurt others.
As for the electronic news, I came to know about this interactive plant design, an eco design that shows the efficency of the household applicances. Technology combine with design is another way to gain our awareness about Eco matters.
From the yankodesign.com, i got to know about this design that headlight is embedded in the shoe, which helps to give so light in the night. This combination helps to protect the users' safety and is very convenient for the users.
And the last resource is from a blog that shows numerous types of interactive technology and design. It shows me how a person's blog not only gain his own knowledge, but also help others when he is sharing his information. That's what I've learn from the lesson!
Signing off... ... ....
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